The Right and the Wrong Way to RED CUBES | #3 | Dyson Sphere Program | Lets Play/Walkthrough/Guide

[@Agent.J]

Top 10 fights: nilaus vs the tutorial ai

[@BrendonGreenNZL]

Top tip: to filter a splitter, build all the inputs and outputs _before_ connecting them to the rest of the network. This allows you to configure the splitter before it makes a mess of everything.

[@hensola]

Definitely.. Thanks to @nilaus, I now create extended paths (versus endpoints), which allows me to press TAB, prior to the creation of the splitter, so I can choose what item is assigned to which path.

[@EARTH-rg7ec]

When you do big builds on a new game save because its not your first playthrough and you just can't stand the fact that you don't have 50 construction drones going at mach 7 to build it xD

[@jagojaya6025]

yeha i agree. this is like a beginner player @nilaus. i love all your video but seeing your recent videos makes me impatient.

[@CarlosVedovato]

You can save a step when devastating unwanted resources by pressing shift-Delete.

[@hensola]

Good to know - thank you.. sometimes I want to delete items in my inventory, but not delete the items on the ground :)

[@TheSurfn1080]

life saver

[@CriticoolHit]

I know I am late but this series is how I am learning the game. Building copy of your world pretty much build-for-build and learning the ratios and what goes where and how as we go. I am only using the you-tube videos. This series is really good. Thank you. (I do take screenshots of your stuff so those zoomeouts help) They must have changed something because I can't get my refineries to stay running. Even with only 3 on the line so they don't get jammed.

[@louppeluso6972]

I followed you from Factorio and I learned SOOOO MUCH about Factorio from you. And now you're teaching me how to play DSP. Keep up the good work you really are the tutorial that those games crucially lack. Your teaching ability is very impressive.

[@joedcamp2454]

Love the way you play, everything is streamed lined; makes it easier to fallow along. Love this game and can’t wait until they make it more complex.

[@team8798]

This is so awesome it is ridiculous! First playthrough I followed one of the other tubers (can you say shopping mall?) and I felt like I was miles behind. Now I get to restart and follow the master.

[@zampadigallina4773]

LOL ME TOO, Thanks Nilaus, i have to delete my world now

[@qawi8653]

@@zampadigallina4773 you dont have to restart tho. just do a soft restart like find somewhere else to build on your first planet

[@PheenyXx]

Katherine right ? i like her too

[@TheEvilGreebo]

At 27 mins when you're short 1 or 2 blue - they're sitting on the belt... :D

[@nktslp3650]

I love how you keep saying "devastate" when destroying items. Nice reference !

[@Nachowsky]

23:40 "They're just gone... And gone... And I'll devastate all of that", I've laughed so hard there

[@rnbicalho]

I don't know how you do it, but you are not too slow, and yet not too fast, the pace is perfect to follow and understand...

[@PDizzleFoRizzle]

Have a drink every time he says, "That one". :) Great Let's play/guides!

[@moggetunleashed]

That tab-interval feature when building the smelting column is real nice.

[@zihaozhang7177]

And the fact that the tutorial does not mention it is devastating.

[@spc-tr]

Beware that the ratio for the red cubes is still not perfect, in order to use x-ray cracking without excess hydrogen, you need to balance it with regular energized graphite from smelters. What i personally do is to complement the graphite line with a line coming from smelters, and using spliter's priority to merge them correctly so that the graphite from the x-ray cracking has priority.

[@clintgrimes628]

