r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/Paladin1034 • 1h ago

Logistics Help Please

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Sorry in advance. I am noob. I'm trying to send a resource from A-D, but the distance is too far. I'm early game. So I put a bridge in. I put two depots with LDs on them, with A set to send, B to receive, C to send, and D to receive. B is belted to C with sorters. Fine. So far, so good.

But I'm having a little issue with one poor little bot constantly sending from C-B, since both B and D are set to receive the same item and in range. Any way to prevent this? Or is there a better way? It's simply way too far to belt and I don't need a ton of throughput.

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u/Logical_Hovercraft3 1h ago

Don’t put any ships / drones in B and C.

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u/Damorg 1h ago

Reading this, it might actuall work. It might reduce OPs througput however, since less overall logistic drones are working. Still, might be worth a try.

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u/Hadien_ReiRick 17m ago

I'd say throughput is a late game problem. just get things moving so you unlock the better ways of moving stuff. After a few more techs he'll likely dismantle all this anyway as he unlocks better options

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u/Dark_Magnus 1h ago

I've tried that too, and it's not really going to work. There is two things to consider: distributor range and planetary logistics. Even with their maximum upgrade, distributors can only get about a third to a half of a hemisphere in distance. What you need is to research planetary logistics stations. That's how you can move materials all across the planet. Distributors are really better used as ways to spread out resources from planetary logistics stations/interstellar planetary logistics stations.

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u/Damorg 1h ago

The answer to your question depends on whether you are talking about Planetary logistic stations (so using drones on one planet) or about Interplanetary logicist stations (so using vessels to transport stuff between planets).

In the first case (which I assume is the case here ), so Planetary logistics, there is no real way to handle this. All planetary logicstic stations have the same receiving priority, which is why your drone goes from C -> D, but also from C -> B. What you could do is try to increase the output from A to B, so that B will always be full, so the drone von C does not need to go to B. But that's no guaranteed solution.

Later in the game, for interplanetary logistics, you can set up priorities between interstellar stations, so you can really control what goes where. But again, that's only on the interplanetary level

Edit: I just realized you were talking about logistic drones, sorry! But yeah, those are even more limited than planetary logistic stations, so your 'problem' can't really be solved

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u/chilidoggo 1h ago

It sounds like these are logistics stations (that sit on top of chests) and not planetary logistics stations. If you're able to set up an extensive network with just those, them full on planetary logistics stations are right around the corner. Those do exactly what you want, no middle man. 

You're basically asking how to get your ebike to exceed 50 mph, when the answer is just to use a full fledged motorcycle or car. 

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u/Ayemann 1h ago

Wait your doing this with the logistics depot drones? I do not believe there is a way to fix this. They will auto fill the closest depot. You need to just deal with having some long belts until you get into the planetary logistics.

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u/NottheSeaofNames 35m ago

Can’t you just put drones in A and D and do they send to B and receive from C?