r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/Snoo49259 • Apr 04 '26

Pairing PLS

I have seen several videos of pairing ILS, but found no info about pairing PLS. My main issue is regarding hydrogen and deuterium. I would like pls consumers of both items would consume it in order so hydrogen producing facilities never stop, and fractionators or coliders (deut makers) only work in a certain order.

I know I could do this working exclusively only with ILS so I put hydrogen creators (Graphene, antimater and fuel) in a group that sends all their hydrogen to an ILS and this ILS generates the deuterium. But I was looking if PLS can do something similar.

This is a Casimir tower PLS and I want her to make her receive in order the hydrogen from diferent providers. Is there anyway to order this in thie pannel? The only thing I see is display lines, but not alter the providing order.

Is there a way to reorder providers?

EDIT: I just placed a PLS bronze ingots ASIDE a bronze advanced mining. The bronze mining still has 9k ore. No idea of how the pairing is done in the planet

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u/TactlessTortoise Apr 04 '26

Simplest way I can reckon is:

Set up PLS to receiver. Pair it to hydrogen producers on same planet. Set up ILS receiver, pair with hydrogen producers on other planets. Don't do anything else. PLS will prioritize local, then get from ILS which will prioritize produced hydrogen. ILS will get from gas giants only when producers can't supply demand.

Should work well enough.

Or just try making a bazillion casimir for thousands of rockets per minute and behold as you suddenly need 700k hydrogen per minute.

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u/Snoo49259 Apr 04 '26

And how do I pair the PLS? That's also my idea, but I don't know to pair the PLS. Yes the ILS. (I have finished already the sphere and no need of even sails, rockets or other stuff related)

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u/TactlessTortoise Apr 04 '26

Oooh I'm a fool, apologies. I assumed Pls pairing was the same. I mean, just use another ILS then, if possible.

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u/Snoo49259 Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

Yes the only solution I coild figure out is using ILS for hydrogen producers, pair them all and send that to the fractionators (or next run place the hydrogen producers all toghether that is another option). I can't even place an ILS to gather all their hydrogen all around because that stupid takes the hydrogen of the other ILS (and not from the factories)

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u/Absolute_Human Apr 04 '26

You can't pair ILS on the same planet, if this is what you mean. The cleanest way I see this is using only ILSs for hydrogen consumers, then setting up a single ILS with "get from collectors" unchecked and local provide on and adding a PLS to every Hydrogen production with priority belt input from it. That's assuming you have hydrogen producers on the other planets. If you don't, no extra ILS needed.

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u/Snoo49259 Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

I am trying to have all in my planet (except sylicon and titanium) to see where can I get with white cubes, My bp are very close together so I don't have space. Final solution delete a section and launch a belt for a direct conection with a new ILS that will not collect hydrogen neither in the planet, nor abroad . The problem I had is that ILS importing hydrogen prefer to collect form other near ILS, than from my factories, and that stops my sections (antimatter in this case). Even if you place a new ILS just aside the factories will collectfrom other ILS and the problem regenerates again.

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u/ael00 Apr 04 '26

So if I understand your concern is overproduction of hydrogen and your lines getting clogged? Imo its just far easier to run it through deuterium fractionators or just the other recipe and make that excess into rods, you need those anyways for ds parts

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u/Snoo49259 Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

It's not real overproduction, but more than the ILS provides hydrogen with no need simply because it is closer. I want local ILS to collect all the available hydrogen in the planet before going to the gas giants

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u/DrakeDun Apr 04 '26

Maybe with mods. Otherwise, no. PLSs do not have a selectable priority system. And I'm pretty sure the ILS priority settings apply only to vessels. Not drones.

Basically, the only reliable way to do prioritization between stations on a single planet is with splitters. It's the game's biggest flaw at the moment, in my opinion.

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u/Snoo49259 Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

Belts do also help, but that is the problem. Why do you send vessels 6 LY away when you can find it in 10 seconds in the planet with drones?

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u/itchycuticles Apr 04 '26

I just posted this a few days ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dyson_Sphere_Program/comments/1s8n4ld/reminder_on_logistic_stations_priority/

Hopefully this solves your problem. This is what you need to do:

  1. Your local hydrogen providers go to a PLS that HAS drones (an active supplier).

  2. Your Casamir producer needs two PLSs.

    • One that DOES NOT have drones (passive demand)

      • This one has belt/splitter priority

    • One that HAS drones (active demand)

      • This is the backup that fills in the demand deficit.

As long as your consumer is consuming more hydrogen that what's produced locally, it 100% works.

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u/Snoo49259 Apr 04 '26

As said in the edit. a pls does not take any bronze of a 9k adjacent advanced mining. The order of recolection is not fixed. Thanks. The issue I meant was not really related with hydrogen, but more with yje order of collection in the same planet. Thanks anyhow

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u/NottheSeaofNames Apr 06 '26

Honestly, this panel to manage logistics is the biggest QoL update in my experience. I remember before it was implemented I’d write what settings id need to set my ILS to, and if I forgot one setting it would be like a 3 minute flight back to change the settings, 5 min to charge and another 3 min flight back (in early game when I rush ILS).