satisfactory

[elfin idol]

im gonna restart and also not let myself use any harddrives because theyre cheese

[tough dock]

its just that imm coming from endfield, and I really liked the farming systems

[elfin idol]

-24hours of my life for free

😂

[leaden turret]

no waifu gacha here tho

[last bluff]

If you think you'd enjoy it, sure? But you were so against it, so make sure to not burn out

[elfin idol]

nah i was against the fact i had free power, and early game seemed so easy but i realise that harddrive literally carried me

and the power shouldnt have been free

if it werent for one checkbox 💀

[proven snow]

I’m putting some big power limitations on my next run and think it’s gonna be a lot of fun

[last bluff]

That one default setting is almost comedic in how awful it is

[tough dock]

nah thats fine, I was more interested in the factory and story rather then the gacha

[elfin idol]

i might just say no turbines or solar

[last bluff]

Solar goes hard tho

Much more expensive to get mk1, and gets disabled at night

[elfin idol]

but then like the question is why would i bother

[last bluff]

Because power

[elfin idol]

doesnt seem to make sense to use it till you at least have batteries unlocked at which point you have a load of other options

[zealous urchin]

solar is fun tho

i made one solar tower set up look like aztec pyramid

[elfin idol]

fair enough ill keep it for the fact its cool looking

[zealous urchin]

sacriface to the sun god!

[elfin idol]

and maybe late game ill do something silly with it

[proven snow]

downside of solar power is you don't get to destroy the ecosystem of the planet as fast

😈

[elfin idol]

tbf might as well keep turbines too lol, the fluctuating power really does cap them out, i might nerf the power output though, i thinkkk there is a slider

[last bluff]

Yep, tho it's easier to set your own value

Because 1 is 100%, they really didn't think that through

[elfin idol]

can wind speed ever drop to like 0%?

or is there a hard bottom

[last bluff]

Nope, or that never happened to me

Lowest for me, doing quick maths, was 20% compared to max

But I think max is also higher with variable

[toxic spruce]

Are there lights that shine from below to above i can’t remember

[junior jolt]

so i did a mam for an extra hand slot but it isnt appearing

anyone know what might cause it or how i can fix it

ive tried restarting the game, my computer

[elfin idol]

it seems the lowest reported output from a 100% efficiency mk1 is 5mw, which would make it like 16-17% ish so yeah

im assuming the efficiency (based on height) is basically a multiplier on the output

whether thats linear or not doesnt really matter

[last bluff]

well they better fix the defaults for one, but less power would also be nice in the next update

[elfin idol]

yeahhhh, i mean it just feels weird having used that as my power the whole game now i know it was a toggle that shouldnt have even been off lol

[last bluff]

(and the fact that they might need to fix some blueprints, ahem)

[elfin idol]

turbines should stop power generation if the wind is too low

would make more sense

[last bluff]

and if too high

[elfin idol]

if too high they just break LOL

[last bluff]

allow me to achksually 🤓 about that, as my dad was a mechanic

they actually turn wind turbines off so they don't break when it's too windy

irl

[elfin idol]

hm yeah so possibly just an automated switch off i guess

if theyre generating above a certain amount of power

[mortal ginkgo]

if you skipped the tutorial, you dont get a hand slot because you already get an extra one at start

[last bluff]

(tho it'd be funny to blow a fuse if you specifically decided to ignore that)

[elfin idol]

loll

[junior jolt]

ohhhh really

[mortal ginkgo]

yep, one of the first milestones give you that one

[elfin idol]

id also be kinda intrigued what kind of complexity something like wires actually having resistances would add to the game

[last bluff]

oh god, SF+ will go really hard once max power in a system is capped

[elfin idol]

like it would mean having less wire would actually be important somewhat

and force you to be more optimal with your routing

[last bluff]

hell yea to that too

it'd also help with giving a reason to actually not build your reactors just outside the cave

[elfin idol]

then just for shits and giggles lets just make it so that all conveyors also need power, or make a system where they pull power from machines they are connected to

obvs increasing the demand of the machine

[last bluff]

HELL YEA
SF+ already requires motors to make belts, and that'd be amazing

[mortal ginkgo]

...

You guys are mental.

[elfin idol]

look i just want to use my brain

and to not constantly think "oh but this makes no sense irl...."

[last bluff]

and specifically from the start, not behind 2 space elevator

[elfin idol]

exactly

[mortal ginkgo]

my brotherman of century this game is anything but realistic 😛

[elfin idol]

thats my point exactly

[ornate saffron]

Im okay with regular satisfactory

^-^

[zealous urchin]

forbidden fun

muehehehe

[elfin idol]

my wind power just dropped to below 9% of maximum output

must be lower then

[last bluff]

oh damn lol

I think we found the culprit

[elfin idol]

i mean at that point you are never gonna rely on wind power lol, unless you have a hefty array of batteries and never use anywhere near the max output

[last bluff]

that's how I do it

and with programmed Circuitry logic to reset the fuses

[elfin idol]

i was literally about to ask if you use the circutry mod as i thought it looked pretty cool

[last bluff]

I did do a programming before things got a bit worse and it plays like a decently made 3d Scratch with some weird behaviour and no documentation

overall a solid recommendation

[elfin idol]

yeah ill give it a go, seems fun

love me a bit of programming

[last bluff]

anyway, I gotta make 1000 screws so gtg

[zealous urchin]

screws are imaginary

they arent real

[proven snow]

Would be insanely cool imo. On my next run I am limiting myself to not doing powerchains of more than 8 power poles. So if I want to build a factory across the map (or hell, just a medium sprint away from my current power), I gotta build a new lil' power factory for it

Though not for everyone. It would be a cool optional setting.

[leaden turret]

numbers are imaginary

[zealous urchin]

its what cs propaganda wants u to do

so u throw imaginary curveballs under urself

and keep blaiming them here

so this server can exist

becone free pioneer

[elfin idol]

yeah i dont think it would actually be at all computationally straining to implement as a mod either, i lowkey might consider making it a mod lol

[zealous urchin]

exit screws cave

[last bluff]

If the max power per system thing is true, then that might just be a standard 1.2 run

[zealous urchin]

have u ever done hand made circles?

[elfin idol]

as the calculations only have to be done once (per placed wire) heck in sf+ could even make it so there are different types of cable with different coductivities and resistances xD as another optional feature that is...

[last bluff]

Also, dirt smelter module my beloved

[proven snow]

circular buildings?

[zealous urchin]

yea

[proven snow]

Think I made one a while ago

I was a real newbie last time I played, but got a lot of ideas and inspiration cooked up after a year or so break, gonna start a new run for 1.2

[zealous urchin]

yea u too are found guilty of not doing hand made circles

[ornate saffron]

They are fun ^-^

[zealous urchin]

so muxh free time on yall hands

yearning for handicaps

and quirkwire automation

[last bluff]

For one, yes
But also, complexity and thinking is fun, like solving puzzles/problems. Rather than mindless grinding

[zealous urchin]

discord showed me u play league

[halcyon yoke]

is the ingot to screws alt recipe good or bad

[ornate saffron]

My friends play league.

I tag along and make them look good lol

[zealous urchin]

u will be spared

[zealous urchin]

nothing stops u from doing vertical 360 then

[ornate saffron]

Depends on you .

It uses less machines which many like.

But you skip the rod step missing out on some good rod recipes

[ornate saffron]

Ill play any dog shit game if the play group is fun.

[zealous urchin]

calling league bs? class

been wondering lately why is it that ill play any bs game for hundreds of hours and wont start good plot games that are 40hrs max

sati being one of those bs games ofc

[last bluff]

been wondering lately why I spend most of my Satisfactory gameplay petting doggos

[zealous urchin]

bcs u arent doing spheres

[last bluff]

look I'm sorry but a sphere isn't a dog

[ornate saffron]

Same I used to be big into story driven games. Now I make factories all day.

