satisfactory

[cunning glade]

I clearly don't know how it works cuz I think it's way more work

Why do u dislike tools tho

[shrewd palm]

to me its building instructions vs following them

that and i dont really like the ui of tools

[cunning glade]

UI is pretty much the same imo

[cunning glade]

Also I don't think ive slept enough cuz what

[normal orbit]

never used a planner, i just use steam notes :p

[stone quiver]

Pen and paper for me lol. And modeling my next step in a blueprint

[shrewd palm]

i think you get a much better understanding of whats going on and where everything is when you're planning out each stage of the factory step by step (like with modeler) vs just putting in a number and maybe changing a couple recipes to get a factory (like with tools)

i dont think i can really explain why i dont like tools other than that ive been using modeler for 800 hours and every time i use tools i get a headache

[cunning glade]

See I mean u do the same thing with tools tho u just follow the inputs and outputs idk too me unless I don't understand modeler having too make the whole thing just seems like way more work when the best planner is the game🤷 but use whatever u find easier:)

[cunning glade]

Sidenote what did resource requirements look like for the nuclear stuff

[normal orbit]

yes

[cunning glade]

Cuz I plan too do the same assuming I have enough raw resources left on the map

[normal orbit]

it will vary alot based on which recipes you end up using

[cunning glade]

Still gives me an idea also no clue cuz like I've never done nuclear so🕺

So idk what it even uses besides uranium

[normal orbit]

go to the wiki and have a looksee

[simple pebble]

Nuclear uses a little of everything, though it's a little hungry on the sulphur. If you try to use a lot of uranium it gets very expensive, though

[shrewd palm]

a lot in some areas but not whole lot in others

caterium was by far the most expensive at like 6000, nothing else broke 2000 i think

most were under 1000

[simple pebble]

Oh yeah caterium is the biggest expense for sure

Plutonium can use a lot of aluminium (or pressure cubes if you hate yourself or planned ahead). Ficsonium, if you really hate yourself, is prohibitively expensive because it uses way too many phase 5 materials

[shrewd palm]

actually nitrogen might have been pretty expensive too

i was using the entire well in the north coast and like half of one on top of the cliffs along the west coast

[stone quiver]

Uranium is very minimal, all the way through ficsonium is the complex chain.

Uranium is just uranium, control rod, encased beam, sulfur, concrete?

[shrewd palm]

one of the recipes

[cunning glade]

Interesting

So I think I have alot of cat still

[shrewd palm]

i was using the uranium fuel unit recipe

[cunning glade]

Yes I do

[stone quiver]

Pressure cubes make it very simple if you siphon from your nuclear pasta build (if you have one)

[shrewd palm]

all the sulphur comes in during the uranium cells or in sulphuric acid for the waste processing

[normal orbit]

the alt recipies make more fuel rods for the amount of uranium, but uses more materials of other things

[cunning glade]

Wait I should look into this

[shrewd palm]

and it is a decent amount but iunless you also have a lot of rocket/turbofuel or leeched recipes going on you dont need to worry about sulphur

[cunning glade]

Cuz I was gonna make a spare 5k aluminum for like 4800 little triangle things

For nuclear I think

I'd love too do the ficsit way cuz it seems cooler but also idk what it's needs resource wise

[normal orbit]

if you go max power route (most fuel rods made) there wont be enough sam on the map to turn all plutonium waste into ficsonium, you need to sloop one step.

[cunning glade]

One thing tools does suck for is nuclear

[shrewd palm]

i might do ficsonium but it wont be a lot

[cunning glade]

I just want a clean loop using all of the uranium

[shrewd palm]

uses WAY too much sam

[simple pebble]

Yeah it does

The alternative plutonium recipes are massive bait because they make more rods for your uranium waste. You don't want that 😂

[shrewd palm]

now im getting all excited for a project i wont be able to do for a long time

[normal orbit]

you can use the pu rods for drone fuel if you dont end up making them into ficsonium fuel rods

[shrewd palm]

just be prepared for BEEP BEEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP every time you go near a drone port if you go down that route

[normal orbit]

i would recommend automating the iodized filters :p

idk if theres an upper limit on radiation. but i had to go in to fix a mistake and i was going thru a filter a second at one point :p

[shrewd palm]

i had to turn on godmode whenever i went near the drone port at that nuclear power plant because i would die otherwise

[fiery pewter]

#screenshots message dawg wdym "more"

I got no more oil at that location

@opaque minnow

[cunning glade]

Pretty sure it was possible if u slooped some stuff

[normal orbit]

sloop the step in making ficsite ingots

[shrewd palm]

would still use up too much sam if you used up all the uranium on fuel rods

[cunning glade]

That parts only like 5k aluminum tho

[shrewd palm]

assuming you want to finish the game anyways

[fiery pewter]

Its a starter oil plant going for 34 GW Rakso

[cunning glade]

Need too sloop reanimated Sam

[fiery pewter]

I suppose i do not need

more

[cunning glade]

That's the sam pricey part

I mean I could sloop ingots too idk how worth tho

I may need too see if I can change sloops not being buyable

There is 20 coupons low price

[limber moss]

Is there a way to get achievements in full release, that I have done in Early Access already (i.e. completion of phases of space elevator)?

[normal orbit]

load your save into scim and reset all progress, then redo them

[limber moss]

Ah, that's a shame. I'll get them during the 2nd playthrough then ^^

[cunning glade]

Just play the game again

Second playthroughs are peak

Especially with mods I wanna try consistent space elevator parts tbh

[limber moss]

Nice to hear

[cunning glade]

At least the game isn't that short like factorio

[fiery pewter]

I did it

I silenced @opaque minnow

correction

35 GW

[normal orbit]

you can just about run a fully overclocked and slooped particle accelerator with that :p

[acoustic bear]

I got a few of them lying around

they're like 7500MW

[normal orbit]

with sloop they're around 25gw

[fiery pewter]

yay :3

[acoustic bear]

maybe I was reading them wrong or didn't wait for it to update

[fiery pewter]

my early oil plans do require 4 sloops though

[safe bison]

what do I do if I've got too much plastic, it's stopping production for residual fuel

[normal orbit]

sink it

[safe bison]

sounds dangerous

[ornate saffron]

sounds like tickets

[quaint abyss]

Hello everyone!

[shrewd palm]

stick an awesome sink on to the end of the line

[feral jay]

Basically, sink everything, and nothing ever backs up

(except for liquid feedback loops)

[shrewd palm]

will make sure that the plastic always has somewhere to go (heaven or something) so that none of the machines ever get stuck

same thing applies to basically everything with a similar setup, aluminum, phase 5 shenanigans, etc

[normal orbit]

sinking excess is just good practise

[acoustic bear]

yep. sinks keep things flowing

[severe pewter]

Multiplayer will do it

Hey real quick - I'm only in the process of tallying base resources atm, but anybody know off the top of their head how much power 600 uranium/min will generate, if it's used also as Plutonium?

[floral trellis]

satisfactory trivia, how many platforms can a rail extend?

[normal orbit]

foundations you mean?

[floral trellis]

ye

[normal orbit]

12.5iirc

[floral trellis]

that seems about right, thanks

i mean, that is correct. you win 5 internet points!

[normal orbit]

not actually checked if its same after the 1.1 railway algoritm change

[proven snow]

Gang I have a connundrum

I'm feeling the itch and want to start a new playthrough

But also I want to see what this "new gamemode" is about before I do

[floral trellis]

my towers could link at 12 platforms between, so ill accep that answer

[native tapir]

In addition to making slightly helpful shitposts, I wanted to start sharing some slightly shitful help-posts.

I made a legitimate tutorial for the first time ever. Lol. #design-and-architecture message

Now you guys can build upside down and you don't have to use the limp bizkit video and send me dreadful hate mail.

[floral trellis]

Do you only sign off on reddit, or did you forget here?

~ Sjihttam

[native tapir]

I just save it for Reddit. Will do it on Youtube

It's nice to have one place where I can just hang lol

Also don't want to be so polarizing in all online spheres 😉

[severe pewter]

Idk, but are these sorts of rail corners still possible to make?
#screenshots message

[native tapir]

Yes but I have to nicely ask, why would you?

[floral trellis]

hmm, how many foundations is that?

[native tapir]

There are much better ways and they are honestly as easy if not easier

[severe pewter]

Because the tiny corners look stupid, and feel janky

[native tapir]

Sure, makes sense. But why not just make a curve? I mean, do it your way!

But if you want help with a better way there are many

[stone quiver]

It's 50m. I go by resources consumed , not foundations bc I'm not counting them as I go

[severe pewter]

That is a curve. A curve big enough that it had to be split into multiple sections. -I think I used to do it by moving way past the reach of the track, moving around til I found the shape I was looking for, then clicked to build.

[normal orbit]

think they mean curving the foundations

[severe pewter]

Me?

[floral trellis]

im currently aligning blueprinted rail towers rather than just guessing the lenght of the rail by holding a rail

[native tapir]

You can make curves with foundations first and lay track second. Easiest way

DC wan method for curves is very approachable and will up your build game forever

hang on I'll find it

[normal orbit]

#satisfactory-experimental message like this

[floral trellis]

yeah, i found that rails tend to wiggle if you dont preplace a lenght of rail, can remove that after

you can also preplace your rails on a 2m ramp so you can curve down smoother

[native tapir]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jxfy2_Iw6U

[normal orbit]

wiggle? can't say i've seen that in the thousands of km of track i've built :p

[severe pewter]

I'm referring to this bit though, I used to be able to make corners in this sort of fashion. I'd use small bits of beam as reference points, so I could get everything lined up.
#screenshots message

[stone quiver]

Anyone make a labyrinth?

[normal orbit]

#screenshots message idk, i've never had issues like that

[proven snow]

Is there any speculation on what the new gamemode will be?

