The Collector - Vanilla Survival on Keen's Servers

Welcome to uncontrolled space. How far can I make it toward my goal when I'm playing on a public server with no rules against PvP?
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[@user-wn5fw6fn1l]

You've got to watch out for all those dastardly people putting "Welcome Splitsie" signs everywhere. 😂

[@Splitsie]

Lol 😂

[@glenn-g]

Those Dastardly scoundrels!

[@engelheselton]

Funny because it's true. 😀

[@thesneak536]

Considering how far he is they got to find him yet

[@alexandermuller7142]

@@thesneak536 he said he's coming to every planet to collect hitchhikers.. sort of. At least that's my understanding. So one does not have to search but has to be found.

[@tj_2701]

Just wanted to say, knowing the amount of time that a new baby can take up, and you managed to find time to make us another series is greatly appreciated by us. Thank you for all the great content.

[@Splitsie]

Thanks and you're welcome :)

[@killtyrant]

​@@Splitsie Know it's a bit late but congrats on fatherhood my dude! Start counting ya greys now haha

[@Matt-KG7JQH]

OK, so Splitsie has turned in to a kidnapper! 🤣Maybe add a beacon broadcasting "Free Candy" 🍬🍬🍬

[@jonathanbair523]

Grate, now I got the song "Aaron Carter - I Want Candy" stuck in my head

[@HamadaHamada-qx9bx]

@@jonathanbair523 if that song was in your repertoire there was no saving you to begin with.

[@Splitsie]

I rather think of myself like a cult leader who actually has a space ship :P

[@tommy0con2]

@@Splitsie ah so cool-aide salesman

[@FlamingToaster]

​@@Splitsie space ship? You mean The Holy Ark?

[@soveliss6520]

The reason that one hydrogen engine was draining and the other ones were gaining is because all the engines try to reach an equal amount of stored hydrogen (hope that makes sense)

[@SamuelTurnhorn]

Reall? Huh never knew that then again I never have a build with more than one

[@Coretalless]

It would be interesting to is a screenshot of the Respawn pod at the beginning of each episode showing the Splitication of the Ship as Splitsie progresses on his collecting of Engineers.

[@Splitsie]

I've been trying to get a blueprint each time at the end of a recording so I can try to do something fun in the event of a wipe by someone nefarious, I think I might have missed one session though so I could mostly do something like that

[@speedydude1]

24:16 "It's almost peaceful." 10 seconds later: "Capac amaru Has joined the server."

[@darkrashan]

I was absolutely waiting for it...

[@tonino_g]

love this new series!! Feels like the old days of tutorials - explaining as you go... Keep it up!!!!

[@marksadler4457]

Same.

[@Splitsie]

Glad you're liking it, I thought with all the new PlayStation players it might be helpful to explain some of the basics as well 🙂

[@ecyor0]

likewise, debating taking another stab at Space Engineers now I have a slightly better computer and this is a great little "ease myself back into it" series to watch on the side.

[@TheKingjames57]

Now that I finally have SE, I would like to meet you in space at some point. If only just to wave at the man who taught me all I know 😂

[@Surzhyk10]

Time to hunt

[@knutzzl]

A plan for when you get to planets?: Plant a tree on all the north pole's

[@Splitsie]

Lol 🤣

[@Trevor-gm6ph]

I second this

[@PepeLePewPew]

plant a flag!

[@michaelhoffman3174]

I say a capac statue next to fort capac

[@tj_2701]

Nice call back 👍

[@StickJock819]

With the five drill limit, I usually do three drills in a row like you've done, and two placed opposite in a cross, but three blocks apart (one block space between the center drill and outer drill. That way I have one row of three drills packed tight, and one row a little more spaced out, and I rotate the whole ship while boring. The tight row catches all the voxel that I'll be driving into while the spaced row digs a little more space around the ship.