[leaden turret]

every game is story-driven if you write enough fanfic

[proven snow]

Make factories that drive a story

[stone python]

50 shades was a fanfic of twilight and look how story driven that was!

[zealous urchin]

i make fanfic for grocery shopping

[ornate saffron]

Ill start my penny dreadful about the romance development between the Pioneer and the MaM

[leaden turret]

pretty sure there's several shows out there with anthropomorphic groceries

[stone python]

theres that vending machine anime

[leaden turret]

ADAlterry

[zealous urchin]

i mean like making it so that going to a gas station at 3 am for snacks and protection is a medieval adventure

[leaden turret]

-# I'm still annoyed with the voice actor change

[ornate saffron]

Its stupid as f

But entertaining

[zealous urchin]

welease meeeeeee

[spare prism]

The what

[leaden turret]

two different voice actors for the vending machine

[spare prism]

More the merrier

[cunning glade]

wait i need pressure cubes for nuclear and pasta

thats so dumb

ig if i sloop my hmf that gives me 100 a min

[ornate saffron]

You could sloop your pressure cubes too

[cunning glade]

true

just ugh this is so annoying too figure out

how do i get 112 on tools

for fics rods

[slate crypt]

For my trains should I have 1 massive train that goes in a loop to all factories or have multiple small ones

[cunning glade]

Multiple

[slate crypt]

I done that for different ones but they take like 2 minutes to get to the load so it doesn't have enough time to fill up much

[cunning glade]

Have u buffered them

[vague apex]

how often does satisfactory go on sale my mate wants it but not full price

[slate crypt]

Is that the advanced train thing

[cunning glade]

Just buy full price they deserve the money

[vague apex]

i did i believe they do

my mate likes sales tho

[cunning glade]

I mean if putting 2 industrial storage containers before trains is advanced then maybe

[slate crypt]

Yeah I've done that

I thought you ment the signs so you can have multiple trains on the track at once without crashing

[cunning glade]

Oh yeah signals it's a good idea too use thoose generally speaking

[slate crypt]

There's a setting to wait till the cart to be fully loaded but I think that will take way to long

I basically have a huge platform to store all materials or at least that's the idea through trains to then make a mega factory to make everything ill ever need

But the through put is not enough

[last bluff]

whoops I talked in the wrong channel

at which point does the orbital laser come?

[slate crypt]

And I'll just keep adding layers till it reaches the space elevator lmao

[tropic scaffold]

yoo

[grim carbon]

i'm at the stage where i need 50 gas masks, which require the manufacturer

[last bluff]

@elfin idol you sure about death penalty? it doesn't give much info but it might be a bit ruff to die and lose your sloops

[elfin idol]

sloops are op anyway

[grim carbon]

but when i put one down, select it, i can't make gas masks

[elfin idol]

who needs em

🤷‍♂️

[last bluff]

well they're fun

primarily that

and ore nodes are infinite as they are, so limited resources are already a thing which don't really exist

[ornate saffron]

You can hand
craft.

[grim carbon]

no i can't

can't find the recipe

i have the fabric recipe, but not masks

not in the crafting bench

[proven snow]

I believe you need to use the equipment workshop, not the regular crafting bench

[ornate saffron]

Its crafted in the equipment workbench

[grim carbon]

not in mine

[ornate saffron]

Just to confirm as im out of ideas

You did unlock it in the mam

[grim carbon]

i must not have

i'm looking at the mam right now

i can only assume it's in the alien technology tree

[last bluff]

@elfin idolalso the conveyor belt mod is incompatible? does it work at all?

[elfin idol]

it says its incompatible with all versions, but idk how true that is i need to test

as ive defo seen it working

[ornate saffron]

Myceilia

[elfin idol]

in fact yeah probably not

last update was october 2024

so almost definitely not

shame

[grim carbon]

got it now, thx

[ornate saffron]

Np

[grim carbon]

i'm glad you're patient with me, cos i know extremely little about this game

i find it to be very complicated, but i'm not giving up

[ornate saffron]

You got this

We all get in loops. Sometimes you need a outside point of view.

Believe in me who believes in you

[grim carbon]

i really appreciate it

[ornate saffron]

#off-topic-media message

[grim carbon]

is that Manga?

[next ivy]

most anime were manga first

[ornate saffron]

Anime from studio trigger.

[grim carbon]

ok, never heard of them

[placid sigil]

hi

[proven snow]

hello

[ornate saffron]

[placid sigil]

i havent played this game since they added the nuke bombs

now im readdicted

[ivory zinc]

Good @placid sigil

[ornate saffron]

This is what you get for killing doggos

[short fiber]

Should i take pure iron ingot or skip

[placid sigil]

oh i forgot there were dogs in this game

[elfin idol]

its ok im making a compatible version, im sure it cant be thattttt hard 🤣 just finished installing the CSS unreal engine

i mean i have c++ experience, but no prior unreal experience

ill figure it out

[last bluff]

Based? That's some dedication

Meanwhile my whole pc crashed when I tried to use the graphics mod (not even a visible kernel panic)

[elfin idol]

ay look, truth be told this is probably a game im gonna play through all the way once, and then not come back to for like a year, so i wanna make my playthrough as enjoyable for ME as possible which i feel is something like that would do

sure i get purists are gonna hate me for playing modded before i play the base game but everyone has different tastes

and again i know for a fact i will have a phase and then probably not return to the game for a long time

thats just me

[sick falcon]

why does packaged nitric acid take fluid tanks that is clearly a plastic canister

[elfin idol]

nitric acid doesnt dissolve some plastics

though unsure on whether those plastics can be translucent, or if they are in the game

so on googling it can be stored in some specific types of plastic containers, but they must be non transulcent as to not let sunlight get to it

[nocturne nebula]

hello, if I was to create something in a largest blueprint designer, when I later unlock BP mk1 (in a fresh save), would I be able to use the mk3 blueprint?

[ivory zinc]

#math-and-meta

I hate it

[unkempt blade]

yeah it looks like you messed up pretty bad with recipe selection

[short fiber]

Is turbo heavy fuel good?

[pseudo gust]

guys i just got 97% on acu best ways to cope?

[unkempt blade]

go hug your family and tell them you love them

[ivory zinc]

Theres no better options

[unkempt blade]

then why do you hate it?

I'm just agreeing with you

[ivory zinc]

Because its annoying to do

[unkempt blade]

yeah that's because you didn't use screws

[ivory zinc]

But doing it without the recipes make it use nearly 4 times more iron

And i don got no 2.4k iron

[sleek creek]

Stupid question, I am playing around in a throw away world. I have no power selected in advanced settings but machines are still not running w/o power.

[unkempt blade]

it's not like your save is going to run out of iron

[ivory zinc]

2.4k iron is too much thouu

[unkempt blade]

then make fewer frames?

[ivory zinc]

But i need

Surely i will need atleast 9

[spare prism]

yooooooo

[ivory zinc]

Yo

[sleek creek]

I keep looking at Rocket Fuel and thinking I don't want to make all this crap.

The number of Generators required is just toxic.

[ivory zinc]

Overclock

[sleek creek]

Still like 230 generators.

[ivory zinc]

max overclocked?

[spare prism]

I forgot how painfully slow Mk1 belts are

😭

[ivory zinc]

Yes

[sick falcon]

why dont ceiling pipe supports exist

[wraith sage]

how do i make my factories look good and not like cardboard boxes with spagetti connecting them

[spare prism]

You ask a builder to come into your world and optimize it for you

[last bluff]

Lifehack is to build foundation floors, machines on top, keeping the same machines together where you can, and then use walls and walkways to box it in

That at least makes it look much better than spaghetti even if not the best

[spare prism]

I asked someone to come into my world bc I can make my factory nice but I end up building a box facility lol

[nocturne nebula]

when water intake is stable should liquids in mk2 pipes still slosh around?

