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Re: How to automate a fuel harvester?
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2020, 12:55:43 PM »
I made a fleet of 6 Fuel Harvesters each with 25 Fuel harvester Modules , Engines and a Refuelling System , flagged as a Tanker. The Harvester design  had a minimum fuel flagged as 100000 and the Fleet was sent to Jupiter ( I used move then Picket )  Once there they began to mine and load fuel into their tanks. When I noticed this was happening I set the Primary Condition/Conditional Order to "Fuel Tanks Full" and " Harvester Transfer and Return" .

The Harvesters filled up ( not all equal amounts due to Ship Captain Bonuses not being equal ) and when
one ship had 100% fuel the fleet moved back to Earth , transferred fuel to the Colony approximately up to their reserved amount and then returned to Jupiter to commence the cycle again ( all ships in the fleet showing a small fuel figure in red ) . It worked for me and the fleet was then on auto pilot until I decided to suspend the mining and rest the Harvesters for a while.

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The only difference I see is that you had a refueling system. I wasn't planning on using them to refuel ships but I'll try adding that next time I load up aurora.
 

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Re: How to automate a fuel harvester?
« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2020, 01:17:09 PM »
I am pretty sure that refuelling system on tankers is mandatory to make them functioning. I think your problem was this all along.

Edit: Or for harvesters in this case, they are supposed to dump fuel to the colony using the refuelling system.
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Re: How to automate a fuel harvester?
« Reply #17 on: May 22, 2020, 02:09:57 PM »
I have a similar problem. 
My Fuel harvester have a refuelign system.
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FH-2030C class Fuel Harvester      73,171 tons       382 Crew       1,439. 5 BP       TCS 1,463    TH 1,563    EM 0
1067 km/s      Armour 1-155       Shields 0-0       HTK 176      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 1      PPV 0
MSP 12    Max Repair 43 MSP
Lieutenant Commander    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months   
Fuel Harvester: 21 modules producing 1,008,000 litres per annum

Commercial Ion Drive  EP156. 25-2040 (10)    Power 1562. 5    Fuel Use 5. 59%    Signature 156. 25    Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 5,000,000 Litres    Range 219. 9 billion km (2385 days at full power)
Refuelling Capability: 60,000 litres per hour     Complete Refuel 83 hours

CIWS-120-2025 (2x4)    Range 1000 km     TS: 12,000 km/s     ROF 5       
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes

After one cycle the Primary Standing order changes from "Move to Gas Giant with Sorium" to No Order. 
This happens as soon as the Fleet reaches a Gas Giant and enters orbit.
 

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Re: How to automate a fuel harvester?
« Reply #18 on: May 22, 2020, 03:25:39 PM »
I have a similar problem. 
My Fuel harvester have a refuelign system.
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FH-2030C class Fuel Harvester      73,171 tons       382 Crew       1,439. 5 BP       TCS 1,463    TH 1,563    EM 0
1067 km/s      Armour 1-155       Shields 0-0       HTK 176      Sensors 0/0/0/0      DCR 1      PPV 0
MSP 12    Max Repair 43 MSP
Lieutenant Commander    Control Rating 1   BRG   
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months   
Fuel Harvester: 21 modules producing 1,008,000 litres per annum

Commercial Ion Drive  EP156. 25-2040 (10)    Power 1562. 5    Fuel Use 5. 59%    Signature 156. 25    Explosion 5%
Fuel Capacity 5,000,000 Litres    Range 219. 9 billion km (2385 days at full power)
Refuelling Capability: 60,000 litres per hour     Complete Refuel 83 hours

CIWS-120-2025 (2x4)    Range 1000 km     TS: 12,000 km/s     ROF 5       
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes

After one cycle the Primary Standing order changes from "Move to Gas Giant with Sorium" to No Order. 
This happens as soon as the Fleet reaches a Gas Giant and enters orbit.

I would assume that after, it reaches the gas giant, it slowly fills up with gas (keep track of this in the fleet management screen), and upon reaching 100% fuel, the conditional order of "fuel tanks full > harvest transfer and return" kicks in? Does that happen, or something different?
 

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Re: How to automate a fuel harvester?
« Reply #19 on: May 22, 2020, 04:06:19 PM »
It does kick in.
 

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Re: How to automate a fuel harvester?
« Reply #20 on: May 22, 2020, 06:18:10 PM »
So it never goes back to the gas giant after dumping the gas?
 

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Re: How to automate a fuel harvester?
« Reply #21 on: May 23, 2020, 03:33:55 PM »
So I finally added the refueling system and that solved my problem. Thanks everyone.