satisfactory

[distant pilot]

Make your factories look like GPUs

[vital quest]

Lol

[muted pine]

i want to have all the oil from the map transported in cannisters to my main oil factory. I think recycling the cannisters is the way to go. do you have any good hints on how to setup a recycling loop? As I need as much Cannisters as I ship oil (rates are the same of course then), how many train cars would you recommend for a train line which goes around the whole map to every oil-ressource node and delivers cannisters with at least the rate of oil it is pushign out? it is between 1500 m³ / min and around 3000 m³ / min I guess. Someone here who has actually done something like that?

[ornate saffron]

The bottom right is blue crater.
It has everything you need in the crater. If you havent used those reSources yet you can build there and have both your setups

[little timber]

Alright, i just need to find a good tool for planning tho, i use the satisfactory tool website but its kinda stupid

[distant pilot]

There’s a free thing on Steam called Satisfactory Modeler that I like to use

And lets you actually do things like different combinations of alternate recipes

[little timber]

Lemme check it our rq

Thank you for the recommendation

[carmine ginkgo]

ill do that. thanks, didnt see that it had everything

[little timber]

That blue crater is like every player's powerplant

[ornate saffron]

Its perfect. Just split it into chunks.

Say you want 5 u rods a minute.

Pick out the three items you need.

25 electromagnetic control rods

15 encased beams

And 250 encased uranium cells.

And make a new tab for each.

Treat each tab as its own thing thus breaking it down into smaller chunks

[little timber]

Ohhhhhhh

[ornate saffron]

No problem.

I personally dont like destroying this way you get both

[little timber]

Thank you USBeefalo (PC)

[ornate saffron]

Np.

[pale tree]

just unlocked cast screws before ever actually automating screws in this save

so good

[little timber]

Lucky

Im trying to finish my powerplant and the plastic and rubber factories for the byproduct then start my mega base

[ornate saffron]

Ive done a sample layout in tools. I can export the file and dm it to you if you wish

[little timber]

Sure, would love to look at them

Maybe use them

[ornate saffron]

I personally like making facilities.

A car plant isn't a single building. Its many interconnected buildings. By breaking it down into smaller segments it allows you to spread out production and simplify so you don't go crazy.

When building one is done simply place a sink then work on the next section. Come back after a bit to trouble shoot any issues that may have come up.

[rustic crest]

Is it normal that while I playing coop my ping is lowk flying(too high ,while server host has good ping)

[little timber]

Im trying to do that so my mega base isnt a big mess, i want to set up factories for each base item then bring them into its own segment in the mega base

[fluid sapphire]

What's stupid? It's just about the simplest tool in existence

[little timber]

So whenever i need something i dont need to go find it or rework it

[slow mural]

CAN I SAY NIGGER OR IS SAYING NIGGER OFFENSIVE TO NIGGERS?

[little timber]

Okay for example im building a turbo fuel powerplant and there is resin byproduct, when i put that i need plastic and rubber it doesn't give me how many refineries i need or how much water

[little timber]

@obsidian zodiac

[muted pine]

jesus rose what is wrong

[ornate saffron]

I got lost helping others

Did you get a answer

[little timber]

This is a place for pioneers

Be nice rose

[coarse path]

Its fine, no i didnt get any anser to that small question

[ornate saffron]

What's the question?

[coarse path]

I looked it on google way before but it said that normal mode is randomized with weather, even tho nothing has happend in hours

[fluid sapphire]

Are you sure you have the correct recipes selected? If you want to make plastic and rubber from the resin you have to select the "residual" recipes and unselect the default ones

[coarse path]

Been playing for 4 hours now and havent got a single drop of water :/
Only the trees move a little thats all i ever got

[ornate saffron]

Lots of issues with weather. Some people's games are bugged and have yet to see any

[little timber]

I did and it would just give me .5 refinery and an output of 10 plastic

[coarse path]

Wheres the setting to randomize the wearher

[normal orbit]

you in rocky desert?

[coarse path]

Yea its been 4 hours and still nothing

I was the most exited about

[ornate saffron]

Not sure but settings has a search function

I have not tried 1.2

[fluid sapphire]

For a setup like this you have to figure out on your own how much plastic/rubber you can make from the resin and plug in that number to the planner, it's not gonna figure it out automatically for you

[coarse path]

You have options to change the weather or something but still doesnt change anything

I just want it to be random and working😰

[normal orbit]

you have to restart for settings to take effect

[fluid sapphire]

The planner doesn't presume to know that you want to process all of the resin

[little timber]

Ik and thats what i did but it would have been nicer for the tool to calculate the by product and tell me what i need and the output

Sometimes my calculations are wrong

[lucid badger]

uhhh im on experimental on multiplayer, i think theres a memory leak or something because my gpu was running at 100% usage just for the game

[fluid sapphire]

It can work backwards from end products just fine, not sure I understand what you're having an issue with exactly

[normal orbit]

memory leak got nothing to do with gpu usage...

[little timber]

Its okay its not a big deal

[lucid badger]

most likely vram problem though

plus it was running at 100fps before then aswell

[fluid sapphire]

3:1 ratio for resin:plastic and 2:1 for resin:rubber

Adjust amounts until you get desired result

[normal orbit]

kinda struggling to understand why 100% gpu use is bad. typically if the gpu isnt being used at 100% you have a bottleneck

[ornate saffron]

If you are making a "megafacotry" it maybe best (if you dont have final numbers) to just choose a area lets say west coast which has 1800 oil.

Go to tools and change the oil amount to 1800 (turn off sam) select your recipes I like heavy oil residue, recycled plastic and recycled rubber. Then tell it you want plastic and rubber and select maximize. It will tell you how to make all the possible plubber (plastic rudder) from 1800 oil.

[little timber]

I calculated it but thank you a lot of the help, i appreciate it

[lucid badger]

because i was at 100 FPS (my VSYNC limit) with only 60%, and then it spiked to 100% and i got only 10 fps

[little timber]

I will do that after anothe 100 hour, the one im building is a 50k mw that uses about 900 oil

Or 675

22.5 refineries

[ornate saffron]

Have you tried satisfactory modeler

It doesnt jive with me. But many that dislike tools love it. Its free on steam

[real shale]

brrrr

[fluid sapphire]

If you want implementation details in your plans, modeler is great

But more manual labor

[little timber]

Someone just told me about it a few minutes ago, definitely will try it next time i play

I dont think i need it with the powerplant but will definitely need it for the future and when i try to make the phase's parts

[ornate saffron]

I agree. I just need some raw output i can work out layouts in my head

[fluid sapphire]

Yeah same, the layouts for me are in flux until it's time to build any particular component

I can improvise the layout well enough not to need it on paper

[foggy heart]

is there a way to bind E for picking up leaves to something else without rebinding E to use?

[normal orbit]

no, but you can do the toggle glitch so you dont have to keep pressing it

[foggy heart]

Toggle glitch?

[normal orbit]

yea, might wanna find a vid to explain it, but you can glitch it with opening inventory and closing it with the correcting timing and E is just on and you can just run around to and pick up stuff

[ornate saffron]

You can press and hold too and just run

[foggy heart]

That sounds fantastic

[ashen token]

why is experimental 7.8GB to download
i thought 1.2 added like 3 things and bugfixes

[little timber]

Is there any hints about a big update that will expand the story of the game?

[foggy heart]

I cant really find any info on it by searching for toggle glitch, any other words to try search?

[fading crow]

i might have the weirdest bug, (dw i will post in Q&A) all of my street light just turned red, when i say all of them, i really mean all of them. I have like hundreds of street lights each having cyan and purple, so idk how this happened, bc if someone joined me world and did that, that would be depressing for them.

[ornate saffron]

Not as of yet

[normal orbit]

maybe look for tips and tricks? idk, its been ages since i saw it

[foggy heart]

Nevermind, it just pressed q and e at the same time and it worked first time lol

[normal orbit]

ye

[little timber]

Sad times

[normal orbit]

tab and e works too

[fading crow]

can anyone help me with this? if youd like to atleast

[white dawn]

#announcements message

[ashen token]

oh. what a convenient upload

[late tartan]

I think the cyberwagon is broken. It only wants to turn right even if i try to turn left

[normal orbit]

as intended

[late tartan]

Lmao

So its supposed to do that?

[normal orbit]

yes

its a joke item

much like the actual thing

[late tartan]

The actual thing look so damn ugly. Ive seen quite a few of them driving around in my area.

[modest nest]

There's a couple in my area as well, one of them is wrapped in like Christmas wrapping paper and it looks so incredibly ugly

[normal orbit]

glad i wont ever see one irl :p

[late tartan]

Why?

