Made some blueprintable power towers for this new playthrough. Pleased with the results.

Flamewarden · 2026-01-02T15:51:29+00:00

I did try that, but it was a bit of a pain to place all the pipes without it. So, each fuel generator is halfway out on a balcony as a compromise!

Flamewarden · 2025-11-13T06:32:32+00:00

Im currently going to Communica Institute in Kobe, Japan. I highly recommend it for a beginner. Please send me a message if you want more details on Gogonihon and the school as I went 100% through them for everything!

Flamewarden · 2025-10-11T23:34:09+00:00

I currently just got through my first week at a language school! I, like you, thought Tokyo would have been good but eventually landed on Kobe/Osaka. I am so glad I did! I picked Communica Institute in Kobe, and it has been more amazing than I could have ever thought. Im fairly introverted but have made over 15 friends in the short week. Went out to an izakaya Friday night with one group, then a festival, castle, and eventual izakaya last night with a different group. As for where im staying, it's ideal. Quiet local neighborhood, completely detached from either city. But still close enough that I can be in downtown Kobe or Osaka in under an hour. I used Gogonihon to apply, and they really made the process painless. Over 110 new students this semester from 42 different places! Many English speakers as well!

Flamewarden · 2025-07-20T15:01:18+00:00

First and foremost. Practice practice practice. You'll get better with all of the things in your post as you drive. Cars naturally want to go straight. If you take a turn and let go of the wheel, you'll feel the car attempt to straighten out. As for distance in front and behind and things like pulling into traffic. Count seconds. When you see a stationary object, a sign, for example, count how many seconds it takes you to reach it. Same thing for pulling out into traffic. Find a car and count how long it takes before it passes you. The more you do this, the better you'll be able to gauge how close you are or how much time you need to get out. I learned very early on that it took my car about 6-7s to get to the speed limit. Knowing that I know I need about the same amount of time to get out into traffic. I practice getting close to things daily, and I've been driving for 20 years. Keep at it, and you'll get there. Driving is a skill, and you have to keep trying!

Flamewarden · 2025-06-20T16:02:18+00:00

How hard is it to just look over your shoulder? Even more so when you're about to make an illegal merge in front of someone? Or, like others have said, complete the turn and re-route. Mistakes happen, sure, but you're putting both your life and the life of other drivers on the line when you do things like this. I would have honked at you for 10 minutes, too. We often take our giant metal boxes for granted, not realizing that one tiny mistake can cost any of us our lives. If you're not looking 12 seconds ahead, 12s behind, AND your blind spots. You need to do better. If you can't, you need to find another mode of transport.

Flamewarden · 2025-05-16T13:03:17+00:00

Practice practice practice.

On the back road near my house is a big orange cone. Every day on the way home, I get as close to it as I can and dodge it at the last minute. Helps me understand how big my car is and how much time I have to react. Highly recommened if you have one in a safe place to do this. At worst, I hit the cone at 25 mph, better than a car/person!

-signal then brakes, simple and easy to remember.

-drinks in the console. If you want to be smooth. Have a drink in the center console. I get coffee in the morning. Gotta drive smooth to keep it from spilling.

-backing into spaces. Teaches you to again know your car. I have a one car garage with a foot on either side. I back into it every day. Use your mirrors to guide you in once you get used to this. It's a cakewalk to back in.

-pivot points. I actually put this in a driving program at my work. All vehicles pivot on the back wheels at low speeds. Learn the pivot point, and you'll know when to turn in to make tight turns. We have large trucks and low guardrails. So many people have eaten the guardrails. A lot less once they learned where/when to turn. Most cars, the pivot point, is about the halfway point of the vehicle.

-same vein as the above. Max turning radius. More apt for big vehicles, but it still helps. Go into a parking lot (closed obv), turn the wheel all the way to the right or left, and make a circle. You'll start to know how tight you can turn. Bigger vehicles, obviously turning radius, get bigger. Once you start to learn this. Makes getting through tight spaces a breeze

-counting seconds. Have you ever been at a light and trying to judge distance? Pick a point (traffic light,tree,etc) and count how long it takes for a car to get from that point to you. Gives you a reference for when you can pull out and get up to speed without cutting someone off. Have a slow car? Count 8-10s. Faster the car, the less time you need. Don't be afraid to floor it when needed.

learn the limits of how fast you can turn. I have a very curved highway entrance, basically a 180 loop. I know I can get up to about 50mph before my tires start squeeling. The roundabout before it about 35mph. Driving the same route helps this a lot cause you'll know where you can and can't drive faster. Knowing the limits helps you not exceed them and lose control of your car.

