Survival, Maybe... #69 Capac Wouldn't Notice (A Space Engineers Survival Series)

[@Forcemaster2000]

Splitsie, you should have the lights going up the launch tube blinking in a "climbing up" sequence!

[@Splitsie]

I think I might make that change, and only have them on when I set the base to ready stations/have the roof open :)

[@NARSAonline]

For one of the LCDs on the side you could do a slideshow of shots from around the silo and base, for kind of a security camera effect.

[@DanielvomDorf]

that is actually a great idea...having a whole securitycam room (even if its a fake) but maybe it becomes posible in the vanilla game or a mod. probably everybody would love a camereview on screen

[@stevenchaloner162]

there used to be a mod but its not updated for a long time it might not be possible to do since they changed all the graphics since its last update but perhaps someone will give it a update once keen stop changing core APIs and pipelines steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=611332581

[@octavioferreira2846]

It would be great if we could actually connect an LCD to a camera and have a real security cam room.

[@Splitsie]

Even when the camera to LCD mod worked it was a big hog on resources (which is why the creator of at least one of the mods limited the refresh rate to a very low rate). I was thinking of putting some cycling screenshots to fake it though :)

[@NARSAonline]

Splitsie that's exactly what I was thinking. :)

[@benmohatun]

I can still hardly believe how cool the volcano silo is. You always manage to surprise me with your creativity, kudos for that.

[@Splitsie]

Thanks Moss :)

[@BrianJ1962]

It's cliff-hangers like this that make me thankful this is a 'binge watch' of an old series - lol

[@Splitsie]

I do love a good cliff hanger ;)

[@tassie7325]

So glad that I'm not the only one that wishes there were labels on the hotbar items.

[@Splitsie]

I know, it would be so handy to have some way to write a label or even what the tooltip is when you're in the G menu

[@macgabhann1108]

I have been wanting something like that for years it is so aggravating to have to do into the g menu just to remember what a certain thing does.

[@jaymiddleton772]

and customisable icons

[@Splitsie]

Maybe a simple solution is having a text field that's got even 4 characters, with that you'd be able to write a clearly understandable code (at least for yourself) and it'd be clear on the HUD. It does seem that one of the HUD mods gives something of this functionality though, but I've yet to check it out myself

[@tassie7325]

Anything would be a 100% improvement on what is currently available ie nothing.

[@benmohatun]

Let me contemplate the fact that here we all are, watching the 69th episode of one of the best - if not the best - survival let's play on SE. Thank you Splitsie for hours upon hours of entertainment, creativity and fun. Looking forward to watch your next episode. Love from France

[@Splitsie]

Wow Moss, thanks for the very kind words :)

[@emmab6253]

When you do make it a start scenario dont forget to add some solar pannel parts. Dont want to start and have no way to get power😉. Great episode, keep them coming!

[@Splitsie]

I was thinking of setting it up as a hard mode scenario. So I might just leave enough parts for a small grid nuclear reactor and a few grams of uranium ;)

[@lordsherifftakari4127]

using the Bink and Offset interval in the launch tube that activate when the Door opens will really set the mood of imminent destruction to come

[@zachw2906]

Thanks for the heads up that there'd be no fight this time. Great episode still. Don't forget the Chicken Hawk's side thrusters are going to fight you the whole way (unless you turn them off, which is just setting you up to forget to turn them back on).

[@Splitsie]

Yeah, I'm going to have to leave them on, while they will fight my movement, without them neutralising the mass of the chicken hawk the bin chicken doesn't have enough lift :/

[@TimmyCarbine]

This is exciting, can't wait for the strike on those pesky pirates. Your Super Secret Volcano Lair looks amazing, Splitsie. The details are far beyond anything I was imagining.

[@Splitsie]

Thanks Timmy, I'm really happy with how it turned out. I really should try to have an over-arching vision of a build more often as it makes it so much easier to put together :P

[@timothybackhus824]

This is by far the nicest episode in the series

[@Splitsie]

Thank you, hopefully you enjoyed the next one as I had fun with the intro for the next one :)

[@BleachWizz]

1:04 I'd have said for you in the bottom and top left to add 2 more flames. You coukd put them o the fixed part which would look cool but also would keep a few flames as you open the door; maybe even an extra one at the top just so you still got flames all around with the door openned. 28:00: I thought you would place parachutes on both sides so it falls upside down then more parachutes open on the bottom side flipping it uppwards. You just needed to deploy them at 600m and 150m or so

[@hobgoblinuk5100]

Splitsie you utter bar steward! I already had my hopes up lol Major anticipation for the next episode though and if successful the clean up operation. The drive there and back could be dangerous given how you like to drive the goose :D

[@Splitsie]

I thought it was a little cheeky to do that, but hopefully the wait will be worth it if I can get some much better angles :)

[@chrisholland8892]

Love those sandbags. To bad you can't control them as a group...you could put a few thrusters on them and set them loose on the enemy to fly around. Also I think you're trying to paranoy people with that silo... It gets creepier every episode lol...esspecialy once you release it. And that control room is exactly what I was thinking. Love it!

