Satisfactory factory design update#

Aphyr's original pattern langauge is general, and accommodates these changes well. A huge range of new building pieces and materials,Īnd numerous other changes and improvements to the game.Third and finally, we have changes that may be significant, but which require no additional consideration given the range of Aphyr's proposed pattern language: Soft clearance allows belts, buildings, foundations, and other structures to intersect with greater freedom, making some highly compact designs possible (if you can tolerate clipping) and increasing the range of artistic expression available (even if you can't). Nuclear Waste reprocessing gives the player the option to run nuclear reactors indefinitely, or to re-use nuclear waste for additional power, depending on their needs and goals. Power switches allow the player to designate and control power flow within their factory without needing to understand and track what is supposed to connect to what. Power plants no longer scale their production (and thus fuel demand) with load. Second, we have significant changes to the game that require some revision to the pattern language, but fit within its existing boundaries reasonably well: The Hover Pack, unlocked very late in the game, allows the player to move and hold position in mid-air indefinitely, so long as there's power. Trucks and Tractors are now reliable and able to move significantly more cargo, making them a viable transport option. Signals, Collisions, and Rail Timetables dramatically change the behaviour and constraints on railway transport. Zooping allows the player to build linear runs of up to ten foundations, walls, railings, or ramps in a straight line horizontally, vertically, or sometimes diagnoally.įloor holes allow for vertical logistics at any point in the factory, without disturbing buildings that may be nearby.ĭrones provide low-volume, long-range transport not significantly affected by terrain.

Satisfactory factory design update#

The two updates ( Update 4, Update 5) since have added features that fall into a few categories.įirst, we have the features that require significant changes to the pattern language or entirely new patterns: The original essay was written against the background of Update 3, which included rail transport, Hypertube people-movers, fluids, and nuclear power, as well as extensive dry-goods automation. Those changes also create new forces, which give rise to new patterns not contemplated in Aphyr's original piece. In the intervening two years, the developers have released two major updates to the game, adding entirely new systems, adding new ways of responding to the forces and tensions in the game, and tweaking (or in some cases, completely reworking) the existing systems and tools.Ĭhanging contexts and forces lead to changing solutions, and while much of Building remains good advice today, some of it deserves revision. In 2020, Aphyr wrote A Satisfactory Way of Building, exploring the the idea of pattern languages through the forces and consequences imposed by Satisfactory. Correction: This essay originally attributed the AWESOME Sink to Update 4.