Machines & logistics

Check conveyor connections, power, scanning paths and the equipment that keeps hay moving.

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A conveyor carries small hay clumps from a hay pile toward the SELL HAY stand.

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Conveyor Belt

Belts move hay between equipment. Demo V8 reworked snapping and added automatic pathfinding; F enables No Snap Mode when you need free placement.

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Transport
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Conveyor carrying hay toward the stall marked SELL HAY.

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Hay Sell Stand

The selling destination is marked SELL HAY. Demo V8 added snapping to its conveyor connection. A needle sold inside a hay product returns to the pile, according to the developer.

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Selling
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Research menu showing Needle Cabinet, Scanner Mk I Plans and Metal Detector nodes.

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Needle Scanner

The scanner is part of the automated needle-search line. Check the route of every hay product, not only the main belt, when a needle reaches the selling stand.

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Needle detection
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Research screen with Small Arm Plans in the centre and Pellet Discs Plans near the upper right.

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Pellet Disc Machine

Demo V8 added resource indicators such as BRICKS and HAY to the Pellet Disc Machine. Read those labels when checking a stopped processing line.

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Processing
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Yard Research tree showing Electricity, Power Pole and related power upgrades.

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Power Pole

Demo V8 lets you shut down the entire electricity network with E on a power pole. Check for an accidental shutdown when several machines stop together.

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Power
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Orange robotic arms surround a hay pile beside several conveyor routes.

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Robotic Arm

Robotic arms are part of the game’s automation. When diagnosing sold needles, inspect all reachable belts: players report arms placing material onto nearby alternative routes.

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Transport
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Silo

The Silo packs hay into hay wads. The developer explains that needles can stay inside those wads, so follow the output toward a scanner before selling.

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Storage and packaging
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U-Joiner

U-Joiners are another belt-routing type added in Demo V8. When combining separate lines, check that each incoming route has already passed through scanning.

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Belt routing
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U-Splitter

U-Splitters are belt-routing components added in Demo V8. Use split routes when you need to inspect or distribute a production line rather than send everything down one path.

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Belt routing
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Vacuum Yard

Vacuum Yard is named in the Demo V8 update, which reduced its price by 80%. That historical change does not tell you today’s absolute purchase cost.

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Hay handling
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