satisfactory

[rugged jasper]

laser eyes ? o.o what is that ? 🤭

[ornate saffron]

If im given the okay ill be designing my rail blueprints

[rugged jasper]

or you just making fun ?

[ornate saffron]

I got laser eye surgery yesterday. I no longer need glasses and I have 20/15 vision. Better then perfect

[clear mesa]

Is this your way of saying nostalgia 😭

Building new memories can always help :p

[rugged jasper]

And can you see any effect of it so far ? o.o

[ornate saffron]

I could just use previous blueprints but making assets for the save is half the fun

[ornate saffron]

Ya, but I gotta where special sunglasses atm and limit my screen time until they tell me otherwise

[rugged jasper]

like do you feel like to see in full HD 🤭
I am sorry I do not make fun of you, I am just curious how it is for you 🙂 ❤️

[ornate saffron]

Its great. Ive worn glasses for 30 years. I can read the road signs better now then yesterday morning with my glasses

[rugged jasper]

will it improve even more over time as your eyes adjust? 🙂

or just that happen kinda instantly ? 😮

I will go afk for a few hours, I want to make some amazing dinner for tonight and invite my family over.
take care you all and have fun 🙂 ❤️

[surreal rose]

made 70% of heavy frames factory, my brain is no longer present in my head

[ornate saffron]

Well I slept for 9 hours after surgery but when I woke it was better. I should have full clarity in two weeks and it should stabilize in three months.

[ornate saffron]

70%?

[surreal rose]

yea

[ornate saffron]

70% of what. I don't understand

[frosty mirage]

Of the hmf factory

I assume

Man exploring while high is awesome, but building.... less so

[autumn wing]

Bruh satisfactory is the perfect game for that state

[tranquil zinc]

Do you guys recycle the empty canisters for rocket fuel on a drone setup? How? Like where do the empty canisters go when drone use fuel?

[void cliff]

No. The containers are also consumed

[tranquil zinc]

oh, so there is no way to recycle them then

[white dawn]

Correct. :)

[tranquil zinc]

so the main fuel drone port also needs empty canisters production

[white dawn]

Just assume that the drone also needs a little bit of aluminum. :)

(Or plastic, depending on the fuel being used)

-# I still want a mod where vehicles + drones actually do keep the empty packages/tanks after using the fuel but literally just drop them on the ground wherever they happened to be at the time

-# (which would be difficult for drones since the fuel is immediately converted into "energy" once it takes the fuel from the drone port, but eh. Implementation detail. :D)

[ornate saffron]

Admittedly, I'm a bit frazzled.

Do you mean you have completed 70% of the planned factory ?

[surreal rose]

yes

[ornate saffron]

gotcha, you okay? do you need a cat?

[west sluice]

is the flight path of the big flying thing fixed or dynamic?

[ornate saffron]

fixed

[west sluice]

thanks!

[ornate saffron]

it always passs through the arch if you wana ride

[wary temple]

Hi! Is there anyone who speaks Spanish who wants to join my world? I'm on phase 3 and I already finished the game before, but I got bored of playing it alone haha

[west sluice]

alr!

[ornate saffron]

try #1201555265942724758

[wary temple]

oh thanks

[ornate saffron]

No problem, Goodluck. Friends make things better

[west sluice]

why is it so that when you replace a mk1 with a mk2 miner, the portable miner already in it just vanishes and you expend 2 net total portable miners to build it, but when you deconstruct the mk1 miner and then place the mk2 miner in its place, you get the portable miner that's already in it back and expend only 1 total portable miner to build it?

i thought fiscit didn't waste 😤

[tired cypress]

And why does the ore go back into your inventory instead of staying in the machine

[ornate saffron]

but programers sometimes overlook lol

[west sluice]

huh?

[frosty mirage]

Except when trying to route logistics for 5+ floor vertical factory 😭😭

[west sluice]

ohh the devs!! is there anywhere i can like, suggest that as qol feature?

[ornate saffron]

there is. But i dont know the link off hand

[tired cypress]

Nah when you're high you just wanna get in the Explorer and, well, explore. Don't try to build; your brain won't be able to manage it

[west sluice]

awww okay!!

[tired cypress]

There's a link in the game's menu

Does sound like a bug. Search it, might be known

[west sluice]

will do!

[tired cypress]

Also: do not drive while high IRL, that's what games are for

[frosty mirage]

Yeah, had no issue when building production, but for the logistics my high brain did not... well... brain

[raven axle]

Satisfactory Questions

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

[white dawn]

^ that's the site for feature requests and such. :)

[tired cypress]

I tried to play Mario Kart that way and yeah, total disaster 😆 but in this game you're not competing, so the worst that happens is you drive off a cliff or get killed by monsters when trying to get unstuck. (So stash your good items first)

[white dawn]

You can also upvote existing reports on there, fwiw -- I am quite sure that the miner-upgrading thing is already in there quite a few times. :)

(see also: getting your portable miners back while upgrading)

[ivory condor]

That would be another fun bug

guess fiscit does waste after all

well its just losing a portable miner, so thats cheap to replace, still funny i thought that bug was already fixed but i guess not if its still happening

[white dawn]

You don't actually lose a portable miner, btw. You just get the original one(s) back in your inventory, is all.

[ivory condor]

oh, hmmm

[white dawn]

When it would be nicer instead to just have to "make up the difference" so to speak

I don't really mind that bug anymore now that portable miners stack and we've got the Depot. When upgrading I just trash the old portable miners and move on. My own bugbear with stuff-going-back-to-inventory remains if you copy+paste machine settings, you'll get the input buffer contents back in your inventory even if it was the same recipe getting copied in

(presumably output buffer too, should there be anything in there)

[regal helm]

Do you eventually get armor? I'm tired of these sneaky hostiles killing me when I'm out exploring

[white dawn]

No armor, no

[west sluice]

thank you! will check it out

[white dawn]

Can set the wildlife to retaliate/peaceful if you like, of course

The main thing to protect you from hostile wildlife is mostly just experience/practice and, eventually, better weapons

"Easy mode" is eventually Homing Rifle Ammo + Jetpack

Just kind of float around and hold down fire until everything's dead

[unkempt blade]

And there's really nothing that's going to one shot you so if you get hit in a bad spot just take off running

[leaden turret]

-# misread as bald spot

[unkempt blade]

factory carts can help you with that!

[leaden turret]

oh, that reminds me; I need to unbox mine.

[regal helm]

Okay this explains it, I'm running around with a vibrosword and a single shot rebar gun

[white dawn]

I still need to apply a bit of glue to one or two areas; the "lower" blue piping on the lefthand side doesn't really stay on great on my build

[toxic lichen]

wdym glue e'-e'

[white dawn]

Investing in the alternative rebar ammo is quite useful as well, btw

Stun Rebar can work really great

[regal helm]

Thank you!

Yeah a hog charged me and I flew off a cliff

[unkempt blade]

it's like the stuff you ate in elementary school with the orange cap on top of it

[regal helm]

It took me forever to get that box

[leaden turret]

step 1: deploy desk mat so I'm no longer resting my wrists on the decayed paint job on a decade+ old ikea desk

[toxic lichen]

ohhh

i thought he meant glue stuff
in game ;-;

[leaden turret]

<@&370483737957236737> hog hoof glue, when?

[toxic lichen]

oh lord

[leaden turret]

step 0: hoover the desk because crumbs under keyboard

[obsidian zodiac]

hogs are used in healing rituals by ficsit, not intended for gluing purposes

[leaden turret]

reminder: you can make glue from potatoes, potatoes are used in healing rituals by [redacted demographic]

[unkempt blade]

We just had winter happen last week so I deep cleaned my desk while I couldn't go anywhere

[leaden turret]

-# that was not a cat, that was [ughhh brother, ughhh dot gif] me picking more desk stuff up to hoover underneath

[ivory condor]

Now I want to learn more about this healing ritual ficsit uses hogs for

[fiery gull]

Hey guys what's new since I last checked here?

[leaden turret]

also,

me: asks about game jam, no response
later me: asks about hog glue, gets response

in-game lore trolling higher priority than game dev, seems legit

[ivory condor]

lets ask if the game jam is going to involve hog gluing or possibly a healing ritual, maybe that will get a response

[leaden turret]

step 2: build it later, cos I just opened the box and saw how many pieces there were

[quasi warren]

How many APAs do you guys build in one save? My max is around 4-5

[fiery gull]

My saves have kinda become some form of a journal

[real shale]

okay almost done my 10 fused frames a min factory, just need to plug in nitrogen to the blender and get the casings transported over and its done yippeeee

[surreal rose]

i have 2 cats and a dog, i'm good, my brain isn't

[sick falcon]

what’s an apa

[steady cedar]

Alien power augmentor

[sleek halo]

Hey guyssss

Whats yall expectations for 1.2?

