BLAST DOORS and OBSERVATION DECK! - Vanilla SPACE ENGINEERS Survival - Ep 20

Let's Play SPACE ENGINEERS! In this Survival Series I'll be building cool things and passing along any cool tips and tricks I learn! Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction, exploration and survival in space and on planets. Players build space ships, space stations, planetary outposts of various sizes and uses, pilot ships and travel through space to explore planets and gather resources to survive.
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[@SkyeStorme]

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[@HudsonArnold-i1q]

Can you start a new cities:skylines 2 series, u might like that game.

[@Corvus.2606]

in the sensor block, you can configure multiple actions for each trigger by using the different numbered toolbars on the bottom of the actions. you can activate/deactivate 10 things per sensor

[@jacobrobinson7395]

2:24 imagine that the gap is water drains so puddling doesn’t occur around the doors. LORE😊

[@SkyeStorme]

lol ;)

[@dyadica7151]

A cool thing I saw on a server once was, a deep, wide vertical shaft (like your "Tom", and etc.) going down with wind turbines sticking out from the walls into the center of the shafts. The idea was that it represented a thermal vent system with a heat source at the deep bottom. Turbines don't need to be outside -- they can be interior so long as there's free space around them.

[@David-sq9ng]

Skye, your big outside landing pad needs lights for night-time landings.

[@mutho7024]

could he use red lights instead of the stripes?

[@ltm277]

That blink in order to show route in. More sensors

[@mutho7024]

@@ltm277 this is the stuff

[@Anuklosmos]

The cliff face can come back. You just have to make a back up save and, ya know, lose any progress you made after the save. Gotta love hard decisions lol. Love the new series by the way.

[@triskelionchi3747]

I'm not sure if its been updated, but for future reference when or if you are interested in exploring mods, this is a terrain tool mod. "Concrete Tool" in the workshop. It lets you use gravel to place concrete to so you can actually smooth out and fill in those areas you mine away. You ideally shouldn't do too many mods to begin with as a new player, but frankly this is a tool that I believe should be in the base game.

[@SkyeStorme]

No mods .. vanilla playthrough :)

[@triskelionchi3747]

@@SkyeStorme Figured as much, excited to see what you get up to with them, if what you are currently building is any example.

[@PapWhiskyMooMoo]

One mod you might want to look into, is the voxel gun. It lets you place ground you've accidentically removed. And also lets you build snow piles etcetera.

[@TheAcidoverride]

you didn't need a second sensor you could have done both actions on the same sensor just use the different tabs on the actions. I like the engeneering solution you search to solve the problem. :) great series for detailing you also have the nice truss and beam blocks that can work well in your build

[@ChristopherRowsey]

This series makes me want to live forever.... skye ya lemon forget the dropoff please live stream this! I would happily sit through 3 hours of you taking a break to experience you coming back to try and test out something new. This game was made for youi cant get enough!!!

[@Andrew.W712]

What might be kind of cool is you build the pistons of the upper hanger doors a little further up, and you make the pistons themselves a feature on the interior side of the observation room. Like some glass or I-Beams to cage up the pistons that work when the door open. Claim it's engineering, maybe rather than a light armour block, you use a pipe conveyer or something, maybe grind it down a tad so it's silver, and have them work away. It would especially work well if you had the gate do like an M or W shape rather than meeting in the middle. Shoot some smoke/fog out when you open the doors thanks to a little exhaust/timer block. Loving the base so far, great work!

[@Nexus4582]

Hi Skye. Love the series. Impressed by how well you are doing considering your first time playing. A few suggestions: 1. The roof of the observation deck would look good with a few antennas, satellite dishes, and some defenses. 2. The observation desk could be divided into three areas - center command (doors and ship management), left living area (keeps the views), and right base management (turns areas off and on). 3. You might benefit from a solar array - but before this, it would be useful to make a huge battery bank somewhere inside. 4. Your landing pad would look with a few guns for protection. That's it. Hope you and Picture have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year when it comes.

