Become an ARCHITECT | Satisfactory Update 5 Design Guide

[@TotalXclipse]

What's your favourite style of Architecture, and more importantly what will you try to apply in your save?!

[@MikaMikaMika89]

I make ugly bricks and cry about it.

[@Lgman986]

I'm a huge fan of Frank Lloyd Wright and the prarie style and I think you modelled it to a T. Even if you couldn't get the materials to work, the form and design of the build examples you made were spot on to the point that I recognized it immediately. Side note: Please make a video on how to do all the fancy things with signs!

[@CliveWolfe]

I really want to do a mix of traditional Japanese and cyberpunk. So far I've made a somewhat successful pagoda like steel & glass factory (need to work out how to do those upturned roofs properly).. experimenting with using signs as neon lighting on it now. I've also messed around with modern & futuristic styles and of course the "random box" (my starter factory) which actually doesn't look too bad lol.

[@Lgman986]

@@CliveWolfe This is something I would definitely love to see

[@andreas3039]

Let's Game it Out is probably the best

[@JB52520]

If anyone else is wondering, the black stripes in the Chicago school factory are made with stacks of frame floors. They'll look slightly different depending on how they're rotated. In other areas, frame foundations are used. Each is filled with a concrete foundation and painted to look like brick. For the arches, they can be offset by a half foundation by using a small pillar before building the walls.

[@dmgeno]

Underrated comment, I was really trying to find that out, thanks!

[@Yodah97]

Your comment was a life saver. I just managed to put together my own blueprints in the same style after a bit of thinkering, thank you for the info!

[@flawmore]

I sometimes limit the floor space I have to work with on purpose to force myself to come up with solutions. And never a square or a rectangle. Think more of shapes. Then you link the odd shaped buildings with each other via bridges or second/third floors and make it look good with pillars, windows and walls. And tadaa! You've created unique architecture.

[@FastTquick]

I really love the Chicago School and Brutalism styles as they look most appropriate for factory buildings and are easy to build for players with low architectural skills like me.

[@brianp6859]

I second this lol

[@thischannelhasnocontent8629]

Brutalism is actually quite fun, because you can start *very* simple and then get more ambitious with style as you get better, and it'll always be recognizably brutalist. You can't do that with, like, Craftsman or Tudor styles.

[@Nortonius_]

Mies is so applicable to Satisfactory. The whole unit approach. His buildings in Chicago look like Satisfactory towers!

[@mallk238]

It would be great to see a video with tips for us beginner factory builders. I would love to make a fancy looking factory, but I'm still on the smallish side of what I can make. Even just simple little flourishes would make it feel special!

[@mallk238]

I finally did my first attempt at "architecture" the other day! Instead of just plonking some foundations down across a canyon to walk across, I took the time to actually put down some columns to make it appear as if it was a bridge with supports. I even made the electrical wires and belts running along it look like support cables. AND added some inverted ramps next to the columns so it was less blocky It will be a long time before I ever reach THESE levels of buildings...but I'm proud of my little bridge!

[@tetsuokin7380]

4th Re-start of Update 5, and my factory builds still consist of spaghetti, boxes, tears and Broken Dreams!!

[@TotalXclipse]

You'll get there!

[@eagleeyeproductions2317]

Great video, it really showcases what can be done in Update5. Now if they would just add a "Creative Mode" and a flying/fast travel mode, this game could really be a fantastic sandbox for people like me that enjoy just building cool things.

[@CliveWolfe]

Know it's not exactly the same, but if you upload your save to satisfactory-calculator and look in the settings you can toggle "creative" (ie. no build costs) and unlock all the tech as well.

[@eagleeyeproductions2317]

@@CliveWolfe Good to know. For some reason I can't get any mods to work in update 5 even though I updated SMM and only tried supposedly compatible mods that have been updated. Any thoughts?

[@KaranSingh-nl6sp]

@@eagleeyeproductions2317 use easy heat in smm

[@bretttetlow4044]

Another thing you can do with billboards is use them as floors. If you place a beam down you can then snap the billboards parallel with the floor on the beam. The large billboard fits perfectly over two foundations.

