A MIGHTY Train That Changed The Way I Think in Satisfactory Update 8

[@approximatelybored]

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[@Ncyphen]

FYI, when adding stuff to the milestones, you can "ctrl+click" a material to fill the required material, if you have enough.

[@1Mackinzoid]

For my train supports, I just make them all 4 pillars high, build floating foundations as i connect them, build my support blueprint on top and use the floating foundations to ensure the supports make the rails connect with beautiful lines. then delete the floating foundations and extent the pillars to the ground. it makes perfect train rail lines if you follow the rule for laying track, like if you make a turn, ensure that the start and end are equal numbers of foundations away from the corner foundation, or when you go up/down, make sure you start it 2 foundations away from the edge of the decline/incline and snap it 2 foundations down the ramp then continue on temporary ramp foundations until the slope is done. delete the temp foundations, extend the pillar, gg. it's way faster than trying to snap rails to every inch of the support like it's a road or on the ground.

[@dannymerov]

also, i would advice you to have more fluid stations for this transport. the fluid carts hold 1600m3, youre producing 2400 m3, so you would need to have 3 carts arriving every 2 minutes to have the 2400m3 actually put through. this means you will need quite a few trains to not run into throughput issues and therefor you will clog up your railroad very quickly. assuming trains from later lines will use the same track. its better to double or triple your fluid stations and splitting the input equally, then combine them again at the unloading station. basically youre increasing your buffer then and buy yourself more time to get longer but fewer trains to provide enough throughput. i have 2200+ hours in the game so i hope youll trust me on this one

[@approximatelybored]

Amazing advice, i was secretly hoping someone like you would come along lol 😂👌 i have an idea that setting timing on the loading stations to hold trains for like 1 minute and adding a "waiting area" parking so there is always a train ready to be loaded could help with the transit and also keeping the train tracks clear of sitting trains 🤷‍♂️

[@vmc6790]

what i always like to do is package the oil, cause the cargo containers have a lot more space than the fluid ones

[@NYKevin100]

The other question is whether you want your power to rely on a train in the first place. If the train is late (or if it gets derailed or something), your power plant might run dry. With priority power switches and multiple power plants, this is less of a problem, since you'll probably just lose some less-important production rather than losing the whole grid like we did in Update 7, but it's still a risk factor to consider. You should, at a minimum, make sure that you have some number of power plants that don't rely on the train, and make sure those plants produce enough to keep the train running. Bear in mind that most reasonable grid layouts will not be able to put the train itself behind a priority power switch (because it has too many interconnection points with the rest of the grid), so if you can't afford to run the train, you will probably lose the whole grid. One option is to construct all power plants right on top of their associated resources, and use the train strictly for transporting byproducts (plastic, rubber, etc.) away from the power plant for further processing. That way, the train running late cannot cause the power plant to run dry, and you can always sink excess byproducts locally if the train can't keep up with them.

[@rannorgana]

@17:05, You're looking directly at a normal purity Sulfur node. Have a poke among the rocks directly in front of you.

[@MrHaggyy]

Fluids and trains can be a pain. You can fill 1600m^3 in one station at 600m^3 in 2:40min. So the roundtrip time needs to be lower for one train, or you need to divide the roundtrip time by 2:40min and round up. So if your train needs like 5min you would need 2 of them as 5:00

[@approximatelybored]

I was feeling better and better about my project as I read through this. The timings, the solutions all lines up with my discoveries on this journey. I ended up using a fully load/unload setting + double pipe inputs/outputs in the stations and a gigantic fluid buffer system in delivery area. I also designed this route in a way that gas 6 inputs/outputs even thou I need only 5 so in theory I'll also have a nice supplementary line to smooth out any flow inconsistencies 👌 The train round trip is ~5min 30s but both trains arrive at roughly the same time (~1min 30s gap) because of the fill/empty duration on the stations. So the total combined delivery time of 19200 oil is 7-8minutes. Once the extraction buffers run dry it should normalize at ~9-10minutes which leads me to believe I'll need 4 total trains running the loop 🤐

[@MrHaggyy]

@@approximatelybored well you have 6*1600=9600 oil per train with ~5:30min you get: 9600/(5*60+30)*60 = 1745 oil/min per train. So if you separate two train with fully load/unload or wait 2:45 (165sec) you get 3490 oil/min.

