FROM ZERO TO MEGABASE - Factorio: Part 1 - Beating The Game

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

I started a new megabse series that goes into more details, step by step. Here's the link to the first episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGaYiJyci8yogc0

[@richtigerfeger]

He explained in 18 minutes what I figured out on my own in 21 hours Edit: He built something that would've taken me about 150 hours and called it a starter base

[@Coyt415]

It took about a day for me to figure it out because of a YTuber, that I can't name here, and literally watched his playthrough all the way through. I also found another YTuber through him that covered Factorio all the way through 1.0. I own the game and played through it twice before 1.0.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍😉

[@ianthelilbear]

in 24 minutes he explained what I found (kinda) myself in 33 hours

[@alanwatts8239]

The episode lasts an hour but i'm pretty sure all of the stuff he built in this episode took much longer than that to complete. lol

[@Jackilichous]

What did he explain

[@Izahdnb]

Normal playthroughs 'beat the game' in like 100 episodes. And you just do it in 1. Really looking forward to your megabase!

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Looking forward to that too!;)

[@natsoph1924]

Fun fact WR for launching rocket is sub 1 hour :)

[@flummi-h9k]

@@natsoph1924 where? fastest any% run is 1h25m

[@natsoph1924]

@@flummi-h9k any% multiplayer :)

[@flummi-h9k]

@@natsoph1924 1h04m :) that is not sub 1 hour

[@tofurky9115]

I’m so stoked to have more factorio by Nathan in my life.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Awesome!

[@Corte38tao]

Nice 😍😍😍😍

[@sharkslayer6581]

The absolute POWER MOVE of "Episode 1: Beating the Game" is hilarious

[@OscarMikeF150]

Love the speed at which you move and love how you say your thought process out loud. Helps me understand my indecisiveness and improve that. This is the hardest part of the game for me. City blocks and train support comes easy for me.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Good to hear, good luck with your game!;)

[@ExtraSteps]

Adding productivity modules to the rocket silo will save you massive amounts of materials. So excited for this series!

[@DavidLindes]

Indeed. Feeding it without already having 4 prod 3s in is like heresy, to some... because it really does make a big difference. :)

[@ThatOliveMrT]

I'm on team prod top down. Mining production carries the other end. Just build more till the trains are full

[@mrlizard6529]

I have never played this game, but I have hundreds of hours in satisfactory. Let me tell you, when I saw him just copy and paste a whole group of buildings and conveyor belts, my mind was blown.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Hello everyone! This video was long in the making over the past few weeks as a little side project. I greatly appreciate everyone who supports the content to help the video reach a wider audience! In the meantime, I hope you'll enjoy it:)

[@AlexanderBukh]

with your brain it haddabe seablock

[@jemsterr]

@@AlexanderBukh That would be interesting.

[@thre4dripper]

I always wanted to see u play this game and i also want to start a tutorial series of this game . There is another interesting sandbox game u can try out, Jurassic world evolution

[@nuruddinshah684]

So did you use the upgrade module's ?

[@PabloEscobar-ws8rz]

There is a mod that makes night slightly brighter it's called "afraid of the dark" and It's very good for KZbin viewing doesn't affect gameplay

[@Croat001]

I've been experimenting with the game (as a newbie) for a couple hours and manged to learn more on 11 minutes than 4 hours of playtime. Thank you so much for this!

[@realrebelli0n]

Same!

[@ThatOliveMrT]

I find it humorous that the whole point of a first episode is to beat the game. But to be fair a megabase usually takes a starter base. Took me maybe 40 hours to lunch a rocket and most of the dead time was me just being overwhelmed what to do next

[@vamshikrishna2309]

Nathan’s back with another beautifully crafted series!! I’d probably watch you play any game!! Keep up the entertainment man!!

