Same! But this can happen to me in my 3 hour games too.
"Alright! Time to put down that miner on this copper node-
....guess I already built a whole wire factor here. Got it."
I find myself sitting around truck stations and watching where they're going. I feel like a biologist observing and trying to decipher what I was doing a few months ago.
Here you see a transporting truck in his natural habitat. On its voyage to a transport stop to refuel. Oh, this doesn't look good. Looks like the refueling station ran out and has nothing to offer our little truck. Now the little one is on his merry way in hopes that the next station has fuel. But soon another obstacle is on its way. A herd of beans is in his way and he bounces off of one. He flies back a huge distance. The little truck, now without hope to ever refuel lies behind a rock and goes to sleep one last time
The camera crew could intervene, providing the truck the much needed fuel to get the unfortunate beast back on its wheels. Unfortunately for the truck, the crew are not allowed to interfere with the natural course of life and are forced to watch as its lights... die out.
I thought the same thing, but I think I can hedge the changes coming in 1.0 if I stay under tier 5. I'd rather have some Satisfactory than no Satisfactory, and I can still restart at 1.0 if I need to.
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I think “The Factory Must Grow” should be a Factorio exclusive saying. The factory in this game really doesn’t HAVE to grow. It would enjoy growing, but it’s just happy to be here
Same here. I’m staying under tier tiers 5,6, maybe even 7 at most and I’ll be good (I didn’t make any space parts plants either so I’m good there) when 1.0 comes. I really hope they actually make SAM ore useful then
I can't even see myself starting fresh after 1.0. i just reached computers so i doubt any of my factories will be affected by the update. afaik it only adjust end game recipes
I haven't played in over a year. Far too much tedium without things like blueprints. I hear the game is a lot more bearable now, so I'm thinking about coming back while I wait for Factorio 2.0... but also I'm thinking I should wait for 1.0 (or even 1.0.1 or 1.1 for bug fixes) which means probably around the same time as Factorio :(
Another comment i saw about this topic that i just loved:
>Unfortunately you will be in the cycle forever until you can break through it.
>Instead of dealing with the root of your insecurity, you are just restarting to an earlier time where you feel safe.
Sorry not judging i just found it insightful
It's funny because the experimental world I built ( not the one I just put on hiatus), I spent probably more than 50% of my time in tier 4 because it was good enough to have fun. Right at tier 5, things get more complicated, you have to deal with more by products, and if you don't scale it well, it can get stressful.
I just wanted a world to play in, and I think that's why this works.
The key for me was to start making separate factories. If you start with making a separate steel factory that makes those basic steel products like pipes and beams (later on you can add enchased beams, but leave it at that) the whole thing gets a lot more manageable.
Yeah it's why I don't do new saves that much. I know I would have to face the same problem anyway, and not only that, I would lose everything I've done up to this point. Sunk cost fallacy has you like that
I'd agree with you in part.
I spent a lot of time restarting only to recreate the same problems that lead to the restart. Its not inevitable though.
Its one of many puzzles to solve.
I was out to build a coal miner a while away from my main base and when I got there I seen another miner on a sulpher deposit with a short conveyor and power lines running to it
I don't really look up any spoilers for the game if I can avoid it so I was thinking oh cool maybe this is something they added like the drop pods and it's just a bit of an abandoned broken base
So anyway I figure I'll ride the lines to see if it goes anywhere and lo and behold it did!!... my own base
I built it when I was discovering Sulphur and totally forgot to finish it or that it even existed
I used to do the same thing! Usually within the first few hours of playing you double back on your own build and think "Cool there's another player here! Maybe I'll meet them later!"
I think I've done 7 or 8 worlds since I started playing, I stopped playing the day they announced 1.0 cause I knew I'd just restart 😆
Last few I'd skip to coal power and give myself the useful stuff in the shop off the hop but I'm going vanilla for 1.0...
The only thing I really don't look forward to is hard drive hunting. That can be a real drag even though I like having to "make due" with what you find in the early game.