[@Splitsie]

That's a neat design 🙂

[@advorak8529]

Or you simply use a rotor with a (one-sided, if necessary) arm - and if you want, you can even change the length of the arm using pistons, allowing you to drill an inner and an outer circle area. Automate with timer blocks and another piston or two advancing the drills, retracting, switching to the larger diameter, and advancing (slower) again.

[@Some_guy_said]

This is great I’ve always wondered about the Keen severs this is a nice intro to sever gameplay.

[@Splitsie]

My experience is likely to be a bit different to the average, but at least with regards to the limitations it should give you an idea 🙂

[@WesleyyIsMe]

Keen servers near the planetary system is basically space Rust.

[@PanicOregon]

a 6 panel Solar array can typically be used to make the RespawnPod stay powered while you're logged off.

[@AvatarianArtificer]

Ok, I'm more enthused about this series than your other SE series. Its the starting on a new server (or private server with friends) with no (or very basic) mods fresh in a survival pod, lost in space that's the best part of SE for me. I've done it countless times. The scratching out a living at the beginning is my favourite part. By the time I end up in a newly designed mega factory ship, i tend to get bored, never finish it, and start again fresh somewhere else.

[@jamesmetzger7320]

i always love seeing a new series from splitsie. i have been watching survival unlikely again and have been noticing the learning progression of both capac and splitsie a lot more then the first time watching it.

[@Splitsie]

Glad you're enjoying the rewatch - I learnt so much through Survival Unlikely and Survival Maybe, about the game, about making videos, about talking into a microphone, the whole lot :D

[@mandyspence1599]

At the moment, I think the ship needs to be called the Boom Stick, although it probably looks very different now. As for dealing with passengers, eject the cryopods the moment people start making demands and make sure to have plenty of algal paste sandwiches for any Capac minded people you pick up... Good luck and God speed!

[@Splitsie]

lol I'm not sure they'll be needing food as human popsicles so hopefully the promise of such things will be enough :D

[@5Davideo]

On the standard star system map, Fake Earth is located EXACTLY at GPS coordinates 0,0,0. So you can make a GPS point and manually input the coordinates. I also do similar with a GPS point at 0,-3000000000,0 for North and 0,3000000000,0 for South, because the sun follows the XZ plane, so the Y-axis is also the North/South axis. It's extremely useful when you're using solar and/or wanting a specific latitude on a planet/moon.

[@Splitsie]

How do you think I came up with the Home? marker? ;)

[@Aedus]

Always fun to see a new (to me) style of content Splitsie. Thanks!

[@thomasdaymond7271]

Very nice. Great episode and I look forward to the series. I've watched a lot of your series and I learn so much from you. As well as being a skilled space engineer and creative content creator, you seem to be a genuinely nice person. I've enjoyed your recent interactions with Capac and TFE. Keep up the great work!

[@Splitsie]

Thanks so much :)

[@matthewgillies7509]

Should definitely swing by Keen server CA#2 sometime. There's a few large and interesting bases there and many of them allow visitors (even to spawn in), and it even has a public trading station called the "En Route" and a domed base on the Moon called "Lovell City". The En Route station is the oldest on the server at this point, and has been a popular gathering location for 1.5 years. Mithridates Rex, the proprietor of both those bases, is an old veteran of the Sigma Draconis "Escape From Purgatory" server, and appears in chat in a few of those videos. His faction has some magnificent vehicles, and the server regularly polices itself to prevent piracy.

[@Splitsie]

You're not the first to speak highly of the CA servers, from what I've heard they've got a similar vibe to the AU ones due to the slightly smaller community using them

[@ChrMuslimThor]

I love your solo projects. It's interesting to hear your thought process when doing builds.

