satisfactory

[white dawn]

There's a few ways to deal with the recycled/waste water in an aluminum setup (or any other setup which has excess water):

1. Send the water to some other process which uses it up instead
2. Loop the pipes back into themselves, but if you do that, you really do need to use a VIP Junction, as described by the Pipeline manual (https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/images/Pipeline_Manual.pdf). Those can be finnicky to build and debug, if there's any build weirdness, but technically once it's working it should be solid.
3. Loop the pipes back to a totally separate set of machines. Keep the fresh + recycled totally separate, and underclock/overclock to suit

[soft marsh]

I was, those machines for sinking couldn't keep up unles I built hella machines but then I'd run out of the material before I ran out of water. They're only a few spaces apart. Set of four, couple paths, next set of four.

Initially I was justs packaging the water and sinking it but I couldn't make enough plastic

[white dawn]

Of the three, my favorite is by far #3. As a couple of examples of that: #math-and-meta message

[buoyant veldt]

That's not freezing then. That's just not being 100% efficient.

Which some people can live with, some people can't.

[soft marsh]

I mean if the water is preventing anything from being made, I'd say that's freezing.

[last tartan]

we should get a feature allowing us to shut down power flow through towers

or manually trip breakers

wait, theres power switches inst there?

[soft marsh]

For now I significantly reduced the amount of fresh being supplied so about 90% of the water is recycled now

[buoyant veldt]

But if you wait, it will clear itself, right? I wouldn't call that freezing.

[soft marsh]

It will not

[white dawn]

Yes, and the Priority Power Switches can be flipped from anywhere on your grid, so you can do it remotely

(have to build another PPS to access the "shared" control panel, but you can do it anywhere so long as it's the same grid)

[last tartan]

i ought to get one of these

[soft marsh]

There's too much water so as soon as some water gets used, its immediately refilled. Itd be several minutes, if not hours, before anything is actually produced with the amount of water I had. Regardless, I think I've fixed it for now so Ill let it run for a bit and see what happens

[white dawn]

If you're combining fresh+recycled pipes without a VIP Junction, it's awfully likely that it'll develop problems again in the future, fwiw

(In the past I have done combined fresh+recycled which seemed perfectly stable, but I don't miss debugging those)

[soft marsh]

Yeah Im already at an issue where theres not enough freshwater now lol

I gotta look through my recipes and see if theres anything where I need water that I can build next to it

[white dawn]

Adding a VIP Junction, or keeping the fresh+recycled systems totally separate, should clear things up, though either of those would likely require at least a little bit of rebuilding

(Note that if you do decide to keep fresh+recycled separate, IMO it's best to pre-flood the "recycled" pipe with water so that the system starts off at 100%, prior to actually letting things run)

[buoyant veldt]

What's a VIP junction?

[primal obsidian]

is it the vertical junction where it takes the bottom input first

[white dawn]

See the Pipeline manual: https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/images/Pipeline_Manual.pdf ; it's basically a priority merger for fluids

[cyan leaf]

A max overclocked mk 2 miner on a pure node how kuch does it make?

[white dawn]

Could just check in-game, of course. :) The answer is likely to be "your max belt speed," though.

For most of the game you're limited by your belt speed, not miners

[ocean frost]

Ask Google ai it has a great answer

[wicked nacelle]

!wikisearch miner

[raven axle]

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

[cyan leaf]

I woukd have if I was at home atm 😭

[wicked nacelle]

if you did this with a valve that's a very fragile design

[soft marsh]

Nah just underclocked an extractor

[wicked nacelle]

same same - no different than a valve - very fragile design if your system ever gets backed up

[slate python]

Anyone got a present factory blueprint

[wicked nacelle]

you either need a design that prioritizes wastewater or just sends it downstream to systems that don't take fresh water - and even in some of those you have to make sure to prioritize scrap from wastewater -- but that's easier than liquid prioritization because the game gives you explicit tools for that

[ocean frost]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pKtRonvHlFc&t=513s

I've been abusing this forever

[cyan leaf]

Ngl 50 fuel generator generating only 12.5k of power doesnt sound alot

[merry falcon]

probably smells alot

[cyan leaf]

Lol

[wicked nacelle]

eventually you should just overclock them all... and 50 isn't that many even overclocked which is 125 worth of power

[merry falcon]

idk i just setup 10 and felt great with 2500MW

[wicked nacelle]

it depends on how far you are in the game, of course.

since fuel can be end game power the number you need grows significantly

hundreds of 250% isn't a crazy thing

[merry falcon]

that and you have a find a ton of slimy slugs

[wicked nacelle]

I won't spoil it for you but nah

[merry falcon]

i appreciate it

[wicked nacelle]

but you do know about slooping slugs, right?

[merry falcon]

nope

[wicked nacelle]

you can process slugs in a constructor and if you put a sloop on it, you get double the shards

[ocean frost]

Or the doggo slug farm

[wicked nacelle]

plutonium waste sink?

[merry falcon]

how on earth did someone figure that out?

[twilit peak]

i give up chat, how do i make a good amount of motors? where is a good place to make them? i'm in the lower spawn area, and can make them just with iron

[ocean frost]

When the update came out

[wicked nacelle]

probably by just trying it? You can also process enemy body parts in a constructor and get 4x the dna bits

[wicked nacelle]

anywhere is find for making motors -- they just use iron and copper (or just iron with alts) -- so you can do it anywhere. Just don't be afraid of building a lot of machines

[merry falcon]

i feel bad now wasting 20 slugs...

[wicked nacelle]

there's nothing hard about it but it is tiresome. but not as bad as heavy metal frames

[wicked nacelle]

there's LOTS of slugs

and like I said, there are other options later

[merry falcon]

i havent left my starting zone yet lol

[wicked nacelle]

there's over 5000 shards worth of slugs out there (with slooping)

[old grotto]

Is my math mathing? 2400 oil and the end result being 9000 or so rocket fuel .. but the amount of sulfur is absurd...is it possible to do or am I overdoing it? Diluted fuel/Nitro Rocket fuel/Heavy Oil alts

[wicked nacelle]

"the amount of sulfur is absurd." is it?

how much is it?

[old grotto]

6300 I think

[open swallow]

300/min sulfur for 50 generators

my current turbofuel factory is this much

[wicked nacelle]

that doesn't seem absurd for running over 2000 fuel gens (at 100%)

[old grotto]

I'm goin for rocket fuel

Yea it's a lot of generators lol

500+gw

[wicked nacelle]

there's 10,800 / min of sulfur on the map

[twilit peak]

i could go out to made another motor machine, but if it's too far away it'll be a hassle to come and go back. i could set up trains, but that needs motors. i also need more energy, which needs more motors

[open swallow]

got coupons?

[wicked nacelle]

those other things need a finite number of motors -- so any motor production will get you there eventually

[old grotto]

Is taking 3/4 of it for power something worth doing or do I need down downscale so I don't starve other lines later of sulfur

[wicked nacelle]

you can make them by hand if needed.

[old grotto]

Converting iron to sulfur is crazy

[wicked nacelle]

sulfur isn't required for any part of the game so you get to choose how you use it

[twilit peak]

i optimized so much there's no leftovers to make coupons

[wicked nacelle]

"optimized"

sounds like you didn't make enough to me

[open swallow]

I send my finished project parts into the sink

[twilit peak]

right

[open swallow]

once the space elevator is full, that is

[twilit peak]

god dang it

[wind marsh]

what all is good to make in a weapons factory? like should i be keeping any regular rebar or making any stun?

[twilit peak]

great

[old grotto]

I'm almost done with the 1000 nuclear pasta for final phase

[wicked nacelle]

you don't need anywhere near that to beat the game so you're just choosing to spend your sulfur that way. And that's fine if you're enjoying it but if you're not then don't do it

I'm sinking 250M points/m and I use ~700GW. And that's WAY past end of story

[old grotto]

@wicked nacelle I just want this to be my final power plant 🤷

At least til I wrap my brain around nuclear

[wicked nacelle]

I'd hazard a guess that half that would still be your final power plant at least through the end of the story

[old grotto]

I think I'll just power up half of it...I'm like 90% complete with the build already

If I need more...just flip the switch and find more sulfur

Just the logistics of bringing that much sulfur into one spot would take too long lol

[wicked nacelle]

`nah, do nuclear. (though that does need sulfur as well, it's more sulfur efficient per power)

[old grotto]

I have a small nuke plant already

[wicked nacelle]

there you go then 🙂

if you need more than the 250GW from rocket fuel expand that. It's more satisfying IMO

[old grotto]

6 reactors with an accelerator and manufacturer doing the encased plutonium...just haven't gotten to the rods part yet...I'm storing the plutonium 😭

I'm having more fun with rocket fuel and oil...nuclear is a pain

[wicked nacelle]

ahh, I just sink plutonium fuel rods

I set up ficsonium but then needed the sam so stopped and just sink plutonium rods

[old grotto]

I have to make the rods...I'm one step behind that

I have like 50 industrial storages filling up with the plutonium core things that get turned into fuel rods

[wicked nacelle]

you mean uranium waste?

or are you burning plutonium fuel rods?

if you're burning them I suggest stopping that and just sinking them

uranium waste builds up fast though. plutonium waste is much slower

[old grotto]

I'm turning the urnaiummwaste into the plutonium stuff that goes into the manufacturer before turning into the fuel rods

[wicked nacelle]

ooh - so like encased plutonium cell or plutonium pellets

[old grotto]

Found out the hard way it isn't sinkable that way n gave up n started just storing it for now

[wicked nacelle]

yeah the only think sinkable after you burn a uranium fuel rod is plutonium fuel rod.

[old grotto]

Figure I have about 80ish game hours before it's a problem 🤣

[wicked nacelle]

all waste has to be processed and ficsonium fuel rod for some reason can't be sunk you have to burn it. which is fine there's no waste from it but there's also very little energy

[old grotto]

Delete all the storages and send the stuff to the 0,0 bin 🤷

There's already tons of stuff there in et. I can't access it from console version of the game

[wicked nacelle]

no /dev/null in the game 🙁

[old grotto]

I bet*

[ocean frost]

Load up with waste and use a hyper cannon to blast you to ♾️ and beyond

[old grotto]

I utilized the void areas for radioactive waste. Built a floor near the bottom before you take damage and just store the nasty stuff there

[cunning lily]

Is turbo fuel worth it?

