My Secret to Building in Video Games || Seaside Castle Valheim

Description: My Secret to Building in Video Games || Seaside Castle Valheim
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Mods Used:
Infinity Hammer
World Edit
Server Devcommands
Mod Configurator
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[@CoreyGabel]

As someone who enjoys building but is absolutely shit, i appreciate you going thru your entire process here... great video and very inspirational.

[@9byte]

Thank you my dude

[@xSTONYTARKx]

Hey there! Don't give up, you will definitely get better. Try to look at videos that give more general building and decoration advice and try to apply that stuff to your build. It also helped me in the passed to basically just copy a build from youtube, and then living in it for a bit, and then start adapting things to my own liking (like add a balcony, remove some walls, or add a room, whatever, you know?). Just keep experimenting a lot with building, and you'll notice you WILL improve. Just soak up tips of thought processes of builders as well as the actual tricks they use to create certain things. And don't be affraid to try different things. Even looking up real life buildings and using that as inspiration can be very helpfull. Good luck builder! May your hammer build epic halls and mighty castles!

[@9byte]

New style of video here where I script the whole thing. Let me know what you think. Thanks for watching :)

[@Advo42069]

Great work broseph

[@9byte]

much appreciated@@Advo42069

[@sethmaughan8079]

Great work can’t wait to see another work of art 🤙🏽

[@Immanis_Vir]

Scripting tends to add more natural flow while getting the points you want to discuss taken care of. As you've shown, it's possible to write in natural speech patterns and entertainment that doesn't rely on spur of the moment. I find that separating a script into segments to record in one day helps a lot with redoing things. You can do many takes for each part and choose which to do. Tip: a granny smith apple and a glass of fresh water can help you balance and remove mouth noises during recording. The pH of the apple's juices helps with the stickiness in your mouth most of the time. I struggle with a cheap mic, so I use this whenever I need to. Also, your production, while simple in style, must take ages. I commend you for taking the time. What programs do you use? I'm at a loss for where to even start to make my own designs for inclusion during editing. No idea what to search or look for on the internet to learn.

[@9byte]

Well said! @@Immanis_Vir Yeah I cant do a script without a glass of water. I feel that. I have a condition that effects my throat so it would be nice to have something besides water to help which only goes so far. I'll have to try the apple thing. I use final cut pro for my editing. I would recommend this or adobe premiere once you've tried out a cheaper program and have gotten used to the basics(trimming, default transitions, basic text, etc.) and have decided that editing is something you want to get into. For me I use a large library that ive built up over the years of music, pngs, gifs, sound effects etc. I also use music licensing websites, graphics licensing websites and I take notes on editing whenever I can. From successful youtubers or even movies or tv. After awhile you see things everyday that you want to try yourself and that's when editing really gets fun. Hope this helps!

[@trevorroggenkamp7237]

I loved that you used real defense designs, my survival base looks like a McDonalds

[@supplantermusic9413]

lol mcdonalds survival

[@mimiepperson7116]

This is the most magnificent castle I’ve seen in Valheim. You really have a gift, and I appreciate the research! I’m not sure why people get so bent out of shape about mods and copying and pasting. It’s still YOUR design, and those mega builds would take sooo much longer without using the copy paste feature. Who has time for that? I love the build. It’s so detailed! I’m going to have to watch the video again a few times just to be able to take it all in. 🧡

[@9byte]

Too kind! Thank you! Couldn't agree more. Its takes a long time to even learn how to use these building mods.. not to mention like you said, the time it saves is insane. And then there's is the fact that you are not just copying something and using it again.. you are created a unified body of work that uses the same visual design language throughout.

[@sethmaughan8079]

I’ve watched soo many of your videos but the story telling, overall effort, and execution is next level. 👏🏽

[@9byte]

Thank you

[@tigeril5418]

The amount of research, education, and attention to detail in your videos is amazing! Nothing else like it. It's no wonder that even the makers of Valheim have taken notice. Congrats on their kudos and another great build - perhaps your best! Well done!

[@Dhakhar]

Insane... probably your best video to date. Brilliant editing and one hell of a build... love those gradients and arched ceilings!

