satisfactory

[clear mesa]

Ah

[urban token]

I can like build it on side of map

[shy mulch]

I don't understand what you mean 😂

[lunar python]

then the factory must grow

[clear mesa]

Bro just literally do whatever there's no right way to play this game 😭

[pseudo pendant]

The amount of times I’ve gotten a message from ficsit to take a break because I’ve been on for 20+ hours…

[hard ivy]

My elevator spends 90% of the time disassembled so you can place it in the swamp and it'll only be a minor inconvenience

[compact flicker]

*microbreak

[urban token]

Expect spaggeti method

[pseudo pendant]

Yes yes

[coral glacier]

[clear mesa]

Spaghetti method is best method

[hard ivy]

Probably the new "game mode" they said is coming

[pseudo pendant]

I do take microbreaks, I go get my second water bottle out the freezer when the one I have is empty

[shy mulch]

I usually log out when I'm not actively doing something. 20 hours is a bit much for me

[clear mesa]

I'm assuming he stays on to farm space elevator parts

[lunar python]

spaghetti but all the noodles are straight or in 90 degree angles

[pseudo pendant]

Yeah my games running most of the day and night, often I go afk for machines to get me something and I’ll fall asleep

[compact flicker]

Seems like it'd be an interesting experience

[clear mesa]

Brutalist spaghetti

[pseudo pendant]

Just everything in general tbh, atm I’m building train systems and that’s taking up a lot of resources

[urban token]

Btw i supposed to build factory for materials to build factory?

[clear mesa]

Fair enough, you'll thank yourself for setting it up by the end of it tbh

[reef basin]

Yes

[shy mulch]

I usually have so many half-built things, thanks to my adhd, so if I need to wait for a machine to make something or a manifold to fill up or whatever, I just go and work on some other part of my factory

[lunar python]

are you hand crafting concrete and plates? 😭

[compact flicker]

Raw spaghetti

[clear mesa]

And a factory to build the materials required to build a factory for the materials required to build the factory materials

[urban token]

Someone have blueprint

[urban token]

Where is part where i build materials on my own?

[pseudo pendant]

Yeah I recently made a secondary storage with everything going in to a smart splitter stack and another stack above for direct lines and works very nicely for filling it all up

[clear mesa]

You're taking out 90% of the fun from this game

[shy mulch]

If you need a blueprint for that, then this probably isn't the game for you

[reef basin]

That sounds like you don't have enough production 🙂

[reef basin]

Make your own, otherwise you won't learn the game

[pseudo pendant]

I have variety over quantity atm

[coral glacier]

When you build a 1 TW power plant, yes. 😝

[urban token]

I wanna learn building, not get bored by failuete i am

[reef basin]

You learn it by doing it

[clear mesa]

You learn from trial and error not from someone showing you how to do it

[pseudo pendant]

nah for me I've been trying to keep organised as well as I can

[clear mesa]

Otherwise you'll be stuck at every phase of the game

[compact flicker]

I know someone just said there isn't a wrong way to play, but there is a prerequisite of playing the game

[pine patrol]

i beat the game making less than 50 gw

[pseudo pendant]

I have a few "to do" projects but most are actually getting completed before moving on surprisingly enough

[urban token]

Ok, i just make 2 iron ores for plates, bellts, concrete itd

[clear mesa]

Pretty much my point yes

[compact flicker]

Ye

[pseudo pendant]

I get distracted every so often to do decoration but that's about it

[ivory condor]

https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/megaprints here now go be tainted by megaprints

[hard ivy]

Why not both?

[urban token]

Ok, i will build on my own. I just need vertical building

I need someone to learn me this

[ivory condor]

scim megaprints are pretty easy to learn and use

[coral glacier]

Impressive, but for building a 1 TW power plant, it's commendable to be able to properly manage the item and power distribution and of such a large facility! :D

[pseudo pendant]

I want to "pretty up" everything so for the time being it's somewhat barebones for many things outside of the very basic items like concrete, plates, rods, wire etc and I plan on rebuilding most things when I have the train system built

[urban token]

Someone have 20 page tutorial for vertical building?

[steel kelp]

https://youtu.be/JynXtzEOS64?si=ZeyDv_cC4TGqdIPa

[clear mesa]

Only a 19 page one sadly

[steel kelp]

Watch what i sent you, you can customise it yourself once you get the concept

[lunar python]

place floor, place wall, place roof- repeat 19 more times

[pseudo pendant]

most of my factories are on a fine line between being barebones and low production, and being nicely organised and decorated with high production

[steel kelp]

I’m so ass at decorating ngl

And i want to be so much better loo

[pseudo pendant]

they're basically all in the middle of the two and I'll be rebuilding them for higher production after train systems set up

[pseudo pendant]

same but I really wanna learn

[steel kelp]

Ive been “trying” but it doesnt work very often lol

[pseudo pendant]

I mostly mean organised and looking nice in an ocd manner than actual deco lol

[pine patrol]

oh yeah i got super super lazy i didnt wanna touch power and just started shutting off parts of my factory and had to turn off pretty much everything while making power shards

[pine patrol]

dont do what i did

[steel kelp]

My megafactory looks cool, i have just been procrastinating doing the final floor of decor

[pseudo pendant]

yeah same here, I made blueprints for the rail system and it's like the first thing I'm happy with

[sterile blade]

Mine is looking amazing too
Too bad it's still just in my head though 😅

[pseudo pendant]

what things are in that one final tier from phase 4?

[ivory condor]

I hate so many amazing factories as well...that all exist in my mind

[steel kelp]

I think all the tiers are on the wiki

[pseudo pendant]

I'm thinking of finishing phase 3 before making my first permanent factories but idk if thats worth it or if I should do phase 4 too

[steel kelp]

You mean a mega factory?

Or you want multiple?

If the latter id do a factory for each phase

And then satelitte factories for parts like RCUs, control rods etc

[pseudo pendant]

I haven't exactly decided, but either way I want to start on permanent ones soon

[steel kelp]

I mean just build permanent ones early anyway

[pseudo pendant]

like probably multiple large scale ones

[steel kelp]

They will come in handy for annoying things like hmf, crystal oscillators etc

[pseudo pendant]

but then won't they lagg behind for production later on

like in a way become bottlenecks unless you rebuild/expand/upgrade them later on

[steel kelp]

Yeh but then you just build new factories, or design the ones you’re making now to be scalable

[pseudo pendant]

I’m meaning like build permanent ones with deco and everything

[steel kelp]

Like my hmf one i upgraded by just overclocking everything, upgrading belts and slooping the machines

[pseudo pendant]

Technically I could give space inside to expand but that’s probably difficult to plan for

[steel kelp]

Bang 45 hmf a minute

[steel kelp]

https://youtu.be/JynXtzEOS64?si=ZeyDv_cC4TGqdIPa

Build your satellite factories like this imo

[pseudo pendant]

Alright I’ll check it out

[white cloak]

Hey y'all, I have an enormous build area but I still want to make efficient use of it without crowding or cluttering. How many foundations do you like putting between modules/areas in your bases?

[remote orbit]

Stupid question, how do I unlock the FICSMAS research tree? I have like 1k presents 🥺

[obsidian marten]

In you hub, near built in crafting table, there is an Advent calendar

[median geyser]

#screenshots message This is the output of my current power grid, and my battery backup in case of issues. How much backup is too much?

[remote orbit]

Thx

[obsidian marten]

You need to find „1“ or use a hint

[white cloak]

I give myself a couple hours of backup power just in case

[median geyser]

Relative to what? Your current output? Your current draw? Your max draw?

[white cloak]

Current draw

[obsidian marten]

How many wires was this…

I‘m on stage 5 and have only like 7k mWh

[median geyser]

What do you mean? Its a large array of fuel generators burning rocket fuel and pulling power using power towers across like 1/6th of the map, plus a building full of batteries?

So uh... lots?

[obsidian marten]

Just the batteries

[median geyser]

oh 😂 Hella

[wicked nacelle]

I haven't seen it. https://discord.com/channels/370472939054956546/1038092680493801533 is the place to post this if you don't get an answer here shortly

[median geyser]

#screenshots message @obsidian marten Fuel production split top and bottom, all generators on top, and then thats the top of 3 floors of batteries

#screenshots message So many fucking wires 😂

[pseudo pendant]

When I’ve got several of the same building I like to put them side by side, then 1 between everything (I also give 1 foundation to each splitter and merger

[urban token]

Ok, i start planning and math. How much reinforced plates/min i need to enter proundly phase 1?