[old grotto]

Yes

Rocket fuel is better

I spent 100hrs using turbo fuel for everything until I just upgraded to rocket fuel

Still working on packaging and distribution to the drone ports

[cunning lily]

I'm just about to unlock turbofuel from the MAM. Got a nice crude refinery set up in the Blue Crater... the sulfur, however, is spoken for by a smokeless powder factory...

[light hill]

dumb question but how do i remove liquids from gas pipes again? is it liquid drain? or something else?

[ocean frost]

You don't need that much smokeless powder

[cunning lily]

Unless I move the smokeless to somewhere else...

[old grotto]

@cunning lily you can just store a whole bin of smokeless powder and be set for your whole playthru

[ocean frost]

There is flush option network flush

[cunning lily]

Heh, I believe it. Perhaps a hand operated non automated rig for smokeless is the way to go.

[old grotto]

It is. Make it as needed

Automating it, unless you want points for it...isn't really worth anything imo

[cunning lily]

Not sure where I'd want to peel off the HOR for it though...

[ocean frost]

Do It you have so many oil nodes

[light hill]

on the liquid drain item? or seperate item? sorry

[cunning lily]

Yeah. Got west coast partly developed and blue Crater mostly developed. Perhaps I can spare a few cycles at a west cost well for an industrial full of smokeless.

[old grotto]

@ocean frost yea I thought oil amount would be an issue early game...there's more than I'll end up using for sure

[wicked nacelle]

there's no reason to permanently dedicate a sulfur node to ammo making as it will be unused almost all the time

[ocean frost]

Select the pipe there should be a handle with flush on it

[old grotto]

My dumb self started my first playthrough in the dune desert

[wicked nacelle]

Before you do the flush network make sure you disconnect all input sources though or it will just stay at the current liquid type

@cunning lily you can just syphon off sulfur as needed for ammo/bombs and then send overflow to making fuel. You're unlikely to be so on edge with power that it will effect you -- especially if you have a reasonable amount of power storages

[wicked nacelle]

that's a great place to play if it's not your first playthrough 🙂

[light hill]

condensation valve? im guessing

[old grotto]

@wicked nacelle it's my first full playthru. Played on PC a bit a while back. Have it on Xbox now

210 hours the last 3 weeks

[wicked nacelle]

it's a very powerful place to start and there's lots of good stuff nearby. but you get introduced to the swamp maybe a little earlier than you'd otherwise care for 🙂

[old grotto]

Swamp was fun. I play with passive fauna 🤷

Takes too much time dealing with attacking animals

[light hill]

oh im in the wrong game chat, so sorry

[old grotto]

My giant aluminum factory is in the swamp

[wicked nacelle]

that's ... 😕

[old grotto]

I still need to rework it to recycle the water byproduct more efficiently. I'm currently packaging and sinking 600 or so water per min

[wicked nacelle]

that's a super expensive way to handle it. Either recycle it into the producer, put it into a dedicated recycle stack, or use one of the pure-ingot recipes or wet concrete for a MUCH cheaper way to sink stuff

[old grotto]

I figured the puppies n kittens back home could use some water

[wicked nacelle]

well or at least obligatory taurine-avors. Meat has taurine but so does red bull 🙂

[shy moon]

Any clue if satisfactory will ever go on sale for $15 again, or is the 30% discount on steam rn the lowest it goes now?

[wicked nacelle]

I think those were early access prices. so probably not for a while again

[shy moon]

I'm just curious because sales can be manipulative sometimes, or there might be a better sale to wait for

just trying to be cautious with my money

[shy moon]

Oh, that explains the $10 price jump in the base price, thank you

[wicked nacelle]

game is super worth it at current price though.

[shy moon]

oh definitely, just wanted to check that was a good price, and that it didn't go on sale for more

I gotta do some more research on the game, but it seems like a good time dump for winter break :)

[wicked nacelle]

RIP winter break if you get the game

[shy moon]

a LOT

[wicked nacelle]

space engineer is more legos but yeah...

[shy moon]

i am aware of this, I saw the reviews 😭

[wicked nacelle]

I really really really wanted to like space engineer and just ... couldn't do it

[shy moon]

ha... ha...

[blazing wagon]

Can anybody show me on the map where is the best location to build a good base I am just about to start new game for the first time on Xbox series x tomorrow?

I guess for a starter location

[wicked nacelle]

west coast around the middle https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/553550313533997057/1446343664514105465/image.png?ex=6933a401&is=69325281&hm=f1b195cc53671fae4e21e01b06146f168f54816e9630e907a166d8331099016e& rocky desert

[blazing wagon]

@unborn gyro thank u

@wicked nacelle thank u

[wicked nacelle]

but really it doesn't matter it's all on the same map

[blazing wagon]

I know

[wicked nacelle]

you never run into the "oh X is too far away" at least until nitrogen but yeah when you don't know enough to speed run to aluminum then probably not the best

well it's close it's just up high 🙂

but I'm sure you're right!

[night summit]

Is everything gainable from the event cosmetic or do you get actual resources and loot

[white dawn]

Basically just cosmetic. (I'd forgotten that yeah, one reward is a hard drive. Though there's already more drives on the map than you can use)

[wicked nacelle]

and you can buy them

you can also skip charcoal and biocoal 🙂

[buoyant junco]

Hey gang, I am hoping that some of you will share your wisdom here. I am in the mid-late game. Ready to complete tier 4 when I get around to it but I am still building out my infrastructure.

I am kind of stuck trying to figure out how much of what items to make. How do you figure out how much of an/all items to make?

[wicked nacelle]

there really isn't any number. if you're frustrated with the production rate for your next unlock then build that item faster

you kind of have to split your time between building factory, building power, and unlocking MAM and other exploration goals

[buoyant junco]

I am definitely not rushing anything. Most of the MAM is unlocked as are almost all of the alt recipes. I take my time. I just finished a massive blue crater rocket fuel power center.

[west hazel]

it takes a ton of optimization and re building im finding as you unlock better recipes and different things, new productions machines, i just made the tier 3 miner today so iv been rebuilding all my factories again to fit the new numbers, lol

[limpid hazel]

work it out backwards from what your goals are for building elevator parts and then add some extra for building things in general (which requires future knowledge (wiki/planners))

[wicked nacelle]

you have hoverpack?

[buoyant junco]

I guess that is what I am missing, the future knowledge. This is the furthest that I have gotten in the game

[buoyant junco]

yes

[wicked nacelle]

no it doesn't take any rebuilding. alts are great but you absolutely don't have to rebuild anything just because you get them.

[west hazel]

you dont have to do anyting

[wicked nacelle]

mk3 miner is great but you can just split off a belt and build something else with it and keep your existing factory doing what it already does

[west hazel]

meh then you end up with a huge mess

[limpid hazel]

you can look up the elevator part recipes or just build for the MAM/milestones until you unlock them in game, it's your factory to be satisfied with

[wicked nacelle]

yes if you create your own rules then you make things differently. But other people don't need your rules for them

[buoyant junco]

I guess I was doing things too small before, and now I may have gone the other way. For instance, I just built a factory producing 3900 iron ingots (intending to make steel) but now I have no clue what to make with all that

[west hazel]

cant find things to fix the problem because its all spaghetti strung together i try to keep things clean

[west hazel]

what are you talking about, your the one that got butthurt i made my suggestion, just read past it and move on, yes you dont have to rebuild but some people choose to, lol

[limpid hazel]

3900 ingots can finish the game or barely feed one factory depending on your scale

[wicked nacelle]

so many people post here looking for solutions and then we find out they've created so many rules for themselves and they can't figure out why the game doesn't work right 🤣

[limpid hazel]

you can build elevator parts at 1 per minute or 60 per minute

you are the auteur of your elevator

[west hazel]

not maijg rules for [people by making a suggestion,m lol

[white dawn]

If you're struggling with spaghetti, rebuilding-factory-loops, and wondering how much of Resource X to make, I'd personally highly recommend you check out the build strategy called "Independency": https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Tutorial:Independency

[wicked nacelle]

"that's not on an ore node because it doesn't match my feng shui"

[white dawn]

Basically: each factory only outputs to your own personal storage (ie: the things you use to build with), so questions of "how much to make of X?" is just "how quickly do I want my personal storage to refill? Factories go from ore -> product, and once you build it, they're done. If something else ever needs more of that resource you just made, you make more of it right inside the new factory

[limpid hazel]

you could speedrun to phase 5 in twenty hours with disgusting spaghetti and then spend a thousand hours maximizing map production to complete phase 5 but pretty this time

[white dawn]

Each factory is its own little isolated thing, so spaghetti never really has a chance to get out of hand, and the question of how much to build mostly just evaporates

[wicked nacelle]

independency still suffers from issues of unlocking higher production rate gear and how to handle that

[white dawn]

Not sure what you mean by that?

You can do independency and produce things at whatever rate you want

[wicked nacelle]

inasmuch as dude said that "splitting off a belt is spaghetti" -- I don't agree but it doesn't change that you're splitting off a belt if you don't change your previous build based on lower input rates

game hates you.

[white dawn]

Well with Independency you're generally not splitting off belts to do a million things. And even if you do, that's isolated to inside a single factory making a single product

[limpid hazel]

biocoal is useful

[white dawn]

So whatever mess/spaghetti/whatever is created by that is at least a lot more manageable

And if you're constantly making smaller independent factories, that's a lot more opportunities to learn how to make things cleanly (instead of being shackled to previous "mistakes" as you might be if you're building stuff out of a centralized bigger factory)

(I hestitate to use the word "mistakes" 'cause in the end if you had fun doing it, it can hardly be a mistake. But hopefully what I meant comes across. :D)

[wicked nacelle]

see I'd much rather take my motor factory and just turn it into a turbo motor factory. Instead of building another motor factory when I already have a bunch of the stuff handy and can just ship in a few new parts (or whatever). That's what floors are for

[white dawn]

Mostly I mean design decisions kind of naively made by newer players which turn out to be a really bad idea for factory "cleanliness," as you progress and try to mash more and more stuff into the same big factory. :)

Like a lot of players start out with the desire to centralize in various ways, and decisions you make early on without realizing a lot of the pitfalls can quickly snowball into messes of spaghetti and general difficulty of dealing with stuff. :)

[limpid hazel]

we build railways on top of other railways because the bandwidth is not high enough but we can't afford to shut them down, just like in real life

[white dawn]

(Nobody look at how my first Update 3 factory turned out. :D)

[wind marsh]

is there a recipe to turn polymer resin into plastic? and are there any byproducts, or should i just produce some plastic alongside it and sink the polymer? part of my weapons factory using excess from my turbo power plant and an oil node i didnt find

[white dawn]

Hence "mistakes" in quotes; not really mistakes per se, but there's definite traps that folks can run headfirst into. :)

[white dawn]

Yep, resin byproduct can be a nice source of plastic+rubber

My last save had its Computer + High-Speed Connector factory powered from the resin output of my diluted fuel power plant

[limpid hazel]

yeah i loved not having blueprints

that was so fun and a great use of my time

[compact flicker]

How many depots do yall have uploading concrete

[limpid hazel]

at least ten

[compact flicker]

This is why I only use concrete foundations

Everything I build is covered in machinery anyways :p

Yk.. Every factory I've built so far in this save is on the world grid.. I should cover the whole plains biome in concrete

[wind marsh]

whats the simpliest way to find the ratio i need to split a belt from 300 to 120/180?

