Thanks for the feedback -> it’s true that I’d somewhat forgotten to include this note: resources are used up when upgrading buildings, and you then need to supply resources continuously to get research going – it was more or less a matter of balancing the fact that, from the very start, you receive bonuses for buildings and that each city actually provides a bonus for the factory... so I thought it would be better to make it conditional on supplying resources.
Even so, in the next update I’ll add this information to the tips and emphasise it. Thanks.
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...wait you mean my thoughted solution of manipulating inserters using the town board was actually the solution to this? Well, either that, or my current sollusion, which is to slow feed an item individually so i dont immidately use the resources for upgrading by accedent.