[@Splitsie]

When I release the silo it is going to be creepy in so many ways ;) It would be cool if you could slave a remote control to match the flight movements of a command ship, so you could fly a full wing of fighters as one

[@chrisholland8892]

Nice, throw an alien skin in there at the end of the corridor... Wonder how many people that would freak out lol. As per a flight wing, wasn't there a command /fleet mod that allowed a group of ships to fly together? Thought I've heard that talked about elsewhere.

[@GeocompGhost]

Your silo lights would look really dynamic if you gave them a staggered blinking that goes upward. Also, a transformer box in the silo would go well and add more power to the base. Here's to a victory :D

[@Splitsie]

Ah yes, I should add another transformer box in there, I love that they're functional as well as good for looks :) I'm starting to think I'll adjust the lights so that they have a blink setup like that, but are only on when the roof is open, I think it'll end up looked pretty nice that way :)

[@charlieodom9107]

Are the transformer boxes in the same mod that has the pipes?

[@trwolf2k]

If you want to make the Silo base be a starter base it needs at least one refinery and one assembler. And a reactor room too. :) I bet those silo red lights will look nice if they blink so it looks like the red dot is moving upwards. Also can see your launch warning lights linking in with the control that opens the lava door.

[@Splitsie]

The start scenario I'm thinking of for this base will be properly HARD mode, not for new players. So it'll have just barely enough of anything to survive and I'm going to put plenty of nearby enemies to create trouble ;)

[@mcblaggart8565]

The silo needs fire extinguishers and gun racks. For safety reasons. Also, is that power-saver turning off the volcano LCDs?

[@Splitsie]

It would be nice if we had either of those as decorations in one of the DLC packs - though I know we've got the lockers now so they would almost work for gun racks or a staging type area

[@macgabhann1108]

4:53 darkness is always good, though this is coming from someone who has light sensitivity issues and has to wear specialty filtered lenses just to be in a lit room or outdoors. that silo would make for a neat starting scenario, which reminds me I cant wait to get my scenario playable as I think you might like it. like the way you ended this episode and looking forward to the attack now and with the MP update coming out that should be worth the wait.

[@Splitsie]

From what you told me about your scenario it sounds like it'll be fun :) Fingers crossed the attack goes spectacularly well or poorly (as long as I get the footage I'll be happy) :)

[@jaz2498]

"Is it a hollowed out volcano like I asked for?" 😋

[@Splitsie]

Dr Evil asked, and I delivered ;)

[@Mervalize]

Noooo!!! This is not the episode to finally catchup with the releases.

[@Splitsie]

Ouch, that's a rough way to end a catch up binge. Fingers crossed something spectacular happens with the attack so it'll be worth it :)

[@JVelez1971]

On your pallet, you could leave the Control Panel on the block above the landing gear, kind of on the side maybe, that way you don't have to add and remove the control panel when you want to move a pallet around, it also make more "realistic" sense that the pallet has a control on it. Just a thought.

[@Splitsie]

That's a nice idea, would also make people think that the pallet is some sort of self movement capable device :)

[@Shaunus82]

Base is looking really cool now, and I love the idea of you making a new start scenario in the missile silo. I also think it would be really interesting, and challenging if you were to incorporate the "Deep Ores" mod into the scenario. I would definitely be up to restarting a new game with a new and challenging scenario start. Look forward to seeing what happens in the next video, although I do think you should have test dropped one of those assault sandbags just to see how they behave.

[@Splitsie]

I was thinking of making it a super challenging start scenario, with a significant number of nearby threats ;)

[@XRustedIronX]

You should make parachutes on both the top and bottom of the sandbag. The bottom ones open on deploy and let them shoot on their way down, then once they're close to landing, the top chutes open and the bottom chutes cut, flipping the snadbag and letting shoot more.

[@Splitsie]

That would certainly be something to do in the future, for these ones I'm actually sort of happy if they stop shooting once they hit the ground as I would like to be able to loot some of the base :)

[@geordiecarl3409]

Cool base though man , love the atmosphere of the place

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, I'm pretty happy with how it's all come together :)

[@NARSAonline]

CIC Looks great, Splitsie!

