satisfactory

[turbid salmon]

That sounds like torture.

[white dawn]

Want to turn those Iron Ingots into Iron Plates? Get out the truck stations. :P

[turbid salmon]

What do you mean by factory limit...

[stable berry]

No craft challange

[white dawn]

I mean, that's already how I play. :D Unless you also include craftable equipment. :)

[turbid salmon]

Lazy bastard equivalent. Would have been nice to have achievements along these lines.

[stable berry]

Evrything

From start

Never craft

[wicked grove]

depending on the phase you can only have a max amount of factories, and if you need more, you must completely abolish your previous factory

[stable berry]

Also start with hub building

[turbid salmon]

I tend to be a one mega factory guy...

[wicked grove]

in that case, a production chain limit

[turbid salmon]

Has anyone done 100X, I know 1000x in Factorio is a thing.

[feral geyser]

Flicker fusion rate?

[upper gale]

What's that

[turbid salmon]

For Science in Factorio, or Space Elevator parts in Satisfactory, you need to generate 100X. I did a 10X one which was fun.

[upper gale]

Oh gotcha

[sterile blade]

There should be some mod like that

[feral geyser]

There is one

There's also Continuous Space Elevator, which is garbage

You have to maintain rates of project parts in throughout a phase.

[upper gale]

It gave me an idea though, your megafactory can only be within a 800m cube (100 foundations)

[mighty rivet]

what if i store 1,000,000m3 of water

[feral geyser]

That might be a cool challenge, is it only 800m high too?

[upper gale]

Yeah

[turbid salmon]

https://ficsit.app/mod/HarderPhases allows for each phase to be adjusted up to 1000x

[stray herald]

How much trust should I put in my trains for nuclear power plant supplying?

[mighty rivet]

when im using liquids in satisfactory i raise the pipe up and then use a junction to prevent backwash but what if i do that with water extractors will it work or not?

[stray herald]

I am honestly contemplating making a unique train line just for that

[cunning siren]

Building "outpost" style takes way more time. It's fun though and there are situations where it can be helpful like for early Crystal Oscillator build as an example

[stray herald]

To ensure maximum throughput and 0 accidents occur

[deep pier]

all of it

[stray herald]

I am building a plant by the uranium node on the high mountain in the rocky desert, and all I need is some 50 aluminum casings that I have to ship from the red forest

[unkempt blade]

depends how confident you are in your train management skills 😄

[stray herald]

0, so I guess I'll make a single track just for that purpose

[shy mulch]

My factory produces enough parts to finish phase 5 every 8 minutes. So I could just leave it on overnight and complete that 😛

[stray herald]

xD

[stray herald]

??????????????????????

I produce 1.5 nuclear pasta per minute 😭

[unkempt blade]

yeah I mean trains are pretty predictable if you don't mess up intersections or overload the traffic for the train network

[shy mulch]

Just takes time, scale up

[turbid salmon]

Phase 5.. Imagine though the effort to finish Phase 1 with only biofuel...

[shy mulch]

Phase 1 with only biofuel is pretty simple. I'm contemplating a full playthrough on only biofuel

[stray herald]

Is that even possible?

[shy mulch]

Absolutely

[stray herald]

Is there even enough foliage lmao

[upper gale]

That will end very badly

[turbid salmon]

I was too.... but am looking for a bigger challenge (little less grindy)

[shy mulch]

Foliage isn't the only way to make biofuel

[stray herald]

But it's not automate-able right?

[limpid cairn]

If you don’t have maintenance randomly on the road it should be fine

[shy mulch]

Not fully, but mostly, that's part of the challenge

[small notch]

anyone know why my train is saying cannot reach the station even tho its fully connected

[limpid cairn]

Can’t you turn coal into leaves or something

[shy mulch]

This is usually caused by stations being the wrong way round

[limpid cairn]

Wasn’t there an alt for that

[shy mulch]

Alien remains

[small notch]

uhh that may or may not be the case

now i feel dumb lol

[limpid cairn]

If it can’t reach the station I recommend hopping into the train and driving to the station per hand

It helps troubleshooting

I twice had a rail not connected properly so it didn’t work

[upper gale]

Another idea, can only use half the map
Or maybe a quarter

[small notch]

its just one rail so the train goes back and forward on one track so i js messed up station placement

[limpid cairn]

💀

quarter is insane

[upper gale]

Lol yeah

[cunning siren]

Single rail trains in the game feels jank AF in comparison to Factorio 😆

Or I should say double headed trains

[limpid cairn]

I mean it’s probably possible, If you get converters early

[upper gale]

Idk converters are late game in general

[limpid cairn]

You need them to craft bauxite

[mighty rivet]

should i wait until product amplification to craft power shards or just do them now?

[shy mulch]

you can craft power shards but haven't unlocked amplification yet?!

[limpid cairn]

You don’t need power shards early game, so I’d just wait

[mighty rivet]

i need it for underclocking

i havent found a somersloop yet 😔

[shy mulch]

crafting power shards is very late game, amplification is very early game
never seen someone wait to the end to do that

[limpid cairn]

I’m lost amplification was for sloops right ?

[mighty rivet]

no like as in slug -> shard not synthetic

[limpid cairn]

Shards are mid/lategame

[shy mulch]

oh, I don't see any reason to wait, as long as you've got somersloops

[limpid cairn]

Theres No real point in overclocking stuff in early game since you don’t have to place 47 million refineries

[oblique spruce]

can someone give me a random word rq

[shrewd palm]

balls

[limpid cairn]

I recommend saving every slooped power shard you get if possible so you can sloop every big machine in the mid or end game and don’t end up like me placing 52 refineries at 50% clocking speed

[oblique spruce]

im not doing that

[limpid cairn]

Refinery

[oblique spruce]

sure

[limpid cairn]

[oblique spruce]

ty

[upper gale]

Why do you want refineries buffed

[feral geyser]

And also, in what way

[limpid cairn]

producing speed

[upper gale]

Are you just tired of placing refineries and hooking them up

[mighty rivet]

i dont even have circuit boards yet

[feral geyser]

Like, across the board for everything?

Or for what specifically

[thorny edge]

Is there a shortcut to deposit inventory items that already exist in the chest with just one click? There is usually a "deposit same" button in some games.

[limpid cairn]

Any alt recipe that doesn’t produce a fluid byproduct

[feral geyser]

So like, leached recipes? Residual plastic? Etc?

[limpid cairn]

You can ctrl left click items to store 1 kind of item in a chest if you mean that

[wicked grove]

you mean ctrl dragging?

[limpid cairn]

Yup

[upper gale]

That Terraria mechanic was nice

[thorny edge]

Yes, but I didn't want to have to filter manually, but rather arrive and deposit everything respectively.

[feral geyser]

Why is this "buff" needed in your opinion?

[wicked grove]

i have no idea what you mean, perhaps the store all button and then sort?

[feral geyser]

There isn't a button for that i know of, but you are right, they really should add it.

[upper gale]

Hm could that work if the box is full

[zenith pecan]

Make a drop can where everything is chucked in, and have its output feed into a smart splitter system that sorts into varying stores for you.

[thorny edge]

No, I want to deposit only items that already exist in the chest (sending from my inventory to the Chest) with one click, "Same" button

[limpid cairn]

Too many refineries are needed that are too tall (mainly the exhaust pipe or what ever it’s called) and cost too much space

[thorny edge]

Jesus

[wicked grove]

this is an issue that i never knew existed

[feral geyser]

That's part of the trade off with a better recipe, isn't it? It uses more space/larger machine/etc.

[limpid cairn]

for example I would need 17 refineries for a 600 p/m iron node to process it all into ingots with pure iron ingots

[zenith pecan]

Forget it, I've only just got in and tried to help 🤦‍♂️

[feral geyser]

That's because the pure recipes are intentionally slower because they have the best conversion rate

So they could speed them up, but decrease the conversion rate, is that cool?

[limpid cairn]

yes

[thorny edge]

You waste a lot of time filtering items eye to eye in your inventory for a chest or container, a simple "Deposit equals" mechanic would solve it.

[limpid cairn]

Leached is an alternative then🤔

[feral geyser]

I... actually kinda like that.

Makes people take the leached recipes seriously

[wicked grove]

huh. i dont carry items in my inventory anyways since most of my things are automated

[feral geyser]

Hand equipment, nobelisks, ammo, health, etc

[wicked grove]

only when i need to build so i never thought of that

[wicked grove]

other than that anyways but even then i wouldnt be depositing them

[zenith pecan]

I don't either, I tend to just sink or autosort from a drop can (or both with overflow) , apparently thats too much trouble for some.

[feral geyser]

Exactly, but the Store All button would want to deposit them, hence why the person is asking about Store Like Items button.

