satisfactory

[fathom shuttle]

If yours doesn’t have good contrast pick moody bright/bright

[limber birch]

well its an asus one so not entirely sure

[fathom shuttle]

I’m talking about the panel, brand is mostly irrelevant

If it’s not oled you should stick to bright

[lavish magnet]

got it

i placed it lower than the designer outside then nudged it in

[fathom shuttle]

Press h if you want to move it up and down

You can stack buildings this way

[lavish magnet]

nvm didnt work

[mortal pond]

should I change all my energy production to Coal? I just have one for two assemblers and it's almost at full capacity

[lavish magnet]

the designer doesnt realize theres anything in there

[fathom shuttle]

Are you using biofuel rn?

[mortal pond]

yeah, solid

[fathom shuttle]

I’d switch to coal fully tbh

[mortal pond]

I have a constructor just for that and it's getting a little bit annoying to collect time to time

[limber birch]

just checked, its IPS (unless i looked at the wrong bit)

[fathom shuttle]

I don’t wanna ruin it for you, so I’ll just recommend that you use whatever looks best and clearest to you lol

[cyan garnet]

You have to build inside the blueprint designer after its built

[vapid stratus]

fsr I cant access the console commands anyone know what might be the problem
im pressing `~ and they're not working

[quasi dagger]

Hey folks, I just posted a question on the questions channel but since people are interacting maybe I can get a faster answer here.

[fathom shuttle]

Yes switch to coal, once you do the peace of mind is awesome

[lavish magnet]

coal is nice

[limber birch]

hmmm so just LCD then?

[quasi dagger]

Has anyone tried 1.1 controller? How do I launch the rocket? I can't select the red button

[limber birch]

im not that into displays, just whatever doesnt look crap

[lavish magnet]

coal kept my factory up until i switched to turbofuel

[fathom shuttle]

Just press it

Steam deck has a touch screen

With your finger

[mortal pond]

turbowhat

[lavish magnet]

is regular fuel with coal and sulfur

you do not need to worry abt it yet

its mid - late game

[cyan dust]

it worked 🤣 got the what a thrill achievement

[mortal pond]

ok...

[quasi dagger]

I tried that, doesn't work. I think the controller settings disables touch as a mouse

[fathom shuttle]

You’ll have to manually switch controls then, kinda sucks lol

[quasi dagger]

Yeah I did that once but I hope this is a bug

[wispy tinsel]

is turbo fuel worth it in my last save in update 8 i went from regular fuel to nuclear. does turbo make it a easyer change

[fathom shuttle]

It was just added, so it’s experimental

[lavish magnet]

idk i went from coal to turbo

[leaden ether]

Coal->Turbo Fuel->Nuclear

TUrbo fuel is definitely worth it for higher capcity plants like 30+ MW

[mystic oriole]

skip coal go Nuclear

[lavish magnet]

rn im making like 5.6gw and a bunch off rubber and plastic off 720 crude

definitely not the most efficient system

[left hearth]

I put a .sav file into the Saves folder under my userid buy when I launch the game its not appearing?

[mortal pond]

sounds smart

[shy locust]

if you're talking fuel you could always do coal power, then power those generators with compacted coal in the near future for a boost then jump to turbo fuel after that

[lavish magnet]

god my nose hurts

sorry unrelated

[fathom shuttle]

Turbo fuel is unlocked in the 2nd tier right?

[limber birch]

what is it with this game and the fps getting locked to 15 when you tweak settings mid game

[mystic oriole]

I skipped coal and fuel went straigt to Nuclear in my last save thanks to collecting a lot of sloops and building APA's

[fathom shuttle]

2nd phase

[ocean stone]

Just did a milestone thing, launched it and it took the materials but didnt unlock the tier

[lavish magnet]

piercings hurt quite a bit funfact

[lavish magnet]

absolutely fascinating play sire

[mortal pond]

is the AWESOME shop worth it?

[fathom shuttle]

Can you place the unlocked buildings

[lavish magnet]

yes its so nice

[leaden ether]

THat was on a second unlocked save right? O.O

[ocean stone]

No, the tier is still selectable as an option

[fathom shuttle]

Can you put the materials

[mystic oriole]

I've been playing for a while.

[fathom shuttle]

Id reload an earlier save and see what happens

[mystic oriole]

I think I'm up to my seventh save.

[ocean stone]

The tier buildings are available for my friend but not for me

I relogged and it fixed itself

[fathom shuttle]

A sync issue then

[wispy tinsel]

i am going to somber sloop my whole nuclear factory and it will make 2,518,750 MW

[mystic oriole]

that's the spirit - MOAR POWA!!!

[wispy tinsel]

the only thing i cant do is make it plutonium then fisconium because the game doesn't have enough resources. it will take 11610 reactors and 6,967,296 water @mystic oriole

[mortal pond]

how do I get the purple "SAM" thing? been exploring for a while and no clue where to find it

[wispy tinsel]

they are in veins like the other ores just less common

[mortal pond]

whait, it's an ore?

[wispy tinsel]

yes

[mortal pond]

I thought it was like the slugs or the somersloop

[peak wasp]

so whats your thoughts of this place here for a oil fuel power plant

1702. -919

[reef basin]

I must say that's the most I've seen someone missspell "suggestion"

[brave hearth]

ok thx

[reef basin]

And yeah, there's QA site

[fiery garden]

that kind of thing is probably better directed at modders

[fossil ice]

Satisfactory Questions

You can send Questions, Feedback, Suggestions, and Bug Reports
https://questions.satisfactorygame.com
<3 @reef basin

[granite pasture]

Wish we had more ways to customise our builds rather than these limited static blocks that we have

[wicked moss]

I really wish they would announce these update release dates in advance or give us the option to play previous versions without an update. I just lost an entire world because 1.1 broke almost everything

[granite pasture]

Works fine for me

[wicked moss]

Modded or unmodded?

Im playing modded and it seems like the devs arent friendly to modded players

[granite pasture]

Un-moded

[wicked moss]

yeah thats why

With how big SF modding is, I dont get why this game is still so hostile to modded playthroughs

[granite pasture]

You can't have a go at them if you use mods

[wicked moss]

Im realizing that. I dont think I am going to mod in any future playthroughs because its clear this game doesnt support mods

Mods are basically a community afterthought

[broken thorn]

I'm playing Satisfactory on valentine's day am I doomed

[steel sluice]

the game only went to full release so recently and it had been in earely access for years. I think it's logical that mods are an afterthought when the game is still substantially in development.

[trim vine]

thats not the case at all, in my experience, most mods had a couple hour to day lag behind 1.1 release, since 1.1 was in experimental so long

[static dune]

i can't think of any games that don't need to wait a few days after updates for mods to be updated

[trim vine]

where do you get this idea from?

[mortal pond]

the hell is a time crystal 😭

[broken thorn]

Isn't that how updates work in all games

[static dune]

ikr. i need lots of things and i've got no clue what the heck they are

[abstract heron]

mods?

[static dune]

there also might be a trick to go back to a previous version of the game. other games have that trick if you play on Steam. just involves a bit of manual patching via Steam command input thingy

[broken thorn]

mods?

[peak wasp]

Fun fact did you know it takes only 450 leaves to power 7000mw

Per minute

[broken thorn]

thats a lot of leaves for little power

[lime ermine]

It's not that bad one of my other favorite games, no man's sky, literally has no update plan the devs put an emoji on x that's relevant to the update and within a week they just drop it, and then there's a billion bugs and no one plays for a week while the patches come out it's chaos every few months and very fun

[broken thorn]

flowers arent a thing

they were a thing

pretty sure they were removed in either 1.0 or 8.0

[grizzled verge]

someone who wnts to play*

[static dune]

i don't know why i just bought the Long Dark DLC, i can't leave my factory! ;_; i've been re-doing it for hours now, very inefficiently. it's only a tiny factory, but the math is making my brain hurt

[grizzled verge]

same, we could try 🙂

[broken thorn]

why isn't it :(

[wicked moss]

They refuse to support versions because its "unfair to epic" and dont announce updates so that we can backup our games in advance

I watced a dev interview on this

Im realizing now that having a long term modded playthrough is just untenable

[trim vine]

Well, first problem, is your on Epic.

Second, they have been announced that it was coming out on the 10th, so why the surprise?

[wicked moss]

Im on steam

They didnt announce it on steam

[trim vine]

Ahhh, its unfair to epic, I see, I misunderstood

[trim vine]

but they put out stuff that it was coming out, so thats just awareness

But at the end of the day, people make mods as hobbies, not full time jobs, they need some time to update

And, most mods are already fixed

[cyan garnet]

1.1 has been in experimental for months

[trim vine]

Refined power is the only thing I am waiting on

[wicked moss]

Sorry im just venting because I spent hundreds of hours with my brother that may just be lost because I cannot get the server to work because 1.1 broke everything

[trim vine]

because of mods breaking the game?

[wicked moss]

I wish we could just have versions like MInecraft

So that I dont have to do cleanup when a new update comes

[hearty hollow]

hey does anyone know of a mod that allows separate progression in a multiplayer world?

