12 Ways to build Rail in Satisfactory

Satisfactory Tutorial / Guide for making realistic and not so realistic train / rail infrastructure. Harnessing all the new features of blueprints in Update 8 for an easy and fast construction. Tips, tricks and BP included.
00:00 - 4:15 - Viaducts
4:15 - 6:38 - How to use blueprints
6:38 - 8:45 - Trestles
8:45 - 10:00 - Modern Pillars
10:00 - 10:55 - How to make slopes
10:55 - 13:15 - Massive columns & Double Decks
13:15 - 14:20 - K-Truss
14:20 - 15:08 - Single Support
15:08 - 16:38 - Levitating
16:38 - 17:33 - Installation Instructions

[@Yakez42]

Here is the blueprint pack, what is your favorite elevated piece? drive.google.com/file/d/1PE8hMgCk0bEz6WFy0BZr9KbYsuCHgrK1/view?usp=sharing

[@satibel]

The flying one because I tend to build kilometer high highways to avoid the local fauna and it's an easy way to decorate it.

[@PaulPhillabaum]

My favorite was the double round, open concrete supports for the K truss. Very pretty.

[@RochelleHylton]

I love all of them. I appreciate you making these free. Also if you type %localappdata% in your windows explorer address bar, it will take you directly to the AppData - Local directory.

[@learntOne]

Alien technology in bridges on an alien planet seems sensible.

[@satibel]

@@learntOne mercer sphere and sommersloop tech.

[@HyperDashYT]

HUGE W for you for giving out the blueprints for free instead of locking them behind a stupid paywall, deserved a subscribe! :D

[@TheBurntMan]

"Paint them red so they go faster", don't think we missed that 40K reference😂

[@ZombiePanda1776]

Rrrrrred!

[@julianalbers2373]

This is so awesome! I love the designs and I love that you not only show how to build them but also which real-life concepts inspired them. Really helps a lot with creating realistic looking builds.

[@Yakez42]

Glad you like them!

[@deliciouslybrutal]

Your format of mixing real-world reference with gameplay builds is dope. I'd love to see you play Valheim

[@Yakez42]

Have some Valheim backburner projects, but they all more of replicas of castles from other games. My hopes on Cities Skylines 2 to make some nice IRL/hybrid videos xD

[@Harrzack]

A huge THANKS for some GREAT design ideas. But - I had to play the vid a .75 playback speed… don’t know why so many great designers have to talk details a light-speed! 🤩👍👍🍺

[@BubkaG]

Почти нет акцента, две минуты раскусить не мог, красавчик)

[@TheBassKitty]

One of the best Satisfactory how-to videos I've seen 💚

[@krissyboo6148]

This is such a good video. Not only is it inspiration to help make your world look great, but you're going into the history of different bridge structures, I adore this, thank you for this, and you better believe I'm going to be using some of these techniques!

[@J.Glasbergen]

Absolutely fantastic, thanks for sharing!

[@GregoryGlynn]

Thank you Yakez. I learned how to nudge blueprints from this video. I downloaded the rail section blueprints too. Thank you for telling us how to incorporate the blueprints into our builds. Your designs are inspirational and very practical. I enjoyed watching this tutorial - your choice of clips, sounds and humor were delightful.

[@Yakez42]

Great to hear!

[@Fafnir989]

Great video man very very helpful much appreciated for making the blueprints free

[@NickLea]

Thank you so much for this. The detail you went in to was really helpful and interesting.

[@mr_anivex3529]

Love the video, and your personality! Thanks for the help with my trains, I've been stumped.

[@Yakez42]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@13th_floor_]

sci-fi -отличная идея придать реалистичности парящим фундаментам.,👍

[@mathiusj74]

I love everything about this video - just one question - please do turns. My turns always look terrible.

[@PronetoPlayYT]

Yoo, these builds are insanely beautiful and also a great inspiration! I built a factory that is floating on several platforms in the sky, but had no idea how to really round the build up in terms of cosmetic and "how it levitates". Your engine build for the levitating rail is freaking amazing - definitely will take that as inspiration!

