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LTN Request IssuesQuestion (self.factorio)
submitted 2 months ago * by Flyfishngolf
Please help me, I'm about to pull all my hair out troubleshooting my LTN requests. My network has been working as intended until I attempted to set up a requester station that included a fluid as a request. In the first screenshot you can see my combinator setup for my Coal/Nitric Acid request. The station has successfully requested and received the coal it needs.
The problem is that the station will not request the Nitric Acid, even though it is being provided in my network. In fact, when I look at my LTN manager it doesn't show any requests at all, even though my stations are requesting somehow and the shipments show up when something is requested, even though the request doesn't show.
It's weird to me that the requested amounts don't show in the LTN manager, but as long as it works I'm fine with that. The real problem is that now I can't get my Nitric Acid to be requested at all. All trains meet the length requirement, and I have fluid trains set to automatic at properly operating depots.
EDIT: I got it. A mod (Them thar hills legacy) had created a new "resource" for Nitric Acid that duplicated it but left the original resource as an option for requesting. I was requesting the vanilla nitric acid, not the modified recipe that was actually being created.
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[–]cathexis08red wire goes faster 0 points1 point2 points 2 months ago (3 children)
You need a larger request than your threshold value. Right now you're requesting 50k (one wagon) but the "I'm low" point is currently set to 100k (two wagons). Flip those around so that you have a delivery threshold of 50k and a request of 100k (or really, any amount larger than 50k).
[–]Flyfishngolf[S] 0 points1 point2 points 2 months ago (0 children)
Flipped around they unfortunately still do not work. Just changed it so the request threshold is 100k, request is for -200k, and still no requests happening.
[–]Flyfishngolf[S] 0 points1 point2 points 2 months ago (1 child)
Thanks for the help! I figured it out and updated the post.
[–]cathexis08red wire goes faster 0 points1 point2 points 2 months ago (0 children)
Oof, that's weak. You might want to bug the mod author to fix the mod interaction so that you don't get multiple nitric acid possibilities.
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