satisfactory

[silk ocean]

No other takers for the 32 player server test xD

I need another 30 xD

[limpid cairn]

the server wont last long, dw about it!

[silk ocean]

It might explode xD

[coral glacier]

I might play, i haven't decided just yet.

[coral glacier]

So is it running on a dedicated server or your pc?

[silk ocean]

Kinda both xD

It's not running on my PC, I am not that insane XD

[coral glacier]

You monitor the server with your pc?

[limpid cairn]

isnt a server a pc?

[coral glacier]

Depends on the use of it

[silk ocean]

It's running on a server

[limpid cairn]

well its more of a c since its not personal

[silk ocean]

Yes of course xD

[coral glacier]

you can have a personal server, or a server utilized by a company. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[silk ocean]

Well yes, but no xD

[hearty plank]

why do we have a powerpoint presentation in chat???

[solemn crystal]

I can backup host, my pc is peak

[coral glacier]

Allow me to present to you:

[silk ocean]

It's running on a server on my LAN xD

[solemn crystal]

Powerpoint

[solemn crystal]

I think you should stop saying xD

[silk ocean]

I shall retire into oblivion xD

[solemn crystal]

Uhh

[limpid cairn]

whats wrong with xD tho

[solemn crystal]

Idk

Oh shit my autocorrect

[limpid cairn]

😭

[silk ocean]

xD

[coral glacier]

XD

Haha "Laughing Out Loud"

[solemn crystal]

It turns sleep into uhh that paragraph

[coral glacier]

Have a goodnight y'all, i'm headed off.

[solemn crystal]

If I’m not careful it jump scares me

[silk ocean]

Where you live?

[solemn crystal]

Ight imma head out I got stuff to write

[silk ocean]

Like West Coast

[coral glacier]

on a planet

in space

bai

[silk ocean]

Apparently most people live on a planet at the moment

[limpid cairn]

no

[solemn crystal]

I live somewhere on earth

[silk ocean]

Somewhere where Microsoft and projectors are prevalent

[limpid cairn]

i live on pluto
let the discussion begin

[solemn crystal]

No sunlight

[bronze oriole]

how bold of you to call it living

[silk ocean]

is a planet... poor pluto

My 31 player project is a failure xD

[solemn crystal]

Imma actually head out now, for real

[ripe basin]

Guys a have a question
Whats the difference between screws and rivets?

[solemn crystal]

I can bot the server if it makes you feel better

[silk ocean]

I would rather humans xD

[solemn crystal]

I’ll play on 31 accounts

Control all of them at once

Engineer fleet

[silk ocean]

I'd rather a powerpoint presentation tbh xD

[craggy oar]

Ayo

[lethal prawn]

satisfactory has screw
rivets it has not

[solemn crystal]

Alr I actually go now

[ripe basin]

Nono i meant like the difference between thm IRL

[solemn crystal]

Go ask ChatGPT or google bro just because we know how to make a manifold dosent mean we know the difference

[lethal prawn]

screws can be adjusted and removed
rivets cannot be adjusted only removed with the correct means (like an angle grinder)
screws have a thread
rivets do not
screws arent as vibration resistant as rivets
rivets are more secure

probably shoulda posted in off topic

[ripe basin]

Thanks bro

[silk ocean]

ChatGPT said:

In Satisfactory, a manifold is a style of factory layout where multiple machines (constructors, smelters, assemblers, etc.) are lined up along a single conveyor belt that supplies inputs or collects outputs. It’s one of the simplest and most flexible ways to scale production. Here’s how you can make one:

🔧 Steps to Build a Manifold

Plan Your Line of Machines

Decide how many machines you need (e.g., 8 constructors making iron rods).

Place them in a straight row with enough space to run belts in front or behind them.

Set Up the Input Belt

Run a conveyor belt along the input side of the machines.

This belt will carry your raw material (e.g., iron ingots).

Add Splitters

Place a splitter in front of each machine.

Connect the splitter’s output to the machine’s input.

Chain the splitters together so the main input belt feeds all of them in sequence.

➝ This way, material flows down the line and each machine takes what it needs.

Set Up the Output Belt

On the other side of the machines, run a conveyor belt to collect the finished products.

Use mergers behind each machine to connect their outputs into the main line.

Balance (Optional)

A pure manifold doesn’t perfectly balance input between machines—machines at the start may get more resources than the ones at the end if supply is low.

To balance evenly, you’d need a bus system or a load balancer, but manifolds are often good enough, especially once belts are saturated.

✅ Pros of a Manifold

Super easy to build and expand—just extend the line.

Compact and neat.

Works great once input belts are full.

⚠️ Cons of a Manifold

Not perfectly balanced—machines at the end may starve if supply is low.

Long manifolds can take time to “fill up” with resources.```

Bit long xD

[craggy oar]

And rivets can be a ballache to remove 🤣

[solemn crystal]

Uh

Line up conveyors

[craggy oar]

I aint reading all that sorry bro

[solemn crystal]

That’s how to make manifold

[silk ocean]

It's classic AI xD

[solemn crystal]

I finished reading it

[lethal prawn]

yes
pain in the backside
hence why my trusty angle grinder comes in

[ripe basin]

Stupid AI's cant even find me the Ядерный фугас song correctly

[craggy oar]

I cba man. Its too early for me

[solemn crystal]

I read too much

[silk ocean]

AI has limits xD

[solemn crystal]

If you tell an AI “hi” it will pull up a 5 paragraph essay about the word hi for no reason 🔥

[silk ocean]

Sometimes xD

[solemn crystal]

I think you died of laughter because of the amount of xDs you have used

[silk ocean]

I just put xD on things xD

Why the dislike of xD

[solemn crystal]

Idk xd

[silk ocean]

xD

[solemn crystal]

X

[ripe basin]

_ _

[silk ocean]

WASD, D is a very used key that is true. X not so much xD

[limpid cairn]

Is it worth using steel cast plates ?

[silk ocean]

Ask KYO xD

[limpid cairn]

I believe he’s asleep

[solemn crystal]

Do I look like I remember every alternative recipie

I’m a PowerPoint presentation

Not wikipedia, that’s my cousin

[silk ocean]

There is some evidence to suggest this is true

[limpid cairn]

No your cousin is excel

[limpid cairn]

Yes

[solemn crystal]

That’s my brother

[limpid cairn]

you can ask me about any oil recipe and I can give you the oil input per min

[solemn crystal]

Plastic, overcloced to 243.3333%

[limpid cairn]

(It’s 30 oil per min for everything iirc)

[silk ocean]

Well considering you are a powerpoint presentation, I would expect you know all alts

[limpid cairn]

73 oil per minute

[silk ocean]

73?

[limpid cairn]

Yes

[silk ocean]

Seventy Three xD

Per

Minute

[limpid cairn]

Yes

it’s 30•2.43

[silk ocean]

What clock speed is this like 12.5566777%

[limpid cairn]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932765653557973043/1310170269209329684/what.gif

[silk ocean]

Cheese-speed

[limpid cairn]

3.78

[silk ocean]

A good speed we all love

The old classic - 3.78. We all run our machines at 3.78

[solemn crystal]

PowerPoint only stores data it’s given/told to store, I never used alt recipient that much

[limpid cairn]

Can’t you just read the PowerPoint about the best alt recipe in the game

[silk ocean]

Run your powerpoint presentation at 3.78. We all do it, it's the best speed 😈

[solemn crystal]

Nah i abuse fractions and perfectly split resources at 100% overclock spedd

[silk ocean]

It is a tactic xD

[vale grotto]

I don't know if you got an answer to this, but the answer is here:
You can't have one drone carry fuel to multiple ports, but you can have multiple drones pickup from the same port

Leave the port that supplies fuel without a drone on it, then target it from wherever you want fuel to be

[silk ocean]

Just spend a week building a global train network xD

[unkempt blade]

you know what else has a very limited inventory and can move stuff besides drones? factory carts!

bonus - no fuel requirement!

second bonus - can do more complicated routes

[silk ocean]

Yes factory carts from the station to the hotel xD

[rustic hare]

all my factories are perfectly navigatable by factory carts!

[sleek delta]

hullo sorry for the check-in question- was there some kind of birthday event today?

[silk ocean]

Was there? xD

[sleek delta]

recall some mention on a stream but i may have been hallucinating

[spice patio]

Not yet, later today.

[silk ocean]

Someone is going to debrief me on the use of xD

[sleek delta]

btw im new

[spice patio]

If the CM comments in this channel yesterday evening are actually true.

[tame mauve]

yeah why is there a disco party in my hub

playing happy birthday

[silk ocean]

mod? xD

[tame mauve]

nope! 1.0's birthday

[silk ocean]

No party in my hub

[unkempt blade]

it's in the room next to the toilet

the pinata is also pretty great

[silk ocean]

Where is that?

