The PERFECT Coal Power Plant Doesn't Exis... - Satisfactory 1.0

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

Apologies for the delay in videos, here's the reason why: kzbin.infoUgkx325ZG-0QyefW9jgqDHuMmUSvh039wAc8 Remember if you want to play around in this save or build along, just visit: www.whatdarrenplays.com/satisfactory - all the instructions on what to do are there.

[@kysersoze4385]

Sorry to hear. best wishes.

[@moffch4319]

Many condolences. I know how traumatizing experiencing a pet death.

[@TheRezro]

I personally like to keep turned off biomas burners as backup for the pumps. In case if grid go off. You may additionally add water tanks with one under-clock refilling pump. So you could easily restart network if they you have surge. But in larger facilities it is most effective to keep one power plant off grid to power miners and pumps completely independently. This way you have almost no risk of critical failure. But it may not always be effective in smaller facilities.

[@claudeberne]

Hi, I want to say first of all that I'm sorry for the loss of your cat. I can understand the emptiness and all the grief, especially since you were always with him. Thank you for informing us about this very personal matter. Also, thank you for your work; your videos are extremely helpful and I must highlight the high quality of them. What a lot of work!

[@Akhunrah]

Damn, I can't believe I've played this for several hundred hours without the vertical pipe alignment tricks showcased here. I've been eyeballing it this entire time. That alone is worth a subscription, but this series so far is an S-tier showcase and explanation of the early game mechanics! I do want to pass on one tip for your consideration. Since liquids can be rather finicky, I personally find it better for stability to have the main pipeline elevated above the inputs. This makes it so that the liquids always go down into the input, rather than up. What I do is make a pipeline perpendicular to and about half a foundation away from the input using the max height of the pipeline support. Then place vertical pipeline junctions on this main pipe aligned with the input, sort of like how you did in this video, and finish it off with connecting the bottom connection to the input (the max height support allows for a nice smooth curve on this pipe). With this setup, the short pipes feeding into the input are always full, even if the main pipe has some flow fluctuations.

[@mattclark6037]

Glad to have you back! This was the best explanation of how pipes work I've ever heard.

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

Thanks!

[@spencereades]

That trick of how to anchor the pumps is a game changer for me! It has been driving me insane trying to free place at the 10m mark above water extractors. Huge props my dude, and hope everything is going well for you. Will be here :)

[@shopko_y1277]

I'm sorry to hear your pain. I've also had animals die, and I know how it feels. May Nyx be comfortable knowing that the long journey through life is over.

[@GorgieGus]

46:45 I'm almost 1500 hours into this game and this is the best description of the pump headlift I've heard, especially when you mention a pump on a horizontal pipeline. Ditto your explanation at 1:06:10

[@WinchesterxNL]

I enjoy your playthrough and I learn a lot. You and ImKibitz really made me enjoy this game. I'm sorry about Nyx. I hope she's still with you, and is comfortable. Or if she's not, then I am sorry for your loss. Personal struggles and such happen. They suck, but is sadlu inevitable. Take your time with those, always. We can always hope that next year will be better. Now time for me to grab a snack, and a drink, and enjoy the remaining hour and 14 minutes.

[@Instig4t0r86]

This series is so well paced. I can see beginners really benefiting but then more experienced players still pick up tidbits!

[@BeermanGamingHQ]

Glad you are back and sorry to hear about Nyx.

[@moffch4319]

If waiting for manifolds to fill tick you off too much, you can put those 4 portable miners on the pure coal node and hand fill the last 8 generators (or do 4 runs instead of 2 and fill all 16 before connecting generators to power.)

[@LastKnight0727]

Another option is only to connect the belts after the machine fills. That way, the manifold is always working, and you don't get the start/stop of the machines. Same effect as using smart splitters to do an overflow manifold that feeds 1 machine and only fills the rest of the manifold if the line starts to back up.

[@adamwalker3560]

Thank you for all your effort, your videos are great! I mentioned it before, but even an experienced Satisfactory player like me can learn little tidbits from videos like this, despite the beginner-friendly nature of the video. I especially like the cosmetics done in this episode, as they are very minimalistic but still both quite good and seemingly realistic. I feel you did a good job channeling that cosmetic design Coffee Stain uses in their promotional trailers. Looking forward to the next one!

[@gothfalcon]

I personally always build coal generators in sets of 8. 8 generators with 3 extractors matches exactly and takes 120 coal, so a tier 2 belt exactly. I do like the adjustment based on what you are using for input. I also flip the standby switch on the generators while they fill up with coal because I'm impatient with waiting for them to fill. They don't fill unless they are connected to power, but they will fill while on standby, so I will usually turn off the ones at the furthest end of the manifold since they are the ones that will flicker the most as they fill.