[steady cedar]

I think upto 8 is good as well, you shouldn't rely using sloops for long term productions

I only really use them for space elevator parts or things you can't automate

[ornate saffron]

wfluiod trucks thats it

[sleek halo]

Js train fluid?

idk i find it useless

[ornate saffron]

thats my only expectation. Im sure there wil be more. But i dont like speculating. It just makes me hope for more rather then being grateful for what we get

[sleek halo]

Good logic i like that

[surreal rose]

new planet maybe(or just expansion of the map), easier signalling maybe, new ore, new phases and upgraded versions of stuff and maybe more lore

[sleek halo]

Dayum do u think its kind of 2.0 or smth

Its js an indie game team not a 2000 devs full time worker

[surreal rose]

well we finished project assembly and going into alien stuff so it would be good to get more of that

[frosty mirage]

Yea but that can take years

[sleek halo]

Like new research for the alien ore i forgot the name?

[surreal rose]

sam

yeah pretty much it

[sleek halo]

And 2 BACK SLOT

i hate switching to my normal poor jetpack

[surreal rose]

do we have something for body and head?

[sleek halo]

Id think

[surreal rose]

||maybe we'll find out what the temples are||

[ornate saffron]

oh, its your body.
Its has shooty construction

[surreal rose]

yeah but ada said that they were SHALLOW

and the song

[ornate saffron]

being a music nerd i always associated it with the song i linked

[sleek halo]

Guys whats yall tech for stocking

Im phase 3 and i use an intelligent stockage

[ornate saffron]

stocking?

[sleek halo]

Like do u js go conveyor into chest

[surreal rose]

well song is their language but they using exactly same words for different stuff and rn only ada can understand them a bit

[sleek halo]

Or conveyor into intelligent thing to separate then stocking

[surreal rose]

connect chest with something using conveyor

[sleek halo]

Hm

[surreal rose]

you mean sort?

[keen vault]

im praying for water extractor mk2

[ornate saffron]

I generally dont stockpile more then a industrial storage worth then i connect that to a Dimensional Depot. if i dont need iot for contruction i dont stockpile at all

[sleek halo]

Im french im srry for missunderstanding i dont rlly know the names in english

[surreal rose]

oh so he means like stacking storage on storage?

[sleek halo]

Lemme try to say it again

[surreal rose]

i have a screenshot for that, it sorts and loops it

[sleek halo]

Smart splitter yh that

[surreal rose]

ye

[sleek halo]

Like alot of merger into smart splitter

Thats what i use

I should play in english to improve my skills

[surreal rose]

i have a tip for you if you don't understand specific word

i learned words the same way

[sleek halo]

Alr tell me

[ornate saffron]

mad respect for learning other languages

[surreal rose]

if you don't understand one word keep reading the message and understand the meaning of it, if you understood message right you can guess what that word means

[sleek halo]

Learned from videogames and discord like it was natural to me and i had to do it to understand every ppl in da world

[sleek halo]

Ill remember u next time ill encounter a difficulty

[surreal rose]

same

[ornate saffron]

i speak bad english worse french and a word of Japanese lol

[mortal ginkgo]

I still dont understand people who doesn't tap impure limestone nodes. I think they are hopeless. 😔

[quasi warren]

I usually use em when I dont have enough input for overclocking. Saved a few of my production lines. Thats just my playstyle tho

[sleek halo]

French is very very very hard

[ornate saffron]

you must tap. Ignoring is wasting

[mortal ginkgo]

TRUEST WORDS THAT ARE NOT SPOKEN

[sleek halo]

Like i learned french in my 7 or 8 first years of my life AND ENGLISH IN 1 2 YEARS

[devout solstice]

man i could use triangle foundation

[sleek halo]

And french dont get time to learn other languages im the only one in my friends group that know english

[reef basin]

at this point I have everything in english, phone, OS, all games, browsers, movies, everything. I've kinda defaulted to using english everywhere I can.

[surreal rose]

you should add that everyone around you spoke on french since birth and couldn't even think before 4-5 years

[sleek halo]

I think u can learn a language at 5 years

[ornate saffron]

how would you like your triangles? a regular foundation cut in half?

[sleek halo]

Like ur native language could get vry good at 5 years

[surreal rose]

yeah you do if everyone speaks it around you and your body instinctively trying to learn it so you can survive

[sleek halo]

Btw do u know that if nobody talks to a child he could create hes own language

[surreal rose]

tho i still don't understand how i had second language in my settings if no ones talked with it around me

[surreal rose]

dayum

[sleek halo]

Anyways ima go shower cya

[surreal rose]

bye

[ornate saffron]

enjoy! im jealous I want a Steamy hot shower

[mortal ginkgo]

how did your lazering go btw?

[ornate saffron]

great. the smell of burning eyeballs will haunt me for life though

[mortal ginkgo]

oh my, I am glad it went good at least. I mean, lazer is there to pewpew so...

[ornate saffron]

i can see now without glasses. Focusing is still hard but that should become easier with time

[surreal rose]

My shower broke 2 days ago and now i need to either shower in ice or in that little thing that can't even fit my leg

[autumn wing]

My country has 3 native languages well technically 4.

[devout solstice]

yes, from corner to corner

[frosty mirage]

Is it weird that i enjoy caterium circuit board and caterium computer alts?

[toxic lichen]

e'-e'

[autumn wing]

Nah you just high

[golden nexus]

No, They are the fast route from mid to late game

[frosty mirage]

Not high anymore

[mortal ginkgo]

simplifies production I think at the cost of cat ore which isn't everywhere.

I think they are cool

[ornate saffron]

They are a good option if you have access to cat.

Like most recipes it depends on what resources are available to you and what you want to do

[surreal rose]

Is lazering painful or nah?

[tame bobcat]

its friday time to factory it again 🥹🙏

[surreal rose]

What is cat?

[autumn wing]

Caterium

[mortal ginkgo]

Gold* but don't tell pioneers. It may look like gold, act like gold, valuable like gold, but it is Caterium. Yes.

...

kek.

[open canyon]

Yo I've had this game for 1 day and my head hurts

[mortal ginkgo]

Totally expected.

[night sail]

I just completed organising my biomass power plant it has total 10 biomass burners in two rows facing each other but I am having an issue where only the initial ones get the solid biofuel but the last ones don't and I checked my belts they are connected correctly

[zenith pecan]

Break up big plans into several much smaller plans, it saves losing your mind.

[ornate saffron]

Caterium im sure its called that for CAT wire

[autumn wing]

Its still a mistery to me why it isnt called gold 😂

[frosty mirage]

Luckily i do have caterium around, using 600 caterium to get 10 computers and 10 high speed connectors per min with caterium circuit board and caterium computer

[night sail]

Anyone?

[ornate saffron]

youll have to load balance

[night sail]

How ?

[zenith pecan]

Sounds like a manifold setup, the initial generators need to fill up, unless you swap to load balancing.

[mortal ginkgo]

Its not a mystery. You are a slave to a galaxy-wide company and surely you aren't paid enough. So imagine a certain pioneer finds a good gold node and hoards all the gold to become slightly wealthy.

Just change the name to Caterium so the silly pioneer doesn't suspect a thing.

Kek.

[ornate saffron]

or just flood it so much all lines are always fuull

[ornate saffron]

lets move to #math-and-meta

[real shale]

Or.....golds just not a thing in massage 2b

[autumn wing]

Depends on how many you produce. If you have a manifold setup you have to fill the first machines until the last fill up, so depending on how much you produce you burn through more then you produce to fill them all up

[zenith pecan]

Here's a youtube playlist (each vid explains a particular number) for load balancing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5d4foufHGE&list=PLQo-FPWWaZE-jn38NUxfxh5S2VyJNjnO3

[autumn wing]

And yet they let me build nukes and us nuclear, sus

[mortal ginkgo]

Wow, you must be a supervisor in Ficsit to say such a thing.

It may look like gold, act like gold, valuable like gold, but it is Caterium.

I kek at you.

[frosty mirage]

Is load balancing ever useful tho?

[real shale]

Yes, for nuclear

[frosty mirage]

When you can just manifold and control production

[zenith pecan]

For controlling radiation, yeah, otherwise it's a bulkier personal choice.

[frosty mirage]

Didnt get there yet so i will take ur word for it

[zenith pecan]

My old reactor hall was completely radiation free due to 1>100 load balancing in the roof space of fuel rods.

[sleek halo]

Im back folks

[frosty mirage]

I dont yet have nuclear and im building everything in manifold as i just think load balancing complicates everything tbh

Cant wait to wreck my head with nuclear tho

[sleek halo]

Ur gonna get so happy when ull see 0.3 nuclear can get all ur factory

[white dawn]

Nuclear's Just Another Production Line™, you'll be fine

[zenith pecan]

I manifold pretty much everything, only highly readioactive stuff gets the load balance treatment for me, and that's just to moderate radiation.

