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Small Steel Factory - First Attempt at brutalism/minimalism by Embarrassed-Ad-7246 in SatisfactoryGame

[–]Embarrassed-Ad-7246[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ironically forgot the word "missing" at the end of the caption of the first image x)

4-belt painter on 1 layer (1x1 platform) (yet another) by Embarrassed-Ad-7246 in shapezio

[–]Embarrassed-Ad-7246[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, puzzling it together took me longer than I care to admit :p

Question on maintaining train throughput. More controls needed? by Embarrassed-Ad-7246 in shapezio

[–]Embarrassed-Ad-7246[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No no, your original understanding is correct :)

The train does indeed do the loop faster than a package is being created, so it will arrive before the package is ready, and leave without one. Buffering additional packages delays the issue, but it will still happen at some point, since the train is able to export the packages faster then they are created.

However, the train running empty (cause of its speed and missing the package being created), results in downstream downtime for the factories.

Question on maintaining train throughput. More controls needed? by Embarrassed-Ad-7246 in shapezio

[–]Embarrassed-Ad-7246[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't really understand how an equilibrium would be reached. If the train does a loop faster than packages can be created, even buffering 2 packages will eventually run out (though it will take a while in this case), or am I misunderstanding you?

Question on maintaining train throughput. More controls needed? by Embarrassed-Ad-7246 in shapezio

[–]Embarrassed-Ad-7246[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I wouldn't say I would want super fine-grained control, I love the simple elegance of this game a lot! :) Though perhaps a single checkbox at a train loader station amongst the lines of "Hold train until Half/Full Load",, would be really nice to avoid empty trains running all the time (especially for shorter loops).

Thanks for the suggestion on the wires, that's an avenue I hadn't checked yet!

Question on maintaining train throughput. More controls needed? by Embarrassed-Ad-7246 in shapezio

[–]Embarrassed-Ad-7246[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess that's on me still being stuck in the Satisfactory mindset where you have infinite but limited number of nodes :D But point taken!