[severe pewter]

Once, in Minecraft, of a 3D sort, using a lot of glass blocks

[normal orbit]

probably randomized nodes

[floral trellis]

id def do random nodes for the next run

[sterile blade]

Factory carts will be able to load fluids

[normal orbit]

more keen on the T-piece junctions for fluids :p

[proven snow]

Yeah that's the one guess I've seen, and honestly sounds very fun

[sterile blade]

I'd be happy if they managed to throw in some more kinds of foundations

Half ramps, plssss 🙏

[floral trellis]

half walls could be very cool too. you cant always get away by nudging your wall into the next

[mortal ginkgo]

I want 3/8 walls.

You guys can enjoy half ramps. I want 3/8 ramps yes.

[proven snow]

I want 3/8ths of an impure limestone node

[mortal ginkgo]

underclock me like you mean it big dawg

[normal orbit]

kinky

gonna be annoying rebuilding all the refinery manifolds, but will be worth it with the t-junctions looking so much cleaner

[leaden turret]

would rather have fully flexible ramps, so you can set them anywhere between 1m and 4m / 8m wide

see also spline foundations

[normal orbit]

while a bit annoying to build, you can stack walls side by side to make a psuedo slimmer ramp :p

[empty spoke]

when should i consider moving from my temporary early game base to my megafactory base spot? i just unlocked mk4 belts, automated computer hmf etc, i thought about going for it now, but with only mk4 i would have to hardly limit my train central station no?

[stone quiver]

I would say never mega factory, but that's me. Too much spaghetti or sprawl to centralize everything

[empty spoke]

yea i decided on that alot earlier already not planning to change any plan

[normal orbit]

the foundation for one, would be a massive train network to bring in all resources. belt speed can be upgraded

[empty spoke]

always went for modular bases, wanted to make a megafactory run for once to see why everybody is hatin on it

[proven snow]

I'd say you can start working on a megafactory once you get trains, but I've only done a couple playthroughs not trying to overly optimize

Be prepared to rebuild things though as you figure out new stuff you need and as you unlock alternative recipes

[stone quiver]

I wonder if megafactory players concede that energy generation can be standalone

Or they pipe that in too

[empty spoke]

i for myself will do it standalone

cuz like no way im moving liquids over thousands of kms

[normal orbit]

theres no actual definition of a mega factory. its just a big factory, you dont have to put everything in one place unless thats your goal

[stone quiver]

I thought it was exactly that, all production in one factory

[proven snow]

I always just connected my energy grid across the entire map

On this next run though I'm gonna limit myself to not making long power connections. If my factory is more than like 8 power poles away from my energy generation, I either move the factory or set up new energy generation IN the factory. Feel like it'll be an interesting challenge

[empty spoke]

if 99 factories out of 100 are in your base, then that would still count as all factories in one base for me..

[normal orbit]

i've seen people do like 4 big mega factories in each corner of the map. i would still class em as mega cause they each handled like 50-100k resources/min

[shrewd palm]

no way is my pc stron g enough to handle a lot of random stuff AND power in one spot

[proven snow]

Generally I think a megafactory is like, 75%+ of your production is there. At least in my eyes

Can have some smaller refineries/smelteries/whatevers here and there, but the bulk of production taking place at one spot

[empty spoke]

i literally dont even have a single clue how to plan my megafactory, like how am i supposed to know how much computers i will need to produce for the whole run

[shrewd palm]

plan out the entire save silly

[normal orbit]

you leave room to expand

[empty spoke]

cuz like my plan is to make factories for every ressource, but in a amount that i rly only need 1 factory for each

[proven snow]

I just tried to make extra of everything at my megafactory. But I think you run into issues of how much you need whether you have one big or many small factories.

Only difference is that the small factories you need to travel further to go fix the issue, but it will probably be a cleaner fix vs a spaghetti monster factory

[empty spoke]

not planning on doin a spaghetti in my megafactory

[normal orbit]

alternatively, you build with tier 6 belts in mind, and then as you unlock you just turn on more of the factory

[shrewd palm]

im gonna be building a few megafactories in this run so i have my base (entire grassy fields + decent chunk of blue crater) devoted to making stuff for building, and then if i need anything for future factories it will be in "small" enough quantities to build on site

although by megafactory i mean in terms of size and not 100% in production

[empty spoke]

thats my main issue, the damn mk6 belts. like i neglect to build any efficient factory as long as i don't have those belts.

i think il just build the factory in mk6 style, and deactivate all the extra machines until i reach mk6

that way i dont have to rebuild anything

[shrewd palm]

you really only need them to make full use of pure nodes and a handful of other things inside factories, so just upgrade the handful of belts you need to once you unlock them

alternatively you can just speedrun the phase 4 elevator parts and then get mk6 belts

[empty spoke]

nah the main issue is the replacing part, like if i start my megafactory with mk4 now, just imagine how many mk4 lines id have to replace, let alone all the x9 belt lines or whatever

[normal orbit]

the only thing really needing t6 belts is the miners on pure nodes. as you input them to train terminals, you can split em into 600s so once you get tier 6, you can just upgrade the belts from miner, then after that just deal with mk5 at 600/min and its not super difficult

[shrewd palm]

i highly doubt you'll have to replace all of them

[limber moss]

I'd like to make a computer factory for Adaptive Control Units and my personal uses. What's generally the best recipe for them if I have access to grasslands and the blue crater, the "normal" one?

[empty spoke]

hmm, when im planning on building factories that produce enough for the whole run? lets say screws, 1 screw factory for the whole run? planned so far, that i wont have to expand it or anything

[shrewd palm]

you do NOT need screws

[normal orbit]

well, you have access to the whole map. the only limit is you. but use which ever recipe you have materials

[empty spoke]

as i said dont even know if thats a possible goal, since i have no clue how to plan that

yea screws were a example guys lmao

[acoustic bear]

I tend to try to build like 4-8+ machines building whatever my final target product is

[shrewd palm]

using the entire map for stuff is "possible" but you need a nasa computer

[empty spoke]

im running a 5070 ti it should be fine i think, cant imagine to drop below 60

[acoustic bear]

this game will use all your RAM and CPU

[normal orbit]

the limit will be your cpu, not your gpu :p

[acoustic bear]

^

anything above like a 3060 is plenty to run this game with all the shinies

[empty spoke]

yea thought that too but also here, running a 7800xd3d

with 32gigs i should be fine

[acoustic bear]

I've seen 28GB RAM usage before

[normal orbit]

i thought a 9900k was enough, it wasnt :p

[shrewd palm]

if you dont want to plan out everything from start to finish really the "safest" way to future proof is to not do it and just build whatever you need for building (so not much more than like 5/min for the vast majority of items) and then build other things as you need them

[shrewd palm]

i think one guy here had a save that needed like 90 something gb of ram

[acoustic bear]

I don't doubt it tbh

[shrewd palm]

it crashed the game of whoever tried to load it

[acoustic bear]

my shit is pretty big but not that big compared to what I've seen others build and I'm sometimes stuttering on a 9800X3D/32GB RAM/7900XTX

[empty spoke]

yea thats exactly what i didnt wanna do lol, i hate to build 100s of computer factories only cuz i never planned it far enough

[acoustic bear]

especially if I start shooting myself across the map with a cannon

[normal orbit]

oh lawd the ram usage going up, loaded my save :p

[empty spoke]

like you finally finish your computer factory that took you lots of sweat and hours only to realize 2 hours later, that super computers exist and that components of them are computer aswell, so u can start from 0 again

[acoustic bear]

I wish I'd gone 48GB or 64GB back before the RAM crisis lol

[empty spoke]

thats why i prefer to build a giant computer factory

[normal orbit]

just shy of 15gb :p

[shrewd palm]

unfortunately planning comes with experience

at least now you have super computers unlocked and can tear everything down to build a computer and super computer factory!

[empty spoke]

so there is no tool or anything that can tell me how much computer or whatever are needed to finish the run? i assume its cuz of alternative recipes..

[normal orbit]

and i dont even have mega factory :p

[shrewd palm]

satisfactory modeler or satisfactory tools

modeler is a program on steam tools is a website

[empty spoke]

isnt that only to plan a single factory

[shrewd palm]

tools will onmly let you plan out a single factory without trouble

modeler quite literally lets you plan out the entire save

[normal orbit]

you would have to put in end goals for each elevator part

[empty spoke]

i dont wanna know how much iron is needed to produce 10 computer/min, i wanna know how long the 10 will last me

[normal orbit]

but like, you dont need a mega factory to beat the game

[shrewd palm]

^^

[normal orbit]

so just make stuff, and if you need more, make more

its not that hard

[empty spoke]

whatever, no use of breaking my head now il just start

[shrewd palm]

in my experience not very far

[normal orbit]

like make 10/min, if its not enough, make 20, 30, 40, 50/min

[shrewd palm]

that would be enough for like phase 4 stuff

[normal orbit]

just expand production as needed

[shrewd palm]

^^

[empty spoke]

expanding is the problem here.

[normal orbit]

why?

