satisfactory-consoles

[wary chasm]

Oh yeah but won’t that make my biomass burner to like keep braking fuses

Oh so they don’t like do anything outside of just increases range between buildables

[topaz basalt]

fuse breaks when your power consumption goes over your power production.

[wary chasm]

How am I supposed to know the power production thing

[topaz basalt]

Any powerplant or power pole UI.

[wary chasm]

Okay

Also I wanna know does the coal generators get like idk how to say this produce more energy by adding more then 3 water extractors or is the highest just 3

Oh and am I gonna have to build a mega factory later on my playthrough now I just made small factories that produce different things

[hollow knot]

hello there, i have a question, does the ficsmas tree stay permanently unlocked in the MAM once you've unlocked it? (i mean after the event ends).

[topaz basalt]

When the event ends, any automatic changes, like the wreaths on power poles disappear.
All the recipes disappear from being able to be selected.
All gift trees will stop producing.

Any already build things that are FICSMAS related will stay, including applied cosmetics.
Any existing production will work as long as it still has inputs.

[hollow knot]

so, the giant xmas trees will basicly be useless untill its ficsmass again?

[topaz basalt]

Yes, just cosmetic.

[hollow knot]

i see, well, i guess ill take what i can get then.

i was kinda hoping they would still work after the event since i unlocked / build them.

just make infinite present.

[hollow knot]

do i keep the candy cane basher weapon though?

[topaz basalt]

Cannot make more, but you keep any built.

[hollow knot]

nice, i'm happy about that.

[wary chasm]

Should I keep making small factories that produce separate things and then once I get to tier 5 on the hub should I then make a mega factory

[wooden horizon]

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[brisk viper]

Make sure you use satisfactory tools to plan factories! Honestly so helpful

[wary chasm]

What you mean like the thing that you can build machines with and delete structures

What is the satisfactory tool?

[rugged musk]

Everything you’re asking is literally covered in the tutorial, do the tutorial

[silent mulch]

it’s a website rlly nice for planning if u don’t wanna do the math yourself

[final jungle]

Anyone getting a lot more crashes lately? Mine aren’t crazy but it went from none to 1-2 a session and my buddy that joins has gotten like 4 in a row off the start multiple times and usually gets a couple more

[silent mulch]

i haven’t had any in the last week but ik there’s issues with multiplayer rn

[final jungle]

Ah maybe it’s that then

Gives me hope it’ll be fixed then, was just praying it wasn’t gonna be an increasingly common unavoidable thing with our world getting more built up lol

[wary nimbus]

there is a way to hide default map markers? not the ones that I set up, I mean the ones like dismantle crates, tractors, etc, I have some spread across the map I dont want to go to each of them just to clear

[hybrid frigate]

I just got the game and am almost done with the first stage but when do you get better fuel sources?

[wary nimbus]

tier 3, coal power

[wary chasm]

Oh okay thanks

[topaz basalt]

On PC you can click on the small icons in each map left panel header to hide or show in compass and on map.
No idea how to access with controller, so didn't answer originally.

[runic hound]

Do we know why we have still constant console crashes, on multiplayer games, even with the latest update?

[fluid kettle]

Is there any update on the Xbox constant crashing issue? I would love to play the game, but I can’t get past the menu without it black screening sometimes I can’t even get past the initial loading screen.

I really don’t want to have to ask Microsoft for a refund, but the game is unplayable.

[rugged musk]

No possible way you went from new save file to tier 6 in 1 hour without massive cheating

And I’m straight up telling you it’s not possible, ask any veteran player, you can’t get to tier 6 from new save file in 1 hour, period (without cheats)

You’re not on tier 6 then

[warped venture]

and here I am in tier 3 after 8 hours 😂

[rugged musk]

Don’t believe his crap, it’s straight up not possible

@topaz basalt care to weigh in?

Baldur knows his stuff I’d trust him

[cloud jasper]

Heck I got 74 hours in on Xbox and I haven't even started building the parts needed to get to phase four too busy exploring and expanding my home city 🤣

[rugged musk]

I did the same lol

[cloud jasper]

So my gift this morning from the advent calendar was a nuclear nobelisk.

Thank God I saved beforehand as I tried it on an area with a pure cruide oil node.

It removed a fair amount of trees and left radiation behind and I'm thinking yeah no this won't do 😂

I honestly can't see those nuclear nobelisks being useful unless the radiation disappears eventually.

[zinc crag]

As someone who has over 1k hours and yet never has tried to set up oil before, this is horrible.

Like unironically what the hell am i supposed to do with this much rubber? My overflow into a sink can barely keep up with the sheer ridiculous amount of rubber im making just with byproducts.

[surreal lichen]

To be fair, you're the one who decided to make so much rubber. :)

[ionic swallow]

I'm working on tier 8 and my entire factory requires less than 20 rubber/min... You really don't need to produce very much

[surreal lichen]

(Honestly that little Rubber for Tier 8 seems suspiciously low, but recipe selection has a huge say in how much of various petrochem products you need. :)

There's definitely recipe selections which make you use a lot more rubber than plastic, by the end

But yeah, all depends on how you decide to build (and at what scales)

[still hinge]

Does someone want to hop on wit me I’m in phase 2 almost at the end of it so if someone wants to join @ me or dm me 🗿

[silent mulch]

i got almost 200 hours and haven’t even started on phase 3 yet lmao i gotta lock in

[surreal lichen]

#1201555265942724758 btw

[rugged musk]

It does, within a few minutes

[cloud jasper]

Wait until you have to setup turbofuel and having to bring in coal and sulfur.

And I won't even get into aluminum with using bauxite and sulfur lol 😂

I literally still need to build a long arses tunnel to hide conveyors bringing in more coal and sulfur to hide as much conveyors as possible.

Could use trains too with two shuttle lines one for coal one for the sulfur.

[celest lark]

So they ever gonna fix the E007 error on ps5? Been trying to play with my friend since it released trying to join him whenever he plays yet always the same freaking error driving me insane

[celest lark]

I've reset my internet multiple times restarted my ps5 multiple times rebuilt the database deleted both my save files and the game itself and redownloaded it only for the same error

[charred adder]

yo

[dapper egret]

anyone know anything about setting up trains on the ps5 version of the game?

[coarse stump]

Thou is here for a second opinion

Should thy text ze ex?

[uneven jolt]

No...
By the depths of the Underworld no. Does thy thirst for anguish and headache?

[dapper heron]

Okay, who was gonna tell me that some of the gifts for Ficmas are rather volatile?

[coarse stump]

Thy check with ze lady Artemis I have obtained thy blessing I am required to text him

[coarse stump]

Thou thirst for lust

[uneven jolt]

Thirst for lust only leads to destruction and empty voids

[surreal lichen]

Enjoy your free detonator!

[coarse stump]

Thou heart is barren as soul is dry there is no hole to be empty that isn't already cleared

[dapper heron]

I shall, got a nice fright along side losing my 19 day no accident streak... lol

[uneven jolt]

Very well. May Aphrodite and Artemis guide you

[coarse stump]

Thank you great to warrior.

[high jacinth]

I'm.about to make 1km conveyors for coal and sulfur for,this reason in a few days lol

[surreal lichen]

fwiw, for power generation purposes, I wouldn't personally recommend going out to find coal+sulfur just for Turbofuel itself

If you're in a spot which only has the Oil handy, going Diluted Fuel (packaged or otherwise) is a lot more bang for your buck. (It's technically more bang for your buck even if the coal+sulfur happen to be nearby, but at least if they're close you're not spending a lot of time building logistics. :)

[high jacinth]

I like long spaghetti conveyors though

Also a long way from getting a blender

[surreal lichen]

Packaged Diluted Fuel has the exact same resource ratios, FWIW. It is marginally more complex to set up, but you can fit a closed-loop 1x Refinery + 2x Packager setup in a 4x4 blueprint, with about 20 Empty Canisters pre-loaded in the blueprint, to give yourself a handy 1-click "mini-Blender" for that purpose.

The only real difference is that it outputs 60/min Fuel instead of the Blender's 100/min (and is slightly less energy-efficient, since you have to build more of them for the same fuel output)

The trick is the closed-loopness; you still just take in HOR+Water and spit out Fuel, and each placed blueprint is totally independent from each other, so you don't have to worry about package management and such

[high jacinth]

Oh well I run the diluted fuel already lol

I isn't understand how to set it up right so I put 2 refinerys and 2 packagers in one blueprint it works and does the job it just isnt clean looking setup

@surreal lichen see very bad use of space #screenshots message

[surreal lichen]

Hey, so long as it works. :)

[high jacinth]

It does

I think I have the ratio right unpacked fuel at 60/m so 3 fuel gens

I could overclock to 80/m I guess

By the third set I laid down I figured out spacing

Watched a nice build for this on YouTube looks way cleaner may redo it like that one.

[surreal lichen]

My own blueprint for 'em tends to look like this: #math-and-meta message

[high jacinth]

That looks way simpler ....why do I have 2 refinerys then lol

[surreal lichen]

More refineries == more fun! 🥳

[high jacinth]

Do you have a set of refinerys feeding HOR to it?

[surreal lichen]

Yeah, this blueprint takes in HOR+Water, then spits out Fuel. If you're including the HOR production in yours, that could certainly account for the extra refinery

[high jacinth]

Yeah if you can see in that Pic they all 4 fit nicely into a mk1 BP..take some interesting belting and piping but it works

Don't even have any clipping

[surreal lichen]

Nice!

[high jacinth]

When I figured out blueprints I was like these are sweet

I just need to figure out how to cleanly connect the generators

[sudden nexus]

Anyone looking for someone to play with on ps5?

[cloud jasper]

Blueprints are definitely handy especially for making what I call SkyTrain bridge pillars for trains!

[dark drift]

Anyone else getting this weird bug where ya can save and your manual depot uploader is empty, load back in and it's full of random junk?

[wary chasm]

I unlocked basic steel production tier thing and I wanna know should I first build a steel factory that builds only steel beams and steel pipes or build a factory that only builds versatile framework

[silent mulch]

i built a factory that build all 3 main steel parts and made a separate one for my versatile frames

[regal isle]

Any Information about the Update? Patchnotes maybe? It will be great to get them

[drifting coyote]

I want to pick items from my main bus and ship them via drone, how can I make sure some ratio are always respected ? I can play with splitter/mergers but since ratio like 3 to 5 are a real mess. Is there a way to limit throughput of belt too ? Like 2 items per minute e.g. when picking from a mark 2 belt.

[sudden nexus]

Yeah I just got an update for the game but I don’t think it’s 1.2, probably just bug fixed

[sudden nexus]

Are you asking how to limit the flow of certain belts?

[drifting coyote]

Yes, again I'm able to divide by 2 or 4 using splitters but is there a clever way to divide like by 10 or 20

[regal isle]

Yeah Bug fix is important too. But some Information about what they fix will be great.

[sudden nexus]

I think you can only divide a splitter by 33.3% per splitter, and you can work the math out from there to get to your desired amount per belt, that’s the way I know,

[drifting coyote]

A belt limiter just like the valve would be so nice

Could be a feature of the belt reader

[sudden nexus]

It for sure would be, would save a whole lot of space compared to using splitters and load balancers

[unborn saffron]

Is there a suggestions channel?

[topaz basalt]

!qa

hmm... bot is sleeping...

http://questions.satisfactorygame.com/

[surreal lichen]

fwiw, don't trust valves in pipe systems. They've got a lot of "strange" behavior that a lot of folks don't expect, and you never need them in your systems (or at least: it is always possible to design your pipes in ways in which you're not even tempted to use valves)

The game kind of intends for you to have to figure out how to manage the amount of resources on belts; they've had requests for belt-limiter type stuff pretty much ever since the game was release. CSS doesn't seem interested in adding those in, though. :)

Re: "using splitters and load balancers," btw -- using Manifolds instead of balancers will save you a lot of space and also mean that you don't have to spend time trying to figure out balancer math

[drifting coyote]

Yes, limiting flow is useless, the system will slowly clog, or will starve anyway. A pump head lift limiter would be better

[surreal lichen]

Just a single line of splitters in front of buildings and the resources will self-regulate after a bit

[drifting coyote]

My intent it to ship the right amount of item in a sinkless facility to my nuclear area, which is poor in sulfur, iron, coal

[surreal lichen]

Easiest way to do that is to just produce the exact amount of those things that you need. Underclock/overclock to suit. :)

No balancing needed if the number's already exact

[drifting coyote]

That's what I feared, I'm picking items from a bus. I guess some assembly will be required on site 😆

[half sun]

Whats the 1.007.000 upd on console ?

