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  • Satisfactory: Picking up where we left off

    Satisfactory: Picking up where we left off

    Trains & Trucks & Transport, oh my!

    Having been inspired by greyduck.net’s play-through and posts about Satisfactory I decided to revisit the game on a server I host for my friends and me. The last time I touched it was in January of this year (2026). Since then, update 1.2 has been released. This update massively improves the way “road” vehicles can be pathed. I am very excited to give it a try. I have grand plans.

    State of the save

    Here is an introduction tour to the current state of the save. I will share more areas as I do more posts.

    Screenshot from the game Satisfactory. View from my WMD Factory under-construction of the spire in my starter city.
    View of the spire from my WMD factory in-progress.

    In the current save I began by building with modules I created in the blueprint designer. These modules were for various basic parts or materials and I would expand vertically and stack one on top of the other. Now as I got into the later stages of the game I have pivoted to creating large factory floors and designating areas for production. Also when I can, manufacturing the parts locally to the nodes and then transporting them into the factory for the final steps of assembly.

    Screenshot from the game Satisfactory. The view includes a tower in the background in the left third, and some storage containers from the game in the lower portion of the photo.
    Screenshot from the game Satisfactory. The city is cast in shadow but contains a few short buildings with one extremely tall tower that extends out of frame. There are large transmission power lines in the background running into the distance.
    Screenshot from the game Satisfactory. Down the centre of the photo is a rail line that leads into a large structure that is under construction.
    Screenshot from the game Satisfactory. The photo is a night time view of a "city" of factories on foundation platforms.

    There is another view of the spire, though this was before I unlocked radar towers. Next is the manufacturing campus at the base of the tower. Then a view of the WMD Factory in progress. There will be a name for this factory later. Finally, the last photo is my basic steel component manufacturing campus.

    Transport Overhaul

    Screenshot from the game Satisfactory. The desert landscape with rail bridges running across it, and a large warehouse-style building in the background.
    The future site of Sandstorm Logistics Hub.

    The large building in the background of this photo is the future site of Sandstorm Logistics Hub. I like to give my larger projects names so I can theme them after it, make signage, all that fun stuff.

    The rail network will be getting a significant realignment to accommodate my new transport philosophy, and to facilitate a network of road vehicles. I do like the blueprints I have created, I plant to continue using them for the time being.

    In the meantime, next time you see this save there will likely be a lot of temporary rail infrastructure keeping things connected while I integrate trucks and tractors into my builds.

    Looking into the future

    As always, with great planning comes great responsibility. This game is one of my favourites but gaming time is lower down my list of priorities these days.

    Satisfactory

    I am going to re-work my entire transport network with this. Prior to 1.2 I would consider trains as the only viable, reliable, transport option. Now with this new pathing I am excited to use trucks and tractors for regional transport, and building massive transit hubs for inter-regional transport. Inspired by real-life logistics networks. My goal is to lower the barrier for transporting goods short distances, and when there is enough demand being able to put it on rail to move a lot of it great distances.

    Progress Sharing

    I plan on posting every month or so. My post frequency will vary with my play frequency. I am not committing to anything so that I do not feel any pressure to write. But when I do have updates I will start compiling a post to share.