How to get to Space (for the first time) | Space Engineers Tutorial

[@Splitsie]

For anyone who can't manage to get the Flush Cockpit, you will need to click on the main menu button to sign up for the newsletter, enter an email (any old thing that's in the format of X@Y.Z will work) and then it'll be unlocked :) It does need to be the button in the main menu, if you've signed up through other means it won't recognise it.

[@csgergo80]

One tip, I would add: When you reach space on the first lift-off, stop and make a gps coordinate. It will help you when landing, as you only need to go down from there to make it home. Saves on fuel, just watch your altitude.

[@Splitsie]

That's a good tip :)

[@Erik_Ice_Fang]

Its incredibly useful, especially if you get it just right. Also doubles as a good jump drive location if you use large grid or want friends to visit

[@TDOBrandano]

It's also incredibly handy if you end up needing to use chutes to re-enter

[@Person1873]

And yet another good use is for automated drones

[@peterpan408]

Parachute Hatch 😉

[@allanwidner9276]

I like that using the event controller was incorporated into a getting started tutorial, instead of left for an advanced tutorial. I keep thinking of it as an advanced/mid-game block because it's so new to the game, but really we should be treating event controllers as basic, just for the reason illustrated here - you save yourself a lot of headaches, checks on a checklist, and accidents.

[@Splitsie]

I still think it's an advanced block, but the connector functionality is hopefully simple enough that people can follow and start to understand the power of the event controllers for doing all sorts of other things in their base :)

[@kaygerry]

except my event controllers appear to be set up correctly, but dont want to do more than one thing even on the other bars.

[@EisenstahI]

After getting back into Space engineers after 4 years I gotta say alot of your videos helped me through the memory lapse!

[@zoozihz94]

same

[@TheBigMaxYT]

Same here! 6ish years for me

[@tomsterbg8130]

I had forgotten about the beauty of this community, just remembering those awesome moments with Capac, the beauty of the planets and machines you created, everything is just well thought out and pulled off! Thank you for the entertainment for all these years and never lose motivation to keep going. You are fulfilling a very important demand in your own, great way!

[@adamwoods8202]

Started play SE about 2 weeks ago and watched most of your old tutorial videos - thinking - "I wonder if they'll ever get an update" "Whats new now" and BAM - You drop this banger! Thanks mate

[@garrettgutierrez2677]

Another thing worth noting is that production resources (steel plates, construction components, etc.) can be much more dense than ores. If you do something like fill the large cargo container with steel plates to bring into space to build a space base, that ship will immediately fall to the ground and explode. You need at least 3 large hydrogen thrusters pointing down to lift a large cargo container filled with steel plates, so that is usually my minimum for building a small grid surface-to-space ship with a single large cargo container.

[@Splitsie]

Good point and even more dense is taking the ingots :)

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

It was a joy to reload the homepage and see this video before being even notified about it. I don't think I've ever built a small grid launch vehicle for a first space launch, though sometimes I work on one that launches alongside the large grid one that usually ends up happening, and is almost always a mining ship. You can generate a frankly absurd amount of fuel from any ice lake (the bottleneck is always the gas generators; a prototech O2/H2 gen would be a really nice thing to have) with a few drills, a rotor and a piston, so overbuilding a building-sized platform with production and materials never seemed much of an issue provided you have the luxury of finding one to set up a decent sized facility at. And provided you don't blow it up messing with rotor limits, but sometimes you just have to learn a lesson hands-on. I am curious if anyone's ever just thought 'why don't I just build a ramp up there' and actually followed through with it for their first space venture. It would work, if you were willing to get the resource for it. Something nice for mining ships and hydrogen ships that I like to do is to have an event controller and a couple of blinking red or orange lights. I set all my decorative running lights to be a long blink where most of the time it's on and only sometimes flicks off, so a faster blinking speed works well to get attention if you're getting carried away with the drills and risking deleting ore or haven't been aware enough of your hydrogen levels on my ships, but it's really up to preference and experimentation what best gets your attention on a given craft. You can also use sound blocks instead of lights if that's your preference. It's pretty simple to set up, as the event controller is quite intuitive and as long as you name or at least group your lights whenever you place them, they don't get easily lost in the sometimes rather extensive terminal list. Plus, the computer bits on the event controllers and their lights sometimes changing makes for really nice decoration. Combining form and function is always a nice feeling. Docking sequences with event controllers can give you trouble if you're attaching to something with no power (say, a trailer-esque module, or a connector in a creative world... done that one a couple times), as the event controller draws power from the connected grid to turn everything on when you undock. If you're on a planet and undock from an unpowered grid without manually turning on at least one power source first, you're just going to drop. And speaking of functional decoration, I've been kind of wanting a whole series of blocks in line with that recent modular cargo container they added. In particular, modular hydrogen tanks that look like one solid unit when lined up, kind of the way warfare reactors do on small grid (and honestly a lot in the warfare packs, seeing as the thrusters and small grid batteries do that too). Kind of an off-topic ramble, but that's what I do. Anyways, probably could do with some parachutes, for a ship that might return planetside with varying levels of cargo. Though if I'm honest I always forget that too, but those really should be a staple of any craft expected to make the trip back down (or up, given the fuel requirements to get full loads to space). That and some blast door rings around fuel tanks and cargo containers, because they stick out far and are both explosive when full in their own ways - moving around asteroids (or in-progres builds, this is great for welding and grinding ships) can be disorienting in space. It can be the difference between scraping against a wall you didn't see but mostly damaging the wall, and scraping a wall you didn't see and blowing a full hydrogen tank up that takes half your ship with it.

