Issue description
I think this is a bug, based on what I see and remember from prior versions of the game.
I have a mining tower with a mining designation mining only iron ore. An export route exists to three separate ore sorting machines. On the ore-sorting machine side, each is set with the following:
Accept Assigned Only': Checked
Auto-Assign Products': Checked
Reject Single Product Loads: Unchecked (I think this one is key)
In the following screenshots, the first two ore sorting machines are considered 'blocked' as they are full of iron ore and the third is empty. However, the trucks are sitting at the mining tower thinking that there is nowhere to deliver their cargo (which is all 100% iron ore, hence the note above about the 'Reject Single Product Loads'). I would expect in this case the trucks deliver to the third, unblocked ore sorting machine instead due to 'auto-assign products' being checked and 'reject single product loads' being UNchecked, but that doesn't seem to happen here. I'm pretty sure this used to work as normal before the latest update. Note that the third sorting machine has no products assigned yet. Also note this issue doesn't occur if you only have a single export route to a single ore sorter; you need at least two ore sorters.The recreation steps below should be enough to show the issue with a bit less complexity (two ore sorters required as a minimum).
Note: if you CHECK the 'Reject Single Product Loads' button on the blocked ore sorter, trucks will suddenly start delivering to the other, unblocked sorter as normal.
(Added note, I am using the F11 screenshot tool and have the UI and Icons set to 'enabled', but the UI does not appear while the icons do as expected. Another bug?)
Reproduction steps
- Create a mining tower and two ore sorters
- Assign an Export Route from the mining tower to the two ore sorters
- Ensure the following settings on both ore sorters: Accept Assigned Only': Checked, Auto-Assign Products': Checked, Reject Single Product Loads: Unchecked). This should be the default settings at this point so no need to change anything.
- Create a mining designation for any resource (I used Iron Ore)
- Mine some of the resource
- Trucks will deliver everything to the 'first' ore sorter, ignore the second, and eventually become blocked saying they can't deliver anywhere even though they should be able to deliver to the second ore sorter.
- On the first ore sorter, check the 'Reject Single Product Loads' setting
- Trucks will now suddenly deliver to the second ore sorter as expected.
Game version and build number
v0.8.8 b627
Which branch of the game are you on?
Stable
Operating system
Windows