[@Splitsie]

Thanks 🙂

[@derekwinmill5065]

I am absolutely loving that you’re doing a series like this, I’m new to the game and have been following all of your tutorials and I’ve tried starting in space in the past and it was pretty rough, but now that I have a bit more experience and your videos to roughly follow along with I think I’ll try again

[@Splitsie]

I was hoping this would prove useful in that way, hopefully it does for you :)

[@trindleshadowmane2495]

You should have just started with the drill attached to the survival kit through where the slanted window is then you could have kept airtightness in the cockpit and you could have had it processing stone while flying around searching for deposits

[@Splitsie]

I really don't need airtightness there as the cockpit only has 1 door so it's mostly a way to bleed out oxygen. I wasn't that pushed for time but was happy with how quickly things came together :)

[@Enderkilla101]

Yay a new series, and on a server again😁🤘 Interested to see where/how this goes with the whole collector theme. Would be an honor to a part of Splitsie's crew...or at least a human popsicle in the freezer😆

[@Splitsie]

Hopefully I can manage to get to the planets to start collecting my human popsicles :D

[@georgepitts6500]

Awesome! I'm very excited to follow you on this new journey! Can't wait to see your ship once you have it styled up!

[@Splitsie]

Hopefully I can make something that looks half decent within the PCU limits 😂

[@martingq32]

I'll tell you a little tip i've used in the early days. I put a gear next to the connector to evade random deletes at restart. Have luck 😊

[@Tracerm17]

I really enjoy the pure engineering in this video. The other series with constant combat with AI drones and what not is exciting from time to time, but I really just like watching you guys build stuff so I hope this series continues to be more like we've seen so far.

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, I really enjoyed my recent stream series with the scrapyard mod I made for that reason too - it's nice to just build and have the build itself be the challenge :)

[@j.1668]

Heck yeah. I like tutorial content and I've always wanted to be good at Space Engineers. Looking forward to this :D

[@tevarinvagabond1192]

This isn't good for beginners though...actual beginners would just use solar panels instead of spending way too much time and resources on hydrogen engines. Don't use this video if you want to learn how to play, you need to know the basics first

[@randall8648]

Green Ghillie suit engineer volunteering for pop "cryo" sicle Sir! Thank's for the great content as usual!

[@kentheknight]

I love that every series comes with tips that are vital, like the middle mouse button shortcuts with dumping ores. Very considerate.

[@Splitsie]

I particularly tried to do that with this one since it's vanilla and hopefully more relevant to make players 🙂

[@iceteee95]

I can't tell you how much I've been waiting for this kind of gameplay. I love it

[@thegamingeconomist3831]

Completely Vanilla. With Progression enabled. Oh the humanity! God's speed, Splitsie.

[@Splitsie]

lol It's not all that bad... mostly :P

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

Splitsie, I love the way your mind works! This ship is a hodge-podge, hobbled together cluster of engines and 02/H2 Generators (not to mention, small-grid large storage), but it all just works together and I can see how you're going to make the whole ship look good once you get a reactor on board. I can tell that I'm going to enjoy this series. I'm so glad I found your channel. Now if I could just stop building bricks myself! LOL Edit: I tried to this EXACT thing, with the merge block and an Asteroid, but I turned my ship into a station (because I thought I had to) and so even after I disconnected the merge blocks (and the ship wasn't touching anything anymore) the game said, "Error, cannot turn into Ship" So my Ship became an Asteroid... Go figure. I had to revert to a save from like 6 hours earlier that day!

[@Splitsie]

Oh no, that's a long way to wind back. If you run into that again, you should be able to use the convert to ship button (it's in the same spot as the station one in the menu) to convert back. If it's refusing to do so make sure that every block of your ship is completely clear of the asteroid e.g. a slope block needs the entire cube space clear

[@dormentbigfoot5412]

I love the way this ship looks after u built it up, it looks so unorganized but mechanical

[@Splitsie]

lol Thanks :)

[@slothchunk]

Cool idea! I am so glad you're still doing these. I live vicariously through your videos because I could never torture myself as hard as you do. Vanilla SE is a hard pill to swallow, what with build vision and the other lovely QOLs. Looking forward to this series!

