My drainage experience cannot help me here...

After countless requests, and 10 years as a drainage engineer, I finally took on Oxygen Not Included (ONI) and it turns out I was not ready for the fluid mechanics of this game! Catch the rest of the series with Patreon or KZbin membership!
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[@aldrea6506]

Omg, RCE playing ONI is a combination I didn't know I needed. PLEASE MAKE THIS A SERIES!!!!!!!

[@tokul76]

You confused engineer with id ten t. Series how not to play oni

[@Nyahnator]

Its going to be a patreon series i think

[@pedrolmlkzk]

Please do make it a series

[@pedrolmlkzk]

@@Nyahnator wow that It's sad

[@grassisbad231]

It already is

[@aquatus1]

RCE playing ONI: YES!!!! RCE not having the faintest idea how to play: "Oh dear god poor dupes!"

[@brandonlaird6876]

"I spent 10 years as a drainage engineer" Oh my sweet summer child... 🤣🤣

[@BenjiroSensei]

The poowater will end it all

[@pedrolmlkzk]

​@@brandonlaird6876about to become 11 lol

[@SovaKlr]

It's so bad... poor dupes

[@ComeCaramelos_]

OMG The (lack of) battery was so much pain

[@Shadowxx98]

"Why are you sleeping in the no-oxygen-area?" Well, to be fair, it must be easier to fall asleep in there

[@furiouskaiser9914]

It's the waking up there that's the hard part 😂

[@timongogo]

@@furiouskaiser9914lol

[@joehemmann1156]

Love that he's scratching his head over the outhouse meter while hovering over it while the tooltip clearly shows what it's tracking.

[@Netro1992]

One of the first things they teach you in ui and ux design is that people will actively ignore the obvious if not forced to engage with it.

[@zyeborm]

@@Netro1992 The difference between IT and regular staff is about 80% we will read the error message "Printer is out of paper" and work out that means you probably need to put paper in the printer. The other 20% is like active directory, bash scripting and putting crap on lusers.

[@Bancheis]

Stander tuber blindness. It's almost a guarantee that people who stream will eventually miss simple things because they are either rushed or play reckless on purpose to create what they refer to as "content". The more errors and problems they encounter, the more people like you and me engage in comments which help the algorithm. Some tubers even act stupid on purpose for this precise reason, though many times you are left wondering to yourselves: Is it really just an act? ... Discuss! (for the algorithm)

[@group_dm]

@@Bancheis Can confirm, commentating takes 80% of your brain capacity. Especially streams.

[@ra2enjoyer708]

​@@Bancheis "He is just pretending" is a massive cope by people who watch stupid people and need to justify the time wasted.

[@jeffrey8979]

RCE casually placing the washbasin on the opposite side from where dupes enter and exit the outhouse, therefore resulting in them never washing their hands

[@RandomRebelSoldier]

To be fair, not everyone will automatically realize that the dupes don't automatically pathfind to a wash basin after going to the bathroom like in most sim games.

[@Skykbo11]

@@RandomRebelSoldier At least if they don't read the description that says "when passing by"

[@RandomRebelSoldier]

@@Skykbo11 You're right, not reading any text is basically a requirement to be a KZbinr lol

[@Megneous]

@@RandomRebelSoldierTo be fair, most people who aren't idiots read the in-game descriptions so they know what they're doing instead of haphazardly placing shit wherever they want.

[@DaraelDraconis]

Useful tidbits if you keep playing: * Research is your friend. * Batteries are your friend * Owing to quirks of the physics, gases spread much more easily through spaces two or preferably three cells wide. * That security door can be opened by any duplicant (from the outside) but you have to send them specifically on an errand to do it with the "submit bioscan" button * Most gases other than hydrogen are heavier than oxygen * If you put a storage bin underwater, things that would offgas (oxylite, bleach stone, polluted dirt) won't while kept in there * Toilet stink isn't a thing directly but the polluted dirt your dupes pull out when they empty it will release polluted oxygen

[@misterguru5135]

Don't TELL HIM!!!! Watch his pain!!!

[@sparklygames71]

For the storage bin bit, does that pollute your water source?

[@Aniaas1]

@@sparklygames71Nope - think of it as trying to emit gas and not finding anywhere to emit it to. Though germs are a thing, so storing polluted dirt underwater can spread food poisoning into it, even if it remains Water and not Polluted Water .

