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Mods used:
- 100% Biter Evolution Start by "Michael Hendriks": Starts the game off at MAXIMUM biter evolution!
- EvoGUI by "narc": Displays the time played, evolution factor and more in the top left corner.
- Damage numbers by "SirFloIII": Adds floating damage numbers like in RPGs (altered by me to make numbers stay on screen longer)
- No black lines in map view by "Dune1411": Removes the black lines near the edges in the map view (for better filming/less crappy youtube compression)

[@basbekjenl]

Can you imagine driving around hostile animals through nature no roads, avoiding trees and rocks and still having the ambidexterity to draw up a map. Either that or a photographic memory. On top of that going for days without sleep, food, healing near fatal injuries in seconds. I'm convinced Engineer is a robot even if he himself doesn't know it.

[@ivanlagayacrus1891]

I like the theory that the engineer is actually a conglomerate of fish in a suit. Healing is just replacing the fallen fish and the multitasking from multiple fish brains going different directions

[@asdjkie4444]

I always assumed that you were a robot

[@mennovanlavieren3885]

@@ivanlagayacrus1891 Well that explains a lot.

[@somberskies4050]

@@ivanlagayacrus1891 to be fair this is some what confirmed as to craft the spidertron it requires a raw fish and considering the spidertron can operate some what indepently i would say the fish is infact in controll so this engeneer odviously knows how to harness to mental capacity of that fish

[@notoriousgoblin83]

​@@ivanlagayacrus1891 The almighty haddock horde

[@lynncinnamon4682]

An hour long video! Feels like a blessing :) I like the different commentary approach in this one (probably a big influence to the longer length of the video because of less scripting work) but it also feels like a bit of a "meeting your heroes" moment where you see that they are also human and not a post-commentary all-knowing entety :) Still, the huge skill you show is amazing. I absolutely love everything and anything about your factorio challenge videos and I am so grateful for your uploads!

[@MichaelHendriks]

Yeah indeed, it's easier to "know all" in hindsight when scripting/editing lol. I'm still learning new stuff all the time

[@vaendryl]

every MH playthrough: step 1: completely outrageous totally bonkers stupidly insane premise that seems nearly impossible. step 2: figure out a way to get to flame thrower turrets. step 3: ???? step 4: PROFIT! lol ;)

[@MichaelHendriks]

Generally, yes... but I don't have flamethrowers on the planning for this one!

[@Moleculor]

When trying for the Lazy achievement, I went in and used /permissions to disable my ability to hand-craft, so there would be no mis-clicks.

[@tobiassuarez948]

Incredible video as always. I was blown away by all the "logic" behind the exploration and how it worked, but even more so by your bullet demonstration. I wonder at what research stage both red+yellow ammo become effective against behemoths. At which point do they become as good as default uranium ammo? How does ammo research affect uranium ammo? (since ammo upgrades take place before unlocking it). Crazy game.

[@MichaelHendriks]

The ratio of bullet damage at any given research level is always 5:8:24 . (Every level counts for every bullet type.) Because gun turret receive the bonus twice, multiplicatively, it adds up ever more quickly later on

[@EhneT5]

"Factorio player frantically tries to explore a world with his RC car"

[@brilliance.]

I just realized this is the same guy who made the skyblock all achievements speedrun that many years ago! Was a relatively tiny channel when that was made, great to see how far you’ve grown!

[@lukasgroot]

"If all chunks are red, all chunks are green" - Michael Hendriks, 2022

[@xJAKEx117x]

A whole HOUR of Michael "THE Freaking Factoriest Engineer" Hendriks... SIGN ME UP!!!

[@vehicleboi5598]

At 30:10 I was thinking "can't you craft some repair packs?" Then I remembered you were going for the lazy bastard achievement

[@MichaelHendriks]

Repair packs, logic wires and the rocket silo itself are def. the highest on the dangerous "accidental hand craft" list!

[@Wilson_Kelly]

10:37 "laying down pipe" in an "unprotected area" so his "pollution can spread" Lmao

[@MichaelHendriks]

And this was not even scripted lol

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

I'm both worried and intrigued as to what the nests will produce with Michael's pollution...

[@Wilson_Kelly]

@@theapexsurvivor9538 NOOOOO

[@Leo-km9xg]

An idea for oil is to expand to the north and just make a 2 wide landfill bridge over to it.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

3 wide seems better in case he needs to put down belts to/from it for any reason (including just so he can get up there faster to provide manual support against a biter attack)

[@EricJohnsonGuru]

Poison capsule's are great for taking out worms.

