Max amount in storage

[heavy tundra]

It would be helpful to have a storage container that has a setting for max amount. Like 100 microprocessors is plenty for now, so I don't need a completely full container and that tool can go idle.

Here's an example: modular terminals. They need THIRTY TWO micro circuits (MC) per. But right now, in the game, I only really need a reserve of about 40 of them. So I should be able to attach a storage container to the output, set that "Max Amount" to 40 and just leave that priority on that fab to normal. That way the fab will only be used whenever there are 40 MT in the storage (plus whatever is on the conveyor). That way the rest of the MC can be used for other projects. I need MC for a lot of other projects.

As it is, when I have enough MTs I have to disable the MT fab, which is micro management.

[gaunt saffron]

You’ll need more than 100. In late game there will be contracts asking between 200-300

[chrome talon]

irrelevant; sometimes you might want them made fast but NOT to the thousands if you're using a large container (for cosmetic reasons as I do). Having to trickle them to ensure you don't super-overproduce is annoying.

[gaunt saffron]

if it is for cosmetic reasons then why fill them in the first place

[chrome talon]

Because i'm actually using it and don't want to swap a small for a large...not to mention the smalls are still too much early on as it is. This is basic stuff dude.

[gaunt saffron]

what do you mean by this: "not to mention the smalls are still too much early on as it is" DUDE

[mystic copper]

The drones will take excess as needed, so there's no upside to limiting storage capacity. All you'd get is more confusing ui.

Now, limiting how many can be taken out by conveyor so theres always a handful for drones to get, that'd be useful.

[true nimbus]

Agreed, I'd like to set up lots of storage silos all connected by a single belt to the FCC inputs and then dial up how many items of each kind I want transferring.

[heavy tundra]

The drones won't take things off of belts

[heavy tundra]

Okay, but in the early game I'd like to limit the amount created.

These kind of factory games always suffer from this problem: I can't control how many of a thing is actually made, which is very unhelpful. Because sometimes I'm throwing resources into something that I already have too much of and I have to manipulate the belts/ factories to fix that.

I would vastly prefer something like a work order system.

[mystic copper]

What's that got to do with limiting storage containers?

And they will if you drop the items from the conveyor on the ground

[heavy tundra]

You must really love micromanagement.

[mystic copper]

No, it works fine. Let the storages fill as much as they like, and if there's ever a lack of items, with some on a conveyor you can get at them. It's not a problem.

[heavy tundra]

you're misunderstanding the point here -- the point is so that I don't just create 256 microcircuits etc at a time when I need those resources for other things -- I would like to limit storage to 50 (etc) so that the factory for that item stops running and those resources can be diverted to other things

[heavy tundra]

not my message but guessing it means when you first unlock an MC factory you aren't going to need 256 of them right then, you'll probably need at most 40 or 50 for a while

[mystic copper]

But then you're micromanaging, if you need more than will fit in the fabs internal storage, then you're in 256+ territory anyway.

And as they get used up, you build more, so your resources used to build are always being consumed.

[heavy tundra]

you're missing the point still, but I'm not gonna invest more time

[heavy tundra]

I added context to the top post

[stiff wasp]

I'm just gonna add that early in game, you are stretched for resources and cannot automate everything.
The way it currently works you have to constantly turn factories on/off to avoid having all your resources turned into, say, chips. Chips are expensive, but you really need to have a small storage of them.
What you absolutely don't want is having 256 of them when you're still building up your base.