Survival, Maybe... #75 How big is too big? (A Space Engineers Survival Series)

[@GeocompGhost]

For some reason this tower and you reminds me of Tim Allen "More power arr arr arr." And of course Reggie says, "I don't think so Splitsie."

[@Splitsie]

Lol, now all I need is a Wilson character where we only see the top of their head :P

[@tassie7325]

4:04 Nice first glimps of the new tower on the horizon, looking very majestic.

[@Splitsie]

I didn't notice that until the edit but thought it was pretty cool how far away it was visible, should be even moreso with the panels on it now :)

[@riccardogemme]

Splitsie: "That is a lot of fire!" Me: "You could have said "That's a lot of damage" we were on the verge of greatness, we were this close!"

[@Splitsie]

I once again prove that I am meme impaired :P

[@Nethan2000]

Survival, Maybe... #500 Finishing up the Dyson Sphere -- finally enough power (A Space Engineers Survival Series) Don't you have a remote control on the Nugget? You should add it, so you can remotely fly your ship down to pick you up.

[@Splitsie]

Lol If only we could build a dyson sphere, you know I'd be all over that :) I really should have a remote control little ship somewhere to supply me with hydrogen when needed :P

[@mattp1337]

If solitary Sandbags are vulnerable, maybe the next iteration should have 2-3 turrets. It's only the cost of the extra guns and a slightly larger frame (they'd share the power and control blocks) so it's more bang for the buck, would have higher survivability and it's fewer units to monitor and maintain.

[@Splitsie]

That would certainly work. My main fear with making them larger is the larger the grid the higher the likelihood of clang when interacting with voxels so may not save as much as is hoped :P

[@mattp1337]

That's always a risk, true, though the midichlorians have obviously infused you with notable anti-clang powers ;)

[@Ariethefloof]

Amazing Timelapse!

[@Splitsie]

Thanks :)

[@tassie7325]

I think the size of the tower is just perfect. Although a long way off the ground, the solar panel array is aesthetically spot on for the height of the tower. If the panels were any lower they would look disproportional to the tower core. PS Nice business sideline - Tourism. Great for base jumping 👌

[@Splitsie]

I might have slightly enjoyed the base jump, after the one I did down the silo launch tube I have been somewhat enjoying them :)

[@tassie7325]

The spotlights - I couldn't help but think of 20th Century Fox

[@Splitsie]

It did have that feeling, and you may have just given me an idea for what to do for my 20,000 subscriber video - or at least the intro to it... :)

[@madmann225]

Might I suggest a small cargo container at the base of all future building projects to eliminate all hydrogen related issues. lol. And you were doing so well the last few episodes with watching your hydrogen :)

[@Cyberguy42]

Madmann Or perhaps a gas generator loaded with ice and extra hydrogen bottles. As an added bonus, it would basically remove the need for a walkway to the top.

[@Splitsie]

Maybe I should build that person sized elevator that uses a gatling gun to launch you that I saw on reddit the other day - that'll get me up there in no time :P

[@madmann225]

Or a small remote control drone you could call up from the hanger with a spare bottle for you lol. In the hanger can you put a big sign. But instead of saying "number of days since last injury" is should say "number of days since last running out of hydrogen" :)

[@Splitsie]

That's the way I'm thinking of going, a nice little drone that's an added safety device :P

[@Cyberguy42]

Splitsie If you want to overcomplicate it, the drone could deliver a cargo container to your location via parachute.

[@chrisholland8892]

First, I'm amazed any enemies make it to your base 2nd, you can't reference Dory with the Buttercup and not give it a Dory paint scheme....I've always thought it like a gold fish and now I can't unsee Dory 😂 3rd, that tower is most impressive... It should definitely up the power you desire... And definitely looking forward to seeing the tram construction. Keep up the awesome work!

