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Refinement & Storage

Once you’re mining, the refinement pipeline turns raw ore into stock and stages it for crafting.

Setting up a pipeline

Section titled “Setting up a pipeline”

"inventory" is a freight endpoint only at home; remote outposts use local storage and vehicles.

input_link = self.input.connect("Iron Ore Bin")
output_link = self.output.connect("Iron Ingot Bin")
recipe = self.set_recipe("smelt_iron_ingot")
if input_link.status == "ok" and output_link.status == "ok" and recipe.status == "ok":
  while True:
    ready = self.get_output_count()
    if ready > 0:
      sent = self.output.send("iron_ingot", ready)
      if sent.status not in ["ok", "partial", "no_op"]:
        print(sent.message)
    room = self.input.capacity() - self.input.count()
    if room > 0:
      taken = self.input.take("iron_ore", min(10, room))
      if taken.status not in ["ok", "partial", "no_op"]:
        print(taken.message)

connect() and recipe commands return ActionResult. take() and send() return TransferResult with .requested and .moved. Processing is asynchronous, so completed output appears later.

self.input.flush() returns TransferResult; .moved is the number of units permanently discarded. On processing machines it also cancels current progress. Call it intentionally.

The components

Section titled “The components”

See also

Section titled “See also”
  • Input & Output: the port system, property-bearing items, and transfer rules