satisfactory

[white dawn]

5/min's certainly enough to get you started. :)

[trim vine]

you will need a plastic production factory regardless

[split pewter]

bring rocket fuel instead >:)

[visual cosmos]

Yea

[white dawn]

You'll doubtless be making more computers eventually, of course, but it's nice to start somewhere

[split pewter]

just wait until you get later game

when supercomputers get into play

[visual cosmos]

I did 10 in my previous save, but then again i had 900 plastic/min over there

[white dawn]

Yeah, Resin from fuel power is quite useful to do your early computing things

[visual cosmos]

Which was all going into sinks

[split pewter]

WHAT

[visual cosmos]

Kinda not that useful to have

[split pewter]

sinking valuable resources

[visual cosmos]

Big factory

[split pewter]

[visual cosmos]

Where am I gonna put it

[split pewter]

somewhere else

make computers and sink those

[visual cosmos]

It was 900 plastic/rubber per minute at phase 3

I kinda went overboard

[split pewter]

turn it into supercomputers

[visual cosmos]

Had 3 different belts

[visual cosmos]

I did that later

[split pewter]

later..

[visual cosmos]

When i made it though

[trim vine]

I am producing 6300 rubber and 6300 plastic in ONE of my factorties for that and am using all of it

[split pewter]

oh yeah phase 3 doesnt have supercomputers

[visual cosmos]

I was phase 3, didnt have supercomputers

[split pewter]

turn it into regular computers

[visual cosmos]

Mine was a mess

Idea is putting plastic back into making recycled rubber and vice versa

[trim vine]

skip the spaghetti and make a proper recycled plant 😛

[visual cosmos]

Which was a nightmare

Since I just made long lines of each product

[split pewter]

honestly you might need an excess resource treatment factory

[visual cosmos]

Instead of splitting it into smaller segments

[split pewter]

turn things into things worth more points and sink those (doing that will also grant you more of that part if you need it)

[visual cosmos]

I mean when I made my fuel energy in this save all the polymer went into sinks until I decided to make computers

[reef basin]

no, it's not really needed

[visual cosmos]

Screws are pain and suffering

[trim vine]

only in early game and to the uninitiated

[visual cosmos]

I mean later you just use alternate recipes

[reef basin]

only if built wrong

[visual cosmos]

[hard ivy]

you can get rid of screws completely, though only after you reach steel (and get the appropriate recipes)

[trim vine]

or you can build BPs with constructors in them set to steel screws that feed manufacturers/assemblers 1:1

[naive scroll]

ok perfect

[acoustic heart]

Has the aurora borealis looking thing affect in the sky always been a thing?

[white dawn]

Early on you can just make screws directly in front of the machine that needs 'em, in the exact quantity that the machine requires. Most folks' complaints about screws are tied to trying to centralize production and then route them around your factory with comparatively-slow belts. (Which, yes, is a nightmare.)

[hard ivy]

doubling the size and price of the HMF factory is neither early game nor avoidable without using screwless alts

[trim vine]

No, you must have upsets ADA

[acoustic heart]

Wait, actually? lol

[storm talon]

Okay. My next big project is to build a smeltery out in the western forest.

[white dawn]

It's easy to get caught up on manifolding things, but it pays to remember that not everything needs to be a manifold. Building screws "inline" with the machines that need them bypasses nearly all the things people think of as downsides

[trim vine]

I didnt see the source of this screw debate, only that screws are the devil

They are annoying early without belt speeds to compensate

[trim vine]

Yes, you might have some spiders next nightfall, be wary

[storm talon]

But I don't want to do that yet so I'm taking a break for now lol

[white dawn]

Screwless recipes might end up being more resource-efficient as well, of course, but dealing with even the vanilla screw recipe early game doesn't have to be a chore. You just need to remember to build around the realities of the resources you're using, which in screws' case means "don't centralize their production"

[visual cosmos]

I just avoid them when I can, and make them directly there when I cant

[hard ivy]

the main downside of screws is the price of using them. because nearly all screw-using recipes are just expensive (and have little to no benefit to compensate for that)

[reef basin]

"expensive" depends on resources you value (or don't value) 🤷

[white dawn]

Yeah, resource efficiency across a production chain is generally what a lot of folks end up trying to optimize for (though there's some inevitable weighting/ranking of resource "valuableness" along with that)

[silk ocean]

KYO can teach me about PowerSystems xD

[white dawn]

But resource efficiency alone cannot account for the hate that screws get. :D

IMO the hate nearly always comes as a result of centralization attempts in the early game

[hard ivy]

100% of my screw hate is because of their cost.
though I can't speak for others

[reef basin]

it's three things imo:

• people repeating it all over the internet (half of them with no actual reason)
• the thing you said
• U2 screws being actually bad (but people don't check dates and/or don't change opinions)

[split pewter]

i cant believe 2 mk2 miners on 2 pure nodes let me make like 15 different products

[reef basin]

any number of miners could do that 😉

[visual cosmos]

I'm starting to realise maybe I should've implemented a hypertube in the pointlessly long belt bus i made

Or just i shouldn't have made one

[reef basin]

why do you have a bus in the first place? 🤔

[crisp edge]

i keep seeing people putting an awesome coupon into an awesome sink via an inventory window of some kind, but i can't figure out how to do it. how does that work, does anyone know?

[split pewter]

there were only the 2 nodes

[split pewter]

storage container connected to a sink

put it in the container

[crisp edge]

lmao i feel dumb now

[visual cosmos]

That's a good question

I wanted to bring my plastic being made at sea at the top of the map

And since theres a few resources I wanted to grab along the way I figured I would make a bus

But i still need to do movement shenanigans for 2 minutes to get there

Well maybe not 2min but

[crisp edge]

why is everyone always talking about how a bus is an unhinged or terrible way to play satisfactory? what's wrong with a stack of belts carrying resources neatly across the map? what should you do instead?

[visual cosmos]

Nothing wrong with it, just that things like trains are more popular

[crisp edge]

it also just seems insane to have an entire community basically call a basic building style popularized by another incredibly popular game in the genre more or less a cardinal sin

like someone can't bring up a bus that they made without criticism

[visual cosmos]

You only need to set up one two-way train route to transport a lot of stuff, while buses are limited to x8 belts, which you can scale up by making it bigger

Overall I think trains are cheaper

Obviously depends on the person and how they like to play

[reef basin]

the "wrong" with it is that what you described isn't what we mean when we say "bus"

"bus" isn't "stack of conveyors moving things from A to B"

bus is when you have central belt contraption from which you split ingredients to nearby machines and merge back products

[crisp edge]

oh you're referring to the main bus running through the center of a compound with all the things on it rather than storage containers

[reef basin]

which is a common way of playing Factorio

but it's pretty bad in Satisfactory

[crisp edge]

i will now make it my life's mission to do it

[reef basin]

many people did. Many complained 🤷 it's your save obviously

[naive scroll]

finally finished smart plating yayyy

[trim vine]

Belt highway might be a better term

And dont let them get you down. I use a mix of trains, belt highways, and drones to move stuff around.

Within a single biome (or biome adjacent) belt highways get used

Anything more than a biome's distance is going to be a train or drone

[reef basin]

"belt highway" (or just stacked belts) are fine. Again, that's not what I'm talking about when saying "bus" (as it's not a bus)

[crisp edge]

i'm new, i'm mostly just asking based on what i've seen here. i've now had the game 2 weeks and have logged just over 60 hours

[trim vine]

greeny is a stickler for terminology

[crisp edge]

lmao i'm a software engineer, there's no harm in making sure everyone is saying the thing that they think they're saying with proper terminology

[reef basin]

^

especially when the terminology is already coined by several other games and used the same way here

if we decide that "bus" can mean anything from transportation to distribution, then term becomes useless

[trim vine]

It does help with trouble shooting, like when people call extractors "pumps"

[reef basin]

kinda like people use the term "efficiency", yet 99% of people don't even know what they mean when they say that term

[shy fog]

*remembering the meme about "Like a Bus"

[split pewter]

"as efficient as possible" means no excess, and the perfect amount

basically perfect

[reef basin]

yeah, the classics

• pump vs water extractor
• battery vs power storage
• bus vs stacked belts
• megabase vs big factory
  etc.

[crisp edge]

using efficiency wrong is totally allowed to be a cardinal sin. it's not a game term it's just a thing that exists in life, you can't mess that up

[trim vine]

But is that efficient?

