satisfactory

[lilac bear]

But once you reach midgame, you'll have more limestone than you know what to do with.

[versed cosmos]

Yup like I said earlier but in reverse

Quartz is rare and limestome is abundant

[unborn vessel]

wym quartz

the wire dont need quartz

[versed cosmos]

quartz

No we talking about fine concrete

[unborn vessel]

ojhh

[versed cosmos]

And cheap silica

[unborn vessel]

ok new question

Iron Wire orrrrrrr Cheap Silica????????

[versed cosmos]

Keep it in the MAM until you need it

Both are good, pick one when you find you need it

[unborn vessel]

wym

im new.

[versed cosmos]

Like when you actually want to build a production line that includes that recipe

[unborn vessel]

idk anything about these things

[unique pewter]

I assume the first early game bit I wont understand wtf is happening

[versed cosmos]

Pick it then don't pick it now

[unborn vessel]

ok so wait till i have a mega base

got it

[versed cosmos]

Not picking recipes excludes them from future hard drive scans. You want to build up your library.

[versed cosmos]

What are you not understanding?

[unique pewter]

How tf am I gonna set up an efficientl modular frame automation 😭

All my stuff is slow

[versed cosmos]

Cast screws really helps

Also overclocking

[unique pewter]

Wut that

[versed cosmos]

Alt recipe

Lets you make screws from iron ingots instead of rods so it cuts a production stage

https://www.satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production?share=P3cf8CLpOL0g0TvKtux1

check out this plan for modular frames

https://www.satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production?share=eVpgAL9yyMxll116RteW

you can also do this one if you don't have cast screws

[unique pewter]

How fo I get them? Isnt it sum to do with hard drive things or whatever

[versed cosmos]

yes

[lilac bear]

Yes, scan more harddrives.

Get a hundred, scan them.

[versed cosmos]

there's a few crash sites in the desert and at your stage in the game you should have a pretty good chance at getting cast screws

the more you progress the more alts get unlocked so a specific alt gets diluted in a larger pool of alts

[lilac bear]

Once you have nobelisks, the xenobasher and bladerunners you'll be able to deal with most threats.

[unique pewter]

How I scan them I am new and dumb

[lilac bear]

Collect them and scan them like you've been doing. Store the results in the MAM.

[unique pewter]

“Like you’ve been doing” 😢

I only know how to research and I havent seen one for harddrives

[lilac bear]

The game has repeatedly asked you to pick a recipe after a harddrive scan, right?

[unique pewter]

No, I never scanned them cuz idk how lel

[lilac bear]

Ah

[versed cosmos]

two different conversations

[lilac bear]

Do you have a MAM?

[unique pewter]

Ye

[versed cosmos]

someone else was talking about hard drives earlier and asking about recipes

[lilac bear]

Yea... Give us a screenshot of your MAM and I'll point it out.

[versed cosmos]

ashley on the screenshots of the interactive map you were showing earlier

[lilac bear]

The MAM menu, not the bloody thing itself.

[versed cosmos]

you can see where hard drives are and if you mouse over them you can see the requirements to open it

[unique pewter]

Ohh i see it

Bah 10 minutes

[versed cosmos]

You can place a MAM while you're exploring

So when you find a drive you can immediately scan it

[hallow kiln]

how to send image

[unique pewter]

#screenshots

Or #off-topic-media depending on what it is

[hallow kiln]

alr I send alt recipes images. which is better?

[versed cosmos]

CAST SCREWS

the second one

you'll use that sooo much early game

[golden nexus]

And late game, it removes rods

[versed cosmos]

Late game you're gonna want alts that remove screws entirely

[formal spindle]

nah endgame you usually use steel screws

[versed cosmos]

Like encased heavy frames and steel rotors

[golden nexus]

Nope

[unique pewter]

Biocoal or wet concrete

[golden nexus]

But it depends what your doing

[lilac bear]

And here I'm barely using any alt recipes like a hobo

[formal spindle]

true true

[lilac bear]

Neither

[versed cosmos]

wet concrete by a MILE but leave it in the mam for now

only pic your recipes when you actually plan to use them

[formal spindle]

you can also re roll it once

[unique pewter]

Rescan?

[versed cosmos]

no no

[golden nexus]

Some recipies work with cast screw, some with steel screw

[versed cosmos]

just let it sit in the mam

[unique pewter]

I kinda have another one I needa scan

[versed cosmos]

wet concrete is very, very good

you dont need to pick one

[lilac bear]

Forget the rescan option. From now on, it does no longer exist. Don't use it. Just save up on more harddrives.

[versed cosmos]

you can scan a drive while there's still a recipe there

you can scan as many as you want and never pick one of the recipes

[unique pewter]

Ah

[versed cosmos]

just let them build up in your library until you need them

[lilac bear]

Rescan risks getting recipe choices you previously didn't want.

[versed cosmos]

its very good that you got wet concrete so early it becomes very good later

[golden nexus]

and in 20 minutes time, "I want to rebuild everything I have done now"

[versed cosmos]

the best recipe you can hope to get early game is cast screws

[unique pewter]

Already happening, except I kept the old factory and having stuff delivered from

[lilac bear]

Ashley, do you have a handful of coal generators by now?

[unique pewter]

Ye, 6

[lilac bear]

That's a good enough start.

[unique pewter]

Gon get more

[versed cosmos]

build coal gens in blocks of 8

that can be fed by 3 water extractors exactly

and takes a clean 120 coal

[unique pewter]

Mmm

[lilac bear]

Having sufficient coal power allows you to screw around a lot early game and not worry much about optimization early on.

[unique pewter]

How do I fix it later on

[lilac bear]

Fix what?

[unique pewter]

Spaghetti

[hallow kiln]

also is it better to transport water to coal or coal to water?

[lilac bear]

Coal to water is always easier.

[unique pewter]

Ye

Uplift

[lilac bear]

Headlift requires pumps.

And fluid dynamics take some getting used to.

Although there's some guides with rules of thumb that help.

And you can cheat a little in some situations.

[unique pewter]

I find it funny that I can go up with a parachute if I do it right

[mortal ginkgo]

almost all coals near starter zone are close or literally near the water. Keep it simple, make your coal gens right where both are

[mortal ginkgo]

fun is not allowed, dont use parachutes

however you can reach impure limestone nodes with it, its allowed

Impure Limestone Node = Bestest Thıng

[queen slate]

lol

[mortal ginkgo]

yes. #notbiased

[unique pewter]

Found some sphere thingy

[lilac bear]

Hoverpack is amazing.

[mortal ginkgo]

Bite it.

[mortal ginkgo]

no u

[lilac bear]

Mercer sphere? You'll want a lot of those later.

[queen slate]

Is there anyplace in particular I should make my fuel factory for power

[lilac bear]

Westcoast is easiest if you start in the grassland.

[queen slate]

That isn’t the jet pack is it?

[lilac bear]

But there are a lot of places where you can put fuel factories down.

[unique pewter]

Lol I scaled a mountain with a parachute

[lilac bear]

Nope. Jetpack takes fuel, hoverpack takes power from powerlines.

[queen slate]

I started in the desert 🙁 so that’s a lil far away

[grizzled lotus]

my save had mods before (different pc), but I'm curious if achievements are disabled. is there a way to find out?

[lilac bear]

There's a few in the north west you can use.

[unique pewter]

HOLY JACCKKKPOOOTTTT

4 coal nodes

[queen slate]

I was gonna set it up in the n or in the south

[formal spindle]

Construct, Automate, Explore and Exploit pioneer

[queen slate]

I heard the south is the best

[lilac bear]

Near the lake? Get a really good coal power station there, that will last you a long time. Especially once you unlock mk 2 miners.

[unique pewter]

Buncha evil fellas tho

[unique pewter]

Ye

[unique pewter]

32?

[formal spindle]

till you build a giga turbo fuel factory and then delete everything for a 500 acre nuclear factory

[lilac bear]

32 or 64.