[@Splitsie]

I was initially planning on including parachutes but after testing this ship while fully laden it needed at least 8 parachute blocks and placing them carefully around the centre of mass was going to be far too awkward for me to reasonably include in the tutorial. As to the modular cargo/tanks thing, yeah I'd really appreciate more size options for tanks, especially on small grid

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

That's fair, parachutes can be quite annoying on heavy ships. Maybe they should make a heavy duty parachute, like a 3x3 or something. Regardless, one functional way would be to just have a small tower atop the ship roughly over the center of mass, kind of like a simplified and much uglier version of the escape towers on real rockets, could work for a simple conveyor system - something that at least works for if you really can't afford to lose the ship. But I suppose parachutes might warrant their own tutorial also for the ease of those searching through for a video on what specifically they need, as well as all their quirks. The idea of a folding tower crossed my mind before I remembered what hinges do when you pull them hard enough. Would make for some good comedy.

[@Vivi-yw1eu]

regarding making a ramp to space, grids of that size will start breaking physics

[@travistharp4215]

The location of your little tutorial base looks like a excellent spot to start a series haha

[@Splitsie]

I'm still hoping to continue on from the tutorials with something of an actual series eventually, potentially at the stage where I feel most of the core topics have been covered 🙂

[@travistharp4215]

@@SplitsieI’ve got like 400 hours in space engineers and I still watch your tutorials cause your really good at explaining and also I forget things so thanks

[@NathanGibbs3]

Wrong way right???

[@Orsa1305]

@@travistharp4215 i'm almost at 5000hours and i still enjoy watching it (and, afraid to say, still learn things with this)

[@danielmckay1583]

One trick that can be used for locating lost ships (though it’s a bit cheesey) is to build a contract block, issue a contract to “recover asset” or “locate grid” and then accept the contract. It will give you a gps for “last known location” which will be at the location of the ship (as long as the ship is stationary). I used this once when I ran out of oxygen on the return trip but my ship had parachutes that deployed automatically. It helped me locate the landing site even though it was out of antenna range.

[@resutsuj]

If you place an unwelded block you can do repair contract to basically get an undetectable beacon for playing on servers.

[@Splitsie]

Hmm... I'm going to have to think about where to include that tip for recovering lost vehicles as that's very handy :)

[@stilgarf1466]

Great tutorial as always. I didn't know the "R" trick. A couple small steps worth mentioning for those doing following this step by step: 1) Before you lift off use the survival kit attached to the ship. If you die, you respawn at the kit you last used... don't have that kit still be on the planet. 2) When you use interior lights on a space minor to see inside an asteroid cave, make the lights brigher from the control pannel by increasing the "radius" value. It makes the light much brighter and you can see futher.

[@TheFinalEvent97]

Splitsie has finally joined the asymmetrical dark side :p

[@Splitsie]

I presume you mean the paint colour you choose? :P

[@CoelacanthJane]

asymmetry is cool, especially on utility ships liek this

[@afonsocarecho5785]

@@CoelacanthJane Liek?💀💀

[@GrahamBale]

Asymmetrical is a sign that you can make a ship that is 100% functional and not for aesthetics

[@glenn-g]

have thousands of hours in SE, Still watch your tutorials and still managed to learn something new, Great work as always Splitsie.

[@_harbinjer]

i'll never forget the first time that i figured out how to break through the earth like planet and get to space, i'll never forget it. I didn't know what to do with myself so i flew to the moon and landed there, it was too much for my little brain to handle. Thank you Splitsie for helping us to leave earth like and explore space with the best chance of success

[@Caffin8tor]

I love these tutorials even though I don't really need them. Also, really love the Capac Cursor.

[@ACMaddocks]

LOVE the new tutorials. I've been playing for 5+ years and still learn something new every time

[@blazeuratake5]

Splitsie your the best, basically taught me how to play and build in space engineers, despite the difference in what we play on. Been watching since your ship tutorial, the uppercase "U", then your old survival tutorials, and finally all the scenario gameplay. Im still kinda bleh with ship design, but wouldnt be here without ya. Definitely on my list of people i would love to game with.

[@FiredAndIced]

Finally we have a new video from Splitsie, and this time teaching us how to get to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism!