[@MichaelHendriks]

It's hidden behind blue science though

[@Timo4eus]

You can try landfill a narrow road to upper oil patch.

[@jmatya]

It's also a possible to just leave the last part of the land bridge that allows an underground pipe to connect, but no biters to pass

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

@@jmatya sneeky

[@user0K]

@@jmatya if biters wanna pass, they will still go around to u. Not connecting just makes future maintenance harder. Still would have to make landfill

[@saishan_dragon]

33:15 The journey of the mosquito! Love the new 'Playthrough' narration! You sound more confident somehow.

[@kajacx]

Interesting comment about biters not being able to expand on an island. Could this be exploited? The player can cross a single water tile, but a biters cannot. Using this, you could build islands in lakes where biters cannot get to. Free expansion skip if they select them, and I guess they could even select them multiple times?

[@MichaelHendriks]

Just did a quick test, and yes! You CAN build artificial islands, making those chunks valid for expansion without the biters being able to reach them. (the chunk needs to have >10% land tiles, which is 103 tiles of landfill in a complete water chunk)

[@darky1188]

With your commentary i feel like im watching Bob Ross play factorio

[@Blitz6804]

14:15 Little Johnny is back from the dead again!

[@kw4093-v3p]

Why not use landfill to make a small path to the upper oil patch?

[@LegendaryBigsy]

Love your videos man. You sound a little under the weather this episode. So I will shower you with praise. I love this content, it helps me relax, unwind, and even sleep better the days you release these.

[@hunterra217]

You could always landfill to the oil, probably a lot safer than trying to belt or train around those nests lol

[@locutos8397]

Is it possible for a challenge like this, but with only moving trains as "walls"? :D

[@MichaelHendriks]

Yes, if you make sure you don't need to rely on your walls...

[@atomspalter2090]

Lovely commentary and wonderfully great playstyle! Did you change up something regarding the commentary?

[@MichaelHendriks]

Yeah, this is mostly stumbly live play commentary vs the normal, well thought-out scripted voice over for the main series

[@atomspalter2090]

@@MichaelHendriks I liked it. Of course it is more structured if it's scripted voice over but it suits this series very well to hear the thoughts behind each action as the action occurs. Still a lovely playthrough! 👍

[@rytisskipskys2311]

Now that you seem to made a full switch to voiced commentary, do you think it's easier or harder to make these videos?

[@MichaelHendriks]

This "side-project" is meant to be easier/less time-intensive to produce, so I can release more than one 15-25 min video per week

[@__paaja__9798]

Will you finish the other series? This one is interesting but I would love to see the end of the other one.

[@MichaelHendriks]

Yes

[@RealRaven6229]

The usual jokes weren't really to my taste, so I greatly enjoy this more chill commentary.

[@MarcoSzafran]

A roadtrip around the world

[@MrOnosa]

I'm not sure why that held my attention for an hour but it did. Thank you.

[@stevethemastersword]

just to give my two cents, i personally prefer your more structured "scripted narration" style as opposed to live commentary, this isnt unwatchable or anything, i just prefer the other style

[@MichaelHendriks]

My main series will continue as it was (with the more structured "scripted narration" style), I started this easier to produce side project to be able to bring out more than one 15-25 min video per week.

[@themenagerie5622]

Glad to find out that my obsessive cartography is actually useful sometimes!

[@MichaelHendriks]

yeah it's easy to get carried away a bit lol

[@themenagerie5622]

@@MichaelHendriks yeah especially when you're playing with hovercrafts and you can very easily trace the edges of any nearby water with about as much risk as speeding past a behemoth worm in a spidertron with max leggies in a zig-zag

[@Blitz6804]

33:18 Is it just me... or does the sped-up car sound a bit like a weed whacker?

[@jblmi1355]

Thanks you for another great video!

[@NatanStarke]

Fear of the red cloud strikes our heart oo

[@ShMokou]

Some low frequency noise in background... is it always been and i start noticed it only now?

[@NootNooter]

You have single-handedly explored more than I ever have in the whole game, in a single video. What?? I'm doing something wrong

[@hiddenTNT]

ah the nostalgia 50:00

[@barncaleboy]

love your videos

[@Zzzooooppp]

Hey🎉 love your videos, I look forward to Friday mornings! BUT PLEASE FINISH DEATHWORLD

[@MichaelHendriks]

It will be finished. Next week next episode. The episodes have naturally became longer with each topic spanning more time, so they now take more time to make too.

[@pgjuzek]

they must have been shy the copper patch biters

[@TheMonkey747]

I, personally, want more of this.