[white cloak]

Rly just depends on how fast you want to complete it

[urban token]

I can make 2 normal iron ores mk1 miner (120/min total) to 10 plates/minute

[white cloak]

That's what I've been doing

[pseudo pendant]

Eg 5 side by side smelters doing the iron, then the foundation behind is mergers, next foundation/row is splitter manifold then whatever’s next, anything beside producing different stuff even if it’s for the same final product has a 1 foundation gap

[obsidian marten]

It could be in hundreds thousands, probably in tens thousands

[pseudo pendant]

I wanna watch someone beat the game without factories

Like say no power maybe so portable miners and the awesome sink is okay but nothing else really

[hard ivy]

Impossible because project parts can't be handcrafted

[obsidian marten]

This is impossible, as there are elevator parts, that are it hand crafteble

[pseudo pendant]

Oh true

Maybe only allowed for factory parts but only manually inputting the items for it

[obsidian marten]

But you could make like max usage is like 10 mW

[pseudo pendant]

Yeah maybe only allowed to use the hubs biofuel generators, and specifically for those parts

[obsidian marten]

You would need to underclock a lot

[pseudo pendant]

0.1 items per minute lmao

Oh wait awesome sink needs power too lmao

[hard ivy]

I think you mean 10 MW

Because with 10 mW, it'd take an eternity

And so much power storage

[pseudo pendant]

Yeah manufacturers take 55 each so you’d probably need to underclock to like 70% to use one

[hard ivy]

An encoder at 1% uses 4.5 MW peak, 2.3 average

[obsidian marten]

Yeah, sorry

[pseudo pendant]

Okay maybe one manufacturer (or applicable structure) at a time per space item max plus stuff making power only for those

[obsidian marten]

So this is theoretically possible

With 10 MW

[pseudo pendant]

Maybe have it like the 5x5 tower challenge lmao, higher difficulty would be 10 MW, mid difficulty is both of the hubs biofuel generators, and easiest is whatever power gens you need for one structure for each space elevator part but you have to manually add the items

[hard ivy]

With 10 MW you could afford a whopping 4 encoders at 1% XDD

[pseudo pendant]

Like the difficulties of that challenge I mean

[obsidian marten]

But it would take a while

[pseudo pendant]

That’s an understatement

[obsidian marten]

I use 25-35k on stage 5

[pseudo pendant]

That may not even be the bottleneck considering handcrafting each of the ingredients for each thing lmao

[hard ivy]

Tier or phase 5?

[pseudo pendant]

Surely tier

[obsidian marten]

Elevator phase

[urban token]

I make calculations, and with one cooper ore and 1 iron ore i can make 15 reinforced plates per minute

[obsidian marten]

Doing warp bombs

[hard ivy]

That's low af then

[pseudo pendant]

Dude no way

[obsidian marten]

25-35k MW

Mega Watts

[pseudo pendant]

I’m working on tier 6 stuff making like 5K

I thought it would ramp up way more over time

[hard ivy]

That's how much I was using at tier 5

Ok, maybe 6

[pseudo pendant]

I’m using max capacity of like 4.5 I think and I’ve got somewhat low production of most items and haven’t set up any space part production, computer production or anything like that (tier 6 ish)

[obsidian marten]

#screenshots message here

[pseudo pendant]

I’m producing the frames but that was also for phase 2

[hard ivy]

I recently blew a fuse making pasta for phase 4

And I was making 70 GW

Had to add 2 more augmenters

[obsidian marten]

How

I‘m making 4 per minute

That is more than enough

[mossy frigate]

Do hyper tube entrances use constant power or only when using them?

[pseudo pendant]

If I keep making low production like I am I probably won’t use a crazy amount either at t5 tbh

[hard ivy]

A maxed out accelerator pulls 20 GW

[obsidian marten]

Why

Are you building a megabase?

[finite latch]

I am debating if I should pick up last years ficsmas save or if I should start a new one. going back a year later, I can feel how much I have grown in build styles. however, starting over means starting with a power plant again. and that took 2 weeks to build last year.

[obsidian marten]

That is from yesterday, when I connected warp heads to the grid

2 per minute

With sommersloops

[pseudo pendant]

I finally have my first (proper) train line set up on a pick up and drop off

[obsidian marten]

Congrats

[pseudo pendant]

Gotta do the metal stuff with a pick up and drop off

But holy that took a long time just for the one to make it look nice with two way and stuff too

Thank god for blueprints

[obsidian marten]

I use drones and have only one train for nitrogen gas, as I have centred factory

[pseudo pendant]

Mines in the like middle west side of the map

Forgot the name of the starting area

The second option

Only gonna have one train going for now so I don’t need to learn about signalling just yet

[obsidian marten]

Just use drones

[reef basin]

though I'd recommend not making megafactory, instead spread your factories 🙂

[obsidian marten]

They cannot do fluids, but they are much easier

[hard ivy]

I don't use drones or trains right now

[obsidian marten]

Too late

[hard ivy]

Though imma use trains for my nuke plant

[obsidian marten]

4km belts?

[hard ivy]

I don't think any of my belts are longer than 800 m

[obsidian marten]

My are no longer then like 400

[reef basin]

never too late to switch

[obsidian marten]

Anything longe = drone

[hard ivy]

Though I do have one 2 km long nitrogen pipeline

[shy mulch]

You guys need to think bigger 😛

[obsidian marten]

I do not want to rebuild my whole factory, when I’m producing last elevator parts

[shy mulch]

I have 1km+ belts inside a single factory lol

[reef basin]

I didn't say anything about rebuilding?

[obsidian marten]

Btw, what would you recommend burning for the nut

[shy mulch]

ballistic warp drives

[hard ivy]

Most advanced parts you can make. So BWDs

[obsidian marten]

Fr?

[pseudo pendant]

Don’t have them

[obsidian marten]

How much do I need to wait with 2 per minute

[reef basin]

how much do you want?

[hard ivy]

I think mine cap out at about 600 (for now)

[hard ivy]

Depends how many coupons you spent already

[obsidian marten]

I need to produce like 10 per minute for the waiting time to be reasonable

[shy mulch]

depends how many coupons you've already made, use the formula on the wiki to calculate it if you really want to know exactly, but it's probably better to just leave it running while you go off and do something else

[obsidian marten]

50 to 100

Omg

[pseudo pendant]

I’m still working on getting all the recipes and things

[obsidian marten]

I do not think there that many useful ones

[pseudo pendant]

I like decorating

[obsidian marten]

Oh

[pseudo pendant]

Or trying to at least

[obsidian marten]

Yeah, that is gonna take a while

[pseudo pendant]

Yeah I need like 70 more I think

[obsidian marten]

Can you send a link, cannot find it

Nvm found it

[hard ivy]

So that's gonna be like 30-40 h of waiting?

[obsidian marten]

I could use Sommer sloops to boost it to like 4, as I’m boosting only last manufacturer + I have 3 nuclear pasta per minute, that I do not use

I think that is enough

[hard ivy]

If you already spent 50-100 coupons, then you need to sink ~4000 BWDs to get 1000 more coupons

[coral glacier]

I decided not to build my power plant under the map because i want to look at it from across the horizon

And because it's a pain building under the map anyhow ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[fluid sapphire]

whats 30 or 40 hours in a game of satisfactory, ya'll speedrunning this sht

[coral glacier]

What?

Wdym

[fluid sapphire]

referring to waiting for coupons above

[obsidian marten]

I’m 120h in

[coral glacier]

Ah

[obsidian marten]

Not 40

[coral glacier]

I think i have 400 hours in creative 🤣

[fluid sapphire]

what i was saying was, 40 hours is nothing in this game

[obsidian marten]

I would be building more

To wait less

[coral glacier]

Oh yeah then no, it's not a lot, haha

[obsidian marten]

And while I’m waiting, I will be doing other achievements

[coral glacier]

It's not nothing, but it's basically just long enough to look around and build a few things imo ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[obsidian marten]

Yeah

[fluid sapphire]

i can take double that to build a single factory

[coral glacier]

I'm spending 400 just designing a power plant 😂

[obsidian marten]

I would be expanding to wait only like 15 hours

That is just one game session

[fluid sapphire]

i spent 3-4 weeks building my aluminum factory and everything related to it

(its not an architectural masterpiece either, meaning it could have taken much longer hehhehh)

[clear mesa]

We all play at our own pace I suppose

[fluid sapphire]

quite

the wide variety of possible approaches makes this one of the top games of all time for me fr fr

[clear mesa]

As long as you get from point A to point B

[pseudo pendant]

Uh oh scary time, gotta connect my rails on a curve

[clear mesa]

Boo

[pseudo pendant]

I wish there was like a “dismantle blueprint” thing

[fluid sapphire]

there is

[pseudo pendant]

Wait really

[fluid sapphire]

pop out your dismantle tool and change the mode

[pseudo pendant]

Holy

[clear mesa]

Isn't this game great?

[pseudo pendant]

I’m learning so many new things

[clear mesa]

Loooool

[fluid sapphire]

the toolset to do all kinds of things is pretty nuts

[pseudo pendant]

Next you’re gonna tell me you can automate things

[clear mesa]

You won't believe this...

[pseudo pendant]

No way

Guys you don’t have to mine stuff manually according to the wiki

[fluid sapphire]

have you heard of our lord and savior auto-connect?