[unique pewter]

I like the 64 one

I have enough to overclock

[lilac bear]

#screenshots message 2 options in the desert. 1 is near water. 🤷

[lilac bear]

Nah, I keep my power factories running unless I really need the resources for something else. Usually I don't.

[unique pewter]

Bunch of running back and fourth imma have to do

Or maybe I can just make notes

[lilac bear]

Do you have the Explorer unlocked?

[unique pewter]

The what, nope

[lilac bear]

Early game I used the tractor a lot too.

[unique pewter]

I have that

But slide jump is yummy

[queen slate]

Ye I love doing that

[lilac bear]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Explorer

[queen slate]

Make sure you use the Mam to research lots of things you can get some good mobility items

[formal spindle]

once you find quartz chunks break them and research them asap, after that try getting some silica for the runnerblades

[unique pewter]

Only seen sulphur

[lilac bear]

There are 2 decent quartz nodes not far from your coal power.

[formal spindle]

look for purpleish looking stones

[lilac bear]

Keep walking north, then a bit east into a cave.

Bring your xenobasher to take care of the spitter if you have it.

[unique pewter]

I do

[lilac bear]

You'll be fine then

[unique pewter]

Yummy (can I customise it? I see a trinket on it)

[queen slate]

If u crouch up to spawner enemy (idk what they called) you can take them out without them spawning enemies

[unique pewter]

Ye

[queen slate]

I find it handy because they are one of the more annoying enemies

[unique pewter]

Were rich!

[queen slate]

Hooray

[unique pewter]

I killed a lootbug and im not so proud about it

[queen slate]

Lootbug?

[unique pewter]

Deep rock

[lilac bear]

#screenshots message Walk/drive there from your coal power plant

[queen slate]

I don’t think I’ve found them

[unique pewter]

Kk

[unique pewter]

Its a different game

[queen slate]

Ah ok mb lol

[unique pewter]

Ik theres a reference in this game

Its a music item i think

[blissful crater]

is the ficmas event worth it? like what can i even get from it? and if it IS worth it should i start now or does it require later researches that i havent gotten yet, i've just gotten coal power for context

[queen slate]

Do you want my honest opinion?

[lilac bear]

Coal power is enough, if you got the first generators down. Whatever you do, make sure you clear the advent calendar. There's some free hard drives and coupons in there.

[mortal ginkgo]

its a MaM research tree of its own. completely unrelated to actual game

[blissful crater]

hit me with it

[blissful crater]

yeah i just did that quickly, some nice stuff in there for sure

[queen slate]

It is not that worth it I would just unlock the way to automate presents and then leave it till whenever you feel like doing it

[unique pewter]

Stitched iron or bolted iron? Stitched looks more yummy rn

[mortal ginkgo]

I say the saddest part is that you cant build Ficsmas related stuff when the event is over, so you cant even remove and put stuff somewhere else...

[queen slate]

Did you use your rescan?

[mortal ginkgo]

stitched iron + iron wire = hentai

[golden nexus]

depends....

[unique pewter]

No

[cunning glade]

Okay so u can use all of the bauxite but it does use 12k quartz

[lilac bear]

Good 🙂

[unique pewter]

I have 2 harddrives

[chilly spear]

we need a toiled decoration ong

[queen slate]

I amn’t that experienced with the game but I’d gamble

[golden nexus]

its a trade off, stitched iron uses less resources per plate, bolted plate uses less power/machines per plate

[queen slate]

Fr

[chilly spear]

someone tell coffee stain

[lilac bear]

Power becomes largely irrelevant once you have a bigger coal power plant.

[queen slate]

Let it ride

[cunning glade]

Okay 8k coal is much more reasonable

[lilac bear]

And the geysers.

[unique pewter]

Im good lel

[golden nexus]

bolted plate also fits with other things better like bolted frame

bolted plate also won't work fully until mk3 belts

[versed cosmos]

The bolted recipes use more raw resources but reduce your footprint a fair bit

That's the trade off

Also evil screws

[golden nexus]

Yeah if you deal with the screws its all good

[unique pewter]

Mercer sphere yum

[queen slate]

Screws aren’t great but they don’t deserve as much hate as they get

[versed cosmos]

I agree

[queen slate]

Unpopular opinion

[unique pewter]

I hate them rn cause I dont have the alt recipe

[cunning glade]

Okay so in wanting too scale up I do see the issue of not knowing how much too produce and if I produce not enough that not good tho I can almost always sloop

[green fiber]

screws are a skill check and if they manage to ragebait you, you failed the skill check

[golden nexus]

Same style of problems as quickwire presents tbh

[cunning glade]

Screws are fun

[versed cosmos]

Honestly regular wire can almost be just as bad

[mortal ginkgo]

SCREWS ARE MENTIONED! IT IS MY TIME TO SHINE!

...

Cast Screws is a good recipe.

[wooden violet]

can somebody help me with trainsignals in a voivecall?
i understand the basics but i have some complecated
intersections.

[mortal ginkgo]

[golden nexus]

game introduces / teaches you the hard way about belt limits early and you must learn methods to work around them

[green fiber]

Aluminum rod to screws

[wooden violet]

i always use them

[queen slate]

I think that’s why I don’t think I found screws that bad because I had cast screws lol

[mortal ginkgo]

ok big dog, you go to jail now, ty

[green fiber]

ok fine - aluminum beam to steel screw

[unique pewter]

I dont yet grr

[mortal ginkgo]

its guaranteed first recipe you can get at phase 1. also steel screws is an extremely good recipe to use alongside the default heavy modular frame recipe if you dont have the alt.

[golden nexus]

trick is to run a couple of hard drives before unlocking the assembler

[lilac bear]

Don't let them rile you up, it's perfectly possible to complete phase 3 with the normal screw recipe.

[queen slate]

Ye

[mortal ginkgo]

brotherman you can't go further in jail while in jail. There are no jails in jails. Cmon.

[unique pewter]

Too late now qwq

[wooden violet]

can somebody help me with trainsignals in a voivecall?
i understand the basics but i have some complecated
intersections.

[green fiber]

what. its a better choice than using aluminum rods.
Just a bit fancy

[mortal ginkgo]

not even couple, just one guarantees cast screw with reroll if you didnt get it at first 😄

[queen slate]

Sorry I have no clue about trains yet

[golden nexus]

If its single track, its block signals on way in and out, if your unconnected track, all inputs should be path signals and exits are block signals

[wooden violet]

can three pathsignals end in one blocksignal?

[golden nexus]

Yes....

[wooden violet]

but what should i do, when at the same point also 3 paths open

[golden nexus]

but it makes no sense bcause it would be 3 tracks merging into 1?

[wooden violet]

exacly

[golden nexus]

so it should be a block signals... again see rules above "path signal on unconnected tracks"

[wooden violet]

i can´t send a screenshot in here sadly

[golden nexus]

you can in #screenshots

[tall lantern]

or make a #1038092680493801533

[rugged shard]

Bro I I’m building coal power plant and I build it but it’s not working

I can’t

[tall lantern]

if you're expecting help you'll need to be a tad more specific 😛

[rugged shard]

Ok so

I did the 8 gens whit 3 water thingys

[mortal ginkgo]

We are going good.

[rugged shard]

So all generators have water in them

50/50m3

[mortal ginkgo]

Okaaaaaaaaaay....

[rugged shard]

All generators have coal

[mortal ginkgo]

Very cool very cooooooooool...

[rugged shard]

And it’s not doing what it should

[mortal ginkgo]

Very coal, if I may add. Yes.

[tall lantern]

and what should it do?

[rugged shard]

Work

[tall lantern]

helpful

[scenic mirage]

yippee. i need to run a 1.4km pipe of nitrogen gas 😭

[proven shadow]

Who ghost pinged me in fan-art 😭 😭 😭

[rugged shard]

It says so connection

[tall lantern]

have you actually connected them to your power grid

[versed cosmos]

Oh you need to hook it up to a power pole

Also make sure your miner for the coal and water extractors are hooked up to that grid

[rugged shard]

You need to power generators so that they make power?