[empty spoke]

my factories are all inside buildings. fixed buildings to make them look pretty, i cant leave empty spaces

which means id have to build a second factory

[normal orbit]

you can leave room to expand

[empty spoke]

thats just as hard to plan as actually planning to produce enough

[shrewd palm]

as i said before being able to properly plan things out is a skill that develops over time

[normal orbit]

its really not, i think you're approaching it the wrong way

[shrewd palm]

if this is your first playthrough it would be a good idea to try to keep things on the simpler side to try and understand the game and then start doing the insane stuff in later runs

[untold moat]

Different people have different approaches

[normal orbit]

if you're gonna build an enclosed building first and stuff things in it, you'll fail miserable and will need to tear down and rebuild. start with like one or two walls, then as you fill it out you can get a feel for the size of it

[shrewd palm]

if you really need the megafactory thats just how they are: hard to plan and a pain in the ass to build sometimes

[empty spoke]

first playthrough breaking through phase4, i alway stopped after mk5

[untold moat]

But yes, if you are new to the game, take your time to understand the mechanics, and make the mechanics work for you later k

[empty spoke]

but all in all my 6th playthrough or smth i have like 300h in the game so not quite the intermediate, but also not a beginner

[normal orbit]

its much easier to just build on some platforms first, then enclose it, that way you know where pipes, lifts, etc will be

[empty spoke]

no dont get me wrong, thats exactly what im planning to do

[shrewd palm]

^^
always make it look pretty after and not before

[empty spoke]

but i dont wanna leave the factory open until i finished the game, just in case i need to expand it later

obv im building the factory first and enclosing after, but the question is when is the after

[normal orbit]

you have near infinite z-height

[shrewd palm]

worst case scenario you end up with something that looks like it came from some extremely overcrowded sci fi city

which isnt even bad if you embrace it

[untold moat]

IMO the only time to factor in expanding factories is early game when you plan to upgrade miners/belts to increase throughput. Otherwise it make more sense to build a separate factory to handle the production

[shrewd palm]

this

[normal orbit]

i've seen some mega factories cover nearly the whole dune desert which look cool as heck

[empty spoke]

thats how i played until now, this run i planned to try to make 1 big factory for every item each

i think il just start with going for like 20x or smth of all those t3 items etc

[shrewd palm]

in that case just boot up modeler or something, make a node with the phase 5 space elevator, and then work backwards from there

[untold moat]

Site 31 is my favorite. May not actually produce, but is cool as hell

[normal orbit]

saw one which looked like a cyberpunk city

[stone quiver]

Ya the desert is just feeding nuclear pasta on my game

[untold moat]

IMO gunning for rates is better than machines, and if you know the next steps, best to plan accordingly

[stone quiver]

Strip the desert of copper and iron, everything must go to the tree fort

[empty spoke]

gotta learn trains first for sure

[shrewd palm]

trains may seem daunting but they are not that bad

worst part about trains is by far getting your global rail network set up and then the resource gathering for new factories

[mortal ginkgo]

thats like 80% of the work tho

[wary falcon]

when making ficsite do people typically prefer the aluminum or caterium option?

considering aluminum iss harder to make however caterium is limited

[proven snow]

Trains and also trucks are a lot of fun to play around with

A lot more fun than making a boring 2km long conveyor belt

[shrewd palm]

and also a LOT cheaper

[cobalt sphinx]

Does anyone want to make a server with MeV

?*

[versed mesa]

Hi all

[cobalt sphinx]

Hii

[hot kernel]

I need big brain answer, do I absolutely NEED hazmat and filters for collecting all hdds, mercer and sloops? I've started a solo after playing coop with buggy trophies and trying to bare minimum it

[wary falcon]

well you dont NEED hazmat ever if you just chug food

[acoustic bear]

you can get most by just eating meds as needed

just be sure to pick all the berries, mushrooms etc

[cobalt sphinx]

Damn so no one wanna make a coop game with me?

[acoustic bear]

there is a channel for that

#1201555265942724758

[cobalt sphinx]

Ah thank you

[acoustic bear]

be patient and be willing to join others too. it's about networking and making friends tbh

[stone quiver]

Whatever is nearby. You'd have to make huge amounts of phase. 5 parts to start running low in either material

[wary falcon]

ahh alright ty

[stone quiver]

Also nothing hard about aluminum really... water and bauxite and then a sink here or there

[sinful roost]

Now that I have trains running all over the map I think I have mastered them. You just keep adding block signals until the train moves and if that doesn't work try removing some in that area. Any questions?

[wary falcon]

yeah but idk thats another like 3 machines u gotta make which sucks

[versed cosmos]

standardised station and train lengths also helps

a properly working rail network should let you add multiple trains to the same route without them colliding

[sinful roost]

Mine does that plus let's them collide when they feel like it.

[versed cosmos]

very nice

[wary falcon]

why my trains be ignoring the block signal and there is 2 trains in a block section 😭

[versed cosmos]

sometimes trains need physical contact. happy trains get more throughput

[sinful roost]

I usually blame the train first and derail it but if a second train complains then add more signals

[wary falcon]

im super c lose to just building underground belt highways for 10km

[sinful roost]

The scared ones train faster

[sinful roost]

I condone cheating, go under the map and build in circles instead of squares but use trains or I will disown you.

[wary falcon]

• train throughput is so poopy

[versed cosmos]

just add another train

[wary falcon]

i did

[versed cosmos]

so add another

[wary falcon]

i have 10 total freight cars attempting to push 6000 bauxite bit no avail

[wary falcon]

bleh no room

[versed cosmos]

thats not adding another train

thats making the existing train bigger

[wary falcon]

well i have 2 trains cars with 5 frieght

[versed cosmos]

add another

[wary falcon]

no room

[versed cosmos]

how tf u got no room

[wary falcon]

well its only like a back and forth track

idk where the third train would fit without always causing blocks

[versed cosmos]

so it's a push-pull?

[wary falcon]

ya

[proven snow]

Yea I highly prefer using trains for like a big round circuit, going to multiple factories

[versed cosmos]

make it dual track

[wary falcon]

ew

lol

[versed cosmos]

a loop could also work

so its still one track but trains only ever go in one direction

[shrewd palm]

1. do yourself a favour and build a proper rail network
2. make sure you only have like 3-600 items/min (amount should be lower the longer it has to travel) per car

[versed cosmos]

no need for passing spots

[wary falcon]

yeah true... honestly im at like the final leg of the game and im so tired of train issues lol

[wary falcon]

wdym proper rail network? as in cover all areas of the map?

[wise junco]

f a c t o r y

[proven snow]

I ran into a lot of issues with trains trying to do back and forth and passing and looping in on itself and stuff.

But just making a big circle worked wonders

[shrewd palm]

2 lane, going everywhere you need a train, proper signal coverage, etc

[fallen silo]

is something bugged with fluids right now? I've done like 10 playthroughs, completed the game without issues in 1.0 and 1.1 but on the dedicated server I'm doing a new playthrough on something is deeply messed up with fluids. My standard starting coal setup with 8 coal generators on 120 coal with 3 water extractors (2 feeding on one side, last feeding from the opposite side with all connected) is always running out of water. I'm so confused man. I even brought in a full 4th water extractor and had it enter in the middle between 4 and 5 and it's still running out.

[wary falcon]

hmm sounds complex and like a big job ngl...

[shrewd palm]

there are problems but you dont really start running into them unless you try to push mk2 pipes to 600/min or just genuinely have an awful pipe network in your factory

luckily i think most of them will be getting fixed in a few months

[wary falcon]

actually now your tempting me to make a trans-map train network

would it be bad to have all trains on that network?

[shrewd palm]

nope! quite good in fact

[fallen silo]

Gotcha. I'm just at a loss then. Rebuilt the pipelines like 3x now to avoid weird problems with junctions or anything I could think of and nothing is fixing it this sucks

[shrewd palm]

first thing i did when i got trains set up was get track to basically everywhere i was planning to build and its worked wonders so far

[wary falcon]

hmm alright ig ill try to plan it out...

maybe i do it underground tbh

[proven snow]

I'm no train expert but I found it a lot less problematic to have a train going around the map only visiting a few key factories, and then having other trains/trucks bring resources from the local area to the key factories

Connecting one train rail to 20 factories sounds like a challenge to me

[shrewd palm]

thats sort of what im doing

[wary falcon]

thatr would take hours and hours 😭

[shrewd palm]

ive got a ring that goes around the map and then there are a bunch of tracks that go into all the biomes and then reconnect to the main loop

[wary falcon]

that was my idea

[wise junco]

definitely recommend a main train network

[wary falcon]

how long did it take to make the main loops

[shrewd palm]

uhh

im not quite done with the whole thing yet

[humble osprey]

They should let us stain walls with coffee

[proven snow]

truly a missed opportunity

[shrewd palm]

but what i have done now (probably about half of the whole network) took 5-10 hours

[wary falcon]

ok yeah im too lazy for tyhat 😭

[shrewd palm]

which seems like a long time but it isnt when you have something to listen to

[humble osprey]

Hidden squash where u right click with the coffee mug to give it a coffee stain 🔥🔥🔥 🗣🗣🗣🗣

[wary falcon]

i am seriously running out of stuff to listen to

[proven snow]

Something to watch then

[shrewd palm]

probably the only thing you can do then is just break it up so that 1 extractor fuels however many generators

and then just do that until you run out of coal

[spare prism]

Is there a build up limit in this game?

[shrewd palm]

ive been going on true crime/conspiracy theory binges whenever i need to do something brainless like that

[shrewd palm]

theres a uobject limit (how many objects you can have in the world, so effectively a build limit) but unless you're making megafactories at every step you wont hit it

and iirc you can also just change it to be even larger either in the game files or with a mod

[spare prism]

I’m meant building up

[fierce granite]

could create a post in #1038092680493801533 and add photos to see if anyone else spots something that was done wrong

[humble osprey]

What are u into? I could suggest something

[spare prism]

I’m building up to the space station 🤣

[shrewd palm]

theres a height limit where you start to take damage and die but you also wont hit it unless you deliberately try to

[humble osprey]

I like to listen to gutsick Gibson's debates on YouTube when I'm playing satisfactory

[shrewd palm]

best way to get up there is with a hypertube cannon

[spare prism]

I’m doing that rn

[shrewd palm]

^^

[fervent crypt]

Hello ! i need advice here #design-and-architecture

[proven snow]

Clicking "r" to swap the build mode when making a conveyor belt may help.

Also, I forget if this is their exact name but in the logistics tab, using conveyor lifts (vertical conveyor belts) may help too. Like remove the ramp, connect the lift to the storage container to go to ground level, then lead the conveyor straight into the lift at ground level

[fervent crypt]

yeah i use some vertical conveyor in some place but i don't really see how i can use it in my situation... Do you have some images to visualize ?

