#satisfactory

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cunning siren
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The Stitched Iron Plate and Heavy Encased Frame alternate recipes cut out most of the need for screws. Having Cast Screws for Copper Rotor combo is a good plan too, Steel Rotor in combination with the first two alts removes screws almost entirely 🤷

minor cedar
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Just got my Kickstarter mousemat and mugs! Looks great, minus a random drop of blue paint in the middle of one of my mugs lol

candid torrent
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call me crazy but i think wire and screws are on the same level

feral geyser
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Screws are a trade-off. If you want faster output per machine, use the screws recipes. If you want slightly better resource efficiency, use the non-screw recipes.

cunning siren
wild lotus
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Guys, need help, have a question. Can some please check the questions and help channel?

feral geyser
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Screws only suck if you:
A) don't have Mk3 belts yet, or
B) have a tendency to over-manifold.

brisk lantern
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yall I got a question, I'm in the early game (I think, I just unlocked advanced steel production) and I got the fine concrete recipe which uses silica to make more concrete per limestone but I wanna know if using that is gonna cause trouble in the future because I heard that quartz becomes an issue once factories get bigger and I dont wanna spend quartz on concrete if it's already a bottleneck in big factories

limpid cairn
feral geyser
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Yeah, silica is pretty important for aluminum later

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Wet concrete is where it's at

cunning siren
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Screws suck if you don't have the proper alts and do not know how to obtain them 😆

limpid cairn
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you can cut out silica out of aluminum

wild lotus
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Yup but for producing ingots it's better

candid torrent
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mk6 belt full of screws be like

limpid cairn
candid torrent
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i hate using quartz for aluminum

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sloppy -> pure all day

feral geyser
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You can but you really shouldn't

wild lotus
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Yea but a lot of quartz nodes just end up lying around the map, so in case it's close it's pretty useful

cunning siren
candid torrent
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although i could use more aluminum now that ficsonium is on the table

feral geyser
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Just do Quartz Purification with nitric and double dip, get crystals and silica

limpid cairn
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yes it gives more throughtput but you just waste more than a lot of silicia

feral geyser
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If you're really crunching for quartz

cunning siren
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Who is crunching for quartz? 😆

candid torrent
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quartz is pretty abundant compared to bauxite i believe

cunning siren
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There is SOOOO much of it

candid torrent
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it’s uncommon at worst

feral geyser
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Exaclty

candid torrent
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sulfur on the other hand…

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:(

wild lotus
limpid cairn
candid torrent
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sloppy -> base is the it yeah

wild lotus
candid torrent
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that’s on the other side of the world 😭

wild lotus
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I mean depends on where your base is😂

feral geyser
brisk lantern
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one guy is saying quartz doesnt matter, one guy is saying it does, and one guy is using emojis
ima just stick with normal concrete until I get the wet concrete recipe, better safe than having to rebuild the whole production line

candid torrent
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im on the west coast for the most pasrt

brisk lantern
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btw the desert is THE best biome ever

candid torrent
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oil:

limpid cairn
cunning siren
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All the biomes are good, cept maybe the noob grass field one

feral geyser
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Even grass fields isn't so bad

brisk lantern
candid torrent
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snakes on the train:

feral geyser
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Enough is enough

candid torrent
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eveywehre is good we have globalization

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infrastructure issue

brisk lantern
limpid cairn
candid torrent
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trains are cool but have you heard of the humble fugly sky bus

dawn bramble
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i don't know where else i would say this
but hear me out..
truck signals would be crazy cool

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like traffic lights

candid torrent
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i tried to set up a truck to drive some materials around and the first thing it did was drive into the ocean

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i built a train track in its stead

dawn bramble
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seems right

candid torrent
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i love trucks a lot theyre so fun and cool

limpid cairn
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vehicle recording seems so weird in sf tbh

dawn bramble
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bit buggy

limpid cairn
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like my car once drove into the void and killed me

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and i didnt record it into the void

candid torrent
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yeah idk what went wrong but it just decided to keep going straight around a turn

dawn bramble
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despite all my rage trucks are still pretty cool

amber heath
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is there a way to fully automate packaged biofuel?

dawn bramble
candid torrent
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nope unfortunately not

amber heath
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damn

dawn bramble
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very unfortunate

amber heath
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yes it is

candid torrent
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you can make a pretty effective organic junk -> biofuel machine but

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never truly automatic

amber heath
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whats that

candid torrent
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just a line thats input is a chest u throw leaves n wood into

amber heath
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oh yeah i already have that

dawn bramble
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ive heard a tale of the oasis in the dune desert (3592 -2121) that gives you the most biomass in the game

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better then the northern forest

brisk lantern
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can confirm

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it gave me so much biomass when I still relied on biofuel

dawn bramble
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lets be real why is biofuel so expensive in the awesome shop (3 tickets is over priced)

brisk lantern
dawn bramble
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fair
and yet i still buy some parts for unlocks (i purchased some plastic and rubber for the packager)

plucky flower
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Im building a refinery for the first time and just want to get some product without doing all the HRF. Im using tons os fluid buffers and just flushing the entire network. MWAHAHAHAHHAA

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No Heavy Residual fuel for me😂😂😂

dawn bramble
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honestly thats a good start

amber heath
brisk lantern
amber heath
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as jetpack fuel?

brisk lantern
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oh nah I still got biofuel for jetpack fuel lol

amber heath
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yeah i figured

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but it doesnt burn much biofuel right?

dawn bramble
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you cant use coal as jetpack fuel lol

brisk lantern
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but I have like at least 4800 biofuel so no shortages for the foreseeable future

amber heath
amber heath
wild lotus
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Guys, what is the max amount of parts i can input into a drone port per minute such that the drone can transport it without any overflow or clogging of belts? (Stack size is 100 and assuming there is a second drone always waiting above the port)

brisk lantern
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no idea lol I havent even built a single drone yet best of luck on your calculations

dawn bramble
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y'know what sucks
i made my save from an lfg about a little idea i had (4 dudes 4 bases) ((quick rundown, it's just 2 biome apart atleast bases for each player))
and then everyone left, now im playing alone

brisk lantern
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also assume that everyone is gonna leave at some point, that happens on every multiplayer game server from minecraft to satisfactory

dawn bramble
dawn bramble
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now do i continue decorating my newest factory or make some sweet sweet fuel power

candid torrent
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can i have a drone from my central fuel plant deliver fuel to foreign drone ports

shrewd palm
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yes

candid torrent
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alright looks like we’re upgrading to ionized fuel then

shrewd palm
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why stop there

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why not do plutonium

candid torrent
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plutonium fuel rods…

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also i think i should use pink diamonds

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gives the impression of making the coal move a lot more

languid anvil
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is there any material/foundation that looks pure white when swatched with white?

willow storm
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haven't tried but perhaps plated concrete?

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or whatever it's called

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the one made with plastic

grand quest
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is the interactive map up to date rn?

brisk lantern
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so I would assume yes

grand quest
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are there still three quartz nodes in the very top left

brisk lantern
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if anyone knows help this guy out

grand quest
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bc i cannot find them lol, even going right where they are on the interactive map

shy mulch
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The ones in the cave?

grand quest
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i think they might be

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do you know where the entrance is

shy mulch
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"going right where they are" are you going by all 3 coordinates or are you just going by X Y and ignoring height?

