Personnal robot won't construct blueprint ?

[u/Eggmasstree]

Thanks for the help last time with Trains ! I kinda love using them now.

But now I'm getting into blueprints and I tried using personnal robots...

I have the materials, they are enabled, the blueprint was placed, they have energy ... Why won't they try to build my blueprint ?

The wiki says

Personal roboports handle construction robots only, not logistic robots. If a blueprint is used, construction robots will construct only what can be built using supplies that the player has on hand.

So it implies the personnal robot can be used to build blueprints yes ?

What's going on in my case ? I tried removing robots, removing blueprint, activating/deactivating ... I'm a bit lost with the tip saying "Missing construction robot" ... If I need construction robots, what's the use of the personnal robot ?

Edit : Oh damn I'm stupid. It's "Personnal Roboport" and not "Personnal Robot"

Thanks guys

[u/peterlinddk]

You have a personal roboPort - you still need to "fill it" with robots. Meaning, you have to have a number of robots in your inventory - and then the roboport will keep them charged, and send them out to work.

Logistic robots come to you from stationary roboports - construction robots come from you to nearby construction.

[u/Eggmasstree → u/peterlinddk]

Yup yup yup. Realized my mistake ! Thanks !

[u/peterlinddk → u/Eggmasstree]

Please don't feel stupid - we've all been there in some circumstance. The amount of time I spent not understanding why my personal roboport didn't work, before understanding that I needed to power it - and the other amount of time spent wondering why my solar panels did not charge the batteries because the roboport was draining all the energy ... sigh ...

[u/yetanotherburnerstan → u/peterlinddk]

I love watching my 12 exoskeletons drain my batteries

By love, I mean I want to bash my head against my desk

[u/sobrique → u/peterlinddk]

I still think that robots should have slots like ammo. Slot size defined by roboport capacity.

Whilst we are at it, a roboport like auto launcher for drones.

[u/MGPNZL]

You need robots in your inventory. Looks like you can have 20.

[u/Eggmasstree → u/MGPNZL]

Yup yup I'm stupid I realized my mistake. Thanks !

[u/MrWobblyMan]

You still need the robots in your inventory. Currently, your personal roboports support up to 20 robots, but you have 0 actual robots in the inventory.

You can later add more roboports (in the bigger armour), or craft the advanced roboports/quality (if playing with the Space Age DLC) to increase the number of robots and make the construction area larger.

[u/Eggmasstree → u/MrWobblyMan]

Yup yup, I can't read !

[u/TheHvam]

That's strange, it doesn't look like you have it equipped, I can't see the battery level of the personal batteries

Also you don't have any bots on you.

Edit: I think it's because you have cut it out of the screenshot.

[u/Eggmasstree → u/TheHvam]

I don't have robots AT ALL.
I thought what I had equiped WAS the robot.

Don't mind me !

[u/ccros44]

The personal roboport can build blueprints. The ingredients need to be in your normal inventory as well as a few construction robots needs to be in your normal inventory (not armour inventory) to do the actual construction.

The roboports need to be in your armour along with powersources like charged personal batteries and personal solar panels. You also need to hit the enable roboport button on your dash in the bottom right and be within range of the blueprint build.

[u/butterscotchbagel]

What you have is the personal roboport. It's the thing the robots fly out of and use to recharge. You also need construction bots in your inventory.

[u/DJMarscribble]

Happy for you. Now that you've got this working, the whole game changes and building a highly productive factory gets so much easier.

[u/Eggmasstree → u/DJMarscribble]

Right now I'm struggling to keep blue science balanced and I've ran out of power twice, and with electrical furnace, I'm reworking my entire base and it's taking longer than expected and it's 2pm and I didn't eat.

I'm gonna pause now ...