[proven snow]

Yeah you might have to get slightly creative with it with two containers stacked on top of each other. There's definitely good ways to handle it but I can't really show any examples right now

[fervent crypt]

Okay thanks you

||I don't know... is it weird to say "thank you" in this context in english ??? i'm a dumb french||

[proven snow]

It's appropriate 😄

[fervent crypt]

xD

Just a question is it popular in this game to use a dedicated server for singleplayer purpose or not ?

[normal orbit]

seems pointless to use a dedicated server for solo play

[versed cosmos]

it offloads a lot of work from your computer to a more powerful machine

runs your game 24/7 too

i wouldnt do it myself but i see the benefit

[fervent crypt]

yeah but personnaly I have multiple setup (different home, a desktop one and a laptop+egpu one) so for the save it's way more easy, no need to do a transfer

[fervent crypt]

personnaly i prefer to not over saturate my "playing time" with when i'm ofline,, i want to see the real online time xD

[stone quiver]

Show a screenshot

Probably have too much water trying to enter one junction

People love 3:8, I think 1:2 is just much simpler

[tranquil flower]

how can i evenly distribute a single convayor between 8 machines

[bitter crow]

yo how do these priority switches work

[forest tangle]

Can someone tell me what this is? The 1 in the circle of pips?

I can't post pics?

oh well

[wise junco]

have to post them in a different channel and link

[normal orbit]

not in this channel

[forest tangle]

What Channel?

[wise junco]

usually #screenshots

[forest tangle]

ahh'

[normal orbit]

#screenshots is a good idea

[forest tangle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/553550313533997057/1475256209576689856/image.png?ex=699cd2e9&is=699b8169&hm=3b02de076c6637ccafe801efcd62274e55f0249c26644f0f6ad5eb80268058c4

Can someone tell me what this is? The 1 in the circle of pips?

[bitter crow]

loadout number

like you can switch between what set of buildables you want in your hotbar

[normal orbit]

its just which hotbar you have

[tranquil flower]

how

[wise junco]

if on PC, hold alt and scroll the mousewheel

[normal orbit]

1-10

[bitter crow]

alt scroll

[tranquil flower]

woah

[forest tangle]

Bananas!

[fallen silo]

I’ve got it working now with 1:2 (no underclock atm because I’m scared). I’m gonna let it run awhile to confirm everything is good then will try correctly underclocking or going back to 3:8

Thanks though for your willingness

[formal minnow]

what is vro scared about

[leaden matrix]

If you want it perfectly even from the start use a load balancer!

I believe it would take 14 total splitters for that?

Otherwise id recommend using a manifold :>

[peak wasp]

What's the best way to transport liquids long distance?

[fickle cipher]

Türk var mı gelicek oyuna

[mortal ginkgo]

1- Fluid Trains
2- Make Factory near Fluid

[white dawn]

3- Packaging Loop

[atomic geyser]

I'm new to the game and just scanned my 1st hard drive. Do yall think I should take the alternate screws recipie or 6 inventory slots?

Also is it like a permanant choice where you cant get the other later or wil I get the choices again?

[unkempt blade]

0 - liquid trucks

[fierce granite]

unless it is available as a choice for one of your currently scanned hard drives it can pop up again, take what is most useful for you or just leave it sit

[unkempt blade]

cast screws is the best recipe in the game

[atomic geyser]

why? do screws become super useful later?

oh... your name

[white imp]

Anybody want to play satisfactory?

[unkempt blade]

yeah you use screws for the entire time and it's the best because instead of making ingots => rods => screws you just do ingots => screws and cut out a step

[atomic geyser]

yes I guess if you're optomizing that will really speed it up in the end

[fierce granite]

if your looking for someone to play with #1201555265942724758

[unkempt blade]

I lke all your fishies

[white imp]

thx

[unkempt blade]

I'm a bit of a fish connoisseur #screenshots message

[reef basin]

It's mostly a meme/troll msg

[fiery violet]

Am I the only one that is genuinely pissed off by owo at this point???

[unkempt blade]

my explanation for why I like it most was truthful and accurate 🙂

[reef basin]

Cast screws are very subpar recipe at best

[reef basin]

Except it's not

[unkempt blade]

would you care to explain why?

[reef basin]

Because it depends what best means

Least resources? Steel screws
Least machines? Base screws
Iron only? Cast screws

[unkempt blade]

but the part about removing a production step is accurate, correct?

You don't have to agree with my assessment but ignoring my explanation seems disingenuous

[reef basin]

Only if you ignore all other production steps, so in vacuum, not ingame

[ebon marten]

you can get cats in game, its called arachnophobia mode

[unkempt blade]

cat mews is the best alt mews recipe in the game

[jovial rock]

silly question .. anyway to get the node out of the water in the Eastern Dune Forest next to Blue Crater .. I really want to put 10 water extractors there instead of just 9

[stuck escarp]

So true

Also hi. meow

Oggie best cat

[stuck escarp]

Hang on I’m putting the og in #off-topic-media

It’s taking a while to send

[unkempt blade]

tell the internet it's an emergency!

[stuck escarp]

The WiFi doesn’t reach my room and there’s barely any 5g or 4g where I live

Even less specifically in my room

[leaden turret]

20m ethernet cable ftw

[unkempt blade]

or if you drill a hole in walls and/or ceilings it might be even shorter than that!

[stuck escarp]

Ethernet cable no fit in lightning port

I have EOP for my pc

[leaden turret]

checks google

yes it does

cheap adapter

[stuck escarp]

Which kinda works but I’m in bed rn as it is 00:08

[stuck escarp]

I have a distinct lack of cheap adapter

I have a usb c one but my chud iPhone doesn’t have that

Mew

[unkempt blade]

you both have pretty amazing spiders

[leaden turret]

20m carrier pigeon, problem solved

[stuck escarp]

True

Altho how do I get the video to the pigeon

[leaden turret]

usb stick

[stuck escarp]

Do I show it the video and then give it a paintbrush to paint the video frame by frame to everyone who wants to view the video

[stuck escarp]

Oh yeah true but again I don’t have a lightning to usb stick adapter to hand

[stuck escarp]

Also that’s a very big pigeon

I don’t think they do those where I live

[leaden turret]

get a really fat pigeon and tape your phone to it

[unkempt blade]

it's a 20m pigeon so I think you just have it carry the full tv + media player

[stuck escarp]

They do the regular ones round bere

[stuck escarp]

No cus what if it eats my phone

That would be bad

[leaden turret]

checks google

pigeons do indeed eat apples

[unkempt blade]

you're right, waiting for the phone to come out might take longer than your lack of wifi

[stuck escarp]

Just as I thought

[stuck escarp]

Yes especially considering the video has already sent

[leaden turret]

<@&370483737957236737> following on from the suggestion to get lilith to mocap the lizard doggo, does anyone in the office have a pet bird that can mocap the birb?

[stuck escarp]

Wait who is Lilith

This sounds interesting

Also on the topic of the silly birds has anyone else seen the army of birds in the main menu

I will put in #screenshots

[leaden turret]

February 10th, 2026
Office Doggo Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai-BtwEoP4U&t=640

[unkempt blade]

that's a pretty great non-lizard doggo

[leaden turret]

[insert bad shoop of that simpsons screencap "I AM THE LIZARD QUEEN"]

[stuck escarp]

My chud signal is being rubbish again hang on

[stuck escarp]

IT LOADED AWWWWWW

that’s a dog almost on par with cuteness of cats

Which means a lot

[tropic arrow]

Can someone help answer some basic questions about Block Signals? I have watched youtube tutorials, checked wiki, experimented in game, etc. I still cannot fathom how to make them work on a large looped track. There is no END block signal. It seems once you place a single block signal, everything before and after it becomes a block. If placed on a loop, literally the entire track is separated into blocks. I only want to setup blocks at merge intersections, but placing them anywhere effectively ruins my entire loop.

What am I missing?

Basically I want to declare one discreet section of my looped track to be a single block, with the rest of the loop not being considered blocks. Is that possible?

[gaunt dragon]

WHY THE FUCK DO I NEED A PHD IN PHYSICS TO MOVE FLUIDS VERTICALLY

[ornate saffron]

you dont. you need a high prayer stat

other wise you just pump it

[gaunt dragon]

5 mk 2 pumps doesnt seem to be enough

[tropic arrow]

try 6

[gaunt dragon]

Is there a bug when using pipeline floor holes? Oil makes it to the floor hole but all pipes after are empty

[ornate saffron]

Just to make sure you know how it works.

the headlift is reset at every pump they are not additive.

i tend to place the next pumnp just before the suggested holigram. This comes from a time where it did not always work at teh clipping point. I have know idea if they ever fixed that.

after you pump it you want to pump it higher then your inputs and always fill you inputs from above

[ornate saffron]

you can just clipp right through the foundation and skip the floor hole and see if it fixes it

[jovial rock]

I always pump to roof and gravity feed everything. Floor holes are only for cosmetics after the fact. Clip through the floors

[fierce granite]

there was a bug with the floor holes at one point, no idea if it still exists

[gaunt dragon]

I'm pretty frustrated. This feels so unintuitive and the pipes keep glitching. Really disappointed and kinda of realizing why i stopped playing. Thanks for the help

[fierce granite]

no, once you start signaling the track, you need to signal the entire track

[rugged rune]

how do yall deal with getting burnt out? I really like satisfactory, but i rarely get much farther than unlocking trains before i just dont feel it anymore

[zenith pecan]

Floor holes are being well behaved atm, I have 2000 or so of them in my power station and it's been running for months without so much as a hiccup.

[gaunt dragon]

Removing the floor holes fixed the issue just fyi. Ended up getting it to work with two pumps after that

[proven snow]

Hard for me to give advice on, my trick is being addicted

Until I finish a run and feel like I need a break, in which case I take a good long break

Is it because it feels like everything takes too long and making a big factory / big railway / manufacturing a bunch of elevator parts feels overwhelming?

