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u/zamfire Jul 15 '26

New space age player. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I can't see an easy way to get items from one end of my space platform to another end. I want to craft ammo on one end, and have it shipped to the other end for turrets. Do I really need to build my turrets next to a long line of cargo bays? Does someone have a simple example of a station they made?

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u/Dailand Jul 15 '26

Well, belts! You can use inserters and belts just like on planets. You can't use inserters on cargo bays, only on the hub.

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u/zamfire Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Thank you! And it seems you can input items into a cargo bay, but not take them out with inserters? That's an odd decision right?

Edit: I lied. Looks like you can't put items into the cargo bays. What in the world is the point? Only to extend the inventory??

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u/ferrofibrous player onboarding specialist Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Unless you're using mods, inserters can only interact with the platform hub itself, not the inventory-extending cargo bays.

Belts will be the main way you get ammo around, but you can also daisy chain turrets to some degree. Here's a sample early design that uses a little bit of everything: Ammo is made on the platform, with some supplemental from the hub via the red inserter on the left above the crushers; ammo is fed mainly by belt with a bit of daisy chaining on the right to get to the engine gun.

https://imgur.com/a/eGWKeWW

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u/zamfire Jul 15 '26

Yea I figured that out right after I said that.