How to Play From The Depths - New Players Guide on Building & Gameplay

[@dreadpiratelenny1348]

Thank you. You're becoming the Scott Manley of FtD.

[@GMODISM]

Haha that is quite awesome lol ✨

[@GMODISM]

Haha! Thanks mate

[@sveinhongset4725]

@@GMODISM key baset mode is comfusing at first but at like 50-200

[@zsdfasdfas]

Wish there was something like this during my first 80h of FtD! Great job and to anyone new that's watching, have fun with the game!

[@GMODISM]

Hey thanks man!

[@SuwinTzi]

Nearly 50minute long tutorial "Now wait a minute this is ridiculous-" On building in From the Depths "Nevermind carry on."

[@GMODISM]

haha yeah it's kinda "short" compared to how much it covers lol

[@justicegaminginc]

Got the game a while ago but got turned away from it due to the complexity, decided to look up a tutorial and here I am

[@GMODISM]

Welcome, you will find many tips in the instant tutorial playlist once you got the basics!

[@stuartp2006]

How'd it work out?

[@justicegaminginc]

@@stuartp2006 well I was able to actually build a ship and gun but then it got too heavy and sank

[@greankung1301]

Recommend to newbie FTD player just build small first do them work and use prefab from game for another content like engine weapon or AI section and learn from it before create own 1 because prefab from game are function content .

[@littlecreeper8543]

I’ve been playing this game for years but always sucked and took long breaks, I’ve found a newfound love for building games and factory games and just designing my own builds and I’m getting back into the game, glad these tutorials exist now since even with a general understanding of the game from playing before there are a lot of smaller things I missed that just make everything easier, like making cannons actually hit their shots…

[@JosephDiveley]

Building is very easy in Mouse mode and that is what I always use. The real issue with this game is getting AI and Control functions to work right. In the end, it will feel like you need a degree in ACB and AI behavior settings. Everything else is easy peasy with just a little practice. I recommend making a cheat sheet for your ACB settings and AI settings that WORK. Then GOD help you when you go to start using spinner blocks because the game sure wont LOL!!!

[@kadrikarakoc807]

exactly i started very recently and it is ok. not smooth like crossout but no real issue. Real problem is part previews so bright and complicated when building. i can't see facing of part so many times. They could basically show faded version of the exact part, bu this shows a colored block with arrow.

[@GravitWry]

I just bought the game today, built alongside this video and it's crazy familiar the game is, it's like a mix between TerraTech/SpaceEnginners and MachineCraft. I'm quite excited with what kind of flying mechs I can built and recreate my builds from other games.

[@GMODISM]

Welcome to the channel, you might find it hard to get into but I made a tutorial for most things and are making new ones for the rest, got a playlist called instant tutorials, recommend it warmly!

[@Smokasaurus]

I used to watch creators play this game, I guess they mostly skipped or sped up their building... This game is sooo much more complex than I even imagined.

[@GMODISM]

Yeah it's a deep game man

[@PontusViktorSjogren]

Im up at 400h of FTP and like you said, even 1000h aint much! I just learned that J faces the block the way you're aiming, i really do enjoy all of your videos and im learning so much. FTP just became so much more enjoyable!

[@GMODISM]

Welcome to the channel and with your present knowledge I'm sure the instant tutorial playlist should be able to fill in some gaps!

[@Gumpasia]

I'm thinking about buying this game very soon. I've played an submarine fighting game on my 3DS as a child so I think building epic ships will be fun

[@GMODISM]

Very fund but hard - if you get it check out my instant tutorial playlist to save time ^^

[@OR56]

I played it for the first time today, and I can’t get a tiny ship to not throw itself into the air and back and forth all the time.

[@Gumpasia]

@@OR56Yeah it's by far the most complicated game I have ever seen. But one day I would like to take a closer look and understand how it works

[@britishneko3906]

"you bought the game and now the game is holding you hostage on what the fuck is a CIWS" -me to myself

[@GMODISM]

Well I got like 3 different CIWS instant tutorials so you should be covered!

