USELESS AUTOMATION

[Adas171]

Hi, I was casually playing satisfactory, when somthing came to my mind and iI want to know your opinions on it. Do you think its worthy to automate early project assemby parts (like smart plating for example)? I seriously dont know. Please help.

[Suzaku]

Automate everything. It's the literal purpose of the game.

[nhatanh0475]

Tell me why it not worth it when it's the key compoment to unlock more tier.
You build it later and you got yourself a waste of time waiting for the part to be full and send it.

[tritscwa]

You mean completely automate? No, not really worth it honestly. It saves you only a tiny amount of time, and you're likely to over produce a useless part. It doesn't make a big difference either way, as in the end the project parts are such a tiny portion of the game.

For the tier stuff I always isolate the machines and manually feed them using containers if need be. Get much of the benefit of full automation without the waste of resources if you miss the end point.

[Adas171]

That was pretty fast reaction! Thanks for the opinion, I honestly think auromating prject assembly parts is kind of useless. At least hte basic ones. (for example I will automate nuclear pasta for sure.) And I will proably use the resources I planned for this thing for computer automation. So thanks once more!

[Vectorspace]

I used to think that. But the early space elevator parts are used as ingredients for later parts. When I began on the last space elevator tier, I found myself wishing I had set up continuous automated production of the earlier parts

[Adas171]

Yes, I know about this. But I thought I will set up automation of smart plating as a part of bigger facility for more advanced project parts. You know, like it will be used speciffically for the parts.

[GobboKirk]

Originally posted by Vectorspace:

I used to think that. But the early space elevator parts are used as ingredients for later parts. When I began on the last space elevator tier, I found myself wishing I had set up continuous automated production of the earlier parts

This is where I end up as well.
The jump in resources for the last part is pretty brutal and if you overproduce there is always the sink.
First tier might be a different story I guess as you might have limited power, but in the end I yet again regret not setting it up from the start :)

[Adas171]

Alright, it seems like having project Assembly automated is far more important than I thought. So I am going to do this right away and I will find some other place for computers. Thanks for opinions!

[Adas171]

Also, Its awesome how nice the satisfactory community is.

I got 5 different replies within half an hour. At some other platform or at some other games, I used to wait days for single reply.

[xxCOOPSxx]

I didn't automate it early game just plopped a machine down and filled it by hand to get what was required to move up some tiers, but later on i did once i was more setup and my base was more established

[Tenzek]

Automate everything to the extreme with no mercy!

Seriously though, stockpile the earlier stuff as much as you can. It's all used to build later stages of more complex project parts. It can cut down your waiting time between stages significantly to have most of the components ready and waiting to go when you unlock the next stage.

[Vectorspace]

I am still on my first playthrough.
If I ever do a second, I will set up a megabus from an arrivals area (belts from local factories & train stations) under my storage area (splitters tapping the bus and feeding containers above) and continuing to a space elevator parts factory. Though some high use items like quickwire and copper powder might need dedicated feeds

[DaBa]

Depends on what you mean by "automate".

What I always did for the first three tiers is I built temporary setups to produce them out of the excess materials I had. I don't see a reason to waste time to build permanent production lines for them this early on. I consider this automation too, just not permanent one.

[Adas171]

Originally posted by DaBa:

Depends on what you mean by "automate".

What I always did for the first three tiers is I built temporary setups to produce them out of the excess materials I had. I don't see a reason to waste time to build permanent production lines for them this early on. I consider this automation too, just not permanent one.

Well, I built semi-atomatic setup for early parts. And I probably wont automate them fully. I think automating only the late tier seems like the best idea.

[DaBa]

Originally posted by Adas171:

Originally posted by DaBa:

Depends on what you mean by "automate".

What I always did for the first three tiers is I built temporary setups to produce them out of the excess materials I had. I don't see a reason to waste time to build permanent production lines for them this early on. I consider this automation too, just not permanent one.

Well, I built semi-atomatic setup for early parts. And I probably wont automate them fully. I think automating only the late tier seems like the best idea.

I reached the same conclusion as you saw from my comment, so I do agree.