03 [48:37] kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5-pZGePraZ5f5o The Right and the Wrong Way to RED CUBES 06/01/2021 03:04:20 04:13:00 TGT (total game time) 00:00-01:24 Intro - RED Science (Oil based) - First is {X-ray Cracking} 01:24-02:56 Off camera: Solar Panel build, rearranged lower jumpstart hub feeder lines (extending hub) 02:56-08:48 Add 7 things to hub Matrix Labs (-gears, +glass) Fluid Storage (-gears, -mag coils, +glass) Wireless Tower (-gears, -mag coils, -iron, +glass, +steel, +power poles) Oil Extractor (-gears, -mag coils, -iron, +glass, +steel, +plasma exciters) Refinery (-gears, -mag coils, -iron, +glass, +steel, +plasma exciters) Large Storage (-gears, -mag coils, -iron, +glass, +steel) Chemical Plant (-gears, -mag coils, -iron, +glass, +steel) 08:48-12:48 Small Glass Facility 12:35 Jump 03:16:54 to 03:19:03 TGT 12:48-14:53 Plasma Exciters 14:53-18:02 Plasma Exciters production very slow, hand craft some to prep oil extracts and refineries, pick spot for oil production 16:10 Jump 03:22:36 to 03:28:36 TGT 18:02-23:45 Hook up Oil Extractors and base recipe Refineries (temporary) 23:45-27:30 Matrix labs for RED, (temporary) boxes for BLUE and Graphite 26:48 Jump 03:39:12 to 03:51:35 TGT 27:30-29:55 Small BLUE science build [2x3], tie to RED for research 29:55-39:26 Rebuild for x-ray cracking build (Mk3 sorters FORBIDDEN) 39:26-41:21 Rewire RED science for new inputs [4x3] 41:21-43:50 Power and validate x-ray cracking build (Mk2 sorters) 43:50-44:39 Redo research Matrix Labs [4x3] 44:39-45:08 RED Tech and Upgrades: {Mecha Core lvl2} {Mech Fram lvl2} {Inv Cap lvl2} {Comm Ctl lvl2} {Energy Circuit lvl2} {Drone Eng lvl2} {Drive Eng lvl2} 45:08-48:37 Recap, tweak x-ray cracking output

[@NLTops]

Hey Nilaus, I got a cool tip for you. You can make belts go over other belts at a lower height, thus reducing the footprint of the bridge, so it can fit in your builds more easily. But it does take a slight fiddle. First you raise it to the level you do, and then you basically have a line where 1 tile is at ground level, 1 is at the halfway level and 1 is at the +1 level. So you remove the one at the +1 level and drag a new line from the halfway level back down. Now your bridge is 0, +.5, +.5, 0, instead of 0, +.5, +1, +.5, 0. But it's important to note that you can't build new lines underneath these types of bridges, so always build the line underneath first.

[@jaideepsingh662]

Easy XRay cracking setup, 1x Mk.II Sorter = 'None' output 1x Mk.I Sorter = H input 1x Mk.I Sorter = Oil input The intuition here is that the Mk.II sorter will output at a rate such that the Mk.I can only pick up 2 items when the Mk.II outputs 3, thereby leaving 1 H on the belt. The input sorter will not pick up graphene, hence if the output sorter puts graphene on the belt, the input sorter will have time to reset. The output can only be one of the following sequences, - HHHG - HHGH - HGHH - GHHH In all of the above sequences, we see that 2 H will appear back to back. In such a case the Mk.I sorter will only be able to pick up one of the H and after that will have to skip the next item on the belt. Effectively the Mk.I sorter will be picking up alternative items (skipping graphene). To make the above setup easily draggable, M M M H/Graphene --↓↑-↓↑-↓↑----> Oil ----↑---↑---↑----> One obvious issue here is that H/Gr will have to be output on the same belt and the system will need to be kick-started either manually or by flooding the output belt with H.

[@jaideepsingh662]

Also, I have tested with Mk.I belts so I don't know how the Mk.I sorter will react if you use Mk.II or Mk.III belts.

[@zackzimmermann7281]

I am having the same issue, can you send me a message so we can go over your improved version? I’m stuck at this part and can’t move on until I get this sorted out

[@SerayaShadowharper]

Inserting into a fluid storage isn't instant, but if you click and hold, it will go in.

[@thehelgetus7888]

Removing the sorters from the copy paste tool the key on german QWERTZ is ö. Excellent new series! I already followed the latest factorio series and am keen in learning the transition to a mega base! In DSP I never proceeded further than the first four cube types. Appreciate your help and effort. Although sometimes you are too much OCD. But then that makes Nilaus!