[@britishneko3906]

@@GMODISM yeah watched one of em... still don't get it but at least now my MIs wouldn't just spam at a cram 20km away

[@GMODISM]

@@britishneko3906 Well there are some different ways to do them XD Good luck

[@britishneko3906]

@@GMODISM I will be needing that luck very much so sir.... good gosh why did I make a ship with 10× 45mm CIWS?

[@mattford3627]

my friend and i played this yesterday. ill admit its hard to learn but fun

[@GMODISM]

Check my instant tutorials series for more help when you got the basics like in this video ^^

[@kadrikarakoc807]

i bought this recently and still building my hull (turned out a 50m long jetski btw :D). But everyone plays and talk about AI controlled weapons i don't know why. Is there no fire control system which we can control weapons from bridge?

[@GMODISM]

Yes, there are multiple videos in my instant tutorial series I would recommend, the first video, and the manual control of weapons and craft, as well as the ai and detection tutorials. It works to control one craft yourself, but if you wanna bring backup or if you want aa guns to be automatically shooting and targeting you need ai.

[@drachma1651]

I know this is kind of an old video at this point. But do you have a video that explains how the mag sizes work for APS? I always get this problem where the mags/barrel never line up and I'll have to scale it down to a seemingly random number so that the mags/barrel fit. Is it based on the size of the clips? 1x1 vs 1x2 ect?

[@GMODISM]

Well, my aps instant tutorial and any of the aps turret tutorials, the newer are better :)

[@Allan_Lugia]

following your tutorial. Very good in the beginning. Hard to follow which menu`s and how you open them later.

[@GMODISM]

Glad to hear that, more will come!

[@benmohatun]

Sorry GMODISM but this introductory episode is too much all over the place. You assume we already know a lot of the basics so you gloss over most aspects of the mechanics while doing very unnecessary stuff. I think you did this episode off the top of your head instead of preparing in advance what you wanted to deal with. I liked how you started with menu options before diving into how to build a ship but you should have been more methodical and paced on what each option meant. Speaking of pace, you started relatively easy but you quickly picked your pro Depthian player speed back up so it soon became hard to follow what you were doing. For example, I also quickly realised how better it was to use the keyboard but you didn't mention the left click/right click thing when placing blocks which seems very important and basic to me. I like the way you explain things, so my suggestion to you is to do this episode all over again but *prepare in advance* what points you want to explain, starting with very basic stuff (no APS etc...) like camera, movement, placing blocks, and pace yourself keeping in mind you're explaining the game to noobs. Speaking of noobs, my advice to them is to do every single tutorial and guide in-game, more than once if necessary, so they can keep up with you and understand better how to control a ship, power it, equip it with guns, build cannons, have it controlled by an AI and so on.

[@GMODISM]

That's valid, some people think that it possible to watch just one tutorial to get a hang of the game, this was my forst try for that. However I much recommend my instant tutorials instead where all parts are planned and very specific. We got basic stuff as the first episode there so check it out!

[@benmohatun]

@@GMODISM See that's my point: you can't understand a game by watching a single tutorial, let alone a gale line FTD.. that's why you gotta take it easy and try to remember how intimidating it can be to us dimwits 😅 I'm sure some day you'll do it all over again since you're obviously a fan of the game and god knows how lacking tutorials are on youtube for ftd... But thanks for answering that's pretty cool to take time for your subscribers I know it's very demanding

[@snowdrop9810]

good thing i got used to mouse based and now cant exit it

[@GMODISM]

SWITCH TO KEYBOARD MODE NOW (plzzzz)

[@panzer_waffle4150]

Hello i have a question regarding this game, when i attack an enemy ship or something i can only use one of my ships and not multiple during combat, i can only use the other ones once the first one dies.

[@GMODISM]

Sounds like max volume for fights are kinda small, you can increase this however, or make ships smaller for the fights and you can have several.

[@panzer_waffle4150]

@@GMODISM thank you, i realized it was a problem with the slider :)

[@hotgirl7772]

I HAVE TO STOP THE VIDEO 20X TIMES TO DO ONE THING SLOW DOWN MAN

[@GMODISM]

Well mate, this is a one stop shop, but my instant tutorials are really better....