[@9byte]

Much appreciated Dhakhar!

[@Deaconfrost2100]

Bro... I just started playing this game yesterday. I was all stoked after finishing the shell of my 1st shelter/long house. Then I saw this video and was laughing at the absurdity of the two. It's like being proud of discovering fire, when you look up and see someone land in a space ship. Might as well be magic...lol. Well maybe I'll create something half as cool as this, if i ever get out of the bronze age. Cheers dude!

[@9byte]

LOL Thanksss

[@cliff2891]

This is unbelievable! Awesome work 👌

[@Khabirov123]

Some real quality content, amazing!

[@ronaldc.r.dejong3616]

I'm trying to find words but can't think of any that do this justice. Another incredible build, the planning and attention to details is so good! Wow! One of the best Valheim builders in my book. Always enjoy the vids.

[@wardaddyplays]

This build is epic man 👍 Love the realistic approach. The odin statues at the bottom of your pillars is a very nice touch too.

[@9byte]

Using real world concepts has always been helpful for me so I thought I'd share a bit about that this time. Glad you like it. Thank you for the kind words!!

[@CountBane]

This video has truly brought me a sense of awe, entertainment, and dare I say, inspiration. I must commend the creator for curating such devilishly delightful content.

[@9byte]

I've been working on this style of video for awhile so thank you!

[@mikeburgess1688]

This makes me want to start playing MP in a game for once. Imagine having some friends and working together toward an epic build like this.

[@jeremywiggs5417]

Always really love your builds and videos. This one is great as usual!

[@9byte]

Thanks wiggs!

[@xSTONYTARKx]

You have inspired me a lot for over a year to be more creative with building. I absolutely love building creatively. I'm currently building an entire medieval village together with one of my friends in conan exiles, in survival mode. I definitely fell in love with building because of youtubers like yourself, who make these EPIC builds. Thank you!

[@bonedork]

Your videos are perfect for me. I love how excited you are about the details without sounding like a goddamned cheerleader. Efforts appreciated! **chef's kiss**

[@9byte]

🙏🙏

[@Dragnous420]

sippin my coffee thinking how cool my base looks, then see this lol.... Makes me wanna foundation wipe it and start over lol

[@khaldaeras7038]

Fantastic video. The combination of real world castle design, described in detailed commentary, and the game build mechanics, is just top tier content for anyone who loves historical medieval design combined with the creativity a game like valhiem affords the creator. Well done sir

[@9byte]

Much appreciated.

[@mrcrane6811]

That my friend...is fucking awesome

[@mrcrane6811]

I really want a first person walking tour of the build bet it looks awesome inisde

[@HumongeousGiraffe]

Fantastic build and super informational at the same time! Thank you very much for sharing your throughts and secrets of building 😀

[@9byte]

No problem! Thanks for checking it out!

[@nikraven9279]

Awesome castle, truly magnificent! I love Valheim for its building system, and seeing creations like yours inspires me to venture in it once more

[@9byte]

Thank you!

[@leezawillshe71]

Stunning NB!!! I mean just stunning. I'm so glad I can pause to take everything in lol.. Again well done:}

[@9byte]

lol Thank you Leeza!

[@WolfSpartan7]

Thanks for the inspiring creation!! Next level explanation and informative. maybe one day I'll be able to build something like this. Thanks for sharing!!! Always a pleasure watching!!!

[@9byte]

Thank you wolf!

[@CombatKing1237]

I really like your main keep design, well done. especially how the terrain was dragged in to make it feel as if its made from the terrain itself. i think ill be taking some inspiration the next time im playing valheim honestly more than anything i love how well you worked with verticality.

[@9byte]

much appreciated. The verticality of this one was really only possible because I chose a spot on a hill(because of the raise/lower limitations). So I would recommend that if you are trying something similar. 👍

[@Ranashi72]

dude, ffffffffffffffff*ck.... your thought process, planning, research and labbing is just next level. Love to just sit down and be inspired for 17 mins like this. To be honest, i was acutally about to start taking building in Valheim seriosuly tonight after watching this one clip, but honestly, this build is just so good it discouraged me instead lmao. Keep up your amazing work, friend.