[pseudo pendant]

What could you possibly connect?

This game just has crafting

[fluid sapphire]

belts, rail, pipes (though the pipes can be a bit finicky)

[pseudo pendant]

I don’t need belts thanks I wear shorts

It’s a bit hot this time of year

[fluid sapphire]

4 celsius out here right now

[pseudo pendant]

Southern hemisphere

[fluid sapphire]

land down under

[pseudo pendant]

But further down actually

We might not be on your map though

[fluid sapphire]

deep near the earth's core, where its still warm?

[pseudo pendant]

No try the two islands not far from the down under

[buoyant heath]

What's the best place for an oil refinery/Fuel powerplant?

[reef basin]

near resources you need for it

[mortal ginkgo]

I know the times it goes not so lord-and-savior when I want to connect things too close and it choses other targets randomly my dear believer brotherman of century 😭

[buoyant heath]

👀 thanks.. lol I gathered that

I was referring to map wise for good nodes

[fluid sapphire]

i have only ever had that happen with pipes

junctions get wild

[reef basin]

I mean... decide how much you want to make of what items, calculate what amount of which raw resoureces you need, find a place that has those resources nearby, build there

it's hard to answer such a generic question as "best place to build things"

(not to mention that "best" is very much subjective)

[buoyant heath]

A place that has " if there are " pure nodes, so I could build a power plant, I've already got plastic an such going pretty well

[reef basin]

purity of nodes doesn't really matter that much tbh

[hollow hazel]

If you are looking for pure nodes, you can look them up on SCIM.

Do note the difference between Oil Nodes and Oil Wells.

[buoyant heath]

Is that a website?

[reef basin]

it's basically a spoiler for your game, shows entire map with everything on it

[fluid sapphire]

i mostly use it for stuff similar to this, never had an issue with belts

https://discordapp.com/channels/370472939054956546/932761153703149659/1398391182530314321

[mortal ginkgo]

ya my bps are too close to each other so there isn't a "1 belt" to place

between connections

[fluid sapphire]

fair enough, i cant imagine life without this feature anymore

[sterile blade]

I remember when there were passionate discussions over wether blueprints could be a feature or not
Let alone autoconnect!

[small pilot]

Is it normal that the jungle spires to the west don't feel particularly dangerous in terms of creatures? I was kind of expecting loads of nasties but it seems to mostly be difficult terrain

[round shell]

Fired up the game again yesterday for the first time in a while. Not very far into phase 3 and struggling to prioritize. I have some fuel power with some surplus making plastic but not scaled out. I simultaneously don't like mess and am not organized to both tidy up the mess and progress in the game

[red sun]

anyone know if SAM is still canonically a metal?

weird question but i'd like to know for reasons

[reef basin]

do you know what the M stands for? 😛

[mortal ginkgo]

Strange Alien Matter

[red sun]

i thought it was Strange Alien Matter?

[mortal ginkgo]

Its.. A matter that is alien to our material standards which is rather strange.

[reef basin]

then most likely not a metal 😛

[mortal ginkgo]

yeah thats correct

I mean that thing is alive in a sense

[red sun]

i mean metal is matter i suppose but yeah does feel a little odd calling purple galaxy rocks "metal"

only asking because i'm pretty sure it used to be labelled Strange Alien Metal before 1.0

[small pilot]

Sounds like it's time to make a computer factory

[scenic mirage]

ho ho oh whatever

[mortal ginkgo]

before 1.0 is not cannon. I mean you are not a consumer of a blood song but paleberries. You don't have rights to ask such questions.

[round shell]

Yep, among everything else that still needs doing. God this game is like work or what

[red sun]

i figured, i'm only asking because that's how it used to be referred to as and i can't remember if that's still the case

or at the very least if people consider it to be a metal

[mortal ginkgo]

... we dont need to consider it metal, thats a "living alien weird thingy".

I mean, whatever floats your boat. Lore in this game is deep as much as my life's. And that says alot.

[eternal kelp]

Can someone please help.

[red sun]

hello yes

[eternal kelp]

I cannot progress onto tier 3. It says I have no active milestone

I’ve fully completed tier 2 I’ve done all the phases but it won’t let me go onto tier 3 and built the space machine

[dawn path]

have you waited for the drop pod to return

[eternal kelp]

Yeah it’s on my hub

[mortal ginkgo]

Space Elevator can be built at phase 1

[eternal kelp]

Yeah I’ve built it

[reef basin]

make a #1038092680493801533

[eternal kelp]

I have done

[mortal ginkgo]

you need to bring 50 smart plates to it

[reef basin]

then why write here?

[eternal kelp]

Because people are here

[eternal kelp]

Thanks alot man.

[rich tusk]

quick question, falling presents that go into the void despawn right?

[reef basin]

people are there as well

[red sun]

sorted

[mortal ginkgo]

No problem, at top right corner you should have something like "Objective: Complete Phase 1" yes?

[fluid sapphire]

phase =/= tier, a phase encompasses multiple tiers and is finished by providing elevator parts to the elevator

[red sun]

phases progress from the spelevator, tiers progress from the hub

[reef basin]

rest of things from MAM

[eternal kelp]

Oh I see I thought the phases are like the steps of the tiers.

[mortal ginkgo]

I think what confuses people that they THINK that milestones should open up the rest but I think game doesn't tell that they need to finish the Phase first to get more milestones

[fluid sapphire]

its the other way around

[eternal kelp]

Okay anyways. How do I get this plates.

Do I have to research something specific

[reef basin]

make them

[red sun]

you need to automate them with an assembler

[fluid sapphire]

it should still tell you what your current objective is at the top right, no?

[mortal ginkgo]

check your Assembler, you should have the recipe already if you got all the milestones

[reef basin]

tiers are basically just grouping things into folders
phases are progress "levels"

[red sun]

you should have them unlocked after completing all your available tiers

[eternal kelp]

Oh okay I see there a building. Not an item

[mortal ginkgo]

yeah but ELevator is a big deal so they think it can wait?

[red sun]

yep. project parts can't be handcrafted, they need to be made by a machine

[sterile blade]

Metal

[reef basin]

they are an item

[eternal kelp]

I’m so lost 😭 I’ll watch a tut. Thanks for the fix tho guys

[mortal ginkgo]

They are an item but only Assembler can make them.

[hollow hazel]

*Mental

[reef basin]

(also, you have codex, use it)

[red sun]

i recommend going back through the codex and listening to ADA's messages

she explains everything, recommend you listen to her

assuming you're using kbm it's O to open the codex

[eternal kelp]

Yeah I was listening to a podcast when I started. Thought reading would be fine but I’ve clearly just not sucked any information up. To focused on copper wire

[sterile blade]

Please, process all our Strange Alien Mentals as you're a slave of our Universal Health Services

[red sun]

easy mistake to make haha

[eternal kelp]

Anyways thanks guys. Bye bye

[red sun]

but yeah ada tells you everything you need to know. best of luck o/

[reef basin]

the codex I mentioned also lists ADA's messages (and you can search items and recipes there)

[mortal ginkgo]

@eternal kelp press N, type "Smart Plating". You will get all the info you need without a tutorial.

Also when you check a Milestone, they also show what item becomes ready to be processed. The Milestone that unlocked Assembler also unlocks "Smart Plating". (it shows in milestone tab)

Have fun!

ok now -I- need your help people!

I need 50 power shards! PRONTO! Send it FAST!

[hardy moat]

why are refineries so big 😩

[mortal ginkgo]

google refinery, you will see that its actually REALLY REALLY EXTREMELY small in game. 😄

[hollow hazel]

🐌 🥫

[hardy moat]

yeaaa ik just a pain placing 90 refineries 😩

[mortal ginkgo]

you want me to work for what I need instead of demanding from the community? PREPOSTEROUS my dear brotherman!

[hardy moat]

ill sink some powershards for you 🙏🏾

[round shell]

I find them probably the worst for looking repetitive and unnatural in the game world, difficult to make visually interesting

Build lots of them in a line...then build another line...

[mortal ginkgo]

this is because of their CHUNGUS size. You need to make CHUNGUS decoration for them to make them look good but I feel you.

If it is too repititive,go do something else like giving power shards to me . ❤️

[scenic mirage]

im making almost 25/min i gotchu

[mortal ginkgo]

Now here is a TRUE 100% LEGIT CAN CONFIRM LE AWESOME BROTHERMAN if I see one!