Sometimes when I need a break from building I go craft some special nobelisks and blow shit up, build a hypertube cannon that goes in a circle, etc.
Goofy shit to relax

[peak wasp]

These factory games are going to make me major in engineering fr what's the best sub field for these types of games

[rugged rune]

i get overwhelmed by assemblers and manufacturers, almost immediately after unlocking them

[proven snow]

I would start small and not worry about getting everything done quickly. There's a lot to learn in satisfactory, no shame in a setup being suboptimal or small. once you get the hang of what production requires, you can maybe make plans for how to upgrade your setup or make a new one

Personally I have a lot of fun with the logistics of the game, figuring out what trucks and trains to drive between what places

[rugged rune]

i mean its not that i dont know how to do things, its just the project of setting those multi input factories up is overwhelming.

[proven snow]

Also going out and finding hard drives may give you some recipes to make things easier going forward (though it may need some rebuilding / new facilities). For example screws can be a pain to make until you find a good recipe

[rugged rune]

tearing down factories is especially stressful for me lmao

[fickle locust]

Don't tear down factories, just make new better ones

Every time I tear something down it takes 3x as long as just doing it from scratch

[native tapir]

Just find something fun to do in the game or take a break from the game

[zenith pecan]

I find building such structures quite relaxing, here's one of my basics #design-and-architecture message , best bet is break down a factory plan into much smaler plans and tackle each in turn, and please just walk away from the pc from time to time if you aim to do something big.

[proven snow]

I used to do it similarly to you, but lately I've swapped to making more tiny factories. Make a little simple factory, and leave it alone. Then if I learn new recipes, need more production, need to make something new, I'll make a new little factory for that thing / set of things. Makes things feel a lot more manageable

If you have one big megafactory it can feel overwhelming with the spaghetti conveyors all over the place, random item paths, differing output rates, needing to rebuild, finding space for a huge train, etc.

[rugged rune]

i dont do much spaghetti, 99% right angles and straight lines haha

[proven snow]

You're ahead of 99% of people 🫡

[sharp shore]

hey im sorry but theres noone active that i can ask but how do i invite someone to play with on console

[zenith pecan]

Got you covered in this factory #design-and-architecture message 👍

[rugged rune]

why make splitters all up in the air?

[oblique hound]

april fools event this year should be adding id age verification to every text input in the game

[velvet violet]

A few things come to mind for me. 1) Let your self take breaks from the game. This is (probably) not your job, it is a game that you are meant to enjoy. 2) Leaving yourself notes in game (or out of game) will help with pausing even in the middle of big projects. I have a (admittedly disorganized) text doc with production plan links(see 3) some factory locations and products. 3) There are online tools (not linking as I might be breaking rules, idk) and things in the steam workshop that help with planning out big projects (and small ones, efficiency doesn't discriminate) that can take a lot of mental load off of you. 4) There are a lot of design patterns that the community finds useful, which I assume you know or figured out if you made it to trains. I was recently introduced to and started implementing the idea of 'Stores' by the youtuber Gaming with Doc, (apparently an ex-Boeing Software Engineer) and has taught me a lot about scaling things up in this game.
TLDR: This game can be overwhelming taking time away from the game and setting yourself up for future success will help you to continue to enjoy it for the next 100 or 100 hours.

[zenith pecan]

Splitters? , you on about the slender tower mines that have dozens of smelters vertically stacked?

[rugged rune]

the quartz facility you linked with all the constructors?

[zenith pecan]

The two towers are at the end, I actually don't have airborne splitters though.

[rugged rune]

yea ive got about 500 hours in it from doing the first two elevators phases repeatedly for the past 6 years lmao

[zenith pecan]

Oh wait, are you on about the conveyor lifts that extend upwards just to make the iron plates belts horizontal?

[rugged rune]

maybe?

i didnt look that close tbh

[zenith pecan]

That was a deliberate design choice due to where the plates were made and I didn't feel like weird sloping belts making the aesthetic look crap.

[rugged rune]

gotcha ok

[velvet violet]

Fair, and there is also nothing wrong with playing that way. If the game loses its appeal for you after that, no big deal. If there is still an appeal and you have the drive to continue, there are tools and things you can do to keep yourself going. And as a 5) Blueprints in general have made factories a lot easier to build, especially a bunch of foundations in a slab.

[gaunt dragon]

For some reason a single constructor keeps blowing the fuse on a single biomass burner. Nothing else connected. What the fuck is wrong with this game? I do not remember it being this buggy and frustrating.

[fierce granite]

hover pack equipped?

[rugged rune]

make a post in #1038092680493801533 and provide a photo

[zenith pecan]

Are you wearing a hoverpack?

[velvet violet]

I imagine a quick youtube search would pull up an example video. Though the game does not support cross play between PC and console (at least at this time) if that is the specific question

[gaunt dragon]

Hoverpack was the problem ty

[sharp shore]

i knew about the console and pc its just that the console chat is dead

and i cant find anything online to help

[rugged rune]

i always want to continue but then i look at the manufacturer and think to myself i want to nuke it

[velvet violet]

I did that a few months ago and got ragebaited lol

[zenith pecan]

Easy done, I actually cascaded a facility that was just 18 geothermals and 7200 power stores due to hoverpack next to the impure geothermal as I connected it, nothing was being powered either and I blacked the whole installation out 🤣

[zenith pecan]

For small scale manufacturer use, smart splitters and single but mixed feed belts should be less daunting.

[rugged rune]

i really do need to get smart splitters rushed

[zenith pecan]

Here's how I set my old computer/super/rcu factory, very few belts, and totally mixed up inputs. #design-and-architecture message

[velvet violet]

Not sure if you have seen this in the #faq, but it may resolve the issue #faq message

I see I have found a friend in the eternal struggle between pursing efficiency and democracy lol

[simple stream]

is there a way to report someone

[hazy topaz]

How do you guys make your long conveyor belts look pretty?

[hazy topaz]

#open-a-ticket

[zenith pecan]

Not so much pretty in my case, just practical, I embed them in my causeways or run them througgh my tunnel network along with power.

[white dawn]

@swift turret (re: #screenshots message ) -- Heh, it is certainly A Lot when you try to build out Fuel to that scale; it's actually easier if you wait to build at those scales until you're at Rocket Fuel since RF goes so much further in a fuel gen. A lot fewer machines in the long run. Though I'm never one to discourage people from overbuilding on their power solutions. 🥳

Keep in mind that the Diluted Packaged Fuel loop can be easily blueprinted, so at least you can plonk those down without too much fuss. Even in the standard 4x4 blueprinter, you can fit 1x Refinery + 2x Packager in a nice tight closed loop, with all the recipes and such set, and even have 20-30 Empty Packages preloaded into the Packaged Water Packager

That way you've essentially got a one-click mini-Blender which takes in water+HOR and spits out Fuel

One small layout which fits: #math-and-meta message

[nocturne nebula]

I just ran into a window with no frames ... I have done that in real life as a kiddo!

[stone quiver]

30 nukey pasta up and running and now making portals to everywhere and anywhere

[nocturne nebula]

turns out just 10 computers a min is more than enough for me

[cold berry]

So, I've automated everything aside from the space elevator quest items for the second tier of the space elevator. So I'm up to tier 4 in the hub.

Is it a good idea to just make an assembler in a field to make the quest items?

I don't plan to make more than I need for the elevator

Or is it a good idea to make a line and just auto-sink them all? Because like, I think they're valuable if they're like the first tier item

The smart plates

[nocturne nebula]

sure but the frames will be used in the next tier too

oops, versatile framework

[proven snow]

How long?

Honestly I don't have an answer to making them pretty either way, but I absolutely despise long conveyor belts spanning the landscape. I find it much more fun and world-livening to set up a truck route or train to transport things

[cold berry]

So like, sure, because it'll get the quest done, but setting up a line for later won't hurt. Thanks. 🙂

[proven snow]

The game is pretty long, and items have a tendency to be used again to craft more advanced stuff later

[nocturne nebula]

I use foundations with room to run and jumo between them and belts above, conyeors can reach 7 foundations and they connect easier to conyeor walls than anything else, so you can easily run 3 per level

can cover the sides in glass, even roof tiles

[cold berry]

I thought the space elevator quest items specifically weren't used to craft anything though? Or should I make a smart plate line

Because I have space in my second building

I meant to post screenshots but I haven't yet lol

[nocturne nebula]

#screenshots message

this is how I do it

[cold berry]

Really cool brushes design with the windows

[stone quiver]

Jokes on you. Every item is used in the next one.

[cold berry]

Bridge*

[cold berry]

Ah, that's why. It's compounding.

Got it.

[stone quiver]

Pretty much no reason to ever shut down a line

Just keep expanding your factories and find new areas etc

[cold berry]

I'll make a separate semi-automation line for the elevator items for now though, where I just put in the amount I need to make the items. I'm guessing after this tier though I'll want to set those up to resource nodes because it'll probably take more per tier

I've gotten lucky in the forest start and have had nodes for resources up to quartz relatively close to me.

[proven snow]

Yeah you're always gonna have to scale up production a ton to make the next set of elevator items.

Unless you're incredibly patient or make way way too much for the current stage

[stone quiver]

I decided I only wanted to automate space elevator bc semi auto was too easy to win with. Makes it so you just grab everything, put it in boxes and tada, no high end assembly stuff

[nocturne nebula]

you can always sink them when they're done rather than tear them down

coupons!

[cold berry]

This is my first playthrough of many. This is one of my top 3 automation games now, and I haven't finished it yet. It can still climb.