[@Splitsie]

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming ;) I'm excited to attempt the tram, it worked out ok in creative when I was trying to get my head around Rivvion's design so fingers crossed I can duplicate it in survival :)

[@chrisholland8892]

Perhaps a small fleet if Finding Nemo inspired ships 😂 Looking forward to more!

[@Splitsie]

It could be fun to build a bruce.... hmmm maybe my space faring ships could end up with fish names so I can go all out with the nemo theme :P

[@chrisholland8892]

Haha I love it!

[@voraga]

Love hearing a confirmation that you will attempt facing those drones in space :) Great series please keep it up... and poor Reggie :(

[@Splitsie]

I do feel bad for Reggie, but he died doing what he loves :P

[@Forcemaster2000]

That's a pretty sweet printer set-up Splitsie! Poor Reggie! He suffers for the art! I have to say though, your solar tower has come out quite impressive, and overall, very practical as it will provide a decent amount of power for you.

[@Splitsie]

His sacrifice was worth it though - I was initially disappointed but it ended up making the time lapse better I think :)

[@shaddymilvus598]

It looks like a giant battle axe! Seriously though it looks good, can't wait to see what you do with the bottom building. (You should also think about putting a RC block on your flying ships.) :P

[@Splitsie]

It kinda does while it's all upright :P

[@Shakads]

The new tower is starting to looking mighty awesome, at first I thought it would look too big but with the addition of the solar arrays, everything seems about right, proportion wise. Even during that first view we got from it, when that drone was showing off the clearly improved AI (cough), it already looked like it's going to be a landmark in that world ! Also, I'm starting to get a lighthouse vibe from it, a spotlight on a rotor at the top wouldn't seem out of place ! ^^'

[@Splitsie]

I was pleased that the proportions ended up ok, was more than a little worried a few times :P

[@blackshirt29]

I really want the buttercup to make an appearance in the co-op series alongside the unicycle. lol Also that sucker is absolutely tall enough yo require rotating aircraft awareness spotlights on the top for airplane safety reasons.

[@Splitsie]

If shack lets me build a mining ship, I might well build something a little bit similar to the ugly duckling ;)

[@blackshirt29]

Welk yeah the Duckling is the "sensible" option... but judging Shack's reaction to the cycle their reaction to the buttercup trying to swim around would be worth it. Plus watching them three try flying her... One of the things I am most excited with about that series is that there is finally someone in that group that understands pistons, rotors and sensors and can teach. Tex and W4sted recently spent 3 hours of a 4 hour stream constantly destroying and rebuilding the floor of one of their bases because they didn't know how to incrementally piston raise a connector from below. lol.

[@ross4334]

Loved how you did the end! So dramatic and exciting

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, I was pretty happy with how it turned out :)

[@orgsniper]

I’ve noticed that a mod of your list (random base) is trending but I don’t know how to make it work. Also blocks that consume resources are spotlights(they create shadows), conveyors, modules (on or off), unfinished blocks(you have a couple hidden in the base corners) to many scripts running at the same time( all running at the same second, if you offset them that helps). If you are using airtight, large rooms when decompress and refilled it kills sim speed.

[@Splitsie]

You need to use the planetary installations mod with it, then as you move around the planet some of the bases will be randomly spawned - by default it will attempt to spawn one for every 6km you move over the surface :)

[@orgsniper]

Splitsie thanks you are always so helpful!!

[@larsriisgaard-jensen3448]

use a land vehicle to print the sandbags to save power! :)

[@Splitsie]

Maybe that's what I could turn the pelican into at some point :P

[@larsriisgaard-jensen3448]

yes do that :)

[@SirTragain]

Another fine installment; poor Reggie though... You might want to try a modification to the Butter Cup which I use for Vectored Flight. I put the two forward rotors on each corner of the cockpits nose which seems to give me better maneuverability.

[@Splitsie]

I do feel a little bad for Reggie, I'm normally pretty good at turning his jetpack off and taking off his helmet, don't know why I forgot this time :P

[@RSA-nuker]

Thank you for that time lapse at the end mate it was fantastic!