[next ivy]

1.2 liquid overhaul frfr

[stone python]

what did one banana say to the other banana

[last bluff]

"Screws are fake! Screws are a societal hoax!"

[stone python]

idk, i dont speak banana

[last bluff]

Skill issue

[nocturne nebula]

lol

[sick falcon]

do ticks avoid walking into truck routes or should i try and path around their habitats

[ornate frost]

might be a bit of a silly question, how do you guys get your materials for building? do you pull from existing factories, or do you have dedicated ones?

[sick falcon]

depends on the material

if its something i use super frequently like concrete ill have a dedicated factory

if its something infrequent ill just steal from another factory

how far into the game are you?

[ornate frost]

Just completed my first coal power plant, working on phase 2 + setting up steel production

[sick falcon]

progress the alien tech tree in the MAM, something there will help a lot with building materials

[willow pond]

i need to report a doggo to the IAEA for carrying a nuke around

[cursive gate]

when turning on a fuel grid how should i set it up in terms of letting the whole grid fill up

[coral glacier]

Does anyone know if i can post images of spaghetti that i didn't build in screenshots?

@glad drum?

[timber plover]

I don't think it matters, as long as it's satisfactory I guess

[still rivet]

when I use the power line, can I make it so it chooses mk3 powerline automatically instead of me pressing e all the time?

[timber willow]

if your connecting from a mk3 it should auto place it otherwise while hologram is up should have an option for quickswitch to rotate between what options you have

[next ivy]

thats what he means with pressing e

[still rivet]

yee

[timber willow]

other then the scroll wheel option to set one of those slots to a mk3 is only other option i think there is

the shortcut radial menu

[still rivet]

eh, it aint hard to press E twice

was just thinking if theres a small qol for it

[timber willow]

think e or that radial menu is only real options we get

outside going caveman and choosing it from the full build menu everytime

lol

[still rivet]

loll

[timber willow]

ugh i swear water is the most fickle of all the liquids in this game

[glad drum]

Yes show

[coral glacier]

Dw, it's there

I made sure to ping you when i posted it 😂

[glad drum]

Lmao thank you. I can appreciate some fine spaghetti

Its a bit quantity over quality but still yummy nonetheless

We all love a good buffet yaknow

[coral glacier]

It looks like shattered glass.

🤣

[still rivet]

where is this spaghetti

nvm found the monster

[river marsh]

what are the best alternate recipes to unlock? i just unlocked tier 5 and 6

[glad drum]

Diluted fuel uhh

Others

[timber willow]

depends what your goal is right now to make really

[willow pond]

and people think i'm weird for working on chainsawing the entire map 🤣

[still rivet]

nah thats theurapeutic or however its written

why pay for therapist when you can saw the map

[willow pond]

lol maybe i should stream it

[cursive gate]

u at least turning it all into liquid biomass?

[willow pond]

atm i'm just storing it all

set up 600 large containers in the middle of the map

[cursive gate]

not having logistics for 3 full containers at once isnt good enough

like

[next ivy]

screws from iron bars has helped a lot this run

[willow pond]

i mean, i suspect eventually i'll convert it

[cursive gate]

just like do what i did for my red forest factory make a full converter before i started tearing down the forrest

[willow pond]

i really haven't burned that much of the biomass, so it'll be interesting to see how much container volume it really ends up eating

[cursive gate]

sent a screen shot of the biosmas factory i have setup

in math

[willow pond]

stolen for future exploitation

[cursive gate]

wow

[willow pond]

🤣

[cursive gate]

its basic and not well made it was just to get me through tearing down a forest and not feel like i was wasting the biomass

currently fixing my rocket fuel factory oml

1 teir 4 belt messed up 4 layers of 144 generators

[willow pond]

that's why i'm usually scared of setting up those really neat super compact rigs, i just know i'll manage to screw up and put a mk1 belt in a spot that's impossible to get to

[cursive gate]

the belt was at my miner

im now spamming standby

also dont build ur fuel factory plannt out of glass

[willow pond]

my long term goal is to set up a tiered power system with geothermal at the bottom supplying the power for coal/oil/sulfur nodes feeding the big power plants so that even if i temporarily overwhelm some section of it the entire thing doesn't come crashing down

[hybrid nymph]

I got great news for you guys! 😀

I just passed the college English proficiency exam for Princeton University 😀😊🫡

[cursive gate]

yoooooo

wild

[hybrid nymph]

I have a very high chance of getting accepted for their English program!

😊

I passed with a 96% and only got 1 question wrong

[gloomy tusk]

Congratulations that’s very impressive

Holy crapadoodle that’s insane

[coral marsh]

Bro thats fucking badass

[gloomy tusk]

What is your first language?

[gloomy tusk]

#off-topic-media

[coral marsh]

Pet the car

Pets make the cars happy

[gloomy tusk]

He turned away more 😭

I’m going to feed him he hasn’t had dinner yet

[coral marsh]

Got any treats? Try that

[gloomy tusk]

I don’t think he needs them

[coral marsh]

Nonsense

Blasphemy

[hybrid nymph]

English, I'm German second language

[trim void]

guys what do i do with uranium waste

[hybrid nymph]

Ich bin Deutsch als Zweitsprache!

[trim void]

guten NO tag

[hybrid nymph]

lol

[trim void]

xd

[hybrid nymph]

want me to say something funny in german to you in PM?

[untold moat]

either create a LARGE storage facility or turn it into plutonium

[trim void]

🤷

[trim void]

grah,

like

how large is LARGE

[hybrid nymph]

how large is large? ANSWER: YES!

🫡

[last bluff]

are filters made from asbestos?

[autumn path]

Where would i report a bug?

[short fiber]

Hey how many fuel gens can be powered by 480

[autumn path]

rate per fuel gen?

[short fiber]

Regular fuel and all the calculator says is 480 fuel per minute so I'm guessing it's by m³

#screenshots message

Btw don't pay attention to how I'm getting the diluted fuel, that's just a place holder

[weak bloom]

Drop a generator to check but it's 20 fuel/min per generator

So 480 is 24 gens

[short fiber]

24 gens so just about....mathing...6k power?

Nice

[sleek delta]

petitioning for flip the bird pose for photo

[willow pond]

nah, have it be the Ross double reverse fist bump

complete with floating camera for it

[stiff dock]

even tho i did all the math correctly why do my machines say their not 100% efficiency even though they are?

[reef basin]

the meter is a lie

[stiff dock]

wdym

[reef basin]

it's a running average, and as such, it's not always accurate

[stiff dock]

ohhh gotcha

then how do i check it actually?

[reef basin]

watch the build for yellow lights

[gloomy tusk]

But isn’t English proficiency for people that don’t speak English as there first language

[gusty junco]

is 25 GW good for a turbofuel plant at the start of phase 4 (or whatever that phase is where you get fuel and stuff)?

[limpid iron]

its alright

I think whatever amount is good if you have decent headroom on your current consumption

[gusty junco]

k

once i get mk 2 pipes maybe I'll expand but we shall see

[limpid iron]

yeah when you get more alternate recipes for fuel you can create more

[gusty junco]

oh yeah that too

[limpid iron]

turbofuel is good for efficiency until you reach late stage game which then you dont really need anything more than simple fuel to save on other resources

[gusty junco]

yeah

that's when nuclear takes over

supposedly

[limpid iron]

ultimately your choice

[hybrid nymph]

It is, but it's a lot of english grammer rules, writing rules, and English punctuation and verb-noun agreement

[ebon cobalt]

i see alot of lategame players and content creators mention "efficiant recipes"
how exactly is the efficiancy of a recipe measured
im guessing its input/output ratio but that seems like it would only work for recipes with 1 input and 1 output.. what about recipes with byproducts or that require extra materials?

