THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

Nano Assemblers dispense 'recycled' raw materials. Simply fly through the
tunnel on the building and a unit of the relevant commodity will be added to your
cargo.
Custom Producers and Science Factories manufacture a specific item if you
deliver all the relevant commodities required for production. Fly through the
building's tunnel with at least one of each required component. Each set of
components will be exchanged for one of a finished product.
The use of such buildings is less efficient than production at stations because
they use a whole unit of each required commodity. They also make a 10-15%
loss if the finished product is sold straight to a station (see the Custom Producer
Money Transfers box below). Production can however be controlled by the pilot,
and increasingly high-demand items on EU server are only produced via
Custom Producers.
Custom Producer Money Transfers
Post v1.0077, when you use a Custom Producer or Science Factory an amount
of money is transferred to or from your account. This reflects the difference
between the cost of the raw materials and the value of the finished product,
thus preventing mindless 'cash-printing'.
The apparent formula for determining money transfers from Custom Producers
and Science Factories = (Sum of the Base Price of 1 of each component
commodity) - (Base Price of item produced * 115%)
For example:
Thorn is made from:
+ Laser Components @ 114000c base price
+ Optics @ 24000c base price
+ Xenon @ 2100c base price
= Sum of base prices = 140100c
Thorn base price = 161000c
Thorn base price * 115% = 161000c * 115% = 188150c
Custom Producer/Science Factory transfer = Sum of base price of components
- (Base Price of Thorn * 115%) = 140100c - 185150c = -45050c
9. Advanced Production
Any one commodity may potentially be used for between none and many
production processes at the same station.
Each of those production processes conforms to the same rules in the previous
section: all the required commodities need to be present at the station.
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