[@Splitsie]

You're welcome, the solar tower was just so perfectly positioned to set those up, it's much less exciting doing them underground :P

[@nicholassas4201]

POWER! UNLIMITED POWER!!!!!!!

[@farrell1701]

R.I.P. Reggie, 2018: He died so that we could have a beautiful time lapse shot.

[@Splitsie]

His sacrifice will be remembered, but he did die doing what he loves (sitting around doing barely anything) :P

[@mrsubscribe3498]

@@SplitsieWait, don't you mean Capac?

[@robertrenato]

Great video! That timelapse was reeally nice :3

[@Splitsie]

Thanks :)

[@scorpioncoreuniverse8981]

That's is probably one of the greatest feats you've tried yet keep up the great work I enjoy these videos you keep giving me great ideas for my show that I want to do thank you and see you next time

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, I was pretty happy with how it's turned out so far :)

[@RangerNSC]

You ran out of hydrogen again. Build an emergency supply drone. The only akward bit will be coming up with a way to summon it if you're out of antenna range.

[@Splitsie]

I know, but at least this time I was basically on the ground when it happened, plus I was in a menu so that's a decent excuse right? :P

[@RangerNSC]

Yeah, you're lucky you usually live. When i forget and run out, death is certain.

[@thefightingsquid7347]

That tower is not any taller than you needed it. It NEEDS to be stupidly tall!! For impressing your friends of course. You have friends, right??

[@riccardogemme]

Well he has a Capac and a Happy. They might be impressed.

[@usswat66]

Someone is compensating for something

[@Splitsie]

Hmmm... I think I'd be in a lot of trouble if I started to worry about Capac's thoughts on my builds, would probably end up with some very oddly coloured structures :P

[@Psycorde]

It looks like a giant battle axe :V

[@Sifizero]

PSA "your health IS critical" wow, your edits are getting better!

[@Splitsie]

When it happened during recording I was so annoyed at myself, but it was too funny not to leave in - in the end I was actually glad for Reggie's sacrifice :)

[@danielk9906]

The spotlights of the solar tower must be green, because its green energy!😀

[@Splitsie]

You can't deny the logic there :P

[@AC-sv4yc]

Should make a flying battery ship. Merge block it to tower then fly it back to base when full. It could be your first large block ship. Park it under the base bridge

[@Splitsie]

Nah, that's what I'm going to build a tram for ;)

[@dragonpc8258]

it totally looks like a giant two handed Axe from a distance. me likey!

[@Splitsie]

It really does :)

[@SinnerD2010]

@10:36 boy that projection printer looks so smooth when run in time lapse mode ;) "throwing a caution into the wind..." sorry did you say a little? as in small? like a moderate amount? have you seen your giant solar tower? or was that reggie in the buttercup ;)

[@Splitsie]

My accepted levels of caution vary wildly from day to day :P (or minute to minute sometimes)

[@Bl4ck-Fr057]

New tower looks like a mast from a ship.

[@Splitsie]

Yep, with sails big enough to move the mountain :P

[@wardaddyindustries4348]

Spoiler Alert 20 seconds in... Now solar tower.... that's right didn't finish the last episode so good job on the last one and I'm sure this will be good now that I'm actually watching it.

[@Viperflight1984]

The Gatling turret in the centre should have been higher than the solar panels as now it has a chance to shoot its own panels. Easy fix if ya extend the tower in the middle and raise the turret as you don’t want ya own gun shooting the panels as they move around during alignment

[@Splitsie]

There's another setting in the world settings that turns off friendly grid turret damage, which is off for this. I'm not sure if that extends to subgrids, but I guess we'll find out :/

[@Viperflight1984]

Splitsie I hope so mate I’d hate to see ya solar tower destroyed again not only by the drones but especially by friendly fire mate

[@ZEOCMF]

Excited for the Tram! 😁

[@Splitsie]

Me too :)

[@justinnentwich2779]

After the tram could you make a fighter or even better drones that can fight for you? Keep up the good work.

