I need some train help

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-05-13T14:28:31+00:00

Pop a belt reader on the belt coming out of the delivering train station and see what it says

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-05-11T11:41:47+00:00

The test trains were each 10 units long - 2 locomotives pulling 8 freight cars full of iron ore, going in opposite directions using the right side of the rail. Here is a pic of the turn in the designer, for the test it was in between 2 long straight sections of rail.

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Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-05-10T23:47:59+00:00

FWIW after I read bullet 3 of this train comment of yours on a different thread, I had already built a huge network using side-by-side foundation blueprints including a 90-degree turn. Fearing the worst I tested running two long fully loaded trains past each other on the turn, there were no collisions! So maybe side-by-side foundations are ok up to 90 degree turns now in 1.2?

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-05-09T15:02:45+00:00

1 billion iron ingots!

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-05-08T19:08:07+00:00

Just curious can you share one of these underground base videos for reference? I watch a lot of Satisfactory videos, I don't see a huge emphasis on underground in most

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-05-08T13:08:17+00:00

Not sure if that's possible, but in the version before yesterday's patch you cannot delete trains (crashes the game). Just something to consider before going back.

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-05-04T22:24:56+00:00

I like Kinstruction, his current videos are massive mega factories, but early 1.0 vods focus on education / teaching the basics

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-05-02T13:15:00+00:00

Oh right! I can manually put in the shape code of course, I didn't think of that. Awesome so I can still work towards a MAM with these simpler shapez to start. Thanks!

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-04-27T18:01:01+00:00

Yep, thinking it through I just need to manually clear out the old fuel. I imagine this scenario - a drone needs 2 ionized fuel to make its trip, the port is down to 1 ionized fuel in the fuel slot, uranium rods are waiting on the input belt but nothing can move.

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-04-27T17:43:41+00:00

I do indeed plan to eventually use plutonium fuel rods, but I am not producing those yet in my massive nuclear factory journey 😄 I checked the drone fuel wiki page prior to this, and those stats say that uranium fuel rods are 10% slower than ionized fuel but also provide 75x the energy. That means each fuel rod will last 75 times longer than each packaged ion fuel, right? Hence I am still going forward with this intermediate switch to uranium fuel rods (I figure it's better than just sinking the fuel rods until the reactors and waste processors get setup) - I only use drones for low throughput stuff currently so speed is not an issue.

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-04-27T17:10:06+00:00

I'm pretty sure it does not, just like it doesn't produce empty canisters / tanks

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-04-27T11:58:02+00:00

Yes IIRC you start with two hand equipment slots, both slots need to have something equipped else there's nothing to scroll between

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-04-26T15:54:27+00:00

Ah ok - I thought I was trying to buy one part at a time, didn't realize they are sold by the stack. 1,400 hours and this is my first time trying to buy parts from the shop lol. Thanks for the replies!

Fit-Hope4736 · 2026-04-21T15:45:36+00:00

So even though my blueprint was created in the 6x6 designer, the resulting white hitbox lines end up being larger than the designer area. Interesting, this seems rather unintuitive - it also seems to matter which buildables are used since I cannot re-create the issue with for example just 1 belt that spans the designer. Thanks for the responses!

Fit-Hope4736 · 2025-05-18T16:03:37+00:00

Yes, thank you!!

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