I would love to have the option to turn a slot/task idle, for planning purposes. Idle slots might have minimal power drain, no employees, would not accept resources/vehicles, etc. This would be great for planning out the footprint of a new factory section without spending the necessary money to keep it stocked and ‘on’.
Think you can just put the game on pause to get the same effect.
This is what I’m currently doing, with the notable lack of production/income/research. Maybe a ‘ghost’ blueprint (a la Factorio) would be better for planning? I imagine it will be less viable to constantly rip apart lines in future versions…?
This makes sense in that you can set say the first axle slot idle and it stop producing to let the ine run dry without having to destroy the resource feed to it to force it to stop.
Could be as simple as “H”+“left click” to Haul slot. Forcing it to stop production after current unit is complete.