What about the amount of resources that have to go into making the things?

What about complexity of build versus a simpler alt?

[naive scroll]

i feel like megabase applies to 1% of the community xD

[split pewter]

perfect amount, theres nothing wrong about it..

[reef basin]

yeah, that's the "normal" thing efficiency refers to
however people freely use it as "resource efficiency", "power efficiency", "fuel efficiency" and basically anything else

[trim vine]

People usually come in with different ideas on WHERE they want to apply the word efficiency

[split pewter]

yeah

[shy fog]

I am not efficient, and proud of this fact

[trim vine]

-stares in the 1%-

[split pewter]

basically saying movement efficient

just say megafactory

[reef basin]

(youtubers don't help that with their 100% efficient factory titles)

[naive scroll]

i just got in the game yesterday so im nowhere near anything

[split pewter]

-# we dont talk about lgio

[shy fog]

alright then - welcome to doing this wrong to learn how to do them otherwise

[crisp edge]

wait what's wrong with wanting to talk about which part of your factory is efficient? what if you have your resource belts perfectly optimized but your fuel production is too high? you then have efficient belts but inefficient fuel production, what's wrong with saying so?

[hard ivy]

when talking about efficiency, the kind of efficiency has to be specified

resource efficiency, power efficiency, space efficiency

[naive scroll]

so who got pissed off and why?

feels like im walking into a flame field

[shy fog]

the most inefficient part of my factory is the fact that I am building NO factory 😛

[split pewter]

lgio is a perfect example, he knows theres basically nothing efficient about it and so he doesnt title it as efficient

[reef basin]

there's nothing wrong with it

but if you say "I want efficient factory", it can mean basically anything, so we'll ask you what do you mean by "efficient"

[split pewter]

"600m hypertube cannon that ends all humanity"

[crisp edge]

doesn't feel like anyone is mad. i asked why people never stop shitting on anyone who brings up a bus setup, and i misused the term bus and was corrected. that's all

[white dawn]

Heh, just discussions goin' on right now; I don't think anyone's heated about it. :)

[trim vine]

Again, people apply the word efficiency to different areas:

• machines at 100% all the time
• build complexity versus simpler builds
• using the least amount of resources to make the most things, or getting the most of out of the resources used

[split pewter]

"GET OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE!"

[naive scroll]

ohm ok i see

[shy fog]

you can just inform him that the absolute fuster cluck on the game's first screenshot from steam IS LGIO

[white dawn]

There's various of us with Opinions™ about this stuff so we tend to get wordy about it, is all. :D

[split pewter]

honestly, if its as simple as possible and is using all the resources its being given without production stopping, its efficient

[crisp edge]

i actually just watched the coffeestain dev reaction video to that LGIO playthrough where he explains that the screenshots on steam are from josh's world

[reef basin]

(I'd rather ask the person needing help what they mean than to answer them with what I thought they meant)

[naive scroll]

im getting ready to build my first base

[crisp edge]

this conversation is woefully inefficient lmao

[naive scroll]

any tips?

[split pewter]

they are

[shy fog]

alright, first thing you want to do is know that you are going to do it wrong... and do it anyway as wrong as you feel like

[split pewter]

embrace the spaghetti

[trim vine]

See, already thats how YOU interpret the word.

For me, efficiency is about using the least amount of critical resouces to achieve the most items

For me, its a given that when building any production line it should run at 100%

[hard ivy]

build on foundations

[trim vine]

Recycled plants are annoying to set up, but they are resource efficienct

[reef basin]

listen to ADA, don't listen to discord/youtube, just play the game and learn at your own pace, only come here if you're trully stuck

[split pewter]

yes, it varies but that doesnt mean its always right
your example is right

[shy fog]

do not care how wrong you build your factory, it's not about right or wrong the first time, it's about the frankenstine moment. "It's ALIVE!!!! ALIVE!!!!!"

[split pewter]

yeah

[naive scroll]

who is ADA

[crisp edge]

ooh, that's actually a good one. i was just going to say just play and you'll get it, but this is valid

[split pewter]

your personal ai assistant that will "aid" you in your journey

[naive scroll]

ohh ok

[crisp edge]

they are what?

[trim vine]

I understand, the argument here is that there is no standardization for what a person (usually new folk) coming in here using the word efficient, but often not clarifying without questioning them about what efficiency means to them 😛

[split pewter]

some of the screenshots and trailers from updates have stuff from lgio's savefile

[shy fog]

do it wrong, make it work, doesn't matter how it looks

[naive scroll]

so i shouldnt listen to you right?

[split pewter]

ye[p

wait hes right

[naive scroll]

therefore... cant listen to ada...

[split pewter]

hes correct

[shy fog]

the entire first part of the game is doing it wrong

[split pewter]

and not caring at all about it

[shy fog]

because doing it wrong is how you learn

[crisp edge]

isn't that what I said? i was just saying i saw a coffeestain dev watching the LGIO playthrough that the screenshots came from

[split pewter]

thats why i said they are

[reef basin]

that's not what I meant, I mean that many people here will tell you the answer to something you could figure out yourself and that usually leads to you not learning anything and having to ask again later

[split pewter]

yes

[naive scroll]

ohh i understand so far straightforward 🙂

[shy fog]

like this is going to get me some serious hate for posting, but do not care about efficiency in building your first smelter

[split pewter]

unless you are so stuck you cant even progress, figure it out yourself

[split pewter]

yes..

[shy fog]

get it to WORK first

[split pewter]

work first, efficient later for earlygame

efficient first, work later for later

[naive scroll]

im only getting to do a base after researching t3/t4 because i need the coal factory

[reef basin]

so my "don't listen" recommendation is more like "don't ask here for help unless you're stuck, figure out the game on your own instead"

[crisp edge]

can i change the wrench decoration on the sword club thing of which i cannot currently remember the name?

[split pewter]

nope

xeno-basher btw

[shy fog]

technically in the hub

[split pewter]

thats more for the builder thing iirc

[reef basin]

(especially since many people will tell you their opinions and say it as if it was a fact, which can lead to many confusions later, when you find out that you've been just following their opinions and sometimes they weren't even good for you)

[white dawn]

That's just for your build-gun trinket, I believe

[crisp edge]

that's why i asked, i was able to change the one on the build gun so i thought maybe i could for the basher too

[split pewter]

nope

wish it was possible but it isnt

[shy fog]

still, don't care about anything the first time until you have a firm grasp on "I now know how to make it work"

[split pewter]

yes

[shy fog]

everything beyond that is always math

so coal generator... how do I make it work... coal obviously... water too... get ONE working

then you understand it

[empty hatch]

No one ever truly understands fluids

[naive scroll]

is there a way to craft faster

[shy fog]

factory

[hard ivy]

automate it

[crisp edge]

faster than what?

[naive scroll]

like manually does it get faster

[shy fog]

there is one you. there can be thousands of machines

[naive scroll]

ok ok i get it

[hard ivy]

no. automate it

[crisp edge]

wait. did you buy a factory builder game expecting to hand craft forever?

[shy fog]

machines need power

power needs to be fed

learn to make power, use the power to make more power

use the power to make more factory

[crisp edge]

POWER

[shy fog]

when you are unable to run the entire factory... find a way to either get MORE power... or more resources... depending on what you ran out of

[crisp edge]

lmao build the machines that consume power to create resources that build more machines that create power for you to build more machines to create resources to build more machines that consume power etc etc

[shy fog]

like the sugar cube is a great way to transport resources in when you have no idea where you're going and haven't unlocked trains

[crisp edge]

is sugar cube a nickname?

[shy fog]

the first one

4 wheels, standing on a platform outside it

[crisp edge]

i don't know what we're talking about

[shy fog]

it comes with a workbench?

I had fun surfing on it until it yeeted me into the sky as I didn't have a parachute...

[crisp edge]

i'm at my hub looking around right now. have i somehow missed something my entire 60 hours into this save?

[shy fog]

Teir 3, second research

[crisp edge]

tractor?

