Anyone else here care about your save time?

[Khalunka]

I am having such a huge resistance to stay afk and let things producing.
It feels weird.
I feel like I must be present in my own save.
If I would just let it running to produce more resources, the save would have plenty of time on it but... I wasnt present, feels weird.

Just wanted to know if there is someone out there with the same 'problem' (?) as me.

If you have a different perspective compared to just letting things running or not letting it running, let me know. ^^

[Norseman]

Nope, I run the game when I need to fill up storage of some sort or need coupons.
Nothing weird as I personally do not care about how many hours my save file accumulate.

But if you do care about that versus what you are able to build I see your point.

Then again I run in no cost/ god mode ATM, just build the "better" setup for automation.
Fauna or story do not mean so much for me at early access ;)

[Vectorspace]

I never afk to accumulate resources. I've never felt the need, there's always been something else to build.

[Taco Cat]

If you need more of item x build more production of item x or explore/build something else and your storage of item x is full again :D

[Aven]

The act of afking or otherwise leaving the game running is simply a waste of effort. If your production is too low to produce what you need in a reasonable time while actively playing: tap more nodes and build more production. In the rare instance that you need something that isn't ready yet, consider that there is always something else you need to be doing that has little reliance on the current material you are waiting on. This includes, but is not limited to: exploring, gathering hard drives and slugs, planning new factories, building new factories, setting up logistics and transportation networks, increasing personal mobility around your world, hunting creatures, and general infrastructure improvements.

The more effort you put into developing your Satisfactory world, the greater your own quality of life.

[tdb]

I spend so much time designing and building factories or exploring the world that I never need to just afk. After I'm done usually my storages are full.

[Bravo Six]

i sometimes get worried when i afk because i wanna make sure my new turbofuel and fuel refinery and transport is working properly, i really get worried if im on my nuclear save because of the waste issue since i have not gotten to sending it to a awsome sink or a particale accellerator

[Khalunka]

Thanks for all replies so far. It was good to see others perspective.

[1]

No. But I never afk either. Too much to do

[Heiinz]

The only time i finished the last space elevator parts was when i did not afk at all. I just kept adding stuff and got myself busy.

Never cared about the save time but for reference: I have an 800h+ save that was (almost) making turbo motors and the finished one is at 450h.

[Vali]

I finished the game in Alpha 7 with 160 hours. Think I was 90% of the time present.

But yeah it feels not right to let the PC go without my attention. You find allways something to do.

[Mozzy]

Originally posted by tdb:

I spend so much time designing and building factories or exploring the world that I never need to just afk. After I'm done usually my storages are full.

^^ this

If I ever need to wait for some production or refill, I just go do something else on my endless list of To-Do items.

99% of time, far before I'm done with whatever distraction led me astray, my production is done or overflowed to max - which leads me to next rabbit hole distraction of then solving that particular non-100% automation by adding a sink or whatever so my line doesn't stop when storage becomes full.

re: steam notes btw - I've been finding the overlay notes function that you can pin into any game far better than the in-game to-do list from satisfactory. While the dev version is nice in that it integrates parts list with ratios, with some room to add free-hand notes, the steam notes is imo better b/c you can fully control opacity + control whether it is on, off, or pinned

By unpinning I can still keep the notes but out of game view, or pinned but super opaque so barely visible. The satisfactory version could learn from this and eventually add similar ability. Right now you either have to delete and turn off your entire list, or keep it always on. No in between.

[Mojo]

Originally posted by Mozzy:

re: steam notes btw - I've been finding the overlay notes function that you can pin into any game far better than the in-game to-do list from satisfactory.

Didn't even know we had this option in Steam now. Is pretty awesome, thanks for sharing!

[NZ.Zero]

theres no point in leaving it running or going AFK, have no idea why youd need to do that?! its so easy to multiply production and/or do other things while resources build up.

[Mist of Majora]

I've done both extremes where (mostly my first run) I needed to afk to let resources pile up, and other runs where I tried to get perfect ratios to almost immediately replace anything.

I can say that my save times are always astronomical, because this is both my go-to game when I know I'll be interrupted IRL, and a game where I lose myself for days trying to perfect a single design... and I'm totally fine with that.

[nfgman]

Can't say I've never AFK'd... letting nuclear waste drain out after a repair... going out to the local store...cooking dinner... but not generally and only an hour or two.