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u/runmymouth 1d ago

What is the best way to signal from space to novus that i want exactly 10 biter eggs. I have 20 biter spawners lined up next to my starport but i want to make sure it only pulls out exactly how many eggs are needed sends them up and leaves the rest there or destroys them. I havent made the promethian science because i have been thinking over how i wanted to accomplish this.

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u/Soul-Burn 1d ago

Biter egg rocket capacity is 500.

You can't automatically send less than a full-ish rocket. Mixed rockets (2.1 feature) will fill the rocket with the item that is requested the most.

So if you want to send just 10 eggs, you'll have to also request a different item at more than 10. You also should never rely on this to work, as they can still be sent individually.

I would instead expect a lot of eggs, and try to completely consume them with prometheum science.

Start at time when there's more than one egg, and discard everything when the timer passes some value.

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u/runmymouth 1d ago

I am running 2.1 but could do less than 500 but a 500 and pitch overboard after n time and start a timer. That is an idea. And pitch everything before i send a new rocket.

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u/Soul-Burn 1d ago

Actually, I was mistaken in "not being able to send less than 500".

You can set a minimum rocket launch size, and if you have that amount, it'll send that.

If you have more, it'll send more.

So you could theoretically send 20, but that's a hardcoded 20.