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=== Processors === | === Processors === | ||
Processors, also known as factories, are used to convert one type of planetary resource or product into a different product. See [[Planetary Commodities]] for details on the various combinations you can use. A processor waiting for materials will have its " | Processors, also known as factories, are used to convert one type of planetary resource or product into a different product. See [[Planetary Commodities]] for details on the various combinations you can use. A processor waiting for materials will have its "progress ring" slowly pulsing. | ||
For the first two tiers Processors are especially useful by decreasing the volume of the involved materials. Turning raw resources (R0) into P1 goods will reduce the total volume to about 25% of the original, and to another 25% of that if worked to P2 goods. After that point the volume reduction becomes less substantial and it becomes impossible to find a single planet to run the whole process perfectly from start to finish without the export/import of material.<br style="clear: both" /> | For the first two tiers of Processors are especially useful by decreasing the volume of the involved materials. Turning raw resources (R0) into P1 goods will reduce the total volume to about 25% of the original, and to another 25% of that if worked to P2 goods. After that point the volume reduction becomes less substantial and it becomes impossible to find a single planet to run the whole process perfectly from start to finish without the export/import of material.<br style="clear: both" /> | ||
==== Basic Industry Facility ==== | ==== Basic Industry Facility ==== | ||
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[[File:Bp2.jpg|left|frameless]][[File:BasicProcessor.png|right|Basic Processor Window]]A Basic Processor turns planetary resources into the first level of products. You have to select which "Schematic" to produce via the first icon (simply double clicking the structure works too) where a drop-down will reveal all the P1 products. For instance, the first item "Bacteria" will set the Processor to take Micro Organisms as input and create Bacteria as output. | [[File:Bp2.jpg|left|frameless]][[File:BasicProcessor.png|right|Basic Processor Window]]A Basic Processor turns planetary resources into the first level of products. You have to select which "Schematic" to produce via the first icon (simply double clicking the structure works too) where a drop-down will reveal all the P1 products. For instance, the first item "Bacteria" will set the Processor to take Micro Organisms as input and create Bacteria as output. | ||
You must route a planetary resource to the Processor either directly from an Extractor or from storage. After selecting your schematic you'll be forwarded to the Products menu, where just like an Extractor you'll have to select the output, click "Create Route", and pick a | You must route a planetary resource to the Processor either directly from an Extractor or from storage. After selecting your schematic you'll be forwarded to the Products menu, where just like an Extractor you'll have to select the output, click "Create Route", and pick a destination for the product. | ||
Be careful about routing your input directly from Extractors, as the Processor only has "storage" capacity for exactly one cycle, with anything else routed to the Processor being lost!<br style="clear: both" /> | Be careful about routing your input directly from Extractors, as the Processor only has "storage" capacity for exactly one cycle, with anything else routed to the Processor being lost!<br style="clear: both" /> | ||
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Advanced processors, like their Basic siblings, will store up to exactly one batch of input materials, so be careful about waste! | Advanced processors, like their Basic siblings, will store up to exactly one batch of input materials, so be careful about waste! | ||
P3 advanced factories will need '''two''' | P3 advanced factories will need '''two''' P2 advanced factories feeding it per required input product to keep it running at full efficiency. | ||
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[[File:Hp2.jpg|left|frameless]][[File:HiTechProcessor.png|right|High Tech Processor Window]]At this point you probably think you've spotted the pattern with Processors and you're just about right! The only real surprise out of this final tier of Processor, which makes tier 4 Products (P4) is that they can '''only''' be built on Barren or Temperate planets. | [[File:Hp2.jpg|left|frameless]][[File:HiTechProcessor.png|right|High Tech Processor Window]]At this point you probably think you've spotted the pattern with Processors and you're just about right! The only real surprise out of this final tier of Processor, which makes tier 4 Products (P4) is that they can '''only''' be built on Barren or Temperate planets. | ||
They take three input goods, either three P3 or two P3 and one P1. Each output P4 item is | They take three input goods, either three P3 products or two P3 products and one P1 product. Each output P4 item is 100 m3 in volume. | ||
You need two P3 factories per input product to keep | You need two P3 factories per input product to keep P4 production running at full efficiency<br style="clear: both" /> | ||
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=== Storage Facilities === | === Storage Facilities === | ||