Grouping dumping jobs

Backlog Vehicles & Roads
iProfessore [github] · 3 years ago

Issue description

In the attached save a pickup truck (i have named "Tom" after the fact so you can identify it) had been filled by the excavator. It seems mine trucks with mixed content dump them in a certain order, largest to smallest.
Tom, i can only assume, was filled with iron ore and two waste material types. i watched it leave the mine and go dump waste number 1. it then went to a smelter (next to the mine) to dump iron ore. it then went back to dump waste number 2 before going back to the mine.
What a waste of time and fuel.
Perhaps whatever they are carrying they should dump the primary product first and then waste second however many types there are.
The screenshot shows Tom's current location.

Reproduction steps

Watch a mine truck when the primary product is the middle sized content.

Game version and build number

Update 1 0.5.2 (209)

Operating system

Windows

Attachments

Eighth.save
Tom

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Captain Filip Captain Filip · 3 years ago

It's not that straightfoward to solve. Dumping can be limited by several complex restrictions and deciding something like "let's dump these all together" is no that simple as it might seem. Mixed cargo can sometime be inefficient and it's better to build storage silos near each mine to "sort" products out.

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