[trim vine]

thats crazy work

[cyan garnet]

At the end of the day you are beholden to mod developers to keep mods up to date. You can’t expect CSS to not keep working on the game in order to potentially never break mods

[hearty hollow]

is this not the modding server?

[fossil ice]

Official Modding Discord

Learn all about modding and join the community here!
<3 @cyan garnet

[hearty hollow]

bones ur the goat ty

[cyan garnet]

np

[wicked moss]

Its not the mods breaking the game. I uninstalled the incompatible ones. Just even with compatible ones, its been like 3 days of work to get everything working nicely again

Needless to say, im backing everything up this time

[trim vine]

what did you have installed thats taking you so long to fix?

[wicked moss]

Just like 8 mods

[trim vine]

the number dont matter to me, what was "mission critical" that you needed?

[barren glacier]

does anyone know where the nearest crash site from the plains spawn location that has circuit boards on the ground for the somersloop mam tree?

[wicked moss]

Idk, load balancers, splines, linear motion, easyalt, digbytool, infinite zoop, etc.

Its also difficult cause I am using a server host instead of a dedi server that I host on my own

Again, sorry, I am venting

[elder apex]

You can use this page as a reference -> https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2661233686

[barren glacier]

Thank you

[glossy iris]

me after 19 days in game time and still haven't built the space elevator: 🗿

Oh I was not expecting forward facing moyai

[wicked moss]

My main point is that I really wish they wouldved announced on steam that this update was coming on the 10th or gave us access to easy versioning so that I could prepare

[lucid pagoda]

someone give me two colors for the first factory im actually gonna make look good

[trim vine]

either way, everything at your own pace 🙂

[trim vine]

Purple and gold

[neat crescent]

uuuuh, I ended up with being able to produce 5400/min rocket fuel

that is 1296 generators.
518 fully overclocked generators.
with 1555 power shards.

what the hell do I do now?

[lucid pagoda]

will do

[glossy iris]

The only reason its taken this long is because I've been bouncing across the map on my blade runners getting the depot set up, sloops, and then realizing I can get the rifle too so I got that as well-

[mortal pond]

how good is the Irob rebar?

Rebar gun*

[trim vine]

early game, god tier

[dense violet]

better than no gun

[glossy iris]

Base ammo two shots common mobs, takes a while on alphas. Shatter rebar is quite possibly OP, one shots common mobs at point blank, two shots most alpha spitters point blank, four shots alpha hogs on a good day. Stun rebard stunlocks anything but takes forever to kill.

[sage bone]

Wasn't 1.1 supposed to get daisychain?

[static dune]

it's better than bopping things with the baton as you can evade damage with the rebar gun by staying at range

[dense violet]

I'll always be in your heart

[trim vine]

they moved the nodes

[mortal pond]

thanks for the responses!

[sage bone]

https://tenor.com/view/jesus-peeking-i-see-you-guilty-gif-25117299

no perms

[peak wasp]

Is 1.1 pre installed after update or do I have to change versions in files

[dense violet]

open the game with 2 clicks and find out

[trim vine]

you gotta pay $14.99 to activate it

[lavish magnet]

if im doing 2 locomotives and 8 freight cars i only need a train stop for the front locomotive right?

[trim vine]

correct

and a blank platform for the second engine

[lavish magnet]

heard ty

[lucid pagoda]

ive done some digging and i cant find a gold that will be workable, i can do purple, any way i could get a different second color

[trim vine]

Baltimore Ravens Purple, and neon green

[lucid pagoda]

i gotchu

[mortal pond]

how do you get past the green poison clouds?

[keen oriole]

my dual sense gamepad vibrated with haptics for just a bit, but now it doesn't anymore. i think it stopped when I switched to Bluetooth, but idk how to fix it.?? pls help the vibration was fun

[trim vine]

MATCHING FACTORIES YAY!

[trim vine]

Very quickly

[rough bolt]

The throughput reader's readings are going to be sinusoidal right?

[dense violet]

gas mask

[trim vine]

You need ||Filters|| which are unlocked later

[lime ermine]

Bombs

[mortal pond]

oh

I'll be fast for now

[finite latch]

why is it so satifying to remove crash sites?

[trim vine]

because they arent on the world grid

[dull wraith]

i havent played in a while is there a sign to label what is in which storage container

[static dune]

do slugs or those weird orbs respawn?

[finite latch]

several

[finite latch]

not naturally

[dull wraith]

okay thank you

[static dune]

forced exploration, got it. not a bad thing. just hope i don't miss any

[timber dagger]

Question, in late game do I need like iron plates, should i worry about keeping a constant production of them or should i just turn it into a reinforced iron plates

[earnest ridge]

Do you want to use conveyor poles, splitters, and foundations, among other buildings?

[dense violet]

everything later on uses everything early on to be built

[timber dagger]

You lowk be right

[lime briar]

They arent technically forced, slugs can be from the tamed Doggos
orbs and sloops are optional stuff and plenty for doing their stuff without getting them all

[timber dagger]

Man im good

[white dawn]

In general, if there's a buildable object which requires a resource, it's well worth always having a production-line-to-storage for that resource

[timber dagger]

Should I have a central storage point

Or just like one per

[maiden jacinth]

You can get a tower to tell you how many are in the area later

[static dune]

Oh nice! thanks

[white dawn]

No need to centralize storage unless you want to. Many folks just opt for using Dimensional Depots nowadays

[maiden jacinth]

And there's also the object scanner

[timber dagger]

Oh thats a thing ok

[white dawn]

Personally I still like building central storage type things, but that's very much personal preference

[maiden jacinth]

I'm gonna be able to make so many Mk4 belts when I get home :3
I left a assembler running with max power cells and sloops making the material

[dense violet]

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[south sinew]

it's probably better to rush for mk5

they are much cheaper and easier to make as well as faster

[finite latch]

I semi centralize.. not one big one but one for each area. with dimensional depots most items are fine supplied from there.. but things like concrete that you can go through a ton of when building big.. you can't rely just on demensionals

[maiden jacinth]

Okay but that's an elevator tier later

[prisma forge]

#screenshots message

why is the bean in a 45 degrees angle

[finite latch]

its not.. the rest of the planet is on the 45

[upper gale]

Everything is relative to bean's position

[peak wasp]

So check this math out lol #screenshots message

[white dawn]

Eh, I agree that mk5s feel cheaper + faster to make, but IMO mk4s are far from bad, and as mentioned, rushing to mk5s would mean opening up another elevator tier, and that's a nontrivial amount of work

[peak wasp]

7000mw for 450 leaves...or you could use 2.25 corpses per minute

[white dawn]

The difference in effort-to-produce between mk4->mk5 isn't nearly as steep as from mk2->mk3, IMO

[timber dagger]

Also, whenever im tryna make smth like smart plates, should i leech of previous factories or start from new

[white dawn]

(Though I'm also a bit of a mk2 defender; once you're used to building at scale, even mk2s aren't bad. Just need a bigger factory than you might think you need)

[maiden jacinth]

An amount of work that will be done with all the Mk4 belts I can make

[finite latch]

when I started this.. it looked smaller lol
https://www.satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production?share=qut2bFdHB5TLkPuHegkI

[zenith pecan]

I tend to use all belt types these days, the slowest needed for a particular job, that way the conveyors don't look empty due to a crazy fast belt being too fast for what I'm moving, mk4's aren't bad at all, but are among my more common ones 😄

[icy raft]

I do agree that the jump from mk2 and mk3 is kinda nuts compared to mk4 to mk5

I was always out of steel beams for other stuff never had enough for mk3s unless I went afk

[white dawn]

Yeah, it's nice to tune the belt to the application. Though I mostly don't bother; too much work to switch belt types while building. I tend to just use whatever I've got that's fastest. :D

My main exception tends to be FICSMAS factories so I can enjoy all the various belt skins. :P

[glossy iris]

I GUESS I should move to tier 2 its not like smart plating is expensive and I have way more rotors than I need to get there.(This concrete production is taking too long for my needs I gotta expand)

[elder apex]

part of the reason that the mk2 to mk3 transition feels so big is also because there are so many building demands for reinforced iron plates whereas there aren't nearly as many for steel beams.

[zenith pecan]

Oh man, ficsmas, before I know it, that factory will power back up 🤣

[prisma forge]

#screenshots message

I un-concretebox the factory

[lucid pagoda]

does anyone know an easier way to get tickets, running to the pink forest with shatter rebar and a prayer is getting slow and a bit annoying

im T4 rn with t5 and 6 unlocked

[finite latch]

sink the highest tier stuff you make.. the better the stuff, the more coupons its worth

[latent prawn]

by the time i had hmf's automated, i was making ~1m points per minute

[glossy iris]

Fun fact, if you go to one of the highest tier crash sites and manage to pilfer a set of turbo engines in the early game, before you sink anything, like 9 of them will give you 50+ coupons

[latent prawn]

yeah, that doesn't scale very well though

the trick to points is to continuously sink everything you make in excess

[timber dagger]

Why cant my constructers make copper sheets?

