This is the start of our Guided Playthrough - if you're confused as to the barebones factory, this was built in our guided tutorial - I'm not 100% happy with the layout of the video, so expect improvements over the next few videos - and don't forget to follow the playlist. Let me know if there's anything you'd like us to go into more detail in future videos :)
Thank you for starting this! I love the game and always end up getting to a point and end up resetting because I get overwhelmed. I have been looking/waiting for a guided playthrough just like this! I look forward to all the future videos to come!!!
I'm loving this tutorial, one request(not sure if it's been mentioned or thought of yet), later on when covering more story related things like the Space Elevator progress or ADA voice lines it would be very appreciated if you censored that stuff out as to keep the playthrough spoiler free(if that was what was initially intended).
"Ooh! We're going to have to expand this." What a perfect moment, capturing something that happens so often in this game. This illustrates how well this video replicates the real experience of a starting Satisfactory player, explaining everything in careful detail. What a great job! Keep it up!
for new players just build it and play with it in ur second playthrough things will get cleaner. I build hardly any infrastructure until minimum Mk5 belts so i dont have to waste massive time rebuilding things more then once. one of the best tricks early is leave the game running while you live life so containers fill with resources then turn those into moving forward pushes later
In regards to getting the belt from miners snapped to the foundations: when you drag the belt from the machine, have it in Default mode. You can spin the conveyor support with the mouse wheel, so spin it once and that will take from "straight according to the source," to "straight according to the foundation." Once you get the latter, then it will be lined up with the foundation and you can switch to straight mode.
I follow a simple rule (when building with standard power poles): One building -- One power pole. In this way, the poles have one connection for the building, one for the preceding pole, one for the subsequent pole, and one available for future use. Following this rule, I never have to refactor the power poles to fit in future changes or expansions.
That’s a good practice. If you’re like me and forget: instead of having to rewire a ton you can hover over an existing wire with an electric pole equipped/selected. It will create a new pole with 2 connections to the previous poles 👍🏻
I just started playing this game and convinced a friend to play it, we have been going on for HOURS almost everyday loving the game. Finally that we have gotten done with phase 1 and wanted to learn some tips that we might have missed and oh boy did we miss a lot. Not trying to watch anything that is further than we are but your videos have been so amazing for me to watch and see just how much I could improve. It caused me to go to my single player world, gut everything and remake all my factories! I'm still not able to figure out how to move resources around properly for more advance stuff like Assemblers but look forward to more of this series to see how I can get what I have and improve even more!
I've been following along with some other creators as they had series like this, but now I think I will start over. This is exactly what I was hoping for!
I like your examples, they have helped me a lot for I am nearly 70 and am not as savvy with pc games & I have had hours of running into brick walls. I love the aerial view that allows me to build to what you have demonstrated. Keep up the good work & God Bless you
hey man. I’m only 21 but i hope i still have my joy for gaming at 70!!!! I think that is awesome. It’ll keep ya young. Well maybe not this one with the stress it can cause haha… Wish you luck in your gaming adventures 💪
I love the multi cameras for this. Also the pace you use and the way you talk about each element is a lot slower and much easier to follow. Absolutely LOVE this video. I love all of yours, but this one was a lot easier for me to follow. Thank you for the extra effort!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Im on phase 3 now as a complete noob (been doing far too much manual crafting) and my mind boggles watching this. Game is great. Can't wait to delve into building a proper factory. Hugely helpful video man 👌.
Loving all of your satisfactory videos! Your passion for the game really shines through and I'm realizing why you love this game so much. I bought the game about a week or so ago and have already sunk an embarassing amount of hours into this game. Loving it. Your videos have taught me a lot. Currently watching through your Guided Playthrough series! Can't wait for future videos.
This is great! I lost track of balancing my production at a certain point in my games so this is a much better starting point! The balanced numbers are so satisfying!
Even for someone who's already sunk quite a few hours into this game I'm still learning things like holding E or R to bring up the radial menus and that you can replace spiltters/mergers by holding ctrl! One thing I am terrible at is aesthetics so I'll be looking forward to more simple design touches!
Tom… you just continue to amaze. I’ve got over 1300 hrs in game but seeing your thought process + the second camera view is awesome. I’ll be sticking around for both series and whatever livestreams I can catch🙌🏼
as a brand new player who just rebuilt their starter factory to be really efficient for the last few days as im very slow having this to follow and take my own creative liberties with will be great
This was great! One thing that would make it even better is having the majority of the setup being shown from the aerial view. It's easier to visualize versus trying to remember what side you're on. But loved the video thanks
Although I made it all the way to starting turbo fuel production before 1.0, I enjoy and appreciate you taking this slowly just in case people didn’t play before it. It’s also good to brush up on the basics before completely starting over, so I’m enjoying watching this before making a less temporary factory in my new game. Also I love the two cameras. A birds eye view is always helpful.