Just bug fixes ?

[surreal lichen]

Yeah, bus-based designs tend to be a PITA in Satisfactory

Doable, of course, but they complicate rather than simplify. IMO they're not really worth it unless you just intrinsically enjoy building 'em. :)

They're popular among players coming from Factorio specifically, where they work a lot better. But Factorio's got finite nodes, variable production, and much faster belts than Satisfactory has

[topaz basalt]

Where they are solution to specific mechanics in Factorio that don't exist in Satisfactory.
Those finite nodes and variable production. And work because of those fast belts compared to throughput needs.

[drifting coyote]

I thought it would be faster to pick them directly from the bus and now it's 3:45 am and I'm there trying to fix problems caused by item backing off, so I agree with you on this one 😆

[surreal lichen]

(Not trying to make you feel bad about your current factory or whatever, of course -- basically all of us have implemented designs which, in the end, cause us problems. :D Such is the game!)

[surreal lichen]

All depends on what you want, of course! "Easy" doesn't necessarily mean "fun." Someone who enjoys getting stuff like bus systems to work in Satisfactory might just enjoy the process of working through those problems, etc. :)

In the end you can do practically anything, really, just depends how much effort you want to put into it. :P

[drifting coyote]

What would be the satisfactory way ? Find a spot with the resource I need on the map, build some parts and ship ?

[surreal lichen]

Since Satisfactory's got the infinite nodes + constant production, it excels at doing sort of "direct" A->B type things. You always know exactly how much material's on any given belt, so it's pretty easy to just make exactly what you need, where you need it

[sudden nexus]

The way I did it was with trains or a belt highway to wheare you need the raw materials to go, or you can build the factory on that Rescource and ship the parts it makes to wheare you need etc

[surreal lichen]

There's a lot of different ways to approach that, of course. Personally I mostly never shut up about a build strategy called "Independency" (https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Tutorial:Independency), which I won't go into right now 'cause I assume everyone's sick of hearing me yap about it (though that wiki link should describe it well). That's just one way to play the game, though, and won't be for everyone

But in general, the path of least resistance tends to be "This thing needs x/min of Resource Y, so I'll make exactly x/min of Resource Y and send it over there"

How exactly you organize that and decide to manage it is definitely up to you, etc. :)

[surreal lichen]

Elaborating slightly on this, though: even if you do centralize production of any rando Resource Y, you can still do the "make the exact amount" thing by having separate banks of machines at the end for each "export." Like maybe you're making 20/min HMF in a big ol' factory, but you might have two machines specifically making 4/min to go over here, another few machines making 5/min to go over there, etc. Underclocking/overclocking is quite useful for getting the numbers quite right

So the factory itself might be centralized, but then for ease of distribution it splits off into the exact numbers you need, right at the end

[drifting coyote]

You can produce the exact amount needed but there's no way to divide it discretely if you have to ship to "n" locations.

[surreal lichen]

That's what I mean by having separate banks of machines for each "export." Each location which needs the material has dedicated machines producing it, and you can overclock/underclock as needed to get that exact amount

[drifting coyote]

Rogers !

[surreal lichen]

Instead of combining the output for all your HMF manufacturers (to go back to that example), you just combine the ones which give you your target export rate (clocking to suit)

[drifting coyote]

It will be harder to leverage the use of somersloot thought. Anyway

[surreal lichen]

Ah, that is true, for sure

I don't tend to use those much for "actual" production

[outer egret]

Trophies working 😍 first to get lets see whats out there 😎

[frosty flicker]

Is that what today's update was for?

[outer egret]

I dont know, but they are working now

[frosty flicker]

Hmm... I still haven't got the trophy for visiting all starting biomes and the map shows I very clearly have.

Maybe I'll have to go around again.
Apparently it doesn't work in a vehicle.

[hybrid frigate]

Guys is got a new update (am on a ps5) are there any patch notes or whatever yet(update: 1.007.000)

[drifting coyote]

On xbox ? cause on psn profile still at 0.00% people having it

[outer egret]

On ps5. Psnprofile im the frst to get the biomes, for edible flora me and other guy did it today

[outer egret]

I just started 5 saves on every biome and worked. For edible flora u have to collect again, so i think for biome u have to visit again too

[outer egret]

Yes, but if u click on trophy u can see people who get it. Psn profile takes a while to update

[frosty flicker]

I've just visited all biomes now

It's fast with blade runners and a jet pack with turbofuel

Got the trophy

[brazen tusk]

I was able to get the biomes one and varied diet. But I cannot get the milestones trophy because I finished the game. I really don’t want to do that all over again

[outer egret]

What if u try to get only one milestone and see if that work?

Im already on tier 7 and hope i can earn the trophy when I finish all

[brazen tusk]

All my milestones are finished but the trophy didn’t pop, reloaded my save after this patch and still nothing.

[outer egret]

Yes, those trophies dont pop automatic, u have to reddo. But maybe u can only do one milestone for the trophy count and see u already have done the others. I dont know if work, but u could try (start New save, do only one milestone and see if the game count)

[brazen tusk]

I appreciate you trying to help. I just did a milestone and it didn’t work.

[floral pollen]

Hi folks, today's patch for console should change your version in the title screen to 1.1.1.2 CL#460993

The highlights from this patch are a few more crash fixes, fixes for the blueprint issues, more minor fixes and partial achievement fixes*

*Previously bugged achievements may now unlock under certain conditions which are not ideal nor the conditions originally intended; such as having to unlock them by achieving the conditions for them in a single session or unlocking them accidentally without triggering the exact requirements for them, we're still working on better solutions for these but for now at least all achievements should now be obtainable in some way at least

[stuck geode]

Looks like some people are having success & some aren’t popping trophies, good luck to everyone trying

[slender marsh]

I need some help i tried joining a friend from ps5 but it didnt Show the Server i tried everthing in the FAQ but nothing works🫠

[dark drift]

Is anyone else still struggling with some trophies?
I can't seem to pop the "lets see what's out there" trophy

[stuck geode]

Yeah I can’t pop any of them seems like

[dark drift]

Well this is mildly annoying then xD

[stuck geode]

Did you continue on in your current save to pop all of these? Or did you start a new save

[drifting coyote]

You need to walk in the 4 starting biomes

[stuck geode]

You did this on your current save? Not a new one?

[drifting coyote]

You can't fly over them or use a vehicle. Can be an old save

[stuck geode]

Ok

[dark drift]

@stuck geode @drifting coyote normal save and then tried doing it on fresh saves, does it need to be on one save or can it be over multiple saves?

[drifting coyote]

There's 2 desserts to the north and the forest that look normal between them

I did it in the same save

You need to revisit them, and walk in the 4

The milestone trophy need a safe just before you unlock the last one I guess

[stuck geode]

I did try with my old save popping the last milestone and it didn’t work unfortunately

[drifting coyote]

Ok

Just make sure advanced game settings are disabled

[stuck geode]

They have always been disabled

[topaz basalt]

There is bug on PC side at least where sometimes milestones don't get registered for achievement progress.
Possibly if you push the send and then run away right away, without waiting for the dropship to leave.

But that was pure speculation for the possible cause.

So unfortunately if the same is still in console version, you might be missing any of the milestones.

And while with PC, you can make edited save that allows you to send all the milestones again fast, same isn't true with console.

[frosty flicker]

Yeah on my current save

[topaz basalt]

On PC you can just make four new saves, one in each biome, with onboarding skipped to get the achievement to visit all four.

And I would same to work on Consoles too, if any bugs in the biome visit registering have been fixed.

[stuck geode]

Looks like the only one I can’t pop is the all milestones one

Just got the biome one

I loaded an older save too with one milestone saved

[drifting coyote]

That would be so simple :
OnGameLoad()=> ifAllMilestoneUnlocked() { popTrophy() ;}

[ionic swallow]

were programming so simple...

[topaz basalt]

Made not that way, because it would be trivial to pass such save around on PC.
So it is registering the send, but there is some bug there why it doesn't always register.

And the logic wasn't changed for consoles.

[daring ravine]

Anyone know what the update was for today?

[topaz basalt]

.

[daring ravine]

Ty

Nothing about crossplay then 🫠

[topaz basalt]

Which is working fine for large amounts of people?

Or you getting connection crashes?

[daring ravine]

Yeeee me and my friend just can't get it to work unfortunately

We just can't see each others games

We've added each other on epic, set it to online and open to friends

Both reinstalled

[topaz basalt]

Because if it isn't crashing, then it is Epic account privacy thing or friends list thing AFAIK.

[daring ravine]

Yeee we've tried everything

[topaz basalt]

Too tight privacy for the epic account, or the console accounts, cause it to not work for some reason if I have understood it correctly.
No idea what Epic code is doing that causes that.

[daring ravine]

Would you be able to link me a website where I can change this stuff?

I only have a mobile phone and I don't think it shows me the correct page because of that

[topaz basalt]

https://www.epicgames.com/
Then sign in, then some way to get into the account settings, same location as the sign in on higher resolution version of the site, but no idea about when on mobile screen size layout.

Hopefully someone who actually has gone through the whole set can answer better.

[daring ravine]

Appreciate you

[topaz basalt]

And need to be friends between those Epic accounts, not console accounts.

[stuck geode]

I was able to pop the now fixed trophies except unlock all milestones

[daring ravine]

Oh yeah no we had to add each other via fall guys for the epic friends thing lol

[topaz basalt]

Can be done on that site too.

[daring ravine]

I'm on that website and I don't see an account settings option

Like I can't find a friends list anywhere

Nothing, just personal details

[topaz basalt]

On full layout, click on your name and you get dropdown with "Account" as one of the options.
Hamburger menu, then small button below the X and before Menu on the small layout.

But no friends it seems, need to look more.

[daring ravine]

Mind if I send you a screenshot via pm?

[topaz basalt]

Ah, adding as friend on site needs direct profile links.
As in need to open the Achievements from that same dropdown, and send that URL as link for the other side.
And same place has the settings for the profile visibility.

[daring ravine]

Ah ha, my privacy level was friends of friends

Now public but seems like it should've been fine beforehand

[topaz basalt]

Should, but for some reason doesn't seem to be based on CSS guidance.
Not sure if CSS or Epic fuckup.

[daring ravine]

Weird

Okay, we're both now set to public, gonna see if it works

Fingers crossed

[rugged forge]

What the new update about? v1.1.1.2 - build 460993

[lofty bison]

#patch-notes

[topaz basalt]

This is in the Pinned Posts...

[topaz basalt]

Console patches aren't listed there at this time.

[lofty bison]

ok

i didnt know sorry

[daring ravine]

It did nothing.. 😔

I wish there was clear information on how to get crossplay to work

I just wanna play with my friend

[rugged forge]

Xbox have it own privacy setting that enabled and disable crossplay as far as i know

[daring ravine]

He can crossplay everywhere else, we play other games

It's annoying buying the game reading that it's crossplay but we cannot get it to function

[glad perch]

@topaz basalt yea doesnt work for us

U play with anyone from another console

[stuck geode]

Looks like it all works as intended except the milestones trophy, I have a save where I popped the last milestone and the trophy didn’t pop unfortunately

[topaz basalt]

Almost certainly some earlier milestone didn't get registered for the achievement.
As that is PC side bug too for some people.

[stuck geode]

Yeah I was reading that as well

It’s impossible to know which one though and I am not going to replay the entire game just for it not to work again lol

[topaz basalt]

With Steam Account, you can get the sub-completion info, for anything else, no.
And on PC you could close all the milestones, then load that edited save, send one, load it again, send another, and so on until you get the achivement, but not on console.