[@Yakez42]

Also I think you can make something something like huge Heli-carrier engine pods by using painted beams and signs! Something like this is on my todo wish list in Satisfactory xD

[@cameronstroebel3333]

Another treasure trove of information, thank you!

[@JulianSloman]

Gorgeous work, thanks for your research!

[@andy_the_kitten]

I like your explanations about the real prototypes` engineering so much.

[@Br4dl89]

super cool designs! I may have to steal the idea of levitating train tracks in the future!

[@JordanV]

I really love your channel, keep up the quality content, cheers!

[@nehtomal]

These are ABSOLUTELY incredible looking. Definitely worth a sub. Amazing.

[@Yakez42]

Welcome aboard! :)

[@Homarid1]

Very nice. I appreciate the part where you showed the process of how to make them. I wasn't even aware of those small beams you could angle however you want. I think the viaduct was my favorite for looks, but it takes up the most space.

[@Yakez42]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ryanlion013]

thank you soo much this is an incredible tool!!!

[@minecarter1216]

Thank you. Very nice video and the blueprints for free is also great. Sub is here.

[@hatvsffxiv5143]

great video and use of historic examples

[@TheAxo_101]

Seen all your incredible builds on reddit and its cool to find you have a chanel. i will have to download the blueprints and take some inspiration. THANKS!

[@Yakez42]

Welcome aboard!

[@Thoron_of_Neto]

This video is incredible, your humor keeps it interesting, a bit of smoothing on your editing and youll be at the top! Subscribed

[@Yakez42]

Thanks for the sub!

[@steveb8584]

This was very helpful, thanks!

[@m4skgamer807]

Muito obrigado pelas plantas. Excelente trabalho e muito bom gosto pelo Design. Ganhou mais um escrito!!!

[@evilfreakofdesboesen]

Great Job again 😊 You are a Master Designer! Love all of them ❤

[@Yakez42]

Thank you! 😊

[@LostLagoon]

what i Satis king. Thanks for blueprints! and good video, keep it up!

[@StaK_1980]

Lergit good informations here! Thank you!

[@zodicab6319]

would love to see some road/highway tutorial and blueprint design as well, great vids

[@Yakez42]

It is highly likely that I would make blueprint exterior design video this or next week. ;)

[@stevelawrie9115]

Very informative and amusing. 🙂

[@Maulus]

You sir! are genius! i will use these things in my build!

[@DDryTaste]

Subbed for blueprints

[@HW-ow9zp]

really nice stuff man, enjoyed your presentation and especially all of the designs. thanks for sharing

[@Yakez42]

Glad you like them xD

[@danieltavares2754]

You're amazing, thank you for share the blueprint with us, you deserve my sub.

[@Yakez42]

Thanks for the sub!

[@learntOne]

Thank you kind sir for opening my eyes. I not only got a lesson in design, but in history as well. You have my like and subscribe. Thank you very much.

[@Yakez42]

Welcome aboard!

[@michaelneedler7325]

Good job! I am impressed.

[@dpmoore99]

Nice Designs Thank you

[@msc1038]

thx man help a lot

[@StrayParanormalPlays]

Dude! You are amazing!

[@Yakez42]

Thanks! 😃

[@sysghost]

Keep in mind though... there's a limit on the number of individual objects in the world. With designs like this and the power of blueprint building, one can hit this limit fairly easily.

[@johnchristianson515]

I have used most of those types but not scifi, but that sounds like a great idea for red forest

[@jameshunter67]

Thanks! You inspired me to touch the game again!

[@Yakez42]

noice!

[@AmarbayasgalanZorigtbaat-wu3tb]

Very good video.

[@respectli2083]

Нифига какая красота, эта игра и люди творческие не перестают меня удивлять👍

[@Oxibase]

All of these are better than my simple small concrete pillar method.

[@adamzackheim3193]

Awesome video!

[@Yakez42]

Thanks!

