Mobile Processing Lab (MPL) Data Storage Issue

[Mekada]

Hello! I've been having a frustrating issue with the MPL that nobody else on the internet seems to have, so I suspect there is something I'm overlooking here. I've tried building a few MPLs now, and I keep getting "Not enough data storage for $EXPERIMENT" on anything I try to use "Process in Lab" on.

For instance, as with my currently-running-in-background lab, I'm on the launchpad, I use a materials bay, the Process in lab button says +1 data, there is 0/500 data in the MPL. I hit the button, it does a transfer for a while, then it gets to 100%, says 'Not enough data storage...!' and then the MPL has 1/500 data, and I can still keep the 1.6 science points the materials bay provides as well, separately. I'm not sure if the error itself is an error and everything's fine, or if something terribly wrong is happening.

What am I missing?

Edit: I've got to leave the house for a bit; I will not be able to respond right away to any answers but I will when I can and any help is appreciated!

Edited July 5, 2015 by Mekada
Had to leave, don't want people think I'm ignoring their replies. :)

[SoWeMeetAgain]

Hello! I've been having a frustrating issue with the MPL that nobody else on the internet seems to have, so I suspect there is something I'm overlooking here. I've tried building a few MPLs now, and I keep getting "Not enough data storage for $EXPERIMENT" on anything I try to use "Process in Lab" on.

For instance, as with my currently-running-in-background lab, I'm on the launchpad, I use a materials bay, the Process in lab button says +1 data, there is 0/500 data in the MPL. I hit the button, it does a transfer for a while, then it gets to 100%, says 'Not enough data storage...!' and then the MPL has 1/500 data, and I can still keep the 1.6 science points the materials bay provides as well, separately. I'm not sure if the error itself is an error and everything's fine, or if something terribly wrong is happening.

What am I missing?

Edit: I've got to leave the house for a bit; I will not be able to respond right away to any answers but I will when I can and any help is appreciated!

everything you describe is meant to be except for the error message

I'm also getting that, but it's purely cosmetic

[Glaran K'erman]

I have the same issue but as SoWeMeetAgain said it's purely cosmetic as far as the error message goes. According to what you're saying the MPL is working as it should, that is the data is recorded while you also get to keep the experiment. Some people think the experiment is supposed to be consumed when you use the MPL but you're really just sharing the data.

[Snark]

Yes, I get that too. When 1.0 hit, I believe I only got that if the lab was actually full, and it meant that I couldn't process that experiment at the moment.

However, in 1.0.4, I get that message for every upload. As SoWeMeetAgain points out, the error message is just a cosmetic bug, since the data does end up in the lab as expected.

[Mekada]

Ah, thanks for the answers everyone! It was certainly making me question if I was doing things right. I've got many hours in on the game, but only recently needed to mess with the MPL. I'd been playing science careers with 800% science gain for the longest time, which was great for learning things. I just started about a week ago playing the real career mode with just 100% science gain. Not nearly as hard to advance now as when I first got the game!