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Why do dupes take from my priority 6 storage to feed my priority 4 algae distiller?


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that's not how the priority system works

with priority 6 storage and 4 distiller means that a dupe will fill the storage with slime first and once that is done fill the distiller, if there is no loose slime on the ground then the dupe takes from storage regardless of what priority the storage is set to

3 minutes ago, PhailRaptor said:

...why would they not?  If the Distiller is calling for Algae, that is a separate task from storing unallocated Algae.

I'm hoping that's a typo :p

43 minutes ago, badimo said:

Interesting...

So, if I want to store 20,000 kg of slime for usage only on mushrooms but I want extra slime to go to the distiller do I need to do this manually?

depends on what you want it to be used first, set your farm tiles higher and slime will be used on your mushrooms first before your distiller.  You can also automate your distiller to only run when certain criteria are met if you don't want to do it manually

4 hours ago, Neotuck said:

depends on what you want it to be used first, set your farm tiles higher and slime will be used on your mushrooms first before your distiller.

Doesn't quite work that way.  Calls for Slime to the Mushrooms would be taken before doing other tasks, but that doesn't prevent the Distiller from calling for Slime as well.  Deliveries to the Distiller would simply be more sporadic based on what tasks are available to the Dupes at that time -- if things are busy and everyone has tasks of a higher priority than the Distiller, it will sit and wait.  If things are slower, and no tasks of higher priority are available, the Distiller will receive deliveries.

4 hours ago, Neotuck said:

You can also automate your distiller to only run when certain criteria are met if you don't want to do it manually

There's your winner.  Probably what you'd need to do is use a Smart Compactor to send a logic signal to shut off the Distiller.  Need multiple Smart Compactors to store how much you want to store?  Wire them through And gates.

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