[white dawn]

Honestly it's not like the ambient radiation is terrible even if you do manifold it

A single stack of anything isn't awful

[zenith pecan]

I tried my old reactor hall with a manifold, the radiation killed me pretty fast and only 24 of 100 reactors filled up.

[white dawn]

Though it's nice to be able to walk around without all the click-click-click

[white dawn]

Tsk tsk @ Iodine filters. :)

[autumn wing]

Just build nuclear in swamp and never visit after finish it. Win win

[zenith pecan]

Load balancing had the effect of allowing prompt startup, and ensured that a max of 200 fuel rods existed at one time, 100 were being burned, and 100 pending.

The uranium fuel cells while radioactive, are of such low radioactivity I just manifolded those, you can stand on the belt and not get dosed.

[white dawn]

Max Iodine filter usage is just 5/min, so it's not difficult to get infinite rad protection

[zenith pecan]

True, I just never did it.

[white dawn]

Can spend literally the rest of the game with rods in your inventory without ever taking damage from it

And I wouldn't recommend building out nuclear without having automated iodine filters anyway. :)

[zenith pecan]

My old one was built with 0 iodine filters, was quite safe.

[mortal ginkgo]

#screenshots message

Meanwhile this lil guy waits for you in swamp.

[white dawn]

Especially nice what with Depots, nowadays

[zenith pecan]

Good point, depots let me always have 5 stacks handy with more always on the way.

[white dawn]

Sure, not saying it can't be done, but there's plenty of other times where it's nice to have the filters anyway. And they're ezpz, so why not? :)

[zenith pecan]

Well, last time, I automated the iodine filters after the whole nuclear facility including plutonium disposal was already running 🤣

[white dawn]

You've got an order of operations problem goin' on there. :D

[zenith pecan]

Tell me about it 🙂

[autumn wing]

I see that on reddit. Thats why you put nuclear there. Fk the swamp!

[ornate saffron]

i always thought it was becuase the swamp has a little of every resource near

[white dawn]

Maybe your planning and execution had a LSB/MSB mismatch. :)

[mortal ginkgo]

Yeah at first I couldnt process is, I was like "so this is how they look like from close, whats the big deal big dawg?" and I saw the trees.. I was like Oh dear Lord.

[autumn wing]

Maybe it happens because nuclear in swamp xD

[mortal ginkgo]

Yes, to a point you can finish the game in that biome with Quartz being only slightly away but rest is present.

Some truly mad people even made it a starting zone playthrough and lets just say.. it was interesting.

[zenith pecan]

My swamp contains a decent sized coke plant and my time crystal production.

[ornate saffron]

isnt there some quartz through the waterfall?

[dire salmon]

WHAT IS THAT

[mortal ginkgo]

smol spidy

[dire salmon]

no genuinely what is it

[autumn wing]

Spoder

[ornate saffron]

spider

[mortal ginkgo]

nah, very very close at north east, technically not in the zone

[ornate saffron]

gotcha

[mortal ginkgo]

a certain size increasing bug everytime you die to a spider.
very long ago there was another bug that increased spider's size the more you did NOT look at it but I guess this is another issue that might happen rarely.

I love to hate and hate to love this game's wacky code.

[whole radish]

Hi, i am playing on a multiplayer save (90h) that has sort of turned into me solo playing, and i know that eventually i will need very high amounts of cheap items, and with that have made many many chests of storage for overflow items... i am almost done with tiers 5 and 6 and i know that soon i will need farms for computers and such, so i shouldnt make small farms even if i only need a small amount of it now i should maximise the amount i can make and just store the rest

I wonder whether you guys think this is worth it or not, and also how else should / can i prepare for the later stages of the game?

thanks

[sleek halo]

Do whatever u want u’ll need to recreate everything later anyways

[whole radish]

there is no way to prepare for later in any way? like at a caterium vein leaving lots of space for other smelters etc? ive run into that issue before that i upgraded to a mk2 miner and i just had no space to put the extra iron

so maybe just be prepared to delete loads of things whenever i get upgrades?

how much do you think i should care for the actual looks of it? because i know that if it looks good it generally is easier to fix and has more space for upgrading right?

[sleek halo]

U shouldnt care abt looking rn

Like u cant do smth good rn for lategame

[whole radish]

alr, cus i have like 1 million caterium wire stored just incase i ever need it and my production is less than my usage

lol

[sleek halo]

Tickets

[whole radish]

what

oh yeah i have 60 motors per minute going into sink, and my production is 100 per minute

i also have 100k MW battery tower idk if thats good but i built it lol

[sleek halo]

Do u use somersloops for ur production?

[whole radish]

yes i put all of the ones i have to use, but none are being used right now for motors

[sleek halo]

Do u have fuel electricity?

[whole radish]

yes i have a 20k MW plant

[sleek halo]

nice

[whole radish]

surplus of like 14-13k

[sleek halo]

Btw ur whole factory rn could work with 2 nuclear factory only lol

Wait how much do u use

Electricity

[whole radish]

like 6-7k

[night sail]

I somehow managed to organise my power plant but have no idea how I am going to organise my spaghetti factory lol

[whole radish]

wdym? like i could only power that much?

[sleek halo]

1 nuclzar plant 250%

[whole radish]

oh right thats cool

[golden nexus]

with a nice cheese sauce?

[night sail]

Huh

[whole radish]

id be correct in saying that im quite early game still right

[real shale]

What phase are you

[whole radish]

i dont know whether it is 3 or 2

like it is so confusing the wiki but i am on tier 5 and 6

[real shale]

That's phase 3, so it's mid gameish

[whole radish]

oh alr but i only have 90 hours i thought it was a longer play

probably 40 atleast is afk aswell

[sleek halo]

Does somersloop prime beat mercer’s sphere

[glad hawk]

nuclear swamp

[tame bobcat]

is it worth going out and finding somersloops for that free power

[sleek halo]

Yh

[tame bobcat]

might as well spam geothermal power too with all the geysers i can find

[fiery gull]

The shish going on? 🙂

[sleek halo]

I find it useless tbh

[sleek halo]

Were talking abt satisfactory

[fiery gull]

Really ?!?!?!?!?!?

[sleek halo]

Yeah

Tickets is my main goal in life

[fiery gull]

Shit's crazy

[quasi warren]

Thats what I do

[sleek halo]

its like amazon I BUY EVERYTHING

[quasi warren]

I try to tap every geothermal node i find

[glad hawk]

I love tickets 🤤

[sleek halo]

The question is who do not

[zealous urchin]

depends

somerslop prime has amplified multiplication technique
mercer sphere has access to another dimension however his abilities regarding speed of accessing it and ammount of items stored there is unknown

however i think sommersloop prime would just overwhelm mercer sphere without further specs

[glad hawk]

I have to despagettifi my factory soon 😿

once i complete phase 2 i have to

[sleek halo]

Yh good analysos

[fiery gull]

If you got OCD and perfectionism then you don't need to worry about that in the first place 😄

[sleek halo]

You will love thiss part of the game

1000 fucking inteligent plate

[glad hawk]

well i had a pre release playthrough where i was refining oil and i had a jetpack

[glad hawk]

its about the efficiency

[fiery gull]

I do that too dw

[sleek halo]

Thats early midgame

[fiery gull]

Totally didn't spent 2 hours making the perfect powergrid for one of my factories

[sleek halo]

Totally didnt optimized my factory at the micro percentage

[fiery gull]

Totally didn't make sure everything was symetrical

[real shale]

Totally didn't just have fun playing the game

[sleek halo]

Totally didnt used tractor in my first playthtough

[sleek halo]

What endgame does to a man

[fiery gull]

Totally haven't used the tractor to run into objects 24/7 and just semi-break the game in the process

[real shale]

I'm not even endgame, I'm just a measly phase 4 person

[sleek halo]

Totally i do not have any idea left

[fiery gull]

Totally just won

[sleek halo]

Yh

[fiery gull]

🏆

[zealous urchin]

however if somerslop obtained forbiden glitch technique: item dupe it would wipe the floor with Msphere
same thing cannot be said in reverse since duped Mspheres would probably share another dimension

[sleek halo]

Anyways ima go watch my 8h 100% video of satisfactory

https://youtu.be/Wm7xRknPLq0?si=tSpLbQeTySuxZYQw

[hollow bay]

I can't research anything in the mam anymore?

[sleek halo]

Its very good

[fiery gull]

Why would I watch that?

[sleek halo]

Cuz its cool

[fiery gull]

I am playing the game and am only on Phase 1 of the SE and nearly Tier 4 of the HUB

[sleek halo]

i thought phase 4 my fault gang

[fiery gull]

L bozo

[zealous urchin]

personaly i prefer raw speedruns 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🏃‍♂️‍➡️

[sleek halo]

He made a statement so good that even gave him free

[zealous urchin]

why? u maxed it?