So annoying on PC, but way worse on consoles.

[stuck geode]

Yeah there’s no way to pop it on PS5 I think

[ivory crow]

What did the patch do today? There’s zero patch notes

Also is the milestone glitched for absolutely everyone or is it hit and miss whether it pops? Debating starting again

[surreal lichen]

#satisfactory-consoles message <- in the pins, fwiw

(If you argue that the notes should be in #patch-notes or a console-specific variant of that channel, I'd agree. :)

[ivory crow]

What does certain conditions mean though? And does this mean harddrives etc have to be done in one session now?

[drifting coyote]

I just completed my last 3 milestones and it didn't popped either. Don't think I have the level of commitment required to start a new save just to check if it works

It's probably just a random milestone that was causing an issue and they fixed it, requiring to start a new save. I wonder if skipping onboarding will be detrimental to the trophy.

[ivory crow]

I was thinking does the onboarding count too

[drifting coyote]

I don't think it's counting since there no warning all trophies will be lost, like when you choose advanced game options

[mighty jetty]

I started a new game in each biome and it popped

[half sun]

When you guys plan on fixxing the Sync Bug Cuz my friend was trying to join our world but keeps crashing After few seconds

[stuck geode]

It doesn’t

I started my save doing on-boarding

I unlocked all milestones manually in this save and no trophy

[split blaze]

Posted in help section but just looking to see if anyones down for some free slave labour of relocating a phase 3 factory

[still hinge]

Someone trynna help me with a motor factory

[fathom nova]

I've just unlocked coal power and steel production should I make a whole power station off 2 normal nodes of coal? I've also got 2 more normal coal nodes + a normal iron ore node right next to each other that I can use for steel Ingot production. So I could use 2 +.5 +.5 coal nodes since I can split a coal node with iron node

[south lagoon]

Anyone else ever just get stuck in a menu because nothing is selected sometimes?

[wary chasm]

I’m probably gonna do that two but you have a factory that makes 3 steel parts so it’s steel beams and steel pipes but what’s the third one

[silent mulch]

encased steel beams

combines concrete and steel berms it’s used a lot

[still hinge]

Someone trynna hop on wit me

[high jacinth]

I have encased pipes and iron pipe. So I can avoid coal if I want lol

[drifting coyote]

And send it right in space !

[storm steppe]

Potentially dumb question, the machines descriptions don't tell whats for what but do I need the pressurizer or the extractor for gas?

[pure thorn]

both. pressurizer goes on the main node. and the extractors go on all the surrounding nodes

[storm steppe]

I found a spot with 5 pure nodes north of the crater lake, how many do I realistically need use for rocket fuel?

[pure thorn]

cant answer that i havent gotten to that point fuel wise

[lusty berry]

Why isnt my train unloading any cargo

[silent mulch]

do u have it set to unload?

[lusty berry]

It was going into the station backwards for some reason

No signals yet so thats probably why

I need compooters

[topaz basalt]

Your station platform is wrong way around, unless you have dual-headed train and tracks that allow turning around.

1. Automated trains can only drive forward.
2. Putting another locomotive in opposite end pointing opposite directions allows you to get around this.
3. Automated trains prefer the first locomotive placed when looking for route to next station.
4. Automated trains can only approach station from the "back" (with square top).
5. Currently "driving" locomotive will stop on the station platform.
6. Freight cars interact with whatever freight platform they stop on.

[lusty berry]

Well i only have one main track so it was turning onto the wrong track i checked my train station is facing the correct direction

Im following it for a run just to double check

@topaz basalt would a block signal stop my train from going into the station backwards if it happens again

[topaz basalt]

Does that train have multiple locomotives?

[lusty berry]

One facing forward and one behind it facing backwards and finally two freight cars at the back

[topaz basalt]

Why does it have two locomotives, set like that?

[lusty berry]

cuz of realism

would it work or do i gotta move it

[topaz basalt]

So you are hitting that point 3 of the list, just because you have some weird extra locomotive there in very weird place too...

[lusty berry]

🙁

[topaz basalt]

So yes, a block signal limiting part of the rails to single direction use only would fix the issue.
If the train is always coming from back to the station, but wrong locomotive is driving half the time.

[lusty berry]

So somtimes it will be backwards and sometimes it wont

[topaz basalt]

Normally the second locomotive is put in the opposite end.
And why would you have second one if the train is supposed to only drive in one direction, with so few freight cars...
And how is that weird location "realistic"?

[topaz basalt]

I did say half the time, every second time will be right way, every second will be wrong way.

Because for some reason you build that "wrong way" locomotive first, so it is the one that will be tried to be used first.

[lusty berry]

bro i been playing for 10 hours so my brain a little cooked

Im gonna make the packaged biofuel for my jetpack tomorrow

Good night baldur thanks for the help i will fill my train so the engine is the correct way

Im almost at 40 hours on my first play through

[uneven fable]

So the trophies are still bugged?

[hard furnace]

1 effciency first

Other 2 are obtainable

[mighty jetty]

Efficient First might pop if you do it on a new save or in one session but that's a lot of work for someone to check that no one has been willing to undertake yet 😃

[hard furnace]

Gonna start a new save with a friend of mine so lets hope haha

[wraith palm]

How i can switch between Nobelisk bombs on Ps5 ?

[rustic jackal]

So alien DNA capsules, what is the point gain in the SINK? I know the counter is seperate from normal items like screws, but I find it hard to believe i need 1k capsules for one ticket

[topaz basalt]

1000 points per capsule.

So first few capsules each gives a ticket.

Then it jumps to needing 2000 points, so two capsules.

No idea why devs just didn't make it 1 point per capsule, and start from 1 point per ticket...

Possibly were originally meant to be on same track, with 1000 point price on that track, and was then later in development changed to separate track.

[acoustic mortar]

Hold down on the dpad

[wraith palm]

Thanks ! Couldn't figure it out

[plain holly]

Can I play with my friend on ps5 and I'm on series x

[rustic jackal]

Thats a little silly but i suppose i get why it is done the way it is

[fathom nova]

Should I make miners for my normal coal nodes and then overclock them to make a huge coal power grid?

[wary chasm]

Thanks for the info mate I’m still working on my steel factory and it’s turning more like a mega factory now

[silent mulch]

that’s what i did got 36 gens down

[fathom nova]

Yea I figured the math and using 2 normal nodes and overclocked mk1 miners to 200% since I can use mk2 belts thats roughly 240coal/min and each gen would burn at 15/min so I can make 15 gens with a slight overflow and ashamed at least 1100 mw of power which is more than enough to power my phase 2 stuff(I think)

https://tenor.com/view/doug-maclean-nhl-hockey-stats-statistics-gif-13408391465163304912

[silent mulch]

i waited til i got mk3 and used the max the belt could take twice

[fathom nova]

Yea I thought about it but I wanted a small farm for now and ill upgrade it later. Lets me get rid of my biofuel grid for now

[silent mulch]

i j always try and make my power as big as possible

[fathom nova]

Fair. 15 gens is fine for me for now, once I get better stuff like mk3 belts and mk2 miners ill probably upgrade as I get those

[midnight ibex]

Is anyone here on xbox having crash issues?

Im near the 200hr mark and the game keeps crashing every 30 minutes or so.

I have the game set to performance and lowered the resolution from 4ķ UHD to 1080p but still having issues.

Please help. TIA.

[ivory crow]

Anyone else think it’s stupid they say the trophies pop under certain conditions yet don’t specify how if they got it working

[final jungle]

Like which

Has anyone been able to do a hyper tube launcher it won’t let me do the short tubes

[amber cloak]

1000 smart plate is so sadistic for this early in the game. But I'm into it.

[final jungle]

You’ll need em so if you do it right you’ll thank yourself lol

[amber cloak]

Screws are slowly becoming the green circuits of this game

[final jungle]

Hahaha everyone hates screws

[high jacinth]

What's wrong with screws ?

[final jungle]

It’s just the common early bottleneck

Lmao that’s the best part though
Then you rebuild or make a new one way better
And it’s satisfactory

[brisk moat]

A Great Game tho 😅🥸

[final jungle]

So addicting I’m working in a wood mill right now planning more factory stuff in my head for later lmao

[amber cloak]

My 600 hours in Factorio has prepared me for this.

[final jungle]

It’s pretty similar isn’t it
Just fp instead of top down

[surreal lichen]

If you fully automated the production line to make 50 of them in Phase 1, then you can just leave that running. Even if they're producing really slowly, you're very likely to reach 1000 before you've got the other requirements ready to get to Phase 3

[surreal lichen]

I'd actually urge you to forget basically everything about Factorio. I know folks say that "it's just Factorio but 3D," but IMO the games have very little in common on a raw gameplay level.

One of the most common problems we see here is folks trying to apply Factorio solutions in this game and discovering that they often work horribly (or not at all)

[fathom nova]

Thats why I jumped at the alternate recipe to skip the iron rod portion and save on space a little time

[final jungle]

Cast iron? Ye
I just made a ton cause I saw everyone hating on them haha

[fathom nova]

Im also not to sure about the copper rotors but it also saved on my space a bit.

[final jungle]

I’m at the point where I want big elaborate multi floor factories for everything so I’m not too concerned about space haha

And about to get m3 miners so absolutely everything will need a giant expansion or overhaul
Yay

[amber cloak]

Oh yeah I know. I learned that relatively quickly. But the basic principles of ratios and modular designs and space optimization do apply

[ivory crow]

The milestone trophy

[hushed oasis]

it seems like the reason they're vague about it is that they don't know why it does or doesn't work
some people do have the milestone trophy
but people have completed all milestones in single sessions on fresh saves and not had it pop

[ivory crow]

Since the update?…. I just started a fresh

[hardy sandal]

Can someone please help me clarify if there is crossplay between xbox and ps5? me and a buddy both got it assuming it was..

[surreal lichen]

Yes, there's supposed to be crossplay between xbox + ps5. There's been issues with it since launch (possibly relating to the Epic middleware used for the crossplay); I'm not sure what the current state of that is. But if it's not working now in some circumstances, CSS does intend to fix any problems

[final jungle]

Me and my ps5 buddy played with an xbox

[final jungle]

You just need to be friends on Epic Games already

Can always use something like Fortnite.. or epic games launcher if you have a pc
We did it through one of us logging onto their epic website account, then you go to accomplishments or something, copy your own profile share link and send that, then the other person can send a request by viewing it on their site account (big pain but it worked lmao)

Then make sure whoever hosts has the session open to friends and it’ll show up for them
(If it’s not and you change settings you gotta make sure you hit apply twice and it kinda resets)

[white maple]

The factory must ||very slowly and agonizingly because we don't have massive blueprints but at least the game looks beautiful|| grow

[brisk lion]

Has anyone had there quick access ‘wheel’ lose or reset the player selected quick build items?

[supple violet]

No noticed it happen so far. Would be nice to have the ability to wipe clear quick access wheels though rather than just override

[plain holly]

Happens to me when I join multiplayer. The items are actually still there for me I just have to select it and the icon on the wheel comes back.

Does anyone know how to add a ps5 friend to my Xbox game?

[hazy robin]

@plain holly
Is satisfactory even crossplayable?
If yes then try the epic ID

[crude wave]

God i waited so long for this to come to ps5. Now i have my first coal-plant and its better as i was hoping for. 5 hours in a blink of an eye have passed. Pure love for my Spaghetti

Deep Rock, drgs, satisfactory, Stain knows to cook

[wary chasm]

So I’m in tier 5 & 6 now and I wanna know if I should focus on doing an oil power plant or

[hardy sandal]

We play fort and rocket league together but it does not work on satisfactory...

[surreal lichen]

"Should" is in the eye of the beholder. :)

If you're at all tight on power, though, building more power is generally advisable

[final jungle]

I dunno why it wouldn’t work aside from crossplay settings or the session not being open to friends we’ve done it multiple times with no issues
Sometimes mine won’t be open even if they should so I have to do it in game
Both try hosting?

