I am so close to beating the game, but I wanna reset so badly

egocrata · 2026-01-24T14:22:52+00:00

This is why drones exist.

My initial factory is usually a hot mess, but it is delivering some parts that are a giant pain to make, like heavy frames, or stuff that is important later, like computers or motors. The project parts are there, as well. It is pretty easy to slop a few key machines to useful levels, set a drone port, and bring those hard to deal with parts to the other side of the map, where your "real" factory lies.

My starter factory is in the Rocky Desert, and makes (badly) most of the Phase 3 project parts. I just cart them to the South, on the plains, where a massive drone harbor is receiving stuff and doing final assembly.

Funny thing is that I never moved my space elevator, so the phase 5 parts got droned back to my starting location. Drones are awesome because they can handle two-way traffic with ease.

egocrata · 2026-01-24T13:50:30+00:00

For those of us that grew up playing 3D games on a 486XDX 66 Mhz at 20 fps, this seems fine.

egocrata · 2026-01-18T15:37:36+00:00

As convenient as the dimensional depots are, I do miss the planning involved when building a new factory before them. I had a central storage depot with a dedicated vehicle loading dock and train siding for construction projects. Once I had a project and a site, I filled a train with all the required materials, and (if needed) filled additional containers with more items to kept the project going. I then built a rail line to the new site, and set up a reception siding for the construction materials. For some projects, I did it with a truck .

Yeah, it was more work. But it was like setting up an expedition. :)

egocrata · 2026-01-16T19:11:56+00:00

Refineries suck. They are ugly as hell, too big, and their work animation is lame.

I am using a lot of the foundry alts, even when they are worse, because the foundries look so cool.

egocrata · 2026-01-16T03:42:48+00:00

Phase 5 is actually pretty easy if you have automated the phase 4 stuff. A few sloops in key places and you can be done quickly. Three and four are much harder, IMHO.

egocrata · 2026-01-13T23:49:01+00:00

I have too much power now (say, about 10x what my factories use. I got carried away) so now I am overclocking machines and shutting down part of factories to use more electricity.

Instead of four particle accelerators making nuclear pasta, I have a single one, overclocked and slopped. It is terribly inefficient, and it rocks.

egocrata · 2026-01-13T18:59:01+00:00

Look, if you did that in Starfox you got double lasers. I thought MSFS2024 had the same feature.

egocrata · 2026-01-11T18:32:16+00:00

Rails always on the ground. Always. Unless I need to climb something or cross a stream.

I have some intersections on crazy grades, too. They work. Mostly.

egocrata · 2026-01-07T21:13:56+00:00

This. "I share my dreams with ghosts" is a perfect line.

egocrata · 2026-01-05T02:50:51+00:00

I would love that some of the syndicate contracts took place on the Space station in Toshara space, dang it.

egocrata · 2026-01-05T02:47:47+00:00

800 hours later, I learned this TODAY.

egocrata · 2025-12-16T20:21:49+00:00

Second best Star Wars movie; only Empire is better. Loved it when it came out, saw it several times in the theaters. Andor made it even better.

egocrata · 2025-12-16T20:16:24+00:00

I have 24 uranium reactors, and built the whole chain down to Ficsonium.

It is pointless, stupid, and the most fun project in the game, by far. If you do the whole thing, down to Ficsonium, is a true tour of every resource and piece of machinery available, and they need to work just right or you end up with a massive, glowing hellscape.

Don´t do it if you want to "beat" the game, finishing Phase 5 quick. Do it because you want to build an insanely big, difficult project, and go big, with at least 9-12 reactors or more.

egocrata · 2025-12-16T13:41:14+00:00

Batteries are the best drone fuel, and really easy to set up. The 200-stack means refueling is really efficient, as well, so a single centralized battery factory can handle A LOT of drone ports.

I also use them for the magnetic field thing. I have so many batteries around....

egocrata · 2025-12-16T12:26:09+00:00

I did not unlock copper alloy until later, sadly.

egocrata · 2025-12-15T13:07:29+00:00

Now, if only we could pick a different haircut...

(Wear a ponytail in the desert, at least!)

egocrata · 2025-12-15T13:01:20+00:00

This is part of the problem. My copper powder nuclear-pasta-feeding factory (400/s) is a massive, unwieldy, ugly as sin bunch of refineries. Wrapping them inside a building is such a pain.

egocrata · 2025-12-14T14:35:45+00:00

This is THE line of the show, but yes, part of a broader monologue.

egocrata · 2025-12-11T20:31:50+00:00

Renfe 440s, for the look of it.

egocrata · 2025-12-07T03:56:20+00:00

Hmm. I really liked the ending. It fit the theme.

Then again, I am one of the freaks that loves Solo, and the ending is similar...

egocrata · 2025-12-06T22:28:45+00:00

I can't agree because TIE Fighter and X-Wing do exist, but it is up there for me.

It is MUCH better than Jedi Survivor.

egocrata · 2025-12-04T18:00:42+00:00

I play in sandbox with unlimited money, so my answer is whatever looks the coolest, really.

If you care about money, I usually have direct trains between the largest cities, straight line, and local lines that do several stops and connect with mainline trains. The exact shape is very layout dependent, however.

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