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Caves are all marked on interactive map too

livid creek
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hey guys, is 250 singularity cells too much or nah?

grand quest
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just xy bc i honestly didnt realize theyd show up when not looking at the caves specifically

shy mulch
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You should get into the habit of checking height of things

humble epoch
# wild lotus Guys, what is the max amount of parts i can input into a drone port per minute s...

The math would be easy to figure out with some multiplication and whatever but the problem is there's a 54 second take off and landing time that you can't shut off the belts for each drone so you will have overflow or belt clogging or shortage of parts if you have the belts going very slow to accommodate landing and take off times.
This isn't worded as well as it could be but I don't have that kind of time.

shy mulch
livid creek
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oh well i wanted to say 250/min

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takes around 1000 constructors and 1250 smelters in total

shy mulch
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I can't remember how many I'm making but it's probably about the same

livid creek
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wanted to do 500/min but calculator says no

shy mulch
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Yeah you're gonna be struggling to use that many anyway tbh

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Make more portals

livid creek
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portals?

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are they useful at all?

shy mulch
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It's one of the two things you'd use singularity cells for

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I've got portals dotted around all over the place, love them

silent aurora
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Question

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Are tgere gonna be build limits to satis console?

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Like in SE. PCU system where you have a budget and each buildable has a cost subtrated from

livid creek
cunning siren
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Doggo portal when? 😭

livid creek
# silent aurora Question

🎮 Console (PS5 / Xbox) Considerations

Because consoles have fixed hardware, the game may include performance warnings or soft caps (e.g., suggesting you’re building beyond optimal levels).

But no official announcement or developer comments suggest a hard PCU-style limit will be added.

It’s more likely they’ll use dynamic optimization and performance guidance, not restrictions.

livid creek
hard ivy
shy mulch
livid creek
lethal scroll
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heyo, this is just a suspicion, but am I correct to assume that crystal computer and silicon cirquit board are a pretty good combination? Together they would seem to allow for the assembly of a computer without any petrolium parts

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and both swap out the plastic components for the same core resource (quartz)

mortal ginkgo
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otherwise yolo

cunning siren
shy mulch
cunning siren
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And the more plast and rubber I can use for parts the better IMO 🤷

lethal scroll
# mortal ginkgo quartz is not abundant so it might be a problem at very late game if you are sca...

I like recipes that allow me to set up production of a part in a different area from normally. For example, the core components of the computer seem to require copper, and plastic (petrolium). So, a good area to set up computer production would be somewhere where there is an intersection of oil and copper nodes.
Now, taking for example iron wire and electrode cirquit board, I can instead set up computer production at an intersection between oil and iron instead.
Or with caterium cirquit board and quickwire cable, at an intersection between oil and caterium.
And for the same reason, crystal computer and silicon cirquit board allow computer production at an intersection between quartz and copper.

Just allows you for more options for sites to set up production

cunning siren
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Oil products are easy AF

lethal scroll
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I don't like importing basic parts, so anything that gives me more options for locations I can use to set up advanced parts production are really useful to me

mortal ginkgo
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In most cases, thats what the alt recipes are for, they make it easier etc

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but ask for more power, space etc

lethal scroll
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I like to set up shop on areas that have a bunch of useful nodes, and with alt recipes it increases the amount of things I can make from just the resources available

coarse pebble
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What if there was some kind of integrated foundation that could carry electricity without any power poles (would automatically transfer electricity to other connected integrated foundations) that you could build with some Quickwire or something

dense violet
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It USED to be a thing in vanilla. You didn’t need a mod. But it was very dumb and got axed

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It’s such a mess for power management

dense violet
lethal scroll
dense violet
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It’s what I too 🙂
It was fun building a 50.4 uranium rod factory on location, only having to import the uranium and a node of sulfur

cunning glade
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Rcus are pretty important right

dense violet
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I mean as important as any other part

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Afaik you can’t cut them out of world product

cunning glade
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Well I'm thinking of redoing my factory and making more of them

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But heatsink is kinda the better recipe right?

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So I'm thinking I make a factory of those first

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Think it's heat sinks or cooling systems one of the 2

dense violet
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Maybe consider what you’d be using them for first , to give you an idea of what you need and what recipes you’d use

cunning glade
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That's fair ik I need them for some stuff I don't remember what without looking

dense violet
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I would plan out the use for either 🙂

im not sure you can compare a heat sink recipe abd rcu recipe though

cunning glade
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With drones now I can start just droning the low ppm stuff

cunning glade
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At least that's what I thought I could be incorrect

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Idk just unlocked so much stuff overwhelmed and idk where too start cuz normally I figure out what I wanna make then brainstorm how but RN there's so much too make I have no clue what too start but probs rcu

dense violet
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But yeah figure out the items they make too to have an idea. You’ll need both 😉

cunning glade
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Ik I'll need both

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If I remember correctly I got told the more heatsinks u can make the easier late game is or something like that

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I figured start the heatsink factory then expand when needed

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But unsure

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Idk all I do is think about the game and my next plan but RN I don't have a next plan so I'm idk feel lost

coarse pebble
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The way I would implement it you would still have to connect buildings to the foundations with cables

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It just came into my mind after I thought about how cool itd be to just be able to plop a wall pole onto a pillar and have no visible cable going from some other pole to it.

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Which can be done, it just takes nudging and some time

tepid prairie
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is phase 3 at 35 Hours good?

zenith fractal
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so if you think it's good

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then it is

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unless you're speed running, then completion time matters.

tropic juniper
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satisfactory is like a piece of jerky. you should chew it more than usual food

white dawn
silent vector
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Hey, anyone with amd 5 9600x?! How's the cpu doing in late games?? Huge factory and a lot of machines?!

tropic juniper
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it's delicious

lime ermine
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Only because I'm at max settings

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But still get 100-120 fps

cunning glade
silent vector
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I haven’t reached phase 5 yet, but I’m pretty sure this game eats the CPU alive 😅 so I’m wondering before buying it.
Also, do you play Captain of Industry? I think that last line might be a bit #off-topic 😄

sour dew
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yo guys, im trying to get the achievement that says i need to go to every start biome, i did just go to all of them but still it says i only got 1/4. i dont know what to do, any suggest?

silent vector
cunning glade
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Well yeah it's faster in single core

cunning glade
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I've already gone over the object limit

sour dew
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in the start zone?

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i was just doing that for like 20 minutes, still dont count

knotty plume
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do you guys prefer pure or leeched alternate recipes to get more out of base ores?

plucky flower
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I dont use them at all yet lol

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I really like the functioing ones like stiched iron plates or iron wires etcetra

cunning glade
cunning glade
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But leached can have its uses

sour dew
peak wasp
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Hey guys!, Looking to get back into satisfactory again. Last time played was Jan 2024 D: .
Just how much new stuff am I going to need to learn XD?

