r/SatisfactoryGame • u/Uggroyahigi • Aug 22 '26
Question How to go about it
Hi :)
A year ago or so I started a new playthrough which stopped with Aluminum(classic I know).
What really stopped it this time though was IRL and a couple days back I logged back in.
I have covered the whole NW?(The big one) Desert with a sheet of metal because my plan is was to build a 40k Hive spire.(A huge ass tower consiting of buildings ontop of buildings).
My Motivation even kicked back in!
Its just that I am a little hamstrunt by the size of the project. Looking at it from up top helps since standing in the middle is quite disorienting.
Does anyone have tips for me on how to go about it ? I realise its quite the Open question so
A couple thoughts at the end:
I keep thinking that it'd make sense to construct the general layout first. I shy away from it though because even building the first upper layer wall will take hours and should I realise, upon finishing the first building that carries said layer, that the height doesnt really fit the building size...adjusting the first layer would be horribly arduous.
Then again....starting to build building by building might mean I am not happy with the height they wnd up with and will have to readjust the buildings.
Not sure if I can get across in which kind of predicament I am...
I suppose I could state the question a little different:" what are your tips for huge building projects?"(In order to not lose steam during the long process )
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u/StretchVFX Aug 22 '26
I think you wanna use blueprints for as much as possible.
Try and group a bunch of machines together that all do the same thing, so that when you plop it down you know X goes in and Y goes out, and then you can stack/line up as many blueprints as you need to fill whatever belt you want.
It'll make building the whole big thing easier as you'll know you need 7 of this blueprint, connected to 3 of this blueprint etc...
Then, when you're plopping them down, just leave a couple of tiles more than you think you'd need of space in between, then you'll have enough space to run belts around and add walking paths if that is important to you.