STARSECTOR: The Beginner's Survival Guide - How to Play One of the Best Space Games of All Time

[@kumarsalib722]

As a new player, this is the most useful video I've found. Thank you for the well produced and informative content.

[@Daergarz]

I'm commenting because this game deserves all the exposure possibly. For anyone picking up the game; remember, play vanilla for a while, then dive into the mods and overhauls.

[@pauperslament3467]

How about some mod suggestions? JAYZUZ!

[@spoopyb2069]

Nexerelin and the Leading Pip are a must if you want to play modded Starsector. Grand Sector if your computer's beefy enough

[@chillax319]

True. I bought this game years ago and still didn't had energy to dive into it- vanilla style. I need to learn how to play but the mods man...the mods tempt me so much.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

​@@chillax319adding mods will severely overwhelm you if you aren't that familier with the game. You'll end up being at war with way more factions and fighting fleets that are likely tougher than vanilla with less info.

[@zocchihedron2133]

I still play vanilla, but I did get some mods to just enhance some stuff. Visuals mostly. Nothing in the way of combat or overhuals. Stuff like portraits and the like

[@IliyaMoroumetz]

I started out as a scavenger, but I always had a hard time trying to get to those excessively far exploration contracts.... until you mentioned that if you bring a tanker frigate with you, the distance you can travel increases dramatically and I smacked my gob when I realized how much sense that made! Thank you for the video!

[@MrMarttivainaa]

And if you haven't learned it by now, invest in salvage rigs and salvage perks. You can maintain your fleet indefinitely through salvage alone.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Its also worth looking at the efficency of your fleet. Dragging a capital ship across the galaxy is gonna take a lot more than a handful of mid size ships.

[@MrMarttivainaa]

@@CAMSLAYER13 After I have a few colonies bringing in boatloads of cash I always end up just rolling with my war fleet in deep space so I don't have to avoid anything or anyone. 2-4 capital ships, a few Eagles and smaller carriers and some frigates. A few haulers and tankers full of fuel and supplies are enough to last until the next big salvage opportunity and if i start running low I'll make a run to the core systems. The scavengers are suddenly more friendly and let me loot in peace.

[@PiramidheadBrony]

I believe this is the first time I've seen an hour+ long guide with zero bullshit. Thanks a lot. Great guide :3

[@drysocks4412]

For those just starting out I highly recommend investing into the leadership perkline. Wolf Pack, Trained Crew, and other perks buff the entire fleet making all ships more combat capable and thus allows for an easier time in combat.

[@ZiggyDGaming]

I've been wanting to make something for this game for a long while - watching Cohhcarnage play for the first time and his community getting so into it was an awesome motivator to finally get in and make something! Enjoy folks, hope it helps more of you get into one of my all time fav games.

[@Nathanael_Forlorn]

Wait, cohh played this as well? Darn, missed that. Gonna go VoD hunt.

[@Chris3s]

@@Nathanael_Forlorn he is still playing it, it was recently uploaded on his YT channel

[@Cassandra112]

ha. I was wondering why the sudden uptick in Starsector content. it was Cohh, for you to get you making some content on it.

[@steunte]

was watching him that time and saw, that you said, it was cool to see him playing that, when you told him cool to see him playing that. You have no idea, how good your timing was, cause i was searching for beginners guide and yours really helped even im 2 years already into the game playing, there were plenty good tipps there. Keep it up!

[@basildaoust2821]

I think I have gotten addicted to steam because I went to find it on Steam and like you ay when I said well I hope Ziggy says were to get this from. And you did :) I started playing that other gave Star Valor, you maybe could have mentioned that the game was not even close to being finished :) However I have spent a fair bit of time with that game and on run 4 or 5 I finally built by Zeus ship, I have yet to actually complete fitting it and equipping weapons but I did build it :) I also built a Carrier ship but I think calling the Kurma a carrier might be an over complement but I did stick three ships with it and mining out a field of rocks does seem to go much better but maybe buying the Miner big ship would have been a better choice because it actually has a storage space much better than 3 space. Anyway still not complaining just need the guy to put in more quests because I kind of find myself doing whatever I want, I've not made it to 50 yet but I'm getting closer :)

[@Higgs0101]

Once this game makes its way unto Steam, it will surely gain more attention. Then this video will be best source for new players, so much work put into this video, great job !

[@ZiggyDGaming]

Thanks mate, I hope it helps a few more people get into it!