Exactly what I was looking for ! As a new player, it would be easier to follow if you added the resource count for each conveyor on the screen. Great video btw can't wait for ep2
I was a bit worried if this tutorial was too simple that I wouldn't learn anything until I saw you using the power poll on the cable and splitting the connection, awesome trick 10/10
Your biomass burner set up at the end was a bit confusing. I might recommend for tutorial episodes, having a top view down with arrows edited over the belts, marking the spltters, and explaining how it ends up balancing. I think I figured it out but only from re-watching that part several times to orient myself
@@TotalXclipse right on! Wonderful video overall, you can tell the love you have for the game and your desire to share it with newbies like me really shines through :)
Yeah when this section got rolling along in the video I became completely lost. "We'll simply place a splitter feeding into a merger to merge that into another splitter to load balance the excess split off from the previous split, into the merger and merge that back into the 30 belt before we upgrade to get to 60 then divide by 2.456645656567673434333 finally connecting back into the input. There, see? Easy. Moving on.. " 😜 My takeaway, a) I'm a moron and should stay in the hub playing pseudo Tetris, and b) my current base 10 hours into the game is a complete logistical cluster that makes a bowl of spaghetti seem like a finely designed circuit-board in comparison.
Absolutely superb! Really. You explain everything very well, give all the little tips and all the hidden features. To top it off, it's BY FAR the best example of an early game build giving both the complex parts needed PLUS the more basic parts to storage. You've no idea how useful and rare that it. Online plans usually just show a perfect ration with no component storage so a BIG thank you for this. Not watching the rest until I'm further along in my own game but I'll definitely be watching and you've obviously gotten a sub from me too 😀
as an experienced player I appreciated still the pace of the video and even picked up some tips and tricks for my own play throughs! The multi cam setup wjth time lapses is soooo much better to follow than "we are going to build xyz" followed by a sudden cut to the finished product and a walkthrough of what now exists. It makes it easier to keep up and follow watching the bird eye view.
One useful thing before you get signs it to drop an item onto the in part of an imput storage container showing what goes in. Especially useful for wood and leaves biomass as when empty i often mix them up and stall the system.
just started watching your episode 2, and over here now to retro-fit my 1.0 save properly.. was trying to use Josh's vertical game it out way, but I dont have his patience :) Thank you for the slower version, so I can follow along at my pace :)
Man, you really do put the satisfaction in satisfactory. More stuff not so neat but i enjoy watching it work, and your is so clean, it so nice to look at. Hopefully when i decide on how to deal with a more , better permanent base, it look a bit cleaner too
@TotalXclipse It is/was organizing or splitting whole production into smaller, more managable, chunks. I tried to fit everything into one big building multiple times last few days and hated how it felt. But I think that today I managed to break through and planned 6 smaller production plants to hopefully do the space elevator goal set after unlocking oil products. I just needed to wander around a bit and find some more disks I guess. :p Or was a bit overwhelmed with all the new products.
The 2 cam idea is great. It's just a convenience factor for you as a content creator because you don't need to rush jetpack/hoverpack (though I imagine you won't wait too long for them XD), and we can still see from the sky and get a better picture.
Even with 350 hours in Satisfactory, this is a PERFECT Start. I just relocated to this exact location and watching this one and the second part I already know it's gonna be more efficient than I could have dreamed of, without calculating everything for like 10 hours straight
Hey Total, this reminds me of your original videos from 5 years ago. Much slower pace with your natural thought process being articulated well. For new players, this style works really well. Keep it slow and steady. PS After hundreds of hours I never knew you could place power poles directly onto a power cable! 💡
This is exactly what im looking for in satisfactory content. Long form but with a semi schedule of content and a plan for the episode. I dont like just uploaded livestreams and short super edited ones are neat but not entertaining
you mentioned aligning oil extractors with the grid - while you were doing it manually which aligns aproximately you can also build foundations over/just above the oil and the extractor will aling directly to the grid - just delete the foundations after if needed
You are so far the only uploader that I had found that actually builds nice looking bases. I hope you throw some in here too unless you are continuing with your other playthrough
Thank you for going into such detail, I know it helped me understand what was going on! However, the whole 5:1 balancer with the Mk1 conveyer limitation of 60/m item rate was a little rushed. Even going back over it at 0.25 speed wasn't a lot of help. I think I know what is happening, but I did have to go back over it in slow motion half a dozen times. Brilliant, if you are trying to increase your user interaction stats, but a bit frustrating for someone trying to understand the how and why of it. I certainly wouldn't be upset if you explaned the input and output numbers of your splitters and mergers a little more. Yes, I may be a little slower at the math than most. 😔 You did ask for constructive criticism as I recall. 😏
Hey no worries, I felt the same in that section so we will most likely go over it again in the next one. I have some ideas as to how to make it clearer though
@@TotalXclipse Is that balancing slightly off? I think 35 solid biofuel went to the side that needs 9*4=36 biofuel, and 25 to the side that needs 6*4=24 biofuel. Maybe i got lost somewhere along the mergers/splitters or i miscalculated (typical, lol). Doesnt matter that much i suppose, even if true the difference is slight (and provided there's enough fuel in the system to keep all burners full you dont even need to balance it.)