[fallen junco]

is it possible to make train t-junctions inside a builder? i can't seem to make it work no matter what i do. any t-junction i build right outside the blueprint designer seems to work fine. but any made inside the blueprint designer seems to bug. tried with signals, without signals...only no rails or anchor point rails seem to work fine since either way i have to build the junction after i placed the rail supports

[severe cliff]

what’s going in and what’s it making?

[limpid hazel]

the simplest way is to google dotcom satisfactory ratio splitter calculator and click on the first result tbh

but it's not very satisfying

[wind marsh]

copper and copper sheets, im just wanting to have the excess on a seperate belt for easy access

[limpid hazel]

in my opinion

[heavy pine]

Easiest way to split one belt of 300 into one belt of 120 and one of 180 is to feed it into a splitter with Mk.1 belts (60 each) on two of the outputs, then merge those two into one (for a total of 120), and put the remainder from the splitter on its own belt.

[wind marsh]

im wanting to learn more about how to split belts during this playthrough

[severe cliff]

i’d say j manifold it simplest way and saves hella space

[limpid hazel]

idk, i think the simplest way is probably doing a 3 way split then split one of those into a 5 way, then just add 20 and 80 to the other 100 belts

[wicked nacelle]

It’s extra work and it gets you a handful more items and in the long run the same. And it’s way harder to expand later

[limpid hazel]

but it is very satisfying to watch a balancer come online

[tacit trellis]

Wouldn't it be easier to do two mk2s and one mk1 and merge the mk2 and mk1?

But also yeah manifold idk?

Actually wouldn't just splitting a mk2 off do it?

Like split a mk2 off of the 300/s conveyer and you have 120 and 180?

[gentle lion]

Omg trying to setup my fuel generators is just s nightmare lol
But I'm learning not what not to do as I go

So what practical use do the fluid storage containers serve?

[heavy pine]

I suppose I was over-complicating that. I'm thinking of something similar to take a specific amount of material from any 200+ belt.

[compact flicker]

Mass long distance transportation, jetpack, and drones

[tacit trellis]

Just fw splitters and division ig?

[gentle lion]

Oh they are to me.

[heavy pine]

More or less, yeah. My thought is to improve the blueprint I started using for generating the branches and ornaments needed for crafting gift trees while keeping gifts in reserve as well.

[gentle lion]

I've got 6 fuel gens running for now. So I shiuld have enough power for now gonna go back to teir 6 stuff , maybe make space elevator parts who knows.

I keep adding an h in ficsit when I read it.

[tacit trellis]

Fichit

[gentle lion]

Lol no after s

[tacit trellis]

Fix shit

[abstract heron]

WHAT!

[gentle lion]

I can build a glitched to hell ship in no man's sky but these fluids are a challenge

Guessing if I was on pc mods would probably help

[spiral haven]

How many water extractors are you supposed to have for 8 coal generators? I have 3 currently and 2 of the generators are getting almost no water, I have mk1 pipes but am going to upgrade them to mk2 tmrw (sorry if I should’ve put this in the questions forum I figure this shouldn’t be that big of an answer)

[tacit trellis]

Fluids not that bad idk

[magic nest]

i can’t wait for the day that i have to build a load balancer all by myself and im going to want to cry

[gentle lion]

Seriously though it gets hard to concentrate when you have a pain level of 10 all day

[magic nest]

currently it’s looking like i have to make a 6 to 3 balancer

[tacit trellis]

U can have 3 for 8 with mk1 pipes

[spiral haven]

So what am I doing wrong?

[gentle lion]

I figured out coal I have 30 coal gens humming along just fine. Fuel however is a mystery

[tacit trellis]

You need to inject the 3rd water at a different point than the other two

Either do a manifold of 3 water to 2 pipes to gens, or inject water from the other end of the manifold if you have all 8 in line.

[spiral haven]

Ok thank you I think I can do that

[tacit trellis]

What's your layout now?

[gentle lion]

#screenshots message
This was my first 8

[compact flicker]

I actually have a 8 gen 3 pump system set up on my current save, want a screenshot or do ya wanna figure it out urself?

[spiral haven]

3 sets of 8 generators, one node, and 3 extractors

[gentle lion]

After figuring out those the other 22 weren't bad.

So I figure I'll figure fuel out aoon

[tacit trellis]

Photo

[spiral haven]

I’m not on my computer rn

[tacit trellis]

Bro I did BS for my first coal gen factory lmao #design-and-architecture message

[gentle lion]

Lord how long did that take to get them all loaded with coal

[tacit trellis]

I hooked up coal first before doing the pipes lmao

So by the time I got the water all there the coal was already filled 💀

[gentle lion]

That makes sense

Yeah but did you drag coal almost 2km on mk2 belts lol

Then have to go back and uograde to mk3

[tacit trellis]

Bruh i just didn't bother to upgrade to mk3

I don't think 2km but like kinda long lmao

[gentle lion]

I forgot I have like 4 giant storage containers full of coal for no reason

[tacit trellis]

Give them to Santa to redistribute amongst the children

[gentle lion]

It's mine they can't have it

[tacit trellis]

I also literally could've just done them as like 2 seperate lines instead of the bs of stacking pipes lmao

[gentle lion]

Looks cooler

[tacit trellis]

Does look cooler tho yeah

[gentle lion]

Are those fluid containers in the back?

[tacit trellis]

I think I got rid of them at some point

[gentle lion]

So of you want to make long water pipe you have to space out the extractors ? So they keep injecting into the line

Maybe mk2 pipes will solve my problems ...🤔

[brazen coral]

Is it useful at all to keep any radioactive material in your dimensional storage or is pretty much anything radioactive that is crafted go into an automation?

I'm getting very close in nuclear power, but I've already unlocked a lot to resist radiation including the iodine infused stuff. I just haven't produced any aluminum yet to make any further ones, any aluminum casings I got were from the hard drives crash sites lol

[white dawn]

There's really not much that's actively radioactive that you might be tempted to "use" -- it's basically all just part of production lines

Could use Depot'd radioactive material to prefill manifolds, I suppose

Or if you plan to use rods for vehicle/drone fuel, maybe you'd want to have a bit in there

[brazen coral]

Yeah I've already depo some uranium just because I could

[white dawn]

Yeah, certainly doesn't hurt to have 'em in there

[brazen coral]

Radiation still stays in effect until it's fully deposited

Or at least enhanced radiation on your person. It'll still drain the filter quicker until it's fully deposited

[white dawn]

If you've got "lingering" radiation after you've gotten rid of all radioactive things from your inventory, it's generally due to a bug related to sorting your inventory

If you resist the urge to sort your inventory, the radiation effect should stop once you've gotten it out of your inventory

[brazen coral]

Well I mean it's still in a queue and will continue to radiate

[white dawn]

(Though if you did sort, a quit to main menu + reload would fix it)

Oh oh, gotcha, misunderstood you. Yeah. :)

[brazen coral]

Yeah if you have it in queue it'll still act like it's on your person and give an enhanced radiation until stored away

I think drones are my next step after I get the blender

But definitely want to have the blender first

[severe cliff]

j got manufacturing what factory should i set up first?

[tacit trellis]

No it's just flow rate limited

Just need to not exceed your pipes flow rate at any point in the pipe

[compact flicker]

I need to build more concrete uploaders

[median blaze]

Hello pioneers!

[compact flicker]

Hello!

[bold heron]

It's amazing to see how far the game has come, I started playing right before 0.4, many moons ago.

Oil used to come in barrels on a belt before we got pipes lol

[median blaze]

I uploaded a pic of what i do in the fan art section. 3d printing everything in satisfactory!

[wind marsh]

im trying to make some high speed connectors for my weapons factory, is it better to use silicon high speed connectors or regular, and silicon circuit boards or regular

[limpid hazel]

I have not found success in relying on belt speed differences to either A. not back up the input and/or B. not have spaces in the output belts

[tacit trellis]

Yeah then it's division and re merge but that sounds like a pain to do

[compact flicker]

Its the worst, I highly reccomend

[tacit trellis]

Esp with a number like 300

[limpid hazel]

no, the way I explained it is really easy

[compact flicker]

I had to do 270 to 110, 110, and 50 the other day

[tacit trellis]

How tf do you get a 5 way with equal outputs?

[compact flicker]

2 mins, ill upload a screenshot

[limpid hazel]

you make a six way but feed one of the outputs back into the input

so you can't start out with a maxed belt

[tacit trellis]

Googled it but like yeah uh

Idk just manifold

That's kinda fucked up lmao

[limpid hazel]

it's not satisfying, but neither is exactly splitting for thousands of machines

[glossy venture]

I dont think you guys are ready for the truthnuke about this game im about to drop..

I dont think ADA likes christmas

[tacit trellis]

Ig you can do it as a semi stacked to make it look neater but like that's still fucked up

[limpid hazel]

or splitting numbers like 433.33333

[tacit trellis]

@gentle lion wait lmao i used the same coal n water nodes as you #screenshots message

[compact flicker]

#screenshots message @tacit trellis

[tacit trellis]

Yeah that's kinda fucked up

[compact flicker]

Manifolds are easier

[tacit trellis]

We even have the same ramp over the hill lmao

[cyan leaf]

Whats the other sporting system called? Ik manifold but I remember being told another one

[limpid hazel]

made a 1 to 10:10:11:11:12:12:12:12 balancer for my plutonium nuclear generators

[tacit trellis]

💀

[tacit trellis]

I'd rather die from radiation

[tacit trellis]

Balanced?

