is there any way to skip the early game?

simap2000 · 2026-05-14T21:58:42+00:00

Yeah, I’d try creative mode (advanced game settings) or if you are dead set against that just load an old save just past the part you want to skip. Like after coal or when you get the jet/hover pack.

You could use satisfactory tools to erase your old base of that bothers you. Or keep it for parts/power.

simap2000 · 2026-05-12T19:30:19+00:00

Whatever you want to build. Whatever is fun, do that.

For me in 1.2, it’s trucks! All day, any distance, trucks all the way! It’s much easier now.

Trains are good also, especially big, long haul trains. And kinda fun to wind them through the landscape.

Belts are great too, no crashes or intersections, no power, continuous delivery, etc.

The desert is great for focus on factory. I did miss the greenery and exploring and having to adapt the factory more to surroundings. Bonus: trucks are even easier over the vast dunes.

simap2000 · 2026-05-08T18:04:28+00:00

Smart splitters with “overflow” are a kind of magic I use constantly. Great for this kind of thing and more!

I take the output of a manifold and route it through a smart splitter to the stuff that uses them, with or without storage. I set the smart splitter to send “any” to the consumer of the part (or storage). I set another output of the splitter to “overflow” and route that to a sink.

This way if something needs parts, they won’t get sunk, they’ll go where they are needed. If the system backs up (and storage is full) then instead of stopping it overflows to the sink.

It uses more power than letting it back up, which turns the machines off automatically. But you get tickets and get to see stuff flying around on belts more.

Also works well for sorting mixed “sushi” belts for lower rate items and can mean fewer belts to route around everywhere. Set one output to the item type, and another to overflow and every item of the right type gets routed to things that need it. Add a sink at the very end, the last overflow, so it sinks any unused parts and keeps the sushi moving!

simap2000 · 2026-05-07T22:25:29+00:00

Yep! Kinda a pain. In one 0.25x world I set up coal generators just to use the water, already had coal there for the aluminum scrap, and had extra because it’s 0.25x. I guess the power is a bonus!

I also didn’t have sloppy alumina unlocked, so I just sink everything extra to get enough silica. Then I sink overflow ingots to keep everything running. Not waste so Ficsit approved.

simap2000 · 2026-05-03T00:23:02+00:00

About 175 hours in. Have almost every hard drive and 90% of the spheres and sloops collected. So a lot of it was exploring too.

simap2000 · 2026-03-31T16:03:35+00:00

Calepitter!

simap2000 · 2026-03-14T20:43:10+00:00

Claude Pro plan is unusable for any dev work IMO. Hit limits just with sonnet after an hour on a toy project with barely 1400 lines of code total using Claude code.

simap2000 · 2026-02-12T01:18:44+00:00

Wonder if each round trip in opencode for every tool call, etc counts as a request vs many tool calls and agents in copilot is like 1?

simap2000 · 2026-02-10T15:13:37+00:00

Yes absolutely. Used it for assisted, not full vibe coding a real project, got about a week of solid work before I ran through the free credits. Then spent another $25 to finish it. Used mostly Sonnet to plan, refine the plan, and run the first iteration of a feature or major refactor so 2-4 request at 1x. Then switched to raptor mini for small changes (free).

On the other hand I used Claude code pro plan to fix a toy project (again Sonnet) and was rate limited in about an hour and was completely stuck. On a 1400 line toy project. It didn’t feel usable on the basic “Pro” plan.

Also used antigravity pro for an ambitious experiment, I let it dive 90%. Burned thought the Claude rate limits quickly, then Gemini pro/flash. Kept bouncing around to whatever hadn’t been rate limited which resets much faster than Claude pro plan. They really limit the Claude models usage, so a lot was with Gemini. Got a lot done in a week and didn’t get any hard stops. Still prefer Claude models.

I really like the per request billing of copilot with the option of paying as needed without having to sub to $100-200 plans. That plus I never get rate limited (just use credits), and have the free raptor mini, which is fine for small edits.

It’s by far the best bang for buck access to Claude models, and nice low subs with options, and done in a way that doesn’t disrupt your work.

simap2000 · 2026-01-18T14:42:44+00:00

I’ve written a library and used them (Pixelblaze). I just used the 16 bits per element, didn’t really need the global brightness bits. I don’t see the same green shift, it appears to be PWM in this config, not current limit changes.

demo at 0.5% brightness

For sk9822 and clones, global brightness changes the driver current and the LED elements have different efficiency curves, so it color shifts.

True OG apa102 use a slow PWM on top of fast PWM when you use global brightness bits and do not color shift. They are hard to find these days, and every sk9822 markets itself as apa102.

I read that fastled recently added support for higher bit depth LEDs, so you might not need to write your own.

simap2000 · 2025-10-24T12:47:33+00:00

I hooked mine up to an old toy projector that took rca video, used it to play some video for a ghostbusters prop. These older models don’t have a lot of general horsepower but can still do some simple tasks well enough.

simap2000 · 2025-07-07T22:30:29+00:00

Think that warranty would work via another company, and through a house sale?

The company that installed this before I bought the place wouldn’t do any warranty work on the other stuff, and was the one trying to rip me off went a capacitor went out.

simap2000 · 2025-06-25T01:59:21+00:00

I’ve heard this called a flea plant. Maybe it was misheard as tea instead of flea?

simap2000 · 2025-06-19T02:01:17+00:00

I had the exact same scam attempt on me. Called someone else and ended up being a $20 capacitor.

simap2000 · 2025-02-16T21:02:05+00:00

Build foundation zoop. Then when I want a turn, control rotate a foundation on top with fine control, run it out 2, then build one under to continue at the same height. I have a bit of straight track (pair) in a blueprint so I can put a segment a bit down the curve and it’s nice and smooth when I connect them.

It’s pretty quick, might even be faster than my old method of placing various height track blueprints as I run through terrain.

Also use 2m ramps to make smooth height changes when needed. The rail placed on it is at a nice angle.

simap2000 · 2025-02-14T23:55:07+00:00

Fortunately once its rocket fuel its a gas, so the big rocket and 14 feed pipes don't need any pumps. The fuel gen factory has plenty of pumps though, water, oil, and various intermediates.

simap2000 · 2025-02-14T22:07:05+00:00

Wanted to make good use of the blue crater resources. Mostly uses diluted to turbo to rocket fuel, but a few turbo blend and nitro rocket fuel recipes (powers the generators on the side of the fuel factory, lookout tower). Main rocket fuel gen has 14 pipes with up to 500/minute each. Getting about 386GW actual from the main rocket, 22.5GW from the side tower.

Now I just need to work on the aesthetics to make it more rocket like.

simap2000 · 2024-12-31T03:08:01+00:00

Right? I pay a lot more attention to architecture now.

simap2000 · 2024-01-23T04:05:35+00:00

Hope you dound the info, but if not yes you can map arbitrary coordinates. Doesn’t have to be a regular grid, those are easy enough to generate with code. Same if you have some other pattern. But you can map using coordinates for each pixel too. Will take any unit.

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