[@Splitsie]

Thanks :)

[@Leckfrosch]

The lights in the shaft could make a "running motion" going from bottom to the top like on a plane runway utilizing the offset and blinking features of the interior lights.

[@Splitsie]

I was thinking about that, I might have the lights off by default, then when the doors open they'll start doing the travelling thing up the launch tube :)

[@DanielvomDorf]

the vukcano look is just amazing =) and not less the planatview on the screens...when i seen this, i thought of "kerbal space program" maybe the game could help out with one or two pics with a rocket launch status and the specific curve of the way. i think you know what i mean.

[@Splitsie]

That's a good thought to use KSP to come up with some of the images for the screens. I might just go and do that :)

[@boperadotto8703]

Loving the lighting!

[@Splitsie]

Thanks Bo :)

[@Sifizero]

that start scenario will be spooky awesome

[@Splitsie]

That's the plan :)

[@Sifizero]

a couple of sound blocks with a klaxon and a verbal loop that says some sort of general non specific "oops system error unknown error"

[@glenntanner3]

i think you need a drop turret assault craft, almost like a giant flying sandbag but used to print sandbags. So, able to print 4 drop turrets (inverted version of the sand bag) at a time while in flight over the enemy base, which could then drop all four turrets at once. Was thinking if the arms of said craft had welders, then the end could be rotor + projector + landing gear; so that blue print could be spun to print each decoy arm. It's cargo space could then be used for salvage operations post attack. Not sure if 2 parachutes could be used 1 on top 1 on bottom to slow descent, then flip before hitting the ground.

[@Splitsie]

I was thinking about how you'd flip, and you're right the simplest solution would probably be to just have it flip moments before impact by having some extra parachutes set to deploy 50 or so meters above the ground. Not sure I've got the power resources to fly something capable of printing things just yet, but maybe in the future :)

[@darthlink1687]

I was kinda wishing you would have shot another rocket once you got done with it all just so we could see it going out with the lights there. But you will do it later. :) You did a great job on that interior! I was thinking maybe you could do an episode to showcase what you have done so far for people that are new to space engineers or just your base. Its something to think about for a later episode. I have a friend that i want to show your base off to so i can get him to play space engineers with me haha. I wont expect anything from you. just some ideas i hope you will be able to use now or later. I am looking forward to the next episode! Play on!

[@Splitsie]

Oh don't worry, you're right I will be using the base to launch more missiles in the future :) I will probably do a big showcase episode when I close in on 100 episodes (or maybe even for the 100th), it mostly comes down to a time thing with those sorts of episodes though, to put something together that's not completely self indulgent requires a lot of time and planning, so I try to make things like that for something special :) Of course you can show off the base by going to my workshop and downloading the world save, at the moment it's updated to episode 65 but I'm planning on uploading todays episode after the next is released so everyone can have a crack at doing the attack themselves :)

[@darthlink1687]

That sounds amazing! Thanks for the info! :)

[@LexieAssassin]

I'd personally make the lights going up the silo blink on, or perhaps off, in an upwards pattern.

[@Splitsie]

It's something I really need to get around to, it would look nice :)

[@tristangoncalves1417]

For the lights in the silo tube I think it should get the same rising light offset treatment as you have on the solar tower

[@Splitsie]

Yep, I agree. I had the same thought while I was editing it. I think I'll do that but just have the lights on when the roof is open as I think it'll be cool for the effect to start only when the missile is ready for launch :)

[@camdengallup8671]

You should make the light coming out of the volcano runway lights, how they blink on and off following eachother.

[@Splitsie]

I think I might do that, and have them only come on when the roof is open :)

[@WunnSEN]

Annnnnnnd finally im caught up! Keep up the great work man!

[@Splitsie]

Thanks so much :)

[@DonnaPinciot]

Watch out with those blocks intersecting the lights, Splitsie! The MP Beta adds collision to them, so you might be in for an explosion or some clanging when the update comes out tomorrow.

[@Splitsie]

Ah yes, I think you've (or someone) mentioned that to me before (when I was struggling to use build vision with them). It was in the back of my mind at first when I had lots of intersection, then I promptly forgot like it was hydrogen :P I'll be sure to fix the ones in the main area of the silo before updating the save :)

[@tassie7325]

It would look really neat to have the lights in the missile launch tube with a blink offset so that they are running sequentially up the tube.

[@Splitsie]

I was thinking about that when I was editing, might be even nicer to have them static when the roof is closed then have the offset start when the door opens (though it might be easier to just have them off when the roof is closed) :)

[@macgabhann1108]

I was going to suggest that myself.