I'm worse, but you learned when you went back over it. Seeing or hearing things one time usually doesn't stick. It's why we watch these videos and more videos, until the stuff is part of our autopilot brain, when we know without thinking about it. Think hotkeys. Math is hard. Takes more than once to sink in. I'm a long way from NEEDING math.
@@truesnipereye No, the balancing is good. It's a 1 to 5 way split achieved by a 6 way split with 1 looped back. Balancing makes sense here because *all* the generators will be feed fuel right from the start.
I am hoping it will be a full guided video. Love the play along videos as I am not good at working out math on the machines.. Looking forward to foundation layouts and playing along. Thank you for doing this.
Thanks for this video. I bought the game on the advice of a few colleagues but no experience at all in this genre. When I started playing I was a bit overwhelmed by all the options but with the help of this video I got on my way. The only problem I had was that I made a few mistakes with the placement or directions of splitters/mergers in the second row. At a few places in the process the products remain on the belt and it does not continue. I hope I can find out what I did wrong so that I can then continue to build this factory.
New to Satisfactory, just played for a few hours. "Let me find some walkthrough". Watched this video - now I am somewhere between uninstalling the game and making biggest factory assembly line that I have seen :D Good videos - probably would have to review it multiple times to pick up most of it :D
This was fantastic sleep content, can’t wait for the next video because it will actually be able to help me (when I say it’s sleep content I don’t mean it in a bad way, it’s sorta like trying to stay awake in a boring social studies lecture with a teacher with a soothing voice and chill vibe)
That specific volume settings tip is amazing! I hate how loud the chainsaw can be but I hate to turn down all sounds. I discovered the (h)olster keybind trying to not hear it.
I'm new to the game, but really find your videos very useful. This was fantastic, I took a lot of notes. I would like it if you went a bit slower on the copper end, as I was having a bit of difficulty fallowing that part. I had to rewind more, just getting all the production numbers, splitters and mergers correct.
Love the video, youre doing a great job explaining most things. This was the first video I watched as soon as I got the game and I started in a different area. Unfortunately finding a great locating in the area I started is proving to be difficult. I cannot seem to find an area near the resources that is large enough to fit the foundation area you've laid out. Any suggestions?
Small tip actually for adding power poles into existing setups: You can just aim a new pole onto an existing power line. That will allow you to place it with it being connected to both points that were connected beforehand without removing that connection.
@@TotalXclipse Maybe you did. Admittedly I only watch some of the start and skimmed over the rest (came here from EP3 to see if there was something for me). I saw the part at around 8:00 where it would have been a good spot to point out that possibility and also saw the comment down below about having to refactor the power setup* (or rather how to avoid it) so I just wanted to add this point. *Just noticed that somebody added the exact same info there. Don't know how I missed that 😅
I will definitely be watching the whole series. I've been playing Satisfactory for a while now but there are some areas that I get hung up on. One Question I have is: When you have to build something like Modular frames, for example, do you convey the Reinforced plates & Iron rods from their storage and if so how do you transfer things from storage for all the different things you have to build without your factory starting to look like spaghetti (like mine usually does) OR do you build a new prod line for the Reinforced Plates & Iron Rods that feeds directly into your Modular Frame prod line.
Very nice. Honestly difficult to follow as a newb. A lot of it was place this here and place this here without too much explanation as to why. like the load balancing at end on the 9 bioplants didn't make sense to me, had to pause video and stare and stare until i finally think i got it. the iron factory was insane, i in my playthrough ended up doing most of it separate in tinier factories around iron mines then shipping final products to my storage hub area. Doing it all in one go in one factory is mind boggling and i think i'd go absolutely crazy trying to think of it all in one go. So sure, i could just copy what you did without thinking but then i am not really learning why it all works in my head to be able to do similar things on my own in the future. I can only hope the more i play the more i'll understand more complex factories like that, for now i have to do smaller factories piece meal to grasp it all.
How you use the video, is upto you, whether that's inspiration or copying the exact layout, or just hearing my rationale. There are definitely improvements I need to make to make them easier to understand but also clear up why I'm doing this. We will move to smaller factories in a separate location eventually but for the starter factory it's easier to have everything coming into one place
@@TotalXclipse Hearing your rationale, and don't worry about pace here. Go slowly. In fact, in hours and hours of watching starter videos, I don't know if anyone went too slow, as long as they were giving strong information. The sound of building is usually bigger than the voices. If you can fly and do more explanation of the why you are doing it, then that is all to the good. Experiment in the early ones, and adjust for the audience. You are top five in content creation. Slow down. You are doing great work here.
Turning mycelia to biomass and then into solid bio fuel is the most efficient way to produce power early game because a 200 stack of mycelia produces 1,000 solid biomass. A stack of 200 wood only produces 600 biomass. So if you're like me and are quite slow to get to coal power or you don't want to cut down every tree in the area, you can use the chainsaw to harvest mushrooms or the pink coral-looking stuff to gave a ton of mycelia.
