not producing energy cells | The Crust | Page 1

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 2:50 AM

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Ver: 0.98.91
Even though I have the recipe set and there is AMPLE resources to produce it, it refuses to load that last ingredient, the titanium plates, to actually produce the Energy Cells. I've tried deconstructing and reconstructing the building, toggling the Priority, toggling allowing he drones to stock the building. I've not had any success so far.

elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 3:57 AM

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upbeat star Ver: 0.98.91 Even though I have the recipe set and there is AMPLE resources to p...

save files? an image showing whats being fed into it?

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 3:58 AM

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sure, gimme a few moments

elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 3:59 AM

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the recipe was also changed, might not have worked correctly

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:00 AM

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elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 4:01 AM

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Give me a few minutes to check something.

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:02 AM

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ok

elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 4:07 AM

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upbeat star ok

when did you start the save?

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:08 AM

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yesterday, about after noon. early evening?

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roughly around 2 PM EST-ish

elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 4:09 AM

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can you dismantle and rebuild as i have it as accepting Aluminium and not titanium plates

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upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:11 AM

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gimme a few. as i had done a dismantle prior to posting but agian can't hurt

elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 4:12 AM

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if you do dismantle and rebuild and even after reloading the save it still shows Titanium plates, could you upload your save files to this thread so it can be looked into.

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:15 AM

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second pic is before rebuild, and 1st pic is after

elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 4:16 AM

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upbeat star

this is not the high tech factory

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:16 AM

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yes it is

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at least, that is what shows up when built

elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 4:17 AM

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upbeat star at least, that is what shows up when built

do you have this researched?

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:17 AM

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gimme a moment

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elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 4:21 AM

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upbeat star

can i get your save files and i will try and see whats going on 🙂

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:21 AM

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yeah, where are they located?

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gimme a few moments

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📎 Slot.sav 📎 Energy_Cell_no_makey_TTS.sav 📎 Level.sav 📎 Player.sav

elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 4:25 AM

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thank you i'll load it up now and see whats going on

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I've forwarded this to someone that can look into it more. as for me your save has the same recipe, i am going to try and feed it something else on your save to see if you can still be able to play this save.

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I cannot get Energy cell to produce on this save. i am really sorry. i know it's a 16 hour save but there is nothing that i can do to try and resolve your save.

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:49 AM

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ah, hokay. atleast it wasn't a save that was a week in.

elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 4:52 AM

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upbeat star ah, hokay. atleast it wasn't a save that was a week in.

have you used any 3rd party software?

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as to get 2BN credits in 16 hours is interesting.

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:53 AM

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yes, i was wondering when you would comment on that

elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 4:53 AM

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upbeat star yes, i was wondering when you would comment on that

this is probably why the game is broken. using 3rd party software can break the game in unknown ways

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:54 AM

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true, i'll have to test that to see if it did. but i understoood that going in

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test until something breaks

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if anything, it'd be interesting to see why it borked

elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 4:55 AM

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upbeat star true, i'll have to test that to see if it did. but i understoood that going in

I'd be careful till full console commands come into effect before using 3rd party software, i have tested the high-tec and someone else and it works fine. you will find it has broken because of the 3rd party software.

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:56 AM

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that's fair

elfin shadow Jun 27, 2025, 4:57 AM

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it has broken because something else is broken, but you did bring this is our attention. best of luck 🙂

upbeat star Jun 27, 2025, 4:58 AM

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thx

upbeat star Jun 28, 2025, 3:09 AM

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for further testing and pinponting of the issue. here is a fresh, barely a few hours old, save with the same issue.

📎 Slot.sav 📎 Level.sav 📎 Nope_still_broken_TTS.sav 📎 Player.sav

river bison Jun 28, 2025, 3:21 AM

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I have a similar issue with a save game. I am unable to produce energy cells despite having all the materials available

elfin shadow Jun 28, 2025, 3:28 AM

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river bison I have a similar issue with a save game. I am unable to produce energy cells des...

you have any screenshots and are you using 3rd party software as this person was and broke the high-tech factory with cheats

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the manufacturer currently is not working if you are trying to use it

river bison Jun 28, 2025, 3:30 AM

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elfin shadow you have any screenshots and are you using 3rd party software as this person was...

