satisfactory

[pastel surge]

Same

Cuz I started in the dune desert

[glacial drum]

chat how much nuclear pasta/min do we think i should make to get the 1k for the elevator

I’d rather not wait the over 10 hours for 1/min but if i’ve got to so i can get better damn belts i might just have to

Assuming sloops I can half the time ofc.

[pastel surge]

I dont even have nuclear pasta yet

[ornate saffron]

Well 10/min of each of the phase 5 parts was my biggest most frustrating endeavor in this game.

It required 7200 units of copper and iron ore

[ornate saffron]

The answer is however hours you are willing to put into the infrastructure lol.

[glacial drum]

I think I’ll just make 1/min and sloop it tbh

I’ve got the factories i can pull some from already to just make 1

[ornate saffron]

Five hours seem resonable

[glacial drum]

Once I’ve got better belts and such I’ll go back and make more

Well I’ve also got more than enough fused frames and perhaps some rcu in storage too

Could theoretically setup a proper factory then take anything stored and just pump it into a hand fed machine

[fickle locust]

It's 200 powder per minute to make 1 pasta, and a pure node with alloy recipe will make you 400
So I'd say make 2/min, sloops as bonus on top

[cyan magnet]

Im pretty new to the game and wanna know is there a way i dont have to look like a fat lesbian woman?

[reef basin]

maybe some mods, but not in vanilla. Not like you look at your character model much anyway

[cyan magnet]

Okay, true. I just wanted to know. Thanks

[versed mesa]

👋

[calm mango]

Wtf??

That's such an odd thing to say, just say you don't like the model 😭😭

[white dawn]

<@&387163995947270144> I dunno if this officially crosses any lines, but eh

[abstract heron]

Da what

Also hi @white dawn

How u

[versed cosmos]

yall my mk6 pipes are only getting like 590 or something throughput how can i get it to do the full 600?

[fickle locust]

Loop your pipes

[versed cosmos]

oh smart

[fickle locust]

#1469004266180968550 message

[versed cosmos]

just gives it another pathway to flow through?

[fickle locust]

Yeah if you try to push 600 all in one direction, every second the flow rate isn't 600 you're losing throughput
But if it goes front-to-back and back-to-front it avoids that issue

Every machine is either sometimes at the front of the queue, or always in the middle

[versed cosmos]

ty man

hopefully this is the final problem with my alu build lol

[zenith pecan]

The loops avoid the dead ends that can cause backflow which will stuff up fluids within the mk2 pipes.

[zenith pecan]

Do you have sloppy alumina & electrode crap recipes?

[versed cosmos]

yup im using them

6 refineries making sloppy to 8 refineries making electrode

[zenith pecan]

Cool, those recipes let me completely isolate the fresh and wastewater refineries from one another.

[versed cosmos]

feeding half of my alumina refineries with fresh water and half with recycled

sending the extra 240 recycled to make rubber for heat sinks with the heat exchanger alt

[ornate saffron]

Ya, i didn't report i just hit block. Not the energy i want in my feeds lol

[zenith pecan]

My main facility is 20 groups of 7 refineries, 1 doing sloppy alumina at 90% clock speed, fresh water only, 2 doing sloppy but with wastewater only, at 105% each, and the 4 making electrode scrap, their outputs going to the wastewater refineries, it made the system completely bulletproof.

The clock speeds matter as the water amounts depend on it.

[versed cosmos]

yeah ofc

[zenith pecan]

Though that setup is slow to start, it will resist supply shocks and not freeze up.

[abstract heron]

I think I need more play time

[zenith pecan]

Work swallowed a lot of my time tbh.

[abstract heron]

18,436 hrs on record
Total on satisfactory

Over 4,600 hrs in my current world

I wanna do before a review aleast 20k total

[zenith pecan]

My current save is still below 1000, I'm currently working on processing the spire oil.

[ornate saffron]

Think my current save is at 200 hours. Im only in phase 3.

Im taking it slow this time

[abstract heron]

Yup take your pace don’t rush

[ornate saffron]

I don't think you understand 1000 hours 7 game clears lol

Im really taking my time this time lol

[abstract heron]

Huh

[gloomy tusk]

Mk 6 Pipes?

[versed cosmos]

yea i got satisfactory 5

[ornate saffron]

I've seen the credits roll on 7 different playthroughs.

So the fact that im at 200 hours o er ones save is a big deal for me

[versed cosmos]

nah that was a typo lol i meant mk2

[ornate saffron]

He means mk2. 600 units a minute

[gloomy tusk]

what is the credits roll

[gloomy tusk]

new game

[ornate saffron]

When you ship the last if the phase parts you get to see all the names of the people who made this master piece.

Youll get there. :p

[gloomy tusk]

jason mikael

did they help

[glacial drum]

got my phases mixed up i’m not infact on phase 5 im on 4.

Made a 4 pasta a minute factory thinking i’d need 1k

I think i’ll just let it pile up so i don’t make a new one..

[quasi warren]

Id sink what ya dont need. Thats what I do tho

[ornate saffron]

Ya.... there is one more cube.....

[glacial drum]

Couldn’t let me be happy for once huh.

[glacial drum]

Once I’ve got 1100 I will yea

[ornate saffron]

I did for a few hours..... when you brought up pasta the first time.

[glacial drum]

Next is my other phase 4 parts. I’ve not began any others

I’m gonna convert an old steel factory to make one of em

Back when I had mk 3 belts 100 hours ago

[void cliff]

If only being a Pioneer could pay the bills. Ahhhhhh

[glacial drum]

All it does it drive your bills up!

[quasi warren]

I mean... technically it can by teaching you engineering

Find solutions to problems

[calm mango]

Fr, like it's not hard to be normal I swear 😭

[ornate saffron]

Normal is the problem. The idea that people need to be in a straight narrow range to be accepted is normal.

Weird is good, Weird is interesting

I could talk about social issues forever though. Ill refrain from doing so in this forum.

[drowsy knot]

Buenas alguien habla español?

[abstract heron]

I wish there was a somewhere to know how much total ores and resources for each biome

[quasi warren]

I think scim has that? Not sure. I think it just shows the nodes in the whole map

[abstract heron]

That’s why I want a somewhere to know all the biome per minute not fully overclocked little bit with mk2 same thing and then mk3

[ornate saffron]

Isn't that just some quick counting of nodes in a biome, sort by purity then some multiplication?

I'm sure someone with 18000 hours this would be a simple task 😛

[leaden turret]

pretty sure that should be a yeet

[quasi warren]

They did get yeeted

Checked bio. Not even in server

[abstract heron]

Ik but it’s a good glance to know it by amount

[abstract heron]

YA YEETED

[leaden turret]

good to know.

bit weird the messge is still there tho

[quasi warren]

Nvm

Discord lagged.

[leaden turret]

not yeeted?

[ornate saffron]

Make the spread sheets for us and add it to the wiki ^_^

Thats how the wiki grows

[abstract heron]

Hi Marv stream on Tuesday next week

[leaden turret]

[citation needed]

[quasi warren]

Aug 28th, 2025 is when they joined

[abstract heron]

Nah I am not near pc

[leaden turret]

get ye to a telegraph and morse code edit the wiki

[abstract heron]

Can u do it MARV

[leaden turret]

a: would need the data
b: would preferably have it generated from game files so a script can be ran to update between versions / generate historical versions

gotta be able to have resources be maintainable long-term in case originator isn't available

[leaden turret]

<@&387163995947270144> please yeet the homophobic, fatphobic misogynist

[abstract heron]

I am NOT AT PC

[abstract heron]

Ya yeet

[leaden turret]

I have a script somewhere for generating one of the wiki images from data...

@turbid tangle you happen to know anyone that would know what files to look at re: sourcing resource nodes from game data so I could whip something together?

[abstract heron]

Okay

I’ll talk to Robb then

[leaden turret]

that was me pinging robb and keeping you in the loop

[quasi warren]

Wasn't rob the one that took over the powersuit mod?