[weak bloom]

ok so I set up an entire 3 floor factory for iron components now that I have mk3 belts and mk2 miners
I used manifolds for basically each stage (e.g. ore -> ingots, ingots -> rods/plates/screws, etc.) of it....so from my understanding I should just disconnect each stage from the next until it stalls and then hook it up to the next one?

and I guess it will take a longer time to stall with each progressive stage

[stone quiver]

I'm just saying beware the path of semi auto, it can make it too easy

[cold berry]

I'm fine with too easy RN specifically I think because I wanna try out all the items.

[nocturne nebula]

what are your others?

[stone quiver]

Why are you disconnecting anything?

[cold berry]

Also, and this may sound weird, but I do machine assembly and upkeep as a team lead as my job. And I work with automatic and semi-automatic (hand-fed vs machine shooter fed for stage one) for injection assembly. So I like having a mix of semi-auto and automatic machines when I can.

[cold berry]

Minecraft Create (which is about to have Thaumcraft on the same version when it updates), and MineMogul are in my top 3 with this.

I don't like Factorio because it's visuals are too sad but it gets an honorable mention because it looks sick.

[weak bloom]

to let them all fill up so the manifold actually runs at full efficiency, otherwise the machines later down the line will be idle for a long time
I've math'd it out so that it's using exactly 100% of the input so there won't actually be any overflow to fill it up naturally over time

[nocturne nebula]

nice picks ... I can chill near the top of the chute and just enjoy the sounds ... that game is so soothing!

[cold berry]

OpenTTD and Minecraft: Applied Energistics 2 are also in my top 5 (automation is a weird category where big mods can be counted for me personally)

[nocturne nebula]

AE2 is a big more for sure, lol

[cold berry]

Minecraft: Thaumcraft is in there if you go to 6.

[stone quiver]

So you just want to saturate the system so the numbers say 100%? If you just let it run it'll be fine

[cold berry]

Yeah 3/6 are Minecraft. It's really fun to automate.

[nocturne nebula]

I really like Desynced but honestly the coding in there is over my head, lol

[zenith pecan]

TTD, damn, I haven't played that in decades.

[stone quiver]

Worst case... just slow down certain machines to your liking

[cold berry]

I went to 6 because it felt weird to mention AE2 and Create without Thaumcraft. I don't like Thermal Expansion anymore (but still recommend it to people, It just got old. I use it when it's in a pack tho, and it's nostalgic). But they also make thaumcraft and despite it not updating for like a decade, it's coming back, so COFH is a relevant dev to me again. (They make both).

[cold berry]

OpenTTD is one of my forever games. It's free on Steam. Fantastic time sink. I like making things go from point A to point B.

[zenith pecan]

Free huh, I guess it'll replace my long corrupted 3.5in discs that held the original 🙂

[proven snow]

If it gets the exact amount of resources it needs, it'll still fill up over time. The machines first in the line will fill up slowly and overflow until the machines last in the line end up getting what they need

[zealous urchin]

fast food factory when

coffe stain pretty please

i want to automate pasta and burgers

[stone quiver]

Burgers are what power the portals

[zealous urchin]

what actualy powered them

singularity cells?

[hazy topaz]

Well i’m trying to beautify some conveyors that are running from miners to my main factory because having them on the ground blocks my pathway so I can’t have future logistics there

It’s like maybe 15 foundations long but i’m thinking of like maybe a bridge?

[acoustic bear]

catwalks make factories looks 10x cooler with minimal effort

[proven snow]

Maybe like a little elevated platform yea running from the miners to the factory, supported by pillars along the way

[eager lagoon]

trainz? Yes or No

[zealous urchin]

copy paste pasta and burgers burglar

[proven snow]

Yes

[fickle locust]

I think doing 80 Biochemical Sculptors was a mistake

[cold berry]

If they make a sequel, or a similar/spiritual successor game, I want automated farming and more building options. Those are my two wants

[stable prairie]

Interesting, I got a really weird dm from this server that I didn't consent to

[stone quiver]

That is quite a lot... enjoy your computers and ACUs

[fickle locust]

It's actually turning out that the trigons are hugely annoying

It's a lot of SAM and a lot of ingots

Yeah this is actually just altogether too many converters

[unborn nova]

on my map using the radar towers can i filter which ones i want to see and not see? like say im only looking for sam

[frozen smelt]

does anyone have a good heavy encased frame guide/video? these ratios with mk4 belts and pure iron ingots are giving me a headache

[jagged nymph]

if oyu just copy someones design that doesnt teach you anything

[acoustic bear]

use steeled frame + encased industrial pipe and heavy encased frame. makes it way simpler

[velvet violet]

Open the map (not through the tower), hover over the claimed and unclaimed options for SAM under the resources tab, this should highlight the nodes orange if you have any discovered/located by the radar

[acoustic bear]

it's all steel pipe and concrete basically along with reinforced plate

[frozen smelt]

alright, because ive been using pure iron ingot, steel frame, stitched iron plate, iron wire, wet concrete, encased pipes, molded pipes, solid steel ingot, and yeah

[acoustic bear]

that's spaghetti. yeah. if you overlap those recipes you end up using most of the same ingredients at each step

and you got some options for how to make the steel pipe and reinforced plate

like I do stitched plate and avoid screws entirely

[frozen smelt]

well yeah im also avoiding screws

i tried doing it initally with only iron, limestone, and water, but i couldnt see a good way to manage my belts with such an influx of iron and only 480 a minute belts

https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/planners/production/index/json/{"Desc_ModularFrameHeavy_C"%3A"12"%2C"altRecipes"%3A["Recipe_Alternate_EncasedIndustrialBeam_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_ModularFrameHeavy_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_Screw_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_Computer_1_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_Computer_2_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_ElectrodeCircuitBoard_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_HeavyOilResidue_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_CrystalOscillator_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_SteelPipe_Iron_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_Wire_1_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_SteelBeam_Molded_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_SteelPipe_Molded_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_AILimiter_Plastic_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_PureCopperIngot_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_PureIronIngot_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_IngotSteel_1_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_Rotor_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_Screw_2_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_ModularFrame_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_ReinforcedIronPlate_2_C"%2C"Recipe_Alternate_WetConcrete_C"%2C"Recipe_ResidualFuel_C"%2C"Recipe_ResidualPlastic_C"%2C"Recipe_ResidualRubber_C"]}

god thats such a big link, im sorry, but yeah, you see what i mean about the ore?

[acoustic bear]

yup. makes total sense

[frozen smelt]

would it to be possible/feasible to have a long manifolded line of refineries? with multiple belts of iron in and out>

tbh well yes it is, but the biggest nightmare for me atleast is the iron pipes

[acoustic bear]

sometimes it's better to just setup a smaller setup for now and revisiting it later

[cunning glade]

Chat how does on fix preformace issues

Cuz I stopped playing for about a month

[frozen smelt]

yeah...thats what i ended up doing, i felt like i bit off a bit more than i could chew but i was riding off the confidence of my 16 computer a minute factory

[cunning glade]

And now any of my big builds cause horrible stutters and freezes

This didn't use too happen ig I could verify turning off mods doesn't affect it but it shouldn't

Same mods so

[acoustic bear]

lots of it is related to items on the belts

so turn those settings down

also the lighting in this game is very intensive

[cunning glade]

But I like seeing all the items on a belt also I had higher settings then so I don't understand it

But it's for both me and my friend too

[acoustic bear]

this game is a CPU + memory hog

[cunning glade]

12700k 13400 isn't that bad

I have 4000mhz ddr4 idk about my friend but ddr5

[acoustic bear]

nope that's decent

shouldn't be any issues

[cunning glade]

Basically nothing has changed except I took a month break

[unborn nova]

ahh i see, i didnt scroll down enough

[cunning glade]

That not only broke my friend joining but now horrible performance issues

Why do factory games hate me both satisfactory and factorio can't behave

[cunning glade]

And for the past 190hours there really hasn't been any

All of a sudden ig I'm not allowed too have fun

[near hinge]

Hey all.
What's the best place to put suggestions for features? Closest thing I can see is questions-and-help?

[cunning glade]

They have a site for this I think feedback

[cunning glade]

https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/

Idk the command so there

Can someone smart answer how thoose work like do they need upvotes for like bugs or do they look at each one

[near hinge]

It's alright I pick that sort of stuff up pretty fast. Thanks for the link! I'll head over there.

[fickle locust]

Very doable, just give yourself plenty of space to handle the belts coming in and out

[hazy topaz]

should I use a single manifold or a double if I have a Mk2 belt full of iron ingots and I wanna make 120 rods

[ivory zinc]

Its my first time using turbofuel smh

[ornate saffron]

I generator bp may save you some time ^-^

[ivory zinc]

Well since im only at phase 3 i wont make that mich

Much

[ornate saffron]

Im sticking with packaged diluted fuel until nuclear..... I hope. We shall see

[ivory zinc]

Why would u do that to yourself

I cba packaging water

[ornate saffron]

After 7 clears and ten worlds im left with making my own goals and challenges. ^-^ the fun of sandbox games

[ivory zinc]

That many times

Crazy

[ornate saffron]

Really depends on you. The game is a lot of preferred choices

[ivory zinc]

Why would you want 120 rods

[velvet violet]

IMO, depends on 1) the next step, 2) the space you have available, maybe more. TLDR: Because ingots to rods are a 1 to 1 item conversion the biggest tradeoff is how long versus wide you want the manifold to be/have space for.
If you can line up the rod constructors 1 to 1 with the next step in production, then a single manifold cuts down on mergers rather than chaining manifolds. in the cause you are collapsing the rods to just a couple machines, make the manifold serve the next step's amounts per machine

[hazy topaz]

rotor

[ivory zinc]

Dont use the normal recipe is all i can say 😭

[hazy topaz]

Ima share a photo of the manfold I created in #math-and-meta

[ornate saffron]

I really like the game. I also do a lot of the math in spreadsheets which keeps the formulas in my head.

Im currently not actively playing. On a multiplayer kick with friends.

