Nuclear Power Without End - Factorio Space Exploration #8

Factorio. A game about space. The space between resources, like outerspace ya know. In between the planets where the resources are. But also the space between us, me and the crew of the USS Zisteauprise. We're just humans, see? We inhabit bodies. But also the space between the living and the dead, because Science Officer Svensen is dead, and I'm not. Rest in Peace Science Officer Svensen.
Mods used (Space Exploration and all required + recommended mods, plus Factory Planner):
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[@TheSmacker20]

Earendel: I don't just want people playing SE by mega-basing on Nauvis Zisteau: Nuclear reactor go BRRRRRRR

[@Toksyuryel]

Using reactors as heat pipe is some cursed tech right up there with using cargo wagons as transport belt. I love it.

[@Larandar]

Cargo Wagon go brrrrrr in the crafting workshop 😂

[@Cyrikyty]

Using Nuclear Reactors as heat pipes. Dear lord, that is some expensive heat pipes. In just the current reactor alone, according to my counting that is 60 Reactors per branch, so 720 reactors in total that serve as glorified Heat pipes. I have no words for this absolutely brilliant atrocity. Fast forward a few months, and I now use Nuclear Reactors as more efficient heat pipes in my Solar Beam Receiver since regular ones cant distribute the 10 GW of Heat Input and I don't have the better ones yet. Thank you for showing me the way Zisteau.

[@M0torsagmannen]

good old Zistonian over engineering. love it

[@glennclapp2537]

@@M0torsagmannen I'm an engineer. I never have - still don't - understand the term "over engineered." Optimizing a thing is just engineering. No "over" about it. That's what we do in real life too...

[@M0torsagmannen]

@@glennclapp2537 the context being that he is using nuclear reactors as heat transfer pipes is the thing about it though. sure, it is very efficient fro the transfer of heat, but for any normal person dedicating that much more resource to that end is very over the top.

[@glennclapp2537]

@@M0torsagmannen It's the most efficient heat source. He "over-normal-person-ed" it. And *adequately* engineered it. We use nuclear reactors to warm stuff up in real life too, that's one of the functions of the RTGs on Curiosity and Perseverance. Nothing noteworthy about it.

[@M0torsagmannen]

@@glennclapp2537 i think you missed the point, it is not used as a *Source* that would normal, it is used as a pipe.

[@Captain.Mystic]

The nuclear reactor heat pipe is a bigger plot twist than the fluid tank throughput solution.

[@val3tra]

Ah yes, just yesterday i wondered if there is any use to a chest full of nuclear reactors and couldn't think of one. And then comes Zisteau to demonstrate how small my mind is.

[@bt1234567892010]

and the sonic drowning music triggered PTSD in everyone who played those games as a kid. The power plant setup is so absurdly overengineered, I love it.

[@BrianatorFTW]

I was expecting it to end with a cut of him forgetting to refuel and running out of jetpack above the water

[@bt1234567892010]

@@BrianatorFTW XD that would've been very funny.

[@Erkle64]

Anybody else feel like Captain Slog is slowly losing his mind? Because that would be 100% consistent with a typical SE play through.

[@mrShift_0044]

OR a typical Zisteau play trough.

[@Syngraphaeor]

@@mrShift_0044 This is the right answer lmao, Zisteau is just clinically insane and Factorio just proves it haha

[@GoldenredDragon]

Using reactors as heat pipes is such a genius move! It makes the whole nuclear power setup so much more clean to look at and build and (ignoring the cost) so much more efficient! I've tried to cram infinite tileable reactor setups in creative, but never was satisfied, and this is beauty at its best. Thank you Zisteau for showing the way, once more.

[@sagittariusa4023]

Now, if you could delete land and replace it with water, you could turn an entire planet into a 100% efficient ZSR (Zisteaunian Scalable Reactor), then beam the power elsewhere.

[@memegohere_brr]

Absolutely incredible. I was expecting big, but I wasn't thinking anywhere near Zistonian enough.

[@perchy22]

Rest in Space Science Officer Svensen.

