Survival, Maybe... #76 Going Modern (A Space Engineers Survival Series)

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[@mattp1337]

All grand train stations of the Victorian era were equipped with hydrogen generators and refill stations for travellers' recreational jetpack needs. It is known.

[@Splitsie]

Lol, so true and this one will be no different - probably after the next time I run out :P

[@kyubey3961]

Splitsie: Yey I'm gonna make a tram system in space engineers, easy task... Five minutes later: Wow making rounded glass is way too hard, not gonna take that challenge.

[@Splitsie]

But making rounded glass that looks good is sooooo much harder :P

[@twmharris-davies4364]

Architectural fun fact: those projecting supports are called "flying buttresses". Look at you mixing Gothic design principles into your modern edifice! Considering how grand that tram station is, I think it ultimately needs to be heart of a much larger endeavour, perhaps a hillside radial city with the solar tower at its centre. Once you have dominion over the planet and a foothold in space, it could be your corporate headquarters! A poetic contrast to your beginnings hiding underground.

[@mortisCZ]

I love to incorporate flying butresses into SE and Avorion ship designs. It gives them that WH40k vibe. PS: Have You ever been to Kutna Hora in Czech Republic? There is a cathedral of st. Barbora which is quite a masterpiece of Gothic architecture.:-)

[@twmharris-davies4364]

Vojtěch Ptáček Sadly I have not, though it looks remarkable! I'm currently working on the refurbishment of a large Gothic building called Old College in Aberystwyth, Wales, so I'm studying a lot about Gothic design at the moment.

[@Splitsie]

I love that in my attempts to design something modern, light and airy, I still manage to build a victorian/gothic styled build *facepalm :P

[@AceOfBlackjack]

No biggy splitsie just name the train from the current my little pony series cough***rainbow dash ***sneze ***please

[@Athkore]

Somehow Solar Axe is 10x more badass than a boring old Solar Tower. Sounds almost as if you are hacking at the sun to generate power.

[@khorne7386]

AthkoreProductions you use the sun's blood as power

[@Splitsie]

As soon as people said it looked like a battle axe the name came to me and I knew I was never going to think of it another way :P

[@Xander_RT]

Hey Splitsie, Love the series. love the over-engineering and esthetics. I played around with tunnel miners on rails and got the same problem with the mining debris getting in the way of the welder. My solution was to put the rail on the ceiling since the debris tends to fall down. I had some success with landing gears to move the miner but the most reliable version was with merge blocks every X blocks (depending on the length of the miner and piston range). The miner would project it's tracks, weld it and mine while stuck to the previous merge block. The projection has set length from merge block to merge block. Several versions of the projections: straight. 30 deg up. 30 deg side. The miner has 5 projectors, one for each blueprint (forward, up, down, left, right). 2 rotors would align the miner to the blueprint direction and timer blocks set it all up. If Klang cooperates you end up with smooth straight tunnels. Good luck!

[@Xander_RT]

For an automatic tram you could use "control" blocks at each segment that sensors could pick up to direct the next segment. Since you want to travel both directions you need to account for that. Say put 5 blocks on the relative right of the tram and have 5 sensors read the blocks. If there is a block, continue straight, up, down, left, right, depending in which block is there. Note: turns only work with landing gear since merge blocks snap in a fixed direction. No issue since you plan to build a 2D turntable anyway :-)

[@Splitsie]

This tram is going to have rails above and below, though now that I think about it, I might do some tests and see if I can put rails on each side and achieve the same effect... this could be exciting if that works :)

[@Xander_RT]

Splitsie So what are you planning for propulsion of the tram? Wheels, landing gears or merge blocks?

[@Forcemaster2000]

Instead of constantly having to move bottles of hydrogen out to the "worksite", why not just build a H2/O2 generator at the site and put some ice in it so you can just refill while you're working out there?

[@Splitsie]

I probably should build a temporary one on the roof or something until I set up a permanent one there...

[@xanbs503]

oh absolutely. after all, you will need some type of refrigeration unit in place there for the tourists that want cold drinks, ice cream, and so on. Surely Spitsie didn't think there would only be a cappuccino bar up there... hmmm... cappuccino bar...

[@ttami1147]

Hi Splitsie, this series give me two of my highlights every week. Splitsie-Wednesday and Splitsie-Saturday. i've learned and still learning soo much about designing in SE. Thx ! Keep up the good work.

[@Splitsie]

Thanks so much, I'm really glad you're enjoying them :)

[@Cyberguy42]

Splitsie Since your track will only consist of several grids, could you not connect the segments with rotors or connectors in order to transfer power? Or even better, incorporate a conveyor line into the track! Don't think of it as simplifying things; think of it as an added challenge! Furthermore, it would allow you to dedicate the tram to ferrying things that can't be transported via conveyors: passengers, vehicles, salvage, sandbags, etc. If you absolutely must make it more challenging, you could make the tram big enough to transport the Goose and/or trailer...

