Do you go to the Cloud District often? Icarus Co-op

[@telnx]

Splitsie when your collection Wood, don't harvest the small trees that give sticks, as they slow grow into big trees, most people miss this mechanic and think trees don't respawn as it takes weeks in game for them to grow :-) also the host can turn up or down Foliage settings to reset the areas where foliage grows what helps to spawns more small trees, well this seems to work for me ;-)

[@skipper2285]

I'm getting a "The Hobbit" vibe. Splitsie and Capac Amaru are happily tinkering and farming in their isolated shire while the scary monsters lurk in the outer world. If only they can decipher the secret riddle to unlock the gate to new adventures!

[@Flipsie]

Lol 🤣

[@beardedzeus1337]

Just for the maths Splitsie it takes exactly 1 stack of wood and 1 stack of tree sap to completely fill a biofuel canister. So if you have the ability to turn wood into sticks you can take 2 stacks of wood amd completely fill a canister(one stack of wood turns into 4 stacks of sticks which turns into 1 stack of tree sap)(only take 10 wood and sap to fill a lantern) And you ain't kidding.. building out of concrete takes foreeeeeeever. I'm on a solo world rn and just building a small 2 floor building where only the top floor is concrete has taken me roughly 50 hours.

[@p.watson4101]

Fun series for Icarus. Suggest getting the "Gathers Backup" on the workshop. It reduces the carry weight for Wood, Stone and Ores.

[@mandyspence1599]

Another beautiful and safe day in Icarus, with building and farming a random crash and a few dead cham-wows.

[@StephenPeterman]

It seems like the Komodos are like the screamers in 7dtd; when they roar it attracts all of the nearby predators, or maybe spawns a few in

[@Flipsie]

You could be onto something there

[@axlestark7879]

To break up the stoneness of everything you could swap out the stone half walls on the covered wall section with wooden half walls. That would give the walls of your keep a wooden hoarding look.

[@Flipsie]

I'll have to test to see how badly they get ripped apart in a storm but otherwise that would be a good option 👍

[@michaelspillers6920]

It looks like an icarus helms deep it's nice Splitsie

[@daveb4210]

Have to say I look forward to this coop video every week. I’m just jealous this isn’t available on console😢 One concern with the persistent play through though is in regards to the trees. Since they can be destroyed by storms and there is no way to respawn trees, is it possible you could entirely run out of trees in your biome over time? I suppose it’s more likely that you would run out of things to do before you every ran out of trees.

[@beardedzeus1337]

Absolutely you will run out of stuff to do before you run out of trees. Something I've noticed is storms only affect the immediate area around you. So they won't knock down trees or start a fire some distance away from where you currently are. Could be wrong there but that's been my experience after about 100 hours of playing

[@Flipsie]

That's consistent with what I've seen and is kinda what I expect - we'll move on from the map long before we deforest it :D

[@KaedysKor]

19:22 Every single one of the biofuel recipes generates the same amount. Cans require 100 of any of the recipes, lamps and lanterns require 10. The stick recipe is cheaper mostly because of the talent that lets you pick up a recipe for turning wood into sticks at a 1:10 ratio. Each "craft" requires 1 wood, or 5 sticks (or 10 fiber or 2 raw meat or 1 cooked meat). Since you can turn 1 wood into 10 sticks with that recipe, you get *two* charges in a can where you would have gotten 1. In other words, it requires 100 wood to fill of a can, or 50 wood turned into 500 sticks. So going the sticks route costs half as much wood (you can do it in your personal inventory, faster, for 2 talent points in Resources, but you can do it regardless in the Carpentry Bench). You can also use the same conversion for generating the tree sap, making filling a can from empty cost a total of 90 wood (900 sticks, of which 400 are turned into 100 tree sap). If you don't want to go that route, I think it's a toss-up between the fiber and the wood route. The wood route also gets you sticks from the trees for the tree sap, but collecting 1000 fiber is _very_ fast with even an iron sickle (12-16 plants), and you do still get _some_ sticks that way, especially if you swap to an axe for the small little hand-harvestable mini trees. But really, the sticks route is just hands down the most efficient, from a gathering time to biofuel conversion ratio. Just picking one example, from just one tree on the island there, you harvested 182 wood and 37 sticks, which is equivalent to 2.06 full biofuel cans, and that took you 35 seconds total to harvest (plus travel time, of course).