[@sebastians.4136]

Hey NilausTV, since you gave me the tip with the 90 degrees turns in Satisfactory, here is one from me for DSP: If you want to make one belt go over one or two other belts, you can build it to the next height and delete the last two "segments" and then build again towards the ground and you will have a belt cross up to two belts at only 1/2 height. There is also a way to remove the height entirely and make two belts cross each other (basically what a cross with a splitter would look like without the splitter obstructing the view) but I don't remember exactly how that one worked. Nice to see you play again!

[@steweval9637]

Hi Nilaus love the content keep it up! You can turn off the tutorial in the settings idk if you knew that!

[@Ephrahn]

Where? I’ve looked and could never find it

[@tlheart]

@@Ephrahn miscellaneous, change to only important

[@anony88]

As someone who's new and just figured out how to make red cubes, this seems godly efficient.

[@robinfox4440]

Loving this playthrough. Great pacing, excellent tutorials and designs. It's really been helping me get better at the game.

[@qubitmusictechnology]

Another amazing how to video. I sued this as the basis for reorganising my production factory on the first planet. Due to fault lines and the way I set up the first production lines it wasn't as straight forward and I had to do a lot of crative work with the belts. However the real gems in these videos are the information on perfect ratios. This really helps with forward planning especially when working out footprints and belt geometry. Only up to the 3rd video now in this series, but it has massively helped for me to actually get into playing this game which had been confined to the bin and been uninstalled on steam for me for over 2 years

[@sholtomcneilage]

This has been a god send. I have played for two days and was trying myself up in knots of conveyor belts

[@tomoda7602]

23:42 "and il devestate all of that" gold :D

[@aenorist2431]

"Nothing exciting, just enough to get us some plasma exciters." 45:45 Nilaus, being cheeky without even intending to. Never change :D

[@ibocalypsegaming4572]

Hi Nilaus! I bought the game a month ago and found your channel through your Jumpstart Base Vídeo. And now I am watching your new Playthrough. Keep the episodes coming!

[@Vashtstamped]

Your set up is awesome, I made a change on the red cubes by adding storage to the blue and red cubes so if you are not researching they keep building and give you a little boost when you start to research again.

[@ycleptubi8935]

A little tip, take off the Refined Oil filter on the last Refinery Sorter. As it is an end-point, it wasn't actually getting any Refined Oil, thus unable to produce. Took me awhile to figure out why it wasn't functioning even with the belt empty lol. As the previous Refinery was using all of it, it was not sharing. Now it has been up 100% for 30 minutes for me, banging out all the Blue/Red research!

[@kwidjibou]

Love your videos brother, been optimizing with your tutorials for years now. The factorio stuff is incredible, DSP has been awesome.. Played through twice with your assistance

[@IraRomfh]

Man, I am trying to keep up with your progress in my own game, and in every way my base is less sophisticated and more spaghetti-ified. Keep the video's coming.

[@hensola]

Thank you, again, for creating this content. Especially for those of us who have only recently purchased this game.. videos like this are invaluable! (The biggest issue is finding them!) :) Thank you :)

[@pogkas13]

Love the content Nilaus!

[@LadyLexyStarwatcher]

I don't judge the translations, but the devastated one always makes me smile. I also am in no position to judge. I only know English and some German.

[@amonjerrotv]

Nilaus, this series has shoiwn me so many mechanics about this game I had no idea about! Thank you!

[@xXRAYX556]

when the plasma was only going to the wireless power tower i was able to fit 4 assembling machines instead of two and had plasma going to the tower using 2 assembling machines and the other two i used a splitter to go to the oil extractor and oil refinery. just a tip if anyone doesnt want to handcraft plasma like he had to.

[@badejong]

I love this game. Great updates. Thank you for a new playthrough. 👍👍👍

[@kyleswenson8815]

Even if the oil refining is a bit fragile I love how it works in practice it takes a while to get going and then it's mostly self sufficient it reminds me of an engine

[@thekanonator]

for that second outbound x-ray fracking belt that goes into 1 sorter, you can have it go into a second sorter first to avoid blockage

[@VickyCarterR]

Not sure if you know this? I find adding the output lines to the splitter and setting the filters before I connect up the input line means I don't have to mess around with mixed outputs. Hope this helps! And OMG the drag tab thing works with SOLAR PANELS!!!

