Freelancer but with Ship Building that is fun : Cosmoteer

[@NickAndriadze]

I'm so glad more people are finding out about this truly amazing game! A few notes I do have is that first, you had your fire extinguishers wrongly positioned on your ship. They require door access to work and you had them facing in a way (The slot where their doors had to go to was up against an airlock) that didn't allow them to have one. Also, your approach of methodically killing all the weapons and thrusters most of time, whilst a pretty handy thing you can do, isn't really the most efficient way to deal with the enemies, you're much better off destroying their cockpits and rendering them incapable of flying. And lastly, you could've just used the credits you had in stock (And you had quite a lot) to upgrade your reactor to a medium one right away. When you're next to stations you can use money to buy modules (That money is spent into buying resources which the base's crew also help add onto your ship) instead. You already had all the components for a reactor except uranium, and there was nothing stopping you from buying a couple just to speed things up a lot. Cool thing about larger-sized reactors is not only are they more cost-power efficient, they also produce larger scale batteries - 2-sized ones for mediums and 3-sized ones for larges, *but,* they also have a larger charge up time, with small reactors taking 0 seconds to charge up a battery, mediums - half a second and for larges it's a full second.

[@salemprompthous3820]

Very true, early game just go for the reactor or cockpit. Taking out the weapons is more of a later game thing (depending the ship), in order to salvage more materials from the wreckage. Some ships have their weapons hidden behind too much armor for the endeavor of saving reactor and other materials to be worth it. And when upgrading ships, always use blueprint mode. That way no construction is done until all changes are approved. Nice way to make sure all changes are of a useful nature. Mangled a lot of my ships by missing doors, or otherwise lacking access to vital sections, and prematurely sending it out to combat 😊

[@bruhder5854]

10 mins in, this game looks REALLY fun. I think my weekend plans are going to have to change for it

[@zranite2898]

Excited to see what Francis goes for later game

[@cf453]

I love Cosmoteer. It's flexible enough that you can play very casually, or extremely hardcore. The dev team is fantastic and the community is very welcoming. I never say this, but turn the music on--It's a fantastic dynamic system that they've layered together. Yes, I'm shilling for free. I like it that much.

[@ripmorld9909]

YOOOOOOOO ! Happy to see you trying this game out as well , this is a really fun game

[@RK-qg8ko]

I'm surprised Francis didn't steal a single ship in the entire episode. =) And if anyone has the impression that this is a simple sandbox, then this is not, here you can spend hours in the editor. The ships alone in the grid at an angle (45 degrees) are worth it. And also, to speed up progress, steal a ship and convert it into a truck, the loot here does not disappear until you leave the sector (just put marks where the remains are located). So you fight with one ship, collect junk with another =)

[@RK-qg8ko]

But why return to already studied sectors?! I thought they did some kind of respawn in the sectors, otherwise you could empty everything and then have nothing to do.

[@gogudelagaze1585]

Woooo finally! I love this game. The dev seems to be focused on implementing high quality features over rushing to add as much junk as fast as possible.

[@brendanrobertson5966]

Two x two word options: "Big Guns" and "Fleet Management". :) I got into this about 3 years ago; I thought it was through you, but turns out it was another channel.

[@TheGreatOldOak]

*Looking forward to watching this series*

[@TheMrTact]

It is fun to watch Francis play a game I know more about than he does. Glad you liked it, looking forward to future videos on your continuing adventure.

[@ShadowWolfTJC]

Oh boy! Back when I had last played this game years ago, which was in one of its earliest versions I believe, I ended up designing cost-effective cruiser-sized ships in the $500,000-$1,000,000 range that could kill more expensive capital-size battleships worth at least $1,500,000, that were basically slow-moving long walls full of front-facing small cannons, which could fire projectiles that could burrow small distances through ship parts, making them some of the most effective glass cannon ship designs at that time, since back then, whoever destroyed the other ship's weapons would've most likely been the winner of the engagement. No amount of armor or shielding could've withstood such immense firepower.

[@dahn57]

This is a VERY cool game, they have come along well since the early days when it was very basic, but it was showing the possibilities of what it could become. I'd note to you Francis that your Fire Extinguishers were not being used because you had them rotated the wrong way, the doorways were pointing into the walls. I would suggest that you should limit the number of doorways so that fires don't spread too quickly, they spread via doors. Hope you really enjoy this one, it's a lot of fun 🙂

[@thatoneguyinthecomments2633]

You can run multiple ships/stations at the same time. I usually make a cargo/mining ship as my second ship and escort it with my first while i mine and sell ore for cash until i get enough money to make a factory ship/station that is basically just some factories with a buttload of cargo space that i can park somewhere safe to refine all the raw resources into useable materials that can either be sold or be used to build more ships. The bottleneck then is getting enough crew to man your fleet, you can pretty easily unlock all components in just your first system with a few hours mining.

