My biggest breakthrough of my satisfactory world and being overwhelmed in the game was defining a modular building that works with a train network. It then turned into designing just 1 building at a time with different inputs and outputs only. That building framework got me to a world with 120 active trains going around and holy crap it was fun figuring it out.
@aaavellone4 ай бұрын
If a person isn't feeling overwhelmed at points during a playthrough, are you even playing Satisfactory? After over 1500 hours I still have my moments.
@sneezyfido3 ай бұрын
The straw that broke my camel's back was the jump to trains. I had just re-built pretty much everything in a more modular and expansible manner. I was feeling the need for longer distance logistics. And then train stations were so much larger than anything else that I couldn't even figure out how to fit any near the existing plants, let alone organize a convenient mall. I managed to figure out how many stations I'd need for dedicated trains, build that station (about a quarter of desert surface), and then got stuck again on just how large even the tracks get. I built one copper, iron, steel, concrete source, intending to make those available through the rail. Never hooked it up. I just got so incredibly tired.
@JakeSimmer2 ай бұрын
What I did was save on a regular basis, with names like 'first train start' or something. I could mess around, make mistakes but was always able to get back to that point if necessary... The tips on making a list, making just one thing and forget the rest are also good.. You could start a new world in a new area, but when the first steps are going good enough, jump back in the original save... Any tips or thoughts? Lemme know bro! ;-) p.s. someone just made a free demo of Chocolate Factory on Steam, 'same but different' perhaps a nice change...
@Ecalypse4 ай бұрын
Last time I played Satisfactory I had this issue where my first timer early setup was one that I had always just built on top of more and more without foundations, looking at what the new objectives need. It was just such a huge spaghetti mess sprawling on the sand that I couldn't even figure out how to start disassembling it. So I basically overwhelmed myself by not being systematic in building and later trying to figure out what the setup was even doing was like trying to decipher a doctor's handwriting.
@chriswhittington57902 ай бұрын
I've never gotten out of tier 3 on the space elevator. My biggest issue it things get to complicated and i tend to overcomplicate things. I have over 400 hours in the game and about 4 fresh starts. My current world I'm 50 hours in and kinda had a light bulb moment and started using the note feature to set myself goals. I tend to hand make medium factories (probably could save myself stress by making blueprints for faster setups but alas i fear that I won't have the blueprint i need and can't be bothered to make the blueprint) this world i decided to start in the northern forest, found a pretty sweet starting spot with 6 pure iron nodes (one capped with a boulder) and a single pure copper node (only one for a kilometer) few nearby caterium nodes a nice coal site with local, but small, water source. I've set up one medium factory (post teardown of my starter factory) producing the basics (rods, plates, wire, cable, ect) but also a few more complicated things (mod frames, rotors and reinforced plates). Then i set up 2 coal powerplants and a mini steel plant making tubes and beams and noblisk (nearby sulphur deposit to the powerplant so bonus) got a mini caterium factory in the just past the powerplant where the other copper nodes are making C wire and ai limiters and I'm in the process of making the second biggest factory I've ever made (fics*mas was my largest one to date) a steel mill factory that within spitting distance of my first factory tapping into the iron nodes i wasn't using, i plan on having coal trucked in on the roads I've built, using the only blueprints I've actually made, it's planned on making 16 encased steel beams (alt recipe for encased steel pipes) a minute, 5 motors a minute (using alt recipes for steel rotors), 15 steel beams per minute, 5 stators per minute, and some steel tubes (don't remember how many per minute) i also had planned to move noblisk production there but nixxed it as i was worried I won't have enough spare coal coming in to process that there. My fastest conveyors are mk3 and this factory is getting out of hand on size and logistics within, the spaghetti is starting to show in the factory though I'm trying to keep it tamed with stackable poles and wall poles and ceiling poles... Like i said i overcomplicate things 😵
@IRDazza4 ай бұрын
After 500+ hours into satisfactory, one thing I don't wory about too much is efficiency. I generally crank everything up to 200% and work from there. Its irrelevent if a supplying product is over generated as it will stop when its full anyway. This way upgrading belts etc is the main concern. Once you have coal power , then power becomes virtually unimportant. I also DON"T build big flat foundations but try to build around the landscape on various levels. Try to mak it more natural and realistic than having floating factories. There's virtual no videos or info available on quantities of products to start building hence build the max you can from the start, and adjust as necessary. Maximise base products until reach tier 4 or higher then start organising.