[@michaeljinx]

Just imagining Skye with three other people and just small craft coming in and out as Skye the architect makes the best base ever

[@GyulaTube-du4eg]

Some recommendations: - For welding the "build and repair" mod is perfect. - For mining there is an equivalent "miners" as I remember. - For the blast doors, from the blast door parts, you can build as big of a blast door, as you just like. I think, your current design is a bit overcomplicated. - You should put some search lights and automated turrets on the top of the observation level - As somebody mentioned, some guide lights should be also installed on the platform to mark edges and approach ways. - I would put the observation level running over to the side too, to have a 270° view around

[@SkyeStorme]

No mods .. vanilla playthrough :)

[@gothicpando]

@@SkyeStorme ...But you Could have mods... ;)

[@HeruKane]

Really awesome stuff here. Also i like the thicker docking bay and structure and stuff. It makes the place feel more developed.

[@thepaladinofthenorth2027]

This was actually nice to see getting worked on. I love it! Would love to see that windowed area becoming a series of living spaces and maybe a spot above the windows on one side being a control center for air traffic/drones.

[@caddy_m]

Really cool videos - thumbs up! Some ideas with the blast doors in the ground: there are two other options. You can either replace the blast door blocks with triangle blocks to minimice the contact, or: cover the blast door blocks with armor plates - they don't collide much with the block on the piston ;-)

[@launielsen3860]

The sensors has hotbars..Ctrl+1 to 0 Up to 10 "on" actions and 10 "off" actions.. But hey... 2 sensors works just fine 😁

[@LordBufu]

Tip of the Episode: Since a while back a lot of the sloped DLC blocks, have a more sensible collision box, this allows you to have a even smaller gaps in certain cases. Especially on small grid, you can for example make some really interesting crane arms, the are really close to some RL crane arms (i think telescope arm is the correct term for multiple hinges ¿). There a mods that show the collision boundaries (cool for later), but even with that, its often a case of practice to get a good feeling for it.

[@renstimpy9313]

The Emperor protects

[@thepope56]

Sky cought the space engineers building bug. Start something, enjoy it, and rebuild it. Its kind of addictive lol

[@mikatron2680]

Your new-look landing and observation deck is giving me Spectrum Cloudbase from Captain Scarlet vibes. But beefed up. Love it

[@SkyeStorme]

Cloudbase was sooooo awesome :)

[@Mad-Duk_Machine_Werkes]

OK Bruv- HEAR ME OUT! Do your new doors, cool! Do your new slanted-window observation area, Cool! BUT: Put an automated Missile turret or other defense system on top on each end above the extreme outer ends of the doors ABOVE your new sloped forehead slanted roof thingy!

[@ft50008]

As inspiration for your viewing deck or future base features, take a look at the Czech embassy in Berlin. It’s like they used this game to design it in the 70s and it’s very cool.

[@amrastheluckywoof5524]

I kinda get F1 racetrack vibes from the design of the panoramic viewing deck. Love the look of the base. I wish progress could be faster, but I get the feeling those builds take soooo much time. Keep on building the base, I love it.

[@richardpaterson1033]

Oh that looks so cool! Well done Skye!

[@cristophermorrison7574]

Is looking good Skye. Keep up the great work!

[@pieair]

Daily positive comment As always we see the genius that is skye at work here. You go on buddy, we love it. Also remember to pet Picture 😊

[@scottpierce3351]

An observation/control tower that can detach from its tower can hover around small distances to enjoy the local sites.

[@capdyn735]

The doors retracting at the same time as the pistons move is actually really cool to look at rather than them happening sequentially! I actually think you could get away with upside down angled blocks instead of blast doors since clang only really happens when blocks drag alongside each other which a full block and an angle block won't do.

[@Lee1978R]

You’re awesome Skye.. these videos make my day 💙

[@andrewchapman2039]

Man, I feel the anxiety when cutting back surface terrain. My current base project calls for a massive diagonal ship elevator popping out the side, and trimming the ground around the pads took hours of hopping in and out of the drill ship and checking how far I had left to go!

[@firiedemon]

oo looking forward to the changes you talked about, as a weird idea, dont know if it would work and its only if you wanted 12 block hanger doors, but piston doube hanger doors linked by their base's and piston them in from the side, so when they are there you have a massive opening for major / larger ships, spose could work in a horiontal way as well...

[@SkyeStorme]

Bigger ships will have access higher up the mountain :)

[@firiedemon]

@SkyeStorme theory wise you could have unlimited size hanger door entrance as long as you have space for pistons

[@nightfalc0n9]

If this is what he's doing for a ground base, I can't wait to see what he'll do for space

[@dayvewalshe7672]

With the control tower part, I think you should really consider having a glass dome to make the most of those stunning views and be able to properly survey the horizon.