[@DrinkingDeuterium]

It’s really neat seeing you play this, this game has had a special place in my heart ever since I started playing in early access

[@nikolaysitnikov796]

If you can, try to snipe out the cockpits. If you manage to disable the ship, you can disassemble its reactors and gain enriched uranium.

[@simmons488]

I enjoyed watching this! Thanks Francis!!!

[@grandfremdling3841]

Very nice. I also played the game some time ago.

[@laserak9887]

This is nothing like freelancer man, but it is mildly entertaining.

[@NelsonGuedes]

I knew you would love this game! The first thing I thought when I found it was "damn, I wanna see what Francis do with this game" 😆

[@DroCaMk3]

This looks like an awesome game. I hope to see more than just a few episodes!

[@Shakrii]

While you can sell resources to a station, you can also just drop resource in a pile next to a station (or anywhere) and they will stay unmolested for you to use when upgrading / building new ships (don't remember if they stay after leaving system); saves allot on cost. Tactical becomes even more viable when you build a seconds + ship.

[@NerdyOldGamer]

You didn't put doors to your fire extinguishers, that's why they didn't put out the fire

[@SpaceCliffie]

Views are racking up Francis and I like the look of this game! Nice balance as you say and enough strategy to make it fun. Let’s see how far you can push it!

[@asureaskie]

The biggest upgrade from a better reactor is how much power your people carry at a go. Small reactors generate 1-power batteries, med 2s, large 3s. Crew can only carry 1 battery at a time. Oh, and crew roles/assignments are critical. Watch your Muppets during a fight, and you'll see just how dumb they are.

[@FishloreJimson]

T-minus three episodes before I learn the ideal placement and concentration of weapon crystals.

[@euchridTHEmute]

My thoughts exactly. 😅

[@stephanw7770]

Yes was fun to workout that 1. I had configered it to have three one middle both sides and next to middle some railguns

[@LightningDragon79]

its a good game! I remember when you just jumped to new systems that just had stronger foes, its changed soooo much over the years.

[@lc582]

Playing along. Keep going.

[@christophemalgouyres]

That looks fun. Thank you Francis for expanding my wishlist again.

[@bruhder5854]

OK been playing it since morning. Something I realized is how valuable it is to have weaponry on sides. Weapons, at least lasers can be aimed for about 180 degrees which allows them to shoot forward. Having them on sides just means you get better angles for hitting the right targets. I've been blasting cockpits left and right because of this

[@cf453]

Good insight. It also better protects your weapons. Later game you'll probably want a second ship to flank with and hit the vulnerable spots.

[@beheroot]

...and then you NEED to start manage pathways. With massive ship with 10 of biggesst storage compartments (and thrusters, guns and shields scaled accordingly) you need to start thinking where you put your crew quaters and how. As in: where doors are. Crew is slower when they passes by a room. You technicaly dont need corridors... but you will regret not having them :P oh, and you can specialize crew members to do certain jobs. or not do. Just like ONI priorities.

[@EngineeringDruid]

glad to see you playing this, I love this ship designing game

[@Zankaroo]

I bought this game 1/2 a year ago and had a lot of fun with it. A friend bought it with me and we played for about a month. He kept comparing it to Avorion and just wishing Cosmoteer had more to it, like a goal more than kill everything then move to the next system. I got 89 hours into Cosmoteer before he bought me Avorion just so I would try it and ended up playing that for 375 hours in my first play through on a server with said friend plus a little bit of solo play. I can see why he kept comparing them and do agree Cosmoteer needs work, but Avorion is also way older and fully launched. Cosmoteer is very similar but has it own features that I like like messing with crew and their quarters based on their job. And while I have skipped over other games with this top down view of ships I do really like it in Cosmoteer. I would like to see some of Avorion's features in Cosmoteer but I don't want Cosmoteer to just become a 2d Avorion. Can't wait to see what all ha been added into Cosmoteer when I get back around to playing it again. I know build-able jump beacon were added like a week after we quit, which was something we both wanted.

[@blaze5802]

It's nice to see more people taking a look at this game!

[@geheimnisvoll]

And now i had to buy it to play when the weekend is almost over.

[@ShadowWolfTJC]

Seems Francis forgot to add doors to his fire extinguishers, which was why his ship was helpless as parts of it were burning.

[@nunooliveira8401]

Hoping this series continues Francis. This muppet is enjoying your content!

[@IamGhede]

Upgrade your ship? Nah! Upgrade your fleet! If you like having one Model-S, just imagine two. Now imagine 6.