[mortal ginkgo]

All Power Generators work 100% if they are connected to a power pole, regardless if there is a demand or not.

Your power pole connected to coal gen may not be connected to the main grid.

[dense violet]

your breaker likely tripped

[versed cosmos]

Once your coal generators turn over they'll take over for the biomass burners you're using to give the system the initial power to get started

[dense violet]

or you haven't connected the generators to a power pole

[rugged shard]

So wait

What should I do 😭

[mortal ginkgo]

we need screenshots.. we dont understand the problem you are having.

you need to connect them to power pole

[rugged shard]

Whit biomass burners power them up?

[tall lantern]

connect them to something, and check the power pole's not tripped

[mortal ginkgo]

at first yes, then they will take over and biomass burners will stop if there is no need for more power

[tall lantern]

the burners don't power the coal generators, they just power anything else until the coal gens are making enough to take over

[dense violet]

make a post in #1038092680493801533
have overhead images of your set up
show an image of your coal generator's control panel

[mortal ginkgo]

so if you got 2 biomass powers making 60 MW, a coal gen will make 75, but in power you will see 75MW power made while biomass burners stopped

[rugged shard]

Okay wait, I just simply connected one to power pole and it’s working

Huhhhh

[mortal ginkgo]

BIG DAWG

[tall lantern]

lol

[quasi falcon]

Hi guys

[mortal ginkgo]

Hi

[rugged shard]

But like, why?

[dense violet]

because

[scenic mirage]

you should change your name to bloklys

[tall lantern]

why did it say "No connection" when it wasn't connected?

[versed cosmos]

Because there was no connection

[dense violet]

generators don't work if they aren't connected to a grid

[tall lantern]

tada

[rugged shard]

I connected to power pole and that power pole connected to that 1 generator and 3 water thingys

[quasi falcon]

any tip to align merger and splitter on a vertical conveyor? Mine seems to only want to get either a bit too high or too low in front of the building they're supposed to connect to

[rugged shard]

Okay I think I understand now

[dense violet]

personally I would just not use the vertical splitters/mergers. They are annoying.

and it's easy to use regular ones

[scenic mirage]

place a splitter next to where you want it, then you can press control and itll snap to it

[mortal ginkgo]

dont start the lift from a floor hole. this greates a half meter offset.

[rugged shard]

Okay Ty guys 😭

[quasi falcon]

looks like when I try to place my vertical conveyor without a floor hole, it's already offset

i'll try to offset my foundation and try again

[mortal ginkgo]

then the very start is offset. vertical merger and splitters are ultra pain and after thought and after using once, I simply stopped. Its not worth it imho but I aint gonna stop ya

[quasi falcon]

okay, aftr offsetting by half a foundation, i'm now... offset again oO

[marsh shard]

is there anything i will have unlocked with limestone(not counting particular recipes)except concrete?or can i just get a lot of limestone and only dedicate all of the limestone in map to concrete?i currently have to complete tier 4

[versed cosmos]

limestone is only used for concrete

[marsh shard]

ok

[scenic mirage]

wrong

[versed cosmos]

huh?

well some alt recipes like cheap silica ig

[tall lantern]

various alts use limestone

[dense violet]

lots of alts use limestone

[scenic mirage]

cheap silica

[tall lantern]

cloudy diamonds

[dense violet]

various steel recipes

[versed cosmos]

don't they take concrete?

[tall lantern]

was gonna say

[mortal ginkgo]

some recipes asks for limestone directly

[scenic mirage]

yeah its still limestone to concrete for most

[dense violet]

but also you can probably dedicate all nearby limestone early on to concrete. you'll have to expand anyway

[marsh shard]

what s a good amount i could dedicate for building itself?for really big sturctures

[quasi falcon]

okay I don't like vertical splitter 😄

[tall lantern]

if you want a whole list of recipes you can just use the wiki (if you don't mind "spoilers" of future recipes)

[versed cosmos]

just get as much limestone as your highest level belt can handle

[mortal ginkgo]

Impure Limestone Nodes can be EFFECTIVELY used for other alt recipes. #ad

[green fiber]

just however much you want - good luck with turning ALL the limestone into concrete

[rugged shard]

Also how much a 1 mk.1 miner on coal(normal) can deliver to generators?

[dense violet]

!wikisearch miner

[raven axle]

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

[green fiber]

normal nodes do exactly 1 x what the miner says in the build menu

all miners say how much they usually extract in the build menu

[dense violet]

also all the info apears on the miner you put down

[rugged shard]

Uhh

Okay

[blissful crater]

im using the satisfactorytools production planner to make my lines, can i just build it as is without worry about specific splitters as using manifold logic means like eventuallyyyyy everything will fill up and work as intended? i.e. i have 4 smelters so 120/min, its asking for a 67.5/min and a 52.5/min split but surely i can just split evenly and connect and eventually itll even out

[rugged shard]

But I meant like 1 miner can supply 8 coal power gens, can it do more?

[dense violet]

that is how manifolds work yes

[green fiber]

67.5 and 52.5 does not add to 120

[dense violet]

first

find out how much you're mining

second

find out how much 1 coal gen needs pm

[scenic mirage]

you saying you wanna be used? 😏 😉

[blissful crater]

errm

[dense violet]

also, please stop doing 'machine maths', it'll screw you over later. Look at actual numbers

[green fiber]

oh wait i did a butterfingers

[mortal ginkgo]

+18 tags related to limestone nodes should be in spoiler tags to adhere +18 rules. Thank you. 🙂‍↕️

[green fiber]

nevermind that then

[scenic mirage]

mmmm butterfinger 🤤

[rugged shard]

It’s mining 60 per minute

[dense violet]

now how much does a coal gen use?

[scenic mirage]

damn i had one more thing i wanted to say

[covert imp]

why do some belts only work when using default and not straight even tough it looks like how it should work when using straight?

[scenic mirage]

wdym

[rugged shard]

15 per minute

[green fiber]

because the angle is sometimes slightly wrong and then the straight mode fails

[dense violet]

so how many coal gens can you feed off 60 coal pm?

[covert imp]

ahh alr

[rugged shard]

Oh wait, 4?

[dense violet]

what is 60 / 15?

[rugged shard]

4

[dense violet]

maths!

[dense violet]

you can also over clock miners - you could make that miner output 120 if you have mk2 belts

[versed cosmos]

jsut wanna say cobalt i like how youre actually TEACHING

[dense violet]

people gotta learn to brain

[rugged shard]

I do have mk2 belts and i would want to overclock but idk how to calculate then

[rugged shard]

It’s working

[versed cosmos]

i think its v tempting to just give people answers that solve the immediate issue but dont set them up for figuring it out themselves later

[green fiber]

how do you get from 60 to 120? By how much do you need to multiply 60 to get 120

[dense violet]

decide how much you want to clock it
then do the same step again

[scenic mirage]

you overclock by %. if you increase a mk1 miner by 50%, how much output do you get?

[rugged shard]

[dense violet]

you can also type the number you want to mine per min in the box

[smoky forge]

yes satisfactory requires math

[rugged shard]

Oh okay

[dense violet]

but also knowing the basics of percentages is handy.

200% is twice as much for example

[rugged shard]

So I basically just calculated that my 1 miner can’t even supply all 8 generators and I need more

[mortal ginkgo]

overclocking

[smoky forge]

coal to gens?

[green fiber]

essentially. Unless you overclock it

[scenic mirage]

you can overclock pretty much everything

[green fiber]

with a pure node it could. But thats a normal node

[rugged shard]

Oh wai, yea I can overclock miner

[smoky forge]

dam

[scenic mirage]

wouldnt it be dope if you could sloop miners

[smoky forge]

for me its like completely standard that i overclock miners

like i dont like it if i dont do it

[dense violet]

youre limited by belt speed almost all the time anyway
plus sloops are dumb enough as it is

[smoky forge]

sloops in early game?

eh... wouldnt do honestly

[versed cosmos]

slooping alien proteins, dna, biomass and biofuel can be worth it

wouldnt sloop anything beyond that

[smoky forge]

yeah but not in common manufacturing

[smoky forge]

!