[leaden turret]

dunno, robb just the go-to person I remember who knows things mod-related

[quasi warren]

Fair enough

[calm mango]

I meant normal as in not being a dick like the op

Like instead of "the model is a fat f**ing piece of sht" just say "I dislike the model"

[leaden turret]

"this player model makes me feel [redacted because #rules ] because [redacted because #rules ] and [redacted because #rules ]"

I enjoy not having to redact myself when the creepy turds make disparaging remarks about the game on that particular topic in the clips archive comments.

some stuff: gets deleted
other stuff: gets left up to publicly make a fool of a fool

[glossy pagoda]

Can we get coffee stain to decrease the perimeter of the truck station, I want to align them with freight platforms but they are just a few sizes to big and there is really no reason to have the perimeter THAT big when it can obviously be shrunk

[leaden turret]

been a while since I used either trains or trucks, can you mspaint doodle an example of the issue in #screenshots ?

[glossy pagoda]

Ya sure

[leaden turret]

is the issue in the placement or the issue in the trucks picking up the wrong shit?

[glossy pagoda]

It’s the overall perimeter, it’s just too big for no reason

[leaden turret]

I mean what problems is the permiter causing

[gloomy tusk]

how many mks of pipes are there?

[leaden turret]

2

[calm mango]

Like 2

[glossy pagoda]

It won’t line up with freight platforms, I’ve tried to phase one through the other but I just can’t, it’s too wide causing the next aligned truck station to be off centered to the next freight platform, if the perimeter of the truck station was decreased it would fit perfectly

[leaden turret]

does nudge mode let you ignore the placement issue?

[glossy pagoda]

Nope, no soft phasing just says “ encroaching another objects clearance!”

[leaden turret]

would advise checking the qa site for existing issues on the matter & posting a new one if there's not

[glossy pagoda]

Nothing, posted one a DAY ago and still nothing

Like if the perimeter was just decreased by 2 small nudges on both sides it would be perfect

[leaden turret]

November 4th, 2025
Q&A: Why do I not get replies from CSS on the QA Site?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snv8zZu14sA

[glossy pagoda]

I mean, still, how hard would it actually be to decrease the perimeter

[leaden turret]

the issue isn't a question of how hard or easy it would be, it's a matter of whether it would break anything

[glossy pagoda]

Probably very unlikely

[ornate saffron]

Us say that but today's fix for achievements somehow broke conveyors lol. Modern games are complex

[glossy pagoda]

Ya it COULD break the game a bit but it would be so much more beneficial

[glacial drum]

Man reworking my steel plant is gonna be the first bit of fun I’ve had in a bit

Honestly I think I’ve gotta slow down in Satisfactory. I’ve been taking stuff too quick and worrying I’m not going quick enough. Don’t always gotta be progressing though, though ADA might disagree.

[ornate saffron]

Pasta wasn't fun?

[ornate saffron]

Ya im in a similar place. 1000 hours 7 clears. This time im slowing way down

[glacial drum]

2nd bit of fun i suppose

I’m near 200 hours in (with some afk)

[dim laurel]

quite a few coffee stain games in that partner direct

[glacial drum]

Also will give me a nice challenge. I’ve been taking every alternate I can lately to avoid making steel beams.

[leaden turret]

irregular reminder idle crafting is paying microtransactions to your energy supplier

[leaden turret]

CSS or CSP?

[torn lynx]

is it bad that im over producing

[glacial drum]

Depends on the item

Either way you can always sink it.

[leaden turret]

or boil it

[glacial drum]

However if it can be rather easily further refined it would be worth more per sink

[leaden turret]

or burn it

[glacial drum]

First step in this new steel factory is actually to remove an entirely different factories train station!

[swift turret]

Always better to overproduce than under

[dim laurel]

there was goat simulator and something else so both i think

[glacial drum]

I’ve come farther now with blueprints and it’s not a long distance. I can just belt it there now with a new blueprint I’ve made

[torn lynx]

oh ok cause a lot of items are going ot the sink haha

[leaden turret]

GS1 = CSS
GS3 = CSN

[swift turret]

Overproducing can be used in alts, upgrades, ect. Underproducing halts production and causes major reworks

[torn lynx]

oh, i eman my storage container for specific stuff like silica, quarts, etc are always full and the overstock chests are cosntantly full too

[leaden turret]

overproducing byproducts also halts production 😛

[torn lynx]

for that specific item hah, once io take it out of strage is starts producing again

[ornate saffron]

Boil it, mash it, stick it in a stew

[swift turret]

Can be used in alts

[leaden turret]

po tae toes

[dim laurel]

i did not know that actually, all the games were from csp then

[glacial drum]

Hm

[torn lynx]

why doad loading and unloeading at truck station always take a second to actually work when i fiorst place it down

[glacial drum]

Opinions people. I’ve built a larger aluminum factory somewhere else. Should I rebuild a copper conveyor to my old in place of a train or should i just.. demolish the old factory

[earnest nest]

how long would the copper conveyor be?

[glacial drum]

850m but most is vertical.

[lost rapids]

I love doing dumb things

[unkempt blade]

You should use more trains. They're more fun than conveyors

[lost rapids]

77k screws/min 😭

[glacial drum]

It’s already using a train but it would be less efficient in this case

[torn lynx]

ok why dont truck stosp load and unlaod when i rpess f, i looked it up and i cant find an answer

[unkempt blade]

what about efficient at being fun?

[earnest nest]

Trucks are FUN! Especially with an 850m drop!

[glacial drum]

It’s blockin the progress of a new factory so the trains gotta go

[ornate saffron]

#streams-and-videos message

[glacial drum]

honestly there isn’t much reason to keep this place supplied with copper tbf. It’s only using it for recipes I’m making much more of at a central plant

I could just convert this factory to be bottles only

Plus the factory does have to come down eventually to make it more efficient

[lost rapids]

Ok i'm scared now

[earnest nest]

be bold Rose, Get the sledgehammer out.

[glacial drum]

Goodbye copper.

The only reason the aluminum is staying is for my bottles i need to fly when im in the wild

[ornate saffron]

Just don't ||rule 34|| satisfactory screws

[lost rapids]

ill go check

[glacial drum]

I had forgotten how much of this was without blueprints goodness

[ornate saffron]

That was a joke. Don't do that and don't report back

[lost rapids]

Why i did search..

[turbid tangle]

They are baked into the level and the level is split into tiles. I don't recall if fmodel can read the level data in a nice format or not

[leaden turret]

[insert "safe search on! safe search on!" meme]

[leaden turret]

nice is relative 😛

[glacial drum]

I think i’m gonna build a super sinker blueprint for whenever i demolish factories

Rare to use but very handy

bad news bears mk 2 can only hold 2 sinks

No fun that way..

[feral jay]

Just autmoated nuke nobs

Now for some fun

[spare cradle]

Why does a drone need a portable miner...?

[ornate saffron]

Miners spine. So do drones propellers.

[spare cradle]

Okie

[sinful roost]

Got to trains, should I be scared?

[ornate saffron]

Choo choo mother fucker

[cyan mesa]

trains are fun

[mellow elm]

I see a lot of play throughs with really expansive rail systems. How are people keeping their rail ways so uniform in regards to height? I was using a blueprint to make a cool looking pillar, but in practice the entire railway is just up/down/up/down like a shitty rollercoaster.

[ornate saffron]

Honestly, as a person that has had to make what I have work my whole life I didn't question the cost of a miner

[unkempt blade]

hey that's also the moral lesson from the hit cinematic masterpiece Joe Dirt!

[ornate saffron]

I make the track and the foundation it directly sits on with a spot on the bottom for a support column one bp and the columns themselves a separate BP.

If my track is ground level I nudge the column spot under ground then place blueprints in auto attach mode for straight precise connections.

[spare cradle]

Should my next factory produce all the project parts though I have one of the needed parts completed? Ik the part will be used in later parts, but this will be combined with the other project parts and be taking resources from producing them.

[ornate saffron]

If the traxk will float ill flot it adding the column support after

[tired wraith]

if i flush fluel does it affect anything

[ornate saffron]

My life.

We didn't have lamps until I went garbage diving and made lamps from a old chandelier when I was 9

[mellow elm]

When but how do you get the height to be the same for each pillar? The best I can do is eye ball it, and then stand on it, and check if the Z position of my character is the same, and it never is.