[@Splitsie]

The grids won't be connected as Space Engineers doesn't like it when you make something that's quite so long - it tends to disproportionately harm performance, especially with air tightness. So that limitation almost makes the tram necessary :P

[@peterw.8434]

I spend hundreds of hours building a test tram line, and the biggest issue where not the slopes, it was the curves! I have to admit that I really made my live hard bi building a 3-car low floor tram, but still...

[@Splitsie]

I'm planning on dealing with all corners by using rotors and pistons like switches and not having the track turn at all :)

[@producesss]

I can imagine lighting in that glass room when the sunshine thru is going to look so good (plus those views)

[@Splitsie]

I really hope so :)

[@JVelez1971]

If you were not running a conveyor system up the tower for the turrets, you could have used batteries as the core so your Solar Axe Tower could store a huge amount of energy ready to be siphoned off to the tram. Maybe the batteries should be stacked under your waiting area / reception at the closed end of the station.

[@Splitsie]

I could have, and I thought of adding a bunch of batteries to the tower base, but then I remembered that you lose power transferring from one battery to another, so I wanted to limit the transfers to just from tram to base if I can, or use merge block batteries at each end - which might be even more fun as I could have them waiting at the station as you say ;)

[@Bainbridge13]

single open catwalk on loads of pistons that go all the way to the top, would look ridiculous but very epic.

[@Splitsie]

It might also be a way to launch myself into the sky :P

[@sergnoff94]

I love the use of the Moscow metro train in the thumbnail and the Moscow tatra tram for the infographic. :)

[@Splitsie]

I'll admit I didn't realise I'd done it, but I'm also very happy it worked out that way :)

[@scorpioncoreuniverse8981]

You are awesome you think of challenges and you complete them I think you're the only person who has a knack for this keep up the great work you are an awesome individual.

[@cmenabled4192]

Philip Ordyna you have no idea how right you are he is an awsome individual

[@Splitsie]

Thanks guys, it's really just switching off that part of your brain that says "you can't do that, it's crazy" and turning it into, "hmmm... I wonder how you *could* do that" :)

[@scorpioncoreuniverse8981]

Splitsie well then you should try Einstein's mine experiments you will find that to be a lot easier and plus my base on that map will have automatic missile turrets that will be self-replicating try that maybe your work if I can ever get Space Engineers work on my computer it be kind of nice but keep up the great work

[@davidmartensson273]

Flying in the evening like in the end and with the light hitting parts of the landscape makes it look like your flying over a community with spread out houses with light coming out of the windows :)

[@WuerfelweltlersWelt]

Really, really excited for the tram!

[@Splitsie]

Me too, should be just about my craziest build yet :)

[@AceOfBlackjack]

Name it rainbow dash tired of hinting ahhhhhhhhh ****grabs rainbow dash plushie **** sorry splitsie

[@WunnSEN]

There isn't a video which does not blow my mind of what you can do in this game, its actually amazing!

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, it's pretty awesome what SE is capable of :)

[@ctsquad501st3]

I think that splitsie went crazy for a split second and that's where the idea of a tram elevator came from because, even with my small experience, this was tempting clang to the point of bringing the YEET hammer down

[@Splitsie]

You might well be right there :P

[@mashiroikaze]

36:15 - Just lie and tell visitors that the lift was designed and installed by a seppo. ;) If anyone asks about the lip, tell them that they were working from Imperial and forgot how to convert to metric.

[@Jack-vo7yf]

So I saw you mention using a facecam in the In one of your editor's notes. I'd just like to say that if you are planning to use one that it would only really take away from the gameplay as it obscures an entire corner. I also personally prefer just listening to your voice while watching you play the game since an entire corner reserved for just a bustshot is really only distracting.

[@Splitsie]

It was very much a joke, got no plans for using one :) The only situation where I think they make sense is in a stream where you're directly interacting with people so they can engage better - for a let's play I completely agree, they add nothing and just get in the way

[@Jessie-vm6kq]

I love the way you are doing the trams, although so unnecessary, it’s going to look so good when it is done.

[@Splitsie]

Totally unnecessary but awesome, that's pretty much my motto :P

[@ronnieroaming6964]

Your builds are huge bud, enjoying the gameplay mate, Really handy tips and tricks around here cheers.

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, I do have a tendency for going big and crazy :P

[@killermartian_3923]

4:57 I've said it before, and im gonna say it again. Your mad. That tram station is gonna look good when its done though.