[@Earthman87]

your blueprint building was great bro thx a lot

[@Rambrus0]

Nice video. Im wondering you you would do curves in these respective styles

[@KireBot]

Realy good video. Deserves a sub.

[@Yakez42]

Thanks for the sub!

[@triplexSch]

Danke!

[@danteunknown2108]

Like for the sci-fi bit, that's unique

[@LancelotSwe]

I made 2 different blueprints of the same straight rail blueprint, 1 with rails and 1 without rails. When making them i put down 1 with rails then 2 without rails, making it easier to connect later on.

[@cybersteel8]

I really like the Viaduct look! It would suit my factory perfectly, though I noticed you didn't go through how to do a curve. I have some 90 degree turns and I am unsure how Viaducts work with curves. The single rail technique is what I'm using now, just putting some concrete pillars underneath, but I'd be curious to see more complicated curve designs!

[@Yakez42]

Yeah, viaduct curves are in the ballpark of "problem for future me". I just tend to swap to pillar designs on the turns and make instant 30-90 degree turns over making monumental long curves. Also I kind of do not see the way to make an actual curve inside blueprint designer, since I need like 11 tiles of space for proper curve without using mods. This is why I just avoid them for now

[@jeffreyspinner5437]

I've found the most effective way of building railways in Satisfactory was waiting for drones, and never building them at all. Why bust chops like that I have no idea. Even in Factorio, it was just more complicated than worth the effort. I'm quite happy with my drones so far... closing in on the last Spacey Elevator stuff, and my nuclear plants have now issues, so sometimes the best way to do something is NOT to do something! I do have to admit it took me until grad school to truly understand the empty set. What an epiphany.

[@kaydellis8632]

Your are a gamer 😂 Brilliant 👏 I liked because of that comment

[@mausplunder5313]

These blueprints are awesome.. when is update 8 coming out of experimental!!!

[@pitakpetr]

looooooool. this is extremly :D

[@Drwoose]

This is very inspiring and amazing! Mixing real-life is great. Got a problem tho, do signs get brighter if I set color into 500? I can't get as bright as the video did, even download the blueprint.

[@Yakez42]

They changed it with patch soon after. It is no longer as bright as it was before :-(

[@Drwoose]

@@Yakez42 I see, sad they changed it :(. Thanks for quick reply!

[@thedeathbringer5663]

I`m building a sci-fi building (not really a good builder) but your floating train idea was worth the watch. Thanks!

[@marinaposting]

how do you curve on the viaduct?

[@Jila_Tana]

plop plep plop plep what a script dude ......... I was drinking coffee when you did that. Thanks.

[@bearmike_360KB]

Я плохой дизайнер, но то, что ты показал, как можно использовать трубы - это возможно то, чего мне не хватало. Огромное спасибо. Рельсы железнодорожные куда прокалывать будешь? Будут чертежи для станций?

[@Yakez42]

Станции не помещаются в сам дизайнер. Сначала, я думаю сделать парочку модульных мостов, там где опоры не каждые 32 метра, а там уже и займусь станциями. Да и другие проекты в самом разгаре))

[@bearmike_360KB]

@@Yakez42 ок. Спасибо

[@chrismmm3847]

If you have an anti-grav technology that makes things levitate, why would you make dozens of kilometers of railway that floats rather than simply making trains float ? 😏 Nice video BTW thanks

[@Yakez42]

Well, it actually makes sense to make levitating track stretch over levitating train. Not so much when it is full system. Simple principle here is how much all your trains weight vs how much track weight. Trains are just multitude heavier than several hundred meters of levitating track. Assuming that you need energy to levitate...

[@ABaumstumpf]

@@Yakez42 "Trains are just multitude heavier than several hundred meters of levitating track." The tracks still need to lift the train and in all likelyhood they would be far heavier than the train.

[@greenteagod]

If you could go into how to handle curves, it would be greatly appreciated I've been messing around with rail blueprints myself to handle a lot of this and you do have some really great designs here. But I just can't figure out how to do anything but a fully manually built curve.