[glossy iris]

It's good for early decorations though!

[glossy iris]

Have you unlocked that part of Tier 1 yet

Er I guess it's Tier 2

[dense violet]

you're probably doing it wrong? you putting in ingots? is it powered? right recipoe?

[timber dagger]

The answer wasd bcuz i cant make copper sheets

[prisma forge]

#screenshots message

Am loving this photo mode

[zealous thorn]

anyone elses game crashing like crazy or just me?

[glossy iris]

I forget just how good the space elevator animations are

[charred sentinel]

I just started playing with Hypertubes, including the new Junction and Branch pieces, and aside from size, I don't see what advantage(s) the Branch gives to make up for its reduced use-case flexibility.

What am I missing?

[mossy coral]

dyson sphere power/building expansion when???

[mortal pond]

I just found how to make Turbofuel thanks to a source of Sulfur, where do I research the normal Packajed fuel?

[dense violet]

you just get it in tiers

[timber dagger]

?

[safe rose]

Did anyone notice the game pages are live on PlayStation and Xbox now?

I feel like I missed an announcement somewhere lol. The Xbox page actually says it released 6/9/2025 and lets you “install” it thru the Xbox app.

[onyx snow]

is there a way to just delete item auto?

[glossy iris]

Elaborate

[sleek crow]

How do I make a foundation go up with nudge?

[tall ivy]

Was it pre or post 1.1, that when you change the default swatches, it retroactively update all machines that use it?

[lime briar]

since feature release ages ago, so pre

[urban root]

page up/down

[sleek crow]

I am hitting PU and PD nothing happens?

[urban root]

are you hitting "H" first to lock the hologram?

[dense violet]

you mean the awesome sink?

[lucid pagoda]

are there any ways to hide the lines between billboards when using them to make a glowy wall

[plush jungle]

wait was bunny hopping buffed?

i do not remember being able to bunny hop this quickly

[static dune]

apparently so, yes. or rather it was on experimental for a good while and now it's here

[plush jungle]

yeah just looked it up theres some video of a guy doing it in experimental

huh, fuck yeah i guess? lol

[wicked estuary]

Guys, can somebody give me a tip on gathering resources for a megabase? I'm planning to finally start building the actual factories, but I have no idea how I should approach resource gathering.

For example, I want to make a huge smelting factory, but how do I gather all of those iron nodes and bring them to it?

[boreal musk]

belts? trucks? trains? drones?

[zenith pecan]

You could route everything via tunnels.

[modern apex]

trains or belts.

why did i say truck what the hell

[wicked estuary]

Yeah I thought maybe I can do like a huge train ring around the map with a couple branches and stops, and bring the resources to them via trucks?

[modern apex]

in the end its about looking cool

[boreal musk]

mega base require a lot of careful planning

especially for logistic

[wicked estuary]

Yeah, that's the important part. I've seen enough megabase youtube videos, but those never show how resources actually get to said megabases

So I was wondering, do they just spaghetti it until some train stop, or do they try to make everything look clean?

[modern apex]

imkibitz shows all that stuff

[plush jungle]

looks like constructor arms also now have hitboxes, rip passing between them

easily at least

[peak wasp]

So is it a bad idea to make a save then turn off all my generators besides my backup power grid to see how long my backup power grid will last

I am hoping 45 minutes

[boreal musk]

power storage last depends on how big your consumption are

[peak wasp]

my consumption is 300m3

[wicked estuary]

The technical part of satisfactory is kindergarden level compared to factorio tbh, I just suck at the design part xd

[boreal musk]

for example, if your power storage has 10GW of backup and your factory consumes 5GW, it will last 2hrs

[peak wasp]

okay but what if my backup is liquid?

[boreal musk]

wdym, are you storing fuel?

[wicked estuary]

Do you have a vid to recommend? Getting at least some inspiration will save me a lot of headache

[peak wasp]

yes storing fuel as a backup

[modern apex]

grab any of them, theyre all pretty good

[peak wasp]

I have about 6 fully overclocked fuel generators consuming 300m3 fuel

I decided to use my spare plants and such to create biofuel for my jetbacks and as a backup power grid

[boreal musk]

fuel gen always consumes fuel every sec to produce power, they are not like biomass burners where they only produce certain amount of power to meet consumption

[mortal pond]

god what a beautiful game

[peak wasp]

I mean i can switch machines on and off depending on my power needs

[mortal pond]

3 hours searching for SAM things and found 0 but what a beatiful game

[peak wasp]

but yeah I am curious to see if my 3750mw backup power grid will be useful

[boreal musk]

no thats not how it works for every generator except burners, no matter how small your consumption, the power production is static

[peak wasp]

indeed but I can pause production on machines

so I can use one generator or two depending on my needs

right now I am just testing worst case scenario

[boreal musk]

instead of doing that, why not just build a bigger fuel plant instead

no more worry about power

[peak wasp]

I mean I do have things setup that I won't need them

I am just worried that one day I will fuck up and be in a sitation where the main power grid goes don't and get be reset without some kind of outside power

[radiant cargo]

How do you build on the world grid

[peak wasp]

the nightmare sitation

[boreal musk]

just max overclocked some coal nodes and build coal gen as your backup power, much easier and its a permanent power source compared to liquid biofuel

build enough so that you can kickstart diluted fuel plant

a huge power increases in production

[glossy iris]

As someone who inevitably breaks down temporary factories, I really appreciate the new empty button on dismantle crates lol

[boreal musk]

me with 300+ inv slot : what is dismantle crate?

[leaden ether]

Emp;ty as in, throw away?

[boreal musk]

basically just removed the items from the crate

so you dont need to pick it up to your inventory

[rough bolt]

You can use priority power switches to do it automatically

[woeful sequoia]

someone having issues crossplaying an steam world with an epic player ?

[glossy iris]

You laugh but by tier 6 I start running out of space even with that mod lol especially when dismantling larger factories

JACKPOT steel screws I'm blessed

AND Iron Pipe my prayers are answered all I need now is the funny iron ingot to steel recipe

[maiden jacinth]

Best early recipe by far

[maiden jacinth]

Me rn
I'm building a smart splitter sorter so I can dismantle everything and build a real factory

[glossy iris]

Iron Pipe recipe is so insanely good, freeing up coal nodes for other things is huge

[cyan belfry]

I hate early game progression before you get basic automation, where you're slaving away.

[leaden turret]

space capitalism

[maiden jacinth]

you can skip tier 0

tho biomass ig

[cyan belfry]

Before plates and rods are automated

[dense violet]

isn't that like... 12 minutes of gameplay?

[cyan belfry]

Well uh let's just say I'm not the quickest

[dense violet]

You can skip tier 0, but it's a very good way to learn the basics

[glossy iris]

I like tier 0 because ADA says funny things

and its more immersive

[cyan belfry]

Satisfactory VR seems like it would be interesting

[leaden turret]

🥽

[boreal musk]

iron beam alt when

[trim vine]

Until a ||Green Stringer|| comes out the woodwork

[elder apex]

can't you just use the pipes from iron pipe with concrete to make molded beams?

[trim vine]

No, cause you take steel and concrete to make moulded pipes

[elder apex]

soranei was wanting an iron beam alt though

[glossy iris]

There is a recipe called encased steel pipe

[elder apex]

maybe that is the one i'm thinking of

[glossy iris]

and yes you can use the iron pipe for it

its another favorite of mine

[trim vine]

the true industrial beam recipe

[elder apex]

it's been ages since I did anything with steel that wasn't involving blueprints that were already made

[trim vine]

Solid Steel Ingot I believe

[glossy iris]

I need to go HDD hunting again

but also I really wish we could organize the dimensional depot list

[boreal musk]

theres no alt to make beam out of iron

[elder apex]

not only out of iron, no

[cyan belfry]

I hate the mobs ngl

[boreal musk]

if there is one, i can completely cut off the coal and just use them for power early on

[elder apex]

but limestone is almost as ubiquitous as iron so making iron pipes and mixing with concrete to get beams seems pretty close

[boreal musk]

no, i mean steel beam out of iron, not encased beam

[glossy iris]

Iron Pipe alt recipe>Encased Pipe Recipe

oh

[outer pecan]

I wish there was a seperate machine for recipes with 3 components it bugs me that some stuff in the manufacturer leaves an input open

[cyan belfry]

Best biome to start in

[leaden turret]

stick a splitter on one of the lines

[outer pecan]

yeah i guess

[glossy iris]

Arguably Dune Desert if you can stand having the Hollywood filter for Mexico on constantly

[lucid pagoda]

which one do yall think looks better before i continue? #screenshots message

[maiden jacinth]

its funny how good liquid biofuel is for jetpack

[glossy iris]

What are you smelting that needs 56??

[lucid pagoda]

mine is the white/black wall with purple and green

that goblin is above my image

[wet juniper]

are the Geothermal Generators even worth it?