[@Splitsie]

I am indeed, but it's normally the good kind - the eccentric sort of mad :P

[@jlivewell]

I am so addicted to this series. Thank you Splitsie

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, glad you're enjoying it :)

[@TDOBrandano]

Splitsie, you could put a projector on a couple of rotors and have it project a drilling guide from one station to the other, either by having a very long guide or by tweaking the offsets. that way you will know for sure where you are going to pop out , or if any part of the track will break the surface. You can even have an L shape at the end to see exactly where it pops out while still drilling to an underground spot

[@Splitsie]

I'm hoping to make the tram do the drilling for me, we'll see how that goes though, still haven't worked out how I'll place the track blocks into the voxel accurately enough :/

[@WuerfelweltlersWelt]

For the trailer connectors I personally think it'd be great to further underline their individual designs and purposes by giving each a different connector (and by the way sorry for recommending using rotors back in your tutorial, I'm kinda used to building in space so I've never really had this issue before)

[@Splitsie]

It's all good, the recommendation makes sense, just need to remember to lock them in place before building a giant elevator off on one side :P You make a good point about the individual designs, that might have swayed me to leave them... maybe :P

[@gvaca433]

What you should really make, is a floating sort of “goose” vehicle. So it is easier to transport a lot of components ;)

[@Splitsie]

All I'm picturing in my head right now, is the Planet Express ship with the U haul trailer on the back - but I don't think Space Engineers would allow it to fly that easily :P

[@timothybates8501]

If you're running a tram line from the base to the new solar tower, you could just connect them and have the power directly transferred. But I love the needless complexity :)

[@Splitsie]

The somewhat logical argument is that the bases won't actually be connected since I'll be breaking the track into multiple separate grids as a grid of those dimensions is something SE doesn't usually like :P

[@zachw2906]

You already know about setting GPS markers as tunnel guides, but here's a technique that may be useful to you. Build yourself a really, really, really long rod of armor cubes in creative mode, like 50-75km long, then blueprint it. Back in this world, mount a projector on a tilt-yaw rotor arrangement with a remote and a gyro. Then use the remote to aim the super-long projection at your desired exit point on your solar tower. (I'm a video behind, so pardon me if you already solved this :P ). You'll need Reggie to fine-tune the aim of the guide beam, but once you have it aimed, lock the rotors and the gyro. Then you can just follow the projection. It might not work as well for you with your plan to follow a bendy path, but at least it could give you some idea where your tunnel is going and what you'll be up against. Good luck :)

[@Splitsie]

I probably should have a blueprint of something like that, as this is just one of several situations where it could be useful :)

[@ronkrueger-capt_koron6112]

I was watching you build your Solar Tower and when you were looking in a certain direction, the mountains in the background showed what looked like a face. It was while you were building the third section of the station.

[@Splitsie]

I think someone else has mentioned that in the past as well, can't remember which bit it was though :P

[@samueldiehl5506]

You need to have a visitor center at the solar complex and have LCDs with pictures, history and info of the sandbags, tram station, and other things. It could also have on display an "actual solar panel" from the original tower.

[@Splitsie]

Lol, that's an awesome idea. I had always thought of putting the museum in the base, but the solar tower probably makes a lot more sense - would give me an awesome room to mount the ugly duckling in :)

[@geronimo5537]

The tower has turned out well! The Splitsie empire is expanding into the modern age. =)

[@Splitsie]

We're even going to be getting a mass transit system :) ... sort of :P

[@geronimo5537]

I'm sure the track will suddenly end off of a cliff or something. =p

[@ratchet1freak]

You could make the connector arm longer if you need the reach from the pillar to the butter trailer

[@Splitsie]

That's a good point, I forgot about that bit :P

[@billyhyde1415]

The roof areas in the axe station are 5x5 - you might be able to use the big 3x3 glass window pane in the center, surrounded by 1x1's, to give that big-window look. Then again, with the rest of it being relatively victorian, the spars on the 1x1's and 1x2's might look more interesting.

[@Splitsie]

I do have a bit of a penchant for the victorian style glass (even as I wanted to go 'modern') :P

[@IG40fied]

Recently helped someone with a script and a radar-connected hover train... the train of course uses the hover engines mod, but that could extremely simplify this whole rail thing while still achieving your angled tunnel desires and compatibility with an elevator. No need to transition tracks etc.... I know you like to stay vanilla and engineering is a ton of fun with problems like these.... I just can't help but think the challenges in this one are possible but will be tough to nail! Good luck! I look forward to the results either way! :)

[@Splitsie]

Bah, what's this simplicity thing, that's crazy talk - it's gotta be over engineered and unnecessarily complicated ;)

[@chrispanca1590]

A tall, white structure with arms on the top of a high hill... I know it already has a name, but.... Congratulations, you just made Christ the Redeemer

[@Splitsie]

I did get a little of the Cristo Redentor vibe from it initially - more fun to call it a Solar Axe though :P

[@davfree9732]

Now your ranging out further from the base, you could take your fixed thrust vehicles and make a button to switch off the brake thrust. Otherwise your spending energy braking and goosing the throttle to maintain speed when you want to cruise.

