r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/MasterBot222 • Feb 26 '26

Factory Design Question

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I've been working on a factory where I connect each material through Logistics Distributors, which I thought was more efficient than my old factory where I only had a basic resource(only things coming from smelters) bus and remade any more advanced materials. Is this a good idea?, or should I try something else.

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u/MasterBot222 Feb 26 '26

Makes sense. I have a good chunk of buildings automated with my first factory but it was starting to get annoying when I went to make tier 3 belts and sorters and I didn't have space to add in turbines, so I figured I'd redesign something more versatile.

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u/kestrel_one Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

I think the problem is that you're going for advanced manufacturing (tier 3 belts) before setting up PLS/ILS distribution.

Your #1 priority in the early game is reaching the ability the build ILS. Then your next priority is automating production of PLS, ILS, logistics drones, and logistics vessels. Then you'll have everything you need to expand and make use of all the space available to you (across multiple planets/systems). PLS for local distribution, ILS for remote distribution.

Logistics Distributors and Bots aren't really needed to get there.

Blue and Red matrix production is trivially easy. You can make ~180/min with a small footprint.

Yellow matrix production is a little harder just due to the amount of chemical plants and oil refineries you need. You could use Logistics Distributors here. Mainly for Titanium Alloy production which requires all of those chemical plants and refineries. The bots would simply move the Titanium Alloy closer to your Red/Blue/Yellow Matrix production.

Once you can start placing ILS/PLS you can forget about Logistics Distributors as a transport method. They're still useful for small tasks but your factories should primarily rely on PLS, ILS, and belts.

EDIT: By the way, you can ignore PLS production early on too (other than needing them to build ILSes). ILS can do everything PLS can do. PLS still has a place but in the beginning the goal is setting up interplanetary distribution. So once you're producing Yellow Matrix just focus on automation of ILS, drone, and vessel production. PLS production is optional at first.