[@erikiepeters]

Only zisteau can come up with the idea of using nuclear reactors to transport heat. I have absolutely no words for this except for "wow"

[@sgoldendragon3603]

Nothing brings the same sense of happiness and satisfaction than watching you do something so brilliantly Zisteau like replacing heat pipes with reactors in a power facility the size of your base or building a bottleneck wall only to blow up half of it with nuclear missiles two seconds later, and then do it again, just because. I just love this channel.

[@admawasome]

Was going to recommend to use a steam battery to save resources on the powerplants and not waste uranium by always running the reactors...then you used reactors as heat pipes...feel like you doubled down in the other direction

[@Zisteau]

Storing steam generates lag, and is a waste of time and space. One ore patch with some productivity bonuses and kovarex will last you a really long time.

[@Gauldoth06]

@@Zisteau "One ore patch with some productivity bonuses and kovarex will last you a really long time." with 600 % richness it will. I love the series but I don't understand why do you omit these details. And I am not even mentioning that "unexpected island" with 600 % water setting...

[@minikretz1]

Loved the editing with all the jokes, and commentary! Thanks for the awesome content!

[@Jikkuryuu]

Scrap Brain is one of my favourite Sonic tracks and you could hardly have picked something more appropriate for the occasion. Thanks Zisteau!

[@theral056]

omg, I never thought about using nuclear reactors as bigger heat pipes. This is madness. Genius, sure, but madness! I love it! :D

[@DuelScreen]

Amazing! You can now power over 16 flux capacitors! You know, the Factorio developers should really add a flying car and it should look like a DeLorean.

[@Foreststrike]

Z's makin' firewalls. Hell yeah. Recommend using that light oil, Z.

[@AnotherDuck]

Zisteau knows how to scale up.

[@nico-ob6wj]

Captain's logg! I woke up with a bad hangover and I'm contemplating Zisteau and my life choices

[@Froggsroxx]

This series takes so much effort. You are THE person I think of when I think of factorio.

[@Exemus]

Yay! New Factorio vid! Btw it may have been intentional, but you missed two oil nodes for the pumpjacks at the beginning of the video

[@Handles_Are_Bad.Phuk-them-off]

I only saw one, he is probably just trolling all the ocd veiwers in the audience.

[@loafy2]

You can actually use the artillery targeting remote while in navigation satellite mode. All you have to do is open the crafting menu while in the satellite mode and the game lets you pull one for free out of the ether, makes targeting much easier

[@turtlewasnttaken]

It should be noted you do not need to attach the turbines directly to the heat exchangers. Steam works as a fluid so you can pipe it away and have the turbines elsewhere.

[@manfrommontreal]

Pure insanity! I approve this episode wholeheartedly.

[@Vicioussama]

I love the madness of your builds, Z. No matter the series :)

[@fuuryuuSKK]

y'know, you can use the navigation satellite mode, with the N key, to look at unradar'd places

[@Zisteau]

Yeah I'm technically aware of that I just forget about it from time to time while recording.

[@coolwillrocks]

love this series! How much work goes into each episode is very evident, can't wait to see where you're going with this :)

[@Freazu13]

this series is fantastic. you are playing factorio on a level i can only dream to achieve. maybe one day. Looking forward to more episodes!

[@echo_9835]

Zisteau leans about collateral damage and nuclear weapons

[@doritoloco5602]

My theory now is that robotnik is the alter ego of captain Zistaeu, he won the biters, but, he become so crazy trigind to flea of the planet that start robotizacing everything. THIS IS THE CANON EGGMAN ORIGIN. XD

[@ICountFrom0]

The Zisteonian Award for Valor is awarded for calling in zero close nuclear impacts.

[@di99utpe]

Spot on choice of music!

[@shingshongshamalama]

The pull out reveal of "we're gonna use nuclear reactors" is just beautiful.

[@jaymiddleton772]

Captain's log ... there are many like it, but this one is mine.

[@screwlose]

As Hammond would say, "Spared no expense"

[@squpersqup4357]

Best content creator out there. Love your videos!