[shy fog]

place mouse on it

[crisp edge]

lmao

[white dawn]

Yeah, "sugarcube" is a nickname for the Tractor

[crisp edge]

oh you meant it has a work bench ON it. i thought you meant you get one when you build a crafting bench

i'm over here walking around my hub and equipment workshop looking for a thing with 4 wheels called sugarcube 😹

[white dawn]

(so named due to its resemblance to the guitarist from one of Björk's early bands)

[shy mulch]

that opinion has 100k MW of correctness

[crisp edge]

i just unlocked my first jetpack 🙂

[shy fog]

gotta be careful with the sugarcube... it can be sweet but also deadly

[hard ivy]

make sure you use packaged liquid biofuel with it asap

[crisp edge]

well i don't have access to that just yet. i'm just messing with it for the first time and i'm a little irritated that when a piece of solid biofuel runs out i drop from the sky as it reloads

[hard ivy]

liquid biofuel lasts several times longer

[crisp edge]

that doesn't change that i have to use it as is for a few hours of gameplay while i automate fuel production lmao

[hard ivy]

you only need the packaging milestone, 1 packager and 1 refinery

[shy fog]

anyways... back to doing everything by hand

[crisp edge]

well that's helpful info. will there be a hover setting? like i can't figure out how i'm supposed to build while floating if i have to tap spacebar constantly

[shy fog]

future unlock DC

[crisp edge]

dc?

[shy fog]

Drunk Cloud

your own choice of caps

[crisp edge]

awe, you gave me a pet name ❤️

[shy fog]

does not everyone get a pet name?

[crisp edge]

anyway, future unlock meaning i'll come across it or it's in development?

[shy fog]

game is complete, it's another tier

[crisp edge]

no, my wife hates me. she calls me 'hey you'

then what sorcery are people using on youtube to float during their guide videos

[shy fog]

god mode

[crisp edge]

oh is it just creative mode

[shy fog]

totally ruins the fun imo... just build platforms until you're happy

[hard ivy]

there isn't a hover on the jetpack. you have to tap space to hover. it's not that bad when you get used to it

[crisp edge]

also is the only real use for the jetpack travel overland then? or do you manage to build like that? i can't imagine i'll be able to build on steam deck like that

[hard ivy]

I build with the jetpack all the time. ever after I have the hoverpack
it just takes some getting used to
though idk how easy that is on the steam deck

[peak wasp]

Good morning engineers 🙂

[crisp edge]

well, last night i automated motor production, which set me up for jetpack and oil processing milestones, as motor was the only new component. now it appears i was right, it will probably take me an hour or two of gameplay to figure out oil processing which i assume will help me to produce the plastic for the fluid packaging milestone

[split pewter]

yes, oil makes fuel, rubber, plastic and alot of other stuff.

[white dawn]

Yeah, once you have both unlocked, the usual niche for Jetpack is during exploration, and Hoverpack for factory-building. Though plenty of folks mix that up (KYO297's certainly not the only one doing factory-building with a jetpack. LBF does happen to be probably the best for that particular usecase)

[visual cosmos]

aw game crashed

[unkempt blade]

needs more power generators probably

you want to keep your max consumption less than your PSU's max output

[visual cosmos]

[crisp edge]

for now i think the best thing the jetpack will do for me is allow me to jump from high places without dying

[unkempt blade]

you may not need it now with the jetpack but don't sleep on the parachute, it's a lot better than you'd expect

[crisp edge]

lmao i'm on that edge rn. max cons 1730, capacity 1800. i haven't properly set up overflow to awesome sinks though so a bunch of my factory is shut down due to max storage capacity reached. only 1200 being consumed

[crisp edge]

when i discover it i certainly will

[white dawn]

If you're at full health, a fall will never kill you!

[crisp edge]

never? no matter how high?

[white dawn]

Express elevator to ground floor! (crunch). Munch some berries and you'll be good to go. :)

[crisp edge]

you're telling me i could have jumped off of the sky manta with no consequence? this is bs lmao

[hard ivy]

fall damage is capped at 99 iirc

[crisp edge]

also wtf why can i kill a lizard doggo and elephant tick thing but not the sky manta

[unkempt blade]

is that just with blade runners on or am I misremembering?

[hard ivy]

I think they changed it in 1.0

[white dawn]

I'm pretty sure blade runners don't affect the max-fall-damage thing, though I do think they dampen fall damage in general (though you can still reach max damage)

Maybe I'm wrong about some of that, though. :)

[hard ivy]

Falling from a height of more than 13.5 meters results in fall damage. Fall damage can be prevented with an U-Jelly Landing Pad, Parachute or Jetpack. Fall damage is slightly reduced when a pair of Blade Runners is equipped. Fall damage is capped at 97 damage, with Blade Runners at 96, therefore all falls are not lethal provided the pioneer has 98–100 HP before touching the ground.

from https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Health#Fall_damage

[daring reef]

im way too tired to automate anything new

but the factory shall not stop

[unkempt blade]

good to know, now I can hurl myself off of cliffs slightly earlier next save 😄

[crisp edge]

i'm automated all the way up to motors, and i'm happy about it

[daring reef]

oh poor soul u have a long way to go

did u know if u clap u turn ur lights on and off

[crisp edge]

yes

[daring reef]

the clap as in the emote not irl

[crisp edge]

but i don't know how to clap though

[vital burrow]

Need some help

[crisp edge]

i've watched a bunch of youtube

[daring reef]

T

[daring reef]

shoot

[vital burrow]

Having a bit of a issue with my iron factory 6 nodes running at 480 each node is running into 16 smelters all were running at 100% and when I added my constructors in and add my assemblers in now I am having a issue nothing is running at 100% now should I start over and add more machines the constructors can't get the the material out fast enough and if I add a awesome sink it screws with everything else I need help please

[crisp edge]

oh i took it to mean 'do you need some help' lmao

belt speed all good? smart splitters taking overflow to the sink is a possible solution if so. or just add more machines until the ratio is right

[daring reef]

do ur belts have 480 speed

u using mk4 belts atleast

mk3 only have 270 speed

[vital burrow]

The iron ingets were running at 480 with 480 belt before I put in the constructors now they are running at 270 to 360

[unkempt blade]

what are the constructors making and how much iron are you expecting it to need?

[crisp edge]

sounds like you might want to count your output machine by machine and make sure as the output increases so does your belt speed. ex: after 1 constructor of copper wire you have 30/min, so mk1. second constructor 60/min, still mk1, after the third though, you need to upgrade to mk2 for 90, etc

[sage viper]

I saw a mod somewhere (a while ago) that lets you change or freeze time in-game, sync it with real-life time, etc. Does anybody have an idea what it could be?

[hard ivy]

SkyUI maybe?

not sure about syncing with irl time, but it does have time of day control

[visual cosmos]

Sky ui yeah

[sage viper]

Yep, that’s it! I just remembered it differently, but now I’m sure it’s this mod. Thanks a lot!

[visual cosmos]

It has a "sync game time with system time" to be specific

[trim vine]

With the shoes on

[vital burrow]

@unkempt blade I am making all the essentials with the iron plate,rods,screws,and pipe working all the way up to motors

[supple crypt]

I didn't know that there was a rare train horn sound, or am I going crazy?

[daring reef]

3 more items to automate 😢

FUSED MODULAR FRAME

ANOTHER MODULAR FRAMe

imma lose it fuck this

[visual cosmos]

Welp this isn't convenient

I have no idea where my somersloops are

[daring reef]

ok so fused modular frame is just extra aluminium with i have plenty of and some nitrogen

i have 5 heavy modular frame/min

i think ill use half of them so 2.5 and 2.5

easy enough

[hard ivy]

don't worry, it gets worse 🙃

[daring reef]

cooling system looks cheap

[vital burrow]

@crisp edge I am using a manifold set up for my outputs so in between each merger I need to up grade my belt speed for the amount of material is coming out

[daring reef]

but b4 this

i wanna improve my drones

[placid stirrup]

I did heat sinks, cooling systems, and FMF in one factory I called the HVAC center

[daring reef]

do i need heatsinks

[hard ivy]

for building? no

[daring reef]

or just use them all in cooling system

[daring reef]

ok so just used in cooling system no reason to have a chest and depot for it

so i only have 2 items to automate

and both are really easy

[placid stirrup]

I want to say they're used elsewhere that isn't for a machine but I couldn't say for what. I'd check the wiki

[hard ivy]

they're used in cooling systems (both recipes), default plutonium rods and one of the RCU alts

[daring reef]

only in crafting

so no need to have them on person

[white dawn]

SCIM can be helpful to track those down. If you haven't already been applying a specific customization to buildings which use a sloop, you might want to start doing that, too -- makes them much easier to pick out if you don't remember

(There's also, of course, literally just keeping track, but who's got time for that when you've got loops to track down in the wild? :D)

[visual cosmos]

Yeah mostly my issue is that I had 2 in a random assembler making double motors

Completely forgot lol

[placid stirrup]

Not in any MAM research?