[@Splitsie]

I should, though I've got that set up on the butterball I've not regularly ventured far from the base in the other ships so I keep forgetting - my fear with the nugget though, is that when loaded at the base it comes out very heavy and I wouldn't want to accidentally build up too much speed only to be stopped by the tower :/

[@kelemvour]

Hyelophobia is the fear of glass. The origin of the word hyel (a.k.a. hyal) is Greek (meaning glass) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear). It's ok Splitsie, we're here for you... ;)

[@Splitsie]

I love glass, I just don't love trying to make it airtight and look nice :P

[@totalal4601]

If you dug the 'well' the tram rises out of at the solar end with a gps point you could dig a straight tunnel to that point and hopefully run straight onto the elevator? Seems very complex. Good luck!

[@Splitsie]

That's the idea, lets' keep our fingers crossed it works :)

[@matthewclark7885]

Splitsie, you were talking about a done to carry H2 bottles to you, why not keep a repair done stationed at the solar tower and have a small cargo/industrial area either underneath or above the control center, and just use those facilities to conduct repairs, plus that way you could use that as an auxiliary base, in case your original base gets overrun, or station your own attack and/or mobile sandbags drones their, just in case you need some reinforcements to help in your defense.

[@Splitsie]

I probably will have a number of functional facilities there eventually, but the mini drone would be useful wherever I'm building or running out of hydrogen - as long as I have antenna range I can get help to myself :P

[@0623kaboom]

slap a chalet and museum in the axe tower and then the tram becomes the tourist way up and you can make a fancy building for the tourists ... with some fancy underground apartments that mock the actual bunks with comfy bunks for hotel guests and what not.

[@0623kaboom]

you already have a tunnel blueprint with the base tunnel all you need is the miner to dig it and a welder to build it .... then you have room for maybe 2 sets of tracks or 1 track and one roadway for quick climbs to the ridge instead of gyro flying all the time ...also would make for a way to get the tank up easy and safe at the same time .... a simple line of welders and diggers on a piston a tunnel width wide and then as it digs and rises it builds the floor and walls along the way and all you need do is move it along for each section fudging as needed ... and keeping it supplied ... which you can do with the conveyor pipes along the tunnel as you build just moving its connector along as you go ... the added bonus is you now open up many new potential vehicle bays and launch sites like making a HUGE hanger for your space lifter vehicle ... which also allows you to build a giant printer pit the size of a tunnel section to make large sections to add to a space ship in pieces ... thus making a need for a crawler and a way to add them in to the growing ship ... maybe even automating the transfer from printer to ship assembly for welding so the arm can go work on the next bit once freed from the section it just moved. . with each section being a self contained unit like med bay or cockpit or cargo ... or assembly etc then you can literally build any ship with section blocks like lego and shape the ship however you please ... heck even add a hanger bay for something like a small space fighter or tug to handle the fine docking control or fine ship movements ... useful in the goose bay as well for moving trailers without the goose always at home... or for repowering and picking up stuff that fell down or pooped out before it got safe

[@Natharneal]

Using a rotor you should be able to have a slightly angled track in 2 or 3 pieces as long as you construct the wheels to be able to hook around that. Its been done before on the workshop. You would not need to have it needing to actually move.

[@Splitsie]

I might have to test to see if the design I've used can tolerate it, the tests I did attempting to come up with something had used flat to 2x1x1 transitions and I couldn't manage that, but with smaller transitions using rotors it might be ok - that would certainly simplify things greatly - nice one :)

[@Natharneal]

Splitsie Ravric's original train design has about the best way to do something like this, might be worth looking into just for ideas :)

[@williamread13]

Hay Splitsie, be for digging out the tram tunnel maybe you should mark the center of your tram station at the ax with a GPS marker, so you can line up your tram tunnel with the station and the elevator you are going to put in, to make the transition to the station with the tram elevator easier for you... Maybe, you know, it was just a thought...