[@jasonhaynes2565]

Interesting goal for this series can't wait to see what happens next!

[@toddkoonce5224]

Just a note, the Keen servers do spawn new spawn ships within 20-50 km of existing players in space. Also, the Strong Unknown Signals will spawn within 20 km, I think, of a player that is online in space. So, I kind of give people an idea where others on the server are. Also, the server will still run your grids while you are offline. That means if you are not online and run out of power, they will be deleted. But, the plus side is that the cobalt can be refined while you are offline.

[@Splitsie]

Yup, I'm aware of all those things - it's why I really need to get that jump drive so I can leave the area of a strong unknown signal when needed :) Fortunately being as far out as I am, the challenge with finding me can become one of getting there even if you work out where :P

[@uncle_creepy2743]

must admit, i havnt gamed in 6 months, havnt played SE in over a year, and i havnt watched any gaming related videos in long time.... BUT then i see splitsie doing a vanilla playthru on a keen server.....AND im back baby

[@Splitsie]

lol Hope you enjoy the ride :)

[@iMuffunz]

Starting from the beginning on a random server is such a refreshing idea. If only it was a daily upload! Can’t wait for more 😁

[@Splitsie]

I'm happy to be back to 2 videos per week (of different series), I've never been quick enough with edits to get videos out much more often than that 😂

[@joshjenkins3815]

I freaking love your content, and I've been around SE for over a decade, never gets old :3

[@GMLSX]

You can do a cross shaped drill set up with just 4 drills and still mole (tunell) mine. Leaving a spot for a pressurized cockpit (or just the helm console)in the middle, allowing you to place corner lights at the front. The suit lights a still better thou. And a small large grid hydrogen tank will last surprisingly long on a dedicated hydrogen powered cross shaped mining ship.

[@AlfJustAlf]

Hi Splitsie. Got to say that love this series idea. I will be waiting for each notification :)

[@jonathanbair523]

LOL have to ask ALF..... Do you come with cats? JK.... Loved watching that show as a kid.

[@AlfJustAlf]

@@jonathanbair523 Cats? Love them. delicious... i mean: cutest pets you can have.:)

[@Splitsie]

lol :D The confusion for the younger people out there with this exchange would be real :D

[@aidenr.5770]

Found the direction he's traveling; Since he's so far away, there's barely any parallax, so you can use the skybox as a reference for direction. The unit vector direction he's traveling in is (-0.9286153, -0.37076, -0.01457) and if you negate it, and multiply it by his distance,(if the "Home" marker is at the origin/earth) you get his approximate position. His position where he ended the video is probably close to (228495916, 9122961, 3569672). Do keep in mind, his marker is most likely not at the origin, and could be only just close enough to visually see the planets. There's also a bit of error in the measurement, about 53.3 arcseconds. So just keep in mind that the further you go out the further you'll have to search from the unit vector line. The current width of the area you'll have to search, at the distance Splitsie is at, is about 32Km around. Good hunting ;)

[@G3David]

Center drill fills up faster because the other drills are attached to it, generally is the case

[@robthisandharrythat]

Great idea for this series. I'm looking forward to this. Over 1k hours of SE mainly on planets. Just started an in-space playthrough and watching this I now know where I have been going wrong with power. (I think) 🙃

[@Splitsie]

Thanks 🙂

[@Chronostra]

15:50 Aaaahhhh, so that's why. my first experience of keen server is that my pod disappeared, even though I built stuff on it and expanded beyond. also playing with the drill/welder/grinder/piston block limitations I usually made an perpetual extendable drill rig because I'm too lazy to make a ship small enough for coring an asteroid kekw 37:42 what a foreshadowing

[@Splitsie]

Good to know some of this info has proved useful :D

[@Wedgehog]

This is the first SE survival video I've watched in years. Fascinating concept!

