Finally - The Mall! | Step-By-Step 2024 Masterclass | #4

[@Yardiff]

Much, MUCH tidier than my starter and transition. Nice to see.

[@B_radical28]

Great work as usual TDA! The build is starting to look very cool now with the interstellar logistics and the Planetary Logistics Station, Drones are flying everywhere and ships are transporting goods around space! Thanks again!

[@whiter0473]

I think I missed something, I been watching your videos but I don't see how your getting all your power to keep 100%.

[@erycktackitt6771]

What has helped me is making a ring of solar panels around the equator. There is a bold green line that shows the middle of the planet. I also turned the poles into solar generators.

[@TheDutchActuary]

I mentioned in an earlier episode that in between episodes (and even between builds) I do actually setup more power. It's just placing more rings of turbines and/or solar panels, so it's not particularly informative to show it on screen every time. But if you check out my poles whenever I'm near, you'll see a whole bunch of turbines & solars there.

[@hawicht0815]

Again, my compliments for your good work. In this episode, i really got the hang of it. Seeing all the things coming together and really start to understand how the mechanics work was just pure fun. Can't wait to start with the next episode tomorrow!

[@kristof9497]

Thank you for this serie.

[@Endo-Thermic]

It’s insane that TDA got to this point in 13 hours building everything from scratch, im at 20 hours using every blueprint and I just got here!

[@TheDutchActuary]

Don't worry, after 1000h of practice you'll probably be much faster than me, because I *always* get distracted :P

[@Fky12345]

Wonderful BP, thank you so much. Blueprint numbering is abit off from 23 (I think 23 is there twice) and I think laser turrets BP are missing but not a biggy. Easy to build. Energy is a desaster with all the wind turbines. I hope there is some cool sustainable, green Plutonium Power Plant thingy of some sort later :)

[@TheDutchActuary]

23 is there twice indeed, I missed uploading the supermagnetic rings initially (and didn't want to relabel and re-link all the ones after that :P) Make sure you start utilizing the solar panels once you have them built. It's a lot less annoying than the turbines!

[@raistlinsly1]

wow ive just finished the 4th class that was lots of work up to now im having super fun.

[@XiskogenX]

19:00 with proliferation u do get quantity boost when making solar panels.

[@multani16]

It seems most mk 1 buildings get the quantity boost. If it uses another building in the recipe, it will only give a speedup.

[@XiskogenX]

15:05 u can also add a mk1 assmebler making warpers with green science with direct input on to the ILS without having to use a slot.

[@delroyclarke1989]

Loving the small builds and episode, keep it up :)

[@GameCracker96]

Hey TDA, first of all thank you for your series, it helped me A LOT with getting into the game ("wasted" 60 hr on my first save desperately trying to figure out optimal facility layouts and game mechanics/goal in general, now getting started on a new save is really fun thanks to you), but I have a little question about a minor detail in your video. Your solar Panels are always pointing at you. Now I started playing this game only one or two weeks ago and I was amazed seeing them turn to the sun when I first placed them. But why do they turn to you instead of the sun in your video? Is it something that got changed with an update or is it some setting? Anyways keep doing these videos, out of all DSP youtubers I find your factory- and video-style the most pleasing and really was quite underwhelmed when seeing your views. Your content gives me 200k view vibes. Keep it up like that :D

[@TheDutchActuary]

Thank you for the nice words! Let's go for 200k ;) About the solar panels, i'm using a mod that turns me into a lightsource so you don't have to watch me play in darkness. As a result, the solar panels basically act like i'm the sun, facing me. The mod does NOT impact gameplay so there's no power gains from my 'light', but it looks funny for sure!

[@advancedloiterer1820]

This Aussie loves your series. DSP is the first factory building game in my collection. I do have some level of discomfort with its principles, e.g. destroy a planet/s with manufacturing, 🤔 I love the logistics and mathematics involved in this game! However, if voice actors are replaced with AI's that constantly mispronouncing English words like turrets. Hmm, it makes me want to argue at the screen saying, "turret not tourette"... Honestly, it may appear like I am suffering from tourette syndrome when others pass by my office. If this is the future of artificial intelligence, then I am so glad that I am the late decades of my life. Thank you for this masterclass. I am following your map seed and building suggestions, as I have never been brave enough to play with the dark fog; I am wanting to understand your amazing layouts to advance me in game play. Have you taught viewers how to warp to another galaxy in one of your previous episodes? I have always had my science at slow speed just to avoid warping. Now, that I am playing with the dark fog on normal settings, I just want to scale it all up. Oh, how do you intend on reducing your stored items in your Battlefield Analysis Bases? Will the build up inside them affect your defence lines from automatically operating? I think that it would only affect the collection of resources, but, I'm not sure.