[zenith pecan]

Reminds me of one fella earlier who was demanding a flying vehicle because actually navigating and building infrastructure was too much effort.

[upper gale]

You could make a chest for every item, and then make sure every slot of the chest has 1 of that item. Then when you press the store all button, it only stores that item. That's the only thing I can think of

[wicked grove]

i mean theres prob a mod for it somewhere

[frail sleet]

I think a quadcopter with a couple of seats would be a great addition to chill in and show off your builds. It doesn't have to be super fast or responsive.

Hell, make it able to store 32 stacks of rocket fuel and consume 1 stack per min 😛

[zenith pecan]

The mechanic requested is pretty much what is in use in Dune awakening, press F and matching items would go into the can, unless it's full.

[zenith pecan]

I do get that, and if the map is ever expanded, it would be useful for travel, personally I don't agree with something that would make getting around proper trivial, even if it is cool, same as green energy.

[limpid cairn]

Maybe there’s also a point in making sulfuric acid then, (nearly done with phase 4 and still haven’t made sulfuric acid)

[frail sleet]

I don't want / wouldn't use it for travel, just for replacing the fly cheat mode for showing my builds.

[feral geyser]

I mean, I do it, cuz even considering the extra refineries to make sulfuric, I save refineries using the leached ones cuz of their higher throughput

[zenith pecan]

I don't use the advanced thingy, tbh, though that's just to me, it taints the save in a similar way to a lot of mods.

But tbh, people will play their way and coffee stain do allow for it.

[frail sleet]

How do you get the cool screenshots of your world? Cannon into the sun? I find that even more, like, immersion breaking

[zenith pecan]

I have actually built vertical walls with power points so I can hover to an altitude and take panoramas.

[dull flare]

are geysers worth taming?

[stable berry]

Free source of power

[cunning siren]

EZ-mode power

[zenith pecan]

In the end it is free electric.

[hard ivy]

depends. I don't bother

[dull flare]

yeah like

[thorny edge]

I created a topic in the "Question-and-Help" tab. If you can vote to add this mechanic, I appreciate it.
"You waste a lot of time filtering items eye to eye in your inventory for a chest or container, a simple "Deposit equals" mechanic would solve it."

[dull flare]

i don’t think it’s even worth the effort

[zenith pecan]

I don't have them in use in my current save though, I have 1.1tw from my power station.

[upper gale]

It's free power but you get wavy power line

[dull flare]

i have like 29gw of capacity left

[cunning siren]

"Free" = "Not worth the price" 😕 ❓

[zenith pecan]

This is one reason I don't use them, the static power line on the graph shows me I didn't stuff up my power station, if it's wavy I can't be sure if it's the geo or my poor construction doing it.

[dull flare]

and i just finished setting up phase 3 parts

[hard ivy]

it's not free

it takes time

[zenith pecan]

Everything takes time, weather or not it's worth it, that is subjective.

[small notch]

finally set up my first train and its rlly cool ngl

[zenith pecan]

Look at my tunnel network, that place took me ages to lay down and it makes getting around dead easy and logistics real simple.

[dull flare]

tunnel network?

[upper gale]

Yeah true

[zenith pecan]

Example here #screenshots message , I have a vast network of passages under the world.

[dull flare]

ye that’s why i’m considering if it’s even worth touching i get a tiny amount of power but loose a bit of info on my setup

[hard ivy]

plus it looks ugly

[dull flare]

ah actual tunnels ok

[feral geyser]

Ultimately, once you get all of them, the wiggles all level out again (mostly) and the problem isn't so bad.

[wicked grove]

how do you make this.

[zenith pecan]

Here's a primer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc9T_ZlDv68 , once you have subsurface access, build as you like it.

[sullen gull]

🙀 #screenshots message

[covert lintel]

Yo i just did this in about 3

Its really easy

Like it took me 3h to unlock Phase 2, then ill unlock coal and then set up the system

But thst should take only around 1.5-2h

Why did it take u 12?

Like i even set up shit, not just rushing and crafting everything myself

I got rods, plates, concrete, screws, copper wire and cables being made, on 2 biomass burners and also the 2 you get on your hub

[small notch]

First play through

[covert lintel]

Then i just unlocked some tiers i needed, not all

[covert lintel]

Ohhhhhh

[covert lintel]

All automated

Then i just put down a assembler or whatever it is that takes 2 inputs

[small notch]

It wouldnt take me that long now

[covert lintel]

And then i first set it to make 50 reinforced iron plates, then 50 rotors

I just redirecred my current iron stuff makers

Like the rods and scrwws and plates, just plopped the assembler beside it and redirecred

Even changed them up to make the same things to speed up

[zenith pecan]

I still have my starter iron/steelworks running, I will eventually take them down.

[small notch]

How’s the laptop holding up

[covert lintel]

Then i just set it to make 50 smart plates and got it done

[covert lintel]

87C. But rn nothing is heavy

Just glad it isnt even in the 90s yet

[small notch]

yh lol

[covert lintel]

Next ill unlock the coal tier, set up coal

Then unlock the tiers i skipped, like research and mam tier

Ofc i also skipped mark 2 tier

[small notch]

Yeah i skipped mam too I didn’t know what it was lol

[zenith pecan]

87°c would worry me in the computer.

[covert lintel]

I have a gaming laptop with bad temps

87 means its running cool

[small notch]

Prob meant Fahrenheit I’d imagine

[dull flare]

wtf

[covert lintel]

91C is its normal temp

[small notch]

If not then that’s scary

[covert lintel]

And 92C is heavier stuff

[dull flare]

brother that’s not a computer that’s an oven

[covert lintel]

The issue of pre 1.0 satisfactory was it pushed it to 95 once and that wasnt good

[covert lintel]

Its a gaming laptop :3

[dull flare]

nvm that explains everything

[covert lintel]

Dont degrade ovens like that by comparing them to my laptop

[zenith pecan]

I've hugely clocked my desktop to quite the redline at 5.5 and it tends to run at 77° under stress.

[dull flare]

i was about to say mine goes to 70 under heavy load

[covert lintel]

I mean it runs windows, its worse than the oven

[dull flare]

idles at 40 because that’s when cooling kicks in

[zenith pecan]

Blergh, thanks for the reminder, I need to install windows 11 ltsc , and I really hate redoing my OS 🙁

[covert lintel]

Ive never seen 40 even on idle lol

[covert lintel]

Install linux

[cunning siren]

Laptops are "designed" to run as hot as possible while not "breaking" due to limited thermal dissipation abilities due to the tiny form factor

[zenith pecan]

Kernel level anti-cheats vs linux, that's the only thing stopping me tbh.

[covert lintel]

They r designed to be crap so you buy more expensive ones

[stable berry]

Where can I report a dupe glitch I found for them to fix ?

[fossil ice]

Satisfactory Questions

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

Satisfactory Questions

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

[true mulch]

Hi greeny

[covert lintel]

No dont report it

Why would u report a dupe glitch? You're the fun breaker st parties

[stray herald]

Use it to dupe uranium waste

[true mulch]

Can you briefly tell us what it is?

[covert lintel]

No

[cunning siren]

Maybe some companies do that 🤷 this is not really that however

[covert lintel]

Pls dont

[reef basin]

why would you not? if you want to cheat, you have AGS literally built in the game

[covert lintel]

Ik i was joking

[covert lintel]

Idk what that is

[stable berry]

I can tell you in detail if you wanna dupe but I wanna report it

[reef basin]

cheat menu

[covert lintel]

Ohhh i didnt know this

[reef basin]

advanced game settings

[true mulch]

You can link the post after you make it

[covert lintel]

I read link as lick and got confused

[stable berry]

You want me to posti it ?

Like a clip ?

[true mulch]

Post as in post the bug report

[covert lintel]

I have a bug report for you

🐞 🗒️

[covert lintel]

I think its fairly accurate

[leaden turret]

post it as in drive a 2x4 into it?

[true mulch]

Can you not reply to me with nonsense?

[small notch]

Anyone here played a game called descenders

[stable berry]

Question and help

[covert lintel]

Im sorry i was making a joke

[true mulch]

No, on the website

[stable berry]

Oh okay

[cunning siren]

Anybody old enough to remember the game "Descent" calling you a cheater when you enabled the cheats? 😆 The voice was so blame ridden, super funny

[covert lintel]

It was about bicycles right

[small notch]

Yh

[covert lintel]

I saw it when it relased on mobile, terribly optimised game

[small notch]

Playing it rn it’s quite fun on Xbox or pc

[covert lintel]

Thats nice :3

[stable berry]

Will do but ill tell you 1st All you need to have is dimensional depo unlocked and personal upload from inventory then you upload limit into deepo and put half a stack of items in inventory depo then you just save and reload save you should have 2x what u placed

I mean doesnt have to be half a stack

[upper gale]

Ohh that

I did that accidentally twice, don't recommend it

[stable berry]

I did it too now I have 600 sloops and 4 k shards

xD

[upper gale]

Your upload slots just keep generating it, gets annoying to take out everytime

[small notch]

I have 6 and 20

[dull flare]

yall have sloops?