[hollow bay]

I haven't that's the thing

[fiery gull]

https://tenor.com/view/leonardo-dicaprio-thank-you-cheers-smile-gif-17045602

[zealous urchin]

however i think i found a way Msphere could win even in item dupe scenario

he would need to summon industrial buffer and mk6 belt

[sick falcon]

ur like 45% done with the game

[sleek halo]

Hes done with like 1% of da game

[sick falcon]

shhhh

[zealous urchin]

while sloop would multiply infinately Msphere will fill all of available space with containers and mk6 belts buying time

[sleek halo]

Bro isnt steven spielberg

[zealous urchin]

and at some point Msphere would release all of stored sloop power to crash the observable game verse while personaly hiding in his dimension

[sick falcon]

what are you cooking

[zealous urchin]

im just bored lol

someone asked if prime sloop would beat Msphere

and it got me thinking

[hollow bay]

reminds me of somin else🤔

[sleek halo]

Nah it was a goo-d dream

[hollow bay]

knew it

[sleek halo]

Lol

[main hinge]

hey so im not a big nerd, why would you use the bolted reinforced plate alt? it's just more screws and its not even less sheets/plate

[reef basin]

more production per machine per minute

[main hinge]

yeah that makes sense

[fickle locust]

You hit a point where production of screws and iron plates is so overwhelming that you care more about reducing machine space than you do about the minor inefficiency of a couple more screws

[hollow hemlock]

I made screws from steel beams made from aluminim ingots in a pinch. Did I feel bad about it...maybe, did I do it anyway, yes

[fickle locust]

It feels very silly to do it, but you gotta do what you gotta do

[hardy estuary]

hi i got a quick question is there a plan to add a dimensional depot order button or a way to order the order the items are in there? because right now its a big mess in there in my world and id like to have it nice and ordered ._.

[woven haven]

is my game glitched when one of my fuse broke and I powered it back on I thought it would fail but now its on but there is no comsume at all so its not going back off and there is no power output

[reef basin]

no, they are ordered based on order of insertion. Not sure about future plans (and generally you don't take from it manually anyway)

[sleek halo]

I cant realize that U CAN CREATE A FUCKING ALTERNATE DIMENSION

And what u do with a pocket dimension stock ur items

[fickle locust]

The only thing you can do is add some as favorites so they show up at the top of the list

[hardy estuary]

i really hope they will add a way to order it cuz even tho i dont take from it manually its a big ick for me to just see it sitting in random order not even alphabethical order :#

[open canyon]

Should I make individual factories for each part i need or combine them into one?

Bc rn idk if I should make a factory for specifically iron or everything

[hardy estuary]

id say its what ud prefer personally i like making different buildings and combinding things in a completely different building but u could also just building everything in 1 big building

[fickle locust]

So in a sense this is the question of the entire game
And it will depend on what phase you're on and what logistics options you have available. No sense making multiple factories if you can't transport efficiently between them

[glad hawk]

game wants to spike up to 300 watts of power usage when i build a big belt

[open canyon]

...tier 2 lmao

Should I just continue with my plan and fix later?

Maybe make a stockpile of everything I need?

[fickle locust]

Yes, though honestly even more than fixing later, just go somewhere else and do it again but better

[open canyon]

I could recycle the resources though

[fickle locust]

Heavy Modular Frames are one of the most complex items in Phase 3, I went back to my original factory for them that made a whole 2/minute (which was a ton at that time), and it would take longer to rip it all up and fix it than to go to another place and make a new one that made 40/min

Resources are infinite, time is the only actual resource in this game

[cyan leaf]

But 40 sounds so much 😭

[fickle locust]

It's impossible at Phase 3 and totally doable in Phase 5

[open canyon]

I think i need to make a factory specifically based on iron and one based on copper

[fickle locust]

But I got to the point where I could quickly make the 40/min factory in Phase 5 because I let the 2/min one work all throughout Phases 3/4/5

For Tier 2, find a spot with iron and copper together and make all the products in varying quantities

[quasi warren]

Quick question, what graphic setting is needed so lights reflect like a mirror on the ground or other shiny surfaces?

I have a feeling its lumen, but idk what variation it needs

I have moody dark set on right now

[woven sundial]

they should make biomass 1 craftable method in constructors because it would be 10x better for begineers

like anything that creates it can be used

[fickle locust]

Am I right that the only thing you need to make for the space elevator is Smart Plating? If so you don't even need a copper factory, the recipe is all iron

[reef basin]

make factory for product from raw resources

[quasi warren]

T-T should I change this?

[flat yarrow]

Anyone have a bug where time moves very slowly, maybe in real time? Debug says time in seconds is moving fast, maybe at 12x speed, time multiplier is 1. Shadows are barely moving, and I noticed that the sun didn't set once during a couple hours of playing. I have no mods installed. This happens in multiple saves.

[cursive python]

Why have the comms been dead lately, no dev streams,. nothing

[twin parcel]

hey does anyone have a simple 4x4 vertically stackable constructors?

[unkempt blade]

I have some on "shelves" that I use as a BP for some factories

[twin parcel]

dam can i have a look?

[rose sail]

i have nobelisk stuck in the air.. I tossed it, switched to eat food, tried to detonate and it wouldn't, so i threw more, blew up the gassers, now the original nobelisk is just in the air and i can interact.

[drowsy kelp]

At what point do power augmenters become more efficient than building more generators

[unkempt blade]

@twin parcel added a screenshot for the one I had more convenient but it would scale into a stackable shelf if you just used the bottom layer #screenshots message

[fickle locust]

I think the opportunity cost calculation is using somersloops for power augmenters or using them to produce twice as much fuel

[twin parcel]

thanks mate , now i have rough idea on what to do next .

[reef basin]

depends how do you define "efficient"

[unkempt blade]

Yeah you'd be comparing total power gains for that power network vs the energy saved for example doing an endstage item (like a spaceship part) and all of the required power to reach that stage

[drowsy kelp]

More power by building augmenters with the 10 sloops instead of using those 10 sloops to make more fuel for more generators

[reef basin]

that depends a lot on what kind of power are you doing and what recipes are you using

[fickle locust]

Rough math here, if we assume you were getting 375 rocket fuel out of 5 blenders that's 1,875 rocket fuel, good for 112,500 MW. If you added 20 somersloops you'd double that to 3,750 rocket fuel, 225,000 MW.
Whereas if you took the 112,500 MW of rocket fuel and built 2 augmenters with your 20 somersloops, you'd have 113,500+20% boost, 136,200

So it looks to me like the sloops are better producing more fuel for quite some time

At a rate of 20 sloops to 100,000 MW, your breakeven would be around 500,000 MW. That's the point where 20% boost also is about 100,000 MW

[unkempt blade]

I just like the augmenters because it's free power for basically no effort - duping fuel requires a lot more effort 😄

[fickle locust]

But again I'd have to do this calculation for every step of the production chain of every fuel type to know for sure. Maybe the best thing to sloop is the diluted fuel, maybe the best thing is like, plutonium pellets, I don't know

And I'm not even introducing the power consumption of the machines slooped, as Factory Carts pointed out

[unkempt blade]

I'd have to napkin math it out but I'd be expecting to save like maybe 10GW of power by slooping a single building for the last stage of space ship parts

So I think slooping the fuel output is still probably the "most power" answer

[gloomy tusk]

Year of the factory cart?

[unkempt blade]

2026! The best year on the ficsit zodiac calendar!

next year we celebrate coal so you can prepare in advance if you want

[gloomy tusk]

how much power do you think i can make with 2 uranium nodes 1 impure 1 pure

[reef basin]

afaik there's no pure uranium node

[gloomy tusk]

what

[reef basin]

but the answer is "a lot", depends on recipes and such

[gloomy tusk]

i swear there is

[fickle locust]

Greeny is right

[reef basin]

wiki says there isn't

[gloomy tusk]

imma head to ir and send a photo

[peak wasp]

Hi, I'm new to the group and I'd like to know if anyone has some free time to help me improve my factory, as I don't know how to optimize it properly. Spanish speakers would be preferable.

[reef basin]

though even the impure node will probably get you tons of power, probably more than you'll realistically need

[gloomy tusk]

But the impure node can only support 3 blenders

[reef basin]

#1201555265942724758 is a place to ask probably

however "improving a factory" is a skill that is best learned by trying

[reef basin]

3 blenders for what?

[unkempt blade]

Depends on recipes you're using and if/how you're planning to get rid of the rad waste

[fickle locust]

Looks like you can make 21.6 fuel rods with 900 Uranium, which would be 16,200,000 MW

This is without including conversion

[reef basin]

90 GW from one impure node

[gloomy tusk]

I make 0.5 uranium fuel rods a minute for each of my 3 machines how much power is that?

