Trying to place annoying structures

[@C2Talon]

My favorite is when placement needs to be so pixel perfect in a spot that clicking the mouse button is enough to move it outside the placeable area before the button is pressed enough to be registered.

[@wallacewallaby5782]

That's when you turn the mouse upside down and gently tap WASD to find the sweet spot before clicking. Good times.

[@lottievixen]

this is one massive plus to a trackball but still, excited fingers can mess you up xD

[@Qaeta]

Similar to a firearm, squeeze, don't press.

[@TushhsuT]

set the confirmation on a keyboard button :)

[@flithbrin]

Someone didn't figure out you can make a macro to spam click so you can just spam click while wildly flailing it back and forth and it WILL go down, it just might be inside a wall partially.

[@HorizonOfHope]

You forgot about how you accidentally place it in the wrong spot, hurriedly delete it and then realise you were only refunded half of the cost and have to save up again.

[@warmal8486]

Had a situation, not in survival but in rts, I've build building in wrong spot wated to destroy it and build in another and i accidently destroyed my mainbase building

[@Morbazan125]

Or games where you get nothing back

[@jamesward9482]

Not only do you get nothing back but it takes an hour of smashing it with spears to actually destroy it !

[@Kxadd]

One of the reasons I play Satisfactory :D

[@legoman8518]

​@@warmal8486oofff😮

[@goblinRa2a]

the vfx for the generator looks so nice. its so natural how it moves when he does

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

Shout out to Lane our VFX guy. Smashing it as per usual 😍

[@markus_glevera]

Agree. It is very good work

[@cowclucklater8448]

​@@VivaLaDirtLeague most of the vfx recently looks like its straight from a video game, its fantastic

[@angrypotato_fz]

Agreed, very smooth!

[@OveToranger]

@@VivaLaDirtLeague Lane is smashing it, doing a smashing job and should get a smashing XMas bonus if possible ! Kudos to Lane !

[@karazsteel]

That awkward moment you realize you just had to tilt up very slightly because you were the thing too close for construction °~°

[@IkeFanBoy64]

Oh, that would've been a perfect way to end it

[@KasumiRose77]

hahahahahahaa that's me

[@kineticdeath]

No Mans Sky does this alot

[@nardalis4832]

If only the game could tell us precisely whats blocking it that would be a godsend 😂

[@Lugen101]

@@nardalis4832 Satisfactory does that.

[@eyeseeyt2480]

Half expected him to be angrily flicking side to side to find the green spot again for placement 😆

[@Azmedon-AU]

Oh yeah, been there lol

[@olencone4005]

I'd never have gotten anything built in Ark if it wasn't for that haha!

[@gazz3867]

@@olencone4005 It's designed for ENGAGEMENT! =P

[@olencone4005]

@@gazz3867 Yeah, you get so frustrated trying to build something nice that you grab a weapon and go engage the new players spawning in on the beach :D

[@nightcorefusion3884]

Gotta say, whoever does your visual effects work now is worth every penny. This is above and beyond what most comedy sketch teams on YT pull off.

[@bladerj]

my guy they are millionaires now thanks for their kickstarter campaign.

[@lytsedraak]

​@@bladerjAll that money has been invested in the studio which iirc they also took a mortgage on because it wasn't enough to cover all the costs. I doubt they are sitting on a lot of money in the bank.

[@cameraguy6213]

@@lytsedraak Meh wealth is wealth, doesn't really matter if it's in cold hard cash or in props. That said they do good work so hopefully they do have a rather large heapin' helpin of wealth.

[@Spazbo4]

I half expected him to put it in somebody else's base

[@HinoxToenail]

Same here

[@gordonshamwey3442]

Totally. In the base of the scavengers from last time. And they thanking him and shoot him.

[@imcat1236]

same lol

[@blablup1214]

same

[@bernardvc5820]

same

[@nathanc6516]

The problem is the terrain has too much terrain on it.

[@cideltacommand7169]

Unrealistic, the slight bit of green would never show agaun so you spend 20 minutes ajustung for nothing

[@MrOsmodeus]

or it only goes green at a certain nanosecond while you're mid jump. leading to you jumping for twenty minutes

[@Chraan]

No, it would flash about 10 times while you move back and forth, and then it would disappear completely

[@Sol_Badguy_GG]

The letter U is not the letter I. Thank you.