[@Splitsie]

Lol should I mix it up and do something with the trade stations next time? 😂

[@FiredAndIced]

@@Splitsie If it helps, sometimes trade stations do sell or give platinum so that people can make thruster components, not just for their ion thrusters, but also for other material. But who wants to trade when you can "explore" space for free?! (Preparing for random encounters might be another good idea to think about if economics isn't what most players want.)

[@markweber2553]

...hasn't been corrupted by capitalism.... yet.

[@TNH91]

I know that reference!

[@ashutoshrath1918]

@Splitsie something with space station like kidnapping one😂

[@Sam-hv8zr]

I consider myself an experienced player, with a few hundred hours in this game, i thought itd be nice to watch your video anyways. But it turns out i learnt a few new things from this! I had no idea that you can set multiple on/off groups to one event controller, and the R key is a nice thing to know as well! Thanks for the video as always Splitsie!

[@redshirtwookiee]

A small comment, mentioning that you only get the flush cockpit if you subscribe to Keen's newsletter might have been a good addition since this is for new players who may not know and won't have the option to replicate this build exactly if they don't subscribe. Just a small thing. Great video! Always love watching your content, even though I have 1500+ hours in the game!

[@Splitsie]

It's only true for the Steam version and I couldn't find a nice way to phrase it in the video, I was going to include a pinned comment about it so thanks for the reminder, I'll do that shortly :)

[@armastat]

Great tutorial once again. Very helpful and very well explained. One suggestion (sorry can't help myself) when you pointed out that you will get much more thrust in the up direction and you need to remember that in space? Thats a good opportunity to suggest a system that is not often considered, mostly because no one teaches it. I dont consider it an advanced engineering technique its actually for basic designs. The second method I will mention IS advanced however ..Any way. Issue: Asymmetrical thrust. Solution 1) use same size thrusters in all directions. Yes its that simple, THEN you add larger thrusters, which u can turn on and off for those times when u need to fight gravity or to GTFO. So when in tight spaces while mining an asteroid or aligning for docking u have same amount of movement in all directions. This concept is a good one to mention at such times. Solution 2) have hot bar commands or programing which will reduce thrust so all directions as equal. You then activate this command when u require fine motion control, works on gyroscopes too. (

[@etiennenioda6455]

Lately I have been practicing the initial start. Sometimes I get a Miner or Trader station near by and go the Economy route. Thanks for all you do!

[@marcusdirk]

Splitsie's back! It's really relaxing going back to the basics again. Just what I needed, thanks!

[@1953dan]

What you set up on the Event Controller is why I think it's one of the best blocks for pseudo A.I. and automation. I've done what you've set up but my system requires only getting in and out of the cockpit to start the ball rolling, no button pushing necessary. It is similar to the set up that you have, but it uses a different event to trigger it. If you stop the video at the 22:45 mark, you'll see it right above the 'Connector Connected' event. It is the 'Cockpit Occupied' event. When using that event trigger, all I have to do is plant my butt in the pilot's seat and everything is set to go, stockpile and recharge off and including unlocking the connector as well. If your ship can hover touching connectors, then you can set the reverse to happen when you leave the cockpit including locking the connector. It doesn't get anymore easier than that.

[@Splitsie]

Once they fixed a lot of the early bugs with it, it became as useful as I hoped it would be, now with all the extra rotor and piston instructions it's even better :)

[@gilmer3718]

I've been watching and rewatching your videos for a long time. I have been playing for the last year that Survival Impossible of yours and have built up my bases, gone to several different planets. Your videos made that possible.

[@Splitsie]

Glad you've managed to find so much fun after these got you started :)

[@MrAracag]

I love the event controller for connecting and disconnecting. Best thing in that update, which came with a lot of cool stuff.

[@Splitsie]

Agreed, once they fixed up the odd behaviours with it it's been so useful for all sorts of repetitive tasks like that :)

[@montro2220]

Great tutorial Splitsie! For the (un)docking sequence I usually go with an event controller and a pair of timer blocks, I just find it easy to manage the sequence in the tool bar of the timerblock

[@Splitsie]

I normally do too, but I wanted to cut out the middleman for the sake of it being a beginners tutorial :)

[@erthwermmusic]

About to cross 1,500 hours in Space Engineers and I still excitedly sat through this whole thing! Takes me back to when I was first figuring everything out.

[@markweber2553]

Great tutorial as expected Splitsie. After 1500 hours I still enjoy watching, and learning what a lazy engineer I am. lol. Event controller on a mining ship? Takes all the danger out of disconnecting, .. no more forgetting to turn tanks off stockpile, no more batteries on recharge... where's the excitement in that? lol

[@Splitsie]

lol I'm getting too careful in my old age, or maybe a certain orange suit wearing friend of mine has broken enough ships that I have to repair or replace :D

[@marcoflumino]

@@Splitsie Capatron to the RESCUE!!!!! 🤣

[@Orsa1305]

i'm almost sure that Keen made the event controler for Capac after watching the survival series with them lol.