[@smoore6461]

I use tickets to get extra parts i need all the time so no trigger for me sir 😊 i mean isnt that what they are for lol your train system looks amazing great work!!

[@approximatelybored]

Exactly!! Thanks 👌😎

[@Jotolink]

This.... I dont get why ppl would even get triggered because its a ingame feature... If you have surplus of tickets get items you need in the shop to agument some side bulids or like he did in the video completing a milestone without having to setup a complete factory for said item...

[@hianator]

I am blown away from the detail and dedication you are using in your build style. Have you tried the flood lighting yet? I know night is annoying but adding giant lighting can add a lot of vibes to your world.

[@approximatelybored]

Oh yeah. I play with lumen whenever I'm not recording but in production it is very difficult and annoying to build in the dark even with fancy lights 😅

[@vmc6790]

@@approximatelybored you could try turning your gamma up if that's something bothering you.

[@kleinerprinz99]

Whats the point of lumen then as it simultaneously tanks your fps, too@@vmc6790

[@solidXxXtuna]

That came out looking great! I appreciate seeing someone else not super familiar with train infrastructure that still banged out a nice smooth design as I've been avoiding tackling my existing lumpy ugly ass routes and stations. At least now I know it's possible to make a respectable network without the crazy practice time sink that alotta other building techniques require. Really enjoying this series! Glad I found it. This is not a suggestion or unrequested advice but just a thought. Your shroom build was cool and unique and I was sad to see it visually fade away when the towers were built on top. It might not be super efficient but I'd love to see more flat, wide shroom style structures around! Anyway I'm looking forward to seeing how your world keeps developing.

[@lukavranes2921]

ah yes, another mega project! Great work on this one too, you've got some of the best ideas for builds in the community! Keep it up :D

[@approximatelybored]

Thanks a ton! 🙏

[@dannymerov]

when i build train stations, i always build them back to front, using the "train station" only and once im done, i delete them all except the one on the front and then place the freight or fluid stations. the train station itself you can just connect back to back so the spacing will never be wrong.

[@game_maker]

I could be wrong but for my turbo fuel power plant I used 600 Sulfur and the maximum amount of oil was 300 Oil. (You have to use the diluted fuel recipe to be that efficient though)

[@approximatelybored]

how much turbofuel were u making? cuz im planning 4k/min 🤫

[@game_maker]

@@approximatelybored I only made 750/min :D

[@Jakeurb8ty82]

Had a perfect spot for a plant in the forest's canyon planed to go up 10 stories. In the middle of placing cool bridge like x with angled foundation supports, the moth flys overhead and dives low under a stone arch. I did not change the plan. I built around his path. Trees in titan forest makes me want to rip my hair out when building bridges just under the canopy. So many invisible /oversized collision boxes. Supposedly fixed in update 8.

[@MatsumotoKael13]

Hey Aprox! Your designs are gorgeous and your content is awesome! Great stuff! If you're struggling with railway intersections, I highly recommend Toaster Gaming's train tutorial (he does youtube stuff too). It is hands-down the best guide for making any kind of intersection with confidence. (Sorry I hope it's not rude promoting another creator's content, but this guide helped me a ton and I now consider myself a pro because of it) Anyway, looking forward to seeing more of your content in future. Keep it up! :)

[@approximatelybored]

I watched that exact video to improve 😅 not a pro yet, but damn near it at this point. Good thing that Update 8 has some of the issues he addressed fixed so it's a little easier now 👌

[@Oxibase]

I can agree on that recommendation. Toaster Gaming has the definitive train building guide for Satisfactory. I have watched those videos several times while I have been building out my rail system. I haven’t even started using it yet to transport anything but I have a nearly map wide system of rails so that I’ll be able to just add stations near the resources. Never forget the golden rule. Path signals at the entrances to complex intersections and block signals at the exits.

[@KrisPage3]

The nodes for uranium is in the long cave tunnel that winds around, big area inside the cavern, lots of spiders. Then under the waterfall in the north east of the map in the swampy area. The small rocks will not get you a lot of uranium.