[@robthehobbit]

Where you were going to put the accommodations on the side , you could put a little walking bridge to the outcrop with the trees for a nice little park. A nice outdoor space would raise the property value even more ;)

[@wofulmickymomo]

Hey Skye I really hope you read this comment: Im going through the toughest and darkest time in my life atm. Im currently dealing with child protection services about getting my son back and its pure hell. There have been times where ive just wanted to end it all to stop the pain. However, when i watch your videos i get to spend time with a great positive and sometimes very immature friend of mine. It makes the darkness a bit lighter. I know you struggle sometimes to deal with the negative comments and the other bs that comes with being a youtuber. Please know that your efforts are truly valued and have the magic to help those in need. Thank you 😊

[@cmilkau]

Love the new hangar door. Piston feels a tad fast, but it looks awesome!

[@mikes3120]

You could take the viewing point back one or two tiles again and only leave it sticking out that far where the mountain sticks out. This way it doesnt look to boring or symetrical and you would have a place for your control room

[@hillbilly_patriot]

Nice work for a newbie lol. Love the content man, keep it up.

[@Surfacesine8]

Skye, could you make a power generation system thats a bit more design orientated (like solar towers) before you end up building smth and running out of power?

[@SkyeStorme]

How can I run out of power when I can add endless wind turbines?

[@Surfacesine8]

@SkyeStorme you cant you just need to find a place to put them where they'll actually work

[@robthehobbit]

You come up with the most insane ideas and make them actually happen , wish I could do that irl , lol

[@Mohrrunkel]

Your landing platform is getting a bit small now. The whole purpose of widening the blast doors was to accomodate bigger ships in the future. But your new viewing area, which is nice looking btw, is making the parking lot seem quite small. Especially if you have a control tower which is eating a few more tiles. How about one big landing pad in the center, maybe shaped and marked with red lines like a hexagon? So you could have one big ship sitting there and two smaller ones left and right?

[@hyperforce]

For your hangar doors, you can use a single piston, then on top of that put a row of blast door blocks along the length of the hangar door area. Then put hangar doors on top. On the left and right side of these blast door blocks, put merge blocks facing outward. When the hangar door is raised (in a closed position) you lock the merge blocks in place, making the hangar doors part of the main grid and locking them in place. Then they need to open, you can then unlock the merge blocks with a timer block on both left and right side of the hangar door, and then lower the piston to lower the entire row of hangar door blocks down into the trench. Neither hangar door blocks nor blast door blocks (if you pick the straight type) have collision on their front and back, only the merge block would need to be free from connections on its sides for this to work.

[@LikeEmmaWithaT]

For the observation deck, would it be possible to have the top being glass too? Like having glass pannels start the return back towards the cliff. Then you can have yhe top and bottom match around the center line

[@theupsidedownpufferfish8545]

Your videos make me want to play SE after a long break because I got tired of building a large grid ship to take me to and from the planet. I will need to see how to increase inventory size for sure since im a solo

[@Grim_fpv]

It's starting to look like Tracy island, Skye should get a Bluepeter badge.

[@babbaracos]

Dear Skye.... What do you think about hanging the wind turbines vertically under your entrance platform? Do you think it could look good? I first thought you would extend the viewing platform to go behind the mountain, but I think it'll look better the way you do it now, its gonna look very cool with the secret hallway and other quarters. The observation deck could become a giant security/ controle tower thingy, maybe you can add some guns and rocket launchers? Sometimes, family just ruins your day! They demand and suck up so much time you could've been spending gaming. Be strong friend!

[@adamcaflisch919]

@SkyeStorme For your pistons under your hangar doors. Maybe as a suggestion to probably match the speed of the hangar doors with the pistons. Just so it looks like it flows together well.

[@stephenpriestman2930]

How about building a control town in the middle. To monitor incoming traffic The long glass platform make in to vouing area and bar

[@SkyeStorme]

You mean .. like I said I was going to do?

[@stephenpriestman2930]

Yeah like a control tower they have at airports 😂

[@SpanksFPV]

Not me checking KZbin every 5 minutes for the newest video!