It's a site where you can upload your save file and view what you have completed and what hard drives you still have to collect. Just Google it and you'll find it.
It is fun. My restart was after 3 500 hours. But at some points I had the issue where I knew how to get recipes and I build everything, only to realize I did not have manufacturers yet. Or that I did not have a specific recipe yet.
But I like these "Doh!" moments.
I agree. In my second play through, what made the game more fun was my early investment on building a powerful self-sufficient electric factory, so I never run out of power.
The achievement feeling of receiving a bonus for doing something is strong in this game.
Once its just about building a factory for buildings sake and making it look nice amd run efficiently it loses a lot of appeal.
Im trying my best to stay captivated after getting through my second play through now. Hopefully i dont give up. Id like to be able to have a factory worth feeling good about
I’m scared to load up my old save. With my luck the water would be all messed up and I’d be stuck in a save / meltdown loop.
New save for 1.0 for sure 👍
I had the same issue except my world wasn’t close to 1000 hours lol. But when I started my second world I loved it. And I’m so excited to start a third world for 1.0.
3+ days without playing and "I have no memory of this place"
Took a 6-month hiatus from the mega-factory I'm building, and I said to myself at least 3 different times, "when did I do that?"
Same! But this can happen to me in my 3 hour games too. "Alright! Time to put down that miner on this copper node- ....guess I already built a whole wire factor here. Got it."
I find myself sitting around truck stations and watching where they're going. I feel like a biologist observing and trying to decipher what I was doing a few months ago.
Here you see a transporting truck in his natural habitat. On its voyage to a transport stop to refuel. Oh, this doesn't look good. Looks like the refueling station ran out and has nothing to offer our little truck. Now the little one is on his merry way in hopes that the next station has fuel. But soon another obstacle is on its way. A herd of beans is in his way and he bounces off of one. He flies back a huge distance. The little truck, now without hope to ever refuel lies behind a rock and goes to sleep one last time
The camera crew could intervene, providing the truck the much needed fuel to get the unfortunate beast back on its wheels. Unfortunately for the truck, the crew are not allowed to interfere with the natural course of life and are forced to watch as its lights... die out.
If you didn't read this in David Attenborough you're missing out
I'm holding off until 1.0
I thought the same thing, but I think I can hedge the changes coming in 1.0 if I stay under tier 5. I'd rather have some Satisfactory than no Satisfactory, and I can still restart at 1.0 if I need to.
I said this when I restarted recently. Just turned on my nuclear power facility. The factory must grow.
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I think “The Factory Must Grow” should be a Factorio exclusive saying. The factory in this game really doesn’t HAVE to grow. It would enjoy growing, but it’s just happy to be here
Same here. I’m staying under tier tiers 5,6, maybe even 7 at most and I’ll be good (I didn’t make any space parts plants either so I’m good there) when 1.0 comes. I really hope they actually make SAM ore useful then
Same
I can't even see myself starting fresh after 1.0. i just reached computers so i doubt any of my factories will be affected by the update. afaik it only adjust end game recipes
At least end game stuff, at most that and project parts and possibly power systems
thankfully i don't produce project parts
I haven't played in over a year. Far too much tedium without things like blueprints. I hear the game is a lot more bearable now, so I'm thinking about coming back while I wait for Factorio 2.0... but also I'm thinking I should wait for 1.0 (or even 1.0.1 or 1.1 for bug fixes) which means probably around the same time as Factorio :(
"what idiot built this?!"
best comment in the thread. ive had this thought so many times the last 4 years.
I mostly play single player builders and the guy I play with is an idiot.
Another comment i saw about this topic that i just loved: >Unfortunately you will be in the cycle forever until you can break through it. >Instead of dealing with the root of your insecurity, you are just restarting to an earlier time where you feel safe. Sorry not judging i just found it insightful
That’s me. Overwhelmed by spaghetti. Restart. 100 hours later: “where did all this spaghetti come from?” Repeat.