[reef basin]

that sounds... weird

[unkempt blade]

16TW does sound like a lot

[reef basin]

16 TW is like map-max nuclear with sloops and stuff

[gloomy tusk]

Wait you don’t need the filters with the hazmat suit?

[unkempt blade]

there's a filter for the rad suit specifically

[gloomy tusk]

I made a factory for them 😔

Now it’s uselesss

[drowsy kelp]

Half a gigawatt on demand wherever you need it is nice

[unkempt blade]

yeah a lot more convenient than dragging around biofuel and filling them up and everything when I need a temp spot

[drowsy kelp]

The filters for the gas mask and the iodine-infused filters for the hazmat suit are two different items, one will not work in the other thing

Hazmat won’t stop poison gas, etc

[gloomy tusk]

If I have the gas mask do I need filters

[drowsy kelp]

Yes

[unkempt blade]

if you want to block poison then yes

[fickle locust]

No I've seen multiple people on reddit do this, the max out number is just above 50 uranium rods/min

[reef basin]

yeah but they don't give you 16 TW of power

[gloomy tusk]

With 1.5 fuel rods per min how much power is that

[fickle locust]

Oh yeah I calculated for each generator burning 1 rod a minute, that's the error

[reef basin]

50.4 UFRs will give you 630 GW of power

[reef basin]

that would give you even less than 630 GW

[gloomy tusk]

How many rods to they burn per min

[reef basin]

if you build one, it'll tell you 😉

[gloomy tusk]

#screenshots

[reef basin]

there's alt recipes that can change the numbers drastically (and change what they need)

[gloomy tusk]

Omg

I’m can’t find hard drives

[reef basin]

well they are not required 🤷

[fickle locust]

Turns out if you multiply a rod by its total energy amount of 750,000 MJ you get nonsense numbers

[reef basin]

indeed 🙂 that's just total energy that you calculated, not total power 😉

[quasi warren]

When you all use global illumination, what option do you all have it set to? I have it set to moody dark, idk what that affects tho

[primal flax]

are they ever going to add one way rail tracks that you you dont have to mess about with signals

[unkempt blade]

sorry but signals are a space-OSHA requirement

[undone locust]

How do I get the interface to where I lock the hologram (without placing it) and can then "nudge" it into place? I've seen people do it but I don't have those nudge options when placing an item

[reef basin]

how would that help? you want signals on the track anyway

[primal flax]

i just want my trains to go in one direction but the game doesnt know that

[unkempt blade]

I think just for...

1. track is a loop
2. multiple trains in the loop

[reef basin]

well you still want a signal so that trains do not crash into each other

[rose sail]

"h" on kbm

[unkempt blade]

but in that scenario you only need a few signals to make it work so it feels a little contrived

[undone locust]

Thank you - it literally says "lock hologram" - dunno how I missed that

[rose sail]

all good lol

[gloomy tusk]

#screenshots where is this

Never mind

[atomic cradle]

With coal power and water stuff, how many coal power generatord can be powerd with 1 water thing?

[gloomy tusk]

Any overclockibg

[atomic cradle]

Just normal ones, no modifying

[quasi warren]

Most of the time I do 3 extractors to 8 gens. Normal setup

As the ratios match up nicely

And 8 gens can take 120 coal/min

[atomic cradle]

Okay

[quasi warren]

I think there is a link to coal gen setups...

Cant remember it for the life of me

[atomic cradle]

Oh

[reef basin]

chcek the numbers on the machines

[quasi warren]

!wikisearch CG

[raven axle]

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

[quasi warren]

There it is

[ashen meadow]

I'm trying to build a factory builder game like Factorio/Satisfactory and I'm having trouble planning out what resources to add/how much they should cost. Are there any dev interviews where they explain the design process? Can't find any on YT

[gloomy tusk]

You could ask the devs at minemogul they are super nice and helpful

[fiery gull]

I know this was eons ago but alright cool thx it good to know 😄

[fiery gull]

Is this some sort of dirty humor or smth 🤔

[hollow bay]

nope, just a similar line from another game

[fiery gull]

What has happened since this msg

[gloomy tusk]

How do I build a conveyer belt for my slugs

[mystic talon]

guys, i'm starving for a new update. i'm i alone in this? I also miss the weekly videos sadge

[reef basin]

same way you build conveyor belt for anythning else

[rugged jasper]

I just unlocked Nuclear Power.
Is it best to make it far away from my small factories I have around the map?

[versed cosmos]

make it around the resources it needs

wherever is easiest

[white dawn]

The most important resource to be nearby is Water. You don't want to have a million pipes running in there

[versed cosmos]

oh yes

[real shale]

okay lesson learned, do not hypertube into a conveyor belt, it instakills you

[versed cosmos]

so much water

[versed cosmos]

what was even being attempted here

[white dawn]

The ambient radiation around an nuclear plant is unlikely to be awful; so long as it's even a little ways away from the rest of your stuff, you'll be fine radiationwise. If you're storing nuclear waste, you'll want to put that offshore somewhere, 'cause that will start creeping up a ways (though it's not as bad as many folks think)

[leaden turret]

depends on the angle of impact

[versed pasture]

150 hours in Satisfactory and I just learned you can kill offline players... oups

[real shale]

i had like a vertical hypertube going straight down alongside a conveyor belt and the end of the hypertube puts you into a conveyor belt, i tried going back after turning on my miner and when i left the hypertube it just instantly killed me lmfao

[white dawn]

But on a running plant the most you're ever gonna have in one building is a stack of radioactive material, which is gonna fall off distancewise pretty quick even if it's "hot" right next to the building

Also keep in mind that a mere 5/min Iodine Filters will completely negate all radiation damage even at max radiation

[leaden turret]

it's possible the physics engine detected the side of the belt before it detected the top of the belt

[versed cosmos]

you can also buy iodine filters in the awesome shop and they last a while

[sick falcon]

how do i merge 3 conveyors into 2?

[versed cosmos]

merge into one and then split is the easiest

[real shale]

#screenshots message this is what killed me instantly lol

[sick falcon]

total throughput is more than my highest tier of conveyor

[versed cosmos]

are all 3 the same throughput

[sick falcon]

no

[versed cosmos]

rip

[leaden turret]

or split them first.

1. 3 > 1 > [1, 1]
2. 3 > [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1] > [3, 3]

[sick falcon]

wait 2 are, i can just split the third into the other two

[versed cosmos]

yeah that's what i was gonna suggest

[drowsy kelp]

is there a way to fix the marks on the map and compass for train stations without rebuilding the station? 5 of the 6 stations i've built all have the mark at 0 0 and i don't know why

[leaden turret]

does that issue persist between saves?

[drowsy kelp]

or would rebuilding even fix it

i haven't tried on a different save

[leaden turret]

I meant saving, exiting the game fully, starting the game, loading the save

[drowsy kelp]

it's a dedicated server, the marks do stay there at 0 0 if i leave and re-join and after the server does its daily reboot

[leaden turret]

check in #dedicated-servers if they know of the issue

[reef basin]

build 3 machines and hook each belt to the machine clocked at the amount the belt has

[unkempt blade]

I haven't noticed that one on my dedi server but if you can't figure out why it's happening you could just add your own map stamp where they actually are

[sick falcon]

yea lemme build a smelter that takes 420 aluminum scrap a minute

itll only take 400 power shards

[reef basin]

smelter, or smelters

[sick falcon]

oh machine in the abstract sense

not like a single building

[reef basin]

machine or group of machines, yeah

[simple stream]

how do i get fuel to drone ports far away

[iron portal]

Have a different drone port transporting fuel

Trust

[gloomy tusk]

@reef basin you ever seen this? #screenshots

[fluid crow]

drones

[nimble oak]

haha oops played for 15 hours straght again

[unborn nova]

could someone peep https://discord.com/channels/370472939054956546/1465179394313158738 rq

[sick falcon]

put fuel in the drone for its maiden voyage, and then it will refuel at the port it goes to

[leaden turret]

the desk mat don't half pong

[fickle locust]

Where do I want to put about 25 particle accelerators for nuclear pasta

Around the dune desert

[strong fiber]

Put them on a roof or smth and leave them out in the open

or u can make a building for them

[fickle locust]

I'm probably going to make a building, it's just going to be huge
So I want it in a cool spot

[leaden turret]

testing a thing

!wikisearch Zip Line

[raven axle]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/index.php?search=Zip+Line

[leaden turret]

!wikisearch Stinger

[raven axle]

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

[fickle locust]

Maybe I could go on the sort of shield wall that marks the northern boundary of the swamp

[leaden turret]

embeds no worky in #satisfactory-consoles

[sick falcon]

why does the pressurizer have to be powered before i can even place the resource well extractors

[fluid crow]

the bot embed fail

[abstract heron]

Hello u

[silver seal]

Does anyone know how to stop the firefox right click menu appearing when using SCIM?