[@Splitsie]

The marker that I've got is pretty much the center of the station, so it should be what I need. The challenge is going to be placing the new sections of rail accurately from a guide projected on a subgrid (which means I can't weld from it) :/

[@sabersight908]

hey about that tram idea you just sayed 0:41 maybe make just the jurassic world tram in the air that transports cargo to a cargo hanger somewhere that would be awesome

[@Splitsie]

The tram's going to be underground, the main reason for that is to keep it safe as repairing the rails after drone attacks would be a nightmare :P

[@ZEOCMF]

The suspense is killing me! Even more so now that I know you actually did mean a "Tram" I thought at first it was going to be the original design of an automated atmo drone that would ferry supplies and power. This idea is even better. My first thought is that's allot of extra blocks being added to the world! but if it's just a single line of blocks and build a car with wheels that run on either side it should be pretty cool.

[@Splitsie]

It'll be a fair number of blocks, but I think it'll be ok. Even if not, it should be cool enough to be worth the performance hit :P

[@lordgimpsbury2515]

A while ago I played around with a huge solar tower, set up horizontally, with a built in landing pad. Near the pad was several ports where I'd attach huge battery packs to recharge and then haul them back to base to power my base. It was a bit of an anti-reactor roleplay thing, but it was very satisfying and fun. Kinda lame with my low-tier set up but still fun.

[@Splitsie]

Solar is a lot of fun, it's the main reason I went no uranium (and stuck to it even after I got some) the additional engineering challenges have really made this play through a whole lot of fun for me :)

[@marinary1326]

Splitsie... I'm still not sure how any of this is going to work, but gosh golly it's gonna look pretty!

[@Splitsie]

Lol, that's me in a nutshell :)

[@kyubey3961]

SPLITSIE CAME BACK. HE EVOLVED. AND HE HAS A PLAN...

[@Splitsie]

I've always got a plan, whether I remember to do what's in that plan.... well I might just get distracted :P

[@Rickard_H]

what im thinking is eeeeeeewww all the steel plate needed for them whole blocks xD u totally need a bigger miner

[@Splitsie]

Gotta find some use for the 10,000 plates I got from the salvage mission :)

[@Rickard_H]

:D i guess 10k goes away so fast though

[@Knight_Jos]

Splitsie, I don't know your view on mods, but there is a mod called Hover Rail, which is exactly that, comes with rails and hover engines where normally the train wheels go, it has straight sections, curves and slopes.

[@Splitsie]

For this series I'm trying to stick to my original mod list (while using an insane number of scripts). But I'm planning to start a multiplayer series that I'm going to be much more flexible on the modlist for :)

[@williamplayle-devries5682]

I'm actually really excited for this tram system. It's so ambitious that it might actually work...

[@Splitsie]

It's so ambitious even if it doesn't work, it'll fail spectacularly :)

[@NicolasNeumannNick]

My week has been so busy that I haven't even been able to watch this episode yet.

[@Splitsie]

That's what I like about doing videos and not streams, they'll be exactly the same once you get time :)

[@charlieodom9107]

Personally...I would have built the elevator as a platform with only railings, so when it got to the roof, it would be hideously obstructing the view out from the roof. Also, I would have placed the piston under the elevator, and that little bump when you step on would drive me absolutely nuts! Still...you are WAY better at this game than me and I can't wait to see what happens with the rail. (Don't spoil it for me, as I am watching the series chronologically.)

[@Splitsie]

I always seem to like to make elevators enclosed, but it certainly wasn't needed here, the railings only approach would have worked just as well, plus the button panel functions well as a railing anyway :)

[@charlieodom9107]

@@Splitsie I know you get suggestions all the time, and this year old video probably has had many changes to things which I comment on, but I certainly do appreciate the responses none the less. I am now building an EL Train (think Chicago) to go from my main base to my Wind Farm thanks to you!

[@etopsirhc]

if you dont like the ledges on the elevator, LCD panels and corner lights work as well. just turn off the lights or change the color of the LCDs

[@Splitsie]

Yeah, I was thinking about the corner lights but at the time couldn't remember if I'd get another attachment point, those will probably be the best option there :)

[@khamseen]

24 minutes in, all the bit where you're trying to get doors to fit with the windows... exact reason I made the window doors mod haha. So many times doors ruined my window designs.

[@Splitsie]

Did you make that mod? This one: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1749855063 It's awesome :)

[@robirvin1502]

27:04 Arch Supports for the Foot of your tower 😂.

[@Splitsie]

HEhe, well played :)

[@DuneGames]

You ever hear of the expression putting the "cart before the horse?" That's what I feel about this episode. I wonder the whole time you're building this station if the tram will even fit within it.

[@Splitsie]

I knew the size I was working with having tested the designs in creative previously (at least rough versions of them) :)

[@chrisw5077]

rotors and pistons and a weighted moving trellis mid track could case a lot of headaches..... (clanggeddon) what about a monorail using the atmo thrusters to hover along in the 'tube'? possible just as complex with sensors to keep wall distance in check ...