[@KeraniFox]

@@sparklygames71No it does not

[@takumi2023]

thats like giving him the answer sheet lol. still my advice is to read the tooltip everything he ask about is in the tooltip.

[@nEiKKah]

The ammounts of views and likes this series would garner, it would be a shame if it was patreon exclusive.

[@oPiggySue]

Views and likes are a fickle thing dependent on unknowns. Why not support a good creator by throwing $5 their way periodically? RCE's Patreon is actually rather generous in that the $5 tier gives full library access to binge at will. I've seen many where they gatekeep their vids to higher tiers.

[@Blip_OwO]

@@oPiggySuehes still gatekeeping behind a paywall

[@MrKingglenn]

Greed is greed. They arent happy with youtube money and they want a more secure funding source through donations. Honestly this guy is a shill in every sense of the word. He does what EVERY other creator does by playing games that devs send him for advertising then pushes the idea to support his play by donating to him with the hopes of actually seeing more content. He can be funny at times but is a complete idiot. I am HIGHLY suspect he has EVER done ANY engineer work beyond playing polybridge.

[@sinsnowthe1450]

He has to make a living somehow​@@Blip_OwO

[@mvb02]

​@@oPiggySueHe gets payed enough for KZbin aswell

[@Ursa_Polaris]

Having watched the video I have some minor, hopefully helpful tips: • skills points lets you give your dupes hats depending on the skill. • Adding a battery to your electricity system allows for the running of machines without a duplicate constantly having to treadmill • the duplicants have to run past the washbasin to wash their hands, so for them to not eat their food with pee on their hands you need to place it on the other side of your outhouse • rooms make duplicants happy, looking at the room overlay legend will tell you what each one needs and does. • If you are unsure about a gas or material the little book icon has tons of info on each thing in the game. • Getting to many duplicants through the printing pod will get you into trouble quick. And most importantly, they will always find creative ways to get themselves killed. Do not let your eye of them. I am terribly disappointed this will not be a main channel series, I can't afford patreon right now :(

[@linuxdragon57]

Yeah. The paywall really sucks. I can’t afford patreon either.

[@Kineticboy2K1]

​@@linuxdragon57 I wonder why people can't afford $5...

[@linuxdragon57]

@@Kineticboy2K1 dude, I'm not willing to pay for Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount+, FuboTV, or any other service from the big streaming platforms. I have Nebula and KZbin Premium. Even then, I split those with a friend. What makes you think I am willing to give $5 to every Tom, Dick, and Harry on KZbin? It's not just $5. It's more like $5*30. At the end of the day, people are just tired of the endless subscription bullshit. Patreon is a horrible platform, too.

[@raph2354]

#2, that Phibii's going to have a nice athletics level

[@riccardodrera4564]

I WISHED FOR YOU TO PLAY THIS FOR YEARS

[@vs-iw6rc]

Same here!

[@PhreashContent]

Me too…

[@frayziedaisy]

yes like how didn’t he notice this game years ago?

[@liamnehren1054]

lol yeah finally a game that is actually made with engineering in mind, while still actually being a game.

[@Charles-7]

only to have it patron exclusive sadly.

[@almor3270]

This made me remember when i started in this game, im now watching this while thinking "oh yes, that painful learning curve dying for every single thing until you realize how to solve the problem" Good luck on your ONI journey. Also that single sandstone tile at 19:13 saved your water supply lol

[@hy3na739]

more like a learning cliff tbh

[@helperdude8205]

my thing is water too low i basic just roll for it or mine ice but sadly i getting more limit on water ice and other stuff but i did find geyer and working building but it take too long to find it and heat somehow over take me

[@cdeathlonger7446]

This is literally one of the best games in existence. Its super complex and theres a ton to learn.. please please make this a series. So many of us would watch it.

[@cdeathlonger7446]

Aww... Just saw it's a patreon exclusive.. I wish I could support but I just don't have the extra money rn.

[@tedtalc]

the day has finally come fellow engineers, Matt's playing ONI and everything is finally alright

[@PhreashContent]

All our sacrifices of architects to the godly perfect engineer shape has been worth it

[@zyeborm]

Uhh, gotta say looking at him playing it doesn't seem like things are alright lol. He's somehow doing worse than josh from lets game it out who actively sets out to abuse games ;-)

[@hashtagPoundsign]

More please! Make it a series like Timberborners please.

