Any cool layout tricks?

[HeathenSW]

Not the whole layouts in detail, just little things that you find neat. I mean like that guide that hints about small nooks with 2 batteries and 9 crates. Or this use of free space that hangar usually leaves around it and people may overlook:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3211639998

I know that pillars are amazing since generators and batteries can be placed on them real efficiently, but maybe someone else wants to share any tricks?

[Kydaverous]

i just made my whole first floor a storage and power grid since my mech nooks are also missile silos

[Kydaverous]

but if you make a box room 1x2 squares you can stack 4 advance material storage and 2 advanced batteries on either side of the walls on the inside

[[BMD] Unholy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥]

My base has three Perimiters.
Outer Perimiter : Turrets with barriers infront to keep them safe and Advanced Autoloaders
Inner Perimiter : Factorio conveyor madness with advanced ammo makers
Center Perimiter : Storage and Batteries in lines. Every wall is a mix of Utility and Generic Panels

Everything is accesible from the inside to fend off enemies if they get access to the base

[Immortal]

Originally posted by Kydaverious:

but if you make a box room 1x2 squares you can stack 4 advance material storage and 2 advanced batteries on either side of the walls on the inside

Fun fact - advanced batteries can merge together and if you keep the line longer you can probably fit 1-3 extra batteries.

[jey123456]

https://imgur.com/a/rcvtiSh

conveyor fed item stack condenser. Dump items from above the room to the left and they get funnelled on the belt into the mules. since each mule pick what they can out of it, the item stacks eventually end up full and ready to be sent efficiently via drone.

[HeathenSW]

Originally posted by jey123456:

https://imgur.com/a/rcvtiSh

conveyor fed item stack condenser. Dump items from above the room to the left and they get funnelled on the belt into the mules. since each mule pick what they can out of it, the item stacks eventually end up full and ready to be sent efficiently via drone.

Wow. I didn't think about that, gotta try it now, since I'm always too lazy to do the sorting myself.

[Allelujah]

you can layer 5 armor pieces on a single utility tile. 2 armored walls with 2 aegis panels plus spring barrier

[Sagara]

Originally posted by jey123456:

https://imgur.com/a/rcvtiSh

conveyor fed item stack condenser. Dump items from above the room to the left and they get funnelled on the belt into the mules. since each mule pick what they can out of it, the item stacks eventually end up full and ready to be sent efficiently via drone.

Like that setup tho imo it's too much as you are then clearly building way to many ammo boxes and gonna have an insane surplus in the warehouse later

[Sorus]

is there a place where i can find early to mid game outpost layout for me to copy? :(

[Leaf Fox]

Originally posted by Sorus:

is there a place where i can find early to mid game outpost layout for me to copy? :(

i was hopeing for the same. i am starting to get to the point where i have auto loaders, but need a set up that can work with them. just made it to snowy hills part 3, and nearly lost my outpost last recoveryday.

[Sorus]

Originally posted by Leaf Fox:

Originally posted by Sorus:

is there a place where i can find early to mid game outpost layout for me to copy? :(

i was hopeing for the same. i am starting to get to the point where i have auto loaders, but need a set up that can work with them. just made it to snowy hills part 3, and nearly lost my outpost last recoveryday.

Same xDD I love this game but i suck at designing outpost xD

[Kanonen-Gerda]

Just take your time and enjoy some kind of playing tetris with the components - kind of meditative ...

[nzmountainclimber]

In general your batteries, generators, storage crates make a good complete ground floor, because they have lots of hp, and you stack them densely together and it takes ages for scorpions to chew through them. The middle floors should have the outer perimeters dedicated to hell fires (as many as possible), the inwards part of the middle floors devoted to conveyors and ammo makers. The top floor should be dedicated to the more vertical guns... artillery and mortars. The top pinnacles for the 406 cruisers to take out the bosses.

Good conveyor design dictates that the ammo makers feed into a second and shorter conveyor that feeds the hell fires in a circular motion. Ideally ammo makers should be placed near the top of the base, and the over flow dropped DOWN to the floors below to feed other conveyors. Conveyors need to operate in loops. It's possible to make conveyors take ammo UP floors, using ramps, but it's janky.

[Steve]

Originally posted by nzmountainclimber:

Good conveyor design dictates that the ammo makers feed into a second and shorter conveyor that feeds the hell fires in a circular motion. Ideally ammo makers should be placed near the top of the base, and the over flow dropped DOWN to the floors below to feed other conveyors. Conveyors need to operate in loops. It's possible to make conveyors take ammo UP floors, using ramps, but it's janky.

I dunno .. i feed my hellfires using trap walls and have never had a problem with ammo. Shells i find far more difficult to keep up with since i tend to move the twin 105s to smaller targets at later stages

[nzmountainclimber]

Trap walls - yes they work in most cases... but if you want to evenly feed turrets at high levels of infinity siege, it's easy to run into problems with ammo stuck in traps while other turrets are empty.