[@Splitsie]

I'm thinking the next build either part way through the tram or straight after will be a tank that might have some missiles (as in player made) to aid it's attack against the next base :)

[@Splitsie]

But a flying attack craft is another thing I want to use to assault a base :)

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

Wow, I love this base

[@Splitsie]

Thanks :) I've been very happy with how it's turned out so far

[@AtlanVK]

I was thinking when you go to space you could have a battery station on this new tower where you have power packs with merge blocks that you pick up before heading to space. I thought the same thing for the defence station that turned into a volcano, a couple batteries in some armour with a merge block that you can transport to various platforms or large ships.

[@Splitsie]

That may certainly be an option. Not sure if I'm going to stick to solar once I go to space though - might prove to be too much insanity to attempt to charge jump drives from solar power :P

[@nubeees]

Well, its not a train for the military base, but power transport trams are going to be even cooler! :P

[@Splitsie]

Fingers crossed it all works out :)

[@nubeees]

Maybe accompany it with a Clang cathedral and several ritual sacrifices to Clang?

[@PandaSE_]

Heh, more sounds to use against use Splits...14:34 :P

[@broganshattky5677]

If you wanted to reduce the height of the tower without starting again. Perhaps you could use temporary Pistons and merge blocks attached to the tower to lower itself to the desired height.

[@Splitsie]

Yeah I could do something like the opposite of what I did with the original tower, I think I've become accustomed to the height now though - I quite like the fact that you can see it from so far away :)

[@Thade780]

"We'll go with seven and see if it's big enough" Ends with 20. :D

[@kenkalajdzic]

You're mixing number of panels with number of blocks. He initially intended to have 7 panels (14 blocks), ended with 10 panels (20 blocks).

[@Splitsie]

Either way I think I may have gone slightly overboard :P

[@kenkalajdzic]

@@Splitsie I don't think it's possible to go overboard in Space Engineers. This game is pretty much designed for overengineering, overkill, over[insert whatever here] :) Make a few refineries and assemblers with speed modules and that power will be gone in no time.

[@ryguyver]

Really looking forward to seeing what you come up with for your tram design! Not sure if this will be in your next video or a future one... but can you give us any hints as to how it will be designed?

[@Splitsie]

The design is going to take a lot of inspiration from one that Rivvion built and posted on reddit, I'm hoping to get started on it in the next few videos (probably not the next one though) so you won't have to wait too long :)

[@AHaugaard]

You need to make a Light Ship, that lights up a large area

[@Splitsie]

Like a giant flying disco ball? :P

[@AHaugaard]

Splitsie I was thinking more like a square lighting up the build from all sides

[@lukeworthington8961]

Thought i saw active reactors during ep when you built the decoys for the base?

[@mattp1337]

Timer blocks, I think.

[@Splitsie]

No reactors at all - the only one I've built during this series was the little one I hooked up to the ugly duckling when I accidentally let it fall on its side way back at the start :P

[@lukeworthington8961]

Looked again, it was a module on a assembler i beileve

[@tassie7325]

Show off your engineering skills. Build the tram line from both ends with flags, whistles and banners for the day when the two lines meet up in the middle 😎

[@Splitsie]

That is tempting, but I guarantee I'll miss by enough that it'll bug me every time I pass that point :P

[@zachmann8895]

I have a question I looked at the tram you spoke of and wouldn't building it to connect the base and the new tower, well ,connect the base and the new tower making them the same grid, therefore making the processe of transporting batteries redundant. because towers on the same grid are all shared anyway ?