[@looweeg4229]

He is. Sadly it's only on patreon...

[@tokul76]

@@looweeg4229 good. Lets see what shitting with game for giggles does to patron count. Even first episode was imposible to watch.

[@MisogynyMan]

@@tokul76we all enjoyed it

[@instantchaos2385]

@@looweeg4229 why did he have to make it patreon exclusive, omg

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@instantchaos2385 because youtube doesn't pay that overly well and quite a few creators didn't getting money at all in the past months. Also he somehow needs to pay the editors and live from creating the content, doesn't he?

[@evanjans5002]

Hey awesome I'm thrilled you're playing ONI Here's a list of tips. Don't get discouraged if your first five or more colonies die horribly. What is going to kill you -running out of food -running out of oxygen -too much carbon dioxide -not enough power -running out of water -overheating

[@Actiaeon]

Accidentally polluting your water source.

[@mortxiii]

getting entombed, too cold, flood, meteor shower, chlorine overload [damn bleach stones], -- basically everything tries to kill you in this game

[@evanjans5002]

@@mortxiii my personal favorite was a 20kg per tile steam explosion from a poorly thought out cooler.

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@evanjans5002 Nah, pumping out all the CO2 and forgetting to close one tile without noticing while already having moved everything down will still remain the absolute best.

[@robertdevito6442]

it's almost a blessing there aren't enemies @@mortxiii

[@oscardalmatiner8724]

Can't believe you finally played this game. It's one of my all time favourites

[@smithologist5272]

I played this game for hundreds of hours, only made it to the first few asteroids. It's a very underrated game imo

[@Corthens]

BEEN wanting him forever to play this game. I love it. It also has wheels of shame. I hope he makes it a long term series!!!

[@looweeg4229]

He is. Sadly it's only on patreon...

[@tokul76]

If you know the game, you know how long this colony will last

[@Fray-Bentos]

Finally.... I'm addicted to this game. So good!... Looking forward to RCE shenanigans

[@linvillejeffrey]

Far and away the shortest and best "Storytime with Matt" :)

[@BuddhaVet69]

I have been playing this game for soo long! I will watch any video you make on this. Late game engineering is ridiculous

[@toddabbott781]

Early and even mid game is pretty fun, but the late game is pretty hard. Having geysers that don't work all the time and certain resources being so rare you have to mine MASSIVE areas. I usually get all the water and plumbing fine but getting power generation is pretty heard and getting to the surface is crazy hard no matter what difficulty you run. You start running out of water and have to prosses the dirty water. The geysers will turn off, the oil pockets will dry up... You have to keep digging more and more areas and it gets harder and harder. Travel times are harsh. Just so you know air does not flow well through ladders but the replicants can step over one block so leave a gap on either side of the ladders and run the ladders straight up and down. I usually have one ladder on each side of where I work. Also certain things work better if they fit the "room" requirements. This means like a bedroom needs to have a door and be so big and have a bed and you can add plants, decorative trim, carpeting and wall covers, paintings... to make them happy. You want one bed per bedroom too. I tend to do a door to a bathroom with a sink, toilet, and shower attached to each bedroom. Put the main work areas near by the bedrooms so they do not have to travel far. Storage lets you clean up stuff and also makes them happy. A good kitchen later on will help. You will find the farther you go the more electricity you will need. You will also find you need oil... lots of oil. You need it for plastics and likely for fuel. Fire polls next to the ladders will speed up travel and will better ladders. There are higher technologies that will automate stuff but I never managed to reach that level.

[@DaraelDraconis]

Ladders don't actually inhibit airflow. Gases just don't exchange well through one-cell gaps in ONI, but an empty cell isn't better than one with a ladder in it. The one-cell gap either side works not because it puts space by the ladder, but because it makes a three-cell shaft (giving more room for gas cells to exchange positions).