Or milestones?

[daring reef]

so use rocket fuel for drones yeah

[hard ivy]

apparently neither

[vivid ginkgo]

oh

sorry i will write there

[placid stirrup]

That's actually crazy - you do need 54 for one of the crash sites, I was so confident they were used as an unlock elsewhere though too

[placid stirrup]

Not trying to shoot you down before you even take off, but there's very little interaction on that page... Kind of difficult to find randos for this game to co-op with

[crisp edge]

Yeah, that's what I was saying

[hard ivy]

you need them for 3 crash sites

[atomic notch]

Ill play if the guy i played with last night doesnt message back

[vital burrow]

@crisp edge I will try it thank you

[placid stirrup]

Fair enough, that much I didn't see on the wiki

[shy fog]

little dog slow... long walk done

[crisp edge]

I need to find people to try multiplayer with lmao

[placid stirrup]

But you get 80+ from other crash sites haha

[hard ivy]

I wonder if there are any endgame items you actually have to make (or buy) to unlock all HDDs
or if everything can just be found

[shy fog]

you want the list?

[atomic notch]

Theres one that needs a superposition oscillator

[shy fog]

it's on steam at eamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2661233686

[placid stirrup]

Superposition oscillator, one required and none scattered

[hard ivy]

ah, yeah, forgot about that

[shy fog]

and while I think links get deleted... I'll try https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2661233686

[hard ivy]

but I was mostly thinking about the T7-8 items

[shy fog]

oh good, it didn't delete

[placid stirrup]

From what I can see, it looks like there are more scattered of each item than required to unlock for T7/8 items

[shy fog]

still, there are more crash sites than recepies so you can clear anyway

[boreal loom]

Hi, I read the EULA for satisfactory and gone through the wiki and website but I cant find anything about permission for streaming the game or posting gameplay videos. The best I found was the EULA prohibiting commercial use of the game

Am I missing something?

[reef basin]

SF is completely fine to stream and publish videos, including the ingame soundtrack

[placid stirrup]

Based CSS

[shy fog]

greeny! there is A CHECKBOX

[reef basin]

?

[shy fog]

@boreal loom under audio there's a checkbox you can tick off

[reef basin]

which does literally nothing

[shy fog]

"streamer mode" does nothing?

[reef basin]

and is there just for people to not ask these questions

[reef basin]

yeah, it doesn't do anything

[vivid ginkgo]

don't worry i get it

[vivid ginkgo]

sure

[placid stirrup]

You'll likely have better luck convincing an irl friend to learn the game and collaborate. That's how I got into it and how I got others into it to play with

[vivid ginkgo]

😂 ok

i think it easer

[boreal loom]

I understand that it is fine. I just imagine that if it is fine, why not have it explicitly stated somewhere, for example the website. I couldn't find anything said about it in the faqs

[reef basin]

(it seems that I've been wrong and streamer mode actually disables some third-party licensed music, which I assume is some boombox tapes)

[white dawn]

Yeah, it's not a bad suggestion if it really isn't mentioned anywhere. A post to the Questions site would be the place to go to bring it up where the devs would see it

[fossil ice]

Satisfactory Questions

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

[shy fog]

booyah?

[white dawn]

(Could be there's already a post about it which you could upvote)

[silk ocean]

I know you are scared

[boreal loom]

Thank you

[vital crane]

hi, i have a question. so i saw that a fuel gen uses 0.75 turbofuel/min so would that mean that 100 fuel gens are needed when making 75 turbofuel/min ?

bc it seams wrong

[reef basin]

idk where you saw it but that's wrong

[hard ivy]

you're off by an order of magnitude there

[reef basin]

the fuel gen will tell you how much it uses

[hard ivy]

they use 7.5 TF/min at 100%

[reef basin]

click on the fuel icon in the fuel gen

[reef basin]

don't spoonfeed answers 😛

[vital crane]

well the fuel gen uses 0.75 TF @ 100% and i have 100 gens then its 0.75*100=75TF/min

right ?

[reef basin]

where did you read the 0.75?

[vital crane]

well the fuel gen sayes its 0.75/min

[reef basin]

share a screenshot

[vital crane]

on the fuel consumption list build in the fuel gen it self

[hard ivy]

do you have it at 10%?

[reef basin]

share a screenshot

[vital crane]

no

[hard ivy]

mods?

[vital crane]

im a to low level i think i cant post a ss

[hard ivy]

#screenshots

[placid stirrup]

Definitely do not take a screenshot and post it in #screenshots for us to review

[reef basin]

no, you need to post it to e.g. #math-and-meta

[placid stirrup]

(shh I'm trying something)

[vital crane]

oh yes lol i forgot i have the mod with 10x fuel efficiency or smth

[hard ivy]

[reef basin]

there's nothing like "low level" here btw

(and discord servers with levels should go to hell)

[vital crane]

ive send it in https://discordapp.com/channels/370472939054956546/558721941410807812

yeah that would do it

thanks tho

[shy mulch]

what level of hell though?

[placid stirrup]

What a silly mod

[vital crane]

tho very usefull

[reef basin]

5/7

[vital crane]

i think atleast

[storm talon]

Alright. I think the first thing I do is make a hypertube over there so that I'm not running for five minutes every time.

[placid stirrup]

Now instead of 600 oil/min to get you enough power through T8, you only need 60! Genius!

[storm talon]

Time to go.

[vital crane]

yep

[placid stirrup]

Wow, the maximum hell level

[vital crane]

nah that would be 7/5

[shy mulch]

Thanks Brendan, a perfect score

[placid stirrup]

That's the European rating, in NA it's 5/7

[wet dirge]

yo who can help me set up automated rotor?

[placid stirrup]

looks at 573 guides on YT

[wicked nacelle]

You can, toucan

[vital crane]

lol you just guesst i live in Europe (its true btw)

[wet dirge]

k

[wicked nacelle]

Make the machine then make the machines to feed the machine. Repeat until game is done

[unkempt blade]

I'm only here to provide moral support but you're amazing and talented and I believe in you to automate rotors

[reef basin]

your mouse and keyboard 😉

[wet dirge]

?

[unkempt blade]

misunderstood instructions, plugged in trackball

[vital crane]

thats class 😂

[reef basin]

(but honestly, learn these things yourself, if we help you, you won't learn, and you'll need the knowledge later)

[wet dirge]

xd

[vital crane]

and btw i could download a safe file from ImKibitz with like EVERYTHING but i wouldent have done it

so its not realy playing the game

[reef basin]

I wouldn't go 50km close to anything Kibitz did

[vital crane]

100% same ngl

tho i wish i would have the talent and the art of designs

[unkempt blade]

that's off the map in the dead zone! don't go that far!

[vital crane]

bruh

[placid stirrup]

Ahh, a conversationalist

[placid stirrup]

Or maybe he's chilling halfway up the SE

[unkempt blade]

the rays poops up there, may not be the best place to chill

[silk ocean]

or fac as far as you going

[placid stirrup]

Ahh jeez, it got on my shoe

[worn agate]

i will legit pay someone 40 buscks if i get some ina acall and my game and teach me some train stuff pls

[lone adder]

can i help some other day?

[vital crane]

btw what button do i need to press to auto connect blueprints ?

[hard ivy]

R

[reef basin]

signals split track into blocks, each block can have only one train

where's my 40 bucks

[vital crane]

not changing the placement mode but realy connecting it

[placid stirrup]

Have you checked #1038092680493801533

[surreal oasis]

any ideas to find uranium ore rocks? the radiation feels like there's a uranium rock inside the mountain, or I havent figure out exactly where it is..

[hard ivy]

switch into either of the auto connect modes and auto-connect is on

[placid stirrup]

I would bet your $40 and more your questions have been answered there

[vital crane]

oh ok

[worn agate]

they are scattered about dude

[reef basin]

you can make your own post anyway

[worn agate]

uranium rocks are in tough spots

[placid stirrup]

Search function in Discord is a great tool

[worn agate]

like places it sucks to do stuff

[vital crane]

ive done exactly that and it wont show the autoconnected pipe for some reason

oh wait

does it autoconnect from junction to junction ?

