Transport Resources Efficiently | Satisfactory Guide

don't you hate it when loading trains stop resources entering the station ruining their efficiency well today we're going to fix that and we're also covering how to transport resources efficiently and satisfactory currently there are four methods of transportation that are automated firstly we have conveyors secondly via vehicles thirdly trains and fourth drones now they each have pros and cons and thus work better in different situations conveyors are the first mode available and are reliable providing there's no disruption to your facility no one's stealing items off the line they are limited by throughput depending on the level of conveyor so mark one's transport 60 items per minute mark two's 120 items per minute and it escalates up to mark 5 which has a throughput of 780 items per minute now providing the transporting equal to or less than the max speed of that particular belt this is a fantastic way of transporting items if however you need to transport more than that you need to build extra belts and depending on how long the distance traveled this could become quite the job both in terms of time building it but also the cost of resources and you may also have a massive line of conveyors blocking your space for when you're traveling to the other side of the world it's something to bear in mind this often means though that belts are best for short distances and obviously used throughout factories for the input and output of items now before we do move on to vehicles if you are liking the music do make sure to check out my spotify i'll put a link below we've just released our latest album and i'm super happy with it now moving on we have vehicles these can carry stacks of items making them great early game for transporting lots of items quickly there is one caveat though they only have two resource inputs so they are still being throttled by the speed of conveyors or in this case two conveyors now unless you're just bulk transporting items for a build and then using that truck station as a storage hub for your next build that could become a problem for you vehicles also use fuel which has to be considered whether that's coal fuel or batteries or any of the numerous resources available to us you need to consider the cost of that to your overall factory production for example if you're using coal how is that going to affect your steel production if you don't have the coal available now as you do progress through the game you can upgrade your tractors to be trucks or explorers which will increase the capacity for resources but the bottleneck is still the same it's those two conveyor inputs and outputs when it does come to vehicles they're great for bringing items across the map without the need for huge resource buses but it may be that you'll need to build a highway to keep them from getting disrupted by terrain as the vehicles can sometimes be a little janky now my favorite option for transportation is trains which are unlocked later on they are fantastic for long distance travel and it's recommended to run one locomotive to four freight cars trains are great because they require only power to run unlike vehicles and drones and they're also easier to set up versus thousands of conveyor lines over long distances and they also have more advanced controls now the downside to trains is you may have to wrestle with signaling now if you are confused in regards to signaling do check out my guide on it i'll put a link in the cards attached and they also do require some advanced materials in order to produce them so we're talking heavy modular frames and computers not that advanced but advance for some when it comes to efficiency though some people struggle with trains pausing the resources entering the station while it's loading this can be fixed either by using only one conveyor to enter an industrial container before using both of the outputs of the industrial container to enter the station this creates a buffer and once the station finishes loading both inputs will be used if however you want to use both inputs i recommend adding another freight station then using smart splitters to overflow the excess resources during that pause into an industrial storage once again and then the container would use both of those outputs to enter the new freight station that way though there will be a pause in the transportation it will be negated another fantastic pro for trains is that if you need to transport more resources you can just add another train to the line and on one line alone you can transport items to multiple factories without reducing the throughput of the given line this makes them fantastic for mass transportation of products over long distances one thing to note though is that each of the freight stations for vehicles trains and drones shows the throughput of the building you can see it just here if the station fills up prior to the train returning make sure to add another train on the line if everything is moving constantly the throughput should be unhindered as for complex functions you can use statements on train stations to allow them to leave once full or as full as they've loaded as well as other options which we'll no doubt be covering at a later stage but it's not something available to other methods of transform now if you are finding the video helpful make sure to hit the thumbs up and if you want to see more don't forget to subscribe we now have drones now drones are a fantastic way at covering long distances quickly but the problem is they consume batteries making them expensive to run versus other transportations that are available to us which makes sense with them being a late game item because they're small they are limited to transporting nine stacks per minute and only have a single input line so you may want to use these sparingly for items that you don't want affecting your base most notably radiated items this will keep you out of harm's way by keeping the resources above you now if you are interested in more complex logistics do check out my video on train logistics anyway guys we're going to leave it there thank you so much for watching and thanks to our solar eclipse patreons the calamity cerebral tag james irwin jerry 2 podcast and 5 as well as our lunars dixie chris lord of july and ben and our blood moon of today which is chick norris until next time guys ciao for now

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Length: 7min 8sec (428 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 13 2022