This is excellent advice, but I disagree on some of your priorities. I personally unlock obstacle clearing as soon as I possibly can. Before part assembly. Having access to solid biofuel reduces the amount of gathering you need, and the chainsaw makes it faster as well. I set up some foundations, build a 12-16 biomass burner power plant and constructors to convert all the plant mass into biomass, then into solid biofuel, and into a container that feeds all the bio burners. This is set up outside my bare-bones factory, as I can build it once and it will carry me until coal power. Once you have coal power online, you can leave that bio burner factory in place as a reserve power plant.
Been waiting for this one, the video segments seem to be pretty well laid out ( i had to stop and backtrack a fair bit with the merger/splitter layouts, mainly the rod area ones, cause my brain didnt comprehend it for like 30mins
@@TotalXclipse its all good xD, the problem i had was i split the video up before and after work and that kinda screwed my brain slightly, watched it again and it was fine 😀
Wow. I have close to 1,000 hours in this game and I did not know about the clicking on a wire when you have a power pole selected will split it. Never seen anyone do it. I'm guessing many people don't know about that.
Very cool video man! I would find it very helpful if you could show the whole Setup from above when its finished! 🙏 So after you finished the basic iron setup, just one quick view from above so i can see if i did everything right. Thanks man keep up the good work
This video was so so helpful! Been checking everyday waiting for the next episode! It’s obvious these take a lot of work, does anyone know when we might get the next one?
Hey, I love the guided videos! I don’t mean to sound negative, but the only thing I’m having a bit of trouble with is the placement of your machines in the videos. Sometimes I have to pause or rewind a few seconds to catch it. It would be really great if you could spend just a little more time focusing on the placement part in the videos. Everything else is perfect-keep up the amazing work and content!
This is my 4th 1.0 start... got to T5/T6 the other 3 times then thought... rushing to complete with containers and final assemble does not a sustainable factory make. This time through im going to do exactly as you do. Maybe i can finish it again and it could look good as well. Ive subs and joined you to follow all your work, between you and bitz, this games is fantastic
This is the start of our Guided Playthrough - if you're confused as to the barebones factory, this was built in our guided tutorial - I'm not 100% happy with the layout of the video, so expect improvements over the next few videos - and don't forget to follow the playlist.
Let me know if there's anything you'd like us to go into more detail in future videos :)
Make a playlist in your channel please! Need this series bookmarked!!!!
Ah. Finally! 😃 Thx.
Thank you for starting this! I love the game and always end up getting to a point and end up resetting because I get overwhelmed. I have been looking/waiting for a guided playthrough just like this! I look forward to all the future videos to come!!!
I'm loving this tutorial, one request(not sure if it's been mentioned or thought of yet), later on when covering more story related things like the Space Elevator progress or ADA voice lines it would be very appreciated if you censored that stuff out as to keep the playthrough spoiler free(if that was what was initially intended).
As a brand new player really appreciate these
"Ooh! We're going to have to expand this." What a perfect moment, capturing something that happens so often in this game. This illustrates how well this video replicates the real experience of a starting Satisfactory player, explaining everything in careful detail. What a great job! Keep it up!
for new players just build it and play with it in ur second playthrough things will get cleaner. I build hardly any infrastructure until minimum Mk5 belts so i dont have to waste massive time rebuilding things more then once. one of the best tricks early is leave the game running while you live life so containers fill with resources then turn those into moving forward pushes later
Btw that 2 Cam Setup is awesome! Keep doing it. It’s a very nice touch
How do this 2 Cam Setup work? Is this a mod?
@@Offl1n3r61 I think it's a mod called Ficsit-Cam but I'm not too sure. I'd like to know for certain as well 'caused I need something like that
@@imvannier thx.
This looks like the start to a fantastic tutorial series. Content and presentation are both top quality.
In regards to getting the belt from miners snapped to the foundations: when you drag the belt from the machine, have it in Default mode. You can spin the conveyor support with the mouse wheel, so spin it once and that will take from "straight according to the source," to "straight according to the foundation." Once you get the latter, then it will be lined up with the foundation and you can switch to straight mode.
Or just creating a conveyor pole on the desired position and angle
It's a 90-minute video, but I followed it for 6 hours. I'll keep following that in the future.
Hopefully future videos will be a little shorter, but still provide all the information needed :)
@@TotalXclipseI do prefer the longer form videos since it is more organic.
Long > short
Size matters
I follow a simple rule (when building with standard power poles): One building -- One power pole. In this way, the poles have one connection for the building, one for the preceding pole, one for the subsequent pole, and one available for future use. Following this rule, I never have to refactor the power poles to fit in future changes or expansions.