No party here

There is no party at the toilet

[unkempt blade]

that's lame, you'll have to build your own disco ball + boombox combo I guess

[silk ocean]

Usually what happens in my life xD

[spice patio]

You didn't update to 1.1.1.4 yet that came out yesterday?

[silk ocean]

Let me kill this client and try again

[spice patio]

Might also be MP thing, try making local save with onboarding skipped and build the HUB.

[true mulch]

confirmed it works on my local SP save

[hard ivy]

oh I had my seasonal events disabled

[unkempt blade]

blasphemy! ficsmas is in our hearts all year long!

[silk ocean]

433351?

[true mulch]

yea

[silk ocean]

Seems server and client are latest

[true mulch]

was the date 2025-09-10 when the save file was loaded?

[unkempt blade]

Uh oh, no birthday for dedi maybe? Literally unplayable!

[silk ocean]

Yes, 5 minutes ago

[true mulch]

there's no way to turn the music off

it ignores the music slider and factory volume slider

[spark plank]

Chat
Time crystals are finally cannon irl

[hard ivy]

they have been for a while, no?

[unkempt blade]

but now we can actually see them!

[cursive crane]

I've found varying results in connecting to the machine first, then pulling a shorter segment of belt to connect the other side. Can be done the other way around as well, certainly is fidgety

[orchid forge]

yea think its just better to play safe then sorry

also, do you guys have seperate areas to manufacture basic materials then spread them out to other factories? ive seen people make massive factories for just copper wire

[sturdy fulcrum]

also happy birthday to 1.0 ig

[cursive crane]

One thing that seems to help [using the one click build I think] is placing it, then rotating the second piece, even if its aligned right the first time, the rotation seems to ensure connection

[cursive crane]

These questions are all preference.

[orchid forge]

true ig

just want to see if its viable, think it would be pretty cool just having seperate factories doing specific materials

[unkempt blade]

the only important part of building is that you overuse factory carts whenever possible

[cursive crane]

Theres no right answer really. Just whatever meets your personal needs, minus whatever cleanliness you are willing to sacrifice.

[orchid forge]

factory carts?

[cursive crane]

Listen to this man, totally unbiased educated opinion.

||its a joke||

[keen crane]

i'll have a legion of factory carts transporting nuclear waste to my doghouse

[red sun]

things like copper wire i'll make onsite but more complex parts i'd ship out

i'd say anything more complex than reinforced plates is worth shipping out

that bar might get higher as you progress tho

[orchid forge]

yea that sounds smart

[red sun]

trial and error really, see what works for you

[orchid forge]

also do you guys acctually find train and truck transport viable

[keen crane]

i like trains

[red sun]

bnyeowwwwww

trucks and tractors are good for medium distances, trains are better for long distances if you ask me

but again there's some nuance to that tbh

whichever works for you

best part of this game is that there are tons of solutions to every problem

[orchid forge]

isnt there the potential issue of not producing enough so the supply runs out before the train reaches the factory

[keen crane]

for instance, if you need to transport lots of items, why spend time setting up trains when you can have 500 factory carts driving between bases transporting your items for you

[red sun]

a lot of people will have one carriage or two per factory per station

[orchid forge]

are factory carts just conveyor belts?

[smoky forge]

no actual carts

in the ficsit shop

[red sun]

it'll run out quite easily if you try empty the same train carriage at multiple stops

[orchid forge]

oh what

[red sun]

aye, ten coupons (i think)

[orchid forge]

i thought those could only transfer people

[red sun]

nope they have an inventory slot and work at truck stations

tmyk

[orchid forge]

i see

also train systems, do you guys prefer setting them up on the ground or int he sky

[red sun]

neither, i raise mine up on struts

[orchid forge]

last playthrough i made a very basic one lol

[red sun]

blueprint for a train pillar and just connect them up, boom

[orchid forge]

i need to use blueprints more lol

[red sun]

that way it generally flows with the terrain but doesn't have to go up and down and all over the place with the bumps in the ground

you can slightly nudge the pillars into the ground to make them shorter, too

or build pillar extensions to stick on the bottom to bring them up

[cursive crane]

Do yourself a favor and make a foundry blueprint that connects and merges the inputs/outputs. Then do that for refineries, assemblers, even can fit like.. 8 constructors in the designer

[orchid forge]

ill definately try that out

[cursive crane]

I call em logistics setups. Allows you to print machines to make whatever you want and youll never have to waste time placing elevators and connecting mergers/splitters again

Especially with the new autoconnect

[limpid cairn]

please give us earlier recipes for shards

what is the best use of 1800 steel?

do i turn that into screws?

[solemn crystal]

Why 1800

[solemn crystal]

Wait the what

[limpid cairn]

byproduct of silica

[solemn crystal]

Wh- who the frik makes water in a refinery

[limpid cairn]

i meant silica

[unkempt blade]

aluminologists

[limpid cairn]

the water in the ocean doesn’t appear out of nowhere !!!

[smoky forge]

actualy it does

[limpid cairn]

so tell us, how is the water appearing in the ocean

in satisfactory

[unkempt blade]

the history channel taught me it comes from ancient aliens

oh in satis, then it's definitely ancient aliens

[limpid cairn]

-# ancient aliens = aluminologists

[unkempt blade]

aluminologists make water from refineries, ancient aliens put water in the ocean

they're answers to two different questions

[bronze oriole]

why do i have to select something in a smelter

[unkempt blade]

because that's how the game was designed

[bronze oriole]

i forget it every time

[smoky forge]

right

satisfactory

the higher forces of the wheeping bodies have surely had the power with SAM to create liquids like this

and the somersloops

[bronze oriole]

and the watarfalls ontop of spires

[unkempt blade]

truly ancient alien magic

[bronze oriole]

time to afk for 3h so i am done with phase 2
building better factories is overrated
Edit: me stupid and wrote Phase 3 instead of 2

[unkempt blade]

go find some sloops and drives and stuff!

[bronze oriole]

i could get more dogs

[outer scarab]

I am laying out a road map grid let me know what you think

[bronze oriole]

so i am prepared for phase 5

[bronze oriole]

nice looking message =)

[outer scarab]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932761153703149659/1415300142097104927/image.png?ex=68c2b478&is=68c162f8&hm=369417a7fff3a98cb385e5b0915b7e513ecac697cdea4ee98b020e59ad871fca&

[limpid cairn]

There’s already a road map grid in the game for trucks

Oh you meant like roads

[outer scarab]

its a grid for my city design

[unkempt blade]

it's very nice and square but it needs more factory carts driving around

[limpid cairn]

agreed

[unkempt blade]

what are you planning for the parts with coral sticking through?

[outer scarab]

i mean, its a plan to layout on the ground floor. the rest will be creative. I'm thinking Cyberpunk dystopia factory look

Ill try to build around it when I go back and build the buildings

[unkempt blade]

Yeah the stuff inside the grid squares probably wouldn't be too bad to cover up. I just saw a little creeping into what looks like the road area

[outer scarab]

oh thats not road thats just the space between buildings

I just need to figure out how to get the elevation changes

[vast tiger]

I have a question regarding the programmable Splitter, if set the middle output to 5 and the right output to 3, will it also have the 5 to 3 ratio?

[frail sleet]

no

[vast tiger]

ok

[spark sky]

I've not gotten to the point where I have programmable splitters, but, that sounds confusing.

[true mulch]

they're mostly useless

[deep pier]

is there a way to upload like blueprints that exist like from contenct creaters ect or do all the ones you can use you need to make yourself?

[true mulch]

blueprints are files in the save file directory

you can share them by sharing the files

if they provide the downloads, you can use them in your save

[upper gale]

Awe what, they're so nice for sushi belt into another sushi belt
Not that anyone makes those lol

[regal lantern]

I think the numbers make sushibelts difficult and pointless

1200/m is easy to reach for some things, so I'd need multiple of them

[true mulch]

huh, you just sum the parts together no?