[lucid pagoda]

they are free power, so yes

[maiden jacinth]

eh

[lucid pagoda]

id recommend using them as a restart system in case ur main grid fails and ur fuel/coal gens cant restart

[maiden jacinth]

okay thats a good point
they could be good on a seperate circuit to bring your generators back up

[hearty hollow]

guys im kinda new to satfact, is swapping out coal gens for fuel gens worth it

even with the byproducts?

[lucid pagoda]

fuel gens are very worth it imo, the byproducts can be turned to coke and sinked or used for various alternates

if you try to use coal until the next big power leap, its gonna suck

you should also get used to byproducts and working around them

[rough bolt]

Does anyone have the Rick and Morty oil meme? "in and out"?

[cursive crane]

Put it this way. With 18 coal gens im making roughly 1300 ish mw

With 30-35ish properly setup fuel gens running diluted fuel im making 32000mw

And that coal was repurposed to make more steel

[rough bolt]

Diluted fuel

Oh god blender hell

Refineries everywhere

[hearty hollow]

i mean my awesome sink has been doing wonders for the blue stuff

i forgot what its called

[lucid pagoda]

i cant remember all the alts, but a lot of the byproducts can be used for something, not sure what

[hearty hollow]

also is it good to setup fuel gens next to crude oil all around the map

[boreal musk]

massive power increase, byproduct can be easily sinked if you dont have any purpose for it

[cursive crane]

Only 10 blenders
#screenshots message

[hearty hollow]

cuz im not tryna lay trains 3000 meters

everytime i find oil

[lucid pagoda]

id find a spot with a fair amount of oil and turn that into a fuel gen setup, you need oil for a bunch of other things too

[cursive crane]

Or turned into plastic/rubber that you need anyway

[boreal musk]

yeah, i turned all my resin byproduct into computer

[cursive crane]

You can sink it all, but really theres better uses once you get the recipes

[hearty hollow]

yeah currently i have my resin hooked up to water to make something and a splitter to send the rest of the stuff to the sink

[cursive crane]

And you end up needing ALL of it trust me

[hearty hollow]

ill take ur word for it

i would show the setup but my friend has the world and he forgot to turn it on

[cursive crane]

Having that set up early really helped me get to t9 quick in that save

[boreal musk]

compacted coal byproduct from rocket fuel ended up being used for my steel plant to make lots of steel beam

[ivory condor]

With all of my oiling being turned into HOR, believe me I have alot of resin I need to do things with

[rough bolt]

I use solid steel ingot

[cursive crane]

I have a quadfoundry blueprint for solid steel. Its beautiful

[rough bolt]

My friend and I are planning to skip to nuclear rather than actually planning oil.

Because nuclear is actually fun.

And not just placing 1000 fucking refineries

[cursive crane]

#screenshots message
Foundry blueprints save soo much time

[rough bolt]

Even then, we're still going to place like 1000 refineries for oil, because we want oil products

[rough bolt]

Nothing else to do with it so why the fuck not

[whole zinc]

what are modular frames used for in the future

[lucid pagoda]

a lot

[rough bolt]

Modular frames are used for fuckin everything

They make up the very air you breathe

[cursive crane]

!wikisearch modular frames

[fossil ice]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/index.php?search=modular

[lucid pagoda]

i would automate them, a couple times

[whole zinc]

🤣 god damn okok i still have no use for it rn

[rough bolt]

They're used to make foundries

And foundries are amazing

[lucid pagoda]

automate it brudda, you will have one very soon

[rough bolt]

Foundry my beloved

[boreal musk]

they are used to make the haha funny heavy cube

[lucid pagoda]

get used to automating cubes, there are many

[rough bolt]

Nuclear pasta. Would you rather: 80 refineries with pure copper ingot
OR
12 silly little guys doing copper alloy ingot

[cursive crane]

If you arent actively using them, set them aside. A dozen industrial storages can get you pretty far filled with them

[rough bolt]

Alloy ingots my beloved

[lucid pagoda]

80 refineries cus then i have an excuse to make a bigger factory

ha

[rough bolt]

Well you can make a big factory with foundries and make like a bajillion nuclear pasta per minute

[boreal musk]

meet my 400 refineries for pure copper

[lucid pagoda]

fair point, fair point

[ivory condor]

turn the game into a refinery simulator it is

[whole zinc]

alright alright

[cursive crane]

Anyone ask for 12k iron ingots/m

[rough bolt]

Now imagine 400 foundries for copper alloy. That would be 4,000 copper ingots

And it'd be a lot smaller

Imagine if you used as many foundries that could fit in the same space

[boreal musk]

400 refineries only needing 6k raw for 15k ingots
while 400 foundries need 20k raw for 40k ingots

and also, extra iron

[lucid pagoda]

do yall ever make a complicated design on one side of a factory and then wonder how the fuck you're gonna copy it to the other, im in that boat rn

[boreal musk]

amd refineries are fun

[rough bolt]

What is this raw bs you're talking about?

[boreal musk]

raw ore?

[hearty hollow]

so like, where are you finding the space for 400 refineries

[lucid pagoda]

desert

[ivory condor]

Well yes but I always have tools to do it thankfully

[hearty hollow]

bro i swear if i have to pack up and move again

[frail sleet]

on the back half of my platform https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/558721941410807812/1382916831802560532/image.png?ex=684ce52a&is=684b93aa&hm=67b6d4133406e263b4d0af08759e7d6671777320b292cd43e6e9ea33975a8db5&

[boreal musk]

map is big enough to fit thousands of refineries

[hearty hollow]

ima lose it

[lucid pagoda]

thats a no-no, just have multiple factories and a hypercannon between em

[hearty hollow]

so why is your base HALF THE MAP

[lucid pagoda]

or train

[hearty hollow]

how many hours u got bro 😭

[frail sleet]

need somewhere to put all the refineries

😂

[rough bolt]

What the actual fuck... Are those all refineries?

[cursive crane]

UP

[hearty hollow]

bro i remember moving right after getting tier 5 and 6

[frail sleet]

no it's half of a powerplant

[lucid pagoda]

long train my beloved

[frail sleet]

but all of the ingots to feed it will go on the other half

[hearty hollow]

it took so long

[lucid pagoda]

dont move, just have multiple factories

temporary setups are ok, but generally having multiple factories is better

mega factories work if you want trains and busses for your resources

[jolly swan]

My game keeps crashing for seemingly no reason does anyone know a fix?

[frail sleet]

honestly "just" belting stuff is kinda OP

[rough bolt]

They made blueprints auto connect... As if belts weren't strong enough

[frail sleet]

post a questions and help thread with more info e.g. the crash, your system info etc

[jolly swan]

Alright thasnk you

[rough bolt]

What they should do is make train stations have like 20 inputs and outputs so that you can unload and load as fast as you want on them

[boreal musk]

so, multiple freight car?

[frail sleet]

problem is that you end up with a bunch of 1km long trains

and they move a lot of stuff yes, but it takes 5x more space and time than just belting that same stuff

[cyan belfry]

Yes but trains look cool

[boreal musk]

belts are indeed easier, but trains are easily expandable

and cooler

[frail sleet]

trains excel at one thing: yeeting plutonium waste off the map at 800kph

[boreal musk]

nah thats drone's job, im too lazy to setup train infrastructure to the edge of the map to store waste

[hearty hollow]

yea im ngl they did the train design so well

the only reason i have energy problems is cuz ive set up like so many

[thorn flint]

How do i supply the crashsite with power

[hearty hollow]

biomass burners

[thorn flint]

fuse keeps blowing

[hearty hollow]

put down two grab some leaves and connect them w a power pole

[hearty hollow]

put 2 down

that helped me and my friend

[maiden jacinth]

whats the wattage neccisary

[hearty hollow]

prolly ten mw

[thorn flint]

40

[maiden jacinth]

nukes are the answer

[maiden jacinth]

yea you need 2 biomass burners
fill both

[hearty hollow]

well u see i havent gotten there yet

[maiden jacinth]

then flip the switch a couple times

[maiden jacinth]

turbofuel then ig

theyre cowards for not letting us sloop packagers

[thorn flint]

tysm

[boreal musk]

with power

[maiden jacinth]

it do be a lil weird

[boreal musk]

connect your power to the crash pod

[glacial geyser]

does anyone have the problem that when moving around their game randomly lags? im in a world from 1.0

[thorn flint]

what really???/

[ivory condor]

The game is less optimized compared to 1.0 now unfortunately

[cyan belfry]

In what situations are trucks better than trains?

[frail sleet]

trains aren't unlocked yet

[maiden jacinth]

shorter distances

I know some people with performance issues like using trucks

[west jackal]

do hyper launchers still work?

[glacial geyser]

hope they work on it because it would be horible to not be able to play to late game only because of bad optimization

[frail sleet]

The game is really well optimised

[ivory condor]

Probably isn't a priority before the engine upgrade if I was to guess

[maiden jacinth]

you can build to avoid performence issues

[glacial geyser]

yea but probably was a bug because it was only when i was walking

[maiden jacinth]

put stuff behind walls so that it culls
and use trucks to move stuff between factories

[glacial geyser]

thanks

[ivory condor]

Just have a empty world, that always performs the best

[maiden jacinth]

its def easy to just spaghetti everywhere
but all the stuff on belts can cause performence issues with weaker machines

[cyan belfry]

Like the weird in-between of where a belt highway would be awkward but it's not far enough for trains?

