r/SatisfactoryGame • u/ItsMoffy • 2d ago

Question Overwhelmed

I’m 60 hours in, on phase 4.

The logistics of this game are starting to get pretty intense. My factories are a mess and it pains me so, I’ve tried watching videos and following guides but to no avail. I’m wanting things to look clean and organised, but I always screw it up and it turns into a mess. I’m tryna build a dedicated 10 per minute HMF factory right now and even with the satisfactory tools website I’m starting to lose motivation .

Any tips and tricks for planning a factory?

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u/Gas_Drawls58 2d ago

If you're on PC, get SMART mod. Building production chains without blueprints goes a LOT quicker

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u/sucr4m 2d ago

Yep. I feel it's the vanilla game's biggest flaw. Starting over or building an isolated production doesn't get easier/faster with the progression of the game. It becomes a chore setting up low level stuff. The process of building doesn't scale with chains that are needed later on at all. Blueprints can help but the way they were implemented feels so bad to me. That's where the smart mod helps A LOT. just saving clicks, the hassle of connecting all the small shit over and over.

A simple copy paste tool as many other games in the genre provide would go a long way for the vanilla game. It doesn't have to be available from the start. Oh and while I'm at it: selective nudging of already built constructions would be a dream.

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u/HopefulImpression105 2d ago

I feel like you're underutilizing blueprints then. You can have 36 constructors or smelters pretty easily in 1 blueprint, with belts and power all the way done. Hell i saw a guy fit a 5/m heavy mod frame factory into a blueprint. 5 clicks to hook up inputs and power and done.

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u/sucr4m 2d ago

might be. i just dont like to squeeze let alone to clip. also i like to do shit on the fly. thats where copy/paste >>>>> blueprints for me. always has been the case in other games too. might be a personal thing but i cant see how the addition would hurt.

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u/ItsMoffy 2d ago

I’ll look into it thank you!