[scenic mirage]

i dont get why so many ppl are against slooping. if you arent using it, why not throw it in a factory for a bit. it does take extra energy, but you can always take it out

[dense violet]

slugs and dna is a fair bit dif tbh

[scenic mirage]

theres like almost 200 sloops in the map right

[versed cosmos]

106 i think

[dense violet]

duping things is just silly. It's a play less mechanic

[smoky forge]

WH

[versed cosmos]

mercer spheres have 200+

[versed cosmos]

agreed

[smoky forge]

ye mercer is i think 213

[scenic mirage]

i spent like 90% of phase 4 just building infrastructure and factories, 10% was taking all the stuff ive made and just building mini factories and slooping it

def not play less mechanic

[dense violet]

you play half as much as you would making that much unslooped

the slooping didn't make you play more

it's a soft creative mode

[scenic mirage]

i mean now i have to make factories for all that stuff for phase 5

[dense violet]

delete sloops - would still need to

[smoky forge]

[scenic mirage]

it just helped me get to phase 5 faster

and ive been working on getting everything setup for nuclear now

im getting close, i need another mini aluminum factory and then i can go to plutonium and sink that

[smoky forge]

why plutonium

[scenic mirage]

then ill work on finishing the rest of phase5 and go to ficsonium]

you can sink it

[smoky forge]

yeah but why nuclear at all

[scenic mirage]

when its done ill have 1100 GW

[mortal ginkgo]

because its much funnier than putting 34589305983098534 fuel gets on a 1m foundation land on sky and post it in reddit and screenshot section for 54906840395683th time.

Also fuel gens look like me irl, that says a lot

[smoky forge]

dam what

[smoky forge]

yeah no my most i did so far was 700

[mortal ginkgo]

yeah exactly, now work on those CHUNGUS GIGACHAD COOL Nuclear Power Plants.

[smoky forge]

and that was barely 780 oil

[smoky forge]

i also planed one

[mortal ginkgo]

I also plan to save the world and make it abetter place.

See how much it matters in the end? NONE.

[smoky forge]

with using all 2100 uranium, means 50.4 uranuim fuel and 21.6 plutonium

[mortal ginkgo]

Nobody asks for using ALL of it. But it surely beats making 3459083059830985th fuel gen after making another rocket fuel setup for the 34583th time.

[smoky forge]

yeah im not against nuvlear im just saying if you do get into nuclear then you have to know what you are geting yourselfe into

[versed cosmos]

You mean Save The Day and all the Kittens and Puppies and become ADA's Favourite Pioneer?

[smoky forge]

yeah i now have the slight thought that you are just a fuel gen hater

[mortal ginkgo]

at minimum, all you need to do is also prepare for plutonium which has truly low amount of waste that you can also store it for so long that Satisfactory 2 arrives in Switch.

[smoky forge]

yes, devinitely

[smoky forge]

again, im not against nuclear

[mortal ginkgo]

You dont even need to go for Fisco Rods to use Plot Rods.

You can make a storage that can last 10k hours game time easily.

[smoky forge]

why are you still arguing

[mortal ginkgo]

I never stated ever that you were.

[smoky forge]

aha

[mortal ginkgo]

I am only adding to the discussion.

[smoky forge]

understood

[rugged shard]

Is it worth overclocking coal gens

[mortal ginkgo]

Good.

[mortal ginkgo]

Not really. Put more if you need more.

[smoky forge]

only if you dont have the space

[rugged shard]

Oh okay

Also my 3 power shards just went missin somewhere and no idea where

Had 19 now 16

[smoky forge]

probably in some random machine

3 is suspicious

[rugged shard]

Literally checked every machine twice now

[rugged shard]

Lemme look again

[smoky forge]

check with the dismantling option

you see what you will get from the dismantling

[rugged shard]

Where do you check that

[smoky forge]

F

is the making destroying

then it lists what you will get when you "would" dismantle that

[mortal ginkgo]

you can see it with dismantle option and mouse over, or click on the Miner etc.

I think what you did is middle click on a Miner with 3 powershards to another. Copy feature also copies all properties, including power shards.

[rugged shard]

What about on ps5 ✌️

[smoky forge]

idk bout console tbh

have you ever destroyed a building?

[rugged shard]

Yes

[smoky forge]

do that

[rugged shard]

Ohhh I see what you mean

Smart smart

[smoky forge]

👍

[rugged shard]

I found 2…

Ate last one or smth idk

[hallow kiln]

these alt screws are useless

bc i still neeneed to make rods

[teal geyser]

Which ones you talking bout?

[versed cosmos]

you might still need to make rods for another part of the recipe but it still cuts down the complexity and footprint of your build

like modular frames needs rods but i still make cast screws for the rips

[hallow kiln]

yeah but I need them for rotors

[teal geyser]

I find cast screw to be amazing for early game, but now I'm going to try and phase screws out entirely

[rugged shard]

Smth wrong whit piping

[versed cosmos]

i use cast screws for rotors too

[teal geyser]

Wrong enough to make a thread in #1038092680493801533 ? You can post screenshots in there as well

[somber smelt]

how to make conveyor lifts go down instead of up

get stuff from the top and bring it down

[versed cosmos]

this is the standard approach i think. cast screws for early rips, rotors and frames, then start phasing screws out completely

[rugged shard]

Just did it

[teal geyser]

R key on PC to reverse them

[scenic mirage]

press R

[somber smelt]

k

[versed cosmos]

no no, not k, it's r

😂

[scenic mirage]

huh\

[lilac bear]

R, for reverse

[teal geyser]

We are having a laugh

R, for Roman

[scenic mirage]

does the ficsmas calendar go past 25?

[teal geyser]

Nope

[glass pagoda]

These vertical splitters are gonna be the death of me

[mortal ginkgo]

I think an intern coded their placement and.. everything else :p

[scenic mirage]

whats wrong w it

[mortal ginkgo]

whats right with it

[untold oak]

Help when I want to unload coal from the cart in the docking station and I press F nothing happens even though it’s connected to electricity.

[glass pagoda]

It cant split in 4 ways

[scenic mirage]

yeah?

[glass pagoda]

And also

[scenic mirage]

#screenshots message
from sinking 3600 nuclear pasta/minute

[lilac oasis]

hey I'm pretty new to the game and was just wondering if anyone wanted to play multiplayer to help give me a bit better of an understanding to everything

[glass pagoda]

It's hight is so short so I cant make it even unless I rebuild it using vertical splapsplap

[scenic mirage]

#1201555265942724758

[glass pagoda]

Bros gonna get the golden nut

[untold oak]

Help when I want to unload coal from the cart in the docking station and I press F nothing happens even though it’s connected to electricity.

[unique pewter]

Is there a way to make the boombox songs custom somehow?

[glass pagoda]

No otherwise we would be hearing some insane things

[unique pewter]

That isnt a pain to do (if the music files arent buried behind 1000 things)

[unique pewter]

Im single player

[scenic mirage]

#screenshots message
why cant you do smth like this

[unique pewter]

Also there isnt a client side way?

[glass pagoda]

Because im building 6 floors so I want it to be even

[glass pagoda]

Mods

[scenic mirage]

tf you building that needs to be evenly split across 6 floors 😭

[unique pewter]

Is that simple to do on sum like steamdeck

[glass pagoda]

Also im adding 6 more

[scenic mirage]

so maybe you gotta do smth differently?

[glass pagoda]

I'm building my computer factory to get past phase 3

:3

[glass pagoda]

No clue

[scenic mirage]

whats wrong w a manifold

[unique pewter]

Linux gon have me practically code my own modloader

[scenic mirage]

what are you splitting across that many floors too?