[upper gale]

Also guys I know what the hoverpack needs: a battery. 10 seconds of flight time after leaving the range of a power pole, instead of dropping immediately

[regal lantern]

And if I make many belts, I'd just make separate belts

[true mulch]

I would definitely avoid injecting into a sushi belt though

[regal lantern]

Also stops the whole thing backing up because one part gets stuck

[upper gale]

Yeah main downside to sushi belt, you have to make sure it doesn't stop. And always requires a sink at the end or loop

[regal lantern]

Sounds crazy enough, I will sushibelt some factory at some point

With many sushibelts

[upper gale]

Haha

[regal lantern]

I need to finish my massive coal plant first and I can't tell if getting some valves on pipes is a good idea

[upper gale]

Nah don't need them

[regal lantern]

You say that, I'll be reaching 600/m on pipes in theory

But because 3:8 and fluids, I can't tell where

[upper gale]

3:8 is doable with mk1 pipes only

Just have to connect them properly

[regal lantern]

No, it's doable with mk2 pipes too

Overclocked everything

[true mulch]

valves are useless or counterproductive unless you know exactly how they work

[regal lantern]

That's the problem

I've got 3 packagers for getting water into 8 plants, the 8 are on a single pipeline with the 3 connecting at either end and in the middle

So it should be fine

[upper gale]

If you use mk2 pipe make sure to prefill the pipes all the way

[regal lantern]

I just can't convince myself that valves won't help in any way

I'm not going to prefill the pipes, it's impossible to and it'd break the whole setup if they ever got maxed probably

[upper gale]

Hehe good luck

You might as well throw in some random fluid buffers here and there too, for safe measure

(joking)

[regal lantern]

I considered that too seriously at one point when I was having issues with my oil setup

Never did, just made all the manifolds into loadbalancers and it works fine

Even though I have no idea what part goes where and it's a single big loop rather than a bunch of smaller ones

[shrewd palm]

im not sure how other people use them but i mostly just use them to keep things moving in the right direction

[regal lantern]

Yeah, I was just thinking I should have put them on my plant pipes to force the water to flow in a specific way

[shrewd palm]

if things moving in the wrong direction is not good

[true mulch]

placebo effect

[regal lantern]

It's too late for that though and I don't know if it'd actually matter. My pipe connections should guarantee it

Example: #screenshots message

[upper gale]

I see, I've never tried unpackaged water into coal gens before

[regal lantern]

It should fuction exactly the same as a water extractor, assuming the belt in is doing 1200/m

[sick agate]

Happy birthday Satisfactory!

[regal lantern]

With my oil setup, which does similar things, it's a little more finnicky I've found

[naive orchid]

fr happy bday

[regal lantern]

Hence the need to loadbalance everything other than being lazy and using manifolds

I don't know why manifolds hiccup, they just caused container backups after a while on some parts for no obvious reason; oil never backed up

[upper gale]

It should only get backed up in between mergers. If it gets backed up after the last merger, yeah that's no good

[regal lantern]

It only got backed up before mergers

[fervent umbra]

happy bday satisfactory can work or be productive anymore x/

[regal lantern]

The packagers unpackaging oil accumulated containers in some places, even though each set of 8 only ever had 1200/m in and out

Back to my 3:8 pipes, I probably should have just added another junction in the middle of the 8 pipe to mean it's more symmetrical

And then assuming 300 would get split into 150 on two directions

[unkempt epoch]

can someone lmk whats going on here
https://medal.tv/games/satisfactory/clips/l4GyByCpd62tMhm_Q?invite=cr-MSxWN1MsMTc1OTIxNDA2&v=35

[solid storm]

What's the deal with the Hub? It started playing this bizzarre music.....and won't stop?

[bronze oriole]

gut how do you get the empty fuel canisters out

[fluid panther]

Hello all 🙂 I would really appreciate some input here: I would like to add around 10-20.000MW to my power grid, and I want to only use fuel generators. What kind of fuel would you go for ? I am already using Turbo fuel on most generators, is that effective enough ?

[bronze oriole]

rocket fuel if you have access to it otherwise turbo

[rustic hare]

rocket fuel

[fluid panther]

thanks 🙂

[regal lantern]

Looks like your tracks might not be connected properly

[solid storm]

Oh, lol, there's a party going on in my Hub room....how do I stop it?

[upper gale]

Does disabling seasonal events work?

[fluid panther]

I wonder if I actually should find a new oil node to setup the production of rocket fuel properly. That way I can control the process better, and not interfere with the current production line.

(Which I, for obvious reasons, dont want to interfere with)

[peak wasp]

They got a party goin on in the break room that's cool

[upper gale]

Yeah it's better to not touch the turbofuel plant unless you're okay with losing the power it's making

[fluid panther]

I would not be okay with that. So yeah. Thanks for confirming my own plan 🙂

[upper gale]

I initially wanted to upgrade my turbo to rocket but just built it separately elsewhere

[solid storm]

Yes, but the music is loud and it's terrible......how do you turn it off?

[regal lantern]

Just move away from the hub

[solid storm]

Can't do that when crafting?

[peak wasp]

go do some building, i need to decide if i want 5 heavy frames per minute or 10

[regal lantern]

Build a crafting bench somewhere away from the hub

[peak wasp]

I also need more alternate recipes for that one fuel recipe that gets you 30 to 40 i think

[hard ivy]

you probably want a multiple of what 1 machine makes. that's usually more convenient to automate

[peak wasp]

Yes but heavy frames require loads of power and resources very annoying to make

[solid storm]

I think I will lol

[hard ivy]

you shouldn't handcraft anything except equipment past like tier 2 lmao

[upper gale]

Options > gameplay > disable seasonal events > apply > rejoin world

[peak wasp]

Automating everything is the end goal isn't it

[upper gale]

It worked for me

[upper gale]

Basically

[peak wasp]

well back to it

[solid storm]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Is there any advantage to having Seasonal Events on, other than the occasional surprise?

[upper gale]

Good to turn it on during Christmas time, or "Ficsmas" because it does have good rewards usually

[solid storm]

Thanks for the advice.

[unkempt blade]

my advice is to put your save in SCIM and turn on ficsmas all year long because it brings holiday joy

[upper gale]

Forever jolly

[wet adder]

Ficsmas vibes

[frank oasis]

I just walked in my Hub for Ages xD
And i love all of it 🤣

[wet adder]

I immediately bought the mixtape for my boombox

[frank oasis]

Aaaaaaand lets go to the Mall xD

[wet adder]

No party hats I’m sad now

[unkempt blade]

literally unplayable

[wet adder]

I know

They are being unproductive fi sit won’t be happy

[frank oasis]

Rather funny that my first post in this Discord is about a Party 😄

[wet adder]

It’s important

[quasi folio]

I'm pretty sure the cake in the video is a lie. 🍰

[sick dragon]

Ada blasting my need for aesthetic factories

I care about kittens and puppies but ima make sure it looks good while I do it

[exotic garnet]

why does the update news only come out now if people already playd it like 14 hours aggo

[stark summit]

I'm looking and not seeing this as an option so far

[nova igloo]

hiya, is it possible to tilt windows using beams?#screenshots message

[steady glade]

no

[sick agate]

Happy factory day

[unkempt blade]

hrmm I thought it was under "options" somewhere last I used it but I'm also not seeing it right now...

[stark summit]

Guess I have to download the mod that makes it Ficsmas if i want a holiday taste outside of december then...

[nova igloo]

p a in

[viral oriole]

You can play with the pinata in the HUB

[unkempt blade]

and we all know the only proper way to open a pinata is with a nuclear nobelisk

[obsidian zodiac]

someone try to blow up the pinata, i wanna see somethin

[odd yarrow]

Anyone know which song the "Dutch Children Birthday Song" is from the new boombox tape? Im dutch but i have no clue 😭

[viral oriole]

It breaks and a new one drops in

[obsidian zodiac]

if i understood the pinata blueprint correctly, i think a nuke wouldnt destroy it in one hit lmao

[unkempt blade]

I'm pretty sure it's Bye Bye Bye from the classic pop album No Strings Attached

[odd yarrow]

Very dutch

[daring girder]

how to fix a train collision?

[obsidian zodiac]

im asking the resident nederlanders

[odd yarrow]

Thank you 🙏🏻

Im probs either too young or too old, or its not a dutch bday song at all

[obsidian zodiac]

from past conversations im 99% sure its a dutch song

[split flower]

I just watched the CSS Anniversary video, is there more to the anniversary event than just a decorated HUB?

[odd yarrow]

Check the boombox section in the awesome shop

[hard ivy]

use signals

[odd yarrow]

All ive found so far

[obsidian zodiac]

new mixtape with the birthday songs too. enjoy the decorations. theres pizza.