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really hope I can bring my old save over to the new patch

zenith fractal
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just adding water is so easy

dense violet
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alloy recipes are extremely convenient. Copper and iron generally exist next to each other. Only takes a tiny bit of copper to explode iron ingots. Copper alloy is essentially converting iron to copper and iron is a trash resource in general so thats fantastic

And very compact, no need for pipes for refineries and almost the same outputs

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stops the game from becoming refinery simulator 2024

limpid cairn
shrewd palm
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performance only tanks when you build on insane scales

limpid cairn
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I’m running on a somewhat old cpu (i7 12700) and it runs perfectly without any errors

zenith fractal
candid ingot
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Are there any mods that let you sink ficsonium?

peak wasp
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is there any way to see what mods were used in an old game save?

zenith fractal
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why sink it when you can use it for fuel?

candid ingot
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Because I NEED NUTS

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NUTS ARE WHAT I NEED

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IV'E ALR AUTOMATED THE BIGGIE SLOOP

zenith fractal
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the nuts are very important

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but i do not think a mod to sink ficsonium has been made

sick falcon
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can i make double sided trains

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or do i need an awkward turnaround at the end of my tracks

zenith fractal
candid ingot
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how bout' that

zenith fractal
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I have no game making experience

leaden turret
sick falcon
zenith fractal
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that is possible but I find it to be annoying to set up and I can't explain it well

sick falcon
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ty

zenith fractal
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youtube guides I say you must plunge into

leaden turret
zenith fractal
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train guide

dense violet
zenith fractal
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see if it helps you if not then I guess try to engineer one

leaden turret
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see also:
⬅️⬛⬛⬛⬛➡️
sf_trainsf_freight_carsf_freight_carsf_freight_carsf_freight_carsf_train

peak wasp
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aw we cant post pics to this channel?

zenith fractal
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you can here

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I see you already have

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and I must say

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I have no idea how you're gonna figure out how to

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I guess do your best to review the smart splitter settings and try to reverse engineer it?

dense violet
peak wasp
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I've figured it out 🙂

turbid merlin
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My question is why

peak wasp
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got a small section into the blueprint, and checked it's output

zenith fractal
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ah

peak wasp
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I did this in jan, 2024 man D:

dense violet
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you have to actively create the problem youre solving for

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what are you, GM getting rid of trams in LA to sell busses and cars?

peak wasp
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it's also used to automatically sort out and distribute items from drone hubs, train centers etc

dense violet
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"you never have to mix all your items like this in the first place
even if you do want to mix some for some convenience you'd never have to mix more than a handful of items and a couple smart splitters fixes that"

peak wasp
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idk, i wanted to see if i could do it?, and i did?. It means I can be lazy when i was building new things, and join them up to the storage easier, while i figure said new thing out, optimize etc

dense violet
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ok that's a fair answer. 'Because it's fun' can't be argued with

peak wasp
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it started as a small structure used to split things from an outer production line, cause i didnt want to have to run 3 or 4 lines of conveyers

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and then kind of snowballed to "This is one single place i can easily get everything I need, I can even dump my entire inventory randomly into this single storage, and it will convey to the sorter, so everything goes to it's designated box automatically, so i can be lazy"

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plus i was also hoping for a feature to be released, like some kind of machine, i could go up to, type what i wanted and how much, and it would take it from the storage to my inventory (im a bit autistic)

dense violet
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I've seen someone create a call system w/o mods on youtube. Basically levers that sent a train to pick stuff up

peak wasp
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but recently been getting a lot of satisfactory videos pop up and i felt the autistic itch

fluid glen
tough hamlet
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What's good

fluid glen
peak wasp
zenith fractal
tough hamlet
fluid glen
peak wasp
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gonna have to put some walls up or smth

dense violet
polar rose
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did Satisfactory get offical controller support yet?

outer moss
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guys help im bored what do

shrewd palm
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factory cart racing

zenith fractal
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fellas

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I have a question, I am on the final step of making a big plubber factory with the recycled recipes. what ratio of plastic to rubber should I make to export to factories?

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1 to 1 or something?

lone widget
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is this the right place because after almost a year of not playing i went back to base game after a fresh install of windows and all new drivers and loaded up the game only to crash my pc multiple times in a row. pretty frustrating. any advice greatly apricated.
i did verify all files through steam

lament niche
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hey how do you use the console to force satisfatory to regenerate the graphics and models? my graphis are... perma fucked up

dense violet
zenith fractal
lament niche
white dawn
# zenith fractal I have a question, I am on the final step of making a big plubber factory wit...

Something that KYO297 does is set up the recycled loop so that it's capable of outputting either entirely rubber or entirely plastic, then just taking whatever's needed. You're building more than you need to -- by the time the oil is completely used up, a bunch of the machines in the recycling loop will have never actually produced anything 'cause they're overbuilt. But it's one solution, at least

dense violet
zenith fractal
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it's not connected yet

zenith fractal
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just thhe refineries themselves are placed

white dawn
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I mean it looks neat but I'm not even sure what I'm looking at there. :) (And I'm far from the go-to person for debugging problems, even though I'm too loquacious)

lament niche
zenith fractal
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my question seems to be in need of elaboration, i meant to ask what will I need more? Plastic or rubber from this facility?

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should i do half and half?

white dawn
white dawn
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If you're uncomfortable just guessing and risking being wrong, then you probably shouldn't be "overbuilding" in the first place. :)

dense violet
# zenith fractal just thhe refineries themselves are placed

riiiight. ok. Well... I don't know. maybe more plastic than rubber?

But I'd also set it up so you plan the connections so that you have 2 independent factories. 1 for rubber as the end product, and 1 for plastic as the end product. A lot easier to manage

white dawn
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Or, as I suggested, you could set up the recycling loop so that it's technically capable of going either way

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And then whatever ratio you do need just gets figured out over time

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(Or yeah, set up independent factories, etc)

zenith fractal
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I see

white dawn
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Unless you're literally planning out your future factories, any overbuild is going to "go wrong" in either direction unless you're sort of unfathomably lucky

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You're either going to be producing too little of something (in which case you need to make more anyway), or you produced too much of something (which, so long as you had fun doing it, isn't really a problem, but it does mean you built factory you didn't need to)

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I agree that with stuff like the recycled oil loop (and, for instance, aluminum), it's often kind of easier to make a big bunch of stuff rather than a bit at a time, but if you do that, you've gotta resign yourself to the fact that you're gonna get stuff wrong

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(which, again, only really means "okay, I need another factory" or "oops, I built too much," neither of which are terrible outcomes)

zenith fractal
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oh well, I suppose if it is wrong I can sink whatever is being overproduced and turn another oil field into a hyper industrial hell hole to produce more of what I am lacking.

white dawn
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For my 1.0 save I actually coded myself a utility to assist with expandable most-efficient-oil-loop processing; would tell me exactly what to build out to increase production of rubber or plastic from a given already-in-place setup. :D

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Was a bit mad, and probably more trouble than it was worth, but was kind of fun

zenith fractal
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but either way I am kinda proud, 2550 oil per minute is gonna be used in this project.

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I placed like 72 blenders, it was fun.

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I guess I will do half and half of plastic and rubber.

