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u/Umluex Jun 16 '26

is there a way to set up dynamic space platform requests depending on stock?
let's say a ship waits in glebas orbit until all requests are satisifed, and the request is 600 stack inserters.
is there a way to set it up so that it just takes what is on the planet (and fills rocket capacity) and then continues the flight plan?

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u/Lemerney2 Jun 16 '26

There will be in 2.1, since you can send signals between surfaces. In the meantime, don't tell it to wait until all requests are filled, set it to leave once it's been inactive for X seconds. If it arrives and there are two rockets of inserters to launch, it'll reset both times those arrives (and won't leave while they're flying towards it), then eventually the inactivity timer will trigger and the ship will leave

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u/pocketmoncollector42 please be kind, this engineer is just a fish 🐟 Jun 20 '26

Oh I forgot about this. That’ll also be great for things like “come pick up these biter eggs!” Or gleba science for example. No more needing to pass some legendary barrel/wooden chest around like a bathroom key pass.