My first factory and not doing anything at all

[rakall]

Hi all,

I finally bought my first factory a Wheat Farm L. But it's flashing red since it seems to be running out of resources (e Cells) all the time. And also the station is not selling the wheat even though I set the price real low. I gave it an operating budget of a million credits. What I need to know is, do I have to supply it with resources or will NPCs do that. And when will the factory start selling?

[Jumee]

it is better to use your own ships to both buy resources and sell good, there are some that sell on their own (1mj shields, microchips, quantum tubes etc) but for general stuff like wheat you need to buy your own trade ships to handle purchase/selling

[rakall]

Thanks for the reply, what would be reasonable number of ships to have to sell goods and supply resources for one wheat farm?

[jkjklkl]

A single CAG from the Bonus Pack

[cattafett]

Hi all,

I finally bought my first factory a Wheat Farm L. But it's flashing red since it seems to be running out of resources

does red not mean your station is under attack?
use cag to supply your stations, for 1 L wheat farm 1 ship will be fine for both buying and then selling when the pilot gets promoted

[zanex09]

Im pretty sure flashing red means its either being attacked or had been attacked at some time. It usually stops flashing after its shields hit 100% again.

Like the other guy said you will need to supply your factory with resources so that it can keep producing its goods. A simple mercury for example would work fine for buying resources and selling its goods when set up as a cag, make sure that its jump range allows enough jumps in order to reach a power plant if using a jump drive.

[pjknibbs]

does red not mean your station is under attack?

Yes, it does--it would flash yellow to indicate it was out of resources.

[EmperorJon]

For wheat, I'd suggest selling at avg. - 1 but then selling with a ship, you can buy energy for avg + 1 from traders happily, usually, but if you want it cheaper and more reliable, use a ship.

[rakall]

Guys,

Thanks for all the tips. I'll see how this is going to play out.

Thanks again!

[Blazehack]

For wheat, I'd suggest selling at avg. - 1 but then selling with a ship, you can buy energy for avg + 1 from traders happily, usually, but if you want it cheaper and more reliable, use a ship.

This is what I do for general setup, buy at +1 and sell at -1. Although I usually have my own frieghters to both buy and sell any goods that aren't in the hotcakes catagory(the previous threads or space weed/space fuel etc)