Sushi belt?

[compact flicker]

Wanna see something almost as bad as that absurd splitter Rawhide just mentioned? #screenshots message

No manifolds. Only exact splitters.

[tacit trellis]

Bro at some point surely you just start stacking splitters for that shit

[compact flicker]

Notice the clump of 11 in the bottom. That was this

[limpid hazel]

hell yeah

[compact flicker]

It was supposed to be a one off thing

That 100% efficiency is about as addictive as the game itself

[tacit trellis]

I think this was one of the most complicated splittering I've done so far and it's just 4 manifolds on top of each other #screenshots message

[compact flicker]

It def looks clean

[tacit trellis]

I think I missed some connections somewhere but like I got it all fixed at some point

[severe cliff]

is 10 computers per minute good starting or should i go higher?

[limpid hazel]

I have to choose between balancing or finishing the game before 2026

imagine not tapping every coal node in the world to make diamonds

#screenshots message other than noocklear this is my most complicated balancer (ez)

[compact flicker]

That compass is the equivalent of having every quest enabled in a bethesda game

[compact flicker]

Started my first "megaproject" about 2 hours ago

30k concrete later and like 15% done and I may be rethinking some past decisions

[timid rune]

that sounds about right hah

[compact flicker]

I may need to increase my concrete production

[timid rune]

I am suffering from the inability to do maths atm

[sterile blade]

💯 % agree
Seeing stuff smoothly move on belts rather than backing up has its own charm #screenshots message

[timid rune]

aka do I have enough aluminum from pure aluminum to make 30 warped drives/min + 126 singularity cell/min atm

[sterile blade]

Tools have an easier time with big numbers than our meaty brains ^^
You can use them to check your numbers (or even make the plan for you)

[timid rune]

yeah I am using it

[sterile blade]

"It"? There's plenty ^^

[timid rune]

I just haven't loaded this save in months and need time to remind myself what production I had

[sterile blade]

Yeah, that's not something tools can help with ahah

[cyan leaf]

How many refinires if i wanna make lets stay 50 or maybe 60 fuel generators that uses turbo?

[sterile blade]

I mean, at most they tell you what production you planned for, it's not like they can point to them in-game xD

[timid rune]

depends on what alts you are planning fort lazy

[cyan leaf]

I currently just gonna use the default recipe for turbo so normal fuel plus compact

[timid rune]

I'd recommend getting diluted fuel though

or at least diluted packaged fuel

[cyan leaf]

I do have it but I dont wanna flip my whole swtup 😭

[timid rune]

and HOR

[cyan leaf]

I am not planning to use the alt for turbo tho im not using rhe recipes that creates hor

[feral geyser]

I have a blueprint for a Broke Boy Blender if you want

[cyan leaf]

Im on phase 3 😭

[feral geyser]

Packager/refinery loops the make 600/min liquid fuel

Using the diluted packaged recipe

[timid rune]

I am almost thinking about replacing pure aluminum with normal aluminum ingot receipe lmao

[cyan leaf]

Ngk idk 😭 cause I have to flip my whole setup to get water into the system 🙃

[feral geyser]

It is a better return

And using the nitric chain for quartz to get both crystal and silica is major

[timid rune]

the only problem is I am kina outta silica supply

[feral geyser]

Too many crystals?

[timid rune]

I am doing about 135 crystal oscillators per min

[feral geyser]

Double dip

Definitely use the nitric recipe then

[timid rune]

I don't recall why I need 60 superpositional oscillators/min hah

[feral geyser]

Them power matrices be hungry

[timid rune]

I just built them for the lulz mostly

[feral geyser]

As good a reason as any

[timid rune]

only 60GW no biggie

[pseudo pendant]

does anyone know if by chance theres some kind of QOL mod for making really long belts?

even one that just lets you place down multiple with the supports so you can do the whole lot at once

[hard ivy]

That's just blueprint autoconnect

[pseudo pendant]

oh yeah I guess I should set that up

[ocean frost]

https://ficsit.app/mod/FlexSplines

[wicked nacelle]

oh that'd be sweet for making train blueprints that fit 🙂

[cyan leaf]

How many fuel gens does 1 refinery making turbo fuel supply?

[grizzled lotus]

if I have different awesome sinks can i print the total coupons from any of them or do they each have their own coupons?

[ivory condor]

there is but I would recommend against using them, long belts arent officially supported and have issues with them, tried the longer flex belts but there is problems unfortunately with using them

[ocean frost]

any

[formal minnow]

is there a way to make the todo list on the right side extend further? its go tlike 8 characters of space rn and its just ugly

[ivory condor]

imo its best to stuck with default belt lengths to avoid problems

yeah unfortunately, i was hoping modded belts beyond default lengths wouldnt have so many problems, but is what it is, i think its because those mods use the vanilla code and there is some issues present with the code that makes things go wrong when you go beyond the default lengths

[green fiber]

You an extend it vertically by dragging on the bottom edge. thats about it

[ivory condor]

anyways i prefer not to deal with belts that can turn into corrupted cursed abominations, so just going to stay with normal belts

funny enough even vanilla belts can sometimes turn cursed to, this game has so much spaghetti code it in its kind of insane

i should know i have seen belts become cursed abominations more times than i want to admit and those arent even modded belts, needless to its no suprise modded belts can have so many problems with them

is that still true?

[reef basin]

Depends on recipe, also the game gives you the numbers

[cyan leaf]

Yeah ik the numbers but I keep seeing how turbo burns slower then normal but that doesnt help 😭

[civic ferry]

Can anyone get to lizarddoggo.com website? Giving me a 500 error and won't load

[fallow magnet]

Hey is bolted iron plate good

I got that or wet concrete for my third hard drive and I think I got lucky cause I got cast iron screw and iron wire first two but idk which to pick for this

[compact flicker]

It'll need more screws than what your belts can handle, wet concrete is very good

[cyan leaf]

Bruh i swear getting turbo fuel alt is a pain

[ocean frost]

Is the wiki down for anyone else

[reef basin]

if you know the numbers, then just do the math_

[hard ivy]

Works for me

[reef basin]

Pick any that you like. There's no "good" or "bad" with recipes, all are useful for something, so if you like them, pick them. You can get all recipes anyway

[hard ivy]

How did you even get to turbofuel not knowing how to do the math

[ocean frost]

You don't really need to do math to progress

[reef basin]

but they say they know the numbers

[ocean frost]

Users lie you should know that xd

[ocean frost]

Use one of the many production planner tools

[hard ivy]

If you have iron wire, get stitched plate instead. It'll be better than bolted.

Bolted can be better than default, but not better than stitched

[novel crag]

Can someone check my question here #story-spoilers message

my spliters aint working

[reef basin]

why are you asking in story channel tho?

[novel crag]

Cuz image

[reef basin]

* depending on definition of "better"

[cyan leaf]

😭 I can do the math of how kuch I produce and stuff but I keep seeing the same thing about how turbo burns slower lol

[novel crag]

I cant send image here

[reef basin]

if only we had #1038092680493801533

or #math-and-meta or any other channel that is much more related to the topic of your question

but just make a #1038092680493801533 thread

[shy mulch]

Sometimes I think people deliberately ask in the least relevant channels because they think it will get them more attention, but it just makes people less likely to help them

[sterile blade]

You can check how each kind of fuel is consumed inside the generator's UI (fuel button on top of the fuel input slot in the UI) and use that to run the numbers based on your production

[severe cliff]

anyone recommend a place to build computer factory with silicone circuits board recipe?

[fiery pewter]

Somewhere close to the resources you need ig

[cyan leaf]

Like i produce 93 turbo per minute but converting it to how many gens I can do is still unknown

[hard ivy]

Simple division

[solemn pulsar]

horse

[reef basin]

near resources you need for that

[cyan leaf]

How how much? By how many gens imma run or something else? Cause I saw that i can make more gens for less fuel

[reef basin]

check how much the gen needs

[cyan leaf]

I swear to god whats with these vague answers 😭 legit all I qanna know is how many gens can 1 base clocked refinery making turbofuel run

[reef basin]

click on fuel gen
read number

(also, as always, depends on recipes)

please don't spoonfeed answers

when we're trying to teach them how to get the information

[hard ivy]

Plus it's wrong

[warm thorn]

Alrighty

Was trying to help

[warm thorn]

How was I wrong? I literally used the wiki 😭

[reef basin]

yeah but if you just give them the number, they'll come back again once they unlock new fuel and gonna ask the same question 🙂 better to teach them how to get the info

[reef basin]

I'm gonna assume you used fandom wiki, which is old and outdated

[hard ivy]

Well it's definitely not 7.25/min at 100%

Didn't check the others

[cyan leaf]

Omg dont spoon feed answers when the god dam question isn't even meant to be overcomplicated god

[reef basin]

what is so complicated about reading a number ingame?

[hard ivy]

Yeah and you somehow still haven't figured it out

[warm thorn]

Bro, if you're not willing to do the math and want someone else do it for you then... maybe this game is not meant for you?

[shy mulch]

Why aren't you willing to just read the number ingame and do a simple division? If you come here expecting people to do basic things like that for you this time, are you going to need our help every time? Because that's a calculation you're going to need to do 1000 more times

[reef basin]

^ which is why we're trying to teach you how to get the information ingame yourself

[warm thorn]

Bro you literally have a portable calculator on your phone and one on your PC... use that

[hard ivy]

Let's just say their nickname is appropriate 💀

[warm thorn]

I wanted to comment on it so bad, which is why I gave the wrong answers earlier cus his name is literally Lazy 😭

Then I got flamed for spoon feeding answers

[green fiber]

Average discussion in #satisfactory

[cyan leaf]

Lol everyone sees worse 🤣 im just to fried to do the math for this one but somehow do the math for compact coal 😅

[warm thorn]

You got issues I'll tell you that 😭

[hard ivy]

The math is literally the exact same for everything

[cyan leaf]

Bruhhh sorry not everyone brains aren't wrinkly as urs 😭 some get fried way faster god

[vernal quiver]

has anybody of you ran into an issue of satisfactory not booting up (just the "satisfactory" stuck on home screen) and perhaps you happen to know the fix to it?

