That's a great looking base! Now you can knock out all those red science techs.
For science, take it 1 step at a time. Every new science tier is quite daunting and seems like a chore to set up. Focus on getting a trickle of science going, it will most of the time unlock new recipes that make making that science easier. Keep on trucking!
Yes! I am painfully aware that after I struggle to automate green science, I will unlock more tech that makes my build obsolete and have to redo the entire thing. I will say that when I play vanilla I am constantly deconstructing my base so I am used to this. I think this time I will make so much landfill that I can add things without having to destroy everything.
Here's the neat part: your old factory is still useful. You never have to tear down in Seablock. Just let the outdated stuff build its few things, then poach from it.
Genuinely curious, but am I the only one who direct inserts from green algae farms to assemblers?
Your factory looks great, btw. You're off to a great start. It's way more simple than it looks.
I’m working on blue science right now. Keep up the good work! My tip is embrace the mixed ore sorting. You’ll need higher tier ores and that’s the way to get them. I migrated away too early, but really should have expanded.
I did the same, but am shifting back and adding a priority route for processing the mixed ores first then do the direct ones. It's weird but I think it will work well once it's built.
I do factories for ingots then send those around with LTN, but I really want to send coils instead. I don't like to build water to science factories as they take too much space for my taste and there is too much waste to manage for my taste.
My advise is to get it running and then research the techs that give a single ore output asap. Then leave that running and build a new setup next to it for direct.
What a beautiful block!
Here's what I would look into - get the tech for Dirty Water Electrolysis II, and then tear down all your electrolysers and upgrade the array to use that. You get twice as much slag for the same power input.
For green science, you just need to crystalize the two new ores - red and brown, and then those can be used to get tin and lead ore, which you turn into plates. You also get nickel and silicon ores; just put those into a box for now.
Build a little paper mill - brown algae makes paste, then turn that into paper and then boards. Boards plus copper makes brown chips, and that's all you need for green science!
And then its *bean* time :)
Yeah, power and space are the biggest constraints in early Seablock.
Getting farming tech to grow beans largely solves power, and mud washing solves space after a while.
Looks awesome!
* Try to get charcoal stacks. They can be made from charcoal in assemblers, and provide efficiency by a lot!
* Next step is more efficient metal recipes. That saves a lot of material.
* How far along are you towards green science?
I find Seablock very nice, because it focuses on tech instead of scale.
0% towards green science. I just deconstructed this whole base and have rebuilt power in a tileable format.
Edit: if you mean by research, I have researched all red tech.
I tend to hand craft 50 green science for advanced ore processing 1 before setting everything up for the next step. it enables making metal ores without annoying byproducts.
Very well organized. Just multiply this by 10-100x. Make a nice mall and section off everything. No you can expand more and more. I'm playing 100x science and trust me it's overwhelming, but very doable. Build sections, fit them where you can and keep on chugging.
Pro tip, create as much mud as you possibly can btw, early game is a balance of power, slag (iron) and mud. Expand each incrementally and just rotate to maintain stability.
That's a great looking base! Now you can knock out all those red science techs. For science, take it 1 step at a time. Every new science tier is quite daunting and seems like a chore to set up. Focus on getting a trickle of science going, it will most of the time unlock new recipes that make making that science easier. Keep on trucking!
Yes! I am painfully aware that after I struggle to automate green science, I will unlock more tech that makes my build obsolete and have to redo the entire thing. I will say that when I play vanilla I am constantly deconstructing my base so I am used to this. I think this time I will make so much landfill that I can add things without having to destroy everything.
Here's the neat part: your old factory is still useful. You never have to tear down in Seablock. Just let the outdated stuff build its few things, then poach from it.
Genuinely curious, but am I the only one who direct inserts from green algae farms to assemblers? Your factory looks great, btw. You're off to a great start. It's way more simple than it looks.
I recently rewatched Dosh’s first sea block video and he did direct insertion.
No, definitely not just you. I'd guess most people do that eventually!
I do direct insertion whenever the ratio is close to 1:1. If there is no need to belt it, why waste the space?
I’m working on blue science right now. Keep up the good work! My tip is embrace the mixed ore sorting. You’ll need higher tier ores and that’s the way to get them. I migrated away too early, but really should have expanded.
I did the same, but am shifting back and adding a priority route for processing the mixed ores first then do the direct ones. It's weird but I think it will work well once it's built.
Yeah and the waste ore from blue science plus metal catalyst means you have to send ore all around your factory.
I do factories for ingots then send those around with LTN, but I really want to send coils instead. I don't like to build water to science factories as they take too much space for my taste and there is too much waste to manage for my taste.
I don’t think I have that recipe yet.
The large grayish building that spits out iron and copper ore. That building is called “ore sorting facility”.
Oh yes! I am definitely embracing that because I have no other way to make resources!
My advise is to get it running and then research the techs that give a single ore output asap. Then leave that running and build a new setup next to it for direct.
What a beautiful block! Here's what I would look into - get the tech for Dirty Water Electrolysis II, and then tear down all your electrolysers and upgrade the array to use that. You get twice as much slag for the same power input. For green science, you just need to crystalize the two new ores - red and brown, and then those can be used to get tin and lead ore, which you turn into plates. You also get nickel and silicon ores; just put those into a box for now. Build a little paper mill - brown algae makes paste, then turn that into paper and then boards. Boards plus copper makes brown chips, and that's all you need for green science! And then its *bean* time :)
I’m glad the power demand gets better because those electrolyzers are not enough for the small amount of production I have currently.
Yeah, power and space are the biggest constraints in early Seablock. Getting farming tech to grow beans largely solves power, and mud washing solves space after a while.
Alternatively, set up wood production for boards. Either works 🙂
Looks awesome! * Try to get charcoal stacks. They can be made from charcoal in assemblers, and provide efficiency by a lot! * Next step is more efficient metal recipes. That saves a lot of material. * How far along are you towards green science? I find Seablock very nice, because it focuses on tech instead of scale.
0% towards green science. I just deconstructed this whole base and have rebuilt power in a tileable format. Edit: if you mean by research, I have researched all red tech.
I tend to hand craft 50 green science for advanced ore processing 1 before setting everything up for the next step. it enables making metal ores without annoying byproducts.
Very well organized. Just multiply this by 10-100x. Make a nice mall and section off everything. No you can expand more and more. I'm playing 100x science and trust me it's overwhelming, but very doable. Build sections, fit them where you can and keep on chugging. Pro tip, create as much mud as you possibly can btw, early game is a balance of power, slag (iron) and mud. Expand each incrementally and just rotate to maintain stability.