[hardy moat]

It's just cos the pure ingot recipe is so nice that using anything else feels pointless, you're doubling your ingots for water which is infinite

[tacit trellis]

💀 just like real life

[scenic mirage]

erm actually youre not doubling it 🤓 ☝️ its only 1.857x not 2x

[hardy moat]

Copper takes 6 ore and gives you 15

🤓☝️

[scenic mirage]

i misread and saw pure iron ingot 🤓 must need stronger glasses

[reef basin]

ores are practically infinite as well 🤷

[hardy moat]

Nah watch me

[earnest bluff]

wheres screenshot channel i have a question but dont wanna open a subject for it

[tacit trellis]

#screenshots

[earnest bluff]

ty

[reef basin]

screenshots channel isn't for questions

make a thread in #1038092680493801533

it's literally for that purpose

[earnest bluff]

okay

[tacit trellis]

Asides from that mf you built your base inside a wall lmao

[earnest bluff]

i had no place xD

[tacit trellis]

💀 what about the other side of the miner

[crimson sundial]

When do the gifts start dropping from the sky? Playing on a world that went through last year's Ficsmas as well and it's not seeing any gifts yet. I don't remember if there was something specifically that activated it or something lol

[reef basin]

check in settings if you possibly disabled seasonal events

[red sun]

shouldn't be an issue. two things to check though

• is it enabled in settings?
• did you build more than (i think 10) trees? if so gifts won't fall from the sky anymore and only come from those trees

[crimson sundial]

Ahh, gift trees cancel out falling gifts? That would be the answer then. I already had at least 20 down from last year still

[red sun]

that will be your answer

[crimson sundial]

Thank you amigo o7

[red sun]

no problemos, glhf

yeah can confirm

[ripe moat]

i just found out you can stand on the orbital elevator as it gets launched 😄

also really cool that the orbital platform is a 3d model and not just a skybox object!

[red sun]

i got about three achievements simultaneously from standing on the freighter as it launched

[ripe moat]

oh which ones?

[red sun]

uhhhh i can't remember super well but one for going a certain speed and one for reaching a certain height

there might have been a third? this was right at launch though, can't remember

[ripe moat]

oh yeah i wonder if the height thing is for standing on the highest peak...

maybe it just checks a specific height instead of including location lol

[scenic mirage]

@cyan valve what is it?

[red sun]

nah i'm pretty sure there's two different achievements for that, i remember getting the reach the highest peak achievement a little later on

yeah it was "too fast, too factory" and "what a thrill"

peak gameplay is a different one

[cyan valve]

oh did i ping you up bro? sorry if thats the case

[scenic mirage]

Oh naw lol it just looks cool and I was wondering what it is

[cyan valve]

ahh you mean my screenshots.. its a nuclear power plant on a cargo ship design

its my first playthrough in vanilla. its taking quite long

[scenic mirage]

Oh dope, how much power you making w it

[cyan valve]

just around 15k. basic uranium fuel rods

[mortal ginkgo]

yeah its a good looking ship ngl, how about you show us it MOVING huh brotherman? kek

🤓

[cyan valve]

that would be sick and cool if we can make it move!

[mortal ginkgo]

I know right, some people got'em spaceships going on... well.. not really going on but yeah... it do be like that sometimes.

[scenic mirage]

I dont see what a moving ship has to do with saving the kittens and puppies?

[cyan valve]

is this necessary? though i dont care

[scenic mirage]

Itd be cool if theres map expansions in a future update and you have to use boats to access it

[scenic mirage]

Ho ho oh whatever

[mortal ginkgo]

I will have some ships that provide water via drones too. It will be.... something.

You are on the right track.

Yours look much better than the 340593234th pioneer that made a foundation land on the ocean 😄

[cyan valve]

Im down for drones! i have like 260-ish ports of them since theyre easier to setup 🤣 . now I get to finally build trains coz I dont feel like making battery ports anymore

[mortal ginkgo]

Bro is like backwards. Bro making drones before ships. Drones before trains.

Bro is like, MENTAL.

But I love this bro. Bro is cool. ❤️

[neon crest]

so i been debating getting this game for a bit, i play alot of minecraft tech modpacks and was curious how hard/brain thinking does this game get? kinda looking for a long playthrough i can play while playing osrs

[coral glacier]

Depends on the complexity of your builds

[tacit trellis]

Last mod pack I played and kinda dropped partway through was FTB stoneblock and satisfactory felt alot more streamlined

[cyan valve]

man i even enjoy playing it solo all this time with 600hrs+ (probably a quarter on just downtime) and its just my first playthrough.

[grim ermine]

Factory?

[tacit trellis]

Minecraft mod pack

[cyan valve]

satisfactory

[grim ermine]

What if making a factory was satisfying

[tacit trellis]

That would be satisfactory

[grim ermine]

Its pretty simple up until about 60% of the way through the game (phase 4)

[winter fable]

Me?

[mossy frigate]

Has anyone actually built a working hyper tube cannon on console? I’ve gone through 7 different build styles and tried following the wiki none will work, if you do get the entrances in a line once through 1 the next stops you dead and ejects you out, so no way to get the speed needed let alone actually launch from the end

[tacit trellis]

You do kinda have to lock tf in sometimes or else you end up running around not actually building anything 💀

[winter fable]

Goodluck figuring out where you were in the first place. Saw in tutorials people have whole excel sheets

[grim ermine]

Because satisfactory has other options than building a factory its very easy to get distracted

[mossy frigate]

Especially when you’re high, don’t ask me how I know

[tacit trellis]

It has options other than building a factory?

[grim ermine]

Completely unnecessary unless your going for 7000 nuclear pasta/m

[tacit trellis]

Bro I play this shit high all the time and I can't build shit sometimes

[winter fable]

Math and meta channel moment

[mortal ginkgo]

thats for extreme min maxxers

[tacit trellis]

Excel spreadsheet is nice for keeping track of your rates tho

[mortal ginkgo]

I mean I like making 100% working factories, its hardly needed

[tacit trellis]

Or a notes tab

[mossy frigate]

I’m very close to having every single recipe unlocked 😃

[reef basin]

excel sheets are unnecessary complicated since we have production planners 🙂

[winter fable]

Is that also on console?

[grim ermine]

Yes

[tacit trellis]

Ingame notes tab is like sufficient for like just writing down what your rates are tbh

[winter fable]

Becoming a master planner part 1

[reef basin]

usually they are websites, so you can use them anywhere

[mossy frigate]

I’ll master your plan sir

🤫 just let it happen

[winter fable]

You will never get my plans, i never sleep

[mossy frigate]

😂

[grim ermine]

[winter fable]

I mean i do, but for reference

That means turtle has a chance to master thy plans

[mossy frigate]

🌿👀🌿

[tacit trellis]

Anyway my only reference for minecraft mod packs was FTB stoneblock if you like smth like that I think you'll love this

Not quite like that

[winter fable]

Redstone engineering but in satis

[tacit trellis]

But yeah good game would recc its in the same vein of engineering tism but alot more streamlined for factory making

Also @neon crest any reccs for minecraft mod packs lmao

[tacit trellis]

Bro redstone is just magic at this point

[mossy frigate]

I need to get off my butt and build my damn power plant, procrastinating it for over a day now

[tacit trellis]

The transitive properties of redstone is fucking bullshit

[neon crest]

depends really, i went into the crazy modpacks like e2e:e and GTNH

[mossy frigate]

I wish herobrines mansion would be an addon, that was amazing on pc back in the day

[tacit trellis]

Can I get the legal names please 🥺

[neon crest]

enigmatica 2 expert and gregtech new horizons

[tacit trellis]

Ty

Also alot less item bloat than minecraft mod packs thank the lord for that

[neon crest]

Mm okayy ill check it out! just was a bit hard if i would get the hours i want, especially since i like automation/idle games

[tacit trellis]

💀 how many hours do you want from this

I mean you can do 1000+ easy but like

[neon crest]

Thats debatable really lol idm how long its more of if it will be difficult i guess haha

[tacit trellis]

If you can handle those mod packs you'll be more than fine

[neon crest]

Like in gtnh i would spend like a few days to figure out automating, especially since theres like 9 stages of progression, u go from stone age all the way to like moon, took me abt 3k hours to even reach the ending of the modpack

[cyan valve]

youre gonna have a lot of fun with the fluid dynamics lol

[tacit trellis]

Fluids aren't that hard are they?

💀 from the bit of chem eng I've done in uni real fluids are magic and bullshit

[cyan valve]

it depends on personal criteria tbh. if you like it the hard way or cheat it all the way

[reef basin]

they are hard if you assume things instead of learning how they actually work

[neon crest]

but ill get the game! its on sale anyways, if anything ill ask for help here if needed, im a bit slow but i love going through things trial and error

[cyan valve]

goodluck! you can browse the #1038092680493801533 for existing problems you may encounter

[glass pagoda]

Im still mad at ada for bombing me

[tacit trellis]

If you can get through those mod packs you won't really have that much trouble understanding this game, it's alot more streamlined and way less finicky to get automation started

[mortal ginkgo]

GUYS I NEED HELP FAST!

I need WET concrete! I don't have the recipe but I NEED IT!

Send me your wet concretes! FAST!

My pioneer doesn't know how to wet her concretes!

PANIK!