I isually use 2 machines / poles and use a standardized manifold so each row can be scaled at need
That’s a good practice. If you’re like me and forget: instead of having to rewire a ton you can hover over an existing wire with an electric pole equipped/selected. It will create a new pole with 2 connections to the previous poles 👍🏻
I just started playing this game and convinced a friend to play it, we have been going on for HOURS almost everyday loving the game. Finally that we have gotten done with phase 1 and wanted to learn some tips that we might have missed and oh boy did we miss a lot. Not trying to watch anything that is further than we are but your videos have been so amazing for me to watch and see just how much I could improve. It caused me to go to my single player world, gut everything and remake all my factories! I'm still not able to figure out how to move resources around properly for more advance stuff like Assemblers but look forward to more of this series to see how I can get what I have and improve even more!
I knew there was a reason why I was dragging my feet on building my 'permanent' starter factory. I was waiting for this video to post. Kuddos!
I've been following along with some other creators as they had series like this, but now I think I will start over. This is exactly what I was hoping for!
I like your examples, they have helped me a lot for I am nearly 70 and am not as savvy with pc games & I have had hours of running into brick walls. I love the aerial view that allows me to build to what you have demonstrated. Keep up the good work & God Bless you
hey man. I’m only 21 but i hope i still have my joy for gaming at 70!!!! I think that is awesome. It’ll keep ya young. Well maybe not this one with the stress it can cause haha… Wish you luck in your gaming adventures 💪
I love the multi cameras for this. Also the pace you use and the way you talk about each element is a lot slower and much easier to follow. Absolutely LOVE this video. I love all of yours, but this one was a lot easier for me to follow. Thank you for the extra effort!! ❤❤❤❤❤
What do you mean by multi cameras? the third person view? is it possible without a mod?
@@roeepeled1 Yes, I meant the 3rd person view.
I love these overhead shots. It gives such a pleasant vibe and makes me what to be more creative with my layouts.
The two camera views are fantastic. Thank you!
Honestly ! Best guided playthrough on TH-cam... I'm a beginner and this was VERY usefull, I learnt a lot. Thank you so much !
Im on phase 3 now as a complete noob (been doing far too much manual crafting) and my mind boggles watching this. Game is great. Can't wait to delve into building a proper factory. Hugely helpful video man 👌.
Loving all of your satisfactory videos! Your passion for the game really shines through and I'm realizing why you love this game so much. I bought the game about a week or so ago and have already sunk an embarassing amount of hours into this game. Loving it. Your videos have taught me a lot. Currently watching through your Guided Playthrough series! Can't wait for future videos.
This is great! I lost track of balancing my production at a certain point in my games so this is a much better starting point! The balanced numbers are so satisfying!
Even for someone who's already sunk quite a few hours into this game I'm still learning things like holding E or R to bring up the radial menus and that you can replace spiltters/mergers by holding ctrl!
One thing I am terrible at is aesthetics so I'll be looking forward to more simple design touches!
Tom… you just continue to amaze. I’ve got over 1300 hrs in game but seeing your thought process + the second camera view is awesome. I’ll be sticking around for both series and whatever livestreams I can catch🙌🏼
as a brand new player who just rebuilt their starter factory to be really efficient for the last few days as im very slow having this to follow and take my own creative liberties with will be great
This was great! One thing that would make it even better is having the majority of the setup being shown from the aerial view. It's easier to visualize versus trying to remember what side you're on. But loved the video thanks
yes! this is what I have been waiting for, I have watch your other videos and love them but I find it hard to keep up with what and how you do things
Although I made it all the way to starting turbo fuel production before 1.0, I enjoy and appreciate you taking this slowly just in case people didn’t play before it. It’s also good to brush up on the basics before completely starting over, so I’m enjoying watching this before making a less temporary factory in my new game. Also I love the two cameras. A birds eye view is always helpful.
TotalXclipse is MVP, i learned so much from your videos, thank you!
Exactly what I was looking for ! As a new player, it would be easier to follow if you added the resource count for each conveyor on the screen. Great video btw can't wait for ep2
100% agree with you and a planned change for Ep.02
you sir you did me play the game again, realizing that its all a good and chill journey towards the endgame not a torture
Holy nuts, I had no idea you could place a power pole in the middle of a cable to free up more slots.
I was a bit worried if this tutorial was too simple that I wouldn't learn anything until I saw you using the power poll on the cable and splitting the connection, awesome trick 10/10
Oh and check the containers content with the deconstructor is very clever too 😮
Your biomass burner set up at the end was a bit confusing. I might recommend for tutorial episodes, having a top view down with arrows edited over the belts, marking the spltters, and explaining how it ends up balancing. I think I figured it out but only from re-watching that part several times to orient myself
Yep that's one of the sections I wanted to improve on :)
@@TotalXclipse right on! Wonderful video overall, you can tell the love you have for the game and your desire to share it with newbies like me really shines through :)
Yeah when this section got rolling along in the video I became completely lost. "We'll simply place a splitter feeding into a merger to merge that into another splitter to load balance the excess split off from the previous split, into the merger and merge that back into the 30 belt before we upgrade to get to 60 then divide by 2.456645656567673434333 finally connecting back into the input. There, see? Easy. Moving on.. " 😜 My takeaway, a) I'm a moron and should stay in the hub playing pseudo Tetris, and b) my current base 10 hours into the game is a complete logistical cluster that makes a bowl of spaghetti seem like a finely designed circuit-board in comparison.