[@aetriz8996]

I bought this game to have fun, I'm now even more confused than I already was :(

[@McDoucheVonDouche]

Forget fun. Pure addiction is the only way to go

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Hehe

[@yvindfinne9507]

Forget about food, family, friends and work. The factory is your nr.1 priority

[@mikeoxlong567]

@@yvindfinne9507 no.. i must eat... i must sleep.... ok ill get off in another hour

[@Dark_Reader]

I picked factorio quite recently and had been having fun with it, didn't play more than a few hours, trying to optimize and automate the base as much as I could and now looking at the first 12 minutes makes me wanna play it even more. I will hold off on watching this any longer as I found where I could improve the design more and learnt the nifty trick to balance which was the main pain that I was stuggling with. Will be back after I progress further, but man those clean transport lines were so pleasing to see.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Nice, hope you'll have plenty of fun with the game!;)

[@kylemendes7246]

Basically following this step by step learning a lot I think but fear once I get through this I’ll have no idea what to do after

[@detaaditya6237]

Hi Nathan! I really like how neat your bus base is. Ironically I was about to jump for modular base right away but the bus base you made hooked me! I've been playing for about 300 hours (still considered as late rookie) and I learned a lot from this video. So thanks!

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

That's good to hear, hope you keep enjoying the game!;)

[@jetles1091]

Thank you i just started this game and I love how you make us build stuff along the way and not showing us so we can learn and actually be good at the game

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Glad you see it this way! Have fun with the game;)

[@sergiogomezvidales5147]

Oh, boy! Good ol' Factorio again. As much as I love the Oxygen not included series, I'm a big fan of this as well. Looking forward to this series now, no matter how long it takes to release a new video, as I know how time consuming such a long episode, as edited as your videos are, will take to make

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Will certainly take some time, but I'm hooked again to the game, so good time;)

[@Robbbbb1011]

So glad I found this video & channel, really look forward to the next Factorio episode, building a mega base is the most fun part for me in the game. Have a sub

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Thanks so much for the sub!;)

[@Saki630]

I enjoy how much effort you put into making videos for this channel. I havent been here in years since I got hooked watching you make something on Cities Skylines. Your voice a familiar friend and watched this intently.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Really appreciate you cam back for a visit;)

[@davidburton9197]

Glad to see factorio making a return

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Good;)

[@cursenki-9096]

the fact that i havent pressed forward once on this 1 hour vid is amazing i am genuinely having fun watching you play this game

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Great to hear you had a good time watching:)

[@cursenki-9096]

@@Nathans-Sandbox you deserve my sub man

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Thanks so much, really appreciated! Good timing with the new series I launched yesterday.

[@cursenki-9096]

@@Nathans-Sandbox ok i will watch that to :)

[@atlasfailedatlas1557]

Instead of using filter inserters transfer a particular item from one belt to another. You can use splitters and set a filter. So you don't need power.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

True, would have been faster there probably!

[@lilyjade6456]

bro singlehandedly improved my knowledge of this game 10 times over within the first 20 minutes

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Awesome;)

[@dr.thunder5014]

Despite having a steady linear path (science tree wise), the skill cap for this game is very high. You make that very apparent.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

It is deeper than one would think yes;)

[@rafaelbiriba]

I love factorio and oxygen not included, and now we have both series. I am in love!

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

😘

[@Tewty11]

@20:48, u can use loaders to transfer science between labs, so you only need to feed 1 lab with belts of science, and then a loader inbetween each will just feed it into the end most lab.

[@JRHainsworth]

20:00 The last piercing mag assembler isn’t working because the long inserter has no belt

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@akopatato]

as someone that just got the game, I wasn't quite expecting you to literally beat the game in 1 episode under 1 hour lol XD

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

It was more like 40 hours;) Check out my latest Factorio series, it's step by step to megabase, there you will learn more about the game;)

[@akopatato]

will definitively check it out thanks

[@Jc3Films]

This video is the first of yours I’ve seen. Already subbed and addicted 😂

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Thank you so much;)

[@4everanimeboy]

I just like te way you talk man! Don't get me wrong, it just makes me feel like i am playing/deciding what to do together with you :)

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Hehe that is good!;)

[@erod425]

I have been watching this video in 1 min intervals for the last week as I learn to play Factorio. Thanks mate

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Hehe fun journey to learn the game;)

[@gmlviper]

Remember that "no capes!" thing? Oh well, this guy is "NO BUFFERS!"

[@TieflingKumasi]

STRATOGUHL

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@noahridge8189]

I just got this game about 2 months ago, after watching this video my mindset has changed to "If you think it's big enough, make it bigger".

[@lonelyPorterCH]

so thats why you have been playing it in the background in cities skylines^^ edit: damn, thats really a megabase, that thing is huge I don't want to know how many hours this single video took ;P

[@pbice]

36:03 39:43 It seems that you forgot the other half of the green circuit production line. Your factory is totally mission-oriented, and labs doing research never stop. Nice work!

