satisfactory-consoles

[topaz basalt]

Some are in caves.

[limpid iris]

There are caves under the middle of the Desert biome?

[topaz basalt]

Little south of spire with droppod?
Yes.

[limpid iris]

Damn

[topaz basalt]

Very small one.

Entrance is within 100m of the sloop position.

[pure hamlet]

this is a lie some are just on the ground in the desert lol

[topaz basalt]

I said IN ground.
As in inside the ground, not accessible without glitching.

[uneven jolt]

Does the game run when you turn it off or are our saves not dedicated servers

[topaz basalt]

No, the saves don't run if they aren't actively loaded.

Not on console, not on PC.

For PC, you can run that dedicated server software, either on hardware you own or on rented server, but still needs to have specific save actively loaded even then, just way to load a save without GPU and active player.

[opal iris]

We’re having issues with console crossplay on Satisfactory (PS5 + Xbox). We’re Epic friends, accounts linked, NAT ok, new worlds, full restarts, but the game doesn’t show our sessions in-game. Epic shows us both playing, but we can’t see each other in Satisfactory.

[topaz basalt]

Those that can be destroyed, explosives from MAM

[topaz basalt]

For spoiler: ||https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Nobelisk_Detonator||

Ignore unlockable MAM research at your own peril, there are very nice things hidden in there, invisible behind previous unlocks.

[upper kindle]

Why we can't join each other on the PS5 ? Is the any way to get it ?

[gray trench]

Few hours into the game, and just 'discovered' that MAM has a whole bunch of goodies to claim for various resources

[pure hamlet]

what do you need help with specifically with the system though

[rugged musk]

I honestly wasn’t vague man, I need help with building a rail system for my game

Does anyone know if I can take my blueprints to another consoles game session to help?

[pure hamlet]

no you cant

[pure hamlet]

you could mean a simple A - B railway, or one that spans the whole map lmao

[rugged musk]

Oh now I get you full map

[pure hamlet]

u can do it very simply in about 2 hours, quicker if u have the hoverpack. just look up some videos on train blueprints

but it can be as simple as having 2x4 foundations with rails on them, and then u just use the blueprint autoconnect mode to connect them up

[rugged musk]

I got pack but no decent fuel and I forgot about blueprinting it to be honest ty

[pure hamlet]

hoverpack doesnt need fuel? it just needs to be connected to power

so if you start building it and connect the track to a powered train station, the tracks will carry the power

so u can always use ur hoverpack

[rugged musk]

Wait I have the gas hover

I was on the phone

Let me look closer

Jet pack

No hover yet

[pure hamlet]

try and automate some fuel for it, but its still easily doable without. will just take a bit longer

you dont need a map wide train network if you only have the jetpack unlocked for what its worth

so maybe your goals are too ambitious for this stage of the game. i only built one once I got to phase 5

[rugged musk]

Fair point

[rugged musk]

Ty

May I ask if you’d vc with me a bit so I can discuss game goals and such and see what’s reasonable?

@pure hamlet

[pure hamlet]

I cant vc atm for a few hours, but you’re more than welcome to dm me with any questions you have

[rugged musk]

It’s hand issues with typing I can wait

[pure hamlet]

My first playthrough was when console came out, and ive basically finished the final phase

[rugged musk]

May be asleep lol

Oh ok

[pure hamlet]

I just cant promise when ill be available, my line of work is very spontaneous

[rugged musk]

Fair

[pure hamlet]

Idk if you can send voice messages or dictate your texts, maybe that will help

But i can always almost always reply to a text

[rugged musk]

Oh sure I’ll dm and do voice messages ty

[mortal willow]

Now i got a big job to do. Set up coal power.

And the conveour to transport the coal back to base which is 1000 meters away

[pure hamlet]

Itll be easier to just make the coal power on site and then connect it with power poles to your base lol

[mortal willow]

True. But the water source is a another 700 meters away in a anpther direction

[pure hamlet]

There are plenty of coal nodes in v close proximity to water lmao

Dont just settle on the first thing you find

[mortal willow]

This coal node i chosen have 4-6 veins.

[pure hamlet]

At coordinates -625, 1669 thre are 4 coal nodes right next to a bunch of water

[mortal willow]

You on ps5?

[pure hamlet]

No

[mortal willow]

Aww

[pure hamlet]

Why

I dont get the obsession of wanting people to essentially play the game for you lmao

[mortal willow]

Just whanted to show you is all

[rapid crest]

Just purchased the game someone to play w me pls ?

[twilit pollen]

Is there any way to change the UI size on Xbox ?

[rugged musk]

No

[twilit pollen]

That’s sad

Can’t see

[errant furnace]

My game keeps crashing on launch anyone know what to do?

[topaz basalt]

Before main menu, or when loading a save?
If save, try loading earlier one.

[errant furnace]

It’s when it gets to the warning page on boot up it’ll just kick me back to the Xbox menu

I’ve reset my saved data to boot up back to the cloud data and it has done it again

[tender steeple]

how do you line up floor holes , they dont snap to the pipes or anything

[rugged musk]

Phase 3 finally! Damn the new unlocks are nuts

[random relic]

they can only be placed on foundations and snap to the foundation grid

[tender steeple]

im trying to build my 1st coal plant, i have 2 floor building but i cant align the hole with my pipes, theres no line so the keep going crooked

todays been a kick in the ass, water wont pump to the pipes either. Starting to think this game is beyond me lol

[native oxide]

Trying to understand fluids. I'm seeing that in general you shouldn't expect a fluid system to consume at a flow rate equal to the max in the pipes (eg 300 for mk1). Can i have an oil extractor overclocked to produce at 300 and then immediately split it into 2 separate 150 systems? Or will that run into the same max flow rate issues?

[still lance]

You want to split the Mk.1, so 150 each?

It will Split

But it always prefers the deeper, raw part

so you would have to build it flat and evenly
or you use value

and set 150 on max flow rate

[native oxide]

Gotcha thanks! I think I understand

[frosty flicker]

Which platform?

[rapid crest]

console

[frosty flicker]

I'm on PS5
I have 161hrs of play time

[rapid crest]

I played 10 minutes

[frosty flicker]

Damn 😄

I'll be glad to help you out

[rapid crest]

I'd love to

[frosty flicker]

I'll DM my PSN username then

[frosty flicker]

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling?

Have you cleared your Xbox's cache?

[lilac edge]

-# giggles at the idea of "turn it off and back on again" for console games

[pure hamlet]

Imo dont follow the advice you replied to, you want full pipes as much as you can. Just make a manifold but for pipes which feed the machines you need.

[proper plover]

So I've dabbled but never succeeded early on pc, any advice going into this on ps5? Not played in well over a year

[lilac edge]

-# package all the things

[errant furnace]

I haven’t uninstalled but I reset the cache a few times and it worked

[uneven jolt]

weary sigh finally finished the second guide video I've been watching. You make a starter factory w/ iron, concrete, copper, and biofuel. Ive been following it for about 3 days now

Had several hang ups and mismatch conveyor belts, lost reactor power several times but now where running

Can't wait to get to coal power and have "endless energy"

[rose marsh]

Is here anyone who knows how to set manual numbers in the machines for overclocking? I’ve searched everything in the net but there’s no answer beside it doesn’t work like it should. You can’t enter own numbers and also the slider sets every decimal into a round number. This is a whole feature in the game but you cannot use it. Has anyone here a tweak or something for the console (PS5)?

[violet reef]

You're much better off overclocking two to 150 until you have MK2 pipes imo

[south lagoon]

You can manually edit the desired output to the second decimal by pressing square while hovering over the overclock section of the machine

[rose marsh]

You can only open a new slider which lets you set a number with to decimals, but as soon as you enter the right number it rounds the decimals up to the next round number

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not a newbie. I’m 4 digits into this game and since the new launch also for the console. But the feature is absolutely not working and crucial for the endgame

[south lagoon]

Doesn't round on my end, it does open the slider but you can change it by 0.01 with the D-pad

[rose marsh]

Ok at least your the first one which says it works. Which means it’s a bug and not missing. I could literally freak out because I can’t now build my planned factorys. Hope they fix it soon. Meanwhile I’m playing on my pc. Thanks for some informations

[south lagoon]

Yeah its weird that its rounding for ya, hope it gets figured out soon tho

[rose marsh]

Of course but to be honest it’s a real problem for console only players. I’m stepping away from my console and playing it on the pc. But not everyone has this options. So yes, they should change this as soon as they could because this could get really frustrating. Thanks and have a good time exploring and exploiting

[south lagoon]

Maybe its a PS glitch? Im on and have only been on Xbox

& ty u 2

[rose marsh]

Can be. But no matter which one or everyone, this should get fixed. Thank you

[plush basalt]

Hi is something known about the archievment "Varied diet" "Gather all three types of edible flora." is broken? It does not triggerd for me on PS5 and I have all three types

[mystic sleet]

Hey, I played satisfactory a while ago and loved it. Now it's on console I've recommended it to a friend but he's an extremely casual gamer. I think he'd love the actually factory side but hate the combat and finding mercer spheres, hard drives, slugs etc. He'd also play on ps5.

Is there a way to lessen those aspects? Like disabling combat for example? On pc I'm sure there's mods and cheats etc. Not sure about console

[fluid kettle]

There is a peaceful option in settings to make all creatures not attack

[mystic sleet]

Ah ty! That's one thing solved 🙂

I don't suppose the interactive maps work for console?

[surreal lichen]

I assume that console has Advanced Game Settings just like the PC version does. That lets you enable various things which are generally considered cheaty, including the ability to just give yourself any rando items you want. I assume the console version has that as well

(Using AGS does disable getting achievements, while you're playing the save which has AGS enabled)

[ashen wedge]

Anyone tryna play Xbox

[frosty knot]

In Satisfactory PS5, when I set blueprints to auto-connect, I see the green connection symbol to make conveyor belts auto-connect, but what button do I click to actually lock it so I can move the blueprint while maintaining the connection?

[gray trench]

xbox, having issues with build commands as well. Probably alot easier with mouse/keyboard, is the game set up to use instead of /with controller?

[pure hamlet]

You just have to get used to it, i found it a bit finicky at first but now im v comfortable w them

[dapper sage]

weve done a fair bit of reworking to get the game feeling comfortable on controller, doesnt mean there isnt room for improvements! and were hoping to have mouse and keyboard support in the future for those who just cant bear it lol

[crimson compass]

Will there also be button mapping (if that isnt already in the game)

[topaz basalt]

AFAIK there is "Custom" tab in the same screen that shows the button layouts for that, but not console player so I'm not 100% sure.

[crimson compass]

I tried looking for it but so far only found 1 default setting, no layouts or mapping options

[frosty flicker]

Hold R2 to lock and unlock hologram.

[lilac edge]

if you can't access your save file you can't make use of SCIM

I mean, you can look at shit sure, buuuut you can't upload for overview / save editing purposes

[plush basalt]

Hi, does anyone know if the achievement “Varied Diet” – “Gather all three types of edible flora.” is broken?
It doesn’t trigger for me on PS5 even though I have collected all three types.
Has anyone managed to unlock it or found a workaround? Help

[woeful heath]

There are 3 broken PS5 trophies right now.

• Varied Diet
• Lets see whats out there
• Efficiency first

[plush basalt]

Thanks for the info! Do you know if there’s any way to unlock those trophies on PS5 right now, or do we just have to wait for an update/patch? I’ve already met the requirements for all but none of them trigger.

[woeful heath]

No one has them yet, so I would imagine they have to fix it via patch

[plush basalt]

Got it, thanks! I’ll wait for a patch then. It’s a shame though — I really like the game and I wanted to platinum it.