[normal orbit]

it doesnt meet safety regulations to be allowed here

[late tartan]

Most American vehicles probably wouldn't and even if they did, they are way too big

[gloomy tusk]

@real shale helmet i think rain and selfie mode idk the 4th

[late tartan]

"I drive a lifted ford 350"
What do you use it for?
"Uhhh"
So?
"Grocery shopping"

[real shale]

oh yeah, theres 5

i didnt think about the helmet

you got three of them

there is two more there

[gloomy tusk]

what are they

[exotic fractal]

Do yall play satisfactory modded or just plain? If so what mods/mod packs do yall use?

[real shale]

the cross beams being used for my train station and the SPWN in the corner

[fluid sapphire]

Did they talk about how collisions are handled with the new vehicle pathing?

[real shale]

Okay so i tested this

[late tartan]

I play both. I switch between them depending on mood

Most of the time when i play modded, i just use refined power.

[real shale]

It seems as though vehicles ignore most objects when pathing, like trains and just phase through them, but there is a couple odd cases liike you can place a small amount of beams in the way of the path before it breaks and it will register and drive over the beams

anything that deliberately causes an issue for truck pathing like walls and stuff most likely breaks the path its placed on

[fluid sapphire]

Aah, interesting, but I mean more like collisions with regards to vehicles colliding with other vehicles, in like intersections and stuff

[real shale]

it seems most objects that would collisions are just ignored and they just phase through stuff like signs

[real shale]

they have automatic signalling in intersections

so they dont cross over each other

the pathing turns a different colour to indicate an intersection and its where other trucks are stopped if one is in that area

[fluid sapphire]

Cool, I have no intention of highways or anything, just possibly some support structures where needed, like small bridges or ramps, when I do finally put trucks to use, but not until it's in the main branch

Just kinda pumped to finally use trucks, but I can wait

[real shale]

yeah theyve made trucks a lot more viable for use now

[gloomy tusk]

what is that toilet thing used for

[real shale]

portable respawn point

[gloomy tusk]

Seriously?

[real shale]

you can place it down and you'll spawn in the nearest SPWN when you die

however, it does have softlock protection it seems

I tested it yesterday and it seems if you die in a SPWN, it puts you to the next available SPWN or even the hub

so if you get stuck in like a radioactive area it seems your death crate obstructs the spawn location and forces you else where

[gloomy tusk]

omg i love the people behind satisfactory

ZOOPABLE SIGNS

[clear aspen]

What’s up chat

[real shale]

rain currently

[wary fiber]

hey guys i think recommended gpu the rtx 2070 is maybe for late game early game the rtx 2060 super is fine at ultra

[fluid sapphire]

What

If you keep your builds small then I imagine there is little difference

You don't need large builds for late game

Well, if you can help yourself

[wary fiber]

no every setting is at highest

[clear aspen]

Was there a risk of rain?

[wary fiber]

sitting around 86c at 95% useage for my 2060s

getting around 40fps

[fluid sapphire]

I am saying I imagine your framerate will remain similar well into late game provided you don't build too big, as you don't really need to necessarily

[wary fiber]

i build big sadly

well i plan to

[inner ruin]

is there a way to disable to mk1 belts option

i only want mk3

[surreal breach]

Yo, is silicon circuit board a good alt recepie?

[thorny venture]

whats better : advanced resource rich or fossil fuel rich

[velvet thorn]

If it is what I think it is then advance resource rich, nuclear spaghetti is a necessity

[thorny venture]

k, thanks

[fluid sapphire]

I am a fan of it myself, but as usual depends on your goals and location

[clear aspen]

Hello chat

[real shale]

hello streamer

[clear aspen]

Me no streamer, just nuclear nerd

[solar loom]

Hey guys! I was sacnning a HDD, and I would like to know which I should choose; plus 6 inv slots or Iron Wire

[clear aspen]

Iron wire is a must have for me

[solar loom]

And what else should I use copper for then?

[brisk crow]

if you cant choose dont pick one if you keep it in the hard drive libary you can increase your chances of getting a better alternate recipe

[charred thistle]

so for the 1.2 update i just hit experimental in version and betas right?

[clear aspen]

Pipe thingies, I jus use iron wire if i don’t wanna bring copper over and I have more iron nearby

[reef basin]

why are you asking us? pick one you like more

[solar loom]

Oh ok, thanks

[reef basin]

if you don't know, just flip a coin and pick one

[solar loom]

Well, thats what i did XD

[brisk crow]

hey can i ask a question please

[reef basin]

you just did

[brisk crow]

nah but seriously why cant i play online with my console i have it linked to an epic account but still wont let me access epic servers

[reef basin]

since you asked in #1038092680493801533 , no reason to ask here as well

keep the conversation in one place (ideally there) and wait until someone who knows the answer responds

[brisk crow]

aight cheers i guess?

[mellow pewter]

Why is auto-connect so finicky... It will connect two of the four blueprint belts I need it to, but the others won't.

[proud cave]

I wish there was a way to disable conveyor poles when placing belts

[reef basin]

snap them to existing connections

[knotty bear]

Is the number of per minute hypothetical or how much it does?

[mellow pewter]

How much it does if you keep the input numbers covered or exceed them.

[hearty marlin]

yo how important is smart plating other than for the elevator quest?

[fluid sapphire]

That's all it's for, but it's also used as part of future elevator parts

[hearty marlin]

bruh

[ornate saffron]

it is only used for the space elevator and other elevator parts.

you need 4300 to see credits in 1.1

[hearty marlin]

i made a whole factory basically for it

[mellow pewter]

Good, keep it.

[fluid sapphire]

Good, let it cook?

[reef basin]

and what's the problem? "worst" case you'll route it into a sink and get tons of coupons

[ornate saffron]

as you should. this is the way

#screenshots message

[mellow pewter]

Can I DM you with a screenshot of what it will be needed for in the future space elevator parts?

[ornate saffron]

#screenshots message

[reef basin]

no need to spoil them the game

[unkempt blade]

just let him figure out the wiki

[mellow pewter]

Fair.

I can be a bit too helpful from time to time.

[ornate saffron]

same

[plush trellis]

What is the best Bauxite location

[mellow pewter]

But yeah. It's relevant all the way to the end.

[plush trellis]

Are they all on HIGH MOUNTAIN TOPS

[unkempt blade]

the one that makes you happiest to build from

[reef basin]

that depends what you need from the location

[hearty marlin]

sure

[ornate saffron]

the one that has all the resources you need for the current project.

this changes depending on recipes you intend to use and goals

[ornate saffron]

no

[plush trellis]

Where are the lowest ones?

[fluid sapphire]

Swamp probably

[unkempt blade]

but then you have less of a reason to use more trains 🙁

[ornate saffron]

swamp is slightly above/at ground level

[ornate saffron]

but have more uses for carts.

i know its a tough choice

[plush trellis]

What the best one that close to the west side of the map and is easiest to get to

[ornate saffron]

the one above the west oil field

[keen flame]

what is bauxite even for

i have 50 for some reason

[unkempt blade]

turning into screws

[keen flame]

is it smth i shdnt worry abt yet im on phase 3

[ornate saffron]

its a mineral IRL. you make aluminum from it

[keen flame]

id prefer to obtain optional unlocks when i can

[reef basin]

if you don't need it yet, don't worry about it yet

[reef basin]

again, "best" depends on your preferences and goals

[plush trellis]

I need it for aluminium

[unkempt blade]

right, to make screws

[plush trellis]

For aluminium scrap and ingots

[keen flame]

ahh i remember it from chemistry i think

[lavish echo]

With 1.2 on experimental does that mean it may be expected to come out soon like within the month or ?

[keen flame]

i did NOT remember what it was called

[unkempt blade]

to make... ||screws||

[keen flame]

well assuming aluminium is not even accessible for me yet

i‘ll leave it for later

[mellow pewter]

If you need some points or just some space, sink it. You can't even handcraft anything with it anyway.

[plush trellis]

Best way to get up there? from the oil field or?

[tepid prism]

how do I use daisy chaining?

[unkempt blade]

It's a pretty fun game un-spoilered. Would definitely recommend just turning off discord until you finish a playthrough 😆

[ornate saffron]

more specificly || alum to Steel to steel rod to screws||

[merry leaf]

hi im pretty new to the game and recently unlocked trains and just got done making fluid freight platform (it has power and the fluid buffers in the platform are full and they're also set to load) and its not loading the fluid onto the freight carts, any idea why?

[ornate saffron]

i just built up to it then used the conveyor lift trick

[keen flame]

@ornate saffron thanks!

[ornate saffron]

#design-and-architecture message

[ornate saffron]

np

[plush trellis]

Now what exactly is that

[keen flame]

wait tier 6 is considered new??

[ornate saffron]

that a plateform i built under the node to build my factory on

[normal orbit]

no

tier 6 is not new

[unkempt blade]

it's for keeping tamed doggos safe

[keen flame]

i know this game‘s players have a lot of hours on it and obsess over optimization as should anyone in a factory game but

i have 90 hrs so far and im barely on tier 6

[merry leaf]

i mean its my first time using trains idk

[ornate saffron]

........ we obsess on a precieved goal or way of doing things.....