[@9byte]

Oh gosh. I hope I didn't make you not want to build. 😅Thank you though! will do!

[@beely5052]

Such a high quality video man, keep up the amazing work

[@9byte]

Thank you

[@vimaranis4865]

at 00:57 thats Guimarães castle from my hometown xD thats an amazing build! congratz

[@9byte]

oh thats super cool. Didnt know that. Thanks! :)

[@KozyKubGam3r]

Just stumbled on your video. Im blown away on all of it! Amazing! ❤️❤️❤️

[@9byte]

Thankssss

[@bridgetonowhere]

Gorgeous build. You should consider pursuing a career in architecture. Was interesting to see how you used actual buildings and building techniques to conceive your ideas.

[@arthurmagalhaes8196]

this is the best video focus on construction that i ever see

[@flextho7134]

Excellent build brother. Love that pointed archway that is some clean work!

[@9byte]

Thank you my dude!

[@ulrichgamingandmusic]

My favourite are the stone ceilings. Just awesome design. Great video 9

[@9byte]

Thanks Ulrich!

[@percollen46]

Those wardpillars though! 👌

[@aarols3283]

you should make valheim pvp event where two teams try to steal each others gold from giant castles like this one. It would be a change from your usual videos but i think it would be welcome one.

[@9byte]

Yeah I was definitely getting some fantasy adventure vibes from this one so I could totally see that.

[@sethchambers4382]

This is an awesome build. Love all of the details. I would love it if you made a tutorial on the mods that you use to build this and copy the large piece designs. I've been using Infinity Hammer, but I don't think I'm getting the full use out of it.

[@heavyq]

I've played Valheim for like 500 hours and I still can't build anything more than a square turd. This is freakin' amazing. The ability people have to build things like this always astounds me. I feel like trying to do this in survival would take forever but in the end it would totally be worth it to have a place to live that can withstand everything the game can throw at it.

[@Ragalya]

Just last week I noticed a jump in your overall video quality and now here I am again, with another massive jump in quality. Incredible work, you should feel proud of every aspect of this video.

[@Ragalya]

I also would like to note that your transparent explanations of how you felt, highlighting burnout and fear/reluctance due to the project scope is really effective at appealing to the emotions of the viewer. All builders understand that feeling - some have quit, and some stand to make masterful works of art like you did in this video.

[@9byte]

Thank you friend. @@Ragalya The quality of my vids is just as important to me as the quality of the builds in them. Its nice to hear the effort in the past few months is noticed. As for the burnout. I used to skip those sections in the video but now I really try to tell the whole story. I was super nervous to throw it in but now I feel like its all part of it so why not? Thanks again

[@Ragalya]

@@9byte There is a realness and empathy that comes along with sharing those sentiments. It adds character and story elements to the video, and I appreciate them!

[@9byte]

Thank you for he input! @@Ragalya

[@leezawillshe71]

That parapet is gorgeous!!! Wow, I'm going to try and I'm sure fail to replicate that.

[@9byte]

Lol That thing took me forever. I could have added a whole other layer to the story about the stresses of that thing😂

[@De4dlnside]

Heyy! It's that imperial city from skyrim. This is really good! 😄👍

[@joerg8628]

You are one of 3 people I call the gods of architecture here

[@9byte]

😂😂🤙🤙

[@Fleato]

Honestly copying builds has made me a solid builder. You learn motifs in buildings and can incorporate them into your own.

[@TNoStone]

Yoo this is crazyyyy idk how people do this stuff

[@kayleemeyer2830]

I would love to see what kinds of builds you come up with now that Ashlands have been released

[@Voidicusoffical]

also, have you thought of a walled village with an attached citadel? Or even t wo castles in a small city? that would be a dope build

[@honesto1212]

I think it would be nice to have NPC's for a base in the future. I really love creating stuff in Valheim, but it's always like visiting a picture. But nice built!