[glacial geyser]

i put all the belts in a level under where all the machines are at so could be said i have an organized spagetti

[maiden jacinth]

yea

[ivory condor]

Compared to 1.0, definitely not, my saves have alot of lag that wasn't present in 1.0, much optimization has infact been lost in 1.1 for whatever reason

[west jackal]

"weaker machine"... meanwhile: "YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER" -my friends 1080 ti as loud as a jet engine in the background

[maiden jacinth]

the 1080ti is a good card

[west jackal]

Was*

[cyan garnet]

Shorter distances, tighter squeezes where train platforms aren’t practical

[maiden jacinth]

I thought about getting one when I had to replace my graphics card

[maiden jacinth]

still is decent tbh

[west jackal]

it was a great card

[frail sleet]

my performance level did not drop, if anything it's slightly higher

[ivory condor]

Meanwhile my saves my performance is worse than its ever been....

[west jackal]

i mean... all cards are good cards depending on the price? The 1080ti is extremely outmatched on all three Ps now adays, power performance and price.

[maiden jacinth]

still is
look at how cheap they are used

[west jackal]

you can find better cards for cheap used too

[frail sleet]

be careful you're not conflating with issues like the games memory leak when you build things (that can cut performance in half after 15 mins to 5 hours of continuous play if you don't restart it)

That's like the single largest performance issue in the game, but it's been there since 1.0 launch. I first noticed it last November.

[maiden jacinth]

I ended up going for a used 3090

so like
yea

[boreal musk]

i actually never noticed it in 1.0, but just recently havving that issue in 1.1

[ivory condor]

I'm not, because I have tested my saves in 1.0 and 1.1, issues are present in 1.1 performance wise that are not 1.0

[west jackal]

anyways! baack to my original querey, do hypertube cannons still work? 🙂

[frail sleet]

yes

[ivory condor]

There is certainly optimization regression at play with 1.1, that much I know for certain

[frail sleet]

they didnt remove any features

[west jackal]

i mean it feels fine for me, but my biggest save is only like 360h, so i dont know about peoples min/maxed worlds

aside from the aforementioned memory leak

[ivory condor]

Problem is the performance issues are present even in worlds that aren't maxed, one save I only have one factory build, it still has performance issues regardless that aren't present in 1.0....

[west jackal]

im not denying that there may be regression, i dont know one way or another, but i havent noticed any issues

[ivory condor]

I'm not going to guess what would happen if it was actual max world, but I imagine at that point the performance issues would be far worse unfortunately

[west jackal]

the only performance issue ive ever had since like update 3 was autosave lag lol

[maiden jacinth]

i have so many scanned hard drives where I dont know if anything worth taking ;w;

[ivory condor]

It could be fun to test but I imagine the results won't be good

[west jackal]

lol chuck your computer in a tub of ice and test it out

i mean my laptop is suffocating because its actually on my lap, but im still getting 120 (capped with vsync) at 1080p ultra 🤷‍♀️

[maiden jacinth]

imagine worrying about performence

I just chuck everything to high and it usually works

[west jackal]

well, if im on my desktop then thats what i do. my laptop is weaker

[maiden jacinth]

valid
I miss my laptop

[west jackal]

i bought myself a gaming laptop for 3d modeling since i needed it for robotics... well, now its mainly gaming on the go lol

[ivory condor]

I already lose about 100 fps in that one save because of performance issues I don't think tub of ice is going to help recover such massive amount of frame drops

As funny as that idea is...in this case I feel given how many frames I'm seeing lost because of the performance regression, even LN wouldnt help here

[prisma agate]

Hey guys, im having a slight issue with some train things if someone would be able to assist me with. I have 2 rail lines side by side as a main rail that links everything. My Silica Train keeps taking the right lane when I want it to take the left track there is nothing wrong with the left track however if my silica train take the right track it jams itself right into all the other trains. Anybody know a trick where I can keep my first silica train on one track?

[west jackal]

if you have 100 fps to lose, you must be on decent atleast hardware, do you even notice the frame drop if you dont have a counter on?

[dreamy kestrel]

there shouldnt even be a way to enter that track going the other direction

if your rail network is set up correctly

[prisma agate]

the Silica station is a bi directional station, I have block signals that don't allow more then 1 train to enter

[dreamy kestrel]

i dont see how that affects anything unless your silica train is a bidirectional train as well

[west jackal]

golly, i made a whole joke about bidirectional trains but it sounded way too sexual so i had to delete it

[dense violet]

you probably want to make a post in #1038092680493801533 with overhead images and details. This is basically teh worst channel for trouble shooting

[prisma agate]

thank you

[dense violet]

overhead images of yoru layout will also help

[prisma agate]

I just didnt know if it was a quick easy menu or something i missed

[ivory condor]

Well guys I think its over. I have some bad news I thought the crashes for frame gen were fixed but I just encountered my first residency, the same I saw in 1.0 but slightly different

I'll do more testing but I think I'l going back to raising up that long term issue on the qa site again if this is what I think it is

[dense violet]

you often need a lot more info to solve things like that 🙂

it's quite possibly an extremely easy fix

[dreamy kestrel]

it sounds like its possible for trains to enter the rail from the wrong direction

satisfactory trains always take the shortest route, theyre not intelligent

so you want to make sure you can only enter monodirectional rails from one direction

otherwise they'll stop being monodirectional

[zinc pagoda]

Just lower your graphics a bit and carry on

[dreamy kestrel]

like this is bad for example: #math-and-meta message

but can be fixed by doing this: #math-and-meta message

[ivory condor]

It's over I just found the same exact crash that I saw in 1.0, its not fixed, well guys....

[hasty peak]

where can i talk to people who use satisfactory modeler, im busy on connecting lines together and could use some opinions on what i have so far

[ivory condor]

Guess this is fate, frame gen is broken in both 1.0 and 1.1

[west jackal]

turn off frame gen?

[sterile blade]

Doesn't it have its own Discord server...?

[tame kiln]

Is there anyway we can mark something over in the SCIM, and upload that file in our game with markers? For example, marking all spheres in SCIM and uploading it marked in our game...

[rocky patio]

no clue what the heck ur talking about but anyways.. is new update worth starting over for?

[tame kiln]

SCIM is the interactive map

[rocky patio]

ahhhhhhhh

[rocky patio]

like having a prefilled map?

[boreal musk]

you can mark the explored areas to remove the collectibles from the map, but you still need to manually add them to your inventory

note: "explored areas"

but i dont think its possible to add marker aside from ingame

[ivory condor]

Well its even worse now I can't even open the game without it crashing right away. Send help if you can so I can escape from whatever this curse is

[limber birch]

why is there a golden joystick next to the pc

in the hub

[rocky patio]

do you have anything else open?

[ivory condor]

You know 1.1 might actually be even more broken than I thought I have now reached the point where I can't even open up the game or do anything because it crashes right away

[ivory condor]

Nothing I don't normally have open

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x0000000000000028

nvwgf2umx
nvwgf2umx
nvwgf2umx
nvwgf2umx
nvwgf2umx
D3D12Core
FactoryGameSteam_D3D12RHI_Win64_Shipping!FD3D12DescriptorCache::SetRenderTargets() [D:\BuildAgent\work\SM_BT\UE4\Engine\Source\Runtime\D3D12RHI\Private\D3D12DescriptorCache.cpp:320]

btw this is the crash, apparently directx has given up on existing also now

So now that directx has given up I'm not entirely sure what to do here hmmmm

Perhaps going back to 1.0 and hoping it works

[rocky patio]

yo graphics drivers out of date?

[ivory condor]

Well I could try updating the graphics drivers and pray it doesn't make the issues worse somehow

But given how unstable 1.1 is rapidly turning out to be I might be going back to 1.0 at this rate

Good thing I saved my backups I might need them soon

[rocky patio]

reading the error thats what the main thing looks like

absolutly

[ivory condor]

its a complex directx crash so idk, why im looking at these crashes and utterly lost of what has gone wrong in 1.1, besides im going with possibly everything now

[tame kiln]

yeah

using the interactive map to mark for me

[rocky patio]

i threw it into chatgpt

[ivory condor]

They went to the same place as my game that was once stable but now isn't and I can't even launch it

So find my stable game and you find the rays....

[rocky patio]

nah theres no way thats a thing

[ivory condor]

Was chatgpt able to make any sense of it by any chance?

[rocky patio]

What This Likely Means
Graphics driver issue or corruption.

Bug in the game's use of D3D12 rendering (perhaps due to an engine bug or mod conflict).

Memory instability, like a bad RAM stick or overclocking issue.

Outdated or unstable Unreal Engine DirectX 12 support.

[rocky patio]

Steps to Fix or Troubleshoot
✅ 1. Update your graphics drivers
Go to the NVIDIA website.