[@Genesis8934]

Bonus video on a Sunday?! Nice. :) Also a game I've had my eye on for a while.

[@bernhardmartl4675]

Hi Francis, I dug your videos in ONI, was even a patreon for a while (I stopped playing ONI a while back). Was contemplating Cosmoteer. When you said it is fun, Bang..bought it in current Steam sale. Already looking forward to your explanation videos to navigate me through the detailed mechanics!

[@sabetwolf]

Oh I used to play this a lot! Even uploaded a "mod" on the workshop called "Better Starter Ships" (just new pre-builts that are more efficient or have different weapon classes for people to chose at game start). Looks like its changed a little bit since I played though

[@Anomynous]

Oh damn this game. In the end I made a bayblade with very long rails and spinning to allow the shields and guns to recharge.

[@williamhess180]

Not sure why but I could've swore you played this before. In any case, it should be a fun series. Always thought you should have the option to save and add the crew of defeated ships to yours.

[@jasonkusar6105]

I was thinking the exact same thing, but now I'm guessing I must be remembering Nilaus.

[@salemprompthous3820]

This game is so amazing. Looking forward to FJ's aproach of breaking it 🤣

[@salemprompthous3820]

The main part of this game that separates it from Avorion, X-Series and the like; this is a logistics game with a spacer-wrapping. Crew: a ship can be run with just a third of the recommended ammount, if you wanna play with the logistics puzzle. This is also one of the ways you can have a massive fleet in the end-game. Fame is the limiter, and at one point, that gets maxed, which sets a maximum number for how many crew one can have, spread about the fleet (or, if you want, one huge capital-ship with mining lasers, built-factories, and station-killing guns, all run with a skeleton crew in comparison to what the game recommends)

[@randallporter1404]

​@@salemprompthous3820 Don't forget Rimworld crew management.

[@22Hephaistos]

you forgot the doors to the fire extinguishers

[@msidrusbA]

it's quite fun, but the learning curve eventually skyrockets, there's a dedicated pvp community too, gets crazy once you unlock all the tech and min-max the shit out of your weapon systems, my favorite is the ion beam, you eventually start to get more than one ship going and have a storage ship, main ship, scout/distraction ship. and most importantly, a test ship for your next new and improved weapon of mass destruction

[@BrendanWinterSC81]

Will be cool to see Francis' take on this game.

[@VancePants07]

Damn Francis for showing me another game that will take another 100 hrs from my life :)

[@Hedning1390]

I remember playing this game 5 years ago. Glad to see that it has continued to advance, although still in EA.

[@someguy1124]

Fun game, I haven't tried the new chainguns yet. Someone else already mentioned this, but taking out the cockpit and leaving as much stuff intact as possible will give you more resources when scrapping enemies. Try not to blow up reactors if you want uranium

[@ThylineTheGay]

i'm sure others have pointed this out, but there's no downside to accepting all regular missions, the enemies will still be there if you don't accept it, accepting it just gives you more knowledge

[@FuaConsternation]

02:30 - Francis' patented "ooh" lol

[@TheLinkoln18]

Ily Francis, but you are amongst creators where I know watching your content will at times cause me to make purchasing decisions.. 😅

[@firecopscott]

Yay! I've been waiting for this! And, of course, less that 1 minute after the video drops, someone beat me to the comments.

[@tylergreen4977]

love it want more

[@impyre2513]

Fire extinguisher closets need doors :p

[@BusinessAnalyzer]

Thank you for picking up Cosmoteer. Looking forward to how you bastardize this! Make a fun base ship.

[@JStankXPlays]

Give him about 4 more episodes and the game will bend under FJ s will

[@christiankulenkampff583]

there is an option to set the default figth distance, so you dont have to do it every fight

[@FrancisJohnYT]

Thanks for that tip it proved really useful. I was sick up of having to manually adjust range.

[@teckz0r]

Freelancer with that mod is awesome too! Specially for the age of the game..

[@looweeg4229]

Dammit Francis. Why are you making me buy more games! Great content BTW. :)

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

22:49 If i remember correctly there's a setting for your weapons to only shoot when they have direct line of sight, which is good for weaker weapons but kinda pointless for railguns that fire through several blocks.

[@gitripgutkick1105]

If you go into manage resources tab it will give you a complete list along the bottom with values of what your currently holding, if you click on the resource you can then highlight a square in your storage and allocate it to exclusively to steel for example, so if you want to ensure space for more valuable drops in amongst the debris you will have it. I personally find the resource stacks quite small for things like steel so a mod I'd recommend is Nightawks Night Rod Special Optimal Storage.

[@jonathans.972]

It looks great. Like a mixture of Reassembly and FTL.