[@olivererlandsson30]

This guy is slow for me wth lmao

[@joebob694]

don't forget munition warners or else the CIWS controller can't see anything

[@GMODISM]

Munitions warners help, but they are more important for aps ciws. Nowadays the detection from the AI also help detect incoming projectiles

[@joebob694]

@@GMODISM that's really interesting! I didn't know ai could detect munitions

[@no3ironman11100]

@@joebob694 It's unnafected by instability, 90° detection has better sight than 360°. (and obviously trackers can't detect themselves). Just read the descriptions, different factors from propeller sound to radar profiles or thrust signature can affect detection range using detection. Munition warners do get 100° FOV or something and track for a second after the projectile goes out of view, and they have 20% extra range over radar, however they'll bleed range as you move faster.

[@GMODISM]

@@joebob694 It is the only way to detect torpedoes too, since munition warners dont like water you gotta use a active sonar combined with a passive sonar, should catch them all!

[@jacketjukeboxes2336]

Can someone help me So when I click the middle mouse button to go into mouse mode It doesn't work I went to key binds and I can't Find it can someone give me some directions

[@brodykirtzinger6138]

thank you so much i have been trying to play from the depths for years but never found a guide that helped make sense of everything . i just accepted ide probably not get it and just watched others play on youtube. because of your quick and well explained guide i now get alot of the fundamentals i was missing, down with mouse builder for starts! once again thank you and i cant wait to watch more of your videos and get to building some cool stuff!

[@GMODISM]

Welcome to the channel and you can fill in your missing gaps with the "instant tutorials" ^^

[@Pr00ch]

tbh the key based one is more clunky most of the time

[@GMODISM]

Its really not, it's the only way to play the game, but takes some time getting used to. It's worth it!

[@rayji6501]

Great video man. Even tho its 50 mins long it still covers all the essential points in an udnerstandable manner.

[@GMODISM]

Haha thanks mate! Stay tuned and check the instant tutorials!

[@digitalphear1960]

Oh God I forgot.. I love the ocean as much as markiplier

[@crimzonplays1134]

I'm fairly sure my system can run this game. I'm just thinking it i'll spend as long as I think in it. Sure, I've played FPS, Scrap Mechanic and Forza, but I doubt I have the Eye for detail I'd need in a game like this.

[@GMODISM]

You can run it, the lowest settings run on potatoes, and by the time you have learned this game well (takes years) you might have a new computer to enjoy building 1M battleship with lots of details, as its always smarter to start building small in FTD

[@NovaTheAngel]

This is still too fast and you're skipping all about the connectors and you're going through the menus way to fast. You use fast keybindings shortcuts and the like. How the hell is a beginner supposed to follow along here? I tried the in-game "learn to play" and it could only help so much. I tried to go into adventure mode and I keep getting blasted before I even get my first gun working.

[@GMODISM]

I'd recommend my series of "instance tutorials" while I try its impossible to cover everything in a short video lile this one

[@gustaveliasson5395]

This needs some timestamps.

[@GMODISM]

Haha yes please help me XD

[@sleep_deprived_stormworker]

planning on getting the game tomorrow, this is going to be a real helpful playlist to have saved.

[@GMODISM]

Welcome to the depths!

[@digitalphear1960]

Welcome to tutorial... doesn't say how to place blocks.. or really do anything like quick select those slopes.. think I'll play the in game tutorial

[@GMODISM]

check the instant tutorial series and start from the first video, it covers those basic stuff in the first video better than this one.

[@digitalphear1960]

@@GMODISM no worries figured it out xD you can make just broken stuff if you just pay attention to rules lol

[@BecauseIllNeverBeHim]

Tank tutorial

[@GMODISM]

Yeah mine is old and bad, needs updating!