[true mulch]

Interesting, thanks for sharing

[stable berry]

Always

If someone has a better method since I hate having limited of items let me know

[deep pier]

is there an auto run feature?

[true mulch]

Try if holding W and opening the inventory still works

[steady glade]

its called belt mk.1

[leaden turret]

🏃‍♀️

[steady glade]

🫴

[deep pier]

it did not

[stable berry]

Not for me just tried

[zenith pecan]

600 sloops? I only have 209 and that was because they all repopped post patch.

[cunning siren]

Hard drives in this game are like loot boxs in a way, they use the same random rewards for the same behavior making them addictive through random reinforcement schedules 🤔

[true mulch]

Try the build menu too

[stable berry]

Im a dedicated guy

[true mulch]

If that doesn't work either then they patched it

Sadly you'll have to invest in hypertubes

[small notch]

Me when ever I see

[dull flare]

gamba!!!!!!

[stable berry]

Or a macro

[dull flare]

i love gambling

[small notch]

Is this a sign to gamble?

[cunning siren]

Oh yea, that's the word people use sometimes for this idea

[upper gale]

Basically lizard doggo

[true mulch]

Not sure how long you've been around, but when they initially teased the AWESOME Shop, people thought they're adding microtransactions

[upper gale]

Random item, could be good, could be trash

[small notch]

I still need to find my doggo I tamed at the start of my save

I lost him

[cunning siren]

Wuuut? There is no real money so... I don't understand such a statement 🤔

[stable berry]

How do you even tame a dog ?

[deep pier]

everything is, or atleast should be

[deep pier]

drop berries down when he's looking at you

[small notch]

Drop a pale berry infront of it

[true mulch]

https://youtu.be/1UbLRZJ0-SE

[stable berry]

Ohhh thanks

[stable berry]

Now 1250

[small notch]

The awesome shop is very awesome indeed

[steady glade]

i'll give you a tip, maybe don't approach it with a weapon in hand

[deep pier]

best part is they can dig up anything from a normal plate to litterly late game items that you can't craft yet and even nukes

[steady glade]

ideally stay crouched and have a berry in your hand as well

[small notch]

In the awesome shop you give your stuff to get other stuff, sounds like something, it’s a sign

[stable berry]

ahhhhhhhhhh so thats the issue

[orchid forge]

I really want to have a proper satisfactory eco system but idk how to plan it, started a new run

[dull flare]

wdym

proper satisfactory ecosystem is no ecosystem

[orchid forge]

multiple factories interlinked making their own stuff

[true mulch]

!wikisearch independency

[fossil ice]

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

[orchid forge]

so specific factory for smart plating and stuff, and if needed i could just transfer it or smthn

[true mulch]

and use satisfactorytools.com for planning

[small notch]

I like the idea of making ingots or basic recourses at the source like plastic and concrete stuff like that then shipping it to one mega factory to make it onto the product

[orchid forge]

never heard of this let me check it out

[orchid forge]

yea thats what i want to do

ive already dont independent factoriesin the past

[small notch]

No tedious smelting or stuff like that taking up space at the mega factory just manufacturing the basics into big stuff

[fluid sapphire]

i dont think someone who is just starting to plan stuff should really consider a megafactory

[dull flare]

^

[orchid forge]

most ive gotten to is like phase 3 then kinda left it off there

[fluid sapphire]

interlinked factories are better left for mid-late or late game, early game you are better off doing independent factories

[orchid forge]

think it started getting a bit overwhelming and i kinda left it there

[small notch]

I think once you get trains you can start to

[orchid forge]

yea probably a good idea

[small notch]

That’s what I’ve started to do now I’ve got trains

[orchid forge]

i have another world which has reached taht point but im playing with a friend

[fluid sapphire]

anything up to and including heavy modular frames can very easily make its own independent factory for every product

[small notch]

Starting with my giant plastic plant

[surreal meteor]

I'm planning on building a new factory for Tiers 5 and above. Do you have any tips?

[orchid forge]

yea i get there and then super computers and stuff get confusing lol

[fluid sapphire]

ah, thats the point i find is better to interlink stuff

but it takes a lot of planning to do that

[small notch]

Haven’t even made hmf yet but I don’t think it looks too hard

[fossil ice]

Official Satisfactory Wiki

This is the totally awesome community driven wiki for Satisfactory!! Come on in and check it out!
<3 @small notch

[unkempt blade]

aww c'mon they're just normal computers with a lightning bolt painted on the side

[orchid forge]

4 inputs lol

[shy mulch]

rtx 5090

[orchid forge]

also want to make nice looking factories but eh

its like terraria

i just make boxes which are good enough

[small notch]

Love terraria what a game

[fluid sapphire]

i make OK looking boxes xd, but they are still boxes

[unkempt blade]

I haven't flooded the entire world with lava once yet, it's nothing like terraria

[orchid forge]

build wise you can probably make cool aesthetic stuff but the mechanics and stuff seem a bit complex

[lethal prawn]

They are pretty simple, heavy modular frames just have slightly more steps to the production process is all

[small notch]

Or drained the oceans 😂

[orchid forge]

and you have trains?

[small notch]

Yh

[fluid sapphire]

i just know myself and that i dont have the patience for anything more, so basically everything i make looks more or less like some version of this #screenshots message

[small notch]

Priorities, trains look cooler

[unkempt blade]

exactly, it's just good multiplayer interaction to do stuff like that

[cursive phoenix]

Heyy i got a question, im new to satisfactory, how do you automate the crafting of materials

[orchid forge]

honestly that seems like enough lol

acctually looks good too

[fluid sapphire]

good enough is exactly how i would put it hehh

[orchid forge]

also how do people make those curved structures for trains

[small notch]

Still looks good tho

[fluid sapphire]

thanks, my point is just that you can find a balance 😄

[unkempt blade]

very industrial but you've at least filled in supports and stuff which is more than many people do 😄

[lethal prawn]

Smelters, constructors, assemblers…
(more buildings later in the game)

[small notch]

You will unlock miners that you place on the recourse nodes then you can smelt them with a smelter then you will get constructors too aswell to make the actual materials

[orchid forge]

yep ive just got floating layers

held up by 1 sided walls

[frail sleet]

There are a bunch of ways to make curves, but in 1.1 this is by far the easiest way to make a rail line quickly and which looks great without being locked to a square grid. https://youtu.be/Yq1UnsjD82c?t=613

[small notch]

I just have a giant 60 x 60 foundation floor floating in the sky

It works for me

[cursive phoenix]

Ahh okay, i just made the mk1 miner module

[fluid sapphire]

i like seeing whats going on inside, not a big fan of giant walls 😄

[cursive phoenix]

Soo much resource farming

[orchid forge]

oh wow

[frail sleet]

keep in mind H for hologram lock, and up/down/left/right/pgup/pgdown (ctrl modifier i think for smaller adjustments) - to adjust position

[small notch]

https://youtu.be/2sTpAjgsbsU?si=yeXOH1rer-D74ymd

This seems to be a good guide and he has other vids if you need to know other stuff too

[orchid forge]

what about something like this #screenshots message

[cursive phoenix]

Ive been playing this game for an hour and im already adicted

[cursive phoenix]

Thx man

[small notch]

Np

[frail sleet]

You can attach a beam to the underside of the rail itself, and a foundation to the beam. That can help to place foundations after which aren't straight

[small notch]

How do you make the curved floors

[cursive phoenix]

Like i kinda need to sleep for work tomorrow, but surely i can finish these belts rq

[small notch]

lol

[orchid forge]

yea i wanted to ask about this lol

[frail sleet]

Otherwise check out this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEaB0cbiotY

but this is somewhat outdated (rail building was massively improved in 1.1) and much harder

[small notch]

Mine is just straight foundations then a gap then more foundations lol

I made a coolish looking rail spiral which I was quite happy with it’s in #screenshots a bit further up if anyone wants to see

I saw it on a yt vid and thought I’d try

[orchid forge]

also this is probably off topic but do you guys like hypertubes lol

i use like 5 hypertube entrances and go super fast

[small notch]

I have hypertubes going all around my map lol

They’re great

[orchid forge]

yea thinking of combining them with the railway system

[small notch]

Yh same I just can’t decorate to save my life

[zenith pecan]

I miss going this fast #satisfactory-experimental message

[orchid forge]

amazing

[small notch]

You can do the infinite loop now with the junctions and branches so no need for the hundreds of mw of power lol

[deep pier]

is there a tool that lets you mass paste machine setting?