[@matthewgillies7509]

Contrary to Capac's assertion that cake is a temperature sensitive material--negating its effectiveness as a building material--there are some types of cakes which would be useful for castle construction. I am of course speaking about every child's nightmare: Fruit Cake. That crap can last decades, and its solid (almost inedible) nature makes it an ideal foundation material, which is why it is the traditional choice of tiered wedding cakes.

[@Flipsie]

Lol valid point 😂

[@lalev1242]

Love it! Your base is amazing. All you need is one of those "Home sweet home" signs then you'll be all set 😂

[@axeell92]

Splitsie discovers he can clip and angle stone pieces. Splitsie finds a reason to build a bridge. Don’t like where this is going 😂 At least now Dragnon’s dreams (or bridges) wont be crushed 😂 Edit: to add insult to injury, there is also a plan for a grand palace/keep that is nowhere near started or finished

[@Flipsie]

Lol one day there will be one that gets completed... One day 😂

[@Veloxyll]

A Capac, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Or an empty inventory slot, in this case

[@joshuasincoskie3802]

I've had drop pods stay on the ground after I cancel a mission a few times. Now, when one stays, I either build a little shelter or use it as a waypoint towards another location.

[@nzdobbs]

Ohh yeah, stationeers on it's way. Been waiting sooo long for that

[@itsmeagain1745]

Bear heads on the castle walls may be a bit small - try mammoth heads.

[@KaedysKor]

Splitsie, for those unlocks, if you want to go that route, there _is_ a way you can modify the game's save file to set those pathway unlock missions (the 4 Expedition ones that unlock those caves to other areas) as completed. Absolutely up to you, obviously, but since those missions _are_ so long and onerous and break the general flow of the open-world stuff for the stream, I thought I'd throw the option in the ring. It's pretty easy to do, just inserting a couple XML nodes into the unlocks section of the save file to mark those missions as having been done. Lemme know if you'd like the details on it.

[@Flipsie]

I'm uncertain which way I'll go at the moment, I think I might take it as an opportunity to get a bunch of supporters into a session to blast through them quickly but we'll see. Hopefully moving the mission board will help some of our problems anyway :)

[@KaedysKor]

@@Flipsie I can understand that. It definitely feels like it's at least on the _edge_ of cheating. Personally, I just couldn't be arsed spending an hour plus on 5 separate missions on Styx to unlock them (and even more to do it on the original Olympus map as well). And also, the first one I tried just started triggering a hard CTD every time I got near one of the waypoints, so I gave up and marked them as completed. Somewhat like you, the open world part is what interested me anyway. I don't really enjoy the whole progress-then-discard-it thing that the missions enforce, so I figure bypassing that part isn't really cutting into my fun, it's enhancing it.

[@Stormcrow_1]

Nice to see Splitsie hard at work building a motte and bailey.

[@Taff-Uk]

I am sure you and capac could build a ramp up and over to the snow biome :), would love to see that

[@fl4shb4ckGaming]

It's kinda funny that you mention the laundry. We bought a new top load when your last front load died on us. I may never go back to front load now

[@Flipsie]

Yeah, having had both there are certainly benefits and downsides to each e.g. front load is gentler on clothes and more efficient, top load is sooooooooo much faster

[@fl4shb4ckGaming]

@Flipsie my wife and I both have an easier time unloading a top load strangely enough. Ours is one of the newer HE models that doesn't fill the tub like the old styles, just enough to wash. Same idea as the front loads in the water efficiency. I can see the front load being better, we never had pedestals which makes them harder to deal with, but we kept having bearings and rollers go out. So finally bought a set new instead of used since we finally had the money. Felt good to be able to do that. Dying washer or dryer makes washing 3 kids laundry extremely tedious

[@BrainusMaximus]

If you get stands for your front loaders it makes it wayyyy easier to load/unload but does take up more space.. some of them even have a drawer.

