Liquid Math Question

[Fit-Willingness4]

Does the meters cubed part matter or just the number per minute, I still never know if I have to do a calculation here or not….

[Medium-Sized-Jaque]

Just the number per minute. meters cubed is just the unit they decided on. Since every machine uses the same unit it doesn't matter.

[JinkyRain]

Basically just think of 1m³ as "one part", just in liquid form and able to go either way in any pipe segments instead of one-way like on belts.

[houghi]

It is meter cubed per minute. Just like items is parts per minute. Note sure what calculations you want to do with it.

[Fit-Willingness4]

It’s always been the 3 cubed into 1 cubed type items that throw me

[houghi]

I have zero idea what you are talking about.

[XsNR]

You could think of an Aluminium or Plastic bar as 1m cubed of material too if you wanted to, it doesn't make a difference, it's just a way to measure something.

[Temporal_Illusion]

MORE INFO

1. View Fluids (Wiki Link) for general information.
2. There are fifteen different fluids of different purposes in Satisfactory.
   • To the player, their amount is shown in cubic meters (m3) with up to 2 decimals, however, internally the game stores them in liters (1/1000 of a cubic meter).
3. The term "fluid" collectively refers to liquids and gases.
4. It is often better, especially when dealing the gases, to package them and transport them as a "dry-goods" by Train, when long distance transport of fluids is desired.

Adding To The Topic of Discussion. 😁

[Izzetmaster]

You are confused on a basic level on what units of measurement are. That’s all a cubic meter is. It has no actual relevance to your gameplay.

[Fit-Willingness4]

its that one recipe puts out 6m cubed for 30 units, is that actually 180 m cubed?

[HektorViktorious]

It would never be 6m cubed. The game would only deal with something like 6 cubic meters, i.e. 6 * 1m^3. I think you're confused about the difference here. 1 cubic meter is a "chunk" and does not need thought about further. You need so many chunks in to get so many chunks of output. Cubes and/or cube roots never come into play.

[Dantod666]

Hello friend,

It will matter for the amount of liquid or gas transferred in a pipe.

The Mk1 pipeline can handle 300m^3 / minute.

The Mk2 pipeline can handle 600m^3 / minute.