[@Splitsie]

The two are far too far apart to build as a single grid, it would completely tank the performance and be a nightmare. I have some plans in mind that will allow the sections of track to be built as separate grids :)

[@zachmann8895]

Splitsie Cool can't wait to see

[@Rickard_H]

great series! and love that you're doing with airtightness

[@Splitsie]

x3 inventory, realistic assembler and refinery efficiency, x2 welder and grinder I think :) I'm hoping I'll end up with almost complete sunlight due to cheatiness, or at least a lot more than my valley tower :)

[@Rickard_H]

ye im pretty sure the only distance that matters is the distance from the player to the solar for the sun to "shine through the terrain but all them solarpanels will for sure help with power :D best of luck and cant wait to see what you do with the tram system, and then getting to space :D

[@Altaree1]

Call the solar tower “the battle axe”.

[@Splitsie]

I think you may end up pleased with the name that ended up sticking :)

[@codonbyte]

I'm pretty sure both tubes and junctions simply count as graph edges, and the graph is only checked when the blocks are placed, its state being cached and thus there sholudn't be any extra cost to using junctions. The engine seems to use an algorithm that sacrifices speed when placing blocks to gain speed during normal operation (which is why when grids get really large there can sometimes be a lag spike when you place any block that uses the conveyor system).

[@Splitsie]

From what I understand after having it explained by people much smarter, the conveyor systems work node to node, with junctions representing 6 nodes and constantly checking if anything's connected (or something along those lines, this stuff is not my forte) and I've seen good examples since I made this of the junctions causing performance drops on servers vs systems primarily based off tubes :(

[@____5837]

You should have told the solar array to turn horizontal, then fly igor over ans use that to weld up the solar panels :)

[@Splitsie]

Lol! That would have been amazing :D

[@gydotitulaer467]

Love what you did with the tower, only still wondering how do you move the power towards your base? You talked about a tunnel tram that moves the power? As in like batery packs or? :|

[@Splitsie]

Yep, it'll move the power in battery packs, sure you lose some power each time you transfer from battery to battery, but for coolness I don't think much will surpass an underground tram ;)

[@jeffjustice4690]

Speaking of air tightness, have you done a video on blocks that are air tight and ones that are not. Example large cargo containers they have the rounded corners. Are refineries air tight or are only armor blocks air tight. Also should paint the little nugget blue and call it Dory

[@Splitsie]

I haven't done a video like that, but it's one I've wanted to for a while as there are a few blocks I'd like to test for my own knowledge :)

[@glenntanner3]

23:00 seeing the tower come into view at night over the horizon like that...

[@Splitsie]

It was pretty awesome :)

[@nonplayercharacter6478]

Great episode. The tower is impressive, definitely not too big (lag is the ONLY criteria that matters). I can't wait for the tram. Maybe you should think about a nice gentle reminder, 'workplace propaganda' sign in the hanger? "DON'T FORGET HYDROGEN". Maybe just a picture of a hydrogen bottle with a skull and crossbones over it? ;) [REDACTED] But, yea, I went there too, I am only a human simulacra, after all. It was alliterative, evocative, and funny. But, I won't demonetize you that way. :O

[@Splitsie]

I'm glad we agree on that, it's only too big when your computer is reduced to a molten pile of slag :P I might have to come up with a poster for that, it'd be great to put it up in my future office :)

[@GamernetsLP]

How did you make the spectator camera follow the ship?

[@Splitsie]

You can make the spectator camera move with a grid by pressing shift+middlemouse, sadly that only makes the camera move the way the grid is moving at that moment in time, so for this, I spammed that key combo for the entire flight :P

[@WuerfelweltlersWelt]

Might I suggest putting googly eyes on the pelican?

