Thanks to MANSCAPED for sponsoring today's video! Get 20% OFF + Free International Shipping with promo code "WDP20" at mnscpd.com/WhatDarrenPlays The save file, blueprints and production plan is now available. Check the description for the link. I plan on streaming the cosmetics and truck stations tomorrow. ►Follow up stream - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZCxioR9ZZuojpo Some factory patch notes -UPDATED: I added some valves to the pipes to "guide" the water correctly into the factory. It was getting a bit backed up, but this fixed it. -UPDATED: For the refineries, it seems my trick with the Mk3 belt on bottom and Mk4 belt on top might not work. It is true that the belt with higher volume will overflow first, but the "waterfall" method of feeding each overflow into the next line is messing with that priority. I've adjusted it so that each overflow splitter just feeds onto a seperate single line that goes into the container, and this is working. Will be shown in stream and updated in save file. -FIXED: There were some Iron Rod machines not connected to power -FIXED: A Reinforced Iron Plates output belt wasn't hooked up. -FIXED: An elevator lift for the Iron Rods wasn't actually connected, but was placed facing the wrong direction.
@MegaRugster11 ай бұрын
No thanks. Shaving my balls isn't what I'd call a Man Thing..
@ashleymartin326011 ай бұрын
That’s the most entertaining Manscaped ad I’ve ever seen on KZbin 😅 ❤😂
@ColonelSandersLite11 ай бұрын
With the way satisfactory works, it probably should have been an ad for Stihl or Husqvarna though. NOTE - DO NOT REALLY TRY TO GET RID OF YOUR "BUSH" WITH A CHAINSAW. IT'S JUST A JOKE.
@mjammplays612910 ай бұрын
Yes
@jayrandolph93287 ай бұрын
Jeez don't encourage the advertisers man our lives are already FULL of ads...its really invasive...
@Luca-Scott6 ай бұрын
@@jayrandolph9328it’s like 1 minute if your life… that you can skip 😂
@TheHomicidalTendency6 ай бұрын
@@jayrandolph9328 It's literally how he gets paid. Or he'd be working a 9-5 and we'd not have independent media to consume from creative people. (It was way too long however but watchable at least for the most part)
@mnxs11 ай бұрын
"I need to go organise my storage containers." 😂😂😂 Best ad ever! You had me literally lol'ing, not easy! 😁
@NegatorUK10 ай бұрын
Normally I skip them, this time I rewound to watch it again lol !
@PhXxel10 ай бұрын
41:36 I love the truck just getting airtime in the background
@SpikedVanlife11 ай бұрын
that manscaping ad was unexpected and hilarious. I like the stacked machines look with the platforms better than other designs I've seen with pillared machines hanging above them without some sort of "platform" for it to sit on. You can also pause the first 2 or 3 machines once they reach 100 ore to get the last machines to fill up quicker.
@nehtomal11 ай бұрын
The Manscaped ad is NEXT LEVEL 😂😂😂 I laughed so hard
@grobisam11 ай бұрын
I wish we could like the video twice for the amount of efforts you put into each of these videos.
@G45H3R11 ай бұрын
I like all Darren's videos twice!!! Sometimes four times! But never three
@Tom_McCall11 ай бұрын
Hi Darren. You placed a merger at 1:08:07, but its output is facing the wrong way, meaning the conveyor lift going from bottom to top isn't connected. Hope you can find it. It's on the top floor near the two stacked containers for reinforced iron plates and rotors. Hope this helps.
@yanlucas903411 ай бұрын
I was NOT expecting this Manscaped ad LOL. Man, youre the best
@Destroyer-ki6ln8 ай бұрын
I’m just getting into satisfactory and this game is wayyy more in depth then I thought and it’s actually amazes me how guys like this are genius’s like dude is making a genius factory from formulas and is making it peak efficiency. And the fact you can use the search as a in game calculator and then paste your formulas in aswell amazes me that the devs thought of that. I applaud this dude and his very satisfying factory.
@ItsJoKeZ5 ай бұрын
I absolutely hate copying people and not doing games blindly - but I started watching you after getting deep into the game. and now it is fun to see your process, ideas and planning vs. how I approached the game blindly. feels like this is an easy game to research and fall into the meta for- where as the real fun (for me) is discovery, mistakes and fixing + improving.