[normal orbit]

if you know what you're doing, you can hit it in a few hours

[unkempt blade]

If you don't stop after a playthrough the playthrough is basically just the tutorial. It's new stuff right up to the end

[indigo yew]

Hi there, has anyone messed with the new custom settings? going to hop on experimental and maybe play with the resource node randomization options. Is there anything to watch out for or suggestions anyone has? :)

[ornate saffron]

you may need a combination of pumps and such. go to #1038092680493801533 and make a post with details and several pictures

[normal orbit]

if they arent loading, its usually one or more of: 1: not auto driving, and you didnt place train correctly. 2: station facing wrong way so the terminals arent connected. 3: terminal set to unload not load. 4: you havnt connected the terminals to the stations and spaced em apart with rails.

[plush trellis]

Thanks

[indigo yew]

Does resource randomization transpose/swap types of nodes?

like can an oil node be in a place that a copper node would normally bew

[normal orbit]

yes

[indigo yew]

this goes for gas nodes too then?

[normal orbit]

fracking nodes dont change between normal nodes, but they can swap between oil/water/nitrogen

[deft rover]

Good evening, can someone help me with train signals - - I'm losing my mind - - S.O.S.

[normal orbit]

move em away from your intersection by 1.5 foundation

[indigo yew]

@normal orbit thank you

if you know, how does the node purity setting work, if its default, does that mean a pure copper node would turn into a pure coal node, etc?

id like to go as random as possible but I dont want to have it be that one resource in my world is way way rarer than the base game to the point of hampering my run permanently

[normal orbit]

if default i believe it maintains the amount of impure/normal/pure but type can change if thats random. tho i've not super tested that. mostly pure/impure just shifts the node up/down a type

[neon lantern]

I hate computers

[deft rover]

I hate train signals

[ornate saffron]

i hate the hate

[elfin smelt]

I love computers and train signals

[ornate saffron]

any specific reason

[deft rover]

can someone who knows how to use train signals help me

[elfin smelt]

there are plenty of tutorials on youtube

[ornate saffron]

what do you know about them. do you know how they work?

[normal orbit]

make a post in #1038092680493801533 with screenshots of your problem with the signals

[deft rover]

yes but they seem bugged

[ornate saffron]

see above. add all the details you can think of

[autumn zealot]

i know its all freedom.
but i just unlocked coal and im going mad with power.
would i be foolish to make multiple factories all over the world all dedicated to a single craft. then use tractors to bring it all to a central storage area?

[deft rover]

it says signal loops into itself

[autumn zealot]

ive already made 3 seperate coal plants for the vibes

[deft rover]

ok ill make it

[normal orbit]

i said what to do: #satisfactory message

[unborn moss]

You want the path signals before the arrow "split" and you'll have a better time.

[odd ibex]

how to download 1.2?

[deft rover]

go to steam -> library -> satisfactory -> properties -> chose experimental version

[normal orbit]

properties game version experimental

[odd ibex]

ty

found it

❤️

[deft rover]

this seems like it's going somewhere thnx

it did move the problem further on in the tracks but ill see waht i can do

[quiet ingot]

anyone know how the truck paths work? i dont gezt it to connect 2 stations :/

[deft rover]

experimental?

[quiet ingot]

yes

[keen flame]

should i sleep or play satisfactory

[normal orbit]

aint no rest for the efficient :p

[next ivy]

hire someone to sleep for you

bam, automated

[ornate saffron]

sleep now factory when you wake early

[keen flame]

might lowkey be a good idea

[ornate saffron]

its what i do. this way i get the sleep i need and play

[keen flame]

but do you not have school / work?

[ornate saffron]

yup, Sleep after work cause im exusted. then get up at 3 am and game til i leave for work at 7.

i just shift my personal time from after work to before work.

This gives me the opportunity to sleep in if im ill

[keen flame]

ohh

[empty bone]

how does the priority power switch work

it keeps shutting down my power farm and nothing welse

[winged crescent]

Hey ho, anyone else here who names his doggos "Uranium Waste Disposal (+ Number)"?

Or is it only me? :3

[astral robin]

Is there a way/mod to change the item direction when building a standalone lift?

[solar loom]

How do I scan powerslugs? I don't see it in the scanning menu

[astral robin]

find one naturally, open the mam and do the research

[solar loom]

But I did

[spice peak]

Use the Object scanner you can build it at the equipment crafting station

[solar loom]

Thx

[ornate saffron]

They need to go from you main grid to priority switch to factory.

The factory cannot have any other connections to your main grid.

Then in the switch you can name the switch (I use the factory name or purpose) then slot it in a tier. Tier 1 is most important tier 8 is least. I always put my power in t1 as I never want it to turn off.

When you go over you power generation it will automatically turn off switches in the poorest tier. For example if smart plates are 5
T8 and concrete is t7.

Smart plates will turn off first

[spice peak]

Np🤘

[empty bone]

i figured it out already but thanks

[serene jolt]

My friend is having issues with power generation. his splitters for coal are too slow

[empty bone]

is it a manifold?

[serene jolt]

i think he's just running things however works

[empty bone]

let me show you what i mean

[real shale]

god damn it, i mixed my copper ore and ingots aaaa

[wise junco]

y u do dat?

hav u tried not mixing dem

folow me 4 moar life advyce

[real shale]

oh damn, thanks medicinal banana u da best

[wise junco]

😎

doin' the lord's work

[bleak valley]

Hit R

[spice isle]

Does anyone know why when I try and place a power line, it auto switches to the pole? I verified game files, restarted game, pc, placed new poles and nothing works

[sudden flint]

Is it better to underclock multiple buildings a little, or underclock one building a lot?

[wise junco]

what exactly are you trying to do?

[wise junco]

i personally prefer to evenly clock a production line if at all possible

[sudden flint]

I do too. I'm just wondering if one produces less power draw

[spice isle]

I was just trying to connect a power line from the pole to the power generator thing

Is only 1 able to connect to it? I was able to set up 1, but when I set up a second for smelter it jus didnt work

[wise junco]

you talking about like a fuel-powered gen? if so, yes, they only accept 1 connection

actually, all power generator buildings only allow 1 connection now that i think of it

you must connect the power generator to a pole, then the poles to where you need to go - and you can daisy chain the poles

[spice isle]

Okay yeah your right , Thanks so much. I been looking for answers a bit ago for like half an hour n got pissed n gave up 😂

[wise junco]

you're good! this game has a lot of detail so don't be afraid to ask

[spice isle]

Yeah that's what I figured by some pics I saw

[languid bison]

There is a daisy chain mod that allows you to do a lot more @spice isle

If you are interested in QOL modding at all, that is

[inner ruin]

bro i made a 30x30 platform and THEN found the zoop option 😭

[elder token]

how do i play the 1.2?

[abstract girder]

Why are the dogs I train disappearing?

lizard doggos

[hearty marlin]

wait does energy add up, so if i have 2 coal generators that give me 500mw, will they give me 1000mw if i connewct both to the cable?

[primal crypt]

yeah you can look at a power pole. N in game brings up a caculator.

[hearty marlin]

oh really nice

[dense violet]

you have to keep them in pens

[abstract girder]

I did but it disappeared

[dense violet]

check out hte wiki for appropriate methods

[primal lintel]

im about to start uranium, should i take every uranium node? or its too much hahah

[primal crypt]

no no no. make a test plant with 300 ore first.

and make tests before buildingout every generator.

[cursive spindle]

one day i will buy that satisfactory record... but that day aint this day

[spice isle]

Ill check this out most likely when I learn more about the game, Thanks for letting me know!

[clear aspen]

yo how do i switch to experimental build?

[next ivy]

nice crosspost

[dense violet]

create a power goal with what ever recipes you want - that will determine how much you need 🙂

[serene imp]

Genuine question, I've been playing this game for years and I can't stand asphalt with that line in the centre that becomes extremely obvious the further away you get.

Is there a way to remove it? Modding or not? It's not an issue for half foundations or ramps at all so it's just odd.

[rough shore]

woah the coffee in the coffee cup moves

thats crazy

how come it never spills

[white dawn]

You think that's... coffee you're drinking?

[karmic portal]

You might want to sit down for this..

[atomic basin]

Wait.
What...??

What have I been DRINKING!?

[rough shore]

idk but the achievement name made me question it

[serene jolt]

Guys what is a good water extractor to coal plant ratio

[karmic portal]

3-8

[distant pilot]

3 extractors to 8 generators

[karmic portal]

600mw max

[distant pilot]

but that's a total of 360 water per minute, so youll need to have the extractors connect on two ends of the setup or else you wont be able to supply them all with mk1 pipes

[plush trellis]

I think I am speeding running the game without even meaning to

[serene jolt]

Bruh. I built a square in the blueprint designer and uses that. It was painful to place

[serene jolt]

Like how much though.

[karmic portal]

yeah.