[@Splitsie]

It's a little terrifying knowing that someone could offline wipe me, but it certainly adds some extra tension :D If I manage to get another stream series going with w4sted I've gotta sneak you in there somewhere to scare the crap out of him :P

[@Wedgehog]

@@Splitsie would be a blast from the past!

[@jacksonbarkerthebluehairedfox]

Something I usually do with space starts is I put in some freight crates in the cockpit of the ship to store materials I can't quite use yet, then I pull 'em out when I'm able to refine them.

[@brentbarr498]

36:58 I like it.. all of it!! Keep at Splitsie.. with luck your partner in crime AND adventure makes an appearance at some point as you two are GREAT together.. not mention we could use a little ORANGE in this world of yours.. ;)

[@Splitsie]

At the very least I might get him to jump into one of the Cryo pods when I have some 🙂

[@Klinghahn]

Yay! Solo on a public server starting in space. One of my favorite ways to play on a long winters day. How did you manage to start so far out of the system?

[@BleuSquid]

I'm wondering the same thing. I'd love to try it, it sounds like a neat way to start!

[@SandervanOort]

I once respawn that far from Earth like. Maybe try to respawn a couple of times?

[@Splitsie]

It happens when there's a player on the server living out that far. You will always spawn somewhat near another player if they exist, so you kinda have to get 'lucky'

[@Dinkleberg96]

I was really hyped and expecting the new series today and OMG a finding nemo on a Keen's offical server it's an amazing idea! PS: i just heard what the entire plan is and.... nevermind it's not a great idea 😂😂

[@Splitsie]

lol It'll be great, what could possibly go wrong? :D

[@wow-roblox8370]

Very interesting idea!

[@Splitsie]

Hopefully I get to finish it before someone decides they'd rather ruin the fun than just leave a fun message 🤔

[@eaudesolero5631]

yer doing it. nice. glad you're appreciating this experience. i didn't have jump drives when i did this years ago. but i did get inventive... i'll wait t see what you om across,...

[@Rome_pizza]

If you turned off your hydrogen engines at 31 minutes in you can save som hydrogen think of the little things

[@captain61games49]

31:00

[@Splitsie]

Meh, don't need to think of the little things when I've got plenty of ice :)

[@Foga001]

Poor man, no sneaky sounds. That mod is a blessing, thanks for it!

[@Splitsie]

Lol so true, thankfully I can at least help you guys by adjusting the volume for the video 😂

[@Foga001]

''Not all heroes wearing capes''

[@NoOne-np5kc]

@@Splitsie there's been a sneaky sounds plugin for a while. I think they're against the rules of most servers but it gives no advantage and they can't police it anyway.

[@Splitsie]

It would feel disingenuous for me to use plugins in a 'perfectly vanilla' series 🙂

[@Foga001]

Never played online, except with friends on a private server. Excited to see what will happen.

[@Splitsie]

I'm hoping people who find me will see the fun in leaving a message or something as opposed to kicking over my metaphorical sandcastle 🤔

[@zzzires5045]

If only they could make your ship spin slowly 10 mins after the next video started :p

[@Foga001]

Hopefully in SE people are not such trolls, like in Minecraft

[@zzzires5045]

@richardfogarassy3486 that's why only gyro override slowly not thrusters or anything. Just enough to mess with him a little but not enough to actually cause grief.

[@firewalldaprotogen]

this made me realize that i've never done a space-start in SE before. ill have to try at some point

[@32ShadowWolf]

This was so refreshing to watch....after months of designing stuff in the game....I think I might do this for a while :)

[@Splitsie]

Thanks 🙂

[@kevinspyrle5538]

Great Video as always! Thank you!

