I chose this area because I thought that I’d have room to automate all the super early game mats and build my space elevator. Now I’m not so sure. Right now I have iron plates, iron rods, screws, wire, cable, and concrete automated with smelters ready to set up copper sheets the next time I play.
Remember you have a whole other dimension! Time to build up
Yeah, I JUST unlocked the AWESOME Sink, so I’ll have to figure that out next time I play too. Trying to bring verticality into the mix with just foundations seems like it’d make every build way bigger than it should be.
Pro tip, almost always build your factory in such a way that you can expand upwards. It’s very rare to have a place on the map where you can’t expand upwards. The exception is when you need to use fluids, then it’s generally better to build horizontally.
Get ladders from awesome shop. Problem solved.
I understand the feeling.
But everything will be bigger than it should be. Efficiency is number 1
When I posted that comment I hadn’t realized that I already unlocked walls with base building. I thought that they were in the shop, and I’d have to use foundations as walls until unlocking them.
Yeah you get the bare essentials with the main path, and then cosmetics are all through the shop
Conveyor walls and wall power plugs are the best by far!
I built my SE over a large lake near the second starting area that had some nearby flat land and already things are piled on top of each other, belts weaving all over. Honestly though, automation doesn’t even truly begin until you’re into phase 2. Trying to set up smaller specialized factories that have routes between each other is my current strategy.
Some people say to just wait for trains (just unlocked!) or build long belts, but I enjoy the vehicles and setting up the truck depots. Very helpful with the rough terrain around me as well.
The area selector is a massive lie - the Northern Desert is by far the best starting location!
I finally drove out there in my explorer and I was salty about it. Those low rolling dunes and high visibility got me feeling jealous, but I think I’d have struggled with power. I was on biofuel and burners for a long time thanks to a few chainsaw clearcutting sessions.
I meant this specific spot. It looked huge before I built anything.
Ah no worries - there are always more spots… and you can always go up ten 4x foundations and just pave over paradise. I tend to grab terrain features and build factories that fit them - but there’s no wrong way to industrialize an alien backwater!
If you are where I think you are, I have a 7 storey rotor/stator factory there, despite the arches.
Oddly, after building more it looks bigger again. I’ll post an updated screenshot next time I play.
The ugly tower is my bio-power. Most of this area will be torn down once I have a train network set up as it still has Mk.1 miners and wasn’t planned out in the slightest.