[@jayschauer1347]

Awesome episode!

[@oszi7058]

great video!

[@no-fd8jj]

thank goodness i waited to read comments until after the video because nuclear reactor pipes is amazing

[@sicksock435446]

My lord the concrete required...

[@avgustcelmare]

Super cool, as always!

[@sanderbos4243]

This is awesome

[@frosty7269]

I found an error in nuclear power plant blueprint. On one side you have 9 nuclear reactors. They produce 160*9=1440 MW. Since your reactors always on, they would be 1000 °C. So the distance heat can be transported by is 500/(1+1440/15)=5.15... Thus only 5 pipes or nuclear reactors can transport such big power. But heat also needs one step to transtort into heat exchanger, so full power can be transported by 4 nuclear reactors (our glorious heat pipes) to one heat exchanger. On that distance we have only 8 exchangers, so they consumes only 80 MW and the remainder is 1440-80=1360 MW. And its max distance is 500/(1+1360/15)=5.45... So full power can't be transported farther. Only 1235 MW (500/(1+1235/15)=6) goes to 2 exchangers. They consumes only 20 MW and we have ramainder = 1215MW and max distance for is is 6.09... pipes. But we need 7, so the farther transporting power is only 1056 MW. On distance = 7 we have 4 excangers (40 MW). Distance for 1016 MW is 7.27... Again we have losses. Transport 922 MW, consume 20 MW (for 902 MW max distance (Dm) = 8.17...); Transport 818 MW, consume 40 MW (for 778 MW Dm = 9.45...); Transport 735 MW, consume 20 MW (for 715 MW Dm = 10.27...); Transport 667 MW, consume 40 MW (for 627 MW Dm = 11.68...); Transport 610 MW, consume 20 MW (for 590 MW Dm = 12.39...); Transport 561 MW, consume 40 MW (for 521 MW Dm = 13.99...) - close, but we need little more; Transport 521 MW (approximately), consume 20 MW (for 501 MW Dm = 14.53...) - significant losses again; Transport 485 MW, consume 40 MW (for 445 MW Dm = 16.30...) - finally no losses, but let's check one more Transport 445 MW, consume 20 MW (for 425 MW Dm = 17.04...) - no losses. Thus the resulting full power is 80+20+40+20+40+20+40+20+40+20+40+445 = 825 MW ( Little more than half ! ! ! ) and 83 working heat exchangers of 144 built. Zisteau, please check this issue. If I am right, literally the half of your power plant is not working now. P. S. If I missed, let me know. P. P. S. Sorry, if my english is not as good as you wanted it to be.

[@dunderminnet]

That planet will soon look like cybertron

[@diftor]

poor robots, you served us well o7

[@necroasnight]

boop

[@SpyderPan]

Boop

[@ender_slayer3]

Been a while since I've last seen you ZEDsteau, not since you were a pigman

[@brown56765]

Is anyone gonna tell Zisteau that in navigation mode he can: View areas without radar coverage Explore the map without using jetpack fuel and maybe dying Wire up control logic for free Manually fire artillery without needing to use the shells to see

[@Buugipopuu]

I really want to see if any of those island chains are close enough that you could bridge the logistics networks of the two continents with roboports and minimal landfil.

[@Handles_Are_Bad.Phuk-them-off]

minimal compares to half a stamp of today's power plant.

[@OryxTheMadGod3]

Captain Slogs captains log

[@Nextempus]

And now I have a craving to play Sonic

[@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan]

You know I got to orbit and thought wow I need everything that's when I got the idea of just sending my bus into orbit. I'm still ironing out the kinks.

[@dustind5176]

Those reactors are so expensive, I didn't skip any commercials to help offset Zisteau's costs. Maybe we should create a go-fund-me?

[@riktol63]

Glorious! One question, did Space Exploration change the ratio of heat exchangers to turbines, or are you accepting an imperfect ratio for the sake of simplicity? IIRC Bobs and/or Angels changed the ratio to 2 turbines per exchanger vs the really awkward ratio in vanilla.