[@aurenian8247]

Honestly I'd be paranoid that I'd forget to set up the event controller and check anyway lol. These days I insure against disaster by having every single ship I make with a bottom connector that sits flat on the ground by default. If any of the common mistakes happens, all it does is sit in place.

[@octavius32a64]

Excellent work, I do like using a coloured forward spotlight to gauge how close ur to an asteroid

[@Splitsie]

Yup, that setup can be handy :)

[@aurenian8247]

I tend to put one forward and one down spotlight on all my ships these days. To see how close you are to something in front, and for landing in poor weather.

[@cnr_0778]

I have 1k hours in Space Engineers, but the segment about the Event Controller was still mind blowing to me. I was seriously missing out on this. That's like THE next big thing I'm going to implement in all my ships to prevent my friends from flying without light and beacon signal, which often leads to mid-air collisions, as we typically play on Triton where it's stormy 24/7 :P

[@M0torbreath]

Great tutorial, thank you. very helpful refresher course for returning players. Especially the event controller. I could do with a few xbox command shortcuts but these are very helpful videos. Thanks again

[@_ratfink]

Now I have to wait for lunchtime to watch it. Timezones suck sometimes.

[@Splitsie]

Hopefully some of the silly animations will brighten up your lunch break 🙂

[@arnoeagleeyes]

Even with more than 4000 hours in the game, this is still informative ! Thanks and a cool ending btw ;-)

[@Splitsie]

lol glad you enjoyed the ending, figured I should demonstrate the risks with that :D

[@arnoeagleeyes]

@@Splitsie Yeah, We all been there , probably multiple times :-)

[@travistharp4215]

Nice I never knew how or what a event controller was

[@Splitsie]

Glad that bit was helpful, I was in two minds about including it so soon in the tutorial series, but they're just so handy for little things like docking I felt it could fit in :)

[@Thaytor]

LOL The great Tribble migration at 27 minutes

[@themidnightbanshee5927]

I'd definitely just go straight to building a large grid ship for going to space nowadays. You can imagine the convenience of processing ores on the go and the ability to repair your ship

[@Splitsie]

It's a decent option when you know what you're doing, but I think for new players building something that expensive before you've crashed something cheaper a few times, is a recipe for rage quit :D

[@themidnightbanshee5927]

@Splitsie Ha true, a new player would crash multiple times before they realize how much thrust they need and how soon they should activate dampeners

[@oziumentisis]

I once floated aimlessly in the infinite expanse of gaming. Then I found Space Engineers. This game is the monolith, and I, the ape, have just discovered fire. Your video is a masterpiece of clarity and composition-subscribed without hesitation. The journey to SE2 begins.

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, glad you found your way here - if you're like me, between the two games you'll find a whole lot of fun and ways to express your creativity you didn't even imagine :) As an example, I've recently been building a garbage truck, just because I can :P

[@jstalk1]

Every time he emphasizes the word 'tank' i get an Outlands flashback. PRAISE THE TANK!

[@kholdanstaalstorm6881]

Me: *Tries to build symmetrical ships with thrust through the center of mass* "Darn, that's a headache to align it good and look functional!" Splitsie drops in with a spaceship tutorial: "All thrust is through center of mass, you only need to worry about enough thrust." Me: 😲🤯🤦‍♂️😞🤷‍♂️ "F... M... L... Great..." *Looks at the flying brick pallet of a 9 small grid drills with atmospheric thrusters and 2 large cargo with rock sorting connectors* "I was well chuffed by that accomplishment, was that for nothing?" Oh, well...

[@Splitsie]

On the plus side, I imagine you've become quite the expert on sorters and that'll probably be useful in the future :)

[@kholdanstaalstorm6881]

@Splitsie If only, haven't dived into sorters more than I got the ship to dump rocks, perhaps by a fluke. Played on max all settings, so the ship had about 1,5 million tons capacity fully laden, if I remember correctly, I think the total weight was around 2 million tons.

[@armastat]

If it helps there are mods that will 'fix' the cente of mass things and it will work like it does in real life ... Happy spinning ! 🙃

[@Triaxx2]

Something I like to do, is include a Remote Control on my first space ship, and make a GPS in orbit of my initial launch, some distance into Zero G. While it's very easy to mitigate the amount of H2 you're using, if you don't find Ice you can potentially have lots of H2, and so little O2 you're ending up in a death loop. In this situation, you can set your remote to take the ship to your 'Parking Lot' and turn off your survival kit. You'll respawn at base and your ship will make the trip to orbit where you can then pilot it down by remote or build something else to take you up and retrieve it.