[spare cradle]

No? It's the same for any other liquid

[tired wraith]

does it damage anything

[glacial drum]

Honestly personally I’ll snap it to the pillar before and lock its position. Using the nudge keys I’ll make them overlap then move it horizontally not vertically

[spare cradle]

No.

[glacial drum]

Slow but it works

[spare cradle]

There is no damage things in Satisfactory

Except for you and the critters

[glacial drum]

You could also build out x amount of whatever you use for the pillar from the top of the previous pillar and line up the blueprint with it that way

3 pure iron 3 pure coal. Hm

Could make one hell of a steel factory

Think I’ll limit myself to only 780 from 1 of each ore though. I don’t want to belt up 6 ore nodes

Makes everything simpler too.

I’ve got multiple steel alt recipes in my backlog too so I can consider some of them.

Wow solid steel ingot is a hell of an upgrade. Presmelting the iron isn’t a big deal plus it enables pure iron ingots.

[spare cradle]

Try Coke Ingots

[tall lantern]

yep, it is still tradeoffs (more space, power, complexity) as always but widely considered Worth It to use Solid Steel

[spare cradle]

Much more steel per machine

[glacial drum]

I’d definitely consider it if I was making something using oil nearby. I’m just upgrading an old factory for the hell if it though and I’d rather not deal with oil

Probably my least favorite material so far.

[ornate saffron]

The John Henry of steel production

[spare cradle]

I also could not produce steel since I don't need jt

[ornate saffron]

Absolutely. Just like my "small" diluted packaged fuel factory.

[spare cradle]

I have alr a ton of encased beams being imported

But... Pipes

[ornate saffron]

#satisfactory-memes message

[glacial drum]

This just leaves me with the decision of do I use pure iron ingot recipes.. I’d need more coal that way so I’d need multiple nodes.

[spare cradle]

But importing encased beams means I can have the limestone node do just konk for molded pipes

[glacial drum]

I think I may someday but I’d like to limit myself to 1 node for each

[spare cradle]

Which will need steel anyways

[ornate saffron]

Do you like looking at refineries?

[spare cradle]

I personally only have a 20gw diluted to TFuel one

[spare cradle]

don't.

It will be pain if you restrict yourself on nodes

[ornate saffron]

That was my intent. Did not happen lol

[spare cradle]

Use as many as you need

[spare cradle]

That's what I have... I'm limited on coal

[glacial drum]

Well it’s not rlly a usage problem

More a I’m only using steel for containers rn

So no need to go above 1 pure node each yet

[spare cradle]

I could have more coal via import from across the island

But that isn't my problem rn

[ornate saffron]

Lol mine is 40gw regular diluted packaged fuel. Not turbo.

[spare cradle]

I mean... That is possible

I am using packaged as well bc I don't got blenders yet

[ornate saffron]

Mmmm blenders

[spare cradle]

Ye

[lost rapids]

@tall oyster Everything.

Rather making too much than not enough lol

[versed cosmos]

man alu scrap stacking to 500 sucks waiting for manifolds to fill up

im here getting angry that ive calculated everything correctly and some machines are still not getting the resources they need and its just that my smelters havent filled up all the way

[wanton cloud]

turn the machines off then bro

sometimes manifolds need assistance

[versed cosmos]

nah they just need time

but i was mad cause i thought id built something wrong and couldnt find it

[zenith sage]

It feels so good to make a whole assembly line without using any liquids after so long

[ornate saffron]

the simple start after a loong game run feels great

[spare cradle]

I would recommend doing as the equipment said

[fair aspen]

Anyone wanna tak a look a my Mega Factory am building, and come with some tips?

its my first time building one

[spare cradle]

Show?

[fair aspen]

Cant send a photo

[spare cradle]

#screenshots

Then send a link to the image via message link

[spare cradle]

Quite large, but now get to stacking vertically

[fair aspen]

Was the plan, but do i use trucks or trains?

to transfor them to my main base?

[spare cradle]

How far is the base?

Bc it depends

Train.

Def trains

[ember escarp]

Am I allowed to promote my Satisfactory playthrough Twitch stream some where in this server?

[spare cradle]

#rules

[fair aspen]

Cool thanks

[spare cradle]

Look at de rules, me man.

[leaden turret]

#streams-and-videos

[spare cradle]

... Thanks marv

[onyx yew]

is there a way to add those patterns to walls

[spare cradle]

No unless mods

[onyx yew]

damn

lame

[onyx yew]

thx tho

[spare cradle]

Best way is to do pixel with displays or the ends of objects

[onyx yew]

wdym

[leaden turret]

https://jobs.coffeestain.com/jobs/7113819-senior-programmer

[spare cradle]

Oh you're funny

[spare cradle]

By using the nudge feature and pushing it into the wall

[real shale]

Why don't you apply marv

[leaden turret]

Have a strong C++ background, with at least 5 years of professional experience using the language

[real shale]

I think you'd make an excellent senior programmer

[leaden turret]

I started going grey in my 20s, tyvm

[real shale]

See, you got experience

[leaden turret]

not in C++

[unkempt blade]

Just tell AI to do it, we're living the future.... the awful awful awful future

[leaden turret]

Al

is a piss poor programmer

[versed cosmos]

hey nerd how's the swamp looking now?

[spare cradle]

Absolutely

[unkempt blade]

totally agree, and yet people will pay me more to use it than they will to primarily write code

[real shale]

Haven't got around to it yet, although my southern forest is no longer a forest

[unkempt blade]

truly a dystopia

[spare cradle]

IMO, it's meant to be an assistant

Not a stand-alone thing

[leaden turret]

the people who I used to work with relied on AI more than their brains and wasted my time by ignoring my feedback and wasted the company's time by asking AI only for AI to get it wrong anyway

but apparently that's fine because [spongebob text] they followed the company directive of doing AI first

[spare cradle]

That sounds painful

[torn lynx]

hey my death crate is in a spot where i cant get it '

[leaden turret]

notice the phrase "used to work with" 😛

[unkempt blade]

I'm a certified AI skeptic but I'm also currently consulting on how teams can use it because I'm a hypocrite who likes money

[spare cradle]

Good for ya man

[cursive crane]

usually there are ways to build to it in some way or another, otherwise use SCIM to edit it elsewhere

[drowsy kelp]

Build foundations until you can

[torn lynx]

its in the abyss

[delicate robin]

Is it still not advised to snap junctions on to pipes? Like I should build the junction first and then snap the pipe to it? At one point there was a bug I think, where that would subtly alter fluid flow rates or something

[spare cradle]

What is in it?

[torn lynx]

a pit to hell

[cursive crane]

i think the bug is pretty much fixed, but its still good practice to do, avoids troubles otherwise
but you should be able to put junctions on pipes

[torn lynx]

accidentally drove my explorer in there too

[delicate robin]

I mostly try to avoid it, but sometimes it's just way easier to build that way

[spare cradle]

The abyss next to the greenlands?

[torn lynx]

yes, i looek everywhere and its below the spot where you take damage

[cursive crane]

Then use scim to edit it.

you just upload your save and edit from there on the interactive map

https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/interactive-map

[stuck escarp]

meow

does anyone know how different factorio is from satisfactory

ive got like 1200h in satisfactory but have been a bit burnt out and just got factorio

[cursive crane]

alot

[stuck escarp]

i assumed so

[real shale]

Factorio is honestly completely different, different approach to logistics and all

[stuck escarp]

ive had some peopel say its similar and some people say its super different

[dense violet]

the idea of 'automation' is basically teh only thing in common

[stuck escarp]

and apparently you can very much tell when a satisfactory player plays factorio based on the factory alone

[cursive crane]

research system and belt system is entirely different, not to mention the top down 2d.
if you enjoy the factory building management part of satisfactory youll love factorio
if you love the exploration/chill factor of infinite resources without any combat of satisfactory, you may not enjoy factorio

[real shale]

Yes because they try to make main buses work when you don't need them in satisfactory

[dense violet]

satisfactory designs run on consistent consumption and production

factorio burst production on random crap you bring to your base

[cursive crane]

if you want a good mix of inbetween, check out foundry, it uses the research system of factorio with the building/exploration of sf

[delicate robin]

Without mods. Factorio can have infinite resource patches and no combat. But there's little reason to really explore, that's true.

