satisfactory

[glacial drum]

#screenshots

[ornate saffron]

MW you mean?>

[tall lantern]

#screenshots

[terse lagoon]

i sent it twin

[fading whale]

Oh ok... Majority wins.

[jolly sierra]

NAH #satisfactory-memes

[tall lantern]

if you want help with it, then yeah #1038092680493801533

[terse lagoon]

i just wanted to show it no need for help man thanks though

[tall lantern]

but it sounds like you're just looking to lob it into the void, so yep screenshots go in #screenshots

[ornate saffron]

#screenshots to drag

#math-and-meta for ...math

#design-and-architecture for decor

[terse lagoon]

187.5 constructors bro i dont think i need all of this

[glacial drum]

Wtaf are you doing dude

[fading whale]

CTRL+C / CTRL+V much?

[frosty bloom]

Nice. Thank you for telling that.

[tall lantern]

it sounds like you've just made an excessive amount of production for no actual reason lol

[glacial drum]

Guys this argument isn’t very preem. We’re all chooms here

[terse lagoon]

i was bored maaan

[tall lantern]

English-only server, can you translate that

[fading whale]

Isn't that HOW you get bored?`😂

[glacial drum]

Preem - good chooms - friends

[golden nexus]

heh, which dialect?

[glacial drum]

I came back from eating and SOMEONE put iron ore in my iron INGOT belt line

[terse lagoon]

i like organizing extraordinary MASSIVE stuff for fun

[fading whale]

Cyberpunk reference 😉

[tall lantern]

English language for English people 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
maybe some Yorkshire

[ornate saffron]

Night city slag

[fading whale]

You can't call her a slag?

[golden nexus]

So no cross with picts permitted?

[next vale]

Hi, could someone help me with a problem of pipes in #design-and-architecture ??

[golden nexus]

yawill, yawill, yawill wontyea nae?

[glacial drum]

GOOD GOD

An entire 300 iron ore has been belted to the wrong line

300 INGOTS should be in it

A minute too..

[golden nexus]

Cleanup, Floor 1? 🙂

[tall lantern]

well at least they won't have gone far

[fading whale]

"Well there's your problem".

[glacial drum]

Cleanup on every floor

[fading whale]

Burn it. Start over.

[golden nexus]

i love how it hides in splitters and stuff

[glacial drum]

Sigh..

[golden nexus]

and if you don't completly drain everything it can resurface for ages because everything works as a first in last out

[glacial drum]

funnily enough it’s on a single belt line to become a lot of iron pipes.. So it shouldn’t be too bad..

All it did was stop up a few floors of belts

I Stand corrected

It was also making iron wire..

Oh good god

It was on a floor of 20+ constructers of Iron Wire

Oh no..

[fading whale]

A general tip (to everyone) in case you get a wrong item on your belt and it is now stuck in the input of 20 constructors or other machines.
It's often quicker to just delete and rebuild the belts than trying to empty them and hand-pick items from each input.

[glacial drum]

That is what I’m doing

I could also just obliterate the floor. It’s all a blueprint

However some have specific clock speeds..

[golden nexus]

splitters as well there is a tiny buffer in the splitter to empty

[fading whale]

True

[glacial drum]

Oh no the splitters aren’t in the. blueprint

I forgot i manually swapped their input sides

[fading whale]

Depending on the size of the problem, I connect a sink to the end of the last splitter. Empty the main line. Then rebuild belts for the machines.

[hard stump]

There a good video on how to make train tracks blue on slopes? Have a friend whoes been helping me on Xbox but I have a project so big he’s crashing a lot so was trying to get things done so makes his life easier sense he’s helping me

[golden nexus]

blueprints are great, they pemit massive mistakes at big scale much faster 🙂

[zenith pecan]

I've absolutely done that.

[unkempt blade]

doesn't anyone test their BPs before they spam out 50 of them?

[golden nexus]

There 2 type of people.

1. That have done it and admit it.
2. One that have done it but deny it.
3. Ones which have "off by one errors"

[glacial drum]

I think I’ve got it all..

[ornate saffron]

yes... but like 20% of the time

[glacial drum]

Multiple times yes. This was part of the floor to floor belting though so it wasn’t blueprinted as I don’t build 5 floors at once in the same blueprint

[fading whale]

Test. tEst. T3st.....
I've heard this word before...æ

[zenith pecan]

Usually, especially if I'm rushing a large project, I'll have multiple compounding errors in interconnecting blueprints, @ornate saffron saw first hand as I was going over my spire coast processing initiative, and completely stuffed up four rather large processing platforms via blueprint replication booboo.

[unkempt blade]

at least there's BP mode for tearing them down for anyone too lazy to test

[glacial drum]

why does this row of constructers have NO INOUT

[fading whale]

Waiting for a feature update?

[glacial drum]

since my wires are backed up down here i can only assume there’s iron ore in the iron pipe makers upstairs..

[fading whale]

Nice.

Your game sounds more fun than ours 😄

[ornate saffron]

im lucky in the sense i have had 10 days of no playing to play lol

[spare cradle]

#screenshots message lizard doggos are funny

[unkempt blade]

I quit my job to go pro at factory carts but I'm still waiting on sponsors to catch on 🙁

[zenith pecan]

I stepped away for a little while after fighting with a slender tower earlier 🤣 , I really will finish the project and get back to sucking up the spire.

[glacial drum]

Ok nothing is backing up.. yet..

[ornate saffron]

i dont usually deconstruct factories..... but my small quartz facility is in the way for my train route

[spare cradle]

oof

[glacial drum]

Move the train.

Only solution.

[ornate saffron]

its only one node grabed with phase 1 parts.... no big deal 8 constructors and a awesome sink

[zenith pecan]

I'm always deconstructing, usually an older facility is just plain less efficient using earlier belts, wrong recipes or just plain tying up a node I can better use, also since my saves tend to be pc crashingly large, I cull unneeded facilities.

[cyan spade]

Think thats 3.

[ornate saffron]

you and i raise the entity limit for a reason lol

[glacial drum]

#screenshots message I really hope this’ll last me till the end of days

I don’t see myself needing more than 10/min of any of those items in my depot

[ornate saffron]

i like the shadows

[golden nexus]

you have not done rocket fuel yet?

[zenith pecan]

Modular frames you can probably do with upping to 20 if you're a buildaholic, motors though, not an issue provided you have a source of them to make the turbos and not cut your production.

[glacial drum]

I have. However I have storage containers before the depots. Any motors I use can be quickly replenished or even manually grabbed out before building

I’m on phase 5 so I’ve had it for a bit now

[cyan leaf]

Whats in phase 5?

[dense violet]

tier 9

[glacial drum]

Yea I made all the floors and roofs glass. I thought it would be cool to sorta see the innards from above. Like those old clear gameboy cases. The shadows were an added benefit

[cyan leaf]

😭 I meant like in terms of stuff lol

[glacial drum]

Tier 6 belts, converters, annoying ass parts,

[cyan leaf]

Ohh funn

[ornate saffron]

i got a cool shade thing in my other save...i may have a screeny

[glacial drum]

My games gotten to the point of stuttering every auto save.. I knew it would happen eventually..

[fading whale]

MK6 belts and let's call the rest "exotic".

[ornate saffron]

The final Cube

[glacial drum]

Next thing to improve and remake is probably my rubber/plastic/computers/cluster nobelisks/rifle ammo/fuel plant

I wonder can computers be made completely without rubber or plastic..

Would mean I can stop making em and focus on other stuff in my remade factory

Honestly my biggest worry in tearing the factory down is gonna be power. Not losing it necessarily.. but I don’t know which cables are essential for cross country connections

Hopefully I don’t disable 10 factories destroying this one.

[ornate saffron]

they can

[ornate saffron]

thats what im doing

[fading whale]

Crystal Computers with Silicon Circut Boards should do it.

[glacial drum]

In my quest to revolutionize my power grid I took down all the random crap at my home base area and apparently that included my tube cannons

Damn past me now I must find angles again

[fading whale]

Maybe load a previous save for comparison?

[tired wraith]

why do i have the feeling tickets keep getting more expensive

[ornate saffron]

just use ||teleporters||

[fading whale]

Because.... They do.

[golden nexus]

cause they do?

[tired wraith]

damm

[fading whale]

Yes.

[golden nexus]

feed it better items and more of them

[ornate saffron]

exponentially more expensive

[golden nexus]

its not uncommon in the late game to be in millions of points / minute

[ornate saffron]

i think @lost rapids hit the digit limit for input

[lost rapids]

Hi

[ornate saffron]

not talking shit i promise lol

[lost rapids]

I reached 3.8B points per minute

[ornate saffron]

i could remember the details lol

so i summoned you

[lost rapids]

Printed 2600 tickets so far

Excluding DNA one

[tired wraith]

with what

[lost rapids]

Coughing baby

[glacial drum]

Final elevator part

[lost rapids]

Ballistic Warp Drive can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 2,895,334 points

So yeah mb it's more around 3.5B/min

[glacial drum]

#screenshots message Welp time to wait 4 hours

[ornate saffron]

what are you trying to stock up on ? screws?\

[lost rapids]

xD

[glacial drum]

That is my removal of stocked up items.. I made all my old factories with atleast 5 industrial storage containers of backlog in case needed

I did.. not need them at all..