[glass pagoda]

Nothing I love manifolds I just dont have that much room where im building im also now revising it to 6 floors

Im building a vertical manifold

[unique pewter]

Ok I found how to get mods on here, but do u know a mod that allows custom boombox music?

[glass pagoda]

I dont use mods so I recommend asking in #1038092680493801533 or looking it up

[neat galleon]

is there anyone that would be willing to help me figure out my signals issue with my train yard?

[unique pewter]

Ok this is why I love linux. I can force it to allow me to turn my volume louder than the default limit of 100% 😭

Goes to 150%

I can go deaf much faster now :D

[scenic mirage]

why dont you just turn down the volume of other open programs 😭

and thats not how it works youre limited by the physical capacity of the speaker/headphoens you're using

[unique pewter]

Im listening to music and the default was too quiet

[unique pewter]

Uhh I can send a screenshot. It may just be a safety limit so I don’t go deaf

[scenic mirage]

why would you wanna bypass that then 😭

you dont get another set of ears

[unique pewter]

#off-topic-media message

[unique pewter]

It isn’t that loud, I like listening to music a tad louder than the cap that is set

[scenic mirage]

#off-topic-media message

just be mindful of this

right now, we dont have a cure for hearing damage. tinnitus is a sign of hearing damage 🙏

[unique pewter]

Trust me I am probably gonna lose them soon or later anyways since imma prob work in some sort of trade field

Well im more likely to just die than loose hearing in the one I wanna do

Technically I still would loose my hearing anyways

[scenic mirage]

big brain moves. lose your hearing at 30 vs 45 🧠

[unique pewter]

Im surprised I don’t have hearing damage yet since my dad used to blast the fuck outta music when I was younger in the car. I liked it tho

But I don’t play music that loud, though sometimes I forget hearing protection when im doing stuff at cte that is loud as hell

Cough loud ass chop saws

[scenic mirage]

tinnitus is a sign of hearing damage 🙂

[unique pewter]

Ring ring ARGH

I dont have that

Yet

[fading whale]

If I start a new game to use as a sandbox with all "cheats" enabled, will it still be possible to unlock achievements in my normal "un-cheated" game?

[real shale]

mornin pioneers

[mortal ginkgo]

I think advanced settings disable achievements, using any of them that is.

[real shale]

another day to make the red forest prettier

[versed cosmos]

you mean cut it all down 😭

[fading whale]

But the game says you can revert back to non-advanced settings by loading a game from before enabling these. So it sounds like it is pr. save game and not for the whole installation.
Would just like to be sure before I mess anything up 😄

[real shale]

EXACTLY, cut it all down and place a beautiful industrial factory on it

[fading whale]

I love the smell of chainsaw fuel in the morning.

[real shale]

oh no, just bomb it.... leave craters in the ground

imagine if the red forest was a conservation area to the last aliens that inhabited the planet and me coming along to destroy it like its just another sunday

[fading whale]

Ahh... Look at this view. So pretty.
Aaaand now it's gone.

[real shale]

nonono aaaand now its even better

anyone else colour code their pipes depending on whats in them?

[soft marsh]

Always

[red briar]

At what height (Z) can I fill the entire available space of the map without colliding with obstacles?
I want to build the ultimate main bus

[real shale]

Z = 470 is the height of the mountain in the rocky desert iirc

oh no.... he said the evil factorio word

[red briar]

🙂

I think it should be about 120 sections

So I think I should have enough space

[soft marsh]

#screenshots message might be tearing all this out and rebuilding it

[real shale]

i see phase 4... yup makes sense for the "rebuild it all" phase of the game

[rich flint]

hey guys who can help me with a manifold coal gen

[soft marsh]

Mostly its because I've changed a critical step in how I do things (again) so the way it is now doesn't make much sense anymore lol

[red briar]

As I know - East-west is 996 foundations. So if I allocate 6 foundations per section, that will be 166 sections. Which, as it seems to me, should be enough to produce absolutely all the necessary items. What do you think?

[rich flint]

i did a manifold coal generator with 2 normal coal mines and 3 water pumps but 1 of the water pumps goes to 0 water is that normal? others are going slowly down too

[teal geyser]

I just started doing that with my diluted packaged fuel power plant I'm building because I'm going to have water, HOR, oil and fuel pipes and I don't feel like messing up connections

[teal geyser]

#1038092680493801533 Try making a post in there so you are able to post screenshots too

[grizzled lotus]

I need to give this game a break. feeling the burn out planning small factories

[molten cove]

is 4 smelters for one pure ore with mk 1 to much?

[grizzled lotus]

yes, unless you put down power shards. what phase are you in?

[soft marsh]

I feel that. When I start feeling burnout I'll either start trying to bluprint modules as small as I can, or I'll just start decorating things I've already completed

[molten cove]

i didnt even build space elevator

[grizzled lotus]

then don't sweat over stuff like that too much. you can see how much your miner outputs and how much each smelter takes , but right now just try to manufacture stuff

down the line you'll definitely need to think about things like that

[molten cove]

i played it before so ik the basics

i finished after unlocking steel

i started new save cuz i couldnt understand what was going on in the last one

[unique pewter]

Erm ive gotten much more per minute from an impure node before da heck

With no overclocking

[stone moth]

Is it possible to automate portable miners

[teal geyser]

What do you mean?

[teal geyser]

Yep. Its an alternate recipe in the Assembler

[unique pewter]

Ive gotten enough to power 8 plants at once before im pretty sure from an impure

Coal

[stone moth]

Does better fuel types = more efficient jetpack

it doesnt feel like it does but i want to make sure

[wooden violet]

i´m building a kinda megafactory, it will produce 7800 iron per min, is that enough for phase 4?

[unique pewter]

Do 1 million per minute

[teal geyser]

Yep. Fuel type does matter

[versed cosmos]

phase 4 needs lots of aluminium rather than iron i think

[stone moth]

Is turbo fuel good

[wooden violet]

yes

its really worth it

[versed cosmos]

get the nitro rocket fuel alt and skip turbo entirely

[wooden violet]

really?

[stone moth]

I already automated it

[versed cosmos]

oh then keep it

[wooden violet]

i mean at this point you already have nuclear power or not

[stone moth]

I cant make the canisters yet

[versed cosmos]

oh ok that's fair

[stone moth]

Im just puting down my first bauxite miner

[grizzled lotus]

I believe a mk1 miner on a pure node will give you 120 ore, so that should fit 4 smelters each taking 30, as long as you use a mk2 belt or more

[stone moth]

And i havent even ulocked the recipie for bauxite aluminum yet 😭

[grizzled lotus]

btw, steel isn't too far along. as a tip, I recommend automating every new product you unlock and attach it to a storage container. saves you trouble down the line

[stone moth]

nevermind i have

[molten cove]

i dont have automated reinforced plates

[unique pewter]

Erm so unfortunately my plan of 32 coal plants wont work cause they are all impure and sucky in that area

[molten cove]

#screenshots message

this is my current iron setup

i was wondering if i can run automated reinforced plates of the same node

[south cliff]

That's alway a question of input vs output
How much iron ore do you need to automate reinforced plates at a rate you're happy with?
How much iron ore do you still have available?

[whole drum]

Wow, a lot of new faces. Looks like some lucky folks got an excellent game over the holiday. 🙂

[unique pewter]

This impure node is the worst one ive ever seen

[molten cove]

i have 60 still available

[molten cove]

yeah i cracked it

[south cliff]

[molten cove]

since i can transfer saves easily

im treating this as a demo

[formal spindle]

i own the game a few years now played in early access but never really went beyond phase 2 and i dont remember why

[molten cove]

will buy on monday once i get my allowance

[whole drum]

It got significantly better in 1.0

[south cliff]

Use the Codex to find out how much you need to make reinforced iron plates

[unique pewter]

Why are all of these nodes 30 a minute ts so ass

[green fiber]

all of them impure?
are you in grass fields?

[unique pewter]

No, near the rocky desert

The area with 4 coal near water

[whole drum]

This is enough to run one assembler of RIPs if you manage your clock speed in the earlier production steps correctly.