@mephInc4 ай бұрын
Same. I enjoy figuring out our on my own vs straight copying. Videos like these help me see what I'm getting into and I'm always seeing little tricks. Besides, I'm not nearly as creative as this and it's really cool to see the end result.
@qawa22053 ай бұрын
yea same the fun comes from solving the problems yourself
@Trentwhetsel9 ай бұрын
Don't let what people say effect what you want to do for a video! You make great content, and most of us here realize that. If you want to put a whole factory into 1 video, do it! Or if you like doing a general factory video and cosmetics on a stream later, do that! Just wanted to tell you to do what you want, and don't let the comments drive it. I'd still think 63,000 people, that have already watched the video, would watch it regardless the length of it! Keep up the great work.
@WhatDarrenPlays9 ай бұрын
I appreciate that! and wow, didn't notice it had climbed so much in views!
@nikisaddiction4 ай бұрын
I 100% agree! I love your videos, long, short, in between. It doesn't matter to me. With this specific video & any longer one's if I can't watch it all at once, I'll just go back to it later like I'm doing right now. Do what makes you happy! I learn so much from your videos! Thank you so very much for ALL you do!!! Keep it up! You're doing AMAZING!!!! ❤❤❤
@excrubulent11 ай бұрын
You can use the SEARCH BAR as a CALCULATOR?! EDIT: You can paste FORMULAS into the MACHINES?! This game.
@abishek95519 ай бұрын
amazing right playing it for 5 years it keeps amazing me.
@0reo28 ай бұрын
I just had the same wtf moment 😅
@jojojo92407 ай бұрын
time stamps?
@jojojo92407 ай бұрын
41:02
@excrubulent7 ай бұрын
@@jojojo9240 asked & answered, nice :)
@grimbostink760711 ай бұрын
Darren once again showing all other Satisfactory channels how it's done! Your tremendous work in every single video is never unappreciated. Thank you for being so dedicated to helping me finally reach mid game!
@maxortiz87952 ай бұрын
I love this game. I love how there’s a lot of right ways to set up your factories but no real “wrong” way. Even spaghetti hell is still technically an acceptable way to complete the game. My factory looks completely different from yours and I use different conveyer balancing techniques, architecture/building techniques, and recipes, but I really love your approach! Personally, I put in the extra effort to make sure all my world resources are fed into one gigantic mega factory via a network of world spanning trains, belts, and roads, but that’s just what I felt like doing. When I scrap my factory and start again, it never looks the same, but I always try to make an effort to put in a more aesthetically pleasing touch. I’d say the only thing that’d irk me about your factory was the conveyer belts on the floor, I’d lift those up more because I don’t love constantly having to jump over belts, but that smart splitter technique for balancing belt loads is something I’m gonna have to try out. Amazing video
@TRPLD11 ай бұрын
I think it would look really cool if you'd build some kind of glass and steel encasing for all the open belts. Really love the factory with the colors, it is refreshing to have a bit of more color variation every once in a while! Keep up the great work!
@TheBongMedic11 ай бұрын
I just wait and check every now and then whether you uploaded a new video or not...I never watch such full videos but I just love to watch your videos...just addicted to them.. Thank you so much for your hard work.
@Mgsgenesis11 ай бұрын
This looks great, like the way you colour the foundations based on whats going there, Little things like that help alot i find
@joshrutledge514211 ай бұрын
Absolutely fantastic job on the video! love how you did the 480 belts using the smart splitter/merger/storage container LOVE that idea and will be using it on my 1.0 builds when it comes out that is! And just for some encouragement i think you are doing awesome man even though you have to put in tons of hours to get a 90 min video. In the end your content is still top notch as far as a tutorial even for the experienced players. Cheers and keep up the great work!
@Butcher-Psychologist9 ай бұрын
Whatever your gameplay may be, the Manscaped ad got a like from me. It's a lot more effort than I'm used to seeing.
@WhatDarrenPlays9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@girlskylark18165 ай бұрын
I’ve been struggling to find satisfactory content that helps my beginner ass level up AND THIS HAS BEEN IT. It’s gotten me so excited to explore future tiers (currently Tier 4 going on 5, never been higher) This video is so instructional even if you don’t mean it to be lol I’ve learned so much. Thank you!