[hybrid nymph]

like for example did you know that you NEVER put a comma before the world "because"

[reef basin]

Turbofuel is meh

[hybrid nymph]

turbofuel is AWESOME

[junior jolt]

did servers go down for anyone else

or was it just me

[hybrid nymph]

not for me

[junior jolt]

okay good to know

[reef basin]

Basically "whatever I want"

Efficiency in the game is "percentage of time a machine is running". Anything else needs to be defined

Especially for content creators, take everything with grain of salt.

And there's not really "efficient recipe" anyway, even if you define it

[limpid iron]

ik but it does let you make a lot of fuel gens before you get better alt recipes for fuel early/mid game

[ebon cobalt]

ohhh so its very situational

thanks <3

[reef basin]

Diluted fuel also lets you make more fuel 🤷 depends which resources you want to use for it

[reef basin]

Yeah, all recipes are situational (and there are no good/bad recipes, only recipes you like/don't like, also important to look at whole chain, not just one step)

[coral marsh]

You could argue the only bad recipe is biocoal

[ebon cobalt]

bolted reinforced iron plates dont look very fun xD

[coral marsh]

Screws are annoying anyway, the best recipe for them is "steel screws" easiest to mass manifold or load balance

[ebon cobalt]

im probably just gonna.. avoid screws at all costs

[hybrid nymph]

best recipe is iron screws sttel screws are good too

screws are tedious and time consuming to make

without alt recipies

[ebon cobalt]

and im too lazy to go hard drive hunting

[reef basin]

No I couldn't

[ebon cobalt]

or mercer hunting
or really exploring in general

[reef basin]

Screws are only annoying if you make them in such way

[reef basin]

"Best" is subjective

[reef basin]

No reason to do so

[coral marsh]

technically you could, whay you mean is, "I wont" and that's fair.

[ebon cobalt]

tbf you can easily do blueprints to have like an 8 lane belt lines xD

[reef basin]

I could but then I would be lying

[reef basin]

Well you shouldn't build centralised screws

[ebon cobalt]

it means i get to avoid the beltwork
im good at the math... actually building the factories is the hard part for me

[ebon cobalt]

there is probably some setup where you would need that many lanes for a single factory
or you are using mk1s for whatever reason

[reef basin]

Beltwork is super easy, just build the screws directly in front of the machine that needs them

[fiery pewter]

Omg SAME

[reef basin]

Again, build in front of machine that needs them

[ebon cobalt]

rotors say otherwise
current setup in my world is like 14 contructors for 3 assemblers

[reef basin]

Clocking is a thing

[ebon cobalt]

i think i would rather avoid screws tbh

[reef basin]

I'd recommend not avoiding them tbh

[ebon cobalt]

im currently at like phase 2 i think
working on modular frames to get versatile framworks :3

[reef basin]

You learn a lot by not skipping them

[ebon cobalt]

like what?

[reef basin]

Like not to build manifolds for everything and then complain that screws don't fit on belts

[hybrid nymph]

i have 1,300 power shards from collecting most of the sahrds on the map

[ebon cobalt]

i prefer to avoid manifolds anyway xD

they feel too easy and the math to balance and split everything lets me procrastinate longer >:3

[fiery pewter]

I'd recommend that for rotors for bare minimum. Copper Rotor, or Steel Rotor, anyway the one that uses steel pipe and wire. It makes motor setups so much more easier, since stators use the exact same parts in the base recipe

[reef basin]

Copper rotor ftw

Steel rotor is super expensive

And the "easier" is a trap imo

[cunning glade]

so like trains have a theortical max they can transport right

[reef basin]

Yeah

[fiery pewter]

Yesn't

[normal orbit]

yes, they can't transport more than you put into a terminal

[fiery pewter]

But you can keep adding freight cars

And locomotives

[normal orbit]

yea

[reef basin]

Well per-car limit

[cunning glade]

i see

[fiery pewter]

Until you're playing snake with the rear of ur train :p

[cunning glade]

cuz my plan is 2 engines and 8 cars

[normal orbit]

trains can definatly be too long to function properly :p

[fiery pewter]

But all crazyness on a stick, it usually is 1 locomotive per 4 freight cars

[cunning glade]

for kind of a central station that'll prolly transport 3-5k of stuff a min

[fiery pewter]

When throughput too low, add more trains on the same line

[cunning glade]

cuz i dont want like alot of smaller one

[hybrid nymph]

upgrading my abse machine clock speed

[normal orbit]

from my own shenaningans, trains 20-40 long can work if you build crossless intersections, but if you make crossing tracks they kill thruput when they pass

[frosty mirage]

Any advantage for turbofuel vs fuel?

[cunning glade]

thats another thing i worry i might need 4 tracks instead of 2 but for high throughput aeras ill prolly do that

as im prolly gonna end up using all but 2k coal on the map

[fiery pewter]

Turbofuel has a lower burn rate

[cunning glade]

i dont get why i have byproduct of 56 ai expansion servers a min for uranium

[normal orbit]

4 tracks does have advantage of allowing you to dedicate one pair to higher priority transports, where you have fewer trains. And building with blueprints makes it a breeze to build more than 2, just make the blueprint have 4 or 6 or 8 w/e

[fiery pewter]

So say I have 200 fuel and 200 turbofuel, I can burn the turbofuel in more fuel powered generators than normal fuel

Turbofuel is 7.5m³ per minute, fuel is 20m³ per minute

[frosty mirage]

I have the HOR alt and the turbo heavy fuel alt, should I go for a turbofuel plant?

[cunning glade]

i think im just gonna do what i wanna do and if i dont have enough resources left on the map i have a better miner mod so cuz all of the uranium is very intensive atleast for fics fuel rods

tho oil could be a problem too

[reef basin]

not really

[fiery pewter]

In a way, yes that is a very good production line, but you do have to deal with the polymer resin byproduct.

[fiery pewter]

Sounds so negative tbh

[reef basin]

it's not negative, but not positive either

you just convert different resources into oil basically

[normal orbit]

you add coal and sulfur to the chain to make more power. its all it is

[rustic charm]

after just 5 days of playing, this might be the second best game ever...

[normal orbit]

and with nitro rocket fuel its also coal + sulfur with addition of nitrogen.

so from what i seen in here so far, people tend to just skip turbo for rocket

[reef basin]

I'd recommend skipping TF+RF for nuclear 🙂

[normal orbit]

they kinda made rocket fuel too strong, since nuclear became very skippable in 1.0

[fiery pewter]

Not with some alts, but I get what you are saying

[normal orbit]

the two recipes you have access to in phase 3 both use compacted coal. so its just adding coal and sulfur :p

there is turbo blend fuel in phase 4, but if you're there. rocket fuel is also there

[fiery pewter]

Well I mean fair enough

[normal orbit]

and turbo blend replaces coal with coke, otherwise not much diffrent

[last bluff]

solid fuel's where it's at

[normal orbit]

them solid plutonium rods

[fiery pewter]

Nah Solid Biomass

[last bluff]

some would call it constipation

[reef basin]

nuclear was always skippable tbh

[last bluff]

plutonium is

[normal orbit]

i mean, yes. you can finish the game on bioburner if you're a masochist.

so by that logic all power past that is skippable :p

[reef basin]

no, pre-1.0 you didn't need that much power, so fuel/turbo gens were enough

[fiery pewter]

Me with my 1000 mw biomass plant

[last bluff]

just use 1 crafter and then cry when you can't dig your own oil

actually that sounds like that Factorio cube mod

it somehow sounds cool

[normal orbit]

reminds me a guy i saw on steam forum awhile ago. who would use 1 smelter, 1 constructor, 1 assembler etc, and just made one thing at a time. then complained how slow progress was :p

[last bluff]

sadly you can't run every machine on 40MW or just moving your HUB would be really funny

I did see a mod on a hand cranked battery or something and imagine cranking that to have a few seconds of power and that's all the power that's allowed

[short fiber]

I think this fuel power project has been the most satisfactory one yet

[gloomy tusk]

Incorrect any fuel is fine as long as it works for you there is not a “best fuel source” it is entirely dependant on what you have and what works for you

[last bluff]

hatcher remains

[reef basin]

you can

[leaden matrix]

Thats fucking hilarious

BUT I played the same for a little when I had started

Till I realized I had free will

So its kinda understandable

[marble gulch]

Will the experimental be on Xbox? I need to know so I can backup my save

[normal orbit]

pc only afaik

[marble gulch]

Kk ty

[gloomy tusk]

Wait your right

[gloomy tusk]

Afaik?