[hard ivy]

no

[vital crane]

ah

[hard ivy]

it can connect to a junction, but not from one

[vital crane]

ok thx ill modefy my blueprint

[hard ivy]

the BP you're placing has to have a pipe sticking out the junction. the one you're connecting to and is already built, doesn't

[vital crane]

oh ok

thank you

[worn agate]

Its me being slow on 1 specific subject its bonkers to me for no reason

[hard ivy]

https://docs.ficsit.app/satisfactory-modding/latest/CommunityResources/TrainSignalGuide.html

[knotty smelt]

My nuclear power plant that im building is going to cost almost 5000 limestone per minute🤣🤣

[surreal oasis]

actually, my problem is to clear a specific place from radiation near my factory. i've break most of the uranium rocks but it seems that i miss one. i've been looking around for a few minutes and still didnt spotted it

[worn agate]

did you move the uranium out of the way

and where one th map is it

[surreal oasis]

yeah, the items are far

its on the big-trees forest

[daring reef]

so

uranium or rocket fuel drones

[hard ivy]

if you're doing nuclear drones, use plutonium, not uranium

[daring reef]

i dont wanna do nuclear drones

[cosmic laurel]

does importing a blueprint/megaprint cause the game to not let em get steam achievments

[golden axle]

blew myself to smithereens with 100 cluster bombs for science

[daring reef]

sounds like hell

[golden axle]

and i went boom

[cedar portal]

Ionized fuel goes as fasstt as plutonium fuel

[daring reef]

speed is irrevevant

[golden axle]

speed is life

speed is all i live for, i live for nothing if not speed

you know what, check #screenshots

thats speed

[daring reef]

so

rocket fuel

ironized fuel sounds like hell

[shadow isle]

just heard there was supposed to be a story mode after leaving early access..
so whats with that?

[true mulch]

there is a story

[white dawn]

There is, but it's quite subtle. Mostly just conferred via voiceovers while collecting Mercer Spheres and Somersloops

[worn agate]

if i could see where you are id think i can help mabey u have a cave system

[daring reef]

ironized fuel needs power shards

[white dawn]

(And some while progressing through Project Assembly)

[shadow isle]

i said STORY MODE
not just story from stuff you can hear from ada

[white dawn]

There's a fair bit to read into if you go deep into the weeds, though folks who just want to build factories can easily ignore basically all of it

[hard ivy]

the alt uses dark matter crystals and packaged rocket fuel instead

[white dawn]

Oh, sorry, misread. I don't think that there was ever intended to be a separate "story mode," just that 1.0 was adding in the plot/story stuff that they'd been working on

[daring reef]

what

[hard ivy]

dark-ion fuel

!wikisearch ionized+fuel

[fossil ice]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/index.php?search=ionized+fuel

[shadow isle]

maybe?
i guess maybe the video im watching from a year ago wasnt 100% sure

[daring reef]

this is tier 9

broski

[hard ivy]

so is power shard automation

[minor cedar]

Anyone willing to help with #1405679263654346782 I'd appreciate it

[daring reef]

u can automate that

[surreal oasis]

i sent it on #screenshots. yeah its atually a cave, and the hidden uranium rock is somewhere around here

[daring reef]

so ionized fuel out of the picture

its tier 9 and inferior to uranium

[hard ivy]

don't you think making ionized fuel solely out of slugs would be a little awful

[hard ivy]

it's faster than uranium

[daring reef]

plutionium

[strange hedge]

are caves important for progression? i came across many caves but i never know when im supposed to go in. im currently doing steel for elavator P2

[hard ivy]

some have a collectible or 2
some have a node of SAM or uranium

[fluid bluff]

you are allowed to go into any cave you want at any time

[surreal oasis]

im trying to stick my head into the ground, maybe i will be able to see the rock

[strange hedge]

my only weapon is the zapper lol

[hard ivy]

if you have steel, you could have the basher

[fluid sapphire]

something odd is going on with some of my miners and water extractors: their internal inventory is empty, but lights are sometimes yellow and efficiency is 98% - they stall, for seemingly no reason whatsoever

i have seen this before too

[main ermine]

Anyone else having trouble launching the game on epic?

factory must grow but i can not clock in for my shift

[fluid sapphire]

literally the only reason why a miner should ever idle is when output is full, but it very clearly isnt

[limpid cairn]

Guys does the water containers stop / reduce the fluid flow?

[fluid sapphire]

dont use them for anything other than transporting fluids via train

[hard ivy]

buffers reset head lift, so yeah, unless they're full or mostly full, this can slow down flow

they're useless for basically everything, though

[rotund osprey]

anyone have issues wish authenticating server?

[fluid sapphire]

they are basically just a very big pipe that resets headlift

[limpid cairn]

So if I build a water tower and at the bottom the water can’t go up again?

[main ermine]

YES deathgo you on epic?

[unkempt blade]

yeah and why would anyone store fuel in buffers when you can store fuel in trains?

[rotund osprey]

indeed

[reef basin]

https://status.epicgames.com/

[main ermine]

anyone remember when you could just start a game by inserting a cassette of magnetic tape in the drive and wait for a minute or 5 hoping the ear torture would not stop too early? even that was better than needing to remember 5 usernames and passwords to "access a service"

[unkempt blade]

just use really weak passwords or a password manager

[rotund osprey]

thank you

[main ermine]

I use both

[reef basin]

weak password manager

[main ermine]

exactlies

[rigid mist]

found the uranium i was searching for
it was right next to my base

[unkempt blade]

yeah that's one of the pieces of paper I have in my wallet

[dense turtle]

do you guys know why it keeps telling me to log in into epic games when i start up the game?

[hard ivy]

check like 10 messages up

[boreal musk]

sometimes it happens to me after loading the save as well, every machine goes to 98% and seconds of yellow light when its input is clearly full

[dense turtle]

lol

[main ermine]

yes, someones fuse tripped at epic

[dense turtle]

so i cant play now?

[rigid mist]

syphon efect would be extremely useful

[dense turtle]

steam would never

[hard ivy]

what if you just run the game's .exe?

[fluid sapphire]

ive been in game for hours now

its intermittent but right now its pretty frequent

[main ermine]

game needs online to work on epic

[fluid sapphire]

like from a numbers standpoint, it makes no sense

[dense turtle]

still login :/

imma just go watch sum im sleepy anyways

the factory must wait before growing until tomorrow

[main ermine]

wish there was a way to move to steam, started the game way before it was available on steam tho

[dense turtle]

same

[reef basin]

there is - buy on steam

but tbh epic is fine (and steam has routine maintenance weekly, so it's even less % of time online)

[hasty shore]

Is the game not launching a problem for everyone?

[reef basin]

https://status.epicgames.com/

[fluid sapphire]

just epic

[hasty shore]

saw it

so it isn't just me, reinstalled like an idiot lol

[cedar portal]

Luckily Satisfactory isn't a live service game so even if Steam is dowwn you can still runit.

[hasty shore]

Epic is down not steam

[cedar portal]

Was replying to the comment about Steam's weekly dowwntime. Satisfactory doesn't care.

[hasty shore]

oh

[leaden turret]

is there an event in fortnite again?

[hasty shore]

Just epic being epic

[reef basin]

well, unless you need to log in to steam 😛

[leaden turret]

👴 back in my day, whenever satsifactory was unplayable it was because EOS fell over due to some nonsense event happening in fortnite 👴

[cedar portal]

I'm trying to remember the last time I logged out fo Steam, and I can't. 😄

I'm also pretty sure you can tun Satisfactory without Steam logged in, or even loaded. No DRM.

[reef basin]

speaking about steam, it seems it also has some issues now

[main ermine]

happy building to whose of you who can

[reef basin]

afaik you can't, or at least that's what I understood from reading about people testing it

(it seems this changed in 1.0/1.1)

[boreal musk]

im glad sf can be played offline unlike other modern singleplayer game

[hasty shore]

How

I go online automatically everytime

[atomic notch]

you need wifi so all ur imaginary friends can play

[main ermine]

anyone have tips on end game expansion? currently making 0.9TW and ~40mil sink points per min in this save

[cedar portal]

I just logged out of Steam and launched Satisfactory manually, and it just launches Steam and asks me to log in so I gues sit no longer works. Huh.