[final jungle]

Gotta be friends on epic games and have session open to friends and they’ll be able to see it

[dull edge]

is it true that only the Efficiency First achievement is the one not working after last patch?

[cyan ginkgo]

Playing on PS5. Is it possible to get nothing on the Ficsmas advent calendar? I opened my Day 9 last night and nothing was in it, not even coal. Loving the event btw

[surreal lichen]

Hm, I don't think any day is supposed to be fully empty

Coal is kind of the one "joke" thing that'll show up in there at some point

[cyan ginkgo]

Interesting. I thought maybe it was a timing thing but it was 10pm in my US timezone and Day 10 didn't activate so it probably wasn't that

[final jungle]

Wasn’t 9 snowballs?

Be bugged if you didn’t get them

[surreal lichen]

Apart from the specific-day Data Cartridge unlocks (and I think one or two other specific rewards), the reward pool is randomized. You may have gotten snowballs, but other folks probably got other things

Everyone's supposed to receive the same total set of rewards, by the time the event's over, but a lot of the individual days are randomized from the pool

[final jungle]

Ahh didn’t know that

Kinda feel like I got nothing on the second day too I remember feeling scammed lol

[cyan ginkgo]

Ah maybe whatever it is is not working well on console

[final jungle]

Hopefully it’s not supposed to be something good lol

Also side note is there a way to do hyper loop launchers on console I couldn’t do the short tubes with supports

[modern heart]

why not?

you do a short tube to the support and then dismantle that support usually

couldnt aim inbetween?

[final jungle]

I just can’t make short tubes it wants it to be like 4 minimum spaces or it goes all wacky to make it bigger

I’ll have to try again but tutorial seemed simple just didn’t work

[modern heart]

have you tried switching build mode to noodle

[final jungle]

Went through them all

Maybe I’m dumb but I swear I followed it exact I’ll have to find another and try again I guess

[modern heart]

maybe its one of the console-exclusive bugs atm

[final jungle]

Could be, something “fixed” in the port

I also wish you could make real time ETA signs for trains lol

Like a throughput conveyor but averages off a couple train loops

[brisk lion]

Thank you for the reply. Mine issue seems to be a random during an auto save / sync event I have not done join game with anyone yet.

[final jungle]

I’m amazed this game doesn’t have more issues with how much is going on at all times
Hopefully the few things get fixed and MP gets made easier .. and I’d die for dedicated servers through nitrado or something

[limber nebula]

Anyone wanna play satisfactory Northern forest ps5?

[final jungle]

Try the looking for group channel

[magic bough]

How you guys enjoying it on console ?

[clear moss]

Loving it besides the broken milestones trophy, hoping they fix it properly.

[still lance]

@magic bough I switched from PC to console right away! 🙂

[cyan ginkgo]

Being able to play this on the couch with a controller so nice. Bought it day one but i wasn't a PC player. Closest I got was Shapez

I was like, "3D Shapez?? Yes please." And the design and whimsy and art is just all so great. I think i have 170 hours which is unheard of for me for any game

[surreal lichen]

Shapez is lovely; I'm still very eagerly awaiting Shapez 2 coming out of early access

[cyan ginkgo]

They have made so many interesting changes since it started. I 've had it on the shelf for awhile and figured I would get into it during the holidays. But the factory calls to me

[uneven jolt]

Random question:

If you built multiple HUBs, can you choose where you respawn at?

[surreal lichen]

The game won't let you build multiple HUBs

Not sure how the game would respond if you, like, save-edited one in. Presumably it would only ever respawn you at one of them, though. (Edit: oh, I suppose since this is the console channel, save-editing wouldn't come into it anyway. :)

[uneven jolt]

Aah okay

[surreal lichen]

(You can dismantle your HUB whenever you want and go place it somehwere else, btw. You don't lose any progress. Ditto the Space Elevator and MAMs, even if you're in the middle of research)

[uneven jolt]

Yea I figured that out

[surreal lichen]

(Hard Drive research in MAMs will even continue once you've dismantled the MAM -- one common trick while exploring is that when you find a hard drive, construct a MAM quick, plop the drive in for research, then dismantle the MAM. Ten minutes later you'll get a notification about the research being done and you can build the MAM again to rebuild, and maybe throw another drive in)

[uneven jolt]

Maybe I can just set a marker where my base is at (currently) then destroy the hub and "take it with me". Then when I get to a spot I want to explore, build it so I respawn close by

[buoyant panther]

Does anyone know if the game will go on sale for the holidays since it just released? Was looking at buying it but it wasn’t on sale for Black Friday.

[cyan ginkgo]

PS5: When i go exploring, I don't dismantle my MAM at my hub beforehand. And when I find a hard drive, I build a MAM, start the research and then dismantle it. I never actually checked to see what happens to the original MAM when I build the second one. I've researched multiple drives 'out in the wild' before heading back to base. But my original MAM is always where I left it

[kindred dock]

If anyone wants to play I’m looking for people right now

[surreal yacht]

Hi all,
I’m in the phase where I need to somehow send Nitrogen Gas from Point A to Point B.

I was originally going with the method of packaging at Point A and sending it to Point B to unpackage and have it automatically go into my Blender.

But while working on it, I’m noticing how much work it’s taking.

I was thinking of maybe sending it through the pipes from Point A to Point B and call it a day, but that got me wondering if the gas would travel slowly or not.

—————————

What’s the easiest way to transport this gas from Point A to Point B with the least amount of work?

[pastel seal]

Easiest is to simply run pipes. Though it is more space efficient by a factor of four to package and transport by conveyor belts.

[surreal helm]

I ran a pipe honestly. Straight up a cliff and to my main set up. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I didnt need a single pump to get it up the cliff.

[cloud jasper]

I'm almost at the point to unlock phase four so I'll have to consider using either pipes or pack at point a and unpack at point b for gases.

[surreal helm]

My main reason for doing this is because I havnt tried to set up any kind of automated transport yet except for the drones so I didnt feel like going into everything it would take to set up some kind of transport network. Plus I figured id have to transport the materials to package it at the source anyways.

[cloud jasper]

That's a good point you'd have to transport plastic over there to make empty containers

[surreal helm]

There are some alt recipes for containers, but yeah basically. The mk2 pipe transfers 600pm and im no where near capping that off yet. And if I need more I can just expand the pipe network a bit. The only thing ive thought would be a drawback in the future is if I have a lot of different places that need it. Maybe pipe it to my main hub and package from there... idk yet.

[lucid spoke]

When did it get released for console?

[slim slate]

Anoyone know how to crossplay between ps5 and xbox

[surreal lichen]

Ah yeah, didn't mean to imply that MAMs could only be in one place. You can construct as many MAMs as you like, and their status is shared between all of 'em. :D

[cyan ginkgo]

Did it used to be one MAM only? I swear i've interpreted tha advice the same way before elsewhere. Maybe it's just the MAM and Hub go hand in hand. But thanks clarifying! Thought maybe cracked a secret 😄

[silent mulch]

abt a month ago

[surreal lichen]

Waaaay back in the day (before I started playing), the MAM was actually integrated into the HUB; maybe that was it?

I think ever since they separated it out you've been able to build multiple, though I'm not 100% sure on that

[cloud jasper]

November 4th on PlayStation and Xbox

[brisk lion]

Another request. I have read on line for PC payers to get nice clean curve on foundations, in regards for train tracks. How do I replicate on console? I can t seem to get the fine 10 degree rotation

[lilac edge]

sales aren't something they can announce in advance, your best bet is to add the game to your wishlists

[brisk viper]

LF people to play with on console, oceanic region preferably but happy to play with anyone. Dm’s open

[lilac edge]

!lfg

[weary dawn]

Hello there totally awesome user! You can checkout https://discordapp.com/channels/370472939054956546/1201555265942724758 and check the pins on how to find folks to play with. <3

[wary chasm]

What is the best area to build oil extractors and oil generators and refineries

[forest cliff]

im doing far west by the rocky desert

[drifting coyote]

The island to the Northeast is the best spot I seen. 1x pure, 2x normal and a pressurizable node

I just discovered you can put splitters on vertical belt

[split blaze]

Posted in help but anyone good at re doing storage systems as im having mega trouble trynna integrate an overflow

[split blaze]

Hold up you can

You just made my life so much easier

[split blaze]

Vertical splitters just solved this

[drifting coyote]

Glad I helped at least one person !

[split blaze]

Single handedly solved my biggest issue ive been putting off for ages without even realising it

Now i cant even turn on my overflow cus it will blow my power grid if everything goes back up to 100%

[drifting coyote]

I'm having issues with trains path signal. Anybody managed to make em work ?

[split blaze]

Havent touched trains yet

[brisk moat]

THIS time was so Special, to be Part of all the Progress since Alpha 😍

[rain canopy]

Just use block signals to now , think there bugged

[surreal lichen]

Start a post in #1038092680493801533 with overhead shots of your rails, ideally including some where you've got block/path signal selected (so we can see the path coloration)

One thing to note is that v1.1 especially doesn't seem to like signals being placed right on intersections; you'll want to place them a little ways back on a straightaway instead

[surreal lichen]

Unless there's some console-specific bugs, Path Signals can work just fine. Though they can take some getting used to

[topaz basalt]

There is current bug where path signals can leak if put straight at junction location, and not tiny bit farther back.

For 1.1 in general.

Basically can be as near the junction as possible, without being at the actual junction snap location.

But at the snap location might not work and end up leaking and erroring.

[drifting coyote]

Posted in question and help and solved my issue

Thanks all

[cyan ginkgo]

Oh my gosh, same

[cloud jasper]

Hold up

I thought splitters had to be on ground level and could only accept conveyors in a horizontal fashion

How the heck are you doing it vertical?

I know there's wall and ceiling conveyor attachments but how are you getting splitters working vertical if they aren't on the ground?

[surreal lichen]

It's just something the game supports; if you've got a Conveyor Lift, you can snap new splitters/mergers to them

[cloud jasper]

Well holy heck I never thought to try attaching splitters directly to lifts

[surreal lichen]

It's a relatively new feature (introduced in v1.1); even long-time players might not be used to it. :)

[cloud jasper]

This might come in handy as I have a conveyor lift bringing in sulfur along with coal in a tunnel through the tunnel roof to make compacted coal

[surreal lichen]

The one annoying thing about it right now is that unlike with placing splitters/mergers on the ground, the conveyor-lift versions can't "snap" to nearby machine inputs/outputs

So if you're trying to line one of those up with a machine so that the belt heading into a machine is perfectly flat, it can be a bit finnicky

Hopefully that's a QoL feature we get in v1.2

(I've seen no indication that that's in the pipeline, just hoping that it is. :)

[cyan ginkgo]

One little quirk with adding a splitter to a conveyor that is straight on the ground, the splitter is always clipping unless I am above it. If I'm also on the ground it will never be blue and allow the split. Took me awhile to figure it out, and honestly that seems like a better building practice anyway

[drifting coyote]

I did a nice sushi train sorter using this feature. I was like "what if I try to put a splitter there ..." Can't post the picture unfortunately.

[simple vector]

My terrain just became low poly and it has no collisions what did I even do

[simple lantern]

Any fixes out for playstation trophies?

[gloomy spade]

Wdym they work fine for me

[surreal lichen]

Latest patch was supposed to provide various fixes, though there's still some edge cases they're tracking down (see the top pins post)

[magic parcel]

Anyone know if there will be crossplay/server support for console players?

[lusty berry]

How do signals work in this game

[lilac edge]

one of the fixes for the ps5 trophies with regards to progression unlocks was to start a new save and unlock one thing- this triggers a check on all saves and grants the trophy if you didn't get it due to the accidentally-gotta-do-it-in-one-sitting bug

[lilac edge]

• console players have crossplay amongst themselves
• server support: not any time soon
• pc-console crossplay: not any time soon

[drifting coyote]

When the poisonous fat spider start fighting with the big radioactive pig ❤️

[cloud jasper]

Well that was fun spending about an hour reloading a save to get two alrernate recipes - sloppy alumina and pure aluminum ingot.

I wish there was a better way to get the alt recipes you want lol.