[torn lynx]

how do i access ym svae?

[ornate saffron]

on pc?

[cursive crane]

tells you on scim, click on/hover over the upload button

[torn lynx]

actuallyim jsut gonna laod a save

[real shale]

I like the 3D nature of satisfactory so I can truly display my ugly creativity when I decide to be le artiste with my factories (they are all floating platforms anyway)

[cursive crane]

yea you dont just make massive structures to decorate in factorio, games a lot more about science packs and automating base defense and such

[real shale]

i wish i could destroy the big trees in titan forest

[stuck escarp]

mhm well i sorta like both of those parts in satisfactory

[torn lynx]

yeah, i cant fidn the file

[stuck escarp]

but yeah ill give factorio a go

[dense violet]

just don't build therethat's like .. 10% of hte map

[stuck escarp]

idk if it will ever beat my beloved satisfactory

but i think ill enjoy it its different

[cursive crane]

factorio is well worth getting and trying, but fair warning it may be a bit much at first, not as much carries over from SF to factorio, lots to learn, but game can scratch the factory/automation itch

[real shale]

oh yeah im not its just, i hate nature in my factory game and its the same with those spiky bulb things in southern forest

gonna encase all the trees in titan forest in concrete

[cursive crane]

where are you stuck?

[torn lynx]

im jsut ogtta take a break

[unkempt blade]

you're of course aware that || the entire planet was made by ancient aliens so there's nothing natural about it to dirty your factory||

[jaunty vault]

Hey guys Im working on a heavy modular frame factory but my issue is I don’t have enough iron nodes nearby (closest one is down a cliff) But its not super far away(maybe 600-800m). In this scenario do you just belt the ore over or do you use a train to bring parts over from the other iron nodes?

[real shale]

they have a funny way of showing unnaturality by making it pretty natural looking

[ornate saffron]

rest, stretch drink some watrer ^_^

[dense violet]

belt it over, or pick a more suitable location

[dense violet]

or use more iron efficient rcipes

[unkempt blade]

you just need to find ||some of the rebar meshes in terrain and plants and stuff|| go explore more

[real shale]

oh no i've seen those, just, i have my own approach which is turn the planet into a factory in itself

[jaunty vault]

I also have the opportunity to unlock the radar stuff but what is it useful for? Is that going to give me a new type of power or something

[real shale]

radar is good for highlighting resource nodes on the map and showing you what remaining collectibles you have in a certain area

[jaunty vault]

Okay thats sick

[real shale]

it'll also clear any fog from undiscovered areas in its radius on the map

[unkempt blade]

plus it's a palindrome which is the best kind of word

[wanton cloud]

basically object scanner but way better

[real shale]

way cooler looking too

[willow garnet]

How can i farm mass amounts of Mycelia?

[wanton cloud]

go to rocky desert and cut all the mushroom cacti down

[real shale]

all of it, don't leave a single one behind.

[willow garnet]

Is that on the north east part of the map?

[wanton cloud]

north WEST

north east is the dunes

[willow garnet]

So is the only way to get it through manual harvest?>

[wanton cloud]

i don't really know how else could it possibly be attained

not like there's a mycelia node anywhere

[real shale]

yeah, you cant automate it, but there are certain recipes for alternatives to mycelia based materials

[wanton cloud]

or a mycelia liquid to extract from

[real shale]

like polyester fabirc

[willow garnet]

lololololol ok then. I just wanted to check. Thank you friends. Do the rocks regenerate or whatevs?

[wanton cloud]

it's not like fabric requires extensive usage, only for the few milestones and the chute

[drowsy kelp]

No, they’re rocks

[real shale]

gas filters

and further iodine infused filters

[wanton cloud]

well they aint alive, maybe wait a coupple hunned years and you'll get a different rock at the same spot

[broken valve]

Hey gang, im setting up my first train route, but when i use the train on it, the signals (the arrow thing) keeps changing when i have my back turned. i havent seen it change but it keeps messing with my attemps tu put the locomotive station in the right orientation. (i dont have trains signals yet)

[wanton cloud]

gah damn didn't know that

[real shale]

well the iodine infused ones use gas mask filters so

[dense violet]

make a post in #1038092680493801533 with overhead images

[willow garnet]

When the train goes by it automatically swithes

[broken valve]

is there a way to deactivate this ?

[drowsy kelp]

When a train switches it to follow a path it stays at whatever it was switched to

[willow garnet]

I dont know

[drowsy kelp]

A different train coming through will just switch it to the way it needs

[broken valve]

but when im driving myslelf , can i choose wich way to go from the locomtive, or do i need to get out and change it ?

ok ok i think this is my problem

[real shale]

it'll allow you to change it from the locomotives using arrow keys

[broken valve]

i put the arrow and i thought nothing will change them and then i just used arrow key without knowing it changed directions

thx !

[dense violet]

the little signals only affect manual trains. don't worry about it for automatic

[wanton cloud]

guys i have a theoretical question

[real shale]

I Might have a theoretical answer

[wanton cloud]

if i were to have a tractor transporting 2 different things, and then that tractor unloads into a truck station.
Are the 2 things automatically sorted for each output or are they gonna come out of the station jumbled on both outputs?

[placid stirrup]

The items will stack in the order they're dropped off and come out in the reverse order (FILO)

[wanton cloud]

...so like the thing further to the down-right corner will come out first on both outputs?

[placid stirrup]

You can test it with an industrial container, it should operate the same

[wanton cloud]

hmm, that constitutes for smart splitters then

[placid stirrup]

Pretty much the case any time you're transporting two or more unique items

[dense violet]

smart splitter to sort and sink over flow yes

[wanton cloud]

Does it go the same for trains? Didn't get to them yet but wanna be prepared

[dense violet]

with trains you need platofmr > buffer > smart splitter to sort to buffers and sinks

[real shale]

electrode scrap provides more scrap per alumina solution than the base scrap recipe right?

[wanton cloud]

...buffers?

[placid stirrup]

Just ratio the two recipes

[placid stirrup]

Storage container

[wanton cloud]

a

[tall lantern]

just a doublechest connected to both inputs or outputs of the platform, to deal with the load/unload pause

[wanton cloud]

literally forgot buffers existed

[dense violet]

1 bet to a container, 2 belts from container to platform
reverse on unload

[dense violet]

well 'storage' can become a buffer when used that way

[rain hollow]

How hard is it to set up nuclear?

[tall lantern]

it's not that different to any other production line if you're wearing the suit

[dense violet]

pretty simple honestly

[tall lantern]

might be larger in scale than anything you've built, depending on what numbers you choose

[placid stirrup]

There are more steps than the typical alternative of RF, but it's not necessarily "hard" in the sense it's difficult to make it work. Just a lot to keep track of and the scaling is daunting to some.

[dense violet]

more steps but smaller steps too. So it's just broken up

[rain hollow]

Should all the needed resources be remade from scratch and all used just for making fuel rods?

[tall lantern]

definitely more daunting if you decide "I want to use allll the uranium", but that's self-inflicted lol. And that's just due to scale

[cyan leaf]

For nuclear power does a reactor explode if not fueled?

[unkempt blade]

yes

[leaden turret]

no factory maintenance beyond supplying resources

[placid stirrup]

Would recommend dedicating resources to any new build

[tall lantern]

this is generally the recommended way to do any factory, so no different. Good ol' Independency

[rain hollow]

Like the encased industrial beams, I have them automated already but should I do it again just for making fuel rods?

[dense violet]

I highly recommend you make a totally dedicated system for it

[rain hollow]

That's what I was thinking

Just wasn't sure

[dense violet]

you do not want any changes to a system to wreck everything else attached

[rain hollow]

Fair

[tall lantern]

but yeah, any power system should ideally be self-contained (except the power to bootstrap it often comes from externally)

[unkempt blade]

It's way more fun when any part of your factory can take down all the other parts. It's like playing Jenga with power generators

[rain hollow]

What if I take the beams and concrete i'm already making and put half to a dedicated machine for encased industrial beams just for fuel rods and set the new one and the old one to half the speed the old is one currently at so it still uses the full amount but still allows for a dedicated machine for making the encased industrial beams for fuel rods?

[tall lantern]

is half enough?