[@lightningshifter]

If they ever get onto steam. I dunno. I had someone suggest the title to me but I was turned off by their website and their lack of willingness to use early access on steam. Yet they're selling early access independently. Also by the sounds of it they're forcing people to make fleets compared to similar titles that are more lenient and allow people to choose to go with one vessel if they like. Either that or its just poor presentation on their website. I wasn't sold by it and don't really feel it would satisfy the itch I'm craving in this particular genre.

[@beltempest4448]

@@lightningshifterwell that’s your loss because the game is an absolutely brilliant Space Sandbox RPG. Also flying one ship…. Would not get you far in the game. You will get eaten alive by literally every single other fleet in the game, fleets are the heart of the game. It’s not really early access it’s been out for many years now

[@skengels]

It doesn’t need steam. Enough gamers play it and aren’t turned off by having to buy it through a website LOL

[@beltempest4448]

@@skengels definitely strange to be out off buying it from a different site than steam. But if it did end up on steam it could mean a lot more money which means this team could get more funding for more great games

[@boots3372]

Randomly recommended to me and I realised I own this game and bought it in 2014 and completely forgot about it. Email still has the key! Back to it 😂

[@milesy35]

Fantastic beginners guide. I bought the game yesterday and this is the first youtube video I've watched that actually helped me understand the game.

[@ZiggyDGaming]

Glad to hear it!

[@RiskOfBaer]

I've started playing this game shortly after it released, back when it still didn't have the campaign mode. Discovered it through Total Biscuit's video (back when it was still called Starfarer), I think that was the point when the game really took off and it's core community started forming. To this day it has remained my top 10 favourite game of all time, it is the absolute best space sim on the market with everything I'd want from the game like this. And if the base game isn't enough, there are enough really high quality mods to make it a couple times bigger, even transform it into a proper 4x game with their help where you can actually invade and take over enemy planets, and so can they. As a matter of fact I am playing it right now, yet again. The videos don't do this game justice, it is way more fun to play and has more depth than meets the eye, especially when it comes to ship building and combat.

[@jaysonjota]

Just bought the game few days ago and this is the best tutorial available hands down. This game is incredible and so under the radar I love space games and never heard about it until now

[@PluvioZA]

Hey man, great video for newbies! Just wanted to let you know, that when simulating combat you can select a custom CR amount by dragging the white CR bar at the top of the UI. So you can see how your ships perform in low CR conditions or max CR conditions. :)

[@ZiggyDGaming]

Today I learned something too! Thanks mate!

[@Y_A_Z_F]

Another thing I'd recommend to brand new players is to try some of the basic mission mode stuff BEFORE trying the campaign. The combat in the game is amazing but the sandbox mode has limited engagements at the start. Getting a taste of medium/large fights at the very start can help players build the motivation to learn all the fleet management/trading/exploration stuff that comes later.

[@Fallub]

I love this game. Mount and Blade and space, what a wonderful combination. Thank you for that guide.

[@stin1708]

Great guide for new and experienced players. I'm not totally certain how much Starsector I've played, maybe a hundred or so hours, and there was tons of information in this video on things I either didn't know about or didn't fully understand. There's a lot to learn in this game, but it is truly one of the best space RPG games out there.

[@kickit246]

I actually just saw Cohhcarnage playing this as well, it was recommended to me by Twitch and I saw "Star Sector", caught me off guard. I picked up the game way back when you first played it but bounced off of it because of it's initial difficulty hurdle so this video helps me out a ton. Might have to jump back in and give it another go. On another note, I just finished another indie game that completely floored me - Symphony of War. Steam randomly recommended it to me so I checked it out and it blew me away, I'm planning on going back through it again sometime soon. Anyway, thought it was worth mentioning. I feel like it deserves any success it gets. Cheers! Edit: +1 for people who'd like to watch you do a playthrough of Star Sector!

[@NotRelatedToBob]

I had a lot of fun with this game ages ago when it was just skirmishes. Going back to it more recently I've felt completely lot in the open world struggling to work out what to do or how to know if I can take a fleet on in combat so this looks ideal. I'd love to watch more!

[@wygiwyg]

after having you by my side while starting with path of exile i am more then thrilled to have you once again helping me unravel the complexity of this awesome game , thank you so much ziggyD you are awesome

[@xXJack159Xx]

Just started out, this guide gave me the necessary information on mechanics that I didn't pick up on when doing the tutorial mission. Thanks!

[@ZiggyDGaming]

Phenomenonal to hear, enjoy the game mate it's one of my all time favs.

[@WesternHypernormalization]

Yooo! I didn't know you played this. This game is a gem and the mod community is crazy good.

