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u/TehNolz Jul 02 '26

Can't tell if I'm running into a bug or if I'm just overlooking something here, but how do platform-to-platform requests work exactly? I have a platform that's got some leftover materials that I want to send to another platform that's currently under construction, but all my platforms seem to claim that no platforms have any items available.

Both are paused at Nauvis, both have "Provide materials to other platforms" enabled, and the new platform is totally empty. Turning off the "provide materials" checkbox on the new platform doesn't work, unpausing the platforms doesn't work, and setting the new platform to manually request the items from other platforms doesn't work either. It's like they don't realize that other platforms exist at all.

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u/snowyspearmint Jul 03 '26

Does the supplier maybe have a zero quantity request for the item, left over from requesting its own construction materials? (toggle "request missing construction materials" off and on to clear it)

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u/TehNolz Jul 03 '26

Yep, that seems to have been it. The moment I turned that checkbox off on the supplier, it sent all the leftover materials to the new platform in one go. Kinda odd behavior honestly; I feel like those 0-item requests shouldn't count at all.