[leaden turret]

ask in SCIM's discord or #off-topic-tech if nobody responds here

[pastel surge]

Ugh, I think i have to rebuild my whole factory

[dense violet]

y?

[pastel surge]

I unlocked mk2 miners, and not everything was organized well so its easier to just rebuild

[dense violet]

ah , it's pretty common afer unlocking coal power
later on thoug hjust make new factories

and build on foundations 😛

[pastel surge]

I did

[gloomy tusk]

You are an experienced player correct

[dense violet]

sure

[gloomy tusk]

#screenshots message

Is this common

[dense violet]

nope. try saving and restarting the game

[gloomy tusk]

Doesn’t work

[pastel surge]

💀

[gloomy tusk]

Replacing doesn’t work either

[sick falcon]

do train buffers matter if im putting the max throughput in both train ports

[gloomy tusk]

😭

[dense violet]

you're moving 2 full belts on platforms you mean?

[sick falcon]

two full pipes

[grizzled turtle]

Is it normal that my priority merger will occasionally lets a lower priority resource through even though there's still high priority resources coming in? It seems to occur on random timings.
If it matters any, the resources I'm running through is on a loop.
It seems to occur particularly often when the game demands resources. Like if I tab out it seems to occur less often maybe even not at all?

[dense violet]

then it doesn't matter - because even with buffers you couldn't move those 2 full pipes

[sick falcon]

thought so

[dense violet]

nothing will allow you to move 2 full pipes or belts per platform

[strong fiber]

Solution is to not use priority merger

its kinda ahh

[gloomy tusk]

Who’s factory

[strong fiber]

(In my opinion)

[dense violet]

as in you have a returning belt loop? never do that

[grizzled turtle]

Yeah I was building (just for the fun I haven't checked for a use for it yet) a logic gate where while resource B wasn't there yet, resource A would pause on that line, so it could send its resources elsewhere

[dense violet]

I'd probably check out what's been done on youtube for that sort of thing. looped belt manifolds are a recipe for nonsense

[sick falcon]

i convinced my factorio player friend to try satisfactory and hes covering the map with foundations and not building vertically at all 😭

[quasi warren]

I need to remember to build vertically

[unkempt blade]

or... if you build diagonally you'll get all the benefits of building vertical or horizontal and none of the downsides

[grizzled turtle]

I mean yeah I get that, but I was trying to loop a resource that wouldn't belong.
So basically:
Resource A: has less priority than resource C; is planned to move ahead.
Resource B: has higher priority than resource C; is planned to move ahead.
Resource C: Only exists in a loop, when resource B arrives, the loop breaks and leaves a chance for resource A to go through.

[unkempt blade]

dune desert makes me crazy as a start. I don't like needing huge ramps to my platforms early game

I don't need perfectly flat by any means I just can't handle all the steep sided bowls to build in

[leaden turret]

build further up to build up

[open canyon]

What is this gassy fauna I keep seeing that damages me?

No uh

It covers the entire area in green gas and treats itself like radiation

Sorry I got like 3 hours in this game lmao😂

[sick falcon]

#screenshots message

how do i pick this up

[open canyon]

Oh thats good

Theyre very annoying

[sick falcon]

ive loaded it like 5 times since i killed that spitter

[grizzled turtle]

Um I just found a hard drive location, my thing is beeping, there were things on the ground, but there's no hard drive building

[dense violet]

if they don't belong why would they ever belong? sink or storage

[grizzled turtle]

Because item C's purpose would be to force item A to wait until resource B arrives.

[dense violet]

point out the problem when his computer lags to hell from it

not before

[pastel dawn]

Its around. Look under/above

Like one is hidden along a rivers edge partially submerged

Another is on top of large mushroom

[grizzled turtle]

Ah that's why I found it floating in the sky

[pastel dawn]

lmao

Fun

[sick falcon]

im hours past that point, i guess ill just leave it there to rot

[gloomy tusk]

Is that your cat in your pfp

[sick falcon]

is 3k nitrogen gas a minute overkill

[gloomy tusk]

What

[hazy topaz]

h u h

Wdym by this tho

[gloomy tusk]

Fr

I’m an asshole?

[sick falcon]

is english not your first language

[hazy topaz]

bro omg I got a hard drive and I have the choice of stithced iron plates vs +6 inventory slots

[gloomy tusk]

You learned from Futurama that’s crazy

[hazy topaz]

those screws are such a pain for me.. should i take the plates

[sick falcon]

are they a pain for you bc of throughput or because theyre made of iron rods instead of ingots

[hazy topaz]

They are a pain bc I need screws for other things and reinforced iron plates take so many screws

If you wanna learn English well though, don't use abbreviations

[unkempt blade]

nah screw-inclusive recipes are just about always better than other options

[hazy topaz]

Real but you still gotta learn how to properly spell out words yk

[unkempt blade]

if I sounded like him I'd be saying that all recipes are situational 🙂

I'm here taking a stand for screws instead

[sick falcon]

in that case just make more screws

[hazy topaz]

You are probably the only person that makese that stand lmao

[unkempt blade]

Screws got a lot of hate from lazy people pre-blueprinting. There's really not a great effort reason to avoid screws now

They're not any more difficult than other high item count ingredients

[mystic talon]

screw that

[unkempt blade]

Yeah! That's the spirit!

[hazy topaz]

Btw I just unlocked another possible recipe: bolted frames. If I took stitched iron plate recipe, then I could make the bolted frames more easier

[unkempt blade]

You should use whatever recipe seems most fun for you. The only important part is that you use factory carts for logisitics

[mystic talon]

now you're just metagaming at this point

[hazy topaz]

WELL I LIKE TO BE EFFICENT

[unkempt blade]

efficient at funmaxing?

[pastel surge]

Me: I love logistics. Also me when i have to build my factory: ykw imma go to sleep ts boring

[hazy topaz]

Who cares about fun, I need to expand ze factory

[unkempt blade]

Have you tried making coffee with energy drinks instead of using water? I hear that's what they give astronauts

[pastel surge]

The whole planet is gonna be a factory

[mystic talon]

ze faktori musd grovv alweis

[pastel surge]

I dont drink caffeine

[hazy topaz]

That's the goal yes

[unkempt blade]

Ok we've found the core issue then. This has been a great therapy session

[mystic talon]

i got 2.5k and i didn't even finish yet

[pastel surge]

😭

[unkempt blade]

Just be careful with the coffee+energy drink alt recipe if you're not used to caffeine

[pastel surge]

I'll pass on caffeine

[unkempt blade]

that's cool, we'll figure out some other way to keep you awake for gaming

[mystic talon]

so many jokes.. must resist..

[hazy topaz]

green tea is goated for this btw

[vague thorn]

hello

[hazy topaz]

miss what 😭

[vague thorn]

i am about to play satisfactory for the first time what should i expect

[hazy topaz]

Good luck

[unkempt blade]

You're going to have fun. Now go play the game and don't spoil it spending too much time on discord/guides/etc 😆

[leaden turret]

don't forget to eat/sleep/poop

[unkempt blade]

or if you want to forget sleep for a while scroll up to #satisfactory message

[leaden turret]

yo dawg I heard you like caffeine so we put caffeine in your caffeine so you can have a heart attack while you have a heart attack

[cyan leaf]

Fff I hate how all guides for train signals are all about roundabouts and two lane 😭 like just give me some vids for single lines

[sick falcon]

does boiling energy drinks do anything to them

[hazy topaz]

Another tip: it’s easy to get overwhelmed, take your time and let the spaghetti take over your world lol

[sick falcon]

youll want double lane

single lane is also so simple that theres no point making a guide, just slap an engine on each end of the train

[unkempt blade]

it shouldn't do anything but concentrate it moreuntil you boil off all the water. Caffeine's sublimation point is higher than boiling water should get

[cyan leaf]

I wish it was small scale 😭 this train line covers nearly the middle of rocky desert

[unkempt blade]

just don't boil them in the can because it has a plastic lining and we're being safe and healthy with this alt recipe

[sick falcon]

is it going between 2 stations?

[compact aspen]

FINALLY. After scanning 28 hard drives I finally get Sloppy Alumina

[cyan leaf]

2 separate stations using same track (with slip lanes which the part om strangling on) merging into 1 ling straight before spearste to 2 different stations anddd then merging into same lane

[unborn moss]

Multiple trains on single lines just make everything MORE complex, for no reason or benefit. Other than saving a miniscule amount of resources I guess.

[cyan leaf]

😭 this is my first playthrough of the game and only recently learnt abiut 2 lines way after establishing my train line so breaking it down would just make me wanna restart the whole thing 😭

[tall lantern]

why dismantle, just add

stack another level on top if you don't have space horizontally

[unborn moss]

If you have slip lanes, all you have to do is extend them and you have 2 lines.

