Category:Adding Quantities

It appears that the quantities are not adding up correctly.

I have 1 Regolith Processing Plant 1 earns IE Silicon = 63

and 2 Regolith Separator earning Silicon = 21 each or 42 silicon and should be earning 105 but all I get is 21.

Also

I have 2 observatories earning 15 each and should be earning 30, but all I am getting is 15.

Am I missing something.

Tara Li (talk) 23:31, September 6, 2014 (UTC) Yes, you are, as it happens. What you're missing is the yield time. All of the facilities you mention above work on a 2-day yield cycle. In other words, it takes 2 days for each Regolith Separator to earn its 21 silicon. If they are on alternating cycles, what you will see is 21 silicon each day. If they are on the same cycle with each other, every other day you'll see 42 silicon added. Likewise with the Observatories - from the sound of it, they are alternating their days of production, so you see a steady 15 research points per day, instead of 30 points every other day.

With the Regolith Separators, and adding in one Regolith Processing Plant 1, you should see one of three patterns: It can get tricky to follow these patterns - and once you have quite a few going, of various types, it gets even trickier to follow the patterns as they hide each other - especially once you start adding facilities that use the resources as well.
 * 21 Silicon one day, 84 Silicon the next
 * 42 Silicon one day, 63 Silicon the next
 * 105 Silicon one day, no silicon the next.