[@altrtsmij4030]

im loving this serie, thanks for taking the time creating this! you could leave a note in the previous video about the order of the gear/coil/board lines!

[@ginger_the_slayer2279]

Just found this game a few days ago and I'm loving it. Also just found your channel from this game and also loving the tutorials. Keep up the good work!

[@distantcam]

I like using the 2 level splitters to filter out hydrogen and carbon into double-decker lines. That way there's enough capacity to add to the bottom line, and not have any inputs stall.

[@SaclunchGsus]

dev·as·tate verb past tense: devastated; past participle: devastated destroy or ruin (something). "the city was devastated by a huge earthquake" It's used correctly 18:35. It doesn't just mean upset. There is nothing silly or to be fixed.

[@tr4l1975]

devastated-destroy or ruin (something). "the city was devastated by a huge earthquake" or cause (someone) severe and overwhelming shock or grief. "she was devastated by the loss of her pet dog"

[@imblackmagic1209]

probably the word is usually used for it's second meaning, but technically is correct to use instead of destroy, although rare

[@tlpineapple1]

English has a load of words that mean the same thing but are only relevant in specific contexts. In the case of devistation, it is correct usage by definition; however, to a native english speaker it sounds wrong. This is because devastation has very strong "emotions" behind it and is almost never used for something that is positive. (as in anything that you would gain a benifit from.) Typically its also used for things the are beyond our control. For example, the devestation of smog, a dragon caused immense destruction. Also, lets say you just got ride of a warehouse to make room for residential development, you woudnt say "I devistated that warehouse." even though that usage is technically correct. Youd replace devistated with destroyed or removed. As a word itself, it is also just far less popular, with words like destroy or ruin being more popular. This further compounds the weirdness when hearing the word.

[@brohvakiindova4452]

@@tlpineapple1 ruin is equally weird for this context and in the same way as devastated, it has to be in the right context to not sound weird... but I think it's also a matter of how the sentence is made as a whole

[@FallenPhoenix72]

Nilaus the Devastator

[@ruykerr9444]

Great video's on this game has helped me a ton!Subscribed thank you sir.

[@mikegamerguy4776]

I mean... if you just run the xray cracking back to itself with a priority output on a splitter, it buffers up and ejects the extra hydrogen. I think someone else said much the same below. There's no way to freeze it up.

[@brohvakiindova4452]

I didn't think of it like that... I just thought "3 hydrogen and 1 graphite? so I now have to add 2 graphite from coal to balance it" never thought of cycling it for a perfect 1:1 ratio x) I'm an idiot... I skipped xray cracking because of it and angered myself over the excess refined oil I needed to burn somehow x) weeeell thanks for the heads up

[@hensola]

DANISH!.. thank you, I was wondering where your accent was from! :) (re: reference to Danish keyboard at approx 3:30) ROFLMAO "Devastated" at 18:50 - please say it more often :) "It will cry itself to sleep, every night" lol

[@Fido4273]

I don’t know if you know this but for stretching power lines if you alternate between the wireless power tower and the regular power tower you can stretch further for less resources

[@joeyschalip3854]

I just got this game a few days ago and you explained it so we’ll, I usually don’t play these types of games so I would’ve been completely lost and inefficient lol. Thankkkk you

[@matthewwright57]

Dumping the hydrogen and graphite on the same belt drives me crazy. Split it out and you can keep up with the input crude belt.

[@shahman76]

I do that too on my red cube builds. I use splitters just before storage and route to cube production from storage. Works just fine even on mk1 belts.

[@khalila.dimassi9775]

seeing he's one off the blue science but there is couple sitting on the belt was killing me :"3

[@pepperbox163]

when setting a splitter, connect the output, set the filter and only then connect the input

[@mikeappell9197]

Kind of feels like you should be able to set the filters before connecting the outputs though, no?