Download the latest stable driver for your GPU.

Do a clean installation (you can choose this in the install options).

✅ 2. Force the game to use DirectX 11
Many Unreal Engine games default to D3D12 but allow D3D11 fallback.

Try launching with a launch option:

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-dx11
If it's Satisfactory, right-click it in Steam > Properties > General > Launch Options, and add -dx11.

✅ 3. Verify game files
In Steam: right-click game > Properties > Installed Files > Verify integrity.

✅ 4. Check for mods
If you're using mods, try running the game without them. A mod could be triggering a D3D12 render issue.

✅ 5. Disable overclocking
If your CPU or GPU is overclocked, try running at stock speeds. D3D12 is more sensitive to instability.

✅ 6. Try lowering graphics settings
Lower shadows, post-processing, and resolution scale. May help avoid memory-related crashes.

✅ 7. Optional: Use DebugView or WinDbg for deeper crash analysis
If you’re a developer or technically comfortable, tools like WinDbg can show the full stack trace.

[ivory condor]

Don't worry with the rate 1.1 is going stability wise I'm going to be swimming in rays soon

[rocky patio]

so should i restart?

[ivory condor]

Hmm well somehow I was able to get the game to launch without immediately crashing so there is some hope I can at least get the game to run

[rocky patio]

https://tenor.com/view/fingers-crossed-i-hope-so-please-please-gif-19730905

[ivory condor]

My game only runs on a hope and prayer at this point

soon™️

[rocky patio]

i havent fully finished it tho

[ivory condor]

Time to go mew

[peak wasp]

so how do switches work?

Like I have this backup facility for power and i am hoping to put a switch for each of the generators

[west jackal]

switch for each generator? why?

also also, why have a backup facility for power and not just... have that extra power?

[peak wasp]

because fuel generators use fuel even if they aren't doing anything useful

[peak wasp]

basically its a UPS on a seperate grid

[ivory condor]

Of course, btw my game just crashed in such a way that it took out even the crash window and didn't produce a error window i call this a successful mew

[peak wasp]

it kicks in when the first grid fails somehow

[west jackal]

just create a battery grid with the power storage building?

[ivory condor]

time to go into darkness

[west jackal]

I mean ofc there are many ways to achieve the same goal, but since fuel is unlimited, and if you want a power backup facility not to fail, you need to have enough fuel always being produced, so you cant really use that fuel for other things, might as well burn it in a fuel gen and have power overhead?

and then the battery backup box for a couple GW of emergency juice

[peak wasp]

but I already made a thing

[west jackal]

sure, but how are you powering the fuel gens?

if you have backup gens?

and what switches were you asking about

[peak wasp]

massive tanks of biofuel

#screenshots message

[west jackal]

oh lordy

so can you explain how you think that you can turn it on when you need backup power?

unless you have like a pump on a switch that you flip, i dont know that there is a way to check if your grid flips (im aware of priority switchs but i dont think that it works in this way)

[ivory condor]

Never stop Jensen Acklesing

Never stop Lowkoing

[peak wasp]

I am hoping flip a switch and generators kick on

[boreal musk]

generator will always consume the fuel, switch only disconnect them from main grid

they will continuously consume the liquid biofuel

[south cliff]

You're trying to solve a problem the game already has a solution for

[jaunty jewel]

hello

[peak wasp]

Oh there isn't a way to use a switch to turn production on and off for multiple things with one switch

[latent prawn]

yeah, they only stop burning fuel when you disconnect their power cable AND aren't near them wearing the hoverpack (that's confused me a few times 😄 )

[south cliff]

Switches can only control the power grid, not buildings directly

[latent prawn]

i wish there were some sort of bulk control for power generators

[peak wasp]

Interesting

[boreal musk]

again like i said, just build more coal plant to kickstart larger fuel plant, dont rely on backup power

[latent prawn]

better yet, don't ever need backup power 😄

[lucid pagoda]

omg this game is beautiful with global illumination, just turned it on and god damnnn

[peak wasp]

Hmmm now what am I gonna do with 8 industrial buffers filled with liquid biofuel

[boreal musk]

use them to kickstart powerplant?

[peak wasp]

I've been working on this project for hours lol

[jaunty jewel]

use it for jetpack fuel

relying on non renewable fuel sources past coal is dumb

[peak wasp]

192,000 biofuel lol

[latent prawn]

package it and run some trucks and the jetpack off of it

lbf is the best fuel for the jetpack until you unlock ion

[lucid pagoda]

fucking what now 😭

[peak wasp]

Well it was meant to be a backup which is why I stockpiled so much

[latent prawn]

seriously, in trucks/tractors, it has the same burn time & energy rating as yellow fuel

[peak wasp]

I figured one day it might be useful

[south cliff]

But it being non renewable makes it worthless

[peak wasp]

...now I am learning.... No it wasn't... Not at all

[jaunty jewel]

backup is pretty useless yes, power storages or just adding directly to your power grid is better

[lucid pagoda]

the elevator is so ominous with Global illumination, im just wandering and enjoying what the game offers, it looks so good

[peak wasp]

Is it useless? Because it allowed me to stop being so lazy and cut down the trees and such

[boreal musk]

the best backup power is making large power plant, enough to not worry about it ever again

[lucid pagoda]

geothermal is a good backup

[latent prawn]

well, putting non renewable fuels in perspective, in an old pre-1.0 playthrough, i ran my tractor delivery system in the early game off of the now removed color cartridges until i was making batteries to power them

[ivory condor]

I mewed so hard even the game has given up now

[peak wasp]

I wonder if I can just use this massive amount of biofuel to charge batteries that I can connect to my grid

[latent prawn]

color cartridges were secretly OP fuel though 😄

[boreal musk]

then again, i never rely on source that cant be fully automated

[peak wasp]

I wonder if there is a mod that automates biofuel

xD

[latent prawn]

if you're just doing something adhoc to get from point a to b (like the awkward stage where you don't yet have trains unlocked, i see nothing wrong with using something like lbf or biocoal/charcoal as stopgap vehicle fuel

[maiden jacinth]

lbf is great in your jetpack

when you unlock it

[latent prawn]

yeah, once you've tried ion fuel though, you get spoiled by its speed

[glossy iris]

26 game days in and just unlocked coal power. If ADA had hands she'd throttle me.

[maiden jacinth]

liquid biofuel has more then double the burn time of fuel

[dense violet]

forget ada, how could you put up with that?

so much fuel gathering

[spice stirrup]

does a train station running frieght (coal) that's 3 frieght cars long, do i need frieght station for all cars?

[maiden jacinth]

and actually double the time of turbofuel

[dense violet]

each car needs a platform yes

[boreal musk]

sf+ does that, you search for algal mass node to extract them for biomass to be automated as solid biofuel (can also be further automated as compacted biomass) into steam turbine

[glossy iris]

I spent like 18 of those days getting depot and sloops set up running around the map, killing stuff with shatter rebar, collecting 500+ beryl nuts, getting mercer spheres and hdds and even unlocking the rifle lmao

[peak wasp]

Neato

[hollow vector]

perhaps more power = more mews??

[glossy iris]

I didnt have a fuel plant set up for a hot minute and most of my stuff sat off for a while

[patent crane]

help im going insane from this game

[jaunty jewel]

correct

[patent crane]

i am calculating millionss of numbers right now

[maiden jacinth]

what tier are you at

[left arrow]

👋 hello fellow insane-goers

on my end, I am in this liminal space between feeling proud and ashamed of my latest factory

[jaunty jewel]

incorrect

[left arrow]

I went from having zero steel to producing 720 steel per minute.

[jaunty jewel]

did you take your schizophrenia medication

go take your schizophrenia medication

[left arrow]

...but 360 steel doesn't fit a mk3 belt, so technically I made a steel factory with mk1 belts that needed to be made with mk4 belts x)

...and used its own production to upgrade it to mk3 for now

[ivory condor]

I had fun, realized how broken 1.1 is, this is fun right

[left arrow]

Broken as in powerful or as in abusable?

||if there's a difference, heh||

[glossy iris]

Hopefully my power situation lasts until I get my giga platform finished

[ivory condor]

Neither, broken as in the game crashes as soon as you try to launch it

had quite a few fun crashes already just even trying to get to the games main menu....

[left arrow]

Oh. Sorry to hear you're having such issues :/

[ivory condor]

I'm like I just want to get the main and the game is like, no heres another crash instead

[dense violet]

sounds like many people having issues honestly

[ivory condor]

Honestly it feels like 1.1 is very experimental indeed if anything now....

[dense violet]

I'm a little surprised, it didn't sound like the additions they were making were very different to what already existed

[patent crane]

what should i do with blueprint designer

[lucid pagoda]

make blueprint

[dense violet]

set up groups of machines or architecture you think you'll use often

[left arrow]

I recently caught the driver responsible for virtual memory leaks on my machine for the past 5 years, so ironically 1.1 has been running better than Satisfactory ever did for me x)

[lucid pagoda]

something you often use like manifolds, hypercannons, smelting setups, refinery setups, architecture with many small parts

[ivory condor]

You know as much as I do, best I can tell is the rendering engine is fucking up hard again for some reason and how do I know this, because its trying to dereference nullptry residency handles and the game can only crash because that shouldnt happen, this only tells me the game is fundementally broken at its core in some way....