[glass pagoda]

I feel molested through the screen

[cyan valve]

oh my god

[mortal ginkgo]

Brother I tried so hard but there ain't no recipe dropping for me. I used so many hard drives T_T

the amount of Concretes I need otherwise for Molded recipes is ABSURD

[cyan valve]

collect them all. thats the way

[glass pagoda]

Open the "totally normal gift" it's very normal

[mortal ginkgo]

I am NOT doing that! Last time I went to a cave I was greeted with 6 large stingers. THEY WERE NOT FRIENDLY BROTHERMAN

[cyan valve]

I did it so I could get all the alternative recipes I want especially if I want to avoid certain recipes

[mortal ginkgo]

I may be an Impure Limestone Node, but I am not THAT silly!

[mossy frigate]

Ummmm 🤨

[tacit trellis]

Have you tried bombing them like a true American?

[mortal ginkgo]

I am not an American though that's the MAJOR problem in my life right now!

[glass pagoda]

Turn on aracnaphobia mode and they turn into pngs of cats

[mortal ginkgo]

You are not scared of cats? Brother those things are like.. like... very pawy.. very hissy.

[glass pagoda]

Embrace the bombs

[mortal ginkgo]

I don't have a problem with spiders, they are cool. But they sting here brotherman!

[cyan valve]

The holy "Nuke Nobelisk" is the answer!

[mortal ginkgo]

I FINISHED PHASE 2 RECENTLY BROTHER! WE NO HAZ NUKEZ!

This is a TERRIBLE moment. I need to.. I need to find hard drives.. I NEED TO GO OUTSIDE!

[cyan valve]

ohhh clusters are fun if thats the case

[tacit trellis]

What if you're arachnophobic and Ailurophobic?

[glass pagoda]

Lizard dogos can give nukes

[mortal ginkgo]

I die I guess

[glass pagoda]

Then u may as well explode

[mortal ginkgo]

yeah I got like 2 stacks thanks to my 7 doggos. 😄

[glass pagoda]

Then use those

[mortal ginkgo]

yeah I will be automating them soon 🙂‍↕️

[glass pagoda]

Just watch out for radiation

[mortal ginkgo]

Limestone demand of my base is giving me internal radiation

Why do molded recipes need so much concretes?! Those are huge demands!

[cyan valve]

just overexpose to radiation. youll be immune

[glass pagoda]

It's about time you fly off into the world and set up your first factory separate from your main

[mortal ginkgo]

My Pioneer needs a damn RECIPE for Wet Concrete, girl there is an OCEAN out there, you put water into concrete, it becomes wet concrete. IT AINT ROCKET SCIENCE!

[mortal ginkgo]

I am sorry brotherman but this game does NOT have "horror" tag!

[glass pagoda]

This is what you have to do

[tacit trellis]

Fortnite your way around lmao

[cyan valve]

If I put a concrete foundation on top of the water, doesn't it make wet concrete?

[glass pagoda]

Brother man you will lag and lag and lag if you dont

[mortal ginkgo]

thanks for the surprise fornite comment, made me lol 😄

[tacit trellis]

The pioneer's strongest weapon (asides from explosives) is fortnite

[limpid inlet]

How tf are people completing phase1 in like 30 minutes?

[mortal ginkgo]

yes, you just need to wait 1 in game day for them. Then when you remove it you get extra concrete. 100% trust me.

[mortal ginkgo]

there is a skip tutorial milestones tick

[glass pagoda]

Bro why do u have the "too tight" profile picture

[cyan valve]

there are those people like speedrunners. and not first timers.

[tacit trellis]

^^^

[glass pagoda]

^^^

[mortal ginkgo]

Some people are also fast.

[cyan valve]

thats what she told me btw

[mortal ginkgo]

oh and now hard drive spots can be removed and they give tons of simple components

[tacit trellis]

Just play at your own pace

[glass pagoda]

They call me fast and furious

[mortal ginkgo]

at least yours said something, mine gave me a rather surprised look

[primal obsidian]

can’t wait to do ficsonium fuel rods

[limpid inlet]

I know but even then, it takes a while to get 50 smart plate

[glass pagoda]

Too tight

[mortal ginkgo]

speed run tactics, some people are efficienct, etc

[limpid inlet]

I cropped it out Cuz the original picture is hilarious

[tacit trellis]

Also still longer than like a whole ass minecraft speedrun 💀

Satisfactory is kinda antiethical to speedrunning tbh

It's like possible but like why

[glass pagoda]

Erm actually one speed runner took 4 days straight because they wanted to get the lowest score 🤓

[fluid sapphire]

like speedrunning a sandbox, its all in a pile now, congrats?

[tacit trellis]

Shorter than like 2 phases of the game 💀

[glass pagoda]

Erm actually if you turn off Christmas mode then ada will save you instantly beating the game 🤓

[primal obsidian]

which milestone unlocks singularity cells again it’s the 2nd one right

[limpid inlet]

Tbf minecraft is pretty optimized for speedrunning

[tacit trellis]

Also miku supremacy

[glass pagoda]

||my last message was false||

[mortal ginkgo]

MIKU MENTIONED LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[fluid sapphire]

its listed in the rewards like always?

[limpid inlet]

Big lies

[primal obsidian]

oh yeah lemme check that i dont know why I didn’t think of that

[mossy frigate]

We all have those days man

[sterile blade]

Sometimes I don't

[primal obsidian]

I was literally making a new base and I moved the HUB right next to me i have no idea why I didn’t check

[sterile blade]

What did the saying say about things under one's nose...?

[tacit trellis]

We all have those days

[sterile blade]

Oh, yeah, that they smell the strongest. That was it

[leaden turret]

why you mustache questions?

[round shell]

When I play I have an approach that is modular, I have blueprints for 8x smelters, constructors and assemblers that produce all the same thing, and drop as many of those as I need to consume the node(s)
I'm rethinking this now when thinking about computers, if I modularize so that raws go in, finished products come out, perhaps that would be easier to progress. I only noticed today that 2.5 computers takes 120 oil with default recipes which is quite neat

[fluid sapphire]

thats generally a faster way to build production, sure, if you are into that sort of thing

[tacit trellis]

Bro blueprints being chiral piss me off

[reef basin]

generally I'd recommend starting from final product rather than "using full nodes"

[tacit trellis]

I don't think there's a way around it but like it's so annoying having to have like 4 different set-ups for a line of smelters or w/e

[round shell]

I don't follow

You can rotate a blueprint. Why would you need 4?

[tacit trellis]

If you're using a manifold system you have left in left out, right in right out, left in right out and right in left out

[round shell]

Oh I see

[fluid sapphire]

yeah i have like 8 variants for this reason, it was bit cumbersome to make that for so many machines

but that means i can lay down grids in whatever shape i need

[round shell]

I stole this idea years ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/satisfactory/comments/fre4eh/assemblernator_compact_8_assembles_unit/

[primal obsidian]

I think that for some reason I decided to make only a 10x constructor bop and nothing else

and I’ve used it once for RCU

[round shell]

Full credit to the author, but I like it as it makes it look like kind of a building, kind of a bigger compound machine

[unkempt blade]

you might just want to pick either "entry and exit are on the same end" or "entry and exit are on opposite ends" and then you can just rotate 180 degrees to do left vs right

imo blueprints in this game are a lot easier if you make some opinionated style decisions and mostly stick with them for all the BPs

[obsidian zodiac]

hey guys

what would you say is the most common newbie question this discord sees

[mortal ginkgo]

"my pipes are not piping"

[tacit trellis]

They're still chiral for L/R aren't they?

[dense violet]

people not understanding water pipes have 300 flow for coal power

[cyan valve]

how to make wet concrete

[unkempt blade]

has to be either pipes or train signals

[abstract heron]

is there a stream today? and is there a video this Friday

[primal obsidian]

for sure

[mortal ginkgo]

"dont know how train signals work + why signals are looping into themselves in junctions" are ultra common as well

[abstract heron]

belt or pipe or train singals 🙂

[mortal ginkgo]

I love how we are all so common on answers. I mean, even reddit is drowning in pipe questions at coal generator stage

[obsidian zodiac]

lmao thanks everyone

[abstract heron]

jason did u see above?

[abstract heron]

Dis and is mikael feeling better?

[obsidian zodiac]

yes stream today, no video friday

[fluid sapphire]

truly, its almost always pipes or train signals

[tacit trellis]

Pipes ez but I cheated by having like 3 years experience in wastewater 💀

[abstract heron]

🙁 to no video friday

[obsidian zodiac]

hey we just posted 2!

[abstract heron]

I NOTICE but LAST week THERE waas NO STREAM due to @void gorge NOT Feeling well

[leaden turret]

• people looking for LFG
• people asking how an advent calendar works, never mind the ficsmas advent calendar
• sale, when?

