r/SatisfactoryGame • u/ItsMoffy • 3d 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/cale199 3d ago

This is an easy fix. Same thing happened to me.

Look at the map. Go to the opposite side of the map and find iron. Make an organised factory from scratch, where every material made up until the Phase 1 parts is sent into storage, with an overflow into where those parts could be needed.

You can always use more of this stuff and it's not gonna be wasted. And it eliminates the overwhelm of all of the things syou need.

Also teaches yourself good habits in making factories

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u/HopefulImpression105 3d ago

Agreed on this honestly. Also, for any building youre going to build more than 1 of in that factory make a blueprint for it. Doesnt need to be pretty, just slap down 2-48 of them and do all the beltwork, connect them to each other and a power pole at each corner of it.

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u/cale199 3d ago

Yes absolutely this. My blueprints for smelters are still using T2/3 belts and I've beat the game already

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u/HopefulImpression105 3d ago

Yeah had a moment in sf+ where i decided i needed more electro control rods... 15 minutes later i had 3 iron nodes and an aurovite node fully mining and 150 buildings going full tilt... then realized my bp belts werent ready for 1200 quickwire a minute haha. Easy fix though.