1 slice per pioneer

[hollow tartan]

oh you spoil us

XD

[obsidian zodiac]

our wonderful UX designer has confirmed that it’s called "Er is er een jarig" but they took some creative liberties when composing it for the game

[split flower]

"Er is er een jarig hoera hoera, dat kun je wel zien dat is hij/zij"

[odd yarrow]

creative liberties is a word

or well its two words

[daring girder]

I haven't learned how to use them - but at least I realized I need to turn off auto-drive to get them out of the collision

[odd yarrow]

ill relisten when i get back on the game ig but i couldnt hear it at all

[obsidian zodiac]

listening to what i found on youtube, yeah they made it a bit more listenable

[odd yarrow]

i will not tolerate this slander

[unkempt blade]

I guess it wasn't Nsync after all 🙁

their music is all highly listenable

[obsidian zodiac]

a shame they broke up before they could release their greatest hits in dutch

[split flower]

Listening to it right now, only the start of the song sounds vaguelly like "er is er een jarig"
After that it sounds nothing like it

[limpid cairn]

can we get a refinery buff

or a tier 2 refinery

oh wait they cant implement that because of fluids

[tame marlin]

i unlocked diluted packaged fuel is that the op thing for oil energy?

[hard ivy]

you also need the heavy oil residue alt, but yes

[white dawn]

Diluted Fuel (packaged or otherwise) lets you make a lot more Fuel from a given amount of Crude Oil; it's generally used as part of big fuel-power setups, yeah

[tame marlin]

thats from the blender or nay?

guess not

[hard ivy]

no, the heavy oil resiude alt is in the refinery

[white dawn]

They decided early on not to do tiers of production machines; that's what overclocking is for (and, now, slooping)

[tame marlin]

does it transform oil into only heavy residue?

[limpid cairn]

yes

[tame marlin]

ok cool

[limpid cairn]

it turns 3 oil into 4 hor

[white dawn]

Well, that and Polymer Resin

But it gives you the most amount of HOR from a given amount of Oil, yeah. (And then Diluted Fuel, packaged or otherwise, gives you the most amount of Fuel from that HOR)

[limpid cairn]

well, we both agree that refineries need a buff

[white dawn]

Heh, 'fraid not. I don't even know what you mean by "buffing refineries." :)

Refineries are fine just as they are, as with other production buildings

[limpid cairn]

production rate, basically 150% oc is the normal speed for them

[white dawn]

Do you just think that some recipes need their ratios changed, or something?

[white dawn]

Maybe you build refineries at 150% ordinarily, but I don't. :)

IMO doesn't make sense to talk about "buffing" a production machine. Production machines are just the framework into which you put the recipes. If you've got complaints about production speed and stuff, it's the recipes you'd want tweaking

[glad drum]

You can actually buff refineries yourself by building more of them!

Hope this helps. -Not Doug

[odd yarrow]

you get me

[plain gate]

nothing is safisfactory like building 100 refineries to make a couple thousand ingots

[broken umbra]

ITS MY BIRTHDAY YIPPIE

[hearty plank]

quick question here for anyone who has logged on today - do we get an achievement or item for logging on or playing during satisfactory's birthday

[hearty plank]

you have the same birthday as satisfactory??

[broken umbra]

yes 1.0

[hearty plank]

lol

[daring girder]

how do I make a passing loop with rails and signals?

[broken umbra]

for my birthday can u add a steam train skin in the awesome shop

if devs reading this

it would be very cool

[hearty plank]

go into #design-and-architecture - you might get a faster answer there tbf

[dapper seal]

Happy birthday!

https://imgur.com/1hLxI4w

Party @ the HUB!

[daring girder]

all right, definitely check

[broken umbra]

gmod act dance

[hearty plank]

well, im asking bc id be logging on just for that since my device cant actually play the game atm

[dapper seal]

If you have two intersecting rails on just click the indicator to tell which direction trains need to turn. This works with small turn around loops leading back down a single rail line, leading to another small turn around loop. (one turn around loop at each station)

doesnt require any signals or anything unless you want to add more rail/loops with more trains

[hard ivy]

Trains in automatic completely ignore those switches

Or rather they set the switches to where they want to go

[dapper seal]

the multi rail switches work for my trains

i guess its just dumb luck that it works lol

i have yet to need to add signals of any kind to my tracks but i keep my train lines seperate, for now.

[twin token]

Whats the website to program the mini ficsit keyboard? i cant find the paper it came with

[broken umbra]

(insert rick roll link)

[cunning glade]

Is there a list that tells u which alternative recipes are good for what stages or something similar

[topaz abyss]

Happy birthday satisfactory, this game has been a lot of fun to play over the last few years and seeing it grow into what it has has been incredible ❤️

[daring girder]

seems like trains are a common thing in Q&H section

[dapper seal]

Theres a birthday party in the HUB

[peak wasp]

Happy birthday chat🥳

[feral geyser]

They brought us FICzza. Still no words on those pay raises.

[dapper seal]

you guys are getting paid? /meme

[feral geyser]

No, that's the point

They were gonna raise it to a penny a day, but they had to get the FICzza

[dapper seal]

FICSIT would never waste resources on wages.

[tepid eagle]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for all Pioners!

[rustic pier]

I think the programmable splitters need a console to control them >.> like the priority switch

[feral geyser]

Have you used one?

[signal kite]

@tame marlin happy factory day nyan

[tame marlin]

meow

[white dawn]

No achievement. I think I've heard that there's a new boombox tape (presumably just sitting around in the hub) but that's it

[limpid cairn]

Need an interface where I can type
#include <ficsit>
int main(){
if (ironore = true){
Eject ironore left
}

Or something idfk

would be cool

[odd yarrow]

that doesnt rly have any added benefit though

[feral geyser]

Just complicating something it already does with a drop down menu

[odd yarrow]

like unless you can literally start doin advanced math n stuff to have precise percentage splits n stuff, there is rly no point

n even then, could be a dropdown

[limpid cairn]

you can technically add cycles to them

That would add something really special

[odd yarrow]

explain

[limpid cairn]

that’s also super useful

for example 1 cycle is 0.1 sec and you can basically write something that splits iron into 1 the left output per cycle

It’s hard to explain

[odd yarrow]

wouldnt that be covered by doing percentage/amount based splits tho?

[limpid cairn]

kinda

[atomic notch]

Having a terminal like that would be cool

[limpid cairn]

For real

[odd yarrow]

would also be a serious buff to programmable splitters

[limpid cairn]

also makes them programmable

[odd yarrow]

well they are programmable

programming !== coding

[limpid cairn]

True

[feral geyser]

If one cycle is 0.1 sec, then at max belt speed of 1200, that's 2 items per cycle, right?

[limpid cairn]

Tbh I don’t think the devs are gonna add it since you most likely are gonna have to write your own compiler / library which can take some time

[feral geyser]

Would that affect anything you are suggesting?

[rustic pier]

I know i can add items, but i mean if i have to do it to multiple so i dont have to go to each one and paste. Im just lazy xD

[limpid cairn]

Yes, but my idea was that you can set the cycles on your own and set the output per cycle

[feral geyser]

You can sample building with MMB and it copies settings too.

[odd yarrow]

i mean, do it on 1, then middle mouse click copy

[limpid cairn]

You can middle mouse clip for copying ?

[odd yarrow]

yes

[limpid cairn]

I’m always spamming ctrl v

[white dawn]

So where is that extra boombox tape for the event? Or was that not actually a thing?

[rustic pier]

Bah. Lol i like consolidated groups to make a change with one click lol

[odd yarrow]

it then equips it in the build tool, copies coloring and whatever settings it has applied as well

[feral geyser]

To clarify, it doesn't do what copy-paste does. Middle mouse samples the building in your build tool. It will copy the settings into the new object you build.

[rustic pier]

I mean for when i have to adjust them later. Out the gate im fine with

[odd yarrow]

and splitters/mergers can be replaced by holding ctrl, so u could have em preplaced and then MMB copy the one u configured n then replace the ones already there

[white dawn]

Oh, duh, right, AWESOME shop.

Was expecting it to just by lying around in the HUB for some reason. :D

[cunning siren]

Replaced? That sounds like you are saying existing blocks can be "swapped"? Is that true

[odd yarrow]

splitters and mergers yes

[cunning siren]

I'll have to try that out

[white dawn]

(and smart + programmables, in addition to the usual belts/pipes/miners/etc)

[odd yarrow]

yeah its basically like upgrading smth

[sick dragon]

Walls can be as well

[odd yarrow]

only have to hold ctrl i believe, instead of just lookin at it

[sick dragon]

Like if you want to change a concrete wall to a steel wall

[odd yarrow]

for me they always clip

i just be havin 2 walls in 1

[sick dragon]

Haven't had that issue

[cunning siren]

Does the splitter / merger maintain it's connections?

[odd yarrow]

yes

[white dawn]

Obvs when going back+forth between splitters+mergers, it'll only let you do it if existing connected belts still "work"

[cunning siren]

Neat

[odd yarrow]

at least from front to back, side probs not so much

but when goin from splitter to splitter then yeah obv itll work

but an input belt cant suddenly become an output n vice versa

there's physics sadly

[deep pier]

what's the best place to find blue prints?