[uneven jolt]

Man... hit my first power grid hang up. Im following a guide. I built all the building he did, but somehow my number of watts is off

[lilac edge]

🌈 math 🌈

see also, this meme: #satisfactory-memes message

[uneven jolt]

...thanks.
Maybe im not keeping enough biofuel in the storage boxes.
No solid biofuel to the generators thus fluctuations in power

[lilac edge]

might be time to switch to coal

[minor yacht]

Hi, everyone I just started the game and it got an update about 0.5 GB, any news what is about.

[lilac edge]

if nothing's announced in #patch-notes or #announcements , best check the #dev-streams tomorrow

[topaz basalt]

CSS has been slacking and hasn't posted console version patch notes anywhere so far AFAIK.

[marsh raven]

Yep just installed it

[topaz basalt]

Even for the previous update that fixed some EOS crash issues.

[pure hamlet]

It resets settings like sensitivity fyi lol

And we still cant increase swatch brightness past 1

Only change i rly care for atm

[uneven jolt]

Thats what im trying to do and the whole grid crashed

[lilac edge]

recommendation: have a portion of the coalgen facility power itself, so it keeps running while there's a power cut

[uneven jolt]

That... wait how

[lilac edge]

unplug coalgen facility from main grid, see how much power it requires to power the miners, water extractors etc., rewire the outputs of a portion of the coalgens so they're separate from the rest

just cos they all in the same place doesn't meant the power all has to go to the same grid

[uneven jolt]

So have all 8 connected, but have 4 wired into a separate set of biofuel gens close by and then route the rest to the main grid?

But I would do that after I got all 8 running and stable right? Cause the conveyor belts and mines would be on the generators for the separate 4

[pure hamlet]

No, if you need 3 to power everything like the coal miners and water extractors, then you hook those up to their own power poles sep from the poles which are hooked up to your grid

But you dont need to do that, just kickstart it with biomass burners and leave some solid biofuel in them in case

[woeful heath]

Does anyone have any tips for how to place down over 500 fuel generators...?

[pure hamlet]

Blueprint and power shards

If you have a mk3 you can have 4 + connect w power and pipes all in 1 bp

Mk2 you can only fit 2 side by side tho

[woeful heath]

No mk3 yet

Hmm.. Might go powershard hunting as I would need like 500 power shards for this project 😰

[ionic swallow]

power sharts

[lilac edge]

remember to stand downwind if experiencing power sharts

[woeful heath]

Wait there's a 1.005.000 patch on the PS5 👀

[ionic swallow]

had one of those in class once, it was embarassing

[lilac edge]

☝️

[woeful heath]

I hope it fixed my crashes when I load blueprints

[stoic patio]

any idea what the update is about?

[pure hamlet]

When you convert your slugs into shards make sure you use a somersloop!!

[woeful heath]

I am!

[pure hamlet]

You’re gonna need a lot of shards tho, like 600 if you originally needed 500 gens

Are you making rocket fuel super early or smth

At a certain, very late, point you can automate powershards which is when i rly amped up my power

[woeful heath]

Making rocket fuel in phase 4 (phase 3 since I need to complete phase 4 now?)

[pure hamlet]

I think i got to phase 5 with 60k ish of power production so i never rly ran into that issue

Now ive finished phase 5 ill be using 300k all in

[woeful heath]

I was about to upgrade with turbofuel but then I saw I could make rocket fuel and decided to just do that and save upgrading the power factory again

It is just about hitting my limit with all these blenders though 🙈

[pure hamlet]

500 gens of rocket fuel is a lot of power, maybe try and design it in a way where you can add more gens as your power need increases

[woeful heath]

But then I would also need additional rocket fuel?

[pure hamlet]

Thats what i did with rocket fuel because i had a similar issue, placing all those gens at once sucked

[pure hamlet]

If you have calculated a way to feed 500 gens, then you just need to split it accordingly

Basically make every blender which creates rocket fuel feed into a line of generators. I do 300 rocket fuel for 30 overclocked gens

I think that math is correct, but you get my point i hope

[woeful heath]

I have 16 blenders making the alt rocket fuel recipe, which means I have 4x600 pipes

[pure hamlet]

Yeh so you could have 4 rows of generators

And just build a new row every time you need more power

[woeful heath]

But that "row" would be 144 generators long, not overclocked

[pure hamlet]

Yeah thats like 60 overclocked ones

Which isnt too bad with a blueprint

[pure hamlet]

Check dms i sent you a pic

[woeful heath]

Nice, saw it in #screenshots as well. I am thinking I need to do something akin to that and go somewhat vertical

Otherwise that long line will look horrible

[pure hamlet]

Fluids and vertical dont go together

Will just cause you unnecessary headache down the line imo

[woeful heath]

Rocket fuel is a gas 😄

[ruby cloud]

Throws water extractors in trashcan

[uneven jolt]

Imma do this (meant to say this earlier). Cause another issue i had with this was the coalgen ran out of coal and shut down. Same with the biofuel gens in my main power grid.
So ill power up the miners and water extractor first to fill the gens. While thats working ill go forage for a plethora of leaves and wood for solid biomass.
That should work

[karmic helm]

anyone elses lights have horrible render distance since this xbox patch about 20 minutes ago?

[mighty jetty]

I was hoping it had fixed trophies but doesn't seem to have done so

[floral pollen]

Hi folks, just wanted to send a message since some of you already noticed we deployed a new patch today for PS5/XB, this mostly contains fixes for crashes and other smaller bugs as well as re–adding functionality for Half Nudging with controller.

If you're experiencing any new weird behavior, bugs or crashes please let us know over at our QA Site: https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/

[marsh raven]

10 doggos in my kennel for now: Doggy-boy, Doggy-bag, Doggy-bro, Doggy-bubble, Doggy-baby, Doggy-bobine, Doggy-bird, Doggy-Bob, Doggy-babe and Doggy-brown

[pure hamlet]

Assuming your coal gens are working as they should be, the biomass wont be needed apart from starting the whole grid

[pure hamlet]

How do you half nudge?

Is it just where you press the vertical nudging button while the thing is locked?

[floral pollen]

When you have a hologram out and have locked it by holding R2/RT there is now a UI prompt that tells you you can press Right Thumbstick Click to switch between regular Nudging and Half Nudging

[woeful heath]

Does it still turn on and off every time you want to nudge something vertically? 😄

[ivory gale]

Anyone k ow whag was fixed in the update ?

[uneven jolt]

Fingers crossed

[surreal lichen]

Uzu mentioned a few details a little ways above, btw: #satisfactory-consoles message

[surreal lichen]

Were console patch notes gonna get into #patch-notes btw? Or mabe a separate console patch notes channel?

[pure hamlet]

Thank you!

[ivory gale]

Has the bugs of getting trapped in the crafting menu being fixed ? Don't have time to check tn

[pure hamlet]

Was the half nudge on the vertical nudging not intended then lol?

If you just press, not hold the vertical nudging button while the building is locked in place, you get the half nudge

Ofc having its own feature is way nicer lol

[ivory gale]

Agreed

[pure hamlet]

If you follow the wiki’s builds, you really cant go wrong

[pure hamlet]

It worked almost like a toggle

[uneven jolt]

Theres a wiki? Damn im so behind.
Im following a guy on YouTube by the name of TotalXclipse

[pure hamlet]

Hes good but the wiki is great fir specific info you might be looking for

[uneven jolt]

Just satisfactory wiki on Google?
..looks like imma have my laptop on deck tonight

[signal fractal]

Anyone having trouble with train track placement and block/path signals not clicking to the right direction? Will only lock to one direction, have to delete train track and redo the track 2-3 times for the block/path signals to click. Since update...

[pure hamlet]

Yes its super useful

[pure hamlet]

I think they only snap to sections where 2 tracks meet

[signal fractal]

They do, but the direction is locked still, and you can run them along the track but direction is locked again, and doesn't follow the direction of the train track placement previously.

[karmic helm]

half nudge is nice atleast but I hate the lights now

[pure hamlet]

Maybe its a new bug, but the last bit has always been a thing

[pure hamlet]

They looked terrible before? They were just direct beams from the light source lol

[karmic helm]

looked fine in my setup but now everything renders/derenders and its super rough to look at

[signal fractal]

Yeah, lights look terrible now and pipes are acting a little weirder than usual, especially vertical.

[pure hamlet]

Ive not run into the rendering issues, but the light emitted by lights has always looked bad to me. Its not natural at all

[pure hamlet]

I have a lot of pipes in my world and havent seen any issues since the patch. You probably have to just delete and replace

[marsh raven]

What’s half-nudging?

[karmic helm]

yeah now you can see the lights vanish as you walk away so half my factory is in darkness until I walk within proximity and then the other half derender back into darkness

[pure hamlet]

Are you on performance or quality mode?

I thought it was always like that ngl

W the render distance

[karmic helm]

I've tried both and balanced mode but all of them are doing it

[karmic helm]

prior to the patch I played performance and they never had a render issue

[pure hamlet]

Im 200m away from my lights and i can see them just fine

Are you on ps5?

[karmic helm]

I'm on xbox it only happened after I closed game and installed the patch

[pure hamlet]

I’m xbox as well and mine are fine

[heavy vale]

Is there somewhere I can look at the console patch notes? I didn’t notice anything in #patch-notes

[karmic helm]

interesting not sure why

[pure hamlet]

They said its just minor bug fixes

[heavy vale]

Okay I was just curious is all.

[stuck geode]

Where did they say that? Mention anything about trophies

[pure hamlet]

Have you tried reloading your save or quitting and relaunching the game?

[karmic helm]

yeah several times

[pure hamlet]

In this chat, scroll up it wasnt long ago, but no

[pure hamlet]

Yea thats weird, hope it gets sorted it for you

[stiff moth]

Is there console to pc crossplay and if not is it planned?

[karmic helm]

they said it would be kept apart so no I don't think so

[stuck geode]

Any idea when the bugged trophies will be fixed?

[signal fractal]

Anyone know where to find the console patch notes? They are not listed, and we are currently v1.0.0.10 no notes listed for anything.

[stuck geode]

Read that message I just replied to for info^

[stiff moth]

aww that's kinda sucky

alright then

guess the guy has to finally get a pc

[signal fractal]

@floral pollen where's the patch notes

@stuck geode I see that. But there's not a changelog. It's just sad that we wait forever for this game and now it's gonna break slowly.

[stuck geode]

It’s not breaking lol

[pure hamlet]

???????

The game runs perfectly fine aside from a couple issues ppl are running into what are you talking about

[floral pollen]

We're currently still looking into fixing this, unfortunately it's not a straightforward situation so it's taking longer than we anticipated

[mighty jetty]

Thought that may have been the case. Just happy it's being looked into at all

[red bone]

My ps5 game keeps crashing. Any update on a bugfix coming?

[floral pollen]

Please make a post in https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/ and provide more details

I.e. When is it crashing?
Does the game crash when you perform certain actions?
Is this in single player or multiplayer?
Xbox or Playstation?
etc.

Any information helps

[gaunt pagoda]

same here, crashing on a 3 ppl party on a 190h save game on ps5. its crashing when loading or one of us is just a minute ingame on that savegame

crashes before the patch, a lot... we loaded into other games for 20-30min to work around that worked until this patch

same 3 ppl party on ps5 in a 3h game is instant working

[pure hamlet]

Are we gonna be allowed to increase swatch brightness past 1 :))

[silent mulch]

anyone else splitters bugging after this new update?

