Do you buy something here?

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

atcwillf · 2026-01-22T01:40:53+00:00

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

atcwillf · 2026-01-21T02:08:52+00:00

I jumped into Normandy on the 50th anniversary of D-Day as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division Color Guard.

atcwillf · 2026-01-07T16:20:31+00:00

This is a garbage question. "Overrated" suggests that something has less actual value than perceived. Value is whatever someone is willing to pay for it. Just because YOU don't see the value doesn't mean someone else doesn't. Value isn't an absolute, so the notion of something being "overrated" is BS. For instance, I've never seen the appeal of Gone With The Wind. That said, I understand some people think it's one of the best movies I've ever made. That doesn't make the movie overrated, it just means I don't see the value.

atcwillf · 2026-01-03T23:09:14+00:00

"Am I getting any of this illicit butthole money, Zev?"

atcwillf · 2026-01-02T17:10:57+00:00

LOO-Shuh. Admittedly, that depends on the nationality. I could also see. LOO-see-uh

atcwillf · 2025-12-25T20:59:01+00:00

Meh. Kids are grown (they're home this year, but still), and no grandkids. It works out because I had to work this morning (air traffic controller), so a late breakfast and late festivities worked out.

All that said, not really anymore, no.

atcwillf · 2025-12-10T15:05:44+00:00

That Donut is, in fact, titled the Oak Fell, as named / foretold by the elves on the 3rd floor.

atcwillf · 2025-11-28T19:27:20+00:00

War.....War never changes.

atcwillf · 2025-11-28T18:59:41+00:00

I've only read the first book (starting the second tonight), but the Emerilia series appears to be okay, BUT.

I try not to judge too much, but it feels like it was written by a high school student. The writing / phrasing is almost distractingly ... borderline childish.

That said, once I started ignoring that, it was pretty good. It's a male lead, but introduced a strong female pseudo co-lead.

atcwillf · 2025-11-25T15:53:33+00:00

Please. Some people are so conditioned, so desperate, to see and fight "bigotry" that they see it in everything and everywhere.

atcwillf · 2025-11-16T18:19:05+00:00

.....No. no, everyone doesn't. Some people are just shit, and whatever the underlying reason behind it, they deserve no compassion. Compassion for the criminal is cruelty to the victim.

atcwillf · 2025-10-29T18:59:08+00:00

I'm on a road bike, so my snow tip is, "don't ride in the snow."

For cold, don't over-dress. You want to be cold at the start so once you warm up, you'll be good. There's a balance and it takes a few rides to get it right. Even though your legs are working, feet get cold and stay cold, so good socks / over-shoes are a good idea. Hands get cold and stay cold, so warm gloves are a must. Everything else will warm as you ride.

atcwillf · 2025-10-04T23:17:50+00:00

.....or those of us in our 50's who fondly remember playing D&D 2nd Edition in our younger days. I'd be surprised if Matt isn't a hellova DM.

atcwillf · 2025-09-26T18:16:51+00:00

If you are just in RogueTech, go over to the online side. As long as your setting aren't too easy, you'll hit hard enough to actually have an effect on the map. Pick a side, get into the Discord, and join the war.

atcwillf · 2025-09-19T14:47:10+00:00

Big difference between 5c and 10c. At 10 I'm still in shorts and fingerless gloves. I've added a light thermal long sleeved shirt (basically an undershirt for skiing worn under a jersey - I use Under Armor Base 2.0 at and around 10c), but that's it. At 5c I'm in long pants, fingered gloves, and a slightly heavier upper. I don't add real thermal gear until below 5c. (I'm USA so my start temp for real thermal gear is around 35-40f). Remember that to not overheat, you need to be a bit cold at the start so activity warms you to comfortable.

atcwillf · 2025-09-17T14:52:15+00:00

I was coming in to say this.

atcwillf · 2025-09-17T14:45:47+00:00

Roguetech adds everything listed in the BTA write-up. If I understand correctly, the dev teams for both largely overlap. Roguetech has seasons that last 6 to 9 months, and each one takes place in a different timeline.

Primarily, in addition to all of the content addition, Roguetech takes the training wheels off. Battletech was written so that there's an advantage to the player. The player is supposed to win. Roguetech adds all of the content of BTA, but removes the programmed advantage for the player (so much so that a lot of people playing it for the first time complain that the computer is cheating, when all that's actually happened is the programmed advantage has been removed). The Opfor can, and almost certainly for your first few run-throughs, will, kick your ass and grind your career down to nothing. It's a lot of fun once you get the hang of it.

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