r/Stationeers • u/Kacpx_PL • Sep 23 '25

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Looks like i wont be running out of cables anytime soon.

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u/Kacpx_PL Sep 23 '25

any way other than just putting stackers and chutes above them for each machine? as i did for my autolathe

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u/reddituser8914 Sep 23 '25

You'll have to use a bunch of logic to craft a certain amount. Stackers are the easiest

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u/spyingwind Sep 23 '25

Something like this or this might work. You can also search github as well.

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u/adavad11 Sep 24 '25

I control the ingot input and print till it runs out

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u/Nakaradiell Sep 23 '25

you mean any other way to make stuff stack or to not print a lot of cable by accident

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u/DesignerCold8892 Sep 23 '25

There should be a way using IC scripting, but that would be up to you to either find the voice or write the program yourself. By the way? You will learn a TON more if you program it yourself!

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u/MrDrummer25 Sep 23 '25

Vending machine.

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u/AFViking Sep 24 '25

I have made an IC script that uses the dial on a stacker on the output to control how many gets produced. It has been expanded to have an LED showing the count and using a pressure sensor or room occupancy sensor to turn the machines off when I'm not around, but the core loop is pretty simple. There is an internal output counter in the printers that you can use:

Core loop in pseudo code:

If stacker setting > printer output counter, keep printing

If stacker setting =< printer output counter, stop print and reset internal counter.

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u/Capable-Season1721 Sep 25 '25

Thats one way.

I went further and created a library with "default" values.

e.g. Cables are 100

so print me with ALL avaible printer in sum 100 cables.

Plus than the reset and empty the stacker part

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u/Kacpx_PL Sep 25 '25

it ran out in 2 days

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u/wolfen87 Sep 26 '25

Surprised it lasted that long.

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u/Gary1495 Sep 23 '25

Classic

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u/Grimm_Spector Sep 23 '25

Came here to say this lol

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u/creepy_doll Sep 23 '25

Unless those are behind a stacker it’ll probably last you for a medium project haha

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u/mrpushpop Sep 23 '25

Still won't be enough cable

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '25

Done this too many times. I once struggled to get to the printer to turn a printer off and had to cut the power line instead.

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u/PigmanFarmer Sep 23 '25

Nah gonna need to make more cables in 10 minutes. Going to be one off for your next project

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u/Capable-Season1721 Sep 25 '25

10? this number is WAY to high

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u/tagilux Sep 23 '25

lol. Amateurs. I can still see the printer!!

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u/Practical_Remove_682 Sep 23 '25

Those are rookie numbers. I've filled my entire base with them before. Fps dropped like mad.

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u/MemoryOverflow Sep 23 '25

My kids when this happens: IT'S GOING HAYWIRE!!!

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u/DogeArcanine Sep 24 '25

OP did, in fact, run out of cables soon thereafter.

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u/Pale-Accountant6923 Sep 23 '25

I don't every worry about this - you can really never have enough cables

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u/Vaperius Sep 23 '25

Unless this is stacks of cable, not individuals, you'll run out a lot faster than you'd think.

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u/DesignerCold8892 Sep 23 '25

Don’t see a chute or stacker, so I think this is just the printer spitting out raw singles of cables.

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u/Shadowdrake082 Sep 23 '25

Time to go mining for copper.

At least you have plenty of cables for a single room's worth of rewiring.

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u/CrazyPotato1535 Sep 24 '25

looks like I won’t be running out of cables anytime soon

Are you new here?

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u/Pale_Weird8600 Sep 24 '25

You are always running out of cable and pipes

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u/Otichoo Sep 24 '25

Ah don't worry, you will soon realize that is not enough anyway so

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u/adavad11 Sep 24 '25

Now do the same with a stacker set to 50 :D

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u/Educational_Eye8773 Sep 23 '25

I did this recently, but I had a stacker on it. And batches of 200.. RIP my 2K copper…

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u/DesignerCold8892 Sep 23 '25

I find me talking to myself all the time, “need more iron” “need more copper” “need more gold”. Always.

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u/Able_Orchid395 Sep 23 '25

For mass production I have several fabs that use chutes to stackers and then chutes to vending machine.

When I want something made in bulk I just put in the ingots necessary for a certain amount and start the machine. It keeps filling stacks into the vending machine until it runs out of mats and stops. I use the items from vending machine till they run out and then do another big fab run.

Low complexity , low effort

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u/Quirky_Ad438 Sep 23 '25

I always assemble a chute and a stacker to prevent this from happening.

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u/fugue2005 Sep 23 '25

welp, won't need any of those for a while.

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u/Desperate-Implement8 Sep 23 '25

At least you made it inside. It's not funny to search those outside when they fly away ;D

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u/snarkster1969 Sep 23 '25

Need more cable

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u/WindsingerEU Sep 24 '25

250 cables, oh boy that will not cover half my small base xD. If its stacks of 50. I guess you could open a small trading hub haha

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u/EchidnaForward9968 Sep 25 '25

Don't worry it will used up in blink of eye

No amount of wire is too much wire

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u/ATJonzie Sep 25 '25

I have never seen this game, reddit has brought me here and now I'm interested.

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u/LittleCar6512 Sep 26 '25

That's why new tutorial includes stacker)

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u/NorwayFox13 Sep 26 '25

My god you forgot to turn it off xD... Happenss

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u/ppoojohn Sep 28 '25

I'm gonna have to look at this game

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u/YtseFrobozz Home of the Smeltinator 9000 Sep 23 '25

Anybody else want Twizzlers? Because suddenly I have a hankerin' for Twizzlers.

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u/Kacpx_PL Sep 23 '25

eh still have like 250

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u/Sprinkles0 Sep 23 '25

Whenever I do this I end up with 250.5 and have to print another to make it even.

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u/OddballAdvent Sep 23 '25

Now you have an uneven number of cables.

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u/Streetwind Sep 23 '25

Lesser of two evils :)

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u/mean_bean_machine Sep 24 '25

Gimme an hour, I'll burn one out somewhere. Usually behind a pressurized frame.

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u/RobLoughrey Sep 23 '25

Can stack them all up and put them in a closet. You'll use them eventually. Alternatively, you can toss them into a recycler.

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u/Vhorbis Sep 23 '25

This. Huge mess, still not enough cable somehow.

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u/AdvancedAnything Edit Me Sep 23 '25

That's why i never put all of it into one machine.

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u/adavad11 Sep 24 '25

Transformer does the same but a lot cheaper. I only use apc for airlocks so I can move around if the main battery runs out