Science & Industry

I've decided to try something new with my PI... instead of extracting the stuff and processing to the point that I want to sell I am going to import higher tech stuff then use factories to bring it up 1 lvl and then sell it.

So an example...

Import: Neocoms, Data Chips, High-Tech Transmitters

Export: Broadcast Nodes


Since that is the only thing I am doing I'll be able to fit a lot more factories on the planet than I have ever been able to do before, this is making it hard for me to optimize this into a feasible plan

I was considering running 3 storage facilities, 1 for each of the import then I think I can fit 16 Factories plus 1 launchpad I havent put in the links yet so I may end up having to reduce that to 15

but assuming 16 factories and assuming I fill each storage facility to the max I would be able to run (if my math is correct) 333 cycles total before my storage facilities ran dry, that would be if I ran 16 factories about 20 hours

IF I can throw in my launchpads storage, plus my control centers I could get that up to about 23 hours

but anyway the question is on my output.... is it possible to set it up so that once say the launchpad is full of broadcast nodes that it would start filling the storage facilities? Even if I only go the 20 hours that would be 20 cycles so 320 broadcast nodes which would come out to be 32,000 m3 ... Which needless to say is more than any 1 storage facility can handle.


so if anyone could possibly help me out with a good setup for the type of factory planet I am aiming for I would be thankful

Thanks.

This thread

That is currently directly below yours has the answer you are looking for.

Look at post #10. The pictures he linked do a good job showing it.

He was importing P1 and building to P3.

You want to import P3 and build P4. What you are looking to do is simpler (one manufacturing step instead of his two), seems to me that his example should get you on the right path.

Perhaps I am failing to understand your question?

For referencex I hit 43 planets at max ability and was to around 200 to 250m a day.. but the ui.. the 2 hours a day was killing me. So be warned. Don't go too for too many and make it more than a mini game until they stream line it

Yeah, ill start slow but as pointed out i may want to look for a wh where ill control the pocos.... if i plan on importing and not extracting the 5% taxes will add up

That or blow up the current pocos i guess


Is ccp looking at changing the pi system to make it more streamlined?

So, i spent a day figuring out factory layouts and figuring out exactly how many factories i could house and then did various scenarios with profit mrgins and such

There is significant earnings potential in pi.... im glad i looked into importing instead of extracting.

I wont go into specifics on the plan i settled on but still id like to thank you all for your help.

Tomorrow ill start implementing it and see how much ill earn before i burn myself out in pi lol

Ok so an odd thing is happening in my PI

I'm using a setup similar to this:

http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/File:EVE-PI-FactoryWorld-P3-2-20.jpg


Only imagine a storage unit above and below the control center, the top one I store half the mats needed on the left sides P2 factories, and the bottom storage does the same for teh right


So I was running 1 hour test runs to be sure things worked so I threw in 320 of all 4 mats and put them in their respective launchpad or storage center...

the 8 P2 factories worked fabulously however in most the planets Ive installed this in the P3 factories go funky

the majority of them output their product all in the left or all in the right launchpad which I dont understand, as the left 3 P3 factories go to the left launchpad and the right 2 P3 factories have their outputs going to the right launchpad

1 planet that I setup however did just what is was suppose to, and 1 planet only 2 P3 AIFs activated, the other 2s mats seem to of vanished into thin air.

I have the P2 AIFs routed into the closest shuttlepad and the the P3s pull from there so Im not entirely sure what is going wrong here as all the planets are set up the same way.


it should be noted that the P3 AIFs input mats I directed by going into the shuttlepads routes and clicking on incoming items route, then I would click create route and send it toward the P3 factory

Thats the only thing I can see thats going on, perhaps I should of let the hour run its course so I would have actual product in the shuttlepads that I can use to create the routes?


any help would be appreciated

oh... I get it now


each factory has a buffer so in addition to what the factory is producing the buffer can hold the input materials as well


so if a factory produces a widget that takes 40 of item A and 40 B then it will take those 40 and start production then it will take 40 more and throw them into a buffer


that explains my issues. basically for some reason the 2 factories that started also grabbed the mats for their buffer before the other factory could grab any....


so as long as I have more than say 2 hours worth of stuff then it should all equalize out.