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thanks for the suggestions lads

viscid bobcat
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automating phase 3 is gonna break me🫠

coarse pebble
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Are inputs on multiple input buildings (assembler for example) exclusive to only one piece of the recipe per input?

viscid bobcat
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and then I got phase 4

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to worry abouit

dense violet
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as in a blender with 2 fluid inputs will only accept water in one of them

coarse pebble
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so I could've...
sigh

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I will definitely use that in the future, thanks

dense violet
coarse pebble
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I was just curious as so far I have kept the two ingredients in whatever I was assembling separate

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and I couldn't get on and check right now

dense violet
coarse pebble
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It just would have simplified the logistics of a small modular frame factory I built earlier

dense violet
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just to clear it up, are you describing feeding multiple items into one input

or just having multiple items on one belt and using a smart splitter to feed the items to various inputs?

coarse pebble
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Feeding multiple different items into one input. For example both the iron rods and the reinforced iron plates into one input on modular frame assembler

dense violet
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it's called Single Input Sushi
I've only seen one person do it

viscid bobcat
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I swear producing rotors never gives you clean numbers

dense violet
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now a basic sushi belt? just multiple items on one belt using smart splitters definitely can simplify logistics

viscid bobcat
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satisfactory calculator always gives you .33 or .67

coarse pebble
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those are easy bro

dense violet
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'clean' numbers don't exist. Decimals are just demals. Change your time frame and they vanish.

grizzled ivy
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i know snutt isnt doing community stuff anymore but i feel like i havent seen jace in a while either, where has my man been

cyan valve
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does the water tower trick works for fuels as well?

dense violet
dense violet
dense violet
grizzled ivy
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no snutt OR jace. thats whack

white dawn
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Both Jace and Snutt are still active on streaming/YouTube and even have a show thing they're doing together. No need to miss them; you can catch up with them at any time. :)

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(Also, the newer community managers at CSS are lovely folks as well. ❤️ )

earnest oak
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realistically possible to make every item at once?

dense violet
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with a decent computer, and a lot of effort, you could probably use up half the map's resources processed to end tiers and not have a computer that is on fire at the end

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Can't guarantee fps though

earnest oak
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only half nah we milking every last rescource thats what this game for right exploitation

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im making a forever world so like ya im hoping to use every single rescource in the game

dense violet
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your computer will crash before then, even with the best private gear

dense violet
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even with
meaning not even the best gear will stop that

earnest oak
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nah i still got that until i dont

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trust i got that

dense violet
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got what?

earnest oak
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ill put every single rescource in sinks

dense violet
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ok if you're just sinking the ore, sure

earnest oak
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ill go until failure

dense violet
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as long as you're ok with being unable to complete the goal, go ham

I highly recommend you spread out your factories then

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avoid signs, over clock everything, have as few objects as possible

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don't have huge floating platforms

icy jetty
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anyone that likes sky platforms but overcame that urg and somehow kep thte scenery of the planet, how did you fight that urge to make easy platforms?

dense violet
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just build in multiple floors. Easy to have lots of space

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keeps it real looking

cosmic pawn
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how many smelters is too much for optimal ingot making?

dense violet
cosmic pawn
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ah so like 9 in a line is perfectly fine?

dense violet
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yup. belt manifolds care nothing about number of machines

as long as you have enough ppm and throughput yu're good

cosmic pawn
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i got 4 miners pumping iron

dense violet
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Once I have a steady supply of power shards though I over clock everything, but that's a personal choice

cosmic pawn
#

is it still fine if they all aren't pure veins?

dense violet
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only thing that matters is raw numbers

hard ivy
dense violet
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if you need 1 pure node or 4 impure to get what you need? no difference

cosmic pawn
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i got 2 impure and 2 normal going into this

dense violet
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When you have more smelters than ore it just means you're deep in the under clocking for power efficiency zone

dense violet
cosmic pawn
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so if it works it's fine

dense violet
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the only real difference with number of nodes and clocking is a small power difference.

but it's effectively a non issue

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scam

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multi channel scam

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<@&387163995947270144>

cosmic pawn
#

is that a common thing here?

spice patio
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Somewhat common thing on any open Discord server.

dense violet
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it always gets stomped fast though

cunning glade
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I'm assuming around 1-2 a min is plenty cuz phase 4 takes a while

hard ivy
dense violet
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was probalby doing 4 or more pm of each? but it wouldn't have been sustainable

cunning glade
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Handcrafting no thx

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Def automating them all

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I have drones no reason not too

hard ivy
cunning glade
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I will prolly do mini factorys for them just cuz that's how I like too do it

cunning glade
hard ivy
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It's faster than automating 🤷‍♂️

cunning glade
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I wanna connect nodes and watch it go up on its own

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Faster sure but IDC for speed

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Plus within the week I get my new flight pedals I will probably be playing alot of star citizen

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Plus Perseus soon

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We shall see if the addiction stays

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Waiting for Christmas event to show my friend

hard ivy
wary perch
coral bough
dense violet
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it's a later tier item used in like 1 thing

hard ivy
coral bough
cunning siren
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Hand fed builds, yeish... 😆

hard ivy
coral bough
cunning siren
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Particle accelerators do all sorts of things other than make boom booms

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Diamonds Pasta and Crystals... and Ficsonium, but we don't talk about that 😆 Failonium

versed mesa
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Good morning all

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👍

cunning glade
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I hate phase 4

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I can't brainstorm well not playing the game I hate it

hard ivy
cunning siren
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I've been learning the fine art of "cheesing" in a Mk.1 double wall outlets into my blueprints, feels good jace_smile

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And no, I don't have any walls

versed mesa
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How would I go about creating vertical up curvy bubble shape factories going up

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People have done this in the awesome builds but not sure how

wheat musk
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Hello everyone I’m new

cunning siren
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Sup?

cunning glade
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I did all the milestones in phase 4 and now I'm overwhelmed with where too start I think

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Plus now I'm procrastinating I think

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Cuz like I wanna smoke and start playing but like not knowing what too do I don't start up the game mainly cuz I haven't smoked

wheat musk
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I’ve never played satisfactory bc I’m on console but I’ll get my first ever play through soon😅😅

versed mesa
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Awesome

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Not long now and will drop to consoles

wheat musk
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Yep november 4th cannot wait I’ve been waiting for years

versed mesa
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Is a long time to wait lol

wheat musk
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Indeed it is that’s why I’m literally buying it the second is comes avalaible

versed mesa
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@wheat musk surprised you can't preorder

wheat musk
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Trust me if I could I 10000 percent would right now

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Currently it’s announced but no pre order yet maybe there will be soon or they might just full release to console with no pre order

versed mesa
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Lol

versed mesa
wheat musk
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Yeah that’s what I’m assuming aswell but I’m very very excited

versed mesa
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@wheat musk I play for you until you can lol

wheat musk
versed mesa
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Noproblem

wheat musk
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I seriously don’t wanna wait though like I’m counting every second

versed mesa
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Ive got just over 400 hours in niw and had the game like a month or so now

wheat musk
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Nice man how is it ?

versed mesa
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@wheat musk when you start playing you will see how many phases there is lol

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Just about to jump on now

cunning glade
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Will cross play be real?

versed mesa
#

Idk

cunning glade
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Ye I'll play a game with u if u want cross play or not

versed mesa
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@cunning glade the time of silence and no comment lmao

cunning siren
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ZOMG auto-connect only needs "belt stubs" on one side of the blueprint! 🤯... time to "fix" some blueprints tired_jace

hard ivy
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If the stub is only on the BP that's already placed, AC doesn't work

cunning siren
cunning siren
bold heron
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Tryed play on steamdeck, game runs ok (no clue how later)
But i found i cant save.
I click save game create a savefile whit a name, but then im kinda stuck there i can change the name but not actual save under the name.
Am i fo something wrong ?

cunning siren
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The only few disadvantage with auto connect so far seems to be, you have to set it up in blueprints and it creates smaller segments of belts and pipes sometimes. I'm guessing that may cause issues when upgrading belts or pipes 🤔 I'll probably miss one of those stubs 😭

bold heron
#

Ty

cunning siren
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I may also be paranoid the pipes may cause issues and manually re connect them 😆 defeating the reason for using the feature

granite wharf
#

Can’t wait for ps5 release

cunning siren
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I'm happy such a good game is happening for console folk