[fluid sapphire]

blueprints can have recipes selected already

[zenith pecan]

I'm not short of power though #satisfactory-experimental message

[small notch]

There is a mod pretty sure I think it’s called setting copy paste mod

[rancid eagle]

Has the way that monorail track is placed been changed? Used to be you could place one end down, drag to another point and place that and you'd get a straight track at any angle you wanted. Now it locks the first location and you either have to build a straight track at that angle by holding ctrl or it bends. Angles seem to be at increments so I can't get a line turning 45 degrees, it's 40 or 50.

[small notch]

Jeez can I get some

I running on 6 gw

[zenith pecan]

I'm considering building a nuclear facility to burn all the worlds uranium on top.

[shrewd palm]

ctrl c + ctrl v?

you can also middle click on a building/priority merger/smart splitter (anything that has settings) and the next ones you build will copy the settings

[small notch]

Do it and use all the Sam to make more uranium

[shy mulch]

One of my many MANY dimentional depots has cable being fed into it, is there an easy way to figure out which one

[shrewd palm]

includes power shards and everything

[zenith pecan]

I already have all the Sam processed in the dunes.

[small notch]

1 terawatt wasn’t enough anyways

[orchid forge]

also @small notch i was kind of just thinking of making extremely long conveyer belts as a replacement for trains until i get them lol

[small notch]

Yeah that works too lol

[zenith pecan]

Really long belts do work, the main issue is material cost & time to build.

[small notch]

The only reason I forced trains is bcz both of them look ugly so I might aswell do the more efficient ugly one lol

And if trains do look kinda cool

[odd remnant]

Does anyone know why my blueprints that I created just vanished and don't exist anymore?

[shrewd palm]

did you forget to save them

[orchid forge]

true

[odd remnant]

I did save them

[cunning siren]

They are game save specific so...

[shrewd palm]

they might also be hiding in a folder somewhere

[odd remnant]

Ohh okay so could it be device specific? I'm playing on my PC handheld.

[zenith pecan]

Long belts work especially when you tunnel under the world #satisfactory-experimental message

[cunning siren]

Oh yes, very much so

[odd remnant]

That's what I figured thank you for confirming

[small notch]

That factory is so majestic bro mine is js ugly lol

[zenith pecan]

That one is just the Sam processing area, it has an annex that converts some ficsite ingots to make trigons.

[cunning siren]

Yea, using blueprints between devices accounts and even different game instances requires manually moving files from one spot to another 😭

[zenith pecan]

On a larger scale, this is what it looks like when you take up all the worlds bauxite #screenshots message

[odd remnant]

Dang I thought it goes transferred over from Steam Cloud saves 😶

[small notch]

Oh my that’s a lot

Is it a good idea to turn all the oil in the bottom left part of the map on this little islands into plastic

[zenith pecan]

That really depends on how you want to process it, you can build oil/plastic as a per oil extractor or pipe it to a central spot.

[small notch]

I want to try and build a big factory building that looks somewhat nice to process all the oil

[forest sorrel]

Hi I'm new to this discord and I don't know if this is the right chat but i want to build a factory cart that is actually drivable and collapsible. would the collapsing action work in real life the same way it works in the game. and if someone is able to get me some pictures of inside the factory cart that would be very helpful.

[small notch]

You can ask on this chat you can also open a chat on #1038092680493801533 for just that topic

[zenith pecan]

So you want an oil refinery look like this one #design-and-architecture message , the one shown is in my old save, it processes the entire spire coasts oil but doesn't use the most efficient recipes.

[shy mulch]

I think I'm losing my mind. I have 106 dimentional depots, at least one of them is being fed with cable, I thought I'd checked them all and can't find it. Checking them all again is the only thing I can think to do. There must be a better way, surely

I've checked them all via SCIM too

[small notch]

That’s a insane amount of oil

I’ll prob just wing it on the design

[zenith pecan]

I tend to make my builds up as I go along.

[small notch]

I need to get some coupons for more building packs like the glass

I’m going to go sleep now gn everyone

[unkempt blade]

it needs more lights so you can marvel at its beauty at night

[zenith pecan]

My next refinery will be better lit, that one was built before lumen was added and became proper dark after.

[tired axle]

How many smelters per iron miner? Mk1 stuff

[unkempt blade]

It depends. But a calculator could tell you 😄

[shrewd palm]

#screenshots message now if theres one time i would like a flying vehicle it would be now

[hard ivy]

this is such basic math that you don't even need a calculator

[shrewd palm]

i need to get rid of all that but dont want to place powerpoles everywhere or have to feather space for like 2 hours

[prime jasper]

Please correct me if I am wrong, but one single plutonium rod can power a drone forever without ever needing to ressuply it? That's what it seems to say in the fuel intake description, but i could be wrong

[cunning siren]

Last time I played homing ammo was less DMG than regular, is that still true?

[shrewd palm]

not forever but a very long time

[upper gale]

Impure 1
Normal 2
Pure 4
But if you're using pure you need mk2 belt

[shrewd palm]

you can find an exact number on the wiki but iirc its less than 0.01/min

thats just as high as the game can show

[tired axle]

Do I have to find normal and pure veins or can I upgrade my existing impure one. Sorry I‘m new

[hard ivy]

you can't change node purity, no

[upper gale]

You can't upgrade the node but you can upgrade the miner later. Or overclock the miner later

[lunar isle]

anyone interested in starting a frwsh world im looking for people to play with cus putting everything together yourself sucks

[hard ivy]

#1201555265942724758

[boreal badger]

Idk if this has been documented anywhere but there seems to be a helpful glitch/oversight:

You can gain height while using a parachute if you hold forward on certain slopes

[cunning siren]

This ^ guy is looking for "workers" to play his game 🤷 FICSIT employee of the year?

[boreal badger]

By certain slopes I think they have to be steep enough where you won't land but not too steep where you don't gain any velocity

[abstract trail]

I too like free labor

[shell grove]

Sigh... need an opinion.

Been lying in bed with my eyes closed for 2,5 hours, still haven't fallen asleep. I've got work 05:40 in the morning ( 4 more hours till I have to get up to get rdy )

Do I:

• keep trying to fall asleep
• say "welp... fuck me I guess" and go expand the factory

[abstract trail]

The factory must grow

[fluid sapphire]

some sleep is better than no sleep, i know that from experience

[upper gale]

The second option but drink an energy drink or something

Also hi lol

[shell grove]

Yeah... low chance I'll fall asleep though. Believe me I know how it feels ( at one point went to work with almost 3 days of not sleeping... I work a blue collar job )

[shell grove]

Welp... fuck me I guess, the railway system won't expend itself on the server eh?

[fluid sapphire]

i mean i guess as long as you are not a danger to yourself or anyone else tomorrow

[upper gale]

You're the only builder basically 😹 so you're carrying us there

I just make random factory

[prime jasper]

Okay, because it says in the description that drone consume 0 plutonium rod per trip, so it means the 0 per trip is probably a rounding considering how close to 0 it actually is.

[shrewd palm]

yes

[unkempt blade]

Not with that attitude it won't! ...But also just in general it won't either

[shell grove]

I do shift work ( morning, evening, night shifts )... it's pretty common in our work that colleagues slept badly or not at all, especially the ones with kids...

There is basically a protocol which goes "if I'm somewhere alone and I call in I'm sleepy, you're forced to put me in a place with atleast 1 other colleague"

[unkempt blade]

soooo sleepy totally unrelated to wanting to play with trains at work

[shell grove]

God am I glad I decided to buy 2 energy drinks at the store yesterday

[shell grove]

No trains at work, lots of airplanes though

[unkempt blade]

the trains of the sky!

[shell grove]

With how much cargo plates can fit into one? Pretty much yeah

[shell grove]

I mean I could show you guys how to work the railway BP's

[upper gale]

I can help you expand it next time

[shell grove]

by chance, you remember how many carts we were doing? 4x?

[upper gale]

We never actually decided but can go with 4 I guess

It's good enough

[hearty plank]

tip: never eat grated cheese at your desk, you will find it in things for a while after

[shell grove]

oh god, crime against keyboards

[deep pier]

do items on conveyers have collision?

[shrewd palm]

nope

[deep pier]

with all due respect I feel like that goes without saying
and who is eating grated cheese just raw out the bag or whatever and esp take it with them to the desk?

[deep pier]

ok thanks

[versed mesa]

Hi all ive just waken up

[unkempt blade]

the trick is to pour it straight into your mouth so there's no escaped cheese

[hearty plank]

me

[hearty plank]

i need to pour it onto the hot food so it melts first

[unkempt blade]

hrmm yeah if it's hot I guess you can't just eat a bite then pour some cheese into your mouth

quite the dilemma

[cunning siren]

Since mah hardware = 🥔 what is the least demanding per GW? Jet Fuel Gens or Nuclear?