[@Splitsie]

Yeah, having the 'space' GPS is handy for a bunch of reasons, especially once you get jump drives :)

[@halfcirclehranch]

I remember my first trip to space after they added planets. My ship was ridiculously tiny. A basic cockpit, gyroscope, battery, ore detector, antenna, medium cargo container, an o2/h2 generator, two landing gear, and 8 hydrogen thrusters. Three of the thrusters were for up. Two of them were set up to use the thrust override, while the last was manually controlled. The o2/h2 generator could easily supply two thrusters. It was enough to get me to space and let me explore some asteroids for ores. While still in gravity, I checked out the first asteroid I passed close to, and it had platinum, so I stopped and mined some by hand drill. Some debris from the mining dropped due to gravity, so I later found a few bits of platinum ore laying on the ground not far from my base.

[@Splitsie]

That's cool, sadly I don't have a lasting memory of my first trip to space, though I do have a good memory of my first failed trip to space :D

[@KINGDOMSONSTV]

Best series out there. Would love to see a recent survival series.

[@ninjapilot1062]

Thanks for getting me started in space engineers. I've played the game on and off over the years but recently decided to really get into it. In the past i've always stopped around the time i start attempting to build a mining ship. now i know the problem with those ships was too much storage, not enough batteries, and too many thrusters for the number of batteries i had. I'm exited to get into the game properly now that i know how to go from nothing to a proper space ship.

[@Splitsie]

Glad to help you get properly started this time :)

[@lordrodney-oldschoolgamer9106]

Excellent information that is well explained. As a SE oldtimer, I even picked up a "new" trick!

[@Nomad_55At-Large]

OMG - Love the auto-actions on Dock/Undock. I've had all of those on separate buttons to activate/deactivate manually FOR YEARS. Gonna go play with the event controller now.

[@Splitsie]

I had hoped that part would be useful for more than just new players :)

[@TENGILL]

Like others have said, your videos are a life saver!

[@boris3320]

1:17 no, the reason to go to space in the first place is you're playing SPACE ENGINEERS

[@Splitsie]

Planets are in space :P

[@garryr]

Thank you sir. I had no idea an event controller would do all that. I was putting down multiple controllers.

[@alexkairis3927]

Came for the tutorials (which are the best that I've found), stayed for the Scrapyard.

[@CubeAtlantic]

That was interesting & good if someone was trying to discover the accelerated space for the first time, probably on Space Engineers.

[@TheClaw47]

I've got almost 1000 hours in SE, but still love watching your tutorials. I forgot that the Event Controller was a thing and I should probably use it instead of my dual timer block setup for docking and undocking actions...

[@Splitsie]

You can use it with the dual timer setup, just pop the timers into the two action slots :)

[@petrus4]

This video made me miss my mining hexagon, Splitsie. I need to install my new computer! I like how quick and easy this ship is. It may seem strange, but my mining hexagon was the only ship design I was able to get into space. Everything else failed for one reason or another. The mining hex was a flat hexagonal plane with hydrogen thrusters on either side, and drills on the front. Most people would consider it very strange, and it had virtually no ability to turn, but I loved it.

[@Assassinwar]

Ah, event controllers I LOVE them so much!

[@Splitsie]

They are such a great bit of tidy automation :)

[@Luxxicon]

So much useful knowledge in this one video it is amazing.

[@Splitsie]

Thanks 😊

[@mchelpa]

To go with the event controller taking care of the ship's systems when you dock, a Base-Side conveyor sorter set to drain all is amazing for a dedicated connector for mining ship docking, especially once you're using a mining ship with several containers. (They're also awesome in general for rearming, refuelling etc in general.)

[@cv368]

Another good one, even i learned something new. Was still using timers or groups for turning my ships off. But speaking of cooking things with thrusters @15:38 ... I feel you might have been missing a chance to mention that they tend to also cook engineers. That side thruster right beneath the survival kit looks like it might counter an attempt to heal up 😋

[@Splitsie]

lol good point, thankfully at least you'll be right next to your bag when you respawn :D

[@cancakal]

I love you man. I am gonna watch the whole video.

[@joshfueled]

it took me around 130 hours to get to space for the first time, and it happened basically this week so thanks for your video, it made me feel really stupid for collecting platinum from fallen meteors bit by bit

[@robert_the_great2842]

Great video as always and thank you.

[@Stridgamer]

This tutorial on how you built this spaceship, so I copied your design and it works so damn good! And I managed to find Uranium and Platinum in space on an asteroid! It may take me about 5-10 minutes to find these 2 ores!! So thank you :D

[@Splitsie]

Glad it's worked out so well, you had much better luck than I did 😂

[@fredpryde8555]

awesome thanks for that always good to get a reminder of things wr may have forgotten we can do

[@Squeech.007]

Ah vanilla is so nice and easy. ❤ thanks for the 'vacation'

[@Xavier1...]

thanks for the tutorial i followed the seris as its my first time playing and its a complexe game

[@cyclonicoverride4337]

"...the migration of the boulders down the hill..." made me lose my ***, thanks for the laughs and for another excellent video. (Btw Space Engineers Geographic channel when? :D :D )

[@aurenian8247]

I like to add atmo thrusters to a starter spacecraft so that you only use hydro fuel to get through the upper atmosphere. It also means you have a safety net for when you come back loaded with ore. Especially when you are starting out you don't know how much thrust you need to carry heavy loads. For the same reason it is good to have some parachutes as well as a final backup.

