02 - Searching for Components - Rags to Riches. 2024 Let's Play Space Engineers

Having found tools, I set out to find a source of components to begin building a base.

[@Iklary]

Few points: 1) You could have build a chair to recharge. Even if it's an enemy battery, you can use it. And even power your machines from it. 2) Start a base from the wreck. Leave the battery intact, build a connection to a large grid and go on. 3) In flight don't turn off your jetpack, turn off dampeners (turn on for landing). This way you can stay in air longer and go further. 4) You can slow an enemy vehicle by adding batteries. Just add unbuilt blocks until it stops.

[@stephencrabtree6599]

Grind down windows, use girders to produce a wind turbine on a separate grid next to the big wreck, and build a small seat on the wind turbine grid, free energy recharges for your suit.

[@PsychoTheBear13]

That’s the plan, however there is still a hostile ship flying overhead…

[@stephencrabtree6599]

@@PsychoTheBear13 Saw that you finally got that rogue ship down. I would have let AI take it down but that would have made for less nail biting viewing. 😉

[@PsychoTheBear13]

I actually tried that (Shh, don’t tell anyone that I reloaded a save 😆) and the blasted AI used up all the ammo too fast. But then, I didn’t do much better. Haha

[@Robert_Richard_]

​@@PsychoTheBear13Would you mind fixing the playlist order, its in reverse for the series

[@PsychoTheBear13]

@@Robert_Richard_ Really? Thanks for the heads up.

[@Kidel]

So this series popped up in my feed (ty great algorithm) and I'm hooked, hope you'll keep it up! Earned you another sub 😊

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Wow. Thank you so much! I’m si happy you are enjoying it!

[@LageAfonso]

Loving the series, keep going!

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Thanks! Hopefully I can have a production breakthrough soon!

[@rodneybailey5206]

interesting inhibitor mod adds an extra problem however overhead battle could have saved the day good find keep vids coming good vid

[@craigferguson3240]

Enjoying the narrative play, interested in what you nake of the 2 wrecks, hooe you keep going.

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Thank you I just posted the next video, and I’m really loving this play through. I’m glad to hear you are enjoying it too!

[@johnhutchinson4511]

Ouch! :( grind down something you could have flown back to base - whats next shooting the large hydrogen tank and blowing up the other wreck?. use a landing gear and piston to raise the small wreck up, rebuild the rover into the battery's end (solve power issue) dismantle the rest for parts. Care full with remote block cut around it to free it (depending on settings grid might explode when grinding it) between the 2 wrecks you should be able to make something nice small grid /large grid - note early game carry 20 interior plate to build seats on unknown signals battery for roam charging (remember to tur it on as off by default), less trips back to charge.

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Yes! I wish I could have done that. If you are talking about the small ship I was chasing around, I unfortunately ground down 2 of the power cells in the battery so it was unusable since I didn’t have a way yet to make new power cells. Can’t work a piston for the same reason. I was so mad at myself when I saw the missing power cells. 😆. Good idea with using the unknown signals as mobile charging stations!

[@ralphsexton8531]

@Psycho the Bear - this may be handy for you... Unknown signals have a unique grid ID, and will harmlessly explode after a set time. But if you can separate a block, like a battery, it gets its own ID and won't explode, and you can still grind down the rest before it does. You can separate it by careful grinding, or by using the grinder's Detatch mode from the Advanced Welding mod. You can then merge the battery to another grid, or use a Weld Pad, also from the Advanced Welding mod. Credit to Ryoden Shipwright for showing the battery separation trick.

[@Iklary]

There is another trick for the starting vehicles and signals. Check how many blocks in the grid, add a bigger number of blocks and sever the connection. The ID will be passed to the severed piece

[@ralphsexton8531]

@@Iklary I wasn't positive that would work, but it makes perfect sense. Love it.

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Great tip! Thanks!

[@ultrainstinct978]

keep it going, i like it.

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Thanks! I’m having a lot of fun with it.

[@jrr7031]

I have no idea what game this is and who u are but....let me tell you..i was freakin *INVESTED* in you wrangling that probe. 😂😂

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Haha. I love it. Thanks for watching. The game is Space Engineers. Hopefully I will have a breakthrough soon so I can get to more of the Engineering part and less of the searching for resources! Although you’re always looking for resources in this game.

[@jdman6794]

Awesome, another video. I hope you have trash cleanup off.

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Thank you! And good point. I think I have trash cleanup off, but I’m not positive. I need to check to be sure!

[@craigferguson3240]

In concidering the flight difference, your not burning braking fuel to make the little jumps.

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Good point

[@mobileplayers5008]

Nothing look like space

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Watch the series cinematic trailer to see some of the space part. I crashed on the planet for now but I am trying to return to space!

[@timothy2055]

Note your lossing power because you laft your light on

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Good point. I do need to watch my light usage better when I have limited power.

[@alextrip5041]

Switch your Dampeners off for more flight time with your Hydrogen

[@PsychoTheBear13]

That could work too, currently I am just turning the jet pack on and off instead of the dampers.

[@XtrovertedHermit]

improvised experimentation, advanced welding- detaching and attaching blocks and build vision would be valuable mods at this stage.

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Yes! Those are some good mods. Thanks for the suggestion. In my opinion, I sometimes find the limitations of a game to be the some of what makes it interesting and I try to limit my use of mods with most of what I play.

[@Nocturn277]

what is your list of mods

[@PsychoTheBear13]

I really need to put the list in the description, don’t I? I am using Sneaky Sounds and then a group of mods to add the NPC stations and ships: Modular Encounters System, Independent Contractors, Imber Corporation, and Reavers.

[@Nocturn277]

@@PsychoTheBear13 i don't know if its possible but maybe a note on how you setup the game. just a suggestion.

[@Nocturn277]

by the way, i really am enjoying your vids

[@randogame4438]

You have power packs, you don't need to return for power, right? NVM, you used them. Can't you build off the battery on that first ship wreck and then just grind everything off you don't need.

[@martinkeighley59]

Really enjoyed 2nd video never would have thought to get stuff from downed ships looking forward to installment.

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Yes! I would have used the battery except that in all my chasing of the ship I ground down a couple of the power cells and I don’t have a way to replace them yet. 😭

[@PsychoTheBear13]

Right?! I never knew that they would fight each other like that. Really saves me a lot of trouble!