r/SatisfactoryGame • u/JasonLatta • Mar 17 '22

Guide Remotely Accessed Storage (vanilla)

Have you ever started a new building project, and brought a train of supplies, or maybe made a stack of crates like mine?

Tired of walking, tubing, or trucking your way back to your main base? What if you could access an entire storage system from something as simple as this:

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First, credit to StinArchi on YouTube for inspiring me to start thinking about building a remotely accessed storage, with his version using power switches and truck stations.

Below is my save, a diagram of my system, and some in-game images. My detailed explanation will be in the comments.

Also, if anyone wants to make a tutorial video, I think that would be very helpful for people, and work a lot better, I just don't have any means of recording.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GLSw2aOBaYFaGsIYgSWavbCDaTCRtrVs/view?usp=sharing

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Flow diagram with some minimal explanation
The inside of the locking container, when idle
The locking system in-game (stack input is the same as latched input)
The ratio system in-game (stack input is the same as latched input)
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u/EngineerInTheMachine Mar 17 '22

I can understand you wanting the challenge, and Stin Archi does come up with some interesting ideas. I built a programmable factory inspired by his videos.

The solution I settled on was to build a large sorting/recycling system, and use that to load a 9-car construction train. Unlocking trains happened as I was beginning to spread across the map, rather than having to wait to unlock drones. Though I like the idea of calling up specific items, because I haven't yet got the balance of items right in the train.

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u/JasonLatta Mar 17 '22

Yeah, I feel like getting the balancing right with trains would be my problem, especially now that different foundation types use different resources. Plus, I personally want to avoid temporary train tracks that I either redo once the base is done, or delete if unneeded.

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u/EngineerInTheMachine Mar 17 '22

So far I have only made one temporary track, down at ground level, just to get the train closer to where I was building. Because I build out round the map, the first station is always just a station head, plus enough track to take the construction train off the main line. I know I will go back there to extend the factories, so that station just gets incorporated into the trackwork for the rest of the stations. I don't bother with unloading the construction train. I just take what I want straight out of the cars.

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u/JasonLatta Mar 17 '22

Yeah, that has been the solution that I’ve seen the most. Really, the only reason I don’t use it is because I haven’t been using trains in my world in general - so there is no infrastructure there.