[plush trellis]

I have completed all milestone 1-6 in less then 3 days. 2 days and 17 hours

[plush trellis]

@serene jolt

[inner ruin]

i actually suck at this game its so hard 😭

[serene jolt]

Dang

[serene jolt]

Don’t we all. Except Rosey for some reason

[inner ruin]

prolly a logistics worker or smth

[plush trellis]

[serene jolt]

Or the one guy who did a 20min speed run or something

[drowsy kelp]

Here’s another question, how do you drink it through the pioneer helmet

[inner ruin]

do u work in logistics?

[plush trellis]

Nope! First blind playthough! tehee

[inner ruin]

CEO of IQ

[atomic basin]

😨

[plush trellis]

Nope. I built my first ever 4 belts into 3 belts yesterday

[primal crypt]

speed running is a different game entirely then what I do. But it has a infinite skill ceiling.

[inner ruin]

#screenshots message so does this like. make sure each machine gets equal amount of stuff from the smelters

[analog jetty]

How do I have multiple versions of the game installed? I know how to do it for any other game, but for this it just launches the normal directory.

[plush trellis]

No idea it’s just works

[inner ruin]

maybe i shouldnt be tryna play this while piss drunk on cider

[plush trellis]

I think so yeah

But I’m doing it as basic as possible

I send a picture of my factory in a minute it’s A Mess

[fierce sigil]

Man, enemies need to like freeze for 5 seconds if they are going to pop in a foot from my face when I'm moving fast

[hazy void]

anyone have factory control room inspo?

[fierce sigil]

My body is halfway across the map on top of a plateau with 3 big spiders and a spitter

[primal crypt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYTZQWry7wo

behold facotory funature

[real shale]

#screenshots message

More... i need more power boost

[primal crypt]

my little control roon in screen shots. see world anchor for impresive stuff

[dense violet]

maybe? but it's a mess

[primal crypt]

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

[dense violet]

just do a belt with splitters/mergers along hte inputs. Simple and gets the job done https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/558721941410807812/1456102935988539496/image.png?ex=69bbffc9&is=69baae49&hm=d484ae6a2fbc77c86cbb9a777aa31a9ee82cb399b112049e5aa22a9b5174554c&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

[inner ruin]

wdym

i got 1 iron belt going to 5 furnace things, but im struggling to get the coal up here

oh i got an idea nvm

[dense violet]

ah ah sorry , I thought this was your s #satisfactory message

[dense violet]

just do a belt with mergers/splitters along the line, it self balances https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/558721941410807812/1456102935988539496/image.png?ex=69bbffc9&is=69baae49&hm=d484ae6a2fbc77c86cbb9a777aa31a9ee82cb399b112049e5aa22a9b5174554c&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=358&height=300&

[inner ruin]

oh. well you gave me an idea anyway

[spare prism]

how far can a miner reach though foundations

[dense violet]

a few m

you usually can't do 4m unless it's clpped deep in the ground

[oblique aspen]

~2 meters or such, a full 4m often fails

[dense violet]

but why would you mine foundations?

[wise junco]

to send foundations to my DD... duh

[real shale]

DD

[dense violet]

they should actually make miners on foudnations mine garbage worth zero sink points

[wraith widget]

have you guys seen the way that shapez 2 does belt splitters?

[wise junco]

i think we stumbled upon something you hate

[real shale]

brrrrr

[dense violet]

I don't particularly care honesty, just a bit silly

but it would be funny, which is very important

[wise junco]

"Concrete Rubble: -1 Sink Points"

[dense violet]

I would truly love that

[spare prism]

we not mining foundations we are mining though them

[dense violet]

concrete rubble for you

I'm 100000% glad nodes aren't on the grid

[wise junco]

I like the idea of a miner on foundations, then the foundations moved around so it's literally like it's boring down deeper, and you can just barely see the hole it's boring

[reef basin]

yeah, why

[wraith widget]

yall gotta see the shapez 2 belt splitting

[dense violet]

if you build them on foudnations and the nremove the foundations yo ucan create more interesting effects by having them a little higer up. See more animation

[reef basin]

#off-topic-general

[spare prism]

dont you guys place miners on foundations?

[wise junco]

oooh, that's not a bad idea

[reef basin]

no, it looks horrible

[oblique aspen]

i have put foundations on nodes before because the miner sometimes looks so stupid when it decided to sit so high on the node in a certain orientation

[dense violet]

not permanently - usually just to line things up or show more of the mining

[spare prism]

I put them on it

[wise junco]

I have done it a couple times... I was going for a very particular aesthetic. I don't love or hate it

[oblique aspen]

i think that ugly miner thing is mostly on coal because its such a bumpy node 😛

[wraith widget]

its on topic, ive always hated placing the splitters in satisfactory 💢

[reef basin]

then go play shapez

[analog jetty]

How do I have multiple versions of the game installed? I copied the files to another folder and ran that exe, but it just opened the original directory.

[real shale]

Today I have automated nukes, 5 nukes a minute, let's gooo

[hollow hemlock]

You can use them faster than that, make more

[reef basin]

can't do that really

[wraith widget]

i do i just wish we also had such a simple way of splitting

[reef basin]

(well, you can, but requires a lot of technical knowledge and setup, and it's not very worth it)

[reef basin]

what do you want to split?

[real shale]

But then that's less nuclear power

[wraith widget]

just a belt

[analog jetty]

can you tell me how? at least the general method so I can figure it out

[reef basin]

what do you want it for?

[dense violet]

... we ... we have extremely easy ways of splitting..

we ... put a splitter down, it splits

[wise junco]

too difficult

[real shale]

WHAT, it's that easy????

[analog jetty]

because I've been playing 1.2 solo and 1.1 multiplayer, and having to swap so frequently is annoying

[real shale]

Duality of pioneers

[reef basin]

buy on epic, it's two separate games there

(and devs get more money)

[dense violet]

there was a post in #1038092680493801533 recently where baldur explained how to do it on steam

[wraith widget]

i was referencing how its automatic there, i hate placing big ahh splitters for everything

[analog jetty]

thank you so much

[dense violet]

I don't understand what you mean by automatic - I assume you haver to use your cursor to tell the shapes belt where to split by placing a splitter?

or does the game read your brain somehow? is this a musk neraul link thing?

[wraith widget]

yeah the belts just auto split/merge when you drag onto them, its beautiful

[dense violet]

so you ahve to poke it still
poke the satisfactory belt with a splitter. same thing

[wraith widget]

i definitely got annoyed by placing splitters and mergers for every line

[ivory condor]

Now im going to imagine this game with neural rendering, but i think thats dlss or my brain is to fried to know the difference anymore

[wise junco]

may i suggest... blueprints?

[wraith widget]

i could have blueprinted better i guess

[real shale]

No you may not

[cold wasp]

They said in the patch notes video that there was a porta potty that you could use to respawn, how do I get that, I looked all over for it and couldn’t find it

[dense violet]

you coudl automate that with BPs almsot entirely ?going up the tiers you can make basic machiens with al lthe connections

[real shale]

MAM in alien tech tree

[fierce sigil]

Make sure you are playing the experimental branch and check the MAM alien tech menu

[white dawn]

you could use Nvidia's upcoming dlss garbage to put lipstick on all belts in the game!

[cold wasp]

Ok I will check that

[real shale]

Nvidia DLSS 5 Lizard Doggo becomes Godzilla

[ivory condor]

This game with ai filter slop, that doesnt sound good

[dense violet]

at this point I don't care how much damage an ai pop will do - maybe if the govs try to bail them out they'll be set on fire

[ivory condor]

Knowing that feature, itll probably make this game look worse somehow, if it even worked at all

[real shale]

Audacity of Nvidia to hog all the RAM and SSDs from gamers and release DLSS 5 in front of them is insane

[ivory condor]

Jensen also said us gamers were wrong for thinking it looks bad

[fluid sapphire]

Epic store is hot garbage

[real shale]

Ah the classic "it's not me it's you"

[ivory condor]

Jensen apparently knows better than the gaming community

[fluid sapphire]

Super lucky to get my ssd for what I got it for

[ivory condor]

We can only blame ourselves for giving nvidia so much power and now that power is clearly inflating yJensens ego to new heights...

[fluid sapphire]

do you guys not have phones??

[real shale]

Brrrr, I quit out, get into bed and can only think about factory...

[inner ruin]

sounds like your current mindset is satisfactory at best

[real shale]

People here say not to rebuild factories but all I can think about is optimising my current ones, they could be better....I must make them better

[wise junco]

it's a trap. just build new better ones

[bleak valley]

Amd supremacy

Until they suck too then I’ll find a better brand

Brand loyalty isn’t a thing

[real shale]

But they could be so much better banaba....

[wise junco]

the next ones will be even betterer!!!!

[real shale]

BUT, OPTIMISATION!!! Aaaaa

[inner ruin]

why do they say not to rebuild factories?

[plush trellis]

Night goobers!