[rustic jackal]

Speaking of alt recipes, are there any that are worht grinding for at phase 3

[surreal lichen]

More recipes == more options while building! Catch 'em all.

And if you exhaust the pool of recipes available in Phase 3, it'll make it that much quicker to get any specific recipes you might want to look for in the next phase

[uneven jolt]

How do you path a roundabout for trains?

[surreal lichen]

Path signals "in," block signals "out," probably dividing up the circle with a few path signals as well

[uneven jolt]

Ive got 4 paths in and 4 paths out

Top, left, bottom, and right

[surreal lichen]

(Keep in mind that roundabouts are "inefficient" compared to regular intersections in the game, though unless your train network gets really busy it's unlikely to matter much)

[surreal lichen]

Yeah, so as a train goes "into" the roundabout, it wants to see a Path Signal, and when it leaves the roundabout it wants to see a Block Signal

(unless that way out is leading directly into another intersection, of course)

If you want some specific advice, I'd recommend starting a #1038092680493801533 thread about it with an overhead shot; can embed images in there, so it's nearly always the best place for a question like that. :)

Train questions and pipe questions nearly always benefit from having images

[rustic jackal]

Gotcha, but are there any I really should be looking out for?

[uneven jolt]

Ok

[clear moss]

The trophy for unlocking all milestones is still broken which unfortunately is probably the worst trophy to be broken, hopefully they fix it properly and it retroactively unlocks or players can reload an older save.

“Varied diet” and “let’s see what’s out there” are now fixed. There is several reports that “ railway tycoon” is now broken after the latest patch and nobody on ps5 has earnt that trophy since the latest patch.

[rustic jackal]

I don't understand water. Can I just build a big loop and as long as the extractors produce enough m³/min for my generators, I'll be fine?

Or can the total usage of my generators not exceed the pipelines max flowrate?

[safe spindle]

wdym by big loop?

[rustic jackal]

Have the pipelines branch off from the 'main pipeline'and have it feed back into the start where the extractors are

[safe spindle]

yeah that's fine

[topaz basalt]

Not really.
Need to keep in mind the pipeline segment flow limits.

So whole concept of "main pipeline" is just weird.

[rustic jackal]

I am probably making this harder on myself than it has to be, but I am trying to make rows of 4 coal gens at a 250% OC, meaning each row has a water usage of 425m³/min
And I only have mk1 pipelines

[topaz basalt]

And counter productive in Satisfactory.
Don't try to make mega-pipe-manifolds, do cells.

Mk1 pipe can only supply little over 6 coal generators for example.
For the recommended 3 water extractors to 8 generators cell, you need two pipes from the water extractors to the generators.

[safe spindle]

the way im understanding is 600m3/min goes in the main pipe from the source, he needs blank amount for something and any extra from the thing would go back to the main, he can do that no issue or just have it branch off and it would backfill to the main pipe. correct meif im wrong

[topaz basalt]

And more complex the manifold is, less likely is that you can get stable max segment flow constantly.

[safe spindle]

ive never had an issue with any manifold just slightly underclock it

if there is a problem

[topaz basalt]

With pipes, don't try to design to the max absolute momentary flow limit of the pipes, unless you absolutely have to.
Design production cells to nice ratios, under those absolute limits.

Sometimes with Mk1 pipes that can be over that single segment limit, but you can use two pipes to feed in that case.

But everything connected to everything pipe manifolds are just bad idea in general.

[rustic jackal]

The more I learn, the less I understand water

[languid briar]

I don't even bother to do the 3:8 ratio
I just do 1 water gen for every 2 coal plants
The extra cost of the gen is worth the simplicity of pipe routing (and the much lower chance of flow issues)

[topaz basalt]

Same, extra nice as water extractor is exactly the same width as two coal generators.

[rustic jackal]

So 1 water gen into a mini pipeline loop for 2 coal gens?

[topaz basalt]

1 water extractor at 75% per two coal generators at 100%.
Just straight pipe without loop.

Looping is about fixing issues when trying to get too close to that pipe segment max.

[rustic jackal]

Alright

[languid briar]

Just one pipe to one coal gen, with a junction splitting it to another one
No need to complicate with loops 🙂

[naive monolith]

in theory probably yes but i tried this and it’s an absolute nightmare, doesnt work at all as intended, best solution with water is to sink and package overflow or use for coal mines

[clear moss]

I always found the loops caused problems where as running them like you would a simple manifold works well. I’ve never had an issue with it.

[modern heart]

I'm not up to speed here, whats the problem

Who's overcomplicating their piping again

[modern heart]

Its not about big loops, its about doing the math along the line.

If you feed in 300 from a mk 1 pipe on one end and then you have some junctions where it branches off to a bunch of machines that consume 270/min, then the main pipe now only carries 30/min after all those junctions took their part.

So at that point you can just merge in another 270/min fresh water with another junction .

[rustic jackal]

The way that reads to me, I can feed more than 300m³/min with one mk1 pipeline, I just need to make sure that the supply is more than my usage?

I might also just be thinking into it way too much and making it way too complicated because of it

[topaz basalt]

Limits are per segment, not per network.
But with pipes being bidirectional, need to be more careful with injected manifolds and like over just belts.

[mortal willow]

I wonder how far people have gotten since game was released on consoles.

[clear moss]

I wouldn’t use injected manifolds, they work but they complicate things and open you up to problems. Better of just keeping the pipes seperate.

[mortal willow]

Myself not far. Only been messing around on creative

[mystic garden]

Hi, I know how I can rotate stuff left or right but now I want to build a hyper tube canon. There I need these two intersections in this C shape. But how can I turn the second one on controller so the intersection is mirrored to the first one? Ty for any help :)

[modern heart]

You can feed more than 300/min with mk 1 pipelines if you make sure to merge in liquid at points in the pipe network where there is a low fluid level.

Note: 300/min is the limit of a single pipe you build

Junctions don't have a limit really, only the pipes that connect to them do

You can in theory do something similar with belts

[split blaze]

i hate pipes

[modern heart]

Make simple pipe builds.
And dont do builds outside of your comfort zone or only do so in smaller scales first

[split blaze]

im about 100 hours in and on phase 4

[split blaze]

i will always build outside my comfort zone and always regret it

[full bramble]

I've gotten to 5 but may or may not have made a new save cause I can do better :'D

[modern heart]

Welp, thats your choice here.

In any case, theres always someone around here to help if you DO end up with a headache

[rustic jackal]

Yeah, i went for having one water gen for two coal gens, makes it easiest to have 4 seperate pipelines.

[mortal willow]

Would you be interested in making a new save (with me i host) i play on ps5.

[modern heart]

Yeah thats fine.

Experimenting with what you learn here on smaller scales is beneficial for the later game

But keeping it simple is always a good idea with pipes.

You dont need a big complex network, it can always be broken down into multiple smaller, simpler networks

[rustic jackal]

Thats what I usually start a new creative save for. I make a crude version of what I want and then in my actual save I copy that in a more refined way

[split blaze]

nope, i want people to play with but the whole one person only being able to play if the host is online sounds awful, i want people to play our own worlds and chat/trade ideas and occasionally check out each others worlds/help with stuff, but an actual multiplayer save sounds awful to me sorry

[mortal willow]

Fair enough

[rustic jackal]

Real

[split blaze]

3 pumps can fuel 8 coal gens btw

[rustic jackal]

I'm not tearing down what I built already, lol

[split blaze]

fair enough

[modern heart]

#math-and-meta message

Heres an example of the whole coal gen thing

The network moves 360/min total,but no pipe in that network ever moves more than 360/min on its own

[split blaze]

i actually feel like such a pro, a guy w over 1k hours liked my design and is putting it in his world, im at 120 hours

[rustic jackal]

That's good to know, definitely gonna save that for if I need new coal gens, but I think my 16 gens at 250% oc will suffice for now

[naive monolith]

thats why i keep my playstation on 24/7 so my friends can be joining whereever, it sucks cause i dont know the actual hours we are playing but it is what it is atm

[topaz basalt]

Are there any MS/Xbox or Sony/Playstation console games that have self-hosted on PC server option?

Trying to think a reason why there wasn't dedicated server fork for consoles.

And only that really comes to mind is that MS and Sony don't allow for that easily.

[wary chasm]

I am making a oil factory but also power plant in the same area in western beach I’m making a train shuttle and I gotta know what items will I need for my oil factory thing to produce in order for me to progress

[drifting coyote]

I guess we'll know really soon if the milestone trophy is fixed. Did a second playthrough with a new save after the update

[topaz basalt]

Might be needing backend changes, which are slowed down by how Sony handles that stuff after game is released.

backend, as in game related things running on Sony servers.

[drifting coyote]

I'm scared to press the big red button

( throw controller in the wall)

I can confirm it is not fixed even with a fresh save

After almost losing my wife 😆

[surreal lichen]

where did you find her?

[drifting coyote]

That's another story

[gleaming wagon]

Is there a way to have the inventory dimensional storage menu be sorted alphabetically or something?

[surreal lichen]

No, the order is currently forever hardcoded by the order in which you first uploaded the item, alas

Though you can "pin/favorite/whatever" the ones you want to be near the top

[gleaming wagon]

:/ that’s annoying

[surreal lichen]

It's less of a problem on PC 'cause you end up basically always searching by name anyway, which is likely faster regardless. But obvs that's a non-starter on console

[fluid yacht]

Is there a way to retrieve a death crate that went off the map? Or can I at least delete the marker?

[topaz basalt]

For consoles, no, except load earlier save.

[drifting coyote]

Could someone safely build a downward 4m ramp and try to pick to box while staying out of the kill box?

But reloading an autosave is probably quicker anyway

[fluid yacht]

That’s what I was thinking

I made too much other progress for a reload.

I just think it’s dumb that you lose the whole crate. Some of it was stuff that I can’t replace right now

[cyan ginkgo]

I had a death box very deep down on the edge of the map. i slowly laddered down along a cliff edge. The crate was in a kill zone where my health depleted every second but i made sure to eat nuts to stay alive in enough time to pick up the box and jetpack up to my ladder. Could yours be in a similar situation?

It was like 15 minutes of careful playing but i wasn't leaving two Mercer spheres behind

Going forward you can change a setting so you keep everything upon death. That's the one setting I won't change for my own personal challenge, but i definitely keep all the creatures passive. I want to build, not battle.

[split blaze]

I dont like lfg, its all people looking for multiplayer, i just wanna find people to chat with when we play our own worlds, occasionally help each other out/trade ideas/check each others worlds out

[plain holly]

Just finished the game at 91hour 55 mins 👍

[split blaze]

How on earth

Im 105 hours in and just hit phase 4

Making me wanna try a speed run

[clear moss]

Just keep a save from before you unlock the final milestone, I’m sure they will fix it properly and not require a whole new play through. Hopefully. 😅

[plain holly]

I wasn't even speed running it. I don't know how just had a good layout of a factory I guess.

[drifting coyote]

I hope too. I did it for science 😆

[clear moss]

Thankyou for your sacrifice pioneer!

[pale dust]

How does one conntect from Xbox to Playstation - The other way around works perfectly.

[split blaze]

I added them on fortnite then it let me join their game, its a very poor friend design

[tame moat]

It doesn’t show their game even after we added each other

[slim slate]

yo

[slim slate]

anyone know how to work consle to consle crossplay?

[brisk viper]

Any oceanic region players here? Dm me

[white mica]

gang its peak

[split blaze]

Wow this chats dead

[lean urchin]

Reload your last save point if you have a death where box went off the map

[wary chasm]

I’m trying todo a train shuttle a train that goes back and forth but when I put it on auto pilot the train it keeps saying next station is unreadable

[drifting coyote]

Train must be two headed. Engines must point outward. Stations arrows must be outward too. Make sure the rail is good by driving manually from one station to the other.

That should do it

One last trick is make sure there's block or road signals on both side of the rail if you want a two way road, but this is advanced topic

[lilac edge]

me waking up from nap, misread this as "Any geriatric players here?" I ain't that old but maybe I am if I'm misreading things that badly 😅

[drifting coyote]

We already have Doc

[pale dust]

Yeah we did so too. I can join him on Xbox. Just the other way around keeps them not able to see me

[split blaze]

Is your session set to online, crossplay and can join without invites

[toxic zenith]

is there a command that gives me an alternate recipe??