[fluid sapphire]

not sure it matters if you dont plan to spend a lot of time where its built, after its built

[cunning siren]

OH, it sounds like you may be saying what is "neer" your player is what matters most?

[hard ivy]

Nitro rocket fuel for sure. Especially if you OC the gens

[cunning siren]

I'm not sure how lazy I want this run to be yet... maybe it will be geos with lots of batterys again 😆

[unkempt blade]

First cheese and now potatoes... I should go make dinner soon before I get distracted by factory carts again

[cunning siren]

Maybe I'll make a tiny nitro rocket build

[hearty plank]

neuclear

[cunning siren]

If not for the waste storage I may consider it but... I mean who want's to box up all that waste?

[hearty plank]

or just recycle

go with the zero waste ficsonium

[cunning siren]

Sounds like even more work at that point and even more work again with ficsonium

[fluid sapphire]

The amount of machines involved in all that is much, much more performance intensive than just doing nitro rocket fuel

[cunning siren]

Okie dokie, thanks ya'll

[hearty plank]

nah, it's easier to build further away from other factories making it indirectly better

[unkempt blade]

could always just do thousands of biofuel gens, very little infrastructure for the fuel

[hearty plank]

'thousands' does not sound very good on the potato

[placid valley]

What is the best way to feed a weird number into a machine? Like 84.152 ore for example?

[unkempt blade]

yeah but they're small so it averages out right?

[fluid sapphire]

Hardly, building a rocket fuel plant away from other stuff is not any more difficult

[hearty plank]

calculate it

[fluid sapphire]

provide that number from the source, thats all

[unkempt blade]

underclock it or overclock it to a nice round number

whoops wrong person 😆

[hearty plank]

an 8ft person cannot compensate for 2 inches, neither can something small make a large amount any less

[hearty plank]

depends on the person

[fluid sapphire]

nitro rocket fuel involves a much smaller variety of inputs and considerably less infrastructure

[shrewd palm]

there isnt a keybind to sit is there

like just plonk down on the ground

[fluid sapphire]

if you do it at blue crater, you literally dont need any infra other than some pipes and belts

and there arent any critical resources nearby that you would need for other stuff

[fluid sapphire]

there is, its the exit button in the menu

[wicked grove]

no time to sit factory must grow

[cunning siren]

Anybody got a trick to connecting lifts to floor holes super far away? Maybe a blueprint with just... foundations and floorholes everywhere 😆

I guess connecting them end to end is not that bad either, just looks not as good but.. meh

[somber quartz]

does anyone know why my game lags like crazy when i try and demolish stuff

my pc is pretty decent and i run with good settings

[restive moth]

Does it instantly come back to stable framerate or does it stay low?

[restive moth]

Conveyor lifts connected from 1 Floor Hole to another has no height limit
to align them just align the floor holes to the grid on a foundation that's also aligned to the grid

[somber quartz]

instantly comes back to stable fremrate

but it can go sometimes like 5 secounds before it comes back

[restive moth]

Then it's normal, even with 50 items, the game as take into account that all these objects were deleted, play the animation, calculate the resources given back, start rendering what's behind it etc....
I have a mod that allows to go remove more than 50 Items in one go, imagine the lag after deleting 1000 items

[serene crown]

signals are such a pain I cant figure this ;-

[golden nexus]

they not hard. You have blocks -> signal -> signal -> signal
If you have apath signal all exit points on all tracks must have a exit signal

[serene crown]

yes but i have a intersection and idk how to do this now xDD

[golden nexus]

with the intersection does it have tracks that cross and not join? Then you need a path signal

[serene crown]

https://discord.com/channels/370472939054956546/1416911729815720069

[pine pasture]

is there a purpose for trucks if i can just use trains? they seem kind of outdated

[restive moth]

Trucks don't need tracks, they come earlier in the game if they want to use, cost lest and need less power

[shrewd palm]

you could also use them for transport around biomes, although imo belts are better for that

[shy mulch]

Just went into the caterium cave for a wander around, ooh it's spicy haha

[twilit tinsel]

ive finished my 15600 iron ingot/m factory (i think) :3

i dont even know how im gonna use this

[coral glacier]

Hello There

[finite tundra]

Hello new here

[coral glacier]

Welcome, to jurassic bark

[finite tundra]

What apps or sites do you Satisfactors use to plan out stuff?

[finite tundra]

Thank you

[restive moth]

Satisfactory Modeler is the most well known

and it's on steam

[shrewd palm]

satisfactory tools is the better version of that

[shy mulch]

Iron pipe, iron wire, both really good

[shrewd palm]

scim has a calculator but it isnt very good

[coral glacier]

There's also: https://satisfactory-calculator.com/

[restive moth]

It's technically more powerful, but so much less user-friendly

[finite tundra]

Thanks everyone

[restive moth]

for anyone I'd recommend SM any day

[shy mulch]

I think the opposite. I find tools much easier

[white dawn]

IMO they're two very different apps, with different use-cases

[restive moth]

But you have plenty of hours in the game right?
For someone new to SF I think SM does a better job than tools

[restive moth]

also this yeah

[white dawn]

sftools is a solver. If you want to know what it considers the most resource-efficient way to make x/min of something, plug it into sftools and it's likely to be in the neighborhood of the correct answer (variations depending on how you personally weight resources, since those are kind of hardcoded in the current sftools)

Modeller is a planner/modeller/whatever; it's for folks who want to sort of plan out the factory before actually building it

But yeah, IMO there's no real need to pit them against each other. I think they serve pretty different purposes

[coral glacier]

Along with: https://satisfactory-logistics.xyz/factories/

Which i prefer

[shy mulch]

Yeah, everyone does things their own way
I'm a bit old school, I like to use SFT to tell me the most efficient way to do things, then I tweak that to suit my situation and write it all up in excel. Then the actual factory planning/modelling I do on paper.
Tried using satisfactory modeller and never really liked it

[noble topaz]

what does the chain mean above a conveyor?

[versed mesa]

Ive just shared a pic of my new controller that was delivered today

[restive moth]

what chain?

[white dawn]

More appropriate in #off-topic-media btw. (Also no need to double-post)

[versed mesa]

My bad next time

I never double post

[white dawn]

You posted about it in both #screenshots and here. That's double-posting. :)

But now we've talked about it for far longer than just the double-post did, so all good. :)

[versed mesa]

Or yeah

[golden nexus]

£2.99 from temu?

[noble topaz]

#screenshots message

[restive moth]

Never seen anything like it before, what platform do you play on, any mods?

[noble topaz]

pc, no mods

[twilit tinsel]

okay it might just be a bit messed up but im sick of this game doing whatever so i might just like somersloop a few machines

[noble topaz]

its a blueprint of two conveyers side by side

[restive moth]

oooooh well that changes everything

it's just there to tell you that whatever conveyor output/input is in your blueprint will properly connect to the lifts

[noble topaz]

ah thanks

[fading plinth]

ok after 4 hours of troubleshooting, dedicated server is back online, either I was super unlucky or it was super messy

[twilit tinsel]

fixed now time for copper :3

how much copper should i make

[lyric vortex]

where do i post a bug?

[hard ivy]

That's an absolutely terrible calculator

[coral glacier]

Can you stop with targeting comments i make, please?
It's getting annoying.

[hard ivy]

I say the exact same thing to everyone who mentions this garbage calculator lmao
You ain't special

[coral glacier]

If you do respond, would you at least be able to disable the ping?

[rustic hare]

not sure what's happening here, but disabling ping is usually.. special treatment that's not done unless specifically asked for, and that's actual targeting

[hard ivy]

Besides, they can disable pings on their end?

[rustic hare]

yes

[hard ivy]

Like, the vast majority of people here ping each other in replies

[rustic hare]

just change the notification setting of the channel, or the server

[hard ivy]

I can't be expected to remember "wait, no, don't ping that one"

[topaz shale]

I find it helpful when someone is responding to me directly by pinging. Makes sure the response doesn't get lost in the chat.

[dense violet]

in case no one answered you, 1 stack is probably enough. But just look at the system as it's running and do any fixes you think you need

[frail flame]

Anyone wanna play a new private world?

[shrewd palm]

if modeler could do loops consistently i'd use it a lot more

[dense violet]

there's only a very small learning curve to tools. Know inputs, know how to tick on and off recipes/machines, and then a few minor things like knowing what the tabs in the corner do, that copy the plan or copy the url for it things like that

modeler is more of a layout tool. But... a slow one.

[feral geyser]

📝 ftw

[noble topaz]

maybe, how long have you played the game according to steam?

