Freight Platform

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Fluid =

A Freight Platform is a building on the Railway where Freight Cars can be loaded or unloaded, based on the setting of each Freight Platform.

It only consumes power when loading or unloading. It has to be attached to a Train Station to work and only snaps to it (alongside other platforms). It has 2 inputs and 2 outputs and the size of an Industrial Storage Container (24 slots) for Solid Freight Platforms, or 500 m for Fluid Freight Platforms.

Loading and unloading

 * No manual interaction with the Freight Platform is allowed during automatic loading / unloading of cargo.
 * All belts connected to a freight platform are paused for the 25-seconds during loading and unloading.

Animation
The loading/unloading animation takes 25 seconds. There is a specific animation for every possible situation:
 * Loading:
 * Loading any amount of items onto an empty Freight Car
 * Loading any amount of items onto a partially filled Freight Car
 * Unloading:
 * Fully unloading a Freight Car
 * Partially unloading a Freight Car
 * Continue reading: Train Station

Power

 * A Freight Platform consumes power only when loading or unloading a Freight Car and consumes only 0.1 MW otherwise.

History

 * Patch 0.3.4.6: Now state the correct capacity in their description
 * Patch 0.3.4.0:
 * Increased capacity of Fluid Freight Platforms from 500 to 2400 m
 * Performance improvements
 * Patch 0.3.2.0: Changed name from Freight Platform Fluid to Fluid Freight Platform, updated UI
 * Patch 0.3.1.1: Increased capacity of Fluid Freight Platforms from 50 to 500 m (properly implemented)
 * Patch 0.3.1.0: Increased capacity of Fluid Freight Platforms from 50 to 500 m (announced but not actually implemented)
 * Patch 0.3:
 * Introduced Fluid Freight Platform
 * Clients can now access inventories
 * Patch 0.2.1.14: Fixed ladder collision
 * Patch 0.1.19:
 * Updated animations and visuals
 * Changed input/ouputs of Freight Platforms
 * Patch 0.1.17 b101353:
 * Now can be dismantled again
 * Shift-click support for the inventory implemented
 * Now stops if power outage occurs, and resumes when powered up again
 * Patch 0.1.17: Freight station in the middle of animation work
 * Patch 0.1.16: Made the Freight Platform available