[@Splitsie]

The nice thing about the tram is that it needs very little power to move a lot of mass - sure with the new tower that's not a big issue, but I still find it fun to build with wheels wherever I can - plus the thought of cleaning up an accident with a hover tram in the tunnel gives me nightmares :P

[@jamesmyers7418]

That's a loooot of drilling... Will there be montages?

[@Splitsie]

If I can work out a way to do them, you betcha :)

[@RSA-nuker]

Im approaching 1500 hours in SE :P Most of that is in its super buggy days! New multiplayer updates have reignited my love for the game and just cant get enough. SE for life yo!

[@Splitsie]

It's been amazing watching so many people fall in love with the game all over again. The positivity in the community at the moment makes it really fun to be a part of :)

[@RSA-nuker]

Agreed Splitsie! I cant wait to see this tram you speak so much about :P Enjoying the series and been getting a lot of good ideas from you so thank you for all this you are a champion :)

[@darthlink1687]

Dang man! That looks Great!

[@Splitsie]

Thanks :)

[@snowmexican5479]

you can use the 2x3 glass in the middle of those 2x1s I do that just so I don't have the interruption of the glass lines.

[@Splitsie]

Because of the transition to the diagonal pieces and being forced to use 1x1 sized pieces there, I tend to like to stick to no larger than 1x2 to continue the lines, without drawing attention to the fact that the diagonal pieces are small for no good reason :P

[@btCharlie_]

I haven't caught up to this episode yet, but I saw the thumbnail and I just wanna say that it is a subway station within like 10 mins of walking from my home :D In Central Europe :D Wtf what are the chances Btw it is also the country _and_ the city where Keen are based... :D

[@Splitsie]

It's truly bizarre, I just found a free to use picture that I thought would work with the engineer screenshots I had, a few people have mentioned that it's very similar to stations round that neck of the woods :P

[@zachmann8895]

You could put a star gazing point with a "quarter operated" binocular on the roof of the axe tower

[@Splitsie]

hehe, that would be fun to put together :)

[@wraithleader2906]

How about a 1x1x?? Drilling guide projected all the way to the station??

[@Splitsie]

I'm hoping to use the tram to do the drilling for me, we'll see how that turns out - that way I will get a perfect tunnel for the straight sections :)

[@wraithleader2906]

Sorry, I was thinking of putting the projector on the tram itself for just the first alignment. Like a laser sight.

[@Splitsie]

Ah, yeah that would work :)

[@Triaxx2]

While a drone to deliver bottles is undeniably an interesting challenge, wouldn't a remote control on the ships you fly around be easier so you can bring them down to you if you leave them floating in the air?

[@Splitsie]

I think either would be good, probably both just in case though :P

[@squirblenurble481]

Splitsie and the great glass elevator! (:

[@Splitsie]

I hope it ends up looking as pretty as it does in my head :P

[@baalrog]

I believe you can limit rotors to 0 deg even without power, you may need to grind and replace the rotor head if it gets off angle.

[@Splitsie]

I believe you may be correct, I wish I'd remembered that before I had the whole thing drop to the ground :P

[@redhunt2260]

have you thought about putting a bed and breakfast down the hill from the station =P

[@Splitsie]

I hadn't but now I really want to :)

[@DoubleJJizzle]

I personally like keeping 3 tanks on me at all times, and when there is only 1 tank left, I go and fill up, letting the 1 tank be my buffer to insure that I can get around, if for any reason I get distracted lol

[@Splitsie]

Playing with x3 inventory the 3 tanks just start making so many things inefficient - and if you have the luck I do with not dying I guess it all works out :P

[@Psycorde]

2:14 - just commented about this on a previous video (still catching up after losing myself to No Man's Sky Next for a couple weeks), feels weird ;O

[@Zombuny]

For the rotor, just set the rotation limit from unlimited to zero. Then turn rotor lock on

[@Splitsie]

That would have been the smart thing to do - before I let it drop to the ground :P

[@braydentoth8442]

You could use this as a remote control facility for an eventual rocket launch. Sorta like the NASA launch command center at Kennedy Space Center.

[@Splitsie]

I may end up replacing the turret in the center with a laser antenna to do some remote controlled launches in the future, though I still haven't decided quite how I first want to go to space :P

[@stanpollard]

Great video splitsie

[@Splitsie]

Thanks :)

[@kelemvour]

The tram track needs to circle the top of the hill above ground so people can get a great view of the solar tower and the surrounding countryside...

