how is this power efficient with using powered incubators?
#Automated Drecko ranch, power efficient and minimum movements
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sly vigil
The starvation room features a sequential incubator activation set up, the bottom right incubator is toggled on and off by a cycle sensor, all the remaining 3 are toggled in order by the duplicant motion sensor
The starting incubator will activate for a bit longer, ensuring that the duplicant will be able to reach it
shut crest
also powered incubators only are effective till you reach max population
sly vigil
once the duplicant hugs it, the motion sensor will set off the sequence to filter-buffer gates, which will cause the remaining 3 incubator to power on and then off in a timely order, letting the dup to hug them and then power off once done
shut crest
still consuming power that isnt needed. when powered they only speed up the increase of population till it hits max
dense meadow
I think the point is that incubators only improve latency, not thoroughput. each unpowered incubator can support 7.5 dreckos for repopulation, so you should only need 2
sly vigil
ok
i built more because i have a lot of drecko eggs, the starvation room set up was done very late
of course this will be even better if you can remove the bottom 2 incubators as it would minimize drecko movement even more
shut crest
you should have lots of eggs, about 11 per breeder
dense meadow
(check my math, but 150 cycles for a drecko, each incubator holds an egg for 20 cycles. more incubators means you would minimize the amount of downtime if multiple dreckos die out within an incubation period)
shut crest
most of your fibers or plastic comes from the starvation room not the breeders
sly vigil
(check my math, but 150 cycles for a drecko, each incubator holds an egg for 20 ...
why 20 cycles? no lullaby?
dense meadow
right, unpowered
shut crest
there should be around 90 dreckos in the starvation chamber with 8 breeders
dense meadow
should be less, as they'll starve long beforehand
shut crest
a lose of 1 breeder for no more than 20 cycles isnt going to affect things much
dense meadow
about 56 for egg+dreckos me for my 8 drecko ranch
shut crest
they starve to death around cycle 35
sly vigil
you guys are correct about powered incubators being only temporarily effective, they can probably be removed later