When designing production lines with tracks and long/ short/ smart robot arms, it's possible to automate lines of goods in/ out of machines like Assembly Tables and Smelters, because the long arms can reach over tracks to pick things up/ drop things off, and crucially, the long Robot Arms can reach into the middle of a machine rather than the front of it, pick out a good and pass it over another line. Currently, Drone Bays don't work like this; you have to position your robot arms to service the front squares only.
See this example: The Short Robot Arms are ready to take general cargo from the Drone Bays. The Smart Robot Arm is positioned ready to be set to pick out available Drones, to be kept on a separate track...
...but this won't work, the placement of the longer arm gives an error.
I can see how this makes sense, as the animation shows the Drones and cargo arriving/ departing from the front ports of the Drone Bay, but it is a little restricting compared to the behaviour of other objects.
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When designing production lines with tracks and long/ short/ smart robot arms, it's possible to automate lines of goods in/ out of machines like Assembly Tables and Smelters, because the long arms can reach over tracks to pick things up/ drop things off, and crucially, the long Robot Arms can reach into the middle of a machine rather than the front of it, pick out a good and pass it over another line. Currently, Drone Bays don't work like this; you have to position your robot arms to service the front squares only.
See this example: The Short Robot Arms are ready to take general cargo from the Drone Bays. The Smart Robot Arm is positioned ready to be set to pick out available Drones, to be kept on a separate track...
...but this won't work, the placement of the longer arm gives an error.
I can see how this makes sense, as the animation shows the Drones and cargo arriving/ departing from the front ports of the Drone Bay, but it is a little restricting compared to the behaviour of other objects.