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Diluted Fuel Calculation Returns 0

Bug

Steps to reproduce

  1. place a 360 crude oil node

  2. set crude oil to Polymer Resin

  3. Set heavy oil resude to make diluted packaged fuel

  4. set Polymer Resin to make plastic

  5. set plastic to make canister

  6. set canister to packaged water

  7. connect the packaged water to the packaged fuel

  8. ???

  9. Profit

Note: even if you attach water nodes to the plastic or the packaged water will still give you teh same result

Note2: as long as the chain does not loop back, all works fine

Theory: probably because you would have one of the excess materials in the chain (EG: 140 extra plastic) that does not know how to resolve

Posted by Sunny ·
Status: Rejected4 comments

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  • satisfactorymodeler

    Team•

    Sep 29, 2025

    Your theory is correct. You will note before your step 7, it is making 520 packaged water but only needs 240. This causes a backup in the water line, which backs up the resin. This reduces the amount of residue that can be made, which backs up the water even more creating a feedback loop that eventually freezes and stops the whole thing, hence the zeros. This scenario is well documented in the FAQ. This is not a bug but the desired outcome as this is what would happen in game. To fix, you fix it just like in the game. You either need to find someplace to put extra stuff somewhere in the polymer/water line, or input more residue.