[wary chasm]

The station arrows must be outworded what so I need to add two stations connected together I already made a train that has one train engine on the back and front of the freight train

[noble mirage]

mutiply by 20 and 2 thats the game

[lilac edge]

"go out and hunt hard drives"

take that as a command

(or start a new game with AGS enabled to unlock all the things)

[toxic zenith]

[drifting coyote]

No, only one station is required at one end, and another one at the other end. Not two stations at each end

[split blaze]

Ik ts is discouraged in this chat but anyone wanna jump on vc while we play? Not looking for a multiplayer world just some people to chat with while we play our respective worlds, everyone in lfg just wants to play online

[strange hamlet]

Does anyone know where all you can post Bug problems at, I have already posted to the one site that says its for bugs. Just trying to find out if anyone else is having the same issue and if they found a way to fix it

[lofty bison]

wow ||portals|| are so cool

[amber cloak]

Phase 2 finally complete. Finally onto the best part of any factory game

[lilac edge]

#1038092680493801533

[wary chasm]

Oh okay I think it works now thank you so much man

[rustic jackal]

You can destroy the gas pillars with explosives? Time to automate a gorbillion of them

[short canopy]

My console playthrough's standard turbo fuel recipe plant. Should yield ~22,000 MW when it's finished.

#screenshots message

[cloud jasper]

Yup same with those plants with spindly legs that stand up then try to kill you.

If you have the rebar gun with explosive rounds that also works too.

[dim flume]

So quick question, made all my wonder stars, unlocked the last upgrade for the tree. I keep seeing stuff about a wonder star skin for trucks. Looked under customizer and there's nothing there

[cloud jasper]

So I have a quick question of sorts - for those of you who researched nuclear power have you found a decent or good area (with map coordinates) to setup at least one nuclear reactor to get started along with a way to deal with nuclear waste such as sinking it I'm guessing?

[surreal lichen]

There's still some more things gated by advent calendar unlocks; probably just have to wait to redeem some more rewards from there

[surreal lichen]

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, so folks storing waste often want to do that. 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. :)

As for locations, the swamp is one of the few places which has just about everything you'd need for a smallish nuclear buildout right there. Though don't be scared to import materials whenever you need to

On my last nuclear buildout literally the only thing I was using "locally" was sulfur; everything else was carted in. The most important thing to build near is water, 'cause the piping can be a pain otherwise. I generally recommend putting your extractors like right next to the NPPs using 'em. (I'll often put 'em right underneath and just live with having a pump to bring 'em up)

[dim flume]

Yeah I was looking at previous years and saw it was an advent calendar unlock.

[high jacinth]

If you have the heavy oil residue alt you can make way more , my plan is one oil node overclocked to 600/min , end up with 1333.33 turbo fuel /min about 178 fuel generators total

I have to figure out how to get enough coal and sulfur there...maybe train? Not sure yet

[cloud jasper]

Number 2 sounds like the best option honestly lol

[surreal lichen]

All depends on what you want, honestly. Waste storage isn't nearly the problem a lot of folks fear it might be, for instance

And the Ficsonium chain is, IMO, quite fun. :)

[cloud jasper]

I read somewhere the waste was so strong you couldn't get near it if it was sitting around

[surreal lichen]

Nah, hazmat suit / Iodine filters block all rad damage, and max out at 5/min usage at max radiation (which is easy to automate)

And the ambient radiation drops off all inverse-square like; radiation creep really isn't a big deal either (and who cares anyway if you have the filters)

[grim dune]

Does anyone know if you can do the -10 and 10 values for swatches to make them really vibrant on console? I know you can on pc

[topaz basalt]

No, as that is bug on PC that the console port team fixed either intentionally or unintentionally.

[short canopy]

Yup. I just don't want to 😎. I'll be doing nuke power later

[cloud jasper]

Regarding fuel burners how many has anyone managed to run off rocket fuel?

I got eight burning rocket fuel right now with no apparent issues and my rocket fuel comes from the blender recipe nitro rocket fuel going at 200% clock speed

[modern heart]

just get enough generators

a single one only burns 4.1666/min at 100%

aka: if you make 100/min rocket fuel, you need 24 generators at 100%

[cloud jasper]

Right now I'm making 300 per minute rocket fuel so should be 72 burners 😱

[modern heart]

thats just how it goes

[cloud jasper]

Damn as the old saying goes

"Burn baby burn"

🤣

[uneven jolt]

Question:
How many hard drives are in the game and how many alternate recipes are in the game?

Im asking because im wondering if you're able to collect all the alternates

[acoustic mortar]

If you collect all the hard drives and get all the alt recipes, you will have 5 hard drives left over

I believe there's like 118 drives or something like that? There's enough to get all alt recipes with 5 drives left over

[uneven jolt]

Okay cool

[random relic]

!wikisearch hard drive

[weary dawn]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/index.php?search=hard+drive

[final jungle]

There’s also some research that needs hard drives

[surreal lichen]

Indeed, though that's included in the "will have 5 hard drives left over" math. There's more than you can use, regardless of the specifics of use. :)

(You can even eventually buy hard drives from the AWESOME Shop, if you don't feel like doing all the exploring, though they're pretty "expensive," especially if you're also going for the Golden Nut)

[hushed oasis]

no matter how many generators you need it's still faster and easier than nuclear

[surreal lichen]

Eh, nuclear Uranium processing is quite straightforward. Plutonium's admittedly a bit more involved (and Ficsonium more involved still), but you can build things out in phases

[hushed oasis]

I would say that handling nuclear waste is the least "straightforward" thing in the game, even if a hundred-year waste dump isn't very complex

Uranium processing isn't difficult, but it's hard to justify over just building more generators
When do you go around capping every geyser on the map? Maybe never, because it's a hassle and just doesn't really matter?
"When should I build nuclear?" is kinda the same question

[rustic jackal]

I think the question should be if you want to challenge yourself with spicy air

[amber cloak]

My current challenge is how to efficiently place rails when the terrain is so heckin' hecked
Am but a humble greenhorn pioneer

[final jungle]

I’m coincidentally doing both right now
We’re going to do nuclear power but first I need to figure out my rail system and my brains in a restart loop trying to figure out what to do for it

[amber cloak]

I only just recently unlocked trains. Not sure how best to even start x3

But Factorio made me love trains and I know Satisfactory will too.

[final jungle]

If you want it nice you’ll wanna use foundations/blueprints I’m just awful at that part

[amber cloak]

Oh I dont care about aesthetics at all. I am a fully function over form kind of bird

[rustic jackal]

Ah, a connoisseur of the fine spaghetti i see

[cloud jasper]

Use the blueprint designer if you have it unlocked along with small pillars, half foundations, and a rail line on top of two half foundations.

I've done this from one pillar high to seven pillars high to allow for a SkyTrain.

[rustic jackal]

I do have a question, can you somehow flip buildings? Specifically the refiner?

[amber cloak]

Ahh I'll give that try!

[cloud jasper]

Just tagged you in #screenshots to show examples.

[acoustic mortar]

You can only rotate using the D-pad when having the build gun out.

I just have my nuclear waste shuttled off somewhere else. It's too much investment to deal with it imo

[amber cloak]

That's exactly what I needed, and it even looks good. Thanks a bunch :p

[cloud jasper]

I used concrete pillars. You could also use metal pillars if you got those unlocked and change the look around if you like. 🙂

[cloud jasper]

If I do decide to get brave one day and actually build a nuclear reactor not to mention bringing in all the raw materials it needs I'd probably recycle the waste and sink it.

But for now since I can apparently do up to 72 fuel burners on rocket fuel it might be a lot easier to do that for power needs. 😂

[acoustic mortar]

Lmao 72 fuel burners definitely sounds like that'd cover power needs 😂

[final jungle]

I did one a lot like that before but it wouldn’t snap to anything so I couldn’t keep it the same height not sure why

[cloud jasper]

Weird

[wary chasm]

Are alternative recipes missable

[final jungle]

What do you mean
You’ll get enough harddrives to get them all at some point if you mean like that

And a couple extras

[wary chasm]

No I mean like at some point or some alt recipes I can’t get because I progress far into the game like are some alt recipes only available in early game some at endgame etc

[mystic coral]

No

[wary chasm]

Oh okay how many hard drives are there in the game

[mystic coral]

More than 50, less than 100 is the guess on top of my head

Dont remember the exact number

[wary chasm]

When you collect hard a drive does it give you a random alt recipe

[mystic coral]

It gives you a selection of 2 between the options you have unlocked, the selection gets bigger when you progress through the game

So you kinda want to stay on top of collecting harddrives if you want current recipes

[wary chasm]

What do u mean

[wary chasm]

So I get to choose what alt recipe I want from collecting one hard drive

[mystic coral]

Bro just collect one and see lol, they are everywhere. You get a selection of two recipes per harddrive, and one reroll for two additional recipes if you didnt like the first two

[midnight tangle]

whoa what's happening with my joystick? why do I keep randomly walking forward and menus keep flipping up

[rustic jackal]

Sounds like stick drift to me. Means your controller is close to dying

[final jungle]

rip
Can take it apart and clean it really well with compressed air but yeah most likely pretty much done

[midnight tangle]

every other games fine, I kinda doubt it's the gamepad. I'll test on my PC tomorrow tho.

I'd know if I have drift because I play alot of rocket League

I set my deadzone to 0.05 and it's clean 🫧

but I'll let u know tomorrow if it's that.

[final jungle]

It will be

[midnight tangle]

0 drift in any other game. what makes this one different?

further, the exact same gamepad doesn't drift on PC.

[final jungle]

I dunno what to tell you
Default settings maybe

Do you think satisfactory has a built in drift bug or something?

[midnight tangle]

changing deadzone helped but with a weird delay.

I think every game is different, idk why this one has that behavior on console when no other game does, and it's fine on PC.

maybe it has a default extremely tiny deadzone and my stick has 0.01% drift

idk!

[final jungle]

I’ve had it pop up in some games before I noticed in others

[acoustic mortar]

I believe there are around 118

[wary chasm]

Okay do I need to get all of them

[mystic coral]

Some material has 3-5 different recipes so you dont need to collect all, just pick the ones that you would like to make

Some alternate recipes are better than others

[fickle mesa]

you don't need to get any of them, but i'd argue there are a few alternate recipes that are borderline essential for simplifying late game factories ||like iron pipe and cast screws|| and a few that can amplify resource efficiency a LOT ||like diluted fuel, recycled rubber, pure ingot recipes (ore+water=extra ingots) etc||. personally i'd say slorp up as many as you can find.

[acoustic mortar]

No. If you want all the alternate recipes then you only need 113 or so. You'll have 5 left over

The crash sites also have useful items that you can store for later phases as well. I know I used the stuff laying around fairly frequently until I hit late game

Plus sometimes the requirements to open the drop pods are just right there on the ground lol

[silent mulch]

can i get all the recipes even b4 i unlock the machines for said recipes

[fickle mesa]

nope, if you don't have the part unlocked, you don't get the recipe - it will start offering inventory slots instead

[silent mulch]

so if i get all the hard drives early game theoretically i wouldnt have enough for all recipes?

[fickle mesa]

if you scanned them all early game and chose more than 5x inventory slots, then yes

[topaz basalt]

No, there are more drives than unlocks.
And once the current pool is empty, you get the drive back with error if you try to research.

Until you unlock more things into the randomization pool.

[silent mulch]

is there also enough for the mam trees like sulfur for example

[topaz basalt]

Yes, those are unlocks.

[silent mulch]

ok thx

[fickle mesa]

hard drives are actually infinite if you have enough time tho - don't worry about it too much

there are quite a few pods you can't even open until phase 4+ anyway

[topaz basalt]

But there are currently 5 more drives than uses.
And you can get one extra from FICSMAS calendar.