[west sluice]

i love it when bases begin to look like cities

[hazy topaz]

Should I change my factory that’s currently making every major resource I need with 3 normal iron nodes (producing: reinforced plates, iron rods, iron plates and screws) into one major resource like rotors?

[tall lantern]

you're still gonna need most of those other resources, so no, probably not

general advice is to just build new rather than tearing down existing working stuff anyway

[hazy topaz]

So at what point in production per minute should I probably rethink my set up

[tall lantern]

whenever it's not enough, you add more

there's no universal per-minute target to hit

it's all down to how long you're willing to wait for it all to craft. Too long? Make moar factory

[polar drum]

Has anyone built a coal power plant w 3 pure nodes, I have 3 within 50m of each of want to use all of it but idk what that would even look like

[hazy topaz]

I understand that but what about the how much a crafter can make a certain part per minute?

Should I be aiming to get enough resources to max that out?

[reef basin]

you should be aiming to make the amount of product you want

[primal flax]

i dont understand how do i make a functionining train route when they loop in on themselves dont they always have to do that?

[reef basin]

Signals? No

[primal flax]

yeah but i keep getting issues 'track loops in on itself'

so confusing

[sick falcon]

what do i do with my fluid canisters after unpackaging the gas inside

[stable cloak]

transport them back to where the packing happens

[drowsy kelp]

Send em back to re-use them or sink them

[stable cloak]

it means the signals are misreading a section. generally that means space out the signals further

[pastel dawn]

That means it would be checking the entire track for a train and telling every train not to move. Thats why you have to break it up into sections

[primal flax]

they should really just add 1way tracks

[pastel dawn]

You can design one way tracks bro

[stable cloak]

you can do that yourseld

[pastel dawn]

Its how you set it up

[stable cloak]

the power is in your hands

[pastel dawn]

Make it like a two lane road with a coming and going

They make it somewhat like real life. All a signal can do is see if an electrical signal is being sent on a track

[stable cloak]

him staring at his tracks: Why would Coffee Stain make my train track bidirectional

[primal flax]

lol

[hollow folio]

Anyone down to play w me my friend is not online so i cant play

[sick falcon]

if i fill half of a freight platform with iron rods, and then tell the train to not load irons rods, will that artificially limit the throughput

[drowsy kelp]

Auto-driving locomotives will only drive forwards, they already are 1-way

[pastel dawn]

Kind of. Depends on how much you're taking out of the output.

[stable cloak]

you can filter train pickups?

[pastel dawn]

You would have to be maxed out

[zealous urchin]

fr

[sick falcon]

its moreso that i want to ensure the train car never gets more than half full, so it can pick up a different resource further down the line

[drowsy kelp]

Two resources in one train car?

Why not just add another train car, or even another train

[sick falcon]

go to the trains timetable, press the settings button next to a station, and filter what its allowed to load or unload at the station

[sick falcon]

bc both things are fairly low throughput, and i dont have the space for another platform at the station

[zealous urchin]

what items are u talking about

[stable cloak]

I never knew that

[stable cloak]

build a bigger station smh

[sick falcon]

empty fluid canisters and petroleum coke

[zealous urchin]

i see

well. bigger station isnt realy needed

u can just add another train in the future

ppl often compare trains to belts with throughput in mind

not accounting that u can have multiple trains on one line

so as long as u have space on ur tracks and time u have multiple throughputs in one lane

and best part is u dont need to count it perfectly

[pastel dawn]

You would have to do the math of how much the train is pushing and then ensure you are filling the loader at half that rate

[zealous urchin]

as long as ur trains handle it it will sort itself out

[dense violet]

Platforms also have their throughput limit

[pastel dawn]

That will depend on the time fo travel

So you should fill it up and then get the time on it, then cut that in half and meter your loading station

If that makes sense

[sick falcon]

nvm i realized the car is never gonna get more than half full when the throughput is 480 a min

[zealous urchin]

but its still very high

[dense violet]

for every train that stops there it gets reduced

[quasi warren]

They do? What's the limit

[dense violet]

it depends on how often trains stop there creating lock outs

but youll never be able to move 2 full belts/pipes on a platform with any trains stopping

so for example if over any 10 minute period, the station has 5 minutes of trains loading unloading, that's 50% of the time locked out. Meaning at most you could move 1 belt of items

in that example that's about 1 train every minute

which IS a lot. Just easy numbers to use as an example

[quasi warren]

That seems complicated to me. Yet I never touched trains yet, so thats probably why

[pastel dawn]

You can dismantle crash site debris? Just dismantled a hard drive storage thing.

[dense violet]

trains, like everything else in the game, are only as complicated as you make them 🙂 You can keep them very simple if yo uwant

[zealous urchin]

real

[dense violet]

honestly nothing in this game has to be complicated. But you can crank it up as much as you like

[zealous urchin]

true

like sushi train

[dense violet]

even that's not bad. Still keep in mind throughput - have a sorter buffer sink after the initial buffer

assuming you're dropping off multiple items on the same platform

[sick falcon]

but how do i prevent the system from backing up as i make new canisters

[fluid crow]

if it's a loop you stop making containers

[unborn moss]

Smart splitters and split off the overflow to a sink if you want to keep making containers

[gloomy tusk]

jesus from south park

[unborn moss]

correct

[gloomy tusk]

is it true you hit a woman

[unborn moss]

I would answer but people might not get the reference 😄

[gloomy tusk]

fair

[dense violet]

just put in an amount of cannisters and don't have a continuous stream

[rain hollow]

I finished tearing down my factory and am almost ready to start the journey to the desert to make a bigger factory

[lapis shadow]

What is a more efficient recipe for reinforced iron plates when using **solely **iron: Bolted Iron Plate? Or Sitched Iron Plate (with iron wire of course)

[soft marsh]

So I think I've decided that all I'm going to use the train for is power delivery. Train stations will be boxed up and act as power stations to connect distance factories 🤔

[lapis shadow]

Train stations/rails delivering power is just a bonus. If you're not using train stations for logistical purposes, then there's no point. Power towers would be far more effective for moving power supply

[covert quarry]

how do yall build multiple assemblers next to each other? any tips?

[sick falcon]

so fill like 4 storage units with empty canisters and leave it?

[sick falcon]

have one of the inputs going in from conveyor lifts

[soft marsh]

Im not a big fan of the power towers to be fair. That's why I'm leaning towards the trains. I've used power towers in the past and making sure the wires are facing the right way and not clipping was a huge pain

[sick falcon]

#screenshots message not an assembler but you can see how one of the input streams is above the other

[lapis shadow]

Well I guess if you're that concerned about the cosmetics of it then it's your choice 🤷‍♂️

[covert quarry]

thanks

[soft marsh]

Im 850 hours in, on my first playthrough and still haven't finished phase 4 because I get so bothered by cosmetics I rebuild things over and over and over lol

[lapis shadow]

Did the math myself and looks like stitched iron plate uses only 66% percent the iron that bolted iron plates would. Huh that's pretty significant

[errant thicket]

it really annoys me that with certain rotations miners wont line up to the world grid

[lone echo]

anyone know why looking at batteries makes your game lag

like down to 10 fps lag

[soft marsh]

Its the waves around them

Once they fill up they disappear

[lone echo]

how do i get rid of the waves?

[soft marsh]

I dont think you can. I've tried unsuccessfully

I built my batteries out of sight so I dont see them and don't get the lag.

When I go into that room now its fine since they're full but when they were first filling it was bad

[lone echo]

so if i cover the batteries in walls it be fine?

[rain hollow]

Probably stitched

[soft marsh]

Yeah, game wont render what it cant see

[lone echo]

ok...

[errant thicket]

why do the miners just not align to everything else

[lone echo]

time to face the beast

[errant thicket]

why are they just slightly offset

[lapis shadow]

#satisfactory message 🤯

[stable cloak]

Why are you making new canisters

[soft marsh]

Im planning to encase mine that don't and force them to be lined up lol

[rain hollow]

Where is the dessert?

[dense violet]

filled in a system? generally don't need that many. I'd just have 1 machien making cannisters somewhere that feeds int oa container and just grab as needed.

[rain hollow]

Didn't see that

But seriously, where is the desert? I'm moving

[lapis shadow]

I know it's just tiny bit funny you saw my older message but not that one

[lapis shadow]

Why don't you just look it up? Don't want to spoilers from a map or something?

[quasi warren]

Which desert? Rocky desert or dune desert?

Cause if u check what im playing you can see where I am at rn

[rain hollow]

What's the difference? I haven't been to either I just need reliable resources and VERY open space

[sick falcon]

at max throughput its 750 canisters a minute

[quasi warren]

Terrain differences, and resource availability

[sick falcon]

i doubt im gonna use that many but i assume i should scale my empty canister storage to account

[lone echo]

it didnt work

[rain hollow]

I'm assuming dunes is better for bigger factories but Rocky is better for more resources?