[cloud jasper]

Far as I can tell they aren't

[silent mulch]

i keep setting them up perfectly and they don’t work the only fix i found it disconnecting conveyors and reconnecting

[cloud jasper]

That's odd because I just checked mine here on my xbox and they are all pushing things along through splitters

[loud wharf]

Hello dear Com.... I would need someone to help me with the production of electricity again. I've been sitting on it for 7 hours and can't get it right.... Slowly my own fuse burns Hello dear Com.... I would need someone to help me with the production of electricity again. I've been sitting on it for 7 hours and can't get it right.... My own fuse is slowly blowing 😂

[silent mulch]

i found the problem it’s when u place the splitter after the conveyor

[frosty flicker]

Re-adding functionality for Half Nudging for controller?

Like I've been doing since before this update.

I can tap L1 to toggle.

[slender lily]

has the new patch fixed varied diet and lets whats out there trophies?

[surreal lichen]

Nope, see: #satisfactory-consoles message

[slender lily]

thank you!

[glass rune]

how can i add a friend so they can join me in my world if i'm on a Xbox and theyre on a PS

[uneven jolt]

So you think theyre going to allow us to do dedicated servers like PC can do or are we just shit out of luck

[outer ermine]

That's as much up to microsoft, Sony, and nitrado as it is up to coffee stain.

[shadow ridge]

Has anyone platinumed the the game yet

[outer ermine]

I don't know about one person with every achievement, but every achievement has been achieved on Xbox by at least one person.

[shadow ridge]

Damn im on phase 5 on my own but still need a few achievements like reach the sky limit those kinds of ones

[uneven jolt]

Im hoping if they do, they just talk to Sony. I dont want to have to rent a server

[outer ermine]

I'm not aware of any way to do a dedicated server on console other than through companys like that one.

[outer ermine]

At least options that don't leave the console running 24/7 which neither Sony nor Microsoft or particular fans of.

at least as far as I can tell.

it would be nice if consoles were given the privilege to use dedicated homemade servers but Sony almost certainly would not do that and Xbox might give us that permission with the next console generation if the rumors are to be believed that it is literally just a PC with a custom operating system. Hopefully, they go the Steam Deck route where you can dual-boot it between a custom Xbox system and a more standard Windows or even Linux would be quite funny.

[shadow ridge]

Unfortunately its likely that if they can charge you for something they will sony and Microsoft are just trying to squeeze every cent out of people but if it does happen that way its probably them not coffee stain

[uneven jolt]

Sad day lol. I dont usually leave my save running on my console often

[outer ermine]

The funny thing about that comment is as far as I can tell, from at least the company that I specifically listed, Microsoft and Sony make basically no money off of them.

[outer ermine]

I'm not even talking about just leaving the save running on your console, I'm talking about something that ark survival evolved did where you could actually run a console as a server and so long as you left it up 24-7 anyone could access it and it wouldn't be anywhere near as demanding on the console. So you could bypass the tether-range limit because there wouldn't be one because there wouldn't be a host and you could also have more people on those worlds than on a hosted world where the host console is also playing the game.

[shadow ridge]

Oh right fair enough I didn't realise they dont really make money from servers why do it in the first place if it doesn't benefit them?

[uneven jolt]

Yea I remember. I rented a server twice through Nitrado for Ark

[outer ermine]

Yada Yada liability Yada. consoles are plug-and-play, yada, we hate our users, etc.

Microsoft has given a real reason, I forget what it is, but from my memory of reading the highlights of it, it basically boils down to the first two points I made with the third point kind of being a read between the lines and it's there.

[shadow ridge]

There was a time when they were for the players but that's long gone

[outer ermine]

Sony might have done the same, but I have no idea, because I play Xbox, so it just doesn't affect me much one way or the other.

[outer ermine]

Around about PS3 Xbox 360 days is when that stopped being the case for a lot of companies not just these two.

[shadow ridge]

Yea playing on those consoles back then you got your moneys worth and now you'd be lucky to get a disk drive ...sony

[outer ermine]

Microsoft isn't that much better in that particular regard and overall I think they're about the same in terms of how terrible they are towards their users. At least on the gaming side, when it comes to Sony, and generally when it comes to Microsoft.

[shadow ridge]

They both have bad practice's and some good ones im kinda more on sonys side atm cuz xbox have rased they're membership over 50% and there consoles rasied as well

[outer ermine]

The math gets a little fuzzy for game pass, when compared to PS plus, because game pass ultimately, but standard as well, include a lot of features beyond just online Gaming. The recent price increase for ultimate was mostly just to accommodate the inclusion of Ubisoft Plus, which sure if you don't care about at all, then yeah, that is just a price increase. But you'd be soft want some money for that inclusion. So microsoft has to pay them and if Microsoft has to pay more, they're going to expect to be paid more.

Also, Ultimate does include Game Pass for PC as well as Game Pass for console, so comparing it to PS Plus is not a fair comparison. You'd want to compare to Standard or Core when comparing to Game Pass for the pricing.

I also don't know if I mentioned ultimate also includes EA play.

[shadow ridge]

Yea there's so many things packed in it kinda gets fuzzy i had ultimate for a bit and never used even half of what it offered

[outer ermine]

Which, again, like Ubisoft Plus, you may not care about, but it is included in the price so must be factored in.

[outer ermine]

When they increased the price for the first time in a while around, I think it was 2022 or 2023, I cancelled ultimate and dropped down to the standard tier and I'm kind of disappointed about the lack of day one releases but honestly I don't care that much because most of the games that get the day one release access are not games I really care about.

But with my understanding of PS Plus, honestly, the fair comparison is a game pass core, not standard, or ultimate.

And I'm pretty sure Game Pass Corps still offers more than PS Plus. I'm not 100% sure about that claim though. I know for a fact Game Pass Andrew does. And if you try and tell me that Game Pass Ultimate is a fair comparison for PS Plus, I will call you a liar.

[shadow ridge]

Ya im looking at ps plus rn and it offers cloud streaming classics catalogue game trials and sony pictures catalogue and that's its premium tiar not that much going on

Oh there was more i didn't see

[outer ermine]

and then there's game pass ultimate with I think it's at over 500 games now available on Xbox and on pc plus EA play and Ubisoft plus day one releases for all kinds of games. and a little rewards program that can help reduce the cost of it, although not by that much.

Game Pass Standard has, I believe, around 350 to 400 games. And then Core has, I believe, over 200 games. And then I have absolutely no idea what game pass for PC has, but that's a separate discussion as it doesn't really have an equivalent.

I wish they would offer a more modular subscription for Game Pass Ultimate because honestly for people like me who just care about Day 1 releases and online game of console, cutting I know the game pass for PC ea play and Ubisoft plus would drop the price considerably and make me far more likely to resubscribe to Ultimate.

I'm also curious if this game may be coming to game pass at some point. It might be on ultimate already, I'm not sure. But I do know at least one game from Coffee Stain Publishing is on game pass. I'm pretty sure core. I know it's on standard. And that would be deep rock galactic.

Oh, another thing I forgot to mention about game pass ultimate is it will often provide I believe 10 to 25% off a lot of games at random both on the subscription and not on it.

an interesting thing of a note about those percentages is Microsoft takes a 30% cut so if they don't go above 30%. I'm pretty sure they can do a sale without the permission of the seller so long as they only take from their cut. So instead of getting a 30% cut, they actually get a 5% cut but I have no idea how they manage those sales. I just know that there are a lot of game sales available to game pass ultimate subscribers

[shadow ridge]

Being able to customise your subscription would be crazy cuz they knownly lock things in higher tiars that people want i wish they would do that but it probably wont happen

[outer ermine]

They might allow you to cut out the EA play and Ubisoft plus from the ultimate subscription because honestly not a lot of people care about a lot of those games. Cutting out anything else from Ultimate is almost certainly not happening.

Basically, the question is, does Microsoft think they would gain more subscribers to that version of Ultimate than profit they would lose from people cutting out? Those two things from the subscription, who don't use those? Because I suspect the deal with Ubisoft and EA is some kind of profit sharing agreement depending on the ratio of those games compared to the rest of game pass. That an individual user uses.

Because, if it's a fixed profit sharing deal, then why the hell has Microsoft not already done this? Because there would be no disadvantage for them, although I guess ubisoft and EA could be objecting to this kind of an idea if Microsoft has already had it.

[shadow ridge]

Ya id probably cut ubsoft ea cloud streaming the PC thing cux i never once used them

Memberships are so complicated now before it was just the one and you choose how many months you'd get nice and simple but yea gaming is in a crazy place rn

[outer ermine]

I doubt they'd allow you to cut the cloud streaming partially because a lot of people use that especially to play games while they are downloading and also I suspect if only the people who used cloud streaming were paying for it then it actually wouldn't be profitable and they'd have to jack the price way up because cloud streaming is not cheap especially at 4k and I don't know if Microsoft Cloud Streaming does allow you to go to 4k.

[rare fog]

Are somewhere patch notes for version 1.005 on PS?

[limpid sand]

The hotfix did nothing my friend still cant join my world after 20 seconds without crashing

[torpid rampart]

I’m on phase 4 and frustrated. I deleted my original base and have a warehouse of left over materials. Stuck on quitting and starting a new game or pushing on

[misty ingot]

I am debating on buying this game tomorrow it looks good and all but I think it looks complicated asf

[zealous anvil]

Hi all, I'm having trouble finding this situation answered: can the same Epic Games account be used to play on PC and PS5, assuming you've bought the game on both platforms?

So, technically, I think I've purchased the game a total of 6 or 7 times now. I love the game a lot and love supporting the devs. I bought it twice on the Epic Games Store for my and my son, 3 or 4 times on Steam for myself, my son, my daughter, and one of my son's friends, and finally again on PS5 for my other son. Here's the problem: he's going to be playing it on my Playstation 5 while me and my other son are playing on PC, but logging into Epic requires you to link with your Playstation Network account, except I've already linked to the same account through Steam. So essentially, can I play on PC at the same time "I" play on Playstation? I haven't logged into Epic on the PS5 yet because I'm afraid of locking my Satisfactory game to the same Epic account and having issues playing with both my sons at once.

TLDR: I bought too many copies of Satisfactory, now I'm afraid of tripping over myself. Can I play simultaneously on PC and Playstation from the same Epic Games account?

[zealous anvil]

Speaking as somebody who has bought it 6 or 7 times, I say yes lol

It's not for everybody, of course. Watch some Let's Play videos maybe?

[misty ingot]

Hmmm yea not sure

[zealous anvil]

What are some of your favorite games?

[misty ingot]

I play fps and open world storys

[uneven jolt]

Idk if your here but I got it fixed. I isolated my biofuel grid and my coal gens. I turned of 7 out of 8 coal gens and just let it fill up the others. While that happened, I went and gathered a bunch of wood and leaves, let those fill up the biofuel.

Reconnected everything and turned it back on and it works!

[zealous anvil]

How do you feel about Factorio, Sim City (or Cities Skylines), or Dyson Sphere Program?

[misty ingot]

Haven't played any of them

[zealous anvil]

Minecraft? Space Engineers? Planet Crafter? Subnautica?

[misty ingot]

Minecraft and a bit of subnatica

[zealous anvil]

What do you like about Minecraft and what are your impressions of Subnautica?

[jolly quest]

I'm having severe issues with train collisions

I can't figure out the path and block system

I've watched tutorials on it and checked the wiki, yet it's not working as it should be from my understanding

Path signal facing the direction of travel at the start of the path, block signal facing the same direction at the end of the path to prevent a train from colliding on an occupied path

Its telling me the signal loops, has no exit signal, or has contradicting signals

Of course, paths can't include stations, so that makes junctions insanely complicated

Path signal > path signal works for some reason?