[odd yarrow]

https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/blueprints

[limpid cairn]

Is there even a reason for priority mergers

[deep pier]

W

[hard ivy]

when you want to use up items from one belt before another

[limpid cairn]

So advanced sushi belts….

[native tapir]

Hello Satisfactory Community,

https://www.reddit.com/r/SatisfactoryGame/comments/1nddjij/comment/ndfuvp2/

Hope this helps

[cunning siren]

Oooh fancy

[deep pier]

what does a slope cap mean?

[white dawn]

In what context? Are you reading about trains?

[deep pier]

yes it's like a rail support one of them is normal other says slope cap but IDK what that means(meant rail support sorry)

[small bay]

Anyone on Linux playing Satisfactory? how is it? no crashes?

[white dawn]

Runs just fine under Proton. For me, I had to force it to Vulkan mode (-vulkan commandline arg) to run, but that's not required for others. Best to let it default to dx12 first and see how that goes

[small bay]

aight

[white dawn]

As always, protondb is a good place to get a general feel for it: protondb.com/app/526870

[sick dragon]

I run it just fine. I had occasional crashing recently but im chalking it up to instability anyway and I reinstalled my os as it was needed anyway. No crashes since

[white dawn]

So yeah: "slope" refers to the amount of vertical distance compared to the horizontal distance. "cap" just means it's limited. So basically you're trying to make the rails go up (or down) at too steep of an angle

[cunning glade]

Has anyone here played controller?

[dapper seal]

I found a bugged golden slug under the map at coords 4253, -3750 in the desert biome. (where can I report this?)

[shy mulch]

golden slug?

there's blue, yellow and purple, do you mean a yellow one?

in what way is it bugged?

[dapper seal]

yellow / gold same thing

[cunning siren]

I'm wondering if I should use belts vs train at blue crater oil as the steep incline will most likely cause problems for the trains speed 🤔

[cunning glade]

I rec trains

[dapper seal]

trains are nice cuz they can transport fluid

i guess belts can too

[cunning glade]

I did trains personally just recently for a power plant there

[shy mulch]

can you check those coordinates? I'm looking on SCIM and that coordinate is miles from anything, almost off the map

[cunning siren]

I guess I can do a "sky train" for 0% incline 🤔

[shy mulch]

actually it is outside the boundary

[cunning glade]

My train net work routes on the outside edge of map

[dapper seal]

oh right thats my curser coords, the coords are 3965, -1772 (my bad)

[cunning glade]

And there isn't a bad incline there

Atleast nothing that slows it down too much

Has anyone used controller yet tho? I'm curious how the controls/ binds are

[smoky forge]

i always do that

works like a charm

[dapper seal]

here is a pic of the map where the bugged yellow slug is at https://imgur.com/gO7j7lG

[shy mulch]

there is one at 3961 -1812 inside a cave, it's at the ceiling so it can be slightly visible through the ground

[dapper seal]

ah that explains it, i didnt look around for a cave, ty wasitdaz

[cunning siren]

I'm thinking If one starts and remains at a given altitude above most ground objects the only "price" is a delay from unloading cuz of the lifts needed to unload trains 🤔 I'm guessing this will effect the overall throughput though 😭

[hard ivy]

the length of the unload belts doesn't matter

[smoky forge]

belts between your build and the sky train doesnt affect throughput

only a litle "delay" but thats it

[hard ivy]

it's only a delay at the first unload

[cunning siren]

It sounds like does not effect it much 🤔, I guess since this will only be plastic rubber fabric smokless powder maybe that's "good enough"

[smoky forge]

sky trains are always good imo

[dapper seal]

im really fond of drones myself

[strong folio]

I need help how can i turn off the music in the hub?

[white dawn]

Disable Seasonal Events in the gameplay options (will require you to reload your save afterwards)

[hard ivy]

well, getting liquid up to a high platform is kinda annoying

[white dawn]

(or just walk away from the HUB for a ways. :)

[cunning siren]

I enjoy belts, simple predictable fast AF. I resist trains for some reason as they seem "optional" IMO

[dapper seal]

packaged fluids are good for this

[smoky forge]

liquids are the only downside

and you can also get around that with packaging loop

[cunning siren]

I use drones with packaged nitro sometimes 🤷

[dapper seal]

I was the same for a long time, i recently started using trains and wish I had used them ages ago.

[cunning siren]

Yea, maybe I'll give the sky train idea a go this playthrough

[dapper seal]

i use drones to supply train stations that are waaay up high, then trains bring stuff to my main base area

[smoky forge]

the only thing about geting started with trains is that they seem way more complicated than the others like drones or trucks

[cunning siren]

I've used trains 2-3 times in other playthroughs and it was "OK" did not really "blow me away" though

[dapper seal]

they are pretty much the same as drones imo

easier than trucks imo (and those are pretty easy)

[strong folio]

Its still there...

[dapper seal]

you can disable music in the menu iirc

[strong folio]

Its not working i alr tryed that dont work

[dapper seal]

strange it works for me

[strong folio]

Im on a Server does that change smth?

[upper gale]

Make sure you press apply and then rejoin your world

[dapper seal]

did you turn the music all the way down?

[strong folio]

i did

[upper gale]

Dedicated server?

[strong folio]

Yes also mute music button

[strong folio]

Yes

[upper gale]

Oh then yeah it won't work

[strong folio]

can i turn it off in the Server settings?

[dapper seal]

oh my headphone died

thatd be why its muted lel

[strong folio]

We turned it off in the server settings

ITS GONE GUYS

[cunning siren]

Now one can use the HUB toilet in peace and quite

[rustic pier]

Lol

[upper gale]

CSS: adds birthday party in the hub
Everyone: What's happening!? My ears! aaaaah!!

[deep pier]

anyoneknow why big concrete pillar floats?

[peak wasp]

Hey guys

[deep pier]

hello

[peak wasp]

Different time different opinions mind if I ask about my new power setup

[dapper seal]

on MASSAGE-2(A-B)b gravity is a lie

[peak wasp]

I did coal power... Probably did of wrong

[fluid sapphire]

hows that

[cunning siren]

Oh dang. DX12 crashed... whelp back to DX11 it is

[peak wasp]

#screenshots message

#screenshots message

Is it wrong I build a highway just to load up coal?

[fluid sapphire]

does it function?

[peak wasp]

Mostly?

[fluid sapphire]

whats the problem

[peak wasp]

Lol I mean tractors they sometimes glitch out

End up in weird places then teleport where they are supposed to be

[heavy pine]

As long as the materials get from point A to point B

[fluid sapphire]

aah, ok, i have no insight for trucks/tractors 😄

[dense violet]

arguably for each vehicle and logistic choice you plan the terrain and factories around them so you don't have to build a ton of infrastructure. That's the power of trucks. Having to build tons of highways loses that a fair bit

but it's hard doing that at first

[unkempt blade]

factory carts on the other hand hate driving on the ground but still manage to be the best vehicle in the game

[peak wasp]

I find building highways now helps with having a place to put trains later

[fluid sapphire]

is the 1 foundation wide row of foundations the highway?

[heavy anvil]

how much time do yall think youve just let satisfactory run in the background as opposed to actively doing things

[dense violet]

well that's the power of trains. You build a fair bit of infrastructure, but you can use it for many trains later as you connect things up

but with trucks you can easily plan to use the natural roads and paths

[dense violet]

not a lot. You can go explore and thigns are made for you while doing that

[unkempt blade]

I do a skyroad blueprint that's 3 foundations wide with one lane going each direction on it. That's big enough for trucks with a little extra room

[peak wasp]

Indeed but I figured build the train infrastructure now and have the trucks use it until the trains come along

[rustic hare]

besides monitoring and testing for stability, I never let the game run idle

[peak wasp]

Planning for the future

[hard ivy]

mostly only when troubleshooting a factory and waiting to see if it's fixed now or not yet

[peak wasp]

Then again I am insane

[dense violet]

pre building train infrastructure before you decide where your factories are going to be tends to not be a good idea. Generally wastes a lot of time. And your factory locations should dictate where your train lines go, not the othe rway around

[upper gale]

Maybe like 15%

[dense violet]

trying to future proof in this game is a good way to burn out

[heavy pine]

My skyway is a few hundred meters off the ground and four foundations wide. I'm not actually using it as much as I thought I might, since I've started using drones more than trucks.

