Straight lines win
A clean line is easier to fix than a clever one. Run inputs in, outputs out, with no crossing to confuse you.
Stack by tier
Put raw processing low and assembly high. Logic keeps the build sane and the floors from colliding.
Room to grow
Leave space between lines. A base with margins expands; a tight one gets rebuilt the moment you need more.
Document it
Label lines. Future you debugging a clog will not remember what that belt carries without a clear sign.
Measure the floor
The building database shows machine dimensions. A measured pad avoids the rebuild and the wasted belts.
Keep it readable
If a new player cannot trace a line, it is too busy. Readable lines are the ones that survive a long save.
Keep it fixable
Readability beats cleverness when a line clogs at 2am. Keep inputs and outputs on clear sides and the whole build stays fixable for months.
Machines and their footprint
- Equipment Workshop (width 10, length 7)
- Conveyor Lifts (width 2, length 2)
- Biomass Burner (width 8, length 8)
- Foundry (width 10, length 10)
- Fuel-Powered Generator (width 20, length 20)
- Blender (width 18, length 16)
- Geothermal Generator (width 19, length 20)
- Conveyor Belts (width 2, length 1–56)
- Beams (width 0.8, length 1–40)
- Blueprint Designer (width 40, length 40)
- Conveyor Poles (width 2, length 1)
- Buildings
- Assembler (width 9, length 16)
- Drone Port (width 24, length 24)
- AWESOME Sink (width 16, length 13)
- Coal-Powered Generator (width 10, length 26)
- Fluid Buffer (width 6, length 6)
- Crafting Bench
- Constructor (width 8, length 10)
- Conveyor Splitter (width 4, length 4)
Parts that flow through the lines
- Beacon (stack 100, tier Tier 1 - Field Research)
- Chainsaw
- Bacon Agaric
- Copper Powder
- Automated Wiring
- Concrete
- Cooling System
- Aluminum Ingot
- Coal
- Blade Runners
- Aluminum Casing
- Copper Ore
- AI Limiter
- Alien Protein
- Assembly Director System
- Compacted Coal
- Caterium Ore
- Caterium Ingot