I dont think that I'm using any 3rd party software in the game.

elfin shadow Jun 28, 2025, 3:31 AM

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river bison I dont think that I'm using any 3rd party software in the game.

can we get your save files please. we did some testing with this building and found nothing.

river bison Jun 28, 2025, 3:33 AM

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elfin shadow can we get your save files please. we did some testing with this building and fo...

Is this what you are after?

📎 Jonathon_TTS.sav 📎 Level.sav 📎 Player.sav 📎 Slot.sav

elfin shadow Jun 28, 2025, 3:37 AM

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river bison Is this what you are after?

yep, thank you

scarlet ether Jun 29, 2025, 1:00 PM

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I have the same problem with the Hi-Tech factory, where it says 0/0 titanium plates, and i have an input to it. But it won't load the plates, because it thinks it dosnt need them, even if the recipe says it need 6 per minute.

astral mica Jun 29, 2025, 1:53 PM

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same problem

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Also i had 18 helium 3 laying on the floor...
build a storage, set on high demand and fill by drones.
drones did not deliver material there. Once i changed production to the energy cells they picked it up and delivered to the factory. i changed recipe, helium 3 dropped to the floor. Drones ignore it.

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Since Helium 3 storage has no entrance/exit i can not fill it via conveyer neither 😦

scarlet ether Jun 29, 2025, 1:59 PM

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astral mica Since Helium 3 storage has no entrance/exit i can not fill it via conveyer neith...

You can put Helium 3 i a simple resource storage

astral mica Jun 29, 2025, 2:07 PM

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scarlet ether You can put Helium 3 i a simple resource storage

Why is there a special Helium-3-Storage then?

scarlet ether Jun 29, 2025, 2:09 PM

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astral mica Why is there a special Helium-3-Storage then?

I don't know. But remember that it's a beta. They might change the storage rules for the simple storage.

astral mica Jun 29, 2025, 2:09 PM

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but yes, simple storage (just tested) make the dones collect the helium 3 😉

astral mica Jun 29, 2025, 2:11 PM

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scarlet ether I don't know. But remember that it's a beta. They might change the storage rules...

That is why i posted it (in a helium-3-relevant area). As a side note to devs. So they can check on it. A none working storage that needs to be researched without in/out-belts ain't nice

scarlet ether Jun 29, 2025, 2:11 PM

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astral mica but yes, simple storage (just tested) make the dones collect the helium 3 😉

There might be a bug in the dedicated Helium 3 storage

dusky tide Jul 2, 2025, 8:06 AM

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still have the same issue, is there a fix for this?

elfin shadow Jul 2, 2025, 8:35 AM

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Yes they are aware. i have yet to find the cause to why it happens to find the workaround. but i think it has something to do with researching the manufacturer, the very first instance we thought was to do with using 3rd party software (cheats) but since others have reported and claim they are not using 3rd part software there must be another cause, personally i have no encountered this issue.

tropic knoll Jul 4, 2025, 8:10 PM

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Hi I'm having the same issue.

📎 15_TTS.sav 📎 Level.sav 📎 Player.sav 📎 Slot.sav

spiral flume Jul 5, 2025, 9:44 PM

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Same, no third party software, but when attempting to make energy cells in a high tech factory (not manufacturer), the recipe shows titanium plates, not aluminum

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Just attempted to feed aluminum in via the same line that requests titanium plates, and it would not accept that either.

Should energy cells be able to be made in a high tech factory, if so, the recipe probably should not be accessible in that building?

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📎 22_TTS.sav 📎 Level.sav 📎 Player.sav 📎 Slot.sav

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v 98.94, I see the same recipes when I boot a new sandbox as well, my local game seems to be configured to request 0/0 titanium plates when I want to build energy cells.

elfin shadow Jul 5, 2025, 10:24 PM

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Yes the recipe does still show it needs plates, please research hi-tech and build the hi-tech and tell us if the recipe in it requests plates. do not research the manufacturer.

spiral flume Jul 5, 2025, 11:00 PM

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elfin shadow Yes the recipe does still show it needs plates, please research hi-tech and buil...

In a fresh save?