[last bluff]

I just realised I've never seen Hatchers respawn

And I've seen spiders respawn way too often

[gloomy tusk]

Spiders should be able to be disabled

[last bluff]

Why though? Why not complain about them instead?

Also, turning them off should just turn them into cliff hogs instead

[normal orbit]

afaik = as far as i know

[normal orbit]

they are

[gloomy tusk]

Ok thmanksx

[normal orbit]

its in advanced game settings, if the arachnophobia mode is not enough

[gloomy tusk]

Why can they jump

[last bluff]

"Hmm, today I will visit the nice looking mushroom and sakura forest"

[gloomy tusk]

I did that and got jumped

[pastel ruin]

train stations are so big, i underestimated them so much... my ikea will have to have a basement that sticks out like a mile now lmao

[last bluff]

IKEA HELL YEA

[gloomy tusk]

Guzzling ink is bad for you

[last bluff]

No u

[gloomy tusk]

🤯

[autumn path]

Is the hard drive rescan once per hard drive or once per run?

[gloomy tusk]

One per hard drive

[sterile blade]

Once per hard drive

[gloomy tusk]

Beat you too it

[autumn path]

so should i keep opening harddrives before i start re-rolling? i have like 8 opened and not picked and like 7 more toe research

[sterile blade]

FYI, Discord isn't very precise with messages' timing...
Eg: my message shows first on my end 🤷‍♂️

[autumn path]

since it will lower the odds when i re-roll

[wanton cloud]

Does anyone know if there's something i can use to turn off 40 coal generators at once?

[gloomy tusk]

It’s fake

[autumn path]

cut the power cord

[gloomy tusk]

Dismantle the poles?

[wanton cloud]

the 40 is eventually gonna become 80 btw

[autumn path]

if you mean repeatable, a power switch or whatever its called

[normal orbit]

recpies you dont choose and leave in the list are removed from the pool of recipes you can get from other drives

[wanton cloud]

no i mean literally shut them off with the red button in the menu, but not do it manually

[gloomy tusk]

Mod

[wanton cloud]

fuh

wait there's some power switches in caterium menu

[autumn path]

just use a switch on the lines

or dismantle one power line and then re install it

[gloomy tusk]

Priority power switch works btw

[wanton cloud]

yea imma do that

[gloomy tusk]

Portable miners are worse then factory carts

@unkempt blade back me up fr

[limpid iron]

I use factory carts instead of trains or vehicles

best power and fuel efficiency for transport 💪

which does NOT include efficiency for time per stack

[pastel dawn]

runs by naked hopped up on berry juice

[last bluff]

The HATRED shown here is appalling

[plucky sinew]

what if, the "new gamemode" is randomized parts wanted for the elevator 🧐

[reef basin]

Pick one, get next

No reason to keep unless you really don't want either or you're looking for a specific recipe

[cursive gate]

question why do my nitro rocket fuel blenders keep filling

[normal orbit]

you're not using up what they produce

[cursive gate]

they are attached to 144 fuel gens tho

and i have 4 in a lin which is 600

[normal orbit]

i would imagine not all of them are getting fuel

big manifolds like 144 fuel gens, need some pumps to help push the fluid thru it

[wanton cloud]

make sure the fuel is flowing smoothly to the gens

[cursive gate]

it is rocket fuel so it is a gas

[normal orbit]

and? still need flow help

[cursive gate]

ok

[normal orbit]

place a pump before the manifold to the fuel gens. then you might need another pump every 30 gens or so. can experiment with that. 30 worked fine for me

[gentle lava]

Im really tempted to get satisfactory but im new to these automation type of games, i want to learn how to play etc. would satisfactory be a fun start

[normal orbit]

yes, satisfactory is a good starting game for factory automation and logistics

[gentle lava]

ive been watching this yt video on it and it loos so fun

[gentle lava]

ye im just waiting for my money to be banked so i can get it

[cursive gate]

im so lost

[normal orbit]

#screenshots message pump before fuel gen. then after the 15th pair (30 gens) another pump. allowed the fuel to reach the last gens in the line

[lost rapids]

Hello, have a nice weekend. 🫧

[cursive gate]

what if it isnt orginized like that

[normal orbit]

might have to experiment with what works

but generally, add pumps

keep in mind it might take some time to fill the last gens in the line, so add one pump, and monitor it for like half an hour before adding another or moving its location

[cursive gate]

i put the system i have in design and architecture

its mirroed on the other side

if that is an issue

[normal orbit]

with that setup, i would probably add one pump coming out of the blenders. then one after each junction before the line of gens

and see what happens

[cursive gate]

there?

[normal orbit]

yea, remember to rebuild the pipes after placing it

[low ingot]

i'd actually like this, it would make its playover uniwque

[cursive gate]

why after placing it

[low ingot]

or up the parts maybe at least for each phase since we obviously can see how much we can prodcue

[normal orbit]

the game incorrectly cuts pipes when you place things on them. #design-and-architecture message if you dont rebuild them it can (note CAN) cause issue with flow

best practise is to place the junctions/pumps etc first, then connect pipes

rather than placing them onto pipes

[cursive gate]

would the connectors on the other side mess it up as well?

[normal orbit]

yea

rebuild before and after

[cursive gate]

i am very confused

[normal orbit]

whats confusing? if you place something onto a pipe, delete the pipe sections going into that thing and coming out of that thing, then build new pipes connecting it back up

[cursive gate]

idk but its no longer over filling at least

[jagged nymph]

how do yall go about making megafactories? i always do modular factories but i want to do a megafactory on my next playthrough. Whenever ive tried to do megafactories in the past i basically just imported all the raw materials and it ended up just being like a couple modular factories strapped together in one building

[normal orbit]

depends on definition of mega. if you want all in one, you need to figure out logistics first. like train network to bring all materials to one location

[jagged nymph]

i want to make most things in one central location

and i cant for the life of me get good at using trains

[normal orbit]

then you gonna have issues with a mega factory

learn trains :)

[jagged nymph]

yeah i probably should spend some time and learn them

[normal orbit]

you could in theory just mass belt, but i think your cpu will cry

[jagged nymph]

eh

ive never had issues with tons of belts

but like for example iwth oil products, do you guys usually bring in the raw oil and process it at a megafactory or process it on site and bring back the rubber, plastic, etc

and i feel like if i do mega i kind ahave to plan out the whole world at the start

[normal orbit]

well not really. you can just add to it, which is kinda the point

add another floor, build another section on the side etc

[jagged nymph]

yeah but if im like "alright im gonna need a total of... 20 hmf/m" then i just build that once and when i need hmf i just grab a bel from there vs if im like "yeah ill just make 10/m that sounds good" and then later it turns out thats not enough and i need to go back and make more, idk i think its more convenient to plan it out atleast a bit

[frosty sedge]

I have a question I made a new factory I'm in the middle of phase 2 but don't know what I should do should I try and mass produce reinforced iron plates or make a bit of everything any pros knows what I should do

[jagged nymph]

when you say phase 2 do you mean it says "complete phase 2" at the top or you already did that

like what space elevator parts do you need to make for your current phase

[frosty sedge]

Uh 1000 versatile frame work 1000 smart planting and the wiring thing

[jagged nymph]

ok

[frosty sedge]

Mid way through completion

[jagged nymph]

reinforced iron plates arent really something that you need to produce in a centralized place, its usually better to make them on site but if you want to you could