It’s all running into a sink

[ornate saffron]

i jsut have a bp i plop down with sotrage and 2 awesome sinks

[glacial drum]

I have a sinking feeling that demolition of my first oil factory is gonna net me another 30 containers of crap

[quasi warren]

Small question, how come if all my fuel gens are in a line, it doesnt fill everything up, but if I go 2 forward, then injection, then 2 more. It works just fine??

[glacial drum]

Sloshing perhaps

[zenith pecan]

Wouldn't be the first time I ended up with container villages after taking stuff down.

[quasi warren]

Same numbers and everything

[glacial drum]

Try connecting the end pipe back to its junction

[quasi warren]

It works now after I did this system

[terse lagoon]

i've finished half of my factory check it out if you'd like at #screenshots 🥹

[fading whale]

Provided you have enough fuel to the number of generators, it likely will fill up eventually. But it can take a long time if you are maxing out consumption.

[glacial drum]

#screenshots message This is gonna be awhile..

Over 240k rifle ammo alone

Good god

[ornate saffron]

i dont really automate such things

[glacial drum]

I over automated alot of stuff and setup too much storage early game

[spare cradle]

Idk what's more concerning; A doggo finding some nobelisks or it finding some turbo motors I don't even have access to yet

[fading whale]

Just wait till they start offering you spicy items 😄

[glacial drum]

I honestly may need to demolish this all while standing on the opposite coast

If I wait for the SINK to take care of this all I won’t be able to make the factory for another 5 hours

[spare cradle]

Mmm, rads

[fading whale]

You'll be a vault dweller before you know it.

[spare cradle]

Lol

[fickle locust]

Flow rate issue
When you set up your pipes requiring permanent max flow rate to supply the machines, the pipes won't do it and the last machines starve
By merging later (or looping) you make the system more resilient to not having permanent flow at absolute max speed

[glacial drum]

This factory is supplying my tech parts factory too

dammit..

Honestly it may be more efficient to delete this all

Items included.

It’s only 6 or so million sink points atleast

[fickle locust]

Sink points aren't worth that much

[glacial drum]

Yea not when I’m gonna wait 10 hours for it all to sink

[fickle locust]

Alternately you could do some running back and forth to move the containers out of the way

Belts max out around a thousand items per minute but the throughput of a heavily laden pioneer is in the tens of thousands

Just put the piles in a corner and it'll slowly sink while you rebuild

[wispy osprey]

I wish there was an option to clear the world map while keeping progress lol

No i can't edit my save on console

[fading whale]

Like a big "Reset" button in the HUB.

[ornate saffron]

ytou could always start a new playthrough at and set your progress yusing advanced settings

[wispy osprey]

That is a possibility but it doesn't feel right taking out achievements

I dunno I feel like i really shouldn't care that much about achievements anymore!

[ornate saffron]

iin a sandbox game like this they are a goal to reach

[ornate saffron]

in the future if you build more with BP's youll find disassembly easier

[dense violet]

holding CTRL to spray paint delete doesn't take very long. Can even watch tv or somethign while doing it since you don't have to be accurate

[wispy osprey]

Reminder I'm on console

I don't think they'll add mkb support for as long as they can get away with

[real shale]

[ornate saffron]

im sure there is a way to do it on COntroller too. read the GUio when in disassemble mode ^_^

[wispy osprey]

I have some grievances with the game I wish devs would address as well

[leaden turret]

November 11th, 2025
Q&A: Will there be keyboard & mouse support for Console?

we're not sure when, but we have been working on that
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxi2DyL2XoZnfFj0tYlz14z4qLpxt0sVAQ?si=O6gmZ9HIGmcR9qyn

[wispy osprey]

Yeah it's not super hard to mass dismantle, it'll take days to clean up my world though if I wanna be really thorough

But that is technically a goal I can give myself, despite how mind numbing dismantling on that scale is

[odd ibex]

does anyone have a model of all the space parts from phase 3 thats good?

[wispy osprey]

Taking others blueprints is generally frowned upon when attempting efficiency is part of the game and more interesting to attempt yourself

[ornate saffron]

model?

[odd ibex]

oh in satisfactory modeler

or in satisfactory tools/calculator

[dense violet]

mass delete must exist on console

you can delete 50 items at a time. Just wave the cursor and spray it

[wispy osprey]

Yeah it is technically super easy, in the scale I'm talking about it'll take a really long time to delete

[dense violet]

I've deleted super massive things several times - doesn't take too long
and again, you can jsut watch TV while doing it half ignoring what you're doing

[glacial drum]

Wow you really don’t need much coal or sulfur for an arms factory huh..

Assuming 10/min of bombs and the base 75 ammo is enough

[dense violet]

over klil honestly

[glacial drum]

Yea

[dense violet]

assuming you spend a lot of time exploring and building random crap and you have a storage to catch it all you could get away with 1/2 that easily

[glacial drum]

Gotta figure out what to do with 525 units of oil now. Probably reprocess it into rubber and plastic again for automation

[dense violet]

could do a decent power station with Heavy OIl Alt + Diluted fuel

[glacial drum]

Guess I can use my existing infrastructure of black powder crafters because I don’t even need how much it’s making but I’d rather not tear it down

Honestly I might aswell use a different oil node for arms creation. Would leave me the even 600 to split into two for rubber and plastic creation.

Shoot I don’t even need another at all. I can just use some of the HOR from the plastic for smokeless powder

[spare cradle]

Now I wait for the loops to fill up

[rigid crypt]

does 600 pipe have to loop?

[dense violet]

often

[green gale]

i finally unlocked the ability to craft turbo motors!

can i actually do that?!

no lol

[soft marsh]

Decided to bring trains back as the logistics for drones was getting kinda out of hand lol

Not sure how to deal with my higher train tracks. Trying to build them along the ground but not always possible because of elevation

[elfin flicker]

Hey folks, quick question is bauxite needed for anything other than aluminum?
And if it’s only used for that, is it a good idea to build a big aluminum‑ingot factory to supply the whole map?

[drowsy kelp]

Afaik no, bauxite is aluminum ore

[golden nexus]

no, no

[hollow hemlock]

you can make bauxite into uranium if you like spicy green rocks too

[golden nexus]

if you don't know how much to make your doing ti wrong 🙂

[elfin flicker]

Nah, I’ve finished the game already. I know it would be a bit overkill, but I was wondering if I had skipped any other use for bauxite besides aluminum.

[golden nexus]

it makes battries?

[elfin flicker]

ah didnt know that but i dont use batteries

thx tho

[spare cradle]

Is there a such thing as too big of a loop?

[dense violet]

loop of what?

[tall lantern]

loop organs?

[spare cradle]

Pipes

Bc I'm having the issue of my gens getting non-consistent flow of TFuel

And the other loops

[real shale]

lunch

[dense violet]

that'll usually be a layout issue

[dense violet]

post overhead images of the whole set up in a #1038092680493801533 post

[zenith pecan]

I had similar issues with my monster TF facility last save, I shut down two generators per row to allow the loop to fill completely.

[spare cradle]

Probably is

[dense violet]

also pre flooding a system often helps

but if there's a layout issue that won't solve everything

[zenith pecan]

I was lucky that my layout wasn't the issue, just its sheer size & that some generators just weren't getting fuel as others were taking up fuel and the fill cycle was painfully slow.

[spare cradle]

Pre-flooding may just do it

Its just the center machines of each loop are just not receiving enough fuel for it to constantly run

[jaunty vault]

Are you guys just slooping your manufacturers or am I overlooking a more useful machine to put them into

[leaden ruin]

qq: for a train with multiple locomotives is it better to just put them both (or all) at the front, or does staggering them work better for whatever physics wizardry happens during acceleration and deceleration?

[spare cradle]

Its almost done having hiccups as its improving

[warm finch]

Sloop em for slugs into power shards, filters, nobleisks, ammo, etc.

[hollow hemlock]

usually best to sloop the final step of whatever process you're doing and then look at slooping backwards from there - sometimes if there's a single machine in the chain for some reason it can be an easy win to sloop that too

[jaunty vault]

Thanks

[warm finch]

Let everything saturate, including the fuel at the refineries before you have all the fuel gens burn

[hollow hemlock]

also remember you can always change it up if you need to make something else...I had 1 constructor I used for all the slugs and corpses, just switch up the recipe whenever I came back from a hunting trip

[spare cradle]

Yeah... I might just turn off a center gen on each row.

