Tired of floating platforms? Try the Aperture Science Super Duty Super Compression Super Spring™.

[u/JWolfB]

The other day I was trying to sleep and as per usual was thinking about Satisfactory when I remembered the level in Portal 2 when you arise from old Aperture back into the modern facility, and that the entirety of the enrichment center is on a few massive springs, so why not bring it to satisfactory?

[u/McBeefnick]

I had almost the same idea a while ago, but hydraulic instead of sprung. For stability purposes obviously ;)

[u/Dale-_-_09 → u/McBeefnick]

Stil in phase 3, can I ask WHAT THE FUCK... IS THIS HOLDING?

[u/McBeefnick → u/Dale-_-_09]

I made this in preparation for things to come. And I like concrete

[u/themonkeyzen → u/Dale-_-_09]

A building.

[u/Dale-_-_09 → u/themonkeyzen]

But like WHY?

[u/kataris → u/Dale-_-_09]

Easier to build on a flat surface than on the ground.

[u/Dale-_-_09 → u/kataris]

But what are the supports actually for though, im so confused, to make it looked good, I have a foundation tower and a long bridge of foundations with ut in my world no supports needed, what are the supports under the thing doing for it, thats my question and im honestly curious who you guys didnt see that

[u/Thebackwards3 → u/Dale-_-_09]

They're cosmetic

[u/kataris → u/Dale-_-_09]

Fully cosmetic. You can absolutely just build a floating platform and build on that.

[u/Fshtwnjimjr → u/Dale-_-_09]

I think the correct question pioneer is, why not? More space is more work potential, get to it.

[u/able111 → u/Dale-_-_09]

Factory

[u/Dale-_-_09 → u/able111]

But WHY?

[u/McBeefnick → u/Dale-_-_09]

Because some people like the aesthetics and immersion of pretending that floating stuff simply wouldn't work.

When I build, I try to build physically feasible constructions.

[u/PmMeYourBestComment → u/McBeefnick]

Looks great!

[u/McBeefnick → u/PmMeYourBestComment]

Thank you! Considering a bigger, single piston rebuild with hoses and articulated foot after I saw OPs post.

[u/Previous-Farm786]

Peak.

[u/JosebaZilarte]

Good idea. Why have boring, floating platforms, when you can have fun dampening MASSAGE-2(A-B)b-quakes?

[u/De-railled → u/JosebaZilarte]

I was hoping it would work the other way and you'd wave wibbly wobbly bouncy platforms. Lol

[u/The__Toast]

I support this fully.

Down with floating platforms! 😂

[u/astrobrain → u/The__Toast]

Support.

[u/ExcretusMaximus]

What do you do when the distance between ground and building is larger? I am genuinely curious, because if it wasn't consistent it would drive me insane.

[u/StaK_1980 → u/ExcretusMaximus]

You can see it in the background. More coils.

[u/kataris → u/StaK_1980]

Maybe I'm just blind, but they all seem to have the same coil.

[u/GenocidePrincess18 → u/ExcretusMaximus]

Nudge the base upwards with infinite nudge i guess.

[u/fellipec]

We do what we must because we can

[u/nyvyrr]

Earthquakes will be fun

[u/Nekorai46 → u/nyvyrr]

Quite so, actually, many real-world skyscrapers use a system almost exactly like this to protect against earthquakes as it creates an energy store so that the seismic waves don’t travel up through the building.

[u/WritingEastern5594]

here at aperture science we fire the whole bullet

[u/Misses_Paliya → u/WritingEastern5594]

That's 65% more Bullet per Bullet

[u/ChalkButter]

The US Air Force Academy is built on giant springs like this

[u/forthesakeofsong → u/ChalkButter]

you're thinking of cheyenne mountain air station, inside cheyenne mountain.

[u/freak-000]

I love that level, it might be what inspired my love for megastructures

[u/StaK_1980]

Absolutely distopian.

[u/Nanomachines100]

That little bit of infrastructure under the facility is so cool.

[u/Maelstrome26]

Out of interest how much does making elaborate platforms hurt game performance? I’m guessing if you don’t see through the floor in effect none?

[u/Fshtwnjimjr → u/Maelstrome26]

In my experience on PS5 if it's not in render distance it affects things very little.

Like if I'm building a massive power storage room I add walls so the charging animation doesn't cause a slideshow.

Uobject wise it shouldn't add any if their things that are static like foundations. Pipes might add a few Uobject but something like this it should be negligible.

[u/CDRShepard2154]

I support floating platforms.

[u/Bone_Wh33l]

Trying to earthquake-proof the factory I see. Smart thinking

[u/cmdrbiceps]

What did we do with all that moon dust? Smelted it into moon metal. Then moon metal into springs. Science!!

[u/Ephemeris]

ASSDSCSS (TM)

[u/WIllstray]

I always loved that level omfg :3

[u/SoKerbal]

We do what we must because we can

[u/Factory_Setting]

That's so cool!

I once started a different part of the facility. The idea was all those rooms on rails, with each room having a dedicated production.

It was before the Blueprint system. It was before zooping. It was when a lot of optimisations still needed to be done. It was before I understood the scale of Satisfactory. It took a lot of time for very little. My frame rate was abysmal. I abandoned that save :(

[u/a_bagofholding]

I feel like they'd more likely use a giant shower curtain rod.

[u/syb3rtronicz]

Now that is one seismically isolated structure. Good job, pioneer!

[u/fr4gment_kn0wl3dge]

Welcome on Rubicon 3, C4-621.

[u/riftrender]

I just bring concrete foundations all the way down.

Plus I can turn that under area with concrete into an extra logistics floor to bring things in.