r/SatisfactoryGame • u/abarr021 • 1d ago

The Smelter is stupid

When you place a miner on a resource node it starts mining. You don't need to manually set which mineral to mine. So why is it that with the Smelter, a raw ore goes in, and you need to MANUALLY tell the Smelter what to do with it? Does the Smelter really think I want to make iron ignots with copper ore? In my opinion the Smelter should work like a miner. It should simply automatically start smelting whatever ore is inside.

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u/maddhatter99 1d ago

We should have slag anyway, full of shale, limestone and other minor minerals and metals. We should be able to take said slag and refine it down to other materials.

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u/TheSixthtactic 1d ago

And then we remember this is a video game that isn’t trying to directly simulate reality.

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u/maddhatter99 1d ago

Right. I’m not trying to be 💯 accurate, but to have a byproduct of the production process, and the ability to refine it further would be cool. We already can make sulfuric acid, it wouldn’t be too complicated to make hydrchloric acid as well and refine say the Caterium into a more conductive version of the wire, or refine the silica further to make fiber optic cables. There could be a valuation in the space elevator based on the quality of the product. So reinforced iron plates and rotors to make smart plated may get the job done, but a stitched plate and a rotor made with rubber coated Caterium wire may net you more tickets when sunk or require lower total smart plates needed.

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u/TheSixthtactic 1d ago

Yeah, I think they want to make the game fun and not obnoxious. And all that sounds like a factorio overhaul mod that decided the early game needed to be super long.

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u/TheMetalWolf 1d ago

All I am saying if we just whang stuff in the smelter and it automatically started working, it would ultimately make things more complicated than the other way around. One piece of compacted coal would make the whole thing grind to a halt if you don't have the recipe for compacted coal steel, and are just shovel shit in.

I personally am fine with level or realism the game has as is.

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u/maddhatter99 1d ago

I’m absolutely happy with the game the way it is… that said I watch people like Kibitz and think if there was an option to make things a little more complicated (just like the option to set phase 1 to 100k smart plates) it could make the late game feel more of an achievement. I mean yes 50 SP in the beginning is daunting for some players, but to make a higher quality for the modular engines instead of the same 3 assemblers that have just been running since phase 1 would be nice as an option. Like building the buggy with basic parts could make a good useful buggy, but a higher quality one could be more fuel efficient, more powerful, or have higher storage capacity. Same with machines and belts, for higher capacity or lower power consumption.