[primal obsidian]

Mk.10 pipes when

[unkempt blade]

yeah I mean they'd be facing one direction or the other but they'd still be functional and you could still feed them into the next item in the production chain

[leaden turret]

already have Mk.10 pipes

-# in binary

[abstract heron]

and yes for now @obsidian zodiac the ficmas stuff

How does this work in ficmas

Where is the calender etc etc

[unkempt blade]

4x blueprints for each type of machine row feels like a recipe for frustration though so that's where my "be opinionated" suggestion comes in

[primal obsidian]

April fools upadste where mk.3 pipe is added and transports 1m^3/min and has the same design as mk.2

[tacit trellis]

How long until you implement neuralink compatibility so we can beam the factories straight in from our frontal lobe into the screen?

[leaden turret]

mk.3 pipe is just the packager

[leaden turret]

no musk nonsense please

[void gorge]

Breh gets 2 videos in one week

And laments no video this week

[abstract heron]

BUT NO stream?

[void gorge]

We can't win man

Yes stream

[abstract heron]

u where sick last week

so no stream then LAST week @void gorge

[void gorge]

Bro I streamed Silksong 4 times last week

[leaden turret]

how's your throat from running the froords yelling to be let out of the basement?

[void gorge]

FOUR

STREAMS

[obsidian zodiac]

leo youre fiesty today

[abstract heron]

also people are like yesterday hhow does ficmas event work etc etc

[tacit trellis]

Seems like 3 too few

[void gorge]

Link them the video

[abstract heron]

I got up early to do snow but now i have to go out again

[primal obsidian]

click number every day

[abstract heron]

and it was still falling

[abstract heron]

Ik how it works

[leaden turret]

<@&370483737957236737> I'm not sure if it'd be insulting to have !rtfm be an alias to !wikisearch or not

[tacit trellis]

Rebrand the advent calander as daily login bonuses for our gamer brains 💀

[leaden turret]

le person who has never seen an advent calendar: "but which number?"

[abstract heron]

it rests for u at 12am YOUR time

so 12am EST for me

[abstract heron]

17,820 hrs on record my hrs TOTAL in game and i just hit 4,105hr in my current world

[tacit trellis]

Also I've never gotten an advent calander coz it's just fucking way too hot for chocolate in the Aussie summer lmao

[fallen orbit]

Been 6 months since I left Playing satisfactory , i had a save with 120 hours in it , I just cannot get back into my old save because I don't remember anything
It feels like i really want to play the game again should I start a new save instead

[abstract heron]

@obsidian zodiac my hrs in game 😛

[fallen orbit]

I had gotten to i think the hoverpack stage?

[leaden turret]

advent calendars are available without chocolates

[primal obsidian]

150hrs so far and I haven’t touched single player because it seems to overwhelming

[tacit trellis]

Bro I'm crashing out mentally rn coz like they're the only advent calander they sell in the supermarket but at the same time like wtf why are they all chocolate

WHO BUYS THEM

[abstract heron]

There was a link ill go find it but for hrs played on Ssatisfactory jason

[obsidian zodiac]

honestly i did this with my last save and it helped a lot. it felt a lot better than picking up whatever the hell i was up to in tier 7

[tacit trellis]

^^^

[fallen orbit]

Also is there like a mod or soemthing which will help me gather mercer spheres quickly in the new save? I know about the satisfactory map website but that doesn't help much really

[shy mulch]

Do you ever log out? 😬

[abstract heron]

Yes i do each night at 12am or 1am

[fallen orbit]

This is what I have been thinking i loved satisfactory but the problem was I played too much 7-10 hours a day
So it consumed quite a bit of my time lol had to quit

But I'll be limiting it this time around

[abstract heron]

i play depending on waking up about 6hr to 15hr once

[unkempt blade]

This might be too much of turning games into work but...

• I use a lot of signs on my builds to help me remember what stuff does
• I use the ingame TODO for my current project
• I keep quick notes in an Obsidian notebook

[fallen orbit]

Yeah this time around am thinking to spend more time on a single project and make it clean

[abstract heron]

me 6hr to 15hr or 18hr depending when i wake up or if there is a patch which then i do log out for 5min

[shy mulch]

Why doesn't it help? You can edit your save file on that site, so you can just give yourself a storage container full of mercer spheres

[tacit trellis]

Tier 1 is kinda annoying to start tho tbf because you're gathering a bunch of stuff you need to do basic things

[fallen orbit]

Don't want that really just if there's something which will give checkpoints to were they are

[tacit trellis]

💀 edit in a box full of cement and iron plates while you're at it

[shy mulch]

Isn't that the main function of the site? It shows you where everything is

[abstract heron]

If your to much set up a little production or something etc etc

[primal obsidian]

superposition oscillator factory time

[fallen orbit]

Ig I'll try with the website but as far as I remember you dont need alot of them for Starters right

[tacit trellis]

Yeah

[abstract heron]

I think there should be how to videos

[tacit trellis]

They're kinda all over the place anyway but like just use the site idk

[abstract heron]

on CSS thing for certain things

[fallen orbit]

And ofc the enemies will be non hostile mod can't be bothered lol

[reef basin]

like what?

practically everything in the game has infinite ways to be done

[abstract heron]

Train singals or belts or pipes issues greeny

[abstract heron]

or passive

[reef basin]

yeah, see above, all of those have way too many options how to do

[fallen orbit]

Last question what tier did you need to be at to unlock power switches again?

[dense violet]

!wikisearch power switch

[raven axle]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/index.php?search=power+switch

[dense violet]

the wiki is your friend

[zenith pecan]

Provided you avoid fandom.

[abstract heron]

yup

[south sinew]

probably only tier 3 since you only need steel, copper sheet, and quickwire

[abstract heron]

i love having a movie or show or something to watch when i play

[tacit trellis]

Lazy man's power switch is dismantling the power pole lmao

[primal obsidian]

Or the wire

[quartz loom]

Power pole is easier

[shy mulch]

Or hold down F while your cat pushes your mouse off the desk
If things get deleted, then the cosmos wanted it to happen

[quartz loom]

Thankfully the cat is not allowed on my desk anymore. It chewed on too many of my lego sets.

[white dawn]

The true oldschool power switch is a little "breaker" area using wall sockets. Pairs of sockets, nice signs labelling what each of 'em does, etc. :D

A pole is easier to target than wires going between poles, yeah, though a wire inbetween wall sockets can be quite easy too, since you can basically just put those at head level

[earnest bluff]

guys can i seperate items without smart splitters like producing 5 item wanna use 2 of them for another item other 3 must be go to the storage

[leaden turret]

do math with dumb splitters

[echo belfry]

The beetle is best animal

[tacit trellis]

If you have excess it'll go to storage

[earnest bluff]

hm i dont think im smart for calculating that but gonna try ty .d

[earnest bluff]

kkkay

[leaden turret]

I mean if you just split it in two you'll get 2.5 on both lines and eventually the line processing 2 will overflow and the other line will get bumped to 3

[tacit trellis]

If you only use 2 items and link the end of the manifold to storage the excess goes to storage

[white dawn]

Smart Splitters don't let you specify an exact ratio, but what you can do is put a Smart Splitter so the "Any" output goes to your production, and then "Overflow" goes to storage. At first, the production will be getting all 5/min, but if it's only consuming 2/min, then it'll eventually back up. Once the belt backs up all the way to the Smart Splitter, 3/min will be going to storage

[quartz loom]

I dont know if I am the only one who feels the need for this but window wall ramps. They would make building some things so much nicer

[earnest bluff]

hm kay tysm everyone

[white dawn]

Alternatively: split up your production so that you're producing exactly 2/min via one set of machines, and 3/min via another set of machines. Use underclocking/overclocking to get the numbers just right

(Like, I'm not saying split up the entire factory like that; just the final machines which produce that actual item)

[shy mulch]

This is the easiest way. Literally zero effort. I see it so often that people imagine it's going to be complicated and try to create some solution to a problem that literally doesn't exist

[tacit trellis]

Over/underclocking op

[abstract heron]

or sometimes i just swear and then do the production line

[abstract heron]

I think stream should be State of dev Coommunity highlights and then ficmas a bit of thing and then QA

[leaden turret]

Santa of Dev

Community Elves

[shy mulch]

Can we have a stream that's just 15 minutes of watching all my lizard doggos judge the state of my spaghetti?

[leaden turret]

<@&370483737957236737> Saint Mikaelaus?

[abstract heron]

and ficmas show case

[shy mulch]

Enhance arachnophobia mode to give you a dropdown list of skins to choose from, Stinger, Kitty, or Krampus

I'm imagining running through the caterium cave being chased by an army of angry green krampuses

[leaden turret]

Isn't that just the Grinch?