[@Imagine_Baggins]

I put a decent chunk of hours into my first playthrough, but I still learned a surprisingly good amount of missable details and tricks from this video! That CRTL click is going to be so nice for mass storing. Thank you very much for making this highly detailed guide.

[@diegomarxweiller1814]

This game is a must for everyone.

[@MrBabumba]

Loved the introduction, I never heard of the game as an E:D player. More!

[@MADDOGGY89]

One of the better guides I've watched before. Well planned and thought out.

[@tacticoolrick5562]

Stumbled on starsector randomly and I'm hooked. What a great game!

[@notsocleverfox4823]

Soo glad that a niche game that Sseth reviewed actually has a guide that makes sense. tyvm

[@Darkfie1d]

Every time I hit a thick wall in a new obscure game you are there with an extensive freaking guide to save my rear end.

[@AgentX2006]

I have to sincerely thank you for reminding me I have this game. I built a new PC since I got this 2 years ago and it's not in my steam library so I forgot about it.

[@BugPowderDust]

Super useful- thankyou!! i was constantly running out of supplies from the get-go, but this was due to me salvaging too many ships in that tutorial mission

[@basildaoust2821]

I should say good job showing off the game I would love to see some more :)

[@Impericalevidence]

Great guide, I've been playing for a bit, but still listened to glean something useful. To great success. Pressing a to resume a previous set course... beautiful.

[@ZiggyDGaming]

Glad it helped! Resume course feature makes navigating so much nicer.

[@SadApe]

5 years ago i played it for like two month straight during unemployment, learned all the things you need to know, built an AI run empire, fought with all the factions and many more things, now im here, 5 years later, trying to remember what I've once knew about this pretty hardcore game :D A bit frustrating to have to climb that learning curve again but i know the game is worth the hassle

[@patrickmahoney3172]

This was an absolutely EXCELLENT guide! Thanks for the time and effort put into this, Ziggy! You clarified so many game mechanics for a noob like me, and it's only made me more hyped for the game. This game deserves much more exposure!

[@carnivorouse]

Great video! Surprising you haven't made more content about Starsector

[@YoshiroPoh]

1:04:45 honestly i feel that this is one of the more important topics for really new players to star sector or even people to sandbox gaming. The lost of what to do because you can choose what to do.

[@rusyst]

A very well planned and thought-out tutorial. You are very good at teaching stuff! Also thanks for showing this awesome game, i never heard of it before.

[@zokisvasta]

Thought I'd never see you play this. Liked before even starting the video.

[@HenryHoang-x]

Every time I start a new run, I always go smuggle weapons, drugs and marines until I get 2-3 millions, buy some decent ship then head off to explore.

[@FacepalmProduction7]

Oh my god I've never seen a game like this before, it looks amazing!

[@PluvioZA]

Been playing it for years now, it's an excellent game with an amazing community. :)

[@Newwby]

Damn this was a high quality video, glued to it throughout! I definitely am going to check out Starsector.

[@yepsser]

When in need, you know there always is that old reliable tutorial from Ziggy to help you out.

[@theRealPermagreen]

I love this game! Would love to see more content on it in the future

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

ZiggyD in space? Yes please.

[@thepiemonk8]

This is an amazing video - it very concisely goes over just about everything a beginner would need to know. Great job!

[@Dalamarian]

Ziggy please please make more tutorials.

[@jonathanspangenberg1563]

Thank you ziggy d. This is a much needed explanation for me. I appreciate your time given.

[@timeobserver8220]

Just want to say thanks very much for this video. It's given me the info I needed to finally get in and enjoy this game, I've wanted to for a while.

[@ZiggyDGaming]

Awesome to hear, enjoy!

[@Emberrs]

I would lvoe to see ZiggyD do a full playthough with this kind of educational commentary

[@brentritchie6199]

A really great tutorial so in depth thank you as it is a very complicated game and it is easy to hit a wall as far as progress goes. Best recent tutorial on Starsector hands down.

[@davidreeves9705]

Thank you for the excellent StarSector tutorial video. I would love to see you play a "Let's Play" of the new 0.96a version.

[@finnm.2582]

The best 15 bucks I have ever spent.

[@shawnp6653]

Amazing guide! Thank you for taking time to create & share.

[@sigvar6795]

Just picked this up after watching this video. There are only 3 tutorials that I can see. Anyway, this looks incredible. I went from Endless sky to Star Valor to this.