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I hear ps5 will get 60 FPS, that's pretty good

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Mah ~10 year old video card struggles to get 60 FPS sometimes 😭

chrome otter
cunning siren
leaden turret
chrome otter
cunning siren
chrome otter
#

and is there an approach method if I want everything in order to avoid spaghettifying?

cunning siren
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There are people who will attempt to tell you how to play 🤷 you'll learn through trial and error mostly or you can watch some video content I suppose, maybe gain some insight on what you may enjoy

leaden turret
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how to play: have fun

chrome otter
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i put ~100 hours in Satisfactory but got tired of the enemies and the constant pressure of the spaghetti, will try to leave this behind, thanks!

cunning siren
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Pre-foundations it's pretty hard to avoid 🍝, one tip is holding the CTRL key while a hologram is parallel to another input or output. It will snap it in alignment with it the best it can 🤷 not really ground breaking but does help line things up without the grid of the foundaitons

dense violet
leaden turret
dreamy nova
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There's also a game option/mod to delete spiders entirely :D

cunning siren
#

Maybe time to start a Dune Desert playthrough 🤔 I have yet to do Grass Fields though... Hummmm

dreamy nova
cunning siren
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I seem to like the feel of a new start and objectives, the "end game" sandbox mode does not seem to "do it" for me? IDK 🤷 I am kind of an odd player with games sometimes

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I tell myself "I can always go back to the old saves" but I never do 😆

chrome otter
#

thanks for all the tips!

void gorge
#

RPG curse especially

stone fulcrum
#

Hey everyone, I'd like to know if there is a mod out there for decoupling trains and recoupling cuz I wish this was a feature within the base game so trains would work more realistically but that's just me

feral geyser
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I don't think you actually want that

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Trains can already auto-route and timetable and path schedule and all that.

hard ivy
cunning siren
#

Anybody else avoid walking through the swamp? As if my feet will get wet and it will be "ooogy" 😆

cunning glade
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Would 10 turbo motors a min be overkill for personal use

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I assume so

hard ivy
#

Idk, I'm making 15 💀

sterile blade
cunning siren
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Turbo Motors sink ok and they can be used to make BWD 🤔, with sloopage only need 2.5 /m for 10 BWD though so... yea super overkill

reef basin
finite hornet
#

Paintables, beams ( all the beams ) when ?

cunning siren
#

Can I make blueprints of water extractors if it's in the water 🤔 time for SCIENCE!

reef basin
#

afaik it's not possible

cunning siren
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Oooof

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Apparently it was able to be done pre 1.0 and "now" with infinite nudge mod? 🤷 I guess I'll try some pre made blueprints and see if those work

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WOH, this blueprint seems to allow infinite nudge with water extractors AND no mod installed 🤔 Wuuuuut

strong wind
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cant wait till nov 4th

dense violet
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because of all the gunpowder treason and plot coming?

shy mulch
#

I

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I'll be happy on nov 4th because I'll only be 2 weeks away from some time off work

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good enough reason for me, but what's your reason

cunning siren
#

The symmetry on fully overclocked coal gens is much more satisfying than that nasty 3:8 ratio 🤔

zenith pecan
hushed canopy
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i fixed my pipe flow problem, the 600 to 600 fuel power i got going on needed a second pipe to connect to the network at the halfway point to fix the fuel flow with the manifold setup.

zenith pecan
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Coal is very temporary, I don't put more effort than needed, often not even a building shell.

shy mulch
hushed canopy
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600 production, 600 consumption, and i may have not fixed it it seems, the flow was better for a bit and now the last two in the 6x2 line i have going on are not being fed enough fuel again

shy mulch
#

oops replied to wrong comment

dense violet
zenith pecan
shy mulch
hushed canopy
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i think it might be better to have a separate supply pipe for both sides

zenith pecan
cunning siren
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TIL: Only have to snap one water extractor to the grid and snap off the others 🤔 I was making massive underwater platforms for extractors thinking they would not snap without it 😆

dense violet
hushed canopy
#

i can grab a ss

hard ivy
dense violet
shy mulch
#

Just stick with biomass burners, then you have no problems

cunning siren
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Yea, I guess what I'm saying is the junction points for the extractors match the water inputs closer with a 15:16 ratio

hushed canopy
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its in screenshots now

cunning siren
#

It looks pretyer IMO

spark sky
#

(There, now it's in the right channel.)

plucky flower
#

Just got my hupertube cannons up, lets go

fallow vector
#

so I'm pretty fresh to the game and I was wondering:
How many times have you guys started/rebuilt the first factory over before you got a grip on starting efficiently?

frail sleet
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It never really stops getting better, so long as you're putting in effort to improve

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but definitely at least a few 😛

haughty torrent
fallow vector
zenith pecan
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I've demo'd & rebuilt so many times as I'e learned kessons from earlier failures.

frail sleet
#

I'd advise to just take it one step at a time, do your thing, move onto the next thing while keeping lessons in mind.

fallow vector
#

also just unlocked coal, so that's gonna be interesting

dense violet
dense violet
verbal radish
#

@zockomat hey ! How do you don’t have fog ?

fallow vector
#

if only I could figure out where the hell I am on the interactive map.
But finding my save in a linux/proton version is kinda tricky

verbal radish
gaunt saffron
#

uhh

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is it maaybe the biome?

fallow vector
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I started at first spawn location and then went to a cliff with a bunch of normal nodes... kinda liked the view

dense violet
#

personally I would avoid the online map if you're new. Complete 100% exploration spoiler

gaunt saffron
verbal radish
fallow vector
#

as in the landscape

gaunt saffron
verbal radish
hard ivy
verbal radish
gaunt saffron
#

I use direct x12

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(forced)

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if that impacts shadows

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I mean fog

spark sky
# fallow vector so I'm pretty fresh to the game and I was wondering: How many times have you guy...

Starting efficiently? What's that?

I restarted a few times in a couple different areas, finally decided on one and went on from there. Last year's Ficsmas came early in my playthrough, I spent most of my time and effort on that stuff, while it was available. I built a display of the stuff I was able to make and now that game is my permanent game. I'm not sure efficient is what you can call my stuff, I'm currently preparing to work on Phase 2, but I did most of the manufacturing of stuff by hand (watched a lot of YouTube videos while waiting for stuff to get through crafting).

Now I've been building various iterations of biomass and coal power plant blueprints in creative, trying to decide which ones to build in my game.

fallow vector
#

like cooking food or doing chores

spark sky
fallow vector
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😮

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thanks

spark sky
#

I've seen people in YouTube videos try holding the mouse for hours to hand-craft.

fallow vector
#

yeah... kinda hard with a vertical mouse XD

spark sky
#

I want to get a trackball, I keep running into my keyboard or ending up off the mousepad.

fallow vector
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you have a mousepad?

spark sky
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You don't?

fallow vector
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nope

spark sky
#

I've had mousepads for decades.

fallow vector
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they'd just be in the way for me

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I also art on that desk

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however, that's gettin a biiit off-topic XD

spark sky
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Well, it depends on the surface of the desk. Some desk surfaces are inconsistant and would affect mouse movement consistancy.

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Anyway...