[inner ruin]

i just rebuilt my steel dig its much faster and better than before

[white dawn]

To be fair, it's only some people who say that. (I am one of those people, but it's not like that opinion is a gospel, FICSIT-approved opinion or whatever. :)

[inner ruin]

and why do u say that may i ask

[white dawn]

My own main reason for it is that it's a lot of work just to get yourself back to the same level of production you had before. I prefer to just leave the factories as-is and make all new factories

[plush trellis]

Who wnats to see my next up and coming train tracks ?

[white dawn]

And I've seen lots of people get burnt out on endless rebuild cycles in the past

[inner ruin]

so its kinda like "dont try taking the sugar out of the cake after you baked it" sorta thing?

[placid totem]

does anyone know if theres a way to input power shards to the satisfactory tools website layout builder?

[real shale]

The engineer in me is obsessed with optimising previous factories , even if it takes a while to get back up and running

[white dawn]

It's just so much work, and you end up doing it over and over, in lieu progressing in the game (at least in the "worst" case)

[inner ruin]

yeah i can get behind that tbh

[zenith pecan]

I feel that, I actually took a four month hiatus before my current construction due to rebuilding, though what I am building is the final construct.

[white dawn]

Why not just iteratively optimize your new factories as you go? Best of both worlds -- you're getting better at building, and you're continually progressing in the game. :)

[wise junco]

it's far better to move to a new area. i have the northwest desert just quietly running and supplying my DD's as i build anew in the northeast desert

[white dawn]

But anyway, as always: so long as you're having fun, you're doing it right. :)

[real shale]

I find rebuilding factories proves an engineering problem, there's always consequences you gotta consider, "if I take X out what else is effected" and whatnot

[white dawn]

If rebuilding a factory sparks joy, so to speak, go for it. 🥳

[plush trellis]

I probably finish the milestones and the ship. Get bored and leave and never touch the game or watch people play it. This is my 2 weeks fixation

[zenith pecan]

I do wish there was a 4x4 glass cube like construct so I can build display cases that aren't ridiculous in size.

[wise junco]

two weeks? eager we are

[real shale]

Albeit there are certain designs that are MUCH more difficult to rebuild than others, which is the fun of it for me

[white dawn]

Just keep an eye on your mood while playing the game, and remember that if rebuilding a factory starts feeling like a chore rather than a joy, you can simply opt Not To. :)

[plush trellis]

I’m less then 3 days in and im up to milestone 7

[real shale]

Rebuilding is the reason I'm 600 nearly 700 hours deep, and I'm showing no sign of stopping

[white dawn]

It's easy to get stuck in your own patterns, etc. :)

[wise junco]

to this end, there's plenty to do. go explore. make something fun. etc

[zenith pecan]

You've no doubt seen some of what I've rebuilt 😄 , I'm fairly happy with the result.

[real shale]

Next up I automate medicinal bananas, the automated version of medicinal inhalers

[undone wolf]

@jaunty plover jesus christ

[wise junco]

you wish you could automate me

[undone wolf]

Thanks for giving me a nightmare before sleep

[real shale]

Watch, I'm gonna make a mod just to do that

[zenith pecan]

The reason I'd love a 4m glass panes and quarter roof is to make display cases for items in this place #design-and-architecture message

[real shale]

I want diagonal zooping of ramp walls

[plush trellis]

Does people like my mess of a train track in #screenshots message

[spice spindle]

I JUST watched the 1.2 patch notes vid and the kingdom hearts ref took me out 😭

[undone wolf]

Damn that looks so cool and dystopian

[undone wolf]

Thought it was a pharmacy but it was just your railway

[white dawn]

One other "don't rebuild" justification, fwiw: Not Rebuilding also strongly encourages expansion, so you get to go out and build factories in new and exciting locales! (And make more new and exciting friends in those locales!) If you're leaving your existing factories as they are, you're likely to need to go find some new nodes, and have some more fun adventures on the way. (And more opportunities to use interesting alt recipes you hadn't considered yet, due to local node availability!)

[zenith pecan]

That got built there due to how I imported all the rubber & plastic from the spire, it came up at one spot and I couldn't think of how best to put a factory there so the floor below it became a distribution hub for those materials instead.

[real shale]

The smiling friends reference was great

[undone wolf]

It looks incredible actually

[real shale]

And the low frame rate to follow it too

Someone dap me up

[zenith pecan]

I both rebuilt and swallowed half another biome in expansion 🤣

[undone wolf]

Here's a bit of an unpopular opinion

Verticality is underrated

Building towers in general with conveyor lift holes

[real shale]

Overrated* you mean

[wise junco]

😮

[undone wolf]

I was the first one to use it on this one server

[zenith pecan]

I built my power stations as near half mile tall monsters, I get verticality.

[undone wolf]

And it was a replica of the twin towers

[wise junco]

verticality is beautiful

[real shale]

No one dapped me up, sad

[white dawn]

Here's my unpopular opinion: verticality is, somewhat amazingly rated exactly as it should be, after averaging the entire Satisfactory-player population's opinions on the matter. How unlikely!

Not even To-Within-The-Precision-Bounds-of-a-float exactly. It's dead on

[undone wolf]

Opinion too popular, sorry

[real shale]

I didn't know we had the power to turn opinions into facts here

[zenith pecan]

I seem to be taming the swamp handily #design-and-architecture message

[wise junco]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/553550313533997057/1484010798668845086/image.png?ex=69bcac41&is=69bb5ac1&hm=59c5b207742e629096525ed61a1f78f1e3f117e3d1cad7a7a0620fee239579e8&

I like to mix verticality and single-line for a varied look

[white dawn]

Welcome to the Internet! I'll stamp your passport. :D

[undone wolf]

Damn that's insane

[real shale]

I like WIDE factory

Just watch my swamp overtime become a gigafactory

[wise junco]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/553550313533997057/1484011158632403175/image.png?ex=69bcac97&is=69bb5b17&hm=b617f215eeaf15bfc1595c035b7eda811fd60ffd6350ab4bafee07aa9984c2fc&

wide enough? 👀

[real shale]

#screenshots message

Soon it'll be covered in factory

[real shale]

No, we need WIDER

[zenith pecan]

Power station still dwarfs it #design-and-architecture message

[real shale]

I am thinking of placing 384 rocket fuel generators in the swamp

[inner ruin]

dude holyshit how did u do this

[zenith pecan]

And getting from A to B became proper easy #design-and-architecture message

[inner ruin]

how did you do it like this. like how have you planned it

[wise junco]

do it

[undone wolf]

You're insane

[real shale]

Now I'm not gonna, I'm shy, I'm instead gonna hide in my SPWN

[undone wolf]

That looks amazing

[inner ruin]

#screenshots message i did this and im struggling

[undone wolf]

Feels like you're entering the backrooms tbh

[real shale]

It's either that or I go nuclear, which nuclear doesn't sound like a bad idea, once I get particle enrichment to just start sinking plutonium fuel rods

Either that or burn them

[undone wolf]

Use conveyor lift holes

[real shale]

Might not have them unlocked yet

[undone wolf]

They're like 2 coupons or something

[real shale]

Yeah and they might not have sinks yet either lol

[zenith pecan]

Literally made up on the fly 😄

[zenith pecan]

The teleport infrastructure is actually below my tunnel network, seemed to be the best place for it.

[undone wolf]

They look pretty decently far into the game tbh

[real shale]

Pre phase 2 completion, so it's possible

I think you get the sink in tier....4? If I'm not mistaken

Oh it's tier 2 nevermind

[inner ruin]

bro invented IQ

[real shale]

Please let me apply patterns to walls and the sides of foundations

[zenith pecan]

That teleport hub, used to be a hypertube hub, I only recently completed demolition of the old tube tunnels, that was an eleven hour odyssey.

[inner ruin]

how long have u played this game

and do u work as an architect or logistics or sm?

[zenith pecan]

Probably way too long, my current game has about 1100h, my previous save had around 3000h due to early access experiments.

Nope, I work in IT.

[real shale]

Not enough hours, need more

[inner ruin]

it might contribute depending on what u do

"i unplug and plug printers all day cause no one thinks to do that"

[zenith pecan]

I still have a fairly large build ahead, well two actually, the first being the sporting goods factory aimed for the middle of the map next to an oil well, the second, I'll do a nuclear setup.

[bleak valley]

It’s always just unplugging it and plugging it back in lmao

[zenith pecan]

I have some crazy horror stories from the IT workshop 🤦‍♂️

[bleak valley]

Had to fix a tech issue at work last night that was just that

[inner ruin]

i dont wanna know 🤣 lemme live in bliss

[real shale]

Oh also, praise thee Pipeline T junction, made my transformer blueprint instantly better

[zenith pecan]

My camera isn't working, it's showing a black screen (yeah the webcam version of a lens cap genious)

[real shale]

#satisfactory-experimental message

The one time I've ever used a valve and it's for aesthetic purposes

[zenith pecan]

Lmao, I just played the #design-and-architecture message clip for the first time myself, I captured the Hellraiser II OST, I really should playback clips after capture rather than just post them 🤦‍♂️

[sturdy tartan]

wait did 1.2 alr come out?