[boreal musk]

use manual calculation, my loop is fine in modeler

it only start making problems if you set auto calculation

which is kinda ironic

[shrewd palm]

#math-and-meta message this is manual, am i doing something wrong?

[boreal musk]

power shards has net positive of excess dark matter residue, so it kinda fuck the calculation when you try to add more

you can direct the excess to bin or other things

[shrewd palm]

and also is there a way that im missing to delete resource lines or do i just have to ctrl z

[boreal musk]

right click and delete

or just highlights the node and use dlt key

[shrewd palm]

ok this makes a lot more sense now

ty

time to inport my factory from tools to modeler i guess

[azure ermine]

The Pioneer Quarters In my HAB is a bit crazy right now. Anniversary apparently?

[shrewd palm]

yes

[boreal musk]

yes, satisfactory 1.0 1st anniv celebration

[azure ermine]

I heard music coming from there and thought some browser tab was playing a video

[noble topaz]

how do i make water go up in a full 90 degrees

ive done this before, and it was really badly done, requiring a lot more pumps than i expected

[plain gate]

just pump it up?

[noble topaz]

like in a organized manner

not pumps everywhere that could be placed

[dense violet]

you only need to place them every 20 or 50m

and the solution is 'pumps'

[frail sleet]

The game also doesn't like it when you have more than 100km, and especially more than 500km of a single type of belt. They start to get much slower to build, stutter, and have visual glitches.

[zenith pecan]

I have seen some weirdness with my logistics webs, I just elected to ignore it.

[noble topaz]

why does it take so much stuff to make aluminum

[wicked nacelle]

the point of the game is to make it progressively more complicated

but really bauxite/water/coal isn't that much

you get silica from the process or you can use pure_aluminum

[zenith pecan]

What are you on about, this isn't much at all #screenshots message , just refineries and smelters 😛

[zenith pecan]

Coke gets better yield 🙂

[versed mesa]

No Amazon

[cunning siren]

If you could get 5 alts at the start of a new playthrough, what would they be?

[swift turret]

Cast screws, iron wire, iron pipe, stitched iron plates

Best early alts

[cunning siren]

I got a Cast screws early but went with the +6 inventory 😆

[swift turret]

I guess that would be my 5th

[cunning siren]

I got iron wire, that's pretty nice

[frail flame]

around 100h

our of my head

[swift turret]

The others aren't really that useful until you get yourself settled

Until you have some sort of infrastructure usually after you start getting blueprints

[noble topaz]

How far are you on your save?

[cunning siren]

I've been hoarding the recipes to try and get some key ones

[wicked nacelle]

smart choice

unlocking recipes you're not going to use does nothing unless you know you got two key ones on the same hdd

[cunning siren]

Yea, playing without alts is not that hard for me

[wicked nacelle]

like if you got recycled rubber and recycled plastic on the same drive, yeah you'd want to pick one of them right away

[swift turret]

Cast screws and iron wire imo you can survive until phase 3

Then you should start looking at some new ones

[wicked nacelle]

grab some inventory +'s if you see them, but yeah

[swift turret]

I like iron pipe cuz I csn focus on making more beams for MK3 belts

So saves a bit of time

[cunning siren]

I make two screw builds with MK4 belts 🤷 keeps everything fed

32x rod build can be done with MK4 belts so not so bad

[swift turret]

Oh you're on phase 2

Or would it be 3

Idk the whole phase thing is weird

Cuz the first one 50 smart plating doesn't techinxally count

[cunning siren]

I just completed phase 3 have yet to do any aluminum

[swift turret]

I see

If you're that far in then yeah mk4 is better

[cunning siren]

Two belts of screws is even simpler now with priority merger

I only need MK5 on Heavy frames

[swift turret]

Whar do you need screws for?

[white dawn]

Even simpler is "don't centralize your screws" :)

[swift turret]

Ypu should have alt recipes that allow for no screa

Like steamed rotors or whatever it's called

[rustic hare]

steel*

[swift turret]

I'm talking about the one with copper sheets

[white dawn]

If you're avoiding screws because doing so gives you the resource consumption you want, that's one thing. There's no reason to avoid them just because they're screws, though. :)

[swift turret]

Am I misremembering which one that is?

[white dawn]

Like any other high-volume item, they work best when direct-fed into the machines that need them, instead of centralized/manifolded

[cunning siren]

Yea I prefer resource efficiency cuz lazy 🤷

[rustic hare]

copper rotors take even more screws/min, also I avoid using copper for common parts like this so it can be used for nuclear pasta later on

[swift turret]

I must be misremembering then

[cunning siren]

Yea Copper Rotor is most efficent with all the alts

[swift turret]

I don't work with rotors enough, 2 is all I need for the whole game lmao

Okay yeah I was thinking of steel rotors

[cunning siren]

After a certain point there is no build size issues really so as long as it's more resource efficient thats the plan

[rustic hare]

every alt has it's place, screws has it's place, if you combo default rotor recipe with molded steel beams and steel screws, solid steel, steel rod, wet concrete and pure iron, it's really cheap to manufacture

[cunning siren]

I don't use screw alts cuz Solid Steel Ingot Steel Rod with default screw is more efficent 🤷

[swift turret]

Question:
I'm making a gas mask/ steel factory setup since they all use the same materials. I'm not 100% familiar with trains is it better to do 1 train per node pick up? Or should I do 1 train for oil. 1 for coal and iron?

Or should I just use 1 train with 3 different cars to pick up the stuff

[cunning siren]

Muzzle flash and smoke on rifle seems different maybe? Sound is better too? 🤔 Maybe it's the same and I forget from 1 year ago 😆

I'm not a train expert, sorry bruh 🤷

[shrewd palm]

ive found some invincible beans

ive hit them with 3 nukes and they arent dead

[swift turret]

Nvm I found the iron nodes and there's 4 impures so I'm just gonna use a 2nd train to grab and transport those

[spark sky]

A friend was showing me his builds today and was telling me that the map had changed and he has some stuff he can't deconstruct because it's in the ground. Aparently a number of things have changed (cave entrances moved, pure nodes either removed or reduced to normal or impure, etc.).

[glad drum]

#screenshots message

is this how conveyor lifts are supposed to work?

[swift turret]

Cuz of the way you angled it

[spark sky]

Is that from Let's Game it Out?

[zenith pecan]

Such is the cost of building during an earthquake 😛

[glad drum]

LOL he pays me to help build his worlds (this is a lie)

[surreal meteor]

Do you have any tips for factory planning after phase 2?

[glad drum]

if angle, still up

[surreal meteor]

Also, how do you attach images here?

[glad drum]

post it in https://discord.com/channels/370472939054956546/553550313533997057 then copy message link and post message link here

#screenshots message --- it got worse.

but this means you can kinda make your items teleport

[reef basin]

There's enough copper for both, and screws are not an issue

[reef basin]

You don't (and #screenshots is mostly just for showing off)

If you feel that your topic of conversation needs images, use #1038092680493801533 , #math-and-meta or #design-and-architecture

[dense violet]

Steeeeellll screwwwwwsss

[cunning siren]

Sloppy Alumina vs. Electrode Aluminum Scrap... It's on the same drive 😭

I think sloppy probably

[zenith pecan]

Ouch 🙁

[cunning siren]

Get jetpack and MK4 belts ASAP. Spend coupons to get missing items required complete the HUB milestones like plast and rubber

[boreal musk]

why would i spend coupons when i can do 100/min of plastic and rubber each from 300/min oil in just 15mins

[cunning siren]

What else are you gonna spend em on? 🤷 Saves you 15min. I would Unlock Fluid Packaging for Packaged Liquid Biofuel pronto

[boreal musk]

cosmetics? other stuffs? i would rather spend those coupons on unlocking phase 4 milestones instead which far more harder to automate than mere plastic/rubbers

[cunning siren]

If you sink a quickwire reanimated SAM and raw quarts you'll have plenty of coupons for both 🤷

[boreal musk]

all of those are obsoletes when i can just sunk all of my hmfs

[cunning siren]

Why not both things at the same time?

[boreal musk]

saves 15min

those 15 mins will provide you 100/min of both forever

[cunning siren]

It sounds like you'll have coupons for days so not really sure why you want to save them? Maybe you want golden nut?

[earnest oak]

why does everyone hate screws

[swift turret]

You have to produce more than belts can handle

1 rotor recipe can take 100 screws, now imagine if you needed 50 rotors that's 5000 screws

Awful to manage

[earnest oak]

i guess

[primal pecan]

whats the go to item/min for most mid/end game parts

[versed mesa]

I have unlocked the packer now

[swift turret]

Whatever you wanna produce or resources you have access to

You can go for the bare minimum or you can build a complex setup to make a lot of ot

[primal pecan]

bare min would be?

