Timberborne (or something close to that spelling)

This was a giant mountain that was hallowed out and converted into a city. The bottom floor is a tree farm, the second floor is a giant warehouse, and the 3rd floor is a giant factory. You can see some more details on the build here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXjFYaiAl9GahpI

You can find the full play through so far here: kzbin.info/aero/PL8DxiWy2Jgic2vJeWuJZAnNMlwPQLdOE6

Basically priorities + feel of the game (intuitively knowing how long things take or how much resources they require). Do small steps, keep scalability in mind (for example build small dam first, but plan how you will expand it in advance), don't rush population. Going big from the start is a bad idea. IMHO the most insane map is the Thousand Islands. When I started playing the game I thought he Diorama would be the hardest, but funilly enough it is one of the easiest maps xD

The game barely utilizes resources, though. Give it a try) It runs primarily on one core/two threads, doesn't require much RAM. But if you have a lot of paths on a single district and/or ridiculous number of beavers - it runs poorly on everything. Splitting colony into more districts and optimizing paths helps a lot.

@ good to know! I currently have only two districts for a massive map so I’ll have to fix that issue

@@Drizztbc one of the approaches that worked the best for me on vast maps - making very small districts for metal and dynamite/extract near the source. Scrap and bad water are processed directly, you only need a tiny bit of wood for metal and extract, and if you are using bots - those mini districts don't need much input, while outputting only product and, if you want, excessive initial material. The logistics of them is very easy, districts themselves are very simple, if there is some green land - you can even grow a little bit of wood on site to cover smelters/centrifuges needs instead of setting up an import. But making them a separate district reduces load on haulers greatly, as well as simplifies path graph, so it easier on your computer and seemingly allows the game to multithread it)

Thank you and happy new Year! Really looking forward to update 7

Thank you!

So real

Yes I was looking forward to a much longer vid too. Wish RCE would spend a few hours learning from Zeddic vids. Funny feeling being way too "pro" to enjoy his vids anymore even while never actually having played the game myself.

Same

I might recommend the current run that Sargon Destroyer of Worlds has been doing. Far closer to what you see here than what RCE does, but still a bit of poor decision making.

Couldn't agree more. This is, by far, the best timberborn builder today with intricate builds, advanced and innovating designs, and awesome narrating.

With the holidays I just did the shorter special timelapse this week. I've got the next two episodes in the pipeline already though and the Steeltide will be back next Saturday!

I fear that, just like the Line in real life, we may never see the completion of the shaft.

he's a good starter but a terrible finisher sadly

In gameplay settings I take the keyboard scroll speed down to 1 or 2%. You can position the camera to the starting position using middle mouse click and dragging, then start recording and hold the desired WASD key

@ thanks I’ll try that combination! So far all I’ve managed is to send the camera zooming across the map

I'm at my 4th or 5th colony and all runs have been on normal

You are likely growing too fast. To reach and sustain those numbers of beavers you need, either terraforming (dynamite) or better food farms. Base foods only can get you so far, and better food takes further resources to make. I assume you are playing as folk tales. They are easier to grow and control the pop of than the Iron Teeth. You will need metal (specifically for dynamite factories) to really get to the point of being able to sustain 100 beavers the large water barrel, sluice gates and irrigation of land via trenches basically is demanded on nearly every map at around 50+ population from what I have seen.

A few tips I hope will help: - Be cautious of raising your beaver population too fast. If you're playing Folktail you can control your population with homes: beavers will stop spawning when available beds are full. So you can wait until you have a good supply of food/water before putting down more. - Berries are very inefficient as a food source. Carrots and Potatoes (and eventually wheat) provide much more food per square planted. For Folktail, early game you can replace your berries with more food farms. - Early game you can build dams for cheap by throwing down a few basic dam blocks in your adjacent river. If possible, I next like to concentrate by making a second dam upriver because that will let you keep your main river topped off during the dry season. - Tanks can hold a surprising amount of water which can help you get through dry seasons. Medium tanks hold 10x more water compared to small tanks. I try to get off small tanks quickly. - If you are really hurting for green space, you can make a 3x3 area surrounded by levees and put a water dump on top to make an irrigation pond. This is a good way to survive bad-tides too if you don't have an easy way to make a diversion system: you can make a spot green far enough away from bad-tide rivers to keep some food going. Avoid making 1x1 ponds as they suffer a big evaporation penalty. Good luck!

Louder! Zeddic deserve much more acknowledgment!