[@TarisRedwing]

This asymmetric build with the new cockpit is cool looking.

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, I was quite happy with how it came out :)

[@JohnDoe-hc7jf]

The end is gold. ;)

[@eduardoflores3453]

I have tried searching uranium and platinum in asteroids in vanilla, but I believe the best way to get your first reactor and ion ship is hunting pirate cargo ships with assault cannons as they outrange all old vanilla weapons and pop turrets and then finishing up the capture by MOSTLY damaging but not destroying the main thrusters with gatlings or interior turrets

[@eduardoflores3453]

I hope more future enemy ships that are early and mid tier threats as the new encounters for prototech blocks have either an entire fleet of small and medium drones or competitive level superships and regular cargo ships with just a couple gatlings is not a challenge after the first one.

[@Splitsie]

Even if you do find platinum, that's still probably the fastest method with how slow platinum is to refine :D

[@alternatelives8559]

The easiest way I've found to get platinum is to select 'space pod' from the solar system start, mine a couple asteroids to build a couple basic manufacturing blocks, then strap a half-dozen parachutes on the ion powered starter ship. Once I pick somewhere that looks flat and land, I've got enough materials to build a cozy base and more than enough thruster components for a small grid ship or two, plus I can break down thruster components for all the platinum I'll need until mid-to-late game!

[@pa3kc376]

That's the best mouse cursor I've ever seen... Also love the vid of course :D

[@Splitsie]

lol Thanks, I really like it for the tutorials, so handy to have something that shows up so clearly :)

[@pa3kc376]

@Splitsie Oh... Handy... I see what u did there...

[@SplatterEffectGaming]

"Going SPLAT into an asteroid"..... I feel summoned to this video. lol!

[@josephhoward2971]

I made one months ago had six large H tanks at the rear, three large cargo in front, three h2/o2 generators forward of that, a small connector for fueling on the side H2 thrusters with atmo Thrusters 10 small reactors in the middle on the belly down the spine... It was a beast, with six 5x5 wheels and three large H thrusters off the back. And that mod that makes large grid items smaller for use on a small grid. Three refineries and two assemblers with four JD's. Only takes a few minutes to jump planet to planet.

[@nicholasandrzejkiewicz]

Tip: put a large grid ore detector using a large grid rotor with a small grid head attached to your ship to get a 150m range over the 50m small grid ore detector. It still make take a dozen or two dozen asteroids to find Uranium or Platinum, but you are less likely to miss the ore deeper inside. You may want to turn on "share inertia tensor" so that it moves rigidly with your ship, rather than your ship constantly trying to rotate around it.

[@Splitsie]

A large grid ore detector is certainly a good idea, though I'd say it's better these days just to use one with a connector on it. Since they no longer require power it's easier and safer and only a moderate amount larger to connect with them that way :)

[@Eisen_Jaeger]

Might also want to watch out for bit of doom voxels around the asteroids.

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

One method for saving fuel is to stop once you leave gravity, make a GPS, then hop out of your ship and jetpack to each nearby asteroid. If/when i find something useful at an asteroid i'll then move my ship next to that and either mine or make another GPS and keep manually searching using the jetpack until i've found all of the resources i want. The ore detectors range is the same as the advanced drill so bringing the whole ship to every asteroid is pointless since you can simply use your hand drill to check for buried resources. You can search several asteroids with just the jetpack and a drill then you can with a ship. Another good reason for jetpacking is that if you're attacked by drones you can outrun them with the jetpack since it goes 110 meters per second so you can make it back you your ship and be off long before they get a chance to shoot since their max speed is only 100 meters per second.

[@marciogoncalves3572]

I love your videos, i am i new player in SE. I am in my 3week playing and loved

[@JollywoodJoel]

This is why I watch all these tutorials for games I put thousands of hours into like 7dtd which i have 7k hours in... Space Engineers i have 4,200 hours in... Arma 3: I have 1,100 hours... Vermintide 2: 3,100 hours... and yes, not only I have no life, I turn my computer off every night so those aren't AFK hours... but I swear each time there's tiny things I learn from each of these tutorials which for each of these games i delve deep into are meant for newbies and I'm definitely not a newbie but every once in awhile there's something I learn which makes it worth it. I did not know about the "R" key setting the block's orientation from it's prior orientation and I feel dumb every time I learn something like that. I think I realized my problem, I may not be a newbie but I'm definitely a noob

[@Splitsie]

If it makes you feel any better, I might have discovered it by accident while teaching how to do that style of connector attachment in a previous tutorial, so it's fairly new to me too :D

[@hillllll6039]

I had no idea you can put more than one "event" in the event controller. I use a timer block to control multiple events. Thank you for this tutorial!

