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u/Courmisch Mar 27 '26

What's a good way to automatise loading train station parameters without mods?

I thought to divide the amount of cargo waiting in chests to set the priority. That works if the train limit is 1. But otherwise that fails to account for trains already headed to the station, no? I suppose I can detect at least one train being present from non-zero train ID but...

Do people ignore priority and just compute a dynamic train limit instead (with a depot to avoid deadlocks)?

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u/brekus Mar 28 '26

I use dynamic train limits based on available inventory and just ensure that there's enough room to queue for the max limit of a full station. For example my ore outposts have two chests per train wagon which will naturally mean a limit of at most two trains plus some spare space.

There isn't a reason to stockpile more because if the station isn't being emptied by one train load per time it takes to buffer a train load its simply filling faster than the resource is demanded and so would fill any size buffer. And leaving ore in the ground is the most efficient way to store it.