[shy mulch]

there's literally nothing you need to use your brain for

1. open calculator
2. put number in
3. press divide button
4. put other number in
   Done

[warm thorn]

^ its not that hard to do this

I literally do it when I need to do large quantities of items

[opaque birch]

have y'all never exceeded your mental capacity before or something? fried your brain and numbers just won't number anymore

something dumb has you stuck so you shoot off a quick question

[shy mulch]

that does happen to everyone occasionally, but that's not what happens here, most people can tell the difference between that happening and someone just wanting everyone to do everything for them

[opaque birch]

they only asked one question tho did they not?

[shy mulch]

they did, and by the way they asked it, it was very clear they just wanted people to do it for them because they couldn't be bothered

[golden nexus]

its also the attitude that comes back is a lot to be desired if you just don't immediately do what they want

[opaque birch]

yeah I guess that makes sense

[warm thorn]

Also it wasn't because people weren't willing to help... its because simple math doesn't require much thinking.

[opaque birch]

there are defininitely moments where it does.

[leaden turret]

looks at autonomic nervous system
looks at muscle control center

☝️🤓

[golden nexus]

Its also a case of "Alexa|Siri|Ok Google, What is X divided by Y"

[warm thorn]

I'm sorry if I sound rude but if you struggle with simple math this often, then how are you a functioning member of society?

[reef basin]

given they didn't even read the number the game gives to them 🤷

[opaque birch]

that's what I'm saying. I'm disabled. I have a lot of things where my brain actively doesn't co-operate with me very often

and it's only after I push myself to do things that are mentally taxing to me. that aren't commonly mentally taxing

[leaden turret]

prompts you to go look up dyscalculia

[opaque birch]

oof yeah fair enough

[opaque birch]

but, that's to be said there are plenty of people out there who have similar struggles. so it's just non-inclusive to say this

[leaden turret]

I would phrase that much less politely, buuuuuuut I don't want to get in trouble 😅

[reef basin]

for sure. But if they are not even willing to read the number from the game so that I can guide them to next step, I don't really want to help them anymore

[opaque birch]

valid! even if your brains not working ya gotta put the "foot" work in atleast lmao

[warm thorn]

RIP

[leaden turret]

-# what is ♾️ / 0

[golden nexus]

normally a floating point exception or formation of a singularity

[ocean frost]

i'm trying but the letters keep moving

[golden nexus]

that would be the rum?

[north summit]

When making a dual direction train system is it always worth it to make your locomotives push pull

I’m assuming yes

If so suddenly it all makes sense lmao

Wait no

[reef basin]

both options are just fine

[hard ivy]

You either do push pull or add loops at all stations

I wouldn't recommend using bi-di though. Unless it's for exactly one train

[prisma berry]

Anyone know how to invite player on steam (me and my friend are both on steam, but the overlay doesnt have the invite button)

[ocean frost]

Settings Manage session

[crisp lava]

13 dollars left for tha factory 🗣️🔥

[bold heron]

Would u pick a different starting spot on consol than on pc ?
And which one would u choose ?

[prisma berry]

thanks, found it, any idea on where to find the portable miner in the building menu? I have it unlocked, but its not showing in the menu

[bold heron]

Equipment station

[solemn pulsar]

"give a man a fish you feed him for a day teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" moment

[prisma berry]

thanks a lot

[reef basin]

all starting spots are just fine on any platform

[solemn pulsar]

i gotta start using blueprints more im 90 hours in and i only have one small as piss main factory and like 3 outpost factories

i have 166 hours in the game its just 90 hours in the save

i never used blueprints in any saves

because my second longest playthrough was the classic no foundation clipping spaghetti factory

[shy mulch]

show a man how to start a fire, he will be warm for a day, set a man on fire he will be warm for the rest of his life

[sterile blade]

"Physicists have managed to create a black hole inside of a OpenAI server..."

[shy mulch]

If you're going to create a black hole... inside a virtual server seems like a pretty safe location choice

[sterile blade]

Or so black holes would like you to think

[ocean frost]

more like a black hole in Open AI's bank account

[north summit]

oh yeah i wanted multiple trains on a dual rail network

[north summit]

very real

[leaden turret]

bank account soul

[grave sage]

What’s better?? Bolted iron plate or the normal reinforced iron plate

[reef basin]

depends how you define "better"

[grave sage]

So I have 60 iron plates being created per minute and around 250 screws, I feel like everything is taking so much longer with the alternate recipe

[reef basin]

that... didn't really answer my question

[hard ivy]

Both are pretty bad tbh

[grave sage]

I feel like I should’ve done the stitched plates

[grave sage]

Idk man I’m still brand new to the game

[reef basin]

well, do whichever seems best to you

[reef basin]

all the recipes are useful in one way or another, so use those that you like the most

[grave sage]

Rog, thank you!!

[zenith pecan]

The different recipes allow you to a degree build based on local materials, use differing existing productions, or just preference.

[night summit]

In the middle of rebuilding my factory just to run out of power shards 😭

Guess i have to go explore for awhile

[scenic mirage]

what tier are you

[north summit]

I wish the Metal Pillars took the Awesome Shop Metal Finishes

I want shiny Caterium Pillars

or chrome or whateves

[summer stump]

how many alt recipes are there not including tiers 7/8/9

[shy mulch]

That info is probably findable on the wiki

[hard ivy]

70-80ish I'd say. But if you want a more precise number, you're gonna have to count them on the wiki

Or count the ones that are in T7-9 and subtract from the total

[summer stump]

im just angry I cant find caterium computers

[hard ivy]

You need to have both manufacturers and quickwire unlocked for it to appear

[summer stump]

I got silicon computers, its possible

its just giving me shit luck

[hard ivy]

And if you're looking for a specific recipe, don't take any recipes that aren't that

[hard ivy]

Well, no, they have different requirements

[summer stump]

well im not just gonna pass up free inventory space

[summer stump]

#screenshots message

I promise you I'm capable of getting it

[hard ivy]

You can always take it after you have cat comp

And it'll be faster that way

[hard ivy]

The contents of this screenshot don't actually guarantee that lol

You need quickwire unlocked

Specifically from the MAM

[summer stump]

#screenshots message

im not thaaat dumb

can I upload my iodine infused filters to the dimensional inventory and have them automatically get used that way

or would I have to download them into my inventory

[hard ivy]

You have to pull them out manually unfortunately

[summer stump]

uuuuugh

its one of those things where its a tiny inconvenience but it would be so much more helpful if it was automatic

[hard ivy]

Then, like I said, do not take any drive unless it has two things that you want.

When every recipe you want is in the library, then take them. Do not take them as you get them. Unless you want both, then take one and keep rolling for the other.

If you have one that you want and one that you don't, taking the one that you want will only put the one that you don't back into the pool.

[summer stump]

Yes yes im aware

Im just angry with my luck

[hard ivy]

I don't care about luck. I just scan drives until the MAM says I can't scan any more. Then I have everything I want

[reef basin]

Inventory space is practically pointless with depots 🙂

[leaden turret]

Context: #satisfactory-consoles message

[gentle lion]

Ok so if I pipe is full before you turn on packager refinery generator etc ,in theory it should always be full

Like is there a length where Oil, or HOR just stop flowing ?

Per the doc in welcome, I just assume if it's full it's good because thye are happy ☺️

[unkempt blade]

Yes-ish I think. It kind of slurps some out then more enters the pipe so it should be at least very-nearly full

[unkempt blade]

I'm going "they double date and both bring a console with them". Is there an option for that?

[leaden turret]

Who would play the role of server?

[gentle lion]

Right I've seen that happen but it was ~fullish the whole time.

I realized my error with the water pumps I had setup on my fuel

I set the all up in a line then fed one straight line from the last one...

[unkempt blade]

hrmm I guess Jason if I had to choose

[gentle lion]

So basically it wasn't working I should have set them up behind or close to the machine that needed them

I'm trying to see how many packagers can run off 1 extractor

Possibly similiar to coal 3 for 8? Or some.such number

[reef basin]

packaging what?

[gentle lion]

I'm making packaged water to send to a refinery

[reef basin]

to make what?

[gentle lion]

Packaged fuel , HOR and packaged water , to unpack for larger amount fuel (more generators )

14 refinerys with 14 packagers feeding 14 more refinerys then 14 more packagers

[reef basin]

then I'd recommend making a blueprint with two packagers and one refinery, looping the belt around them and putting like 20 canisters into it.

then save that blueprint and repeat it as many times as you need

[unkempt blade]

+1, packager stuff is a great use of blueprints

[gentle lion]

I am trying to figure out blueprints I may be dumb ...

Make the blueprint box then build within that box?

[unkempt blade]

yeah then you save the BP as something and when you use it to build it pulls items from your inventory/depot as needed

[gentle lion]

How big can a blueprint be?

[unkempt blade]

so if you preload it with canisters like greeny suggested it'll save you a little bit of setup on top of just being able to plog it all down

first one is 3x3 foundations up to 5x5 as you unlock more research later

[gentle lion]

9 squares total?

[unkempt blade]

yeah 3x3 foundation and the same distance for height

[gentle lion]

So make however many boxes you need and buils within them?

[unkempt blade]

you build a "blueprinter" the first of which has that 3x3 build area

then you can create/load/save BPs into the same blueprinter

once it's saved you could reload it into a different blueprinter if you want to make changes in the field or something

[gentle lion]

I'll go check it out real quick

[primal obsidian]

how big is Mark 3 BP

[reef basin]

72.8% bigger than mark 2

[nocturne warren]

does anyone know where to find blueprint for diluted fuel production with refineries

[sick crane]

I opened the game (played it yesterday) opens two times opens the unreal engine crash manager thing (in the thing theres something about the Vulcan shader)
Please help!

[reef basin]

build your own 🙂 otherwise you won't learn anything 😉

[gilded steeple]

When making blueprints for fluid production buildings, is it better for the output to be slightly higher to avoid sloshing? Or does it not really matter

[sick crane]

(Its also in the help tab)

[nocturne warren]

the packaging and repackaging scares me

[sick crane]

Please help me with the game!

