Create 6 adds cardboard packaging as a physical way to group requested items and direct them through delivery infrastructure. Packages can carry destination/address information rather than merely flowing as anonymous stacks.
What packages enable
- Consolidate requested items into parcels for handling by conveyors and destination devices.
- Use addresses so different endpoints can share transport infrastructure.
- Create believable mailrooms, dispatch halls and station freight services.
Design
- Choose a simple station/address naming convention before a delivery network expands.
Addressed delivery
- Packages turn item movement into labelled delivery: stock is packed, routed and received at an intended endpoint.
- Design parcel infrastructure as an extension of warehouses and station markets, not as a replacement for player-built shops.
Debugging parcel flow
- Check stock availability, packaging, address matching and route clearance in that order.
- Use readable names and accessible endpoints so deliveries remain maintainable in multiplayer.
What a package represents
A package is a visible delivery object carrying items toward an address. That makes logistics readable to players: goods are not teleported from a warehouse to a customer, they are packed and transported through a route.
Use addresses systematically. Naming conventions that match a station, district or business reduce confusion as the network gains more endpoints.
Packages and stock-aware delivery
Create 6 introduces a more expressive parcel-and-stock workflow. Storage can be exposed to a network, requests can become addressed packages, and those parcels can be moved through visible machinery to a receiving point.
This does not have to erase shops or player jobs. In this pack it works best behind the scenes: a station warehouse or workshop prepares goods, while a player-built storefront remains the place where commerce happens.
Diagnosing deliveries
When a parcel does not arrive, inspect the chain in order: is the stock available, was a package formed, does it have the intended address, can its route carry it, and is the receiving endpoint accessible?