[@SuperCaitball]

I don't think you ever actually got to the late game. Getting to the surface (primarily to vent unnecessary liquids / gases to space) is actually mid-game. Ladders do not impede gas flow; gases impede gas flow. As Darael above said, you put space next to ladders for two reasons: airflow, and to eventually install fire poles to make commutes a bit easier. FIRE POLES DO NOT REPLACE LADDERS. THEY ARE TEN TIMES SLOWER TO CLIMB. Decorative items are not required for barracks and lavatories, and you really, REALLY do not need luxury barracks or bedrooms. For a Great Hall, a single flower pot with a Bluff Briar is sufficient. If you really want morale headroom, invest early in designating a location as a Nature Reserve, that's a solid +6 morale if you can set it to gate access to something crucial (I usually do the mess hall or food storage areas). Power generation is easy. You get a free 2400 watts by building a 16-dupe self-contained electrolyzer setup, also known as a Self Powered Oxygen Machine (SPOM), look up designs on the Googles. Also, make sure all power generators are hooked up to Smart Batteries so you never waste power or fuel. Make sure the max for each Smart Battery is set to 95 (so it has some overflow because the machines sometimes take a second to shut off), and set the minimum higher than 0, based on the "priority" of each generator (for example 20 for coal, 70 for hydrogen, maybe 50 for petrol, and 80 on steam engines since they play a crucial role in heat management).

[@toddabbott781]

@@SuperCaitball I know about the ladders and fireman poles and such. Those methods for power and oxygen are not something people are going to figure out in game. They require 99% of the players to either spend hours experimenting in sandbox mode or to look up tutorial videos on how to set it up. Yes some of these builds are great. I tried to progress it naturally. The one base that actually reached the surface I had to have replicants living in that area because the travel time was just crazy. Then when I got to the surface and tried to build a ship the meteors just kept destroying everything. I have had playthroughs were I never found oil... or any good vents for things like hydrogen. I have had many games were coper or iron were VERY rare. Or I would find a vent and then when I get some good power generation going the vent goes dormant for something like 300 days. Maybe I just have the worst luck. Heck I have had playthroughs were the algae was very hard to find. I think I just have the worst luck in the game. Like I said I can usually get a good base set-up with all the amenities and such with running water, breeding, and farms, but I usually hit a brick wall because the only thing I have is coal and not enough to run for long. I spend hours trying to get something working and it just is not enough. I have to turn off most of the things to power the higher end refineries and such and it just gets sooooo grindy compared to the early and mid game. Next thing you are doing is putting in mods and such to turn off game features to maker it not so bad to play... and this is usually because of too many resources just not being anywhere near my base. When I have to mine out thousands of blocks to find 5 iron. That is crazy. The game also just does not explain things, like putting the wash basin so they are forced to wash after using the toilet. I also found the routing of water pipes to be horrible. Water would flow the wrong way all the time if you tried to split things in for no reason. About the only thing I never did in the game was get into the automation part of stuff or finish a ship.

[@limbridk]

So cute to see a total beginner play ONI ❤ I wish I could go back and discover this game again.

[@alexandervickers4527]

this whole episode i was like OMG mat place a battery

[@midas5396]

Last time he named something "everything is going to be fine", over 60 beavers died...

[@eymennamli9971]

He is going to be mind-blown when he finaly sees the research three :)

[@erikaspausen]

I hope this becomes a series and Not just a one-off

[@looweeg4229]

He is. Sadly it's only on patreon...

[@erikaspausen]

@@looweeg4229To be honest he must. Since this channel is so over saturated with city skylines stuff. Kinda gives me a reason to resubscribe.

[@MrBrassporkchop]

I used to love this game. Then it became stressful when I realized something very important that isn't apparent when you first start this game. The game is a race against the clock to figure out how to make yourself self sustaining because resources are limited. Not allowing the wildlife to die and using them to help supplement your resources goes a long way but doing this adds complexity to your bases build. Being lucky enough to get a good variety of geysers is a huge help also. And you need to go online to look up the clever contraptions others have made to make their setups automated. It's disheartening to build everything out not knowing this and seeing your base slowly fill with co2 and unable to fix it. And then finding out that the backstory is that this asteroid you're on is actually a chunk of the Earth that was blown up by the company that made that cloning machine. And that clones are clones of employees that get cloned without their memories. It's like dang I just ruined humanities last chance at survival. It's been years since I played so it's probably chanced since then.

[@plumerscrak]

I love watching you see this stuff for the first time and cringing at the simple mistakes is hilarious. However, wash basin needs to be on the left of the outhouse so the dupes can actually use it (dupes follow the path of least resistance) and you need a battery to store charge.