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Do you want me to delete all of my local files and reinstall to verify that whatever sort of merging steam does on update did not cause an issue?

elfin shadow Jul 5, 2025, 11:13 PM

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spiral flume In a fresh save?

i'll do it

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even though the games ui shows you will need plates once built it requests the correct recipe. the one with plates comes from the manufacturer so if you dont research it, it shouldn't effect the hi-tech

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but yes you'll need to start a new save to prevent the bug from happening by not researching a building that currently does not work, the manufacturer is WIP and currently not working even though you can research it and build it.

spiral flume Jul 5, 2025, 11:23 PM

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elfin shadow even though the games ui shows you will need plates once built it requests the c...

Interesting, I had not researched the manufacturer in the save I provided.

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I wonder if I had started the save I sent you before the update you mentioned which changed the recipe at the hi-tech factory.

elfin shadow Jul 5, 2025, 11:27 PM

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spiral flume I wonder if I had started the save I sent you before the update you mentioned wh...

i've not idea what actually causes it, but trying to avoid allowing it, some reloads the recipe randomly changes. with and without the research. could even be upgrading it. but i'm sure they are working on a fix

spiral flume Jul 5, 2025, 11:32 PM

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Wow, that's a fun one. So I might be able to get it to start working on my original save by just reloading until it selects the correct recipe?

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I did find it a touch odd that the tool tip for the manufacturer says "four item recipes", then displays three item recipes identical to the hi-tech factory.

elfin shadow Jul 5, 2025, 11:38 PM

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spiral flume Wow, that's a fun one. So I might be able to get it to start working on my orig...

mine was a fairly new save i had already researched it, just built one to see what it really needs, then reloaded, your save started on a different build

spiral flume Jul 5, 2025, 11:39 PM

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Should I try moving to an earlier version from steam?

elfin shadow Jul 5, 2025, 11:40 PM

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i'd just start a new save. bugs come bugs go.

naive fractal Jul 6, 2025, 2:19 AM

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So I did an uninstall and reinstall and started a new save and I still have the bug. It's not just in the recipe preview either when you hover over the building in the build menu, I played through the new save enough to unlock the Hi-Tech factory and it's still present 🤷‍♂️.

bitter harness Jul 6, 2025, 3:05 AM

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Maybe the problem is in how the scripts connected to Hi-tech factory/manufacturer call the recipe parameters? Meaning: they call the correct resources, but there may be a typo or something in a subroutine calling the resource parameters that are designated as max storage volume?

Can happen with some keyboard settings, where the same type of visual sign may be coded differently in the compiler... just throwing the idea.
Especially as-from the look of it- most of the procedure works okay, except for the "now check how much of those plates you can fit in your storage for production", or calling a wrong line [like calling line 0, while you're used to programming with calls starting for line 1...] from the file where the storage settings are kept- if you code it in that fashion.

tall anvil Jul 6, 2025, 5:17 PM

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Adding an additional case for the occurrence of This bug been stifling my progress too, no third party software other than steam and discord working in background.

tropic knoll Jul 7, 2025, 2:53 PM

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in story you can research the WIP manufacture before the assembler. so not sure if if or how that's related. I did another paly and got the same issue. i have tried saving just before the tech drops. but each time the same bug hits. NO power cells for me for some reason!?!

📎 Before_High_tech_factory_research__TTS.sav 📎 Level.sav 📎 Player.sav 📎 Slot.sav

ruby quartz Jul 7, 2025, 3:22 PM

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I just built these..having the same issue.

spiral flume Jul 8, 2025, 9:17 PM

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FYI, one of the devs commented in the Steam discussion. Irakle stated that it was a save problem and they have a fix. No indication on whether that will fix existing saves or if we will need to start fresh.

tall anvil Jul 8, 2025, 10:54 PM

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started new saves and the problem still exists

spiral flume Jul 9, 2025, 12:40 AM

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tall anvil started new saves and the problem still exists

Looks like the beta branch in the steam db was updated a week ago, so they have not pushed that fix out.

elfin shadow Jul 9, 2025, 12:55 AM

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spiral flume Looks like the beta branch in the steam db was updated a week ago, so they have ...

it's being worked on.

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