[reef basin]

#satisfactory message

[reef basin]

post crash log or at least screenshots in #1038092680493801533

[nocturne warren]

ty

[sick crane]

Okay ill do it

Did it can somebody help?

[reef basin]

wait until someone who knows the answer responds there 🙂

[sick crane]

Okay

Good to knw somebody wants to help🙂

[gentle lion]

Huh that blueprint thing is pretty cool

So I have the three building down with whatever pipes and conveyors they need

Then just have to make another BP woth tbe other refinery and packager? Just make sure I nane them correctly lol

[weak star]

Hey I’m looking for an advanced player that can pay a visit to my world and give some advice, I just completed phase 2 yesterday

[primal obsidian]

uhhh 5^3=125 and 125x1.728=216 and the square cube of 216 is 6 so 6 by 6 by 6 right

right

[buoyant token]

Yo

[polar lily]

guys should i buy satisfactory? i have not ever played a game like this one

[tough dune]

I have 4 water extractors to fill 10 coal power plants, how do I split them evenly? if I split my lines twice it'll only be 27 m3 going into each plant which isn't enough, since 270 / 3 = 80, 80 / 3 is 27

im confungled

[buoyant token]

I have a problem :
I have 3 coal’s nodes and big surface water = perfect spot for coal generators
But I don’t know how much do I need to place , I’ve place 8

[polar lily]

?

[quick barn]

Place as many as you like 😎

What's your goal?

[leaden turret]

Have you watched any gameplay footage?

[buoyant token]

Big factory and big energy

[polar lily]

yes but idk

[quick barn]

3 pumps to 8 gens. Feed two gens in one end of the pipe feeding the gens, and 1 pump in the other.

[quick barn]

I make coal power in sets of 8 gens to 3 pumps.

[tough dune]

so for 10 gens I need 4 pumps, how do I go about splitting that

[quick barn]

If I need more coal power, I pop out a new group of 8

[tough dune]

or just go by 8s

[buoyant token]

Ok 👌

[quick barn]

Drop 2 gens off the main feed and create a 2nd line of 8 with the 4th gen

You can do a safe 1:2 pump to gens ratio, but you'll get a bit of overproduction of water and get some power consumption flap that bugs me.

[tough dune]

so just have 2 gens on one line, said line is split twice, then just 2 gens on the other line split again... oke

[quick barn]

See this plumbing diagram for coal for 3:8

#screenshots message

[tough dune]

how many plants can three pure coal nodes fuel

[proper hound]

a LOT

[fervent sand]

what level miners?

[tough dune]

mk1

[gentle lion]

I was able to get both refineries and packagers in one blueprint ..with some nice clean connections between all.

Just have to put it down connect water to one end and generators to the other end.

Once it's shows up in build menu I just close the blueprint designer?

[warm thorn]

You need name then save to show in the Build menu

[oblique wadi]

Guys

I made a song for us

[dusk crown]

Hello!
Did they come up with a new map for the holidays? Or is the same old same old?

[white dawn]

Same map; afaik they don't have any plans to add/expand maps

[wicked nacelle]

You can always under clock the water extractors

[dusk crown]

Awe, such a shame, I don't see the need to play the game again w/o a different map.
Does everyone just keep their same factory forever?

[quick barn]

Way more than you should be investing into coal power, IMO.

Fuel/turbo fuel power as you get there is the move.

[quick barn]

True

[quick barn]

As someone who's started like 10 saves over the years, I can tell ya that picking a new starting location drastically changes how you approach the early ge and sets you up for a different pkaythrough and approach.

But also, it's ok not to come back. 😎

[steep tendon]

Hi, I've started using satisfactory calculator but I'm not sure how to use it in an efficient and optimized way, I checked the alt recipes I've unlocked and it says it'll use "best possible combination of recipes from the selected ones"
But I was wondering : In which way are they the best combinations ? In terms of power or resources consumption ? or a mix of both ?

[quick barn]

I think it's trying to just reduce the overall raw resource consumption as much as possible.

ALTs aren't always BEST for your scenario. Completely depends on the situation, and what you feel is fun to do. There is no real wrong way, just degrees of efficiency.

[plain gate]

in terms of weighted resource consumption

it can be incorrect sometimes so do check its sanity

[quick barn]

I find the online calcs to be cumbersome and confusing too.

[plain gate]

if youve played for some amount of time you already know the correct recipes so its not much helpful lol, just for visualizing and allat

[quick barn]

If you make any serious push to the end, you'll pick up the flow of comparmentalizing and thinking in batches of processing, not individual machines.

[sullen gull]

Satisfactory Modeler = ❤️

[steep tendon]

Yeah that's what I figured cause if using alts means using 5 different resources instead of 2-3 then fck no xD

[steep tendon]

I know some that worked real good for me but I don't think I'm experienced enough to know enough of them

[steep tendon]

I've never completed phase 3 yet I think 😅
I used to try to produce a lot of Space Elevator parts per minute and now I try to produce a few of them but fast enough and stockpile them and it seems to be working for now

[quick barn]

ALTs are great at working around other constraints.

[quick barn]

Yeah, I'm on my first console play and working on finishing phase 3. So hard to build grand without the hover pack.

[steep tendon]

The calculator really helps me cause I used to spend hours doing math to find the perfect ratios and ended producing way more than needed

[quick barn]

Yeah I'm not anti calcs. No real way to cheat the game, just yourself.

[steep tendon]

I don't even have the jetpack yet on this save 😭

[steep tendon]

I used to be anti calcs, at least regarding my own games but now I feel like it just helps me doing what I did better and faster 😅

[quick barn]

Whatever makes ya happy 😎
Calcs aren't gunna play the game for ya, so it's never bothered me.

Not everyone maths the same in their head.

Or can visualize the scale this game demands late game.

[steep tendon]

👍

[quick barn]

They sit more like an acessability tool to me, and I use em too sometimes.

I keep hearing the one on steam is nice.

[steep tendon]

is it a mod ? or a game/app ? Cause I think about one that is an app and that may be really nice

[unkempt blade]

you need to get yourself a beautiful mind wall so you can really play the game the right way

[wispy spoke]

hi how do i increase flow rate

do i just spam pump

[unkempt blade]

Pumps are for headlift when you move liquid up. You need to use a mk2 pipe or have more stuff filling the pipe

[near thicket]

Turbo Fuel is just a straight upgrade into fuel generators right?

[wispy spoke]

so you cant increase flow rate?

[unkempt blade]

I just explained how you would increase it 🙂

[wispy spoke]

what is "more stuff filing the pipe"

[unkempt blade]

it's the pipe you use + the producer/consumer balance for that pipe

[steep tendon]

Noted. I'll get a few black markers and start designing my factories on my white walls 👍

[unkempt blade]

fancy! I'm a yarn + scrap paper purist

[leaden turret]

Record now corrected btw

December 2nd, 2025 Livestream
Q&A: Can you correct the record on who added the "hehe" status to the QA Site?
https://youtu.be/2qT0tUC8VoA

[white dawn]

Some folks keep their same save and just keep coming up with big projects to complete

Personally I tend to just start over (after a break). As mentioned, starting location can definitely affect how you approach the early game, at least, and there's always different build methods and such to try out

[leaden turret]

I have spent the better part of 4000 hours in the top left corner of the map

[white dawn]

Obviously your own patience for playing the "same stuff" more than once will depend on how much you get out of it

[leaden turret]

the problem of "map too familiar, not challenging enough" is "intentionally play with limited application of foreknowledge"

see also the variety one can employ with the same map: https://communityhighlights.satisfactory.video/meta-search/?q=nature AND (train OR architecture)

[fallen anvil]

How much reinforced ironplates do I need

is 10 per min good?

[oblique wadi]

There is no good

When you get 10

You will need 20

[knotty barn]

@oblique wadiI can't believe it's not butter

[true mulch]

10 is enough

When you get to automating something that uses RIP, make more RIP from scratch

Don't try to guess how much of something you'll need in the future

[dusk crown]

That is good to know, change of scenery!
What other games do folks play while waiting for high tier components to get done?
FortNite for some Pew Pew?
I like the no build and reloaded modes.

[fallen anvil]

I will expand it when I unlock MK2

[white dawn]

I've never AFK'd the game. If something I'm waiting on is taking "too long," then it's time to beef up the production of whatever I'm waiting on, or there's always more exploration / decoration to do. :)

[charred thistle]

what are ficsit gifts for

[oblique wadi]

I started shutting down some production lines because of material overflow after leaving the server running for six straight months

[white dawn]

FICSMAS event! There's an advent calendar in the HUB which will give you items needed to start working through the new research tree in the MAM. See also: #announcements message

[charred thistle]

what's a MAM (I just started the game and found a box and a blue slug thingy)

[gentle lion]

I figured out the blueprints , and I think I.can finally make my fuel plant a reality
#screenshots message

[oblique wadi]

Molecular Analysis Machine, is for research

Used to unlock some milestones

[white dawn]

It's a building you unlock during Tier 1. If you're really early on, just ignore the presents for now, honestly

I wouldn't really recommend working on the FICSMAS stuff until you've got automated power going. :)

[oblique wadi]

Yeah

[charred thistle]

oooooooo

[white dawn]

Though once you do have a MAM, be sure to have it built and check it regularly -- research anything you can. Nothing in there is technically required to finish the game, but there is a lot of super-helpful stuff in there

[charred thistle]

yeah I'm at teir 1 rn kinda working on mining iron

[primal obsidian]

cant wait for ficsonium fuel rods yay

[oblique wadi]

Btw, that will make your work a loteasy

[charred thistle]

there's an ending??? i thought I'd have to infinitely expand a factory

[white dawn]

So yeah, honestly don't worry about it at the moment. Doing the FICSMAS stuff would end up putting a strain on your biofuel-collection, which you probably don't want. :) You'll get to fully-automated power soon enough! The event runs until January 18, so you've got plenty of time, if you want to do it

[oblique wadi]

The end is a projection of your emotions

[steep tendon]

Would you have a good recommendation of a video or multiple videos that show examples of compartmentalizing ?

[oblique wadi]

Factory will never close, so will never end. The work continues

[white dawn]

There is an ending goal, yeah -- a couple of storylines get sort of wrapped up. You are free to continue to building for as long as you want afterwards, though, and the story is a pretty light touch

[charred thistle]

THERE'S A STORY???