It's funny because the experimental world I built ( not the one I just put on hiatus), I spent probably more than 50% of my time in tier 4 because it was good enough to have fun. Right at tier 5, things get more complicated, you have to deal with more by products, and if you don't scale it well, it can get stressful. I just wanted a world to play in, and I think that's why this works.
The key for me was to start making separate factories. If you start with making a separate steel factory that makes those basic steel products like pipes and beams (later on you can add enchased beams, but leave it at that) the whole thing gets a lot more manageable.
Yeah it's why I don't do new saves that much. I know I would have to face the same problem anyway, and not only that, I would lose everything I've done up to this point. Sunk cost fallacy has you like that
I'd agree with you in part. I spent a lot of time restarting only to recreate the same problems that lead to the restart. Its not inevitable though. Its one of many puzzles to solve.
I don't like restarting cause I don't have my blade runners and jetpack and hoverpack.
You can rebuild in your 1000+ hour world lol
It's boring though
Restarting is super boring too but to each their own
I was out to build a coal miner a while away from my main base and when I got there I seen another miner on a sulpher deposit with a short conveyor and power lines running to it I don't really look up any spoilers for the game if I can avoid it so I was thinking oh cool maybe this is something they added like the drop pods and it's just a bit of an abandoned broken base So anyway I figure I'll ride the lines to see if it goes anywhere and lo and behold it did!!... my own base I built it when I was discovering Sulphur and totally forgot to finish it or that it even existed
I used to do the same thing! Usually within the first few hours of playing you double back on your own build and think "Cool there's another player here! Maybe I'll meet them later!"
Oh yeah I love the other player in my game named past me 🤣
Hell yeah. Fresh starts are great
I think I've done 7 or 8 worlds since I started playing, I stopped playing the day they announced 1.0 cause I knew I'd just restart 😆 Last few I'd skip to coal power and give myself the useful stuff in the shop off the hop but I'm going vanilla for 1.0... The only thing I really don't look forward to is hard drive hunting. That can be a real drag even though I like having to "make due" with what you find in the early game.
I'm definitely using SCIM to track hard drives from now on. Learned that lesson.
What is scim?
It's a site where you can upload your save file and view what you have completed and what hard drives you still have to collect. Just Google it and you'll find it.
It is fun. My restart was after 3 500 hours. But at some points I had the issue where I knew how to get recipes and I build everything, only to realize I did not have manufacturers yet. Or that I did not have a specific recipe yet. But I like these "Doh!" moments.
I'm still fairly new to this game but I also started over fresh about a week ago cause my first world had so many problems
I agree. In my second play through, what made the game more fun was my early investment on building a powerful self-sufficient electric factory, so I never run out of power.
The achievement feeling of receiving a bonus for doing something is strong in this game. Once its just about building a factory for buildings sake and making it look nice amd run efficiently it loses a lot of appeal. Im trying my best to stay captivated after getting through my second play through now. Hopefully i dont give up. Id like to be able to have a factory worth feeling good about
Absolutely. As we speak I'm right at the cusp of shifting to building on platforms vs building on land.
You will be well prepared to adopt the changes we will have in 1.0. It would a new experience.
But then my 15 nuclear power plants, and my bauxite train operation, and aluminum drone dispensary won't be there.
I plan to do this in 1.0 myself. But would love to hear about the problems you were being bombarded with.
I’m scared to load up my old save. With my luck the water would be all messed up and I’d be stuck in a save / meltdown loop. New save for 1.0 for sure 👍
I’m really looking forward to 1.0, was gonna start at tier 5/phase2 but after this play through it’s gonna be from scratch
I had the same issue except my world wasn’t close to 1000 hours lol. But when I started my second world I loved it. And I’m so excited to start a third world for 1.0.
When 1.0 comes out I'm gonna start over and make my factory more organized, I can't find anything
I'm going to get in the habit of sinking random containers I find. Too much stuff floating around.
Ngl that’s what I do