[jaunty vault]

Another question, does the order that you overclock rows of machines matter or will it balance out?

[spare cradle]

also, ze geen #screenshots message

[warm finch]

Would need to do more than that

[spare cradle]

Its entirely just those ones having hiccups

[warm finch]

If you're making the exact amount of input/output and let it all saturate then have it run, it'll balance out

[jaunty vault]

Okay thank you

Any clue the total # of sloops we get?

[spare cradle]

omg the happiness you get for finally getting what you wanted to workt he way you wanted

[warm finch]

Doesn't matter. If you're running at the maximum limit of the pipe, then you'll still have other hiccups until everything is saturated enough. You have to remember that oil extractors, HOR refineries, fuel blenders, and rocket fuel blenders all run on different cycles.

[spare cradle]

They should nto be at any limit of capacity

Like, I designed to to not be that way

[warm finch]

How many fuel gens are you running off a main feed pipe?

[spare cradle]

8 @ 250%

Each are connected to 8 refineries of Tfuel @ 100%

[warm finch]

So what are your numbers?

[spare cradle]

They produce and consume the same amount

I may have an overproduction of comp. coal, but nah not messing with it

[warm finch]

Then that is your hard limit and you need to be above that.

[spare cradle]

So uh... Get 4 more power shards and have one on each row at some higher %

[warm finch]

No. First you need to share what the numbers are

[spare cradle]

Which ones

[warm finch]

All of it

[hybrid nymph]

I just figured something out, if you make compacted coal gens you can make double the amount of generators

[warm finch]

You can. Not a very efficient use of coal, energy wise.

[hybrid nymph]

With 1 pure coal node extracting at 600 you can power 80 coal generators

[dense violet]

you're effectively just turning sulfur into coal - which is fine? but easier to find 4 coal nodes next to water and just do that

[hybrid nymph]

So 1 pure node makes 80 gens, which produces 6000 MW

Or you could make that coal into turbo fuel

[dense violet]

why are you doing coal power when you have mk6 belts?

go nuclear already

[warm finch]

Or nitro rocket fuel

[hybrid nymph]

So you can make 17 fuel generators and make 10,000 MW

[spare cradle]

6 * 120/min Water
9 * 40/min HOR
12 * 60/min fuel
20 * 25/min Compact Coal
32 * 18.75/min TFuel
32 * 18.75/min TFuel Consumption

Those are the nums, with the gross output at 20GW

[hybrid nymph]

Wow okay

I did not know that thanks

[placid stirrup]

Wait that's hilarious. Hold up lemme plop down 6,000 bio gens

[hybrid nymph]

I didn't know one pure coal node could make enough turbofuel to power 32 generators

[warm finch]

So yeah, you're at the max of the pipe capacity of 600. As mentioned, the extractors, refineries, blenders, and generators all run on different cycles. So you need additional pipe to account for the volume to give you a buffer and let everything saturate before you run all the gens. Otherwise some gens will eventually starve and "hiccup" because there isn't enough room in the pipes for the various cycles.

[spare cradle]

Perhaps.

[stoic nebula]

okay question

[surreal ingot]

Dont you love when a factory makes enough power to power itself?

[spare cradle]

No pipe is at max cap

It's 4 pipes that carry the load up to distributing to the 32

No pipe is at max cap. It is absolutely the problem of exact numbers.

[hybrid nymph]

I'm just saying though, if you're not using a coal node for anything, it's better to use it to make coal generators

[spare cradle]

[stoic nebula]

guys

[hybrid nymph]

You're literally leaving free power on the table

[spare cradle]

Ah yis. A morsel of power.

[warm finch]

You're missing the point. You need to have MORE in reserve than what you're actually making. You do this by letting everything saturate before you run it all

[spare cradle]

That is what I am undertsanding

[stoic nebula]

if i have a 14 floor factory and need a part from the to the bottom, is it acceptable to put a drone down that goes to bring it?

[spare cradle]

The problem with exact numbers

[tall lantern]

if that's what you want

[spare cradle]

How high is every floor?

[tall lantern]

I'd just use lifts personally, but you do you

[stoic nebula]

like 12 to 16 in between each

[warm finch]

You can have an indefinite height belt lift between floor holes

[hollow hemlock]

put in a train spiral, extra coolness factor

[stoic nebula]

yea but its also on the diagonal sides.....

[spare cradle]

Drone. A lift will take half an hour to get up there if not fast enough

[stoic nebula]

yea thats what i thought

[warm finch]

You don't need to produce more. Just make sure all the fuel gens are full, the blenders are full, the refineries are full, and the extractors are full. Then run the gens and it'll balance itself out without hiccuping

[tall lantern]

doesn't really matter beyond the startup time. Latency vs throughput and all that

[stoic nebula]

fair point. BUT. i hate train spirals

[hybrid nymph]

So make the coal into compacted coal then turbofuel for extra power, GOT IT! 👍

So much better than regular old coal generators

[spare cradle]

Oh, so just uh

Turn them off ig

[stoic nebula]

hmmm yes

[surreal ingot]

@terse lagoon How did you get that much wire from one node? All I could find was 3K quick wire from one pure node
#screenshots message

[warm finch]

The pure caterium recipe is op for that. Just add water!

[hybrid nymph]

Should I shut down my coal generators and use it to make turbofuel instead so that I could place down more fuel generators?

[warm finch]

Or leave them and find a new coal site to make turbo fuel. Keep in mind you need oil

[spare cradle]

Now in a few mins I'ma turn back on me gens and hope for the best

[hybrid nymph]

Yes I'm aware I need oil

[warm finch]

Look at your refineries. If they're backed up and not running, time to turn on the fuel gens!

[spare cradle]

Ik

[hybrid nymph]

The only reason that I use coal is because it's a nice stable source of backup power in case if my grid goes offline

[spare cradle]

I tried that before, but my mistake was not having my gens connected

[warm finch]

To the pipes?

[spare cradle]

Rn, the only thing that should happen is that the refineries will flicker on and off when it's ready to be turned on again

[hybrid nymph]

How much power is enuff for late game?

Because I'm currently producing 20,000 megawatts

[spare cradle]

[warm finch]

I STILL do that, even after 1200 hours lol

[warm finch]

Yes

[spare cradle]

Hehehehehehe

Ooooo the suuun

[warm finch]

My sweet winter child....

[leaden dome]

depends on how big you build

[warm finch]

Enjoy the game while you can. Don't sweat the power until you need more of it

[spare cradle]

I'm about to have to turn of my refineries as well

[surreal ingot]

Even with that I could only get 3k

[warm finch]

What phase are you on?

[surreal ingot]

3 but i was doing as if i had everything

#screenshots message

[warm finch]

Ah, yeah you still got a fair more to go

[surreal ingot]

look at the screenshot

one pure node is 1200/m and that gets you 3000

also not my first playthrough

if i had 400+ hours and still only on phase 3 theirs something wrong

[warm finch]

Uh.... I think that was me. But I was taking my sweet ass time LMAO

[signal spruce]

Hi, Is there going to be an content update in the near fututre, or are they finished weith the game now?

[warm finch]

Who/where said they were getting more than 3k from a pure node and just constructors??

[surreal ingot]

#screenshots message
i think they got their math wrong

[warm finch]

Using the fused wire alt and assemblers you can crank out A LOT more

[warm finch]

Yeah I agree, that's 6 quick wire per constructor. Which isn't right.

[hybrid nymph]

I wish there was a mod for the game that you could replace every single recipe that requires copper wire with quick wire. It would make things so much easier because it's so easy to get quick wire but it's kind of a hassle to get large amounts of copper wire

[real shale]

There's a bunch of alt recipes that do that already though

[hollow hemlock]

you can get lots of copper wire with the same ingredients you can use to get lots of quickwire though?

[real shale]

Not that many things use wire directly, more so cable, in crafting recipes the only major ones I can think of that uses wire directly is the superstate computers and stitched iron plates

And recipes that use cable (even cable itself) do tend to have quickwire alternatives

[hybrid nymph]

The insulated cable recipe is great

It uses so much less copper wire and it produces a lot more

[real shale]

Yeah but you also have quickwire cable as well

[hybrid nymph]

Sure it requires rubber, But rubber is super easy to get

I have so much rubber that I have three industrial storage units full of it, that I've had to start awesome sinking it

[real shale]

Iirc quickwire cables even more rubber efficient than insulated

[hybrid nymph]

I am literally awesome sinking all of my plastic and rubber that I'm producing at this point

[real shale]

Actually thinking about it now, quickwire cables a pretty neat recipe at the cost of having a bunch more machines

[hybrid nymph]

The most bang for your buck is insulated cable

[real shale]

7.5 quickwire and 5 rubber a min for 27.5 cable/min

[hybrid nymph]

Still more efficient than the default recipe

Especially how easy it is to save scum your hard drives

[real shale]

Insulated cable is 45 wire and 30 rubber for 100/min but has the added benefit of less machine requirement

So between insulated cable and quickwire cable the difference is just how many assemblers you feel like placing

[warm finch]

Hang in there @hybrid nymph , as you progress you will find you need significantly more plastic and quick wire later in the game. Same can be true for rubber depending on what alt recipes you use

[real shale]

I'm looking at this and seeing I should be using quickwire cable more often

[hybrid nymph]

I save scummed my hard drive unlocks so much. Easily the best five recipes are: The alternate recipe for the reinforced iron plates, the alternate recipe for iron screws, the alternate recipe with bolted frames for the modular frames, and the alternate recipe with quick wire for the cable,

[warm finch]

Hard disagree. The HOR alt recipe and the diluted fuel recipes are absolutely op and must haves. The alt nitro rocket fuel recipe is high up there.

