Thanks! Well FtD is more like a skill such as playing piano or carpentry, and less like a game. I have almost 5k hours here and I design machines IRL. If you ever want to seriously design either in this game or outside, my tips would be, in no particular order: - Patience, don't be afraid to do-over - Learn from others', take apart existing designs and find out what works or how stuff works - Plan ahead - Do lots of testing, ideally test at every stage so you have some ability to correct before finishing the entire project

@chillbuilder101 I'm doing my first ftd build in years right now and I've spent 15 hours on just the hull so far and I'm still working on the stern. I'm using decos quite extensively for the first time ever too

@@vincentvondoomer3911 ah forgot to reply. Yes you can. Hope it works out well! Any luck understanding what's happening in the breadboards? (Broadside turns) I barely do after looking away for 5min...

@@FranMey thanks!

@@ragnarosfl7464 thanks for watching! The hip joints respond weakly to either pitch/roll or fwd drive signals. Although I might have a custom axis that respond to the absolute value of fwd signal. There's a few different ways about it, depending on aesthetics.

Thanks for the answer man, I've watched most of your mech videos, you're the best in this aspect.

@@kresst4970 and all it cost was my sanity!

Just do it! Don't let you dreams be dreams, forge your fantasies!

Thanks! I love the enemy spawn fleets, really helps with a) people not sniping a faction and cheesing the campaign, and b) making sure all the factions designs show up somehow. The Last Legion seemed to be missing a cargo craft so they weren't producing as many craft as they could've. But I attacked them pretty fast so it prob didn't make much of a difference.

I also liked how many of the villages or fortifications have interesting terrain features, such as island or bay. Hope to see more of this in other campaigns. I didn't expect the small defense turrets to cause so much damage to my mechs, but they do provide a good reason to build dedicated siege (CRAM-armed) craft!

Thanks! It was one of my more stressful builds haha definitely broke my brain a bit after.

yes, at least the resource gathering craft is a carrier. look at the mech showcase

@@janKoloja There is a carrier for 4x of the light interceptors 'Vanguard', however it was so laggy compared how much functionality it brings to the battle. I debated but decided not to use it in the campaign after all =(

Thanks! The problem with space is momentum and lack of air resistance. WH40k space battles feel like air battles, not with Newtonian physics like in The Expanse. If these ships fly in space it'd be very hard to control range or bearing because they'll always overshoot.

Thanks! Will you be part of the mech-building community soon? =p

Thanks!

Thanks! I wonder what my builds would look like if I go full out cheaty like twin guard, guess it's problem for another time!

@@plascovich I feel your pain! I struggle with multi tasking like doing anything and speaking at the same time. Maybe I'll try recording voice over in post.

I'm still unsure about workshop upload since I've spent a lot of time on the breadboard and it gives me a tech advantage! In terms of firepower, look to the densest weapons systems: missiles, plasma, and PAC. Missiles should be fired in close range to maximize their chances to hit, and given fire control for their arcs of fire. Plasma and PAC can both use off board generators such as auxiliary craft or mother ship so it helps with shaping. Finally DIF guns are not compact but does incredible burst damage for their cost. I use custom fire control programs to improve the reliability of burst damage systems such as missiles or DIF. I also put ammo and fuel in the legs so the mechs can lose their legs and still be fully functional.

@chillbuilder101 thanks man! Yeah I fully understand not wanting to have hours of breadboarding just put online lol. Great tips tho!

@@badpeoplearebad3934 dang I'll arrange something in a future episode. Some of them can walk it's a bit janky.

@@ed.thefeli4159 thanks! It's really the most flexible sandbox game for vehicular combat. I have 4000h of experience in the game and 10 years in engineering so I do have a more expert than average approach, but I hope everyone can enjoy the game and push themselves a bit especially if they're interested in design or engineering.

@@normankolibaba9605 thanks! I'm playing Stradani Civil War custom campaign right now with the mech fleet. You can check it out!

I suggest testing your craft vs the Striders and Flayers when building. Striders tend to build with compartments that reduce the effectiveness of chemical and Flayers build bricks. You'll see a fairly good approximation of the weaknesses of your craft. Striders also make some of the most obnoxious fighters in terms of being small and hard to hit.

This is Stradani Civil War, a custom campaign in development. Right now the Spannerheim Raiders and Lost Legion are fully complete, but there are more factions on the way.

I want to get into Space Engineers just for the fantasy of being able to walk around the ship and fire different weapons! Also the devs of the campaign definitely did a good job it's all made with a lot of love!

@@ant1435 yes! I'm a bit slow on FtD right now still recovering from jet lag. I'll put it the queue!

@@yourfavoritejojo5235 some of these crafts take 20-40h to build, but I can think of some way to put together a show+tell or tutorial to share my tips and tricks

@@CuriousMochii thanks! I'll have a think about it. I want to share some design tricks but I'm pretty bad at speaking, so it might take some time.

@@chillbuilder101you could do a series where you explain small things in short stints in that case make em like 5 minutes or so explaining idk something like “the usefulness of using wedge blocks” or something and explain where and why to place certain things

Thanks for your interest! My workshop link is in the video description. I haven't uploaded these 2 craft yet but other Imperial Navy series are on there.

Thank you so much! I struggle with trying to do anything and speak at the same time but hope you find the builds interesting =p

@@yourfavoritejojo5235 this builder really has no chill 🤣

Older GT ships are definitely built by WH40k fans! Sadly a lot of them use turrets or frontside mounts and you don't get the actual broadside effect in function. It looks like the newer GT craft the builders are trying to move away from this style.

@@fakeaccount5349 thanks so much! I don't know how to use LUA but I use a lot of breadboard for all of the crafts.