[@Yakez42]

I do not really do long curves. Just use foundation pieces to get desired angle of next blueprint and just delete deck in between pillars.

[@rasmushansen6448]

Tak!

[@Yakez42]

Thank you! Love Legos and bike lanes xD

[@boozshabobelly6822]

📽📽📽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@webad00]

@6:00 how did you delete the entire blueprint render in one shot?

[@Yakez42]

Update 8 feature. There is R keybind mode for blueprints now.

[@josephwilliamson3020]

At around 1:20 he uses a sort of RTS style view. Does anyone know how?

[@Yakez42]

camera/screenshot mode + extreme zoom from far away with r.fog 0 console command.

[@Spleensgaming]

what about when rails need to curve?

[@Czeckie]

2:37 any idea where is this viaduct?

[@Yakez42]

Pont du Gard

[@electrocubeexe9436]

Какие моды ты используешь?

[@Yakez42]

все сделано без модов на восьмом апдейте

[@zamir-hajama]

game crashes when trying to use to blueprints. any fix?

[@Yakez42]

Update 8 blueprint crash on Update 7. There was no fix yet.

[@AbraxisDragon]

My game crashes too whenever I use these Blueprints

[@matheusfranco1741]

How do I get it to build with the paint I want?

[@Yakez42]

You need to use custom swatch, then blueprint would save the intended custom color. If you use 16 default swatches, color would flip to default swatch colors of save file. Default swatches include fixit and concrete swatches.

[@matheusfranco1741]

@@Yakez42 Thank you

[@dervakommtvonhinten517]

i wanna know how you made those buildings in the background xD

[@Yakez42]

Blueprints, they all are blueprints. Aside 1 I think. Majority of those have been released on this channel.

[@dervakommtvonhinten517]

@@Yakez42 i dont wanna just copy blueprints. im much more interested in the process. do you have a video about that?

[@ABaumstumpf]

Levitation looks great, but best just for a few small things that would actually benefit - like the vehicles them self, or when spanning some part where support-pillars don't work or would be a problem. For trains i personally think some more slender but solid pillars look best for a futuristic setting. Levitating infrastructure in general are a disaster waiting to happen, costing a fortune and offering no benefits. Why would you waste energy and resources to make stuff levitate? Large building already have very strict requirements on their foundations, making them airborn just means that you would now have to have a way thicker and more solid base (making it more costly), somehow anchor the building in place, and you then still can't really have water, gas, electricity or sewage connections.

[@Yakez42]

Modern supertall skyscrapers are already "disaster waiting to happen". They have active counterbalance systems in place, and those use power. In event of natural disaster they are not only exposed to power shortage, but also lose their active defense. And still it is a thing. And backups always exist. Also there are a lot of places nearly impossible to be covered with physical infrastructure at reasonable cost. Like straight of Gibraltar or Nordic Fiords. Having cheaper active system there would make more sense, than pouring like 20% of continent GDP into construction project. And we already construct things like huge drawbridges that is also purely active system to provide one axis of transportation. Why? Because they cheaper, than bigger bridge. They definitely not safer.

[@ABaumstumpf]

@@Yakez42 "They have active counterbalance systems in place" Most still use a simple passive tunes mass. But yes, that problem exists and would just be way worse if the buildings where afloat. "Like straight of Gibraltar or Nordic Fiords. " Yeah - as i said - the few regions where normal structures would be prohibitively expensive or impossible. "And we already construct things like huge drawbridges that is also purely active system " They aren't. Those are normal static structures that can be moved out of the way. The waterways are not powered nor is the bridged actively held in suspension when the other traffic is crossing it.

[@AdrianCubed]

how to make curve section??

[@Yakez42]

I do not really do curves with viaducts. For pillar supports I just use foundation pieces to rotate next blueprint piece to desired extend, while deleting deck itself on the curve.

[@HappyfoxBiz]

I see he's been to Canada Laos and Gibraltar, but likes Argentina the most...

[@Yakez42]

Hehe, of all places in Europe, Russia and East Coast US, these are countries I have never been... Definitely would love to go to Argentina or Chile if flights wasn't stupidly expensive for my current budget.