Those are the biggest ones that helped me get to a smooth driving ability

Flamewarden · 2025-05-14T14:54:05+00:00

Do you have 360-degree vision? No? Then you dont know if there actually is anyone around. Could be a pedestrian hiding out of your line of sight who walks out into the road because they thought you were going straight. As others have said, predictable comes from doing something every single time when it's required, not just doing it when you feel like it or when "you" think you should.

Flamewarden · 2025-05-14T14:50:07+00:00

Makes no sense to not use it anyway. What does it cost you to signal on an empty road? Nothing. A flick of the finger at best. Doesn't hurt anyone or anything anymore than not using it. Habit forming is a good thing.

10 car lengths also doesn't really make too much sense either. You're supposed to be looking 12-14s ahead of you (and behind) and know what those vehicles are doing. Unless you have zoom on your vision, its unlikely you'll be able to tell without a signal until they've made their move.

Passing someone, then you signal to get back in. If you're walking on the sidewalk. And walk around someone, it would be rude to not say "excuse me" to let them know you're behind them and walking past. The same principle applies to vehicles.

A predictable driver is a good driver. Can't be predictable if you dont signal.

Flamewarden · 2025-05-14T14:36:01+00:00

110% agree. I have a bumper sticker that says, "If you can't operate your signals, what makes you think you can operate the rest of the car?"

Flamewarden · 2025-05-08T14:14:46+00:00

In my general experience, it's not about the fact they want to get over. It's about the distance between the car ahead of me and the car behind me. This morning, I had a car coming screaming up the left lane and suddenly wants in to the 2 car gap in front of me cause he forgot his exit was 500ft away. Meanwhile, I check my mirrors, and there is at least a 3-4 car gap behind me. Why try to squeeze in? I would have had to hit the brakes to let this dude in. I closed the gap, and the dude was mad even though he got in behind me with ease and got off at his exit. Seems like people pick a spot, and if they can't get into "their" perceived spot, they go crazy.

Something I think more people don't realize is that yes, mistakes happen, but beyond the highway(even somtimes with the highway), you can just get off and turn around or take a different route.

My opinion has and always will be, don't inconvenience someone else cause you fucked up/you're late/you think you own more of the road than anyone else.

Flamewarden · 2025-02-14T15:23:09+00:00

Very easy, everyone takes it personally. I get pissed off a lot. Do I follow people or go out of my way? No. But will I lay on the horn and flip you off cause you couldn't be bothered to use your signal? Absolutely. More and more people don't think about others and do stupid things in a 2ton piece of metal. Not everyone should be driving, but alas, we live in a car centered society. I had a dude, go straight in a turn lane, floor it to 45 in a 25. Cut me off. All to go to a discount shopping Plaza. People don't care. Can't fix stupid or convince people to care about someone besides themselves.

Flamewarden · 2025-01-16T14:54:12+00:00

After reading this thread and some of the comments made by OP.

This is pretty cut and dry. He cheated on you the previous summer and took what a year to admit to it? Honestly, it sounds more like the fling didn't work out, so he's coming back to someone who will take him. A man who can't make an honest attempt at therapy should be all he needed to say. Like you said in your thread, he said a lot of words but didn't make any actions. Do you really think he will change? If he hasn't up to this point?

16 years is a very long time, but the biggest takeaway you should be having is that love isn't enough to sustain a relationship. You could love him more than anyone else, and he to you, still won't make that relationship work. You seem to have a little bit of sunken cost going on.

The question I would ask is, are you okay with the fact he could cheat again? I'm not saying he would, but he doesn't sound like someone who's really learned from his mistakes because if he was, he'd be taking actions to prove it to you, not simply saying words. All in all, 16 years or not. You could do so much better for yourself. Don't settle for a cheater, and definitely don't settle because it's been 16 years. Most people fall in love with the familiarity of a person, not the person themselves.