[@Splitsie]

I did once make a vehicle with googly eyes - it was a jack-o-lantern that was actually capable of flying on planets (mostly), while the eyes were fun, they did some weird thigns to the handling :P

[@WuerfelweltlersWelt]

Yeah, now that you mention it... I think I saw it in your physics update coverage

[@Splitsie]

Quite possibly as I did launch it from a catapult :P

[@keenanstrope4140]

Didn’t go to sleep cause I’ve been waiting for another video for days now😂

[@Splitsie]

That's far too much commitment :P

[@trwolf2k]

"Kind of looks impressive.... like.. ridiculous." so... like a normal Space Engineers' build. I'm curious how the tram is going to work, like how far under the new tower it will be and how it will integrate with the bases.

[@Splitsie]

I'm curious about that too as I haven't quite worked that out in my head yet :P

[@carterpatterson1988]

21:35 "Jizzzz"

[@samuelfowler5921]

The gun on the top looks too short and might hit the panels and cause a big amount of damage to the tower than to the enemy drone, I would raise the gun higher, that's my opinion, its fine where it is, or have a piston on a programmable block to extend at a fast pace to clear the panel's to take down the enemy drone, if its possible with programmable blocks, I don't know much about them, its up to you

[@Splitsie]

With the world settings the gun won't be able to damage the tower (I think, not certain if the can't shoot own grids works for subgrids). Plus I think it'll look better once the solar panels are in motion :)

[@Zamezetor]

0:55 imagine being in that ship

[@Exidous96]

Do the Rotors for the solar tower consume more energy the more solar panels you stack on it? Ive tried this in a survival game and something is always eating my power and cant figure out what it is other than the solar tower itself. Idk, maybe something I hadnt thought of? beats me honestly

[@Splitsie]

The rotors use very little power and I've not tested it but I don't believe they require any extra power even if you increase their maximum torque. I think I just replied to your other comment as well, so sorry if I'm repeating myself, the big consumers are refineries, assemblers and flying vehicles. The unexpected ones would be antennas and spotlights

[@Nob-Stop]

At 50 seconds how did you follow the drone at its speed what’s the keybind that you use?

[@Splitsie]

I did that in a sort of odd way, pressing shift+middle mouse will match the spectator cam movement to the instantaneous velocity of the grid you are focused on. So I spammed that key combo the entire way in toward the base to keep the camera moving with it :P

[@P_RK_NY8]

Hi Splitsie! how can you lock the spectator camera on a grid?

[@Splitsie]

I did that in a sort of odd way, pressing shift+middle mouse will match the spectator cam movement to the instantaneous velocity of the grid you are focused on. So I spammed that key combo the entire way in toward the base to keep the camera moving with it :P

[@zachw2906]

I am confused, Splitse - doesn't the Gold Nugget have a remote and an antenna? Couldn't you have called it down that way? Either way, cool video, and I am excited for what comes next ^_^

[@Splitsie]

I don't think it has a remote, the butterball does (which I always forget) though it probably wouldn't help since it doesn't have a camera :P

[@jacyjohnson8636]

So if you go to space are you planning a shuttle like design or a middle like design I personally don't play space engineer's so I don't know if this is a stupid question if it is sorry

[@Splitsie]

My initial plans are to head up there with drones, but then I'll start going up with some heavily armored ships that will be more like your typical sci fi vehicle that can go from planet surface to space. Though it's unnecessary I do want to build a rocket that's staged to take up at least once :P

[@stanpollard]

Using the tubes as much better because if one gets shot the light on it turns black and it's easy to repair

[@Splitsie]

Hopefully I don't have to test out that advantage :P

[@andromedafallen2432]

POWER OVERWHELMING

[@WoolyGriffin]

I'm gonna try to build sanctuary from borderlands 2 vanilla on a server in SE. Its gonna be fun

[@camdengallup8671]

How did you make your spectator camera follow the drifting persuent ?

[@haydenbarnes1665]

It's one of the F10 menu commands (follow X grid)... Pretty sure, anyway.

