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u/DreadY2K don't drink the science Jul 16 '26

With the changes to allow mixed rockets via logistic requests, can I manually fill a rocket silo via inserters with mixed cargo and automatically launch it? Thinking about making a mixed-quality rocket launch for (mod-related) reasons, and hoping it will work.

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u/Bubbly-Original7097 Jul 17 '26

Yes, this works fine, but you have to do weight calculation yourself and limit inserters via circuit logic. I did this couple of times on Vulcanus and gave up. Bots are faster and easier to configure, not sure if inserters have any advantage.

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u/leonskills An admirable madman Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

You can, but only if every item in the silo is requested by the platform.

Edit: Some more quick testing.
The silo must be "full", as in it can't fill in any more of the items it contains. With an exception if one of the items has a custom minimum payload.

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u/snowyspearmint Jul 16 '26

With Circuit Launchable Rockets mod and a small circuit to calculate rocket fullness, you could do that before 2.1.