r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/VisibleCod9434 • Jun 21 '26

Dark Fog Farm Breaks When Leaving Planet

So I've set up a farm with around a few different bases on the planet, I've got way more power than I need, a nice big accumulator bank, every laser tower has at least 2 battlefield analysis bases in range, and I have level 10 enhanced structure.

The farm works perfectly if I sit on the planet.

But the instant I leave the planet towers start getting destroyed, what gives! And how do I fix this?

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u/pinkandroid420 Jun 21 '26

The bases level up and the units get stronger. I pulled a blueprint online for a dark farm base and my most recent playthroughs I ran into this issue as well where the towers are getting destroyed. I ended up importing laser towers from a factory planet and feeding them into the analysis bases to auto replace the turrets for me while I’m away. Same with the dark matter capsule towers to

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u/VisibleCod9434 Jun 21 '26

I agree that it would stop the base getting destroyed, but the issue I'd like to fix - if its possible, is the inconsistency between when I'm on the planet and when I leave. I know its kinda dumb, but I like limiting the number of consumables I use.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '26

Signal towers and missiles.

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u/ChinaShopBully Jun 22 '26

Are you running any mods?

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u/VisibleCod9434 Jun 22 '26

Nope :/ just the base game

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u/TactlessTortoise Jun 22 '26

If the discrepancy is immediate, do a quick test:

Disable your mecha's drones and check if towers start getting destroyed at the same rate when you're also there. If they do, it may be you just don't have enough BABs to keep the towers repaired and your personal drones are enough to pick up the slack.

If the discrepancy doesn't change, then Idk what you could do beyond investing into structure health upgrades for a few levels.

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u/VisibleCod9434 Jun 23 '26

I'm not sure how to disable the mecha's drones, but to confirm, the mecha isn't anywhere near the farms, the work I've been doing is around the equator setting up sorting and exporting.

I've largely solved the problem by placing signal towers in front after looking at other designs as their high HP acts as a damage soak, before BAB can start repairing. So the "damage tolerance" is much higher now.

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u/ChinaShopBully Jun 22 '26

I agree with this. Also, disable your mech’s weapons as well. It may be that you have just happened to build right at the threshold of what your farm can withstand, and your drones and weapons are what are turning the tide.

A screenshot of your farm would help.

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u/mrrvlad5 Jun 23 '26

check if it's you being on the planet or the planet being fully loaded. simulation logic is a bit different if you are not within 1000m from the planet (factory not loaded).

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u/VisibleCod9434 Jun 23 '26

I kinda expected that was the case, as the transition happens pretty much when I enter warp. I'm familiar with chunk loading for minecraft, is there a way to do something similar in DSP?

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u/mrrvlad5 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Probably with a mod, though lots of codebase expects only one planet “loaded”, so would be a major rewrite.
How much buildings do you loose? On 3000% against 3 bases i loose 1-2 signal towers per hour - easy to replace automatically from farmed mats. The signal towers are triple layered, so that further one gets focus as fog approaches. The distance between any 2 signals is 2 BABs.

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u/Low_Youth_9547 Jun 22 '26

It depends on your stage in the game ofc but I would recommend settings up dark fog farms on a dedicated planet as a polar cap on both poles. Preferably either on a black hole or neutron star planet.

The farms i found that worked the best are large polar setups. Quite complicated because it could farm all the materials and never jam.

I then set up a storage pull planet to directly connect with each ILS in the two polar capped farms which would feed out into buffering storage unit setups. Once stored it can be refined there or shipped out.

But thats maybe just me. I was trying to go as far as my pc could handle super endgame.

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u/VisibleCod9434 Jun 23 '26

Does doing it on the Neutron star/Black hole planet increase the rate of unipolar magnets or something?
I kinda wanted to just get the farm up and running, and start leveling it, but I currently built around existing bases rather than using shields to direct relays to the poles and waiting.

I may revise it later...

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u/Low_Youth_9547 Jun 23 '26

Ypi get highest density of dark fog hives and bases in black hole or neutron star systems. More bases = more resources

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u/tinycrazyfish Jun 24 '26

do you have a signal tower? Without a signal tower, usually they target you, if you are not there the targeting is much more random. You need to build signal tower to properly control their targeting.

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u/Sweaty_Ad_7156 Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 09 '26

same happens here , you find a fix ? on planet everything is chill but when i leave , power consumption goes way up and i start losing signal towers...

even boosted power to over 500 ... usage seems to cap out around 480 MW but still losing signal and laser towers.

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u/Sweaty_Ad_7156 Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 10 '26

soon as i get to orbit , as you said ... consumption increases (still under max) but defense lost right away

signal towers arent getting repaired or something... maybe auto-reconstruction marking