[@Splitsie]

I actually did that in a sort of odd way, pressing shift+middle mouse will match the spectator cam movement to the instantaneous velocity of the grid you are focused on. So I spammed that key combo the entire way in toward the base to keep the camera moving with it :P

[@camdengallup8671]

Splitsie ok thank you

[@greenerion]

Suggestion: put O2/H2 generator on your ships so you can refill your hydrogen (both in your suit and your bottles) while away from the base ;)

[@Splitsie]

I might have a plan for saving myself in the future, since it would be a pain to refit every ship, I'm going to build a mini drone that I can directly control and fly to myself that carries a hydrogen bottle and maybe has a chair on it too :)

[@greenerion]

let's face it, at this point you might as well just make yourself a jetpack...or a doctor X Chair like Shack :P

[@DarkPhoenixDack125]

Now I have to make a tower of that size for my survival playthrough. Why start small when you can go enormous?

[@Splitsie]

My attitude with space engineers: if it can be done, it should be done :P

[@riccardogemme]

Kill one of the enemy base with Heavy armor ucbes with a generator and a mass block inside. Or Space Ball..... Yea space ball madness sounds great.

[@sheenalevesque4534]

I requested this late in a previous episode you should have a emergency mode on your elevator where u press a button or something and it goes faster.

[@Splitsie]

I'm going to eventually be doing a complete rebuild of the elevator, but without using programmable blocks I don't think I can alter the speed (and I like it slow-ish most of the time to create the right mood) :)

[@charlieodom9107]

Should have built it larger in diameter and put an elevator inside it!

[@callumvincent9281]

You should make an ice mining plant on the lake

[@riccardogemme]

Not worth the materials sadly. The ice is just a thin layer with rock under it.

[@Splitsie]

I don't know what I'd use that much hydrogen for but if I think of something I'd be tempted to build some sort of draggable strip miner :P

[@OldIronGuard]

It looks like a massive battle axe 😂😂

[@Splitsie]

It definitely does right now :)

[@scorpioncoreuniverse8981]

Unfortunately I think the enemy is rebuilding the first base that you destroyed I suggest you check on that

[@Splitsie]

I think there might be something in the planetary installations mod that can 'rebuild' or repair parts of the enemy bases and I'd really like to look into it more, but both thankfully and sadly the ones in this scenario can't do that :(

[@lordsherifftakari4127]

you've built a Mega Solar Power Tower! not big enough!

[@Splitsie]

As it turned out, this one was more than big enough :D

[@Zamolxes77]

You megalomaniac, that's gianormous ! I'm curious what's the performance hit between this and a "forest" of 10 small towers with 12 panels each, protected by 4 turret pylons as overwatch.

[@Splitsie]

Hehe, go big or go home? :P

[@kelemvour]

Why not put 2 small upwards thrusters on the Buttercup?

[@Splitsie]

I've been having some frustrating problems with the buttercup lately, that seem to be fixed by reloading the whole game. Fortunately the nugget is proving to be quite a bit more functional at the moment since I think the range of small grid welders got improved a little in the last patch :)

[@kelemvour]

I like the Nugget

[@MightyOtterr]

i have a suggestion that is totally not currently relevant but you have talked about wanting to build a tank. You have a bird theme going with most vehicles except for the Tick, it could be cool to name military vehicles bug themed names and i think Goliath would be a great name for a tank, and you could make a fighter jet and name it the Hornet or something like that. The names show a clear distinction between your combat and utility vehicles.

[@Splitsie]

I was thinking of something along those lines only going with some australian spider names, since ticks are also arachnids :) Something like the trapdoor, funnelweb, huntsman etc

[@MightyOtterr]

Cool

[@JexsamX]

How does your game look so good? Whenever I enable post-processing, it just turns into a blinding nightmare.

[@Splitsie]

I've got the Space Just Got Real mod enabled :)

[@SteveMoore71]

Benge watching Survival, Maybe. 5 episodes today. CAN NOT get this far behind ever again!!