[@th3fish]

Looks like a great start! I`m excited for the next episode

[@Splitsie]

It should be a fun ride :)

[@bobofthewind]

It is good to see another public server series from you. With so many things outside of your control, it is a good challenge to stretch your engineering and editing skills. Some server quarks to look forward to in the vanilla game without experimental mode. Space Engineers Keen Public Server BINGO Server lag kills Engineer (rubber banding rampage) Server lag causes ship damage Sub Grids Teleported to 0;0;0 (Earth-like Core) Kang takes a Tribute! All gasses disappear; hold your breath! Sim Speed bottoms out, take a swim Rollback; do 10 minutes of work again Die while offline in a plumbed and powered Cryo Chamber Find all ores before Cobalt! Something is broken? Only solved by quick reconnect (F5) Hacker/Script kiddy rage Server is full, play again later Server location revealed by Global Chat Passenger damages the ship Acquire LCD Messages/items from passersby while offline Forget to unlock portion of the tech tree before starting upgrade Never hit 20k PCU limit Distracted by player made server event Willingly Engage in PVP

[@Cee64E]

It's an interesting approach. I find that by grinding down all of the Ramp blocks and thin wedges on the top, I have room to fit 4 solar panels. Then by aligning my ship on the Y axis of the universe, as long as everything but my Survival Kit is powered off, I can leave the ship unattended for days, and come back to fully charged batteries. That's usually the first thing I build on a new space pod. Later on I will add the basic production and usually a rotor drill head. Storage will usually have to wait until I find cobalt, but I like the trick of small grid storage. I'll remember that for next time.

[@Splitsie]

I prefer to take the hard route sometimes :D

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

Wow, I forgot the build progression was even a thing. Bit of a throwback. I imagine your upper and lower drills get more full when you sweep the ship mainly side-to-side, and the central drill gets next to nothing. That classic SE music at the end was a great choice. Those tracks are very nice and it just has that vanilla feel.

[@Splitsie]

That's probably true about the drills

[@ryanjames4789]

Started to worry that I started a new game in space two weeks after Splitsie, the fact that he has progression proves he's on a different server than me....phew. Thank you for the trick to get around respawn pods though, that is a game changer

[@alexmoraru4288]

cant wait for the next one

[@GoltahsDistractions]

Cool monster head shaped asteroid at 5:50. Nice, you flew into its mouth

[@71Chris]

And the scramble begins to find what server

[@unclegreybeard3969]

The GPS location of the exact center of the Earthlike planet on all Keens servers is the default GPS when creating a new GPS location; 0,0,0.

[@Splitsie]

Yup, that's where I put my 'home?' marker 🙂

[@grugiv]

Forgot about you, good to see you're alive :)

[@michahogelo]

that intro is so creative

[@Jalbesbe]

You can space out large ship drills by one pipe to get maximum mining area with max mining speed. Thus you wouldn't have to shrink your ship at all Upping the radius and lowering the fall off of the spot light also would light up everything at the front of your ship

[@Splitsie]

My experience with spacing large grids drills in the past has been the occasional doom voxels being left behind and badly damaging my ship 😐

[@supraman221989]

I'm playing on the vanilla server right now too. And the one thing I instantly miss is build vision lol

[@kspn78]

I am curious as to the 'limit' of 5 drills? Looks like a fun new series, hope that things go well for you :D

[@Idk..-..]

I Think they do the block limits to prevent Server lag, the limits also apply to welders and grinders as far as i know.

[@Splitsie]

Yep, really easy to create performance problems with lots of ship tools

[@Raynor88]

15:20 I didnt know I could do this with a respawn ship. I just did it with my rover and it worked. ty!

[@CMDROldDuck]

Thank you so much for showing me that the “sun shines through walls” bug is 100% part of SE. Now I won’t have to fiddle with graphics drivers! Very annoying bug to me..

[@rohenthar8449]

Wow, what a lucky guy you are! In my last survival at space I ended up with all asteroids full of Nickel and Ice.... And I literally mean all of them in 17 cluster zone and I given up.