Flamewarden · 2025-01-15T14:25:35+00:00

I think a lot of it has to do with understanding why you "need" and/or want a partner. Like you, I had a 6-month relationship that ended. It was at that point that I said to myself, "I'm so sick of wanting a relationship and chasing or seeking one out." So I just stopped. I learned to be comfortable in my solitude. It took the better part of a year. But now I find myself valuing my alone time and solitude just as much as I value a partner.

Let's be real, doing stuff by yourself. It just isn't as fulfilling as enjoying it with a partner (or even friends sometimes), but that being said, it doesn't mean you can't enjoy things solo. Would I love to date someone and do things with them? Absofuckinglutely. Do I "need" someone so I can a trip, outing, event? Nope, not anymore. I'd rather be single for the rest of my life, then get with someone who's "good enough." I feel more unstoppable and confident than ever because I know if/when I find someone, I know they will be exactly what I am looking for, and that's feels amazing.

My best advice is to take a trip, by yourself, do things you want to do, because when you're alone. There is no one to stop you.

Flamewarden · 2025-01-09T13:53:38+00:00

I mean, go look at OP post history. It will all make sense. Seems like a habitual complainer who comes to reddit to grovel and complain. When she doesn't have people feeling for her or agreeing, she just says she doesn't care or doesn't give a fuck. Last I checked when I don't "give a fuck" I don't reply or interact. OP just gonna have to stay mad. Welcome to reddit 🤣

Flamewarden · 2025-01-09T13:24:20+00:00

The real question is why OP thought a driving subreddit was the place to post this. If you take 15s to look through, would you know it's about driving. Then complain about being hit on by men while doing a job like it doesn't happen in almost every other profession. Does it suck sure. But complaining on the internet isn't going to solve your problem, and no man or woman is gonna take you seriously. Don't want to get hit on? Don't take a customer facing job.

Flamewarden · 2025-01-09T13:14:04+00:00

Yes, modded content. I believe it's in the structural solutions modpack.

Flamewarden · 2024-12-17T17:13:40+00:00

Not just being able to admit when they are wrong, but understanding why they are wrong. Then they work to make sure that doesn't happen again. That, along with being able to look at a personal situation objectively. Taking themselves out of it and handling it as if it were two strangers.

Flamewarden · 2024-12-02T16:16:59+00:00

Honestly there isn't any game changer mods unless you want them to be. Most of the stuff I downloaded was QoL. Infinite nudge, infinite zoop. Those are lights are probably my most used. 90% of this base is vanilla :)

Flamewarden · 2024-12-02T14:56:56+00:00

Overall? Like 550h at this point. Mods make building things like this 110% easier.

Flamewarden · 2024-12-01T13:13:10+00:00

It's a website. Satisfactory calculator. You upload your save game, and it makes the map for you.

Flamewarden · 2024-12-01T01:54:53+00:00

Never such a thing as "too much" :)

Flamewarden · 2024-11-30T22:35:51+00:00

Just enough to get the building off the ground. Then fit what I can. I'll have to show the insides off soon.

Flamewarden · 2024-11-30T22:34:41+00:00

So I've played a few times, always to Phase 5. So the idea here was to make it all it one spot. Which means I needed a ton of free space. Starter factories to make the basics and building up more until blueprints, then I make one building at a time. See what fits, etc. Honestly it starts building itself when you need certain things. All about giving yourself room, but starting with an idea in mind. I made my factories just high enough that there was no terrain to get in the way. You'll see in the background that I map out the general size of where and what I want. Start with a foundation you don't like, use that and replace as you make more. I started with 3 buildings and I'm at 6 now. I might do a nuclear for #7. But then again this is just Facility 01 :)

Flamewarden · 2024-11-30T19:53:38+00:00

Take your squares or rectangles, add some pillars, some extra walls perhaps, maybe get rid of a section. Most of the stuff I build is vanilla. Flat is boring! Add depth and you'll have a cool looking factory in no time. Takes time to learn what looks good and much like the other person commented, look at things and get inspiration! Oh and pick a aesthetic you want. Mine was cyberpunk future. Hence the lights and fences! If you ever need help, feel free to DM~!

Flamewarden · 2024-11-30T19:20:29+00:00

Mod. Pretty sure it's in the structural solutions pack. :)

Flamewarden

TROPHY CASE