[@Splitsie]

You're not that far behind, you'll be at the tram before you know it :)

[@DoubleJJizzle]

I love it to death XD

[@Splitsie]

Thanks :)

[@gentlejake605]

the solar tower looks like lungs lmao

[@Splitsie]

The lungs of someone with their head in the sand :P

[@d-zeronut5094]

Solar panel much? ;-)

[@Splitsie]

It's just a little one ;)

[@d-zeronut5094]

Splitsie currently using all my will power not to make a rude joke at the reply :-)

[@Splitsie]

It's taking a lot of restraint on this end to not make some at a number of the comments so far (and during the video) :P

[@inmoraa7613]

still say the buttercup reminds me of a gold fish

[@Splitsie]

I completely agree, but Buttercup isn't a bad name for a goldfish :)

[@kelemvour]

I think you need to add newer nasty drones...

[@Splitsie]

I may do later on, but I try not to make myself too distracted from big construction efforts :)

[@jeffjustice4690]

Did you used OSHA approved safety procedures?

[@Splitsie]

I don't think they'd ever approve of things I get up to :P

[@jeffjustice4690]

@@Splitsie love your work you make it look so easy

[@thomaswoodward-harrris8114]

Could use rocket turrets

[@Splitsie]

Rocket turrets would require rockets (I have a few from the base salvage) which would require uranium and platinum to make. That's why I've stuck with gatlings so far :)

[@LinkHeroOfHy]

so the new tower looks like a giant lollipop, while the arms are still vertical...

[@Splitsie]

I suspect it'll be a pretty sad lollipop when they start moving :P

[@Jessie-vm6kq]

Can you do a video where you show people how to get to mars, from the earth like planet, because that would be very helpful.

[@Splitsie]

The main way to get to mars, is to first get up to space, then get some platinum and other materials in order to make jump drives, then use them to get to mars as flying there at 100m/s is almost pure insanity :P

[@Jessie-vm6kq]

Thanks for the advice.

[@gvaca433]

Make train and train station for stuff transportation

[@Splitsie]

That's going to be part of the building as this will be the main tram stop :)

[@johny_mac]

Are you still on 1.186 on this playthrough?

[@Splitsie]

Nope, I've updated whenever the updates come out. On your first comment I would have been since 1.187 was still months away at that time though

[@johny_mac]

Many apologies for the earlier post, that is the video that I am up to in this playthrough and when I signed in for some reason it went back to that one and like a dumb arse I didn't even notice. How do you manage bugs that may arise due to updates. At the moment with 1.187 I have a bug in a few saves were connected ship become unconnected after a reload. It did happen in my play along with Survival Maybe but some how when trying to sort it out it rectified itself. After another 50hrs of playing this game I remember the reason I stopped playing it 2 years ago, you just end up hitting a brick wall with all the bugs and back then I just gave up. I will try and persevere this time as your play along save is going good and it is very enjoyable watching your video's.

[@Splitsie]

No need to apologise, I only mentioned it as it was a convenient reference point to use :) I've been pretty lucky with the bugs, but in the past when I ran into them I would just use creative mode and cheats to get the save back into the exact or close to it, position I was in before something broke, then continue on playing like nothing happened :) I've always had a lot more patience for bugs in space engineers than other games though because I love the design possibilities

[@etrun3871]

AAAAAAAAAA it's so cool!!

[@Splitsie]

Thanks :)

[@stanpollard]

If you need a hand collecting resources I can go out and get orders for you and clean up the enemy ships I'm awake all night

[@XRustedIronX]

Please just leave airtightness ON as much as you can. I'm so sick of seeing airlocks that don't do anything, poeple grinding holes in their ships bc they're too lazy to find a door and constant muffled sounds in space.

[@Splitsie]

My plan is to leave it on all the time :) I would rather restart in another scenario than go to space without it :)

[@Psycorde]

Splitsiengton Monument

[@Psycorde]

RIP Reggie

[@Splitsie]

He died doing what he loved :P