[leaden turret]

ficsmas snow case

[shy mulch]

Closer likeness to futurama santa

Like the lovechild of the Grinch and El Chupacabra

[valid bloom]

Been using a biofuel/buffer power system for ficsmas and its made me start to kinda like it for smaller scale factories with independent power

especially factories that don't need to run constantly

[shy mulch]

Now use that for your entire production

Merry Biomass everyone

[valid bloom]

I don't think I'm interested in burning down every tree and leaf on the map
Edit: yet

[glass pagoda]

Yaba daba whats up

I hope you all are doing well

[white dawn]

One word of warning: FICSMAS factories can get big. :) Might end up being more than you realistically want to feed via biomass

(They can also, of course, not get big if you intentionally keep 'em small. But the final items can definitely have a lot of factory behind 'em)

[glass pagoda]

Wdym it seems so small I only need four constructors

[zenith pecan]

Mine is basic but the building is still a large block that I never managed to make look good.

[valid bloom]

I'm running 10 generators off of 8 constructors, 2 refineries, 1 water pump and only the water pump is overclocked currently

[glass pagoda]

Use billboards and make the backround the snowflake effect so it will be animated

[white dawn]

More and more of the production chain will get revealed over the course of the event

[glass pagoda]

Ruh roh

[valid bloom]

I will rival the Canadian Logging industry if I have to

chop down the whole northern forest

[zenith pecan]

This is the current factory #design-and-architecture message , I'm not sure billboards would help that much.

It's the outside that looks terrible.

[white dawn]

Last year, the part of my factory that was making 2/min of the final item was using 16 Constructors, 21 Smelters, 12 Foundries, and 13 Assemblers. :D

[zenith pecan]

The roof space is two groups of gift trees that are their own greenhouses.

[glass pagoda]

Well if you have concrete pillars then you could use the cylindrical ones to make it look like smoke stacks if that dosent workk it's an easy cleanup

[valid bloom]

sounds managable, so about as complex as cubes

[white dawn]

Oh sure, it's not bad; the production chains were intentionally kept pretty simple and straightforward. But it's still likely to be more than someone will want to power off biomass alone. :)

[zenith pecan]

Those pillars might make for reasonable veins to add the appearance of structure I guess, how to mesh it with the upper level will be a challenge.

[valid bloom]

biomass... and water

[glass pagoda]

You could also try using signs as trims to the windows if it fits

[gentle lion]

So I was able to tame a lizard doggo

Where does it show up later woth stuff ? My hab or just randomly

[valid bloom]

where ya left it

[gentle lion]

Well damn where was that ...😂

[glass pagoda]

Another way is to try experimenting with different finishes although me personally I think the concrete works

[white dawn]

Generally when folks tame doggos they'll create a "pen" for 'em so you can lead 'em there and then know where they are, btw (like generally in whatever you think of as your "main base," so to speak, with your HUB and such)

Finding tamed doggos left out in the wild can be difficult-to-impossible

[zenith pecan]

Some of my factories use "unpainted" ficsit walls, definitely looks effective, not so great for the jolly ficsmas though, it's pure industrial.

[gentle lion]

That's wonderful info for the next time

[white dawn]

I believe that keeping them on foundations helps prevent accidental despawns, too, btw

[glass pagoda]

Hmmm you want jolly huh alr. Add candy canes as gaurd rails around the roof and connect them with green and red colored fences

I mean candy canes as pillers in between the gaurd rails

Like supports

You can also add a diagonal roof like in real factorys

Using lights you can illuminate it to shine in even the darkest of nights

@zenith pecan good luck

Ping me when you have the finished product

[zenith pecan]

It will take me time as I'm actually renovating my home 😛

[glass pagoda]

Or eat plastic

[earnest bluff]

https://www.satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production how can i adjust miner's overclock wanna do rotor it shows with 45 iron/min and showing me a very weird setup

[brazen coral]

Is there any other alternate recipe for the encased beam that isn't making it with the steel pipes?

[glass pagoda]

When renovating your home irl I recommend installing the ada so she can judge and correct you

[glass pagoda]

Check the wiki

[zenith pecan]

Hell no, I avoid AI at all costs and tend to not want "smart" devices, just more complication for very little applicable gain.

[glass pagoda]

Ada sent a "totally normal gift" seems normal

[zenith pecan]

Just happens to look like high explosives with a ribbon.

[glass pagoda]

Why is it beeping 💥💥💥

[icy jetty]

learns the hardway, blueprints aren't on steam cloud jfc there's so much wrong with this non-EA game

[white dawn]

... but don't you want your home infrastructure to be remotely hackable by malicious actors??

[glass pagoda]

But what about the kittens and puppies

[zenith pecan]

Lol no, all this so-called smart crap is for is data harvesting, and just no, hell I tend to ensure data from me is mostly garbage.

[glass pagoda]

You must save the kittens and puppies

[zenith pecan]

I don't keep pets 🤷‍♂️

[white dawn]

Yeah, I want my "home" stuff to be as dumb as possible, for sure

[glass pagoda]

I dont want to be called on my oven

[zenith pecan]

Fewer points of failure to boot, and no way for the manufacturer to change the terms after the sale by "updating" a needlessly internet connected device.

[unkempt blade]

yeah ficsit keeps offering me internet enabled factory carts and I'm all "no thanks, factory carts are already perfect the way they are"

[jaunty jewel]

i wish the rest of thr world was like this

but nooo google HAS to shove AI mode in my face

[unkempt blade]

I don't need voice control for them it'll just make them drive off the skyroad or something

[mortal ginkgo]

I still yearn for a smol only-cart station

[unkempt blade]

yeah I also want a factory cart scale train for my factory tours

[mortal ginkgo]

yes pls

[crisp lava]

yo should i buy the game while it's on sale now or is there gonna be a winter sale?

[sacred trail]

Can anyone help me to find a specific mercer sphere?

[hardy moat]

They're stored locally so you can transfer blueprints from other people and inbetween saves

[hard ivy]

if it's not on the surface it's probably in a cave

[sacred trail]

I can't find the cave, but I will look again.

[brazen coral]

Are you able to transfer blueprints on consoles yet or do you actually have to join somebody's game and get it from their blueprint storage?

Because it's not like I can just access save files and input it like that.

[white dawn]

Some cave systems are pretty big, and the entrances might be kind of far away

If you're willing to look at a full-map spoiler of the game, you can use SCIM (https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/interactive-map) to help locate caves; there's a "caves" layer you can turn on. The brighter-yellow straight lines are the entrances

[steel kelp]

They dont transfer across saves on console either

[white dawn]

Or if you want some more subtle hints, you could describe where you are (or post a screenshot in #screenshots or whatever) and someone might be able to nudge you in the right direction. :)

[steel kelp]

So you kinda just need tutorials if you’re tryna copy one

[brazen coral]

Darn, that sucks...

[steel kelp]

Yea its a shame

But its way more fun imo making bps urself

Rather than copying

Esp for a first playthrough

I wouldve gotten so bored if i could just find a bp which solved my problems and spammed it lol

[sacred trail]

Ty, I don't care about spoilers.

I wish someone had told me about how important research is.

I'm at stage 5 and didn't do much research until now.

[brazen coral]

I mean I mostly got balancer setup for sets of three and link them up for a 9 balancer setup for almost everything right now, just just having a little trouble with the assembler only because it's two inputs

[white dawn]

Not uncommon, alas! The MAM is definitely one of the most important things in the game

[crisp lava]

hey how big is the map?

[white dawn]

It used to be integrated into the HUB, way back when. I wish it still was; folks would be less likely to ignore it

[hard ivy]

about 6 x 8 km?

[white dawn]

Quite large! Something like 6km x 7km, though it's not a rectangle. But quite "dense" throughout. Lots of details to discover and take in

[crisp lava]

damnnn

[calm plaza]

guys I just got the game how do I get a lot of biofuel
my powergrid keeps on shutting off

[crisp lava]

yeah imma see if i can buy it since it's on sale rn

[white dawn]

All handcrafted, too!

[neon crest]

so i dont have a problem or anything but i had a question but its not really a gameplay question but abt the game itself? would i still ask in the help section?

[green fiber]

just ask here and you might receive an answer or a redirect to another channel

[white dawn]

Here is fine, or #1038092680493801533 if you think it might be a more complex question

[neon crest]

i was just gonna ask if the world generation is random or always the same?

[green fiber]

static

[white dawn]

Always the same

[green fiber]

its a handcrafted map

[crisp lava]

ooooooooo

seems like a chill enough game at least

[neon crest]

ohh okay because i spawned in the forest biome and its really nice and flat, was curious if i was lucky or its intended to be this open

[green fiber]

every biome has its own characteristics

the northern forest tends to be... not that flat actually, it has a lot of trees too that make building factories harder intitially

but you usually get spawned in an area where you will likely find that one flat rock cliffside with lots of iron

[zenith pecan]

Building raised factories on columns and around or even over the landscape fixes the northern forest woes, just takes patience.

