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GENERALSNUGGLES
6 years ago
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Omega and recycling

I know the drones produce a lot of garbage in a omega city, but do they also creat a bunch of recycling?  Im wondering if I can transition from importing processors to building my own processors...
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    GENERALSNUGGLES
    6 years ago

    Hey sorry I meant respond earlier but I totally forgot I’d let you know how it went haha. So I tried it out, with the population over 80k and sims 3-4 hats educated, I was able to smoothly have the recycling center produce alloy and plastics, supply the processors plant, and have left over alloy and plastics to sell at the trade depot. The processor plant produced enough processors to supply the one omega plant with all four extension making drones, and still have plenty left over to sell processors at the trade depot. 

    I was very pleased with this and only started running in to “good” problems when my population started reaching upwards to 175k-200k, then my recycling plants were weren’t making alloy and plastics fast enough and there were too many recycling bins not being picked up. I tried plopping another recycling plant which helped but then I started having storage problems. So I took away the trade depot and added a trade port which then took everything away too fast and I couldn’t keep supplying my processor factory 🤦🏻‍♂️. That’s where I’m at so far haha.

    So I’m just going to keep tinkering with it but you can, with the right population and education, use only recycling plant to run an efficient alloy, plastics, and processor town. 

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BlackjackWidow
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago

I've played around with recycling before, as long as your education level stays up it should produce enough. I don't think I've ever specifically done it with Omega, so I'm not sure if the drones will increase it or not. If you do it, come back and let me know. Happy building!

GENERALSNUGGLES's avatar
GENERALSNUGGLES
6 years ago

Hey sorry I meant respond earlier but I totally forgot I’d let you know how it went haha. So I tried it out, with the population over 80k and sims 3-4 hats educated, I was able to smoothly have the recycling center produce alloy and plastics, supply the processors plant, and have left over alloy and plastics to sell at the trade depot. The processor plant produced enough processors to supply the one omega plant with all four extension making drones, and still have plenty left over to sell processors at the trade depot. 

I was very pleased with this and only started running in to “good” problems when my population started reaching upwards to 175k-200k, then my recycling plants were weren’t making alloy and plastics fast enough and there were too many recycling bins not being picked up. I tried plopping another recycling plant which helped but then I started having storage problems. So I took away the trade depot and added a trade port which then took everything away too fast and I couldn’t keep supplying my processor factory 🤦🏻‍♂️. That’s where I’m at so far haha.

So I’m just going to keep tinkering with it but you can, with the right population and education, use only recycling plant to run an efficient alloy, plastics, and processor town. 

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    BlackjackWidow
    Hero (Retired)
    6 years ago

    Hey - thanks so much for sharing what happened. Sounds great, I'm happy to have the information. I might even try it out myself now 👍

    Good luck on your tinkering, and Happy Building! 

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