[jolly quest]

Trains just seem to be a lost cause. They're a really cool concept, but seem pointless to have AI control them

I'm gonna have to switch back to trucks cause those actually work

4 different youtube tutorials couldn't tell me why my signals are either looping or don't have exits

[hard furnace]

Has the trophies been fixed?

[runic zodiac]

Where does one find patch notes for console?

[gentle raven]

i find nothing. i m curious too

[topaz basalt]

AFAIK nowhere at this time, CSS is slacking.

[pure hamlet]

As long as the coal gens are working and arent turning on and off, you dont need much biofuel

[pure hamlet]

I have 20 trains in my world that deliver a total of 15k per min. They are not a lost cause lol you just need to learn how to use them

[pure hamlet]

You just dont need to use path signals. Just use block signals, and the block system is super intuitive.

[ionic swallow]

@jolly quest take a look at the recent posts in #1038092680493801533 regarding train signals. Lots of useful info

[drifting coyote]

They don't seem because nobody has them on psn profile

[pure hamlet]

CSS qa said they haven’t but it will be soon

[jolly quest]

There was an update, but the game version didn't change

[leaden schooner]

Are they ever going to fix the epic login crashing issue? Almost been out a month and still can't play with friends

[lilac edge]

thought they fixed that a couple weeks ago?

[leaden schooner]

Nope still keeps happening

[topaz basalt]

Seems there were multiple things going on and only some got fixed.
So it wasn't fixed for everyone.

[cloud jasper]

Check the pinned posts here I believe a patch note was pinned yesterday.

[cloud jasper]

That's another reason too to get power batteries connected to your coal generators so you have a buffer with the inevitable spikes from machinery power usage.

Then you can completely eliminate biofuel.

[surreal lichen]

(That or just build more coal power so you always have a healthy power overhead. :)

[pure hamlet]

Just build a working coal plant like apocalyp said lmao

Its not that hard, its 3 generators and 8 gens lol, the wiki has loads of setups you can copy and get working perfectly w no headache

[cloud jasper]

Mines working with sixteen coal generators and eleven batteries hooked up to it 🤣

[pure hamlet]

Finished phase 5 and have never needed to even think about using a battery lol defo not a necessity

[cloud jasper]

I just got into the last phase so I'm nowhere near finishing phase five probably won't for awhile yet.

[pure hamlet]

Its not that bad but its very power hungry. Make sure you have a good rocket fuel or even nuclear set up going into it

[cloud jasper]

Yeah currently I'm using a mix of coal, three fuel burners burning turbo fuel, and four geothermal generators so I'm nowhere near ready yet.

If nothing else I'll have to further research into rocket fuel or nuclear.

[pure hamlet]

Yeah thats nothing imo lol

Id suggest researching rocket fuel and building a good sized plant by the blue crater in the south east corner of the map

Can easily get 100gw of power from just one coal, nitrogen gas and sulfur node

[cloud jasper]

Blue crater sounds good. I went there once found it too dang eerie thinking I'd never build a home base there but it'd be good enough for power generation. 😄

[pure hamlet]

Imo its the best spot in the game for fuel and any of its variants

So easy to build a massive rocket fuel factory there

[royal galleon]

Can a train line go back and forth without being a loop?

[surreal lichen]

You can have a train with two locomotives, each facing "outwards," and it'll be able to go back and forth

They'll never "back up" on their own, but the locomotive facing outward will be able to go forwards

[royal galleon]

Lovely

[surreal lichen]

Keep in mind that a single-rail system like that is often difficult-to-impossible to get working with multiple trains on the rail network

So if you're gonna do that, you'll be best off with simple A->B transfers

[royal galleon]

It would purely be for plastic and the uhhh other thingy

Rubber

[cloud jasper]

I've done multiple shuttle lines like that actually for coal, copper, quartz, and caterium.

[royal galleon]

You use train for raw?

[cloud jasper]

Yeah for example I'm on the Gold coast in one game plenty of crude oil spots but no coal.

So I brought in raw coal from further northwest to use in various recipes.

[royal galleon]

Ah, I see

Wait eh, what recipe uses oil and coal?

[cloud jasper]

The oil I wanted to be close by for making plastic and rubber the coal is used for things like making black powder and aluminum scrap.

[pure hamlet]

Easier to just make a dual rail system so it becomes a loop

Enables you to expand on it later

[gleaming wagon]

I’m on PS5, how do I join my friends game on Xbox? We are friends on epic

I don’t see his world in the join game menu

[cloud jasper]

So I have a question regarding foundations.

I decided to start a second game this time in the dune oasis area.

I've put down 1m foundations as a base to put my hub.

On my previous game I kept filling in open air gaps under foundations for fear that the bean like creature on tall skinny legs would clip through the floor of a foundation as that happened on another save.

Does that creature need a certain amount of space underneath the foundation to clip his head through or is there some way to mitigate that other then filling it all in underneath with 1m, 2m, or 4m foundations?

[robust crypt]

Lol the can spawn onto foundations.

They crawl all over my plastic and rubber factories second floor

[cloud jasper]

So if Leave spacing underneath foundations nothing I can do about his head clipping through eh?

[robust crypt]

Bean lives the bean life.

[cloud jasper]

Alrighty then. Because I had the idea to use conveyor lifts and hide my conveyors below the top foundation to make things look neater

[robust crypt]

Thats a logistics floor. Many of us do that

[cloud jasper]

I never did in my previous playthrough so I'm going to try it this time.

[robust crypt]

When doing bigger builds leaving 8-12 meters between each floor is a huge help for logistics

[cloud jasper]

Is it also worth snapping foundations to the grid on Xbox I tap RB or just align the foundations how you want with regular snapping to each other

[rocky lintel]

I think world grid would be better so they're all on the same grid rather then having to build to a further factory for it to be lined up

[robust crypt]

until you learn to merge foundations so they align the way you want. I suggest keeping to the grid

[surreal lichen]

For a contrasting opinion: IMO World Grid is a trap. I much prefer building factories "with" the local geography; factories aligned N/E/S/W are more boring for me. :) If you do ever want to "join up" disparate factories which are on different grids, there's a ton of methods to do so cleanly

(Though I also basically never end up connecting up disparate factories with foundations anyway, so for me that rarely comes up)

[drifting coyote]

Hey, do we know if the 5000 platforms for the trophy need to be in the same save or it can be in multiple ones ?

[robust crypt]

same save, youll do it organicly as you play

[drifting coyote]

Thank you, I finished the game and got my 1000 tickets and it didn't happen. I must be doing something wrong. (Look at the big spaghetti Monster)

[robust crypt]

The factory still needs to grow,

[drifting coyote]

Amen, the factory must grow

[wary nimbus]

There is a way to connect cables from one unit to another instead of unit -> pole ?

[drifting coyote]

Battery can have two connections, otherwise no, it's the only way

[robust crypt]

have you unlocked wall nodes for power in the awesome shop?

[cloud jasper]

I found a decent spot on the southeast coast of the dunes with two coal nodes next to each other and a pure iron node as well as copper and limestone to start

Would likely make it easier to have a logistics floor above that water then my main flooring 8m above for factories etcetera.

Plus it'd be a change of scenery.

Might not even bother world grid snapping with this like you said go with the terrain lol.

[wary nimbus]

I dont think so, im doing the tiers, I just unlockd logistics tier 2

[surreal lichen]

I mean in the end there's plenty of folks who swear by World Grid. :D Up to you in the end, as with so much in the game. :)

[robust crypt]

in the awesome shop that gives you other power connector options the wall ones can clip to metal beams;.

I like to run a beam under my machines the clip the power to that. this way the cord are not running all over the place

[wary nimbus]

also can you remove the rocks tree and suff? I placed a foundation, thinking it would get rid of it, but it clips

[cloud jasper]

Trees you can remove with the chainsaw or nobelisk charges

[lilac edge]

world grid is 🩲

[surreal lichen]

As MrPellaeon mentioned, your two options for that kind of thing is the chainsaw (unlocked quite early on via milestones) or explosives (find some sulfur and research it in the MAM). There are some trees which can't be removed, and there's also rocks which can't be removed. For rocks, the ones you can definitely removed are ones that look very cracked, and a lot of smaller rocks (like maybe up to half-Pioneer-height or so)

In the end, if explosives won't get rid of something, it can't currently be removed

[lilac edge]

world grid: build on this grid and nothing else.

want your global grid to be based on spawn point for compulsive reasons? you're s.o.l.

[surreal lichen]

For foliage, using the chainsaw will net you various resources for destroying it, which can be handy

[lilac edge]

<@&370483737957236737> this is something people asked about years ago. checking how it ranks on the to-do/nice-to-have list?

[lilac edge]

🪂
🏃‍♀️
⬛

⬛
⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛
🌲🌲🌲🌲💥💥💥

^preferred deforestation method

[wary nimbus]

world grid you mean without the snap on?

[lilac edge]

snapping to grid, using the grid that the game provides for you, vs. placing your own "root" foundation, then building temporary foundations from that point to wherever you want to build.

my new game routine is thus:

1. save immediately upon spawning
2. play until unlocking foundations
3. place desired foundation type as "root" in approximate spawn point location
4. save
5. upload point 1 save and point 4 save to SCIM, copying & pasting the x/y coordinates across
6. download modified save file, continue playing

[cloud jasper]

Except you can't do steps five and six on consoles as you literally cannot download the saves to a USB stick to modify on a computer

[lilac edge]

for now

[normal shadow]

Is there a way to transfer blueprints from a creative save over to my survival save ?

[lilac edge]

until they announce otherwise, console blueprints are tied to save files, so you have to recreate them on console.

[grave crag]

The game won't save named categories I've made in my blueprint section, anyone else having this issue?

[proper plover]

How do you dispose of nuclear waste easily because I've just built a tower to store it for the time being

[lilac edge]

[surreal lichen]

Depends what you consider "easy," in the end. :)

You've got four options for nuclear:

1. Make Uranium Rods > Burn Them > Store the Uranium Waste forever
2. Make U Rods > Burn Them > Convert the U Waste to Plutonium Rods > Sink the Pu Rods (for a "clean" nuclear option)
3. Make U Rods > Burn Them > Convert U Waste to Pu Rods > Burn Them > Store the Plutonium Waste forever
4. Make U Rods > Burn Them > Convert U Waste to Pu Rods > Burn Them > Convert Pu Waste to Ficsonium Rods > Burn Them (for another "clean" option; Ficsonium produces no waste)

Once you get past Uranium Fuel Rods, the only other product which is sinkable is Plutonium Fuel Rods

Plutonium waste accumulates much more slowly than Uranium waste, fwiw. For folks who don't care about "clean" nuclear, burning Pu Rods and storing that waste tends to be the preferred option

Ficsonium itself is quite resource-expensive (particularly SAM) and doesn't produce much extra power. But if you want the extra power from Plutonium and still want "clean" nuclear, that's the option. :)

[lilac edge]

you forgot 5.