[peak wasp]

I also created this on another save

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/553550313533997057/1395932264520749078/image.png?ex=68c2c6fb&is=68c1757b&hm=2a19584b63a19609ded21d7ed7b8a31f7971914d2e314f0ce3b50fe28f33c930&

[unkempt blade]

gratuitous train networks are their own reward really

[dense violet]

eh, not a fan of sky infrastructure

[rustic hare]

also keep in mind signaling, intersections, cornering radius, and the actual station itself

[dense violet]

might as well get a mod that flattens the world to 2d

[peak wasp]

I just wish that tracks had their own poles

[dense violet]

wdym?

[unkempt blade]

it's a great use case for blueprints

[rustic hare]

just design your own pole in the blueprint creator

[upper gale]

The rail carries power between stations

[heavy pine]

I only put it up that high because I didn't want to have to navigate around so much stuff on the ground. There's still a few bits where my grid is interrupted by a mesa or something, and it's not entirely complete but I think it could start causing performance/stability issues if I were to finish it.

[dense violet]

for example, a printable train pole https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/932761153703149659/1308357069853949983/train_pylon.png?ex=68c29079&is=68c13ef9&hm=60985349e7536b85e5f144326febb2240d8ffc35655894c3e675e18a7a26a804&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=550&height=276

[dense violet]

Although I wouldn't rely on rail power

[feral geyser]

I made a giant version of a conveyor ceiling mount, but instead it's for train rails, and it hangs under my skyway

[rustic hare]

one edit to an intersection and suddenly you find half of your grid shut down

[peak wasp]

Can you use rails to connect power from one base to another?

[upper gale]

Yeah definitely

[heavy pine]

I think if I were to redesign it, I'd set the intersections roughly two power towers' range apart instead of one.

[dense violet]

you can, but as Silenced pointed out, it's a good way to crash your world

[peak wasp]

Wait how

[upper gale]

Huh I never had issues with it

[dense violet]

you edit your rail for a moment and cut power to a critical pieces of power plant infrastructure

[peak wasp]

I only ever build loops lol

[dense violet]

or it stutters a fluid system that DOES NOT LIKE BEING STUTTERED. like a direct waste to fresh bauxite system

[rustic hare]

ofc you can just remind yourself to not cut this rail because it's crucial, but one day you forgot, then boom

[dense violet]

still. being prudent and running power lines under the rail is easy

[dense violet]

wisdom

[serene zealot]

why is there a party going on in my HUB. what did I do

[rustic hare]

just shut down my alu plant for 2 mins just an hour ago due to the exact same reason

[unkempt blade]

I've got a BP I use that bulk builds power storage and I like to put it near more-sensitive infrastructure like that in my MP saves

[dense violet]

and there's plenty of ways to stutter those delicate fluid systems to nothing

[rustic hare]

it's so funny seeing people confused about their HUB, meanwhile I didn't even know the HUB changed if not for this discord because I barely visit the HUB anymore

[dense violet]

is it just for one day?

[hard ivy]

I always connect everything with powerlines because trains go last in the build order

[serene zealot]

maybe? it does coincide with the aniversary of the release of 1.0

[unkempt blade]

playing mostly MP satis has made me very zero-trust about how I build out my power stuff

[deep pier]

is there a rule of thumb for how big(verticly) each factory floor should be?

[hard ivy]

I imagine it's on as long as your PC's date is 10/09

[heavy pine]

I haven't actually loaded the game in a few days. I still need to figure out nuclear power in such a way as to not have interruptions and to sink the plutonium rods until I'm ready to use Ficsonium.

[white dawn]

Two weeks

[dense violet]

nope. Especially early on when you're learning and haven't unlocked everything

[dense violet]

I never bothered with ficsmas honestly. Is it very similar?

[rustic hare]

I do 4 big walls tall because of blenders and assemblers, but then again, a refinery comes in a say f you

[white dawn]

No, this anniversary event is literally just some silliness inside the HUB plus a new boombox tape to buy in the shop; quite minor

[heavy pine]

I usually build whatever I'm building and if I decide to do another level above it I'll build walls until I'm a bit higher than the tallest machine and go from there.

[white dawn]

No new production lines or MAM research, etc

[deep pier]

ok

[dense violet]

oh sorry, I misread that . Yeah what silenced said isn't a bad rule of thumb. At least give yourself a little head room above your machines for convenience

[unkempt blade]

not really but I'd think about how high you need to raise liquids when you're thinking about the design because it's way more annoying than moving solids up

[dense violet]

ta 🙂

[deep pier]

so I go for 5 or 4.5 if that's a thing?

[dense violet]

sure though for constructors that'd be a bit tal lfor me

3 is often fine for those

[rustic hare]

but alternatively, make your floors 4 walls tall, then one 4m foundation as the next floor, and another 4 walls tall, so you knock out the floor and get 9 walls tall room, which fits a refinery beautifully!

[dense violet]

but play around with what you like. There's no real right answer here either 🙂

[tall lantern]

varying heights also helps with avoiding making everything box factories

[heavy pine]

The "right" answer is "whatever works, and whatever you can live with"

[rustic hare]

btw I do modular and prefer to have a unique look for each factory, so it's whatever looks good and fit the machines tbh

[dense violet]

I probably wouldn't stress about looks when you're new though 🙂

[rustic hare]

it's all gonna be torn down anyways xD

[dense violet]

maybe!

[rustic hare]

or left in a corner, not connected to the logistics

[heavy pine]

I'm seldom concerned with how the facilities will look, since I know I'm not creative enough to do anything fancy. I'll often just leave them as platforms "supported" by painted beams.

I don't even bother with walls, though I've started doing so since I heard something about that improving performance by making the game not have to render all those machines.

[rustic hare]

gonna have a circular watchtower at the center of the map, encapsulating the space elevator so I can have a 360 view of the world, the train tracks, and buildings I constructed 🔥

due to that reason I tear down any unused/outdated builds so it doesn't look ugly

[white dawn]

AFAIK that advice is mostly not applicable anymore, btw. The game tends to be much more CPU-bound than GPU-bound anyway

[rustic hare]

if that's the common case now then I think I've overspecced the cpu for my gpu

45% ish cpu usage and 99% gpu

[sweet tusk]

I working on a new truck depot right now and the big walking bean creatures keep spawning inside of the building. Is there any way to stop this from happening? And will they even have an effect on the trucks or is there no collision with them?

[dense violet]

power a machine nearby

[spice patio]

AFAIK Beans don't care.

[dense violet]

orly? power hungry bastards

[unkempt blade]

If they cause issues I would only expect it to happen when you're nearby and should fix itself once you move away. Vehicle routes are usually pretty self-healing like that

[sweet tusk]

Well the plan is to frequently be nearby this place

Just upstairs from the depot actually

[unkempt blade]

ahh ok, I'd keep an eye on it then and adjust later if needed 😄

[rustic hare]

I watched it snap back into place when it got stuck, multiple times

[sour vessel]

Is it unrealistic to shoot for 25 Versatile Framework/min @ tier 5?

[cobalt lodge]

it's not easy but you do what you aim for. Chalanges aren't bad

[harsh kayak]

It's already been a year??? Time really does fly

[rustic hare]

I remember the times I built a 6x6 foundation factory and thought that was big..
latest project is a centralized train distribution station, and it's 65x65 foundations big

[small notch]

Is there any ideas of when 1.2 will be released or has nothing been said yet?

[dense violet]

not even if a 1.2 will exist

at least afaik

[low monolith]

hellooo, i'm trying to build a big train station. sometimes Block Signals (same with path signals) don't want to be put in some direction (yes i tried mouse wheel and pressing R). Any tips on how to orient my signals the right way?

[rain wedge]

dam 1.0 already a year 🙏 feels like 1month ago only

[sweet tusk]

That depends. Do you care about saving all of humanity, and in turn kittens and puppies?

[sour vessel]

Forget ab humanity, just for the kittens

[small notch]

no prob not i was doing about 20

[white dawn]

That was my impression as well, though in today's video, they did say that they confirmed a v1.2 is coming up. Though zero details about content or timeline

[dense violet]

orly? huh cool ta

[hushed ore]

Help

How can i quit de DJ music from the hub?

[white dawn]

Disable seasonal events from the Gameplay options menu, then reload the save. (If in singleplayer, at least -- if on a server, it needs to be toggled on the server itself)

[hushed ore]

Thanks

i will try

[feral geyser]

Easier with the Flexible Framework recipe, cut the steel beam requirement in half

[sour vessel]

That's a great idea, time to go hard drive hunting

[sweet tusk]

I didn't realize space elevator parts would have any alternate recipes. I don't use very many so I haven't seen many of what's available

[white dawn]

@hexed robin (re: #screenshots message ) -- AFAIK that's just a visual bug related to some things that went a bit awry with v1.1 If you've got lifts like that, I think rebuilding them will fix it, but I think it's technically only visual

[feral geyser]

Plastic Smart Plating is also nice, but by the time you have it, you hardly need it.