[@killercore007]

Also make sure the arrows are set in the correct direction

[@AimiYossa]

Finally! Please make this a series~ Been a while since I saw someone I follow play this game!

[@andresperez8658]

We want a series!

[@Unknown_Genius]

Like he said: It already is a Patreon exclusive series that started today.

[@Charles-7]

@@Unknown_Geniuswhich is just depressing to realized that the rest is behind a paywall.

[@Wildestleaf]

Make this a series, I love seeing people play this blind. Such a great game.

[@ikelos2092]

Please make a series of this to see how good of a engineer you are and show you can beat it with engineering and not architecting. I would love it

[@vs-iw6rc]

Yes !!! Please please make a series!

[@looweeg4229]

He is. Sadly it's only on patreon...

[@Vagitarian01]

Absolutely loved you don't this without researching. Witnessing your thought process as you discover and learn is great! I'm a 2000 hour Andy in ONI but still love seeing how others solve the same problems. Early playthroughs often end in disaster, but are some of the most enriching.

[@xZidene]

PLEASE make this a series!! I can't wait to see you unlock all the mid-endgame stuff!

[@samueltrusik3251]

FINALLY! You need to play this more often.

[@BenLubar]

If only there was some way to store power so the shaming wheel wouldn't have to be used overnight to produce oxygen...

[@BenLubar]

"We're through the security door, it did just take copper" no it took a hand print the duplicant put their hand on it and unlocked the door. When I open my bedroom door it doesn't consume wood.

[@whitestormin]

oh! a newb plays ONI! i needed that refreshing feeling that i am better at something. hope for a full series. you can take it to dome insane engineering ideas. hope to see how you handle the different ideas and problems. hope that you do nor give up on that and do not use (too much) help from the web.

[@christopherg2347]

A few remarks if you want to continue: - your colonists are called "duplicants". Short: "dupes" - Your dupes won't use the washbasin, unless they have to go past it in arrow direction. So you need to put the toilets on the far side of the basins. And make sure you have 1 sink per toilet - you are using primitve toilets with composters. Plumbing requires some research - you will need several toilets. Like at least 2 for the start, but more as you get more dupes. Less if you make them avoid conflicting shedules - Poluted Water gasses off Poluted Oxygen. While it can be breathed, it gives a stress penalty and carries germs

[@teux01]

I have about 2000 hours in this game so watching you play is a unique mix of fun and unending frustration

[@joshsanders1860]

Can't wait until he "accidentally" discovers slime lung when he goes for the massive pockets of algae in the swamps

[@DaraelDraconis]

Regarding priorities, having everything on 9 is no different to having everything on 5. Dupes don't care about the number, just about which one is highest.

[@arjunsatheesh7609]

I am mildly surprised that RCE didn't immediately remember that Carbon dioxide was heavier but then it probably has been a bit since he did his engineering.

[@aaronmanning5256]

Must not have thought about it, should be pretty obvious that CO2 is heavier than O2 lol

[@MonkeySimius]

Man. Watching him very meticulously build the latrine super high to make it smell better only to have it result in his entire base flooded with piss was hilarious. I'm sure we've all done similar in our runs. He was just lucky it didn't pollute his water supply.

[@RiptornRory]

I've seen other play this game but watching Matt play it is just who I've been waiting to see. Really hope this is a series! And CO2 is heavier than oxygen, easiest way to prove it is how balloons you just blow up manually sink if you let go of them.

[@eddieweekley2798]

Not a shot at you, but I basically did a double take when he said that. Of course CO2 is heavier, it has it's carbon bonded to 2 oxygen atoms.....

[@thecommander9137]

I have played this game a few times by now, and from what I can see... they're gonna die. 1. you don't have a battery, meaning your "dupes" only produce electricity when awake, meaning your oxygen production dies at night. 2. you are getting way too many "dupes", way too fast, slow down, take the 4th option until you're ready for your first "Dupe". 3. while the Algae plant gets worse in late game (I can't remember if that's still the case), it's very good in the beginning, or at bottom of your base, as CO2 is heavier than Oxygen... Carbon + 2 Oxygen = heavier than Oxygen. so these plants are good at the bottom of your base as they are basically trees. 4. you are expanding way too fast, again slow down. you need the ressources, but it's fine as long as you don't overextend. 5. you placed your Wash Basin on the wrong side of your outhouse, none of your "dupes" are going to wash their hands unless they walk past it, which they would only do if there's task there at current moment. 6. the skills are for profession, the hats though cosmetic are cool enough. 7. I've forgotten the rest.