@timowagner13294 ай бұрын
Good tip! My main problem is the pointlessness of building. Yes, every simulation game is pointless since its just a program for your enjoyment, but copying and pasting blueprints or building with little variation (though to be fair it has been a while since I last played) just kills it for me. The movement and the visuals of the game are so great tho!
@lightinlove336819 күн бұрын
Yeah when I feel that it’s from having several things I want or need to do. I just stop and tell myself to focus on one thing at a time.
@alzema4 ай бұрын
Man the number of times I stopped playing cuz I got so overwhelmed by the stuff I needed to do for the last Space Elevator parts. Great vid!
@Ventix.4 ай бұрын
Thanks
@johnchristianson5154 ай бұрын
A mega factory with a central bus is for early and mid game, modular is for late game when you are using every resource in its entirety
@CountryAndProud21 күн бұрын
I tend to build a little mega factory to make every part needed for building, which is most lol. Usually 1 machine making the final part. Then branch off to random goals for that play through
@v4ni5hed4 ай бұрын
Pretty good tips. Personally I once made a flowchart basically of the whole save so I can keep track and damn, after around 100 hours it was quite an experience navigating that... 😂 Also great video, keep it up!
@lalalalla23644 ай бұрын
I usually use the in game to-do list, or just put things on signs so can I keep track of progress...
@Ventix.4 ай бұрын
Very effective method
@obsolete97344 ай бұрын
how do you access this in game todo list?
@lalalalla23644 ай бұрын
@@obsolete9734 If you put a building in it, you van press edit in the build menu an put notes on it
@rikimaruninja4 ай бұрын
Great video! Also, I would add it's okay to take a break from Satisfactory from time to time or play it a little bit each day so you don't feel overwhelmed ^^
@Ventix.4 ай бұрын
That’s a great tip
@lifesahellofaride4 ай бұрын
i paused for a good 6 months til yt recommended sf content. i started a new playtrough. now i start the game before work to idle sink everything i produce
@rremnar4 ай бұрын
I felt overwhelmed when it came time to making modular frames, or any other complicated part. I find that it helps if you go out looking for alternate recipes first, before tackling a complex build. That way your inputs and outputs are better when you are finished. Also I find I feel less overwhelmed after I practice making a build for a complex part.
@jonasholm-mw5bn4 ай бұрын
The middle game is probably my least favorite part. Like a bit after you get steel. Because at first you just make anything and it kind of doesn’t have to be that good. At the end you just have so many things so you can basically do whatever and make a functional and nice looking factory. But that middle part. That transitioning phase, where you start to see how bad your old stuff is and you only have some good looking stuff, but not all of the attachments to make it look just right. It’s mildly infuriating. I always make modular factories. It’s kind of fun to see your own progress in the design of your factories. My design kind of goes from, spaghetti, to closed building, to open concepts. My starting place is always a mess and I rarely move my hub from where I originally placed it. Then I make like one or two big, closed buildings with stuff in it and then I get kind of tired of changing it around to see what looks good and I just use the foundations and walls for practical purposes.
@fruitsalatwithfruit3 ай бұрын
Being overwhelmed was never a problem for me. I always did one thing at a time even when it felt like I'd hat to do everything I concentrated on more or less one thing. I always took my time with factories and that's probably the reason why my first playthrough is now at around +450h and took me around 2 years 😂😂😂
@midnatheblackrobe3 ай бұрын
Honestly, I don't feel overwhelmed as much as frustrated usually. There are several features that significantly annoy me when it comes to the factory designing of the game. For instance, having no way for miners to line up with the world grid paired with the fact that they are big and their collision extends further than it should. Another good example is having to have a conveyor belt between stuff even if they're right next to each other. Another annoyance is the blueprint designer, you have no way of scanning a current factory, you have to build it in the designer and the designer is very small so you usually have to make like 10 blueprints for a good factory. Then it's difficult to connect it all up due to small annoyances like not being able to switch the direction of a vertical conveyor belt when building it (I wanna be able to start from the top and build downward, but the stuff still goes up the conveyor). The list goes on, but you get the point. There are soooo many examples of this where the gameplay hasn't been polished enough or thought through on the basic level that it makes the game extremely unsatisfying and frustrating to play much of the time. Don't get me wrong, the game has loads of potential and I think it's a truly special game, but it needs a significant redesign from the ground up if you ask me.