[@Splitsie]

While that would look amazing, my fear of attack by drones will likely keep the whole thing underground :P

[@kelemvour]

Just encourages you to increase defences. I was thinking it'd come up from underground, then have a small external loop before going back underground...

[@zurielwolfe]

Hello Spitsie, Just wondering if you are connected to the trailer and you would press the "unlock connector" button on the hotbar, what are the odds that the other trailer would disconnect aswell?, since the both them have the same name.

[@Splitsie]

You make a good point, they might both disconnect... hopefully the autolock timer I've got running would reconnect the other one soon after though. Even still it may not be the smartest of setups now that you mention it :P

[@jeremyayers5353]

How do you make a tram with out lining the track with tires to keep the tram and/or track from breaking? I ask this because I just don’t see you liking the grungy look of a bunch of tires lining the track.

[@collinbarker]

Ravric made a nice train system, and it seems like splitsie may use a knock off of his carriage design, as he talks about 1 rail. It will probably resemble something like a roller coaster carriage.

[@Splitsie]

The style of tram I'm planning on using will be like the one Rivvion made, it's got two rails, one above and one below the car, the car then moves using 1x1 wheels on suspension that can be tastefully hidden in the design :)

[@RJ-fm2bd]

If you're going to do elevator music at the solar axe, maybe use the monolith music from 2001... My mind just went there with the ending cinematic :)

[@Splitsie]

Oh that would totally have worked there, especially if I start the camera below a ridge line and have the tower come into view :)

[@NoteTheFolf]

Tram elevator track... hmmm I think I see why one of the future episode is called "Splitsie meet clang''.

[@Splitsie]

You'd think it would be related to this, but I might have gotten even more crazy ;)

[@bhiite253]

I am currently digging a tunnel of 1.5Km long, I would like to see your process of digging the tunnel, keeping it straight and all. I am currently using pistons and a drill on my base: right clicking, waiting, rebuilding over and over again. 70m each run and currently at 660m still a long way to go :)

[@Splitsie]

I'm planning on trying to get the tram to do the work, we'll see how that goes :/

[@Xcal131]

You need some helipads and a vip helicopter transport ;)

[@Splitsie]

Maybe I should put a seat on the emergency hydrogen drone :P

[@storbokki371]

Great videos! Your upcoming tunneling project has me curious. I'm sure it's down too far to dig your tunnel to, but how far down is the bedrock or lower limit you can drill to? and what does that surface look like? Obviously your new tower is on one of the tallest peaks, and bedrock would probably be farther down than the horizontal distance to your base. Not worth digging that far. Or can you actually drill through the center of the world in SE? About that elevator out on the edge of your roof. It sure takes away from your view in that direction. Please think about just a platform elevator with handrails (no walls or roof), or even just stairs for that one floor level built closer to the tower and off the viewing areas edge. If you do go with the elevator there anyway, how about glass? But you do you. Just offering suggestions and happy to watch regardless.

[@Duke00x]

Technically you can drill all the way through the planet. Though when you get to the center things get deleted or they use too. Making it hard to get all the way through. Also doing so kills your sim speed and is likely to crash the game.

[@storbokki371]

Thanks for the info, Duke00x. I enjoy these SE videos very much, but the computers i currently use are too low spec to run it, and my last gaming computer (laptop) that possibly could is still using Vista. I might upgrade to 7, but pretty sure it won't except 10.

[@Duke00x]

I know your pain. I have been watching SE veideos for a few years now (before planets) and even bought it once (again before planets). But my computer couldn't run it (it because it took me 5 minutes to move across the old starting platform) so I returned it right way. I have gotten a new computer since then but even it has no chance of running it (it is 5 years newer so it has twice the memory and a bit better/faster processor but is otherwise still a cheap potato). Even if I add another ram stick and double my ram I will just be getting up to 8 GB of RAM (Like I said cheap potato). I have been looking into building my own computer but with my budget (about $500) I am still looking at coming up short and having to save up money again to add a graphics card to the build later. And that would double the price of the computer. And even then I am not sure how will it would run it without also upgrading other parts like the CPU. So I am thinking about waiting even longer to try and save up more money and just build a better one from the start. But that means waiting at least another year or two (likely more like 5 or 6 years being the only reason I have the $500 now is because it is what is left of a lump sum I got last year and I am not going to get another one so I will have to save the rest out of my monthly income and I am lucky to have $10 or $20 left after bills every month meaning I am lucky if I can save $100 or $200 a year meaning it would take me two or three years just to cover the graphics card let alone the other upgraded parts needed to make sure it could handle it. And that is if everything goes perfect and I don't have something I have to spend the money on first).