[@jonathankullner596]

This is next level! I've been following you for some time now and this is probably my favourite of your castle builds. Impressive! When is your helms deep of minas morgul video coming up? 😉

[@9byte]

Ayye thanks for sticking around Jonathan. This is also my fav. Hey dont give me any good megabuild ideas right now I need a break from building for a few days😂(especially lord of the rings builds)

[@jonathankullner596]

@@9byte no worries, your builds inspire me! Hahah I will try.. but there are so many cool builds that you can do. I'm a builder myself but I like to play the game without mods. I actually tried to build Helms deep with but the game is very restrictive when it comes to digging and raising the ground and not being able to build tunnels so I gave up.. But if you build some lord of the rings stuff, you know atleast one who will be clicking on your video instantly!! Hoping your hands stay healthy and wishing you a great evening 😄

[@9byte]

I feel that man. @@jonathankullner596 Had to raise terrain to the max at the back and lower to the max all the way around to get the look I wanted for this one. (Hmm.. what about one mod? You could always just try out height map mod for removing the terrain limitations. The only downside is that you obviously have to have it installed to even see the world) I have some ideas in mind for some LOTR stuff already so dont you worry! Thank you friend. They are better than they were, so I count that as a win! Slow and steady wins the race! and right back at you!

[@jonathankullner596]

@@9byte well maybe.. If they haven't fixed it when the game is finished I will consider using mods. That sounds great! Really looking forward to that! Pleased to hear that you are getting better! See ya! 👋

[@9byte]

Yeah thats fair. It would be cool to see a terrain update at some point.@@jonathankullner596 Later friend!

[@Xailion]

No matter how many guides I watch, or worlds I visit, I can't seem to make anything other than a box

[@bucksnort37]

I'm amazed that you keep structural integrity on these large builds.

[@9byte]

The more recent builds that I've done do not have any structural supports. They are built with infinite health pieces. Until the game is finished and better optimized its important that I can get every available piece for building and not for supporting. At least for these giant builds anyway.

[@cherrylicious8772]

fukn amazing. just wow. .. god where do i start.. i just look at that an think man thats alot of work. like i know i like to do fiddly things, etc.. but urs is next lev. so many things i loved. and i might be stealing. lol just a heads up. :P loved it well done. well done.

[@9byte]

Thank you Cherry!

[@jjkthebest]

There's one small thing that annoys me about the gate house with the portcullis: It doesn't look like there's enough space for the portcullis to be drawn up into.

[@bale9320]

You killed me at 3:16, " a curve gate which is quite simple". I have absolutely no idea how you managed to do this gate with stone.

[@9byte]

I guess I just meant that their weren't a lot of different pieces used. Just stone. 😅 It was done with Infinity hammer mod and lots of practice.

[@Voidicusoffical]

I appreciate the attention to detail for accuracy when it comes to castles. My one thing, im kinda sad about the lack of crenelations along the battlements. Still an awesome build though!

[@Voidicusoffical]

nvm, just sad about the gates not being crenelated my bad XD.

[@ericolson6135]

This is INSANELY beautiful. How did you solve for the stability issue?

[@thatryguygamer1616]

Ok ok ok ok, yea you’re an incredibly creative and talented builder. But can we just take a moment here to talk about your video production skills? How do you even record this Timelapse stuff in Valheim while you’re building? The slow pans, the highlighting elements as you’re talking about them, just all such great production mate nice one

[@9byte]

Lots of practice, Freefly cam, ffsmooth command for camera, and use of buildings mods, camera points and backups. Thank you :)

[@RandomZurvivor]

Premium Content !!! Crazy cool build

[@9byte]

Thank you!

[@Turbodog-do7tc]

you should make some mob spawner "arena" like builds, or functional farms, integrated into a build.

[@Billy-bd2oe]

Great, but would have been nice if you shared, HOW you did things as well, like the mossy greenish texture's on the stone slabs, how you build sections and just copy/paste them, how you turn stone stairs upside down to use in the design etc =)

[@Zetboi]

I'm pretty sure Ninebyte used the Infinity Hammer mod for this (as it's also listed in the description) which allows you to copy any object you see in the world with a modded hammer (which means he copied the mossy stones from a ruin in the Black Forest biome), and if you look at the Nexus page for that mod, there's a tutorial that explains how it's possible to rotate on different axis other than Z, so that's probably what he did. :)

[@F_the_G]

Man I should really start to use the infinity hammer efficiently. copy paste would save a lot of time 😂 so far I only use it to copy items I can't build lmao. Like Hildir or her little market

[@bhartley1024]

What devcommands are you using to not be pushed by the current once you are off the map? Or is it one of you mods?

