So do you love or hate cable management in Satisfactory?
@froboscis242 жыл бұрын
I like cable management. This video really gave some great ideas on how to hide the cables
@LolmenTV2 жыл бұрын
WooW! Daisy chain system is awesome! I didn't notice before thats how it work!
@Gamering84822 жыл бұрын
Hate it lol
@tracktaylor27832 жыл бұрын
Hate it yet. But thats because i dont have a system.. This weejio Truly helped
@Anson_AKB Жыл бұрын
i hate the work when i just want to continue building (especially at the beginning when i don't have wall and ceiling connections and beams yet, with only Mk1 available, or when i am missing just a single quickwire for later/higher MK, at a remote location), but i love it when it adds to the look after i have done some *_clean_* setup :-) i am also not sure whether i love or hate to use separate power networks with parallel lines (with corresponding switches at a central location) to selectively and remotely power separate sections of the factory ...
@KarelPKerezman2 жыл бұрын
OK, hiding the joints inside beams & pillars is great, and the last tip of "mounting" the joints on the machines themselves is next-level. I've only just started playing with using beams for cable management, and now I have more tools on the belt. Excellent!
@zogly94692 жыл бұрын
I've just finished building and belting a quartz/future computer factory, and it's the first one I've gone all-out on to keep things clean and beautiful. These tips will definitely help me finish it right when I go back to wire everything. (All of your stuff looks amazing. I can't imagine how many hours it would take to do all of the details like you have.)
@NiennaNeryam2 жыл бұрын
You can also daisy chain in vanilla with beams. I like to run it just clipping into the machine with the power node sticking out. Removing beams afterwards. But I hadn't thought about turning them around yet. You can also create longer power poles by stacking them. If you build a temp 7m beam through the first pole you can then build one on top perfectly. Power lines connecting them are invisible. I then place a power node on the bottom of the foundation under the first power pole and connect distant lines through my sandwich layers.
@robertbeja5291 Жыл бұрын
I am glad you mentioned placing power poles onto splitters and mergers. It is one of the ways to clean up your building layouts in the early game.
@mrbfros4546 ай бұрын
I love the fencing trick to make it look like the machines are daisy chained. That’s a lot of extra time for a feature that should have been vanilla in my opinion but thank you for showing how it can be done!
@Heartatkcell2 жыл бұрын
This video's timing couldn't have been better. I've just gotten to the last of the space elevator items, and am atm taking a break, but the next project for me is getting my cable management under control. Thank you a ton
@avalerionbass2 жыл бұрын
Take a drink every time he says "clean."
@AdyKing2 жыл бұрын
Just getting back into the game after a long break, great ideas! I also love the shiny floors, are they vanilla?
@TotalXclipse2 жыл бұрын
Yep shiny floors are the coated ones (vanilla)
@leifgunnartoth8070 Жыл бұрын
I usually use the wallmounts, and place them underneath the flooring. Pull a cable up through the machine so it's not visable, and then add another slate underneath the first to hide everything. Bluetooth electricity xD
@LuxorVan2 жыл бұрын
I place mk 2 wall outlets directly on the sides of foundations and hide them with another foundation, I did this in my factory so I could hover everywhere "who needs to walk". I place them 2 foundations apart and when wiring things you can easily place a pole above the wall outlet and connect them for a clean look or even connect the wall outlets directly to a production device from below.
@pamperedspider2 жыл бұрын
I'm finnaly gonna be able to play this tommorow when I finish my computer
@Recon777x2 жыл бұрын
2:58 this shot reminds me of that scene in Star Trek TMP flying across V'Ger.
@mhx472 жыл бұрын
Fencing looks great. I despise clipping and am trying to make cables not go through stuff or touch anything (like normal cable), so I do not like idea pulling them from below the floor. BUT, that fencing I must try!
@timainwhitewolf2 жыл бұрын
This was some very useful information!! Thank you! I really enjoy your videos!
@tracktaylor27832 жыл бұрын
Dude! U da man! And thanks for the reminder to drop a like😂 your videos are so enjoyable that I simple forget it. Only Channel i dont find theese reminders annoying.
@Yezuzmx2 жыл бұрын
Did I hear echo when you under the floor? LOL nice touch!
@mikeschnarr63672 жыл бұрын
Ha.. I was just scanning the comments to see if anyone else noticed that. @ 4:10ish he moves from the mic or something making it sound like he crawled down there. Then returned to normal when he emerged. Was it on purpose? kudos to Total if that was dilberate.
@analog56x Жыл бұрын
i always build power poles at the entrance corners of every machine, then daisy chain all the cables. so tidy! i generally use a mk2 pole in the center to tap off to the next row of machines. i cant stand cables being overlapped and clipping through stuff haha! running wall mounts inside the floors is something i do as well haha!
@analog56x Жыл бұрын
i really like those massive industrial power poles! they look awesome!
@IsThatDrak2 жыл бұрын
some nice ideas there, i might think about some of these in my next build!
@james20422 жыл бұрын
I hope one day, the hub computers are usuable to see things like smart power switches all across the map. Not only that but overall production managers too. Being able to see at a glance, whats being produced and where. Like say you have a factory making heavy modular frames, I could put it all on one switch, and then see it from the hub. Then I can also see an overview of all the machines on that grid, including overclocks, back logs, insufficient resources and so on. Then all these smart switches can link to the main grid, which feeds back to the hub. Naming the circuits would allow you to see what factory is what, and maybe even clump certain ones together, say a plastic/rubber factory and a turbofuel factory that share a building due to their common resource, you can see how much of the crude is actually being used between both at once. The thing is, the infrastructure for this is already in the game
@BenButtigieg2 жыл бұрын
I need this now! I have poles and cables all over the place! Wish we could have wireless power or at least hidden cabling.