[@atlaspr0d]

Love this series, glad you’re back

[@carringtont7632]

Thanks for the video and I'm sorry for your loss. Great tutorial, as always. Though there's one thing I like to do different: I usually turn off, or don't connect, the generators until all are full with both coal and water. Since the generators at the start of the manifold aren't conmsuming anything yet, it'll be a bit faster to fill all up. I'm not sure how much time it actually saves, but it does save me the anxiety of having to watch the power lines spike and fall 😅

[@dibkun4113]

haha 5:25 this part what the coolest dramatic adventure ive ever seen on Darren playthrough xD

[@simianfarmer]

I've watched many build series, and this is the best I've seen... including your U8 series. Great combination of function and efficiency without devolving into the "look how pretty my base is!" sort of navel-gazing that is distracting.

[@EccentricWarmonger]

That shadow....umm.. Darren did you plan that? LOL

[@djevrek]

Nice work, cant wait for next stream. Sorry about your loss

[@eightbeard]

Glad to see you back, hope everything's going okay!

[@rgreerjr]

If you properly utilize Fluid Buffers by putting them in line directly after the water extractors and higher then the height of the buildings that require water you can greatly reduce the number of pumps needed in the system as the only pumps needed will be the ones used to get the water to the Fluid Buffer height and you also give yourself a (lack of a better word) buffer that stores extra fluid incase of a power outage. I have mentioned this in the past on Darren's videos that deal with water and every single time he incorrectly assumes that I am talking about the exploit of having unlimited headlift by having all sources of water being connected to one extremely high fluid buffer while not taking into account water pipe sizes/tiers. That is 100% not what I am saying you should do. Each buffer should only receive an input of (at most) a full pipe, so for tier 1 pipes each full 300 should have its own buffer and for tier 2 pipes each full 600 should have its own fluid buffer. This will help save a lot of headaches with how fluids work in this game. I would also suggest that you always try to have full pipes, so if you have tier 1 pipes always try to have them being fed 300 water and if you have tier 2 always try to have them being fed 600 water. Each pipe segment wants to be full and if it isn't being feed enough for it to be full the water will tend to slosh back and forth. This is also another reason to have a buffer/water tower so that the pipes will always be fed from above. The basic thought behind this entire thing is it is always better for water to be fed from above but since you are building above the water you need some way for the water to be above what you are building. Yes you can do this without a buffer, but why would you not want a way to store extra water?

[@aero161luke161]

Like the format and detailed explanations, looking forward to following along

[@danielfletcher3822]

Been waiting for this! Hope your situation is better. Always enjoy your videos!

[@Crimsondragonblade]

Just want to say thank you. I found your videos while looking up info about Satisfactory to decide if I wanted to pick up the game or not. I've watched the first of this series and haven't had time to watch this one but your video was quite helpful and did convince me that I wanted the game. So thanks again and I can't wait to see more of this one.

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

Thanks! I see comments on old videos too, (i just see them by “new” across all my vids) so don’t be afraid to leave one on the video you’re watching! I reply all the time! And thank you!

[@Crimsondragonblade]

@@WhatDarrenPlays No worries, I did. I finished this one last night. :D I love the coal factory and %110 will be using the idea for my own builds, its fantastic! I cannot wait for the next one to show up.

[@Impulse725]

That is a good looking factory. I like to let everything fill with water and coal before I connect them to power but I suppose it’s a bit more oversight that way. Glad to see the video come out and hope you’re taking care of yourself!

[@moffch4319]

It’s a decision between connecting to power then turning to standby (which fills both coal and water,) or waiting to connect to a power pole (which only fills water, this is where you would want to hand fill coal.) I personally feel it’s faster to run along connecting to power than it is to ‘e’ machine and click standby, twice (once to pause, once to turn back on.) Everyone has to make their own choice.

[@lakefrontbiking]

Really enjoying the new series. I dedicated one satisfactory gaming sesh to just collect the spheres and max out their rates in the mam. Was really worth it, I did put it off till like aluminum tier tho😅 Highly recommended, I wish I did it early

[@TheBaldr]

Build the generators near water level straight in a row. A water pipe 6 meters away from the generators and 4 meters up will give plenty of room to run a coal manifold underneath. It look neat and no need to use pumps which are a waste of energy.

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

I’m ok with using 24MW of power on pumps, its really not that much. But you’re right overall, I thought about building totally flat, but didnt think it would look nice, and building with just a 6m roof seems like itd be a tiny bit claustrophobic to build and lay pipes and coal. But appreciate the suggestion anyways

[@ToddRafferty]

Yo, I started watching your channel last week, and I'm really enjoying this playthrough as I go through things in my own game. I've already picked up the tagging tip from you and utilizing it. Thanks. My condolences too.

