Satisfactory

Satisfactory

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StoopKid Dec 11, 2023 @ 9:07pm
Tier 8 is brutal
I havent even gotten to the point of manufacturing tier 8 space elevator parts and im already getting burnt out.

Game is fun but man... setting up the infrastructure to just get basic mats of everything that is unlocked in tier 7 and 8 is wild.

And this is on my second try of the game. This time i thought i would do things more optimized and more efficient (and i did), but i am burnt out all over again now that i am here at tier 8.
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Fenix Dec 11, 2023 @ 9:29pm 
I haven't "beaten" the game either, but I have unlocked everything, all that is left is the space elevator parts, but to do want I wanted required me to tear everything down, and rebuild... It took forever moving everything to a central area, so I can start the rebuild process... doing the math... Working Backwards... then Update 7 hit and I started over,
One day I'll finish my update 6 save, and launch the pasta into the sky, one day.
StoopKid Dec 11, 2023 @ 9:34pm 
Originally posted by Fenix:
I haven't "beaten" the game either, but I have unlocked everything, all that is left is the space elevator parts, but to do want I wanted required me to tear everything down, and rebuild... It took forever moving everything to a central area, so I can start the rebuild process... doing the math... Working Backwards... then Update 7 hit and I started over,
One day I'll finish my update 6 save, and launch the pasta into the sky, one day.
One day...
TheRealClown Dec 11, 2023 @ 10:08pm 
The game isn't a race, or even finished for that matter. I'm in the same boat, the sheer scale of the factories i want or need to build are daunting. The time and planning alone would take a while. So for right now I'm playing with blueprints, Power Plants(coal and fuel are done, turbofuel and nuclear are next), and perfecting homebase with all the amenities. But, one day indeed...
nfgman Dec 11, 2023 @ 10:28pm 
Relax. You got lots of time.

Anticipated this reaction when I first saw phase 4 released in upgrade 4. Didn't bother me but I knew that many had never planned on that kind of scale because they never had to. Was just macaroni art and recess on the playground before that.
kLuns Dec 11, 2023 @ 11:34pm 
Just make a storage room and automate a small amount of all buildables per minute. And you don't need 10 of those complex items per minute, 3 is allready a lot.

Find hard drives and find the recipes that work best for you.

You don't need tons of heat sinks, fused modular frames, radio control unit, turbo motor etc.

By the time you build faster than your factory can supply you are ready to upscale your factory.
Migz - DH Dec 12, 2023 @ 1:39am 
Blueprints to save time?
Jack-o-Lantern Dec 12, 2023 @ 2:12am 
I've done all space elevator requests.

I'm not a power player.... But still eventually managed to accomplish it.

Just let machines go,
Build more if you want to make it quicker, let it go as is if you have time... And time is at your advantage especially if you do other things like building other thing while existing factories are functioning.
Phoenix Cat Dec 12, 2023 @ 3:16am 
I managed to finish Tier 8, The brutality really starts when you have to do phase 4 of the space elevator. 4000 parts for the first two items. It's crazy... But agree the grind is real.
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HumanMirthquake Dec 12, 2023 @ 5:21am 
ngl a lot of the time i afk and let my factory run; i know that's not really how it's intended to work, but i like coming back after work to storage containers filled with stuff
PsYcHo_O Dec 12, 2023 @ 5:42am 
The first time I completed stage 4 of the elevator I didn't even have proper automation for most of the parts. I basically just fed overflow of my central storage into the machines. Sometimes I even hand fed the machines when I came back from exploring. In the meantime I explored the map and built stuff for fun. The elevator was still complete way before I was finished with my last building project.
Just make sure you have some kind of constant flow and it will complete eventually.
Fenix Dec 12, 2023 @ 5:44am 
Originally posted by HumanMirthquake:
ngl a lot of the time i afk and let my factory run; i know that's not really how it's intended to work, but i like coming back after work to storage containers filled with stuff
Everyone does this to some extent.
Now that I figured out how to have the Server running in the background, I can have the machines make resources while I do other things, irl, without the full client running
Last edited by Fenix; Dec 12, 2023 @ 5:45am
Jyin Dec 12, 2023 @ 6:16am 
Set up dedicated server, if you have spare PC.
If you can, use Docker, makes setting those up super easy.

It is capable of running the factory without anyone logged into it.
My factory has been running for 4558:26:00 now :)

J
John Dec 12, 2023 @ 6:40am 
Set up the Space Elevator parts to get built while you do other things. Look at the counter when you login for the day and ignore it otherwise.
Go finish exploring the map. Hunt down the last hard drives you still need for recipes. Try some blueprints or more creative builds. Put together a more efficient transit system using trains, Power Towers, or cannons. By the time you're done with other things, the Space Elevator will be fully-loaded and ready for launch.
Christoph Dec 12, 2023 @ 6:58am 
Originally posted by StoopKid:
I havent even gotten to the point of manufacturing tier 8 space elevator parts and im already getting burnt out.

Game is fun but man... setting up the infrastructure to just get basic mats of everything that is unlocked in tier 7 and 8 is wild.

And this is on my second try of the game. This time i thought i would do things more optimized and more efficient (and i did), but i am burnt out all over again now that i am here at tier 8.

I feel your pain. By the time I got everything unlocked I didn't feel like creating huge factories to complete everything. What I ended up doing is creating a central facility with a few storage containers for each item. Then I used conveyors to bring everything there from all over the map and combined them into a couple lines. Then used smart splitters to separate each item into its designated container.

On the output side I made a conveyor for each item, stacked on top of each other. This thing was super tall. Then whenever I needed to create an top tier item I would just drop a manufacturer/constructor, etc. in front and add a splitter to each line for the parts I needed to create the specific item.

It was definitely NOT automated, but I was able to figure out how many of each item I needed and made and stored them. I had massive balance issues and I was constantly adding plastic here, screws there, etc.. My end parts took a long time to make since I was only dedication one or two machines, so there were several nights I just let it run overnight.
I didn't obsess over getting them done. I just would let it run then go and look for hard drives or slugs. After a couple (few?) weeks of creating the end game items I finally had enough to send to space. By that point I was already looking into using trains and optimizing everything. I deleted a huge portion of my world and started over with better recipes, and have started a main train line connected to these factories. This is going to be a huge undertaking, especially since I can't ever complete an area before I decide to make something else. I have like 2 dozen factories being built and I have 2 which I would call complete.
Burnt out? Heck yeah. I have quit playing for weeks on end, then decide to play again and bam, another 6 hours gone. I'll see some awesome mega factory that Imkibitz or TotalEclipse made, and I go and try it myself, only to not even come close to what they did.
However, I am getting better at it the more I do it.

Oh yeah, I still haven't even started mining uranium yet ;)
Tirandys Dec 12, 2023 @ 8:05am 
I feel your pain. I can usually finish Tier 7 fairly easy. But when I get to Tier 8 I burn out and just want to restart, so I find myself just box crafting everything for Tier 8 and then restarting. I have never launched the last elevator parts.

Box crafting--Filling storage containers with parts and feeding them into the machines to make the parts.
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Date Posted: Dec 11, 2023 @ 9:07pm
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