From the Depths - Engine Tutorial

[@danielsandberg9365]

Breaking news: Psycho maniac nautical engineer steals lawnmower engines all across the world to "Give my capital ship an additional 2m/s top speed"

[@BorderWise12]

*sees 17 minute tutorial* *is amazed* Nice one, Ohm. 👍

[@grandfremdling3841]

"Hello ladies and gentlemen, today is a short Video of ..." - 96 minutes later 🤣

[@OhmIsFutile]

[@quiteindeed6809]

Well that was an easily digestible video. Only wanted to learn about fuel engines, but stayed to learn that PPM and PPV are what your design goals are centered around.

[@John_Buckson]

An Ohm is a mesure of resistance ergo Ohm is Futile = resistance is Futile

[@mathiasvernet763]

Another (niche) use for electric engines is to serve as a "starter" engine for small steam engines, to give them enough time to ramp up at the start of a battle

[@zuminlair92cp]

steam engine save running pressure in save file now. not really need that anymore.

[@kikomaster1515]

Finally! I am addicted to FtD for a year now, and i had to discover the game details by myself. I wish there were SHORT tutorial videos with good cons/pros summary when i started. Ohm, please do not stop here, and focus on other points as well. Our community can only grow with such effort.

[@HalIOfFamer]

Angry borderwise noises

[@sorrrbet4923]

@@HalIOfFamer Borderwise makes short tutorials, if your definition of short is the rest of your life

[@HalIOfFamer]

@@sorrrbet4923 life is in short.

[@gemgwapo8752]

Yay engine

[@Kate-Tea]

this man gets it

[@ProtoAzula]

This helps me immensely considering i just slap a bunch of turbos, superchargers and injectors on them

[@siskinedge]

You gave a really good explanation for steam engines, hopefully we get more craft with some doki doki. Also thank you for the Shout out for Blaint's platform.

[@blise518B]

Another thing that’s important to consider is how well it takes damage. I like to place small micro steam turbines and battery’s with electricity engines all around the craft. In my opinion that’s better than one big thing that can be taken out with one critical hit.

[@OhmIsFutile]

Redundancy is a tough one. I certainly wouldn't recommend putting all your eggs in one basket for medium to large vehicles, but the square-cube law also means you usually get better stats out of bigger engines and the cost to protect them scales in favour of bigger engines. It's a balance.

[@gawayne1374]

This channel needs more views. It's awesome!

[@OhmIsFutile]

...and I need to start uploading again XD

[@princessbobster6180]

This was very helpful. Borderwise sent me

[@alice672]

If a ship spends alot of time waiting around, you can use very efficient engines to recharge its batteries out of combat, and rely mostly on battery for the combat. Useful for specialised ships like aa boats and things that are just for defense

[@marioguerrero9527]

Thanks for the tutorial! I appreciate your delivery and visual examples.

[@lol49031]

Finally a decent new engine tutorial

[@wuzz111]

Another thing, you can add turbines on both sides of the generator,

[@OhmIsFutile]

You mean you can have two steam turbines connect to one generator? Cool little trick!

[@bongwatercrocodile315]

found out that myself semi-accidentally. I was mindblow

[@VoidplayLP]

You also dont actually need the turbine start/end sections. the game doesnt care if the turbine is actually enclosed

[@taro-x]

@@VoidplayLP wait what?,that's, convenient xD

[@grandfremdling3841]

Short, precise, overall good!

[@tunasalad6891]

Laughs in prefab

[@blueberry1c2]

I gave up on making big custom fuel engines when i couldnt make an engine more efficient than the prefab EcoMax. I'd have to unlearn so much that i thought i knew and it would be better to put that effort into making better APS, CRAMs, AI systems, armor, etc

[@deejeh9494]

@@blueberry1c2 what? You mean my 4 cylinder 8 turbo engine is not efficient? /s

[@kimpatz2189]

I found out that a two stage series turbos with another two stage series turbos on the other side of the carburetor (basically 4 turbos, 2 in series, in 2 sets) is enough to recycle every bit of the exhaust in a single cylinder. Now decreasing its volume is another headache inducing problem.

[@deejeh9494]

@@kimpatz2189 carb or cylinder turbos?

[@Redicule_research._ridiculous]

Good luck!

[@bigscaryman7421]

Which engine would you recommend for cooking beans on toast

[@OhmIsFutile]

Thermonuclear. >_>

[@bright_lego]

A way to get an impressive, but useless, looking steam engine is to add mass to the shaft. You can get up to a supposed '200,000' engine power, but the problem is that if you try and use it, it vanishes.