[thorny edge]

How do I turn off the HUB birthday music?

[white dawn]

It's handy if you need/want to buff Smart Plating production for later-phase SE part production

Just gotta swap out those last machines

[sweet tusk]

True. The only ones I really use are the pure ingots and either of the empty canisters recipes

[ionic forge]

Happy Wednesday gentlemen, and gentlewomen

[feral geyser]

There are a ton of good alts

I will swear by Iron Alloy Ingot early game

[past robin]

why blueprint not blueprinting?

[white dawn]

I recommend experimenting with a lot of alts; there's good fun to be had (and they often let you easily build factories in areas they wouldn't otherwise fit into well)

[feral geyser]

Because it redprint

[past robin]

it isn't any print at all, just arrow

[sweet tusk]

My typical way of doing things is the way of the giga-factory. All my resources come to one central location where it all gets worked there.

[feral geyser]

Screenshot?

[white dawn]

I'm generally the exact opposite. Lots of factories, all over the map, minimal logistics for "raw" resources. :)

[feral geyser]

It looks like it got overwritten with a blank BP

[past robin]

it says the file isn't avalible when I try to load it

[feral geyser]

Weird

Just make a builder and make a new one. It's just a floor square, so it shouldn't be too hard to replicate

[past robin]

i've placed 3 different blueprint designers to try it 😭

[thorny edge]

Is there an option to adjust the volume for the HUB birthday song? It's extremely loud, louder than any other sound in the game.

[dapper seal]

If you are on a MP server i guess it needs to be disabled in the server settings. If you are in single player moving the music slider to 0 should do it.

[unkempt blade]

You should sing along with it. It makes it feel less loud

[small notch]

#screenshots finally finished my first fuel plant js hoping itll work

[feral geyser]

Hell yeah, you got this.

[small notch]

thanks, with the power i get from this should i set up a big turbo fuel plant or smth so i dont have to worry about power for a while

[dapper seal]

if you tap all the geysers on the map you get about 30k

[quick verge]

Is there a way to stop hatcher spawns? I have some rocks under a new build that they keep spawning on. I tried foundations around/clipping into them, but they just spawn inside the foundations

[leaden turret]

creature spawn algorithm should stop it from respawning once defeated

[dapper seal]

monsters have always respawned

[steady glade]

tf ? since when?

[quick verge]

Ive killed the repawns multiple times. Ive never had an issue of them spawning inside foundations like this before

[dapper seal]

never afaik (though there may be a mod for this)

[steady glade]

i got 2 hatchers near my rubber factory, they both piled up 7 remains

[leaden turret]

build a ridonculous amount of powered buildings right on top of the offending hatcher, asplode it, and see if it respawns?

[frank patio]

Hii Im new here!! I recently started playing Satisfactory. Im 130hrs in my first playthrough. Im starting Tier 5... I was starting to build my biggest Coal Power plant so far but I feel im So Sloow building and organizing things. Does anyone ahve any suggestions on how to build faster and more organized? It has taken me like 3 days playing 3-4 hours to get all the logistic and plan where to put the plant. Is that normal progress? like I feel im so slow when I see other people having huge beautiful factories. I just want to check and if anyone has any tips feel free to dm me

[dapper seal]

use ZOOP, and blueprints for building faster- as far as organizing things, thats more difficult

[white dawn]

Everyone plays the game at different paces, and I expect 130hrs for Tier 5 isn't far outside the bell curve

[steady glade]

probably start building a small fuel plant on tier 5, but to answer your question: blueprints

[crude cave]

How do I dismantle when making a blueprint?

[white dawn]

(Also, "faster and more organized" is probably a "choose 1" kind of dichotomy. :)

[frank patio]

how small?? I was planning on 4 sets of 8 coal generators

[steady glade]

some people speedrun the game making spaghetti on bare ground, other take the time to build big, clean factories, dont worry aboput speed

[dapper seal]

step 1 place blueprint, step 2, build what you want within it. Step 3, save blueprint. Step 4, delete blueprint structure. Step 5 open build menu and click blueprints, then select the one you made, click it and place. voila.

[steady glade]

for coal you can do more than 32, overclock all your miners

[steady glade]

press f to dismantle, press R to dismantle a whole blueprint

[spiral summit]

is there a way to place blueprints inside a blueprint

[dapper seal]

I usually do this till like i unlock drones, then i usually start tearing down belts and start working on a central base

[steady glade]

yes, whether its in the designer or outside, as long as 2 machines' hard hitboxes dont collide, it'll work

[dapper seal]

if you encase your blueprint in walls with foundations on top, you can place a new blueprint right on top of the old one.

[past robin]

NONE OF MY BLUEPRINTS ARE WORKING

[dapper seal]

good way to build battery arrays all the way to build height limit

[frank patio]

ohh thats a good idea. I ahvent made many blueprints because I also feel im slow making them hahah

[dapper seal]

building them takes a little time

[coarse epoch]

wow, I almost cleaned myself out of power shards building my power plant. 720 of them

[dapper seal]

but its well worth it for stuff you build a ton of

first blueprint should be battery array imo

then build like 500mwh of batterys

stacking them one blueprint on top of another

[frank patio]

Thank youu for all the advice.. I was being a bit demotivated for being so slow haha

[dapper seal]

youre faster than alot of people i think

lots of people take 300+hours to get where you are at

[small notch]

geez these fuel generators drink fuel

[dapper seal]

turbo fuel is more efficient

they are easier to manage i think

[small notch]

yh thats what imma do next

i js needed the power to do it

[white dawn]

They do indeed! It helps to overclock the fuel gens, but if you build fuel power at any scale it's gonna involve some big ol' arrays of fuel gens

[dapper seal]

also i would like to reitterate that if you tap every geyser on the map you get about 30k mgw

its not a ton, but its enough to complete the game

[small notch]

geothermal power fluctuates tho right?

[dapper seal]

not really- ive had a few runs where i started with geothermal

and used it to sustain my factory until turbo fuel unlocked

[odd yarrow]

Batteries 😎

[past robin]

30gw is only enough for like one quantum encoder

[small notch]

dont i need sulfur for turbofuel

[dapper seal]

well geothermal isnt really meant to be the only source of power

[spiral summit]

thats odd

[dapper seal]

but if you get them early on, they can carry you for a good while before you need to invest in bigger power

[frank patio]

Noob question but....The batteries just increase the total power Output??? i only have like 4 right now connected to my current coal power plant

[white dawn]

Yes, geothermal gens generate on a predictable fluctuating pattern. If you go so far as hooking all of them up, you're likely to end up with a reasonably "flat" power-generation line from them, though

[steady glade]

if they do, you better build a bigger power plant

[spiral summit]

so whats the criteria so a blueprint actually stays present in another blueprint

[white dawn]

Technically if you don't mind some fiddling around while powering them on, you could manage to have pairs of them in perfect inverse-sync, so their fluctuations cancel each other out

Though that's unlikely to be worth the bother

[small notch]

i have no batteries on my grid prob should make some

[crude cave]

But, when in blueprint mode, it does not allow me to remove things I've placed in the blueprint

[dapper seal]

i never had a power failure when running off geysers only, but by the time i got about 1/2 way through the game i started adding turbo fuel

click the contro panel on the blue print, you can 'clear blueprint' there

[small notch]

gonna set up turbofuel before i finish phase 3 i think

[white dawn]

Many folks enjoy having the peace-of-mind that Power Storage gives you, but honestly the "best" way of dealing with power is to just keep an eye on your grid and make sure to build more power if you start approaching your limits

[steady glade]

no hard clipping of 2 machines (for example a refinery into another)

[dapper seal]

my motto is, always produce at least 2x more than your max consumption

that way you always have room for rapid expansion

[white dawn]

Remember that if you do ever need to rely on Power Storage, you're on borrowed time and need to expand your power anyway. :)

[dapper seal]

this is why i use blueprints to stack battery arrays one on top of another till i cant build up anymore.

[small notch]

im making 6k and i use 2.7k so im not doing too bad rn

[steady glade]

blueprint dismantle mode specifically only deletes what was placed as a blueprint

[glad drum]

Not if you blot out the son with thousands upon thousands of batteries

[dapper seal]

if my batteries cant carry my factory for at least 10 hours, its not enough.

[white dawn]

Still on borrowed time, though. More generators will serve you better in the long run. :)

[small notch]

only took 6 hours to set up fuel power idk how it took so long lol

[dapper seal]

true, but in terms of experimenting with blueprints as a newbie, i think battery arrays are a good place to start.

not super complicated, no piping anything in, just place, connect wire, rinse repeat.