[green fiber]

oh yeah those nodes are all impure

[queen slate]

When you scan for an ore you can check their purity without having to go over to them on the map

[whole drum]

Those coal should be 2 normal, 2 impure

[unique pewter]

“You should build it there” FAHHH

[molten cove]

how do i overclock?

[queen slate]

Slugs

[whole drum]

Research power slugs in the MAM

[queen slate]

Power slugs

[unique pewter]

I have 32 entire power plants and hundreds of platforms alr put here grr

[queen slate]

Do you have the water set up

[unique pewter]

Yes

[queen slate]

Hmmm

You don’t need 32

[molten cove]

is there a diffrance between diffrent color power slugs?\

[unique pewter]

I swore that ive seen a beefy impure node before spit out a lot

[queen slate]

I only have 16 and that carried me for all the early game

[queen slate]

You can overclock the impure nodes

[unique pewter]

Waste of slugs :(

[queen slate]

There are so many slugs and you can automate power shards later

[queen slate]

So I don’t think it’s a waste

[molten cove]

i found 2 blue slugs near me

[unique pewter]

How I make a belt bus

[molten cove]

i think ill overclock the singular inpure copper ore near me

[queen slate]

A manifold?

[unique pewter]

Big belt highway

[queen slate]

Better than keeping the slugs in a chest

[unique pewter]

Wait nvm what am I adking that for

[whole drum]

Yes, they produce different quantities of power shards when you process them. Some people won't process any until they can sloop the machines (for double output), but I personally only put a hard reserve on the purple slugs since they produce the most.

[queen slate]

Ah I see gl

[whole drum]

Bus is possible, but not recommended in this game.

[grizzled lotus]

wait, elaborate.

[queen slate]

So blue slugs makes 1 power cell each

Yellow makes 2 or 3 idk and purple makes 5 per

Yellow I think is 2

[fading whale]

1,2,5

[molten cove]

whats a good early game reinforced plate amount?

[queen slate]

Um

[deft belfry]

somersloop doubles the power shards produced from slugs, blue yellow purple goes from 1 2 5 to 2 4 10

[whole drum]

When you research slugs in the MAM, you get to process them into power shards for overclocking.
https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Clock_speed

When you get into SAM/Sloop research, you can use Somersloops to double the output of a machine, so instead of getting 1 shard for a blue slug, you get 2. Yellow and Purple slugs give more shards.

[grizzled lotus]

D :

[grizzled lotus]

I did NOT know that!

[queen slate]

Dw you find them easy

[grizzled lotus]

yeah I have a bunch. I had a bunch, they're all power shards now lol

[fading whale]

Slug hunting is easier at night. (and with a scanner). At night you can see the visible ones clearly at long distances.

[whole drum]

Some people don't want to "waste" any slugs by processing them before they can sloop them, but I only treat purple slugs this way since in the very late game you can artificially produce the shards, so wasting slugs doesn't matter.

[teal geyser]

It is so "SATISFACTORY" to have 600 power shards in a storage container

[molten cove]

.

i remeber i was always lacking those

[lilac bear]

Depends how close you are to steel. If you need a lot of mk 2 belts, you're going to need a heck of a lot of reinforced plates.

[versed cosmos]

Going for a 10/min factory has pretty easy ratios

[molten cove]

not close at all

[whole drum]

Yes. 120 raw iron/m = 2 assemblers making RIPs (5/m each)

[queen slate]

Use power shards whenever they make life easier you can automate them later on so do not be afraid to use them because you’re“saving them”

[versed cosmos]

Then multiply that if you need more

[lilac bear]

You'll want at least the 10/min Joe said then. If you're rushing to steel, that will do. If not, you'll probably want even more.

[queen slate]

Joe knows all

[whole drum]

Use them for raw material income, like iron/copper/coal/oil etc--as long as your belts/pipes can handle it.

10/m is enough to get you going, but I would double it to be "comfortable."

[lilac bear]

Once you no longer use them for belts, you'll use them on modular frames.

[whole drum]

Once you have Steel, you can take some of those RIPs and use them for Frames or something.

[molten cove]

#screenshots message

this looks terrifing

[queen slate]

I’d recommend rushing steel because steel is a lot easier to get and you won’t run out of conveyers but you can do what you like

[whole drum]

That's because it's laid out very poorly

[lilac bear]

And you'll use modular frames for a lot of other things, incl. project parts (versatile framework). So you really can't have too many reinforced plates at your stage.

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Modular_Frame

[molten cove]

i will have to invest my whole node into this

[lilac bear]

At least one whole node, yes.

Once you've done one, doing the same trick twice is the easy part and will save you some headaches later.

[formal spindle]

Do you guys think i can place 3 water extractors here? look pictures on #screenshots in a few seconds

need a DYI coal power plant

was thinking 8 since the pure node is there and its close to water

[molten cove]

that leaves me with one miner not working at a 100%

but at 50%

[whole drum]

https://discordapp.com/channels/370472939054956546/553550313533997057/1454888389542154320
This is RIPs done easy. 120 iron/m.

[primal obsidian]

me personally i underclock everything becuase i like looking at tall factories and if there is more machines then taller factroies.Only time I overclock is source nodes or when im really really low on space

[clear tartan]

can someone tell me what im looking at in #screenshots (not the ruin)

[lilac bear]

A tractor? Be more specific.

[clear tartan]

the thing with long legs

[lilac bear]

Oh, the gas producing bad guys.

[whole drum]

It's a poison flower

[clear tartan]

any way i can actually kill em?

[molten cove]

guess im doubling my current setup

[whole drum]

If you get near, it releases a toxic cloud

[lilac bear]

Spore Flower, throw a nobelisk at them.

[fading whale]

A nice flower that spews fart gas at you 🙂

[sharp grove]

Is there a fix for when E does nto change directions on hypertubes anymore without reconnecting to server? Maybe a mod?

[whole drum]

Any explosive will work.

[clear tartan]

so bomb them?

got it

[molten cove]

oh wait

its because im using mk 1 belts

[fading whale]

If you don't want to take out too much of the surroundings, an explosive rebar shot is the most precise.

[whole drum]

Btw, since I'm seeing some new faces, I recommend reading the first few pages of this when you get to Coal power so you can set up your power correctly.
https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Pipeline_Manual.pdf

[lilac bear]

Use Gilga's setup. You can start with mk 1 belts and upgrade to mk 2 once the first plates have come in if you don't want to craft anything by hand.

[whole drum]

Yeah, it will only have reduced efficiency temporarily that way

[molten cove]

i was thinking about my normal plates, rods, and screws setup

[whole drum]

You mostly don't need to automate screws separately. Just build them for machines that need them.

[lilac bear]

You'll still want screws for other things. If possible, get a new node for your plates.

Unless you can buffer loads of screws.

You are not past the point of needing crews yet.

[whole drum]

There's not much where you need screws on your person for

[lilac bear]

The screws will later be routed to your heavy modular frame setup.

[versed cosmos]

Just have a few stacks in your DD and you'll be good all game

[lilac bear]

You still need them for rotors too.

[whole drum]

I just build screw machines for that setup

[versed cosmos]

Make screws on-site for factories that need them

[molten cove]

i neeed loose screws for progressing tho

[versed cosmos]

Later exclude them sith alt recipes

[whole drum]

Very little

As far as on you goes

If you have a single screw machine feeding a box, it will be full for most of the game

[lilac bear]

You can find a couple of stacks near crash sites if you prefer and you can always make a few by hand if you prefer that route. There is no wrong way.

[whole drum]

It is only in the super early stages where you need to carry any

[lilac bear]

I remember that I've run out of screws repeatedly after setting up reinforced plates, but there's so much iron in the starting areas you can always bring in more.

[molten cove]

#screenshots message

this is my current setup its taking 50% of the miner what should i add and replace screws with

[lilac bear]

They are at super early stage if they haven't setup reinforced plates production yet and are far away from steel, IMO 😛

When in doubt, make more factories. There's all the nodes on the map.