[@aem1043]

As someone who recently got back into playing oni, and is studying to be a civil engineer, this makes me so happy. I’m using the excuse that it’s helping me apply what I’ve learned in my environmental class to justify playing it as much as I am 😂

[@marekw7562]

FINALLY!!! OMG I waited for this game for years!!! This is awesome. Poor dupes...

[@rebeccaconlon9743]

Dupes?

[@marekw7562]

@@rebeccaconlon9743 that's what i said xD

[@MuaddibIsMe]

I predict pipe spaghetti in future episodes.

[@KroganCharr]

I was absolutely shocked to find that you never played ONI. Would have suggested it, but I thought you were plenty bombarded with suggestions already. Nice to see you found it anyway!

[@redtail_]

Been waiting for this one for a long time! Hoping you'll reconsider it being only on patreon, as I'm sure I'm not the only one who has searched through your playlists looking for an ONI series. This is the kind of game that makes me subscribe to youtubers and then cross over into their video backlog. It's also the kind of game I would look for after finding a new youtuber from some other game and finishing their playlist on that game. Regardless, I'm happy you're playing it and I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!

[@touchthesun]

pro tip for the toilet situation. you can fit 4 toilets and 4 wash basins in a room and get a morale bonus for having a room designated as a toilet. Then you can use the Scehduling tool to divide all your dupes into different shifts which have different times for bathroom breaks, and as long as there's no more than 4 dupes per shift then the one bathroom of 4 toilets will be sufficient for all the dupes you'll ever need

[@arthurdarkly5339]

Love this game! So glad Matt got onto it finally. Thank you so much for the effort you put into all these videos! Your one of the greatest on this platform!

[@bsdrago]

This is one of the BEST games ever.

[@Leofarr_OG]

I've been waiting for this video to happen for YEARS

[@moose46gt]

I’ve been playing this for years! Watching the infancy of this playthrough is stressing me out lol 😂

[@fallatiuso]

RCE playing ONI? I can see no way how this will go wrong in any way. 😏

[@LyricWheat53531]

Woah, this looks like Hell Architect (the only place where architects should live)

[@MAOofDC]

How is this the first time Matt has played Oxygen Not Included? This game was practically made for engineers like Matt.

[@greenerell484]

so many KZbinrs are coming back to this game lately

[@lordgenerias]

I hope RCE takes advice seriously. ONI has a bit of a learning curve to deal with. I play with mods to reduce micromanaging, but when I don't bother with the magical boxes of liquid, gas, and electricity creation, I take resource generation and management seriously. And if it hasn't been said, you can dig four tiles high, and duplicants aren't that bright. They will trap themselves and requiring swift rescue. Generators are great, but you need batteries or you'll have a duplicant working on generating it all the time. This means you have less workers. Prioritize batteries to make sure everything can be powered without constantly needing someone to make it possible to do everything. Oxyferns are very useful if you have plenty of carbon dioxide. Make an area just for CO2 to end up, plant several Oxyferns there, and your oxygen situation will be a bit more manageable. Best of all, the ferns don't need constant watering. Learn the hotkeys so you don't have to manually tell them to deconstruct everything. Just press the button for it and highlight the things you want deconstructed. Build several toilets. I think a good amount is one toilet per two duplicants. Also, the toilets should have a basin pointing the way you want them to exit. You can have an arrow telling them when to use it. If they head either way, have one on either side of the bathroom area. Rooms are a thing. There's a list of what kinds of rooms you can make. A lavatory is a good one to have, as it boosts morale. You need a couple of toilets, a wash basin, a *maximum* of 64 tiles, and a door leading in and out. Morale is important. Too little morale, and the dupes get stressed. So keep morale high. Make trash cans for polluted water and polluted dirt, as it makes polluted oxygen, which isn't as heavy as CO2. Be on the lookout for a steam geyser. Once you can harness them, you can make them generate as much water as you could ever use. Build a pump and you can have water sent wherever you need it. Lastly, power cables can be overloaded. This damages them. Don't try to focus power onto a single grid. Make different sections as necessary, and try not to overload them. The heavier wires are good, but unless you install a mod, you can't run heavy wire through nonspecialized tiles. Shame this won't be on KZbin. Unless the episodes on Patreom are free, I can't afford to watch them.😭 I really like this game (even if I'm not very good at it just yet), and Markiplier stopped making videos for it.