[charred thistle]

this concerns me

[primal obsidian]

just have to finish the RCU and fused mod frames and then it’ll be easy to make ficsonium fuel rods

[charred thistle]

also I tried poking this giant creature thing with a taser

[primal obsidian]

right…?

[white dawn]

Yeah, there's your explicit goals given to you by ADA (via the HUB and other things), and another storyline that you'll kind of stumble on. As I say, it's a pretty light touch; doesn't really ever get in the way of the primary loop of building factories

Some folks feel that it's too light of a touch; it leaves you to fill in some of the gaps yourself. Personally I think it was pitched just about right, though. :)

[charred thistle]

horray infinite micromanagement :D

[compact flicker]

Mornin pioneers

Y'all being efficient?

[charred thistle]

it surprisingly didn't attack me but it looked weird so i poked it again

[oblique wadi]

Yeah, a whole story and a annoying AI... At some point you’re going to want to put her on a rocket straight to Earth.

[white dawn]

(As a quick counterpoint: thinking that ADA is annoying is a far from universal opinion. :)

[charred thistle]

I already do she sounds condescending

[white dawn]

I admit I've still yet to do a playthrough on v1.1; I know that ADA's got a lot more voice lines as of that update

[white dawn]

Well you're probably not being efficient enough yet. :) Think of the puppies and kittens!

[charred thistle]

i got sidetracked im guessing biofuel is gonna be leaves so i got 500+

[compact flicker]

ADA has some funny lines

[charred thistle]

I am not efficient 😭 I just spent like 6 minutes yoinking random things i find

[oblique wadi]

ADA is even smarter, and more toxic

[white dawn]

As a bit of unrequested advice, btw: I recommend avoiding youtube/streamers/this-Discord while you're first playing through the games. Asking for advice on here can be overwhelming (and often contradictory from person-to-person), and a lot of internet guides are straight-up bad. I recommend just taking your time and learning the game at your own pace. There's basically no "pressure" in the game; you can take as long as you like. Make your own mistakes, not someone' else's. :)

And remember that so long as you're having fun, you're doing it right. :)

[charred thistle]

oh yeah im just confused on some stuff like the weird creatures other than that I don't really ask for help

[white dawn]

Honestly, I'm there for it! The pioneer's too lazy; gotta kick 'em into gear somehow. :) I suppose I'll find out before too long; been considering how I want to approach my next playthrough

[oblique wadi]

Yeah, I did this. Even now I just do all the thing by my own, never searching, cause this is funnier

[charred thistle]

YOU CAN IDLE MINE IF YOU SWAP WINDOWS I HAVE 150+ IRON

[charred thistle]

thanks for the advice btw :D

I found another slug

[compact flicker]

I don't think the switching windows part is required for that :p

[charred thistle]

well it's working cuz im texting y'all

[oblique wadi]

This game is very optimized, so the experience is very smooth

UE4 was soooo gooooood

[charred thistle]

finally built the hub :D

[white dawn]

The game runs UE5, btw. :) (Earlier versions were indeed UE4 but they did an upgrade during Early Access)

UE5 can be optimized quite well too, so long as you don't use the features which tank performance

[compact flicker]

I hope my overnight concrete production is enough for my project :3

Probably about 7 industrial containers worth

[charred thistle]

wait so it'll run if you close the game?

[compact flicker]

I left my console on overnight

[charred thistle]

fair enough

I used to do that for my gamecube because i didn't have a memory cardd

[ebon cobalt]

im currently trying to get some of the fun stuffs i want (mainly the parachute for movement) but idk if i should get full rotor production done or coal power researched and built cus this biomass phase is getting annoying :<

[true mulch]

Why not instead build a bigger concrete factory

So that it makes more than you're using

[ebon cobalt]

sadly no
tho if u have unlimited materials and power (mining and anything other than biomass burners) you can just leave the game open and sit somewhere in your factory

[compact flicker]

Im using like 140 a second lol

[leaden turret]

irregular reminder that idle crafting is paying microtransactions to your energy provider

[true mulch]

Once you have some buffer you shouldn't ever run out

[true mulch]

All the time?

[gentle lion]

I need to do that for my ps5 ..like did I tell you to shut down if the controllers isn't touched for 2 hours..

[compact flicker]

The current project im working on is removing grass from the plains biome.

Im placing a lot of foundations

[gentle lion]

Auto pickup and chainsaw to area is like a giant lawnmower on crack 😂

[charred thistle]

I found quartz

[compact flicker]

Very good very nice, don't ignore it like I did my first time

[charred thistle]

THE ORB IS SPEAKING

[nocturne warren]

where do i report bugs

[proper hound]

The game is too big and too time consuming to just start over.
Merely fixing my factories after 1.0 release is a huge task. If I had to rebuild it all from scratch, nty.
Keeping one save is most economical, unless you want to go through thrill of unlocking everything again (and then you can still copy and paste your factory via save editor).
If you don't like certain building, you can just demolish it and build new one. Forests can be regrown with mods (or save editing) if you wish. So you can start from scratch, in sections, while having a good supply of building materials as you shift over.

[raven axle]

Satisfactory Questions

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

[true mulch]

@nocturne warren 👆

[nocturne warren]

thanks

[primal obsidian]

uhhh 5^3=125 and 125x1.728=216 and the square cube of 216 is 6 so 6 by 6 by 6 right so that’s how much a mk.3 BP is right

[tribal merlin]

i ignored mycelia for the first 50 hours of gameplay

[charred thistle]

i can put concrete in a toilet best game ever

[cyan oxide]

When I reply, i choose a section of the map i've never built a base on before. Im always surprised at how much depth the DEVs put into that aspect and is vastly underappreciated

[twin helm]

Ayo anyone wanna jump on vc and chill while we play?

[white dawn]

#1201555265942724758

[twin helm]

I know ive been on it for 2 days and i cant find people👹

[white dawn]

If you're not finding folks in the channel specifically dedicated to facilitating that kind of thing, what makes you think you'll have better luck in a channel where that kind of solicitation is unwelcome?

[twin helm]

Because its more active....👀

A man can try ok

[white dawn]

The people who want to be playing multiplayer will be in #1201555265942724758 . Like it or not, this server has a pretty strong singleplayer bias

If you're looking for a group, #1201555265942724758 is where you should be looking. (Greetings from the Tautology Department! )

[twin helm]

Im not looking for multiplayer tbh, just people to chat with while we play our own worlds yk? I just got the game and finding fellow factorians is proving rather frustrating

[visual spire]

Is there anyway to reset ficsmas? I want to get snarky Ada again this year

[white dawn]

I'm not sure how else to say that asking for that kind of stuff in here just isn't welcome. I wish you the best of luck, but please do so in #1201555265942724758, not here.

[twin helm]

I feel like im getting scolded for this tbh

No need to be so pressed tho damn im sorry😂

[white dawn]

Not in the vanilla game, no. Maybe you can reset your progress in SCIM (https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/interactive-map)? Though I've not investigated myself

[visual spire]

I tried that but didn't get any snark from her lol

[cunning lily]

I've been saving my slugs - once I unlock slooping, should I convert them all to shards?

[twin helm]

Is adas lines random?

[visual spire]

There was no line

[twin helm]

Yes, wish i did this tho tbh ive only done a few so far before i found out this info

[cunning lily]

Get Lizard Doggos. They have a chance of unearthing more slugs 🙂

[white dawn]

Yeah, Slugs have no "explicit" purpose other than being turned into power shards. Some folks like saving some for decoration purposes (slug conveyors/rollercoasters, etc) but there's nothing else to do with 'em. :)

[twin helm]

Theres lizard dogs in this game

[white dawn]

In the late game you can fully automate shard production (without using slugs), btw. It's a Tier 9 tech, but it's not bad

[twin helm]

Huhhhh

Ive not even completed tier 2 yet, im focused on automating anything i require when i need it at a minimum of 10pm

[white dawn]

(Or at least, it's not bad by the standards of being in Tier 9. :)

[charred thistle]

There's multiplayer?

[cunning lily]

Yes. I'm on a server with two friends, for example. We share progression.

[compact flicker]

Blueprint autoconnect and blueprint dismantle is the best thing ever

[twin helm]

Yeah i wanna find a group of peopke ( even just one person) not to play a new world but just to play our own and maybe check each others out and trade ideas

[twin helm]

Still havent touched blueprints since unlocking them

[charred thistle]

Welp time to force furries to mine limestone cus it's all 300m+ away

[cunning lily]

survey #screenshots #math-and-meta #design-and-architecture - I look at those three daily for ideas.

[compact flicker]

They're so good

[compact flicker]

Lmao what

[charred thistle]

Concrete sweatshop

[cunning lily]

300m is short 😛 Conveyer belts, go go.

[twin helm]

I dont want meta stuff tho which is why i want a fellow new player to discover better ways of doing stuff ourselves yk

[cunning lily]

totally fair - those three have a wide range of examples, but I get it!

[charred thistle]

I want to make a huge platform tho :c

[cunning lily]

oh, you will, trust me. The belts, once they load up, it might as well not be 300m away. Or 3000m away. Once they're hauling, you're golden.

[twin helm]

Yeah since im new to a game thats been out what 5 years now, i dont wanna just copy and paste what people have discovered is the best way of doing something, figuring it out is 90% of the fun

[cunning lily]

If a game makes me break out a spreadsheet or notepad or sketchpad to play it, I get excited. This is one of those games.

[twin helm]

Fr, ive got so many scraps of paper with math on them, why is this gaming making math fun

I wish i stayed on xbox for it tho, as xbox has the lfg posts to find players nd well im on ps5, although i could access that through the xbox app since theres console cross platform

Ps5 is so bad for finding people to play with

Love the surprises in the game so far, like i was chilling on my factory floor 5 min ago, and a big bloop thing walked under it and meshed through the floor, making me bounce and get a trophy, ts is what makes gaming fun

[sour ledge]

Me: Dead for the third time because I can't resist grabbing explosive gifts.

Ada: "If I had been in charge during humanity's evolution, I would have done something about your more stupid tendencies."

[deft saffron]

does anybody actually use truck stations or did we as a whole decide it's not worth it

[sour ledge]

That's fair, but... harsh, lady. It's so shiny!

[cunning lily]

if I had this game 20 years ago, I might not have failed math - it's better than solving for 82 watermelons.