[rain hollow]

Yes

It will make 3.75 per minute

[tall lantern]

that seems low, but guess that depends on your choice of recipes for your nuclear

if you're confident that factory won't stall for any reason and will be able to supply what you need you can use it if you want

[unkempt blade]

How is this different from just splitting the output of the existing machine? I think I'm missing something

[rain hollow]

I don't see another option honestly

[rain hollow]

I don't really know

[tall lantern]

been a loooong time since I did my nuclear, but my method of picking alts probably isn't particularly sane

[rain hollow]

There's only one alt recipe for nuclear fuel rods and I don't have it

[tall lantern]

mine used 162 beams/min apparently, but that's probably doing things very differently to yours

ah literally all for plutonium rods lol

[rain hollow]

Not possible without nuclear I think

Cause you need nuclear first to make plutonium

[placid stirrup]

Set up another encased beams factory at a location of your choosing?

[tall lantern]

plutonium is nuclear

[rain hollow]

I meant without uranium

[tall lantern]

correct

uranium -> plutonium -> ficsonium are the nuclear stages, all are optional

[rain hollow]

Last time I brought the closest coal all the way up there it was a pain in the ass

[tall lantern]

you're gonna be sending a lot of stuff around anyway

uranium's not in the most convenient places

[rain hollow]

Could over clock the one I already have going up there then split it

[placid stirrup]

at a location of your choosing
And yes Mein says what I was alluding to

[tall lantern]

in both saves where I did nuclear I had trains doing loops halfway across the map 😅

[placid stirrup]

Transport is part of the "lots of moving parts" things we were all mentioning earlier

[quasi warren]

If I ever did nuclear, Id do most of the power plant near water. Basic I know-

[tall lantern]

(partly a feature, because long-ass trains are cool)

[tall lantern]

yeah my first nuclear was out in the ocean south of the gold coast oil nodes, and the second was the void off the east of the northern ocean

you need sooo much water

[wooden jewel]

anyone have an incased steel beam factory layout

[tall lantern]

many people, but best to learn yourself

[wooden jewel]

well

[tall lantern]

work out how much you want to make, then how many resources that'll need and how many machines, then build it

don't worry about compact or anything, space is effectively unlimited

[wooden jewel]

i just need it for milestones but i assume i need it for more so idk how much to make

[tall lantern]

how'd you decide for iron rods, copper wire etc?

[wooden jewel]

what i need for my factory's and then i built an extra line underclocked for extra

[tall lantern]

trying to futureproof requires knowing your future requirements, so generally an exercise in futility

[tall lantern]

so why not do that here too?

[wooden jewel]

because i dont know how much i need

[tall lantern]

you didn't know how many rotors you needed when you first automated them 😛

[wooden jewel]

how did you know that...

[placid stirrup]

He has ESPN

[tall lantern]

(I'm not just being awkward, there really is no universal answer here, you just have to pick a number and build and see how it goes from there)

if in doubt, start with a single machine's worth

[wooden jewel]

how about 10 per minute

[tall lantern]

or two, or half, or whatever floats your motorboat

there you go, target acquired

[placid stirrup]

My own advice would be to start with a modest rate if you don't need the part for the next item and leave room for expansion.

[wooden jewel]

do i need it for the phase 3 stuff

[tall lantern]

you'll need ~everything forever

but you don't have to try and guess the future now

[placid stirrup]

Maybe you want to double the production at that site eventually, maybe you want to produce it elsewhere. Just keeps you flexible.

[tall lantern]

it's also common to make the same resources in multiple places as sub-parts of other factories (see Independency)

[placid stirrup]

Yes you'll need more of everything throughout but that's a problem for future Karmer

[wooden jewel]

yeah..

[placid stirrup]

Can I ask where the name comes from?

[tall lantern]

nice simple game loop

• pick a target
• plan it
• build it
• goto 1

no rule saying you can't make the same thing multiple times if needed

[wooden jewel]

my first gamer tag my dad made me was instantkarm9807 name was to long for rivals just went with it

[zenith sage]

Oh I didn't restart, I'm in phase 4 hah, it's just I didn't really need any liquids to automate 30 Magnetic Field Generators per minute

[placid stirrup]

Ahh ok thanks

[zenith sage]

Heh.. 1st half of Phase 4 seemed suspiciously simple... I was right... propulsion rockets are "interesting"

[wooden jewel]

how do i switch my dismantler from blueprint back to normal

[zenith sage]

Click R

[quasi warren]

Hit r

[wooden jewel]

thanks its been a while

[oak nymph]

I'm almost done

[oak nymph]

Why the hell would you need 30/min

[hot burrow]

can anyone help me calculate my train route

or trains in general

[fickle locust]

Lotsa AI Expansion Servers

[quasi warren]

#1038092680493801533 is perfect for that

[oak nymph]

For points?

[hot burrow]

bruh

[fickle locust]

Yeah I'm a different person but I set a goal for endgame parts produced per minute to make things interesting

[fickle locust]

We do need details about what your issue is beyond "how do trains" and that's nice in a thread

[hot burrow]

huh

[fickle locust]

Please make a post in #1038092680493801533 saying what your issue is. Add screenshots if possible and relevant. This makes it easier to provide help focused on your issue

[hot burrow]

thats alot of effort, i rather suffer with my problems

thank you tho king <3

[fickle locust]

Well the game is all about learning through trial and error, so enjoy

[reef basin]

if you don't put effort into asking a question, why should we put effort into answering it?

[hot burrow]

Lazy

[reef basin]

well guess what we're lazy too

[unkempt blade]

yeah but more importantly how do trains?

[cyan leaf]

Ay i thought im the lazy one lol

[unkempt blade]

I need to know how to make choo choo so my factory can flourish

[cyan leaf]

Watch a lot of yt vids first before dealing with em 😭 I made that mistake

[unkempt blade]

instructions unclear, wound up with #screenshots message

but they still don't choo choo

[oak nymph]

I'm almost done with project assembly should I build a ionized fuel factory or a rocket fuel factot

[unkempt blade]

yes both

[spare cradle]

Place train on track, place a stop on that track, power that station. Boom, train.

[unkempt blade]

Yeah but what do I do if a giant sad monster is trying to eat my tracks? #screenshots message

[spare cradle]

I dunno, shoot it?

[unkempt blade]

the train? I don't see how that will help

[spare cradle]

I dunno then man

[unkempt blade]

I'll just stick to factory carts they're better anyway

[oak nymph]

Both?

Why

[unkempt blade]

ya, first one then the other for different purposes

[oak nymph]

What are those fuel uses for unless power?

[unkempt blade]

vehicles, jetpacks

[ornate saffron]

recycling rubber and plastic

[unkempt blade]

in this case they were asking about rocket and ionized so no recycling plastic/rubber with this one 😄

on the other hand... the factory could make all 3

[ornate saffron]

i didnt read the back log the sentance just said fuel lol

[unkempt blade]

or even 4 if they feel fancy and want turbo fuel

[oak nymph]

.2

So what is it use for?

[unkempt blade]

power, vehicles, jetpacks

[wary falcon]

is bad to feed pipes from 2 different ends? i predict that causes sloshing

[unkempt blade]

it's actually good and reduces sloshing

[wary falcon]

wait fr?

how that sounds so counter intuitive

because there would be 2 different dirrections of flow

[unkempt blade]

you'll hear people around here tell you to loop your pipes when it's manifold-y for this reason

[wary falcon]

ohhh right idk why i didnt think of that

[feral jay]

Yes, but there's no longer an "end" of the pipe tou bounce off and cause water hammer

[glacial drum]

Surely now that I’ve automated nuclear pasta making the rest of the phase 4 parts will be even easier

Surely..

[feral jay]

LOL here I am handbombing all the phase 4 stuff into a temporary setup

[remote glade]

hey guys, i played up to about plastics on 1.0 release, now returning to 1.1

is it worth restarting my world or should i just jump back into my old one?

[feral jay]

Oh look, a n00b! Get' im, boys!

Not too much has changed that could break a save, you're probably good to play that save still

[remote glade]

more just thinking of if there was any world gen stuff changed/ missing content for early game

[feral jay]

Not that I can think of?

