Topics > Environment
November 12th, 2024
- Q&A: Will we be able to remove small boulders that cannot currently be destroyed with Nobelisks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTguLBUdbfI
- Q&A: Any plans on making a mode where the Map is random? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9wkFgNC4p8
October 1st, 2024
- Q&A: Have you removed S.A.M. deposits- it's hard to find them without looking on Google? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvpjaXiQ_pY
- Q&A: Have some of the Soundtracks been removed in 1.0, or are some of them just playing more rarely? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1HsaqpxkK0
August 13th, 2024
February 20th, 2024
- Q&A: Could you add a way to skip night or day, or would that ruin the Lore? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVtFsZpRAQg
February 13th, 2024
- Q&A: When will the game be submitted for content rating? are there any concerns about 🍆 rocks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCswZbT7RPE
December 12th, 2023
- Q&A: World Partitioning System, how does that correspond to the Map? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVI14aHkv3o
December 5th, 2023
November 21st, 2023
- Q&A: Will the Water Update, Cave Update, and Biome Update come before 1.0? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdXkecCE4j4
- Q&A: Can you give the moons/planets on the horizon at least a bit of spin? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgOpj3FPiFE
November 14th, 2023
- Updates of Creature Spawns, hazards, and collectibles https://youtube.com/embed/BIZieuScBmE?autoplay=1&start=610&end=624
- Q&A: How does Hannah feel about where we are with the state of the Map going forward? https://youtube.com/embed/ToXUov_ylfo?autoplay=1&start=6441&end=6598
November 7th, 2023
- Q&A: Are there any plans for a second map or procedural Ore generation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu8KVmydbSI
- Q&A: Any plans to add more Ore/Resource nodes to the game more Caterium or Sulfur would be nice? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VZLa5hBBH0
October 31st, 2023
October 17th, 2023
- Q&A: Is the bug with destroyed Fart Rock gas VFX still showing going to be fixed before EA launch? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNTwffoP-4s
- Q&A: Are more changes for Gas Pillars coming? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Q9sSluAgI
October 10th, 2023
- Q&A: Will the skybox lighting ever be improved so it's smooth rather than skipping frame by frame? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXUiOK2itAs
October 3rd, 2023
- Q&A: Are the World death boundaries going to be reduced for 1.0? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMHnKj_pZKw
September 26th, 2023
- Q&A: Any plans to add a "no night" or "always day" option to Advanced Game Settings? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CzJrqIjyus
August 22nd, 2023
- Q&A: Any chance to align nodes to the World Grid? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDt_rMVNxnw
- Q&A: Are there plans to use Unreal Engine 5.2's Nanite Foliage? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwC3yQoK64E
June 27th, 2023
- Q&A: Can there be a command to have Crates moved to the surface? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfnsqLKkyZU
June 20th, 2023
- Q&A: Was it an intentional decision to make it so rocks were no longer removed with the Chainsaw? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfjtkEVn_tQ
June 16th, 2023
- Missing water https://youtube.com/embed/6H79BTIrlbc?autoplay=1&start=250&end=261
- Fart rocks https://youtube.com/embed/6H79BTIrlbc?autoplay=1&start=268&end=290
June 13th, 2023
June 9th, 2023
May 30th, 2023
- Intro / State of Dev / Announcement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G_D_ivi4PY
- Q&A: Since we will be able to destroy the Gas Pillars, can we use them to make LPG? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNRcXGv9L3w
May 26th, 2023
- Q&A: Can Fart Rocks be destroyed? https://youtube.com/embed/9jDBEpAlS2s?autoplay=1&start=727&end=852
May 9th, 2023
- Q&A: Did you delete the Poison Pillars from the game yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrLkhoep8w8
March 14th, 2023
- Q&A: Is another revision of the atmosphere planned, especially transitions between Biomes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEdGVkHzshA
February 14th, 2023
- Q&A: Is it even possible to fully randomise Resource nodes on the map? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCgkVgcxTuA
February 7th, 2023
- Q&A: Can we have quantum teleportation & Conveyor hubs so we can have nature looking natural? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAXTRI-tkXc
- Q&A: Did you address the unobtainable Power Slugs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPrrJcVaAgI
January 17th, 2023
- Q&A: Can we have a telescope to look at the newly-added celestial bodies? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uYltuXykY0
- Q&A: Are you still adding Ben's Water changes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQywXXECQ6g
January 10th, 2023
December 13th, 2022
- Q&A: Is there still no way to remove those stupid gas rocks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzI7K41TYLg
