The trap of revisiting and optimizing old production lines vs advancing to newer parts.
These last two weeks I have been planning my Just the Basics factory, finding a suitable location and preparing it for a factory. I have found a spot I am happy with, and added another road through. The roads are super helpful for framing buildings and giving me some boundaries to work within.
I got some inspiration for the build from the trees poking through the foundations near the road. I was about to clear them out but then had a thought of using them as decoration. So I built up planter boxes around where they came up, and set the building back from the road quite a bit. I intend to keep building higher. I might end up enclosing the whole area and adding lights and all that. Depends on what else I want to build in this area.
I have decided that this is a worthwhile endeavour due to my transportation overhaul. I have two more sets of parts left to revisit after I complete this factory, and it is for quartz and SAM. I am combining them into one building and calling it Purple Stuff. Before I get to that I will have to do some work on my power grid. I need more generation. Plus I want to revamp my HUB area now that I am building bigger and better. I will likely be bouncing around between these next few projects.
I have some factories to decommission, I don’t think I will demolish the buildings though unless I want to use the space.
Going to expand this area, maybe add some hypertubes to get around, and make hypertube stations. I also want to build an area for the space elevator and add a truck station to supply parts. Just general improvements and integration with the road network I am building. Especially after I complete Just the Basics, I will be able to free up some space around the area.
The power plant, name is pending, will be a self-contained fuel production and power generation facility. I need to pick a source for the oil. This factory might take me to another biome which would be nice. Do some exploring and build up a new logistics hub and connect them.
This will be my factory for SAM-related parts, and quartz stuff too.
I also am building road tunnels through the factories which I think will be introduce a building challenge but it is something to work around and gives my buildings more character.
My first photo was photobombed by a passing truck. I put it second in the gallery.
I think my next update will be showing off the storage area once I build the factory’s production lines. It might be a while before my next update. I have many other things on the go as well, some of which I will be writing about on my blog.