[@DukePaprikar]

30:40 I think you had no doors to fire extinguishers.

[@rakaydosdraj8405]

You can make a custom blueprint for your starting ship, up to a certian value- including any blueprints required. For a different experience, I made a starting ship with no guns and "wasted" most of the money on a steel smelter, so I have to go mining to get the money to actually buy weapon technology, while evading the roving pirates I cant defend against.

[@stephanw7770]

I already played and finished the game. First made 1 very big ship but multiple smaller oned wins late game imo

[@jasonkusar6105]

There's a setting so that you have to push CTRL to select an interior piece of your ship. Makes selecting the ship in combat easier.

[@hansdampf640]

can´t wait to see what your fleet will look like,especially your Industry-ship

[@PyroSAJ]

I sunk disgusting amounts of time in to this game and various mods for it. It's good, but the campaign still needs work to be satisfying in the end. Hopefully campaign 2.0 improves that! Later the rail gun becomes an almost obvious choice for AI. You can outrange almost anything and surgically take down many ships. It's refreshing to see it through fresh eyes. You made some mistakes I also made early on. The crew management is surprisingly tricky because you hardly focus on them while you are in combat, and that's when you'd notice where they are having trouble.

[@geekey265]

I've been waiting for this to get done. It was very different a few patches ago, i played it on release. It's got a lot of X series style features coming in theory.

[@fluffyg12]

UGHHHH, I WANT MORE OF THIS!!

[@hquest]

Sunday Francis? Hell yeah!

[@Beregorn88]

I really hope the you would do a series of this, since you haven't even dipped your toes in this sea, but as always, it seems anything that is not Rimworld or oni will underperform...

[@eilamr9551]

Another good game that I don't know if you've played is Space Haven. It is currently in public alpha.

[@gcl2783]

I like it

[@SmallKittyPaw]

Hey, Francis yet again found new game for me!

[@Marcimio]

Yess i also love this game

[@d.6325]

I LOVE THIS GAME

[@mithral07]

Wait till you get multiple ships, and mining.

[@bryancraggs94]

I like it. More please!

[@bjw8qsrmhgxn4wwk30]

This game is great, still in heavy development and a major timeline of improvements coming. I hope to see more of it here.

[@paige135]

YESSS FINALLY

[@Altair565]

When you unlock railguns make sure to turn up the volume. Let them sing.😈

[@elpadre__]

yooo i recommended that a while ago. hope its a fun video. 🙂

[@Timlagor]

Looks like without shields you'd want to be nippy enough to avoid firing arcs or you'd avoid combat and haul stuff around or explore if those are options

[@Saturas35142]

Want to see more :D

[@ExplosiveRabbit]

nice!!!

[@seanmarkwilliams718]

You have five extinguishers but you don't have any doors say your crew can't actually get inside to pick them up to go fight the fire

[@custume]

looks like a nice game

[@captainbritian]

i dont know if this has been said i am just watching the series now but it still counts so if you have the mats for it you can build another small reactor instead of the med ones that will still allow you to have more power without the need of buying 1 medium power reactor sure its less effient in some ways but it can help you out when you need it

[@seanmarkwilliams718]

Also I know how this series is going to end you will love the railguns

[@gulpdiator]

Jeez, A reactor lvl 1 brings 1 block of energy per carry, 2->2 blocks, 3->3 block per carry. The only reason to use smaller reactors is to minimize explosions when damaged.

[@Ceowulf20]

Haha, I had a feeling you'd like it :) Right up your allEy (for the weirdo that commented that I'd spelt it wrong).

[@badspud7833]

this is a fun one

[@Avadon5]

Great game

[@Timlagor]

It's helpful to put a link to somewhere we can buy the game in the description

[@psyboyo]

Amazing game! Can you build some sort of bridge with the dead target, and tow it to safer area for digestion? XD

[@FrancisJohnYT]

You could build a bridge on the dead target or you could just set up from tractor beams and tow it. Cosmoteer does give you a bunch of options.

[@psyboyo]

@@FrancisJohnYT -- Three days have passed already, this game is consuming me -- Help! It's too good!(Thanks for the video, I might have never known better)

[@FrancisJohnYT]

@@psyboyo 😃

[@TeracomConsulting]

LOL 2 fire extinguishers... 0 doors :)

[@hansdampf640]

he´ll learn about this,either the easy or the hard way ^^

[@kylewilliams6091]

Does this game not have a prisoner aspect ? Could add a new dynamic and solve the fleeing crew thing , even if it gives good favour on a whole or just with the faction whose crew it was ?

[@keninishna]

btw deck cannons are op and can carry you to mid game then railguns are op and can go the rest of the way.