[@Splitsie]

It's rough that the requirements are quite high, though hopefully it will come closer into reach when Nvidia release their next series of cards - rumoured to be happening in the next month or two as that should push all the graphics cards prices down, and thankfully SE's requirements aren't going up (yet) :)

[@BrianJ1962]

A piston coming out of the wall might make for an interesting connection, I think. Also, what is that dark grey, 'rubberised' looking component attaching the connector to the tube called again? I've forgotten since you last mentioned it, and I've no idea which video to return to, coz ... binge-watching - lol

[@Splitsie]

That's a conveyor frame if I'm thinking of the correct bit :)

[@BrianJ1962]

@@Splitsie Thank you :-)

[@marekpastyrik1888]

if the parts floving thrue the conector cen fit thrue the slim tube the large tube seems obsolete and the other way around if the conection to the trailer has to be that large why are slim pipes enough later down the line dunno just my OCD trigering

[@Splitsie]

The pipes mod that's on the large grid blocks acts as a full conveyor, however the small grid small conveyors can only handle certain items (like ingots and ore) they can't move most of the components. With the rotor there on the wall the transition does look a little strange, but maybe with a conveyor junction beneath the rotor it would fix that

[@microrockstar6152]

nice story. i'm beginning for survival ^^.

[@scottmemberg]

Hey Splitsey = what is the name of the pipe tube conveyers?

[@Splitsie]

Those are part of Eikester's Decoration Pack :)

[@scottmemberg]

Oh wow really, thanks it was driving me nutz i love how you use those tubes. Keep up the great work!!!

[@Voidwielder]

So you plan to make the Black Mesa tram?

[@Splitsie]

It'll be a bit like that yeah :)

[@conao2011]

I wouldve called it the "Lightening Axe"

[@Ju571n51r]

Heya, what's that script that you are using for your sandbags again? I tried looking for your previous videos and can't seem to pinpoint it

[@Splitsie]

It's the turret status reporter by Remaarn steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1461246721 :)

[@TheAnalyticalGamer101]

nice little tram diagram for explanation

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, wish it was easier to do some of those things as it's often a much more effective way to describe stuff :)

[@TheAnalyticalGamer101]

i know what you mean, it can be difficult getting your thoughts across

[@cmenabled4192]

On a 1-10 scale i would give you builds a 10 which is fantastic

[@Splitsie]

Thanks :)

[@sheenalevesque4534]

Are u going to be back on engineer corp!!

[@Splitsie]

I'll be back this week :)

[@sheenalevesque4534]

Yay

[@Nob-Stop]

Interesting thumbnail picture...

[@Splitsie]

Just a couple of engineers chilling out in a Moscow metro station ;)

[@ijuhan9302]

Splitsie It is in Prague :( Edit: already mentioned :/

[@asgardiumccx6216]

You are mad..... You know it ? But it's impressive so....😉

[@Splitsie]

That's pretty much my eternal target :)

[@asgardiumccx6216]

Well... in this case. I think you are on the good way. After that, you will have to try a space elevator, or something crazy liket that, at least ^^

[@MarcWeavers]

Sealed Vacuum Hyperloop? :D

[@Splitsie]

That would be pretty cool 😎

[@maarten3225]

the momrnt u release how fast got into improving in thr time i wws gone

[@khorne7386]

homie cat confirmed no disrespect but what can I get this typed with Grammer plz

[@xiaowei1374]

was wondering when you going to build a Mobile base...

[@Splitsie]

I'm not sure I will any time soon, though I am soon about to start a multiplayer series with my good friend Capac, so maybe we'll go for a mobile base there :)

[@xiaowei1374]

I'm a big fan of mobile base and the multi-function ship, you have made some amazing and interesting design, was looking forward for your input on this kind of a stuff, well thanks anyway. looking forward to your multiplayer series.

[@kenkalajdzic]

Did you just happen to forget about "rotor lock" feature? :)

[@Splitsie]

Maybe a little, probably should have used it before I let the whole thing fall to the ground too (couldn't even resurrect it with torque at maximum) :P

[@markcunningham2243]

Lord Clang requires you to test your theory :)

[@Splitsie]

Which theory is that?

[@markcunningham2243]

I perhaps should have put a time stamp in lol, I'll be honest, I can't remember ( watched 6 more of this series since this one ) but I think at some point you had an idea, then changed your mind because it may have all exploded, this was the theory I meant :)

[@gvaca433]

Make a flying tank on magnetic levitation. Search for “primaris repulsor wh40k”

[@Splitsie]

I want to try doing some racing with 'hover' vehicles at some point - could be fun to slide around a track on vehicles with wheels on zero friction and just a single thruster - probably not the sort of hover tank you're thinking of but would still be crazy fun :)