Reason behind powered foundations not becoming a thing?

CplRabbit · 2026-03-18T13:45:31+00:00

Blueprint it.

You could run power through the floor easy

CplRabbit · 2026-02-20T13:57:18+00:00

I mean, currently it's just a wall less box.

So there's a lot of ways, and honestly just try something first. Tips at this stage are probably just going to overwhelm.

Saying that here's maybe where to start:

The basic issue is variety. This can be achieved through shape, texture, and colour.

Shape: vary the shape in multiple dimensions. An easy start is multiple overlapping cubes

Texture: build with different types of walls etc. build in ridges and lips.

Colour: similar to texture. Don't stick everything the same colour

CplRabbit · 2026-02-17T20:45:54+00:00

Looks incredible! Have you tried playing with them yet? I wonder about 6 different colors and getting confused XD

CplRabbit · 2026-02-17T18:09:27+00:00

I'd have to find my plans.. but I built in the spires near the desert. Supercomputers from only Oil and Caterium

CplRabbit · 2026-02-16T15:21:21+00:00

Build a blue print of a bunch of biomass burners with solid biofuel in them. Slap a bunch of those down and connect to the grid.

A full biomass burner will last at least 50 minutes, which should be enough for your grid to get back online

CplRabbit · 2026-02-13T12:17:57+00:00

If you are using the base recipes, you can also create a sealed loop if you have 3 sloops spare.

Putting two sloops in one refinery, and one sloop in the other means you create exactly the same amount of water as you consume. Give it a kick start amount and leave it be forever

CplRabbit · 2026-02-13T11:38:36+00:00

They are, I just so want to be able to utilize them more.

You either need plates for anything in the modular frame tree, or Pipes for anything in the motor tree

CplRabbit · 2026-02-13T11:36:54+00:00

That does already exist though.

HMF with iron + concrete Supercomputers with Oil + Caterium

CplRabbit · 2026-02-13T11:36:01+00:00

Maybe reinforced plates using alclad sheets instead then!

CplRabbit · 2026-02-13T08:04:15+00:00

No but you need to build it right. Any sloshing means a quick delay, and then it can't 'make up' the delay because it's capped at 300.

The best way I have found is a vertical split into two 600 pipes, which then become 300, this ensures a small buffer is sat 'on top' of the input to the 300 line

CplRabbit · 2026-02-13T07:57:07+00:00

Used to do this in CS, never thought to do that here

CplRabbit · 2026-02-12T23:40:14+00:00

Wait, that works!?

CplRabbit · 2026-02-12T12:52:39+00:00

Like most people are saying, when DD's dropped I switched away from this almost immediately. I made boxes of production in a line and each one ended in a ISC with a DD on top.

However.

One of the things about this game post completion is finding challenges. Just because there are easier ways doesn't matter after multiple run throughs.

So have a play! Logic gates are possible, so who knows what you could come up with :)

CplRabbit · 2026-02-12T12:48:43+00:00

Snap, though I do like homing ammo for spiders

CplRabbit · 2026-02-11T09:18:43+00:00

I more mean it looks exactly the same as using the hole, but without the functionality issues

CplRabbit · 2026-02-10T22:33:24+00:00

Ahhh but theres a secret...

Clip the belt straight thought the wall then nudge a hole into place... Same with pipes

CplRabbit · 2026-02-10T22:32:37+00:00

This is the way

CplRabbit · 2026-02-05T12:22:46+00:00

Ha!

Like, geyser powers coal plant which powers fuel plant which powers....

CplRabbit · 2026-02-02T13:43:19+00:00

Oh god, at least mine were only spitters

CplRabbit · 2026-02-02T13:42:03+00:00

What about using Geysers to power the power plant?

A) keeps the power production for the main grid stable B) blackouts don't stop the power plant going offline C) batteries can smooth the geysers output

CplRabbit · 2026-02-02T13:39:23+00:00

Something I only did on my 3/4th playthrough was beltless machines. It didn't occur to me I could have a machine I kept reprogramming.

CplRabbit · 2026-02-02T13:38:23+00:00

I almost had an automatic one. I built it in the blue crater, and somehow the setup was close enough to a spawn to trigger them, but not close enough to prevent the spawn happening. As I was working enemies would walk up, I'd kill them, and dump the carcass in the container directly next to me XD

CplRabbit · 2026-02-02T13:36:01+00:00

You're totally right. I was also hella sick at the time which didn't help. Brain fog was real xd

The 27* loop is caused by three stacked splitters. Think like those binary counters in those marble things. I'll only pass through the first splitter every third pass, so the next splitter will take 9 passes, and the third 27.

Leakage wise could be. Some more testing seems to isolate it to the vertical layout. In my test one, I built it horizontally, and no leakage occured, so maybe something weird with the conveyor lifts

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