[frosty sedge]

But should I focus them or just make like thousands of iron screws plates and poles

[jagged nymph]

not really

[frosty sedge]

Kk ty

[jagged nymph]

reinforced iron plates are just used for building, modular frames, crystal oscillators, and smart plating iirc

i could be forgetting something though

[reef basin]

Best advice I can give is to not make megafactories 🙂

[jagged nymph]

i want to though

[frosty sedge]

But I need so many for my phase it's hard not to need them

[jagged nymph]

i want to challenge myself

[reef basin]

Well the choice is yours

[jagged nymph]

what do you need them for

[jagged nymph]

ill atleast try it but i may give up lol

[frosty sedge]

400 smart planting and 1000 versatile framework

[normal orbit]

you can just make more if you feel you need more

[jagged nymph]

i should say are you running out of them when building or when making parts

[reef basin]

But you need to plan entire run from start and still you'll have tons of logistical and performance issues

[jagged nymph]

yeah that sounds fun to me

and as long as im getting like 20 fps atleast im good

[frosty sedge]

When making the parts I run dry I just have none

[jagged nymph]

so how many smart plating are you making per minute rn

[normal orbit]

if you run out, you're not making enough

[frosty sedge]

I have one assembler going 250%

[jagged nymph]

are you manually putting the items in the assembler?

[normal orbit]

so you need 5 reinforced plates/min and 5 rotors/min

[frosty sedge]

To have it run yea I do have it feeding automatically but it's like 1 every like 20secs

[normal orbit]

if you're hand feeding like that, overclocking is kind pointless and just increases power cost

[jagged nymph]

are you low on rotors in the machine too or just reinforced plates

if youre just low on reinforced plates, make more of them. If youre low on rotors too, make more reinforced plates and more rotors

[frosty sedge]

I suppose I mean this is an old factory I have a lot of power

Just plates because of how my factory is laid out I have enough rotors to complete It

Mb lost WiFi

[jagged nymph]

when you say you have enough rotors, do you mean there are enough in storage to feed into it, or do you mean you are making enough rotors per minute

[frosty sedge]

That's where I'm struggling tho because this is in a old place I cannot help production there but I can make at bulk at my new place

[frosty sedge]

I have enough in storage

[jagged nymph]

youre gonna need to make enough per minute

cause future elevator parts need smart plating to make

[cursive gate]

trains exist :| i dont exist with them

[jagged nymph]

and then even futurer ones need the space elevator part that needs smart plating to make

[frosty sedge]

Damm

[jagged nymph]

the game progresses by getting more complicated

its almost never enough to make "just enough" parts

[frosty sedge]

I need to step up production I rushed to get to phase 2 so I had literally nothing ready

[cursive gate]

fun

[frosty sedge]

It was until now where I need everything I didn't make

[jagged nymph]

yep

[normal orbit]

a tip to kinda make your life easier, is when you unlock signs, place a sign on storage or belt coming out of production with the rate you're making, then its much easier to see what you have and how much of it

[frosty sedge]

I was going to when I got em

Steel Is really important right?

[normal orbit]

its used a fair bit yes :p

[frosty sedge]

So it should be my main product I make?

[jagged nymph]

nothing should ever be a "main product"

[frosty sedge]

I have 4 nodes of coal 2 normal 2 inpure so I have enough coal

[jagged nymph]

you need some of everything

[frosty sedge]

Really

Ts hard

[normal orbit]

when you first unlock steel you might be needing more beams than pipes. then as you unlock more alts, it will prob shift so you want more pipes than beams

so its kinda hard to just say make x, make y

[jagged nymph]

yeah, i usually make everything on site except for complicated parts. For example, at my 10/m heavy modular frame factory, i imported alll the raw materials (900 limestone, 900 coal, 2400 iron) and processed it all in one building. With stuff like computers and heavy modular frames though, i import it from those factories. Like for adaptive control units, i imported both computers and hmfs from the factories that make em

but anyway, you need to make some of everything

theres never a material that should be a main material, or anything that you dont make cause it doesnt seem useful

[frosty sedge]

I wanna get away from imports I only have bio fuel and its a pain to replace

[jagged nymph]

oh you need to get coal power

coal power shouldve been the first thing you got

[frosty sedge]

I have it

[jagged nymph]

do you have a coal power plant setup?

[frosty sedge]

Yea with the water right

[jagged nymph]

yeah

[frosty sedge]

I have like 4 it's the tractors I mean that requires bio fuel

[jagged nymph]

oh i see

[frosty sedge]

I built on the ocean

[normal orbit]

tractors can run on any fuel source

[jagged nymph]

yeah tractors can run on coal even im pretty sure

[jagged nymph]

youre gonna need a lot more than 4. I had 40 coal gens before i moved to fuel power and im not even using very much power compared to what some people do

[frosty sedge]

But then I need to build on a coal thing ever timd

Sry I gtg ty for your tips

[terse zephyr]

has it happened to anyone else that sections of your conveyor belts just randomly despawn resources?

[unkempt blade]

tractors can run on coal and other fuels too if that makes it easier

[harsh moat]

#screenshots message

How do i get rid of that gap? it always shows up when i place one vertical blueprint above another and i try to join them together

it's about 1m and no amount of nudging helps, or should i just not use BP alignment but align in default mode and go up? Who knows

[normal orbit]

never in over 1000 hours

[terse zephyr]

think i fixed it

replaced them

[normal orbit]

nudge the second blueprint up 1m

[leaden turret]

@void gorge fyi you've been talking about pokemon so much lately I'm adding a pokemon topic to the clips archive 😛

[unkempt blade]

this game really needs some sort of cube you can throw at monsters that sucks them up inside so you can bring them out later and be friends with them

[leaden turret]

FICSIT already has pocket dimension tech...

[jagged nymph]

perhaps you can even make them battle eachother

why do factory carts use 46.66 screws

[unkempt blade]

What do I look like? Some sort of competitive nutjob of a child wandering around unsupervised with my friends attacking others with my pets? That's sociopath behavior

[leaden turret]

<@&370483737957236737> between the two of you, which is Ash and which is Gary?

[obsidian zodiac]

im gary for sure

[leaden turret]

I don't remember seeing Mikael in a baseball cap tho

[jagged nymph]

what is the pioneers role

[obsidian zodiac]

generate shareholder value. get back to work

[leaden turret]

#welcome message

[jagged nymph]

that uhh.. that doesnt explain it

[obsidian zodiac]

i mean save the day

thats what i meant

[leaden turret]

Lead Pioneers - Secret Society
Pioneers - Not quite Lead Pioneers

[jagged nymph]

yeah

what does that mean

[leaden turret]

looks at the word "secret" in "secret society"

[leaden turret]

who in the office is team rocket?

[obsidian zodiac]

the pioneers role is to participate in discussion about satisfactory. the lead pioneers' role is to participate in discussion about satisfactory in secrecy

[jagged nymph]

ok

[leaden turret]

-# is Mikeal Meowth?

[obsidian zodiac]

if mikael is a pokemon he is hitmonchan

[hybrid nymph]

just upgraded my factory

[jagged nymph]

wdym

what upgrades were made

[hybrid nymph]

I upgraded the miner mk2 to be 150% base clock speed

[leaden turret]

||if Mikael is Meowth, that'd make you & Hannah Jesse & James||

[hybrid nymph]

so I can extract 780 items per minute from a pure node, which is the maximum items per minute that the mk5 belt can handle

[graceful turret]

does anyone know where photo mode screenshots are stored on linux?

[leaden turret]

<@&370483737957236737> since you're steam deck verified now, might be worth adding a note to #faq message ?

[obsidian zodiac]

depends on where you installed steam

[graceful turret]

how so? is it in the steam folder?

[obsidian zodiac]

i DMed you 🙂

[graceful turret]

wow that is DEEP in the file directory

is there a way to change it?