@SaschaWagner2 жыл бұрын
daisy chaining factorys
@tippyc22 жыл бұрын
@@SaschaWagner That's what i want. Just let me put 2 cables to each factory so i can daisy-chain them like the lights.
@jefferylittleton10052 жыл бұрын
@@tippyc2 there's a really good mod for that. I stopped using it when I wanted to update the game a while back and it deleted all of my buildings, as the daisy chained buildings are different entirely from the vanilla buildings.
@tippyc22 жыл бұрын
@@jefferylittleton1005 I'm still on my first playthrough after 360 hrs, sticking to vanilla for now. But if I start another, I'll probably check out some mods.
@tomamatthew2 жыл бұрын
I would love to use Ficsit-Networking to make those 6-8 line power poles you showed arnt just for “decoration” as it could turn on and off different things
@ALovelyPassionFruit2 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy bc I have to worry about cable management for my pc and now I have to do it for satisfactory lol
@Hotstreakk Жыл бұрын
I love the power pylon idea. cannot seem to get the pillars to clip through frames though :(
@cy9nvs2 жыл бұрын
Being an electrician and working in industrial manufacturing, I mostly build a sort of scaffolding with beams and openly have the cables, pipes and what not run along it. This kind of stuff tends to be openly visible in the real world, why hide it through clipping? I think having those visible adds a lot to the industrial look.
@TotalXclipse2 жыл бұрын
Well I guess it depends on the aesthetics you're looking for 😊 I prefer Keeping the wires out of site
@cy9nvs2 жыл бұрын
@@TotalXclipse Absolutely. I'm also trying to keep them out of site as good as possible, what I was referring to was the bit where you were showing that you can hide them inside the beams. I just tend to run them across the beams, usually behind the machines.
@Warp9pnt9 Жыл бұрын
Nice tips here. Didn't quite see what I was looking for in my scenario. Maybe putting separate circuits on the underside of the resource bus/road. It'd be nice if we can stack Power Poles. Maybe float a Wall Outlet on top of a power pole... or put railing on top of power pole and many wall outlets along them. But meh, I just don't think it looks right. I'd want to avoid using small pillars, or beams, as they feel too large and clunky. There's just not a game item narrow, tall, with a stacked T on top for multiple power lines. The massive transmission lines you demo were a nice look, but doesn't work for me, far too big, too time consuming. Some good ideas and inspiration from your video.
@Warp9pnt9 Жыл бұрын
Actually, a Power Pole with Modern Railing and Double Wall Outlet looks pretty clean, reasonably easy and fast, too. I think I'll try that. Should be able to get up to 5 cables side by side. Looks pretty sweet, real fast and simple. Inspired once again by Total!
@christellekruger82092 жыл бұрын
We have a pretty neat thing that we are doing with cables that sort of work like a switch. But only using wall mounts. I would love to share it with you if you would like, just don't really know how to explain it. 🙈 It could be cool for using early game or simply if you don't want to spend so much resources on switches.
@benkeachy2 жыл бұрын
This looks so good! Goals. I have to ask though, what's the reasoning for on/off at all? Aren't we better off for everything to always be running, just overflowing into sinks?
@tysoncollins22192 жыл бұрын
So if the power crashes, you can easily disconnect it in order to restart your power without any hassle
@gildeddrake14792 жыл бұрын
@@tysoncollins2219 my approach is to not sink anything and let the factory stops if I don't need an item. this saves power, sinking low level items is just a waste of electricity. I do have to make sure there is never any power outage.
@Musashination2 жыл бұрын
You should make a video about Satisfactory calculators and factories layouts
@TotalXclipse2 жыл бұрын
I don't use them, so I wouldn't be able to help 😅
@jeremyortiz29272 жыл бұрын
Good Lord; I read that as cable mismanagement. I need a vacation... 😅
@TotalXclipse2 жыл бұрын
I mean, if you do the opposite of what I say in the video, I guess you could call it 20 cable mismanagement tips 😂
@jeremyortiz29272 жыл бұрын
@@TotalXclipse very true 😂
@benkeachy2 жыл бұрын
Also, I'm fairly new to the game, is the white color scheme a mod or an in-game customization?
@tysoncollins22192 жыл бұрын
It is something you can unlock later in the game that lets you change colours and materials
@seerrees2 жыл бұрын
How?! I make something half this size and the sever starts tweaking out and can't handle it at all.
@mattstacey60582 жыл бұрын
How do you guys manage to keep production organized as you go up in tiers and need resources from other micro factories? I can easily enough get local resources routed to a supply depot but pulling the right ones and sending to certain other factories for next tier production is where I get lost. I don't like the megafactory aesthetic
@TotalXclipse2 жыл бұрын
Logistics floors help a lot to keep things clean 🙂
@TheXtrafresh2 жыл бұрын
When logic inevitably gets added, I really doubt that CS will be so cruel to only let us run one signal per cable. Not when there's a perfectly sound logic cabling system to steal from factorio. Your control rooms with dedicated lines are a neat idea, but they are probably a waste of effort if your goal is to future-proof things.
@MarkZeroGaming2 жыл бұрын
Always work with what you've got, not what you think might maybe possibly eventually happen because you think it will. You can always iterate later.
@BillSchultz702 жыл бұрын
10:00 looks like those windows need cleaned. ;-)
@Riftrender Жыл бұрын
Id better restart my new factory. or just tebuild but keep file
@cserosbence94752 жыл бұрын
PC owners: impossible
@user-rt9pe8dp1q2 жыл бұрын
I really dont understand why cable mechanic even exists in the game. Why they just not connect automatically like hoverpack. Improved power pole will shine!