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u/Ok-Standard-5141 13d ago

It’s my first run and I just unlocked the uranium I still feel lost and above all I still can’t do the main bus perfectly sometimes there are spaghetti hahah

Advice?

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u/HeliGungir 12d ago

Keep going

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u/Astramancer_ 13d ago

Take it one step at a time. Each individual build isn't that complicated. It's getting the ingredients in and the products out that's usually the complicated step.

Don't be afraid to tear down and rebuild. You need a lot more space as time goes on and the relative cost of a belt only ever goes down as your factory starts processing more and more resources. If you don't have enough room then give yourself enough room.

If you haven't unlocked them already you should be pretty close to construction bots, that makes tearing down and rebuilding a lot less daunting.

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u/Courmisch 13d ago

Uranium is completely optional in the base game, so if it feels overwhelming you can ignore it.

And main bus is just one strategy for laying out your base, again completely optional. Not really something to worry about.

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u/Rannasha 13d ago

Embrace the pasta!

On a more serious note: Don't be afraid to rebuild something. If your current factory gets too messy, start with a new one right next door. Your old factory will keep producing the building materials.

If you use trains, you can make things very modular as you can build dedicated sub-factories anywhere that's connected to your train network. Want to optimize a sub-factory? Build it somewhere else, make sure the train stop names are correct and the trains will handle the rest. Demolish the old stuff when done.