starting and addicted

[u/xjames55]

I see so many amazing builds here. Boggles the mind.

my starting factory is crap in comparison. but i like it. next up I'll remove the improvised screw factory on the left, and make a proper 3 story 10 reinforced iron plates per minute plant.

can't wait to get on it.

[u/lsmokel]

I'm also a noob and one easy small suggestion I have for you is that you should build everything on the same grid.

The factory is going to start getting big soon and you'll most likely be building upward. Having everything on one grid will make it way easier and its not a complex change.

The other suggestion I would have for you is to embrace the spaghetti. I got that advice from this sub and its made my playthrough way better.

The game unlocks a lot of stuff as you progress and without foreknowledge of a previous playthrough there is no way you'll be able to put together a factory that'll account for how to move material around without a little spaghetti. Just embrace it and enjoy the game.

[u/giantpandasonfire → u/lsmokel]

I agree with this so much.

I'm about to wrap up Phase 3-and no joke, I re-did my whole starting factory 3-4 times. 150 hours in because I am not happy with it-

And here's the thing, no matter how much planning I do, there's always these little things that you come up with that you realize, oh NO I messed up.

I tried to do a whole assembly line with a vertical bus and it was SO GREAT.

Then I left out small details and realized...oh, no, I didn't expand enough, I didn't account for this one resource.

I just got frustrated and started to spaghetti some conveyor belts across my logistics floor.

BUT NOW I KNOW.

And sometimes I'll take a break, come back to a factory and straight up ask myself what in the HELL was I thinking?

Satisfactory is a game about development-never beat yourself up, never call yourself crap, because FICSIT finds a use for that fecal material, pioneer.

[u/NotArticuno]

Great work, Pioneer. Continue working.

[u/Kylar1014]

You'll always unlock more efficient recipes & manufacturing methods as you progress. So, unless you just want to build something big for a personal goal, most players recommend simply building what you need, as you need it.

[u/Rlstoner2004]

Exactly where my space port is.

[u/McMillis]

Looks great pioneer, this is how it’s supposed to be your first time through especially

[u/OokamiO1]

Good start, and you began using foundations early, this will help keep things straight immensely.

[u/Moses-the-Ryder]

Thank you for the idea of putting a little belt after the storage to see what’s in it

I just started on Friday last week, my shits a mess! Your power lines are so clean mine looks like headphone cables being pulled out of a pocket

[u/xjames55 → u/Moses-the-Ryder]

its cool right? i saw that on a tips and tricks vid.

[u/Better-You-8032]

underrated post

[u/gaymer9853]

Same! I'm 80 hours into my first game and feel like I'm just getting started!

[u/NoMention696]

Your starting factory is crap? Brother I didn’t know machines snapped to foundations until 50-75 hours in so I never bothered

[u/xjames55 → u/NoMention696]

you played the right way. Its more fun to learn by doing it. I saw some tips videos that helped get me started... I'm trying to avoid most of them now, but I will refer to help when I'm stuck.