Me and a friend in multiplayer had built a large network of highways of about 6 foundations wide with trucks that brought a bunch of resources from smaller factories that made, say, iron plates, copper sheets, even packaged fuel to our main big factory that has all of the assemblers and manufacturers. It was time consuming to setup, but man just watching trucks come and go makes the factory really seem alive.

I didn't know I could put multiple trucks on the same existing path.. Hands down one of the many perfect guides out there :D

Thank you! I was building something way more complex that was totally unnecessary...

@SatisfactoryNews

Жыл бұрын

Complex is fine, but yeah trucks can be really easy :)

Love seeing simple setups. Some others make too big setups, i think most go small.

@SatisfactoryNews

Жыл бұрын

I agree. And you should always start small so that you understand the fundamentals. And then you can expand if you feel comfortable with the basics.

Been havin trouble with other methods but this looks like a good and fun solution. Thanks for the tutorial!

Thank you! Liked and Subscribed as this is EXACTLY the kind of channel I've been searching for for Satisfactory. I have "completed" the game (i.e. gone as far as you can at this point) but I know I was brute forcing a lot (A LOT!) of the game. I figured out how truck routes worked on my own after a lot of trial and error (sure wish I had seen this back then) but even now I didn't realize I didn't actually need to stop at the stations. So thank you for that! I'm looking forward to catching up on all of your other videos on one of the very best games ever!

@SatisfactoryNews

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it all! I'd be curious to know if there are any guides that you think I should work on in the future. There are plenty of things to talk about!

Solid video dude

Good video. I always incorporate trucks into early game. And use them where trains are not viable as well.

Thanks for this. I have been wanting to develop vehicle routes because I just like the look of vehicle transports compared to building 1.5 kilometers of belts. It works but it just looks and feels kind of unrealistic even for a game where you can build floating sky factories and launch yourself out of air cannons at Mach speeds. I've had luck making the factory look tidier by placing stackable supports and running belts, pipes, and hypertubes all in tandem, but since lengths of belts are much shorter per support than pipes and hypertubes I have to place more stacks than I'd like. Vehicles fix this problem until I figure out rail transport but I found it oddly intimidating.

Thanks for the video im still fairly early on in the game and just trying to figure out how to get stuff from across the map without the belts being in the way and all over

Thanks for the explanation. I just started this game and unlocked transportation and didn't know about having to fuel the vehicles.

@SatisfactoryNews

3 ай бұрын

You got it! It's a little confusing, especially since you can use multiple things as fuel, but weirdly not liquids!

Thanks

Thanks :)

when i get in my other tractor to have it run on the same path and i press v it says there are no paths to load even when im right next to the one my other tractor is already on

Great video, but I don't understand when exactly trucks are going to refuel? Whenever they come close to station with fuel ready to go in?

@SatisfactoryNews

5 ай бұрын

There are a couple ways to refuel trucks. If they load or unload at a station they will refuel if there is fuel in the fuel section of the truck station, and if that fuel type matches what's already in the truck. For example, if a truck is running on coal it can only be refueled by coal. Another option is to create a dedicated truck stop where that all of your trucks stop at to get refueled. You'll just need to include a stop there on your routes, and make sure the station is set to "load" so that the trucks don't unload their existing cargo.

By the time it takes me to record the route i would already be done building a belt setput that has double the throughput. Hate trucks. The paths are also a pain to work with. For some reason it only allows to delete not move/add nodes.

Great info! Perhaps I missed it, but is there a way to have an automated vehicle go fetch materials more "on demand?" For example, say I need one truckload of something - can I send the vehicle out (pickup) and back (unload) one time only? Maybe I don't always need the vehicle to continuously run the circuit over and over. Just wondering. Thanks!

@SatisfactoryNews

5 ай бұрын

Yes and no. You can't do that fully automatically. But you can build a truck, assign it an existing route, and then dismantle the truck when it comes back to unload. But if you don't interfere, the truck will keep doing the route indefinitely.

Hey, how do you know exactly what I am busy with right now, exactly on time when I need it, nice!!! :D

@SatisfactoryNews

Жыл бұрын

I think a lot of people are working on Trucks after ImKibitz made a video about trucks recently! The funny thing is, I had already made this video when he released that one. Great timing!

@orange5423

Жыл бұрын

@@SatisfactoryNews Yeah for sure a lott of people are because of ImKibitz. I personally had a world with too much mess, so I started a new world, and now I wanted to make some motors but where I make both parts are not close. And just because I don't want a long messy belt ànd because I never really used tractors/trucks I wanted to try them again, and making some roads and stuff :)

I wish you could put liquid fuel into trucks at the truck station, could be another use for liquid biofuel.

My truck didnt started. i moved it 1 meter from the stop point and then it started

Thanks for the info. So if a vehicle were to say, fall off a cliff or something, it would teleport back to a node?

@SatisfactoryNews

Жыл бұрын

In theory, yes. But it might not do so until you get far enough away from it.

@w1msy939

Жыл бұрын

@@SatisfactoryNews My man that is honestly so helpful because I put off making truck routes due to not knowing this one fact. I thought the AI was stupid but turns out I was the dummy.

@SatisfactoryNews

Жыл бұрын

It's definitely not perfect. Trucks are supposed to phase through each other if they get in each other's way but I've had truck systems shut down because two trucks got stuck on each other. And just yesterday I had a truck get stuck on a belt and I never left the biome I was in, so I had to manually drive it back into the road in order for it to fix itself. On the other hand, I have a truck route that is now covered by a rocky hill that wasn't there before, and the truck phases through it perfectly. So the AI isn't perfect, but it's pretty good.

White Z on trucks? really?

@SatisfactoryNews

Жыл бұрын

I made all my stuff white with blue accents! I like the clean look. Got inspired by Scalti on KZread.

@lucasj767

Жыл бұрын

@@SatisfactoryNews you don't get it, it's a symbol of russian invasion of Ukraine

@SatisfactoryNews

Жыл бұрын

You're right, I don't get it. Where do you see a Z on the trucks? And if there is one, it was there long before the invasion ever started. These assets are not new.

@monke1002

Жыл бұрын

Dude chill,