November 29th, 2022
- Q&A: When are lighting/water performance & visual upgrades coming? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3StpEbh7QlI
October 4th, 2022
September 27th, 2022
- Snutt & Jace Talk: Overworld LODs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ZDWFExbYw
- Q&A: Any actual physics explanation behind the red lava planet being bigger than the gas giant? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi_ZpCvySxg
- Snutt Talk: Satisfactory- it makes no sense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWrxHS2wbWU
September 20th, 2022
- World Update: Skybox, celestial bodies https://youtube.com/embed/8WZYDHAVmio?autoplay=1&start=4623&end=4744
- Map Changes & Beacon removal https://youtube.com/embed/8WZYDHAVmio?autoplay=1&start=4887&end=5159
August 30th, 2022
- Q&A: New Water system? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwx8kD-fSr0
- Q&A: Any plans for letting players dive underwater? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sMDsApY6Bs
August 23rd, 2022
- Q&A: Are more static objects going to be added to the Map? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3KwCu4t5P8
- Q&A: Would it be possible to create our own Maps? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BRnRTwf2UA
- Q&A: Would you guys be open to do Map DLC? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxNPDWP1m9E
- Q&A: Will the explodable rocks that reappear be fixed in Update 6? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x91IjO5rSI
- Q&A: Will we be able to destroy Gas Pillars? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrexbr9w4H8
July 12th, 2022
- Q&A: Possibility the smaller spires can be destroyed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcyJe-_BlNc
- Q&A: Gas Pillars harvestable as a Resource, when? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyvW1dRpHdU
July 5th, 2022
- Q&A: Can we lure a Hog to another part of the Map and trap it there? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obf7z_HzA7Y
- Q&A: Will Drone terrain avoidance be fixed in Update 6? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl76rNQbCAw
- Q&A: Will we ever be able to redirect water streams to create rivers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_uq0HeEiJ0
June 28th, 2022
- Q&A: Any plans to make the Fart Rocks destructable? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTTHPxhnpDM
- Q&A: Working on floating Ore rocks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56qfgYEtKzE
- Q&A: Will 1.0 use any of the void or water areas? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCur5xyQWWI
- Q&A: Items that fall are getting despawned or falling forever? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qSlPfOapCU
- Snutt Talk: Floating grass issue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8EMTOiVgVQ
June 14th, 2022
- Tobias, Etienne, & Snutt Talk: New Atmosphere system (Part 1) https://youtube.com/embed/Z6bo0pjYghk?autoplay=1&start=6898&end=6926
- Ben, Dylan, Simon, & Snutt Talk: New Atmosphere system (Part 2) https://youtube.com/embed/Z6bo0pjYghk?autoplay=1&start=8127&end=8277
- Q&A: Did we ever get around to adding so you can turn Rain off? https://youtube.com/embed/Z6bo0pjYghk?autoplay=1&start=8276&end=8294
- Hannah, Anna, Torsten, & Snutt Talk: New Water textures https://youtube.com/embed/Z6bo0pjYghk?autoplay=1&start=10190&end=10205
June 10th, 2022
- Factory Building, Exploration, Creatures, and Combat https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxG3vBIOOiE9T3nlqc6y9wOoS9g5pzIgUe
May 24th, 2022
May 17th, 2022
References
- Q&A: What are the advantages and disadvantages of running the Experimental build? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R13FVZlFPw
May 10th, 2022
- Hannah talks Spire Coast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqhboAjAiYY
- Q&A: How many assets did Hannah design? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozXb_4cjzXs
- Q&A: Is there any part of the Map that's been changed for gameplay reasons that you're sad about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1tc_bgoMM4
- Q&A: Are you changing how the World boundary works? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnBU2qNEas4
- Q&A: Are the map holes going to be fixed in Update 6? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sqkzY9O0mI
- Q&A: What is Hannah's favourite Biome? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu3SnSQ14Ms
May 3rd, 2022
- Q&A: Was the water hole fixed in the Spire Coast where you can drop to your death in the water? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t2kbzZlnJc
April 22nd, 2022
- Environmental Changes https://youtube.com/embed/hkMTFsxa7rQ?autoplay=1&start=304&end=376
- Snutt Talk: Ben's water changes https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxaD0rJKYKWGhXACEAijg16q-YhZ8Yv8Nt
- Snutt Talk: The sky sphere & Swamp Biome https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxTU-Kgawtc8RhFPkS0t_-vLmyGvMAgj3u
April 15th, 2022
- Snutt & Stefan Talk: Sprint 3 https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxYqGxjZhFEaf3O7kb2SaF67rZ_uLGGxQM
