I've had this issue crop up constantly now, and the admins on the server cant' figure it out.
I place a factory in my station. It works for a little while, then suddenly stops producing anything, despite having ample power and raw materials. Opening it up shows it being opened in a sector more than 50 sectors away (it changes each time I've placed the factory, but always pretty far away). If I don't pull my gear out and pick it up, parts or all of it will despawn when I'm out of the sector. But it'll do it in no pattern I can figure out. Sometimes older stuff around it will disappear while leaving newer placed blocks, and other times the newest stuff will disappear.
The last time I picked up everything but the platform it was on, only to have the platform itself disappear when I next logged in.
I could use some help! I don't want to keep rebuilding the factory because it does this. Usually within an hour of it being placed.
I place a factory in my station. It works for a little while, then suddenly stops producing anything, despite having ample power and raw materials. Opening it up shows it being opened in a sector more than 50 sectors away (it changes each time I've placed the factory, but always pretty far away). If I don't pull my gear out and pick it up, parts or all of it will despawn when I'm out of the sector. But it'll do it in no pattern I can figure out. Sometimes older stuff around it will disappear while leaving newer placed blocks, and other times the newest stuff will disappear.
The last time I picked up everything but the platform it was on, only to have the platform itself disappear when I next logged in.
I could use some help! I don't want to keep rebuilding the factory because it does this. Usually within an hour of it being placed.