[hybrid nymph]

I've never experimented with those before

But thanks for the tip

[warm finch]

Classic battery is fantastic if you want to run lots of drones. The alt nuclear fuel recipes are also must haves

[real shale]

Sloppy alumina and pure aluminium are really good too

[hybrid nymph]

Some of those alternate recipes are just so broken. I'll have to look into that

[warm finch]

I forgot about those. Those are MUST Have as well

[real shale]

Sloppy alumina + electrode scrap + pure are a killer combination

[warm finch]

Not broken. There's trade offs. But the trade offs are so worth it!

[hybrid nymph]

I still have nine hard drives that I need to scan

What should I save scum with them?

[tall lantern]

just get everything

[real shale]

Get everything, alt recipes are so situational that the one you think is useless might actually end up helping you out tremendously

[tall lantern]

recipe preferences are very subjective

[warm finch]

Iirc there's 85 recipes and some inventory spaces. There's more hdds in the game than you need.

[hybrid nymph]

I'm going to be installing a few mods on my world after I complete tier 8. I'm going to be installing: easy awesome sink tickets, advanced scanning that shows all the locations of Mercer spheres, summer slopes, and power slugs, The glass fluid tank mod, and the craftable power slugs mod.

[real shale]

Yeah you have like...5 or 6 spare minus the ones for turbo,rocket,ionised fuel unlocks and stuff like that

[hollow hemlock]

iron wire and iron pipe 😄

[hybrid nymph]

I have both of those

I was doing some thinking And the only two achievements I have left to complete until I 100% the game are finishing tier 9 and getting the golden nut statue

[warm finch]

The alt recipes that let you daisy chain pipes is fantastic

[tall lantern]

sink tickets are meant to be a longer-term thing so that'd invalidate that
unlimited slugs is pointless when shards are already craftable in T9
SCIM can already show missing collectibles

[real shale]

Daisy chain pipes?

[hybrid nymph]

How do you show missing collectibles on the map?

[tall lantern]

upload your save

[hollow hemlock]

load your save into the satisfactory tools

[warm finch]

Iron pipes into encased pipe (beams) into pipe frames (HMF), etc.

[hybrid nymph]

Oh I see

Okay, yeah I'll do that

[real shale]

Oh I thought you meant literally pipes

I was so confused lmao

[hybrid nymph]

I will say this again, you guys are AWESOME! 😎👍

[real shale]

Speaking of alt recipes, superstate computers are nice but man they took me an embarrassingly long time to get going, primarily because I did everything except super computers lol

[hybrid nymph]

I really appreciate how you guys are so nice to me and include me

That's really means a lot

[warm finch]

This is one of my favorites servers and I love the game, love helping people here

There's a few other old timers here along with me as well as some legends even older than I am lol

[tall lantern]

how "old timer" are we talking

[spare cradle]

Im gonna say, NOW. The 20GW gen I have should be now good

If it fluctuates at all, I have batteries to handle that.

[hybrid nymph]

I'm only using about 10,000 megawatts right now, And I'm producing about 18,000MW

[glacial drum]

Took bout 2-3 hours but my arms factory/rubber and plastic factory is done.

Which means the supply for my limiters and other mk 3 power poles can be replenished

[spare cradle]

Im producing ~21GW and only using ~3GW

I have somewhat 19GW to use on this project factory I now need to design

[winter helm]

hi, is there a way to remove death crates that bugged out into the void of the map ?

[spare cradle]

SCIM

[willow garnet]

what is that?

[hybrid nymph]

What's SCIM?

[glacial drum]

https://satisfactory-calculator.com/

[hybrid nymph]

Also is there a way to remove unused tabs in the dimensional depots?

[warm finch]

Not without mods. But you can pin your favorites or most used

[willow garnet]

Is it a bug if there is a death crate and a vehicle stuck in the coords: 0, 0 ??

[pastel surge]

I just tried the Docked demo and its it kinda fun ngl

[willow garnet]

Defeating each of the bosses awards you with 100 Valor. Valor is used for upgrading an army slot to Diamond (+4 levels).

[ornate saffron]

no clue what that is... the only docking i can think of is trains at stations

[ornate saffron]

wrong channel? or discord?

[willow garnet]

not at all. my boi comes in here with some rannndom info, so i gotta help him out..

[short fiber]

What should I be mass producing before I go into phase three

[willow garnet]

I would say motors and frames at the least

[ornate saffron]

nothing. most of what your are making at this point is for personal use

[ornate saffron]

you should work on the MAM though

[real shale]

You may have an addiction...... Do you see conveyor belts when you close your eyes?

[ornate saffron]

no..... but i am going through serious withdrawls, not being able to play more then fifteen minutes ata atime

[real shale]

My worst nightmare is going to sleep and seeing 99% efficiency

[dense violet]

look at your milestones - that's your guide

[real shale]

Must see 100% everywhere

[dense violet]

a milestone asks you for items? automate them

[ornate saffron]

i dream of fat cats

[real shale]

I dream of long cats

[ornate saffron]

im serious. I dreamt one snuck into my house to give birth to a litter. its really cold out

[real shale]

I must say, the small frame pillar trick for conveyor lifts looks so nice

[ornate saffron]

ya, it looks good.

I street light and some pillars look good oto

[real shale]

Admittedly I don't use street lights as much as I should although I could maybe start using them for my train tracks since I've been slowly putting my power towers to the sides of my tracks to make it cleaner looking

I at some point want to do a complete power system overhaul and go as far as to make substations, battery storage systems and all sorts, provided my mind doesn't want to something else in this game like it tends to

[ornate saffron]

the ADHD is real. i feel it

[real shale]

Speaking of substations there was a video I seen and I can't remember where I seen it but I need it for a reference where they'd managed to design actual power transformers and I'm curious how they did the transformer bushings

[hard stump]

Question was using blueprint for track designs but when I make one using 2 meter ramps for slops it won’t connect anyone know why or goof video for blueprints as all the ones I see are just designs that won’t fit in blueprinter

[ornate saffron]

train ramps a can be hard i tend to make them as needed. so i cant really help you.

I know TotalXclipse on Youtube has some great train BLueprint videos

[unborn nova]

how would a battery system work? i havent heard of that before

[real shale]

Like in a real world sense or satisfactory sense?

[scenic timber]

Anyone know a good tutorial/video on maximizing output for storage in Satisfactory Modeler? Understand the modeling/limiting for parts/components, but don't understand how you're meant to optimize around overflow storage based on maximizing input usage.

[unborn nova]

satisfactory

[short fiber]

I have three pure coal nodes and a good water sourse, should I try to make this my main source of power or should I work towards making compacted coal (this is mid phase two)

[dense violet]

just use it. Compacted coal is awkward and all it does is turn the Sulfur into Coal

[dense violet]

if you find another coal node it does the same thing as that suflur node

[real shale]

Well It'd be basically based on the principle of islanding, if you start using priority power switches there's a chance you might disconnect your connection to a battery system, so by having multiple systems you allow for several islands each with their own battery supply

[dense violet]

ask in the modeler discord

[unborn nova]

gotcha

so just having multiple power gen systems instead of 1

[real shale]

Yeah, spreading out power generation is good rather than having it all in one spot because it means you don't have a headache trying to rejig any power lines anywhere

Makes for better security of supply since you have multiple paths of power flow

[scenic timber]

Will do, just not a very active server. Thought somewhere here might know.

[dense violet]

my advice would be to just use a better planner https://www.satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production
modeler is more of a layout tool and not a great one at that

[clear aspen]

Yo yo

What’s nova Chooms?