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@AveragePDGamer]

this video was made a year ago, and yet he still comments to recent comments. what a chad

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Of course, the video age doesn't matter, I'm happy with wherever people take the time to write something;)

[@rembrandtpoelzer7311]

This was such a powerful title, and it drew me in. First time watching you! you're great! Subscribed!

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Thanks, really appreciated.

[@udinroslee8598]

Doest expecting you to play factorio but we welcome it

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Good:)

[@NapalonyMurzynianin]

Rip english

[@tylarroy2395]

@@NapalonyMurzynianin I know right

[@oldkid820]

Did you have a stroke?

[@ComerGamer]

​@@oldkid820 Isn't(Doesn't means does(do not)not, isn't means is not). Expecting you to play factorio and(but is a means of saying something else is more correct

[@firefoxx01]

he literally beat the game in one episode… i’ve never even played this game but this is insane

[@myhops]

Try the demo, it's free on steam. It's honestly one of the coolest games I've ever played.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@s2260]

Damnnnn!! Its so satisfying to watch this. The dude just automated factorio

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍☺

[@nicolasholler7120]

Hallo Nathan :) Factorio ist eins meiner liebsten spiele (600+ Stunden) und ich bin so Froh das du Factoryo gameplay hochlädst

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

The factory has to grow!;)

[@nicolasholler7120]

Of course ;)

[@nerdi5]

making it look easy! I really like the video. Nice explanations and generally pretty cool video. :)

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Glad you liked it, thanks;)

[@nerdi5]

@@Nathans-Sandbox I'm at part 7 in the playlist right now. I really like the series and what you did with the base. :D

[@jetles1091]

Thank you sooooo much I just started and I wanted a main bus but no other tutorials had one

[@collinbbbb]

I could listen to this guy talk all day about anything

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

I wish you were one of my students!😂

[@JIMMYH2011]

Nathan! Excellent game to stream! Looking forward to it!

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@cheken4326]

Me: "Oh hey Nathan is playing factorio? This'll be a fun series, I know he likes to do things as quickly as possible but I'm sure this one will take some time to get started" Nathan: "In this first part of the series, we're looking to beat the game by launching a rocket" Oh..

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Hehe I won't lie, it was the third recording attempt and it took me a good while to relearn the game;)

[@aldenstromberg7273]

This is like a compilation of things I looked back on and thought I should've done that but I'll just keep doing it my inefficient way

[@Nhatanh0475]

Sir you're very smart. When I play this game, I always end up using all the material, even in the tutorial mode and still struggle to build massive structure setup like you cause in the end the resource would all gone and I don't know how to continue from that.

[@Nhatanh0475]

Like how I always use up all the metal for ammo.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Once you switch to trains and can tap into multiple veins it becomes less of a struggle.

[@kylemilford5968]

This is insane! No idea what this game is and just watched it straight through from the beginning lol

[@zygimantasjocius4906]

It's very good video for that. I playing factorio a lot, but never seen anyone made video with clean factory and fast editing!

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍😉

[@zygimantasjocius4906]

I playing Factorio a lot, but never seen anyone's video with clean factory and fast editing! You are insaen man. Love watching you play!

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Appreciate it!:)

[@ImMonoToast]

The video was amazing I really like your editing style A tip about copper cables they take up more space than copper plates so when possible try to directly insert it into another factory that will use it XD Great first episode when episode 2 come out

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Next one should be ready tomorrow, it's about planning the mega base and setting up the ground structure.

[@Chavez92]

At 17:20 the entire research lab layout changes. Is there a reason for that. I was trying to build along but this made it quite difficult :(

[@Chavez92]

I mean, I get why you did it. Just wondering why there was no foresite to this and why you glossed over it

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

I'm sorry, this series wasn't really meant to build along, I glossed over many aspects that I changed. I do have a very detailed Factorio series (still ongoing). There I mention everything I do. It's 19 episodes to beat the base game instead of just 1.;)

[@Chavez92]

The step-by-step one?

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Yes

[@Talki200]

God, you made that look so easy. Great vid. Hope there's more👍

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

There will be;)

[@DavidLindes]

All the pain and difficulty parts are on the editing room floor. ;)

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@sebbecarlsson]

Young Werner Herzog narrating a factorio vid. Love it

[@shaqtaku]

New series hyyyypeeee!