[bleak valley]

It’s on experimental

Early access basically if your ok with bugs and general testing stuff

[sturdy tartan]

oh alr

[exotic needle]

Im starting another playthrough boys, wish me luck

[jovial tapir]

Hi everyone!
I’m having an issue with my game and I’d like to know if I’m the only one…
I’ve launched the game several times, and even after multiple reinstalls, the problem is still the same: I have no sound at all.
It’s as if everything is muted or like I’m not on the correct audio channel. I even reset all settings to default, but nothing changed…

Could someone let me know if others are experiencing the same issue, or how to fix it, please?

[zenith bear]

So if I have a single chain of train stations and a single train that goes both directions, is it possible to designate what resources are unloaded at each stop?

[real shale]

Yes

[sturdy tartan]

honestly there are a ton of variables, look at every possible setting, in game, steam, windows, etc. and try to ask ai or reddit

[jovial tapir]

Of course, I tested with other games and videos, and everything works normally. So the issue is coming from the game.

[real shale]

You can edit it in the train schedule by hovering over the train stations and clicking the cog icon

[jaunty plover]

Something wrong? #screenshots

[real shale]

But make sure if you are only loading/unloading to set the other one to none

Iirc if you don't do that the train will load that stuff in anyway

[zenith bear]

Gotcha. I'll play around with that. Thanks!

[real shale]

Nw

[zenith bear]

Also what's the point of empty platforms

[real shale]

Mostly aesthetics for train stations that don't need a specific platform to be frieght

[zenith bear]

When would that be the case?

Isn't every train car for freight?

[real shale]

So if you are picking up with cars 1 and 3 but not car 2

You can make the freight platform that would be for car 2 just an empty platform

[zenith bear]

Ah gotcha. So you can designate specific cars for specific destinations

[real shale]

Like I say, just aesthetics really

[real shale]

That too

Actually I forgot about that usecase entirely

[sturdy tartan]

guys is it possible to make every autosave go into backup too?

[real shale]

Say train station B has 1 and 3 available but not 2,

You can have station A with freight platforms at 1 and 3 but not 2 :P

[zenith bear]

Yeah I thought about that, but with multiple stations that can get messy

I might just need a visual to understand the point of empty platforms otherwise

[knotty bear]

Put satisfactory on an SSD finally, not much faster to load the game but way faster to load my saves

[dense violet]

are you in experimental?

[dense violet]

copy the autosave files to your back up

[sturdy tartan]

no like it does it automatically

[dense violet]

no, it has a save folder that it goes to

[sturdy tartan]

like every 5 mins the autosave turns on and also copies the said save to backup

[dense violet]

could you write a script that automatically duplicates files created in a location to another? probably
but if you could write scripts you'd probably be aware of how to do that

[sturdy tartan]

ye

[dense violet]

I certainly don't

[zenith bear]

How do y'all typically handle train supports?

[dense violet]

create train towers that holds rail up - make them as fancy as you like

[zenith bear]

I never dedicate the time to building full bridges, and I just use concrete beams, so they always look really bumpy

[dense violet]

zoop line of foundations the whole path first - build the towers on top. You can remove the zooped foundations after if you want

[zenith bear]

Ohhhhh

I forgot about foundations

[dense violet]

a very basic example https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1448157102966182049/1448167940225499156/image.png?ex=69bc22be&is=69bad13e&hm=29c40e2d5da324050125435f2198f792eeba8ac07accebd5ad253ff76467d6bd&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

[zenith bear]

What are those towers?

[dense violet]

just groups of foundations made to hold up the rails on teh side

[sturdy tartan]

yo is there a reason why ppl dont use mk 2 m power poles much? i look at a lot of vids and practically nobody uses them

[zenith bear]

Did you make them with a blueprint?

[dense violet]

yeah copy paste. This was before BPs though

[zenith bear]

I'm only building a single rail train

[dense violet]

used a mod

unless you really really think you'll only ever have 1 rail on it, do two

could even do it like this if you want ti skinny https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/932761153703149659/1360987971435630683/unknown.png?ex=69bcb392&is=69bb6212&hm=86f4c2d52b7dabb0910713d4970ee7d6dcca87a82db823811e607106ae787ab8&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

or this https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1442307635033411724/1442309559321497630/image.png?ex=69bc9373&is=69bb41f3&hm=9908e63aa249f8d558a409e3a037b6b8dac6f6620da27c29aec5334d304fbbca&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

one train*

[zenith bear]

Yeah my problem is it takes longer and is more expensive

Though I suppose rail lines will be expensive no matter what

And time consuming

[zenith pecan]

I keep aiming to build a rail system and deciding against it in the end.

[dense violet]

with blueprints and autoconnect it essentially doesn't take any more time

even without autoconnect you can quickly just link up the towers in a moment

and if you have all the parts automated, everythign is free. Make sure to keep several containers of each part

[zenith bear]

I do that already. My question is just why double rails are necessary

[dense violet]

because if you ever have more than 1 train on a one rail line you murder your throughput and it becomes obnoxious to signal

[zenith bear]

Gotcha

[dense violet]

basically in your home town, what would happen if people had to wait to use 1 way roads constantly?

[zenith bear]

Right now I'm only building one rail line with a single train that moves back and forth between two stations, possibly 3 or 4 later on

[dense violet]

I'd just make it 2 rails now, saves effort of gboing back to it

[zenith bear]

I just need to get plastic and rubber from my oil plant to my main factories on the other side of the map

[zenith bear]

Makes sense I suppose

[exotic needle]

Love the sweet constant sound of power grid failure on a new save

so nice to be back

[sturdy tartan]

is there a keybind to delete items quickly instead of dragging each item to the trash?

[white dawn]

If you hold down either ctrl or shift while dragging, it'll trash all stacks of that resource (I forget which; been too long and I don't have my muscle memory)

[sturdy tartan]

alr

[serene jolt]

Where should I put a factory for stage 3? I’m still close to the bottom of the map. Is going north better?

[dense violet]

really depends on the recipes and items you want to make

there's so many alt recipes that you can dramatically change your needs

[serene jolt]

I haven’t found many hard drives so don’t have many alternate recipes. Main thing I want to make right now is either more steel or space elevator parts for stage 3

[twin parcel]

#screenshots message

uh should i leave it as 2 lane roads or squuzee them into 3 lane roads?

since vehicle pathing is a thing for 1.2

[white dawn]

I tend to recommend having a separate factory for each item, near the nodes that are convenient. Expand, expand! :D

[serene jolt]

Yeah

[jagged nymph]

basically youre gonna need factories all over the map

so build stuff near the nodes you need

and remember if something needs a complex part, you can simply ship it from the factory that makes it to the factory that need it

[twin parcel]

uh any suggestions?

[dense violet]

ok so pick an item in phase 3 you want to automate

I can throw together an example plan very quickly

[serene jolt]

Versatile framework? I got it sort of automated but it could be better

[jagged nymph]

wdym by "sorta automated"

[dense violet]

https://www.satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production?share=g8DBBk2wi1We9DiHilX9

apparently all you need is coal and iron with base recipes 🙂 you could do iron and oil with coke steel if you like?

you could build that just about anywhere you like , coal + iron is prob the most common combo found

with a few alt recipes this is quite lean https://www.satisfactorytools.com/1.0/production?share=FGl6dYQHsHttJZsT5vTn

[serene jolt]

Steel keeps up for the most part

[humble osprey]

ive always been the no.1 hater of cars but this update is COMPLETELY gonna change that

[west jackal]

@normal orbit how do you handle letting trains pick top or bottom rail?

[sinful bobcat]

I wait till stable 1.2 I do not trust servers to not slowly spaghettify

[knotty bear]

I just let it run hardware benchmark and it decided all my settings should be low now it looks undercooked.

And after a second test it says high :/

Is it a good idea to put ficsit coupons in dimensional storage or do I need to make them a massive shrine

[abstract heron]

time to work on my INSANE factory of all time 😄 😛

[knotty bear]

Should I be concerned? My power graph keeps dipping between prod being 1575MW and 1800MW and my consumption is pretty much around 1675-1700MW at all times, max is 2630. Power grid can go to 2000MW at times, capacity at that. It does say my batteries are charging most of the time.

[abstract heron]

time to work on 100 nuclear pasta per minute

[long kestrel]

how do i evenly distribute 1 output that has a rate of 300/minute to 15 inputs? I currently have a Pascal's triangle looking setup that isnt very efficient, only consistently delivering to 10/15 inputs

the input takes 15/minute, i only have access to tier 2 conveyor belts and tier 1 splitters, i suspect the low-tier logistic things are the problem

[knotty bear]

What happens if a Mercer Sphere or Slug or Sloop is attempted to be sinked

or other unrenewables?