[@deanyearsley6126]

Great videos TX, I tend to sink a few hundred hours into Satisfactory, get to a certain point, stop for a while and then repeat, and your videos always teach me something new and are my go-to. Amazing. I'd love it if you could do a "Build Along" type video, detailing various beautiful design aspects, less about the actual factories themselves, but just making them look beautiful. I've seen some of the time-lapses you've done, especially the heavy module frame one and was blown away by the beauty of the building. I'm very much a see it done, follow along, type learner and would be amazing to get some inspiration as I followed along as you built some beautiful buildings step by step. Appreciate if this request is stupid or too complicated :).

[@sidcitris4162]

Let's Game It Out architecture style deserves an honorable mention Lol

[@brianp6859]

Beltnado is the 8th wonder of the universe

[@muhammadadika.p.a6335]

@@brianp6859 that would be amazing and hilarious

[@khorneflakes]

Chaos isn't a style, it's art

[@brianp6859]

@@khorneflakes ahh a man of culture I see. Now we just need skulls added to the game to make a skull throne ;)

[@FastTquick]

I would like to see a video on building different styles of roads/highways and road signs for easy travel between factories by car or truck.

[@firemoth1610]

me too, I've built a small road system for a factory but always wanted bigger, maybe an updated vehicle logistics guide as well to go along side it

[@brodriguez11000]

I imagine the asphalt foundation and the labels from the awesome shop.

[@firemoth1610]

@@brodriguez11000 yeah, found a really cool design on the official subreddit and I basically just used that then replaced the road with asphalt when the update came out

[@Dydreth]

You've really grown in your builds and presentation, TotalXclipse. Kudos, and thank you for bringing us such wonderful inspiration from some of the best factory architects!

[@DasIllu]

I am currently building a city/mega factory in the desert. I am trying to go for that campus style factory i used to work in IRL in my time as automation technician. I am still hoping that one day we get a forklift replacement for the tractors. But yeah, i am building ~10m above the highest dune and i am trying to mix building styles. Have the smelter look like an 50's era industrial hell hole while the computer building look stylish and clean and so on. A mix of eras, that give you a sense of the passing of times. Oh i get lost in fiddling with the new blocks so easily =)

[@KarelPKerezman]

In my "eSthetic" run I'm just getting to the point where I've unlocked about 2/3 of the fun building pieces from the shop. Once Ficsmas is over I'll be looking at doing "makeovers" for my existing factories. I absolutely love the "embedded signs as active accent highlights" idea!

[@josephduke7744]

Absolutely love the Chicago school, though the range of different styles you present are just incredible and all are very inspirational.

[@Swindy]

5:10 I'm about to start over again with my friends on a dedicated server and I am totally using this build for my coal power plants 😻

[@thewombat9025]

Really excellent video Total Eclipse! Really digging the examples of Prairie and Chicago styles!

[@ruebenthechef]

Awesome ideas dude. New save with update 5 started on my main base yesterday and struggling for ideas thus definetly gave me a few

[@b.delacroix7592]

Hey, I've been doing brutalism, but I like the ranch house style there at the beginning. Good job on the old style (you called it chicago). If you didn't know better, you could fool yourself into thinking it was made with bricks. I like the modern as well. Big open areas. Your try at the future style is interesting. Good job on the waterfall building.

[@KrazyCarry]

hey xclipse really love your videos i've learned so much. Just one question hopefully gets answered on this oldish video. in the prairie style you have ramps with a trim wall on them. just wondering how you managed to get that to work? thank you so much for your videos

[@L0RDSH0CK3W4V3GamingAdvice]

Awesome work. Only architect gods can smile on these creations.

[@brodriguez11000]

NTM Square Foundations and Walls with its texture variety would be easier to do brick. Maybe in a future update Coffee Stain can allow for texture painting. That would both simplify, as well as add variety.

[@NymtheRobot1984]

Thank you for all the great Satisfactory videos! You are my go to to figure things out or get inspiration.