[@OhmIsFutile]

I'm sorry but this is wrong. This is why I told people to put a load on their steam engines. It looks amazing to add heavy components... until you ask the engine to do stuff. EDIT: lol

[@bright_lego]

@@OhmIsFutile The worst thing is I just today realised that this is not true. It is good if you want your engine to look impressive, but not good if you want to use it.

[@bright_lego]

So I will edit my comment accordingly, so others will not be confused.

[@DrenKillfree]

You mad lad, im gonna need a tutorial with plenty of use cases on each of these now.

[@OhmIsFutile]

I'm not planning on going more in-depth at this point. Not saying no either, but I think it would easily turn to rambling over specific examples which I don't think adds much to actually taking a look at those examples yourself through the links I put in the description.

[@DrenKillfree]

@@OhmIsFutile i think you under estimate how powerful a tool guided and experienced insight can be

[@OhmIsFutile]

@@DrenKillfree You're probably right, which why I'm not saying no, but there's a good chance I'll tackle other topics first before I circle back to specific engine examples.

[@DrenKillfree]

@@OhmIsFutile by the loaf im awaiting

[@OhmIsFutile]

@@DrenKillfree Haha, it's one of the things I'd like to revisit, but I'm also waiting since there's rumors we're getting shiny new toys for our smart baguettes.

[@drunkengibberish1143]

Wow, I've been experimenting with hybrid engines trying to make a super powerful engine and getting a headache doing so. (Where do the injectors/carburetors go for max efficiency? Where can I fit the turbos for max ppv?) Getting a general verdict has helped a lot.

[@trumandiebold7723]

Love the new tutorial Ohm! Are you planing on making videos like this for other systems?

[@OhmIsFutile]

It's the intent, though I'm usually checking how often questions about things come up.

[@juanordonezgalban2278]

Would you recomend having a steam engine as a main engine power production with back up fuel generators? For example a steam engine that covers 100% drive, and powering demand peaks from lams or so with other methods?

[@OhmIsFutile]

Yep, that's a very good conclusion to draw. Use a nice big steam engine for your main power needs, protect it well, and use some fuel engines as backup/supplement for fluctuating demand/redundancy.

[@blise518B]

Is it possible to power small fighters with battery power supplied from a larger carrier? I know they can exchange power outside of battle but is it also possible in battle?

[@OhmIsFutile]

Definitely possible!

[@RMMinc]

Pro tip: even empty resource storage increase supply range

[@blise518B]

@@RMMinc So you could build a giant warehouse Fortress to supply the whole map or is there a cap?

[@RMMinc]

@@blise518B sorry, never went THIS far :P. But with enough cargo containers it's definitely possible let carrier hang at 2000m range from target and still supply everything.

[@blise518B]

@@RMMinc oh so you Need containers to increase Ressource range to supply electricity? Good to know I would have just tried to spam battery’s.

[@mariouribe3119]

Hey love the channel! I'm also very slow with the APS I dont know how to make a railgun

[@cplhobs6045]

Great video thank you for the useful information

[@homelessmotherofnine9577]

LETS GOOOOOO!!!!

[@LordOOTFD]

Thanks for the info, I've been looking at the new steam turbines, but haven't been able to get one that wasn't just terrible. It sounds like I was doing it wrong, or they were tweaked since.

[@fynmn000]

Can you explain how the new steam containers work? I've never gotten them connected properly

[@OhmIsFutile]

I don't really understand them well either. You need valves and ACBs and I think the general consensus is it's (mostly) not worth the time. I've seen a couple of setups use it somewhat effectively but it seems unnecessarily complicated for small benefits.

[@weirdgaming4628]

Borderwise sayd he wants to collab with you he said that on stream today.

[@OhmIsFutile]

Did he? I mean, we're already in touch, but he hasn't mentioned a collab.

[@weirdgaming4628]

@@OhmIsFutile he did. At first he wanted to collab with lathrix but he couldn't buccause he's busy so borderwise asked that someone would say that he wants to collab with you on stream. 1h 18min 30 sec ago i think

[@weirdgaming4628]

@@OhmIsFutile hope borderwise isnot joking aboug collabing. Both of you would make a good team i guess?

[@CharliMorganMusic]

Better plan: just make bigger ship with more engine bc square cube law is our friend, here.

[@scorpion563]

Comment for algorithim :)

[@andrelanger8396]

Feul engines use Feul Ehhhhhh Why is this so funny?