[@tanvaras9961]

Excellent video as always ZiggyD. Have not played in ages and this helped me get back into this hidden gem of a game. And as with all hidden gems they all need so much more exposure. I feel this game misses out on more players cause of so little advertising. more content creators need to get the word out.

[@valerykuznetsov2913]

THANK YOU for this guide! You made my life SO much easier! At least on the basic level. There are lots of things I am not sure of, yet, like colonization, exploration, pros and cons of joining a faction, etc... but at least now I have a very solid basics to start from! Again, thank you!!! Much appreciated 🙏

[@AdamsOlympia]

I've been dreaming of a game like this ever since playing the classic 90s game that started it all, Escape Velocity.

[@wedge_one]

It's actually revolting for me the fact this game isn't available on Steam yet, and games like Cosmoteer - while good - has 10% of the content this game has and players think it's the best space game ever. I already tried to convince the dev on Twitter to bring the game on Steam but with no luck. Thanks and good work with the video, btw!

[@XoRandomGuyoX]

Dude has avoided Steam for over 10 years. Unless he decides to change course with the official 1.0 release the game will always be under the radar. The fact that the website where you purchase keys looks like a personal page from the 90's might give people pause as well.

[@blazzinghastevelasco5814]

this content is really helpful! thanks for giving us an overview on how the game works. I would like to see your in-depth overview of this game from you!

[@jackochainsaw]

Even though Phase ships have been nerfed from the last update, they are still pretty OP. I run one as my flagship in a mixed fleet of high techs, mid lines and low techs and destroy the bigger bounties, it's a great way of making money, and is a bit more fun that just flying from station to station on a trade loop. Paragons (space doughnuts) whilst great, are too heavy on resources. You don't want to be flying those long distances. The Hammerhead and Sunder are amazing and you can go a long way into the game just with them. Best load out for a hammerhead is with linked assault chainguns. Best load out for Sunder (that I've found) revolves around a plasma cannon and twin graviton pulsers (I rather love the graviton pulser, deadly at close range). It is important not to overload your ships, as you will be "outfluxed" by the enemy. You don't have to fill every slot on a ship's loadout. Don't overlook pirate ships, specifically the Vanguard, Manticore, Enforcer or Eradicator. The Manticore is amazing with its central large slot, the Enforcer can come in useful for holding cruisers up. The Eradicator in many faction types is great, I like the pirate one, but the Luddic path and regular ones are great too. The Vanguard is cheap, can cause annoyance in numbers, and rarely is destroyed after each battle. Best to experiment, regardless of what you do. You might enjoy some formations more than others, and favour some ships that other people don't use so much. There are four common strategies for combat, close, long, carrier, sneaky. Those strategies work better on some enemies compared to others so be prepared to mix up your fleet composition from time to time.

[@StewTubeGaming]

Bought and started playing today! Loving it so far!

[@Guardian-of-Light137]

Also a tip not mentioned that I feel is CRUCIAL! BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SELL! Especially on the "other" market. Pirates can and WILL get the things you sell. So if you sell the blueprints to an extremely powerful vessel on there. And a pirate comes to whatever station you sold it at, and buys (Or just steals as pirates do) that blueprint. Guess what you're gonna start seeing in pirate fleets. Especially if you also sell material printers or whatever they're called. Someone else learned this the hard way as they suddenly ran into a pirate fleet with a giant super battle cruiser or something that tore them to shreds. It was only after he pondered how they even HAD the thing. That he remembered he basically, unintentionally sold them the ability to make as many as they want.

[@jdisdetermined]

That’s awesome. I love games with lots of little details and mechanics like that.

[@charlesissleepy]

When using sustained burn, instead of toggling the mode on and off just press and hold s until you finish your turn. It skips the delay as it turns back on

[@jdisdetermined]

Ohhh yeah, this is exactly what I needed. Appreciate it my dude! 👍

[@Man2quilla]

This was great. I'd love to hear any intermediate tips you have, too!

[@cheveu8632]

Thank you, this made many things clearer especially on the fighting front. I’d loved it if you had put a some pointers on manual fitting and a bit more on a how to get the ball rolling after the tutorial which is really a hard part for me. Anyway that was great thanks again

[@samsonthemanson]

This guide is very helpful as a new player. The game feels very big and theres simply no easy way to tutorialize all its systems

[@pauperslament3467]

It's driving me nuts how well you are maneuvering out there. I wish you would have touched on that aspect of the game. A difference i see in your combat compared to mine is all the ships you fight hang back whereas everything i fight come right at me with every weapon they have, blasting my flux into another dimension not 3 seconds into an engagement. Thanks for the vid!