[surreal lichen]

heh

I suppose there's also 0. Don't do Nuclear

Technically there's also the HUB toilet, one waste at a time

[lilac edge]

so 6. 🚽

dookie nuk'em

[proper plover]

Or 7, be an absolute mad man and go further and make the stuff you jeed dark matter for which I'm now at a point where my ps5 is struggling to keep up, mucking around in "creative" to get a handle on the later game stuff and setups as well as mechanics and fluid transporting

I currently have a 4 floor system that is still expanding and so far I'm up to plutonium waste however if plutonium rods can be sinked I might stop there because 6k MW of power seems a tad excessive when it's just 1 nuclear plant

[fierce egret]

Ive just my 2 buds world and they are in phase 4 and they are just making lines with spliter in stead of simply spliting them equaly and there coal power plabt was a nightmare it has taken me 3 hours to fix there intire power grid and there piting a pure node into 1 smelter whilst at the same time putting a impure into 7 smelters wlist not using a spilter aray IM SO CONFUSED HOW THEY HAVE MADE IT SO FAR

[normal shadow]

I usually even out the outputs when I have a normal/pure node but I have 18 coal gens with 3 normal coal nodes feeding them and it still struggles to power all 18 gens

[uneven jolt]

Sooo im getting a message about a server restart..
Is that cause I left my game on all night (and day basically)?

[topaz basalt]

The game is set as client-server even in SP, and also set to save and reload every 24h.

Just that both that server part, and client part, run on same machine as same program.

[uneven jolt]

Ooh okay.

[covert totem]

I’m curious if anyone has had lag issues with late game or if it still runs good

[pure hamlet]

Completed phase 5, have a megafactory producing every project part and a stupid number of other factories. 300+ gens in my world. 20 ish trains. 0 lag

[lilac edge]

someone was reading the wiki: #satisfactory-memes message 😛

[pure hamlet]

Not the biggest world but i think its a good measure for performance

[covert totem]

Definitely a good measure; thanks

[pure hamlet]

I also have like 6 teleporters set up, 0 lag when going to crazy places like where all my fuel gens are and such

Ive heard its v different on ps5 though

[covert totem]

I’m on ps5 so I hope it’ll let me get to end game

[pure hamlet]

I’m sure by the time you get there they will have further optimised the game so i wouldnt stress

Also no reason to rush to endgame

[gray trench]

How do I add items to the hotwheels? xbox controller thx

oh just figured it oout, press y to add

[woeful heath]

Just finished putting down my 252 200% overclocked rocket fuel generators.. Do I dare turn them on now?

[muted torrent]

Not on the map atm, we'd like to be careful with the snowball effect of eventually being able to dismantle the entire world

[crimson compass]

The bugs…

[lilac edge]

optional de-rendering of foliage intersecting foundations isn't the same as dismantling the world 😛

[muted torrent]

My brain can't comprehend that sentence

[lilac edge]

finds clip might take too long & for all I know, Mikael's nose is still running froords

[crimson compass]

Still waiting for button remapping

[muted torrent]

1.2

[crimson compass]

Finally: actual fo76

[lilac edge]

1. find spot you wanna build a platform
2. place foundation tiles
3. whoops, grass poking through, looks weird

pseudocode solution:

if (foundation.intersects(grass_instance) && hide_intersected_foliage) {
  grass_instance.hide();
}

[muted torrent]

Oooh

Neat

[crimson compass]

Instructions unclear: game crashes now /j

[lilac edge]

I think when people have requested it in the past, it only applies to things like grass that we can't chainsaw/asplode, and presumably wouldn't cover big honking great foliage like the trees in the titan forest.

[muted torrent]

Gotcha

I'll poke around a bit about how feasible this logic is

[lilac edge]

related QA site posts:

• https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/5e9664076f3c82fe950acf20
• https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/604fa7e0aa0ba107e3250baf
• https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/6095aed087eb251708911ea3
• https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/6196c92e831c85205235f4ff
• https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/637930f1ca608e0803525c38 (flagged as rejected)
• https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/64fcc68e87a1e63b6ceeb441
• https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/6726f9c8ddb9d97e0720baaa

-# (that's in order of oldest to newest)

[undone tide]

what is the key you press on controller to do the splitter/merger swap as on PC they hold CTRL, consoles ???

Edit: nm its R1...

[balmy geyser]

how do i smelt limestone?

[ionic swallow]

You don't. You feed it into an assembler to make concrete

[dull finch]

lava 🤤

[stark nova]

Ok love the game I’m 110 hours into it just started faze 4 I feel overwhelmed so much stuff oh my god I gotta double everything if not more why have I done this to myself

https://tenor.com/view/tommy-boy-chris-farley-stressed-upset-hair-pull-gif-16115894944211205747

[woeful heath]

Yeah phase 4 is where it really starts to pick up in complexity... I just finished up a big new power plant in phase 4 and hoping it will get me through for quite a while 😄

[stark nova]

God I’m gonna have to double my power production again just to continue I’m just about to reach my max power consumption well I guess that’s an issue for tomorrow me when I get onto the game again I was hoping 25000mw would be enough to last me a while longer

[balmy geyser]

how do you use an assembler?

@ionic swallow

@dull finch

[dull finch]

its as similar as a constructor

just with 1 additional input

[ionic swallow]

sorry, I meant constructor

my bad

i'm really bad at remembering machine names in this game even though I've been playing since early access began

[woeful heath]

Anyone have any tips when it comes to making supercomputers, fused modular frames, and turbomotors?
It looks quite involved and not sure how many to plan for making a minute

[surreal lichen]

At that stage of the game I'm often making sub-factories where it makes sense to. So like for Fused Modular Frames, I've probably got a separate HMF production site for those, and I'll ship 'em over to where I'll "finish up" the FMF production, etc.

A lot easier to find convenient factory locations with all necessary nodes nearby if you break it up into subfactories

[lilac edge]

don't forget to poop

[still lance]

does anyone know if the waiting time for trains is bugged always reverts to 15 secs

[woeful heath]

That sounds like a very good idea and what I'm starting to plan for as well

This way I can have a place for iron/steel products.. A place for plastic/computer products, and ship it all together to HMF and alu parts for the big 3 parts

[surreal lichen]

Partially kind of depends on your tolerance for setting up logistics, of course. :D

The one thing I'll recommend with all that is: have dedicated machines for each export. So like if you are centralizing your production of plastic/computer parts, don't just throw them all into a single bin and then try to divvy them up later. Have it so, like: "these three Computer manufacturers export their products over to factory X, whereas these two Computer manufacturers export their products over to factory Y"

IME it's a lot easier to manage when you've got specific machines assigned to specific lines, even if you are sort of centralizing their production somewhere

[woeful heath]

Yeah that's also my plan right now

But makes it annoying later if I need to expand for X new thing

[surreal lichen]

I basically just Don't Expand™. :) If I need more of something I'll just make a new factory for it instead

(Which might give me an opportunity to make use of different alt recipes and such, too, which is fun in and of itself)

[woeful heath]

True

[surreal lichen]

Can be frustrating if you thought that, for instance, you never had to make another HMF factory or something. But in the end, it's about the same amount of factory-building anyway, so IMO no big loss

(Which is also why I generally don't really "plan ahead" -- I just make whatever I need right now, and then when I need more later, it's factory-buildin' time. :)

Though on my most recent playthrough I actually did fully plan out some of my endgame production stuff; I kind of wanted one big Supercomputer factory instead of making those multiple times, so I mapped out exactly what I wanted to use Supercomputers for and then set up the factory to produce that

But that may be more advance planning than you (or even myself!) care to do. :)

[woeful heath]

I am trying 2 things at once with my plans right now... Create extra of all materials and also make a factory that creates one machine for each of the phase 4 space elevator parts

So wondering if I should split this up and make 1 part that is about making the materials so I have them for building, and then making a separate factory for creating the space elevator parts.. Which essentially also means making all of what I just did again ._.'

I had just manually fed machines for completing phases 1-3, but thinking I should have something that makes it automatically now for phase 4 (regretting not making it earlier, but there was always better things to unlock)

[lilac edge]

whereas I'm planning so far ahead I'm making custom planners before I start playing 😛

[surreal lichen]

Heh, yeah, production deficit for SE parts can come back to bite you sometimes. :D Still, just more factory to build, in the end. :P

[quasi gull]

Praise steam deck fixes, pc broke recently and just got one to hold me over for a couple years 🙇

[frozen geyser]

How do u tame lizard

[lilac edge]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Lizard_Doggo#Taming

[balmy geyser]

how do you use an assembler?

@lilac edge

[lilac edge]

same way you use a constructor, only with two ingredients instead of one

@turbid siren tell the console players about the weirdness that is sushi belting 😛

(normal people use one belt per input, sushi belters like to use one belt per machine)

[balmy geyser]

i think i understand

[reef mist]

https://discord.com/channels/370472939054956546/1443297273822974113

Check out if interested

[jolly quest]

Great news, that ghost update we had on Xbox fixed over a dozen issues I was experiencing

1.1.1.0 is the release version for us, but there was an update that didn't change the game version, yet still fixed a ton of bugs

[sly mortar]

well now epic games is down..

[pure hamlet]

Could you give any examples? I dont rly run into many bugs but would wanna know the more common ones you have seen fixed

[frosty flicker]

Just got online and saw that message

[sly mortar]

god damn bro

[jolly quest]

If you stand on a tractor/truck and it needs to be teleported back to the path, it used to reliably crash the game and corrupt your most recent save.

Sometimes these vehicles would spontaneously fall through the map as well, which I haven't noticed since

Quick resume finally works and doesn't cause you to lose your inventory and all your upgrades

[shrewd dragon]

Is it up again?

[drifting coyote]

With no way to limit the throughput on a belt and ensure some ratio are respected it's 100% sure to deadlock

[frosty flicker]

It's not

https://status.epicgames.com/

[pure hamlet]

Oh thats weird i never had this issue

Fuck trucks tho i never use them lol

[pure hamlet]

You balance the stuff feeding into it so it feeds appropriately. Its just a different playstyle

[jolly quest]

I had over 2 dozen bugs that I dealt with

I'm just glad I haven't experienced any since the update

[pure hamlet]

Thats wild lol, i had next to none

The only one i had is sometimes when manually saving you couldnt back out of the menu, forcing you to restart the game

[frosty flicker]

Just had to delete a Freight Car that was in the middle of other Freight Cars, and they won't reconnect

[jolly quest]

Seems like we all have player specific bugs

[surreal lichen]

Huh, I'm actually surprised it let you dismantle a single car in the middle of a train. I admit I've never tried to do that

In general the game will only let you place new freight cars when they're "attached" eventually to a locomotive; wonder if the one hanging at the end is causing issues with that

[jolly quest]

I've loaded in before and had all recipes in my factories be reset so I had to manually go through a and figure out what was to be constructed where

[surreal lichen]

May have to delete the "hanging" one(s) as well

[pure hamlet]

That sucks big time man, so glad i never had anything like that otherwise it wouldve completely ruined it for me

I made it 200 hours without anything other than a slight hinderancen

But wouldnt have played anywhere near as much with a big bug like that

[jolly quest]

I bricked a 85 hour save just by loading in. Player inventory was deleted, thousands of meters of belts completely empty when they should be full, causing the power grid to be inoperable, not to mention the factory situation on top of that

I just had to restart after that

The green fields are a sore spot for me to this day

[pure hamlet]

Yea thats nuts lol sorry you had to go through that

[jolly quest]

Welp, I spoke too soon, new bug dropped

I'll post a video once it uploads

It's not game breaking, just insanely annoying

My railway switches are backwards

You switch it to go right, you go left instead

[pure hamlet]

Lmao thats annoying

[jolly quest]

#streams-and-videos

[drifting coyote]

Me, every time to the MAM : NO, I won't take biofuel.

