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| 0s | many of you are probably wondering |
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| 2s | what's coming in 1.0 but today I'd |
| 4s | rather talk about a few things that are |
| 6s | not making it into |
| 9s | 1.0 getting the game to where it is |
| 11s | today has been an arduous journey and |
| 12s | there are still so many things that we |
| 15s | still want to add to the game but we |
| 17s | sort of need to be a bit realistic uh we |
| 19s | would be in early access for many many |
| 21s | many more years before we be anywhere |
| 23s | near close to have everything we want in |
| 25s | the game if we're ever going to release |
| 27s | a complete game we sort of need to come |
| 29s | to terms with the fact that we can't |
| 31s | have everything and we need to decide |
| 33s | you know what can and can't make it into |
| 35s | the full release and that means making a |
| 38s | few sacrifices this is just how it is |
| 41s | when you're developing any game a game |
| 43s | can only be finished when you stop |
| 44s | working on it I I think to a large |
| 46s | extent this video will sort of |
| 48s | disappoint many of you especially since |
| 49s | we haven't really revealed anything yet |
| 51s | for 1.0 so you really don't know what |
| 53s | you're looking forward to uh but you |
| 55s | know I'd rather be open about this stuff |
| 57s | so that we can sort of paint a better |
| 58s | picture as to what you can expect to see |
| 61s | in the full release uh or or I guess in |
| 64s | this case not see I do want to point out |
| 66s | though that in contrast to the video we |
| 68s | made on you know six things we're never |
| 69s | adding to satisfactory it's still quite |
| 71s | possible we're going to add some of |
| 73s | these features to the game at some point |
| 75s | it just won't be in time for the 1.0 |
| 77s | release first thing I want to talk about |
| 78s | is the big crab enemy you saw back in |
| 80s | the reveal trailer in 2018 this is |
| 83s | probably not going to come to as a |
| 84s | surprise to many people because we've |
| 86s | already said in the past that we've sort |
| 87s | of put this enemy on ice as development |
| 90s | for before the game has gone on we sort |
| 92s | of realize more and more over time that |
| 94s | the combat aspect of satisfactory isn't |
| 96s | very important and it's not something |
| 98s | that people you know keep coming back to |
| 99s | the game for I'm sure that adding more |
| 102s | combat related features to the game |
| 104s | would make the combat better cuz like |
| 106s | right now the combat is a bit mid uh but |
| 108s | we don't mind it being that way cuz it's |
| 110s | not really a heart of the game you know |
| 112s | it's not hard of cards and the more we |
| 114s | look into this we find that we get a |
| 116s | better return of investment in |
| 117s | development when we focus on like the |
| 120s | fact aspect of the game rather than the |
| 122s | combat aspect of the game and that's why |
| 124s | for instance in update 6 we sort of |
| 126s | decided that we would rather add like |
| 127s | you know Variety in the forms of |
| 129s | different types of ammo for weapons uh |
| 132s | which also added a bunch of automation |
| 133s | challenges rather than add combat |
| 136s | mechanics or you know more involved |
| 138s | enemies we have sort of improved some of |
| 140s | these aspects over time but I think we |
| 142s | need to make sort of a bigger change to |
| 144s | have like any real bearing on like the |
| 145s | combat aspect of the game and the Krab |
| 147s | boss is one of those things where we |
| 149s | don't really feel like it necessarily |
| 151s | adds too much to the game as it is uh |
| 154s | regarding of like how bombass it is and |
| 156s | it's a bummer that we sort of showcase |
| 158s | this in our marketing material only to |
| 160s | like end up not adding it but I also |
| 162s | think it's a bit unreasonable to hold us |
| 164s | accountable for something that we've |
| 166s | only showcase for like literally 30 |
| 167s | frames in one trailer from almost 6 |
| 169s | years ago a lot of things have changed |
| 171s | since then and you know we wouldn't have |
| 173s | decided to exclude it uh if it weren't |
| 175s | cuz we thought we would add you know any |
| 178s | other better if we could add any |
| 180s | uh if you could have would we wouldn't |
| 184s | have decided to exclude it if it weren't |
| 186s | cuz we thought we could add you know |
| 188s | other better things to the game the main |
| 190s | reason why we haven't been able to add |
| 191s | this up until now is because we would |
| 193s | need to spend a significant amount of |
| 195s | time to improve the AI pathing that |
| 197s | exists it's a big large creature it's a |
| 200s | big large creature uh that doesn't work |
| 203s | with the AI system we currently have |
| 205s | unfortunately so we would sort of need |
| 206s | to accommodate the AI system uh with |
