Science & Industry

yes.
route the incoming p0 from lainchpad to the factories and route their output back to lp.
There is no limit for placing factories other than available energy and cpu. And there is no limit for routing incomming resources to consumer factories.

Yeap you can do multiple P1 factory planet if you see your P0 stacks just building up in storage.

At my gimped CCU lvl3, I have 3x BIF and 1x AIF and 2x extractors for that specific P2 being built in the planet. Say.. Enriched Uranium.

E. Uranium = Precious metals(from Noble metals) + Toxic metals(from Heavy metals)

I move around my extractors (rebuilding extractors are like worth three~four asteroid rats worth of bounty, so I destroy 'em quite often) for max Noble metals yield and have the BIFs set for Precious metals so I can stockpile some 2~3 days worth of P1, then I do the Heavy metals part and change the production of my BIFs to Toxic metals. Of course at first run the stockpiling will affect my P2 efficiency, but nowadays I am enjoying 0% downtime on my P2 production. I'm even looking at adding a second AIF to double my P2, heh.

So each time I check on my planets nowadays, look at the stockpiles and judge if I need to switch my P1 to the other one and renew my installed programs. For me the 'maintenance' still does not take alot of time for me... sometimes I even update a planet whenever I am on a +5 minute asteroid cycle.

edit: more than one time after rebuilding an ECU, I have forgotten to reroute stuff... >,< then there's the BIF production change rerouting as well.. DOH!

Is that because resources are only abundant enough for that in wh/0.0? Or is there some other reason that I don't know about?

Only for the uncommon P0 materials. You can find enough of the following materials in HighSec(24h cycles):
- Aqueous Liquids
- Carbon Compounds
- Microorganisms


Must be also the reason why they are that damn cheap.

Yes,
You absolutely can do so.

However to keep all four BIF's running you will need to pull 12,000 units of each P0 per hour as each BIF needs 6000 units of input per hour(3000 per cycle).

If you could keep up with the P0 inputs you would then have enough P1 to run two AIF's 24/7. provided you have the PG/CPU to run it all.

This is hard to do in high sec, while fairly easy in null or W-space.

You would probably also need a lvl 5 command center.

Another option I use that is easier to fit is only adding 1 BIF. If you are pulling in well more than a single of each BIF can process, but not enough to run two extra BIF's, you can only add a third and switch it back and fourth depending on which P0 is over loading your stock. On a good planet you can still add a second AIF which will only run at 50% efficiency but still increase you over all output of P2 by 50%. If you are exporting P1 to a factory planet or for sale and are not running any AIF's on the extraction planet you should have no problem fitting it all in, even with a level 4 CC.

You can have as many BIF's processing the same material you want. As long as you pull enough P0 to feed them all they will all run. But if you are a little short the routing will not fill one before sending P0 to the other. You could end up with both BIF's losing a cycle as the they both only had a partial load when they cycled.

I have a gas planet with 2 Extractor control units and 8 BIF's all making Oxygen in high sec. It is all about your extraction and how many factories you can feed vs how many extractor heads and factories your CC can support. Sometimes you are better off cutting a head or two to get the PG for another factory then maxing your extraction and not being able to process it all.

If your planet is good enough, you can support your 2 advanced factories with 2 ECUs with 5 heads each and the 4 Basics. Running off of CCU IV. That's a big if though.

A core number to use is each Basic Processor will process max 6000 units of the P0 material every 24 hours.

If your Extractor Window says ~12000 in the lower right corner, it is useless to route any more than 2 Basic Processors from that Extractor output (from Storage or wherever).


edit: Ergo, and each Advanced Processor will process max 1000 units of each of the two P1 products routed to it every 24 hours.

Ah yes thanks. It was late here.


edit: ah no ! That is indeed the figure for P0. That readout in the Extractor Window is the P0, and THAT is indeed the figure I am talking about.

You necro'ed the thread. Which means you are so lost here your post is meaningless.

If I was wrong it would've been pointed out long ago. But go ahead. DENY my 2 1/2 years experience with this if that makes you happy.

I don't care.