[@Splitsie]

If that was in a modded save that could be the cause. There are a few mods that can kinda break asteroids ore spawning so they only have nickel and occasionally silver

[@rohenthar8449]

@@Splitsie No, I use vanilla until I learn all the mechanic. As I said last time, I bought this game very late, just a month ago, but It hooked me deeply. I wasted almost 40h to make a human spy frigate from Hegemony, but... I still can't automate it how I want and can't set a proper targeting system either, both due to my lack of knowledge and a bit of space limitation enforced by this ship low profile and its "catamaran shape". Nevertheless thank you for reply and an advice.

[@ugib8377]

You had a nice smooth time on that server. Quite often when I play on keen official its a laggy nightmare. The connector small grid cargos is absolutely genius man. I am kicking myself for not thinking of that! Maybe start with the outlier planets once you reach the center. Earth/Mars/Luna/Europa are usually hotbeds for player pirates!

[@Splitsie]

I'm not certain on my order so far, but last time I left Earth to last so I may do the same or just go to whichever is closest from the place I've started and work from there :)

[@podtrh]

31:57 It doesn't matter how many hours you have played, you will always learn something new. Using the Ctrl key to rotate 90° is a great feature, thanks.

[@Splitsie]

You're welcome 🙂

[@comcastjohn]

Congrats on the mini Splitsie! 😇😇. I just found out by the comments here. When can we expect mini Splitsie to start jumping in your SE vids to help daddy? 🤣😅😂. You fly a large grid ship and mini flies a small grid ship! 🤣😅😂😁

[@mattp1337]

Nice to see you doing solo SE again. It's been a while.

[@Splitsie]

It has indeed, it felt good to be back editing the solo stuff too :)

[@PatrickKniesler]

Looks like an agglomeration zeppelin because your original ship is basically just a gondola below the stuff clamped on top.

[@Gottaculat]

My general rule with H2 engines is to have at least two O2/H2 generators per H2 engine. I also take this approach when building H2 ships, where each large H2 tank should have at least three O2/H2 generators (preferably 4). Not the fastest, but that's a good rule of thumb if you want a net positive in H2 production under normal operating conditions, while minimizing power consumption. The new event controller, of course, helps even more with power management, as O2/H2 generators drain a good amount of power while active.

[@Splitsie]

That used to be close to my approach, but it seems like you can cut it much more fine than in the past so I'm keen to see if I run into any major issues doing it this way 🙂

[@lamaman5080]

Tbh what I do is replace the front corners with drills and one in the middle and place the b-assembler connected to the cargo container and the refinery on the back o2/h2 gen, and build everything in a sleek way so I can hide in asteroids when I’m off or from pirates

[@etiennenioda6455]

I tend to start the same way. In space. But I like to make the drills 5 wide. Making the ship spin when I drill makes a very big hole to pass through.

[@Splitsie]

I think if I was playing solo I'd like building it that way but with my lag to the server spinning is challenging at best - with the slow rotate speed the server often refuses those small movements :(

[@diabloi]

for stop the kidnapped engineer from demolishing the house, maybe you can put a block above the cryochamber and set up a gun behind the block, that way the engineer has a big meal to eat when he wakes up....XD

[@Splitsie]

I was thinking I just have a turret set to target neutrals so as soon as they get out they get shot, which means - stay frozen or stay dead :P

[@diabloi]

@@Splitsie What I think of is whether the turret will attack the cryochamber (or hit it by mistake)..so need to avoid them in the same plane

[@alexandermuller7142]

well.. i just pick a server and build myself a nice little bus stop and wait

[@SA80TAGE]

Yo Splitsie, I tend to add the drill on to the survival kit, removing only the one right side angled window, it still keeps it airtight despite a small visible gap. I also add a cryopod to the opposite side of the cockpit, symmetrical with the survival kit.

[@Splitsie]

I don't see much value in keeping airtightness for the cockpit (seems a good way for me to accdientally waste lots of air going in and out the single door) so I like to rip up the roof and get materials from there too :D

[@rogerexcell249]

A new event control block to turn on the engines when battery% is below 25% and turn off engines above 75% (for example) would help save the ship when your offline, right? A pair could also control the O2H2s with tank fullness.

