FACTORY

Factory is the key production element of Timezero's economy. Here items are fabricated from resources using the drawings created in the laboratory. The external view of this building is shown on Figure 1. This portion of the manual describes factory's interface and modes of operation.

This picture shows the factory interface in pending operations mode. The following buttons are available to the factory owner:
  • Storeroom - this button will open the exchange window between the factory and the user allowing for resources and drawings placement;
  • Production - this button allows to select the items to be manufactured and set the "Production queue";
  • Start Production - starts the production of the selected item based on the present drawing;
  • Logs - view building history logs;
  • Exit - leave the building.
    • Everyone else will have access to only two buttons:
  • Storeroom - any character can use this button to place resources into factory's "Storeroom" so the owner can collect and use them later.
  • Exit leave the building.
    • The exchange mode between the factory and the owner can be opened using the "Storeroom" button. This mode is for replenishing the factory storeroom with resources and drawings necessary for production and collecting the finished items. Once the resources and drawings are placed the next step is "Production".
    Once you press the "Production" button you will be shown a list of all items that are available for manufacture using the drawings in the Storeroom.
    All of the items chosen for manufacture will be placed into the "Production Queue". To start the manufacturing process press the "Start Production" button. Once an item is complete it will be removed from the "Production Queue".
    This picture shows the production mode and the list of items that will be produced once manufacture of the current item is finished. Any item in the "Production Queue" can be manipulated as following:
  • Change production quantity
  • Swap places in the queue
  • Remove from the queue
    Pressing "Stop production" will terminate the manufacturing process. This will decrease the reduction of drawing capacity and all used resources will be lost.
    • Finished items are placed into the "Storeroom" where they can be collected by the owner.