@moxzy321311 ай бұрын
You do a level of planning and forethought I could never imagine doing. specially with being so precise in the belt work. that is actually just insane
@sagarbansal36929 ай бұрын
1:06:33 is it possible to use a smart splitter at the beginning of the ingot line to redirect overflow towards the last two blocks of rod machines? That way overflow from all three sets of machines flows into the last two sets
@RoyoDeBoyo11 ай бұрын
I really like these long videos. You have a very calming way of talking about the game and everything you're doing. If it takes another day or two to upload the video I know it's becuase of the quality
@SilortheBlade10 ай бұрын
OK normally I skip past sponsor bits, but I genuinely laughed at this one. Well done.
@WhatDarrenPlays10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Trapp0111 ай бұрын
Hi, WhatDarrenPlays. I love this Satisfactory series. Just got back into the game because I saw these videoes. I appreciate all the things you publish to us for free. And your factories look alot better than mine lmao 🤣
@morvoldomst2 ай бұрын
This is really good, thanks had a bit of trouble producing enough items for Constructors and then Fabricators so your Videos have helped me loads, and Modular factory's is the way to go
@tim.dedopulos11 ай бұрын
Great work, thanks Darren. It's nice to see the exposed belts!
@ItsJoKeZ5 ай бұрын
I really like putting a pipe down, deconstructing the front then adding a crossjoint with a down spout. if you down spout the next one you can attach the two lowers and do underground piping with stations quite easily with only little flow changes on flat ground (or pumps on the upper parts that look like gauges)
@sebastianjanko10910 ай бұрын
8:00 YOU CAN SEND OFF MULTIPLE MILESTONES!? why has no one ever told me of that
@jessicatimm55911 ай бұрын
Thank You for sharing the save file and bp, mind-blowing factory!
@EddieGonzalez7 ай бұрын
These stacked modules are great. A lot of the other blueprints are so specific to a particular build that I don't use them, but these are plug-and-play modules that fit in any factory.
@MrDobilina11 ай бұрын
The minecraft music in the background around 6minutes
@DoctorRedstone727 ай бұрын
I use a fly mod for this reason. Some may call it cheating, but it's my save my rules. It's so nice
@nikolai235611 ай бұрын
was watching the video, you could have just used the belts to cap the output for the screws, each block feed by a mk2 belt to extract 120 from the main bus. Working with belt speed is useful now and then
@WhatDarrenPlays11 ай бұрын
Oh yeah good point, I often forget that
@BrettWms11 ай бұрын
At the end of the video after everything was powered up you had some constructors that either were u powered or no recipe. I can never remember which is which. Not sure if you got those or not
@WhatDarrenPlays11 ай бұрын
It was power! Fixed!
@TheoriesofChaos9 ай бұрын
I came here for the satisfactory content, I subscribed because of the manscape commercial
@mrbfros45411 ай бұрын
Great video as always. It always blows my mind how much time and effort and thought you put into your content. Such a treasure of a you tube channel.
@nauthic3p07 ай бұрын
I play since update 2 and didn’t know I can paste a formula there 😮
@ColdSeasonGaming11 ай бұрын
OMG... your Manscaped add had me rolling!!!
@gamerdweebentertainment16167 ай бұрын
Me watchint videos for insight and ideas of sorts also me when sees a neat looking solution gets mad that didn't think of it myself. 46:10 using steel beams for power connection...
@AbsolutelyNobody-u6w11 ай бұрын
HI, Daren, great video as usual, but as fellow FICSIT employee i think you made a mistake in your layout (i did similar mistake at one of my starter factories as well). You will never get 231.4286 leftover ingots/min, but only about 187, and once line containers are full you should see some idle time on central line refineries. The problem is - mergers try to take input as even as possible from each belt. Here's some math: - each line container takes 260 ingots/min on bottom belt, so that leaves only 220 i/m for upper one. Placing a merger with one "production" belt and one "overflow" belt means that it will try to take 110 i/m from each belt (if it can). - for the first merger (on central line) it's not a problem as it only receives 77 i/m from "overflow" belt, so it will take 143 i/m from "production". But that also means that second "overflow" belt will get 297 - 143 = 154 i/m. - the second merger (on the last line) will get 297 i/m from "production" belt and 154 i/m from "overflow" belft, but it will only try to take 110 from each (since it can!) That means that once central line container is full, the second "overflow" belt will start to clog at rate of 44 ingots/min and the final "overflow" belt will only produce 187 i/m and not 231 as you expect. The solution is really simple in your case - just put mergers BEFORE the smart splitters, as you have enough "belt cap" there.