[@Splitsie]

I may do something like that in the future, though in general I want the batteries completely full when I log off and not rely on the event controller to keep the ship from being deleted - I'm just not sure I trust it enough

[@2046ization]

using the SE music is a really nice touch ^^

[@Splitsie]

Thanks :)

[@Grim_Kin]

im cant wait to watch more!

[@Splitsie]

Next episode out this week :)

[@iama_spartacus8288]

Good Luck Splitsie! If you're going to hide out in rocks, I might suggest changing your ship's exterior to match the color to the asteroids you're hiding in. Snap off the lights and engines and snuggle in close. Might give you an edge in hiding from the hungry marauders that inhabit those servers lol.

[@Splitsie]

lol potentially, though the main thing is to find a hole in a fresh asteroid and hide there - voxel deformations and the like can be spotted way too far away :P

[@apdshadow1203]

You should consider a fpv only series. force yourself to try and engineer around without the benefit of the 3rd pov. and having to factor in the mining effects and visuals when laying out tools.

[@Splitsie]

It's something I've considered, just gotta find the right challenge to make it extra interesting :)

[@Rome_pizza]

The ending was good ill definatly be in a cryo find me on earthlike

[@Splitsie]

When I get closer to the point of collecting I'll post the instructions on how to be collected (assuming things don't go wrong before then) 🤞

[@tune490]

You don't need stone first... just hack your ship for parts until you have a drill, basic refinery, and basic assembler. Start with basic assembler, from the control seat computers. What am I saying, I learned all this from you years ago lol.

[@Billy_West]

I am new to the game. Picked it up and didn't like it but I am getting back into it. Another guy started a playthrough and showed me there is a LOT to the game I had never seen. I hope I get to see some cool stuff my dude! You seem to know a tun from what I can tell. I might want to try this game on a multiplayer server some day. Still learning the ropes though for now. Thanks for the play through!

[@ijustread7234]

Hey Splitsie, we the Pickle Pirates from Us server 3 challenge you to war, we would of course let you build up your faction first. We haven't had much competition for a bit, in case you're wondering why and it doesnt have to be a series or anything. Also I recommend getting friends to join you if you're up to it. This goes for anybody else who feels like challenging us aswell, we need a challenge We enjoy the videos, keep up the fun work.

[@Splitsie]

lol I don't think I'd end up being much competition - have you seen how long it took me to add any guns to my giant purple carrier? :D

[@ijustread7234]

Understandable

[@EikeSky]

Splitsie! Your subgrid is misaligned, you could use medium cargo/conveyors to connect to the other connector and it'll line up (and reduce the footprint of your cargo) muh symmetry! Also how long until you miss buildtools? 😂 Lovely new series youve got here.

[@Splitsie]

Hopefully I'll be able to rip it off soon if I find some cobalt 😂

[@dajosh42069]

Ok, im here for it. I'm hopeful for a fruitful series.

[@Splitsie]

Fingers crossed :)

[@1mipe]

The hunt for Splitsie is now on

[@chakatfirepaw]

A challenge: See how many plushies you can sneak into his cargo before he notices.

[@Splitsie]

lol That would be properly hilarious :D

[@chuckberry3809]

well, i was playing 7 days to Die for a while, then watched this video, and now I've started a new world in Space Engineers. Granted, it's modded, but I started with the same pod and scrambled to find my cobalt.

[@Splitsie]

Every time I'm away from SE and building something I always find myself craving the physicality SE has, hopefully we'll eventually see some other genres get this treatment one day

[@starboylz_dev]

Imagine you play space engeneer and see random ship fly by, later you watxh your favorite SE youtuber (mine is splitsie) and see toyr ship in background

[@Splitsie]

lol Hopefully I get some random interactions that aren't just fights while this series goes on :)