[@approximatelybored]

It was just a prop 😉 I can see all the uranium nodes on the map 👌

[@KrisPage3]

@@approximatelybored sweet :) love your channel. Trains are the best for hauling. And I love making mini factorys on train stations because the tracks act like the wires. So I just hop a train like a hobo to go to different factorys. I'm having so much fun with the signals and the sub menu that limits what gets picked up so I can control how product moves. Anyway I will look forward to more content. And fun ways to build. :)

[@Esca1010]

I love your videos, really nice work. For large height differences you could use trains spirals. They work perfect and look amazing. I think amelieofthesea has a tutorial on how to build them.

[@approximatelybored]

Thanks! Maybe I'm weird, but I actually hate how train spirals look 😅

[@Esca1010]

@@approximatelybored maybe a bit weird 😜 but it's totally fine, there isn't a wrong way to play satisfactory 😁

[@plsnoshoot6097]

hey nice video, can you tell me how you build the bleprints for the curves at 2:36 i just cant figure out how to make blueprints that connect to each other

[@henrysinclair5914]

i wish they would just add the rounded corners for roads

[@approximatelybored]

Likely never gonna happen. Best you can do now is blueprints 💁‍♂️

[@johnm8224]

06:45 - NOOOOOOOOO!!! DON'T DO IT!! lol

[@liambouttemy2455]

And VOILÀ !! Really nice lets play on this lovely game i love too sée how we all do differente thing your huge tower look really good Love your vidéo keep it up ✊✊ PS sry for my english im french

[@approximatelybored]

Thank you very much! ❤️

[@TheKrazyKrow]

3:16 "A very cool looking container is mandatory" 😅 I friggin love this dude! How do you not have more subs?!?

[@rampantblock3809]

What starting Area did you use? i cant tell from the video

[@approximatelybored]

Its the Northern Forest 🌳 🌳 🌳

[@Mist3rWILD]

Looks better and better :D No clipping :|

[@ast12321]

Cool video. I am curious why the texture of the characters hands keeps changing between high and low resolution. Is that some experimental bug?

[@approximatelybored]

I think its an upscaling thing 💁‍♂️

[@ob5861]

how did u do this wonderful curves im going crazy on them

[@approximatelybored]

Easy catwalk curves i got a guide for it somewhere 😅

[@AEONIC_MUSIC]

Clipping with wires kind of makes sense though

[@cyprian411]

So a lot of content creators use Skyui to control the day/night cycle... I've started using it as well but it's because I'm a lunatic who prefers to play during the night cycle.

[@approximatelybored]

Oh lord have mercy...

[@phoenixsui]

Wait are towers in update six marking all nodes? Or do you play with mods?

[@approximatelybored]

Towers in update 8 indeed mark all nodes 👌

[@mayakovski]

Your Discord channel does not list any blueprints that I can find.

[@approximatelybored]

create a support ticket someone will sort you out in a jiffy 😉

[@bauer_kokus_kev6139]

how you build zthe lookout tower ?

[@approximatelybored]

with in-game buildable items of course😅 blueprint for it is on Discord

[@rubengouws120]

do you use any mods?

[@approximatelybored]

Couple QoL and camera mods like Sky UI and Construction Preferences, nothing hame changing

[@dogmonkey94]

tickets are the easiest way to turn concrete into turbomotors lol

[@approximatelybored]

Alchemy 😂

[@natthill8159]

Yay first comment

[@approximatelybored]

🤨🤨🤨

[@Wolf-ip7cw]

I just rage quited this video GG

[@approximatelybored]

Haha 😆

[@bholluBhollu]

Wait people get triggered for using the awesome shop ??. My entire save to dedicated to producing the last tier of space evelator parts to i can sink them and then get stuff from the shop. To build more stuff

[@approximatelybored]

You only spend coupons if you use 100% of your brain 🤷‍♂️😅

[@marcus_w0]

I really love your videos. But I really don't like, that you elevate everything to a level, where nothing intercepts anything. This makes the game way to easy.

[@jonnymiskatonic]

Don't make me think I got a discord message

[@MARK2580]

the author is a "genius", why pull wires parallel to the railway tracks that conduct electricity and can power a jetpack from them ???? and why make such an idiotic huge road when you could create a spiral climb that looks much more compact

[@approximatelybored]

Haha. Spiral railroads are unnecessary and look like 💩. Like what, you afraid you'll run out of SPACE? 🤣 pulling wires separately on the other hand, is genius... for a caveman 🐒 I take that you like building things as small as possible, nothing wrong with that, but dont be a scumbag going around calling people idiots for enjoying the game in a different way than you 😉