@ongoy136 ай бұрын
can you explain what you mean by the belt with more travel ? in the overflow part of refinery ? more travel from where to where ?
@WhatDarrenPlays6 ай бұрын
I’m sorry youd need to be more specific. Maybe add a timestamp if you remember where I said it. You can also download the save or look at the production plans for the build and it might help. Its all in the description.
@ongoy136 ай бұрын
@@WhatDarrenPlays Sorry :p so at 29:39 you explain that you found out that you only have to put the smart splitter on the mk4 way because "it travels more". I just want to know what do you mean by travel more and how do you identify that in order to replicate this logic maybe on oother factory later , because i found the idea brilliant to build this 480 constant flow with this kind of buffer; and wanted to understand it more in order to put it in my factories
@Chordious7 ай бұрын
Ahhhhh, they changed this game so much since i play played! Love your organization and knowledge. It is satisfactory 👀
@karlimi172310 ай бұрын
i love the music man (its aria math from minecraft)
@jamikellburns455111 ай бұрын
Thanks for the great content and thanks for being you man.
@martin299811 ай бұрын
Another amazing build @Darren. Can't wait for the stream
@hideyasumusha72114 ай бұрын
So far the only guy who made watch a yt ad.
@soulaether11 ай бұрын
i like your interesting take on the belt management but just curious why that you wouldnt smart splitter from the mark 3 belt into the above mark 4 filling it before the storage container and overflowing the remainder into a merger line at the base level
@davidsearles-281011 ай бұрын
When it comes to the rods, how your back 2 lines are just for storage, what if you changed the last splitter on the main production lines to smart splitters set for overflow, then those manifolds would completely fill faster before filling the storage lines?
@anarchyinoz10 ай бұрын
campo viejo is my fav wine! ill spot it anywhere!
@cozmoticskillissue10 ай бұрын
1:19:50 *25 minute logistics section*
@dwpersGC9 ай бұрын
Would love to see this modular build style for copper, steel, etc and their products. Modularity allows building at scale and having organized factories.
@madarame945 ай бұрын
i know that this vid is 5 months old but what you are doing with the refineries output is called belt compression and on the wiki they provide examples to follow, hope it will help!
@WhatDarrenPlays5 ай бұрын
Thanks will look into it!
@MRazorK109 ай бұрын
That is how advertising should be done. Props to you and Manscaped
@2oonGamer10 ай бұрын
Hands down the best ad I've seen in a long time 😂 You and your girlfriend should do more together!
@cerealsgames311811 ай бұрын
I appreciate these videos man!
@LightningA9811 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thanks Darren!
@mattclark603711 ай бұрын
Great work as always! And impressive ad lol.
@AtreidaeChibiko11 ай бұрын
Tidying your factory whilst you tidy your downstairs. Well played on the manscaped sponsorship
@shahzaibkhawaja690311 ай бұрын
That smart splitter logic is so interesting, Amazing video as always, cant wait to reach this factory in my play along save :D Edit: Just read your comment that it doesn't work, that is unfortunate
@WhatDarrenPlays11 ай бұрын
Yeah, the priority thing still works, but the waterfall method of feeding one line to the next doesnt. It messes with the priority if you merge a new line into the top belt basically. So because of that the splitters can all remain in place, the mergers are removed and instead put on their own dedicated overflow belt just above the others. A shame, but not too bad of a rework.
@shahzaibkhawaja690311 ай бұрын
That makes sense ❤️
@DavidCastillaGil11 ай бұрын
I decided to buy the game and start playing thanks to your videos, that says a lot about how good this series has been. Good job, must have been terrible work, but you're doing great
@rodney756411 ай бұрын
Hell nah, not organizing your storage containers?!?. instead grab the weed cutters and help me make some biofuel. i'll share!