[@jmcorp8021]

because i'm crazy all my gps markers have to be 2 characters. ag, au, ni etc. for ice i use H2. for nothing found i use NS for No Signal. i also like to put small thrusters in all directions and turn off the big thrusters when they're not lifting me out of atmo or needed to move a heavy ship. that way you're not slamming into things just trying to drill. you could hear you slamming into the asteroid when trying to drill because the thrusters were way too big for such a light ship, but were needed once you got full. thanks for the event controller explanation. i tried doing that before but didn't know about the first slot second slot thing so nothing worked and i gave up. as usual your tutorials are first rate!

[@Splitsie]

Glad I could help out with the event controller side of things :)

[@Mr_toe_]

24:00 I'm pretty new so I'm not sure if you have to do this or not, but when you're showing how you can do multiple things with the event controller, would you have to make a new event controller for each action you wanted to do when docking and undocking? (like turning the antenna/oredetector/thruster groups on and off)

[@Splitsie]

No, that's why I used the separate hotbars, you can do up to 9 actions, but you can also use timer blocks to nest even more actions within those 9 toolbars :)

[@ghaukur]

A neat trick is to place a remote control and a camera facing the same direction as your connector. That way you can activate the remote and the camera to more easily connect the vehicle.

[@Splitsie]

Yup, I really should get in the habit of using that more often

[@seannemo8076]

Nice... I will say that this might have been a good one to show parachutes on.

[@Splitsie]

I actively chose not to include parachutes here, the reason was that you need far too many of them for them to be practical. To make a safe landing most of the time with this ship loaded with ore you needed at least 8! Balancing that and all the extra conveyoring required started to stretch the tutorial out to a length I wasn't happy with.

[@seannemo8076]

@@Splitsie Fair enough... I didn't realize you needed that many.

[@daz8405]

Nice tutorial, Splitsie - you might want to offer the warning that having a ship on recharge will drain the batteries of any other ship connected to the same base (that isn't also on recharge or with it's batteries off) as well as the base itself, just in case, and maybe note that the Flush Cockpit is a free-gift for subscribing to the Keen newsletter and not a truly vanilla block: Someone might get confused that they can't find it otherwise. By the way - was ramming the asteroid at the end deliberate for the video , or a useful outtake? I have learnt not to aim at 'roids when flying in space, still need to learn not to aim at my base station, either...

[@Splitsie]

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe I covered that behaviour of batteries in the mining ship tutorial. I glossed over a bit of that stuff this time as the video had already reached 40 minutes and I didn't want it to get any longer :) As to the crash... I'll never tell! (It was on purpose, I had been tempted to use one of my many accidental ones from streams, but this looked cleaner) :D

[@daz8405]

@@Splitsie The Real Teal/Teal Terror crash (As I can never remember which is which) would have made an epic crash - but may have had people asking how you crashed a rover into a 'roid. (I'm going to find that VOD and watch that again...) In the mining ship video you warn about being unable to fly with the batteries on recharge, and show that the base batteries will drain - it should be clear that other batteries will also drain, but sometimes people (me included) forget that.

[@brendandelear1145]

My tip Is to add parachutes as a failsafe when returning home with a full load as it can be easy to run out of fuel

[@Splitsie]

Unfortunately for this ship and a full load you need at least 8 parachutes to reliably safely land - I'd initially planned on including them but trying to place 8 so that it was balanced was a nightmare 😕

[@johnstewman2238]

the docking event controller is going to save me so much effing stress for docking my mining ship to my space refinery rig ship. holy crap.

[@TXPhoenix79]

One thing you should mention is if you go straight up from your base, once you get to space, make a GPS marker for re-entry. This way you know you’re directly over your base and can “fall” straight down.

[@Splitsie]

Good tip :)

[@psyboyo]

Finally eh? We were starving here! Dog even returned to Icarus this time, and I almost did the same! 💫

[@lordsherifftakari4127]

naturally, there should be a Tutorial on how to take on SPRT Mayday's. they don't spit Drones but can be a challenge to take on if they have active guns. as a side note, it's never a bad idea to keep a spare gun and ammo for it in your cockpit in the event you do get Splatsied. having a gun will help you get your stuff back from your body bag!

[@Splitsie]

Good point, spare weapons are quite handy :)

[@martinrwolfe]

You forgot to add the gyros to the event controler. I know that this is only a tutorial for new players but I find the small grid ore detector useless for survey work and any ship I intend as a surveyor I will ad a large grid conversion via rotor or hinge and add a lare grid ore detector. Also parachutes are very helpful on the deceleration when heavily loaded when returning from space. Another backup is to add atleast one solar panel so that if you drain the batery you don't get stranded.

[@Splitsie]

I didn't forget, I just figured I'd dragged that part out long enough for players to understand how it worked so I'd move on :) I actively chose not to include parachutes here, the reason was that you need far too many of them for them to be practical. To make a safe landing most of the time with this ship loaded with ore you needed at least 8! Balancing that and all the extra conveyoring required started to stretch the tutorial out to a length I wasn't happy with.