[bleak valley]

Time to make more coal power then work on my 30 modular frames a minute factory

[west jackal]

very concerned. that means there is something wrong

[west jackal]

not all of those are unrenewable, but, it gets blocked. you cant sink

actually becomes an issue late game

[west jackal]

just injection manifold

but if you only have mk2 belts, then you cannot handle 1 output of 300/min

now, 3 outputs of 100/min, you can do.

im assuming youre overclocking a pure miner

you cant handle 300/min untill you get advanced ssteel production/mk4 belts

[normal orbit]

I dont let them choose

[bleak valley]

I got distracted now I’m working on power

[west jackal]

okay, how do YOU decide what gets top or bottom rail

[peak wasp]

hey, does the fuel burner faster if consuming more?

[west jackal]

so far ive just ran rails all over the map, i havent actually hooked anything up yet

[normal orbit]

high priority items on one, lower on the other

[west jackal]

okay

[sterile blade]

Shouldn't it be an issue when one doesn't have tech to handle that automatically? ^^
Ie: lack of smarter splitters early game

[dense violet]

bio burners do burn fuel faster if you nee dmore power.

so if you are only using 15mw out of 30mw from a bioburner, it'll burn at half speed

[bleak valley]

Finally got blade runners my beloved

[robust wigeon]

What kind of generators do you have?
If coal, you’re most likely not producing enough water to fill your generators (like if you have one water extractor at default speed trying to fuel three default speed coal generators, it’s just about 12% slower than it needs to be, meaning your coal generators will frequently shut off for a couple of seconds at a time. Similarly, if your pipes aren’t 100% full, you can have issues even if you are matching production with consumption. Also, if you’re trying to force more than 300m^2/m of water through one T1 pipe, it will bottleneck there.
If fuel generators, basically the same issues except it’s more likely to be a fluid physics/bottlenecking issue than an underproduction issue.
If geothermal or nuclear, this is perfectly normal and good 👍

[west jackal]

i mean i was just pointing it out without spoiling story content

[peak wasp]

thanks so much for the clarification

[sterile blade]

You you said it becomes an issue late game; that's the opposite of what I just asked about

[west jackal]

i dont understand your question

smart splitters are like t2

all smart splitters need is copper sheets and quickwire, they are early. but maybe if you can ask your question in a different way i might understand better?

what DID you ask

i was replying to someone else?

[robust wigeon]

Yeah I’m looking at that conversation and I genuinely don’t know what was asked

I think a mess of replies got misinterpreted somewhere

[west jackal]

legit dont see anything for hours? im so lost

[rain wedge]

should i build a power supply station using ionized fuel 🤔

[dense violet]

if you want?

rocketfuel is silly enough imo

[robust wigeon]

“What happens if alien artifacts are sinked?”

“They won’t enter the sink, they are non-renewable which is actually an issue late game”

“Shouldn’t it be an issue when you can’t automate it? I.E. no smart splitters early game”

Spot the break

[sterile blade]

Yes. You told someone that stuff blocking the sink becomes an issue late game; assuming that you do know when smart splitters are unlocked, I wondered why would you say that unexpected stuff reaching the sink is an issue late game Vs early game (apologies for weirdness in messages timing, my internet connection is struggling right now)

[robust wigeon]

You should automate biomass burners

[robust wigeon]

That was not what they said

The issue was that they are not renewable, not that they get blocked by sinks

I can see the misinterpretation though

👍

Actually, can you get them from lizard doggos?

[rain wedge]

i dont have that much time to chop down trees lmao

[west jackal]

i was talking about a specific item being renewable late game

[robust wigeon]

So automate it :D

[sterile blade]

Ahh, gotcha! 👍

[warm finch]

yeah some stuff you cannot sink, which becomes a major pain late game

[robust wigeon]

what

[west jackal]

well nuclear waste for example is a big pita

[robust wigeon]

well yeah but that’s like intentional and obvious no?

[west jackal]

you can sink it without refining into plut fuel rods

cant*

spoiler ||when making ionized fuel you make synthetic power shards, they cannot be sinked and can back up||

not to mention a lot of other things need that same recipe

[robust wigeon]

I thought you could sink ||power shards|| though

[warm finch]

nope lol

[west jackal]

no

[robust wigeon]

that’s dumb

[warm finch]

if only it was that easy

[robust wigeon]

you should be able to

[west jackal]

intentional game design 😉

[rain wedge]

wait a min where did my blueprints go wth

[robust wigeon]

they’re already renewable through lizard doggos

[west jackal]

same as nuclear waste!

[warm finch]

nah, it's quantum physics version of nuclear waste

[robust wigeon]

They are per-world

[sterile blade]

That still counts as "manual harvesting"

[robust wigeon]

So why can’t we manually sink them?

[rain wedge]

im on my main save its completely empty 🙏 i rmb i got like 50+ blueprints

[robust wigeon]

Oh damn

Uhhh check world files I guess

[sterile blade]

You generally can't sink what you can't automate

[bleak valley]

Alright 1200 MW being produced which might not be enough actually

[robust wigeon]

Then let us manually sink it from our inventories

[bleak valley]

I’m gonna need more coal

[rain wedge]

dont tell me the game remove my blueprints if i go to a new world 🙏

[robust wigeon]

It doesn’t remove them

It just doesn’t bring them to new world

[jagged nymph]

it doesnt remove them

[robust wigeon]

They should still be there when you go back to the world you made them on

[jagged nymph]

they jsut arent in the new save unless you manually move the files

[minor cedar]

guys im in phase 2 now yay!

[west jackal]

not true

[minor cedar]

now what the fuck is an oil refinary

[robust wigeon]

If they’re not, this is unintentional behavior

[robust wigeon]

“Generally”

[west jackal]

again. not true.

[jagged nymph]

cause it allows you to skip progression. Eg, you can use mk4 belts early

[robust wigeon]

no?

Is it not generally true?

[west jackal]

i would say the MAJORITY of non sinkable items are automated

[robust wigeon]

Huh

[sterile blade]

You generally cannot sink any item that you cannot produce by automation
Eg: anything you harvest by hand and can't produce with a miner/Extractor
It's not an "inventory issue" 😅

[rain wedge]

im on my main save rn (560hrs ish) i rmb theres like 40-50 blueprints....now all gone

[jagged nymph]

no they arent

[west jackal]

vencam you are just wrong, but i cant refute your claim without spoilers

[robust wigeon]

Well, at the very least, when you can make ||synthetic power shards||, sinking them should be enabled on that world

[dense violet]

did you move to 1.2?

[robust wigeon]

Maybe if you gaslight hard enough they will reappear
I think they’re encountering a bug

[sterile blade]

You mean this thing ||that you can use||?
Feels like a semantic argument though...

[west jackal]

Again no, its Intentional to not be able to, you ofc can change that, the game is meant to be played how you want, but that IS against the intended game design

[robust wigeon]

This could also do it maybe

[jagged nymph]

no you cant access your blueprints on other worlds unless you manually move them

[robust wigeon]

should
I know the game doesn’t let you, but it SHOULD let you, that SHOULD be the intended game design…

[robust wigeon]

that’s not their issue

[rain wedge]

nop

[dense violet]

is it a different world?

[west jackal]

you know what. Youre right vencam. we will leave it at, what you cant automate cant be sinked. that is true. but some automated items also cant be sinked. how about that?

[jagged nymph]

.

[west jackal]

you can move the blueprints to the new world in the files if your on pc

[rain wedge]

nope main world

[sterile blade]

I don't disagree, nor did I mean to imply otherwise ^^

[robust wigeon]

You’ve misinterpreted it due to them not specifying the issue very clearly. They made a new world, then went back to their old world, and all the blueprints on their old world are now gone while they are playing on their old world.

[dense violet]

couldn't tell you sorry :\ maybe make a #1038092680493801533 post

[rain wedge]

wait a min i rmb i did migrate the game from disk A to disk B dont tell me that process remove my blueprint 💀

[jagged nymph]

oohhh thats very strange

[robust wigeon]

That very much probably did it

[dense violet]

you have to physically move the files

[rain wedge]

fahhhhhhhhh

[robust wigeon]

Go digging!!!

dig up those blueprint files

[dense violet]

were you trusting CLOUD saves for yoru save games?

[rain wedge]

i use the steam migrating feature lul

[robust wigeon]

mmmmm yeah no

[rain wedge]

yeah...

[dense violet]

rip I wouldn't trust any of that. Soz

[robust wigeon]

rip

[dense violet]

glad you didn't lose your saves at least

[rain wedge]

😢 i go cry now

[dense violet]

I mean I've seen more than one person lose all their save games trusting to that, so consider yourself lucky , but yeah rip

[robust wigeon]

hey there’s good news though, your pfp is already appropriate for this situation!!!

