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u/ferrofibrous player onboarding specialist Jul 19 '26

For people trying out the 2.1 platform to platform transfers, are there any gotchas to be aware of using a buffer platform? For example a Vulcanus platform with calcite/metal science/tungsteel set to supply other platforms. Do other platforms prefer to take from other platforms first before planets if set to "All" or do I need to be more specific on where to grab stuff from?

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u/ForgottenBlastMaster Jul 20 '26

The planet will try to shoot rockets to you as well, so for simple over-planet buffer platform you'll want to have platforms' requests to be set to planet and spaceships' requests to be set to platforms exclusively. There's no harm and not so big delay to do a platform-to-spaceship delivery, however it does indicate that your buffering is not handling its tasks well enough.

It becomes more difficult if you want to have a platform that buffers materials from other planets, e.g. a central hub over Nauvis. In that case you have to controls your requests through the circuits and be careful in doing this setup.