[swift turret]

Depends on the item

Some can make 2 per minute others can make 10

[versed mesa]

Id say have multiple farm factories in different locations

Atleast then when you run out of stuff there always some where to go near by where ever you are

[swift turret]

A lot of time for me I go for the bare minium at the start usually 1 machine and see how much it produces and work from there. If I need more I can always expand

[versed mesa]

I would love to automate steal beans and pipes but I dont think I can do it theres no option fir creating steal ingot unless am missing something

[rustic hare]

the foundry

[versed mesa]

Yeah 1 at a time then you warnt thrustrates your self

[versed mesa]

Ah really damn thanks alot ill take a look for my self

Looks like ill be busy if so to set it up

[swift turret]

You should get the alt recipe solid steel ingots which can help with the amount of steel early on

[dim sundial]

"Fatal error: [File:D:\BuildAgent\work\SR11_BT\UE4\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\UObject\UObjectArray.cpp] [Line: 534] Maximum number of UObjects (2162688) exceeded when trying to add 1 object(s), make sure you update MaxObjectsInGame/MaxObjectsInEditor/MaxObjectsInProgram in project settings"

common error for anyone else?

[cunning siren]

I'm making 70k p/min from a quickwire reanimated SAM and raw quarts sink, 😆 that's almost as much as a fully slooped and sharded HMF sink

[dense violet]

they ignore that you can make screws right before the production consumes them very easily

[versed mesa]

Ive decided that the location i started at ill just keep that area for test build site to help me to learn the machines and stuff there other locations I can make thing better and hopefully tidy lol

[versed mesa]

Hmmm solid steel ingot

[swift turret]

Your first steel site will probably be torn down for a better one once you setup infrastructure so I wouldn't stress too much on it

[versed mesa]

@swift turret tbh it's all about finding a nice location like this one location where oil site is at is a nice area alot of ocean and islands

[swift turret]

Yeah it's the same as the base but uses iron ingots instead of iron ore

[versed mesa]

Ive build the truck before now this will health with storage size

[versed mesa]

Or cool

[swift turret]

I guess before trains yeah

[versed mesa]

I kind understand ut dont because am still trying to learn lol

[swift turret]

That's fine

Take yoyr time and learn

[versed mesa]

Damn am interested hiw thats going to work for me lol

Am still crafting some stuff by hand lol

[versed mesa]

Thats what am doing ive got slow head anyways

My wake times is so F ed lol

I dont mind the waiting game crafting by hand there already waiy with some of my auto machines thing taking to craft and fill storage units

[stable berry]

Just started a new save how to disable the birthday thinfg

[rustic hare]

#patch-notes

[stable berry]

BRO

[versed mesa]

@swift turret I think it's the foundery that crafts iron ore and coal into steel ingots

[stable berry]

AM I tweaking I dont have it there

[rustic hare]

lmao @glad drum I expected spaghetti from you, not hilarious game breaking objects #screenshots message

[versed mesa]

Head its driving me nuts also lmao

[swift turret]

It is

[stable berry]

You dont have the option too ?

[cunning siren]

This game is buggy, if I TAB + swap jetpack very quick it uploads it to the depot vs. swaps it 😆

[glad drum]

I surprised myself too! The broken lift is the parmesean atop my spaghetti

[versed mesa]

Idk what option lol

[stable berry]

To disable seasonal events

[versed mesa]

Wtf thats crazy work lmfao

[rustic hare]

ikr

[versed mesa]

Idk ill look

[rustic hare]

look at the lifts crossed into the x

[glad drum]

had to send it back down somehow - I'm sad I clipped it but alas, sometimes you have to break your own rules

[cunning siren]

That screenshot is putting somebody with OCD to an early grave 😆

[versed mesa]

Yeah it would drive me nuts i think trying to create that lmfao

I dont think i can have anything like that built

[glad drum]

#screenshots message dude they dont wanna see the rest - its like a strange evolution of conveyor spaghetti

[versed mesa]

But it defo looks like spaghetti theme park lmfao

[restive knot]

Belt uranium is supposed to irradiate me right?

[glad drum]

Someone suggested I start coloring the conveyors, I gotta work on that but this build style is already so time consuming lmao

[versed mesa]

Nah keep to your self am already dealing and covering from Anxiety mental health as it is lmao

[restive knot]

#screenshots message

Because I can lick it

[versed mesa]

No shit sherlock lmfao

Sherlocks spaghetti theme part

[glad drum]

My favorite part is the GREEN

and that there's still space for the drop pod to fly up without clipping

[stray herald]

What are the best items to sink?

[cunning siren]

Does crouching while shooting rifle make it more accurate? The aiming thingy seems to respond differently when crouched 🤔

[glad drum]

Any items you have as overflow

[cunning siren]

I'm making 70k p/min from a quickwire reanimated SAM and raw quarts sink. They are often easy inexpensive ways to make early points

[feral geyser]

DNA capsules from alien remains

[stray herald]

I'm at 16 million per ticket

I am sinking nuclear pasta rn but I am making so little

[feral geyser]

They are on a separate counter that scales linearly

[stray herald]

1.5 pasta per minute and I needit for phase 5

[stray herald]

Yeah I've been hunting wildlife

Spreading efficiency

[cunning siren]

OH... well then you want BWD's

[feral geyser]

Somersloop both steps in a constructor and you get quadruple the capsules

[stray herald]

I just unlocked them I'll get on it. Thanks!:D

[stray herald]

What's the respawn rate on animals?

[cunning siren]

fast

[feral geyser]

Maybe like, 5-10 minutes ish

[stray herald]

Oh that's not bad at all

[cunning siren]

Yep unleash hellfire and dump their meat into profit! It's the FICSIT way!

[feral geyser]

3 in-game days

Very mistaken the first time.

[cunning siren]

Realllly?

Does anything stop them from spawning? Like building stuff in the area?

[restive knot]

DNA

[feral geyser]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Creatures#Spawning

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Combat#Creature_respawn_mechanism

[feral geyser]

Yes

[past robin]

one really tall tower or 2 shorter towers

[lost belfry]

how recource intensive are signs used for "illumination"
I have what you may call a potato pc aka. a Laptop so i wouldnt want to lag my game due to spaming signs

[restive knot]

Unlock Nuclear power
Unlock Nuke nobelisk
Never use Nuclear power

[stray herald]

I know the global illumination option is very intense to run so try having it disabled first then see about light items

[lost belfry]

Oh i think my pc would blow up if i turned it on so its off for sure
i mean my laptop starts lagging when there are too many items on the screen and i have everything at low/minimum xD

[peak wasp]

So I am working on a new base so I am wondering if I placed it well

#screenshots message

[stray herald]

What are you going to use it for and how much experience do you have with the game?:)

[peak wasp]

Main base and I'm new

[wicked grove]

has anyones power switch just turn 90% invisible after placing it down?

[stray herald]

Welcome!:D

So there are 4 coal nodes and one pure iron node to the East. You can use two of those coal nodes + the iron for steel, and the other two nodes for a coal power plant.

The only problem with your location is that it's kinda far from iron and copper sources, but that is okay if you don't mind using conveyor belts and how they look.
The lake you're next to is very good for oil power plants, most people here make their main power plants in there, so I'd avoid building on top of the lake for now.

So either go a little north, next to your current home base, just west of it, or you can stick to the new place for now, buit I don't think it'll be usable long-term unless you end up with spaghetti and belts everywhere

[stray herald]

Yup happens with Blenders sometimes xD

I usually reloadthe save and it works

[peak wasp]

I mean I picked the area since I have unlimited space to build over the void close to some resources and power resources

I was thinking of also trucking in resources

[stray herald]

You could use trucks but it's best to build roads for them first since they can be a little finnicky

If you're close to getting oil then it can be an option since you'll have actual fuel for the trucks

[stray herald]

It's up to you to decide whether you want one giant factory or multiple small ones, I personally go for multiple factories across the map, linked by trains

Though if you do want one giant factory, there are many locations that people use, but I am not familiar with those

Also you can just move at any point

[faint locust]

How do I turn off the music in the hub?

[stray herald]

There is no need to stick to an area if it becomes too restrictive

[stray herald]

Options -> Gameplay -> 'Gameplay'

[faint locust]

Im not sure im seeing it

[spice patio]

Need to be in Main Menu, not ingame.

And if you get tired of dancing, eating pizza, candy and cake and don't want to wait until the event ends you can always return the HUB back to default by going to Options > Gameplay > Disable Seasonal Events

[faint locust]

I mean I dont mind the hub changes, but if thats the only way to stop the music.