[ivory zinc]

Makes sense

I only got 2 impure Sulfur nodes at my disposal

[hazy topaz]

i have lots of space because I made it a factory with multiple levels

[mighty flume]

Any idea why my water won’t flow into a specific part of my pipes that isn’t an issue with headlift

[ornate saffron]

Unsolicited suggestion (so feel free to tell me to feck off lol)

Wait until the end of the facility for walls and decor until you get a hang of the space you need. Saves you the effort of tearing down the walls if you need more space

[ivory zinc]

Got a pic? And what are u tryna supply

[hazy topaz]

I actually just tore it down because I wanted to add a logisitcs floor to the bottom so now im actually rebuilding it lol

[ivory zinc]

Happens

[hazy topaz]

I had a good design before but ill improve on it now

[ivory zinc]

And other question, no water at all?

[mighty flume]

I’m not on my pc rn but it’s just coal generators I’ve got two separate 16:6 ratio for them and the last 3-4 generators zero water is flowing into the pipes I’ve tried moving the extractor directly next to those trouble pipes but no fix, and I’m assuming no water but it’s just has a like spinning loading type of icon on where you’d be able to see the amount of water I might have to come back tomorrow with some pics

One of the 16:6 side is working the other isn’t even tho it’s the same exact set up

[ivory zinc]

16 6 wont work no?

[ornate saffron]

Mark 1 pipes can only move 300 water at a time. Thats often ppls first issue

[mighty flume]

16:6 is 8:3 which is the recommended right?

[ivory zinc]

Even then if its a 16:6 setup it exceeds pipelimits

[mighty flume]

Pipes could maybe be an issue but one side works the other doesn’t

[ivory zinc]

Mk1 pipes hold 300m3 if you want 3 extractors on one pipe its 360

[ornate saffron]

Two be clear you are saying its two 8:3 setups yes

[ivory zinc]

Im personally weird. I always use 4:2 ratios with underclocking

[mighty flume]

I upsized the 8:3 to a 16:6 assuming it would work and I did that twice for two separate set up’s for a total of 32:12 and one of the 16:6 works perfectly fine with no issue but the other the last 3-4 coal doesn’t get any water

[ivory zinc]

360m3 water demand

Pipes hold 300

[mighty flume]

If I can’t figure it out I’ll move to 4:2

[ornate saffron]

!wikisearch cg

[raven axle]

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

[ornate saffron]

!wikisearch cg

[raven axle]

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

[ornate saffron]

Replicate one of these four times @mighty flume

[mighty flume]

I’ll try that

[hazy topaz]

I used this one for my coal generator set up: https://www.reddit.com/r/SatisfactoryGame/comments/15p3f3a/coal_generator_setup/#lightbox

[ivory zinc]

Sidenote. Why am i making turbofuel with 2 impure nodes again

[unborn nova]

should i try to make 3000 ballistic warp drives or 2.3 million high speed connectors

[west jackal]

serious question for the homies that are always on when i am lol. How long do yall spend making factories look nice when youre still early game? (t5/6)

[ornate saffron]

Because pure is for something else later?

[ivory zinc]

#design-and-architecture

[unborn nova]

or 8000 heavy modular frames

[ivory zinc]

No, impure is just the closest 😭

[mighty flume]

My set up looks like the top one but I think they might not spread far enough apart (water extractors)

[hazy topaz]

yes.

[ornate saffron]

......

Generally speaking I do t spend much time.

Im actively trying to take my time

[ivory zinc]

@mighty flume in my current solo world. I doubled the amount of coalgens now but

[west jackal]

i am taking longer this time. but i hate not having hoverpack, because im having to feather jetpack to build

and also im not sure if i like the way its turning out, but f tearing it down

ive spent like 6h on this one factory

[ivory zinc]

Long

[ornate saffron]

You could t r y the look out.

[ivory zinc]

Atleast for me. I spend unreasonably long rebuilding every single factory when reaching a new phase.

[mighty flume]

I followed a video from Dekoba on YT and just upscale with to have 32 coal generators so I can spend as long as possible without redoing my power

[summer coral]

was there a new 1.2 teaser last couple days?

[west jackal]

32 isnt near enough

ive got like 72 now and barely skate by 🙂

[mighty flume]

I’m still on tier 2 for space elevator it’s fine for the time lmao

[ivory zinc]

Wont hold long trust me

[mighty flume]

I believe it

[ornate saffron]

You move on from coal pretty quick.

Fuel is || t5|| in think

[west jackal]

im on (complete phase 3)

[summer coral]

currently using 20,000 MW on my world with just normal fuel

[west jackal]

yeah it is but it takes a while to be able to make a lot. im doing like 10 computers a minute and 60 rubber a minute, it is taking forever for the couple hundred gens i need for dpf factory

not to mention everything else

[ivory zinc]

Tbf i automated everything possible at phase 2 and got turbofuel done now without needing to add more then 32 coalgens BUT i do have the alien power augementer

[ornate saffron]

Same

[summer coral]

i am however making the jump to ionized fuel rn

[west jackal]

im not sure how im going to make the dpf power plant look nice 🙁

i dont want to copy sapphics

[summer coral]

gonna be lik 25+ gameplay hours till i finish the entire thing but yea

[hazy topaz]

Dpf?

[west jackal]

diluted packaged fuel

[hazy topaz]

Make it look like an amazon warehouse

[west jackal]

its not so much the fuel as it is the sheer size of the power plants

its so huge though

[ivory zinc]

Im making 10,000 MW with turbofuel atm

[west jackal]

i normally do rows of 40 i think

[hazy topaz]

Perfect for an amazon warehouse

[ornate saffron]

This Tuesday we get some real info

[mighty flume]

I built my coal stuff in the little pond near the spawn with the four coal nodes so space is semi limited

[summer coral]

was going to do a mega turbo fuel plant but i realized im running out of power shards and could make them as a side product of ionized fuel

[summer coral]

ah okay, saw a totalxclipse post on my recommended talking about a teaser

[ornate saffron]

#satisfactory-memes message

[west jackal]

i will say, i tend to transport coal to big water areas, much easier than the other way around

[ornate saffron]

He likes to theorize ^^

[ivory zinc]

Im at mid phase 3 i hope it will be emough icl

[west jackal]

that... sums my life

[mighty flume]

Ah for me it was just there is four coal right there next to a good chunk of water so if I set it up right as long as I don’t need that area I can always just leave it there for a little backup power in case of emergency

[summer coral]

10,000 should be fine till phase 4, phase 5 even if you just manually craft project parts

[west jackal]

i do dune desert, so the coals are mostly near water

[west jackal]

10k enough to get me to nuclear?

[ornate saffron]

Ya, most ppl starting in the grass build there ^^ its a good spot

[summer coral]

id say so, cant do that many factories and i wouldnt recommend nuclear without some factories

[mighty flume]

10k?!? Lmao I was proud of my 3200 called it my first “large build”

[ivory zinc]

Its 16k w coal and power augementer

[summer coral]

supercomputers atleast cause you need 10 per generator

[west jackal]

nah nah, i was gonna do 48 GW of dpf 🙂

[ivory zinc]

Tbf its only 2 impure sulfur nodes and one pure oil node

[ivory zinc]

So. Dont.

[mighty flume]

Ppffft This person thinks I’ve even seen a oil node yet lmao

[ornate saffron]

You are not far. Tech wise or location

[ivory zinc]

Yup

[mighty flume]

A million percent correct

[ivory zinc]

I didnt even do normal fuel

Just skipped it

[mighty flume]

For the time everything I need is in the grasslands so I haven’t branched out yet

[ornate saffron]

I went directly to packaged diluted fuel

[unborn nova]

could someone help me in #1038092680493801533 wit the golden nut

[west jackal]

why not

[west jackal]

why not*

[ivory zinc]

Eh thats a lie did like 4 gens bc i neeed to automate rubber and plasic

[hazy topaz]

I finished redesigning my factory (internals), now to make it pretty

[west jackal]

oh i just have packaged fuel going to sink at my computer factory to get rid of the hor (and needed fuel for jetpack)

[mighty flume]

Trying to figure out how to build a nice looking conveyor highway rn

[hazy topaz]

b e a m s

[mighty flume]

When I get those is that from the awesome store

[ivory zinc]

Yea

[ivory zinc]

Yes

You should get every management item

[mighty flume]

My arch nemesis

[west jackal]

is there a flass structure other than walls>?

[ivory zinc]

Why

[west jackal]

found it, im idiot

[mighty flume]

I don’t have enough decent parts for overflow to sink into it and I don’t have the summersloop to double output for the dna

[west jackal]

dude if you just hit coal dont worry about slooping lol

[ivory zinc]

I just slapped a smart splitter on every item i make so it overflows when the dimensional depot and storage container are full

[west jackal]

and any parts add up in sink

[mighty flume]

You’re telling me lmao

[west jackal]

just smart split overflow of everything into sink

[ivory zinc]

Hey so i slooped all my slugs and dna capsules at coal

[west jackal]

how

you need circuit boards for slooping

[ivory zinc]

So?

[west jackal]

how did you get 100 cb t3/4

[mighty flume]

I just tore down the like beginning random lines I had spread across making everything so I can rebuild it all in one central place and I’m not mentally ready for it cause I know it’s gonna be a learning experience

[ornate saffron]

You crash sites

[ivory zinc]

At end of phase 2 i went 3 hours collecting sloops and mercer spheres and hard drives giving me enough computers and circuit boards and heavy modular frames for power augementer, nearly all dimensional depot upgrades and slooping

[west jackal]

oh, i looked but couldnt find the circuits at crash sites

[ornate saffron]

The blue crater crash has 100 cb alone

[ivory zinc]

I have like 240 power shards left atm

[west jackal]

where is this blue crater i hear so much about

[smoky flame]

Are there any list of must have knowledge as a beginner player?