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@fallow vector Did you see my doggo kennel? I recommend you find doggos because of the items they give you. I was able to research geothermal power before Phase 2 because of the materials I got from them that I couldn't craft yet.

fallow vector
jade swift
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Hey

spark sky
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Drop a paleberry on the ground, close enough for them to see it. Once they come eat it, they will follow you anywhere (well, within reason).

fallow vector
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^o^ that sounds so cute

spark sky
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They won't jump too high or off of something that's too high, I've had to build ramps in some places to get them home.

fallow vector
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too bad you can't just pick em up or put on a leash to take a walk

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that would be kinda cool, if you could take a walk with them so they can dig up stuff while you're out and about

spark sky
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And be careful how you bulld and enclosure, they can fall through foundations (or the world) sometimes, when meeting a barrier.

fallow vector
#

okidoki

spark sky
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I have a blueprint for the doggo kennel on the right.

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(Oh, I have to do a little work on it, I added signs and lights in my game, but not to the blueprint, yet.)

fallow vector
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I'd feel bad giving them such little space ._.

spark sky
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The interesting thing is, they seem to like the windows and the little access hole.

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If you leave them in a big open area, it's difficult to keep track of which ones you've collected stuff from, as they keep milling around.

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(I tried that, once I got more than 8, it was time to separate them.)

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Hm, we could use a wall with a door and a conveyor hole in it. That would make for a great kennel wall.

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@fallow vector I tried a number of ways to confine the doggos so they were easy to access and didn't wander off, this kennel idea turned out to be the best.

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Once they decide they can look out the conveyor hole and see me when I walk by, they're all content.

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So far I have found 24 of the little buggers.

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Though, I think a 25th fell through the world.

fallow vector
#

nuuu

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so he a void doggo now

flat girder
#

anyone really good at train signals that could help me?

spark sky
#

Supposedly there's someplace you can upload your game file and move them back to where you can get at them, but I'm not ready to try that.

white grotto
#

whats faster fully overclocked mk1 miner or a normal mk2 miner?

dense violet
#

!wikisearch Miner

raven axleBOT
#
Official Satisfactory Wiki

Mk.1Mk.2Mk.3
A Miner is a type of resource extractor that automatically extracts solid resources when built or placed on top of a Resource Node. There are 4 types of miners available: Portable Miner, Miner Mk.1, Miner Mk.2 and Miner Mk.3.
Portable Miner (see below) is an equipment that has to be held...

dense violet
#

the wiki is your friend

flat girder
white grotto
white grotto
hard ivy
spark sky
dense violet
#

power production is so simple and abundant it effectively makes no difference which miner you use to get the number you need

spark sky
#

Personally, I'm not too worried about how much output the miners do, if they are putting out more than I can use, well, that's just tough.

dense violet
#

even overclocking every machine in a system fully only increases total power demand by 1/3.

spark sky
#

Ah, that's good to know.

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(But, if you're already close to matching your power generation, you need to work on power.)

hard ivy
#

Not exactly 1/3 but thereabouts (34.31%)

spark sky
#

I have to watch the valleys of my geothermal output.

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I guess power lines, unlike pipes, can carry however much current that you can produce.

hard ivy
spark sky
#

Yeah, that part is unrealistic, but then it's a game.

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Anyway, back to my doggos. 4 more to move.

hard ivy
#

Without mods

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very theoretically

shy mulch
#

I want to find the most efficient way to increase my inefficiency

spark sky
shy mulch
spark sky
#

I think he tries to break every game he can.

shy mulch
#

Someone has to

spark sky
#

One interesting thing about his videos on Satisfactory, though, he started his world early on, before 1.0, and everything pretty much still works, which is impressive and says a lot about how Coffee Stain has developed the game.

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(Comparing that to some other games I've played, where a lot of new stuff has required a complete restart from scratch.)

shy mulch
#

Yeah, it's the difference between quality programmers who understand what they are doing, vs vibe coded bullshit

spark sky
#

Viva la Dirt League has some videos that touch on that topic (even one on releasing a trailer for a game that no one has been working on at all, to get pre-orders).

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"Is this in-game footage?" "There is no game."

shy mulch
#

That drives me nuts. The economy is geared towards everyone being in debt. I try my best to push back on it. If I don't have the cash in my bank to do something, then I don't do it. Mortgage is the only exception I've made

spark sky
#

Yeah, but now we're way off-topic.

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I've forgotten how to change which toolbar is at the bottom of the screen. It's on 10 right now, and has an emote on it.

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Somehow I think in the dark I hit a random key somewhere and now I don't know how to get it back.

dense violet
#

hold alt

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and mousewheel

spark sky
#

Ah, thanks.

unkempt blade
leaden turret
leaden turret
spark sky
#

I tried that last Ficsmas, got in, had no charging station, the thing wouldn't go anywhere and wouldn't let me out, either.

spark sky
leaden turret
#

(referring to their game dev / tech store / pubg / wow / ark satire)

spark sky
#

Yeah, I don't think they have done anything with regard to Satisfactory (or any factory game, for that matter).

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But just the idea that a company might put out a trailer for a game that's got no code, no resources, no one's been working on it at all, and then ask for pre-orders... It makes you wonder how many companies have tried that.

leaden turret
shy mulch
#

isn't that most of the YC business model 😄

white grotto
#

is there a creative mode?? i wanna test stuff out

hard ivy
dense violet
cursive totem
#

not if you dont have it unlocked yet

#

plus flymode etc

dense violet
white grotto
dense violet
#

people apparently can't read

cursive totem
#

never have

dense violet
#

so test it when you unlock it

hard ivy
white grotto
spark sky
cursive totem
dense violet
#

do you skip over most of what is written?

cursive totem
#

of course, do you have any idea how hard reading is?

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😭

dense violet
#

apparently very difficult

cursive totem
#

took me years to learn!

wild lotus
#

Guys, does fuel type change the speed of the drone?

white grotto
spark sky
white grotto
spark sky
#

You don't have to wait in your main game to use those blueprints, either, even if you don't have the larger blueprint designers unlocked in your main game, as long as you have the reqauired materials.

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You make blueprint designs.

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But some YouTubers also provide blueprints they have made.

shy mulch
#

I get that everyone plays the game differently, do what makes you happy etc., but I do wonder where the enjoyment comes for people who skip the entire game and use mods/creative to get around every challenge/puzzle

dense violet
cursive totem
hard ivy
cursive totem
#

yeeessss ⬆️

white grotto
#

has anyone played star technology mc?

shy mulch
#

both fair points, and I absolutely agree, play the game, find a challenge you don't enjoy, use a way around it
but there seems to be a lot of people who download the game and immediately want to start modding, asking about QOL stuff etc., just play the game?

cursive totem
#

i guess thats different for everyone. some people also just already know what they (dont) like beforehand

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i for one played it vanilla once, and now i know what i want to change and mod it that way to be as i like it

shy mulch
#

you played it vanilla once, that makes you not the target of my complaint 🙂

cursive totem
#

true - but eg for factorio i disabled enemies right from the start

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because i really dont like even the idea of it

mortal ginkgo
#

This game still got some issues that screams "Mod, fast." such as blueprints.

cursive totem
#

howver its slowly growing on me. maybe when i have a group to play with its easier to manage

shy mulch
#

I've got an unusually strong dislike for modding games in any way. If I don't like the game the way the developers released it, then I'll just play a different game

mortal ginkgo
#

The mod that allows one to create blueprint from the "remove tool selection" almost replaces what the blueprint preparation building does.

