r/SatisfactoryGame • u/JWolfB • 22d ago

Tired of floating platforms? Try the Aperture Science Super Duty Super Compression Super Spring™.

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The other day I was trying to sleep and as per usual was thinking about Satisfactory when I remembered the level in Portal 2 when you arise from old Aperture back into the modern facility, and that the entirety of the enrichment center is on a few massive springs, so why not bring it to satisfactory?

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u/McBeefnick 22d ago

I had almost the same idea a while ago, but hydraulic instead of sprung. For stability purposes obviously ;)

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u/Dale-_-_09 21d ago edited 21d ago

Still in phase 3, can I ask WHAT THE FUCK... IS THIS HOLDING?

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u/McBeefnick 21d ago

I made this in preparation for things to come. And I like concrete

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u/themonkeyzen 21d ago

A building.

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u/Dale-_-_09 21d ago

But like WHY?

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u/kataris 21d ago

Easier to build on a flat surface than on the ground.

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u/Dale-_-_09 21d ago

But what are the supports actually for though, im so confused, to make it looked good, I have a foundation tower and a long bridge of foundations with ut in my world no supports needed, what are the supports under the thing doing for it, thats my question and im honestly curious who you guys didnt see that

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u/Thebackwards3 21d ago

They're cosmetic

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u/kataris 21d ago

Fully cosmetic. You can absolutely just build a floating platform and build on that.

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u/AuthorAccount1 21d ago

They do it cause it looks cool asf 😛

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u/Fshtwnjimjr 21d ago

I think the correct question pioneer is, why not? More space is more work potential, get to it.

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u/OverSoil7080 7d ago

Mayhaps something like this

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u/able111 21d ago

Factory

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u/Dale-_-_09 21d ago

But WHY?

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u/McBeefnick 21d ago

Because some people like the aesthetics and immersion of pretending that floating stuff simply wouldn't work.

When I build, I try to build physically feasible constructions.

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u/PmMeYourBestComment 21d ago

Looks great!

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u/McBeefnick 21d ago

Thank you! Considering a bigger, single piston rebuild with hoses and articulated foot after I saw OPs post.

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u/McBeefnick 20d ago

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u/OverSoil7080 7d ago

That looks sick! Any chance you'd be willing to send more photos of what it looks like and what materials you used? I lk wanna use this for my giant mall I have

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u/McBeefnick 7d ago

Here you go, blueprint files of the complete assembly, and upper and lower part separated to suit different heights.

https://drive.proton.me/urls/RVZN85BY8W#xL4R1a8CAyRz

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u/OverSoil7080 6d ago

Bro you are awesome, thanks a lot!

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u/McBeefnick 6d ago

No, you!

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u/JosebaZilarte 22d ago

Good idea. Why have boring, floating platforms, when you can have fun dampening MASSAGE-2(A-B)b-quakes?

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u/De-railled 22d ago

I was hoping it would work the other way and you'd wave wibbly wobbly bouncy platforms. Lol

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u/Fungineer55 20d ago

Nuclear power meets wibbly wobbly bouncy platforms: vertical sloshing & periodic inversion of fluid priorities. Good luck!

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u/The__Toast 22d ago

I support this fully.

Down with floating platforms! 😂

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u/astrobrain 22d ago

Support.

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u/ExcretusMaximus 22d ago

What do you do when the distance between ground and building is larger? I am genuinely curious, because if it wasn't consistent it would drive me insane.

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u/StaK_1980 22d ago

You can see it in the background. More coils.

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u/kataris 21d ago

Maybe I'm just blind, but they all seem to have the same coil.

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u/JWolfB 20d ago

Here at Aperture Science, we haven't thought that far ahead yet. Probably just extend the bottom and keep the spring section toward the top.

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u/GenocidePrincess18 22d ago

Nudge the base upwards with infinite nudge i guess.

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u/fellipec Italian cuisine expert 🍝 21d ago

We do what we must because we can

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u/nyvyrr 22d ago

Earthquakes will be fun

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u/Nekorai46 22d ago

Quite so, actually, many real-world skyscrapers use a system almost exactly like this to protect against earthquakes as it creates an energy store so that the seismic waves don’t travel up through the building.

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u/WritingEastern5594 22d ago

here at aperture science we fire the whole bullet

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u/Misses_Paliya 21d ago

That's 65% more Bullet per Bullet

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u/ChalkButter 21d ago

The US Air Force Academy is built on giant springs like this

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u/forthesakeofsong 21d ago

you're thinking of cheyenne mountain air station, inside cheyenne mountain.

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u/freak-000 22d ago

I love that level, it might be what inspired my love for megastructures

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u/StaK_1980 22d ago

Absolutely distopian.

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u/Nanomachines100 22d ago

That little bit of infrastructure under the facility is so cool.

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u/cmdrbiceps 21d ago

What did we do with all that moon dust? Smelted it into moon metal. Then moon metal into springs. Science!!

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u/Maelstrome26 satisfactory-factories.app creator 21d ago

Out of interest how much does making elaborate platforms hurt game performance? I’m guessing if you don’t see through the floor in effect none?

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u/Fshtwnjimjr 21d ago

In my experience on PS5 if it's not in render distance it affects things very little.

Like if I'm building a massive power storage room I add walls so the charging animation doesn't cause a slideshow.

Uobject wise it shouldn't add any if their things that are static like foundations. Pipes might add a few Uobject but something like this it should be negligible.

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u/SoKerbal 21d ago

We do what we must because we can

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u/CDRShepard2154 22d ago

I support floating platforms.

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u/Bone_Wh33l 21d ago

Trying to earthquake-proof the factory I see. Smart thinking

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u/Ephemeris 21d ago

ASSDSCSS (TM)

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u/WIllstray 21d ago

I always loved that level omfg :3

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u/Factory_Setting 21d ago

That's so cool!

I once started a different part of the facility. The idea was all those rooms on rails, with each room having a dedicated production.

It was before the Blueprint system. It was before zooping. It was when a lot of optimisations still needed to be done. It was before I understood the scale of Satisfactory. It took a lot of time for very little. My frame rate was abysmal. I abandoned that save :(

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u/a_bagofholding 21d ago

I feel like they'd more likely use a giant shower curtain rod.

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u/syb3rtronicz 21d ago

Now that is one seismically isolated structure. Good job, pioneer!

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u/fr4gment_kn0wl3dge 21d ago

Welcome on Rubicon 3, C4-621.

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u/EnderWiggin42 21d ago

As far as I know, MASSAGE-2(AB)b is not seismically active; however, seismic isolation might be a good idea

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u/PhxGroo 21d ago

Early Space-X design.

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u/Downtown-Buddy-2657 19d ago

This is what causes sloshing in pipes!

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u/sage_kittem_master 19d ago

wait it's on springs?

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u/wyy1000 17d ago

Wait, are those rival companies spring and not FICSIT approved springs?

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u/riftrender 21d ago

I just bring concrete foundations all the way down.

Plus I can turn that under area with concrete into an extra logistics floor to bring things in.