| 209s | that creature in mind and we felt like |
| 210s | the development wasn't really worth it |
| 212s | for this another thing that's not making |
| 213s | it into 1.0 is official mod support I |
| 216s | think if you asked us like a couple of |
| 218s | years ago whether we would ever launch |
| 220s | 1.0 without official mod support I think |
| 222s | we would have like straight up said no |
| 224s | that's not happening we've sort of built |
| 226s | the game with modding in mind like |
| 229s | that's the reason why our safe system |
| 230s | works the way it does and a lot of other |
| 233s | systems that we've designed we've |
| 234s | designed them with modding in mind but |
| 236s | we were blown away by like how quickly |
| 238s | people started making mods to the game |
| 240s | and today there's a very active moding |
| 242s | community and you know they've done |
| 243s | amazing work fix it.app is a really |
| 246s | well-made website that give you access |
| 247s | to like all the tools necessary to both |
| 249s | download and develop mods uh the |
| 251s | satisfactory mod manager is very easy to |
| 253s | install to disable and enable mods and |
| 256s | such and like I said we have a very |
| 258s | active moding scene something that I |
| 260s | don't think we anticipated when we |
| 261s | launched satisfactory initially I think |
| 263s | initially we really thought that we |
| 264s | weren't going to see any mods until we |
| 266s | added official mod support so the fact |
| 268s | that like we have such an active modding |
| 270s | scene right now is just like so amazing |
| 272s | to us and while we don't have official |
| 274s | mod support you know we still try to |
| 276s | support our modding Community as much as |
| 278s | we can and we're going to continue doing |
| 280s | so having official mod support would of |
| 282s | course make it simpler to use mods and |
| 284s | potentially even make mods but you know |
| 286s | it's already pretty streamlined as it is |
| 289s | which by the way is all because the |
| 290s | modern Community has puted so much |
| 291s | effort into it which is crazy and to my |
| 294s | understanding like the only thing that's |
| 295s | kind of limiting in terms of developing |
| 297s | mods right now is how we handle Sound |
| 299s | and Music in the game so I think that |
| 301s | could really benefit until then there |
| 303s | are already a bunch of really good mods |
| 305s | we have a very active modding Community |
| 306s | like I said and we're super stoked about |
| 309s | that so while we do want to add official |
| 311s | mod support eventually uh in this case |
| 314s | our efforts could be put into something |
| 315s | else that's currently missing in the |
| 317s | game okay so uh I think I'm going to get |
| 319s | crucified for saying this but yeah one |
| 322s | thing that's not coming at 1.0 is the |
| 324s | ability to easily build circular |
| 327s | foundations uh now I know this is one of |
| 329s | the most requested things from our |
| 331s | community in terms of building in the |
| 332s | game but unfortunately it's a |
| 334s | complicated problem at first glance this |
| 336s | might seem like a trivial thing to |
| 338s | implement by just slapping you know a |
| 340s | bunch of triangular pieces together and |
| 341s | call it a day uh but that's not |
| 343s | necessarily the case as different people |
| 345s | sort of want different outcomes on this |
| 347s | topic and in some cases we might need to |
| 349s | like sort of redesign how our current |
| 350s | build system functions just to be able |
| 352s | to support fully given like what people |
| 354s | are asking for even if we did add |
| 356s | separate bill pieces such as like |
| 357s | equilateral triangular Bill pieces or |
| 359s | whatever ever uh we still need to manage |
| 361s | all the dependencies that all our |
| 363s | foundation pieces and all our wall |
| 364s | pieces and such already have at the |
| 366s | moment that's not to say that we can't |
| 368s | do any of these things it's just that |
| 370s | when we looked at like prioritizing |
| 372s | development for the game we always find |
| 374s | that like there are other things that |
| 376s | don't exist in the game right now that |
| 378s | we think are more worth working on |
| 380s | because people are already able to build |
| 382s | Ciro platforms uh granted that they're a |
| 384s | bit like finicky and annoying to build |
| 386s | and they don't look perfect you know and |
| 387s | there's a bunch of Z fighting you know |
| 389s | Etc ET but there are detailed guides out |
| 391s | there on how to do this and since the |
| 393s | addition of blueprints it's become |
| 394s | easier to build stuff that curves and |
| 396s | make these sort of circular foundations |
| 398s | so I highly recommend checking some of |
| 399s | these tutorials out people are already |
| 401s | able to like do really creative stuff |
| 403s | with curves and while it's not a smooth |