[@Yakman202]

In my experience the long unused poison capsules do pretty well vs worms, might be worth giving them a shot if it's cheaper or safer

[@MichaelHendriks]

behind blue science, iirc

[@lukehirons2533]

Came for the Factorio. Stayed for the accent.

[@canebro1]

35:40 it seems like you could have "gotten back" by continuing to explore to the north-east? Edit: It seems like you were trying to explore more to the south / south-east, so were looking the other direction.

[@kacpernikiel8685]

Its Time for Space exploration death world

[@Galaxysis]

Why not explore in the beginning so there is more available land for the biters to expand to? Or am I missing something here?

[@MichaelHendriks]

Walking is very slow, extra terrain doesn't help much if starting area chance isn't reduced, and time pressure to get the train achievement

[@Galaxysis]

Well that’s the answer I was looking for, I like your videos very much and next Friday it will be the first one to watch (deathworld I assume). Also I like it where you didn’t lie and told us it is your sixth attempt and not trying to be a god at the game where you let everyone believe it was your first! Keep up the splendid work!

[@morianuxi]

I LOVE LONG VIDEOS for me "long" video is 40 minutes and more, normal video is 20-35 mins and short video is 5-15 mins 1-5 minutes video near "shorts" type video

[@TheeJake]

Guess I was one of the lucky non-patrons who checked the patreon!

[@sethmcpherson1219]

I'm no expert, but I play a little. Just wondering if rushing solar panels and dropping radars a ways out and not exploring as much might enable "There is no spoon?" edt: or i guess dropping steam plants as pollution doesn't matter. Enjoyable stuff. Thanks.

[@MichaelHendriks]

We may not build solar panels for an achievement "Steam all the way". Steam powered remote solar panels are not really viable, because they need boatloads of fuel (found that out the hard way)

[@sethmcpherson1219]

@@MichaelHendriks ah, yep. interesting about the fuel costs. thanks for the reply

[@chri-k]

@@MichaelHendriks “steam-powered solar panels”

[@Plasmafox]

14:14 It's him. le John

[@paolopozzi5832]

More long and less edited video! Love the full playtrought!

[@Franschisco]

Vrolijk kerstfeest michael

[@Taygetea]

was it fun to pull out the old editing stuff for the onscreen text narration? :p

[@MichaelHendriks]

It never really went away

[@deltius]

id love to see you do a space exploration playthrough

[@Suicynic]

Michael, Nilaus & Trupen are the best. 😎

[@TheEJackUK]

isnt wood slower than coal? Thought the cars got speed from better fuel just like trains...

[@MichaelHendriks]

Wood and coal are equal, from solid fuel on it gets better

[@TheEJackUK]

@@MichaelHendriks is that the same for trains as well? I'm sure I've been in trains running on wood that go pretty slow compared to the coal ones...

[@DerPumu]

Late question, since I am just now watching these videos: You say that the biters will preferably choose land with green circles. You say that if they select an island, they won't expand. There was an island with green circles. They'll stay green since no biter can ever settle there. Doesn't that mean that when all other green spots are settled, they will always try the island and fail, forever? Was the whole exploration really necessary?

[@MichaelHendriks]

they will *usually* try the island and keep failing

[@DerPumu]

@MichaelHendriks got it. "Usually" means there's a chance they'll still select one of the red chunks? That would answer my question - giving them as many alternative chunks as possible reduces the chance they choose the base

[@MichaelHendriks]

@@DerPumu yes

[@user-jp1qt8ut3s]

Finally!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@NeaonBHB]

Were not going to get tru dat Tru dat

[@luckyd1149]

I thought Refinery was the 111th and last hand craft for Lasy Bastard ? Things must have changed. It used to be. Never achieved and will never be a Lasy Bastard. Too much trouble.

[@mgrinzRafal]

Amazing :)

[@PowerPunch360]

22:29 😏

[@RykerFreegeld]

Wait... Where's "Part 1"?

[@MedicalExamUK]

If you like to torture yourself while playing check out Dwarf Fortress if you haven't already.

[@QuestionableObject]

Explorio

[@Steven-hg4cz]

I'm not really a fan of unedited factorio videos

[@Bibabumm]

Hi There, i really like your content but pls check your voice mixing.. the low end is WAY to loud/messy (i have to EQ it to actually bear it) i was listening on a Bose Soundlink with default settings. In my experience this happens then you premix/postmix your voice while listening to it with closed headphones or plugs. Have a nice day

[@MichaelHendriks]

Yeah, I'm still fighting with my mic settings, especially for "live play".

