Satisfactory

Satisfactory

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Metam0q Sep 24, 2024 @ 2:31pm
Early game Is it better to run 2 biomass burners vs 1 fully overclocked one?
Which would use more fuel?
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Fenix Sep 24, 2024 @ 2:33pm 
I was using 6.....
Paragon Sep 24, 2024 @ 2:36pm 
Originally posted by Metam0q:
Which would use more fuel?
The numbers in the settings will tell you how much fuel is being used (and will be used if overclocked)
JustSmile Sep 24, 2024 @ 2:40pm 
Fuel translates directly to power, and biomass generators only consume as much fuel as needed to power your machines. The only reason to overclock one is you lack the space or resources to build another.
Metam0q Sep 24, 2024 @ 3:02pm 
Originally posted by JustSmile:
Fuel translates directly to power, and biomass generators only consume as much fuel as needed to power your machines. The only reason to overclock one is you lack the space or resources to build another.
Thank you!
Lawn-Mower Sep 24, 2024 @ 3:18pm 
Originally posted by Metam0q:
Originally posted by JustSmile:
Fuel translates directly to power, and biomass generators only consume as much fuel as needed to power your machines. The only reason to overclock one is you lack the space or resources to build another.
Thank you!
Conversely, the only reason not to overclock one is you need the shards for something else. Pretty sure power generators consume fuel in a directly proportional way.. While regular machine OCing increases power draw exponentially.
Last edited by Lawn-Mower; Sep 24, 2024 @ 3:22pm
Acecool Sep 24, 2024 @ 3:21pm 
Biomass burners consume exactly what they need, not what they say. So overclocking it is perfectly fine. I ran 2 fully overclocked with a constructor hooked up to them to make solid biofuel and a container I shoved biomass into since biomass was easily and quickly produced. But I rushed coal so I didn't need more than 2.
JustSmile Sep 24, 2024 @ 4:24pm 
Originally posted by Lawn-Mower:
Originally posted by Metam0q:
Thank you!
Conversely, the only reason not to overclock one is you need the shards for something else. Pretty sure power generators consume fuel in a directly proportional way.. While regular machine OCing increases power draw exponentially.
Yes, absolutely no drawbacks to OCing generators. Given the quantity of shards you can have with sloops - and eventually synthetics - you might as well OC all your power generation for performance's sake.

That said, since OP is on biofuel generators it's unlikely he has more than a handful of shards.
The best thing was to have me thinking bushes grow back because I would never have picked them if I knew that they do not - I used 2 biomass burners with shards - the empty picking fields became my main hub - everything is centralized utilizing roller-coaster strategy. :csd2smile:
Last edited by Phénomènes Mystiques; Sep 24, 2024 @ 4:33pm
Proxykon Sep 24, 2024 @ 5:39pm 
In general, I prefer building more and underclocking. I only use overclocking in the 100-150% range since over 150% output, the consumption most of the time outweighs just building a second building and underclocking both instead.
Last edited by Proxykon; Sep 24, 2024 @ 5:39pm
Lawn-Mower Sep 24, 2024 @ 5:45pm 
Originally posted by Proxykon:
In general, I prefer building more and underclocking. I only use overclocking in the 100-150% range since over 150% output, the consumption most of the time outweighs just building a second building and underclocking both instead.
I aim to max OC everything; the bigger the facility the longer it takes to decorate. Building machines and logistics is only a tiny fraction of the time it takes to build a facility. Like just about everything, power is not in short supply. If you were really keen, you can get all the way to turbo fuel, or maybe rocket fuel or even nuclear, just with the sloop augmenters alone (skipping coal and fuel). I'm at the early stages of phase 2, and already have 4 of em.
Last edited by Lawn-Mower; Sep 24, 2024 @ 5:54pm
Wylie28 Sep 24, 2024 @ 9:48pm 
Originally posted by Fenix:
I was using 6.....
Everyone is saying six but my reinforced iron plate factory alone uses six. And im only using ONE of the pure nodes the other things aren't even hooked up yet until I get coal.
Acecool Sep 25, 2024 @ 1:22am 
I used 2 in the beginning, fully overclocked.. I rushed coal then set up 6, then 10 coal burners not overclocked.. then went fuel.
Aranador Sep 25, 2024 @ 1:55am 
One amazing feature of this game is you do not have to do what other people do. Although if you are playing multiplayer and the other players ask you to stop sticking nuclear nobelisks to them you probably should do what they want.
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Date Posted: Sep 24, 2024 @ 2:31pm
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