Let's Build: Frontsider Airship, Part 1 - From the Depths

I FORGOT TO RAISE THE ROOF! And put it on top.
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Outro Music: Different Heaven: OMG: • Different Heaven - OMG...
Other music used:
Chris Haugen - Ibiza Dream
Dan Lebowitz - The Opening
Nat Keefe with The Bow Ties - Angeline the Baker
Chris Haugen - Tupelo Train
Dan Lebowitz - The Twister
Nat Keefe with The Bow Ties - Big Sciota
Chris Haugen - Way Out West
Dan Lebowitz - Wave in the Atmosphere
Nat Keefe with The Bow Ties - Sally Goodin
Doug Maxwell - Baroque Coffee House
Dan Bodan - Bike Sharing to Paradise
ABOUT THIS GAME
Summary:
In From the Depths you can build and take first-person command of battleships, planes, submarines, space ships, hot air balloons and more! The game is currently in alpha and contains a wide range of single player content including:
A creative mode allowing you to push your designs to the limit and ensure the total annihilation of your opponents.
A campaign waged over hundreds of islands against eight unique factions.
A Story Mode where you can (eventually!) play 15 missions as each of the eight factions - a fantastic mixture of strategy, design and wild battles! Defend your fleet against waves of enemy forces in a series of extremely tough challenges that unlock new components.
An expansive multiplayer and co-op element is planned for the coming months!
Key Features:
Design and build your fleet, fortresses and structures however you want. The alpha currently has over 400 unique components blocks, not including 29 different components for making missiles, torpedoes, depth charges and bombs.
The sky's the limit, you can equip your vehicle with - cannons, lasers, mines, bombs, missiles, torpedoes, propellers, rudders, jet engines, wings, hydrofoils, hot air balloons, anchors, fire control computers, blueprint spawners, repair bots, air pumps, automated control blocks and many, many more!
Realistic physics - every block destroyed or added affects the vehicle's functionality, physics and control. Drag, inertia tensors, buoyancy and sealed compartments are all updated based on the design of your vehicle and the damage sustained.
Be part of a fantastic community: (www.fromthedept..., with new releases made on average once a week. Community organised challenges and blueprint sharing make it an extremely friendly place to hang out!
Customisable Components:
The customisable components in From the Depths allow a unique level of engineering customisation:
- Design custom missiles, bombs, depth charges and torpedoes by combining various warheads types, fuse types, IR seekers, laser beam riders, laser designators, thrusters, navigation algorithms, fuel pods, sonar seekers, buoyancy compartments and propellers, to deliver a truly bespoke weapon.
- Design custom cannons by combining four different barrel types and lengths with autoloaders, warhead types, ammo boxes and auxiliary components to create everything from AA cannons to howitzers.
- Design custom AI by combing an AI mainframe with 'AI cards' slotted into motherboard blocks. Add radar detection, laser detection and tracking and local weapon controllers to give partial or full control to AI. Create anything from a fully AI controlled aircraft carrier to a battery powered drone.
- Design custom engines using crank shafts, cylinders, carburetors, super chargers, exhausts and fuel injectors. Electric engines, generators and chargers are also available for backup power supplies and drones.
- Similar systems exist for the creation of anti-vehicle and anti-missile lasers, as well as drills that can cut even the largest of battleships in half.
I had nothing to do with the development of this game. All rights to From the Depths belong to Brilliant Skies Limited. Please do not upload this video elsewhere without my permission.

[@Inferno-MT4]

best part of this build: Pink Floyd. 10/10 musical taste.

[@xmm8299]

Your gauge snakes and APSs in general are getting better and better, although these ones can be *slightly* optimized! Also, great build, this kobold canoe/ship hybrid, this might be your most cost efficient build so far by the looks of things, it is very meta and very masterfully built all around so far, so yeah, great job, I really enjoyed the build video!

[@BorderWise12]

Thank you! Very much a WIP build, but I'm liking how it's going so far! 😀

[@aperson2814]

Wow, so far this looks like one of my airships but not poorly made in nearly every aspect imaginable like mine. Great job so far.