[@Chuef2358]

They should add wood themed structures which need wood to make so the trees and chainsaw get some more use to them

[@TotalXclipse]

I don't think they will, going from a space ship, to having to construct with wood is kind of a bit backwards :D

[@1Rictec]

wood? no marble, curved foundations and walls and maybe new texture for painting who knows maybe a way we could do our own texture and save to a file.

[@Chuef2358]

I meant like they can add wood themed foundations and stuff marble too, couple with other materials it can produce some beautiful results

[@lachlantate2379]

Damn that last building is very nice 👍

[@doom1787]

I personally like to build massive temple like structures using mostly concrete. Simple but looks really cool

[@pierregrobler6360]

@TotalXclipse I am pretty new to satisfactory and would really like to know how the curved windows in the building at 5:30 are built - any guidance will be greatly appreciated.

[@TotalXclipse]

The windows are straight, I'm just using the vanilla half pipe foundations from the awesome shop :)

[@pierregrobler6360]

@@TotalXclipse Am I missing something but I don't have half pipe foundations only quarter pipe. In your build the window is 1 foundation wide, but it you use the quarter pipe foundations on either side you need to make the window 2 foundations wide. Any ideas what i am missing? Also how do you place a window in the middle of the foundation?

[@TotalXclipse]

@@pierregrobler6360 Sorry you're right they're quarter pipe foundations. AS for positioning I use walkways to place them half a foundation out so they span the arch rather than part. Window placement is done on top of the barriers which can be placed anywhere

[@pierregrobler6360]

@@TotalXclipse Hi thanks for the info - not sure how to use the walkways as described, but think I managed a workaround. The barrier worked a treat thanks!

[@splintercelloo7]

Pfhhh, and you said you couldn't lay brick.... Lookin at you Boston build. Well played sir!

[@Joe_V95]

wow!! great job on these builds man. freaking love them!! "And yes please on the sign video." that would be awesome. I am just getting back into the game. See you around ;)

[@jimhall583]

I'm very into the Chicago style for my own build but have experimented with some other styles. I have a medieval style castle for heavy modular frames.

[@nikelsad]

Heavy medieval frames :)

[@theunisdk]

Your videos, and builds are just simply amazing.

[@jasonlatta2000]

Smoothism supporter here ✋ (Definitely excited and terrified for the day that I U5-ify my steel spiral) Although, I’ve been messing around with other styles in my current mini-mega base and logisitics tower project.

[@Andre-pe3jt]

Function following form in nearly all of these, yeah? I feel like you'd need to build the entire shell first and then decide what factory could fit within. Beautiful though. Sign tips yes, please!

[@Nortonius_]

Loved seeing historical architecture applied to Satisfactory. Wright, Sullivan, and Burnham would be proud!

[@EowynCloud]

Awesome video showcasing all the cool stuff Update 5 has to offer! I only wish you'd do a tutorial on those sign blendings for the matrix walls, that looks absolutely 🔥

[@TotalXclipse]

I will be in the future 🙂

[@wertacus]

Really love that Chicago school, totally going to use that for my pure iron production

[@CliveWolfe]

This.. I think if you mix in some coal powerplants (for chimney's) you could make it look like victorian style factory

[@MrDwebber1979]

I'm partial to the Futuristic styles mixed with Smoothism, and maybe a touch of Eco.

[@tracktain9492]

Hey this was super fun to watch as an architectural designer. one note, Italiante is actually Italianate (Italian-eight)

[@TotalXclipse]

Thanks! I had no idea if I was saying it right :D

[@FredRated1967]

See, I haven't given much thought to decorating. My factories are spread out, as my computer isn't the most powerful, so the less stuff clumped in one place, the better my framerates. To be fair, I've been playing more Dyson Sphere Program these days. Started it at the update 5 experimental release. One thing I like about DSP, no pipes. I can send those oil blocks down belt in gelatinous blobs. Although, I'm going to revisit this game, as I need to purchase all the new stuff in the Awesome Shop. And Ficsmas.

[@The_KlaVra]

Yo, Any tips on getting tickets so I can get more variations of buildings?

[@nobodyok9683]

really cool builds dude

[@DSWikidot]

Do you make saves available with any of these buildings? I'm interested in how you did certain aspects and being able to dissect the building would be quite helpful.