[@tassie7325]

There is something weirdly satisfying about the thought of spawning into a s**thole 😈 Plus, anyone starting in your new world that hasn't seen your series (more fool them), will have some fun when exploring the base and trying to find out what all the dummy pipes are connected to 😆

[@Splitsie]

Mick, that is just the sort of evil thought I was having ;)

[@blackshirt29]

An idea for the control room, maybe put a spotlight in the middle of he high cieling, 2 blocks up above the roof level and behind vent grate. Would create some light and some cool shadows.

[@Splitsie]

I really wanted to play with some spot lights in the vents, but I try to resist the temptation due to the low number of point lights that SE lets you have. The flickering I had with the grinder pit would be sooo much worse if I used spotlights everwhere I want to :(

[@kelemvour]

You could have a weapons rack under the catwalk in the command room... I'd put a hidden small reactor in the silo to give it power...

[@Splitsie]

I'm hoping to get power to the silo the same way I'm going to get power to the main base - you'll come across the plans soon ;)

[@boomeraus0073]

The pallet needs to be a different colour to show it's a pallet. :)

[@Splitsie]

It is a different colour, but I think you're right, it needs to be a little bit darker and maybe with a little tint of green or something...

[@boomeraus0073]

Well it didn't look like it but all good most likely is my screen not picking it up. :)

[@btCharlie_]

I think that right before launch, all the lights in the base should turn red. perhaps even start blinking. To alert everyone in the base that shit is about ensue.

[@Splitsie]

I really do need to get around to a base warning system at some point soon :)

[@kelemvour]

You need to put this in your series with Capt Shack, Tex, and W4sted... Put a Corpse in a shower room, one down in the missle pit, and one in the vents with a gun and mags...

[@Splitsie]

I should offer it to w4sted if he wants to use the design ;)

[@emperorobsidianwolf3569]

Good job keeping the series running so far Also I might be one of your steam friends But I changed my name so yeah but seriously great job keeping it going man

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, I haven't even left my little valley more than once so there's going to be plenty more of it :)

[@squirblenurble481]

I am at 26:20 and spotted something interesting, the yellow is fixed or at least improved.

[@squirblenurble481]

It has occurred to me that you are going to be carrying a chicken hawk with a chicken, remember to tell them to play nice.

[@Splitsie]

As long as the Bin Chicken is carrying the Chicken Hawk we're ok, if we start seeing Chicken Hawks carrying Bin Chickens then we might have a problem...

[@johnhermann7498]

Did you ever post the images for other people to use?

[@stevenchaloner162]

the volcano displays are cool but the gap you have keeps jumping out at me 0:22 1:29 you can see the rock wall inside and it is breaking the illusion as it can be seen even from long distances if your at the wrong angle. have you tried adding another row of screens around the door so the door is actually too big to fit the hole and instead sits just below, maybe it'll be worse but i would expect it to appear practically the same but without having any visible gaps from any viewing angle/distance

[@Splitsie]

There's no way to improve that gap sadly. It's the nature of the grid sizes matching perfectly meaning that I can't get the small LCDs into that gap :( I think if I added more to the door I'd run into a couple of problems, the big one being the extra weight would mean reducing the number of O2 gens, then I'd also probably not be able to get the door as close to being in the proper position as it is

[@io6741]

Isn't an *Assault Sandbag* kindof an oxymoron?

[@Splitsie]

100% a deliberate oxymoron :)

[@benmohatun]

Le Derp Français that's actually exactly it 😀

[@macasaurusrex4863]

You wanna see an oxymoron look up Belgium’s health minister

[@floydlooney6837]

Is it not possible to put live camera feeds from around the area on those side LCD's?

[@Splitsie]

It is not, there used to be a mod that did that, but any setup like that causes big performance issues as it required the rendering of multiple scenes simultaneously. I am however hoping to take a few screenshots around the silo to fake the effect ;)

[@Arroblivion]

You should do a role-play series using the missile silo that would be so cool

[@Splitsie]

My partner in crime Capac, has expressed some interest in writing a scripted series that would use the base ;)

[@Arroblivion]

Ok

[@stephanevally170]

Oh no, you refined Steve ?!

[@Splitsie]

I think Steve's cousins just decided the Hangar wasn't enough fun and went looking for a party elsewhere ;)

[@statters]

You refined me?

[@Skreedence]

If you save this as a start scenario will you put in some enemy bases also?

[@Splitsie]

Yep, I was thinking of making it a really punishing scenario ;)

[@Skreedence]

Awesome :)

[@peters2928]

Not a sand bag, a salt bag!