[hard ivy]

might work if you don't have internet

it asks you to log in if you do

[reef basin]

doesn't

[cedar portal]

If you are logged in without interrneet it will launch, but can't log in wwithout a connection. Unless you save your login credential file.

[limpid cairn]

Is there a list when I can unlock certain alt recipes?

[reef basin]

!wikisearch hard_drive

[fossil ice]

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

[hard ivy]

this^ but unless they updated it, all ORs are actually ANDs

[limpid cairn]

I don’t get the reference

[naive scroll]

is the blueprints thing on build gun any good?

[hard ivy]

there is no reference

the list is just incorrect

[main ermine]

YES make and use blueprints

[limpid cairn]

It’s the best thing you can unlock

[naive scroll]

ah

how do i even use blueprints?

[fluid sapphire]

make something in a blueprint designer and save it

[limpid cairn]

There’s a section when you press q

Like at the top

[ionic matrix]

did satisfactory 1.1 make internet connection required?? 😭 😭 😭

[fluid sapphire]

nop, just the dumpster fire that is epic games

[ionic matrix]

I own the game on steam

it randomly just bugged out and when I tried to launch my single player world from the main menu it said error "offline"

[naive scroll]

ok i think i will unlock that before making a real base then

[main ermine]

there is a nice little mod that shows hard drives on your ingame map... called "crashsite beacons" or something. makes finding them much quicker

[naive scroll]

just 3 more things to unlock in phase 4 and its base building time

[limpid cairn]

No need for that I’m not a child

[main ermine]

he claims with dribble falling from his chin

[boreal musk]

im pretty sure you could play the game offline, you cant login but you can load your save file, cuz i did play offline when my internet down several weeks ago

[limpid cairn]

Same

Idk why you shouldn’t be able to

Games only require an online connection when playing on a server or when it’s an ass mobile game

[cedar portal]

Yes, maybe peopele should get together and deemand that from publishers 😄

[silk ocean]

00:45:35 45 MINS and 35 SECONDS out of a power station

Magic doth upon me

[empty frigate]

is there any good resource for leaning how pipes work, been stuck with a factory that produces as much water as it uses but pipes still fill up

[hasty peak]

look up satisfactory plumbing manual

also deleting and rebuilding pipes/ junctions fixes pipes being inside junctions which causes issues

[hard ivy]

Reading the game's code

[shy mulch]

can you share the layout of your pipes, probably a simple priority issue

[empty frigate]

#1405533184418119723

[lofty hazel]

#1405206926026866758

[peak wasp]

can you make extra keybinds in #screenshots

[tawdry bridge]

hey what height should i build trains in the first map

[unkempt blade]

hit "q" and you'll see a bind to hotbar option for each recipe

[fluid sapphire]

press Q to open build menu, hover over item of choice, press number key

also works in radial menus i believe

what you on about

wtf are you talking about xd

they are asking how to bind stuff to the hotbar

i think you misunderstand the problem

[unkempt blade]

factory carts also work better with US keyboards

[pallid tide]

Building a big friggin fuel plant. Should I pipe direct into the fuel gens or should I pipe into train stations so that if I wanna use the fuel for other stuff (rocket fuel?) it's easier to do that later? Or I was gonna do diluted fuel but I guess I could also do packaged if I'm transporting but that sounds like a mess.

[keen oriole]

turbo to the gennies

and then box some up for travel

you'll have plastic anyway

[fluid sapphire]

you could package some, or just make 2 separate factories - i package some of my rocket fuel at my power plant

[pallid tide]

It would just be fuel not tf yet

[wary perch]

It would cool if the human fuel in satisfactory known as coffee could be replaced with other substances from a vending machine

[pallid tide]

okay okay I get itttt😆

[silk ocean]

UK keyb isn't so different xD

[keen oriole]

maybe leave room between the diluted fuel machines and the generators so you can add in turbo refinement later!

[silk ocean]

lil'different

lil'bit sneaky

[unkempt blade]

He lives like <45min away from me. For $100 I'll write your feedback on a brown paper bag, fill it with poo, and light it on fire on his porch

[pallid tide]

Sounds good. The fuel would call for like 4800 sulfur a minute if I turn it all into turbo so no shot that's happening but I should definitely do what I can

[silk ocean]

uk keyb a bit sneaky like big CRTL key, very sneaky xD

[unkempt blade]

bringing the internet into real life usually is

[silk ocean]

Basically the same tho

[hard ivy]

Turbofuel is pretty meh so unless you're running out of oil, just use regular-ass fuel

Unless you can do rocket, then prolly do that instead

[edgy swift]

Hey guys, what apps do you use to plan mega factories? I want to build a MEGA MEGA factory like a MEGA VERY MEGA factory but I need it to be nice and neat and stuff like I want it to be like I'mkibitiz playthrough or like the most MEGA factory you can find

[silk ocean]

Backslash in a weird location xD

Backlash where like hash is xD

Crazy things like this

Otherwise US <--> UK is the same xD

Don't do wild on the Pound / Dollar thing xD

[edgy swift]

Anyone?

[silk ocean]

Yes Shift+3/4 we have issues xD

Shift+Others. We Speak English here xD

[pallid tide]

The Nitro rocket fuel doesn't even need TF does it? I think that was the plan

[silk ocean]

We made the language XD

hashtag Typical Brit

Oh that is the worst xD

It is quite amusing

I love American comedy xD

Surely not xD

[hard ivy]

Satisfactory Tools, Logistics or Modeler

[fluid sapphire]

Nop, it's the easiest way to make a ton of power

[open coyote]

I have a quick question for you guys. Is there a save file with every node ran to a single point to begin a mega factory?

[storm zephyr]

which map is the best

i just wanna have a bunch of open space do i keep making saves and then deleting them until i find a cool spot to start?

[peak wasp]

@fluid sapphireit only has 1 2 3 4, I need to add 5 6 7 8 9 etc

[open coyote]

Would such a file be useful to the community?

[peak wasp]

I want to bind more buttons to the hotkeys not just 1-4

oh i got it now lol

thx >_<

❤️

[vale grotto]

There's only one map, you just choose the starting location
You can walk all the way from the grassy fields start to the dune desert start

[storm zephyr]

oh wait fr?

[vale grotto]

Yep!

[storm zephyr]

wheres the best starting location though

[shy mulch]

if there was one that was objectively "best" for everyone, then the other options wouldn't exist

[keen oriole]

aluminums hard to balance

desert is pretty easy start.

desert might be easier than grass but grass looks nice

[shy mulch]

I like grassy 🙂

[silk ocean]

Until you need Oil and Things xD

Have fun in the Swamp xD

Desert is super fun, until you get murdered by spiders 😈

Soon in your Dune Play you will feel your epic demise xD

250 saves xD

720 xD

[rotund sentinel]

personally theres a nice spot in the northern forest that has 4x pure iron, 1x pure limestone, 2x pure copper, and 4-6 normal coal just down the cliff

[edgy swift]

Where do you find the last 2 ones?

[rotund sentinel]

satisfactory modeler is a steam app iirc

[storm zephyr]

wait is the map the same every time just in different spots? i thought it was randomized with like a seed or something

[silk ocean]

Spiders be on you xD

[rotund sentinel]

all nodes are the same every playthrough,

the map itself never changes

[storm zephyr]

do you have coordinates for this or sum

[rotund sentinel]

lemme check a map

[edgy swift]

I need like a build layout I can use

[hard ivy]

http://satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production

http://satisfactory-logistics.xyz

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3187030/Satisfactory_Modeler

[storm zephyr]

i HATE stingers

i swear they fall from the sky half the time bruh

[edgy swift]

Anything you got for like... Planning a layout? For a factory.

[rotund sentinel]

https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/interactive-map#3;49935;-58228|gameLayer|coalPure;coalNormal;coalImpure;ironPure;ironNormal;ironImpure;spawn

-47,036 / -135,434

[edgy swift]

thats why i see kitties

[rotund sentinel]

^^

[balmy locust]

Sometimes when I make "big" walls, they flicker in and out visible/invisible. (1)Does that cause performance issues? (2)Is there anything I can do to stop it? My FPS is fine, I have 71 FPS but it is irritating to look at. Like in this image: https://i.imgur.com/yz9mJhV.jpeg

[edgy swift]

i want to add a mod to my save world where it makes them bigger

and i want to see them in action

[rotund sentinel]

thats called Z-fighting, its just a goofy bug from 2 objects fighting over rendering order, as a c++ dev I dont beleive theres any downside to it,

to remove it (idk if it works on walls, but it does for foundations,) change the foundation material, and then change it back to whatever u want it to be

[storm zephyr]

wait how can i see cords ingame

[rotund sentinel]

🤷‍♂️

not too far from the starting point, just run around till you find it :3

[white dawn]

Nah, that's a different problem; this is just walls literally not rendering sometimes

[rotund sentinel]

oh damn, in that case I have no idea, object cap maybe?

