Satisfactory Alpha release

Dano · 3 Apr 2023 at 12:59

Did everybody see the genuine news that the game is being moved onto Unreal 5? I didn't want to post about it on the same thread as the obvious April fools joke (it was obvious right? they wouldn't actually add in a verified check mark for tokens would they... :eek:

) Nanite and Lumen are being used to some degree, will be interesting to see what comes from the shift but the map/area loading improvement sounds great to me.

LostCorpse · 3 Apr 2023 at 20:19

tbh i can see them doing the Verified Check Mark
they are trolls after all

if they dont do it i can see some one making a MOD of it LMAO

Noxia · 3 Apr 2023 at 21:59

Yes it was three posts before the repost of the same video.

Dano · 4 Apr 2023 at 11:54

Noxia said:
Yes it was three posts before the repost of the same video.

LMAO no excuses, I even read the post...

Noxia · 4 Apr 2023 at 12:34

Dano said:
LMAO no excuses, I even read the post...

We've all done it. It's just this time I get to be on the other end where I can point out lol

Screeeech · 4 Apr 2023 at 13:54

Dano said:
Did everybody see the genuine news that the game is being moved onto Unreal 5? I didn't want to post about it on the same thread as the obvious April fools joke (it was obvious right? they wouldn't actually add in a verified check mark for tokens would they...) Nanite and Lumen are being used to some degree, will be interesting to see what comes from the shift but the map/area loading improvement sounds great to me.

Yeah,

For me it's very much them planning for the future, I don't think it'll look that much different from the start - but it'll allow them to keep the game looking good as time goes on, and I imagine it will - after a while look significantly better. Hopefully they can fix the view of things from a distance, it does look better than it used to do - however it still does look ropey in places, so hopefully UE5 will allow them to keep improving.

Chuk_Chuk · 5 Apr 2023 at 16:42

Coffee stains studio just trolled YouTube. Started a stream with its title as ??? It had a 1 hour countdown timer. It lead to about 30 seconds of game footage. The end credit literally said. That’s it.

It did seem to tease a new enemy type and maybe an update to the biome.

LostCorpse · 5 Apr 2023 at 20:59

they really do troll us

and we aways come back for more

loftie · 6 Apr 2023 at 00:15

Brutal biff · 6 Apr 2023 at 10:00

With unreal 5 does that mean it will be more optimised or will the hardware requirements go up

loftie · 6 Apr 2023 at 10:20

Brutal biff said:
With unreal 5 does that mean it will be more optimised or will the hardware requirements go up

IIRC, they said both. More the latter to start with and then improvements as they optimise it more. They also mentioned improvements to world loading to do with the moving from one "chunk" (or whatever it's called) to another which currently causes stuttering.

LostCorpse · 6 Apr 2023 at 20:42

also perfroamcne changing the size of xchunks down to smaller ones. making it easier to work on updating the maps.
there was a lot this does for them in the long term. they'll need to move to U5 at some point and it makes sence to do it now.

something that will only effect a small number of people is the Ulimit or element limit, its changed slightly so those that like mega bases may see some improements or additions.

Tombstone · 7 Apr 2023 at 16:55

Screeeech · 13 May 2023 at 15:42

Dano · 13 May 2023 at 22:44

I have an unreasonable amount of joy at the prospect of running massive power pylons everywhere instead of the little poles I currently have lol

Tombstone · 14 May 2023 at 00:19

Dano said:
I have an unreasonable amount of joy at the prospect of running massive power pylons everywhere instead of the little poles I currently have lol

Understandable, I think we can all appreciate the joy of having a massive pole instead of a little one

LostCorpse · 14 May 2023 at 08:11

i saw some were they were adding logic also.

Screeeech · 15 May 2023 at 16:31

Dano said:
I have an unreasonable amount of joy at the prospect of running massive power pylons everywhere instead of the little poles I currently have lol

Yeah I actually ended up making my own pylons, that was before blueprints, and yeah it took like 500 years to run power

Dano · 20 May 2023 at 08:27

Well darn, that's going to make life a lot easier

Screeeech · 20 May 2023 at 12:28

Dano said:
Well darn, that's going to make life a lot easier

I think my last playthrough of update 6, about 800000 hours were spent laying power poles, so this will make life much much easier..

It'll also make scaling up much easier, as late-game you need so much stuff, that half your life is just building power poles and platforms and stuff...

I'm waiting for update 8, then I'm gonna build another full-blown playthrough with my mate..