[@Splitsie]

hehe, that could certainly be their new name, even though I like the Assault Sandbag oxymoron :P

[@scorpioncoreuniverse8981]

I think it looks very cool you did a great job. That looks like a very good idea started off in that missile silo great job awesome I can only get my space engineers actually work on my computer and being nice to play it oh well that's my problem

[@Splitsie]

It really sucks when there's something you want to play but it just won't work, the only reason I know how to fix any of the problems with PCs that I do is because of the things I've learned while trying to get games to function properly :P

[@scorpioncoreuniverse8981]

Splitsie yeah I'm so running with Vista I'm trying to upgrade to Windows 10 It saying I need some net

[@Pecomica]

I like the idea of making it a survival base. A place to start. You should add some audio blocks that repeats messages or whatnot. Gives an idea to the player what might have happened. Recorded by you of course. I'm sure with the scripting and timer blocks you can have instructions rolling on the LCDs and such. Really looking forward to the next episode. Are you bringing your Goose to dismantle the enemy base and bring the parts/components with you back? EDIT. Ohh. the pallets. I like them but they seem a tad bulky. Have you checked what it would look like if you used the catwalk to make it somewhat of a metal, lightweight pallet? Or try another color on the ones you have now maybe.

[@Splitsie]

I hadn't thought of recording anything myself, but did want to have some spooky sounds around the place and maybe an easter egg or two :) Yep, I'm planning on bringing the goose and a salvage trailer :) They do look a little bulky, but I like that I have a spot where a theoretical forklift could load them, plus it's always a bit of a tradeoff with vanilla designs for these sorts of things :/

[@davfree9732]

If you want to create a story based opening for survival, sound blocks would be useful in that you could have a broken sound and light block at the starting point. Then as you go further in, you see alerts flashing and watnot... Ofc, this raises the question, what did your engineer have for lunch that had him sit through an evacuation of the base, on the throne. Perhaps a narrative of, the base fought to the last resource and drop of power, and was evacuated, with a self destruct timer you have to turn off before you begin to restock and repower the base somehow.

[@macgabhann1108]

you should also add in the forklift from your light echos series somewhere as that could be what was used to move the pallets around.

[@teresabooth312]

Didn’t expect the different intro music

[@Splitsie]

I change it up every time :)

[@spammerforlife4443]

The little menu that pops up to change the lights colors or change a pistons range is that a mod?

[@Splitsie]

It's a pair of mods, you need the Text HUD API and Build Vision so that you can use it :)

[@mattp1337]

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=756792814

[@kedarmahagaokar8689]

What about creating a mobile charge pack? Have a solar cell on top of a battery on top of a merge block with light armor around it. You could create a small pad near the entrance of your base that had these packs charging and you could place them on a charging port for your rocket base. You could use these as recharge packs or leave them in place on structures as a small source of near continuous charge. The great thing about these packs are that you could strap a couple of landing gears to them and leave them anywhere to charge, so they don’t need to be kept near the base or in the line of fire. Or you could have a couple of these connected to a mobile recharge station (aka a flying battery attached to a couple of solar panels, which could be deployed through out the area and be out of the line of fire.

[@Splitsie]

That would be a pretty cool system, certainly very flexible and would use a similar deployment vessel to the sandbags. The plan I've got (which I'm keeping secret for the moment) will be far more involved and ridiculous, but if it all fails and falls apart I'm totally going to be doing something like you suggested :)

[@teresabooth312]

I like how the silo is a cylinder

[@Splitsie]

It wouldn't really be a silo if it weren't, at least most silos are cylinder shaped :P

[@jayt9794]

What script do that with the buttercup welder thrusters

[@Splitsie]

That's the Vector Thrust 2 script by 1wsx10 steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1210578673

[@geordiecarl3409]

Only just catching up due to work etc.. Another great video Splitsie , do you see the new update really helping out with the redgie situation. I’ve been pondering a second account now for a while for the cinematic experience and the issues with multiplayer have held me back

[@Splitsie]

I really hope it will, The challenge will still be setting the camera up where it's actually needed though :P

[@sabersight908]

hey splitsie that map in the command center is not so realistic it wood be better if you make the plane we talked about a satellite real life rocket launch :D ?? ow and can you put something in the command center that it will be fully working so it is not a pretty room put you really can use it or is it for the missile already ?

[@Splitsie]

The map is meant to represent a live satellite feed, not an actual map :) You could already use the consoles to control the missile launch, but I haven't gone about setting up most of that stuff as I want to mostly automate it and have yet to work out the full setup

[@daniellagergren2227]

Splitsie aren’t you going to travel to space soon? Uranium would be a nice addition of power to your base :) btw great video !