[white dawn]

I have seen that reported before; if you search around a bit in here you may find some suggested solutions perhaps

I suspect that it's probably been reported on the Questions site, too; could try searching through there

[balmy locust]

I'll try it, ty 🙂 Is there a way to change the material without deconstructing/reconstructing it?

[white dawn]

(I'm afraid I don't remember if there was anything that would help)

[rotund sentinel]

click X, you can select any paint colour /material

and apply it by clicking

[balmy locust]

Just tried it, didn't work

[white dawn]

Yeah, dunno, just something weird that can apparently happen sometimes. I've not seen it myself but I've seen it reported a few times

[rotund sentinel]

unfortunate

[balmy locust]

I mean I recolored, but it didnt stop the z fighting.

[white dawn]

One similar report (but I think without suggestions for a fix): #design-and-architecture message

[willow glen]

there is a specific build order that can sometimes result in no z-fighting for walls but I find it unreliable so I just cover it up with beams

[storm zephyr]

is it on a cliff and is the limestone on a pillar looking thing

[rotund sentinel]

thats the one!

[willow glen]

beams over every unsightly corner!

[storm zephyr]

OK TY

[rotund sentinel]

doubt it,

[white dawn]

Are you on an nVidia 2000-series card, by chance? #1293443489962393600 message (edit: oh, oops, wrong reply)

[rotund sentinel]

^

[willow glen]

I mean, I have plenty of walkways where some walls z fight with foundations and some don’t. Probably related to whatever I snapped it to.

[white dawn]

I think the only really reliable way is using a mod like Infinite Nudge to do micro-nudging

[balmy locust]

No, AMD.

[white dawn]

Ah, alas.

Anyway, no clue, sorry! Could be worth starting another thread in #1038092680493801533 ; you'll have a much better chance of more eyes seeing the question than if it's buried in here

[rotund sentinel]

I know it might seem odd, but have you tried the opposing rendering pipeline? EG. vulkan vs directX

theres no such thing as too much! :3

[willow glen]

limited vram would cause massive frame dips but not rendering issues, at least in my experience

[balmy locust]

I'll mess around with this more tomorrow, for now I think i'll take a Satisfactorbreak. Apparently it has been 2 hours and I should eat a protein bar lol. But ty for your help!

[rotund sentinel]

dont froget ficsit packaged bottled water

[willow glen]

I find as long as lumen is off 8GB of vram is fine for satisfactory on ultra, 1080p or 1440p.
Other UE5 games are less optimized tho

[ivory condor]

This game has gone through many cycles of both optimization and degradation, even 1.1 has been a combination of hit and mess

[distant badge]

On that note:
When riding the mk4 conveyor belt you're pushed along slightly faster than the belt is animated.

[willow glen]

ya just don’t look at the belt, it bugs me too. I think all speeds suffer from desync like that

[edgy swift]

I know I shouldn't post this here but is anyone here available right now and is a great builder?

[ivory condor]

But of course signs are so terribly optimized in 1.1 now that im just going to avoid them

[willow glen]

I’ve heard some chatter that some signs don’t cast light like they used to, but that’s a lumen-only thing

billboards still work fine tho

[ivory condor]

You haven't tried playing that one save i see

But im telling you honestly that isn't good....

Hate to say it but signs in 1.1 are so much worse in terms of optimization, why im just avoiding them because its bad...

[dusk steppe]

we are trying a world with using just vehicles to move reasources and they and laggy as all hell is there a fix server side or is that just the game?

[peak wasp]

I love this game so much

knocking it all down and building it again

[boreal musk]

blueprint mode mass dismantle when

time to write this for 1.2 idea

[distant badge]

My game has a panic attack when I place a single mk1 not-too-object-dense blueprint, pretty sure mass dismantle would crash my game.
But also blueprint mass dismantle when

Also autoconnecting blueprint zoop

[prisma forge]

Thoughts? (WIP) #screenshots message

[willow glen]

battery storage?

the thing I don’t get about it is, if my power grid is ever above capacity, I won’t notice till something shuts off anyway, so batteries are useless to me

[prisma forge]

Yes. 160GW in total.

[willow glen]

i think the design is pretty cool

[prisma forge]

I'm thinking of a name

[grave panther]

I'm just in the middle of getting phase 2 done and I'm making a motor factory. I'm using some alt recipes to make the motors iron only. The problem is these alt recipes use odd amounts of ingots so I'm ending up with a little extra in places. Like the iron wire constructors end up with 15.56/min extra iron ingots. At the moment I'm just throwing them into an overflow line and putting them into an awesome sink but I want to know if there is a more effective way to deal with excess products in strange quantities.

[prisma forge]

My previous choice for a name, was for my megafactory.
Since it was the biggest megafactory I've ever built in my 600 hours, and knowing it will only get worse from here, I decided to name it Nexus Pandora.
It is the connection between my previous choices in design, planning and building, and a parameter to what will come next. Bigger. Better.
It is the bridge between a collected mind and pure insanity.
And an omen of what's to come.
That's the meaning behind Nexus Pandora.

Now I need to think of a cool name for the mega rocket fuel powerplant

[storm zephyr]

is there a way to split cables without having to have 50000 different power poles?

[prisma forge]

There are mk.2 and mk.3 powe poles you get from the MAM

That or build beams and put the wall thing on them like I do

[storm zephyr]

why dont you just overclock/underclock

[ivory condor]

Idk im still trying not to break the game

[topaz shale]

I'm very excited to finally get getting my fuel powered jetpack back after so long of not playing this game. Was my absolute favorite way to travel.

[grave panther]

because there are a lot of smelters and they dont feed just that line

[storm zephyr]

why not overclock the constructors though?

[grave panther]

because I dont need that many wires and Ill have the same problem

I guess sinking the wires is better then the ingots tho

so extra wires isnt too bad

[ivory condor]

They were lost in warp 10, what happens when you go infinite speed, stop playing with reality

[crisp edge]

fell asleep for like half an hour on the couch while waiting for my toddler to fall asleep. woke up to find her asleep on me, carried her to bed, then found myself with a dilemma. it's almost 11pm, i go to bed around midnight, should i just lay down early or play satisfactory? tried asking the wife when i laid the toddler down, but she just snapped at me, saying "i'm trying to sleep". Question answered. Build factory.

[placid stirrup]

Ooooh you could pull a "Click" (the movie) at the end where he's building a treehouse for his kids and acting angry that they interrupted him - ace up your sleeve in case that happens 😉

[round vault]

the answer is obviously to grind satisfactory

[keen oriole]

Why does rocket fuel gas need iron plates?

[boreal musk]

nitric acid you mean?

[keen oriole]

Yaa

Thanks. In my rocket fuel plant it seems odd to consume that metal to make a liquid I guess

[storm zephyr]

does going from tier 3/4 to 5/6 take a REALLY long time or can i speed this up somehow

[waxen locust]

Question, When was buying harddrives added into the base game? I never realised till now.

[storm zephyr]

you can buy hard drives???

[waxen locust]

for 100 coupons- yea.

[boreal musk]

the same for power shards

[waxen locust]

WUT-

[boreal musk]

altho kinda irrelevant when you ||can produce them without slugs||

[waxen locust]

i know. but when was this added!?!? I dont see it in changes

[boreal musk]

idk about past updates, but its already there in 1.0

[crisp edge]

i just went out looking for oil today and i ran into the biome with all the musroom looking rocks and canyons where everything kind of looks like the table coral outcroppings in subnautica. gotta say, i am not thrilled with the amount of things that want to kill me. there are just so many mob spawns and poisonous plants, it's hard to walk 3 feet without being attacked

[peak wasp]

quick question what does circled mean #screenshots

[boreal musk]

efficiency meter

[peak wasp]

damn

why is at 50% 🙁

[boreal musk]

that means your machine is running half of the time

not utilizing the entire production

[crisp edge]

or is waiting on resources

[peak wasp]

it exports at 240, the belt is 240

[boreal musk]

check again

there might be lower belt hiding

[peak wasp]

oh damn

[boreal musk]

or you simply doesnt consume 240/min

[peak wasp]

only 120 >_<

well that's good, I can use a mk3 then split it to mk2 x 2?

does ther belt always go at maximum regardless of splits?