[twin helm]

Honestly just give kids this game for math class, will learn more trynna make stuff efficient than anything i got from my teachers

[cunning lily]

they're super fun, great to use, especially mid-game. Good for when you can't be bothered to build a train through particular terrain.

[white dawn]

Yes, of course they're used by folks. I admit that vehicles have a bad reputation (partially due to long-since-resolved major bugs, and partially due to their somewhat high learning curve)

[charred thistle]

There's a steep incline:c

[cunning lily]

This game and the og KSP have done more for making me enjoy math than anything else has.

[white dawn]

I use them extremely heavily during Phase 2, and continue to build out new vehicle routes throughout the whole game (though trains + drones are much more likely to take their place once I've got those unlocked)

[compact flicker]

Yeah if I had SatisFactory taking up my free time, I would've done so much better in math classes lol

[twin helm]

Never played ksp

There is one thing i hate about the game so far

[white dawn]

I also admit that personally I nearly always just use Tractors, not Trucks. I think that Trucks might have some extra handling challenges that Tractors don't, so my perception of vehicles as a whole might be skewed

[cunning lily]

There's a new "spiritual successor" to KSP in development right now, KSA, kitten space agency. Very alpha at the moment, but super cool to see and watch develop.

[twin helm]

Every time i build a new factory for something, i discover a better way of doing something, so now i have like 4 factories i wanna rip down and rebuild

[cunning lily]

I get it. I'm the same. Gotta plan bigger turns with trucks, pretty sure.

[cunning lily]

every tier of belt and extractor you get, this is normal. Most things can be directly upgraded without tearing down. But it'll mess with ratios.

[twin helm]

Yeah my most recent factory i added alot of extra space to account for scaling and now i hate the rest

[white dawn]

(Remember that tearing down + rebuilding is a choice, not a necessity. Can just leave those factories as they are and go build new factories instead. Beware Rebuilding Burnout!)

[cunning lily]

Using a trick I learned in forklift school back when I worked in a tool crib, trucks have a leg up on tractors, in that they can drive over the lowest height of belts if you approach the belt at an angle.

[twin helm]

The inefficiency makes it an unavoidable necessity for me

[white dawn]

Lol, nice. I wouldn't be brave enough to send vehicles over such complicated "terrain," personally, but nice to know that it works. :D

[white dawn]

The map is huge, and there are a lot more resources out there than you may realize. You really have to try hard to actually exhaust resources in the game.

Trust me: you can leave those factories as they are, and then just build new ones instead.

[cunning lily]

admittedly, I only do that when I'm directly driving, not for routes. Belt lifts are too convenient to not use.

[twin helm]

Id rebuild the conveyor with a lift so the trick can get through, my mind is evil

[white dawn]

Oh, hah, yeah, for driving anything goes. :D

[languid fog]

https://i.imgur.com/3EEL45I.jpeg
Any ideas why this signal is stuck on waiting for reservation? Nothing is occupying the block ahead.

[twin helm]

My brain will know they are running sub optimal, i will reach 100% map exploitation one day

[primal obsidian]

#1038092680493801533 lets you post images

[white dawn]

(And again, if you're enjoying tearing down and rebuilding factories, of course: go for it! We often see folks who are getting burnt out on rebuilding factories, though. It can be psychologically tough sometimes to spend so much effort just to get to the exact same level of production you had previously)

[twin helm]

Maybe not tomorrow, or next week, or in the next 10 years, but one day, the worst part is i dont enjoy it, i just get annoyed knowing it could be better

[white dawn]

"Waiting for Path Reservation" is the default state for a properly-set-up Path Signal -- it means that the signal is waiting for a train to approach and reserve a path through the block. You actually want to see that message. :)

[languid fog]

There is a train stuck at the signal, though

I posted in #1038092680493801533

[white dawn]

Ah, okay, was about to recommend that you do. :)

[primal obsidian]

i made a foundry BP and it didn’t save cause i forgot too I’m so sad

[charred thistle]

update on floob's journey:
There is fall damage

[primal obsidian]

you will always survive a fall if you have full health I’m pretty sure

no matter how high you are

[compact flicker]

Caps out at 99 damage

[near thicket]

Is there a calculator that lets me add generators as a theoretical output? Like "I want to run this many fuel gens off of turbo fuel"

[primal obsidian]

satisfactory modeler

[wicked willow]

Yep. I also found out the hard way when I started lol.

[primal obsidian]

or just find the amount each needs and do it yourself

[next viper]

I've done a significant amount of exploring and haven't found a single SAM ore node. Where should I look?

[languid marlin]

Either far up or far down

[white dawn]

They can be hard to find. They're often either really high up, or hidden away in caves

(Though there's one or two which are a bit more accessible than that)

If you post where you are in #screenshots or whatever, folks can probably provide some pointers

If you're okay getting a full-map-exploration spoiler, there's always SCIM (https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/interactive-map)

[next viper]

I just got a jetpack, so that should make climbing a bit easier.

[delicate orchid]

Genuinely don't see anything to invite people besides the the PlayStation way

[white dawn]

Start exploring over near the big stone arch (and/or as south from the arch as you can go. :)

[cunning lily]

Wat

[fluid sapphire]

Fall damage is capped at 99

[deft belfry]

Max fall damage is 97
https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Health#Fall_damage

[fluid sapphire]

Close enough xd

[cunning lily]

Wild 🔥

[west hazel]

thats good to know, lol

[white dawn]

In other words: jumping == express elevator. :)

[fluid sapphire]

I don't know the exact number, just that you can't die from a fall if you have full health

[white dawn]

Just hope you don't land in the middle of a stinger nest. :P

[hard ivy]

Depends. 99 without blade runners, 97 with

[golden nexus]

Is there a new game mode planned?

[hard ivy]

Yes

[golden nexus]

What is it?

[white dawn]

v1.2 will include (at least one) new game mode(s?). Details are mostly still not known, though I've been told it was confirmed (or maybe just strongly hinted at?) on stream that one of them is likely to be randomized resource nodes

[hard ivy]

Randomized nodes most likely, but that hasn't been confirmed

But it has been confirmed that we are getting a new mode

[cunning lily]

That... makes me so curious and uncomfortable all at once.

Random quality, or even random type, or even random placement?!

[hard ivy]

The details have only been teased afaik

[hard ivy]

Random placement is unlikely, but random type and purity are very much possible

Or at least shuffled, if not truly random

[white dawn]

They've talked in the past about how randomized nodes could be a good choice for a game mode, so it does seem likely

And "after 1.0" was always what they'd said about a potential timeline. So yeah, seems plausible/likely/etc. :D

[hard ivy]

It would suck if the randomizer removed one resource entirely XD

So I'm assuming the total extraction rate is gonna stay the same, but the locations are gonna be shuffled around

[indigo hare]

Fun fact the arch in the grassy fields is a reference to arch linux

[vapid pecan]

I know the travelling speed in a hyperloop is reduced with sharp turns or when you go upward. But does the speed increase back to the original speed (or toward a minimum speed) after the climb/turn?

And, if not, is there any ways to boost your speed without going out of the hyperloop? I would like to do connect all my factories in one hyperloop network but, ideally, I would want to avoid having to spam entrances at every entry point to cover the cases where I want to access factories above the entry point but without going "too" fast for factories below it.
(and, also ideally, without having to make a "slow entrance" and a "fast entrance" in each factories to have both cases covered)

[charred thistle]

so i finally got the automatic miners however there's a big incline for limestone 😭

[white dawn]

You should be able to add in "cannon" segments as boosters. I don't think that your speed recovers after a tight turn, etc, though I believe there's a minimum speed (altered by incline). Though for really long tube networks you'd probably want that sort of booster periodically anyway, since you'll slow down even on straightaways, after boosters

[quick barn]

Not sure offhand.

Let me try to clarify.

When I'm building these days, I think in terms of input/output as a whole on a per-item basis. I treat the whole infra to support the input/output as a single "unit".

Like, if I need X amount of Iron Ingots, I know need Y amounts of iron ore by doing the math on the recipe. (Its 1:1)

Then I'd divide the total output by the production rate of a single smelter for iron ingots, and thats how many smelters you need to build in a single "unit", however you see fit. Manifolds, load balancing, etc. In a circle, on a chair, or over there! Point is taht doesnt matter. You et it all belted and wired up, then you just worry about maintaining the in-feed rate to hit your output target.

Using the belt throughput monitors helps see production hiccups in realtime more easily.

For me, its the only way to decompose/break down the late game parts into manageble production puzzles.

[vapid pecan]

ah, ok. thanks :)

[white dawn]

pours one out for @zenith pecan 's old tubeways

[upper crypt]

I started a new save today with a goal in mind (other than finishing Ficsmas). I'm not allowed to demolish any factory I build. Working layouts to be expandable with a simple splitter connection is an interesting challenge.

I'm also have to automate every elevator part before unlocking the next phase. Something i have never done in over 3000 hours 😅

[upper crypt]

Maxing out resource nodes is the only way I work these days. Even if I have to sink stuff I hate leaving nodes half tapped.

[quick barn]

I do that too - but mostly because it makes me feel good. I dont think its a requirement for enjoyment or finishing the core game

This playthrough on console I'm trying to be maximal that way - and always be syncing. I dont like idle machines

[upper crypt]

Finding some extra resources going into an AWESOME sink, that you need later and saves you setting up a whole new production line is also nice.

[charred thistle]

so question why does it say impure when im staring at an iron pit

[upper crypt]

Purity determines to resource output. Base impure is 30.

[charred thistle]

resource output?

[upper crypt]

Iron ore.

[golden nexus]

nodes comes as impure, normal, pure which is 30, 60, 120 extractions rates

[upper crypt]

Portable miners only pull 20/minute on impure, but you also can't connect them.

[charred thistle]

ohhhh

[zenith pecan]

I miss the old cannon hub, too dependant on performance though.

[unkempt blade]

more miners! more!

[ivory condor]

And get more pioneer slave labor force to help empty out the portable miners, you would have faster ore extraction than even a mk3 miner fully overclocked

[charred thistle]

another question how do I remove rocks-

[golden nexus]

mine the top off it

[mortal ginkgo]

thats not a rock my dear brotherman

[golden nexus]

you means the giant rocks?

[ivory condor]

shhh let them find out the ugly truth

[mortal ginkgo]

REEE