@bennyjerman2 ай бұрын
Idk about the blueprint but placing the vertical at the top then placing the bottom should change the direction
@midnatheblackrobe2 ай бұрын
@@bennyjerman I agree that should be the default but there should be a very simple way to swap it on a case by case basis. After playing the game more though, there is. You can switch the build mode to reverse using r. This still feels very janky though and is still very annoying because if I build it wrong I have to rebuild the whole thing from scratch despite being in the same exact spot just reversed direction.
@CapitalTeeth2 ай бұрын
It took me an embarrassingly long amount of time to figure out how to make reinforced iron plates when I first played this game. Basically, getting stumped or overwhelmed can happen to anyone at any time.
@MovingTargetOne3 ай бұрын
I'm about to chuck everything into the sink apart from a power plant and start over. Going to go super modular with trucks, I feel like modular will be so much easier to upgrade.
@rockteergaming4 ай бұрын
please keep making videos, they're amazing!!!!
@Ventix.4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@yosemitedan74574 ай бұрын
Good stuff. I like to try to future proof as much as possible. This is also why I prefer the modular concept though the way I build might be better called decentralized mega base. I try to future proof things as I go. I know I will need more and more and more iron so I plan for the max miner and overclock possible for each node. I might not put down every smelter right away or ever, but I try to have enough room if I do want to put down every possible machine. Once raw material has gone through that first process I will look to importing things to that more centralized base and that one if more flexible and might get some redesign but keeping the raw and first process separate just works for me. That also works well for concrete. I will have concrete banks scattered around usually and being able to grab that quickly rather than going back to main factory is good for me. Another thing is power. I plan power for power's sake, not for production of other materials sake. I might have plastic being produced and from the same node generate some power. Or, I might produce power and also kick out some rubber. But I plan only for one at a time at each node. Byproducts are byproducts. Extras I gain from doing things righyt with my build. Like you said though, there is no perfect build. Only the build that works for you.
@moe456733 ай бұрын
TLDR: create a list of items, sort by urgency, and build the top item like a Boss
@mplewp4 ай бұрын
I love the early game ==> to coal . Ive done some really lovely out of the box spawns. but also some damn horror 😂😂😂
@fallenphoenixiv4 ай бұрын
Remember, nothing needs to be perfect as long as it's satisfactory for the job.
@Ventix.4 ай бұрын
So true
@meteerbil20783 ай бұрын
The mod that gives you lifts is my favorite. Would be great for your skyscrape. Also, where you late to work and had to speak double speed?
@Ventix.3 ай бұрын
First off the lift mod sounds dope and 2nd yeah ik i talk way to fast 😂 im trying to work on slowing it down and apparently it isn’t going to well 😂
@meteerbil20783 ай бұрын
@@Ventix. The mod is called Linear motion. Personal lifts and then this one. 🙂 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nsuRhtCJx5fInZc.htmlsi=hx4ydS_l3eFaGCGy
@Bansheeflyr2 ай бұрын
Bros whole video was just to show off his massive skyscraper lmao
@Ventix.2 ай бұрын
bro found out my secret 🫣
@qloshae4 ай бұрын
Good video, but how do you manage the "Good enough" of throughput? I struggle with knowing what is good enough in terms of production. Both towards the final parts and for construction materials until it just makes me completely stop playing.
@Orizuo4 ай бұрын
Slow a bit down on the pace so its not on 2x😂 the vids get a more and more professional character but you speak a little too fast... The tips are great tho!
@obsolete97344 ай бұрын
this might be an odd question but what is your FOV? i dont know if its just my monitor but the game looks really odd for me and im wondering if thats an issue