[@zebulonalbers816]

Yeah mobility and high flux diss is almost required for any ship

[@maxadius1]

Amazging video , just what i was looking for .Thanks

[@bAtACt1X]

damn ZIGGY! I m feakin out. Thats awesome I stumbel! over YOUR Starsekto stream Somehow lost u from my playlist over the years. You cant imagin how thankfull I feel Without you I would have quittet POE back in EAs early beta., when Piety was the campaign-boss. I sucked so hard in the game ....u wouldnt imagin. Back in the days, KZbin was diffrent. place:, and even im not sure today i believe like Kriperian and you were the only guys streamin POE serios (while he was mostly lifstreaming his OP run gameplay, you allways put a lot of work in Editing, Explaining, Interviews. All that stuff. I remeber asking myself who this ChrisWilson-guy is, while you were so freakin amazed to interview him... it was wonderfiull. Without you and your work I would never have gotten one single Build to 80 back in the days. And also with your help I didnt play there.... I somehow died my way up. Was already happy to see you in ExilConStream. Not playin much anymore the last years but joined last league (late sadly) and seeing forward to day 1 racing the next if possible. Meanwhile: Starsektor. Only the good games, bro! Luckiy Im not that shitty at this one. And even more happy Im back into your streams now Best wishes from germany bro Keep on the good work

[@ZiggyDGaming]

Thanks for message and the trip down memory lane! Cool to bump into an older viewer through another awesome game like this.

[@bAtACt1X]

@@ZiggyDGaming This game is unbelievable. One of the best games i know. If you arent allready playing it you should try dwarf fortress, too. Ive never been interestet either in colonybuilding nor in dwarfs very much, but this simulator...there is nothing compareable existing i guess. Its so far ahaid and beyond.

[@MikeMontgomery1]

Thanks for putting this together!

[@VelocitysMovies]

Amazing and tysm for the work put in. Prefered this tutorial over the others

[@salepx]

those timestamps alone worth thousand likes

[@johnx140]

This game is SO GOOD OMGGGG!! Thanks bro for the tutorial!

[@vladtheinhailer1428]

Excellent tutorial, TY for the hard work.

[@rickkeller4216]

New to the game, great intro. Thanks! Please continue these!!

[@mattpaulson1608]

This is super helpful, I hope it’s popular enough to convince you to keep making more!

[@ZiggyDGaming]

Thanks! I will try to when I get a chance. Just had a new baby though ☺️

[@osirisianplays8089]

thank you for sharing this. this game looks great :)

[@greybadger3142]

Excellent! Just what I needed, as I just bought it and as I am dumb as a bag of Badgers, I started playing and said….”ughghgh? Brain hurts!” So colour me subscribed. :)

[@TheSchreckse]

great guide helped me a lot thx !

[@seikojin]

This looks like a modern version of Star Control! "Launch Fighters!"

[@lanetaylor3900]

How did you get the slider to choose the amount of goods to come up (26:55-ish)? I've been trying to figure something like that out rather than clicking 100 times to get the number of trade goods.

[@ZiggyDGaming]

Shift click if I recall correctly.

[@marty798]

you probably already noticed this, but going into the asteroid belt increased your sensor profile. tbh i never knew it had an impact at all until you mentioned it, but apparently a negative one.

[@Alex-tc4se]

More Starsector please! Good video though as a survival guide I would have spent a bit more on combat basics (at minimum what is flux and how to manage it).

[@jakobhawkins77]

Best thing to do as well in system bounties is the chance to snag military ships in a after combat scenario. Just either waiting or engaging an assured victory. Just another way to make good money early on

[@TheyCalledMeT]

if you like scifi games .. definitively worth a try .. cheap .. one time purchase and years of entertainment talking about bang for your bucks, comparable to factorio absolutely amazing

[@ROIBR]

QUESTION: 1. If you lower Vents and Capacitor on Civilan Ships/ Cargo ships like you said, you dont need it, what is the Upside of it. Do you Gain something from it?! 2. If you have D-mod on ships you recover, can you get rid of them, ro beter can you repair it afterwards to get it back to full strenght?

[@ZiggyDGaming]

Vents and capacitor on civilian ships would just affect their flux management in combat, which they hopefully never see. You can repair D mods at stations but it is expensive, more than buying a new ship potentially so is mainly useful for rare ships. There is an industry perk which repairs 1 D mod a month, it's really good!

