Drones can be implemented using Spidertrons, grabbing some stuff from Companion Drones mod to allow them to fly around rather than using legs.
They are powered by batteries. The Drone Port is basically a copy of the Truck Station but it has two separate cargo containers - one for import, one for export. A drone will pick up batteries and up to 9 stacks from the export container, then travel to its destination. On arrival it deposits items in the import container, waiting until there is room if necessary - and also waiting its turn if there are more than a single drone arriving simultaneously. Once its cargo is empty, it can pick up from the export and return to its starting position.
Rather than picking up a full stack of batteries, try to calculate how many batteries are needed for a round trip - plus some safety margin - and only pick up that many.
Drones should fly quite quickly (250kmh), but docking/undocking takes 25s each.
The port holds 18 stacks on each side. A drone holds 9 stacks.
Drones can be implemented using Spidertrons, grabbing some stuff from Companion Drones mod to allow them to fly around rather than using legs.
They are powered by batteries. The Drone Port is basically a copy of the Truck Station but it has two separate cargo containers - one for import, one for export. A drone will pick up batteries and up to 9 stacks from the export container, then travel to its destination. On arrival it deposits items in the import container, waiting until there is room if necessary - and also waiting its turn if there are more than a single drone arriving simultaneously. Once its cargo is empty, it can pick up from the export and return to its starting position.
Rather than picking up a full stack of batteries, try to calculate how many batteries are needed for a round trip - plus some safety margin - and only pick up that many.
Drones should fly quite quickly (250kmh), but docking/undocking takes 25s each.
The port holds 18 stacks on each side. A drone holds 9 stacks.
Building the UI is gonna be... "fun".