[west jackal]

do you not still have the old drive?

the bps may still be in your users folder on there

[sterile blade]

Eh, it's not really a huge deal. I do agree that it's a bit... "weird" I terms of lore and game logic, but I also appreciate the extra challenge in that
More specifically, ||I appreciate that some items need special processes for sinking, like Waste or Fluids, needing processing or packaging for sinking||

[rain wedge]

will dig through the files later

[robust wigeon]

funny, I dumped mine there without really caring if they lived or died and came back three years later on a new pc and was still able to access them fine.
But whenever I save something to OneDrive, there’s about a 50/50 chance every day that it gets deleted, or weirder, entirely replaced by a previously randomly deleted file from four years ago. Guh. Cloud storage is weird man.

[normal orbit]

the blueprints are in app data, what may have happened is you got a new user id, so the blueprints might be in old one still

[dense violet]

if it's a 'migration' service I'd be surprised if it leaves the old files

[west jackal]

(since i use cloud save to move between PC and laptop, i back everything up to google drive every night)

[robust wigeon]

Yeah, I just don’t like when a game specifically gives you a route for everything, even the hardest things, and then randomly doesn’t give you a route for one specific item for no particular reason

It’s not that it’s more challenging, it’s that it’s simply not possible

Which makes the overall system more challenging, sure, which is what you were saying

And that’s not a bad thing in itself

[sterile blade]

I don't see it as something special to shards alone (see my other examples), but I agree that it feels "out of place" for shards ^^

[robust wigeon]

Yeah

[vague thorn]

why is called satisfactory when being noob is not satisfactory :[

[rain wedge]

wait its in steamapps > common rite

[robust wigeon]

Eventually you will have a satisfactory experience :)

[robust wigeon]

I forgor, but there are a bunch of online tools you can look up and they will give you the full layout of everything so you have a sort of blueprint

[normal orbit]

the game itseld, not where blueprints are stored

[west jackal]

dont worry, you will never please ADA, just keep working at it, keep the factory growing

[robust wigeon]

I found out the other day that ADA now gets mad at you for killing lizard doggos and beans :(

[west jackal]

C:\Users\x\AppData\Local\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames\blueprints

Change the X to your user profile ofc, and the drive name to your boot drive

[normal orbit]

blueprints are in %appdata%\local\factorygame\

[west jackal]

why would you kill a lizard doggo!

[robust wigeon]

Accident

I accidentally stabbed it eighteen times with a xeno zapper :[

I didn’t mean to I swear

[west jackal]

you are evil

[rain wedge]

ok nvm that migration process legit deleted every blueprint 🙏

[robust wigeon]

noooo

[west jackal]

oof

[rain wedge]

ugh kinda lazy to build it back 1 by 1

[west jackal]

just build them as you need them

i have some bps ive never used lol

[robust wigeon]

Build new ones!!!

[west jackal]

not to mention all the ones Deaf made 🙄

just playing, his blueprints are nice

[robust wigeon]

You can also import blueprints from other people if you just need some generic optimized ones and don’t care if they are native to the save

[rain wedge]

i will blame mr gaben for this issue

[robust wigeon]

I would make a bug report here btw

Since this is well within coffee stain studios’ ability to fix

And they probably will fix it

[west jackal]

yeah, would be nice, but ultimately not the biggest of deals

[rain wedge]

under troubleshooting right in #1038092680493801533 to report a god dam bug

[west jackal]

its nice that all bauxite is in a line running east to west

[jagged nymph]

train

[west jackal]

well yes

[rain wedge]

drone with plutonium 👏

[warm finch]

if I could do a gif here I would.... booooo !

[west jackal]

Deaf if you cant be working on the oscillator factory you shouldnt be lurking on discord 😛

[warm finch]

here's another gif for ya: "you're not my supervisor'

[jagged nymph]

i dont know why they wouldnt add some form of curved build mode tbh

everyone uses curves, and without a curved buildmode, it just makes it so tedious

[rain wedge]

bcus they not straight enough

[west jackal]

ADA is, and shes dissapointed in US

[jagged nymph]

theres a good mod for it but mods dont work on 1.2 exp yet

[west jackal]

20 hours to setup 600 bauxite factory...

all it does is make a couple hundred sheets...

[normal orbit]

20 hours? O.o

[west jackal]

okay Neko, Deaf has joined and we are making max bauxite

but we are using sloppy electrode pure, so it only makes around 12.3k ingots

[warm finch]

I've lost count how many hours I've been working on this oscillator factory lol

[west jackal]

the reason i said 600 (other than dramatic effect) is because thats all the bauxite i have hooked up to it

but 20hrs on 600 bauxite is kinda funny, ngl

[normal orbit]

was about to say, i did a 1200 experiment on creative and it took like 5 minutes to setup

[west jackal]

i spent the rest of the time working on train tracks#screenshots message

[warm finch]

tbf, you laid the goundwork for all of the bauxite. we got it all set up and built. just gotta start connecting

we also got distracted hunting for HDDs, spheres, sloops, slugs, and mats for inhalers lol

[west jackal]

i knoww, but its funnier to make myself sound bad 🤷‍♂️

i blame you for that

it was beneficial... certainly.. but i hadnt planned on 2hrs hunting

[warm finch]

says the guy that planned an insane oscillator factory using using pure iron ingot alt recipe but didn't have the actual recipe lol

[west jackal]

its not insane! its only like 53/min

[tropic ingot]

I need some inspiration, if all the nodes on the map are pure where would you start and build your first starter factors on what location preciesly

[warm finch]

the sky

[west jackal]

certainly the desert, too many impure nodes out there

really a bad place to start

(i start there everytime)

[jagged nymph]

usually do northern but i started rocky this time and its pretty great

[sterile blade]

No way to please her, when she's always too distracted by ||Dark ADA|| to see our beautiful factories

Smh, AIs these days are so easily distracted...

[west jackal]

I yearn to one day please ADA

[sterile blade]

Hah, good luck with that!

[proud cave]

Would it be viable to just make a sky network of trains to avoid the hassle of terrain?

[jagged nymph]

yeah

mihgt look bad but if you wanna do that sure

[old parrot]

has anyone seen the 67 in the menu

the new one

[keen flame]

good morning chat

time to grow the factory..

[rain wedge]

'ventilation bundle' just for cosmetic right?

[jagged nymph]

yeah

everything in the awesome shop is cosmetic

well theres some functional stuff like floor holes and wall holes

but you could argue that those are also cosmetic, since they dont allow you to anything impossible by other means

[keen flame]

is there a way to turn impure or normal resources to pure..

[spice patio]

Not in Stable, or existing save.
Experimental 1.2 allows creating new world with just pure nodes.

[keen flame]

okay, and is there a way to get rid of big rocks? do i just need more nobelisks or a different type of nobelisk

[oblique aspen]

If in doubt more

But not everything can be blown up

[normal orbit]

Depends on rock

[rain wedge]

like 'creative' mode? 🤔

[spice patio]

#patch-notes message

But for more conversation about Experimental, #satisfactory-experimental

[rain wedge]

🤔 mmmm

[mint spire]

I can't believe this game has gone through like 1,000 patches and updates, but they still let giant tick-monsters spawn right in the middle of your factories and block all your building. They get stuck on everything and never leave, I have to tear apart half my damn build before they leave, and then as soon as I load up a fresh save they're back.

[ruby jay]

Farmers have had similar problems for few hundred years, they have found improvised ways to get rid of wild life..

[fossil oyster]

Kill them

[oak stirrup]

Those are just your pets, cage them in

[normal orbit]

Nuclear deterrent

[jagged nymph]

i always see people complaining about this but ive never personally seen it other than early game when you have everything built on the dirt and have like 10 machines

[mint spire]

It can't be that f%*#ing hard to just make it so they don't spawn within X range of any player structures, how can they let it persist this long?

[jagged nymph]

they dont thats the thing

or actually i think its that they dont spawn within range of powered machines

i know for sure hostile mobs work like that, and im pretty sure beans do too

[mint spire]

Well I have one that keeps spawning on the 2nd floor of my factory so that's false

[jagged nymph]

i know they arent supposed to do that

[jagged nymph]

unless do you have a big open space there? or is it spawning right by machines

[mint spire]

Not really, I've got a bunch of Assemblers running on that floor and a bunch of belts and wires it keeps getting stuck on

The reason I have a 2nd floor was because he kept spawning on my main floor and I hoped putting a roof on would stop it, but now he just spawns there instead.

[solar loom]

Can I use the Chainsaw for combat?

[silver pollen]

A man can dream

[mint spire]

https://tenor.com/view/rip-and-tear-doom-doomguy-isabelle-isabelle-animal-crossing-gif-26156184

[steady magnet]

Just build a third, empty, floor?

[mint spire]

I'm just going to install a mod to remove them

[steady magnet]

eeeh they're somewhat useful, being living trampolines

[steady magnet]

Nope. And that's accurate, because chainsaws actually make terrible weapons against stuff that tears away.

[remote siren]

just call him shiftlead