[@Infinite-style.]

Or just kept turning while spam clicking as fast as you can

[@jaustwan]

There's always a glimpse when you just start rotating out of impotent rage.

[@abc_def-55]

As a VFX artist I appreciated the locked camera in the shots, someone was thinking of the effect-monkeys when filming.

[@pepinlebref7585]

Your basecamp is absolutely perfect. I am amazed by the level of details

[@SirFridge]

I wonder if it's like an airsoft range or something

[@pepinlebref7585]

@@SirFridge doesn't look like it. It really seems to be purposefully designed as a set.

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

@@SirFridgenope - it was constructed from scratch by our amazing art department

[@joshuaanderson4090]

​@@VivaLaDirtLeague Well props to the prop peeps

[@michael_pilot]

As he runs away, maybe Ben will come across the 4 children he saved by doing the bare minimum...

[@marcwaller3657]

In a totally different game?

[@michael_pilot]

I love cross-overs

[@InconspicuousChap]

Or across those he didn't save.

[@lambentlamprey]

They grew up to be the raiders in this game.

[@InconspicuousChap]

@@lambentlamprey and what do raiders do?

[@GravitasZero]

That moment when you see it turn green for a fraction of a second so you end up spam clicking to place it as you slowly move your mouse around the tiny correct spot.

[@tirsden]

And then it hits green just as you click several times in a row, and it's a stacking object... so now you've built three or four of them on top of each other, when you needed one, and the recipe is valuable components that won't scrap back into junk.

[@derkylos]

...but, what you don't realise, is that there's a perfectly valid spot where the generator is balanced on top of a single pole in some physics-defying nonsense just next to where you want to actually place it. And, as you swivel back and forth, looking for that elusive green outline, the outline occasionally jumps to that specific spot. Of course, as you click the mouse, it jumps to that stupid spot, and you end up with a generator that makes no sense IRL.

[@Rocking_Raver]

Ben: I'm gonna build a generator The generator: LET'S GO ON AN ADVENTUUUURE!

[@Zoroff74]

It's like phone walking.

[@SSingh-nr8qz]

The worst is the brief glimpse of green that you wonder if you actually saw or just your mind wanting to see what it wants for a nanosecond.

[@Lorronzo]

How do these visual effects look so damn good!!?? Seriously, the glow and the tracking to your movements are impeccable!

[@BobsUrUncle-m3m]

Bro so relatable... I HATE THAT FUCKING GREEN GLIMPSE OF PAIN. Edit: thanks for 1.2 k likes

[@JAKEAVALON-rg8xm]

Now I see that is the reason why I can't build outside of my yatch😂

[@geronimo3451]

I didn't know there is a name for that kind of pain until now

[@switchblade3601]

This one wasn't that bad lmao. Not enough moving around, slowly tapping WASD, slow mouse movements... Reducing sensitivity lolololol

[@RFearless96]

You'll only see it once and never again

[@bradforever10]

It's even worse when it's only a visual glitch because it briefly didn't register whatever is blocking it

[@Fizzbann]

This is 100% accurate. Just needed Adam to pop up afterwards and inform you that you can tilt a certain way that allows the moons and stars to align so perfectly that it will allow you to place it closer.

[@raisgamesnz325]

I expected him to finally place it, look up and see that he is in the enemy base. "OUTRAGEOUS!"

[@davidchapman370]

And the enemy team "Why, thank you" chik-chik BOOM

[@raisgamesnz325]

@@davidchapman370 EXACTLY

[@twtchr44]

Holy crap, that was some awesome CGI! Smooth and perfectly followed Ben's movements! Great job!

[@simmzzzz]

Hats off to the vfx peeps. The generator looks so good!

[@M.C.13-q4i]

“You need space.” “What was wrong with anywhere else?!” “Too close, too close… grass and a stick, duh.”