[@ComfortableMedium]

Does anyone know if the automation system in conjunction with the smart cells can be used to create a pulse width modulation system? I've always had issues with brown outs and energy production and I would really like to create grids that work under a duty cycle.

[@logannearhood1154]

I've been waiting for so long for him to play this, just never started the "X days of asking" train MAKE THIS A SERIES PLEASE, that's coming from all of us -this concludes my Ted alk

[@MarcusR2]

He will but only for those who pay him on Patreon

[@Mike__B]

I remember playing this game originally, it was fun, it had a lot of little bits to it that was entertaining, then it just got bloody impossible to beat just from a thermodynamics perspective. Plus micromanagement hell. It's almost like a game that just expects you to fail eventually, and yes I do know there is a way to "win" but still.

[@MisogynyMan]

Great game, but catering to only the worst of autists

[@degurkin]

"Is 02 or C02 heavier?" Truly an Architect

[@TheMNWolf]

I love this game so much. I'm terrible at it, but I love it. They found an excuse to build a fairly complex fluid simulation engine and kind of taped a game onto it.

[@scwiid2257]

What the hell!😂 "10:00" I haven't had such a good laugh in a looong time! Thanks man👌

[@Aniaas1]

ah yes- the most common mistaken assumption when starting ONI - "hot air rises"

[@chrisengland7630]

This needs to be a 100 episode series. Please tell me this gets more love than Timberborne.

[@chrisengland7630]

I'm super bummed this is patreon only :/ but I totally understand

[@lainverse]

20:59 You dirty-dirty peeple. 😂

[@benjaminscheffler2738]

Omg last time I remember watching a play through of this game, it was Markiplier, and went absolutely mental with thermodynamics, cleanliness, and air-locks to segment noxious gasses. Idk if RCE knows what he's getting into here 😅

[@SirMesmer]

So many good memories and traumas coming back seeing ONI.

[@noelhutchins7366]

I visualized the blue-gas rising above red-gas, & deduced creating red-gas-pools would improve air-conditions; for every tall man-tunnel, an underneath 1-tile-high gas-sewer-tunnel would let convection disperse red-gas below allowing blue-air to readily fill work-spaces.

[@LizBee32]

As someone who has 1k+ hours on ONI I am ecstatic to watch RCE play it. This is one of the best designed games there is on steam right now. Loving it.

[@andrewhooper7603]

"you know, the poo smell is hot air so it'll rise and our dupes won't smell like poo" my man out here just making up new mechanics before the devs can even think of them.

[@UnitSe7en]

Drainage is to civil engineering as the bassist is to a band.

[@eckostate94]

I really hope you make this a complete series! I absolutely love this game

[@jacobchavez9315]

As someone that's been pretty into oni for quite awhile - I want to let you know that your first colony will always be doomed. There are so many mechanics in the game to balance and prioritize that most players will see their first colonies starting to starve because of temperature or lack of water The point being DONT GIVE UP, this game is super rewarding once you get the hang of it and it's very fun! If you need help learning the mechanics - there is a KZbinr named magnet who does oni tutorial videos and even deep dives on mechanics.

[@DenvaProbablyDraws]

Eyyy, I remember Kuyacoy from the very first Timberborn series! It's so cool to see a Patreon I recognize again lol. 14:54 I almost choked on milk there. As someone who loves playing pretty much all the games you play, I gotta say, this is the most stressful one I've ever played XD it's so easy to do things wrong, and it's nearly impossible to make things perfect. I'm excited to see if you can figure it all out, because goodness knows I need some help

[@CSpottsGaming]

Me, never having played Oxygen Not Included but understanding physics and the basic gist of what this game is: "Are you *sure* you want that outhouse uphill from everything you own?"

[@The_Awesomeness999]

PLEASE MAKE THIS A SERIES THAT IS FREE TO WATCH HERE ON YT!

[@wcrb15]

Please make this a series!!! This game is incredible

[@Charles-7]

the rest is patron only sadly.