[fickle mesa]

can you never select more than 5 offered '6x inventory slots' then? i was under the impression that could lock you out of a handful of recipes, but maybe that's a half remembered thing from EA

[topaz basalt]

There are limited number of inventory upgrades too.

Which is included in that count of unlocks.

[fickle mesa]

huh, TIL, ta 👍

[topaz basalt]

Only two +6:s, one available right away, second in Tier 6.

[fickle mesa]

almost 1000h in and i always feel like i barely scratch the surface of this game...

[silent mulch]

bouta finish phase 3 should i switch 2 turbo fuel or save for rocket fuel for my power plant

i currently have 5 gigawatts spare

[final jungle]

Can’t you buy hard drives with awesome tickets too? I didn’t check but my buddy said they showed up last time we played
Like 100 for one but still

[topaz basalt]

Yes, but very bad deal on long run.

[wary chasm]

I know one of them is cast screws or am I wrong

Also is solid steel ingots good alt recipe because I just unlocked it

Im just curious but alt recipes make the game easier

[rustic jackal]

I am starting to regret the idea of making at least one maschine line for every item that isn't for the space elevator

Mostly because I dont have enough gosh darn space

[fickle mesa]

there's a fair number of things you don't need to automate for personal consumption/ building (looking at you, screws and stators)

but i'm more interested in where the hell you're building... in a cave?

[rustic jackal]

No pretty close to the first starting area, a bit southwest of the sinkholes.

[rustic jackal]

Yeah figured those would be mostly irrelevant, but I just like the idea of having an industrial storage container of those

[fickle mesa]

then you have space to build up, no?

[rustic jackal]

Tell that to my concrete stockpile (it died)

[fickle mesa]

oof, that is an... impediment

but limestone nodes are a dime a dozen down there (and everywhere else), i think i have like 7 nodes running straight into my depot

[rustic jackal]

Yup, but I have randomly decided to plunk down mk2 miners on every limestone node within 500m and just afk/cracking harddrives

(I am going insane)

[fickle mesa]

you can vertical nudge stuff up into the air and build the foundation later if you really need some machines right now

[rustic jackal]

I don't need them right this second, I have a good stockpile already, it's just something I decided to make before advancing in anything.

Also i think I might actually have an aneurysm if I have floating maschines

[wary chasm]

I’m in phase 3 right now can I still get cast screws or no

[modern heart]

You can but the chance is lower

Because more recipes are now available

[rustic jackal]

The only way to see that you have all the alt recipes that are available is when you get an error from decoding the harddrive, right?
(I guess encyclopedic knowledge of every alt and when you get them is also a way, but i doubt most people are willing to go to that extend)

[topaz basalt]

When you get just one possible selection instead of two, you know that is the last one available in the pool when that research was started.

[surreal lichen]

Yeah, mostly, though there is still a bug in the PC version where if you've been scanning hard drives during a play session, it might give you the "no more research left" message one scan "early." So you'd have to quit back to the main menu and reload the save to actually do the last research

I assume that probably exists in the console version too

[rustic jackal]

Well damn

[acoustic mortar]

It does indeed

[gloomy heron]

i bought satisfactory a while ago while it was in beta, then i got a mac and I couldn’t play it anymore. I have now had to play it in 1 hour increments using geforce now, so excited for Christmas so i can get it on console.

[tawdry karma]

I got satisfactory on my Xbox. I've been waiting for this game for years ever since I've watched a lot of people playing it on PC. Now I can play the full journey on my Xbox 😭 super excited to play and there's any tips you can give me, I would love to learn

[short canopy]

Just have fun, and resist the urge to start a new save early on. Just go elsewhere and build more. No need to reset all your unlocks while you are getting your legs under ya.

[glass harbor]

Play your way, ask for help, exploration is a very important part of the game

[gloomy heron]

manifolding is much better than load balancing, remember that

[silent mulch]

does anyone have a good tutorial on how to curve for console

[surreal lichen]

That's a good question for #design-and-architecture too, btw -- there's a lot of "vanilla" methods which should work well on both PC + Console

Most of the video guides out there still almost certainly assume PC, so if they talk about specific mouse presses or whatever, you'd have to figure out the console equivalent

But shouldn't be too bad. Here's a few I grabbed from recent #design-and-architecture posts:

Wan 3.0: https://youtu.be/8Jxfy2_Iw6U
Wan Curve: https://youtu.be/i5qnl0PzkXE
Any-size Circles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI3ZM4Zzhqs
KyloBuilds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLwyyYpe0c4
Foundations following rails: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9V0fQPq3Xo

[silent mulch]

yea the nudge distance seems to be different but i found a work around

[surreal lichen]

I suppose if nudging's different then those methods may not be as universally applicable as I'd thought

[high jacinth]

I could carry nothing but copper sheeting in inventory and still run out.

Reading back some what is nudging ?

[fluid briar]

Is there a way to edit the color number on console? Like to make true color concrete foundations

[acoustic mortar]

Wym by color number?

[fluid briar]

Like when you choose the color there’s sliders

And on the right there’s numbers to edit more precisely

On pc yiu you can click and enter your own number past the slider limit

[acoustic mortar]

Gotcha. Doesn't look like it when I tried.

You can at least input a hex code

[fluid briar]

Yaa :/

[acoustic mortar]

Anyone know how to change key bindings for PS5? Doesn't look like I can in Options > Bindings

[rustic jackal]

I don't think it works on console, can't do it either on xbox

[wary chasm]

Should I get smart mergers and priority mergers

How do you get turbo fuel and do you need it

[dark fable]

This is just my personal opinion.But what do you plan on using them for

[dark fable]

Turbofuels in advanced form of normal fuel.And you get it in the MAM through a researching sulfur enough

[dark fable]

I would say, personally, it's more of a late game fuel source since the process of making it can be a pain of making it depending on what your factory is like

[acoustic mortar]

Unfortunate 🙁

[acoustic mortar]

I would recommend not thinking of things in this game in terms of it being a "need" situation or not. You need as much as you aspire to build. If you want a more efficient fuel source then you "need" turbo fuel, but you don't have to have it.

It's helpful with the ||jetpack|| and other power sources for sure, but you don't have to chase it if you don't want. Just go for what you think sounds cool or seems helpful

[rustic jackal]

Speaking of jetpack, is biofuel worth it for it? I have like 2 industrial storage containers worth of compacted biobricks sitting around

[acoustic mortar]

I used biofuel for mine for a while before switching to rocket fuel. It worked pretty well, but you don't get a lot of height.

[acoustic mortar]

Just make sure to bring like a full stack or two when exploring and you'll be fine.

[rustic jackal]

Gotcha thats easy enough

Ill just hook the refiner up to a depot with buffer, that way I'll always be able to grab any if I run out

[wary chasm]

That’s the thing um idk really I assumed I should get them because they are different and I can unlock them I really don’t know what todo with them

[rustic jackal]

I personally got the smart merger/splitter and haven't bothered with the priority ones yet. The smart splitters are really helpful for making a storage mall, where every output in my factory gets fed onto a main sushi belt and the smart splitters pick out the items as they go through

[wary chasm]

Oh so I should use them when I can I’m not gonna build like a central hub I’ll probably use them for my factories

[rustic jackal]

Fair enough, still quite useful if you somehow end up with mixed belts, even if it's just from one sub-factory

[dark fable]

Do you know what they do Just asking

[rustic jackal]

I'm curious what a priority merger would find use in, except maybe being very particular about sushi belt order

[dark fable]

I've never really found us in the priority mergers

[wary chasm]

Nope

[dark fable]

So a splitter, it ejects items in every direction.It can, but the smart splitter you can decide where each item goes

Also, if I remember correctly, there's two types of the smart splitter

One cost a little more, but that's so you could decide multiple items to go in each direction

I probably didn't describe it in the best way, but I think I got the bear minimum

[turbid siren]

Smart splitters allow to choose one filter per output out of a list of filters (eg: "item", "undefined", "overflow"...). Outputs will respect their filters, so they can "control" where items flow.
They have an "upgraded" version, unlocked much later.

[amber cloak]

I have met my most powerful nemesis this day
Fluids

[turbid siren]

Note: unlike normal splitters, smart splitters don't quite "load balance" items correctly (ie: round-robin distribution)

[rustic jackal]

You are not alone. I have been wrestling with pipes all morning and it's slowly corroding my mind

[dark fable]

I hate having to deal with pipes

[rustic jackal]

What's the specific issue? Maybe i can help out?

[dark fable]

Oh, no, it's not an issue.It's just a pain sometimes to work with them

[rustic jackal]

I was mostly talking to noctis, my bad forgot to reply to their message

[dark fable]

It ok

[amber cloak]

I am assuming pumps don't work the same way here as Factorio. Because I am having trouble keeping my fuel powered generators fed despite checking and double checking the ratio many times.

[rustic jackal]

So flow issues? Make a water tower. At the beginning, bring all liquids up above where you actually need them and immediately down

[turbid siren]

Assuming things work like in Factorio is often a good recipe for misunderstanding game mechanics 😅

[amber cloak]

Is a good thing I said the literal opposite then, innit? Hah

[rustic jackal]

Basically, upward turn -> immediate 180 back to the ground

If you want, i can make a screenshot of what I mean

[turbid siren]

I strongly suggest against adding complexity to a system in order to fix flow issues.
Generally speaking, the simpler a system is, the least the issues (and the easiest they are to find)

Don't get me wrong, ofc everyone has different preferences (including in how they make sense of fluids), I'm just saying that as a general rule. Very few can make more complex pipework work better than simpler one

[rustic jackal]

I mean... a water tower is the easiest solution in my humble opinion

[turbid siren]

I don't see how "more pipes" is a good solution to "not enough fluid going through pipes" (outside of some very specific situations, maybe) xD

[rustic jackal]

They said that the ratios were correct, so I assumed the problem was that at a point or another the lift wasn't enouh

[turbid siren]

To check where the issue is, find where the yellow lights are.
Which machines are starving instead of full of fluid, and which are backed up instead of empty? Once you know, you can identify what and where the issue is (my hypothesis: flow issues between fuel makers and producers)

[ivory gale]

There's no chance you have a bi product backing up ?

[turbid siren]

That may be the case and can be easily be verified checking individual pumps (theit UI shows the current headlift used). The easiest solution would then be to add enough pumps... Adding a whole setup of pumps, fluid buffer, and descending pipework is unnecessary unless one has additional objectives

[rustic jackal]

Well the objective would be to eliminate having to power 40 pumps

I dont know, I am just going by what I learned from Gaming _with_Doc... and I haven't had much issue wih fluids ever since

[turbid siren]

I mean... Considering that saves ~20MW every 100 meters of fluid risen (per pipe) and how cheap power is, I don't personally think it makes sense to make the pipework more complex (which can lead to issues if not handled with know-how) just to save on some Generators ^^

[rustic jackal]

Fair enough. For me personally, I hate having to make sure there is enough headlift everywhere so a liquid tower is a fix-all for me

[amber cloak]

I'll test a few different things. Only just unlocked fuel power so I'll get it eventually. Hah

[turbid siren]

That's exactly the kind of "additional objective" that makes it make sense, imo ^^

[turbid siren]

The game doesn't give much info (on fluids), but testing is always a good way to know!
You know where to ask when in doubt anyway :P

[wary chasm]

Should I unlock turbo fuel and should I make a fuel powerplant in the crater area or Western beach

Am I gonna have to make nuclear power plant at some point

[acoustic mortar]

That's up to you. Some people don't

[rustic jackal]

It is quite a bit of stuff you need for turbofuel, but if I calculated it correctly, with one pure oil node you can power at least 16 gens at max overclock

[light fiber]

optional really, you can finish the game on biomass, coal, etc

the game doesnt directly force any particular way of playing, leaving it up to the player to decide how they wish to progress

[tender burrow]

some one on PSNP manage to get platinium on console but we still cant get it!

[wary chasm]

Is the black lake a good place to build a turbo fuel oil generator thing

[wary chasm]

But doesnt nuclear have items that you can only get with uranium and some items you’d need to have uranium for in order to progress

What item gives the best points in the fixict sink

[wraith palm]

What is the point of being capable of overclocking a node (in this case, Caterium) over 780/m if i can't transport more than that with Mk5 belts ?