@chasewainscott873911 ай бұрын
“Patrick-” “WHAT?!??” “Where…are you going?” “…I have to reorganize some storage containers.”
@vlogoftea8 ай бұрын
Can't you use smart splitters to merge everything from one set of machines into the line of the other set of machines and then merge all the overflows from those smart splitters to have whatever is left over?
@Clone_shark7 ай бұрын
neverseen your videos before, saw the manscaped ad, instant sub. fucking incredible lmao
@soulstoneking54811 ай бұрын
Darrens out here making ads that I'll actually watch, someone get this man more sponsors
@E_200daloudlad11 ай бұрын
this is my fav series (i decided to make a satisfactory update 8 world and it didnt save (i spent 8 hours on it))
@rodrigolara11 ай бұрын
Love this series! But I have a question (not exactly related to your new factory): how to you enable this checklist you always use on the right side of the screen?
@WhatDarrenPlays11 ай бұрын
Press tab to open inventory. Move your mouse to the right edge of the screen. A vignette (black shadow) appears. Click it. This opens your to-do list. Hover over the [?] to see the formatting of text to highlight/bold etc.
@rodrigolara11 ай бұрын
@@WhatDarrenPlays awesome! I didn’t know that it allowed to do checkboxes and stuff. Thanks!!
@oceanfox095310 ай бұрын
I mean, you can help mitigate the sloshing with a Buffer and some Valves, but otherwise, wonderful build~
@k4ffe8 ай бұрын
Best manscaped ad ever 10/10 ❤
@Nineveya2 ай бұрын
Awesome video! I don't think you can see it as a tutorial because you left out a lot of valuable information to follow it and especially if you are a noob/new player. Still even though I wasn't been able to follow it, it was amazingly interesting and entertaining! 😘 ❤️
@ajstyles57046 күн бұрын
I just build a huge tower, each floor maximising belt output, which is 700+, and I did it from the beginning, basically I just keep copy pasting above it if I need 2 belts. Then I just build a train station in each biome, get all the resources there and send to all towers that need them. For the bigger and slower factories, 3 is 4 floors maxing out 1 belt. And after you are reaching the end phase, you get the bigger picture, and know what to do as you start optimising them.
@mephInc4 ай бұрын
I'm curious. At what point (distance?) do you decide to switch from belts to trucks and trucks to trains.
@royoneill25078 ай бұрын
Any chance to get your Milanote board and template?
@joncjmc429 ай бұрын
This is legit the best manscaped AD ever LOL
@RubenRas9 ай бұрын
Man, feel so bummed right now. Was going to build along with this factory, but I already have a modular frame factory on those nodes 🤭 What to do, what to do...
@ranalloatl211 ай бұрын
26:27 could you not just replace these "filter" storage containers with simple mergers and achieve the same result? first, smaller footprint. second, when you add the overflow mergers @31:25 you could just merge all three belts at once and simplify even further. works in my head, but not sure in practice or if I've explained well enough
@WhatDarrenPlays11 ай бұрын
Yeah actually a merger would work, I guess I was being particular about having two inputs ontop of eachother, rather than coming in from the sides. Consider the line of refineries: one belt would have to move down and to the right, and another would have to move down and to the left to line up with a merger. Smaller footprint overall and quicker than waiting for the container to fill, but I guess I felt 2 belts running over eachother into a container was "cleaner". [show more] As for the second point, you're correct, the "waterfall" style of feeding each line into eachother is unnecessarily complex and messes a bit with the rates, after the video I observed it for a while and changed it so that all the overflow splitters are in line with eachother, and they all send the overflow on a lift up onto a new belt that just goes straight into a container at the end. Will be shown on tomorrows stream and updated in the save file tomorrow too. Even though that aspect will have changed, the idea of having a faster belt on top and slower on the bottom still allows for overflow to only have to be taken from one belt at least.
@ranalloatl211 ай бұрын
@@WhatDarrenPlays very true, your idea is still perfect to maintain the aesthetic of a filled belt without hitching on the outputs. well done!