[boreal musk]

depends on how much you split them from main belt

[crisp edge]

belt speed is always the same. but mk3 isn't a multiple of 60 like m1&2

[peak wasp]

just once

[crisp edge]

belt speed at mk3 is actually 270

[boreal musk]

if you split 130 and 130, but you limit one belt to 60, it will be 60 and the other is 200

granted your belt is fast enough for 200

[peak wasp]

i have mk2 running to my coal power plant

no wonder they were not getting enough coal..

it's split like 8 times in the plant

[boreal musk]

they will get enough coal

youre producing 120, 8 gens consuming 120

the one youre doing is manifold, they will take time to fully saturate

which is fine

[topaz shale]

Once I get the manufacturer, I think it will be time to start work on the next space parts.

[peak wasp]

i had to underclock the furthest ones

[crisp edge]

could just let them fill before turning them on, or prime them with a full inventory of coal

[peak wasp]

in #screenshots

the rear ones are at 50% underclock

[crisp edge]

honestly if you're underclocking because of lack of coal, just scan for another coal node and go belt it in

[peak wasp]

i think i can bring some of them up now

coal so far away 🙁

[crisp edge]

you'll be okay i promise

[ivory condor]

You know Hannah isnt going to be happy to hear this

[storm zephyr]

can blueprints save across slots

[ivory condor]

Remember all the years Hannah spent on the current map already

[crisp edge]

i haven't messed with it yet but i've heard somewhere that yes, you can find the blueprint files in your pc directories somewhere and bring them in. you can also get blueprints online on various websites, though i don't know how to import yet either. idk if there's a UI for it or if you just have to drag them into a folder

[peak wasp]

yep they all 100% 🙂

but 8 are max 450? shouldn't it be 600?

oh wait

75x8 = 600

[storm zephyr]

or just overclock the coal drill

unless it already is

[topaz shale]

Heavy modular frames really do not look all that bad, tbh

[round vault]

guys how do i get out of the came with sam and spiders in it

[peak wasp]

if you have 8 coal plants, shouldn't max capacity be 600?

[round vault]

went to get my death crate after i fell, now i cant leave

[crisp edge]

lol respawn

[round vault]

we being deadass rn?

[crisp edge]

could turn on the keep everything inventory option and hit respawn, you'll pop up in the hub with everything

[round vault]

only wussies play keep everything

[boreal musk]

yes, dont forget to connect all the coal plants into one grid

[crisp edge]

hey you asked how to get out lol. if you don't have a jetpack and can't ladder out, idk

[round vault]

there goes all my items

[crisp edge]

were ladders not an option?

[round vault]

what ladders

[boreal musk]

use ladders from the container, they can stack

[round vault]

from the container?

[crisp edge]

well that's true, but i was referring to the ladder that costs one coupon from the awesome shop

[crisp edge]

storage containers have ladders on the side

[round vault]

yea i cant build containers💔

2 iron plates to my name

[boreal musk]

nake sure to bring some resources next time

[crisp edge]

you're fucked friendo. keep everything and respawn, then learn to explore with a half full inventory of actual useful things lmao

[round vault]

ima get the stuff for containers and go back

js died to a bunch of gas

[round vault]

too late for that💔

[crisp edge]

nah, just go back for the death crate and then do it

that's also your fast travel button back home when you've explored way too far and don't want to walk back

[round vault]

how do i add the quick build options to my hot bar

[crisp edge]

in the builder, hover over whatever it is, and hit a number key

[round vault]

okay thanks

[crisp edge]

then thank the ficsit gods for providing you with a hotbar function

[round vault]

maybe not🥀

[crisp edge]

wdym

[round vault]

how many containers would i even need

to climb a hole that tall

[crisp edge]

do you have the awesome shop yet?

[round vault]

nope

[crisp edge]

well i'm not sure exactly what cave you're in so idk, but i'd assume no less than like 7

[round vault]

got enough mats for 20

but my death crate is near a bunch of gas how do i not take damage to it

[crisp edge]

be fast?

[round vault]

its like crazy deep in a field of gas

[crisp edge]

press escape, click load game, click the save file from however many minutes ago you made your oopsie

[round vault]

latest save file was a while ago

and my autosave is set to 1m

[boreal musk]

boy youre going to have a field day with 1min autosave in endgame

[round vault]

ima js go in

[crisp edge]

yeah idk 1min is crazy. mine is default 5 mins i guess. which is fine, it's not often that i'm only just wanting to recover from a mistake that happened 15 minutes ago

[sick dragon]

do yall prefer any alternates to the radio control unit? if so, why?

[steady glade]

i kinda like radio control system

[storm zephyr]

how do i make an overflow belt?? do i just use splitters

[sick dragon]

smart splitters in particular

you can have a belt set to overflow and it will only output to that belt when it cant output anywhere else

[placid stirrup]

I went insulated crystal oscillator, and I think Radio Control System. Just faster production and it doesn't change what resources I'm using

[sick dragon]

i thought automating 20 of them was fine lol

but ive come to learn that no.... not for the production i wanna do

unless i scale it back

[steady glade]

its more than you need for personnal production

but for example you probably want a few more for turbo motors

[placid stirrup]

I made 45/min, but aluminum was already taken care of

[sick dragon]

thats the factory im planning

[storm zephyr]

is there a better way to make resources go long distances or do i just need to make a REALLY long conveyor

[placid stirrup]

Used all of em for TM haha

[sick dragon]

and holy mother of god it gets complicated if i make them there. but i also need it for super computers

[boreal musk]

trucks, trains, drones

[sick dragon]

unless of course i just go the vanilla recipe hmmmmm

[placid stirrup]

If you're in early game, what is far to you now will not be in the future. If you're late game, what sora said

[sick dragon]

ya actually you know what gonna use vanilla for super computers

[placid stirrup]

Yeah the default SC recipe is preferred from what I've heard here

[boreal musk]

bcs default sc recipe doesnt use aluminum

[placid stirrup]

@storm zephyryou reminded me I have a mango, thanks

[boreal musk]

which both alt of sc does

[storm zephyr]

mango?

[placid stirrup]

I'm thinking of turbo motors 🤦‍♂️

[placid stirrup]

your profile

[storm zephyr]

is there like a map on google for this game cause i swear

[silk ocean]

SCIM

https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/interactive-map

[placid stirrup]

spoiler warning

[silk ocean]

Use the scanner then xD

You want Google Maps, that's you get xD

[storm zephyr]

does quickwire have any use other than its own research tree

[north hornet]

you'll need a LOT!!

[azure dust]

the game has only ONE MAP?!

[boreal musk]

my nuclear setup needs 10k/min quickwire

[exotic pilot]

Guys I’m doing a project in school about the hero’s journey, I need to compare the class book with another thing that has the hero’s journey should I do satisfactory

[storm zephyr]

how can i get more power cells i need like 8

[boreal musk]

find more slugs

[hollow vector]

thats for the better

it means its more high quality

[round vault]

i may be the most inefficent player to ever touch the game

[storm zephyr]

I love how pure deposits produce a lot of ore but i hate how i have like a 400% bottleneck on everything early game

[exotic pilot]

You don’t wanna mess with me

I am THE best spaghetti player

[round vault]

ive been on the game for like 5 hours and my best is a horrendous copper wire farm

[north hornet]

Nah, took me over 1700 hrs to finish 1 playthrough. Now that's slow & inefficient !

[exotic pilot]

Should I

[round vault]

whats building efficency stat

[round vault]

do fortnite

[exotic pilot]

I’ve never played that and no it’s not a game with a story

[simple spear]

What is the difference between release and experimental rn in terms of features or gameplay?

Or are they relatively the same as of rn?

[boreal musk]

experimental is beta test

[silk ocean]

3600/min xD

[boreal musk]

theres no new stuff currently so both stable and exp has the same ver

[round vault]

roblox

grow a garden

[exotic pilot]

How brainrotted are you

[silk ocean]

grow a brain xD