Yeah they confirmed that in FFF 441, platform to platform transfers. So I am very interested in the idea of massive orbital factories. Plus if it’s just sat in orbit you are generally fine with laser turrets to keep it safe on any of the planets.
Might test it on 2.0 with editor when I get home, see how much supplies are used in stack counts. Liquids could be transferred with barrels too but not sure how efficient that would really be. Stuff to test I guess. If you only need enough ammo/fuel to go from one planet to another then it might not be much and then saves huge amounts of infrastructure/weight on your regular ships. The factory won’t even have to be that big initially.
Just a question of how much to keep on the ships still, leaning towards crushing but everything else is on the factory. At least for a first test. Plus your first platform is normally a science factory, so just extend that to making ammo/fuel as well.
Even better than ammo, make space platforms! They take sooo much space on the rocket, but sending the copper is way cheaper and faster, then you can smelt up the rest for free!
Yeah make all sorts of different parts, also adds a bunch more to spaceblock runs.
Sadly rocket fuel can’t be put in a barrel though, so you still have to make fuel on each ship which is annoying. Unless they are changing that in 2.1 which I hope they will do - worst case its a simple mod if not doing a strictly vanilla run.
Is platform to platform now going to be a thing?
Yeah they confirmed that in FFF 441, platform to platform transfers. So I am very interested in the idea of massive orbital factories. Plus if it’s just sat in orbit you are generally fine with laser turrets to keep it safe on any of the planets.
Might test it on 2.0 with editor when I get home, see how much supplies are used in stack counts. Liquids could be transferred with barrels too but not sure how efficient that would really be. Stuff to test I guess. If you only need enough ammo/fuel to go from one planet to another then it might not be much and then saves huge amounts of infrastructure/weight on your regular ships. The factory won’t even have to be that big initially.
Just a question of how much to keep on the ships still, leaning towards crushing but everything else is on the factory. At least for a first test. Plus your first platform is normally a science factory, so just extend that to making ammo/fuel as well.
Even better than ammo, make space platforms! They take sooo much space on the rocket, but sending the copper is way cheaper and faster, then you can smelt up the rest for free!
Yeah make all sorts of different parts, also adds a bunch more to spaceblock runs.
Sadly rocket fuel can’t be put in a barrel though, so you still have to make fuel on each ship which is annoying. Unless they are changing that in 2.1 which I hope they will do - worst case its a simple mod if not doing a strictly vanilla run.
yes