[@tomj819]

A 'perfect" coal factory without a 5.6m machine bank offset to perfectly align the chimney stacks? Say it ain't so! 🤪

[@Fasyle]

This is top-tier Satisfactory content, I have been looking forward to it since you mentioned it on the stream! Very excited! Sorry to hear about Nix..

[@vetheros]

If you crawl up to the Hatchers, you can shoot them with the rebar gun and they still won't eject the flies.

[@xJustForKiicks]

Im not super interested in satisfactory anymore, but just wanted to comment and help the algo for ya. Sorry about your situation :(

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

Thanks!

[@Beany-Wil]

Welcome back man ❤ love this new style of satisfactory vids, great thumbnail too btw

[@shananagen09]

The crouch tech for the hatchers was a game changer when I learned that from one of your live streams lmao.

[@drunkdwarf8884]

I'm sorry for your loss man

[@siam8603]

This is what I need thx darren

[@WildeFyre69]

Firstly, my sincere feelings to you on the loss of your cat Nyx. I've almost always had a cat & I understand what it's like to lose one. Now then... your amazing videos are, uhm... amazing? Seriously though, they are the best teaching videos I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of videos. The way you explain things is great and easy to understand. I look forward to watching more of your videos!

[@Myzro]

It's possible to build a coal fired power plant using 3 water pumps and 8 generators with Mk1 pipes. The generators should be divided into two groups of 4 and one pump should be placed on the right, one pump in the middle and one pump on the left. The water from the middle pump will be distributed to both sides.

[@micogame09]

Thanks for sharing you save files.. most content creators for free don`t do that. Moreover, I learnt a lot from you since your first play through. Keep it up...

[@jameserbe8549]

If you dont connect the power plants to power you can fill everything wothout them burning, once fuel and water is full connect them and they are primed, this works with fuel also

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

Oh good point, I assumed they needed power to accept material, most machines behave that way but generators i think are the exception

[@jameserbe8549]

Yes, don't connect a cable at all to them run the poles next to them, but no cable to the power plant itself even if its not connected to an electrical supply the cable to the plant will turn it on

[@TheRealOgreBane]

Yay Satisfactory is back!

[@MalibuGT]

Just got this game 5 days ago and just loving it… damm the maps are uge

[@TheDanc1nghawk]

I've been doing the same 8 refineries to 3 water extractors for years. Probably not going to change because i can build that setup in my sleep. This one is more simple though.

[@AAswani100]

Love watching your Videos. Thank you Darren for another amazing one! ❤️ Time to build ! PS: Sorry to hear about Nyx. You guys take care of yourselves over there.

[@elijahmceachin2820]

In case youre ever in a rush to get a hard drive again its slightly faster to exit and open it back up after you open the latch

[@JohnLester-designing4ages]

Nice one Darren hope you and your partner are doing ok bless you guys.

[@Omni0404]

I like your building color schemes. I just watched another channel and all their buildings were default orange 😱

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

Criminal. I did a little more later, adding the red for the machines along the 1m wall segment wrapped around the building and the same red at the top of the metal pillars on the supports. Looks good!

[@alexandertucker6140]

i like this setup but i still like using your 88.89% coal gens, 1water extractor for 3 coal gens is just easy to layout

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

Same :P But wanted something a but simpler with less numbers to consider overall for this one!

[@alanramsey2826]

Hey Darren so glad to see you are back up again. It is always a pleasure watching your videos. I know the planning you put is way above what I do. My main question is how do know exactly how many foundations you will put down?😎 I have tried estimating based on the machines I am putting down but I always have to put in way more or my factory is a tight squeeze between the rocks. I am sorry for your loss. Thanks for the upload.

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

I usually build an outer frame of the floor in a location before the episode when im planning. I’ll take a small group of machines like 6 generators and then look how much space it takes, then just work it out by mapping out where the rest would go if they were the same size. So 6 generators might be a 9x4 block, and I need 36 of them, so I make sure all blocks can fit inside a rectangle. I also knew that I would need 6 pipelines, so I left a gap of two foundations down the middle so 6 pipes could all fit (but I ended up building them over eachother anyways instead of next to eachother) So its a mixture of trial and error I do off screen and then generally just laying machines out on foundations and making sure they fit overall. To know they can fit, building that outer perimeter first allows me to work out the area inside the perimeter to know things will fit. Hope this somewhat helps!

[@alanramsey2826]

@@WhatDarrenPlays Thank you brother!

[@rgreerjr]

Splitter DO take items off the belt in an even way, it splits the items in half.

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

Yes! I think I meant they don't take them evenly between the entire manifold. Can be tough to explain the context in my head sometimes.

[@dibkun4113]

Lets go ep 2 after long waiting !!!!!!!