[@HappyfoxBiz]

Sadly, prices will only rise even more and there will be no alternate solution to this, with the climate change war happening... there's only luxury cruise ships or a "reasonable" priced flight is the option going from one land mass to another. and they will only increase in price. Try to find a place that has culture that interests you and plan it out well, then just go for it because international holidays are meant to be a great memorable experience that is worth it to YOU. Afterwards you can sit back and look at the prices rise more and say "sure glad I went before THAT price rise" @@Yakez42

[@Silvergum]

funny how when you say height it sounds like hate I liked the video

[@Yakez42]

hm.. never even noticed! tyty

[@Keldrath]

man u went thru the blueprints so fast had to slow to 0.25 speed to follow along

[@clintgracia3612]

5:08 I will NEVER RUN OUT OF HATE >:D

[@Melon_42]

Ну чел) Height произносится "хайт", а не "хейт". Да и в целом во второй половине видоса забил полностью на произношение походу) Режет слух прост, а в остальном красава!

[@Yakez42]

С высотой косяк, но в остальном для рускоговорящих мое американизированное произношение будет всегда резать слух. Нас в школе учать мертвому posh RP произношению на котором говорит три калеки за 70 в южном Лондоне. Да и оно колышит исключительно рускоговорящих как я выяснил за последние 20 лет.

[@thetoyodacar2264]

uhhh seems i'm gonna have to increase concrete production by at least 300%

[@TheBassKitty]

Ficsit salutes you 🫡

[@roguemajin46290]

yeah i unsubbed from all the greedy streamers we should pay for it and will after u post it ik us gamers will donate if it helps us figure out things and make it so we enjoy even more ourselves so ty appreciate the free bp

[@Yakez42]

Honestly I feel like 10/1 approach is ok on social media. Like make 10 things for free and then maybe ask for some tips with 11th. But yeah making everything behind the paywall is not really ethical. Especially when you create thing in medium that you do not even own.

[@ivanmamulin2768]

Ну ты ошибаешься жоско на счёт корусанта

[@Yakez42]

Единственное, что достойно внимания за все время старого канона это Lusankya спрятанная на Корусанте. А так все довольно примитивно. Я не знаю, что там награфоманили за последние лет 10, но раньше все было скучно.

[@ivanmamulin2768]

@@Yakez42 ну хз, те же ночи Корусанта сами по себе топ

[@ivanmamulin2768]

@@Yakez42, единственное что из НК я читал, это Каталист в оригинале и, само собой, Трауновские похождения, поэтому могу сказать, что в НК корусант ещё скучнее :)

[@Yakez42]

хм, мне кажется последние книги по ЗВ я читал в 2004 или 2005. Аккурат до выхода трилогии... Надо будет найти оригинал, если оно того стоит.

[@ivanmamulin2768]

@@Yakez42мне зашло, однако лучшее появления Корусанта, на мой взгляд, это "планета бродяга" Грега Бира и, конечно, "Дарт Плегас" Лусено, если не читал, то вот их крайне советую, не Бейновская Трилогия конечно, но всё равно золото :)

[@user-bv1fl2kb2b]

The most interesting part - turns - is not on the video 😒

[@MrKOHKyPEHT]

У меня такое чувство что автор поймёт этот комментарий :)

[@vincentvoncarnap2473]

trains

[@Xix1326]

Great video, but... Why so much hate? Oh wait, I think you mean height, yes? It's pronounced like Hi! with a T at the end. English has some weird hold-over spelling and pronunciation artifacts from a former time. It's also a language with a whole lot of words stolen from other languages.

[@ruidiasbraga]

why do you care about pillar when the entire platform can float in the air?

[@Yakez42]

exactly xD

[@moana_skellington]

But what about just letting the foundation float there in defiance of God

[@pedrodardengomesquita4852]

"wiz blueprint"

[@antlion_grub_gaming]

theres no turns

[@igorbeg7953]

слов'янський акцент