[lilac edge]

You're forgetting about precise production control

[drifting coyote]

There's still the possibility one line get starved and the other one back up solidly up to the merge

[pure hamlet]

At least it doesnt matter for the trains that are self driving

[jolly quest]

They've been getting confused too

[pure hamlet]

I dont think they should, im fairly certain they ignore or change the arrows by themselves

[loud wharf]

I need help with the fault problem with the electricity 🤯

I'm still going crazy 🙈

[pure hamlet]

What’s wrong

[loud wharf]

Idk

Thats the problem 😅

[pure hamlet]

Lol you need to somehow describe whats going wrong

Otherwise i cant rly help unfortunately

[loud wharf]

I built fuel generators... Then further built with 2 manufactories... Powwww... Fuse out...

[surreal lichen]

A #1038092680493801533 thread with detailed screenshots of your setup and such would probably be useful, fwiw. Can ask in here too, but this is more meant to be console-specific talk, and I think this channel doesn't allow image embeds

[loud wharf]

Im on PS5

[surreal lichen]

Sure, but a #1038092680493801533 thread is still probably your best bet. :)

[loud wharf]

Ok thanks

[lilac edge]

precise

sushi

this is why I pinged @turbid siren 😛

[turbid siren]

On the flip side: so long as it works, you know that everything is running exactly as expected (this can be achieved forever* for any production)
*||for a minimum of thousands of in-game hours||

[drifting coyote]

Can you believe in 300h in game and I just realised you can insert poles directly on a wire like the splitters/mergers

[wary nimbus]

there is a way to see my factory layout on the map?

[royal galleon]

Hello peeps, I have a question for those of you using good ol' choo choos

[surreal lichen]

Heh, it took me years to realize that was possible. :). I still don't ever really make use of it

[uneven jolt]

I only learned about this because a guy on YouTube (who has 1700 hours) showed us. And he only learned cause someone commented about it

[wild cave]

no

i have 750 hours and i didnt know this

[cloud jasper]

Not only that you can put power poles on top of splitters and mergers by building a pole on the ground, then using the blue power icon to build another pole and place it on top of splitter and or merger

[rain mason]

Is there anyway to change the color of the milestone text

I can not see the orange on white

[desert heath]

We need keyboard and mouse support💔🥀🙏

[outer ermine]

There does not appear to be a way to change text color or text size in this game. At least for us console players.

[uneven jolt]

Question, i know Mk 3 belts can move 270 resources per min.
Is it wise to upgrade all existing Mk 1 belts across the board?

[rocky lintel]

So i assume you can run fuel generators off of turbo fuel but I cant seem to find how many you can run of one refinery making turbo fuel

Cause im looking to expand my power

[ionic swallow]

depends on how much steel you have.... if you have little, only upgrade where you need it

if you have a lot, do what you want

[uneven jolt]

Gotcha. Thanks

[ionic swallow]

it's not going to improve your efficiency any if you're increasing throughput needlessly

[uneven jolt]

Right

[surreal lichen]

I personally basically never "upgrade" factories. Once I've built a factory, it's done -- if I ever need more of that factory's output, I just make another factory for it.

Depending on the situation, that new factory might be right next to the old one, and maybe even be taking resources from the same node. But I still leave the original factory as-is

So for me, I rarely upgrade belts

[ionic swallow]

I often go back to my more cramped factories to shove extra machines or power shards into them, so it's sometimes useful to upgrade in place

[gray trench]

How many saved games can you have? Ive still fairly new to the game ,and enjoy the early part up to stage 2 of the elevator.

[pure hamlet]

What’s up?

[uneven jolt]

Just unlocked the Blueprint Designer Mk 1.

Im willing to bet they're useful, but how useful are blueprints?

[fiery goblet]

Anyone else having issues where the game crashes 10-15 seconds after joining multiplayer world?

[pure hamlet]

Extremely useful, they speed up making factories exponentially

I can place 8 blueprints, connect the belts or pipes and have an entire production line which makes 1000 aluminium ingots per min for example

Or 300 rocket fuel per min per bp

[plain holly]

No. I have only played multiplayer with no problems. We are currently on aluminium so been going well

Is ficmas coming to console monday?

[elder thicket]

I haven't seen anywhere that says no yet, only seen yes's

[plain holly]

Sweet. Better find a spot to build it. Been looking it up and minimum it's a 23x23 platform factory

[pure hamlet]

What resources does it need?

[plain holly]

Copper, iron and presents which come from trees you unlock.

https://youtu.be/2kNsKZXs1r8?si=MobTDBnoXI6E9jDt

[royal galleon]

Going up - I currently have one line im making where im trying to have it go high up to just carry over a dense area but its basically just a load of 2m ramps, is there a better way to do it or no?

[pure hamlet]

You could make a spiral, but that will slightly impact your throughput as your round trip time will be longer

[spiral zenith]

I'm not sure if it just a issue for me on Xbox but anyone else having it pull from the dimensional depot before it uses what in your inventory despite it being set to use from inventory first

[drifting coyote]

I just started a new playthrough in the desert, how is it supposed to be hard :

• vast open field
• pure nodes everywhere
• oasis where a chainsaw in area mode can harvest litteral stacks of stuff in seconds
• vast infinite sea to the east with pure coal nodes
• not much hostile mobs

[uneven jolt]

For real??

I think it had something to do with the terrain not being level (im new but I saw a video about it)

[plain holly]

It needs to say use depot before inventory. It's the other way around. what's there isn't what's set, that's showing what it will be if you press it. If that makes sense

[plain holly]

It's hard early game for bio and the uneven floor. But sky bases are great for it

[robust crypt]

Its only "hard" if you have no clue what you are doing

[pure hamlet]

I think its only “harder” because early on there isnt as much easy access to biofuel, otherwise it tees you up pretty nice for mid game and beyond

By phase 3 i had already set up most of my satellite factories there just because of the node density

[restive wharf]

Hi

[spiral zenith]

Thanks this worked definitely was scratching my head about it

[plain holly]

Why can't I write 480 on a Sign?

[pure hamlet]

Does it come out censored?

Censoring is pretty weird idk if its a console thing, you cant write CO for crystal oscillator i noticed lol

[plain holly]

Yeah just puts *** for 480. I'm just trying to sign what I have on belts

[pure hamlet]

Just use a throughput monitor

[woeful heath]

HOR gets censored as well :/ Can't even shorten Heavy Oil Residue

[pure hamlet]

Yea its more annoying for drones than signs

[proper plover]

Would yall say 2 and a half hours is alright to get coal power set up?

[ionic swallow]

wildly varies per person

I'm an adhd mofo and can spend 5-10 hours just making the perfect power plant

[proper plover]

Fair

[pure hamlet]

You will get quicker as you make more things

[ionic swallow]

not including the 2 hours spent just running around just looking at things

[pure hamlet]

Unless that time includes aesthetic design

[proper plover]

Yeah what Iean is from fresh to having enough coal power to run what I made to get coal power, not necessarily to set up the power system, saving that for later

Wanna get a proper system for actually making parts before I worry about making my power plant work and look nice

[pure hamlet]

16 coal gens is plenty until you get to fuel

[supple mica]

i only had 12 coal gens

[proper plover]

Ah, I will need to set up a 2nd coal miner then, I have done the math and I can run 6 gens from 1 pure vein iirc

Produces 120 per min, using t2 converters, each plant consumes 15 per min, 15x6 is 120

[pure hamlet]

Its most ideal to run 8 gens in each block so your water consumption is easier

8 gens = 3 water extractors

[proper plover]

Gotcha, running 4 atm so I jave them ready to expand it, thankfully I was smart enough to set them all up next to a massive lake

16 gens should be what, 3 pure veins, 4 or 5 miners in total depending on the veins I have avaliable

Oh the satisfaction of layering the conveyers and seeing a sea of coal will be immense

[ionic swallow]

you could almost call it satisfactory

[wary nimbus]

onon factorio some movers can filter what it takes from storage, so you can put whatever you want inside and it will only take out what you set as filter, satisfactory have anything similar to this?

[olive wraith]

This sounds like the smart and programmable splitters, which can be unlocked in the caterium mam tree

[olive wraith]

Wait until you get into oil and that sea of belts has pipes everywhere too

[proper plover]

So uh, I may have gone a lil overboard just because why not, set up 18 coal power plants, all of which are supplied by a total of 3 pure coal veins around 600m away. I have had to use 9 water extractors with 1 or 2 pumps each. The best part is, I still have a surpluss of coal with just mk1 miners

[drifting coyote]

Me I just throw power shard at my power plants and water extractor until all my problems are solved

[frozen geyser]

Does 100 hard drive track thru different saves

[ionic swallow]

no, hard drives are per save

[misty ingot]

Anyone thier? I need help

[lofty bison]

#1038092680493801533

[misty ingot]

I got it !

[surreal lichen]

Fwiw, it's not unusual to end Phase 2 with anywhere from 32-64 coal gens

Obvs it's possible to do less, but if you're one to like a healthy power overhead, it's not hard to just keep going. :)

[frozen geyser]

I was talking about for the trophy

[ionic swallow]

dunno what trophy you're talking about... if it's a playstation trophy, then that belongs to the whole game

granted, I'm a PC player

[frozen geyser]

Well it is a steam achievements too

[ionic swallow]

that's not tied to saves, no

it's for your whole game time spent in the game

[copper fable]

Anyone considered starting a new playthrough on the desert ? Currently on my first playthrough on grassy fields and everything is a mess and wouldn't mind a fresh start, but also I could just move location as I'm about to start on coal power

[gray trench]

Im still newish to the game, and plan on starting fresh in each area, just to explore

[surreal lichen]

My advice for dealing with messy early stuff isn't to completely start fresh, but to leave that stuff just as it is and build your new factories elsewhere

Even if your early factories are crap, they're still producing x/min Iron Rods for you, or y/min Rotors or whatever. No need to wipe that from existence. Just build your next stuff somewhere else and try to do better. :)

Also, if you get used to expanding outwards with smaller factories all over the map, you can easily spend a nice amount of time building factories in all of the starting areas (and all the areas inbetween), without having to reset your progress to nothing inbetween

Remember that you can dismantle your HUB/Elevator/MAMs without losing anything. They can all be relocated whenever you want

(MAMs in particular can even be built in multiple places at once)

[glossy sundial]

Anyone know anything about kbm coming?

[surreal lichen]

Yeah, being worked on. See https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxi2DyL2XoZnfFj0tYlz14z4qLpxt0sVAQ (via https://archive.satisfactory.video/topics/features/console-release/)

[glossy sundial]

Thank you I can’t stand playing with controller

Not that’s it’s bad I just hate controllers

[silent mulch]

is there any way on console to get the under clock to an exact number instead of using the d-pad?

for example on my miner i’m trying to hit exactly 270 but the closest i can get is 271.6

[pure hamlet]

Yes you press x on xbox i think and it lets you choose the exact output number to 2 decimal places

[silent mulch]

ok thank you

[copper fable]

Cheers for the tips!

[rugged musk]

Then get a pc like why even own a console at that point

I’m pro console but hating a controller? Seems stupid tbh

[late ether]

Any other console players on nuclear power ?

I think they did such a good job on the controller port. Im zooming around better than cod 🤣😭

[warm viper]

How do I edit a machine's settings?

[rugged musk]

That’s taught in the tutorial

[lilac edge]

can't zoom around better than cod, fish got removed

[late ether]

What do you mean exactly? Like overclocking it?

[late ether]

This hoverpack is the best thing ever though lol

[warm viper]

Yes, like changing rates for instance

[lilac edge]

(was making a terrible joke about cod 🐟 not cod fps)

[late ether]

Make power shards from slugs then click x on machine to access

[lilac edge]

have you played with the parachute yet?