- Snutt & Stefan Talk: Sprint 6 https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxJlhjBBTmsHqjVptIYvN2cjH3sIJiIaqe
- Snutt & Stefan Talk: Environment in Sprint 8 https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxC1NQmYgHo3tHKd_XZkptr04YktBytnce
- Snutt & Stefan Talk: Third-person View in Sprint 20 https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxBN5lOz1DGFDrjtF92njJq8rTGb_SeLdl
March 29th, 2022
- Community FYI: Jace and Snutt go kayaking = Patch Notes video for Ben's river changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7d6uwMRo0w
- Q&A: Any change for exploration planned? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytPhU2Nw6Nc
March 22nd, 2022
March 8th, 2022
February 22nd, 2022
- Q&A: Game mode to make environmental puzzles more difficult? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI1MbFXJphw
February 11th, 2022
- Q&A: Is there any talk for updating the Map or making it more in depth? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM2BzlGYiJI
January 18th, 2022
December 14th, 2021
- Q&A: Whose brilliant idea was it to stick Uranium on top of a pillar that's the tallest in the area? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSULg4OecOk
December 7th, 2021
- Q&A: Why do a lot of rock structures in places look like spiders? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wHFJ-kmpI
November 16th, 2021
- Q&A: Can we expect a fix for the reappearing explodable rocks on Dedicated Servers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNlkXUsq_Do
August 24th, 2021
- Q&A: Is removing Crash Sites by deconstruction even for no parts something to do to clear the Map? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=towkJfDEAvo
- Q&A: Are the big rock arches going to be explained in 1.0, they have a bone/rib cage feel to them? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaBAdXY-5Lk
August 17th, 2021
- Q&A: Any chance of a fan or a vent to neutralise the gas towers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA-jzp-iFV8
- Q&A: Adjustable day/night cycle? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgduj_wvIkQ
August 3rd, 2021
- Q&A: How do floating trees & rocks happen? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y25k25rbWg
- Q&A: Any more penis rocks coming into the game? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq_G9PiuWQU
- Q&A: I was wondering if at some point we could remove bigger rocks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrvzVaE9d7U
- Q&A: Purpose for Gas Pillars, when? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xidmyDRL4Cc
July 20th, 2021
- Q&A: Is there any Lore behind the World, it looks like it was underwater judging by landscape? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbKIIe_sffI
- Q&A: Are we going to get a moon? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01tZ8LavWWg
- Q&A: Let us blow up Poison Pillars? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNGVR7trxFE
July 13th, 2021
- Q&A: Will we ever be able to remove or destroy Poison Pillars? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkKMsKoH6y4
July 6th, 2021
- Q&A: I really want to know who's responsible for the beautiful World design? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR-6X_Lru8I
- Q&A: When will you stop updating the game for language translation and patch this broken map? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umeicktBnxg
- Q&A: Fix random floating Plants & rocks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEVKagBHXRA
- Q&A: Is there a way to collect a bin from the bottom of the sea? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mffqiLX6liU
June 22nd, 2021
- Q&A: We've seen a lot of Concept Art for Buildings, but does Torsten do any for the World? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNKnQFH_0vQ
June 1st, 2021
- Snutt & Jace Talk: The world of Satisfactory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwiruCRJKo0
- Trolling: Climbing mechanic in the game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQwO3ADzdfE
May 25th, 2021
- Q&A: How many Doggos are there in the world? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtsEfgW-R7o
- Community FYI: Phallic rock has to be number one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7BOkJNd6Mo
May 18th, 2021
- Q&A: Will you add more gases? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDflyVR8aeY
- Q&A: Can you thank Hannah for making a beautiful World? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9cvnFnfm0M
May 11th, 2021
May 4th, 2021
- Q&A: Is there a secret internal lore for the giant spider skeletons? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhNboZ3vVuU
- Q&A: Any chance for a rocket launcher? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3SXMv4Jhs0
April 20th, 2021
April 13th, 2021
April 6th, 2021
March 30th, 2021
February 26th, 2021
- Q&A: Are there any plans for removing the poison spreading plants in Satisfactory? https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/File:February_26th,_2021_Instagram_AMA_-_Are_there_any_plans_for_removing_the_poison_spreading_plants_in_Satisfactory.mp4
February 16th, 2021
August 25th, 2020
- Q&A: ETA for Update 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xgs6Y-ZSe8