[@TheDutchActuary]

RIP your free time now that you're part of our little cult of factory builders! :D The english in this game has been so consistently bad that honestly at this point i'm thinking it is intentional considering the amount of polish that every other aspect of this game has. Don't let it bother you, I keep smiling every time I hear " Welcome to the Actual Universe" I have half a dozen full playthroughs on this channel now, but the current one will see warpers coming in soon as well! The trickle of materials coming in from the BABs is something I mostly use early on to supplement the production of new buildings within the mall. There are few other ways to optimize that though that I will cover in an upcoming episode.

[@lolyes4947]

Really enjoying the series, by the way can you please upload the save? Just because I would like it to see how it all is / works to learn from / use in my planets :)

[@lolyes4947]

oh - and just so I can create my own blueprints from it IE you have your mall uploaded as blueprints and its a bit confusing to download all of them then try to slot together lol if you don't want to its fine just askin :)

[@Xudmud]

Apart from being able to have the one tidy smelting block for everything, why bring in the raw silicon ore? Considering it's a 2:1 ratio for ore:plates, wouldn't it be more efficient to smelt the plates at your outpost?

[@TheDutchActuary]

In an earlier run I considered ingots as 'raw resources'. It definitely makes sure your builds become easier. The downside of doing this, is that it becomes harder to ensure the resources are still spread across your builds. In the late game (as in, you're scaling up white science) its definitely (slightly) more efficient. In this earlier stage, I don't think its really noticable.

[@paulohsa22]

That thing about using blueprints and taking a while for production to catch up.... I like designing builds, but I don't have a ton of time to play actively, the last couple of months I've been dealing with DSA and Factorio almost like idle games. Plop a blueprint and leave it be while I'm working on something, or sometimes I even leave to spend time with my SO and let it run. I feel I'm less engaged than I was when I designed and built everything by hand, but I simply cannot stop playing these games, even when I literally can't play them hahaha

[@paulohsa22]

Also, I tend to either spagheti a lot or overthink a lot when designing, no middle ground lol

[@jeffstaples347]

I 100% get the idle-ness of this game. I really wish they had an 'idle mode' which reduced performance needs while the mech is inactive for like 5 mins or more

[@joelv4495]

@@jeffstaples347 Ya that would be really great. Even paused in the menu it looks like my GPU uses ~200w.

[@jeffstaples347]

@@joelv4495 I just got a legion go which runs the game at 25 watts perfectly fine :). Going from my gtx 780 and my fx8350 overclocked, I'm no longer running 600w...

[@jeffstaples347]

HALLELUJAH!

[@GreenRayJC]

I'm looking for a blueprint that sets up my base exactly like the thumbnail so I can delete all my other stuff and get it more organised. I've tried to follow along but everything I did was offset a little and didn't turn out as neat.

[@TheDutchActuary]

The blueprints are all included! Don't be afraid just to pull down a build that turns out just offset a tiny build to get it perfect if that's what you like - I can't count the times I did exactly that ;)

[@GreenRayJC]

@@TheDutchActuary Yeah but they are all one at a time, then you make changes. I'm looking for something that looks like your planet view.

[@professeurgideere5856]

Wouldn't 3 spaces work between assemblers if you put 1 "column" difference between them ? Like on a slight diagonal ?

[@TheDutchActuary]

What part of the video are you referring to?

[@enkow]

Hello TDA. Seems like super-magnetic rings & laser are missing mall is missing on the blueprint. Can you check it? Thanks.

[@chapster8888]

There is no blueprint specifically for super mags that I could find - I just built it as he showed

[@TheDutchActuary]

Totally missed that one! Thanks for calling it out, its there now!

[@TheDutchActuary]

There now!@@chapster8888

[@intellectualredneck1813]

Still missing the Laser Turret BP. It's a very MINOR thing so don't worry bout it much TDA, only if you feel it would be best!

