Hi everyone, 😄
Thank you very much for all the feedback, reports, and suggestions you have continued to share with us.
This update focuses on improving storage organization and Vendor Truck loading by adding packaging group focus options. We have also adjusted storage employee behavior so employees prioritize matching racks more effectively before handling other loose Box tasks.
With that in mind, here is what is included in this update.
Main Updates
1. Packaging Group Focus
Cold Storage Racks and Vendor Truck settings can now be configured by packaging group instead of only using one specific product or Any Product.
Available packaging groups include:
Any Thinwall Bowl Product
Any Bottle Product
Any Can Product
Any Sachet Product
Any Pouch Product
Any Aseptic Carton Product
Any Jar Product
Packaging groups appear once the player owns at least one product using that packaging type, and the setting is preserved through save/load and repack.
a. Cold Storage Racks
Cold Storage Rack priority follows this order:
Specific product rack
Packaging group rack
Any Product rack
For example, Bottled Sauce will use a specific Bottled Sauce rack before an Any Bottle Product rack.
This allows players to organize Cold Storage by packaging type while keeping specific product racks as the highest priority.
b. Vendor Truck
The same packaging groups can also be used for Vendor Truck loading targets.
They work with both:
Amount-based quota
Box size-based quota
Specific product targets remain higher priority than packaging group targets.
For example, if a Vendor Truck has both Bottled Sauce and Any Bottle Product targets, Bottled Sauce will fill the specific target first. Additional Bottled Sauce Boxes can then count toward the broader packaging group target if needed.
This allows players to combine specific product targets with broader packaging-based loading rules in the same Vendor Truck setup.
Improvements
1. Storage Employee Priority Improvements
Storage employee behavior has been adjusted.
This applies to:
Cold Storage Supplier
Supply Storage Supplier
Employees will now look for a matching Box and rack pair before handling loose Box merging tasks.
This means a Box that already matches an available focused rack should be delivered first, while loose Box merging becomes a secondary task when there is no matching rack target available.
If a Box being delivered is not full and another compatible Box is available, the employee can merge them first before delivering the Box to the rack.
This helps Boxes arrive at storage more filled while still respecting the configured rack focus rules.
2. Edit Prioritize Popup Improvements
The Edit Prioritize popup has received a small usability improvement.
If the player changes the priority order or turns priority slots on or off, then tries to close the popup without pressing Confirm, a confirmation popup will now appear first.
If nothing was changed, the popup will close normally without asking for confirmation.
The OK and Add Priority button colors have also been adjusted to be more consistent with similar panels.
Thank you again for your continued support, reports, and feedback.
We will continue reviewing your suggestions and reports while improving storage organization, employee behavior, and factory management tools in future updates.
If you encounter any issues or unexpected behavior, please report them through the in-game Bug Report Menu and/or the Steam Discussions so we can investigate further.
See you in the next update! 🥗🚚
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