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And some people likes the game so much that they rather play it modded.

spark sky
# white grotto oh okay

Here is an example of something I was designing in my creative world. #screenshots message

You will have to copy your blueprints from one saved game directory to another to use them in that game. The path is %AppData%\Local\FactoryGame\Saved\SavedGames\blueprints\

From there, pick the saved game directory for the game you created (and saved) the blueprint in, copy both the .sbp and .sbpcfg file for the blueprint(s) you want to use, then paste them into the other saved game directory and they will show up under Blueprints when building.

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(The tab at the top of the build menu.)

unkempt blade
spark sky
# unkempt blade I get the appeal of the sandbox portion of the game but if I *just* want to play...

Well, if just having a place to do creative stuff is your thing, then probably, but if your goal in creative is to experiment with blueprints so you can set a style for a factory or other build that you intend to use over and over, I think that is okay in Satisfactory. I built some power poles of my own, for instance, then I saw a video of what someone else did to combine power, water, conveyor belts and street lights into one logistics pole and decided to do some of those, too.

cursive totem
#

if you cant tell, i am a very "death of the author" kinda guy 😄

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i bought the game, so i will do whatever i want with it

#

i really dislike how closed modern games are. it completely destroys the creativity of the players by locking everyone into the same "experience". games as a service is a scourge for players, even the ones who dont even want to use mods

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also; it artificially elevates the developers to some ideoligical pedestal, as if their vision for the game is the one truth, and no one is allowed to question or modify it. when in reality, they are just humans like us and make mistakes that so often have been fixed by modders, even going as far as sometimes bringing those fixes back into the mainline of the game

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and at the end of the day, modding doesnt take anything away from people not wanting to use them. it can only add to making the game more interesting, more accesible, more successful

unkempt blade
mortal ginkgo
#

"if you dont play the game like I do, you are wrong" mentality that only got out of control with souls like community 😛

cursive totem
#

omg dont get me started on that folk 💀

mortal ginkgo
#

Someone can mod ADA's voice to a cute anime girl for all I care

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The only thing that would bother me is that the person didn't share where they got the mod from.

mortal ginkgo
# cursive totem omg dont get me started on that folk 💀

Tell them "Malenia is a terrible boss design." and they will rage endlessly with no stop. Then they suddenly shut up when I say "I beaten her 3 times, one with spirit summon, other one with a magic-mix build, and other only by melee. I still think she sucks hard."

unkempt blade
mortal ginkgo
unkempt blade
#

I think I'm in mindspace of there not really being anything wrong with mods but especially for creative games what usually makes them interesting for me is working within limitations to do what I want to do not throwing out limits and doing "anything"

shy mulch
unkempt blade
#

for games that are less creative gameplay a large part of mods feel more like power fantasy stuff because the difficulty level just isn't consistent with the base game

mortal ginkgo
#

If it ain't competitive, simply let everyone yolo.

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If a game is easier to mod, that means modders will work on it, modders will talk about it, and more people will buy the game, to mod it or just play it.

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Thats why, Skyrim being so popular despite being an ultra meh game.

unkempt blade
#

It was fun for a playthrough/to experience the environment and story stuff but I have no desire to like... mod in better magic or something and play it again

mortal ginkgo
#

Regardless, modding is the norm now. I saw some art from eastern side about Satisfactory where the model of the player was a curvy female instead of what we have.

I loved it.

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I wouldn't mind having that in game too despite that I hardly use anything that shows the model. Heck I dont even use hypertubes.

unkempt blade
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I guess I also played oblivion and some of the older games in that series so I'm not sure it even felt like a meh game at release, people just haven't let it go for over a decade and some parts held up better than other

mortal ginkgo
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Eh. Dont wanna go further off topic. There are 34958340958390485930845038509384590834095 amount of youtube videos about the topic anyway. Even my mom made a video I am sure.

feral geyser
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I've seen that video

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The one with your mom 😏

unkempt blade
feral geyser
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Oh. We saw different videos then.

mortal ginkgo
mortal ginkgo
feral geyser
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We got a rebar gun and a rifle, that's all I need

mortal ginkgo
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I was like... brotherman, now I know why people mod Beans out of the game.

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Listen, Beans are cool, until they aren't.

unkempt blade
mortal ginkgo
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was it an idea or an actual mod?

unkempt blade
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which great, we added something to the game and if it makes people happy that's awesome

feral geyser
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It's probably one of Andre Aquila's mods

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Which is gross

unkempt blade
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but also it didn't feel at all in the same design spirit as the rest of the game

feral geyser
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90% of his mods are either broken, cheats, or just plain stupid.

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And yes, I'm hatin'

reef basin
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90% of all mods are that

unkempt blade
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so again, people should play however is fun but at some point it feels like you're not really looking for "satisfactory with mods" but you're actually looking for a space battle game or something

feral geyser
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I was gonna do the Trump "WRONG" gif

cunning siren
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Dune start has massive amounts of shrooms 🤔

shy mulch
feral geyser
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Called it

cursive phoenix
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so im in tier 8 rn, do yall reckon 30 radio units per min is good enough?

cyan valve
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and heres me who enjoys building factories 1 by 1 without utilizing blueprints 🙂 the joy of clicking

cursive phoenix
sterile blade
cunning siren
cursive phoenix
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is the instant plutonium cell alt recipe good?

lament niche
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hey if I have nuclear power plants from U2 that are still somehow running, should I touch them at all

mortal ginkgo
clever field
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allumina sucks

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the game stops being fun when you get to allumina

feral geyser
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Whaaaaattt, that's when it starts to get real fun

clever field
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sure, if you like flushing out lines because they flood, or not getting enough water

feral geyser
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Just say you're not good at math, bro.

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Angry wall incoming

clever field
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would you like to see my bad math?

feral geyser
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I love bad math, lemme see

lament niche
cyan valve
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i built another coal power plant just to deal with water overflow lol

lament niche
cyan valve
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adding valves to make sure water flows in one direction only

feral geyser
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Oh no 😳 you said the V word

feral geyser
clever field
tribal pelican
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no one talking about the ui that says auto collecting leaves on the bottom left of the stream

white dawn
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The most straightforward way would be to just take the byproduct/waste water and use it up in some other process. Some folks like using Wet Concrete for that because it's simple and buffing up concrete production is rarely a bad idea

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The most difficult way is to try and merge the waste/recycled back into the same pipes delivering the fresh. I personally wouldn't recommend doing it that way at all (it can be done, and done reliably, but IMO it's not worth the bother)

mortal ginkgo
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I second above. If you are using Molded Beam / Pipe recipes, they ask for ridiculous amount of Concrete.

white dawn
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My own favorite way is to send it back to earlier steps, but keep the fresh + recycled lines totally separate, underclocking (or overclocking) as necessary so that the numbers work out

mortal ginkgo
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Real alpha males package all water before sending around, package even the output water and use priority merger. 100% works.

lament niche
mortal ginkgo
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Listen, I really like the idea.