[rustic jackal]

Crater, imo. Has 3 pure oil nodes and a few normal ones, coal and Sulphor is also nearby

[rustic jackal]

Because mk6 belts have a throughput of 1200

[wraith palm]

Oh there are mk6 ? didn't know that, thanks

[rustic jackal]

No problem

[cloud jasper]

Turbo fuel as well as rocket fuel and even ionized rocket fuel are most definitely needed.

With turbo fuel you can definitely use it in a jetpack to jump up a good distance.

Rocket fuel is even better and is what I'm using now for my jetpack as well as burning for fuel burners to produce energy.

Technically with the setup I have going I could have roughly 72 fuel burners just on rocket fuel.

You get turbo fuel and rocket fuel with refineries running off crude oil or with alternate recipes generating fuel and converting the fuel into rocket fuel with a blender.

[wary chasm]

Do I need blender for rocket fuel also isnt rocket fuel more complex compared to turbo fuel

[vocal plank]

hey, how can I delete the build shortcuts from the build quick access radial menus again ?

[glass harbor]

I would say it is the same or slightly higher complexity depending on the recipe you use,

It is just Turbofuel + Nitric Acid (Nitrogen + iron plates)

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Rocket_Fuel

also yes for the blender

[brisk lion]

Are you talking gas generators? I have a set up getting 40 gas generators with one normal oil node max over clock.

[coarse lava]

I think bash is a very satisfactory console. That is all.

[gray trench]

Is the doggo only critter you can tame?

What do you do with the green birds?

[modern heart]

Slaughter 🔪

[lilac edge]

what you do in the company of your own #1201555265942724758 is up to you

[wary chasm]

Is building my turbofuel factory in the crater or black lake what ever the name is is that area a good location for that also what recipe for refineries are the best for well turbo fuel

[rustic jackal]

Im guessing you have the diluted packaged fuel?

I have not been blessed with the gift of a decent alt recipe for the last 5 harddrives. And in addition, I might've majorly miscalculated. To be fair, it was early

[acoustic mortar]

Just play and try it.

[cloud jasper]

That's why you save before opening up the results of the hard drive scan, then rescan.

Don't like the options? Then reload your save, repeat process again until you get the alt recipe you want

This is how I got the alt reciples

Heavy oil residue

Diluted fuel

Nitro rocket fuel

[rustic jackal]

Didn't think of that, lol

[glossy geode]

I don’t know if anyone can help me with this how do I get online stuff to work

[high slate]

make sure ur logged into epic

[woeful kraken]

Is there patch notes for the update that just dropped on ps5?

[cloud jasper]

I just checked on xbox and there's an update as well.

So now we need patch notes for both ps5 and xbox.

[slender marsh]

Hopefully fixes the crossplay🙏

[floral pollen]

Hi folks, Today's patch for console should change your version in the title screen to 1.1.1.3 CL#462540

There's only 2 fixes in this patch, the main one is a potential fix to online connectivity issues, Fishlabs worked with Sony together to get this fix going so hopefully this should resolve or improve things for those having issues, please let us know what is your experience after this patch 🙂

The 2nd fix is to address some newly introduced issues where achievements that would track progress (I.e. Amount of Conveyor Belts/Railways, etc. that have been built) would not be tracked properly

[cunning hearth]

Hey my Multiplayer still not work on PS5 :/

[daring tiger]

What exactly is not working?

Does anyone know if the unlock all milestone trophy is still bugged?

[woeful kraken]

darn none of the actual bugs that have been annoying me 😓

[autumn mortar]

Appears so yes.

But I was able to unlock rails foundation and pipe trophies.

[acoustic mortar]

Does this fix the milestone trophy not popping?

[daring tiger]

Yeah i could get those aswell but not the "all milestones" one even after being finished with stage 5

[autumn mortar]

Yep. Awaiting a new patch I guess. Also waiting on visiting each starting biome once trophy.

[drifting coyote]

It's it possible to use a switch system to allow a power plant to run only when power or battery level is low ?

[daring tiger]

I got that one too? Seems totally buggy bc i had to run around in each area like atleast 4 hours😭

[drifting coyote]

The milestone trophy hasn't popped on any of my saves. What action do you have to accomplish to trigger it ?

I saw some people starting to get it on PSN

[acoustic mortar]

I've heard the visiting biomes one works now, but you have to do new saves for it. Unfortunate the milestone one still isn't fixed.

[drifting coyote]

I did the biome on an old save, it must just not be AGS

[clear moss]

Guessing a patch hasn’t fixed the milestones trophy?

[short canopy]

I do think Turbofuel is the best all around fuel though for the jetpack. The others are fun, but require paying a lot more attention to avoid cratering.

[ivory crow]

Where can I see the console patch notes?

[short canopy]

Probably #patch-notes

There hasnt been any console patches yet to my knowledge.

Not that have shipped.

[ivory crow]

Mine updated an hour ago

Wondered if they fixed the pesky milestone trophy yet

[drifting coyote]

The patch note is here :
Minor bugfixes

[short canopy]

May have - ive seen other people report seeing others with that trophy on PS today

[drifting coyote]

LoL

[short canopy]

I dont know if the problem exists on Xbox - i dont think it does

All the console players I know personally are on Xbox, including me. And thats been fine.

[brisk lion]

Yep I followed and an on line set up works 👍🏻. It does require the 2 recipes

[high jacinth]

Teir 7 unlock soon, think I'm gonna go drive, sphere and sloop hunting before I dive into aluminum ...

I got that one node of bauxite on the cliff ready to go when I'm ready lol

[fickle mesa]

try to get sloppy alumina and err pure alu ingot if you can

they're not very resource efficient, but they simplify the setup sooo much

well, they cut out the silica and simplify the numbers, but given how spread out *quartz is that can be a real life-saver

[amber cloak]

Speaking of alt recipes, is there enough hard drives to get every one? Or do you have to be extremely selective to get the ones you want?

[acoustic mortar]

There's enough where you'll have 5 hard drives left over after getting all alt recipes.

(6 with FICSMAS)

[amber cloak]

Ahh good. Hopefully enough to eliminate screws. Because screws are my second nemesis. Next to fluids.

[acoustic mortar]

Screws aren't so bad once you unlock the alt recipe where one steel beam gives you like 52 of them lol

[steady plinth]

I just got an update for the game today, but I can't find the patch notes anywhere. it said the last update was for Ficsmas. which I got already. Nothing else has been posted?

[surreal lichen]

They seem to just be putting console patch notes in the pins here, btw -- latest one is indeed from today

[lusty berry]

Aluminum factory online #screenshots making 1920 scrap

[mighty basalt]

Hi guys... question... My friend created a game that I have been joining... But he can't see the electricity capacity on the poles... Like he can't see how much electricity we can produce... he does see everything else though... Is this a bug?

We know it does this when I am with him... no idea if it happens when he is alone... we will test it later

[high jacinth]

Sorry real life took over...possibly satisfactory ...I'll get some more drives and hope...😂

[rustic jackal]

You don't happen to remember which one you followed? Because I think I might be going a little crazy trying to figure it out on my own

[plain holly]

Are they looking on a pole that is connected to the rest of the grid?

[silent mulch]

has anyone been able to make a console megafactory?

[timber patrol]

Random question, does anyone else's builder menu start to lag real bad after a hour or so?

[rustic jackal]

Not after an hour, but it happened to me after unlocking something in the AWESOME Shop. Fixed itself after saving and quitting

[mighty basalt]

Yes, so I made a mistake in my original post... The only thing he CANNOT see is the CAPACITY... He sent me a screenshot, which I can't post in here... 🙁 But it shows all the stats correctly, except the capacity, its blank

I just posted the screenshot in "questions and help" on here... Maybe someone knows what the issue is

[topaz basalt]

For the rest, seems to be case where console is outputting over HDMI in full-range color (0-255) and the TV is set to use limited-range color (16-235) for the specific input.
Crushing blacks and whites.

[steady plinth]

were on the way

[uneven jolt]

Can you scan for SAM the same way you scan for the other Ores?

[cloud jasper]

So here's something I'm not quite sure about.

From reading various Google searches over the years supposedly there was a bug where slower bits of conveyor belts would get stuck in conveyor splitters.

Was this fixed a long time ago for sure on both PC and console because I swear just now removing two splitters in my iron factory and redoing them with mk 5 conveyors stuffs moving faster.

[surreal lichen]

Yes, but you've gotta find one node first. Unfortunately there's no SAM deposits like with other resources (the things you can hand-chip away at to make them disappear), so finding a node is what you've got

[drifting coyote]

Sometimes there a small bit of mk1 or mk2 that stay right into the conveyor belt at the splitter location when upgrading.

[uneven jolt]

Okay cool I've done that so im good

[cloud jasper]

Ahhh ok good to know!

[surreal lichen]

Yeah, the slower-conveyor-"in"-the-splitter thing wasn't really a bug per se

It was just folks snapping splitters to belts right near belt intersection points, so you'd end up with a small bit inside there which is difficult-to-impossible to "upgrade"

(I think that's still possible to do, in fact, though maybe they added something to prevent you from snapping splitters/mergers too close to the edge?)

[cloud jasper]

Honestly I'm not sure but to be on safe side I just redid some splitters for my iron copper and steel factories.

[hollow gyro]

Anybody on Xbox looking for someone to play with lol. It's hard to find people on community posts

[short canopy]

Xbox has a decent LFG system built in

There is also #1201555265942724758

[hollow gyro]

Yeah but it only has 7 posts and 4 are German 💀

[surreal lichen]

Regardless: that is the channel on here where people who are looking for a group to play with are intended to congregate and plan. :) You won't have better luck going somewhere else.

[hollow gyro]

I'm talking about the in built Xbox one

[surreal lichen]

Ah. Well regardless, on here, #1201555265942724758 is where to go. :)

[hollow gyro]

Yeah

[edgy moon]

Is there somewhere to upvote a keyboard and mouse support for console?

[lilac edge]

yes but it's planned for 1.2

[surreal lichen]

!qa

Oh right, no bot in here

[surreal lichen]

For future reference, this is the place, btw: https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/ -- Though as SignpostMarv said, they've committed to having that for v1.2 (first half of next year), so might not be worth your time to track down a post about that one in particular. :)

[fluid kettle]

Is the crashing issue fixed? I want to be able to play the game, but I don’t want to immediately get sent to the dashboard trying to get past the loading screen or loading into a game

[naive monolith]

after the last patches it seems more stable for us on PS5, in our first playthrough the game was constantly crashing for my friends (as a host i had far less) and we couldnt get past phase 4 cause of it... we started a new playthrough almost 2 weeks ago and we are now approaching the end of phase 3 and so far just a few crashes ( we all play on ps5 )

[amber cloak]

On PS5? I haven't had any crashes at all in my 60some hours so far. But I am very slow so no major factories eating up the processing power yet.

[topaz basalt]

To the now deleted question: Codex and ToDo list show fluid amounts in liters, and rest of the game shows them in m^3. Where 1000l is 1m^3.

Long time bug.

[rustic jackal]

How and where do I unlock the accent lights I keep seeing in various builds? There are also some on the rounded foundations in the menu screen, but I just can't figure out where I'd find them

[topaz basalt]

Almost certainly just signs.

[rustic jackal]

After having a quick messing around with it, I can confirm and feel incredibly stupid I haven't considered a blank sign

[warm temple]

Yes, was an issue with the epic games services thing iirc. Haven't had it happen personally in quite some time now

[wary chasm]

Yo I just build a powerplant that runs only on turbofuel and now I’m curious if is there a point to unlocking rocket fuel

Am I gonna need to unlock phase 4 to obtain Sam

[naive monolith]

yes it's much more efficient, we have upgraded to rocket fuel recently and put 3 power shards in each generator and it only uses a bit more than 10l rocket fuel so with the equipment you currently have you can make at least 3 times as much energy with rocketfuel

[slender marsh]

Is crossplay fixed?