Absolutely superb! Really. You explain everything very well, give all the little tips and all the hidden features. To top it off, it's BY FAR the best example of an early game build giving both the complex parts needed PLUS the more basic parts to storage. You've no idea how useful and rare that it. Online plans usually just show a perfect ration with no component storage so a BIG thank you for this.
Not watching the rest until I'm further along in my own game but I'll definitely be watching and you've obviously gotten a sub from me too 😀
as an experienced player I appreciated still the pace of the video and even picked up some tips and tricks for my own play throughs!
The multi cam setup wjth time lapses is soooo much better to follow than "we are going to build xyz" followed by a sudden cut to the finished product and a walkthrough of what now exists. It makes it easier to keep up and follow watching the bird eye view.
Oh god, I waited for this desperately!
One useful thing before you get signs it to drop an item onto the in part of an imput storage container showing what goes in. Especially useful for wood and leaves biomass as when empty i often mix them up and stall the system.
You can also have a belt on the exit port of the container where one item will be shown what is inside of it
That only works if there isn't a belt feedingout of it 5hough.
This video is amazing! Thank you! Especially love the 2 camera set-up. Really helpful on the bigger projects
Yay!! Been waiting for this series so excited, also the 2 cam is much easier to follow
Loving this series. The birds eye view really helps too.
just started watching your episode 2, and over here now to retro-fit my 1.0 save properly.. was trying to use Josh's vertical game it out way, but I dont have his patience :)
Thank you for the slower version, so I can follow along at my pace :)
thank you for this. the top down camera is amazing!! so much easier to follow
Man, you really do put the satisfaction in satisfactory. More stuff not so neat but i enjoy watching it work, and your is so clean, it so nice to look at.
Hopefully when i decide on how to deal with a more , better permanent base, it look a bit cleaner too
Not yet answering my current main issue, but it's a chill and informative video that was fun to watch!
What's your main issue? Might be able to squeeze it into the next video?
@TotalXclipse It is/was organizing or splitting whole production into smaller, more managable, chunks. I tried to fit everything into one big building multiple times last few days and hated how it felt. But I think that today I managed to break through and planned 6 smaller production plants to hopefully do the space elevator goal set after unlocking oil products. I just needed to wander around a bit and find some more disks I guess. :p Or was a bit overwhelmed with all the new products.
The 2 cam idea is great. It's just a convenience factor for you as a content creator because you don't need to rush jetpack/hoverpack (though I imagine you won't wait too long for them XD), and we can still see from the sky and get a better picture.
Oh I still need the jetpack or hoverpack... As the other pc is in the other room. 😅 I'll push for it
Even with 350 hours in Satisfactory, this is a PERFECT Start. I just relocated to this exact location and watching this one and the second part I already know it's gonna be more efficient than I could have dreamed of, without calculating everything for like 10 hours straight
Hey Total, this reminds me of your original videos from 5 years ago. Much slower pace with your natural thought process being articulated well. For new players, this style works really well.
Keep it slow and steady.
PS After hundreds of hours I never knew you could place power poles directly onto a power cable! 💡
This is exactly what im looking for in satisfactory content. Long form but with a semi schedule of content and a plan for the episode. I dont like just uploaded livestreams and short super edited ones are neat but not entertaining
you mentioned aligning oil extractors with the grid - while you were doing it manually which aligns aproximately you can also build foundations over/just above the oil and the extractor will aling directly to the grid - just delete the foundations after if needed
Love, love, love this Total. Keep em coming
When is episode 2 due? Itching to learn, love the content!
Any update man?
You are so far the only uploader that I had found that actually builds nice looking bases. I hope you throw some in here too unless you are continuing with your other playthrough
We'll be continuing the main playthrough, but also this one at the same time - we'll probably do some decorating but not as much in this playthrough
@@TotalXclipse cool I'm happy about that
This video is fantastic! It will be great to follow along with you. Especially when you reach oil! Keep up the great content.
Brand new to the series, haven’t even bought it YET. This is exactly what I was looking for
Well worth getting!
@@TotalXclipse how do you think this game would play with a controller? My current situation doesn’t play nice with mouse and keyboard atm
@@Seantubes they have said they are gonna add official support for controllers, but only time gonna tell how long time it gonna take
Excellent beginners guide, Best I have seen. Thanks for the great content.
More two camera views, so much easier to follow the macro setup. Thanks for producing this, will definitely continue watching.
going to be a big fan of this series. Excited to see how factories are planned with trains
Thank you for going into such detail, I know it helped me understand what was going on!
However, the whole 5:1 balancer with the Mk1 conveyer limitation of 60/m item rate was a little rushed. Even going back over it at 0.25 speed wasn't a lot of help. I think I know what is happening, but I did have to go back over it in slow motion half a dozen times.