[soft marsh]

bummer

Might just hve to wait for them to fill and do something in a different part of the map

[quasi warren]

Dune has the MOST amount of resources and space ive seen

[soft marsh]

or move the batteries further away so they're out of sight

[quasi warren]

Great for massive projects and factories.

Rocky desert is ok... not my personal choice.

[dense violet]

I mean again depends on the systemusually 1 ISC buffered of containers will do on either end

[rain hollow]

Dunes it is then

Where is it?

[quasi warren]

Top right of the map

You will know it when you see it

[rain hollow]

I'm in the plains which I think is bottom left isn't it?

[drowsy kelp]

which setting controls the LoD for terrain

[quasi warren]

Yep

Gotta do an expedition XD

What does the boost with the APA's actually do? I dont see any increase in capacity

[rain hollow]

How many pulse Nobelisks do I need

[quasi warren]

tractor.

[rain hollow]

No

Will take too long

[quasi warren]

Using pulse nobolisks will take too long.

Do a hypertube cannon then

[rain hollow]

I can do like 10 at a time

I have plenty

I just need: coffee, a jetpack, tons of packaged turbofuel, and a whooooooooole lot of pulse Nobelisks

[quasi warren]

Hypertube cannon.

Best way from A to B early on.

[cyan leaf]

Lol but wouldn't they die to fall damage?

[lapis shadow]

Is steeled frame a good recipe in combination with iron pipe? Like is it more iron efficient or more power efficient?

[quasi warren]

Jetpack

[tropic torrent]

is there a command to noclip? i built a platform under the floor and cant get rid of it

[dense violet]

anything with steel pipe is the direct opposite of iron efficient

[dense violet]

look up how to use hyper tubes to clip into ground

[tropic torrent]

i dont have access to hypertubes rn

[dense violet]

wait until you do - shouldn't be giving you any problems

[mystic crag]

120h in and just realized there is mixtapes scattered around the map

[tropic torrent]

so does that mean there isnt a noclip command

[dense violet]

you could look up in the wiki? I've never bothered to use console commands

[lusty escarp]

do we have vertical spliters?

or is thta next update

[jolly sierra]

Y'all do fuses blow at random cuz there's nothing wrong with my coal plant and the fuse blew. Not using too much power either

[lusty escarp]

yeah they blow at random its a chance thing

[jolly sierra]

Oof

[lusty escarp]

kidding

youre drawing to much power

[jolly sierra]

Just another reason for me to make a hyper tube all the way over

[tropic torrent]

coal plant probably wasnt getting water or maybe coal fast enough

[jolly sierra]

I reset the fuse and it just worked, not how it would if I drew too much

[lusty escarp]

what teir do I get vertical p\splitters

[jolly sierra]

Been working just fine for the last few in game months

[dense violet]

!wikisearch

[raven axle]

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

[lusty escarp]

power draw goes up and down unless you balance ur power loads

[jolly sierra]

Uhh is one power line connected to literally everything balanced

I'm new to the game, if you couldn't tell

[tropic torrent]

sure

[lusty escarp]

i mean your machines

[jolly sierra]

Project assembly lvl 2

[lusty escarp]

they turn off and on

[jolly sierra]

I'll probably setup a fourth plant then

[fluid crow]

probably got low on water

[jolly sierra]

Already using a pump accelerator that shouldn't be a problem

Or whatever it's called too lazy to look atp

Other miscellaneous question off topic I'll get something better than this tractor in the future right?

[tropic torrent]

nope thats it

[jolly sierra]

Bruh, guess the modders shall provide

[fluid crow]

better how

[tropic torrent]

also kidding. theres trains and drones

[jolly sierra]

Oh ok lol I'm far too gullable

"Unlike some pioneers, truck stations actually care about saving humanity."

[fluid crow]

anyway there's something better in most ways

[dense violet]

Define better?

if you need more throughput, add more tractors

[jolly sierra]

Speed.

[sick falcon]

am i a bad person if i throw out the things my dog gets me if its not useful

[dense violet]

speed is irrelevant - only throughput

[sick falcon]

i think they mean for getting around

not for transporting materials

[jolly sierra]

I'm trying to use the thing for player transportation atp

[fluid crow]

like for you to drive? explorer better

[sick falcon]

and yes, theres a much better vehicle in the quartz(?) MAM tree

[jolly sierra]

Will hypertubes be a better opportunity for this?

[sick falcon]

i prefer car

[fluid crow]

I like to travel by train

[jolly sierra]

Early game, I mean

On PA lvl 2

[fluid crow]

the car was my favorite you should get it soon

[dense violet]

oh none of the vehicles are good for that

trains are fine?

but not for exploration

[tropic torrent]

factory car is great for traversal (lie)

[jolly sierra]

What should I use for pure player transportation between two points

[fluid crow]

the big truck is cool for running over critters

[dense violet]

hyper tubes are usually simplest and fast

[short fiber]

Is there any way to give the devs more of my money. There's no dlc but I feel like they deserve it

[dense violet]

zip lines are ok but you need to manage it a bit on the way

[jolly sierra]

Yeah cuz I'm tired of B-Hopping lol

[tropic torrent]

do you have blade runners

[dense violet]

hyper tubes then is your best bet

[fluid crow]

zip like power towers

[tropic torrent]

zip lines also awesome

[jolly sierra]

K

[fluid crow]

good early game

[jolly sierra]

Thanks y'all- should prolly finish the hyper tube milestone now 💀

[dense violet]

for exploration - gear like blade runners, zip line, jet pack parachute.
most of the terrain is too hostile for cars

[fluid crow]

easy to build, has power too, good vantage point

[dense violet]

that's another reason why none of the vehicles are 'good' for pure travel. Unless you like making highways and driving

[jolly sierra]

Alright thanks for the assistance lol

Idk how to end this conversation

[dense violet]

wander away 😛

[jolly sierra]

Before I go, is there any way to stop autopilot from looping

[sick falcon]

wdym

[jolly sierra]

On tractor I don't want my fueling autopilot system to loop, can I stop that?

Do I just set my final pause node to 99999999999999?

[dense violet]

if you only want it to do ... 1 loop.. why automate it/

[fluid crow]

sounds like a good idea

[sick falcon]

i suppose, but why automate it in the first place

[jolly sierra]

I meant not just one but one at a time and I want to do other things while it's running (it's a fueling route)

[robust brook]

Ori and the blind forest

Oneshot

Goodbye

[granite basalt]

is there anyway to prevent truck station from loading/unloading the wrong resouce when unexpected truck passing by ?
if not then is there anyway to know the trigger hitbox of loading/unloading area of truck station ?

[dense violet]

don't have trucks pass by stations you don't want them interacting with

same reason you don't see stores put drive throughs on the road

[mortal ginkgo]

Thats not an answer to their problem.

[mortal ginkgo]

Yes, you will see a stop sign that the tractor made even when you didn't stop. Deleting that stop sign will let it pass through.

If you got another truck using that station, you need to toggle its visibility off so you can see the actual Pause icon to delete.

[granite basalt]

so if no stop (iirc pause sign II ) then no load/unload right ?

[mortal ginkgo]

exactly yep

[dense violet]

if trucks move in front of a station in their load/unload area, transfers will happen

it doesn't matter if it doesn't stop

if there are resource settings at the stations that will only make it accept certain items ? that might work if you're moving different items. But that sounds much more annoying and never bothered to dig into those settings. Much simpler to to not have trucks interacting in the first place

[granite basalt]

that's the problem I'm facing.
so I would like to ask if there is any way to setup a gas/coal station that not acidently unload my cargo when my trucks passing by

My thought so far is

• have my coal truck unload in station A → belt it to station B fuel port
  -have my normal truck pass through station B(set to loading empty)

but it's needing kind of wide space

[dense violet]

trucks need space. Put the stations in parallel not series

#design-and-architecture message parallel

[granite basalt]

ty, an idea of a normal life gas station just popped out

[dense violet]

yeah the gas pumps there are generally both in parallel and series but you can keep just the para aspect 🙂

rather than weird life

[fluid crow]

yep

[dense violet]

taco dog

[noble topaz]

You need to turn the nuclear waste into plutonium fuel rods to sink it, right?

[fluid crow]

no tacos? 🤯

[noble topaz]

So, should I use the fuel rods, or sink them?

[dense violet]

up to you - I use them in drones and trucks as fuel so no waste

[fluid crow]

I suppose many places don't have tacos 🤔

[cyan leaf]

Is it true that like a tactic to deal with drones power supply is to use drones to also do the powering?

[sick falcon]

is there any reason to keep around my ficsmas stuff

[cyan leaf]

Of course fo motivation

[sick falcon]

yes, its an option