[@mrTeaspoonsel]

Build the output line from a splitter first, then apply the filter, then build the input. Saves devastation :)

[@RDJ9942]

Seeing combined belts like that is making the Factorio player in me go *screeeeee.* IK IK if its built right it wont jam but still *what if it does!?*

[@TubeNewrome]

27:16 Sometimes assemblers (and labs apparently) just lose resources. I saw it couple of times myself, when you put exact amount in a box to feed assembler, and for some reason in the end it exactly one off

[@ExtraMakc]

He just made blue science belt a little too long, and missing science got stuck at the end

[@flesby]

Build the spiltter and its outputs first and setup the filter accordingly, than connect the input, this way you don't have to mess around with materials going where you don't want them to be.

[@randyrowe1182]

Great series Nilaus!! I just bought the game and started with this playthrough. I am following along square by square so. I find it nice you show what you changed so we can follow along. I have 2 saves. One is following the playthrough and the other is me just goofing around learning the game. I started my hub just slightly off so I hope it doesnt run into anything in the future. Thanks

[@frankmc8355]

5*5/4=6.25 outputs per second. You actually can't even have 5 X-ray cracking pods without overwhelming the belt, 6 is just plain excessive.

[@TheEvilGreebo]

Did he sneak that solar panel assembler in there between sessions? Sneaky sneaky!

[@nickllama5296]

The QoL on the spacing of fabs in this game is phenomenal. Meanwhile, Satisfactory still makes you put every single foundation block in individually. Ugh. Thanks Dyson Sphere Devs!!!!

[@brohvakiindova4452]

I strongly agree satisfactory is a nightmare, this type of game isn't really all that well for first person view either imo I'd still like to have the elevators from satisfactory and stackable splitter... well stackable everything really, there is so little purpose to bother with the spaghetti madness when you can make everything flat with logistics stations imagine stackable assemblers which you could feed on individual levels just to make some very compact designs also the splitter is a bit too large for my taste the whole logistics system discourages multi level belt lines but those would be epic (sorry for spamming you with this lol)

[@theghoulishgay8943]

I can’t decide which is more fun to watch, Factorio or DSP!

[@Sharunock]

factorio over all!

[@dfsfssdfsdfs3084]

DSP definitely

[@FredRated1967]

The way I handled this was to sink the refined oil into a fluid buffer, allowing the hydrogen to flow into my red cube production. Then I routed the excess refined oil into thermal generators, since more power is better. Keeps the hydrogen flowing for research. Also, how do you increase the size of the area you pave over? This has so far eluded me.

[@krisnabors7193]

Use the plus sign on keyboard

[@dalemccuistion1845]

This is a great series hope you keep makin them vids!!

[@algramic195]

I build my first smelter array in the new update, and realized I did not want to build the same array again for more iron. So I'm waiting a bit til blueprints from either dev or mods are useable.

[@Bdej762]

Thank u nilaus looking forward to the next one !

[@ssShockRyder]

good to see you on this game it's funny i did it backwards got this one right away jammed in tons of hours now i am on to factorio . Pro tip you can make insane designs for the sphere by using multi shells build at differing orbits and angles and only making some sections instead of 1 giant one

[@brohvakiindova4452]

is there any benefit to multiple shells mechanically?

[@CaseyRamo]

I love that... So excited to mark out the science build area with all the foundation that was THE top priority Immediately builds science outside of foundation area 😂

[@galgadsmith]

Ah thx Nilaus didn't know about mark III and mark II trick

[@cyrex6302]

Hälsningar från Sverige!

[@jameseddleman6944]

I keep doing the same thing when I get to oil. I put all the extractors on the crude oil, and make it go to the south pole in a circle. I progress through red tech adn blue so dang fast I can't keep up with building from yellow and end up getting really overwhelmed with all the planning and building

[@thetaleteller4692]

Typically I don't bother with x-ray anymore, graphite is super easy to come by and short after red you need plenty of refined oil for yellow anyway. Meanwhile I burn off excess fuel in generators. Objective should be to get on the inner planet for more reliably build space and resources asap.

[@dimionbutcher3078]

he has such a perfect world. mine always has something wrong with it so that I have to completely do something so different to get the same end result.