Brilliant, if you are trying to increase your user interaction stats, but a bit frustrating for someone trying to understand the how and why of it. I certainly wouldn't be upset if you explaned the input and output numbers of your splitters and mergers a little more. Yes, I may be a little slower at the math than most. 😔
You did ask for constructive criticism as I recall. 😏
Hey no worries, I felt the same in that section so we will most likely go over it again in the next one. I have some ideas as to how to make it clearer though
@@TotalXclipse Is that balancing slightly off? I think 35 solid biofuel went to the side that needs 9*4=36 biofuel, and 25 to the side that needs 6*4=24 biofuel. Maybe i got lost somewhere along the mergers/splitters or i miscalculated (typical, lol). Doesnt matter that much i suppose, even if true the difference is slight (and provided there's enough fuel in the system to keep all burners full you dont even need to balance it.)
I'm worse, but you learned when you went back over it. Seeing or hearing things one time usually doesn't stick. It's why we watch these videos and more videos, until the stuff is part of our autopilot brain, when we know without thinking about it. Think hotkeys. Math is hard. Takes more than once to sink in. I'm a long way from NEEDING math.
@@TotalXclipse Try this? Explain it again on the next splitter. Once more would not be too much, since we learn best in threes.
@@truesnipereye No, the balancing is good. It's a 1 to 5 way split achieved by a 6 way split with 1 looped back. Balancing makes sense here because *all* the generators will be feed fuel right from the start.
I am hoping it will be a full guided video. Love the play along videos as I am not good at working out math on the machines.. Looking forward to foundation layouts and playing along. Thank you for doing this.
To line up belts to a miner, I nudge a conveyr pole from the original position by half a step with Cntrl-Arrow key. Lines up perfectly and easy to do.
Been waiting for this, thank you so much🙏🏻
Thanks for this video. I bought the game on the advice of a few colleagues but no experience at all in this genre. When I started playing I was a bit overwhelmed by all the options but with the help of this video I got on my way. The only problem I had was that I made a few mistakes with the placement or directions of splitters/mergers in the second row. At a few places in the process the products remain on the belt and it does not continue. I hope I can find out what I did wrong so that I can then continue to build this factory.
Very nice. So good in fact that it makes me want to start all over again after having saved the day and gotten a golden nut just two days ago!
The subtle Stanley Parable elevator music nod was perfect
really good and well explained videos! Keep them coming!
This will be so helpful! Love the vids and tutorials❤
Amazing! Motivates me to keep on going cannot wait for the rest of the series
New to Satisfactory, just played for a few hours. "Let me find some walkthrough". Watched this video - now I am somewhere between uninstalling the game and making biggest factory assembly line that I have seen :D Good videos - probably would have to review it multiple times to pick up most of it :D
Quick feedback since you asked. The 2cam setup def helps when you are explaining your builds from the Birds Eye view
This was fantastic sleep content, can’t wait for the next video because it will actually be able to help me
(when I say it’s sleep content I don’t mean it in a bad way, it’s sorta like trying to stay awake in a boring social studies lecture with a teacher with a soothing voice and chill vibe)
Loved ya last play through can’t wait to see your creative brain going at it again
Thank you, This is exactly what I have been looking for!!
That specific volume settings tip is amazing! I hate how loud the chainsaw can be but I hate to turn down all sounds. I discovered the (h)olster keybind trying to not hear it.
I'm new to the game, but really find your videos very useful. This was fantastic, I took a lot of notes. I would like it if you went a bit slower on the copper end, as I was having a bit of difficulty fallowing that part. I had to rewind more, just getting all the production numbers, splitters and mergers correct.
Oh also great videos by the way. I've really enjoyed your tips!
Amazing, cant wait to watch!!
I am just commenting to make the video pop up more.
keep up the good work promoting and helping people with this game
Just as I was looking for a video to watch!
Finally! Been waiting ages haha
Love the video, youre doing a great job explaining most things. This was the first video I watched as soon as I got the game and I started in a different area. Unfortunately finding a great locating in the area I started is proving to be difficult. I cannot seem to find an area near the resources that is large enough to fit the foundation area you've laid out. Any suggestions?
Thank you for this! I got so confused after phase 2, so I started over sadly.
You got this! We'll work our way through the game.
Thank you for this…it will be so helpful!
Small tip actually for adding power poles into existing setups: You can just aim a new pole onto an existing power line. That will allow you to place it with it being connected to both points that were connected beforehand without removing that connection.
I thought I mentioned that in this episode :D
@@TotalXclipse Maybe you did. Admittedly I only watch some of the start and skimmed over the rest (came here from EP3 to see if there was something for me). I saw the part at around 8:00 where it would have been a good spot to point out that possibility and also saw the comment down below about having to refactor the power setup* (or rather how to avoid it) so I just wanted to add this point.