[@BecauseIllNeverBeHim]

*then update it*

[@jhesteraizen734]

i got ftd as my present and i have played it for 6 HOURS straight and im still at the start of the adventure. Thankfully i found this playlist as i was getting absolutely BOMBARDED WITH MISSILES by an aircraft and it was to fast to even hit

[@nighteye4042]

I couldn't get mine to move, thinking they changed the basic ai module so I'm gonna try doing a tutorial to make my own ai and see if that fixes it

[@GMODISM]

The instant tutorials covers parts in better detail, I’d check that out but a fundamental change wasn’t made since I uploaded this

[@nighteye4042]

@@GMODISM Weird, gonna have try again

[@psykology9299]

Dont listen to the purists! Mouse Mode is GOAT!

[@GMODISM]

..... No comment

[@BattleDroid-sd4rp]

TIMESTAMPS (reminder to self to refresh page or youtube looses your edits apparently) I wish you would say what blocks you are using when you start building stuff I can't tell and you just fly the mouse over them and close the menu sometimes in under a second where I have to watch the video in slow motion to see "what the hell is he building" wtf is that thing he grabbed out of the menu. 16:17 SETTING UP AI 18:20 AI TRACKING CONNECTOR BLOCK + WIFI RECIEVER + LASER TRACKER + CAMERA 20:04 ENGINE BUILD 21:48 something disabling the AI driving 24:05 PAINTING 25:30 CONTROLS 26:30 WEAPONS 28:35 Missile time 🚀🚀 30:26 Block Turrets 33:07 controlling turrets 34:00 CRAM turret? 37:38 defense 44:31 SHIELDS

[@GMODISM]

I will post your timestamps so they are in video too :) So, tried to cover everything as fast as possible, I'll try to remember that for future big videos like this. Please check out my "instant tutorials" as the first episodes of them walk through things in more detail.

[@xela79]

This vid came out at a perfect time

[@GMODISM]

Awesome!

[@WiseOwl_1408]

Controls be confusing

[@GMODISM]

Got a instant tutorial diving into that in more details :)

[@coleward7782]

I could not for the life of me figure out ai thanks

[@glyfleball]

Kept getting videos recommended to me and I haven’t played a sandbox in YEARS. This is right up my alley, so I’ll probably be buying tonight. I’m gonna binge this whole playlist 😅

[@GMODISM]

Welcome to a game more complex than most sandbox games ever wamt to be, hope you either are on the spectra or have an engineering degree, preferably both you'll need it XD

[@glyfleball]

@@GMODISM Ironically I’m peer reviewed on the former and engineering is going to be my major LOL. I’m going through the essentials tutorial right now and I’m absolutely ENTHRALLED by all of these different systems and components. I’m going to finish it later tomorrow, maybe do all the missile tutorials too, and hop into the designer mode for a couple hours 😅

[@ВодилаДанил]

Здарова-здарова

[@r.a.6016]

Do you think a laptop (Acer Aspire E15) could run FtD somewhat OK?

[@GMODISM]

Yes probably, but check the sysreq, because there are many configurations, e15 does not tell me much tbh

[@r.a.6016]

Sorry, I'm not overly techy. Just checkey the sysreq, all is good except for the video card. Requires an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / AMD Radeon HD 7800 series and I have a NVIDIA GeForce MX230. Is that bad?@@GMODISM

[@아옳옳-r4i]

I bought a game this time. Thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@GMODISM]

Hope you enjoy it! And welcome to the channel for more regular tips!

[@aut_x_bomb6511]

just bought the game so thanks

[@GMODISM]

Welcome to the channel, my instant tutorials are good to watch first episode of ;)

[@thekrampuselbananoquevivee9947]

what are the names of the songs used on the video?

[@GMODISM]

It's all from new world, this times Shenzhen global and echo chamber :)

[@thekrampuselbananoquevivee9947]

@@GMODISM thanks

[@lieutenantgonads]

The label "Mouse based (like other games)" in build options is just an insult to other games. Their implementation of mouse based building is so jank I think they shouldn't have even included it.

[@GMODISM]

Agreed, they made a superior build mode, no need to include that sub standard mouse based thing in FtD