Lemme dig up the patch notes

[feral jay]

#patch-notes message

[fluid crow]

guess I don't need to keep making space parts if I'm good on coupons for now?

think I might turn this into more of a production factory

[real shale]

i do not regret rebuilding everything in my save, just looking at it it looks so much prettier now

[hybrid nymph]

hello people, I'm just working on my homework and I will be on the game in about an hour or so

[fluid crow]

think I could make it a nice high production factory now for quite a few things then ship them off

instead of using it all on elevator parts

[hybrid nymph]

I need to work on my space elevator lol

I'm just barely on Tier 8

I'm going to mod the game when I get to tier 9

just a few basic mods

a map mod that reveals the locations of all of the: slugs, somersloops, and mercer spheres

the glass fluid tank mod

a mod that caps the cost of AWESOME sink ticket points

the craftable power slugs mod

and a mod that expands the dimensional depots

[drowsy kelp]

Aren’t they already

The cap is just above project assembly

[drowsy kelp]

Why craft power slugs with mods when you can craft power shards normally

[hybrid nymph]

no a mod that caps them at like 10,000 points per ticket so I can get unlimited tickets

all I want is the golden nut statue

I am just going for 100% completion

I want all the steam achievements and all of the tiers complete

[drowsy kelp]

Synthetic power shards exist

[oak nymph]

And are easy to make

[fluid crow]

if you automate the phase 5 stuff then sink the extrra when your're done you get the coupons pretty fast

my setup was pretty minimal

[unkempt blade]

and you can spend them all on unlocking the factory cart recipe!

[fluid crow]

sign me up

[unkempt blade]

though if you're a good pioneer and not some sort of fun-hating monster people would unlock it way before T9

[hybrid nymph]

technically the factory cart can be unlocked at tier 2

so can many of the MAM stuff

[fluid crow]

was like the first thing I bought because I needed a car bad

[ornate saffron]

I like the FActory cart on foundations. It feels not great on the grass

[unkempt blade]

3 fast 3 furious dirt drifting

[fluid crow]

can make it a game where you get speed then have to not wipe in the dirt sections

[ornate saffron]

i just rush the explorer

[oak nymph]

I walk

[fluid crow]

I mean I don't actually drive it, more of a status symbol

[torn lynx]

hey im editing it rightn owm, i see mny chest but i can get my car back

[fluid crow]

I did totally go on a road trip when I got the explorer

[feral jay]

aaaaand this is why the game needs a pause function, I'm in the fight of my life and a hungry cat jumps onto my keyboard

[ornate saffron]

CAt takes priority

[untold moat]

IIRC if you are in Single Player Only in the multi-player settings, it will pause the game.

[feral jay]

❤️ Just Pause

[torn lynx]

hey, my car is stuck and i can fidn it in the CSIM

[feral jay]

Newp, there is no pause function

[fluid crow]

you can type pause in the console

[feral jay]

Although they've hinted at it in 1.2

[feral jay]

lol you try doing that with a cat on your keybord

[fluid crow]

true

[torn lynx]

help?

[ornate saffron]

#off-topic-media message

[torn lynx]

nvm i got it

[ornate saffron]

dont know what to tell you if it exists it should be on SCIM.

I have had a case where my truck fell through the map and just disappearedxc forever

[torn lynx]

i got it, my car biugges and didnt respawn when i accidentallyu drive into ap it, i got it now so no biggie

also, is the purple crystals in alien tech late game? casue i cannot find any

[ornate saffron]

purple spheres?

[torn lynx]

no, the werid purple ore

[stable cloak]

SAM?

[drowsy kelp]

SAM?

[ornate saffron]

oh sam. that big arch in the grass lands... its under it

[stable cloak]

jinx

[drowsy kelp]

It’s not late-game only, just hard to find

You won’t be using lots until later tho

[torn lynx]

reaLLY? ILL GIVE THAT A LOOK

[stable cloak]

it's also in a cave in the desert starting area

[torn lynx]

caps

[drowsy kelp]

Beware, there are stingers and spore flowers

[ornate saffron]

bring weapons and explosives

[torn lynx]

i got a rebar gun with stun grenades

[drowsy kelp]

s solve everything

[torn lynx]

stun ammo*

and i got about 88 bombsl eft on me

asl ohow do i save my world of the SCIM

[ornate saffron]

from SCIM ? you click the download button where the load button used to be. its a little square with a down facing arrow.

[ornate saffron]

The SCIM has information on the website on how to use it. We are happy to help but please do some of your own research and exploration ^_^

[torn lynx]

ah ok i got it, sorry forthe uqerstions i sjut liek talking to people

ok, i think i got it, i downlaoded and mvoed it to the file save

[ornate saffron]

its no bother im cool with chatting. Please rest though you are tired. Water stretch

[torn lynx]

huh?

[ornate saffron]

you make more typos when you are tired it seems. Or at least thats my assumption

[torn lynx]

also the reason id rather ask quesytions about game stff here is because iw ant to avoid spoilers

[ornate saffron]

lol that fair.

[hybrid nymph]

okay one more assignment down, then I can hop on

[wary falcon]

ideas for uses of compacted coal after making rocket fuel?

[ornate saffron]

you restraint is commendable

[ornate saffron]

Steel, Coal generators

[feral jay]

Electrode Aluminium Scrap is a good recipe that needs it

[wary falcon]

is that even worth time they are so mid

[wary falcon]

pretty good idea

[ornate saffron]

steel is not mid lol

[wary falcon]

oh yeah for some reason i only read coal generators

[feral jay]

I have a battery plant that uses compacted coal byproduct from the plastic refineries to feed the aluminium refineries, it works quite well

[wary falcon]

how do you make steel from compacted coal?

[ornate saffron]

!wikisearch Compacted Steel Ingot

[raven axle]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/index.php?search=Compacted+Steel+Ingot

[fickle locust]

Hmm it seems like there's no reason to build these dark matter crystals in this location

Which is unfortunate because I just finished making the whole setup

[ornate saffron]

Out of context you seem like a loony pacing in his room talking to himself lol

[fickle locust]

In context too

[zealous urchin]

🗿

[torn lynx]

s about the arch where you said sam was

[ornate saffron]

but making dark matter crystals would be good for sinking

[torn lynx]

its in the pit isnt it '

[ornate saffron]

deep scarey hole full of Spiders.....

you betcha

[zealous urchin]

chat boring

[torn lynx]

ok...so what if i rig it to explode BEFORE i go into the scary spider pit of imminent death

[real shale]

yummy uranium, delicious snack

[ornate saffron]

you could slowly go down and when you are ten meters from the bottom setup a foundation to murder from

[fluid crow]

there could be lizard doggos down there

[ornate saffron]

murder murder murder"

#screenshots message

[fluid crow]

jk they would be dead

[real shale]

more the reason to blow it up

[torn lynx]

i am on a parashute holding a gun

tell me... can i automate sam>

[ornate saffron]

yup just like any other ore.

[ornate saffron]

youll need a bunch of the raw ore for research then craft the next step for more research and then craft the following step for......... research

[torn lynx]

also idk how they did it put boms are EXTREMELY satisfying

[fluid crow]

rip um a new one

- Duke Nukem

[ornate saffron]

\

[fluid crow]

yea I really didn't want that dot

[ornate saffron]

.

[torn lynx]

YOU CAN CAHRGE THROW BOMBS?

CAPSLOCK IS INTENTIONAL HERE

[fluid crow]

ofc

[real shale]

overclocking more like overrated, underclocking my beloved, i love purposely making myself place more machines

[feral jay]

HAVE YOU NEVER PLAYED WORMS? (CAPSLOCK ALSO INTENTIONAL)

[zealous urchin]

chat still boring ree

[drowsy kelp]

Have you been dropping them at your feet the whole time

[ornate saffron]

save power at the cost of space and machine parts

[feral jay]

If you throw them while moving, they go even further...

[torn lynx]

...maybe

[real shale]

more machines is prettier to look

[drowsy kelp]

If you time a jump right it can go really far

I’ve hit 115 meters before

[real shale]

especially if you do it with a nuke nobelisk (dont do this)

[glacial drum]

After I finish up my new steel factory I think I’ll automate nuke nobs

[feral jay]

The joke about literal nuclear grenades is that yes, the US Army actually developed them, but nobody was dumb enough to actually throw one. I love that this game has literal nuclear grenades.