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

You should stagger your blocks.😋

[@williambechtold780]

How do you copy paste your builds? Do you use a mod or is there a dev command for that?

[@EdeDizon]

try testing it out with Cheb's mercenaries and/or cheb's necromancy

[@user-mu5mj4wt5s]

LOVE ❤ This!!! How to become a member? I would very much love to use a couple of your builds 😊 you definitely have a gift for building

[@9byte]

You just use the join button on my channel. Advanced gets you all old worlds and ultimate gets you the new ones when they come out! Thank you for the kind words!

[@user-mu5mj4wt5s]

Thanks for the info.... I should have researched before asking. Turns out that the current iso on my iphone - the join button doesn't actually show up on the youtube app apparently. So good to know. Been following your work for a bit and very impressed! Happy to be a member :) Keep up the fantastic work my friend! @@9byte

[@tryggenigma6081]

so cool , where can I get green stones from?

[@seniorgir]

asmongold brought me to your channel. Your content is friggin cool man. It's really easy to see the amount of effort and thought put into each of your designs, and the love you have for building in these games. TBH your content feels more like art then just building/playing a game.

[@9byte]

Thanks for stopping by from Asmons channel. I guess I try to put as much effort into the builds as I put into my videos. So wow thank you. Very kind of you.

[@papabear6382]

How do you get structural integrity at the top?

[@H8Z8M]

Why u are not 1millon subscribers whyyyy ❤❤❤

[@9byte]

Lol I wish

[@leezawillshe71]

Those arched ceilings!!!! Can we have a tutorial on them?

[@9byte]

Yeah I could work on something for that for sure.

[@alexandernikolov6149]

do you build in hammer mode or survival?

[@2jqejh19]

I don't know how it'll work but i have an idea for instances. What about a tool that can merge instances with pieces, just like the tool you used to copy pieces. This accured to me when i first saw a Sealed Tower, it had to be at least 5k instances because of the pieces that were visible but it counted as nearly none.

[@9byte]

Me and another creator have been wondering if this was possible for some time now. Taking a piece of a build and locking it down into one instance that cant be edited instead of every individual piece. At the moment we have not found a fix but some day I hope for this to be possible.

[@hallaloth3112]

That would solve so many performance issues down the line for the bigger builds that do end up lagging games.

[@skogsispower]

Do you have the blueprints for the pieces uploaded somewhere? Gave me a ton of ideas but don't have the creativity big enough to invent the wheel myself.

[@9byte]

all builds are offered as part of my memberships. This build and some of the others come with a portal leading to the test area for the build.

[@thurtea]

Would you ever make this Build downloadable?

[@9byte]

Its part of my channel memberships. Currently it's in the ultimate membership, eventually it will be moved down into the advanced.

[@darcygleeson995]

youre obviously using a world edit like mod for the copy paste functions but is there also a mod that removes the structural limitaions in valheim? never seen stone got so far without collapsing

[@FuChingLan]

The design is inspiring. Did you use Gizmo when building?

[@9byte]

Thanks. No gizmo. All vanilla angles and vanilla build pieces.

[@FuChingLan]

@@9byte Thanks for letting me know.

[@9byte]

no problem @@FuChingLan

[@dennislin3883]

wat mod for stone arches?

[@brianwagner5852]

i would like a video on how to farm mats for a castle of this size please :)

[@9byte]

Step 1 left click step 2 repeat

[@WhiteWolf2099]

This is amazing! What's the instance count?

[@9byte]

right under 20,000

[@dicknarcowitz]

dang dude. nice.

[@Tigurious]

Please do comissioned builds! Take my $$$$

[@cody945]

Whats the mod you use to copy hole sections of buildings?