[@martinopellizzari3955]

I just noticed that Capac "Nature Lover" Amaru is doing all the farming, as well as tending the animals. Has he changed his mind about the "disgusting wildlife" or is he trying to lull it into a false sense of security?🤔

[@Flipsie]

Lol I think maybe they've lulled him into a false sense of security 😂

[@Stormcrow_1]

For the love of clang, do not let Capac have or make explosive shells for the shotgun. They are a really good way to end yourself and everyone around you.

[@daniellambert1217]

hey Splitsie , if you want to maintain a view from the residence it would be a good idea to build your foundation up to the same level of the curtain wall , could go for a japanese style keep then

[@Flipsie]

That's a good thought 🙂

[@justinandrews5468]

But I want to play it because of your videos thank you Splitsie

[@justinandrews5468]

I just bought Icarus can’t play it yet still in the middle of building my gaming computer just need a new cpu and windows

[@JescoLincke]

Re: mechanical ergo keyboards Look up Perixx’ 535 models - maybe they’re something for you.

[@Flipsie]

My current uber cheap keyboard is one of theirs (a membrane one not a mechanical one but the layout appears to be very similar), thanks for the tip :)

[@zzzires5045]

Your razor mice lasted 4x as long as the gear I once had. Never again. Moved to a rat9 and loved it but it died too :( so now it's just a cheapy

[@Flipsie]

Yeah, they definitely go for a specific aesthetic instead of function with their stuff

[@zzzires5045]

@Flipsie it's sad, if they used better materials they would have dominated the market haha

[@JaredTravioli]

Did splitsie really throw shade about someone else knocking a tree down?

[@davidz1981]

Hey @Flipsie I have a question I have been playing this because of you and Cap, how do you get the coins when you go back to the ship in order to buy different gear and stuff, and to be able to buy respec points?!

[@kenneyc]

Currency for workshop gear is rewards from non-open world missions.

[@davidz1981]

@@kenneyc so how do I get those.

[@kenneyc]

@@davidz1981 What do you mean? When you start playing Icarus, you can select either open world or new mission in the menu. Missions give the currency (depending on the mission). If you're in an open world, you'd need to take the pod back up to space and start a mission.

[@davidz1981]

@@kenneyc okay thanks for the info I didn’t know what I needed to do in order to earn currency in the game. Thanks for your help!

[@kevinhayes3184]

Are we talking about Toby or Capac

[@ZanTeth55]

3:42:10 Capac Abnormarru ?

[@serenitys_zephyr]

Does the camera not zoom out with the scroll wheel?

[@Flipsie]

Doesn't seem to for me, it moves with the normal first person controls and has a bubble around the player for how far it can go

[@likebubba]

Icarus needs life like npc … could be few or like minecraft kind … not primarily for combat but just for life in the maps or like villages built and such … sometimes Icarus can get sb burnt out quite fast

[@chrisdragon17]

Hey are you going to play RimWorld some day

[@Flipsie]

I've played it a moderate amount on stream with the vods here on this channel. I'm sure I'll play it again but I don't have any specific plans for it at the moment

[@DezSUrban]

Is that an arrow in the wall are you just pleased to finish the gate?

[@mikeoaktree]

Always though that all players complaining about the time was BS.... There were the 30 days missions, it's 720 of game play. Even playing 6 hours a day every single day, it's 120 days of game play..... As I said BS.....

[@Flipsie]

Initially it was real time, so once you started it would be deleted the next month. The way I play, that would be 4 sessions and then it's gone

[@Flipsie]

Many others were 7 days, so we'd not be able to drop more than once

[@mikeoaktree]

You're right. Still... I do prefer the 30 days mission.... You get to build for a long time AND get some exotics.... Last one I've done, 1100 of it. And the exotics are a good reason to explore the all map.

[@bleekstraat6]

you dont like nice views it seems......