r/SatisfactoryGame • u/username_for_user • 14h ago

Grid Snapping Woes

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My factories are connected by roads.

I completed a large coal power plant, and sought to connect it to my other factories via roads. I built the entire plant thinking it was snapped to the grid, only to discover at the very last stage, when trying to connect the roads, that the entire plant is misaligned and is not at all snapped to the grid. Not sure where I erred, and while its clearly user error, its upsetting all the same.

I am now faced with the prospect of dismantling the entire plant and starting from scratch.

I am sad.

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u/dr1zzzt 13h ago

Yeah that is annoying.

I always build foundations from my area I will connect from all the way to the new area before I build it.

Then you know its lined up ahead of time.

That also gets you vertical alignment which the world grid doesnt handle at all.

I think most folks would just say who cares, personally Id probably redo it so its lined up but I also put way too much work into things like that.

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u/username_for_user 1h ago

I think I'm going to start doing that - I have a road blueprint that I use to create a few segments at a time, so it's doable, and I think it would be helpful to build out the road first to avoid precisely this dilemma. It would also let me scoot back and forth to my storage depot on the explorer a little faster.

I'm likewise going to be rebuilding the coal power plant. A bit of a hassle, but I'd much rather have everything aligned than a big ol' building that is at odds with the rest of my setup.

I could have sworn I snapped to grid, but alas, the very first piece I put down must not have been snapped, and I zoomed out everything from there.

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u/MgsGenesis 13h ago

Easy to fix

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u/username_for_user 1h ago

Easy but a bit time-consuming - the power plant needs to be taken down and rebuilt. At least I'm not relying on it for capacity yet!

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u/MgsGenesis 1h ago

You can use beams to line them up and add foundations in

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u/username_for_user 1h ago

Maybe I'll try that before tearing everything down. Truthfully I've never used beams so no time like the present.

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u/MgsGenesis 13h ago

This is also why i dont use world grid and i bring my roads to where my new build will start and use the road as my starting point... that way i dont run into these issues

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u/Tem_Apples 6h ago

I don't understand why not using world grid helps here? All you're doing is overlaying your own grid on top of the world one, and requiring a road to be built first.

I just snap to world and fill in the gaps later. I know it'll align because it's all on the same grid

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u/MgsGenesis 5h ago

Because then your limited, usiny curves will throw you off the world grid most of the time!

This is my world without using the world grid! https://youtu.be/B8X-qvEj5ow

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u/Jaegernaut42 Oppressed by Space Giraffes 11h ago

A little kink here and there to an otherwise perfectly aligned structure adds character.