Best mid/late location for player storage and Hub.

[zOldBulldog]

Usually we place the hub wherever we spawn and later build our main storage nearby. While that is what I did for my initial base, once I unlock trains I want to make my build very modular and distributed so that various products get produced near the resources they need and then delivered wherever they are needed.

But there will always be a need for a main location for my central Hub and personal storage from which I retrieve my "personal consumption" products... even if I also use small "construction storage" locations where I receive the items needed to build a specific factory. So... it is a location that I will visit often.

For my rail plan I am thinking of a perimeter line, and a few lines that go from the perimeter to the interior.

So, I can think of two likely places for my central hub/personalStorage:
- A random location around the perimeter, or
- A well thought out location somewhere near the center with connections to multiple places on the perimeter line.

I am leaning towards the first, as I can't envision yet the train routes to make a central location truly viable.

Any suggestions?

[TH3R4BB!T]

North, top, lots of water and oil. Good for a fuel plant with diluted fuel, also lots of resources and space

[Torgonius]

With dimensional depots, you don't need to return home to resupply nearly as much as you used to.

I ended up making a 'downtown' area with my hub, doggo farm, blue print machines, and some small factories making my most used things up in the NW corner of the map.

With properly built hypertube cannons and a parachute, you can get most places on the map very quickly, and also get back 'home' when you need to.

[kLuns]

No need for central storage anymore. Dimensional depots take care of everything.

[sgargoyle]

yah no need for central storage just send things where needed and build from depots. if your intending on a central base then id go for your favourite vista and build for aesthetics

[Bobucles]

For the hub? Best place is your inventory, pop it up anywhere an objective needs doing.
There is no perfect base location. Every spot will have you hauling some kind of resource from halfway across the map. Some spots are better for recipes than others, and alt recipes are huge for expanding viable base locations.

Purple storage solves a lot of base building issues. Set up small production chains with 1 or 2 depots for every major resource. It's more than enough to keep you supplied while doing things.

[Kackstift]

Originally posted by zOldBulldog:

Usually we place the hub wherever we spawn and later build our main storage nearby. While that is what I did for my initial base, once I unlock trains I want to make my build very modular and distributed so that various products get produced near the resources they need and then delivered wherever they are needed.

But there will always be a need for a main location for my central Hub and personal storage from which I retrieve my "personal consumption" products... even if I also use small "construction storage" locations where I receive the items needed to build a specific factory. So... it is a location that I will visit often.

For my rail plan I am thinking of a perimeter line, and a few lines that go from the perimeter to the interior.

So, I can think of two likely places for my central hub/personalStorage:
- A random location around the perimeter, or
- A well thought out location somewhere near the center with connections to multiple places on the perimeter line.

I am leaning towards the first, as I can't envision yet the train routes to make a central location truly viable.

Any suggestions?

with the mercer backpack there is no need more for a central hub..

[zOldBulldog]

Originally posted by Torgonius:

With dimensional depots, you don't need to return home to resupply nearly as much as you used to.

I ended up making a 'downtown' area with my hub, doggo farm, blue print machines, and some small factories making my most used things up in the NW corner of the map.

With properly built hypertube cannons and a parachute, you can get most places on the map very quickly, and also get back 'home' when you need to.

Thanks, I like this idea and I think I know the perfect spot for me. I built my initial base near there and it will fit nicely, with quick access to trains too.

Plus using the dimensional depot.

[Eiko]

I built a little "office" for myself on the northeast coast, on top of one of the rock pillars overlooking my main refinery, and made a portal hub there with walkways connecting the pillars. But it's just for fun/show, like others said already. I like the way the terrain looks in that area the best.

[ButtStorm]

where its prettiest

[Sonic Titan]

Originally posted by ButtStorm:

where its prettiest

"Home is where the ButtStorm is."

..which I presume contains a sizeable graveyard with many other dead threads.