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Because water can't ever get stuck.

lament niche
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no, I'm saying you're correct

mortal ginkgo
white dawn
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Water also can't get stuck if you keep the fresh/recycled totally separate. :)

white dawn
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real alpha males introduce unnecessary complexity. :)

mortal ginkgo
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assuming one that does not constantly sink all the products

lament niche
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@white dawn incorrectly correcting other people ./s

white dawn
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Not if you've clocked everything properly, it can't (barring, of course, issues with piping itself, but you'd have that anyway after unpackaging)

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I mean, sure, if your input/output rates don't match, then stuff can munge up, but it just won't happen if you've clocked the buildings properly and matched input/output

mortal ginkgo
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but PACKAGERS ARE COOL OK

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RRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-

white dawn
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Sure, not saying that you can't package + priority merge

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But that's far from the simplest solution. :)

mortal ginkgo
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We are not here for simple solutions.

white dawn
mortal ginkgo
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We are here for ultimate alpha musclinity of a male.

feral geyser
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Mixing fresh and waste isn't so bad if you are careful

mortal ginkgo
feral geyser
white dawn
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ie: wasting effort on unnecessary production steps just because you think it looks cool. :)

feral geyser
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Can't you read?

mortal ginkgo
white dawn
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To be clear, I'm not trying to convince you to stop packaging+prio-merging your fluid; I'm mostly just responding to the cringy "alpha male" stuff

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It's just not a "better" solution. You might like it, and that's fine, but adding in two extra layers of processing doesn't make it better. :)

mortal ginkgo
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No need to response to cringy joke either.

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I personally would just tell people to wet concrete it to send it to other places or just sink if cant bother

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Obviously noone gonna package water

feral geyser
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The only alpha I recognize is Alfa Romeo

mortal ginkgo
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But I find it... interesting thinking_helmet

white dawn
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Mm, jokes are sometimes hard to intuit over text, apologies if I misread the tone. :)

mortal ginkgo
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People in internet cant even get "alpha male" joke sometimes and go "atchuallly mmmmmh player is female in this game mmmmmhgghghg 🤓 "

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I am like... "brotherman..."

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and they go "did you just assume my gender" and go outside and feel sad. There were happier times before. 😭

white dawn
hard ivy
mortal ginkgo
lament niche
mortal ginkgo
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in the end problem is pipe system in this game

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I rather see packagers on belts other than pipes whenever possible so I get less headache myself

lament niche
feral geyser
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In fairness, it's pretty realistic, cuz fluids are actually trickier to manage than solids irl too.

feral geyser
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Wooow

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Replies to me. But has me blocked so I can't react 😒

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Imagine blocking me

mortal ginkgo
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This game takes A LOT of space if you want something to be prettier and I slightly dislike it for it.

mortal ginkgo
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You dont have enough space to make it prettier.

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There might be better ways than I know tho'.

mortal ginkgo
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Its pretending to be tryharding realism and there isn't away to debug it.

feral geyser
feral geyser
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BACK IN MY DAY, THE INTERNET USED TO COME IN THE MAIL

mortal ginkgo
feral geyser
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AND THERE WAS A BOOK THAT THEY SENT TO EVERYONE'S FRONT DOOR THAT HAD EVERYONE'S PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS IN IT

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AND LAMPWICKS USED TO COST A PENNY FROM THE GENERAL STORE

mortal ginkgo
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ok calm down 😛

lament niche
feral geyser
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I haven't received a phone book in at least a decade or so

lament niche
feral geyser
tropic juniper
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the fact that phone books existed and were a normal thing is exactly why i think modern "privacy laws" are just social media lobbyists conditioning the public to think that the dread they feel about losing all online privacy isn't something they need to actually worry about.

shy mulch
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I used to deliver phone books, was an awesome gig! In the late 90s
Once per year, some dude would just deliver 2 pallets of them in my driveway, and I'd have a big list of streets, had to put 1 in every door in each street on the list, took several days but the pay was amazing at the time

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For a kid who had just learned to drive, it was a great excuse to drive around a lot with nobody bothering me 😄

unkempt blade
shy mulch
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The world is a different place now 🙁

sick falcon
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whats the point of the water (pure) deposits

reef basin
tropic juniper
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lots of water

midnight fog
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If the ocean isnt enough then you use that

languid anvil
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THE WEIRD ELEPHANT TICK GREY ANIMAL KEEPS GETTING ON THE TOP FLOOR OF MY WIP FACTORY

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and i have to constantly delete the flooring under him to get him out

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this mf is rage baiting me so hard

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is there any way i can get rid of this thing without blowing up my entire factory

tropic juniper
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you can just murder it

white dawn
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You could carpet the whole thing with nuke nobelisks and the factory would continue on regardless

languid anvil
white dawn
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(I mean, within the bounds of whatever happens to your FPS when carpeting the factory with nuke nobelisks)

languid anvil
tropic juniper
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a heavy injection of damage

languid anvil
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all the foundation and walls will just stay?>

white dawn
# languid anvil how

Beans have a high HP count, but they can be killed. Even just prodding it with the opening xeno-zapper will eventually kill them

midnight fog
white dawn
tropic juniper
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i usually take them down early on by swording them a bunch

white dawn
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Explosives only damage foliage + fauna

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(well, and pioneers. :D And the destructible terrain that's intended to be weak to explosives)

languid anvil
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i kept hitting it with the basher, and bro just floated off the top

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and ran away

white dawn
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In the end there's no permanent solution; Factory Inspector Beans will end up respawning eventually even if you do kill 'em (at least in the vailla game. Could be there's mods to deal with it more permanently)

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But individual beans can definitely be driven away or killed

languid anvil
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i dont mind their existence

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i do mind him spawning on the top of my wip, and forcing me to constantly take time away to shoo him away

tropic juniper
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they should make it so deconstruction tool "deconstructs" fauna

feral geyser
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Don't kill beans 🥺

feral geyser
mortal ginkgo
languid anvil
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except beans i didnt know they could be killed i just thought they're indestructable

white dawn
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Nah, just real high HP, is all

feral geyser
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Honestly... same, ADA, same...

languid anvil
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ive accidentally killed a lizard doggo before, never went back to an older save so quickly

mortal ginkgo
# languid anvil i dont mind their existence

so problem with beans is that, instead of not spawning, their spawning code checks for Z location until it can.

I am very sorry to say that, until you kill them, they will always be on top when you go away and come back etc. you will at least have a few days of relief after killing them.

Other option is modding them out. I humbly think they look stupid and doesn't really fit the world by any means

languid anvil
tropic juniper
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they functionally provide nothing to the game except for displaying how good the unreal engine is at clipping and collision glitches

languid anvil
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on a moving animal

tropic juniper
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i feel like they were a place holder asset that just got left

white dawn
mortal ginkgo
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I started to slightly go "dislike route" with them since they are messsing with path recording alot...

mortal ginkgo
cunning siren
#

Caterium resarch unlocks some alt recipes in phase 1 right?

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Or is that just Quartz?

white dawn
feral geyser
mortal ginkgo
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dont kill the inspectors then!

white dawn
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True, true

feral geyser
mortal ginkgo
white dawn
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I don't really watch streamers of any sort, but I did watch a bunch of edited Jace playthrough videos; was always amusing when he was just carrying on building factories while occasionally dodging stinger attacks

limpid cairn
tropic juniper
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ada doesn't care about local fauna at all

feral geyser
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brother

cunning siren
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I forgot where SAM is for Dune start 😆, ||I know there is a north one in the caves|| I think the south one is closer but I don't know where it is exactly 😢

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Giga ladder parachute strats pretty good

tranquil maple
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Its like on a road down the cliffs

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Southern area I think

cunning siren
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I'm doing a phase 1 turtle so, no jetpack 😆

ashen stream
#

is there any use for assembly parts outside of, well, project assembly ?

tranquil maple
wicked nacelle
ashen stream
tranquil maple
wicked nacelle
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However each tier elevator parts require previous tier so don’t stop making them. Just bank them

ashen stream
tranquil maple
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lol

wicked nacelle
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And it requires a lot more of them 🙂