[@Splitsie]

I've actually got a relatively large stockpile of uranium from the drones, but decided not to use it as dealing with the power situation has led me to all sorts of fun solutions (things like the Goose) :) My plan for space has always been to head there once the pirate headquarters is dealt with, so I guess that'll depend on how well the attack goes :P

[@StoveFortuna]

Splitsie you made the Doomguy's house!

[@Splitsie]

I always thought of myself more like Syndrome from the Incredibles - being someone who likes to engineer themselves out of problems :P

[@thomasboldiston9279]

Can someone explain to me what exactly is he using to show the "blueprint" thing when he's building the sandbag?

[@Splitsie]

That's a projector, have a look at this tutorial kzbin.info/www/bejne/q325n5uhbNytpas :)

[@Splitsie]

In the case of the sandbag, it's a projector attached via small rotor head to a large rotor on the base

[@thomasboldiston9279]

Cool, thx

[@RJ-fm2bd]

G'day and welcome to Geologist adventures for the impatient :)

[@Splitsie]

Sounds about right ;)

[@XRustedIronX]

Add a access door behind the turret to get to its inventory

[@Splitsie]

I probably should have just placed the turret so I could access it from the walkway :P

[@Alex-xd7fr]

You should make it another scenario like that but the bases abandoned and most of the stuff is sparking and most of the panels are missing and that some of the blocks are Grinded down

[@Splitsie]

I've got a few ideas for some fun things to do with the base when I finally feel it's complete, it's so big now that it would be a nice 'adventure' style map among other options :)

[@derpedkajar312]

Should put a base map in the common area with the kitchen/tables in it

[@Splitsie]

That's a good idea, sadly there's no free space as all the cubes are occupied :(

[@morgansmith1529]

maybe half-construct some of the blocks on the palettes?

[@Splitsie]

You certainly could do that and I think it would look nice, I've been trying not to do that so much lately due to the performance impacts. But this could be one of those times that it's worth it though :)

[@WoolyGriffin]

If you're gonna go to space, can you name the main ship rx39487. Maybe it could kinda look like the original ship? I dunno I just think it would be cool. Also 10:52 is a griefers dream

[@Splitsie]

That it would be, just a pile of warheads lying around :P

[@jamesmyers7418]

You seem to have rotation issues. You can easily rotate it by holding control and then pressing a rotate key.

[@Splitsie]

No rotation issues except for the silly autorotate getting defaulted to on when the game rolled back from the last multiplayer test :P

[@jamesmyers7418]

Splitsie, I mean just when you tried to place that landing gear, you can just Ctrl rotate key to turn it 90 degrees. It just makes it a tad simpler to place a small grid on a large grid 🙂

[@Splitsie]

Ah I get what you mean now :P Yeah that would have been smart :)

[@Nethan2000]

I'm not sure if it really works for a scenario if the silo's only purpose is to be grinded down for components. Your current scenario is much better -- a small shed that needs expanding and is threatened by drone bases. I'll waiting for that attack. I wonder what's gonna go wrong.

[@Splitsie]

The silo will be moved somewhere where you're under threat and it's your only safe haven, plus I may put a few other surprises in there ;)

[@Nethan2000]

It might be cooler if the silo be your objective, not the starting point. So you'd need to finish the missile and launch it at the base, perhaps using the coordinates recovered from a crashed scouting drone or something. Also, finding that turret would be more impactful if the impact is made with 5.56mm bullets.

[@mwbgaming28]

this would be a great world for multiplayer especially since guns cant shoot through "voxel armor" (that's what i call it) and there is no uranium on the planet (and therefore no ship based missiles) which means no missile spam from people like me (i tend to cover my ships in missile launchers and use a ripple fire script so i can quickly drill into bases like yours XD) it would definitely make multiplayer battles much more tactical and make bases last longer in battle (even without shield generators) i really wish batteries only held around 10% of the power they currently do (for realism) realistically (based on volume for a Li-ion battery using the Panasonic NCR18650B cell) a large grid battery should only hold around 250kWh (input of 125kw output of 500kw) a small grid battery should hold no more than 50kWh (input of 25kw and output of 100kw) a power box should hold around 10kWh (input of 5kw and output of 20kw) that would make your world much more realistic (though there should be a generator mod so people are able to build bases and vehicles that still work properly) steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=509327181 thats a good one once the power outputs are adjusted to realistic values then you can mine for oil and use that in bases where you cant put a giant solar array

[@Splitsie]