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@Trupen]

9:00 I'm confused right now

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Too many splits! I feel honored seeing you here, I thought nothing confuses you;)

[@58209]

what a title for episode 1!

[@ws_stelzi79]

Hm a Factorio series from about 18 months ago that isn't using the established default structures like combined ore-coal smelting columns and the normal 3 to 2 Green Circuits array. Also the 4x4 balancers has one additional Splitter in the middle. I guess Nathan is fairly new Factorio player - at September 2021.

[@BROADBANNED]

Got 80 hours in the game and just automating blue sceince. This was a nice starter base. Cant imagine what a megabase would look like.

[@blakemoran7251]

Awesome idea about feeding the burner Mining drills into each other💡 at five minutes I noticed you putting your science packs into the laboratories each individually. Personally I like to put a chest at the beginning and then and then an inserter. I put them between my labs so the science packs get transferred automatically.

[@blakemoran7251]

12:00 what was your reasoning for building over the copper deposit?

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

The shape of the factory was more important to me than the deposit.

[@zackerytyler7021]

Each city block is how many concrete placements width and height wise? I could never settle for how large a block should be?

[@lukasneugebauer2462]

Well I think you deserved my like as soon as I saw your video in my inbox

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Thank you!

[@nuggets1356]

late to the party on this series lol. glad i stumbled on it though. i just started playing this game and its far more complex than something like satisfactory or even oxygen not included. I thought i was a small brain before watching this and now i feel like i have a really small brain lol. you make automation games look so simple. and yet i cant wrap my brain around what youre doing half the time lol. hopefully ill pick up a thing or two from watching. i enjoy your videos a lot, especially your stuff on oxygen not included. i learned a lot about that game from watching your videos so hopefully ill some about this game from watching these.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

This video is a crazy cut from about 40 hours of gameplay. If you're really interested in learning the game (I can recommend), my newest series on it is a step by step to megabase project going into much more detail;)

[@rizi619]

I like this format of 1 hour episoide, waiting for next episoide

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@galdorofnihelm6798]

New to your channel and I loved this video, idk if you have seen Songs of Syx, but honestly I think that is a game you would love too seeing how much you loved the drones in factorio, would love seeing you play a series on that

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Thanks for the suggestion, I wrote it down and will check it out some time;)

[@tjorbim]

Great video ... due to you, I found out that I can enter the train ... I used to walk ... you saved a LOT time :D Thanks

[@magdalenanoe4993]

Oh no

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

😉

[@SomeGuy-ty7kr]

omg, Nathan playing factorio! Hyyyype!!!!!

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

😁

[@proxyuk]

Your 4 lane belt balancer is wrong - you are balancing the 2 middle belts twice. The splitter that's on belts 2 and 3 at the end, needs to be at the very end of the balancer. The end of the balancer should looks like a triangle pointing down the 4 lanes. Hope that makes sense. Great series - Keep up the good work.

[@trevorsplits2717]

Awright was waiting for u to do this, after skylines not included hahah, keep it up sir and thank you for entertaining

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

My pleasure, great game;)

[@Digital_Renaissance81]

I think that Map Exchange String doesnt work with the release of Space Age, patch.

[@ShaneMoorhead]

You make the chaos seem logical and apparent

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

😉

[@Caistrophytum8048]

New series? LETS GO!

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@GandBeckz]

So do you usually not setup fluid storage tanks? Great video!

[@kicurek007]

Hey Nathan i dunno becasue i played it a while ago but back in my days u could use solid fuel in boilers.

[@jemsterr]

That is still an option, if you find that easier.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@nemonautilus1967]

My Life needed thia serie

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

😂

[@tatersalad3417]

I have never played or seen anyone play factorio, and now I'm scared to buy it, this looks insane.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

I can only recommend it, looks more complicated than it is;)

[@sewerhunk5327]

Well you need to change the title of this video. I just started this game a few days ago. Every time I looked up assembly new player guide I got videos on keyboard shortcuts and how to do very minor things. This video is great for a beginner.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

I have another series that goes more into details. I made it after this series with the knowledge applied that we made here.

[@benjaminwoolstenhulme9948]

The base looks like a freakin circuit board. Epic. :)

[@Nhatanh0475]

So sad that most if not all my favorite game on your channel have so little view. Also realize this part 1 is 1 hour long lol. I'm I the only one watch it from start to end? Even when I don't even watch my own video from start to end like I usually do to your channel.