[versed mesa]

So far now ive got 2 coal gens up and 2 water gens all with working power and ive got 2 constructors running one creating steel beams and the other steel pipes

Am proud for what ive done thus morning

When i can ill redo my oil rig and stuff

[teal geyser]

Why do people dislike the birthday music at the HUB? Too loud? Dislike music in general?

I've seen so many posts and complaints about it

[steel cloud]

Huh what, is there a seasonal event going on? Do I need to boot up my factory for the first time in months?

[teal geyser]

Serious question?

[steel cloud]

Ya

[teal geyser]

Birthday celebration inside the HUB, including music, cake, balloons, etc, to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Satisfactory 1.0 being released on September 10th, 2024

[steel cloud]

Ah I see for the official release birthday. Anyway the game has been out for 6+ years lol

Back in my day we had to place foundations one block at a time (shakes cane at kids on lawn)

[teal geyser]

Well yes, but they are only celebrating the 1.0 anniversary I guess

[teal geyser]

Must have been a living nightmare without zoop mode

[steel cloud]

It was the way it was, then as updates came over the years we became so happy with the future... And dissatisfied with the hundreds of hours wasted in the past. Zoop was the biggest game changer

Or the original spaghetti factories with all ramps because elevators didn't exist

[teal geyser]

Like conveyor lifts you mean?

[steel cloud]

Yeah those. And I saw actual elevators exist now, pretty neat

[sterile blade]

Building mods had more use ^^

[sour vessel]

I miss the SMART mod 😔

[grim ermine]

I'm just tryna craft 6000 screws at the hub and hearing it for 15m makes me hate it

[cunning glade]

So how does one make sure that plastic is leaving my factory thru train well the poly resin is being shipped in too make even more plastic

Am I gonna need just another station?

[dense violet]

musical torture is the appropriate punishment for hand crafting 6000 screws

[sour vessel]

You should nearly never be handcrafting items in Satisfactory

[teal geyser]

6000? Hand crafting?! What for?

[dense violet]

I mean, you might need a different platform? really depends how yo uset it up

[grim ermine]

Before I unlocked coal power I hand crafted everything because I detest biomass

[teal geyser]

Its not that bad now that we have conveyor input ports on the back

[grim ermine]

Yeah thats true

[dense violet]

so you did the harder longer thing instead of the easier thing? wild.

[teal geyser]

Do you not have a chainsaw?

[sour vessel]

Even with them, I had to refill my biomass gens ~3 times before switching to coal, it's not that bad

[dense violet]

You don't even need a chain saw. Just punch bushes for a few minutes

[sour vessel]

Didn't use any belts for my biomass

[dense violet]

yeah you could easily just sprint past old bio burners to fill the stacks. Took like 10 seconds

[grim ermine]

My factory was using 1500 MW before coal power

[dense violet]

why would it take 1500mw if you were handcrafting everything? makes no sense

[sour vessel]

tip #1 for satisfactory, rush coal power

[teal geyser]

Before 1.0, there was no conveyor input ports on biomass burners

[dense violet]

and that's definitely a you problem. You can get to coal off 10 bio burners pretty easily

[sour vessel]

I'm aware

I started playing U2-3

[teal geyser]

What were you powering? A DJ rave party with a ton of lights?

[dense violet]

probalby built 100 jump pads then complained about the power

[grim ermine]

No i built a factory and then gave up powering it and just hand crafted everything

I accidentally built too big

[atomic crest]

If 2 connections rails dont have a switch does that mean they are not connected

[rustic hare]

I got to coal with 3 and a working base

definitely more than doable

[sour vessel]

I think I had ~7 biomass burners, but I had a pretty big iron product factory

[dense violet]

I'll often have 10-15, but they won't be burning full blast. Mostly just safety buffers

bio burners are basically just chemical batteries

[grim ermine]

I had 40

[dense violet]

Sometimes you need to stop hurting yourself

[teal geyser]

That is why you try to get automated power production up and running

[grim ermine]

Yeah next time I'll build small until I get coal power

[latent meadow]

man i forgot that orignaly you had to build the hub

been so long since we had to do that

[fluid sapphire]

what

[latent meadow]

yes

orginaly in satifsactory you were giving a basic foundation for the hub

and you had to build it out

[fluid sapphire]

literally exactly how it is right now?

[latent meadow]

no

[fluid sapphire]

onboarding has you build it out in stages

[latent meadow]

oh

ok

[fluid sapphire]

first the frame, then the walls, then... i forget, but its piecemeal, as part of the tutorial

[latent meadow]

gotcha

i been skilling onboarding

didnt relize thatw as one the other things it skipps

[fluid sapphire]

thats where it happens, yeah

its not other exactly, thats like basically the whole thing

everything you do during onboarding is to finish the hub

[latent meadow]

fair

[cunning siren]

Did any recipes change in the last year?

[fluid sapphire]

nothing has changed since 1.0

[lethal prawn]

how many freight cars can i use on one train?
a lot of the track is uphill
if i wanted to pull a lot of freight cars is the best way to use 2 or more locomotives?

[fluid sapphire]

a good rule of thumb is 1 locomotive per 4 cars i think?

[restive moth]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Electric_Locomotive#Train_length

technically one locomotive can pull 100 cars on perfectly flat ground

but it's more nuanced

[green fiber]

The freight car page has a table for slopes and max amount of cars per locomotive

[versed mesa]

I like the chainsaw

How many farming locations do yous have i am guessing it's more than 1

[green fiber]

Farming? 0, we do not farm crops or herd cattle.

Factories on the other hand: dozen locations

[coral glacier]

I "farm" the local resources

[versed mesa]

Yeah factory and resource farming

[shy mulch]

What does that even mean?

[versed mesa]

I am just finding out to see what the number am looking at for having factories around the map

[shy mulch]

We can answer questions if they are answerable. But the question doesn't make much sense

[versed mesa]

What i am seeing more the merrier is needed

[shy mulch]

What phase are you at. And what are you trying to do

[versed mesa]

Yeah am struggling to explain things

[versed mesa]

Am not doing anything am just curious on the numbers for factor locations and resource spots needed

I am seeing that the more you got the better it is

[shy mulch]

That's like asking "how fast is a car"
Depends on so many things and is different for everyone

[versed mesa]

Lmfao

@shy mulch ive unlocked packer and others earlier

So i can start packing fuel

[peak wasp]

question: So if i put all the soomer sloops and mercer spehere and spawn them on a storage container. Is there a way to make them officially unavailable on the map? (i am using the SCIM website interactive map)

[fluid sapphire]

idk, its just natural that over time you spread all over
#screenshots message

[shy mulch]

My advice if you are finding the logistics and planning difficult, is to take things one step at a time
In each phase, look at what the space elevator needs, and plan to automate for that, and understand what rate you want to automate those things at
Then as you unlock each thing, work on them as their own independent challenge
Then when you have unlocked all the tiers for that phase, it'll literally be 3 manufacturers to pull it all together to finish the phase

[versed mesa]

Yeah i was looking in there before

[fluid sapphire]

thats what my map looks like right now, but i am not even done with phase 4 yet, i will spread out more yet

[shy mulch]

looks more organised than mine haha

[versed mesa]

Ok i get it

I am doing what I can

[fluid sapphire]

its all very on-the-grid xd

small and modular mostly

[versed mesa]

Earlier I was was setting up foundery and some constructors for creating steel ingot to then creat steel beams and steel pipes and set up another coal Gen and water gen to push water through the pipes more for the 2 Coal gens

Then I did some conveyor replacing with higher level ones ect

So trying to craft automate as much recipes as possible and trying to automated fast as possible to fill the storage units up

Or damn your building train tracks and station

@fluid sapphire wow in your screenshot of your map all the lines are train tracks I am assuming ?

[fluid sapphire]

the pink lines yeah

[versed mesa]

Wow thats alot how long did it take you ?

[fluid sapphire]

the initial "circle" around it all took around 20 hours probably, other than that its a work in progress

[versed mesa]

I get you thats crazy work

[fluid sapphire]

where it gets real interesting is when i need to make stuff like this happen, in tight spaces, i think it took me the better part of a day of trial and error to make this happen
#design-and-architecture message

its also so much easier after 1.1 than it used to be

auto connect and vertical nudge make building rail so much easier

its also all on the world grid, every post

[versed mesa]

Omg i can see that being mind boggling for me lol

[fluid sapphire]

thats a huge part of why it takes so long

[versed mesa]

Thats awesome

[fluid sapphire]

yeah its not really a beginner setup, if you are just starting out with rail, better to stick to a circular setup with just stations on the side

once you understand signaling you can make some pretty crazy stuff

[versed mesa]

Sweet

@fluid sapphire I am guessing foundation is what I would use to create floors and full on factory building

[fluid sapphire]

thats what most people use

[versed mesa]

Instead of building on bumps on land let's say right next to ocean where oil spot is