[normal orbit]

cant just make a shortcut to it?

[fiery pewter]

Community Manager

Would the direct opposite be a Mutiny Manager?

[normal orbit]

More like Solitary Peon

[leaden turret]

mutiny disorderer

[fiery pewter]

Nah reganaM ytinummoC

[zenith pecan]

Ficsit does not pay me for cruelty 🤣

[autumn path]

You just do it for the seld pleasure?

[west python]

i didnt get the 3 inventory slots from "vehicular transport"

game restart and steam file repair feature didnt help

are those inventory slots for something else ?

because my player inventory didnt grow after that milestone

[zenith pecan]

Naa, Ada just moaned at me because I bombed one of those land whale things that was standing right where I was building and it refused to budge.

So out came the blasting caps, the same way as when I move trees etc.

Not cruelty per se, just business, I'd think Ada would have understood 🤷‍♂️

[normal orbit]

you're given the slots on game start when skipping onboarding, so first upgrade doesnt do anything

same with handslot, you start with 3 instead of 2

[west python]

vehicular transport is in tier 3 though
means it comes after you shoot stuff the first time with the space elevator

0-2 is starting
3-4 is after you shoot the space elevator the first time

you skip tier 0 when you skip onboarding

also i didnt skip onboarding because iam a new player

[autumn path]

Just found a random jetpack floating mid air. Never made a second one or lost mine...

[hybrid nymph]

alright just working on upgrading my coal factory to compacted coal

[leaden turret]

johnny asploded

[normal orbit]

Jetpack Johnny remains :p

[hybrid nymph]

I'm mining a lot of sulfur right now, so instead of awesome sinking it, I decided to make it into compacted coal

especially with the vnailla upgrades mod, with how I upgraded the base clock speed of my miner Mk2s to 150%

so a pure node can mine 780 items per minute now

[cursive crane]

R.I.P. Jetpack Johnny

2026

[vocal pike]

Is there any news on a release date for 1.3?

[cursive crane]

#announcements

[vocal pike]

thats 1.2 i think

[subtle nova]

Hey, i'm someone who plays video games a lot (around 6h/day) in vacation, and everything fine, but when i'm playing Satisfactory, i don't know why i get, nausea and headaches very fast (~ 30min / 2h) . I tried to remove motion blur, and increase FOV, but it's still doing that for me. Is it doing that to anyone else, or it's just me. Do anyone have solutions for me ? Thanks

[normal orbit]

they havnt even finished 1.2 and you're expecting a date for 1.3?

[snow rain]

Are you colourblind

[proven snow]

Yea we got 1.2 release date less than 24 hours ago

1.3 is a stretch

[subtle nova]

Not at all

[snow rain]

Uhh

[vocal pike]

maybe aim for higher fps

[snow rain]

How close do you sit to the screen

[subtle nova]

Just got a new screen

Gone from 60fps to 180

and no difference

[dreamy hornet]

doesn't all old mods stop walking with the latest unreal Engine update for sf

[subtle nova]

huh idk wait

[vocal pike]

maybe youve got epilepsia or something.. i thought screen sickness is from like vr gogles and stuff

maybe ur sitting to far/close to the screen

[subtle nova]

can’t send pictures

it’s approximately my arm

[snow rain]

Oh that's fine then

[subtle nova]

Why it does that to me only for Satisfactory then ?

[vocal pike]

there is nothing special about satisfactory except ammount of spaghetti. My spaghetti also makes me dizy haha

[subtle nova]

That's weird

Maybe it's the shaders that my body doesn't like lol

[vocal pike]

maybe try lowering the brightness or smt

[subtle nova]

yeah ill try to do that, can i do that in game ?

[proven snow]

You're too good at Satisfactory so devs had to activate the neural chip in your brain to slow you down by initiating feelings of nausea

[cursive crane]

hmm. you can adjust where the pioneers arms/tools sit on the screen somewhere, maybe that would help?

[vocal pike]

no idea. but you can definitly change it on a new monitor

[subtle nova]

yeah i can do that on the screen

ill create a new profile

[subtle nova]

how can i do that ?

[cursive crane]

I think its a widescreen compensation or something, logging in now to findd it

[junior jolt]

does the headlift of a pump actually restrict the flow rate of it above

[normal orbit]

no

[subtle nova]

i just lowered brightness, hope it will help

it was at 100 lol

[junior jolt]

im doing turbo gens with a mate and we have a 300 pump but like 600 worth of fuel going through it

[vocal pike]

They should at least give us a very rough estimate of when 1.3 is coming so we can prepare.

[normal orbit]

theres no 300 pumps

[subtle nova]

Whats new in 1.2 ?

[vocal pike]

rain, fluid trucks

[normal orbit]

flow rate is dictated by the pipe type

[cursive crane]

video>camera> first person FOV modifier

[junior jolt]

mk2?

[subtle nova]

Thanks man, ill try that

[junior jolt]

wait

[snow rain]

The pumps don't restrict the flow rate at all

[normal orbit]

mk1 pump is 20m headlift, mk2 is 50m headlift, the flowrate is dictated by the pipe its connected to

[junior jolt]

check screenshots

is that the pipe or what

[normal orbit]

yes

mk2 pump on a mk1 pipe

hence 300/min

[junior jolt]

yeah i took the pump off and one bit was a 300

[sour cargo]

do 1M foundation still have the off-center issue compared to 2M and 4M ? or has this been fixed in 1.1?

[normal orbit]

off center issue?

[sour cargo]

snapping based on center height of platform, making them not alligned height-wise with 2/4M

[normal orbit]

I have never seen that

[sour cargo]

hmm, seems it's been fixed since 1.0

[river marsh]

Cast screws?

[next ivy]

probably, dunno the name

i just know it makes 50

[river marsh]

I mean i just unlocked oil but i heard first i gotta make plastic

[next ivy]

which is a great number for how simple the recipe is

[river marsh]

Yea i have it it basically reduces the number of constructors u need for the same thing

[normal orbit]

Yea you need to make some plubber for the milestone unlocks and other things

[hybrid nymph]

Okay well it's 7 AM just got done with an 8 hour play session

Heading to bed

[timber willow]

@normal orbit beat me to the answer best thing to do is get the milestone tech trees done and find some hard drives but wait to scan them till you get specific things unlocked since for oil production there is like 6-7 that make production way easier but wont be uncovered until certain milestones are done (one of the best for oil production is sloppy alumina since you need aluminum in a lot of stuff regarding refinery's depending how you set up production)

[normal orbit]

What. Best for oil production is sloppy alumina?

[timber willow]

in the later production it is the best to make aluminum with

since depending on setup if saying you unpacking nitrogn you need the aluminum bottles, for rocket fuel and eventually ionized fuel you need the bottle and the alcad sheets and casings as well

i mean for the potenital of it showup on harddrives pretty sure you only need aluminum unlocked all i meant by what i said eariler @normal orbit is get it sooner over later since eventually they will need it

[normal orbit]

No I'm just curious on how you make oil with aluminium

[timber willow]

not what i intended to say just stating since they asked some of best recipes to have for oil production and as i said in later production no one here can say the base aluminum scrap recipe beats out sloppy alumina alt well no one that has played past fuel refinerys that is

[timber willow]

tagging for proof this post is one reason i suggested sloppy alumina as a pickup

[pale tree]

bruh i took a bunch of photos using photo mode and it didnt save any of them

did they change the directory from Documets > My Games > FactoryGame > Screenshots ?

ah they did just found it

[cosmic adder]

#math-and-meta message anyone can help a bit..smth aint good

[timber willow]

do you have enough water going into the overall system for the generators consumption in those?

[cosmic adder]

I may have found what it was, on that side it had lil bit lift, instead of being staright.