@LiLBitsDK11 ай бұрын
never had issues with the "pulsing" of refineries, the internal buffer just pushes them out when the belt is free and are empty before the next "pulse" of ingots are ready so you get a continous flow
@WhatDarrenPlays11 ай бұрын
It would take a long time to write out and explain it here, but try it in game if you have time. Make these 9 refineries, send two belts into a container both with overflow splitters to carry away material if they get backed up. Even though they're sending 500+ ingots per minute toward the container, you'll find that the output belt of 480 will have gaps on it. This is because of the "pulse" of refineries will back up the belts at irregular times, causing both to stop momentarily, sending out overflow from both. It seems sometimes this causes a small hitch. I think it only happens because of the two belts, it wouldnt happen if it was just one.
@LiLBitsDK11 ай бұрын
@@WhatDarrenPlays but the container should (if there is stuff in there) give out 480/min ALWAYS and if the belts are "overflowing" then the container has contents... so if there are "holes" in the stream then it is a bug so if you can film that happening then you should report it so they can fix it because as long as there is something in there it should run full blast on the exit belt no matter if both belts IN are full or not even running
@CroftyPlayer3511 ай бұрын
For the conveyor overflow "waterfall" design, wouldn't it make sense to put the mergers before the smart splitters? I feel like it would resolve the priority issue since itll be merged onto a line that hasn't been split yet. Just a thought, would probably only work with less volume or higher belt speeds
@WhatDarrenPlays11 ай бұрын
Yep, top comment is updated with that!
@CroftyPlayer3510 ай бұрын
@@WhatDarrenPlays Oh awesome! I just found this series as my first playthrough of Satisfactory and I'm learning so much! I didn't quite understand the update in the top comment so this was more of a test of my knowledge now
@IainB11 ай бұрын
Yay, let's scrap that starter base! LET'S GO!!!
@nesomaricic666911 ай бұрын
nice factory
@D4RKG3MS20 күн бұрын
Wtaf the manscaped ad. That's crazy. Great idea tho 😂
@ArinHrist11 ай бұрын
bro you are so good
@charuan1210 ай бұрын
Top tier ad!
@fluffy33811 ай бұрын
Had to check that this wasnt the hub
@nicolascarion889511 ай бұрын
Love ur vids
@campbellwoodward32759 ай бұрын
Kibitz literally planned everything at the beginning of the season (s4) to completing the game
@45atanner6 ай бұрын
Wish I could build even half of this stuff 😂
@uksoloz9 ай бұрын
I really need to learn to build up haha
@mrbfros45411 ай бұрын
So weird watching you drive on the “wrong” side of the road. 😂
@TheJim919111 ай бұрын
Darren that ad had me in STITCHES mate. Manscaped should pay you extra for the effort you put in.
@hasamanda36879 ай бұрын
hey daren. not trying to be mean but with the smart splitter problem you had you could have just simply gotten rid of the bin and added a merger at the end with a smart splitter feeding 2 belts to the merger. one as over flow and one as top up, and as long as the belt has something behind it, it will flow into the merger without stalling.
@vincentchauvot589911 ай бұрын
Dude's a genius
@XxH34DARC3T3CTxX10 ай бұрын
The Minecraft music in the background lmao I knew I heard it.
@gpaccentertainment291810 ай бұрын
36:56 been waiting to say you have minors in your basement lol
@WhatDarrenPlays10 ай бұрын
😝
@MaxLastfogel11 ай бұрын
ahahaha, loved the ad
@gamerdweebentertainment16167 ай бұрын
damn people have insane setups and haven't finished all the elevator things. Meanwhile I'm still basically sitting in beginner are trying to use all the nodes to the fullest. Also need to look at the TO-Do list more, confused on how it works.... didn't notice at 1st glance the way to do as yours.
@hersiegonzalez764411 ай бұрын
you should try minecraft mod packs! i feel like itll be an entertaining series to watch
@popydev9 ай бұрын
I don't get all the fuss around "perfectly balancing inputs" by using balancers all the way instead of manifolds. In the end, it ends up the same : the manifold will feed and saturate the first machines, then the next one, etc, up until everything is going full tilt.
@WhatDarrenPlays9 ай бұрын
Load balancing is faster, but requires more materials and space. Some manifolds can take hours to fill if the build is large enough. But I orefer manifolds generally.
@popydev9 ай бұрын
@@WhatDarrenPlays But we're only talking about the factory starting/warming up. How many hours spent building balancers to prevent how many hours of warming up ? :D