[@TDOBrandano]

I prefer to set up my thrusters in two groups, one for the braking thrusters and the other for the rest. That way I can keep inertial dampeners on while I coast in space with the braking thrusters off, and this will allow the ship to turn towards the direction it is aimed at. Since I usually have about as much thrust forwards as upwards, I can also set up the overrides in the forward direction and climb to space by starting to accelerate horizontally and pitching up, which in some cases gives me a bit more initial thrust by combining upwards and forward thrust.

[@Black5heep_]

Nicely done :)

[@travistharp4215]

Yay a great tutorial thanks

[@Erik_Ice_Fang]

You and I do have similar philosophies for the initial exploration ship. If anything though, I would add a parachute and solar panel at a minimum. A small sorter, ejector, and hydrogen engine are nice but optional

[@TevisC]

1. On a non oxygen atmo world. Helpful to mention that is the H2O2 generator chews up all the ice and you didn't have an oxygen tank... No more oxygen for your engineer till you get more ice. 2. I'd add a parachute to make sure I decelerate coming in for a landing. 3. I'd also add a set of small maneuvering thrusters in the axis of the large thrusters and turn off the large ones to keep the craft more manageable - consistent.

[@Splitsie]

That's why I recommend new players start on earth-like, you don't have to worry about things like that. I actively chose not to include parachutes here, the reason was that you need far too many of them for them to be practical. To make a safe landing most of the time with this ship loaded with ore you needed at least 8! Balancing that and all the extra conveyoring required started to stretch the tutorial out to a length I wasn't happy with. Having small thrusters to use when in space where the big ones are is certainly handy :)

[@SpikePeace]

For leaving a planet its also useful to have a seperate camera that is pointing up, so you can look out for asteroids right above you and avoid crashing into them. Its really frustrating to just about being able to leave a planet in the early stages; just to then smash into a random asteroid XD Also useful can be to leave a GPS marker right above your base in a few km distance, if you want or need a straight line down to your base or to easier create jump drive GPS coordinates for later on.

[@skipper2285]

Yes. I place a GPS marker labelled "(BASE NAME) Zero G" directly above my base and use that for an aiming point when returning from space.

[@Splitsie]

Good tip about the markers, that becomes especially handy if you're making regular trips once you have jump drives :)

[@Kyrinson]

I would also put a Landing Gear somewhere on that first ship... I don't want to admit how many times I got out of my ship with dampeners turned off and bumped it without noticing and came back to a ship floating off into the void. Being able to tether to something if you need to is very handy.. even if its just to grab that Unknown signal that wants to run away using my ship to hold it still.

[@Luke-ow9ku]

Just a small note about the event controller. It needs power to work. This is fine when you are docked to your own station, but trade stations dont share power. This means that the event controller will shut down your ship when you dock, but it wont start up when you undock. I got very confused the first time this happened to me and I had to turn everything on manually. You can solve this by putting your batteries on the toolbar to set them to auto, which will then allow the event controller to turn everything else on.

[@Splitsie]

Good point about the trade stations, they've got a few odd caveats that can catch people out, thankfully something like this is fairly easily remedied, but when new players mess with the 'trade mode' on their connectors it seems to cause all sorts of confusion

[@Dan_1764]

Another important note about navigating around asteroids, the small pebbles or doom voxels. Hard to see, but just as deadly.

[@JUNIsLuke]

I always fill a cargo container with enough stuff to set up a battery, solar panel or 2, 02h2 and a survival kit and then you can start from there :)) My small ships also almost ALWAYS have a survival kit and a couple parachutes If I’m not mistaken (I totally could be) it’s always worth having an oxygen tank too because one ice = “2 hydrogen” and “one oxygen” always so if you don’t have an oxygen tank your missing out on “free” oxygen , it could be the other way where it’s “2 hydrogen” if that’s all you have and then “1 oxygen and 1 hydrogen” if you have a tank for both

[@Splitsie]

Even with just an extra battery, you could probably get started up there with the survival kit to build the parts, but bringing them would certainly speed things up quite a bit :D

[@Vivi-yw1eu]

afaik you always get same amount of gas per ice. That is, if you aren't making both at once, you get twice of one.

[@Genzzry]

Decent tutorial, although I would have also added a projector block for repairs to the ship... ...and landing legs on the base that lock the ship in place once docked (if the ships draw too much power from the base when recharging, then the connectors lose power, drop the ship & it goes kaboom)

[@Splitsie]

That's no longer true, connectors don't require power any more, that was changed about 18 months ago 🙂

[@Genzzry]

@@Splitsie That's good to know, thanks :) I guess that I was set in my ways and haven't been reading patch notes. This could be a good video to make too... "Teaching old dogs new tricks" Aka: Stuff older players still do that are now "wrong" and the better / new ways to do them. For example, I still use hotkeys and commands for things that I could probably use event blocks for, scripts to align solar panels instead of custom turrets, etc. Alternaive title "The game has updated often, have you?" - lol