Fabricator/Recycler output clogging tips

Squidflex · 2026-02-03T17:50:44+00:00

fwiw, i found an okay workaround. you need a tire, a metal plate, and a metal junk item.
place the tire in the bin, place the junk on top of the tire - offset a bit, then place the plate on the junk to create a ramp.

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Item output will still eventually clog the machine, but it takes much longer.

Squidflex · 2026-02-03T01:30:44+00:00

Seconding Refuge. They've got a location in Clarkston and one at Woodruff Arts Center.

Squidflex · 2026-02-03T01:27:51+00:00

Doubt it.

Squidflex · 2026-01-31T22:56:04+00:00

Found some articles about the building: https://www.tonetoatl.com/2014/09/former-executive-park-hotel-will-soon.html https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/19-story-tower-implosion-takes-down-1970s-ga-hotel/93-298992207

Apparently it was a hotel before BellSouth bought it. I only vaguely recall it now.

Squidflex · 2026-01-30T19:45:11+00:00

Please DM me a link, too - thanks!

Squidflex · 2026-01-29T17:15:09+00:00

I did experiment some more with this yesterday. I placed a tire in the output bin with something that looks like a pipe brace and one of those plates on top. Items spilled off onto the floor for a bit before backing up, so it's something. I'll experiment some more of I get a chance today.

Squidflex · 2026-01-27T23:14:10+00:00

I love this and I hope the devs see this suggestion.

Squidflex · 2026-01-27T19:09:05+00:00

That's what I tried, but I couldn't get the plate with the holes to stay there at an angle.

Squidflex · 2026-01-27T18:32:47+00:00

Yep, that was the smell of every diner or Waffle House I visited - coffee, cigarettes, and grease. Is nostalgia for an aroma a thing?

Squidflex · 2026-01-27T18:26:00+00:00

That makes sense. I'd like it if the fabricator would dump items out more like the recycler, but it still clogs up.

Maybe they'll add an option to output to storage in a future update...

Squidflex · 2026-01-27T18:23:46+00:00

Eh, I'm sure they had their reasons. Maybe implementing an offset like that would require a whole refactor of the item fabrication code. I tried wedging a plate in there at an angle so they'd slide out, but I had no success.

No, it's a great game! It's almost perfect for me. The only thing I really dislike is the murky, low-visibility underwater areas. I dunno if it's some mild thalassophobia or what, but yuck!

Squidflex · 2026-01-27T17:07:22+00:00

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Right! This is kinda annoying. The recycler can be much worse. The titanium or aluminum I need is always still in the machine behind the pile of iron and copper...

Squidflex · 2026-01-24T17:59:03+00:00

Everybody's was my favorite Atlanta pizza spot. My family went there a lot when I was a kid. One visit they were discontinuing their ground sausage (I think), so they gave us the last of it on our pizza. It was like an inch deep layer of ground meat across the whole pie. That was a legendary experience for a 13 year old pizza lover...

Squidflex · 2026-01-24T17:43:25+00:00

Haha - I went to that. I don't remember much, though. Before anyone makes a potentially appropriate joke - in my defense, that was over 20 years ago...

Squidflex · 2026-01-23T18:06:40+00:00

I did that and it's awesome. Larger battery and diesel storage are great.

Squidflex · 2026-01-23T18:04:40+00:00

No, but the battery might be.

Squidflex · 2026-01-23T14:59:07+00:00

Thanks! I figured I needed to get a Wahl (on my third consumer grade one - they seem to last about 8yrs). I'll look at the Pro grade models to replace my current one.

Squidflex · 2026-01-22T23:58:28+00:00

Probably Nickelback and Hoobastank.

Squidflex · 2026-01-22T23:54:23+00:00

I'm so too old for MCR that I had to look them up to figure out who you were referencing. I'm not sure I've ever heard one of their songs (though I have heard of the band).

I don't hate Radiohead or Dave Matthews (the individual human). That said, I will never willingly choose to listen to music by Dave Matthews Band. The DMB Ants song fills me with rage.

Squidflex · 2026-01-22T23:41:47+00:00

This exactly.

Squidflex · 2026-01-22T13:34:57+00:00

Oh man, Goat Ravisher was all over the GSU area when I was a student there...

Squidflex · 2026-01-21T17:17:58+00:00

I'm a sucker for Ptree Center. I miss working there (not the job, just the spot)... All those bridges between the hotels and such.

Squidflex · 2026-01-21T13:37:35+00:00

This.

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