[@TheDutchActuary]

Apologies, here you go!@@intellectualredneck1813 www.dysonsphereblueprints.com/blueprints/factory-020b-laser-turrets

[@protomous]

I was very excited to start following this series while first experiencing the combat update. Turns out, whenever the waves hit 70-80 enemies my game just crashes lol Lost a 10 hour game because of it, waiting for my motivation to come back so I can start again with no dark fog

[@TheDutchActuary]

Strange, are you experiencing any FPS issues leading up to this? Using any mods that need an update perhaps? I've had zero issues like this, with the exception of 600+ unit combats with 234234 missiles flying around giving my PC a hard time (but that just caused lag, no crashes)

[@protomous]

@@TheDutchActuary No frame loss, no mods. I use a gaming laptop, though, so I believe my CPU just can't handle that many at once

[@tbonedude1]

Hey TDA, since this is a masterclass maybe you could go over some basic mecha armor customizing? Im most curious about the power consumption stat and does the weight have any effect ingame?

[@TheDutchActuary]

Right now my recommendation would be to just completely ignore this mechanic UNLESS you want to make your own designs (I showcased a few way back here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppmYl3SDr9aUq5o) Mechanically, the redesign of your mech doesn't really enough to be worth the effort (if anyone disagrees, I'd love to know why!)

[@NoshThyme]

Found an error with the blueprint for the "Mall - Misc Inputs" Prism do not export to the belt. Sorters are connected to the Assemblers across from each other. Thanks again for these videos!!! -Edit:: Plasma Exciters too., sorters are connected to each other.

[@Twist0815]

Thanks a lot! much appreciated Videos!

[@XiskogenX]

21:00 flying units orbit their target

[@joonalehtinen5462]

Don't know if anyone's gonna see this question but is there some reason you can't just make one blueprint for all the production buildings and use one ipl for each to bring in all the necessary parts and immediately export the finished product

[@TheDutchActuary]

You can definitely do that, but you'll need a LOT of ILS's and it will take up a lot space. However, that becomes a bit more manable if you make sure the ILS's overlap (i.e. you don't import iron all over again for every single building, but just once or twice), so definitely a way to go!

[@DiabLO1player]

so idk if its just me but, on my homeworld planet i have 5 planetary bases that i got from the start, i started on the same difficulty as the ones in the series and am just confused why i had 5 on min 5 and hes still got 3 hours into the playthrough

[@DiabLO1player]

now i have 6, anytime i defend then every single one of them attacks me and i get obliterated instantly by all 6 bases, this game is so bugged and im like 10 hours in, also your defences for home planet are shit quite frankly they need more.

[@TheDutchActuary]

@@DiabLO1player They worked fine for a few bases, but if you got 4+ up and running this definitely won't be enough. They must have re-tuned a few settings after I recorded this, as more people have indicated similar experiences (many more bases).

[@DiabLO1player]

@@TheDutchActuary thank you for this information, I’ve since found out that I need to just go all in on destroying some of these for a little bit and will play the save game as I do so, I was so confused when I started the game and saw 5 in in like 10 mins but that makes a lot of sense

[@UNSSC01]

Could you make a video about how to mod Dyson sphere program? Something I’ve been interested in but idk how to

[@TheDutchActuary]

I might! Meanwhile, check out thunderstore.io and download the app. It makes modding DSP (and a few other games) extremely easy.

[@SteveBonds]

After creating such a beautiful production facility for super-magnetic rings, it would be a shame to deprive us of a blueprint. Are you planning to create one?

[@TheDutchActuary]

How did I miss making this blueprint?!?! Uploaded & added to the collection!

[@frankalphonso268]

I’m pretty confident my base would give you an aneurism and a stomach flu

[@TheDutchActuary]

hahaha no don't worry, i've had my own share of sphaghetti for sure! :D

[@diegoapestegui6489]

No proliferators at all ?

[@TheDutchActuary]

Not until you are ready to really take advantage of it! (although I could see a solid argument to at least proliferate science earlier)

[@hansdampf640]

22:41 the planets move arround the sun,you know that right? 😄

[@TheDutchActuary]

Waaaaait a minute!?!?!

[@leftblank131]

The walls in the mall are totally, totally tall............