[warm viper]

Ah okay thanks

[late ether]

Yeah the parachute is awesome too but I build power lines all across the map so I can just fly up on mountains to get harddrives and stuff

[lilac edge]

parachute can go up mountains too

[late ether]

Wait what????

[lilac edge]

with sufficient speed/momentum, parachute will take you up a slope, be it terrain, foundations, or stairs

[late ether]

Omg I really need to test this out. I had no idea im about to get really experimental haha

I just hit nuclear power so before I die from that I'll have some fun 🤣

[pure hamlet]

Yes

Did you need help w smth?

[hazy harbor]

totaly doing the unhinged route and handcraftin everything till i get coal access so i dont have to bother with biomass gens

[woeful heath]

That seems like more trouble than just popping down 2 bins, 3 constructors and manifold feeding a shit ton of biomass gens

[hoary quail]

Are trains bugged?

Now the fuel nor cargo will unload or load

[pure hamlet]

Nope

[pure hamlet]

Delete the freight platforms and re do them

[woeful heath]

As someone who has unlocked nuclear power but not the particle enhancement yet... I am guessing I need to wait with it since I cannot get rid of nuclear waste?

[pure hamlet]

Yes, best to wait until you have plutonium unlocked

You dont need nuclear to beat the game. I beat it lile 60 hours ago and am only just doing my nuclear setup now

[woeful heath]

I did just complete a rocket fuel power plant making me over ~126K MW, so hoping I don't have to think about power for a while

[pure hamlet]

Can easily do phase 5 on that, it just depends on your scale

[woeful heath]

Nice.. I am taking a step back and redoing some earlier factories because I never automated a lot of stuff and was just hand feeding a couple more annoying parts for a while

For example don't have automatic motors or any space elevator parts... So thinking I should get around to getting all that done first.. And then I want to automate the next big 3 items (||supercomputer, turbomotor, and fused modular frame||), and then bring it all together for phase 4 parts

[frozen geyser]

Is there a way to get the all achievement trophy that glitch

[pure hamlet]

Yea id focus on finishing at least phase 4 before you think about nuclear

Otherwise itll be a pain to add a waste processing system to an established plant

[woeful heath]

What do you guys prefer to do when you need like 9.6 machines of something?

1. 9 machines at 100%, 1 at 60%
2. All 10 at 96%

[pure hamlet]

1. But i overclock everything to 250% now so i usually end up placing an extra one

[plain holly]

What's one have glitchesd?

[plain holly]

I add more or less machines so it's a round number haha

[surreal lichen]

Depends on the specifics for me. With that many machines I'm more likely to do number 1, but when there's a nice divisor like that, I may do #2 instead

[lofty bison]

i always do 1

[frozen geyser]

Visit all biom. Pick the three flowers or whatever and complete all milestones

[versed hatch]

It’s broken.

[south lagoon]

Either all 10 at 96, or more likely, all 10 at 100.

[versed hatch]

You have to wait until they fix it.

[south lagoon]

Actually no, just 4 at 250 :p

[frozen geyser]

That sucks all hardwork not to be able to platinum the game

[versed hatch]

Just wait until they do. It’s no rush, pretty chilled.

[frozen geyser]

I even did like 4 different game trophy still didnt pop

They haven't even fixed it on pc yet

[pearl harness]

Guys, I have 10 blenders for nitro rocket fuel(200%), how do I balance 2000 sulfur/min with just mk5 belts?(780/min)

[plain holly]

Oh ok. I have all them. The flower one is to eat all 3 not pick them. Visit the biomes I waited in each for about 15 mins. I went on mercer hunts to pass time.

[versed hatch]

Oh. Lemme try that.

The eating of the item, that is

[frozen geyser]

I did eat all 3 n how about the milestone one

[versed hatch]

The eating of the items doesn’t work. Shame.

[plain holly]

Start a new game and just runa nd fine them and eat them

[versed hatch]

I’m fine with leaving trophies for later until I finished the game, so will do that once it’s time for trophies cleanup

Thanks btw!

[frozen geyser]

I try that 4 times

[versed hatch]

Bro, just wait until they fix it. There’s not much we can do. If it doesn’t work, then just wait until they do. It sucks, but it’ll be okay.

[uneven jolt]

Bro tracking down Mercer spheres is annoying lol

[pure hamlet]

Use an online map and its super easy, just a bit long

[uneven jolt]

How and when do I get stuff to destroy the damn poison gas pillars and plants? They're pissing me off

Im just trying to get power slugs and spheres... not get strangled by deadly gas

[lofty bison]

nobelisk research sulfur

or gas mask but i dont remember when you unlock that

[surreal lichen]

Yeah, as mentioned, find some sulfur and research it in your MAM

You can actually get it quite early on, but it's not a HUB/milestone unlock

[true cliff]

Will cross-play be added for PC and console, at some point?

[surreal lichen]

No current plans, afaik

[true cliff]

RIP

[surreal lichen]

Though more official statements than me can be found here: https://archive.satisfactory.video/topics/features/multiplayer/crossplay/

[uneven jolt]

Okay cool I researched Sulfur then moved back to the video I was watching. Guess I should've stayed with it lol

[proper plover]

What's a good early on resource to put into the sink, atm I have wire and iron rods as I have an abundance being made

[lofty bison]

make rotors with your extra rods

[pure hamlet]

Sink the most complex part you can currently make. Project parts are usually a good idea

[proper plover]

Stuff like a rotator and what not then?

[lofty bison]

smart plating

[pure hamlet]

You can sink anything, but the more complex smth it is the more points you get

[proper plover]

Yee, I'm just thinking the rotator as I can craft em pretty quickly and have a good source of iron right next my current base

[pure hamlet]

Decent for a little bit but will quickly be worth nothing

Just have any overflow go into a sink

[uneven jolt]

Also, how do you kill the big four legged whale looking things?

[crimson compass]

You have a zapper, and later guns

I think explosives work to

[uneven jolt]

Yea zapper doesnt do much.

1. the run away
   2)I need the gun

[uneven jolt]

Found the gas mask. Its the last item in the Mycelia tree in the MAM

[crimson compass]

So far ive seen 2 guns: a single shot pistol and a rifle i think

[hazy harbor]

what unlocks phase 3? cuz i researched everything in the hub and nothin unlocked

[surreal lichen]

New phases are unlocked via Space Elevator deliveries

[proper plover]

I'm having an issue finding a quartz deposit near me, it's underground, but can't find the cave, starting to get in my nerves, I picked the start that was the 2nd in from the left and the deposits are apparently north of it

[surreal lichen]

Some of the cave systems can be quite large, indeed! :)

If it's the system I'm thinking of, there's actually three entrances, all more or less near the coasts. You may need explosives to get in

If you want a full map spoiler, SCIM (https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/interactive-map) has a "Caves" layer you can toggle on which can help you see where cave entrances are (there'll be a brighter yellow line along the entrances)

Otherwise, my advice would be to head to the west coast; I think the entrance there is one of the more noticeable

(my memory could be slightly fuzzy though, so don't take that as gospel)

[wary nimbus]

each map is the same, right? it's not randomized

[woeful heath]

Yes

[wary nimbus]

spawn point too?

[lilac edge]

there's some randomisation if you choose the same biome, but there's a specific pool of spawn points

[gray trench]

its only one map with 4 starting regions?

[lilac edge]

for now, yes

[wary nimbus]

I just unlocked coal plant, my production is higher than consum. but it keeps burning fuses

[pure hamlet]

Whats your max consumption compared to your production

[wary nimbus]

this is it, its like 2mw above

[pure hamlet]

Yea so some of your machines are probs turning on and off, when enough turn on, they blow your circuit

Either build more power or manually turn off/disconnect some machines

[alpine wing]

Is there a way to get the glitched trophys?

[surreal lichen]

Mostly just wait for the patch to come out which fixes the issue

[hollow wigeon]

Guys I just got access to aluminum, how painful is the automation process

[ionic swallow]

harder

you gotta balance a water loop

you also have to deal with silica and alumina solution

[halcyon tide]

@hollow wigeon go hard drive hunting and skip the silica step entirely! Pump extra water back into system and then you basically can make everything off of 1 pure node of bauxite

I just finished setting up my bauxite refinery to start making nuclear pasta

So bit ahead of where you are currently

[hollow wigeon]

I think I’ve already got 1 or 2 of the aluminum alt recipes

[uneven jolt]

I cant rotate my splitters to connect them to the conveyor lifts. To do like a manifold concept. All of a sudden it doesnt work now

[fluid yacht]

My car disappeared… is there a way to recall it or break it down without seeing it? I parked in a cave and explored, came back and it’s gone. The icon is on the map but the car isn’t.

[surreal lichen]

Mmf, might have fallen through the floor, alas. I could've sworn they'd fixed that bug, bit I wonder if it's a regression in the console version

I'd recommend submitting to the Questions site so the devs see it. Probably nothing to be done (unless a previous autosave happens to still have it), but it'd help them know it's an issue. Have seen a few people mention it

!qa

Hm, no bot in here yet, I guess. https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/

[burnt river]

I have a small request for the game on console (mainly ps5). Can you make a background for the game? Like the loading screen with the player on conveyor and the factory in the background? Jus thought it would look cool.

[gray trench]

On xbox is there a way to delete or build multiple items like flooring?

[alpine wing]

Yes

[naive monolith]

Been playing for a week with my friends on PS5 co-op with almost no crashes and since we activated phase 4 and started adding blueprints, my friends are getting constant crashes, for example when entering a hypertube, but also on other seemingly random moments

I have experienced some crashes myself, some appearing random and some I could pinpoint to a specific activity that I just stopped doing at that moment (cloning a billboard in one location made it crash consistently)

But for my co-op friends it has become unplayable now, would be a waste if we would have to start over again with so many hours in and the chances of getting the same crashes when arriving at this point again

[pure hamlet]

To delete hold rb as youre in dismantle mode. To build multiple use zoop mode

[woeful heath]

Far fetched idea, make a back up save and then delete all blueprints and see if your friends crashes disappear?

I had some issues with loading the blueprints menu sometimes crashed my application, but it seems to have fixed itself

[naive monolith]

thank you will try this

[rugged musk]

Would anyone help me with hard drive and/or Mercer sphere hunting please? I would trade help on your map for it

[naive monolith]

i just found out recently there is a scanning device that will help you search for those, just attach it in your hand and choose the right resource

[rugged musk]

Oh I use that and maps and such just want help to expedite

[crimson compass]

I have a few questions for people playing on (base) ps5 before i get the game: how are the controles and does the game crash (often) or lag?

I want to get the game on base ps5 but seen a few comments about crashing

Really want to get the game but i want to know these first

[mighty jetty]

Never once had a crash so far and I'm on base ps5. Controls work surprisingly well to be honest

[naive monolith]

for me it's mostly for my co-op friends who are starting to experience crashes (phase 4), for me personally from time to time something, just had one consistent crash when i was building something in one place so i just stopped doing that...

i bought the game for the co-op experience as it's so much more fun to play with real life friends so i hope they will improve the co-op stability

[crimson compass]

Ye coop was what i mostly read, with rare solo crashes

But i think not building to big complex factories in 1 place and spacing it out more should help aswell

[still lance]

Are we getting a update for ps5 can’t play online co op with my friends just bought the game they just crash not really having fun with out him

[alpine wing]

Can you rent servers for console? Im on ps5

[lilac edge]

consoles don't haev dedicated server support just yet

[hollow wigeon]

I need to move copper ingots 800 meters for my aluminium factory, what’s the best way to do it? There’s a lot of hills and mountains in the way

[surreal lichen]

For me that'd usually be vehicle range, though the hills/mountains could definitely put a damper on that plan. :D

In the end it comes down to personal preference, of course. Any of the available methods could certainly work

If you've got drones available then that's probably the path of least resistance

Could pick a further-away copper node if that one seems not worth the logistics effort. :D

[hollow wigeon]

I ended up belting it! Turns out mk4 belts are more than enough for my aluminium factory in its current state

Also I’ve learn blueprints are a godsend

[still lance]

My friends are crashing it’s on ps5

[wary nimbus]

ore nodes don't deplete right?