- Q&A: Why can't we explode some stones in the map? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhtu3NBv2NM
- Q&A: Put in Solar & Wind Power to make it ultra limited? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IJsp-Fy1zw
April 30th, 2020
- Simon & Jace Talk: VFX for ambient effects https://youtube.com/embed/mci92Mhr7MM?autoplay=1&start=425&end=609
- Simon & Jace Talk: Different ambient effects for different Biomes https://youtube.com/embed/mci92Mhr7MM?autoplay=1&start=608&end=698
October 24th, 2019
- Hannah Talk: Level Design vs. World Design https://youtube.com/embed/8WYNwGDLYNE?autoplay=1&start=89&end=133
- Hannah Talk: Making a world feel interesting with limited assets https://youtube.com/embed/8WYNwGDLYNE?autoplay=1&start=150&end=190
February 20th, 2019
- Intro https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=266&end=360
- Q&A: Can I swim? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=421&end=428
- Q&A: Does Satisfactory have caves? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=437&end=440
- Q&A: What's the point of going into caves besides exploration? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=710&end=748
- Q&A: Are these stalactites scientifically accurately placed? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=860&end=974
- Q&A: Are you using the same assets as Ark? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=1034&end=1052
- Q&A: Why are there roots in the desert? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=1149&end=1161
- Q&A: Do you have rules to follow when decorating? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=1206&end=1304
- Q&A: Doesn't that rock block the player's path? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=1333&end=1343
- Hannah Talk: Building factories in caves https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=1419&end=1442
- Community FYI: The level designs you? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=1464&end=1473
- Q&A: Can you put something in this cave to make it easy to identify? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=1887&end=1908
- Q&A: Can we see the tile? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=1913&end=1928
- Hannah Talk: Level Design Stream (Part 5) https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=2027&end=2327
- Q&A: How many suns & moons/planets does this planet have? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=2326&end=2336
- Q&A: Do the level names come back in game Lore? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=2353&end=2376
- Q&A: Does Hannah work with any astronomers? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=2385&end=2457
- Q&A: What's the line on the ground? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=2733&end=2783
- Hannah Talk: Level Design Stream (Part 6) https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxZmEzXhAS3in6oeB0ilBKwc_MVtmznLyV
- Q&A: This fountain has Jace's hair? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=3232&end=3239
- Q&A: Are there big cliffs where you can see the entire map? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=3487&end=3521
- Q&A: How do you make the terrain? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=3524&end=3639
- Q&A: What kind of resolution is the landscape? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=3852&end=3869
- Q&A: Is all lighting done with a directional, or do you have other lights in the environment too? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=3960&end=3992
- Q&A: Is the World like Earth so you can walk around it, or is there an end? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=4069&end=4093
- Q&A: Can you climb steep terrain? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=4509&end=4517
- I see you're sculpting the Environment. I thought that was something Environment Artists do? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=4535&end=4588
- Hannah Talk: Level Design Stream (Part 7) https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=4600&end=4630
- Community FYI: Trees overlapping with stalactites doesn't look good https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=4652&end=4669
- Hannah Talk: Level Design Stream (Part 8) https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=4668&end=4708
- Community FYI: You skipped the part where some stick through "balcony" roof https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=4707&end=4716
- Hannah Talk: Level Design Stream (Part 9) https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=5168&end=5187
- Hannah Talk: Level Design Stream (Part 11) https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=5251&end=5288
- Hannah Talk: Level Design Stream (Part 12) https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=5307&end=5337
- Hannah Talk: Level Design Stream (Part 13) https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=5347&end=5391
- Q&A: Will the night cycle be dark so you need lights? https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=5390&end=5405
- Hannah Talk: Level Design Stream (Part 14) https://youtube.com/embed/CB9bSigNYH8?autoplay=1&start=5404&end=5417