[white dawn]

Yes, quite chill. There's hardly any "pressure" in the game at all. The main thing is that the very early game has the Pioneer relying on collecting biomass for power, and that loop can be a bit of a drag (need to keep going out to collect more wood/leaves/remains). Although to be fair that's also the game's way of starting to encourage you to explore. :)

There are hostile creatures who will attack you once you're in aggro range, but they don't attack factories (ie: nothing but yourself specifically dismantling buildings will ever impact your factories' production), and the combat isn't considered a primary gameplay loop. You can disable the combat from the main menu at any time

[crisp lava]

i've seen bits and pieces of gameplay and all i could think of is that one song where they say "we work to earn the right to work"

what biomes are there?

[white dawn]

Quite a few; I'd recommend not spoiling yourself on them

[crisp lava]

okayy got it

thx dawg

[azure aspen]

If I miss a day in advent calendar for ficmas can I claim it on another day?

[hearty peak]

Hey don't know if this the right place but let's do this.
Been playing since update 0.3 and just had a thought about ficmas.

Why isn't there a space program addition
I mean the employees in space also need ficmas products

[fervent sand]

big enough where if you tried to use every resource your computer would fail first, most likely

[gentle lion]

I think they say 30km^2?

I run back and forth on my foundation path 2km each way for my oil stuff lol

So I haven't gone far

[obsidian marten]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/553550313533997057/1445445532377157652/image.png?ex=69305f8d&is=692f0e0d&hm=cd92e3655f23f26362037b829c64590c235a077377a9f35e349c328055543f4e& FINALLY 4 per minute...

[neon crest]

this game is amazing with how big it gets, i finally left my spawn area and im just amazed haha

[mortal ginkgo]

Guys. I need steel screws recipe.

Hand over yours. Fast. Ask no questions.

[obsidian marten]

why whould you use that

[mortal ginkgo]

at phase 2. would be good to use it

also the other recipe didn't drop so

[hard ivy]

yeah, why would anyone want to make screws?

[obsidian marten]

maybe cast screws...

[mortal ginkgo]

there is nothing wrong with them

[obsidian marten]

at most

[mortal ginkgo]

steel screws is amazing for what it does

just put a silly constructor near the chungusfacturer

and you are set

I wouldnt mind the other recipe but alas, dont have it

[hard ivy]

nah you'll never catch me wasting a drive on a screw-related alt

[mortal ginkgo]

lil bro thinks the very first recipe at phase 1 that is almost guaranteed hit on cast screws which saves both space, power and complexity for a beginner is a "waste".

lil bro is mental

[obsidian marten]

I did not find them till phase 4... why so rude?

[mortal ginkgo]

wasnt toward you, but the other one

[azure aspen]

Ngl I found the alternative recipes to not always make sense

[azure aspen]

Maybe don't be rude at all

[mortal ginkgo]

its not rude to say how silly someone thinks

[obsidian marten]

true

[azure aspen]

Definitely can be

Thier is a way to say you disagree without calling some silly for it

[mortal ginkgo]

I wasn't. If "mental" "silly" are rude things, I guess the bar is extremely low on your end.

[feral tendon]

Hi all, I'm new to the game and I have a question since my friends who have more experience than me have told me this, should I be saving my power slugs until I unlock Overproduction research via Somersloops?

[mortal ginkgo]

Welcome and exactly my friend. You will double your power shard gains.

However you can tap a few here and there. Don't die on it.

There is plenty of slugs to go around.

I would say feel free to use blue slugs, but not yellow and purple ones until you can double the yield.

[feral tendon]

Thank you, I read something about 2.7k being available via 2Xing them and yeah I was like okay if the blue ones are 1:1 that should be a acceptable decrease but not for the 1:2 and 1:4

[azure aspen]

I use the one purple for the research then saved the rest I've ended up with like 300 power shards because of double thier output

[mortal ginkgo]

yeah, to be fair even if you didn't save any, there is no lose. For late game and only check if you are curious: ||Late game you can automate power shards.||

[feral tendon]

I did notice that on the bottom of the research node with the ummm... ||time crystal||

[mortal ginkgo]

ah yes, it is technically not a big spoiler but indeed it is a late game recipe

I say if you ain't going to play 1k hours and min max every single thing you see including my mom, you are guchi.

[azure aspen]

What is the time crystal I'm still in mid game so have gotten to they yet?

[mortal ginkgo]

Use the power shards on Miners though, thats a must kinda.

[feral tendon]

I'm working my way through ||Oil|| right now so I've got a fair ways to go

[mortal ginkgo]

Great job, again, feel free to make some shards for miners and extractors

[azure aspen]

I'm just a little further ahead of you! 😂

[feral tendon]

This is honestly a very fun game I've put a fair bit of time into it in the week or so I've had it

[azure aspen]

Mood it sucks you in

[obsidian marten]

#screenshots message only couple minutes, until I complete the game

[azure aspen]

It's like ark ( I'm a sucker for games that basically encourag unemployment) 😂

[azure aspen]

Hell yea!

[obsidian marten]

and after that

THE NUT

[feral tendon]

I've put a fair bit of time into Ark as well, mostly single player since I don't like pvping.

[azure aspen]

PvE unofficial since like 2018 here 😂

Was a PvP official before than then I finally decided to retire and occasionally play PvP but mainly just enjoy pve now

[feral tendon]

Is there a mod to remove the build limit?

[azure aspen]

I'm not sure I know you changed it in the files tho

[fervent sand]

build limit?

[azure aspen]

Pretty sure is really big tho the limit tho right

[fervent sand]

what limit?

the UE object limit?

[feral tendon]

I'm referring to Ark, which admittedly this is the wrong channel for

[fervent sand]

ooohh

[azure aspen]

Oh yh let's move to a different one

[fervent sand]

I was so confused

[feral tendon]

My apologies

[azure aspen]

I brung it up to be fair so my bad

[fervent sand]

no worries

[gentle lion]

I have to fire up my new fuel Gen factory setup a quarter at a time when I finish laying it out.

I don't have 900mw to do.it all at once lol

[feral tendon]

Would this be as simple as turning the Gen's off with the I/O switch in the menu?

[gentle lion]

Well I forgot about that 😂

[fervent sand]

even simpler, just disconnecting a few section's wires

[feral tendon]

I do like the wire method since it requires less moving around

[gentle lion]

Or don't connect it until done.

[feral tendon]

but that also heavily depends on your infrastructure layout

[gentle lion]

Spaghetti lol

[feral tendon]

I've come to really appreciate the manifold at this point, looks so much cleaner imo

[gentle lion]

Gets better with each place I set up

I'm just trying to figure out howuch footing this layout needs
https://www.satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production?share=sAYO9DdSZTtzqBQEwxnt

24 refiners 28 packages plus pipe wires fuel generators storage etc

I think it will run 20 fuel when done

[obsidian marten]

I completed...

satisfactory is finished

[ashen trail]

for Ficsmas... do you unlock new cosmetics, and if so, are they for your account or for your world?

[feral tendon]

This is a little outside of my scope rn unfortunately

[fervent sand]

satisfactory is never finished

[ashen trail]

Like... if I have more than one world going, or I have my own world and a server I play on, do I have to unlock them multiple times?

[fervent sand]

world

[gentle lion]

It's probably outside mine but I'm gonna try lol

[shy mulch]

There isn't really any "work" to unlock this stuff

Yes you'll need to do it per world, but it's really almost zero effort

[obsidian marten]

true, I need to do THE NUT

[shy mulch]

My setup gives me 1 golden nut every 33 hours (approximately) and I don't consider it "completed"

[fervent sand]

each fuel gen takes 20 /min, and since you're making 800 (in the link you shared), you need 40 fuel generators

[obsidian marten]

that is imposible, as points are exponential

[fervent sand]

*at his current ticket level

[shy mulch]

only up to a point, after 3k coupons it stops going up

[feral tendon]

The best advice I could give would be to calculate your probable outputs with your machines get your ratios down and then look at your blueprints, if you're trying to go for compact or not then give it a trial run in a smaller area then take it from there

[mortal ginkgo]

it eventually stops going up

[obsidian marten]

fr?

what do you use?

bwd?

[fervent sand]

wait really

was not aware of this

[hard ivy]

yeah, it caps out at ~250 Mp/coupon

[obsidian marten]

I have 216 coupons rn, used already like 50. Burning 4 bwd + 3 pasta per minute (and some trash from the factory) I would say, I need to wait for around 10 hours

probably need to wait*

[glad quest]

Bro lowk quartz products r easy and give decent tickets

Tbp thats early game so idk about late game

[gentle lion]

I've never made a blueprint lol

[steel kelp]

Hes burning bwd lol thats a phase 5 part hes prolly good on coupons

[glad quest]

I dont like them and love then lol

[obsidian marten]

ik, but thanks though

[gentle lion]

Lord those things are huge too

[steel kelp]

They massively speed up your factory building you should try

[glad quest]

40 fuel gens rooky numbers

[steel kelp]

Saves you having to build millions of manifolds and mergers

[steel kelp]

Power shard your fuel gens