[surreal lichen]

Correct, nodes will generate at their stated rate forever

[balmy geyser]

how do you do a assembler manifold?

what do i need

@lilac edge

[lost kernel]

I finally have a series x, no more lag for me! Wooo

[balmy geyser]

could you help?

[lost kernel]

Oh sorry, ive only used splitters and don't actually know how to set up a manifold

[balmy geyser]

thats ok

[lost kernel]

Wherever you could use a manifold you can use a splitters system so ive never needed to use em. Guess they are more space efficient though.

[balmy geyser]

whats a splitter system

[lost kernel]

To give an equal amount to each machine you feed one belt to a splitter, that feeds 2 splitters, to 4 splitters and could go on and on

[balmy geyser]

oh ok

[lost kernel]

There's yt videos that explain it better

[surreal lichen]

A manifold is just one splitter per machine, btw: ```
[S]: Splitter | [M]: Merger | [B]: Building

          [M] ---> [M] ---> [M] ---> [M] ---> [Output]
           ^        ^        ^        ^
           |        |        |        |
          [B]      [B]      [B]      [B]
           ^        ^        ^        ^
           |        |        |        |

[Source] ---> [S] ---> [S] ---> [S] ---> [S]

It takes awhile to "warm up." At first the machines near the front are getting too much material, and the ones at the end not enough, but once all the internal buffers fill up on the earlier machines, it self-balances and everything'll be running at 100% (so long as you're providing enough material for all the machines hooked up to it)

[lost kernel]

Ooh ok I get it now, you just have to let it fill up before you use it then? Thanks for the explanation

[surreal lichen]

You don't necessarily have to wait, but it definitely won't be running at "full strength" until stuff is filled up. (Note that the last two machines in the manifold won't actually really fill up in their input buffers; they'll just be getting exactly the amounts they need)

It's mostly just nice 'cause it's very space-compact, and requires basically zero thought. No trying to figure out how to evenly split between, like, seven machines. :)

Although on that note: if you do decide to sort-of balance between machines and get it slightly wrong, the same logic will mean that those systems even out too.

[lost kernel]

Ill have to try and use em next time I need to, seems like it's much more efficient space wise

[surreal lichen]

So like if you do try to evenly split up material between seven machines, and there ends up being two which are actually not quite getting enough, the same logic applies: eventually the ones getting "too much" will fill up, and the ones that were getting too little will start getting the extra they need

Yeah, the biggest win is really the space, though folks who like balancers can make some pretty compact blueprints for various scenarios. :)

[lost kernel]

Would you say there's ever a reason to use a balancer over a manifold?

The only reason I've never used manifolds is because I never fully understood em

[surreal lichen]

The two places where I still often use balancers:

1. Really early game with slow belts. Waiting for manifolds to fill up on mk1 belts can be annoying
2. When doing nuclear power, I like to load-balance the radioactive bits so that the ambient radiation is kept to a minimum

[lost kernel]

Ah ok thanks, ooh the radiation advice is pretty clever

[surreal lichen]

Some folks'll do a "hybrid" approach depending on circumstance: like do a balancer to feed four independent manifolds of whatever, when processing a lot of material at once

Doesn't have to be all-or-nothing. :)

And of course there's just personal preference. Some folks just like building balancers for their own sake, and like having machines running at full strength immediately

(For manifolds, you can bypass the warm-up time by pre-filling the input buffers, assuming you have the material)

[drifting coyote]

In factorio I usually build many balancer each hour, but so far in Satisfactory I never had to need to build a single one. I usually tend to over produce at the bottom so all my lines and buffer stock are always filled.

I try to get ahead on belt mk tech, they can transport incredible number of goods and never had to build two parallel lines.

[dapper egret]

I'm lost and confused in the game. My gaming buddy that played this game when it was first to buy on the pc has now disappeared. seems this game is going the same way space engineers went.

[drifting coyote]

I'm looking for a buddy for multiplayer game on PS5

[dapper egret]

I should give a warning my game is a mess now

[drifting coyote]

That ok, DM me

[high jacinth]

Ok on console , ps5, how do yoh change fuel type for jetpack ?

[south lagoon]

Hover over the jetpack in your inventory and it should show the available controls.

Im not familiar with PS controllers but I believe its triangle

[high jacinth]

Thanks I keep.maahing buttons but don't think I mashed.that one yet. Lol

[south lagoon]

Np

[surreal lichen]

#1201555265942724758 btw

[lilac edge]

however messy you think your save is, there's worse. https://communityhighlights.satisfactory.video/meta-search/?q=spaghett

[midnight tangle]

so what's the overall vibe on console version and are any sales scheduled or expected for it?

is it going well mostly are there any major issues ?

[midnight tangle]

ohh 😯

[crimson compass]

For what i can tell solo is good, with rare crashes, coop is still unstable

[lost kernel]

I've had no performance issues at all on xbox

[crimson compass]

Thats what ive gathered from whats provided

Lets hope i wont run into any problems tomorrow

[surreal lichen]

Like other studios, CSS doesn't announce ahead of time which sales they'll be participating in. But for the PC version, at least, they've continued to participate in most of the store-wide Steam sales which have happened; I'd expect they'll probably do the same on consoles

You can see the chart for Steam pricing at steamdb, as usual: https://steamdb.info/app/526870/ (might not necessarily apply to consoles, of course, but as I say -- I'd expect them to keep things roughly similar)

[lilac edge]

could check the console sale history of any console games managed by CSP?

[surreal lichen]

How many console games does the Concordia University of St. Paul manage?

[lilac edge]

dunno, but some playstation price tracking site says Coffee Stain Publishing has 44 things

[surreal lichen]

Anyway, could do, sure, but I don't actually know how to look up that info. :D I assume a simple search would bring up a site, should such a thing exist, though. :P

[rugged musk]

Pondering doing a hosted server with free reign to build creatively, kinda like a “bring your A game and show off your creativity” anyone interested in what would be a long term project?

[pure hamlet]

#screenshots message

Biggest nuclear power plant on console?

[south lagoon]

Not sure but you cant be far off from it :p

[slender lily]

I keep crashing when i join my friend, im on ps5, is there a fix?

[normal shadow]

Anybody else’s game crash when applying a shortcut for concrete walls ? Ps5

[spice flame]

can you download blueprints on console ?

[south lagoon]

Not that I know of, no.

[normal shadow]

How many coal gens can a water extractor power efficiently without the gens running out of water fast, rn I have 9 coal gens and 3 water extractors but the water goes down and not up

[high jacinth]

3 per 8 gens

That's about all I know of this stuff lol

[cloud jasper]

That's good to know actually because in a previous save I was doing four extractors for every eight coal gens underclocked to 75% so they'd run at a steady rate.

[cloud jasper]

It's been working fine for me on xbox applying both concrete foundations and walls via shortcut wheel.

[cloud jasper]

Nope. Blueprints on consoles I've read are tied to game saves.

[high jacinth]

Maybe in the future ...we can only hope

[silent mulch]

don’t off top of my head but check the water per minute from extractor and how much water per minute coal generator needs

i just do 2 gen per extractor

[rugged musk]

2 per 4 or 3 for 8 with a slight overclock on the 3rd

[half hull]

anybody on ps5 having issues in co-op? game keeps disconnecting me i can still run around but can’t interact with anything. does not happen in single player

[pure hamlet]

You dont need to overclock anything in a 3:8

You just need to connect your pipes accordingly, the wiki explains it v well

[quaint prism]

have devs responded about the trophy unlock issues anywhere? https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/691a221af4dcf17e5a781ce9

[topaz basalt]

Only that they are aware.
I would expect that all the various crash bugs are currently way more important than those.

[rugged musk]

I’ve had it lose water with zero lift so yes overclock makes it solid, as I said a slight over clock is all and I was squared away @normal shadow

[pure hamlet]

Ive had the same 6:16 setup running for 250 hours and its never faltered lol. I think you made a mistake if its losing water.

[rugged musk]

Nope followed totalxclipse video

But ty

[pure hamlet]

Its not a matter of opinion though lol, you have made a mistake if your 3:8 doesnt work without overclocking lol

But you shouldnt be telling people “x isnt possible” when it is

[normal shadow]

I have 9 gens with 3 water extractors so a 3:1 ratio and when I turn em all on the water gradually get lower until it runs out and keeps turning on and off, there’s no elevation in the water pipes or anything like that so I’m confused

[pure hamlet]

Because 3 water extractors can only provide enough water for 8 gens

[pure hamlet]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Coal-Powered_Generator

Scroll down until you see the photos of the example layouts

And just copy that

[normal shadow]

I was told it’s a 1:3 ratio 1 extractor for 3 gens lol

[pure hamlet]

I mean that works, but its just if you want to utilise all the water from each extractor you place, you do 3:8

[normal shadow]

I was just told by a friend if I wanna do a 1:3 ratio I’d have to underclock to 88% but idk how much power that sacrifices

[random relic]

Doesn't sacrifice power but is a waste of space

And it's a really weird approach

[undone tide]

I assume console players don't have access to the glitched color palette that PC players have access to where you can set brightness to -100 or 100+
to get high contrast colors ?
deep obsdian blacks & snowy whites

[pure hamlet]

Just make more coal gens you will need the power anyway

[pure hamlet]

No, we can edit the numbers but it doesnt save

[undone tide]

shame 🙁 I noticed that that the "Swatch List" thing does not apply either where all new buildable's are that color that you selected from the filter list.

[pure hamlet]

Yea its a real shame

Ive never used the swatch list so idrk, i just manually do it

[plain holly]

Got my 23x23 area waiting for ficsmas tomorrow 🙂

[wary nimbus]

I found a ore node with a big bolder on top of it, do I suppose to blow it up?

[cloud jasper]

23 x 23? Jesus what do they make you build, a giant xmas tree? 😂

[surreal lichen]

Find some sulfur (yellowish rocks) and start researching it in the MAM. :)

[surreal lichen]

Honestly depending on the scale you build at, 23x23 might be small. :)

The production lines can get surprisingly big, though it'll be introduced slowly

[wary nimbus]

I started playing one week ago, they are adding something new?

[surreal lichen]

There's a seasonal holiday event called "FICSMAS" which is starting up soon (Tomorrow, I guess?)

If you're still very early game, you honestly might want to disable it for a bit to get your factory more settled. IMO you'd want to be at least on coal power before starting the event

There's a "disable seasonal events" toggle somewhere in settings (under "gameplay" or whatever, presumably)

Anyway, it's a fun set of extra things to do in the game. No real practical purpose, but it's More Factory To Build, and some fun xmasish decorations to put down

[topaz basalt]

Starting 00:00 2025-12-01 local time of the system.
Ending around 00:00 2026-01-18 local time again.

[surreal lichen]

(Note that if you're playing the game as your clock rolls over midnight, the event won't start up in your current session. Have to quit out to the main menu and load back in)

[plain holly]

That's for 1 star a min. You could build up but I like it all on one level

[midnight tangle]

I see thanks!