[@Nilaus]

It is far from a perfect world. Very little iron and no fire ice in starter system

[@metnavman]

Nilaus is Danish. All I can think of from now on is "MAKE THE SQUARE"!

[@TheLegendTyler]

can you do a series showing specific setups? its hard to follow in a playthrough format

[@djfreezingcold]

Tesla tower isn't a silly name. Nikola Tesla, the father of AC electricity, was working on a tower that would wirelessly transmit power.

[@McSunslayer1992]

Could you perhaps double your DSP Content Output? Cant get enough...

[@Afflictzia]

Cheers for saying what the 'random key' is ;D "Æ"

[@verybadHAT]

15:26 LOVE

[@LightPhoenix7000]

Devestated!

[@kennethken8974]

Nilaus : I'm good at this game Tutorial : hold my concrete block

[@marclabusch7886]

I really enjoy your dsp lets play.

[@milosradivojevic8341]

I got very simplistic aproach to oil production, works like a charm, i would like to share it with you, maybe you could improve it 😊

[@nicosand86]

Hey Nilaus, I hope this message get to you. But Im having some trouble following along with the setup of the different production chains when I play for my self and want your "style". Is there any chance you could consider making a playlist of like "Heres my HUB setup" "Processor production" etc, so that I dont have to keep rewatching the episodes and skipping forward and stopping so much?? Maybe dont have to record brand new footage of it, cuz most of it I think you could cut out of regular episodes. Now dont get me wrong, I still watch all the full lenght episodes you put out, they're great for watching when Im working my nightshifts :)

[@lippyausletzeburg1455]

Good Job Nilaus

[@nabbsone]

Brilliant

[@Luxzenburcht]

Hello Nilaus, love the perfection on your builds. Maybe an idea we can send in our build and you can judge? You could call it the Nilaus way or useless Milkyway show. I can send my build but it would be a spaghettifest :) Cheers for the tutorial lad.

[@fpsmarcus]

Awesome 👌

[@TheMrTact]

Wow, what a PITA. Do you think this was the method the devs actually intended?

[@AnotherAgnostic]

they must have changed the output of oil wells because mine is only keeping 4 refineries going while two sit idle.

[@rockstarcrorockstarcro253]

Do you have a blueprint available to share? Someone had something similar but for very specific buildings, even labeled what resource needs to go on what belt. Would be super interesting to see how you did this. Please and thanks!

[@migneault62]

"Always be efficient!" ... proceeds to waste/spend tons of concrete xD

[@brohvakiindova4452]

one could argue that "wasting" tons of concrete to have it easier making everything neat and tidy to then be more time efficient is worth it but I wouldn't know, I run around idling all the time trying to wrap my head around how to plan my layouts so take my word with a grain of salt xD

[@DestineysGuardian]

@Nilaus...What "Copy Paste" are you using??

[@swiss1911ZH]

Edit: issue seems solved. I did not properly setup the graphite input with the storage attached 😁 Hey Nilaus, i setup all parts like you did and its a lot of fun. However sometimes my power generation from the thermal powerplants starts to drop massively although i dont charge mecha or anything. Am i missing something? Cheers

[@SassyPants34]

*comment about a sorter without power or something....* JK Nilaus you best!

[@kenmolinaro]

The way you place splitters drives me nuts. Don't attach the input. Just leave a little gap on the input line, place your 2 outputs, set the filter, then complete the attachment of the input.

[@jamiec8096]

Bugs me too!

[@team8798]

Can someone please outline the steps for X-Ray build. My playthrough from the video just does not seem correct. From the crude oil, one line goes into the "x-ray" machine that is Refined Oil and the other is hydrogen? Then, how exactly and what lines are between the 2 x-ray machines? Three sorters are used, 2 going from one and 1 coming back. What are those lines? I am asking because my graphite seems to be under-produced. Thanks. I may be missing something else between the machines....I see that now. But I would love a detailed pattern on this one.

[@zackzimmermann7281]

I’m having the same problem. Did you ever get it resolved?

[@supaTortoise]

Oil can be a real pain