[@zoltanfinta8999]

I liked the edited video format better :(

[@VADemon]

Why do you record voice separately? Need help?

[@MichaelHendriks]

So I can edit/speed up the gameplay seperate from my voice, as well as move spoken sections around and/or cut out parts where I misspeak, etc.

[@VADemon]

@@MichaelHendriks I don't know what editor you use, but the video files can actually contain different video, audio tracks like an archive .zip file. Of course the most popular editing program doesn't (didn't) support this, but it doesn't mean it can't be done. OBS, Bandicam and some others can record voice and desktop audio to separate tracks inside the file, so you would never forget to start microphone recording or need to sync up the audio at the beginning. Instead there would be a .bat file to extract the audio tracks from a video to .m4a for example (for AAC) for editing (be it noise cancellation in audacity) which you can then add as an audio track to the editor's timeline.

[@thearchitecht2122]

I know the behemoths got to you but you shouldn't reduce your blue circuits editing level. Maybe you are sick, or the recent events have hit hard on you but I feel the quality of narration is 3 copper cables below your usual red circuit quality. All the best bro

[@MichaelHendriks]

This side project is meant to be easier to produce, to get some more content out. the main series will continue as is. I know some people l of love it some people hate it, everyone can decide to follow just one series or both!

[@thearchitecht2122]

@@MichaelHendriks Dude, it's not like it's an option, I consume all content you produce. What I meant was that your usual self with sarcasm and jokes was not in this video after the recent events to your channel. Otherwise, all is good, I dig your gameplay and editing. I binged all your videos when I discovered you and any upload is greatly appreciated. If I had some $ or € from my student budget I'd be a patreon.

[@Joel-qo6gt]

44 seconds ago... Lightning fast notifications. Everyone else arriving from notifs, rally here!

[@Wikarian99PL]

With this Live Commentary You sound so sad and depressed, are You ok?

[@MichaelHendriks]

Yeah. It probably has to do mostly with stumbly live play commentary vs well thought-out enthousiastic scripted voice over)

[@royalrepublican3480]

not a fan of let's play no editing kind of videos

[@sasalele8616]

I kind off didn’t like the episode. Normally I like it, how you are explaining little details, but this was just to repetitive for me. This could have been a 5 minute episode. Anyways the challenge is great, and I look forward the next episodes.

[@richard2mitchell]

this is post hack?...you sound so down

[@MichaelHendriks]

This was recorded before, so better prepare for how I will sound in the next one then :p (It probably has to do mostly with stumbly live play commentary vs well thought-out scripted voice over)

[@LeeAtkinson98]

ooo the audio is noticeably different, I guess its because you are speaking and acting more like its an unscripted tutorial where I assume usually is either scripted or you just aim to have a more musical and inflected voice. Its good, just speak up! Act like its a conversation

[@MichaelHendriks]

Yeah, it's why it's my "side project", it is meant to be a lot less work/editing-intensive than my main series, hoping to get out more than 15-25 minutes of content out per week.

[@maelglorious]

🪨🧲 Had to...

[@EricJohnsonGuru]

"don't run into any nest" slams car into tree resulting in scary crunching noise.

[@MattWyndham]

Playing factorio like it’s chess. Fantastic!

[@EdwardChan.999]

He's obviously cheating using /editor lol

[@MichaelHendriks]

Obviously the /editor stuff is just for showcasing concepts and things going on behind the scenes so my gameplay choices make more sense

[@burstintotreats6654]

@@MichaelHendriks I think the stuff you do with the editor adds a lot of deeper understanding and is very obviously not really being used to cheat. Maybe you could add a filter over the screen when you're not on the main save and using illegal commands to help differentiate I guess?

[@dreamerofthorns]

i fucking love chess

[@CheaterCodes]

So I guess heavy armor was the 111th item for the lazy bastard achievement? Better not misclick now :)

[@deaconblue-aja4864]

YO! sorry about what's going on with your channel, hopefully you can regain control. another channel I watch had this happen to him a few months ago, same thing where all videos are privated and they go live with a tesla cryptocurrency scam stream. They were able to get everything back so I hope this can work well for you too!

[@woosh_mk5160]

That explains why I got 2 random notifications about tesla something going live

[@dhxmg]

I've completely missed this (somehow), but I'm very pleased everything seems to have worked out.

[@MichaelHendriks]

To be clear, the situation is meanwhile fixed and my channel has resumed to normal, mostly thanks to the help of my patrons :)

[@Theyflower]

it broke my heart when he used the final craft on heavy armor, i thought he was saving it for rocket silo :(

[@MichaelHendriks]

I SHOULD HAVE!!!