[@TotalXclipse]

When the save is complete hopefully in a month or two, I plan to release it to everyone

[@andocromn8755]

@@TotalXclipse has it been released? I'd love to download to figure out how to make a "house" build. Love your videos by the way

[@haighs9900]

The Chicago school style looks very like an old victorian (?) factory: red brick, big windows for natural light, black steel

[@danp6918]

Some good inspiration here =)

[@whoisj]

surprised Scalti wasn't mentioned. his style is so simple, yet effective and clean

[@TotalXclipse]

Though there are plenty of great content creators worthy of mentioning. I feel a lot are more focused on factory interior logistics which this video wasn't about. Scaltis though great, is very similar to the modern style that I demonstrated. Making use of straight edges and glass.

[@richardloccz9730]

My game keeps crashing after I tried to get back into it recently with a few mods. I verified game files and switched to DX 11 and still crashes a minute or to into the game. crash and access violation bug report. Your video on how to mod got me ALL excited now I can't even play at all. Know of any solutions or is it SMM ?? was trying SMART, PAK, and 1 or 2 more "compatible" mods

[@boofe7206]

I highly doubt most mods are compatible with update 5 right now, just gotta be patient

[@TotalXclipse]

Some mods are currently but not all!

[@brodriguez11000]

@@TotalXclipse : Even Coffee Stain stuff crashes. They just had a recent update last night and replacing a power pole in place still locks up and crashes the game. I have to delete and replace.

[@martinkanchev7569]

this needs more likes, like a million more

[@FFJecht]

I have a question; What are your specs for your PC? I don't think my build can handle architecture like that for Satisfactory.

[@TotalXclipse]

Gtx 1080 and an AMD 5900x 32 GB RAM

[@RiderDragonstorm]

Love the different architectures. By the way have you see the tetris minigame in the hub yet ?

[@TotalXclipse]

Yep I posted a bug on it on twitter 😂

[@007LvB]

You say "There's nothing wrong with the style you want"... Did you look at Let's Game it Out??

[@powerpc6037]

Most buildings seem to be hollow and not really suited for a true factory to be placed inside. They're gorgeous though, but not practical and serve no real function. I first build my factories, then cover it with walls and roofs and I've managed to make my coal power plant and quartz factory to be nicer than just plain open foundations or a simple box building. I'm just getting started with making my factories more beautiful and these videos give me some ideas though, as they show clearly what's possible and how you should do it.

[@TotalXclipse]

They're more designed and showing off what you can achieve for an overall outer style, with enough size you could achieve a factory with these styles. I build the outershell first, accounting for the rough size. but everyone has a different system :)

[@Lil_Puppy]

Interested to see how you finish the waterfall villa, wish I could afford something like that in the real world.

[@TotalXclipse]

You me both

[@beansperkins]

Great video! I'm not exactly sure how to describe it but you have an issue with your voice recording. It seems to be reverberating pretty loud at a low frequency.

[@TotalXclipse]

I can't hear it myself, any specific timestamps as to where you noticed this?

[@the_wrong_alice]

More content like this :D

[@TobiasRieperGER]

Yes these ultra giant factory buildings are impressive, but i really don't like them in my game. I have a rather good pc, but i hate it, when games start to lag or stutter. So i build semi big bases in my games. The only big buildings are power plants. Just cause its waste if they are not run on full efficiency.

[@sardonicca]

do a video on signs yes ;)

[@pfqniet]

"Architects suck" - RCE 2021 But in seriousness, cool stuff!

[@baky8856]

It's like the Apple central

[@gustavomazzolli8355]

how to tilted window in satisfactory ?

[@seanporcelli3965]

I think futurism works best with satisfactory.

[@mayakovski]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pontusvongeijer1240]

I farted today, it was less stinky than this channel.

[@TotalXclipse]

🤣 well I'd recommend checking out another channel it's quite easy not to click on my videos

[@rohbust56]

can you please send your satisfactory builds to some actual architects and builders i wanna see these things

[@TotalXclipse]

I think they'd scream at the thought of physicalizing them 🤣