[@SkyeStorme]

lol ;)

[@markdomansky7046]

How about making the control room that serves outside also serve inside, so from the control room you see both sides of the hangar doors

[@MrDanaris]

you're about at the point where you'll benefit greatly from the build vision mod, it makes configuring blocks a lot easier

[@SkyeStorme]

No mods .. vanilla playthrough :)

[@MrDanaris]

@@SkyeStorme fair :D

[@DieyoungDiefast]

Another way you could have done it is with hinges or rotors and blast door blocks to make a folding blast door along the lines of the Thunderbird 2 hangar.

[@GrahamBale]

You could carry the wind setup with your ship and then attach a merge block

[@roguemajin46290]

add some welding blocks under the platform so if them raiders show up they self repair your base set it to a run if needed so saves power

[@brookg8353]

Hey Sky, why not build it vertically from middle of the front of the viewing window then build up like an airport tower while it hugs the cliff?

[@lostlion7796]

25:19 Come out to your family as a KZbinr and after they disown you, you get all your time back.🎉 It'll also help with your villain backstory. Speaking of villainy, when are you going to carve the giant skull into the evil lair and add the magma?

[@cmilkau]

The lookout could do a mix of cutting into and wrapping around the rock shape.

[@unclegreybeard3969]

Just a thought - you could place the turbines every 3 spaces in a row UNDER the front of the platform.

[@groggjoggarn]

About the pad, would you consider making the lateral side sloping at 60 degrees instead of the stepped 90? My gut tells me it could look a bit mor refined. Perhaps making the top chamfer a 60 (less sloping in relation to the horizontal plane) instead of the 45? There is something a bit clunky about it compared to the viewing platform. With that said, boy, does this look promising!

[@tobydawes6007]

would you ever do a lets play series of citadelum? its a city builder based in acient rome. Its really fun and I could see you really enjoying it. Its very much like a lot of games you have played in the past on your channel.

[@legion9396]

Sensors have hot bars.... ctrl + number

[@TheMum1]

You could use the Same sensor for both as inputs

[@BigBud2401]

You can add modded hangar doors,save a lot of hassle...

[@SkyeStorme]

No mods .. vanilla playthrough :)

[@BigBud2401]

@@SkyeStorme Fair enough,doing a great job,very nice build for a newb 😛

[@allanstewart4135]

Skye - your base. Need a sea dock for base replacement by ship.

[@ryzz3340]

Have you considered putting the windmills upside down underneath your Landing deck

[@theunknowngamer9152]

Skye try and get the piston to lower last so that it looks like a full transition so like the shutters open fully than the piston lowers if that makes sense

[@jerry-sw8yt]

Looking good, makes me want to pickup space engineers again....but I am stuck on outpost: infinity siege at the moment

[@udragg]

You don't need to use blast door blocks anymore. I'm guessing the video's you're learning SE from are from before they improved collisions. You should just be able to replace them with full blocks without any issues and have it look even better without the gaps.

[@felixw8711]

Can you make a hole and put the wind turbines inside?

[@SkyeStorme]

Yes

[@dr_knots]

Are you going to connect the observation deck to the catwalks inside? That would be cool

[@nzmcmt]

How about a big screen in the central core, that's connected to a camera outside? :) that way you can also see if it's night or day inside :D

[@GregNTech]

You Hey Skye, until you figure out where the wind turbines are going to go. Why not place them below the landing pad. They would be protected from incoming craft, and wouldn't obstruct the view.

[@dingocyber]

Could light panels go into some of the gaps by the blast doors???

[@carpemkarzi]

Hmmmmm how about angled windows on the roof to give you the full view stars to ground

[@SkyeStorme]

Depends if it looks good :)

[@mkachen87]

I don't know if I'm getting this wrong.. but the lower hangardoor sits now one block higher, so the upper one has also go one higher, plus the "gap hiding block", plus the piston and connection to it. So I think the viewing area should be higher, so that the upper hangardoor has enough space to hide, and can't be seen in the upper area

[@lightspam5897]

hope he dig out a extra tunnel in the main room for a elevator, can use pistons to push up a floor to each level and make sure each pistons can only extends to their corresponding floor also you can do a cargo lift as well to get ground vehicles to the surface... or down the mountain, oh that be awesome to have a entrance at ground level of the mountain, imagine the lift size going from top of the mountain to its bottom

[@jbweld138]

Great job!!!

[@srtcopilots]

26:06 complains about time and then proceeds to mass weld by hand when theres a ship right there…

[@ericwemmer402]

Press "V" while in the cockpit to change views, this will recenter your external view when it cycles back.