[@GT-um7so]

This group makes me wish i had my own. This community sharing and helping, love it. Know that wasnt the point of the sketch, but love the group dynamics

[@DragonsAreHungry]

absolutely agree, the guys and girls are all amazing, you can feel the great vibes between them in every skit they make, they are all super nice and wholesome, and the fan community is the best I have ever seen, feels great to be a part of that ❤

[@yonnel9571]

Very cool VFX!! It's super well made! Great job!

[@zORg_alex]

Nice tracking. Should be fun if he would wiggle it sideways to find this spot.

[@Joseph-e7f7z]

That quarter second of green has legit made me stop base building and search youtube and game forums for fixes. Fallout had this with fences. I don't want foot wide gaps in my perimeter. lol

[@zORg_alex]

My immediate reaction is, let's install a mood to disable fudging collision boxes in F4. Because without mods that game is an annoying mess.

[@Sigurther]

That kind of thing made me bonkers. Me: "Uh, hello? Trying to secure this base here." Game: "No. Anyway, it doesn't matter, I'ma spawn enemies inside your base regardless." Me: "WHAT." Game: "Yup. Oh, and if you aren't there, no matter how many settlers you have wearing power armor and gatling lasers or how many gun and missile turrets are installed, you'll loose the fight every single time." Me: "... FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.."

[@null6634]

​@@Sigurther The only way to win is not to play

[@srellison561]

@@Sigurther That's why I stopped building fences in Fallout 4.

[@czinn327]

@@Sigurther Get the mod Get Off My Buildzone

[@HIKOL_Nightcore]

They forgot to add him to a group and He couldn't place the generator in "enemy's base" territory.

[@SirFridge]

Props to whoever did the special effects for this video. That shit looked awesome, genuinely curious how you did it.

[@galeforce1479]

Love this new series of a Rust-Like game!

[@cenciende9401]

This is actually the second season, there's lots more for you to watch!

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

See if you can find the moment in the 1 episode where we mention the fake game name 😉

[@Xsasan2001]

Great costumes, great scenerie, great graphics!!! And as usual, great acting and script!

[@xenobob2773]

0:35 Yes, Adam would make a fine ChocoboKnight.

[@Meemo4269]

Now I understand why "pro" players simply build a structure in the middle of nowhere in the nature, with no roof, no floor, absolutely disorganized.

[@ultraphoenix95]

(In reality, we just don't know what we want to build but need a somewhat base because or inventory is limited. Then we never build because we will then have to move the storages and we are too lazy.)

[@sindrek8]

​​@@ultraphoenix95that last sentence.... so relatable 😂

[@blackking3270]

Oh i remember when i used to play rust with FG clan and i would always build a 2x2 starter and then im supposed to build main base when we get resources for it. Most of the time i would just build random rooms and floors on that 2x2 and never actualy build main base. We were 10-15 people cramped into 2x2 and i guess that was the reason they told me not to build ever again. 😂

[@tiacool7978]

I just struggled with placing a table down in Ark Ascended, seemingly because my roof wasn't tall enough. Had to raise it up one just to get the table down. Super irritating.

[@agentchuck2]

Meanwhile, the three-story titanium refinery slides in right next to the barn with zero complaints.

[@HollowedPrince]

I hate/love how relatable this is XD

[@SifArtorias]

Satisfactory had this right.There is hard clipping, where the object mesh overlaps another mesh, and then soft clipping, where there is an overlap of the placement boxes but no or minimal overlap of meshes

[@dxanatos2]

Basically: Red: No can do. Yellow: Can do, but it might look a bit shit.

[@EdmansTube2008]

Freakin... You guys really ramp up the production quality O.o Looking amazing!

[@leftrom9738]

Ah yes, the classic Valheim experience for upgrades of crafting stations.

[@ninja-mouse]

2:11 Don't worry, he's just lonely and looking for a friend.

[@robertkalinowski6770]

So true! Green flashed and even half a millimeter move left and right only blink green.

[@redt3788]

I bet that Rowan Adam and Britt are all like "where did Ben go"

[@joshuaanderson4090]

Or they're bitching, "what is taking Ben so long with that damn generator! Like how hard is it been? He's so lazy."

