Kind of a light recap because really, I only engaged in two kinds of activity this past week: Acquired resources for the nuclear power plant, and built train lines to haul some of those resources into place.

Absolutely riveting stuff, no?
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Kind of a light recap because really, I only engaged in two kinds of activity this past week: Acquired resources for the nuclear power plant, and built train lines to haul some of those resources into place.

Absolutely riveting stuff, no?
(more…)Normally I try to stay close to the ground when placing rail lines. My blueprint-based system already has some “that’s not how physics or engineering work” flavor to it and I don’t like exacerbating that element by running the track hundreds of meters above ground level.

But sometimes, needs must.
(more…)I’m choosing to look at the upsides, here.

As of midday today I make the parts required to place the fastest belts the game has to offer. (Once I can unlock them… 10,000 iron plates? Really, game?) For bonus points I would also like to note that I’m nearly finished making all of the Nuclear Pasta I’ll ever need in the entire game, at which point I’ll be able to repurpose that entire massive copper ingot setup from a couple weeks ago.
I’ll unlock those Mk6 belts eventually.
(more…)Someone on one or another of the social media feeds I half-heartedly track nowadays mentioned having the iconic Jurassic Park theme in their head for whatever reason, and suddenly in my head I heard Dinah Shore singing.
Look, I’m just sayin’. Once you hear it, you can’t unhear it.
Last week I completed production on the second-to-last thing I need to make all four Phase 4 shipment products. This week I completed the actual facilities which are manufacturing all four Phase 4 shipment products. Just a few hours of work… if you don’t think too long or hard about the fact that I’m at 219 hours into this save and there’s about an hour to go before I pull the lever to send everything skyward.

But I’m going to rest on my laurels for a moment anyway.
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