[@fredpryde8555]

i 5think the wind turbines should be on top of mountain on the leveled top you talked about in previous video it does look a lot better

[@jeremywright8231]

U don't got to use blast armor any 1 of the latest updates made it where piston in blocks can slide threw other blocks that have a hole in it

[@alwaysberandom6470]

With one of the new updates a year or more ago you don't need to have any gap between blocks when moving them with a piston, if you wanted you could have a normal floor block move out of the ground like a wall then retract back into the floor and go flush with no gap :)

[@alwaysberandom6470]

I came back to check ....I did say normal blocks ;)

[@FaxDozer]

I think you need one more block for the doors. You said you wanted it 6 tiles.

[@michaelkilpatrick9105]

Rotate the blast door block so there is no gaps but the rebel gates mod would be much better with bigger gate's

[@nadca2]

oh hey there skye, episode 20 looking great. check out mechanistry update 7 preview, might spark something hint (it can go on levees/platforms/whatever now) i do hope you get to episode 69 in this series first :)

[@AngronIsAngry]

50 controll towers, but a singular gun emplacement

[@Spikearius]

aahh that's to bad i really liked the rock overhang in the middle, it changed things a bit up. I would have kept the rock as if its integrated inside the viewing platform. ow well.

[@takumi2023]

If I understand this right, you're raising the top door 2 tiles higher, right? I'm not sure if the top of the door will clash with the bottom of the viewing platform. I guess we'll find out in the next video, won't we. 😂

[@takumi2023]

Oh and in regards to the extended part of the viewing platform. Just make it into a bar or restaurant (i'd put it on the left side and have it asymmetrical but have it longer maybe 2/5 of the length of the whole platform. The control tower can go above like youre suggesting.

[@SkyeStorme]

It aligns just right :)

[@alanread8431]

Yesterday nice door mat, today OMG what door?

[@mattstone3995]

I feel like the bottom doors are at the same place they was before when open your old set up the bottom doors was flush with the floor

[@SkyeStorme]

They are

[@romanmiclo6724]

Don't use multiple sensors, but a timer block

[@SkyeStorme]

You mean exactly like I said?

[@romanmiclo6724]

@SkyeStorme Yes, you said that the sensor provides only one possibility of use, that's why you installed another sensor. When you have one sensor and you use a timer block for it, you get a bunch of possibilities to use at the same time.

[@SkyeStorme]

You obviously weren't listening

[@romanmiclo6724]

@@SkyeStorme I admit that I don't speak English very well, but I think I understood correctly why you needed to install a second sensor.

[@Exaldear]

Your viewing tower is an aircraft control tower

[@koryferencz7391]

Is there a crew of characters you eventually get to man these parts of the base? Or is this merely a game where you build for aesthetics? I understand the refinery stuff and cargo containers, but is everything else purely for looks? Or is there more to this game because I would be interested in playing if you get a crew to run your base and do stuff.

[@alwaysberandom6470]

There are scenarios you can run, there are a good amount of planets big solar system (asteroid bases are awesome) and you can make ai drones or have scenarios with them in. There is alot to this game skye has just scratched the surface

[@Tonydoore]

Thats a flight control tower not an observation deck :-) you answered my question right at the end :-)

[@Kaboom-0623]

@19:10 19:13 area your outcrop of rock looks like an easter island face ... the doors like it's mouth ... at 13 it looks like a dogs face ... perhaps make the observation lounge improve the idea of the rock "FACE" ...

[@SandMan29331]

There should be a break in the windows where the two block walls separate the three hanger doors are.

[@chakotay02]

Skye! Check out SovietWomble's latest upload on Space Engineers. One of the guys made a functional missile silo .... I am so curious what it might inspire you to do next (if it inspires you that is)

[@cmilkau]

I think there is a mod that can restore terrain, if it is utterly necessary

[@SkyeStorme]

No mods .. vanilla playthrough :)

[@FcfoMedia]

good evening from perth western australia may i ask on your next vid can you please explane how you got all the drills and pistons to work together on buttons i have rewatched the vids and cannot work out were you explaned how to do it i am playing space engerneers because of your vids and i love ya timberbourn series and just followed you on the space engerneers thank you for streaming i have now got ya on twitch too when do you normaly stream on twitch so i can keep a eye out for ya