I think the batteries were balanced for use in flying vehicles and for that Keen got it about right for atmospheric craft on the earth like planet - the butterball with 3 batteries can make a couple of runs to the mine then needs a recharge, if it were realistic it would be almost non functional. Having said that though, it would be nice if there was an alternate power source for those of us who like a little bit of progression. So that the nuclear reactors are a point in the distant future while we use solar, geothermal, fossil fuels etc :)

[@snappedpixel.]

just a suggestion for the missile silo, what if you were to add the nose of a missile with the side cut partially open and no warhead inside, sitting in the corner or something

[@Splitsie]

I might have to make something that looks missile like that I can rest on a pair of pallets nearby, since I don't think the real design is all that missile looking :P

[@snappedpixel.]

i get what you are saying, also the missile reminds me of the Kestral from FTL but shorter

[@relentlessdragon2751]

for the lights you said they was for during attack why not set them so that from the command room you set condition red then all the white lights go off redlights come on and the silo door opens sounding an alarm then the light you put in the silo tube flash like on the sola tower like thye are guiding the missile out this would look cool and would also be like other people was there and the lights and alarm is telling the go to action stations

[@Splitsie]

I was thinking of tying those lights to the lava door, when open everything goes into launch mode, when closed back to how it normally is - as a simple way to control it :)

[@selorkiith4461]

How long is your current load time? I managed to get it down to just about 5 Minutes for my new Save...

[@Splitsie]

My situation isn't really a good comparison as I'm fortunate that I've got space engineers installed on an NVMe SSD, so even my scenario loads in under a minute. I don't have many mods though and it's those that tend to make loading times exponentially worse

[@selorkiith4461]

Splitsie Oh okay, yes an SSD would indeed help :) And maybe not that many mods... my Fully modded save has a current load time of about 20 Minutes :D But good to know that SE gets along with SSDs, might get another one for it.

[@jaymiddleton772]

I have serious questions about the pallets... you have no forklift and no room to maneuver one and pallets in areas behind doors that they wouldn't fit through 😜

[@Splitsie]

Shhh... don't ask too many questions ;)

[@nickdiemer7808]

Obviously they are hover pallets didn't you see him just push them around just by bumping into them? They only maintained the old {pallet} design because it was convenient to put the micro hover jets in the already layed out slotting from the old school generation of pallets. As a side note they actually did manufacture non hover pallets made out of the new and sturdier lightweight metal material at their inception to ease industrial company's transition into the new longer lasting more durable material without the need to obsolete all their old transport tech in one go.

[@jaymiddleton772]

Sounds like a perfect project for you, Splitsie; Hover pallets that move around a factory area autonomously

[@Splitsie]

Love the story Nick, just my kind of explanation :)

[@strex2062]

Put on hangar doors on slot "9" on all vehicles

[@Splitsie]

I had been putting it on 4 I think, but then I forgot what number I'd been using :P It would be nice if we could see a few characters of the string we're using to run with though

[@robb2056]

Our 911 Center is very dark. so keep the look you have in the control room. :)

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, good to hear from someone who works in that sort of setting, though hopefully the rest of your workplace isn't as horribly lit as the silo :P

[@AncalagonGames]

just make a bomber that would be cool

[@Splitsie]

Well the Bin Chicken is a sort of bomber, we'll see how well it performs next time :)

[@WoolyGriffin]

Splitsie just make a large ship and drop the warheads out of the airlock

[@AppleGeniusInc]

Nice

[@Splitsie]

Thanks :)

[@saelfaer]

so i've noticed you keep talking about the parashute hatches as to 'flip' over the sandbags... you could just project it upside down and carry them with the turret down already no?

[@Splitsie]

It was mainly for the ease of storage prior to moving them out, resting things on a turret is a high risk exercise - their collisions can get strange :/

[@Voidwielder]

For once, the super dramatic music fits what's going on on screen! Not making a dig at you, just SE youtubers in general, does welding a mining ship really need O Fortuna(or the like) playing in the background?

[@Splitsie]

The music you're taking a dig at is the SE in game music, personally I quite like the modern orchestral approach they took to the music and after many, many hours listening to it, for me it just doesn't feel like SE without it :P

[@Voidwielder]

Splitsie I don't think most of the soaring orchestral or hard rock pieces I hear in most videos is from the game, otherwise my games music choice sucks. I don't think I've heard anything but gently tinkling music, but that may just be cuz my potato can't handle anything other than deep space without chugging...

[@Splitsie]

The in game music is context sensitive, so if you're not under attack (not sure what it uses to define being under threat) you'll only hear peaceful tracks. It's an option you can change if you just want random tracks though

[@Voidwielder]

Splitsie Oh, ok. I'm still working through what all the controls and settings do XD I don't mind peaceful music while I'm just R&Ding :)

[@ZorillaMyrid181]

A base full of warheads. What could go wrong?