[ivory zinc]

Theres no most know

Just play honestly

[hazy topaz]

Learn how to use manifolds

[ivory zinc]

I mean

I guess

[west jackal]

theres no most know? HUH

[ivory zinc]

But since 70 percent of players play italian food culture

[ornate saffron]

Bottom right@smoky flame this will help you too
#math-and-meta message

[ivory zinc]

Didnt even go there i think

Red jungle was crazy

[ornate saffron]

For sure. I do heavy exploringtoo

[ivory zinc]

Maybe

No i didnt, i went from norther forest down to the left went grass fields then looted all of red jungle

[ornate saffron]

Have fun.

Use the wiki before asking us

We like to help with specific problems.

If you want to deep dive there is lots of good content on YouTube to learn.

[full cairn]

I suppose part of this is preference but should I do one central building for stuff in the desert (my starting zone), or smaller localized buildings?

[narrow wraith]

So I'm trying to join a game on my local server from the steamdeck, but each time I try to login with the password it keeps asking me to re-enter it. I assumed this meant that maybe the password was wrong, but I double checked and it looks more like the input is just not registering.

[ornate saffron]

Most people prefer smaller facilities so it is easier to manage the logistics. After a while you get a lot of moving parts and need to keep track of what you have used, how much extra you have and all the belts

[smoky flame]

Which YT channels do you recommend?

[ivory zinc]

Steamdeck is fairly new versiok wise

[ivory zinc]

Of you like short style videos go with gaming with doc. Explains the simplets things even

[ornate saffron]

Spectrumdad and totalxplise vibe well with me

As mentioned above doc is good too. But I wouldn't recommend building a monster factory for everything like him. But he knows his stuff and his shorts are great

[spare prism]

I'm trying to unlock turbofuel 💀

[ornate saffron]

Mam is your friend ^-^

[spare prism]

Ik I need compact coal
And other stuff I gotta set up factory

[ornate saffron]

Hard drive and packaged fuel ya?

[spare prism]

Huh

[hybrid nymph]

MAM is your best friend

[spare prism]

Ohhh yea

[ornate saffron]

^-^

[hybrid nymph]

MAM is arguably one of the most important features of the entire game

[spare prism]

@ornate saffron look at my profile

😭

[sturdy sand]

no pioneer has EVER made a more true statement than this

[ornate saffron]

What am I looking for?

[hybrid nymph]

Without the MAM you can't unlock some alternate recipes, you can't get more inventory or hand slots, and you can't research extra things to do with sulfur, caterium, power poles, alien artifacts, power slugs, and so much more

[spare prism]

Look how long I've been on

When is break time

[ornate saffron]

11hours?

[hybrid nymph]

Oof sounds like you need a break

[sturdy sand]

how many hours yall got overall?
-# ive only got 243-ish

[hybrid nymph]

I just bought a new phone today

660

[ornate saffron]

I like to think if you are here you are a adult and you can manage your time ^-^

[sturdy sand]

wowzas

[spare prism]

I got a lot done today tho

[stray flax]

damn while im fighting for my life through caves to gather spheres, the assistant and aliens are making out bro

[hybrid nymph]

I'm glad you did, otherwise you just wasted half your day

[ornate saffron]

Hard to answer.

Steam say 1100 or so.

But in reality I spend most my time playing in spreadsheets and a note pad without the game on.

[ornate saffron]

They do that

[spare prism]

Put up new fuel gen for more power got rotors, and stators on auto, I got quartz, nutrients, mycelia, alien megafauna all complete in the mam

[sturdy sand]

they do that a lot
i think my favorite exchange has to be

"Youre curves are beautiful" -Alien
"How inappropriate. Tell me more" -ADA

[sturdy sand]

how optimized would you say your factory is for having that many hours

[stray flax]

had that line before 5 min

[ornate saffron]

Ada when the train unlocks is good.

Mind the spoilers lots of newer ppl. (As in dont say what ada says about trains lol)

[sturdy sand]

wait i gotta check that log i forget

ah yes, choo choo.

[ornate saffron]

Which one..... I've cleared the game 7 times across ten saves

[sturdy sand]

DAYUMMM

im on my first save technically and im like 97% done

[ornate saffron]

And define optimized. That can mean many things.

Power efficiency

Part efficient and so on

[sturdy sand]

both i guess? im very inefficient in both but hey all my stuff gets done

[hybrid nymph]

This is my sixth playthrough

I quit each playthrough at tier 8, and I just started up my modded playthrough with some friends

[ornate saffron]

The most important metric is fun

[sturdy sand]

very true

i have a lot of that

once i finish i plan on building my own space elevator megaconstruct in the sky just for the hell of it

[ornate saffron]

This is my build im most proud of.

My river crocodile train hub

#math-and-meta message

I should do more animal themed facilities

[sturdy sand]

holy canolli thats amazing

[hybrid nymph]

Pioneers are not supposed to have fun! Get back to work! -Ada

[sturdy sand]

so far this is my most "impressive" thing

#design-and-architecture message

its going to be better once i actually get done with the game, cuz then i dont have to worry about the expectations of ficsits nonsense and can fool around

[ornate saffron]

Ya i was following along...

I lurk

[sturdy sand]

im like 20 minutes fresh into this server 😭😭😭

[full cairn]

is there a way for power poles to auto connect with blueprints like pipes and belts do?

[ornate saffron]

No. What i do is connect everything in the print together then make a easy hookup somewhere

[hybrid nymph]

Impressive, most impressive, but you are not a Jedi yet -Darth Vader

[sturdy sand]

i eventually will be trust

[ornate saffron]

We do not give you the title of master

(Samuel Jackson)

[hazy topaz]

ugh i’m so proud of how my logistics floor turned out

[west jackal]

i regret bottom feeding refineries

looks nicer, but for some reason is having issues getting the HOR from one machine to another, even though the refiners are on the same level

actually i think the issue is that im maxing the flow rate and its not a ..clean setup

[ornate saffron]

Lots of things can effect pipes. Sloshing, back wash, it can only flow at max rate when the pipe is full and so on.

In #math-and-meta pins there is a plumbing guide if you want to deep dive

[west jackal]

yeah i was talking with cobalt the other day, i thought itd be fine, but i have empty refiners and some full refiners so im not entirely sure

#screenshots message this is the factory ive been working on though

[hybrid nymph]

Yeah you have to feed a pipe at its maximum input otherwise it won't flow at that input and it has to be full to flow, which is so dumb

I think it's really dumb that pipes are bidirectional, I mean I understand why they are because that's the way that the game is programmed, but there should be like a valve or something that you can determine what direction the pipe flows in

[west jackal]

im still learning how to build/take good pictures

[west jackal]

hm.. so upgrading to 600 pipes wont help? lol

[full cairn]

Does the autoconnect work vertically?

[hybrid nymph]

Oh no it will help. Absolutely

It does yes

[west jackal]

OH

[hybrid nymph]

Just be sure to feed it exactly 600 m of water

[west jackal]

I FOUND OUT WHY IT WASNT WORKING

[hybrid nymph]

Otherwise it won't flow at the max rate

[full cairn]

it occured to me that my 15x belt lane bp might need to go up lol

[hybrid nymph]

What was wrong dylan?

[west jackal]

like i said, i talked to cobalt, and he showed me a good way to handle bottom feeding so that all pipes get fed, and i forgot to connect the top pipe that actually does a lot of the feeding

[near hinge]

Thx for the link, was able to make my post. https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/699becd3f991d027c57015c2

[hybrid nymph]

You're actually pretty talented with building Dylan

I'm not very talented

[west jackal]

tbh im not, i spent a while messing around with it till i was okay with it, i wanted to do like some glass walls, but decided i liked the open walls

but i appreciate it!

just got to fix the mistakes i made on production lines at 3am yesterday haha

biggest problemis the mk1 belts that have >60 p/m lol

[hybrid nymph]

I've been working on my train station and the main base and my caterium factory, I did my best

[west jackal]

pics>

also, i havent done trains, i wanted to setup computers and hopefully hmf first, need to figure out where/how i want to do hmf. I can do it with just concrete and iron if i wanted lol

[hybrid nymph]

My computer isn't on right now

I'll post some pics once my computer is on

This is all I did #screenshots message

I know it's not that great, but I did my best, I'm not very good at building

[stone python]

snails

[west jackal]

hey man its coming along nicely! a youtube video i watched said to try adding some texture/depth to the build if youre not happy with it 🙂

[stone quiver]

Doing the walls first is brave. Good luck on the final build

[hybrid nymph]

If you want to play the mod pack I made, here is the mod list #screenshots message

It's really fun. Sure it's a little over the top, but I really like what I did

[west jackal]

hey thats why i skipped the walls on the round factory 😛

i need to add some lighting though

[west jackal]

also forgot to power a sink after moving it. so plastic backed up through the spaghetti and caused HOR to stop

[spare prism]

Okay turbo fuel unlocked

[hybrid nymph]

Awesome, glad to hear

[spare prism]

I sleep now 😴

[hybrid nymph]

Turbo fuel is almost three times as efficient as regular fuel

[spare prism]

Now I'm gunna have to redo my oil factory 😭

[west jackal]

is turbo fuel 3x as good as dpf? i mean you have to do one of the alts, right?

[hybrid nymph]

Let me break it down for you brother. If you refine oil into fuel, you can only have about 8 fuel generators from a pure oil node. But if you refine it into turbo fuel, you can have about 25 of them

[spare prism]

I have oil being made into fuel. Fuel plus compact coal makes turbo

[spare prism]

I have 30 gens rn

[hybrid nymph]

Yes I'm aware

Are they overclocked?

[west jackal]

uh youre way off revan

[spare prism]

I have 2 oil pure nodes overclocked making 720 fuel

[hybrid nymph]

If you have that much fuel, you could probably set up about 100 fully overclocked fuel generators with turbo fuel

[west jackal]

one pure node overclocked to 250% can do 80 gens