[@9byte]

Infinity hammer mod. Help in my discord on mods and the mods that you should be using with this.

[@Shyrshadi]

I have to admit I was *slightly* disappointed by the copy-pasting, but I'm honestly so blown away by what you're able to achieve regardless. Also I think this is the most detailed building I've ever seen in Valheim.

[@9byte]

Thanks

[@user-yq1pj4ek8l]

Where do you find the flat sand land to build on?

[@9byte]

off the edge of the world. Need mods to do it. Join my discord for help if you need it.

[@supreme84x]

How did you copy and paste your tower build?!?!

[@mustangh.m6398]

how do you copy paste entire buildings and not just singular blocks ? awesome job btw

[@9byte]

Thanks. Infinity hammer mod. Help in my discord if you need it

[@KillerTwin1337]

Do you play with mods in these builds?

[@9byte]

YES mod list in description.

[@9byte]

if you decide to try out mods we can answer any questions you have in my discord

[@Hellfire4WD]

you lost me half way across, but this looks so fucking hot...

[@TheSoCanadian]

Does this build hold up in vanilla or would the integrity not work

[@9byte]

The whole build is built with infinite health pieces that will last forever with or without mods. 👍

[@TheSoCanadian]

That's sick! Dont know much about the modding scene yet @@9byte I was looking for inspiration or vanilla survival but this might be too challenging for me! haha

[@9byte]

I see. My village build tutorial series might help you then. @@TheSoCanadian Feel free to join the discord and ask any Valheim questions you want and I also have resources for learning and getting started there.

[@Str1ves]

a lot of the things there i have no clue how they are built

[@silbakor629]

Where do you go to build with that flat ground to build on?

[@9byte]

off the edge of the world

[@silbakor629]

@@9byte I thought you died when you went off the world's edge. Going to have to try this today.

[@9byte]

@@silbakor629 Infinity hammer mod feature

[@silbakor629]

@@9byte Ah, I don't have that one. Will have to look it up

[@9byte]

@@silbakor629 If you need more info or help with mods feel free to join the discord and ask any questions you want

[@MrPenobe]

These are cool, But i feel It loses a lot of what makes is awesome when you use commands to place things & don't build them organically... It's still cool, don't get me wrong, but it loses something...

[@Drakoriyan]

I want to like the video, but it already has 69 likes. I'm sure you understand. 0 dislikes though, eyyyyy

[@Kaziklu]

Don't say the M word if you don't want Shad to show up... particularly if they aren't functional...

[@destoc5661]

Bastions, waste of rocks in survival.

[@zackzimmer7167]

How to build in Valheim: Learn to build in real life then download mods because you can’t.

[@kristopherbess8809]

Build these in survival then we'll talk .

[@Didoblero19]

It’s a game architecture video to teach how to make stuff and so. It aint so difficult to do on survival tho, its not like its the big deal its just farming like crazy and doing platforms to buil. Also there is nothing wrong on using creative for architecture purposes if you are not planning on passing the game or you already did.

[@xSTONYTARKx]

Why don't you try to build something that comes even close to as epic as this in creative, before throwing statements like that out there. You clearly haven't the foggiest idea how much effort goes into builds like these. Farming is just an extra step that has nothing to do with making a build like this.

[@kristopherbess8809]

@@xSTONYTARKx I do.

[@viliusvaisvila4510]

​@@Didoblero19Wait it is possible to build like this in normal game? I mean you don't need no mods for structual strengh? I tried building tower like those in dark forrest and I can't say I was very succesfull 😅 This castle looks magnificent but I thought it's not possible to build like this in normal game or I lack structual strengh knowledge?

[@jasperbertrandurquico4783]

Bold of you to assume anybody wants to talk to you

[@asassin0735]

watched 1.30 and I am already in love. person who aknowledges mediavel defences that is truly beutiful OH MY GOSH. this is beutiful. I love it CRENELATIONS and Mechicolations. love it all. only thing it should have 3 gate on the turn up right after the first gate, because that whould make the attacking total ass. cant really turn battle ram in that small space and walls all around so it whould be just suicidal.