[@Splitsie]

I'm sure it's all perfectly safe ;)

[@ZorillaMyrid181]

Splitsie sure, just about as safe as my maglev train, oh wait...

[@theghostgamer3318]

answer to power problem make a base that connects to the main one that just has batteries solar panels and turnets to protect it and they are connected under ground

[@Splitsie]

I think you might like the secret plans I've been working on for providing additional power ;) As a side note, the reason the bases aren't connected is that SE doesn't like large single grids when you have airtightness active, so I try to keep the distances down where possible

[@squirblenurble481]

If you have pallets doesn't that mean you need some way to move them.

[@squirblenurble481]

Like a forklift, although it may not fit.

[@Splitsie]

Probably should have something, but it's one of those things that most people will overlook and just accept that the pallets are there :P

[@chancereindl3494]

Can you give slink to the conveyor pipe mod please

[@Splitsie]

It's Eikester's decoration pack ( steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=312976851 ), if you're ever looking for a mod I use there's a collection that's either linked in the description or go to my workshop page and it'll be there :)

[@aidanberger8875]

can u make a tutorial for the LCD images Please

[@Splitsie]

I was going to, but I can't find a .dds exporter that works with Photoshop CC, I'm currently using a workaround and doing it in a much older version of photoshop which isn't exactly the most practical of methods :(

[@aidanberger8875]

I see love ur vids tho

[@Splitsie]

You may be in luck, I seem to have found one - don't know why I hadn't found it on previous searches... I've also found a guide to how to use GIMP for it so I can direct people to a free software option too :) I'll start working on the tutorial soon ;)

[@aidanberger8875]

O.O exciting Thank you Splitsie

[@0623kaboom]

if/when you set the silo as a start base set a few of the screens to the dreaded blue screen of death .....

[@0623kaboom]

if you put a pair of parachutes on one pair of decoy pods and have them deploy at 650m then have a pair on the other pair of pods that deploy at 100m then it falls with the gun usable and lands upright with the gun useful

[@cmilkau]

pallet needs a better color. yellow, maybe?

[@Splitsie]

Yeah, maybe yellow would work. I was thinking a darker grey with more green in it, but I'll probably try out a few colours to see what I like best :)

[@ptgable10]

He's going to lose the bin chicken it's a cobbled disaster.

[@Splitsie]

Shhh, everything will be fine ;)

[@ptgable10]

;) Lol

[@eno88]

How is your block count not glitching the game to hell? By this point my maps usually do magic tricks.

[@Splitsie]

I'm still yet to have the problems I witnessed when making my domino set collapse in this session, I guess I'm just lucky :P

[@Mangalover345]

gonna miss scripts when the patch goes live..?

[@Splitsie]

Scripts are only off if you've got experimental disabled. By default everyone who's already played the game will have experimental on when the update comes (happened in the last test so it works). So my scripts will all be fully functional :)

[@rupert6149]

69th episode ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@ac3inspac3]

Aeff I was gonna say thattttt

[@Splitsie]

I did almost name the episode "please keep the jokes clean" ;)

[@derpedkajar312]

Aeff nice

[@StoveFortuna]

Nice.

[@khorne7386]

Now because you have a pallet you need forklift

[@Splitsie]

I should test to see if you can make a forklift to work with the pallets... I don't think it's really possible as I can't think of any small grid blocks that are less than 1 wide in two directions, but would be interesting if there were :)

[@khorne7386]

Splitsie It should if say you used half blocks for the forks and have them on a piston lift system to lift it up

[@sabersight908]

hey splitsie i meant that it is not realistic cuz you don't have a satellite yet you need to launch one and it is more realistic get it

[@Splitsie]

Oh right! My bad, there will be one in the future though :P

[@macgabhann1108]

oh and by the way splitsie you now have a silo in which launch said satellite lol

[@Splitsie]

That I do, I'm hoping to use it for a satellite launch at some point :)

[@sabersight908]

but that silo is to small for the realistic rocket i want

[@davidmartensson273]

When you where talking about the "fighting sandbag" my brain immediately brought up an old Swedish Movie called Leif where a corrupt weapon corporation was going to demonstrate their newest weapon, "The fighting egg" kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXK5hWyXirCggMU :), and yes, its a comedy movie.

[@charleslee1858]

You seem to lacking in signage. Just from a decorative pov.

[@sabersight908]

hey maybe put some missiles that are not complete in the corridor ? ow i see now it is done :( oke then :)

[@Splitsie]

I might see if I can come up with something that looks missile shaped (not like the actual one which is quite wonky) and pop one out in the main launch area :)