[scenic timber]

Do you know if there's any way to adjust the ratios of "Maximize" in that calculator without manually specifying? E.g. say I want twice as many Reinforced Iron Plates in this flow: https://www.satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production?share=buIx7vzNVv97I2uCrhsm

[dense violet]

you can't because that stops being maximise - figure out how much you want of each.

https://www.satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production?share=wNMuiK9CR7luphPHYySL like so.
ingeneral you want to work backwards from a goal in this game

and make multiple plans for multiple final outputs in general, with any tool or planner you use makes life much easier

that's not meaning you can't have more than 1 final output , for any given plan, sometimes it's very convenient, but you have to look at what you have and make judgement calls

[dense violet]

honestly with this factory I'd just make smart plating and mod frames and let the other parts over flow when storage fills up

[scenic timber]

So best way to use tools like that is work out the MVP/actually required outputs, maximize the rest, tweak the results, leave maximize on for one output to ensure input is saturated?

[dense violet]

I mean I wouldn't agree, but it's a way I guess

[dense violet]

like you could just do something like this and catch all the over flowing parts of each step as your storage fills https://www.satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production?share=jjPNOWGsDynV4cjBrFP9

adjust either number as you like

[dense violet]

an example of making sure you're getting 10 MFs pm, and the rest going to SPs https://www.satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production?share=cjIqbx1EuO52T1yQYw5Z

[scenic timber]

That doesn't have overflow of parent components though, that only overflows at the end? I'm wanting to store some components. I guess a smart splitter would eventually start storing parent components, but I would want that mid-production.

[dense violet]

you over flow as the end products fill storage
as mentioned

means you get more final product AND lots of middle products once it fills

[wary falcon]

is it possible to have 2 bidirrectional trains operate on the same stop and then have them branch out to different stops

[scenic timber]

And nothing usable before then, which defeats the purpose of my original flow.

[warm finch]

Can you show a screenshot?

[warm finch]

Need the mk3 blueprint to fit everything needed for train ramps/spirals etc.

[dense violet]

yes but it's obnoxious

[wary falcon]

would make more sense to just have 2 trainstops right beside eachother?

[dense violet]

really depends what you're trying to do. you could put up sketches in a #1038092680493801533 post

[wary falcon]

alright will do in a few mins

[halcyon meadow]

Someone pick a a number between 1-10

[warm finch]

7

[halcyon meadow]

Why U hate me 😂

[surreal ingot]

yall think 15 heavy modular frames is enough? (10 in phase 3 then up to 15 when mk 5 belts)

[halcyon meadow]

Wait no 7 might work

[dense violet]

more than enough

[surreal ingot]

peak

planning to turn 5 into fused and the last 5 into pasta

[halcyon meadow]

I am wanting to make towers with constructors in it and I was thinking how many to do on each floor so 7 will be a nice challenge

[hard stump]

Ok that sucks but finally a logical decent answer that makes sense thank you

[warm finch]

I agree it does suck. I wait until I have mk3 blueprint and mk6 belts. Then I go full tilt on building via blueprints

[hidden pebble]

Is it true that 3 wagons per train is the hard limit for going uphill?

[halcyon meadow]

I mean I'm running 6 and it seems fine?

How steep are U going?

[hard stump]

I’m trying to do train trains and I have someone helping who wanted me to do a layout for the track going up and down at times and every time I made a blueprint it just wouldn’t auto connect like the others.

[warm finch]

As a general rule, 4 when fully loaded with one engine. If you want more cars, you can add more engines to end end of the train

[unkempt blade]

ehh kind of, you don't need the 6x6 if you rotate the BP for a spiral as you build it

[warm finch]

Technically yeah that's true. I didn't think of that because I hate how it isn't symmetrical lol. That's on me

[hidden pebble]

I have to make train blueprints now. I need some architectural motivation.

[dense violet]

just make 1 bp - of a train tower that holds the rail and place them every 10 or so foundations apart and connect them

make junctions by hand and custom built to the situation - fits better and is fast

[unkempt blade]

I'm a skyroad enjoyer so I have supports for tracks on those BPs #screenshots message

[short fiber]

I need 48 bombaclat coal generators

I don't even know how many water things imma need 😭

[jolly sierra]

Bruh

Do you know how to manage pipes

[short fiber]

Yes, sadly yes

[jolly sierra]

#1467341734714540266

[jolly sierra]

Oof

It's a pain in the a##

[warm finch]

Full pipes are happy pipes

[jolly sierra]

Lol

<wrong server>

[jade portal]

ever since my grid shut down none of my fuel generators are working at 100% anymore, whys that?

[hollow hemlock]

fill your pipes back up

[drowsy kelp]

Turn off a few gens until everything’s full again

[hollow hemlock]

also problem could be further back in the fuel processing stage, check the whole thing

[drowsy kelp]

I’d guess fluid shenanigans are preventing it from actually working, assuming your fuel production is working fine

[jade portal]

the math is mathing just the pipes arent piping

[dense violet]

do groups of 8 - keeps it simple

[hollow hemlock]

yeah, because you didnt math right

[orchid pollen]

Do you have pumps?

[jade portal]

trust me the math is right

[hollow hemlock]

not once your pipes empty, are your pipes full or no, that's step 1

remember production is not continuous, neither is consumption. it's lumpy, that causes the math to not really math even if the numbers math when you forget about that whole nasty time component

[jade portal]

this is why i hate pipes

[jade portal]

once the pipes are full it will run 100% of the time again?

[hollow hemlock]

it might, assuming there aren't other underlying issues.

If you're running right at the limits though, you need to fill those pipes or it definitely wont work right

[jade portal]

ya im using every last bit of fuel

[hollow hemlock]

if you have embedded buffers in the pipe network make sure those fill too

[jade portal]

should i have bufferes....

[ornate saffron]

No

[hollow hemlock]

I like em for asthetic reasons, most people dont

[jade portal]

ok good

[ornate saffron]

Me too. I just clip them over the pipe. So they are not connected to anything

[jade portal]

im literally setting up my first proper fuel generator plant

[hollow hemlock]

then you dove into the deep end running it at the pipe limits

[jade portal]

huh?

oh 300/min yeah'

[vale perch]

6*3 or 18

[hollow hemlock]

the game gets finicky at the limits, hence the "fill those pipes"

[jade portal]

it takes so long to fill pipes damn

[hollow hemlock]

incentive not to let the fuel plant run dry again 😁

[short fiber]

Making whole ah factory for extra rotors for this. I can't tell if I love or loave this game

[jade portal]

it works!

went from 1200 MW to 6450MW

[hidden pebble]

Maybe I'll also need one for curves?

[dense violet]

rails curve themselves

[jade portal]

nvm i went to go plug everything back in and it broke it again

[hollow hemlock]

what broke, is it draining the pipes too fast or did a fuse pop

[jade portal]

i am the biggest dumbass to ever exsist

i overclocked only 1 of my oil extractors, one was working at 300 and the other was only at 120...

it all makes sense now

thankfully each half of my power plant is on 1 crude node so only half of it broke this time

[glacial drum]

in 13:30 i will have mk 6 belts..

[pliant flax]

hello everyone i just finished reading animal farm everyone clap

[glacial drum]

5 seconds..

[pastel surge]

Huh

[pastel surge]

Wrong game server

That's why

Saber interactive (known for the game snow runner, mudrunner, and road craft) are making a new car called Docked, where you move around shipping containers in different vehicles and such. Seems pretty fun

[hidden pebble]

@dense violet you showed a rail bp which has a pair of rails. Is the other one to close the loop?

[dense violet]

can you link to what you're refering to pls?

[short fiber]

#screenshots message
How does this look for 16x

[dense violet]

sure

[hidden pebble]

So i need to build a train station for every uranium node?

[dense violet]

depends on how you design it

I'd just use drones though. a lot of uranium nodes are in awkward spots

[hidden pebble]

Can drones carry enough uranium per minute?

[dense violet]

just add more drones, sure.

just like trains can carry any amount pm, just design the system to

[shadow spade]

I'll never understand how anyone gets past unlocking plastics without perma-uninstalling.

[dense violet]

process the oil on site - sink byproducts

[shadow spade]

Doesn't matter where you process when fluids are FUBAR for no good reason.

[dense violet]

most of hte issues people have is that they treat pipes like belts

there's very simple methods to get reliable pipe systems working

[shadow spade]

They should be able to treat pipes like belts.

[dense violet]

yeah remove one of the very few design elements of problem solving game where you have to do a minimum of thought for it. Fantastic idea.

[hollow hemlock]

if you want to be lazy like that, stay clear of the pipe limits and make sure you leave some capacity on the production side...a bit wasteful though

[shadow spade]

Fluids in Satisfactory are equivalent to teaching a 3rd-grade cirriculum and throwing in university calculus instead of normal math class just because you can, then saying third-graders shouldn't be having any problems with it.

[dense violet]

Pipes are very easy with basic knowledge

[dense violet]

you can even ignore almost every design facet of pipes if you stick to 300 flow systems and just do it in multiple chunks

[shadow spade]

300 flow doesn't sidestep anything that's wrong with fluids.

