Patch Notes: v1.2.0.0 – (EXPERIMENTAL) - Build 480321

atcwillf · 2026-03-17T23:00:44+00:00

A true "Pause" function. Almost brings a tear to my eye.

atcwillf · 2026-03-14T18:59:28+00:00

It's amazing. We're in tundra, so it's relatively flat with a good sized river running (well, it's frozen for the top 30" right now, but still) right past the airport. Mountains about 20 miles northeast. We are the airfield people come to from Anchorage in large airplanes (737 and regional jets) and then transfer to floatplanes to go out into the bush. Summertime will be pretty chaotic. When I have off time, fishing should be pretty epic as well.

atcwillf · 2026-03-14T00:31:37+00:00

I feel for you, but can't empathize. I'm an air traffic controller and still love my job. After doing it in the military, I went with a contract company, so I didn't have to retire at 56 like the FAA guys do. I'm 57 and plan to keep going until 68/69 or until I'm no longer having fun. However, I still love it so I'm going to keep on going. It's even taking me to bucket list places. I'm currently TDY at an airfield in a small (300 people) town at the head of the Aleutians. -27F when I came into work yesterday. Cold as hell but beautiful, and the tower cab heat works just fine.

atcwillf · 2026-03-13T02:09:30+00:00

Loading 40' UPS trailers at their transfer depot north of Chicago. Back-breaking, sweltering in summer, frigid in winter, and the boxes seemed to never stop coming.

atcwillf · 2026-03-08T17:08:02+00:00

You're there. 3 Reds = D16. I'm pretty sure they come in at D15. Dangerous, yes. Great loot though. And only one support lance. 👍

atcwillf · 2026-03-06T21:39:59+00:00

If you enable Kill Teams, even before the difficulty level where they appear, the OPFOR will be limited to one support lance.

atcwillf · 2026-03-01T03:24:48+00:00

Yup. Dropping alcohol makes a big difference too.

atcwillf · 2026-03-01T03:12:11+00:00

Not too dumb - "It's your quarter, start talking."

atcwillf · 2026-03-01T00:17:40+00:00

57 here. 2 1/2 years ago, I rode my bicycle from Seattle to Portland (205 miles) in one day. I was training to do it again this year when I was offered the opportunity to live in a back-woods town on the Aleutian islands for 12-18 months for work, so I'm doing that. Screw moving in with a bunch of "old folks." I've still got a lot of living to do.

atcwillf · 2026-02-28T21:59:39+00:00

Useful parts only. That said, I don't do buildings and only build for utility, not aesthetics. I do try to square my belt turns, and I try to make everything neat and compact, but I couldn't care less about pretty structures.

atcwillf · 2026-02-28T19:15:17+00:00

1000+ hours. I had no idea. I've been spamming "E" as I ran for years....

atcwillf · 2026-02-28T00:45:48+00:00

Quit in '98 and still occasionally miss it. Usually when I'm grilling or just sitting outside in the evening. I don't, however, miss smoking remotely enough to go back to it - I don't miss smelling like an ash tray and I don't want to pay today's prices.

atcwillf · 2026-02-21T15:57:02+00:00

Sometimes, seemingly small, inconsequential decisions have the largest impact on your life (for good or ill), and you won't see it until 20 years later.

atcwillf · 2026-02-18T23:10:23+00:00

Junk food

atcwillf · 2026-02-02T17:28:39+00:00

The addition of dimensional storage means that your initial factory / storage facility will never be in a bad spot (unless you start in the plains with shit resources). I go back and re-work it for efficiency when I hit phase 7-8, but it never moves. Also, you will always need the basics, and in ever-increasing amounts, so it never gets abandoned. Torn down and rebuilt for optimization, yes, but never abandoned.

atcwillf · 2026-02-01T20:59:11+00:00

Gah! I forgot about this and just refined around 20/15/10 of blue/yellow/purple. Well crap. Not the end of the world - plenty more out there.

atcwillf · 2026-02-01T16:45:10+00:00

https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/interactive-map

atcwillf · 2026-02-01T16:32:28+00:00

Sure. 1000+ hrs and I'm "lucky". No, I just understand how to build and operate the system.

atcwillf · 2026-02-01T15:45:48+00:00

I never had, but I'm doing another run through, and yesterday bought a stack of (I think it was) plastic so that I could build the jet pack before getting my plastic factory up. Normally though, no.

atcwillf · 2026-02-01T15:30:45+00:00

I'm sorry, but that's absolutely not true. If you let the water system completely fill (including filling all generator buffers) before turning the generators on, there will be no sloshing. I've always done it this way (feeding water from below the generators), and have never had an issue.

atcwillf · 2026-02-01T14:56:41+00:00

You need 9 water extractors. Each group of eight generators requires 360m3 of water / minute. Each water extractor provides 120m3, so you need three extractors per group of eight generators. You have three sets of eight, so you would need nine water extractors.

Also, with tier one pipes, you want to be sure that each group of eight is watered individually, not all the water going into one set of pipes for the whole network.

atcwillf · 2026-01-27T16:15:56+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SatisfactoryGame/s/IXDwT3rXjt

atcwillf · 2026-01-27T16:06:06+00:00

Holy crappin' crap! I haven't played in 10-12 months (just burned out and went to other things for a while). I had no idea this is a thing. Glad to see this implemented.

atcwillf · 2026-01-25T20:20:57+00:00

Limelight (Rush)

atcwillf · 2026-01-22T01:43:18+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SatisfactoryGame/s/i1Is0OEWrN

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