I mightve found my issue
#Captain of Industry
modest shell
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This has beent he longest ive gone without specifying tasks for my trucks
and things are runnning smoothly
peak saddle
did you tie up your trucks having them transport between storage boxes?
modest shell
I tend to have like one or two trucks not assigned to specific tasks at any one time
Currently got 14 unassigned and things are running smoothly
usually by this point in a save, ive unlocked custom routes for things
I was afk letting it run
peak saddle
Might wanna try and use more belts where you can
modest shell
too long distance for the majority of that to be useful
peak saddle
then move things closer I guess
ancient vigil
peak saddle
almost ready to leave home I'm sure now xD
modest shell
yeah, found my issue, definitely not a good enoguh transport network
modest shell
After a total of 167 hours i finally have a stable colony after the Research Lab 1 Research
modest shell
it was a mix of belting a resource that was needed, and also more trucks
why specifically and only Coal being belted fixed my issues i don't know
but i now have, Power, Food, and Production taken care of
tiem for the ultimate test, of being AFK for an hourish and see if it survives
peak saddle
but why leave it afk?
modest shell
cause usually when i think things are fixed an hour or so later im proven wrong, so being AFk (on top of letting me finnish something) lets me actually see if the issue is resolved or not
peak saddle
I guess it depends what you're using the coal for
I was running my main power generation on wood chips
modest shell
it will also let me build up resources to research and also build things afterwords
peak saddle
maybe you need to double up now you're stable
though 2 science labs was enough for me, and now only one with the T4 lab
modest shell
hence why im going afk, i need to build up the resources to build ive been using them all
peak saddle
thats what they're there for xD
but iirc later recipes are better efficiency so you can get more resources
modest shell
Ive learned a lot, reached a point where i couldn't keep up, but that is more due to inoptimal placement and not having a good enough supply of resources to fix it
actually no, im gonna try to fix it
tawny arch
I've also found it better to stay back from Construction 3 till I feel I've increased my supply chain enough to support it? Typically I drop down paused ghosts for T3 Construction to help plan, I still need to fight potential cascades, but that's the challenge 😄
peak saddle
I think I had it set up where it wouldn't make 3s unless I was full on 2s
Though I'm not sure what part of making 3s would do to like cripple your infrastructure
Oh also don't forget your captains office
tawny arch
Could be Steel since that drives demand on iron which is used in the T2's along side electronics, so if the iron production may not be sufficient and your electronics (copper + rubber) aren't supporting, you'll have issues with maintenance?
Not 100% sure if this would be the cause, but maintenance for me has been one of the main fights