[vestal hill]

#screenshots message
sir your Sam node is now inhabited. It is time to leave it

[ornate saffron]

do you have a use in mind? or did you just wana kill a spider>?

[glacial drum]

ofc i’d need to redesign my entire nobelisk factory as is. Which also means reworking my rifle ammo aswell

just foliage clearing and as weapons

Mostly for clearing, though.

[ornate saffron]

nuking the swamp is my plan

[real shale]

the first nuclear product i want to make are the nuke nobelisks to completely obliterate all trees and leaves in this map

[vestal hill]

Automating nobs is smart I should’ve thought of that

[glacial drum]

Honestly I may leave my old factory as is

It would mean I’m automating 3 types of novelists

[vestal hill]

The first ever nuke I got was used on the swamp

[glacial drum]

nobelisks

[ornate saffron]

you would. I know you wana spread the grassy plains accross the map

[feral jay]

Also it's really cool to blow the everloving fuck out of a factory and watch it from a distance, especially because buildings don't take damage in this game, so it just... looks cool...

[ornate saffron]

i gave my first to a doggo

[real shale]

yes. There will be no forests in my map (except titan forest but i intend to encase those trees in CONCRETE)

[glacial drum]

Think I’ll finish this damn factory tomorrow though.

[feral jay]

I've finished enough factories for the moment, I'm on an adventure

[glacial drum]

It’s only 19.5 refineries. But then ofc the ratio of how much of either steel product I want to make.

[torn lynx]

I NEED....S O MUCH COAL

luckily getting the coal itself isnt the problem... spreading it out is

[vestal hill]

Where are you based?

[vestal hill]

Oh why’s that

[torn lynx]

oh the starter arrea, i have acoal facotry with pure coal and tractors deliver it to where it needs to go to keep ym trucks running, i jsut need to make another tractor division

[vestal hill]

You should invest in trains

[feral jay]

Or just use longer belts

[torn lynx]

i use tractors to keep thigns tidy

[vestal hill]

True

[torn lynx]

havnty unlocked train eyt but they WILL be invested ( I LOVE TRAINS)

[vestal hill]

Oki!

[ornate saffron]

choo choo

[ornate saffron]

pay attention to ADA when you unlock trains. She has a important msg

[torn lynx]

well i gotta automate SAM now and i gotta ge tit a truck stop

[feral jay]

choo choo motherfucker
get it right

[vestal hill]

YES

[torn lynx]

my method for mining ores is the tractoer picks it up and deleivers it to a facotry near base for production

[ornate saffron]

spoiolers

[ornate saffron]

idea...... build the constructors for the sam...... AT the sam. Just us lifts to bring it to the surfacve and build right there. at the arch

[torn lynx]

so jsut have the truck deliver the finished product?

[real shale]

aaaa why does applying mergers or spliters to lifts reset their swatch

[feral jay]

heh I don't use swatches, I only ever use the custom swatch

Mostly just to paint pipes so I know what's in them

[glacial drum]

I didn’t read the swatch msgs saying if you change em they change what you’ve used em on

Yea my entire iron factory turned red.

[torn lynx]

also, i psoted my sotrage in design and arcetecture

[glacial drum]

gotta figure out how much steel beams - pipes I want to make. I’ve got 1170 steel ingots but I’m not adding any damn concrete to the mix so no alts.

[ornate saffron]

..... Imma give you some advice spoiler free.... now that you have sam research alien tech.... when you can research down the Mercer sphere tree

am i misremembering? i thought you needed more encased industrial beams

[glacial drum]

I think you are. I don’t remember mentioning any.

I believe I mentioned using iron pipe to make some if anything

I think using 50% of the ingots to either side (give or take a few percents for easier setup) should be sufficient

I’ve not yet found much use for either item besides storage anyways.

[nova ridge]

is it better for fluids to general travel one direction or is splitting in the middle ok?

like lets say i have 1 pipe with 8 outputs. does it matter if i put input pipe one end vs middle

[real shale]

splitting in the middle is almost guaranteed to cause some headaches because of how fluids handle load balancing

[ornate saffron]

the banners around peoples icons make me confuse ppl lol i likely am thinking about someone else

[real shale]

its better to have fluids travel in one direction and avoiding split fluid flow where possible

[versed cosmos]

alu factory is finally all running at 100%

[real shale]

manifold pipes my beloved

[real shale]

you too huh?

[versed cosmos]

u building alu too?

[glacial drum]

Yall think 260 steel pipes will be enough?

[versed cosmos]

per min?

[real shale]

yeah, for fluid tanks, sheets and batteries

[glacial drum]

Thinking about sending instead of 50% of my ingots just sending a full 780 belt to beams for more beams

[versed cosmos]

ah im making sheets, casings, and heat sinks

[vestal hill]

What phase?

[glacial drum]

Yea per min, phase 4

[vestal hill]

Oh idk then

[versed cosmos]

there's some sulfur nearby but i'd need to rebuild the whole thing to fit it in

[real shale]

i have like....uhhh 2k casings a minute in the red forest now

[versed cosmos]

damn ok

[real shale]

i have literally sucked up ALL the bauxite in the red forest into one factory

[versed cosmos]

im getting 440

im handling 1200 bauxite

[real shale]

im being smart with how i handle my byproducts this time, running a water pipe from my battery blenders alll the way to a quartz factory to make pure quartz crystals

rather than whatever jank i had last time

[versed cosmos]

i was initially going to make diluted fuel with my byproduct water but the numbers worked out better using it for rubber for the heat exchanger alt

and feeding half of my sloppy alumina refineries

still making diluted fuel, just bringing more freshwater in for it

[real shale]

i need to start making heat exchangers tbh, cooling systems are next on my list and then....turbo motors shudders

[versed cosmos]

man i dont even want to make radio control units

[zealous urchin]

real

[real shale]

i have them automated, they werent too bad

supercomputers have been causing me more of a headache

[ornate saffron]

ive been on phase 3 parts for .... to long lol

[real shale]

for me its been phase 4

ive been resilent in rebuilding literally everything from the ground up

[zealous urchin]

that time in save "ahh alu casing maxing 🤮 "

[real shale]

aluminium casings my beloved

[ornate saffron]

imn actively trying to take it slow

[real shale]

oh no me too

#screenshots message what ive been doing today

[ornate saffron]

my avergae clear time is 125hours.

This save is at 200 hours so far

[real shale]

my save is at uhhh 500 hours lol

[south jackal]

Does anyone have tips on how not to get overwhelmed with the logistics and rebuilding od my factories?
(Context i had plans that once i unlocked trains i would tear down all of my old factories and build more modular smelteries and mills for production where a individual factory is ment to maximize the output of 1 item (eg the smart plate factory imports basic items and outputs smart plates. The problem ive ran into is how little i understand the train logistics even after playing for hundreds of hours and also how big i planned my rail system to be, which is a entire biome.. from literally rushing some items like i didnt build a advanced steel factory i just said "i can handcraft motors for now till i get trains qwq" there is also the daunting task of managing that entire logistics system without it being flexible)

[ornate saffron]

lots of red lol

[real shale]

lots of refineries too

[zealous urchin]

dont make 20 things at a time
just one

[ornate saffron]

so first i like to leave my old factories. tearing the down is a literal step back. if i need to transport item from those factories i just build next to them

In the case of my first factory which build all phase one stuff it just went into dimensional depots and the Smart plating goes into a factory cart and is shipped to the nearby purple forest where there is a train station.

As for complex logistics one step at a time. Build new factories with trains (or whatever mode of transportation) in mind and build as you go. trying to make a whole grid in one go is a good way to burn out

i have several little factories that just fill dimensional depots. One for example makes stators, Rotors and motors. 10/min of each straight into a depot as ill always need more for personal use

[versed cosmos]

have some standardised designs for your trains. know how to build a 3-way and 4-way intersection and build it exactly the same every time

keeping all stations and trains the same length can help too. if a specific route needs more throughput you can add another train

[ornate saffron]

@south jackal As for trains themselves here is some solid info. feel free to @me or DM me if you need a specific question answered. #design-and-architecture message

[south jackal]

Alrighty thanks!