[@BorderWise12]

Aww, thanks! Keep making 'em. You'll get better. :)

[@macaroni8273]

HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 2700 SUBS!? YOU DESERVE SO MUCH MORE, MAYBE 300K

[@macaroni8273]

HOW DID YOU REPLY TO THIS COMMENT AT 12:00!?!? ( guess it is my fault for making the comment so late) It is 1:00

[@BorderWise12]

Time zones. :D

[@macaroni8273]

Another very fast reply O_O

[@macaroni8273]

:D dude it is VERY late, lol

[@Damaddok82]

With minimal effort that hull could be repurposed to be a very fast and very good looking ship.

[@gabrieldesmarais3394]

So many times... So gosh darn many times have I built a ship and thought I could remember which side is the front to then realize I built it backwards once it was almost finished. Why have I never thought of painting the front!?!

[@Justfalor]

"I'm gonna try to make this not canoe shaped" Borderwise ever since xD

[@dok3304]

Hm. I enjoy the amount of cannon, however.. *Still not enuff Dakka.*

[@reign_of_stuka8991]

Have you heard about our lord and saviour Gatling Cannons

[@suddencrysis3134]

@@reign_of_stuka8991 I believe I have met the lord the ship made entirely of ap anti-air miniguns much dakka.

[@reign_of_stuka8991]

@@suddencrysis3134 Not enough find more

[@suddencrysis3134]

@@reign_of_stuka8991 more dakka hmmm a giant mingun made of more mingund where everything is made of minguns and you can see minguns on the microscopic level

[@mrsubscribe3498]

@@suddencrysis3134 somehow, it's not quite there yet...

[@danluckins4071]

IMPORTANT @borderwise USE PID! PLS it is 1000 times faster, easier, more efficient, easier on block count, easier on cpu and ram, and is as round wheels are better than square wheels to use than your rage inducing ACB faffery. the following settings work for every PID (pitch/yaw/roll/ect) and vessel no matter it's size/weight/balance/maneuvering/ect. 0.5/max/0.5 it will take about 10 seconds to try for yoruself, add PID's to any vessel you have. I beg you to try it, please please. I will give you money to try it. I will do "favors" for you to try it. I love your FTD vids but they make me motion sick and give me a headache

[@PerfectDeath4]

yeah i generally use ACBs for things that do not need frequent activation, like shields, because i can set the "check" to run every 30s or so.

[@BorderWise12]

... ok, I will try those PID settings, but I promise nothing.

[@BorderWise12]

Holy damn, those settings work. Thanks! :D

[@danielsandberg9365]

@@BorderWise12 Those settings are simple to setup but I'm sorry to tell you this but they have their own issues. If you have the integral at max your PID becomes reasonably stable when the craft is undamaged. However due to your high integral your PID won't update to damages being taken, in other words it'll mess up horribly with damage. Just be aware that this is basically just using a PD controller, a sort of middle ground between ACB controls and PID controls! TLDR ; PID 0.5/max/0.5 good but bad

[@BorderWise12]

Thanks for that. It's just nice to have an idiot-proof place to start with them.

[@rickregina5053]

Interesting airship. I should get back to playing FTD again, after a good 5 month break.

[@lsswappedcessna]

That's some nice engine construction you have there. I'm getting better, but for small ships it can be hard to build them so neatly, so mostly mine are all compacted down with a mess of pipes and turbos and superchargers going every which way. If I want UNLIMITED POWA, I use steam because it's simpler.

[@leetheeagle7264]

Watching this cause i realized yesterday i have no clue how frontsider tetris works lol.

[@borderlands25]

Sorry @Borderwise, I'd been looking at how to use props for stable flight. I had gone through way to many videos only to see skip passed setting up the PID with props to gain flight.

[@CreeperDude-cm1wv]

Cool! I am planning on making a front Sider as my next craft and the vid will help a lot.

[@OldManGankins]

OwO love you border thank you for this

[@BorderWise12]

You're welcome! :)

[@normal6969]

Good old building frenzy :D

[@danieldeak9141]

I tried making my frontsider. It kinda works. Although it needs adjustments.