[@singingrazors]

I'm curious if RCE starts looking at some of the standard builds people have come up with. The Rodriguez, the Hydra, sour gas boilers, petroleum boilers, all the things... Oh god, you forget how much you end up learning to play this game...

[@Pentross]

Man it’s a good thing Timberborn has strict climbing requirements or you’d have those poor beavers spending half their time struggling up a wall

[@benjamindominikflita7640]

Oxigens (O2) Molekule mas is 32grams/mol while Carbon-Dioxides (CO2) molekule mas is 48grams/mol. So this causes it to stay lower than Oxigen.

[@VelociraptorX]

This game is very complex and fun, you could easily record a whole series with it.

[@jaredj2842]

ONI is one of those games that feels like you need a master's degree to beat it.

[@k96man]

Wouldn't mind this becoming a series

[@alenasenie6928]

RCE: puts the food creation right below the toilet RCE: "how did he got food poisioning"

[@MetaBinding]

Watching this with almost 900 hours in this game and almost 900 cycles in my current spaced out save hurts in all the right ways. I just hope you don't get too turned off of the game, it's insanely unforgiving, especially to new players. You really need to use guides to actually "win" the game via the milestones. It took me at least 50-100 hours to get an actual hang of the game and get a mostly sustained base, and that was with eventually using guides. If you are able to get past the beginning hump though, I promise you will have a lot of fun. There are many intricate designs, from nuclear reactors, turning oxygen and hydrogen into liquids to use as rocket fuel, and even using a volcano to power your base via petroleum.

[@hadoobieboi]

I think that was the best story time I've heard, short and sweet

[@Lapantouflemagic0]

This is a really great game, but by god it is a time sink Now what i really wonder is if you really never played it and are horribly clueless, or have played it an deliberately made everything atrocious on purpose. (tbh if it's you first / second play, most of your mistakes are very fair.) here's a short list of very basic things to know that will still let you discover the game : - outhouses take a long time to clean, you will need easily 2-3 of them until you get the proper toilets - place the sink on the way to and from the toilets, that's just how it works. - Oxygen generators do not delete CO2, unless you keep expanding eventually you will build up gaz pressure that will block 02 generators - get a battery, that will avoid having a dupe running the hamster wheel all day long - Eventually you first big colony-killing problem will be waste heat from machines, when you go beyond an ambiant 30°C you plants will start dying - you can mess all you want with construction orders priority, but be very, VERY careful with maintenance/operating/supplying priorities

[@MrDevintcoleman]

As an American I first heard algae pronounced “al-gee” in the movie Keeping Mum. I loved it then and I love it now 😂

[@gooddood3857]

i had to pause and come to the comments. surprisingly, theres not a lot of comments on it but i hard double taked when i heard it hahaha

[@AlienInferno]

I love that the toilet is above the food machine, and what's coming out of the food machine looks like it came from the toilet.

[@Forest_ranger7]

I honestly didn’t know how badly I needed to see you play this until you did!

[@lXlDarKSuoLlXl]

I can't believe that Matt, an engineer, a _real_ civil engineer, doesn't automatically knows that carbon dioxide (co2) is actually heavier that molecular oxygen (o2), like, man, it has a whole _extra_ atom right there, in the name! Yet again, a sneaky architect move!

[@cyantasks7129]

when he put the wash basin on the other side of the toilet i died

[@noelhutchins7366]

algae-tiles might be able process sewage, native plants might be left-in-place to resource for fruits pods & seeds without interruption, interacting with their drops, instead of taking the plants down to replant and maintain at a personal cost.

[@killercore007]

A tip for toilets and sinks, I would either add them as a 1 sink and toilet for every 1 dupe, though later on you could get away with a couple less than needed with a proper layout.

[@lucasriley874]

A single room with 4 toilets and 4 sinks should be enough for most colonies. Split your dupes up into different work shifts so each group of 4 has a different toilet break time, as long as each shift doesn't overlap there should only ever be 4 dupes using the bathroom. Mid game and later you may have to set breaktimes to be longer or dupes might not make it to the bathroom due to longer travel times.

[@Hynnar]

This is a slippery slope for RCE. First he has no clue, then he discovers the hard hats, then the batteries, then the sudden dawning of how rooms work.