[@Baladucci]

You can craft the silo quickly with beacons.... oh wait

[@MisterLambda]

My friend I was reading about your Patreon when I noticed I was able to access this single video without being a member, you should check the visibility settings again to make sure it is right! I am honour-bound to become a member this month because now that I have discovered this I am too weak to stop myself from watching.

[@MichaelHendriks]

This video was intentionally Posted as Public on Patreon

[@MisterLambda]

@@MichaelHendriks Your generosity is inspiring. I was so quick in wanting to inform you that I didn’t even see the description where you laid it out plain as day haha.

[@Phychologik]

Hey hope ur doin ok, you seem kinda down in this one so remember to have fun and take a break if you need to. We're here for you :)

[@MichaelHendriks]

This was recorded before the recent... problematic event, so better prepare for how I will sound in the next one then :p (It probably has to do mostly with stumbly live play commentary vs well thought-out scripted voice over)

[@maze4184]

@@MichaelHendriks yes i must say i enjoy the voice over more but the live commentary also has a nice vibe, maybe a 2nd playlist/channel for either would be nice, alot of challenge runners have a main channels for edited videos with voice overs and an "archives" channel where they upload vods with live commentary/ or no commentary both are a value add in my opinion

[@maze4184]

especially since the main videos have been abit short for me, but I was spoiled by your one video takes of your previous runs

[@Drambrarcer]

Compared to Deathworld it just sounds like he's thinking hard as he plays, instead of announcing a grand plan he's already worked out as he executes it. Honestly this is even more impressive, like when he worked out that There Is No Spoon would be impossible but just kept right on going shows not only confidence but massive skill to boot.

[@besNait]

Ah, so all those car crashes were not accidents caused by looking at minimap, they were also necessary for achievement. Nice.

[@MichaelHendriks]

N.. heu... well YES of course! :D

[@pauln07]

Could u bridge the lake above u have enough stone to do it. It would get u oil. Might be good to rush flame throwers I know they do insane damage.

[@qweriop]

Never realized how great it was to play without cliffs. Thanks for showing me.

[@Soken50]

Pretty sure cliffs would be a run killer there

[@iceburg8599]

Really enjoyed the relaxed vibe of this ep, looking forward to more!

[@danykcharette4681]

im lost a little bit why you write why your comment have 2 weeks but the video have 25 minutes?

[@lukewarmwaterr]

@@danykcharette4681 Patreon supporters get early access

[@permanent8387]

i wasnt relaxed watching this

[@danykcharette4681]

@@lukewarmwaterr ohh ok my bad

[@Cosminator25]

Getting a 1 hour video really feels like Christmas

[@yngchpa]

>Michael Hendriks uploads >Day improves

[@Vit-Pokorny]

Question: would it be viable to run loops around the nests grenading them down and then draging the biters far away and then just leaving them there? If i remember correctly, biters will eventually loose agro. Would prob only work on small worms but i think it should be doable.

[@MichaelHendriks]

Run, no. Drive, maybe. The problem is, the nests spawn new enemies very quickly on 100% evo, so by the time you're back a new party awaits you

[@Beankoi]

No normal video?

[@MichaelHendriks]

Next week. There have been some recent... delays

[@Beankoi]

@@MichaelHendriks i see

[@BenjamminFranklin.]

“Driving around a hostile planet and running into a tree every once in a while ASMR.” Good stuff. Liking the run like always.

[@spandanganguli6903]

It's wild how different this feels from the other current playthrough. There, it felt like a struggle. Here, the sense of danger is palpable. Being spotted is almost certain death, and the only way to survive is sneaking.

[@Kreistor]

I expect your decision to be landfill islands in the lake to use underground pipes to bring the oil south. You do not want to pipe vulnerable pipes out west. And even the small pumpjack pollution will self-destruct the eastern field. That will need tech to clear the area.

[@spaceman7019]

34:47 tree a-tree-vments

[@MichaelHendriks]

Don't mess with The Tree!

[@kloulord8134]

Encantado de poder volver a ver esto despues de casi morir (literal) :v

[@convincingmountain]

this is cool! i was a bit surprised to hear live mike after hearing scripted mike for so long, but once i learned you're doing live commentary to get this series out faster, it made a lot more sense

[@ChubiChan]

Last time I spent this much time watching a man lay so much pipe, was on a very different website.

[@jmv333]

OMG! I missed that you put this on patreon! SO excited :)

[@nico-ob6wj]

thanks for these longer episodes