[hollow hemlock]

what do you think is wrong with fluids

[dense violet]

you can treat 300 flow pipes almost any way you like
if you're having serious problems with 300 flow pipes you are doing things extremely wrong

[dense violet]

Pipes are very simple with just very minor knowledge - I'm happy to take you through a system you're designing if you want.

minimum effort

[shadow spade]

Infinite completely obscured mechanics that make them unworkable without having to read a literal manual on it, in a game where every other system is simple to pick up but has plenty of things to learn that make the already-functional basics work better.

University calculus does not belong in a third-grade cirriculum.

[hollow hemlock]

so that's not specific, what do you specifically think is wrong with pipes

[dense violet]

you don't need any of that

at the moment you are just just plugging your ears to someone offering you extremely basic steps to have reliable pipes

I can't tell if all you actually want is to complain that you think pipes should work in a different way

I have, at this point, helped literally hundreds of people, often within a few minutes, get teh basics down of piping

this isn'ts a university degree

[shadow spade]

Deciding on a whim to stop flowing just because they can, after being in a stable state last time they were observed and nothing has changed about the setup.

[dense violet]

that's not on a whim - it's because how you've done the layout

[hollow hemlock]

that probably means your setup wasn't really stable to begin with. The recommendations above will help with that, mostly stay away from the pipe limits

[dense violet]

and you can reliably and easily run 600 flow pipes if you want. It's very simple. I can even take you through how to do it

if you want almost zero thought pipes though, stick to 300

[shadow spade]

Give me an hour to completely dismantle the past three days of work and I'll get back to you on it.

[dense violet]

I mean you can post in #1038092680493801533 - its possible you don't need to dismantle everything

overhead images of inputs and the general layout

[gloomy tusk]

#1469957351393198153

[fluid crow]

I think I got the totals for all the resources on the map in modeler 😼

[hidden dawn]

How long does phase 4 usually last?

[fluid crow]

all depends on you pretty much

[weary condor]

Trillions of years

2k hours and im still working on it 😔

[fluid crow]

I spent a bunch of time on power plants and stuff but then once I automated it it wasn't bad

[weary condor]

#satisfactory-memes message

[weary condor]

Max output of spire using oil > HOR > packaged diluted btw

[fluid crow]

I hope I don't have to build too many more fuel generators anytime soon

[weary condor]

Thats what they all say lol ;)

[fluid crow]

tryn make a damn nuclear plant 😵‍💫

[weary condor]

Just overbuild oil its sm easier

[fluid crow]

idk I got to build something, seems like it pretty much is the game at this point

[junior arch]

If you want to overclock your buildings to 250%, what number do you need to divide by to find the new number of buildings

[fluid crow]

I don't totally under stand your question if you go from 100%-250% you need 2.5*resources. the machine also tells you when you adjust the speed

[junior arch]

If i need 14.4 assemblers for crystal computers, but im going to overclock to 250%, dont i just divide 14.4 by 2.5 to get the new number of assemblers?

Cause if I was just going to overclock by 200% id just divide it in half

[fluid crow]

you could do that

[junior arch]

Hmm, ok. Cause im doing that and the output numbers dont match

[fluid crow]

just take how many you need total /m and divide by how many the machine makes /m

[short fiber]

I have learned the most expensive thing in this game is....esthetics

[fluid crow]

and convenience

[junior arch]

I took how much the overclocked machine were producing and subtracted from what I need

[stark blade]

exept that one where filling doggos with waste and then yeeting them off a cliff or smth is wrong
that is the one that will waste your time

[fluid crow]

if you want to know how many machines parts needed/parts per min of 1 machine= number of machines needed

[stark blade]

wait are we seriously debating basic maths with a game entirely centered around complex maths?

not to be rude but like
b r u h

[hollow hemlock]

what complex math?

[stark blade]

well i just mean big numbers and long strings of math that ya have to keep track of

[fluid crow]

I am happy to help people learn things if I can

[stark blade]

yeah and i do appreciate you helping others

[junior arch]

We aren't debating anything. I was asking a question for clarification.. b r u h

[stark blade]

yeah fair
sorry :/

[fluid crow]

I feel like I been spending more time playing modeler

[hidden pebble]

I have a few approaches to do. Use multiple drones from the same uranium node to ensure proper throughput. Or use a train. Train's simpler but more tedious. Drones will need batteries, which for now, i have a decent production of. But having to make so many drone ports just doesn't feel right.

[dense violet]

you can use most fuels for drones, not just batteries

[humble osprey]

My cadmium mega factory is almost done

It is a single site which is manufacturing over 3,000 cadmium wire per minute

[stark blade]

playing modded i assume?

[hidden pebble]

That's true. But i have batteries lying around.

[humble osprey]

I plan to source from it every time I need cadmium

[hidden pebble]

What's cadmium

[humble osprey]

No?

[humble osprey]

The gold looking thing

[stark blade]

caterium

[hidden pebble]

Aww i thought you were modded

[stark blade]

(i think thats how u spell it anyway)

[stark blade]

same here lol

[fluid crow]

I'm guessing caterium

[hidden pebble]

Cadmium's an actual thing...i believe it's used in batteries

[stark blade]

thats why i was asking if dan was playing modded

[hidden pebble]

Can you really call it a megafactory if it's just 3k quickwire per min?👀

[stark blade]

well dan said "the gold looking thing" so i believe so

[humble osprey]

It's mega by my standards :(

[hidden pebble]

True

[humble osprey]

It's the highest out putting factory in my entire game

[stark blade]

diffrent standards mate

[humble osprey]

Yes that's the thing. I call it cadmium coz that just rolls off the tongue easier

[hidden pebble]

But...now you have to ensure whoever uses quickwire has to be in close proximity because transmitting quickwire is hard via belt.

[stark blade]

fair point
but i have noticed a lot of ppl here play modded so dont blame them if they get confused at you saying cadmium

[humble osprey]

Drones and trains my freind

[humble osprey]

Might just have to start calling it catermium then

[fluid crow]

they should have made caterium sound more like gold

[stark blade]

dont have to listen to me
but i am just giving u a bit of advice

[humble osprey]

Like golf

[stark blade]

GOLF-

[stark blade]

i actuialy play golf irl lol

[fluid crow]

err like nugolight got to get them gold nugs

[hidden pebble]

Insert rich guy laugh here

[stark blade]

nah i play the unconventional way

anyway i gtg cya all later

[fluid crow]

if my calculations are right there's a pretty crazy number of some resources on the map

limeStone = 94500.0/m

damn it my numbers was messed up 69300

[reef basin]

"megafactory" in Satisfactory's context means "all production in one place", aka describing a playstyle, not factory size

[fluid crow]

that looks like my only typo I think lol

[hybrid nymph]

I see

I just setup a factory that produces unlimited aluminum sheets

so unlimited mk5 conveyor belts

[humble osprey]

what would u call a factory that specializes in production of only one intermediate that gets shipped to other places

like an iron ingots factory

[jaunty jewel]

modular i think

idk about only one if its different

[hidden pebble]

Right. I still regret my decision to make the uranium megafactory because i need to transport the uranium. I'm procrastinating like anything.

I calculated and observed i need 3 drones for 1 normal node, 2 drones for 3 impure nodes each, and then i can just belt the last uranium since it's close by.
(Total 18 ports and 9 drones)

Now i don't know how much batteries they're gonna consume.

[hidden pebble]

You wrote the answer yourself

🤣

[hollow hemlock]

none, make them burn uranium rods since you'll have those right there 😄

[hidden pebble]

But I'll use the rods for power 😃

[hollow hemlock]

sure but the little bit for drones will be negligible

if you want to be super cool, run them on plutonium if you got it

[short fiber]

I swear nothing is more nerve racking than jump starting a coal power plant

16/48 coal burners up!

I sleep now

[hazy blade]

sleep????? I haven't heard of that in ages

[broken valve]

Is it possible for a belt speed monitor to be wrong ? I have a building producing 760 quickwire and i need to split 560 and 200.

I have two belts with speed monitor with 280 each (560 total) going to a building, and when i created the other one, it say 190/min, not 200 but i dont know why, everything is working fine in the building, producing the 760

[dense violet]

yes. basically don't trust any of the counters

pay attention to the machines and if they have the expected up time

[broken valve]

Okk im saved

[dense violet]

as in 'stare at the lights for 30 seconds'

[broken valve]

Yeah, i didn't understand because all of them are full, and the suply is steady so there was no reason

I checked everyone to see if one was underclocked but it wasnt this either

[vapid raven]

HEY can all three types of power slugs be turned into power shards in a single constructor? or do i need respective constructors

[upbeat hawk]

I think you just change recipe. I recall slooping a manual input constructor near my MAM and just dumping in the slugs for double power shards

Havent playes in ages though

[sterile blade]

Unless you're fine with manually setting the correct recipe every time, you need one machine per recipe (ie: different slug is a different recipe)

[fluid crow]

I don't want to leave the sloops laying around for multiple machines

[upbeat hawk]

Yeah, useful for any semi-manual construction to have one slooped

[short fiber]

I accidentally got on the manta and pet it!