*Just noticed that somebody added the exact same info there. Don't know how I missed that 😅
I will definitely be watching the whole series. I've been playing Satisfactory for a while now but there are some areas that I get hung up on. One Question I have is: When you have to build something like Modular frames, for example, do you convey the Reinforced plates & Iron rods from their storage and if so how do you transfer things from storage for all the different things you have to build without your factory starting to look like spaghetti (like mine usually does) OR do you build a new prod line for the Reinforced Plates & Iron Rods that feeds directly into your Modular Frame prod line.
Very nice. Honestly difficult to follow as a newb. A lot of it was place this here and place this here without too much explanation as to why. like the load balancing at end on the 9 bioplants didn't make sense to me, had to pause video and stare and stare until i finally think i got it. the iron factory was insane, i in my playthrough ended up doing most of it separate in tinier factories around iron mines then shipping final products to my storage hub area. Doing it all in one go in one factory is mind boggling and i think i'd go absolutely crazy trying to think of it all in one go. So sure, i could just copy what you did without thinking but then i am not really learning why it all works in my head to be able to do similar things on my own in the future. I can only hope the more i play the more i'll understand more complex factories like that, for now i have to do smaller factories piece meal to grasp it all.
How you use the video, is upto you, whether that's inspiration or copying the exact layout, or just hearing my rationale. There are definitely improvements I need to make to make them easier to understand but also clear up why I'm doing this. We will move to smaller factories in a separate location eventually but for the starter factory it's easier to have everything coming into one place
@@TotalXclipse Hearing your rationale, and don't worry about pace here. Go slowly. In fact, in hours and hours of watching starter videos, I don't know if anyone went too slow, as long as they were giving strong information. The sound of building is usually bigger than the voices. If you can fly and do more explanation of the why you are doing it, then that is all to the good. Experiment in the early ones, and adjust for the audience. You are top five in content creation. Slow down. You are doing great work here.
18:03 A hundred hours into my game play and I am now just learning this... SMH. I have always broken the wire then recreated it... Thanks for the tip.
"You cannot build because there is a creature in the way" - *Pulls out Chainsaw* It's what Ficsit would of wanted.
53:24 oh my god, I never had the idea of try that before, this is game changing for me
Turning mycelia to biomass and then into solid bio fuel is the most efficient way to produce power early game because a 200 stack of mycelia produces 1,000 solid biomass. A stack of 200 wood only produces 600 biomass. So if you're like me and are quite slow to get to coal power or you don't want to cut down every tree in the area, you can use the chainsaw to harvest mushrooms or the pink coral-looking stuff to gave a ton of mycelia.
This is excellent advice, but I disagree on some of your priorities. I personally unlock obstacle clearing as soon as I possibly can. Before part assembly. Having access to solid biofuel reduces the amount of gathering you need, and the chainsaw makes it faster as well. I set up some foundations, build a 12-16 biomass burner power plant and constructors to convert all the plant mass into biomass, then into solid biofuel, and into a container that feeds all the bio burners. This is set up outside my bare-bones factory, as I can build it once and it will carry me until coal power.
Once you have coal power online, you can leave that bio burner factory in place as a reserve power plant.
Been waiting for this one, the video segments seem to be pretty well laid out ( i had to stop and backtrack a fair bit with the merger/splitter layouts, mainly the rod area ones, cause my brain didnt comprehend it for like 30mins
I will be improving the layout to make it easier to understand next time ☺️
@@TotalXclipse its all good xD, the problem i had was i split the video up before and after work and that kinda screwed my brain slightly, watched it again and it was fine 😀
Wow. I have close to 1,000 hours in this game and I did not know about the clicking on a wire when you have a power pole selected will split it. Never seen anyone do it. I'm guessing many people don't know about that.
man oh man does this get me rockers going
Very cool video man! I would find it very helpful if you could show the whole Setup from above when its finished! 🙏 So after you finished the basic iron setup, just one quick view from above so i can see if i did everything right. Thanks man keep up the good work
I was thinking the exact same thing! Will do it for the next one!
@@TotalXclipsethank you very much! one more thing - how often you are going to upload those Walkthroughs? :)
The bird's eye view is very helpful !
This video was so so helpful! Been checking everyday waiting for the next episode! It’s obvious these take a lot of work, does anyone know when we might get the next one?
Beginning game is always fun to get it exactly how you want it.
Two cam set-up is great!
Hey, I love the guided videos! I don’t mean to sound negative, but the only thing I’m having a bit of trouble with is the placement of your machines in the videos. Sometimes I have to pause or rewind a few seconds to catch it. It would be really great if you could spend just a little more time focusing on the placement part in the videos. Everything else is perfect-keep up the amazing work and content!
well this is perfect timing i started yesterday , and am fully willing to demolish my spagethi factory
This is my 4th 1.0 start... got to T5/T6 the other 3 times then thought... rushing to complete with containers and final assemble does not a sustainable factory make. This time through im going to do exactly as you do. Maybe i can finish it again and it could look good as well.
Ive subs and joined you to follow all your work, between you and bitz, this games is fantastic
I like the 2 view cam but for me I get to phase 4 before things start to slow down a little bit up until then it's pretty fast to get there
I like these satisfactory series