| 405s | experience you know people uh aren't |
| 408s | limited by it but there are limitations |
| 410s | to other aspects of the game where you |
| 412s | know certain features straight up don't |
| 414s | exist so we could definitely improve |
| 416s | that aspect of the game um but it always |
| 419s | comes down to like iation and and what |
| 421s | we work on and you know maybe we we sort |
| 423s | of dropped the ball on this decision |
| 425s | specifically maybe it would have been |
| 427s | really uh Worth to prioritize this |
| 429s | aspect of the game uh I guess it's hard |
| 431s | for you guys to sort of weigh in on this |
| 433s | right now given that you don't really |
| 434s | know all the details for everything |
| 436s | that's coming at 1.0 yet so so yeah like |
| 438s | once the game is out do tell us on the |
| 440s | qway side if we should prioritize this |
| 442s | next and on the topic of that I also |
| 444s | want to mention roads because this is |
| 446s | also something a lot of people ask about |
| 448s | specifically and it's so sort of the |
| 450s | same thing there people are able to |
| 452s | build roads and satisfactory already |
| 454s | with the build pieces that exists it's a |
| 456s | finicky it's annoying but it's |
| 458s | technically possible uh we did prototype |
| 461s | actually a sort of system early on where |
| 463s | you could build roads using splines |
| 465s | similar how like train tracks work uh |
| 467s | but it wasn't great if I to be honest it |
| 469s | was really hard to make it look good it |
| 471s | didn't really Jive that well with the |
| 473s | current build mechanics that we had so |
| 475s | we decided to get rid of it there are |
| 476s | also some optimization issues that come |
| 479s | with all this stuff so again instead of |
| 481s | tackling that problem we instead opted |
| 483s | to develop other features for the game |
| 485s | that we sort of felt were missing |
| 488s | instead of supporting this stuff better |
| 490s | I'm just okay so I'm just a messenger |
| 491s | here so like don't shoot the messenger |
| 493s | okay but just saying next exciting thing |
| 495s | that's not coming at 1.0 that I want to |
| 497s | talk about is any type of logic system |
| 499s | to the game we're not against this idea |
| 501s | as with any of the other ideas I think |
| 503s | these are all great ideas uh we think it |
| 505s | could be really cool we have you know |
| 507s | many ideas on how we could do this uh |
| 509s | and we have even prototyped some of this |
| 511s | stuff but we decided to to not |
| 513s | prioritize it for the game mostly |
| 515s | because we don't want the game to be |
| 517s | like overly complicated with the |
| 518s | addition of extra logic that the play |
| 520s | would need to sort of facilitate we |
| 522s | didn't want to design the game where you |
| 524s | would need to sort of include logic |
| 526s | stuff to be able to fully play the game |
| 528s | uh so in that case it would be sort of |
| 530s | an optional thing uh and if it's an |
| 533s | optional thing then the question becomes |
| 535s | like whether it's worth spending that |
| 537s | amount of time needed to be able to |
| 539s | implement something like like that uh |
| 540s | when it's not really part of the core |
| 542s | gameplay I think that comes down to like |
| 544s | a lot of this stuff it's just basically |
| 546s | time and effort that goes into |
| 547s | implemented this stuff um and it's |
| 550s | always a question of like prioritization |
| 552s | for us and this is a feature that we |
| 554s | think could be really cool for |
| 556s | satisfactory and there are elements in |
| 558s | the game where even like minor logic |
| 559s | would really benefit greatly from from |
| 562s | the existing gameplay but um yeah don't |
| 565s | expect anything like that for 1.0 |
| 567s | unfortunately and the last thing I want |
| 569s | to talk about about is that there are |
| 571s | currently some parts in the game that |
| 573s | are going to be removed you already know |
| 577s | of one which is beacons uh the reason |
| 580s | why we're removing beacons is because |
| 582s | we've since updated how the map works |
| 584s | with the addition of map markers which |
| 586s | you can more easily like place down on |
| 587s | the map instead of having to like |
| 589s | physically go and place them in the |
| 591s | world and now sadly there are two more |
| 594s | casualties which are flowers and color |
| 598s | cartridges rest in peace |
| 600s | the reason for this is because we want |
| 602s | to remove cost for |
| 604s | customization originally you needed to |
| 606s | use color cartridges to be able to paint |
| 608s | walls and stuff like that we found that |
| 610s | very tedious so we opted to remove that |
| 613s | for coloring walls when we removed the |
| 615s | color gun and so far we sort of kept |
| 617s | that cost for patterns that you could |
| 619s | paint on foundations but even in the |