[quasi falcon]

is the autoconnect blueprint building mode 100% reliable? Trying to autoconnect a simple setup and it doesn't recognize the links to do

[whole drum]

Technically the screw machine is overfed, but it's not a huge deal

[molten cove]

everything is running at 100%

i just need to use the aditional 50% from the miner

[lilac bear]

Are you sure the miner is running at 100% all the time?

[molten cove]

its not

[versed cosmos]

The screw machine will back up into the machines before it

[whole drum]

I'd make more plates/rods for now then. You'll use more of those in the short term.

[lilac bear]

Because the screw machine is overfed, that's what Gilga told you.

[molten cove]

thats the case its running at 50% so im looking to use the other 50%

[whole drum]

Rod machines output 15/m and Screw machines consume 10/m, so your Screw machine is overfed by 5/m.

[lilac bear]

For an early factory though, it really doesn't matter if you overfeed your production a little. Optimizing screws without alternate recipes and without mk 2 belts is a pain.

[whole drum]

But that's okay, because it'll just take in less iron ingots when it doesn't need them.

In later builds you'll want to avoid this tho

[clear tartan]

how do i deal with these things? #screenshots message

more bombs? ok

[lilac bear]

Same as the spore flower, more bombs.

[molten cove]

so expand plates and rods?

[small tartan]

Yes

Maybe

I don't know

[clear tartan]

what are they

[whole drum]

Yeah, in the early stage you're at, you'll use lots of plates

[lilac bear]

Gas Pillar

There's 3 things trying to gas you. Spore flowers, gas pillars and elite gas stingers.

[teal geyser]

Stinky things that eject spicy air

[lilac bear]

Some people will call them stink pillar or fart pillar.

But the correct term is gas pillar.

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Gas_Pillar

[teal geyser]

Stinky gas pillar that farts out stinky air

Better?

[molten cove]

i think ima just let it be for now

expanding caused lowering the efficiency on the rest

[whole drum]

Just use that diagram I shared to set up RIPs and then you'll have access to Mk2 belts, which makes all your early building better/easier

Yeah, just because a miner can output 600/m doesn't mean you have belts that can carry it, so you'll see reduced efficiency

[clear tartan]

can an MK2 drill sustain 4 coal power plants?

[whole drum]

4 coal gens is 60/m iirc

[leaden turret]

🌈 questions answered by basic math 🌈

[clear tartan]

so mk1 can handle that?

[whole drum]

Yeah

[clear tartan]

ok

[whole drum]

But honestly, if you're ready to set up coal, you should already have mk2 automated

I see this a lot with newer players, this resistance to automating things unless they feel they have to, but automation is the point of the game. You should get comfortable automating everything you can as soon as you can.

[sharp tangle]

Does anyone know of a mod that works on dedi's that can put a semi transparent grid across the entire biome that has an adjustable height?

[whole drum]

With a few exceptions

[whole drum]

Maybe ask the people in #dedicated-servers if they have any experience/knowledge about this

[teal geyser]

#welcome message

[vast whale]

What do you mean mk2 automated?

[whole drum]

Mk2 belts require RIPs, which should be automated by the time you reach coal.

[vast whale]

Oh right. Makes sense. Im well past that I was just wondering what you meant by that.

How do you guys organize everything? I have one central storage warehouse but it’s not easy to get it working efficiently.

[whole drum]

So if someone wants to set up coal with a normal node (60/m), they should actually use power shards (x2) to bring it up to 120/m and use Mk2 belts to feed 8 generators.

[whole drum]

Once you can make Steel, you can look for SAM and unlock Dimensional Depots--they are game-changing.

[vast whale]

I have those too

[whole drum]

The concept of central storage doesn't make a lot of sense once you have DDs

[vast whale]

I think where I’m getting hung up is I’m at the manufacturing tier of the game. And I’m not sure what to do next. I have everything being made, mostly, up to this point. It’s all being stored in a central warehouse. I’m not sure how to start manufacturing this way.
I guess I’m trying to see how everyone sets up.

[whole drum]

!wikisearch independancy

[raven axle]

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

[whole drum]

This is a common approach

Many veteran players recommend it

I think for first game completion, it's a good way to learn. Players who have a stronger idea of what they are doing will sometimes go into bigger projects like megabases or super bus systems--but those are complicated and messy, require lots of good planning.

[formal spindle]

so make a factory from scratch without using other factories to supply the one you make

[whole drum]

You look at what you want to make, decide what recipe you want to use to make it, find a place with the resources you need nearby, and make everything in the production chain to produce that part at that factory.

For advanced parts, you may want to ship in subcomponents from other factories--but that would mostly be the case if that other factory exists mainly for the purpose of feeding this one.

[formal spindle]

is there a reason not to do that? it sounds right to me. Why would i steal something from the other side of the map unless its right next to it

[whole drum]

You would choose not to do that if your personal goals aren't compatible with that approach.

Aka "Playstyle"

[stone moth]

Is there a way to destroy water or no?

Without using the resourse sink

[whole drum]

Not water on the map. You can destroy water that's in a system in your factory.

[stone moth]

Yeah how do i do that

[quasi falcon]

turn it into concrete

[whole drum]

If you need a one-time fix, you can flush the system.
For more permanent fix, you either package and sink it or use it for other production

[stone moth]

I need a permanent fix without using the resourse sink

[whole drum]

For example, Aluminum production has a water byproduct. Many people use Wet Concrete recipe and sink it, but I use it for Pure Copper since I need the copper for aluminum products anyway.

[stone moth]

I dont have either of the recipies

[whole drum]

You can also recycle it if you do the math with your pipes/extractor correctly.

[soft marsh]

decided to completely repave the ravine. Think I'll proabably make it all one level now and work downwards if I need to

[stone moth]

I may have fixed it my just deleting one of the extractors

[lilac bear]

Eh, I routinely go for coal first so I have power to automate my plates with.

But I started playing when you couldn't feed a belt into a bio burner.

[whole drum]

I setup a big burner array where I semi-automate Dense Biofuel and belt it into the burners with splitters and stuff. Then just go clearcut an inventory's worth of grass/wood and dump them into the appropriate boxes to be processed. Gives me more than enough power until I reach coal.

[fading whale]

Ooh. Found a Ficsmas present.
It looks quite unsuspecting.

[lilac bear]

Make sure you're not close to a cliff.

[pulsar lion]

Might seem like a silly question but has anyone got a good system for managing train stations with multiple trains and cargo types?

For example I have 3 freight bays at my oil station and one train using the 3rd bay only so for this to work I need to stack 3 locomotives with a single freight carriage but this seems wasteful. Does anyone have any better ideas on how to do this?

[clear tartan]

whats better a copper wire alt recipe or a frame alt recipe

[fading whale]

Basically you do long trains and manage skipped platforms and/or have empty containers on your train.
Or you have more stations and more smaller trains.

[formal spindle]

depends what you need and which recipe

[clear tartan]

#screenshots

[fading whale]

If you don't need either right now, don't pick.
You will eventually have enough drives to unlock all alternate recipes. So let them stack up. And then pick an alt that suits whatever project you are currently working on.

[clear tartan]

ok

[formal spindle]

okay... do you need any of the 2? (in my case i need modular frames and that one seems nice), but you can always wait till you need it

damn i type slow

[clear tartan]

i mean

i do need to make frames

[fading whale]

Then pick that alt recipe and wait for the copper one to pop up again 🙂

[teal geyser]

#screenshots message Is there a piece of belting coming off of the left side of that merger on your blueprint?

That might be why, but not sure

[fading whale]

@quasi falcon
Belts auto-connect to belts. They do NOT auto-connect to mergers/splitters 🙁

[lilac bear]

Leave a small piece of belt on the parts of your merger/splitter you want to use.

[clear tartan]

how do i use a zipline

nevemind

[lilac bear]

Open it before you grab a line

[stone moth]

3 more minutes and then i can unlock hazmat suit

[fading whale]

Get the thingy in your hand. Find a powerline. Get close to powerline and jump (or fall on top of it).
Hold left button or one-click right button.

