What about adding ability to link boxes to trading machines? Freezers, or fridges for trading food, large boxes to store raw materials. This will cut the need to make new trading machines or their types, like refrigerated trading boxes, liquid trading boxes etc. and make them more modular. For example:
I place the trading machines outside of my base, in a place with walls, doors set to public, so anybody can get in and trade.
Inside the safety of my base i have set up 2 fridges and 2 large storage boxes for trading, fridges filled with sandwiches, and storage boxes for raw materials ( As payment )
I link together the fridges and boxes with the trading machines. Fridges are set to Export, as i am intended to sell the stuff from them, storage boxes are set to import as i want them to collect payment ) Export/Import could be mixed, for example i sell 1 Iron ore for 2 Sands, and i buy 1 Iron ore for 1 Sand, without adding additional boxes.
After some time i decided to sell my gasoline as i have too much of it in stock. I place the barrel in the reach of trading machine. Customer would need to have his own container for the liquid in order to fill it up, buy a canister for additional price, or bring his own empty canisters for replacement.
The trade machines should have rather big trading distances, so people could build nice markets, and make them look nice, instead of box outside the base.
I place the trading machines outside of my base, in a place with walls, doors set to public, so anybody can get in and trade.
Inside the safety of my base i have set up 2 fridges and 2 large storage boxes for trading, fridges filled with sandwiches, and storage boxes for raw materials ( As payment )
I link together the fridges and boxes with the trading machines. Fridges are set to Export, as i am intended to sell the stuff from them, storage boxes are set to import as i want them to collect payment ) Export/Import could be mixed, for example i sell 1 Iron ore for 2 Sands, and i buy 1 Iron ore for 1 Sand, without adding additional boxes.
After some time i decided to sell my gasoline as i have too much of it in stock. I place the barrel in the reach of trading machine. Customer would need to have his own container for the liquid in order to fill it up, buy a canister for additional price, or bring his own empty canisters for replacement.
The trade machines should have rather big trading distances, so people could build nice markets, and make them look nice, instead of box outside the base.