[@circa9097]

Darren, What tool are you using to do the layouts of the buildings? Or is it just from experience you know that laying out 4 generators next to eachother will cover exactly 6 foundations? For me I do everything in-game and it's quite a struggle and a lot of placing down and deleting but it seems like you have a tool or at the very least some graph paper for figuring out 7x31 grid or whatever it is you're trying to do ahead of actually building it. Loving the content and you do a great job at explaining everything. I just don't see how it's luck when you do your factory layouts. You must have some sort of cheat sheet or blueprint before you go placing foundations down. -Cheers

[@Vazarius]

Great builds!

[@Nick-Forrest]

Another awesome video. Are you doing a ficsmas special episode?

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

Thank you, and no, I'm not that interested in it personally and I'm already behind the curve when it comes to others doing it. I'd rather just focus on progressing in the playthrough normally

[@Nick-Forrest]

Fair enough, looking forward to the next one!

[@jimbosworld7486]

I've caught up. The next video would be awesome, please

[@ziimbrotmg3981]

couldnt waiting for next episond, loved update 8 series

[@vooz2005]

Love your video

[@Sam-be6mr]

Hi Darren! Absolutly love ur vida but just one quicl question. Would it be possible to have smaller vids on another channel (or this one) of how you make ur bps and thing, for people playing on cloud gaming its really hard to do mega builds.with the blueprints you used in the last series ❤

[@jyka6558]

NEW VIDEO YAAAAAY

[@rgreerjr]

Pipeline floor holes can still be bugged, I would suggest not using them

[@moffch4319]

A good compromise I’ve seen is to run pipe, then put floor hole on foundation next to pipe and use ‘h’ nudge to place hole so it ‘appears’ to connect through hole. It can be challenging to get the pipe vertical on the top and bottom without the floor/wall hole.

[@adogg8887]

Sorry about your furry friend😢. You can now delete the pipe supports and it will leave a clean pipe with an invisible joint.

[@Ian-y7g]

Nice

[@David.Pham.]

Pipes Floor hole bugged so badly, better get rid of it while you can.

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

I havent noticed or experienced any floor hole bugs since 1.0 got a hotfix. Whats the bug?

[@Zezenbeltza]

Sorry about your cat. Hug

[@ac01bramha]

Thinking of becoming a member do they get videos earlier?

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

Probably not until the New Year, with recent distruption in my schedule and Christmas stound the corner I don’t think I can deliver early reliably until January. I have done in the past consistently, but it seems unlikely in the next couple weeks, I just want to get them out asap to catch up a bit.

[@ac01bramha]

​@@WhatDarrenPlays understandable mate al be signing up in the new year i am just building foundations for oil! Only get on a few hours a week lol

[@VicKang11]

Just here to say I was in your top 0.5% viewers according to my yt wrapped. I shall issue a challenge to the others to know who was top 1 and I'll consider joining the membership

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

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[@VicKang11]

@WhatDarrenPlays I love that wrapped feature they added 😂 and festive holidays dude you scratch my gaming itch all the time.

[@jamikellburns4551]

Lets go!!!

[@iloldirl]

It's hard to play along with the video when there are skips and you are at a new location. Can you open your map to show where you are?

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

To put it mildly, no, I did that initially and felt the map was on screen too much. I know it might not be the best, but you can always load my save and I've marked exactly every collectible I've got, and where I build. You could even just load it into satisfactory-calculator and have your game open at the same time so you can flip between them. But ultimately for this series, if people do want to play along, they'll have to do a little work themselves for things like that, but I give out saves, blueprints and show what I've done as much as I can. I showed almost everything in the last series and it was so slow the viewers just dropped off really fast. So I did try it that way first.

[@themerbekhub]

You've been gone a while

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

Had an issue: kzbin.infoUgkx325ZG-0QyefW9jgqDHuMmUSvh039wAc8

[@stefanotruppo6171]

Let’s gooo

[@SeagullIV]

You said you wanted to make things simple but messed up the already simple math of coal per min for each node by making belt speed the deciding factor? How are you getting 270 coal from nodes without messing the numbers? Just following the node output Mk1 Miner in your case for a normal and pure would be 180 and soon after 360 when you get better belts. Which would make the 8:3 golden ratio work perfectly. I keep seeing this with youtubers. Instead of teaching newcomers the proper way to do coal with simple math. They go out of their way to mess things up just because they dont want to address the 300/min water flow limit. Not learning the proper way to do it was why I struggled so much with my first coal plant and my power kept tripping when I started the game a few weeks ago.

[@WhatDarrenPlays]

I disagree completely- by building to scope of the next belt speed, not only is it more efficient but its also easier to upgrade. Building 8 gens to 3 water extractors requires a specific layout for building, which imo is much more tricky for a newcomer than dealing with the clockspeed of your miner.

[@jakobelster3688]

Lets gooo!!

[@stefanotruppo6171]

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