[@Zisteau]

I am using more heat turbines than the ratio strictly call for so the steam travels the shortest distance possible.

[@riktol63]

@@Zisteau That's a good reason.

[@MrTortoed]

he replaced heat pipes with WHAT!?

[@DarkVoidIII]

I was thinking Zisteau was going to come up with a way of making endless nuclear power! He blew my mind when he started using nuclear reactors as heat pipes! Mind blown! *tips hat off to Zisteau*🎩😊🙃🤣👍

[@kingwolf468]

This entire series is a cry for help…

[@PiroteusGaming]

Oh wow so soon. Captain Cork!

[@logananderon9693]

great powerplant

[@kdark54]

For some reason this gives me Red Alert 2 vibes

[@akinref]

Captain's log 😂😂😂

[@Sven-W]

love it

[@geoffreydoell6855]

6:00 "invading the middle east for oil joke"

[@iestynne]

Question: if you stagger the two columns of (active) reactors, say by moving one column up by 1 tile, each reactor would be touching 4 neighbours instead of just 3, so wouldn't that be a nice simple way to get an additional power boost? Naturally this is a pure hypothetical, given nobody civilized would actually perpetrate such a vile offence against visual symmetry...

[@nickdumas2495]

Reactor adjacency is only when they're fully adjacent. If a reactor has four neighbours, then there is no way for a standard inserter to feed them.

[@iestynne]

@@nickdumas2495 well darnit

[@Sopez1]

The Z, you are very funny man.

[@kevinfryman7143]

I noticed you haven't played (streamed) Satisfactory since June. Have you abandoned that series? Please let me know. Thank You

[@bgop98]

well, given that the treaty didn't specify the ocean as labd that is given over to your control, i think you have no right claiming it from the native residents of the planet

[@DragonSeru]

Well, he isn't taking the ocean though. He's just taking the (artificial) island within the ocean, which you will find, absolutely belongs to him.

[@hoshikiller7490]

Let's go been waiting

[@compi3882]

Don't dis on autosave, it has saved me from loosing hours of work several times due to power outages. Heh.

[@coz752]

Woooooooooooo yaaaaaay a Zisteau clip, and one of the first viewers too

[@justinskinner1466]

Mooorrrreeee content

[@PetrPss]

"+" for Sonic music

[@kenhalfofken9497]

Nice

[@borfman4209]

where is the recipe for the nuclear setup?

[@Kenken2244]

the funny part is that 20 GW of power isn't even enough for a certain late game thing in SE :D

[@mrShift_0044]

*space death beam goes BVWWWWWZZZZZZZZZT*

[@necroasnight]

wooo!

[@SpyderPan]

Boop

[@tyberzann9713]

Hahaha nice!

[@buxxypooh8381]

Hey, anyone got the nuclear blueprint?

[@yellowflag4803]

Can I get the blueprint

[@Jkauppa]

did you know that you can make more if you missalign the reactors

[@Jkauppa]

adjacency max is not 3, its not even 4, 5 or even more, if you star it

[@Jkauppa]

whats the point

[@TlalocTemporal]

As interesting as offset reactor designs would be, reactors need to be perfectly aligned to receive the neighbor bonus.

[@Jkauppa]

@@TlalocTemporal why do I have to trust in you

[@Jkauppa]

@@TlalocTemporal as they do provide the full bonus even if not aligned, touch some tips bro

[@Weber408]

What is world seed

[@charlessee4517]

You should do a help Ukraine stream k

[@junorus]

I hope the "Z" in the solar power is innocent "Z" as a first letter of your nick, not as a support for russian attack on Ukraine.

[@mrShift_0044]

What are the chances that *Z* isteau is supporting a gross move of russian presidency?

[@TlalocTemporal]

Zisteau has used Zs everywhere for a long time. Even if it was intended as support, such a message would be lost in Z's brand. It would be like Batman supporting vampires by naming one of his gadgets after a bat.

[@killerboss4585]

Oh shit, russian artillery is already in the space...

[@Rem-Union]

I am so happy to see another upload in this series

[@di99utpe]

Spot on choice of music!