[fading whale]

Nice. Gonna do wonders for your health 😄

[teal geyser]

No, no, no. You are getting a lesson whether you like it or not 🤣

[clear tartan]

i know lol

[fading whale]

Yeah. Was quicker to finish my sentence than deleting it. 😑

[split pewter]

i need to grind more satisfactory

[lilac bear]

Always more to automate

[fading whale]

ADA approves.

[formal spindle]

guys what do i need to do if i have wierd ratios like 62.5

how do i even work with that

[stone moth]

Does the hazmat suit also act as a gas mask

[fading whale]

First, coffee.
Then you math. And build balancers accordingly.
I know this doesn't help much. But I feel helpful, and that counts for something.

[stone moth]

No it does not

[formal spindle]

i already have the coffee so math it is then

[fading whale]

It works in the same way. But one does not include the other. You can wear both at once when you have unlocked enough slots.

[formal spindle]

is it a good idea to transfer coal with tractors into a water source and make a coal power plant there?

or is not efficient enough?

actually will it even work

[green fiber]

sure it will work

it just takes away some of the coal

[quasi falcon]

okay it does work, it's just a bit silly to have 3 different conveyors at the junction ^^

[fading whale]

That's how my first ever coal setup worked. Efficiency is all a matter of enough things pr. minute. You don't have enough, you either need to open up another mine, or put in more trucks. Depending on where the bottleneck is.
Remember, you can copy/paste routes for your tractors. So it's easy to put in an extra on the same route.

[covert quarry]

would an AMD ryzen 5 5600U cpu be enough to play this game?

[formal spindle]

@fading whale this is the gameplay, move coal and some water since its easier that way and load about 6 coal plants worth of energy and leave about 30 coal per min for the trucks #screenshots message

im just not sure how much coal they need

[lilac bear]

Sure

It will probably run on a 2600U if you don't do anything weird.

Might get laggy on megabases though.

[soft marsh]

Worst part about building in the ravine is the terrible shadows from the surrounding clifffaces

[hard ivy]

you should be more worried about the GPU

[lilac bear]

And that's not going to be great either way with a laptop.

[formal spindle]

are there any downsides on overclocking coal plants?

[lilac bear]

Waste of power shards, increased water usage.

[full wagon]

should i choose alternate bolted frames that turnes 3 reinforced iron plates and 56 screws into modular frames or steel screws that turns 1 steel beam into 52 screws or should i reroll i am on phase 2

[covert quarry]

amd radeon tm graphics

[hard ivy]

integrated graphics? yeah, no, that's gonna get 10 FPS tops

[hallow kiln]

what I need for good reinforced iron plate set up that will always have enougth materials?

[real shale]

Okay, now I am producing 5400 coke a minute, after completely destroying the red bamboo fields, beautiful

[lilac bear]

All them coke

[cosmic stream]

As of what ive heard looking for alts that make something without screws are great

As screws get messy

[hard ivy]

stitched plate and iron wire

[cosmic stream]

Yes exactly

If youre asking which one to get do stiched plate

[clear tartan]

can an mk1 drill manage 5 coal power plants

on a pure coal node

[green fiber]

depends on the node purity-
pure should work

[hard ivy]

depends on the node purity

[clear tartan]

pure

[hard ivy]

pure can handle 8

[clear tartan]

mmmm

[green fiber]

if you have mk 2 belts

5 coal gens need 75/min coal after all

[cosmic stream]

I have 3 60/min miners running 12 plants

And i actually messed up the water somehow

[queen slate]

Finally finished my encased steel factory 🙂 #screenshots message

[cosmic stream]

Congrats

[queen slate]

Ty lol took me a while

[cosmic stream]

Lol i typed confrats

[shell nest]

Hey if someone knows how fluids work I need a hand.

[glass pagoda]

Hello

[glass pagoda]

I can try

[reef basin]

That's not really true

[shell nest]

I posted some pictures in screenshots. I have my refineries set up in a pipe manifold. I have 4 sets of 6 lots of refineries. I have more than enough crude oil output. The issue is it’s not inputting into the machines properly. The pipeline distribution to these 4 sets is also a manifold. Under the foundations. They are full off oil. But only the first and last set of refineries are full

[glass pagoda]

Hi greeny thank you for ur websites

[rugged shard]

10 iron plates + 20 copper wire = 3 stitched iron plate or 3 copper + 3 water? = copper sheet. Or should I rescan

[reef basin]

Screws are just fine, just need to be approached differently

[cosmic stream]

Hm...

[glass pagoda]

Are you the maker of that map website

[reef basin]

No

[glass pagoda]

You made satisfactory calculator right

[reef basin]

Choose what you want. There's no wrong choice ever
All recipes are useful for something, you just may not have a use for specific recipe for specific reasons
So if you like what recipe gives to you, use it and don't ask for verification from others 🙂

[reef basin]

No

[reef basin]

Make screws in front of the machine that needs them

[glass pagoda]

I saw ur name on a website

[hard ivy]

I think you could take that as an insult considering how shit their calculator is 😆

[reef basin]

If my name is on SCIM, then idk who put it there

[cosmic stream]

Wdym by SCIM

[reef basin]

SCIM = satisfactory calculator + interactive map

[cosmic stream]

Oh interactive map

[glass pagoda]

How long did it take you to become blue

[reef basin]

I didn't track it nor really aimed for it

[glass pagoda]

Its about the freinds we made along the way

:3

[reef basin]

If you have issues, post in #1038092680493801533 , not in channel where we can't write

[glass pagoda]

I'm making a computer factory but im making it look pretty because that's what makes me happy even if it takes longer

[tranquil zinc]

anyone know where I can craft the xeno basher? I already unlock it but I can't find it it equipment workshop (even though google says its there)

[formal spindle]

now thats satisfacory outcome

[hard ivy]

it is in there

[tranquil zinc]

its not, its there for a split frame second then its dissapear

see #screenshots message

[hard ivy]

you have the category collapsed I bet

[tranquil zinc]

no, toggling it does not do anything

[glass pagoda]

reload the save to previously

[tranquil zinc]

still not there, its been missing for a while now

is this save broken then?

[glass pagoda]

Have you tried turning it off and back on again

[glass pagoda]

Reload to before it happened

[lilac bear]

INsufficient screws

[glass pagoda]

That's for a chainsaw

[tranquil zinc]

only have 5 saves (3 auto saves and 2 manual). I unlocked the tech for a while now and never bother to craft it until now

[lilac bear]

Shows us your mam that you have unlocked the xenobasher

[glass pagoda]

Why you asking me

[lilac bear]

D'oh

[tranquil zinc]

wait, MAM? I thought just unlock it via milestones

[hard ivy]

yeah, it's HUB, not MAM

[lilac bear]

Milestone then, whatever screen that will show us a checkmark

[glass pagoda]

You dint unlocket it in the mam so

[glass pagoda]

Brochacho he said he unlocked it and it appears for a second he ain't lying

[tranquil zinc]

#screenshots message

[gloomy tusk]

how many pure iron nodes are in the grassy one

[hard ivy]

none

[tranquil zinc]

like if I press X to interact with Equipment workshop, I see xeno basher for a split second then it disappears

[glass pagoda]

What grassy one

[white dawn]

Remember that the purity of local nodes doesn't really matter. Yeah, you'll spend a bit more power on miners when the purity is lower, but all that matters is the per-minute extraction rate in aggregate

[tranquil zinc]

tried creating a new equipment workshop, same problem

[white dawn]

(And also remember that it's just one huge map with different starting areas -- you may have started in Grass Fields but the whole map is your proverbial oyster)

[hard ivy]

like I said, you likely have the weapons category collapsed

[queen slate]

Where should I build my fuel power factory?

[white dawn]

Near some oil. :)

[queen slate]

I’ll go anywhere

[tranquil zinc]

how do I uncolapsed it?