| 621s | case for these we we feel like it's |
| 622s | still a bit unnecessary we we originally |
| 625s | had plans to make it so you could like |
| 626s | automate Coler cartridges because like |
| 628s | running around for 30 hours collecting |
| 630s | flowers just so you could paint your |
| 631s | factories felt a bit annoying and you |
| 633s | know unnecessary but after working a bit |
| 636s | on the recipes during the rebalance P |
| 637s | that we're currently doing for 1.0 we |
| 639s | felt like having to automate stuff to |
| 641s | just like customize patterns doesn't |
| 643s | really add that much to the game so we |
| 645s | decided to just completely remove those |
| 647s | and make all customization completely |
| 649s | free speaking for balancing by the way |
| 651s | if you didn't know we're currently |
| 653s | working on rebalancing many of the |
| 654s | recipes in the game uh the rebalance |
| 656s | will be mostly focused on the end game |
| 659s | so don't worry too much about like the |
| 661s | early and mid sections of the game um |
| 664s | those recipes haven't changed too much |
| 666s | if uh any at all as far as I know but we |
| 668s | are making General tweaks to like the |
| 670s | game overall and that includes pretty |
| 672s | much all the recipes checking them out |
| 673s | and seeing if they make sense I guess we |
| 676s | thought it was best to sort of do this |
| 677s | at the end of production rather than |
| 679s | like having to do it over and over over |
| 680s | multiple updates uh cuz it's kind of |
| 682s | disruptive when like after each update |
| 684s | you would have to sort of make changes |
| 686s | to your production lines and your |
| 687s | factory so so that's what we're working |
| 689s | on right now I think I've mentioned this |
| 691s | on stream a couple of times that we were |
| 692s | planning to do a rebalance pass like |
| 694s | this and uh now we're doing it so yeah |
| 697s | we're doing it one big swoop now at the |
| 699s | end and hopefully it won't affect too |
| 701s | much and even the people that it does |
| 703s | affect I think a lot of people are still |
| 704s | going to like restart the game from |
| 706s | scratch anyways when 1.0 comes out so |
| 708s | maybe it's not a big deal anyways this |
| 710s | is still somewhat of an ongoing process |
| 712s | so I can't really talk too much about it |
| 713s | now but I can unveil the changes that |
| 716s | we've made to the alt recipe that |
| 718s | included beacons so remember how back in |
| 721s | update whatever when we said we were |
| 723s | going to remove beacons and said they |
| 725s | were deprecated we still kept them in |
| 727s | the game because there were was an ALT |
| 728s | recipe that still used them and we |
| 730s | didn't want to disrupt that production |
| 732s | line but now that we're doing |
| 733s | rebalancing we actually know what that |
| 735s | recipe looks like so let's talk about |
| 738s | that so the new ingredients for the |
| 739s | uranium fuel unit are 100 in case |
| 742s | uranium cells 10 electromagnetic control |
| 745s | rods three crystal oscillators and 10 |
| 748s | rotors |
| 750s | um so that means essentially that |
| 752s | instead of beacons in that recipes we |
| 754s | replace it now with rotors so now you |
| 756s | know so there you have it these are some |
| 758s | of the things that I know people have |
| 760s | been sort of asking for that we can |
| 762s | confirm right now are unfortunately not |
| 764s | coming at 1.0 but maybe later we'll see |
| 767s | like I said like these are good ideas we |
| 770s | like these ideas it's just that we |
| 772s | weren't able to make them come to |
| 774s | fruition in 1.0 as I'm said I'm sure |
| 776s | this video is very disappointing for |
| 778s | many people uh but rather be upfront |
| 780s | about this stuff so you don't wait and |
| 782s | expect to see something that's not |
| 784s | coming there are many cool new things |
| 786s | coming in 1.0 that I hope will make up |
| 787s | for the exclusion of these things and |
| 789s | you know there are many more features |
| 790s | that are not coming I'm not listing |
| 792s | everything because that would be |
| 794s | impossible uh I just felt like listing |
| 796s | these things at least are things that |
| 798s | I've seen people talk about recently um |
| 800s | where I think a lot of people are sort |
| 801s | of looking forward to them and I just |
| 804s | want to set the record straight I guess |
| 805s | I I feel like I can't like really leave |
| 807s | it off at this though I I feel like this |
| 809s | video might be too much of a bummer if |
| 811s | it would just be me listing features |
| 812s | that a lot of people really looking |
| 814s | forward to won't be seeing in 1.0 so so |
| 817s | I'm going to give you all a tiny little |
| 819s | sneak peek on a little change we've made |
| 820s | to the game uh it isn't much but I hope |
| 824s | you'll like |
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