[ANSWERED]: Newbish question: do planets import required materials?

[Chester Nimitz]

I've been playing Stellaris off and on for years, and I'm enjoying the 3.3 beta, but I still get confused over how the economy works. Suppose I make an Industrial world, fill it with Industrial and City districts -- and no mining districts at all. Suppose further that the rest of my empire runs a surplus in minerals. Will my industrial world automatically "import" the required minerals so that all my metallurgists and artisans have enough minerals to make their products?

Along the same lines, if I have zero food planet districts, will a hydroponic farm "import" food (assuming a surplus elsewhere)? If I have zero energy districts, will an energy grid grab energy from the empire surplus?

Thanks in advance.

 

[prismaticmarcus]

yes, all the resources come from the empire totals at the top of the screen.

but i find planetary shortages are an easy way to address deficits

 

[John MacWhat]

Anything at the top of the screen is a resource shared across your empire.

The two local resources are amenities and trade value. Trade value is collected by star bases and sent via a trade route to your capitol. Unprotected trade routes can cause pirates to spawn. Amenities are consumed by pops on that planet.

 

[Mastikator]

It's teleported magically across galatic space, don't worry about imports or exports. Only trade has actual collection mechanics.

 

[Chester Nimitz]

Thanks for all those helpful replies. That clears it up! I appreciate it.

 

[Ussnorway]

as long as your empire is linked up to the capital

 

[Captrench]

One caveat, if you turn on sector automation, then you need to allocate Energy and Mineral resources directly to either that sector, or to a global pool of resources which will be shared between all automated sectors. In this pool, Energy and Minerals are converted into a single miscellaneous resource which is used to build all planet based constructions within those automated sectors.

 

[prismaticmarcus]

One caveat, if you turn on sector automation, then you need to allocate Energy and Mineral resources directly to either that sector, or to a global pool of resources which will be shared between all automated sectors. In this pool, Energy and Minerals are converted into a single miscellaneous resource which is used to build all planet based constructions within those automated sectors.

i'd suggest a monthly payment into the pool

 

[Chester Nimitz]

One caveat, if you turn on sector automation, then you need to allocate Energy and Mineral resources directly to either that sector, or to a global pool of resources which will be shared between all automated sectors. In this pool, Energy and Minerals are converted into a single miscellaneous resource which is used to build all planet based constructions within those automated sectors.

Thanks for this tip. Thus far I have not turned on sector automation, but I appreciate the heads-up. Thanks.

 

[Calvax]

Thanks for this tip. Thus far I have not turned on sector automation, but I appreciate the heads-up. Thanks.

Another tip for you: confusingly sectors and planets have automation buttons. In order to get a planet to build automatically you have to click the cog on the planet screen. It will then draw resources from the sector stockpile to build. If you later give a sector a focus the automated planets in that sector will try to follow the focus.

 

[Captrench]

Another tip for you: confusingly sectors and planets have automation buttons. In order to get a planet to build automatically you have to click the cog on the planet screen. It will then draw resources from the sector stockpile to build. If you later give a sector a focus the automated planets in that sector will try to follow the focus.

I've read that you should not turn on planet automation if you want to use sector automation. Each will enforce the focus its been given, and so sector automation and planet automation can end up fighting each other, each doing different things on the same planet. Basically like a planet with two governors.

BTW, I'm not implying that @Calvax is saying that, just that when using either planet or sector automation, it's one of the first mistakes many of us make, myself included, to assume that planet automation and sector automation play nice with each other. It can be a hot mess relying on both at the same time.

Regarding whether sector automation will respect and support a planet set focus, as opposed to the sector focus, I don't know. My expectations are low on the intelligence of either planet or sector automation so currently I manage all planets manually. I set planet focusses for the bonuses they bestow, but I don't rely on the automation of either the planet or sector. It's a bit of grind sometimes, especially when you win a large amount of territory and you have to tear down and rebuild lots of planet buildings over an extended amount of time until both pops and production have stabilised.