Yes, 3 water extractors for 8 coal gens. It was water issue

[timber willow]

headlift can be aggravating lol

[cosmic adder]

It had like 1% more lift, and it went "nah, to lazy to get it up there"

[timber willow]

i know that feeling to a degree in a world I'm working on yeah some days water headlift is more annoying then max fuel generation and all the work it takes for nuclear power

[cosmic adder]

lol, yeah

[sour cargo]

there's no reason to store iron ingots in dim depots, right?

[ionic coral]

is it normal that my alumian factory takes so long to start up?

[normal orbit]

correct, no reason

[neon yoke]

Hi there, which one to choose? Dilluted packaged fuel or recycled rubber or reroll? (Currently at Tier 5 building generators). Got only few alt recepies so far.

[ionic coral]

dilluted

[neon yoke]

ty @ionic coral but why? Building generator plant at blue crater. Because of water adding value?

[ionic coral]

u are building fuel generators right?

[neon yoke]

yep

[ionic coral]

so u use less oil and get the same ammount of fuel

it makes that u get more for only adding a bit of water

[normal orbit]

water is a free resource and you can use it to 3x the fuel compared to residual fuel

[neon yoke]

ty very much, DPF it is then 🙂

[rugged burrow]

does the experimental branch have co-op enabled?

[cursive crane]

doesnt hurt so you can use it to "emergency" craft things if you need to make plates or something quick, but other than that 🤷‍♂️

much better to just have those things in it lol

[weak bloom]

Pretty sure there's nothing you would need ingots for that you can't do with plates or rods so just put those into the depot instead tbh

[timber willow]

they would be off storing all the products of the ingots over storing the ingots themselves if that is the logic on that

[normal orbit]

if you upload rods and plates, there no reason to "emergency" craft tbh

[pale tree]

just had an idea

what if you just built new factories ontop of other ones

like literally above them. Just stacking the buildings higher and higher

[sour cargo]

you eventually reach build height limit lol

[normal orbit]

#screenshots message like this?

[pale tree]

nah

more like

say you have 8 buildings next to eachother from one factory you already have

and now you just build more ontop of them, maybe some sitting atop multiple of the old buildings roofs

not just a tall factory skyscraper thing

more cyberpunky

[cursive crane]

thats called creativity.

my 24k iron ingot factory uses this, each section is modular to the maximum belt throughput

[pale tree]

no more "oh i cant build my factory here because theres already buildings there"
just put the new one on the roof

[spare prism]

Time to load up the factory

[normal orbit]

its same thing, just using verticality. which ada tells you do in the beginning

[obtuse cradle]

Is there a mod that allows you to build cranes?

[spare prism]

omg you can build up

[spare prism]

no but i found this https://www.reddit.com/r/SatisfactoryGame/comments/1qtu6lo/modular_crane_blueprint/

[obtuse cradle]

That’s awesome, thank you!!

[spare prism]

wait thats locked behind a paywwall

i just looked at the comments

[normal orbit]

doesnt seem hard to recreate it yourself

[spare prism]

for me yes for him idk

I just know how to create square boxes everything else i have to get from a youtube tutorial lol my brain has 0 creativity but it has itsb special perks else where

[normal orbit]

trying to mimic something like that on your own could teach you a lot on how to build things :)

[timber willow]

@normal orbit is right its a lot of trial and error, but if you try a lot of times you can make it work and make stuff similar to the crazy builds you can see on youtube and such

[spare prism]

no work sadly i tried multiple times i just lack building

I can optimze and build but when it comes to making shapes and other stuff that gets thrown out the window

Like in mine craft I make a 3x3 house lol

I got mam unlocked

[bitter crow]

power augmenters are lowkey really good???

[jagged nymph]

yes but they use somersloops

[bitter crow]

i got loads

[jagged nymph]

but theyre limited

each one costs 10 somersloops, and theres only 106 total

[bitter crow]

10?1

oh nevermind then

i got nothing

[sour cargo]

they get less "good" the later in the game you get, but they are still really powerful regardless

[normal orbit]

not really, they offer a 10% boost, so more power you make more you get. and if you feed em some matrixes, it goes to 30%

[sour cargo]

don't they also generate 500MW? (which itself is also boosted by the 10%)

[normal orbit]

yea 500mw + 10%

[sour cargo]

yeah, that's why "it's 'less good' the later in the game you are"

[normal orbit]

but if you late game and make like 1TW then a single augmentor adds 100GW

[sour cargo]

since if you get one very early game, it's VERY good 500MW for free

[fallen condor]

Is there already an option to eliminate enemies and those toxic balls?

[normal orbit]

you can set enemies to passive or retaliation

[sour cargo]

and you can explode the gas pillars

[fallen condor]

I want to get rid of those gas structures; they give me a bit of a phobia.

[sour cargo]

yes, use nobelisks

[fallen condor]

There used to be a mod that did that, the Peaceful Mod or something like that, but they didn't update it.

[fallen condor]

I mean by default.

There was also a save editor that could delete them, I think.

[sour cargo]

just change the game options and make yourself invincible then ...

[azure reef]

FINALLY completed stage 5 for the first time after 200 hours of playtime on steam and a couple save files

[fallen condor]

It's not the damage, it's the way it looks. I'm a little phobic about it.

[azure reef]

i'll eventually come back to the game maybe in a year or so, definitely one of my favourite games

[frosty mirage]

80 fuel gens soon to be done, im so tired of it 😭

[normal orbit]

make some nobelisks and just blow em up

[spare prism]

damn

[frosty mirage]

Idk how to handle fluid outputs that are above pipe capacity x.x

[normal orbit]

divide em into more pipes

[frosty mirage]

I guess I need to separate refineries based on their output

[normal orbit]

if you're outputting more than 600/min per machine then you need to downclock machines and make more of em

[spare prism]

🪈

[fallen condor]

Is the save game editor still available? I remember using it to remove a vehicle that had fallen off the map.

[normal orbit]

scim is available

[fallen condor]

ok, thx

After two years, I'm returning to the game to see what's new.

[untold zealot]

"A-ha! 50 Smart platings sent! .... wait I need how many more for phase 2?!"

[fallen condor]

Or 3, I don't remember, I bought it when it first came out in early access.

[sour cargo]

it's only phase 2 ... don't be surprised yet lmfao

[untold zealot]

Welp, lets just say my tangled mess of belts and production isn't quite prepared for these amounts... oh dear

[spare prism]

Phase 3 👀

[frosty mirage]

I have 300 oil feeding 10 refineries with HOR alt connected to 13.333 refineries producing 800 fuel and i wanna feed the gens but idk how to split them because i built the pipe network kinda with not much possibility to split, i need to route them out on the ends of refinery rows, i have 2 rows of 7 each (13 with 60 and 1 with 20 output)

[normal orbit]

split it in the middle? make two pipes of 400

[frosty mirage]

That will feed 20 gens each

Yea, seems easier than i thought

My brain is mushy after working on 80 gens setup all day

[normal orbit]

you can clock the 13.333 refiners into two banks of 6.66666 and each would do 400/min

[simple pebble]

the less you need to split fluids, the better, imo

[frosty mirage]

Care to elaborate?

[simple pebble]

Basically, two identical batches of refineries feeding into two equal size Mk2 pipes

[normal orbit]

you have 14 refineries, 13 at 100% and one at 33.3333%. so if you split that down the middle, you'll have uneven pipes. if you clock them so you have two sets of 6 refineries at 100% and one at 66.6666% you would end up with two pipes exaktly same

[frosty mirage]

Oh damn

Yea

Thanks so much

[normal orbit]

nothing stopping you from doing uneven stuff. but personally i just find it immensly easier to work with even numbers that are the same :)

like i would prefer to have 800 into 2x400 rather than 600 and 200

[simple pebble]

Yeah. I'd even go so far as to make each bank 8 refineries clocked to make 50 fuel

[normal orbit]

just cause math mathing easier

[simple pebble]

but it depends on space because refineries suck