Idk why it was so low to ground

[upbeat hawk]

Achievement!

[vapid raven]

alright thanks!

[lime pollen]

Hi, it's my first game i have 100h in and i'm looking a site to desing factory before in game to be more clean any site to recommend ?

[deep sapphire]

grass fields

[hard stump]

Doubtful but minor space elevator parts and liquids how many items are in the game if you wanted a central storage area with everything?

[spare cradle]

Should I... Just for fun, start to make roads in the sky? (Inspired by someone's design)

[toxic lichen]

my factory ran smoothly
no power outages and such while i afk'd for 13 hours

i think it is a success

[polar mulch]

whats the best copper alternate recipe i dont have sulfuric acid yet

[terse lagoon]

overclocked an mk2 miner to max and added 60 smelters for smelting (in manifolds of course) 🥹 2250 cat ingot per min from 60 smelters leading to 11250 quickwire per min (as one constructor needs 12 ingots to make 60 quickwire i couldnt bother to overclock 93.5 constructors so i just made 187.5 constructors in one singular line) -- routed all of them backwards since i don't have mk6 conveyors and straight up used 32 mk5 conveyors for the output

[polar mulch]

thinking of going with copper alloy ingot

[zenith pecan]

My miner tower are finally appearing more often on the map 😄 , saves so much room when all the smelters are stacked vertically above the miner in question.

[dense violet]

define best?

alloy doesn't output as much as pure but you don't have to deal with a bajjillion refineries

[zenith pecan]

The refineries wouldn't be the problem imo, setting up water, that I dislike.

[dense violet]

that's also part of it - but the difference between 60 foundries and 160 refineries is huge

[terse lagoon]

i didnt use any water but that works too

[polar mulch]

im close to water so might be a good choice

[dense violet]

ugh. Pure recipes. you need a billion refineries for it

[zenith pecan]

I get that, refineries can be arranged in all sorts of creative ways in columns, cubes or multi level area swallowing monstrosities, but water extractors, they go on one plane only and spread like a disease.

[dense violet]

just as an example for 1 particular factory it was

3000 copper ore and 60 foundries
or
2400 copper ore and 160 refineries

the 600 ore savings was NOT worth it

[polar mulch]

yeah could just go with the alloy and save on alot of space

[zenith pecan]

I'll likely use pure caterium, but sod the rest unless its copper power time again because I really don't want to do that many water extracters.

[polar mulch]

plus i have alot of iron near me

[dense violet]

tempered caterium 😄 you'll often need oil with caterium anyway

[terse lagoon]

should i just build random unnecessary big factories for no reason but fun like these #screenshots message
#screenshots message

i'm a bit bored idk what to do

[zenith pecan]

Bloody hell!, I didn't know that one existed, I have a spare cluster of oil nodes near the dunes, cheers 😄 👍

[dense violet]

yeah it's great! same output as pure, but way less refs. And not much oil

[zenith pecan]

Tempered copper too! , ok I am raising another coking plant once my spire oil plan is completed (15 of 23 refinery clusters are up)

Better numbers on copper, rounded!

[dense violet]

yeah I suppose I never really considered tempered copper because alloy was always there as the replacement?

[hybrid nymph]

I just started up a heavilly modded save, first time using mods

I am liking it

[terse lagoon]

i have a ridiculous idea

[zenith pecan]

With the way my logistics run as well, the coke plant near the dunes will feed via causeway, no need to sink down to the tunnels 🙂

I was originally going to use that set of oil wells for time crystals, but I can switch that to the coal.

[terse lagoon]

what's yalls opinions on 400 ai limiters per minute

[zenith pecan]

If you're gonna burn em, make em.

[dense violet]

sure?

[terse lagoon]

i got crazy motivation to make that

out of nowhere wait i'm on something

[zenith pecan]

That I get, you should see what I'm doing to the spire coast in general 😄

[terse lagoon]

200.893 high speed connectors per minute or 400 ai limiters per minute

what is more useful

[reef basin]

why do you even have these two as options

[terse lagoon]

im so bored i just want to do something

[reef basin]

which one do you not have automated?

[dense violet]

have you unlocked everything through to tier 9?

[terse lagoon]

erm

[dense violet]

then do a milestone 😛

[terse lagoon]

alright well

[terse lagoon]

i mean i can do both since i have everything ready #screenshots message especially quickwire

[reef basin]

wouldn't recommend connecting factories like that.
make things from raw ores

[terse lagoon]

i'll do that next

[deep sapphire]

my coal powered generators stopped working after like 25 hours 😭

[hybrid nymph]

I just got a mod, that allows you to upgrade building efficiency, it's so broken

[reef basin]

how do you upgrade building efficiency? you can already reach 100% in vanilla

[hybrid nymph]

It upgrades the base clock speed by up to 200%

[toxic lichen]

my coal has been running for like
60
no problem

now have fuel producing double my coal

[toxic lichen]

can i ask why you need so much quick wire?

[hybrid nymph]

That's excessive

[terse lagoon]

i felt bored and said "oh yeah why not"

[hybrid nymph]

Just like my 120 coal generators?

[reef basin]

ah, so increases speed of machines, not efficiency

[toxic lichen]

i understand this need

[terse lagoon]

if i can do something why not just do it outright lol no need to question that

[toxic lichen]

one day ill max out every node on this map
And process it into something

[terse lagoon]

i'll build the biggest caterium factory

[toxic lichen]

if you think about it
you can double your caterium

by slooping the smelters

then
sloop the constructors as well

4x quick wire

[hybrid nymph]

You can quadruple your alien DNA capsules

Place down a constructor and sloop it and tell it to craft alien protein, then place another constructor and sloop it and tell it to craft alien DNA capsules, boom 4 Alien DNA capsules per remains

[toxic lichen]

what do i do with like
20k modular frames ;-;

[hybrid nymph]

This game is Amazing! Best game by far on steam it puts other games like undertale TO SHAME!

[floral trellis]

you guys know if the sphere without sphere near blue crater shows on radar as a sphere?

my radar is at 1 sphere remaining in that area

[toxic lichen]

huh ;-;

[hidden pebble]

Vanilla upgrades?

I built an entire truck route from my factory to an uranium route, only to get 283 throughput (i got 205 throughput in my drones)😭

Clearly, trains won't be much of an upgrade.

[unkempt blade]

I'd just add a second truck to the route at that point

or depending on what you had fueling your drones that might be in the range where a fuel upgrade could get you across the line to 300

[hybrid nymph]

Yuppers, you can increase the default clock speed of machines by upgrading the building directly.

From the Vanilla Upgrades mod

It adds more MAM trees to allow the upgrade of vanilla buildings

[ancient sierra]

hello i just wanna ask ive juste satrted satisfactory two days ago and i am asking my self if the first starting place was a good idea and if it will affect my gameplay further because of the long distance to pure ressources

[frozen ingot]

it might be time for another playthrough...

perhaps this time with no drones? 🤔

and/or try and focus on aesthetics and actually finishing factories, hah

[tall lantern]

You'll be expanding across the whole map regardless of where you start, so doesn't really matter in the long run

Arguably that's one of the things the Grassy Fields is trying to teach

[ancient sierra]

ok thank you

[deep sapphire]

😔

[ancient sierra]

so moving aroud will not be a prolem ?

[deep sapphire]

mine ran out of coal somehow 120/min and 8 coal generators

[terse lagoon]

i do not think i have 247 sloops bro

[frozen ingot]

perhaps a sneaky mk1 belt in the mix somewhere?

[tall lantern]

solving logistics like this is part of the game, it's up to you how you tackle it. Belts, vehicles, pipes all options

[deep sapphire]

nope checked completely let it fill and restarted it again lets see

[zenith pecan]

Also looks cool if you match the speeds of the belts to the production at hand #design-and-architecture message

[glad lynx]

Should I use only 1 drill for each product? Or should 2-ingredient recipes use 2 drills?

[cyan magnet]

What‘s difference between normal and pure ore veins?

For example on cole rg.

[zenith pecan]

Normal is the baseline, pure veins output twice that, and impure outputs half.

[toxic lichen]

impure max is 300
normal max is 600
pure max is 1200

[hidden pebble]

Batteries. Nah, I'm not gonna make ion fuel.

[unkempt blade]

Yeah I don't even think that would have been enough speed diff. Starting from normal packaged fuel I think might have gotten you somewhere with an upgrade

[tall lantern]

you should use as much as you need to make the amount you want. You might use one node, two, half of one, six and three quarters, whatever makes sense for what you're making

nodes don't all give the same amount of resources, depends on purity and miner tier (and clock speed)

so the same amount of output might need more or less miners

[jolly sierra]

Wsp chat

[wanton cloud]

do yall know what am i wondering rn?

