[1.3] Fabrication AI hangs when reloading or returning to area

[ZeroGravitas]

This is a relatively new crafting bug (not in my guide). I think it may require component factories, not sure how many levels thereof.

In 1.2 I'd noticed my crafting base hang in this same way while I was working on a build next to it, but I may have reloaded the save just before, not sure. Removing and re-adding any block seems to reboot the AI and get it working for me.

@Rafs was talking about this bug repeatedly on discord, but don't know if it's been officially reported there...?

So here, have a demonstration and a test campaign save:

 

[XeMurder]

So far this bug has been a perpetual problem for any kind of remote mining stations I try to set up.
The fabricator gets blocked up, stuck at 24/24, then the silos overflow and create a huge mess, meaning I have to baby sit the mining station, even though it is perfectly capable of defending itself.

I have a hankerin' for that Celestine (or whateve it's called).

 

[ZeroGravitas]

Not sure if this Steam report is related, @kae: https://steamcommunity.com/app/285920/discussions/1/1643170269567701783/

 

[the dude]

+1 to this one

version 1.3 PC

 

[ZeroGravitas]

Oh, and I noticed another way to repro this yesterday - undo a change to the tech with fabrication in progress. Always hangs.

 

[AstraTheDragon]

So far there has been two independent reports of this bug on the Discord server. It seems to be quite a serious and widespread bug, but I don't know if it's been logged yet? @kae
I just wanted to stress its importance, in case the few reports on this thread made it seem like a minor fringe case.

 

[Captain Load]

Ah, so it wasn't just me. It's annoying to come back to a distant mine that you set up to neatly collect and process chunks only to find a giant mess. Frankly I wish we had the option to just attach manufacturing blocks directly to mines. Its not as if requiring that receiver or collector as a go-between is any kind of a time sink..in fact it allows you to use less blocks with clusters of mines.

 

[Red Panda[Aurora Founder]]

When returning to one of my mining setups the fabricators were showing as full but not spitting blocks out or absorbing(?) resources. thought all was fine just reset the recipes in the fabricators, however upon returning to my base my scrapper setup and crafting setup was showing the same thing, completely halting production and scrapping progress. this requires a fix of resetting the recipe by changing or canceling and requing the recipe. turning off repeat did not help. not really sure how to replicate it as its only happened once so far.

 

[ZeroGravitas]

I've merged @Red Panda[Aurora Founder]'s new(ish) thread titled "Fabricators full ingredients when reloaded (GAMEBREAKING)" with this existing thread on the same bug. OK?

As noted above, you should be able to resume fabrication by modifying the tech in any way, I think (to avoid loosing resources already consumed by the Fabricator).

 

[Poofer]

Found this whle looking for a solution to the issue. In my case, altering the tech will NOT resume a full fabricator/factory, the only solution is to restart the process and lose the resources. Restarting the game, reinstalling the game or activating build beam and re-anchoring do nothing either.

 

[ZeroGravitas]

In my case, altering the tech will NOT resume a full fabricator/factory

Interesting. Could you upload your save file here in that case please (for the devs to potentially investigate)? See here for save file locations.

I suspect you might have a different type of crafting bug. Might be helpful to check my guide (if you've not already). You could also try popping off the fabricator itself, by removing the block holding it, then undoing. The progress is generally restored by undo.

 

[Poofer]

I sent via email, since i first found a steam thread, but here it is as well. I have since started to remove all my miner outposts and will probably scrap my crafting base for the moment and live off of invaders, at least until this particular bug is fixed.

 

[Red Panda[Aurora Founder]]

I've merged @Red Panda[Aurora Founder]'s new(ish) thread titled "Fabricators full ingredients when reloaded (GAMEBREAKING)" with this existing thread on the same bug. OK?

As noted above, you should be able to resume fabrication by modifying the tech in any way, I think (to avoid loosing resources already consumed by the Fabricator).

I specifically removed any block that I could in hopes of rebooting it without unanchoring it and nothing worked

 

[ZeroGravitas]

I specifically removed any block that I could in hopes of rebooting it without unanchoring it and nothing worked

Hmm, interesting. Maybe a different bug, or variant of it, then... If you could upload your save game, with the fabricator stuck like this, that would be great! (Save) file locations on Windows:

The general location for Save games and Snapshots are located below

C:\Users\*YOUR USER*\Documents\My Games\TerraTech\Saves\*YOUR PROFILE*

They are then placed in separate folders depending on their type

 

[Red Panda[Aurora Founder]]

Hmm, interesting. Maybe a different bug, or variant of it, then... If you could upload your save game, with the fabricator stuck like this, that would be great! (Save) file locations on Windows:

Sure thing! If it happens again I’ll be sure to post it here

 

[DunkMoose]

Whenever I unload my base by going exploring or whatnot, all the fabricators that I have set to repeat craft anything break and lock up. Stating they have every material, but not spitting it out (e.g. 1/1 8/8 and 3/3, but not spitting out the block) What can I do to prevent this from happening and/or keep the chunks loaded?

 

[ZeroGravitas]

I've merged @DunkMoose's new thread titled "Unloading Base Breaks it" here from the Open section. It's a known, new-ish bug that's being reported a lot. No word from the devs, as yet, I think (@Matt?).

 

[DunkMoose]

Yeah my version looks like the dude's from higher up. I have 11 GSO fabricators crafting each material into the GSO compressed variants, but when i go invasion hunting I have to scrap everything in the fabricators. I can't get a screenshot right now, but I can try later.

 

[ZeroGravitas]

@Adriano, @Matt - There are still quite a fair few players hitting this bug. E.g. reported by a couple here on steam in the last couple days.

I still think it should be prioritised higher than the other crafting bugs, as it's new(ish) and there's no design work-around to automate fixing it.

 

[Matt]

I've spoken to Ade about it who confirmed it's a known issue and is in the (ever-growing) list of crafting bugs to be fixed.

He wasn't able to say if/when it'll get looked at though.