[@ilackcreativityinnames6348]

Just saying, if you want to do the bobbing thing, you probably don't want to set the accuracy to 0.10 as the gun will never shoot because the gun will practically never be on target. Also, the longer the barrel the more time it'll take to train the guns onto the target, subsequently having to re-aim every time it bobs.

[@csfelfoldi]

Plus if you are bobbing this much you can't get away with just front shields, cause timed shells will explode under and above the craft... Learned this the hard way.....

[@spaceian9543]

Also, if it fits, it sits.

[@redimperator2527]

I build a lot of 8m super cannons, try using large hesh, he, he, he, sec heat, he, he, basebl. It is a nasty shell that can gut most things in a single shot

[@xmm8299]

I use very similar shell, although I usually put frag frag frag instead of sec heat he he, just for the general purpose higher damage against things with shields and spaced armour (ie bulwark), but yeah, 500mm hesh with 3 he heads is INSANE and I see sec heat being very effective too!

[@rabidr3aper213]

What's the best weapon for satellites, and is there a way to link behaviors/maneuvers to fleet move, patrols, etc.?

[@BorderWise12]

Lasers and missiles for the first question. For the second, what do you mean exactly?

[@rabidr3aper213]

@@BorderWise12 first off thanks, and sorry if it sounds dumb (im really new), but what i was thinking is about changing the ai for example- profile 1- 2000 alt. canted 90° forward, no bearing on enemy, strictly evade projectiles/ profile 2- 1000 alt., max distance broadside, engage all weapons.(basically what im asking is, can you automaticaly change activated cards, and mabe even change pid fake points)?

[@BorderWise12]

@@rabidr3aper213 Yes, you can change AI behaviours and PID fake points with ACBs. There's also the AI Breadboard, which is a world of logic that I know barely anything about that can have wonderful results if you know how to use it. :)

[@rabidr3aper213]

@@BorderWise12 Thank you so much! Everything from my cram cannons, to my aircraft stabilization I learned from your videos. Really appreciate it!

[@BorderWise12]

@@rabidr3aper213 You're welcome. :)

[@loserface3962]

i love pink floyd

[@thecanadiankiwibirb4512]

Your Tetris is atrocious

[@BorderWise12]

I know... I winged it this time.

[@torp6845]

Is there an actual technical advantage for having barrels longer than the "optimal barrel length for propellant burn"?

[@CreeperDude-cm1wv]

And more room for railgun magnets

[@kevinpark5691]

Don't make stuff out of light alloy. At the same cost, metal is way better for armour. Don't worry about it's mass, deli blades can lift pretty much about anything because you will almost always have room for them. Keep the thing up with PIDs and make sure you fine tune it to be really, really stable. It will take time, yes, but it adds a huge benefit to your accuracy, especially at 1000m and with noodle barrels.

[@BorderWise12]

I like to start with Alloy when making flying things, since it saves having to trim weight later. I'm probably going to convert most of the front to metal, though, since you're absolutely right about the armour and the thing's a bit rear-heavy. I'm only going to add PIDs if I really, REALLY need them. Most of the time I find I don't, but we'll see. Cheers! :)

[@seanwarren9357]

The deli blades at Subway are awesome!

[@ii4371]

@@BorderWise12 I think the bottom of the craft is a bit unarmored in some of the vulnerables bits.

[@Krensher]

BroderWise , anyone really, have a link for a small ship build?...

[@spaceian9543]

Still, great content. I'm actually SpaceDerp Ader but unfortunately, stupid me lost that acct password.

[@nrbeer1727]

hi

[@LeafseasonMagbag]

Can you make something with railguns?

[@BorderWise12]

Sure! I was planning to make a railgun tutorial and then a railgun-toting ship at some point. :)

[@Galvin09670]

@@BorderWise12 Can't wait to see, been looking for a good railgun tutorial.

[@superminer1993]

hey do you like the new frontal AI cart?

[@BorderWise12]

Not really? Haven't been able to get it to work for me yet...

[@superminer1993]

@@BorderWise12 I haven't tried them yet I just noticed them

[@novagalaxy420]

Please put this in the workshop plz.

[@BorderWise12]

When it's done, sure!

[@novagalaxy420]

Yeah

[@novagalaxy420]

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