AKA what kept me up last nigt

[tall lantern]

i imagine you'll tell us anyway

[wanton cloud]

what is the volume of an ore straight from the miner

if i took an iron ore, how big is it? can it be measured?

[tall lantern]

they go on belts and the floor, so yes

[naive trellis]

wait, the ore with the rocks? because it comes with rocks too

[wanton cloud]

well, yes with rocks

[naive trellis]

I think it would be ~20cm considering the pioneer has ~190

[wanton cloud]

i might ask the devs for this

[naive trellis]

please do it

[unkempt blade]

we smell poop to you too

[jolly sierra]

What?

[unkempt blade]

it's what wsp means

you not current on slang?

[tall lantern]

i thought it was a typo for wasp

[naive trellis]

I hate adaptative control unit

[jolly sierra]

Yall are both. . . . Questionable

-# if you really don't have enough cognitive ability to know what wsp means, it's what is up. A way of saying hello

[tall lantern]

i have literally never seen that before

[unkempt blade]

Nah that wouldn't make any sense. "Sup" was already a thing for like 30 years and it would be dumb to make it less understandable

[naive trellis]

isnt that We Are Sitting on Poop?

[naive trellis]

I thought it was a joke

[jolly sierra]

Wassup

[foggy skiff]

Does someone want to play with me in the near future? I’m relatively new to Satisfactory and don’t have anyone to play with.

[wanton cloud]

where can i ask the devs

[naive trellis]

idk

[tall lantern]

#1201555265942724758 , but generally recommended not to play with other people first time round

[wanton cloud]

i do know? great! where can i ask them then?

[jolly sierra]

Also, you seem to have a severe misunderstanding for modern slang terms. Visit the urban dictionary

[naive trellis]

oh yeah! maybe you can sneak into their place and ask them directly!

[surreal ingot]

Mk2 max on a pure node is 600/m how did you get so many cat ingots from it?

[jolly sierra]

But I'm off topic

[surreal ingot]

Especially people who have played before

[terse lagoon]

600 ores go to 60 other smelters bro not that crazy

[unkempt blade]

If I rot my brain like that it won't be there to troubleshoot train and pipe issues

[foggy skiff]

I played once until I had to build coal generators for more power.

[naive trellis]

this should be A, ysth a smfmst, vud using slangs

[wanton cloud]

where is their place

[tall lantern]

a solid start, good to give it another go and push past that stage then

[naive trellis]

i don't know, ask them!

[wanton cloud]

ask them where

[foggy skiff]

Okay thank you very much for your help appreciate it 🙏🙌

[naive trellis]

on their place

[wanton cloud]

where

[naive trellis]

ask ada

[wanton cloud]

ok

[naive trellis]

take your sweet time

[naive trellis]

hey guys

i was thinking

ficsit is like a toxic gf bcs ada calls you ficsit property

[wanton cloud]

and

does that make ada the cuck

[naive trellis]

hmmmmmmmmmmm

[unkempt blade]

maybe you two should take this to DMs or something

[naive trellis]

it was just a random thought

[unkempt blade]

you know you can keep those to yourself right?

[wanton cloud]

well nobody answered my thought earlier

[surreal ingot]

600 ore is 20 smelters

[toxic lichen]

over clocked
its 8 e'-e'

[surreal ingot]

Holdup

[surreal ingot]

#screenshots message

[toxic lichen]

hmmmmm

forgot caterium is a diff number

[surreal ingot]

Rip

[oak nymph]

My drone can't supply enough uranium to my factory could a train do it it's 300/min at like 3-4km away

[toxic lichen]

train probably can

[versed mesa]

👋

[oak nymph]

Kk

[crude holly]

#screenshots message
How should I build the 9.25 and 2.5

Just round up and clock down?

[toxic lichen]

yes e'-e'

[zenith pecan]

You can generally juggle clocks to match numbers, also add or remove machines to make the math work in addition, also sometimes you can just overproduce and sink the overflow.

[toxic lichen]

2.5 is 1 max overclock tho isnt it?

[zenith pecan]

Meaning numbers like 2.5ppm rather than 2.5x production which is clocking.

[toxic lichen]

oh e'-e'

[terse lagoon]

i'll show you wait

[crude holly]

So should I instead just do 9 machines and overclock one to 1.25

[toxic lichen]

lowk invest in the steel screws alt

[crude holly]

and overclock one of the assemblers to be a 1.5?

[surreal ingot]

I dont think you have enough ore though

Unless their underclocked

[terse lagoon]

i'm not sure but i underclocked a few

in which the factory works great after you let them overflow

[lusty perch]

210382122 add me on steam if u wanna join a brand new game I havent played but one other time barely any experience

[fading crow]

#1201555265942724758

[lusty perch]

mb

[fading crow]

dw

[glacial drum]

Considering my mk 6 belts now I can double my 70k rocket fuel plant

[ornate saffron]

do you need too lol ? dont get me wrong i would

[glacial drum]

Well Im not sure I’ll need to but I’d rather not work on progression rn

Plus after demolishing my old oil plant I’m down 10k MW

[ornate saffron]

thas....not much

[glacial drum]

My only issue would be losing power while rerouting some belts and upgrading some

Damn past me not routing everything onto switches

I do have a good amount of batteries though

I’ll probably add a lot more first.

Would also help to build the infrastructure and improve the older ones before changing any belts

[spare cradle]

How much was a pure node with a Mk2 miner ontop produce?

[ornate saffron]

600 i thinks

[spare cradle]

... without power shards

[frosty mirage]

240

[spare cradle]

Thanks

[ornate saffron]

lol i dont even think of non powershards anymore apperently

[quartz pebble]

Hello, ive just bought satisfactory on ps5, and im just wondering, does anyone know of a way to increase text font size?

[ornate saffron]

maybe ask #satisfactory

#satisfactory-consoles

[quartz pebble]

Ok thanks

[unkempt blade]

Good luck. I also have old person eyes

[quartz pebble]

Ahh, ive been mortally struck down xD

Even with a 75 inch tv its small lol

[spare cradle]

I'm between making a 2.25k Rifle amount per minute machine, or starting working on my project part factory

[crude holly]

I'm stumped #screenshots message

I need 50 rods to be seperated out and moved to the future assemblers but I also need 6.25 more assemblers to make screws

[ancient sierra]

if i break something whith no invotory space is the material disaperar or where did it go ?

[idle matrix]

it goes into a dismantle chest. make sure to look nearby for other dismantle chests because they sometimes like to merge.

[oak nymph]

Why I'm I getting max radiation but I have nothing radioactive in my inventory

[ancient sierra]

i searched every where but didnt found anything

[oak nymph]

Even if I get further to uranium I'm still at max radiation

Quick I'm burning through my filter

It's fine now

Why is my train not stopping at my train station?

[toxic lichen]

are you okay ;-;

[jaunty vault]

Hang on, am I the not-effigy?

[oak nymph]

I think I fixed the train thing

[idle matrix]

it can be within 200 meters. make sure to look for the dismantle crate icon

[oak nymph]

I had to kill myself for the radiation to go away I don't understand

[jaunty vault]

Or is the not-effigy the space elevator

[glacial drum]

Time to setup a basic iron sam processing factory for my humble mk 6 belt beginnings

[glacial drum]

Yea so I encounter this too tbh idk what it is but after handling uranium or uranium products for a while or even at a high amount I cannot get rid of it without suicide. And even after I can go near the area so it’s definitely not an AOE

I’d recommend only carrying what u need so death crates aren’t too bad to constantly go back and grab bcs idk wtf to do to avoid this

[oak nymph]

Makes sense I transferred like 10 stack by hand because my train didn't work

[glacial drum]

DDUE

mark 6 belts are so quick they look like they go backwards

holy optical illusions

[oak nymph]

They are good for transportating yourself

[glacial drum]

Man I never thought I’d be at mk 6 belts took 200+ hours

i should REALLY automate sam fluctuators

I’m gonna handcraft 400 or so for this factory then go do that

[ornate saffron]

i try to set it up ealy/... just for s9inking

[glacial drum]

I had a rlly long belt down from the spire with a pure node on it making reanimated but I never rlly did anything with it

I might have a screeny

[wanton cloud]

man i don't think i'll ever get round to automating sam fluctators genuinely

[glacial drum]

Tbh they don’t seem horrible

[wanton cloud]

ik i gotta but, what else is it used for other than some MAM upgrades and the dimensional depots

[glacial drum]

Just would take iron & sam

trying to avoid spoilers but they’re used decently in phase 5

It would do you well to stockpile some beforehand

[wanton cloud]

oh shoot they are?

[glacial drum]

Yes

[wanton cloud]

i'll keep that close to heart

[reef basin]

They are used to build ||stuff||

[glacial drum]

Even just a single storage container can fuel your beginnings of phase 5 and a bit into it too. So I’d say even setting up a slow inefficient factory would be good