[@ROIBR]

@@ZiggyDGaming SO u lower the Vents etc, just for points to get more Mods, i see thnx!

[@ProudVet-Russ]

how does the missiles work? they seem to be the only limited use item. as far as i can tell the energy and ballistic weapons have unlimited use. once the missiles are fully used up in a battle does it replace them outside of combat using supplies or w/e other resources or do we need to resupply at a station maybe?

[@ZiggyDGaming]

Missiles are only limited in the battle itself and replenish automatically outside of battle (that's one thing "combat readiness" and supply use to restore it is simulating)

[@ProudVet-Russ]

@@ZiggyDGaming ty for the information

[@geemanamatin8383]

rather informative, question about recovering pirate ships. Would it be worthy it to salvage there ships in order to scuttle them? Or is that not cost effective?

[@ZiggyDGaming]

There's no benefit to recovering ships to just scuttle them (or sell), better to just salvage the first time if you don't plan on using them as it's more economic overall! It's good because it makes the gameplay way smoother too.

[@iv13ns61]

Im a long time Elite Dangerous player and this game is amazing. Two questions! 1. Can this be played with one ship and stay like that? Is it a huge disadvantage? 2. How to improve movement? It feels clunky so far to me, and movement seems like a HUGE thing, to get better. How to get better?

[@ZiggyDGaming]

While you can certainly fly around and do things with one ship you will be fairly limited - the game is very much built around managing and commanding a fleet. Movement depends on what aspect you mean. Map travel movement depends on overall fleet speed and using sustained burn correctly (as shown in the vid) helps a lot. Combat movement depends on your ship, a wolf is fast and nimble while a big heavy pirate ship might be quite unwieldy. Mostly though combat takes a bit of practice as it's a unique style of control compared to most games. As shown in the video inverting the.controls helps a lot in smaller ships as turn to cursor feels more natural. Hope this helps!

[@TrueChaoSclx]

I'm really late to getting to this video, oops. Starsector is one of my favourite games, but it's difficult for people to make videos about it because it's a pretty darn slow paced game. Personally my favourite start (if not playing Nexerelin) is the Explorer start - the Apogee is such an amazing cruiser that can be a player's flagship well into the endgame, it's so versatile and not only is it powerful in the player's hands, it's also very strong as a campaign ship for its built in hullmods.

[@JimJamTheAdmin]

Apogee's also make for great shield tanks in a mixed fleet. An Apogee with a PD Loadout and some Monitors is a strong shield wall against fighters and fleets.

[@ainumahtar]

Starsector is absolutely amazing. I was kinda hoping for a pale shadow of this playing star valor, but that was a big disappointment, all that game did was make me start a new starsector game. Amazing modding scene too!

[@markphc99]

i'd really like to see you do a playthrough of his game

[@theshadowcult]

Game seems great. I would love to play this in co-op with my housemate. Seems like the dev are against multiplayer though.

[@Azure9577]

The has mount and blade style campaign so multiplayer is basically impossible Combat only multiplayer is viable tho

[@brooketohimself]

Whaaaaa? What was the keybind that lets you use a slider to only sell part of the fuel? I discovered SHIFT+click and CTRL+click and I get that now, but I still don't know how you got that slider. And why wouldn't they want you to know?

[@cazzah49]

Shift plus click hold. Also the game and tutorials mention it multiple times.

[@EssigSaureEthylEster]

WOOHOOO, STARSECTOR!

[@de-landen885]

I've been looking through reddit and other sites, but I've yet to find any actual help for early fleet composition. Anyone have any advice? PS I know I'm commenting on a fairly old vid, but you never know

[@ZiggyDGaming]

Early fleet composition depends on a few things - like what are your goals? Exploration, bounty hunting, trading all require different things to some extent. It's also primetime for "run whatever you can get your hands on that works". It's my favourite part of fleet building actually as it ends up being quite different each run. Keep things lean on supply costs for a while, a few shielded frigates with captains go a long way with some support from a hammerhead and a small fighter carrier. Don't go too overboard on fuel tankers or cargo ships unless you are going hard on exploring or trading. All this to say it's really the best time to experiment and learn how different ships work together!

[@squirrellordsgaming2772]

Wonderful job, thank you.

[@Quickbeam_]

i love this game!

[@MrHeLLHoRZeGaming]

I just wanna put it out there. vorpx is a thing...hoping star sector can get the vorpx treatment...playing VR Starsector with depth perception would be awesome!

[@BenDavidson-pm6uy]

Is it possible to play this game either using an xbox controller for pc or a steam controller?