[spiral summit]

how does hard clipping differ from "soft clipping" cause my concrete ring still got placed

[white dawn]

(Not that I'm trying to discourage anyone from building Power Storage arrays if they want to. Just don't neglect actual power generation by doing so. :)

[steady glade]

if you're designing a blueprint and you place another blueprint in it, the 2 of them will be recognized as a single blueprint when you save, if that was your question

[glad drum]

hard clipping is silly and looks dumb most times - soft clipping is aesthetic and cool

[spiral summit]

yeah but where does the game draw the line

[frank patio]

Can i ask if you could maybe share a screenshot of your array if you have one? in the screenshots chat? Id love to see it

[dapper seal]

ill show you the one i have on the MP world my friend and I are playing on, sec

[steady glade]

most machines will not allow you to place them inside other machines, but for the most part you can build stuff like walls and foundations inside one another (unless you try place 2 of the same in the exact same position)

[past robin]

why tf are my blueprints not working

[dapper seal]

its not at build height limit yet, but each section takes about 2000 copper wire, so i gotta wait for refills between builds, gimmie a minute i gotta fly over

after you have built and saved your BP

you can build it by opening the build menu and selecting blue prints

[steady glade]

its arbitrary, but for the most part machines have a hard hitbox, the game will show you a wwarning when you clip into a hard hitbox

[steady glade]

explain with your words, what do you mean your blueprints dont work?

[cunning siren]

#screenshots message <--- 1Mil MWh skyscraper 😆

[past robin]

I save it and try to build it and there is no hologram or anything, jsut an arrow

[dapper seal]

here it is from far away. https://imgur.com/bW4vdJi (ill post another when im closeR)

[glad drum]

like how my conveyors "clip" through the refinery by going between the ladder and the actual refinery, but it's not visually clipping into anything solid?

[frank patio]

Oh wow

[spiral summit]

thats weird because i placed a concrete pillar inside a glass wall and both got deleted upon entering another bp

[past robin]

it says the file for the blueprint is missing

[dapper seal]

you may not have saved the build, are you certain you did when you finished setting the blueprint design?

[rigid glen]

The blueprint saving process is WAY too unclear and prone to failure

[white dawn]

Might be something related to this: #1414353430163755038 message

[dapper seal]

i.imgur.com/CF8APP3.jpeg (battery array up close)

[past robin]

I have tried saving it several different times ensuring that it says it saved every time, and my blueprint files for my world are also empty

[dapper seal]

can you screen shot your blueprints screen in your builder menu

[past robin]

this didn't help

[steady glade]

yes but since conveyors have a "soft hitbox", it'll only show as yellow when you build

[white dawn]

K, should probably open your own #1038092680493801533 thread about it, then. As AdventurerSteve mentioned, some screenshots might help, and it's far more convenient to use #1038092680493801533 for that

[steady glade]

that's kind of weird, that shouldn't be an issue

[frank patio]

around how many batteries you have in there?

[dapper seal]

okay so Kall

[steady glade]

ye?

[dapper seal]

place a blueprint designer

from the special menu in building

the special section in the builder menu

then build w/e you want to copy/paste within the designer

then click the designers control panel and select save blueprint, dont forget to name it.

after you do that you can access the saved blueprint from the blueprints section in the builder menu

[steady glade]

i'm not the one who needs help with blueprints

[past robin]

have made post\

[keen jacinth]

ive got a complete mess of a world should i restart since i've like, gotten so much knowledge from this world

[frank patio]

Thank you all for all the help and advice.. I need to get back to work! have a good day

[rigid glen]

restarting is a rite of passage, but unless you filled a huge portion of the map you can also just move and ignore the mess until later

[keen jacinth]

completede every tier except 9, and i just have to deal with so much mess in this so

i wanna restart and just yknow, actually plan stuff

[dapper seal]

I just got ridiculed on the StarRupture discord for wishing Satisfactory a happy birthday over there

[rigid glen]

Oh ya, def start a new one, you can always go back if you want

[dapper seal]

what a bunch of nazis- suddenly im less interested in SR

[keen jacinth]

fresh start

100 hours of factories down the drain

but i know a LOT more now

[glad drum]

You could always go elsewhere and that way you have the supplies to build how you want - then eventually dismantle your old stuff and make BIGGER factories

[keen jacinth]

ive reached a certain point on laziness

[past robin]

it won't even let me organize catagories 😭

[dapper seal]

drones, more drones.

[past robin]

wtf

[glad drum]

I feel

[dapper seal]

MORE DRONES

[stark summit]

my first playthrough had between 140 and 170 drones

[past robin]

i'm so fucking done

[keen jacinth]

im not sure if i should take the route of

factories everywhere, or like a giant factory for almost everything

[dapper seal]

multiply that by like 100

[stark summit]

k

[dapper seal]

@keen jacinth imo, smaller factories all over, with drones/trains piping everything to a central location

[shrewd palm]

if you want performance make factories everywhere

[bronze ocean]

big factory fun

[dapper seal]

for phase building

[keen jacinth]

if i really wanted to

[shrewd palm]

but megafactories are fun

[keen jacinth]

for a big factory i could just make the superstructure from rainworld

[stark summit]

well, not actually, since i like to use drones sparingly now, since i got a bug several times where drones would freeze while occupying a port, causing a cascading failure across the system

[bronze ocean]

fantastic idea

[dapper seal]

Id rather not having the low level factory stuff anywhere near my central hub

[keen jacinth]

as someone who gets easily pissed off by landscape i love the idea

[dapper seal]

Also, every played final fantasy 7? you can turn MASSAGEAB(b)2 into NeoMidgar

[keen jacinth]

and drones would be perfect/the structures pillars for conveyor lifts

[dapper seal]

cover the everything foundations and plates and pillars, with factories every where

the entire planet

[bronze ocean]

gotta have a central area for the hub and 5 pebbles

[keen jacinth]

so true

i could plan like

layers for each tier ifykwim

[dapper seal]

I saw on a dev stream iirc, someone had built Junon with its cannon in Satisfactory.

very cool

[stark summit]

make the cannon a hypertube launcher

that blasts you at the map edge so fast you exit the map but don't die

[dapper seal]

settle down Josh. (letsgameitout)

[stark summit]

it doesn't even take that many boosters lol

[keen jacinth]

i have VERY much learnt that

[bronze ocean]

ive basically covered the north west ocean off the the cliffs of the desert with foundations and i dont think it'll be enough room

[stark summit]

my friend managed it, probably had 50 boosters?

[keen jacinth]

i MUST EXPLORE EARLY cause we love dimension depo

and also get a rifle

[rustic pier]

Ive been putting them inline with branches or junctions before areas where i have to go uphill xD

[stark summit]

might've been 500 for all i know...

[stark summit]

this is the way

[rustic pier]

Gotta be fast on that e button lol

[dapper seal]

protip for dimensional depot, make sure you deposit the items into it in the order that makes sense for the list

[bronze ocean]

dimension depo on top

[dapper seal]

otherwise the depot list will be a huge mess and annoying to look at

[stark summit]

omg i hate hypertube junctions with a passion

[keen jacinth]

is it worth getting the uh

alien power aug

[dapper seal]

i think so

[stark summit]

sometimes you go too fast and can't hit e the correct number of times as you're spamming it

[keen jacinth]

ive never touched one in my life

[dapper seal]

but im all about MOAR POWER

[bronze ocean]

i just pin the important stuff

[stark summit]

500MW + 10% total? if that helps you, yes, do it

[dapper seal]

wouldnt it be better to have a consise part list in a logical order, that you can also pin stuff too?

[keen jacinth]

also is there a automatic power source before coal power

[stark summit]

no

[keen jacinth]

like i hate early game biomass burners

dammit

[dapper seal]

Geysers

[stark summit]

everyone hates biomass burners

[bronze ocean]

you see that would require planning

and i didnt do that

[stark summit]

geysers too, lol

[dapper seal]

Yes there is, you can tap geysers before you have coal, in theory. you will have to have coupons though

[hard ivy]

geysers and augmenters if you try hard enough

[rustic pier]

Yeah. I need to look into getting a longer run up xD

[keen jacinth]

what location should i start with

[stark summit]

i put down geothermal generators because i like the sounds

[dapper seal]

north west forest

[stark summit]

i only hook them up the power grid because the man AI said i have to

[dapper seal]

go north west from spawn

[stark summit]

North Forest or Rocky Desert are my fave starting points

[dapper seal]

here https://i.imgur.com/WbO4hQ5.png -this area hs 4 pure iron nodes, 2 pure copper, pure limestone, is near a ton of coal, additional copper, iron, caterium

imo, its the BEST starting location