[dense violet]

seems unlikely. 1.0 is very very stable

[ivory condor]

But thats probably why I'm getting so many directx12 crashes, something is very broken here

[dense violet]

and it's not like they did an engine swap

[ivory condor]

Nope same issues I saw in 1.0, 1.1 is just repeating them

[dense violet]

I don't think 1.0 every crashed for me xD

[ivory condor]

infact the crashes I'm seeing are identical to the ones I got in 1.0

[lucid pagoda]

some people have fixed it by turning off certain settings, disabling frame gen fixed it for some people (i think)

[ivory condor]

I actually do have some knowledge on these crashes at this point as I have looked into them

[hollow vector]

other than some minor problems with 3rd party apps it never happened
even for 1.1

[lucid pagoda]

dont quote me on my statements

[hollow vector]

"some people have fixed it by turning off certain settings, disabling frame gen fixed it for some people (i think)" - 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓪𝓷𝓽 6/13/2025

[left arrow]

I never had crashes except for running out of memory because of said driver issues I had, but then again I have frame generation off in all games.

[ivory condor]

I know frame gen just like 1.0 is very broken, had to turn that off just so the game didn't crash so much

[lucid pagoda]

tbh, frame gen in general seems kinda broken in a shit ton of games

[ivory condor]

Yeah, cyberpunk I think seems to be one of the few games that had gotten it right

But every other game with frame gen just seems to be a shit show unfortunately

[lucid pagoda]

yea, but even then it still has the issues with it like input latency and occasionally shit frame times, even with the higher end cards

[hollow vector]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1293884958053503036/1355621578892644424/cat.gif

more for the b580 and igpu users

[ivory condor]

yeah its not perfect, but at least its playable, unlike this game which just makes the game unstable and you have to turn it off

[lucid pagoda]

guys i almost just shortened cyberpunk that was close

[ivory condor]

satisfactory unfortunately is going to remain on my list on one of the worst implementations of frame gen i have seen in a game, basically unusable

[hollow vector]

good to know

[boreal musk]

i crashed multiple times in a week in 1.1, never happen to me in 1.0

[dense violet]

It's been an extremely stable game for me out of experimental for years. Not sure what you're really on about, sorry.

[ivory condor]

yeah my advise is don't turn frame gen on, so for in 1.1 its only lead to the game crashing for me, so bad experience overall

[left arrow]

I'll take your word for it, never had it on and never had issues on my decade-old PC.

[sleek sierra]

Is there a list of the next things planned to be added into the game?

[ivory condor]

i thought it was getting better in 1.1 for a period of time, i remember testing frame gen when 1.1 first hit ex and seemed more stable but now it seems just as bad as 1.0, so idk....

[sleek sierra]

Bruh

[left arrow]

I have a GTX1070 so any kind of dynamic resolution settings turns games into pixel slurry

[dense violet]

I've never even heard of the setting you're talking about

[left arrow]

Options > Video Advanced > Upscaling Method

[ivory condor]

yeah we all seem to be getting alot of crashes from varies things in 1.1 unfortunately😭

[left arrow]

and a bit lower, > Frame Generation

[ivory condor]

I think the best I can hope for is my current settings don't crash the game, but I could always force dx11 or vulkan if things get really bad....

[inner pumice]

Why do people make hypertube cannon, do they not take fall damage upon landing

[hard ivy]

Jetpack

[lucid pagoda]

i usually connect a tube to the end of mine for the speed whilst keepin control, some people enjoy the adrenaline and the jetpack

[inner pumice]

Oh, havent gotten that yet

What tier do u unlock it or how do u unlock it

[jaunty jewel]

also parachute

[lucid pagoda]

T5 unlocks it

[left arrow]

I've only ever used hypertubes as a debugging utility, when a foundation or dismantle crate ends up out of bounds x)

[hard ivy]

I used to do that, but turns out that moving through a tube slows you down a lot more than moving through air. So I now do full cannons

[lucid pagoda]

oh? i didnt know that, i might start using cannons then

[inner pumice]

Whatc tier is that

[left arrow]

MAM

[inner pumice]

Ah

[glossy iris]

@granite dove For some reason the build modes are a bit funky atm. Sometimes when it does that you just gotta switch to normal mode

[granite dove]

yea ik i just found it comical

[left arrow]

I probably won't use hypertube canons myself, they feel a bit too "cheaty" to me, but they're clearly a bug turned feature.

[lucid pagoda]

#screenshots message opinions perchance? wondering if i should continue with this or if yall think it'd be hard to remove the boxy look

i plan on expanding out to either side with beam kinda things that slope up/down

with a train station on the right

ive never rlly made a factory to look good

[left arrow]

considering my latest factory is just a big hollow prism, I don't feel like I have the qualifications to give advice on factory aesthetics x)

#screenshots message

[patent crane]

im on a 1060 and everything is fine

[lucid pagoda]

my brain cant process that 2nd image

the vertical splitters are breakin my mind

[reef basin]

Exactly. I still hope they will get same treatment as other "kept-bugs" - eventually removed and instead a proper feature will be implemented (e.g. hypertube booster buildable)

[left arrow]

Haha, that was kinda intentional. It's shot from above. The floor is made of iron smelters, the wall is a tower of steel foundries.
The top of the factory produces steel beams which are then brought back down via the opposite wall.

[cursive crane]

All you gotta do is hook the cannon up to a tube and put a pillar at the exit

Super speedy crossmap travel

[ivory condor]

It's about as fine as me trying to make it to the game main menu on startup and hoping it doesn't crash

I just need to mew to the directx so it doesn't crash

[left arrow]

Here's a shot from the bottom which hurts the brain a bit less (but still with insane FOV so you can see everything, haha)
#screenshots message

There really should be two conveyor lifts on each side carrying the steel ingots up, but I got lazy. I'll let the factory be inefficient until I unlock mk4 belts x)

[random frost]

hello

[patent crane]

i keep torturing my gpu by accident

the screenshots builds are insane

[sullen token]

Anyone know if there is a way to skip the tier 0 on an already created save or nah?
Edit: nvm i'ma just make a new one

[zenith pecan]

Skipping onboarding sadly is pickjed upon creating the save.

[left arrow]

It makes me wonder what there even is to preserve on a save file where you've yet to finish onboarding ^^

[sullen token]

like 30 creature parts but those aint that much ngl

[keen hawk]

hi guys, im trying to port my game over to steam but i cant find the saves folder under FactoryGame
could i do anything to trace the path of the file otherwise? i have done manual saves as well as autosaves but i cant find the save files to make the .sav file

[zenith pecan]

Just another tier, though you probably could save edit the unlock.

[left arrow]

I forget how long it took me to get through Tier 0 on my first save. Probably an embarrassing duration x)

(so much hand crafting that could have been automated...)

[zenith pecan]

Exploring a game for the first time shouldn't be considered embarrassing, especially not this one, it's bloody cool, so any time spent is likely great 🙂

[left arrow]

nah, I did less exploration and more handcrafting and struggling with the controls x)

[zenith pecan]

I automated early, but holy spaghetti factory, would have made 🇱 🇬 🇮 🇴 blush 😜

I had machines sitting directly on the grass for more than a week.

[reef basin]

wdym port to steam

[keen hawk]

i got it from elsewhere, but now i have it on steam and trying to port over save file

[left arrow]

on my 1.1 save I unlocked ||underclocking|| in the MAM as soon as I could, so my first factory was just rows and rows of smelter-constructor-container, no splits or merges ^^

[left arrow]

On Windows the save files end up in AppData\Local\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames

[hard ivy]

The save file path is in the #faq . You might need to create one save on steam for the steam folder to appear

[keen hawk]

i wish i could send pictues in this server, but on the one i want to port there is no saved folder

[reef basin]

you can... in practically every other channel than this one

[keen hawk]

ok thanks

[left arrow]

I have no one else to blame... but I have once again postponed elevator parts for too long and now I don't want to do them x)

why is it that milestones are so much more exciting to me? haha

[boreal musk]

%LOCALAPPDATA%\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames relocate your save file to this folder

[patent crane]

i just realised the awesome shop can get you almost everything

[obsidian zodiac]

its like the main quest!

[left arrow]

I think it's just that my ADHD brain likes short term goals and rewards. "Objectives" eventually unlock more milestones, but milestones unlock things now!

[patent crane]

how do you get a sam fluctuator

[rocky patio]

you need SAM ore then to research

[last ocean]

Hello. Is it possible to create blueprints without the blueprint designer? I have a build in my old world, I want to copy it. If by using mods, then which ones? I tried using Blueprint zooper but it doesn't work for me

[boreal musk]

scim

[last ocean]

SCIM creates megaprints

I don't want a megaprint. Its a storage. I will be making it a lot of places, and for a megaprint I have to again and again use the SCIM

[patent crane]

im using a completely normal world

[boreal musk]

was that previously a blueprint in the old save?

