freighter output improvement

4 votes

allowing items that move at instant* speed to pull things from freighters... because at the moment they only pull at belt speed (useful to pull stockpiles faster, I also understand this may change the footprint of the freighter hubs to allow for the 2x2/2x1 (storage hub/splitter) to be as efficient in allowing each imported item to be used effectively i.e.
|1|<space>|2|<space>|3|<space>|4|
^ minimum footprint of 7 (current footprint length of 6)
or
|1|<space>|2|3|<space>|4|
^ keeps current footprint of 6 length

I think it adds a small amount of friction that this isn't the case (or that it isn't explicitly told to the player this is the case, I found this out via experimentation.) Other things that this change would improve include freighter efficiency overall, less wasted time on carrying held inventory back and forth when there is a storehouse that can effectively hold what you're dropping off waiting for it
* I know that 'instant' just means as fast as technically possible

Under consideration Performance QoL Suggestions Suggested by: MarcieLee Upvoted: 29 Apr Comments: 0

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