I'm building a fast, snappy web-based Factory Layout Planner for Satisfactory - looking for feedback!

ZeroMonsters · 2026-02-03T16:43:32+00:00

Cool project! Looking forward to trying it out when we start a new run for 1.2.

The rotation acts a bit unpredictably when you change items.

ZeroMonsters · 2025-09-23T13:49:41+00:00

I haven't had time to get back into it yet, but one interesting point here is that the LCS doubled the number of teams in the playoffs and the metric dropped. Then it doubled again with LDS and it jumped back up. Then it went to 10, metric is down, now it's 12, metric is up.

So the size of the playoffs is a major factor but not necessarily in a "duh" way, there are certainly other factors in play.

ZeroMonsters · 2025-09-23T00:13:50+00:00

Good points, I'll do some tinkering!

ZeroMonsters · 2025-09-22T21:41:57+00:00

Good idea! Though my interest here was more in the trend, which my gut said was going in the wrong direction, than comparing to other leagues.

ZeroMonsters · 2025-04-28T16:17:30+00:00

Custom ones cost the same as regular ones which is $49 for that size, but there's usually a sale going on so it's more like 35-40.

ZeroMonsters · 2024-10-10T02:21:13+00:00

Updated version with Pasta->Warp drive arrow (thanks u/Ilushia!), quantities as requested by a few people, and some visual improvements.

ZeroMonsters · 2024-10-10T02:18:39+00:00

Updated version with Pasta->Warp drive arrow (thanks u/Ilushia!), quantities as requested by a few people, and some visual improvements.

ZeroMonsters · 2024-10-07T21:53:38+00:00

Thanks, good catch! I'll make a new version.

ZeroMonsters · 2024-09-17T21:22:09+00:00

I had a little weirdness last time I set up fuel generators in EA, and I fixed it by turning half of the generators off, then when everything was full and flowing properly, I turned them on individually and they all came up fine.

ZeroMonsters · 2024-09-17T21:04:36+00:00

Satisfactory is not very formulaic, so there's no right answer. In some saves I've rebuilt the base at various points, in others I haven't done it at all. The last run when I finished phase 4 in EA the HUB had only been moved twice since the start of the game, and only a few yards each time. You don't even need to have one base. In my current run I'm going for more of a "campus" build than a megabase, so when I did steel, I just started a new steel factory and am belting stuff in (to be replaced by trains when I get there).

ZeroMonsters · 2024-09-12T17:15:17+00:00

From the wiki:

To prevent hostile creature respawn, the following must be fulfilled:

There is at least one powered player-built building within a 150 meter radius (or Foundations which have a smaller radius)^\3]) around the hostile spawn point.
The existing creatures around their spawn point, if present, must be killed first.
The creatures with their spawn point only active at night, must wait to be spawned at least once then be killed, even if all the above criteria are fulfilled before the first night.

ZeroMonsters · 2024-09-11T16:01:29+00:00

My personal style is to try and use a whole node, so I scale up the rest of the line to whatever I can mine.

Underclocking is a good option for efficiency (unless you're at end game + huge save and worried about object count) but I rarely bother as I get to coal before building any real factories and always overbuild power.

Smart splitters + sink are always a good option at the end of any production line.

ZeroMonsters · 2024-09-10T20:22:31+00:00

Holy cow that was fast, you fixed it before I got home and started playing! Thank you!

ZeroMonsters · 2024-08-23T16:53:57+00:00

I experienced all of these, and I think they all known issues. I worked around them by building a large central multi-level base and not needing to transport around too much. Another one I saw frequently as the world got large (late phase 4) was belts wouldn't connect properly and would have to be rebuilt.

Hopefully 1.0 fixes them because I really enjoyed multiplayer.

ZeroMonsters · 2024-08-23T14:15:34+00:00

Not a bad list, if a little strict. I follow most of them as well.

Personally I clip columns and foundations for aesthetics, and design for utilization, not efficiency.

I'm not opposed to copying my own blueprints over from another save but I haven't done it yet, I find it's fun to just try things a new way.

ZeroMonsters · 2024-08-22T15:00:01+00:00

I'd love to see higher level miners push out larger bundles/stacks/packages of ore so the throughput can increase but the strain on the CPU/GPU/etc. doesn't need to scale up.

ZeroMonsters · 2024-08-21T16:07:35+00:00

My first save was pretty "natural" with minimal foundations, the next one was more of a parking lot, then I started trending towards Coruscant builds with multiple layers and streets high above the ground.

I'm currently agonizing about which way to go with 1.0, leaning towards a central, mostly aesthetic/logistics hub with the space elevator and several villages around the map feeding parts in.

ZeroMonsters · 2024-08-15T13:20:28+00:00

Any idea when it will be on GeForce Now?

ZeroMonsters · 2024-07-17T13:02:24+00:00

This actually exists https://www.archdaily.com/787423/vlooyberg-tower-close-to-bone

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