[last ocean]

Yes! I tried finding the blueprint, but I had reinstalled the game

[fathom shuttle]

Solid steel ingot recipe (2 iron ingots, 2 coal into 3 steel ingots) or rigid motor recipe?

Still in early game

[zenith pecan]

Solid steel in the early, hell even late game is for lack of a better word, solid, but do remember the extra step of smelting the iron, before feeding into the foundries.

[boreal musk]

reinstalling? that means you lose the file?

[last ocean]

Yup. I have the game on steam, but I guess it does not save the Blueprint files

[fathom shuttle]

Yea that shouldn’t be a problem for me, I have lots of power available I’m ok with the extra steps

[boreal musk]

i dont think you can recover your blueprint if you lose the file
cuz if you have the file, its just merely a relocation to your new save

[last ocean]

I have the world though. I have the save files. but not the blueprint files

[fathom shuttle]

Should I double stack the foundries or is that a bad idea with 2 inputs?

[last ocean]

I have the structure right in front of me, I don't really want to rebuild it since its a lot of work and it is the last resort. I tried blueprint zooper but it doesn't work

[boreal musk]

thats what i meant, you need the blueprint files to be able to relocate them to your newer save file

[last ocean]

Yes

[boreal musk]

and i dont recall any mod the lets you copy certain building into blueprint either

altho you can ask their discord server, just to make sure

[zenith pecan]

Another issue with large prints is you can make them take far too many materials for you to even carry if you're not careful.

[last ocean]

I was thinking of copying this as a megaprint in SCIM, then making a blueprint mk3 designer (The structure fits in it) and pasting the megaprint inside of the designer. Although it would require precision

[last ocean]

It isn't a very large buid. 4*4 wide, and 8 meters tall

[fathom shuttle]

Huston we have a problem, my mk3 conveyer belts can’t handle 6x foundries

[zenith pecan]

I have a blueprint that actually doesn't fit in the blueprint designer 🤣 , I'm still not sure how I created it but it needs me to have 2/3rds of my inventory full of stuff, all it is, is 81 power stores which were laid down for my support tower, lesson!, don't design while drunk folks.

[boreal musk]

split the belt into 3 foundries each

[digital grail]

kinda a newer player with trains do the rail road tracks carry power?

[true mulch]

yep they do

[digital grail]

oh thats awesome (save materials too thank god)

[fathom shuttle]

Yeah I figure that’s the best design

I can overclock to saturate the lines if I wanted

[zenith pecan]

My last foundry was probably a little overkill, it was only built to deal with a bit of compact coal byproduct from my power stattion.

[fathom shuttle]

How should I split up my steel output? I can do 3 steel beams constructors and 8 steel pipes, or 4 steel beams and 6 steel pipes

[reef basin]

how much of each do you need? split it that way

[fathom shuttle]

I’ll calculate that in a minute

[hard ivy]

For building, I'd say about 1.5-2x more pipes than beams. Maybe more of you don't plan on doing trains. But for making other parts, it's impossible to say

[zenith pecan]

It also depends on alts, I use a hell of a lot more pipes than beams due to alts.

[hard ivy]

Well, yeah, that's why I said it's impossible to say what split you need for making more complex items. EIBs could take a lot of beams if you don't alt them

[fathom shuttle]

I’ll just go for the path of least resistance here tbh, 3 foundries for each

[zenith pecan]

I still haven't properly divided the 12k aluminium ingots 😄

[left arrow]

Welp, got to wait 3h and phase 2 will be done x)

[dense violet]

imo you shouldn't rely on them for power transferance. If you start adding/changing your rail system you'll likely shut off your factories. Better to have proper cables

[reef basin]

it's practically impossible to estimate things for future, unless you plan the whole game from start

so usually the question "how much should I make of X" has answer of "make what you need now, ignore future, in the future you will make what you need in the future"

[digital grail]

nah i havent i added power cables to the sides of my rail supports as a backup

[cursive crane]

Otherwise its not as hard as you think to get to mk 4 from 3, if all you need is mk 4 belts

[left arrow]

you need 6000 steel beams to produce the Versatile Frameworks for Phase 2 so it makes sense to make more of those first

[cursive crane]

Yea, js. Instead of redesigning factory to fit mk 3s when you need 4s, might just be better to letem run and upgrade later

[left arrow]

or you can be silly like me and design a way-too-big steel foundry meant for mk4 belts in advance x)

[hard ivy]

*3000. Because Sloops

[left arrow]

I don't have that unlocked yet 😢

gotta find 50 circuits boards first

[hard ivy]

It's not easy to unlock it before oil, but it is possible

I think you can even get it before steel

[left arrow]

I'm not sure if you just find these in the world or through doggos

but I have 6 in a chest

[hard ivy]

Both

[cursive crane]

Explore more crash sites

[fathom shuttle]

Good point

[vernal patrol]

guys... i jsut loaded a save and like

some of my blueprints are gone

the one that took 4hours in particular 😭

what do i do

ive tried loading other saves and nothing happens

[true mulch]

check the save file directory to see if the BP file is there

[vernal patrol]

how to do that

[true mulch]

%LOCALAPPDATA%\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames\Blueprints

paste that into the explorer address or win+R

[vernal patrol]

oki

im also just doing a verification of the game files

it is in there

[true mulch]

alright, not all is lost

do they have weird names?

[vernal patrol]

nah

the one im after is called CSS storage

and appears in files as such

[true mulch]

make a backup of the directory just in case and open a #1038092680493801533 thread (idk how to assist with this specific issue)

[vernal patrol]

okay

turns out.. i am really really stupid

it was jsut in a different place in the menu

and i didnt notice

my stupidity astounds and amazes me too

[left arrow]

Well, no luck on the doggos, they only gave me nuclear generator parts 😂
160 minutes left to Phase 2 end, I'll call it a night though. Guess I can do some exploring while I wait tomorrow.

oh, or overclock the assemblers, my other factory is done working so I have plenty of power now

[sleek sierra]

They should add Terrain editing in 2.0

😄

[dense violet]

Not going to happen

[mortal ginkgo]

You are not good at this "suggestions" stuff aren't you. It's ok.

I give you doggo.

[glossy iris]

They'd have to change how the map works entirely for that to be possible

[mortal ginkgo]

[reef basin]

they won't

[glossy iris]

Is there any reason to do the last two on the depot upload speed line. The benefits feel minimal compared to the price

[mortal ginkgo]

mercer spheres dont have much other uses

you got more than enough in map

[dense violet]

What else are you going to do with them?

[glossy iris]

Hm true, but I'll definitely hold off for now

only because I've done so much exploring I'm tired of running around lol

[boreal musk]

even if you unlock all depot tree upgrades, you still left with ||200|| mercer spheres, enough for pretty much everything you need

[glossy iris]

Good to know

[hard ivy]

the speed upgrade is double so it's absolutely worth it but the stack size is only +25% so up to you

[glossy iris]

🤔

that doesnt sound right

[sleek sierra]

Nah

U dont understand my vision

[glossy iris]

The last two are ||12.5% and 6.25% where as every layer of stack upgrade gives you another stack-||

[sleek sierra]

😂

[mortal ginkgo]

Its ok to have visions. And it is ok to not have good visions.

[reef basin]

your vision is not devs' vision

[sleek sierra]

Ik ik

Just sayin

If the game is still gonna last at least a decade

Terrain editing might be a thing

[reef basin]

they confirmed it won't

[sleek sierra]

Oh

[glossy iris]

Again, they'd have to rework how the map functions entirely

[sleek sierra]

Goofy ahh developers

WHO IS GONNA CARRY THE BOATS

[mortal ginkgo]

I am trying to understand, why would a world that is fully handmade should have terrain editing in the first place.

[sleek sierra]

AND THE LOGS

[reef basin]

boats won't be a thing either

[mortal ginkgo]

wait... wait wait... wait wait wait... I got it guys.

He is just posting in wrong discord server.

[sleek sierra]

I want mashines in mountains

[mortal ginkgo]

I got it after the "Logs" part.

[sleek sierra]

Machines

[mortal ginkgo]

Phew. I was like, "why is bro not making sense."

[sleek sierra]

Nah, I know that I am writing in the satisfactory dc server

[mortal ginkgo]

OH GOD THE FEAR THE HORROR LORD HELP US ALL

[sleek sierra]

I am just trolling (Terrain editing would still be cool tho)

[mortal ginkgo]

Ah I see (no it wouldn't)

[sleek sierra]

The game is one of my favorite games

Pretty well made

Only thing is the lack of machines, but the game is still developing

Its already big enough tho to put 1000+ hours

Its enough for most people

Including me

[mortal ginkgo]

I found building stuff inside cool. Thats why I like logistic floor concepts etc I guess.

and this game got massive caves.

[sleek sierra]

Ye

Btw

This server needs a batch

Idk how it is called

[reef basin]

no

[sleek sierra]

The thing you can put besides your user name