cursive abyss
I have no fluid upgrades of any kind - I just started Milestone 2.
Help text when Pump is selected:
Pump says 300 L/m.
Pump says "one fluid launcher can support 4 of these".
300 * 4 == 1200.
That means one fluid launcher can support 1200 L/m.
Help text when Pipe is selected:
Pipe says 7200 L/m.
Pipe says "You need 4 fluid launchers per pipe".
7200 / 4 = 1800.
That means one fluid launcher can support 1800 L/m.
These cannot both be true.
cursive abyss
Painter help shows 300 L/m and 1/24 of a pipe.
300 * 24 = 7200 L/m.
Fluid Tank help shows 1200 L/m and 1/6 of a pipe.
1200 * 6 == 7200 L/m.
Those are consistent with the Pipe help text.
If we assume Pipe is correct, I see two possibilities.
(1) Pump actually pipes 450 L/m in-game (450 * 4 == 1800). Only its help text value of 300 is wrong. That would make sense - you'd need one Fluid Miner platform to fill 4 pipes and the help text numbers in Pipe, Painter, and Fluid Tank are all correct.
(2) Pump actually pipes 300 L/m in-game. Its help text is wrong and and should say "one fluid launcher can support 6 of these", not 4. That seems weird because it would mean you'd need 1.5x Fluid Miner platforms to fill 4 pipes, but at least the help text numbers in Pipe, Painter, and Fluid Tank would still all be correct.
If we assume Pump is correct, then the help text for Pipe, Painter, and are all wrong.
So, I hope that the bug is (1), i.e. it's just a help text issue in one place (Pump).
cursive abyss
BUT, fluid launcher and fluid catcher both sas 1200 L/m, so if the bug is (1) they would also be wrong and should actually say 1800 L/m.
twin quartz
all the throughput numbers are correct, the "4 launchers per pipe" text in the launcher tooltip is true only at max upgrades level, since the pipe throughput never changes
cursive abyss
So that means, let's see here...
If you have no upgrades, 16 pumps produces 4800 L/m, which requires 4 launchers, but the pipe won't be full. If you actually fill the pipe, 4 launchers aren't sufficient.
twin quartz
yes (when you're not at max upgrades)
sage saffron
So that means, let's see here...
If you have no upgrades, 16 pumps produces 4800...
Hi @cursive abyss !
Thank you for your report! 😄
That is correct! The real limiter to paint delivery are the launchers 🙂
cursive abyss
Perhaps the '4 launchers required' help text should be updated to also say 'at max upgrades' the same way some of the help text does then?
sage saffron
Perhaps the '4 launchers required' help text should be updated to also say 'at m...
That sounds reasonable as feedback. If you'd like, please take some time to make a post on the #1199773968438145134 channel for everyone to make a vote on this and voice their opinions on the matter for the team to know 🙂