[@Nickgowans]

Madness, you take your first mining drill and place it on coal? I normally just chop wood and break rocks until I have a decent amount of fuel then focus straight onto iron production

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Why? To save time? Took me a minute to get another drill going, I wasn't speedrunning this;)

[@Nickgowans]

@@Nathans-Sandbox it really doesn't matter all that much, it's just an unusual approach. Normally I go straight for iron then use my furnace to start producing plates. Early fuel is usually better from trees and rocks.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@jamesseraph8813]

I have watched enough of your videos now. Its time to subscribe.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Hehe thanks!

[@ddh97]

Wow this is awesome brooo

[@TopaT0pa]

Fantastic episode! Haven't had an hour fly by like that for a while. Thanks Nathan =)

[@ggp-ok2eo]

squeak through is a good mod if you want to do a mostly vanilla run btw

[@lukkon_tuk]

Hmm Factorio , I was thinking: Is it really necessary to place the wooden chest next to the furnace?, or you can make a separate room where you can place different types of chest to be able to make as a storage place? I do not know the game It is the first time I see it.

[@DavidLindes]

I recommend trying it, and finding out. :)

[@idkanymore6897]

i heard using a burner inserter can help prevent power deathspirals because they dont need power to function, just coal i dont play factorio much so cant confirm this

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@SARSteam]

Awesome playthrough ! Thanx for sharing !

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

My pleasure!

[@Dingleberrycrunch36]

Im still in the very early game, how do you decide how many assemblers of each item are needed per belt for the main bus? Example: you use 4 gear unit assemblers per belt. How does the math work?

[@jorgesalinas3367]

You have to do math and check your outputs but it will be obvious when your belts are not so full

[@Soonmor0]

Remember that belt immunity equipment always consumes 100kW, even when you don't stand on belts. That means that you need 4 solar panels to power that alone.

[@Multifire]

The tutorial took me 14 hours. This guy made my shitty tutorial base look like a children's playpen in mere minutes.

[@juegoscubicos4410]

He protecc He attacc BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY He make factory grow

[@grandfremdling3841]

Thats interesting. Really factorio and very own designs. Nice

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

👍

[@RD-iq1bj]

Im being filtered hard by this game/video. But in my defense, this is the first time I hear of Factorio, and I am very interested.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

It's definitely a game worth the learning curve!;)

[@jammygiinger625]

Will there be a episode 2 anytime soon? Loving the series so far!

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Yes, but you can imagine it takes a while. Especially now that I cannot play. Haven't been able to play games a single minute this week. Wife is away for a week.

[@jammygiinger625]

@@Nathans-Sandbox oh yeah definitely, sorry if I came off a bit inpatient. Just desperate for the next episode. Thanks for replying.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

I wasn't offended or anything, just replied with my excuse why it takes a while. ;)

[@Atimoz]

1:56 what key shortcut is he using to collect the coal without having to use the interface

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Collect stuff on the ground with f, I also recommend you to have a look through the shortcut list in game, it is great;)

[@Atimoz]

@@Nathans-Sandbox thank you I will look for it

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Oh I also noticed you can collect it with right mouse button, but running through it is faster.

[@flyingmindzofficial6891]

I am using your video as a guide. It's unbelievably helpful. Ty so much 😊

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Glad it helps;)

[@janejane4947]

Ok.. I only saw up to 30 min of the video and have a question. Why 4 lines of iron plates and copper plates each for the main bus? I see you only use the very top and bottom ones only. what is the use of the middle 2 lines?

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

I only extract from the 2 outer lines but I use up all lines (because of the balancer)

[@janejane4947]

@@Nathans-Sandbox ok... why not just have two lines and balance them?

[@VinyZikss]

Hey bro you got that blueprint saved somewhere of the intersection and unloading for the train (at minute 59:39)

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Probably not anymore, if it's not in the description.

[@VautourDX]

I really enjoyed this and I love the neat layout.

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

Glad you did!;)

[@BA-cd4pn]

Hey Nathan, can you tell us where you get the Information for „we need xyz of that in order to get xyz in that amount“

[@Nathans-Sandbox]

From factorio calculators on the internet, might have shown a little of it in the episodes.