[versed cosmos]

a lot of people like to build a train network that loops around the whole map but that's a pretty daunting task for now

[ornate saffron]

on that note. sleepy time. Night all happy factory building

[versed cosmos]

it should be sleepy time for me, but the factory must grow

[ornate saffron]

i cant even play yet... another week of recovery first

[zealous urchin]

Joe

to sleep

goe

[gloomy tusk]

Just realised the factory I’m building for fused modular frames can be doubled when I change the miners to mk 3 XD

[fluid crow]

Joe is a good pioneer

[versed cosmos]

ada's favourite

[gloomy tusk]

Dedicated pioneer

[zealous urchin]

Joe

[gloomy tusk]

[zealous urchin]

Joe and the Sunflower Secret

he likes dnd physics and musics too

damn

[gloomy tusk]

What a cool guy

[zealous urchin]

exactly!

@versed cosmos whats ur fav dnd class

[versed cosmos]

paladin

[zealous urchin]

clasic

[versed cosmos]

specifically 2014 paladin

got done dirty in the 2024 version

[zealous urchin]

ik what u mean

[gloomy tusk]

You play any instrument

[versed cosmos]

no but id like to learn some day

[zealous urchin]

ive seen that 1/11 padlock build but meh it ruins the vibe

[gloomy tusk]

You should learn I play 2

[versed cosmos]

i love a warlock multiclass on paladin

instantly makes u a lot more versatile

[zealous urchin]

in that case it might be good for u

[versed cosmos]

my current group are playing a different system

fantasy age

[zealous urchin]

dont know it

[versed cosmos]

its not great tbh

very little opportunity for cleric or paladin type characters

[zealous urchin]

i see

[versed cosmos]

just learned you can be crushed by a freight car while its loading

[zealous urchin]

which ones? ive veen grinding piano but didnt stick with mee im too impatient

[versed cosmos]

apparently piano really does take a lot of just throwing yourself at it

id like to learn drums

[gloomy tusk]

Piano and drums drums for 8 years piano for 1 month

[zealous urchin]

hahaha so many piano enthusiasts

u need them hands, big hands and imoecable music sense

and crystal clear patience

amd i was like "stop bulyying me id rather game"

[feral jay]

I studied piano for fifteen years but alas I don't really have any musical talent. I can play something I've rehearsed quite well, but god help me if someone asks me to play it in another key

I just... can't

[zealous urchin]

damn bro did they bully you too?

[feral jay]

Nah it's fine, I'm good at a great many things, making music just isn't one of them

I'm still glad I studied music though, it did give me a much better appreciation for it

[zealous urchin]

good to hear ure fine

[feral jay]

What really killed the ambition for me was figuring out I'd never be able to just kinda jam with folks

I don't have the necessary ear or talent

[nova ridge]

#screenshots message

lol my usage doesnt even surpass my power boost bonus

[versed cosmos]

fix those capacity fluctuations!

[zealous urchin]

Joe

[versed cosmos]

yes dear?

[zealous urchin]

i just like saying it

[nova ridge]

what fluctuations

[versed cosmos]

capacity should be a straight line!

[nova ridge]

hm.

its prob my plutonium. prob not making enough oh well

[versed cosmos]

youve got power generators somewhere on your grid not getting enough resources

change the clockspeed then!

[zealous urchin]

or thermals

[versed cosmos]

i dont think geothermal would look like that

[torn lynx]

THE SINK HUNGERS

[nova ridge]

dunno

[zealous urchin]

SINKS FOR THE SINK THRONE

[hybrid nymph]

finally my German homework is done!

I can finally play some Satisfactory now!

[versed cosmos]

whatcha building?

[primal path]

Really @maiden comet

[zealous urchin]

what are u NOT building 🗿

[versed cosmos]

radio control units

[zealous urchin]

NOT automating

[primal path]

What is with players kicking others out of servers, I didn’t even do anything. So dumb

[hybrid nymph]

I still need to unlock nuclear reactors

[versed cosmos]

gonna tackle rocket fuel at some point this week

[silver seal]

Are there any exits in the Rocky Desert cave that aren't marked on SCIM? Especially near the quartz nodes?

[versed cosmos]

no theyre all marked

[feral jay]

Hey I just realized I've got enough Mercer spheres to upgrade my DD capacity and speed to the max, w00t!

Up and down are a shallow illusion, up and down disappear in the deep

Wise words there

[hidden pebble]

Which is a solid place for making a nuclear power plant?

[silver seal]

I've heard the swamp a lot, but I've never built one and am keen to find out

[feral jay]

Over a large body of water, a very large body

[coral marsh]

Theres a few, im using the ocean to the west of the grassy fields region, my advice is to place the reactors below the shore line so water extractors can take advantage of gravity and you dont have to worry about pumps, only the 10m headlift from the extractors. But generally, over any large or massive body of water works well enough

[coral marsh]

Over any ocean basically aye lol

[coral marsh]

They're annoying ill admit that

[versed cosmos]

i still need to make crystal oscillators lol

[coral marsh]

I'd suggest utilizing 3-5 manufacturers for those

So you can over flow a lot into a storage container, an industrial one a little bit of quartz goes a long way for those

If you want, overclock all of them to 200% so you can make a lot

[willow pond]

i hate moving house, but i'm so glad when everything's in one spot again

[coral marsh]

I need to tear down and redo my entire main hub base, just so its neat etc. But I need to make more blueprints before then for all the things I need to use in the depot

[iron solar]

I need to practice with blueprints, totally avoiding them in my first play and I decided to start another to get good.

[real shale]

If I delete a drone port that has a drone associated with it but its parked on its remote destination, does deleting the drone port delete that drone as well?

[coral marsh]

@nocturne axle you and anyone else can keep emoting "📵" all you like, it wont change anything. I refuse to use "prt screen" on my keyboard as the file locations on my pc are messed up and finding the screenshots folder outside of the games own one, is annoying as shit.

[torn lynx]

DUDE THIUS GAME SCARED THE EVER LIVING CRAP OUT OF ME

ime sxplorign around and i foiudn a very hidden cave in then orthern area i go in it and there a purple slug

however, i thought it would be protected...i look behind mke and there was a bout 8 stingers charging at me full throttle

[fluid crow]

sounds about right

[coral marsh]

Wait till you see the giant green ones

they can jump

[torn lynx]

the waht?

oh ive ran into them, i hated it

but a green one?

[coral marsh]

Yup

They have acid around their face

[fluid crow]

they disappear into a cloud of acid then come flying at you

[versed mesa]

Hi all

Everyone is waiting for the update to drop

[coral marsh]

When is it

[versed mesa]

They said early this year so its probably not to long now

[coral marsh]

A specific date would be nice

[versed mesa]

Ìf not this month maybe March or April

[coral marsh]

Thanks

[versed mesa]

Yeah it would

@coral marsh you know 1 thing thats being added ?

[coral marsh]

Fluid truck i believe

[versed mesa]

Yup correct

[coral marsh]

Oh it was a questioner

[versed mesa]

And hopefully way more

[coral marsh]

I thought you where asking because of curiosity

[versed mesa]

No

[coral marsh]

Please dont do that again to me

[versed mesa]

😂

[coral marsh]

I dont like being tested like that

My mind construdes it as condescension

Im 26, not 4

[versed mesa]

Am just asking to see if you already know and I was hoping you mite of sa8d what then I was going to tell you 😂

[coral marsh]

I don't often do that

[versed mesa]

@coral marsh do you know what else is coming ?

[coral marsh]

I dont

And generally I dont care until the updates dropped

[versed mesa]

UfOs

[coral marsh]

Ffs man leave me alone

[versed mesa]

😂

[coral marsh]

I am not a damn child

[versed mesa]

Neither am I but I am your daddy 😂

[coral marsh]

Okay thats creepy

[versed mesa]

Am 35 in May

[coral marsh]

Good for you, I dont fucking care

[hidden pebble]

Weird to become a dad in 9 years of age

[versed mesa]

Charming

[coral marsh]

Leave me alone, im actually creeped out now

[versed mesa]

So true lmfao

Someone is on there Period this morning 😂