[@CloudsHideTheSun]

At least he finally found a spot. I think the worst is struggling and struggling to find somewhere, finally finding a space, and then being told 'item must be placed within circle'. Well that's what I was trying to do!

[@turbo8584]

the 1 nano second of green is pure pain

[@onomatopeja943]

Honestly that special effect was just incredible, awesome job

[@carylittleford8980]

Take a 5min break from placing an annoying structures in Valheim.. and VLDL drops this 10min before. Nice!

[@briondalion]

I feel your pain as a fellow valheim player. eventually my bases look like they were built by a madman...because I went mad trying to build them

[@michaelbullard8015]

The VFX have gotten so good now, and they're used well. No wasted over the top stuff, but where they would shine and really sell the moment of the game they're killin' it. Awesome work, you guys

[@orangee_blox]

i just hate it when my gigantic fortress doesnt place properly

[@mikoajp.5890]

Ben is a genius, placing the generator right next to Dark Lord General spawn point will let them save a ton on defenses for this high tier piece of base equipment

[@nez3317]

THAT SMALL GREEN GLIMPSE AHHHGGHHHHAGHAHSBSISJSNS

[@Endycat1]

The movement of the blueprint preview was actually so smooth, whoever worked on that did a great job

[@averyvaliant]

Reminds me of the Fallout 4 settlement building system. Thankfully you can get a plugin/mod to fix that (Place anywhere). Much easier.

[@CreidDesmodus]

That mod is a game changer, no more rug glitch fuckery...

[@mamalisyes7399]

Expected Ben to keep searching for place to put the generator across the Viva-verse. And 10 hours version

[@cloud5buster]

He finally places the generator in Honeywood, in front of Greg the Garlic Farmer.

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

lol that would be amazing 😅

[@DragonsAreHungry]

Half expected Ben to realize he placed it in another teams base.

[@shadowraven137]

Major props to whoever tracked both the genny overlay on the ground and book. Looked epic. (And this totally isn't a situation I've been in as the base 'mum')

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

1:39 this music and these sound effects remind me *so much* of Starfox Adventures 😂

[@TMBRMECH]

I hear that now

[@dodge_walks]

Just taking a moment to appreciate how much the production values have gone up over the years. Top notch VFX and also very relatable gaming incident!

[@scp2539]

That's actually a bugged placement, it's not going to work after the next patch which you need to get to log in. XD You need to place it under a roof but not in a closed building, anything with 4 walls, and have a placement window of 1 pixel under the cover. Gl finding out which structure actually needs to be built over it because it doesn't tell you and the wiki is being made by users so it hasn't been updated yet as no one knows and the devs aren't answering.

[@justchiling22]

Absolutely relatable, and if we destroy it (whether by accident or to put it away temporarily) and try to place it again it just wouldn't want to be placed. Oh, and that little millisecond of green happens all the damn time, you were lucky that time, Ben! Realistically, we'll never be able to place it there no matter how much we click and spam all over it, because it technically isn't possible to place there and even if we aligned it exactly as it was when that millisecond of green appeared, it will never appear again.

[@crazestyle83]

The worst is misplacing and having to destroy it and lose half the resources. 😂

[@SWISS-1337]

You forgot the bit where it flashes green for 1 nano second, in an area, only for you to try and go back to that spot, but no matter how many times you go over aforementioned green flash area, it never goes green again.

[@RageTekk]

Oh god i HATE when this happens

[@Veloziraptor111]

Would love it if all this eventually leads to them building Rowan another missile for his rocket launcher, only for him to completely waste it again.

[@Karm23]

The Perfectionist Construction Builder in game. I can Relate 😂

[@PlushLordOfTheSeas]

the struggle when you find that flicker but its a perfect single atom sized OK location and even the slightest motion of trying to confirm could slide you off the space... then when it does place it's all lopsided and wonky looking

[@ultraphoenix95]

When you try to build inside of the Cyclops:

[@testales]

At least you can build there without mods and having to disconnect parts before. Also placing these huge structures in Bellwright is way way worse.

[@danielknapp3141]

He seems to have forgotten that placing a generator creates a new base. So you have to be outside any other base's range in addition to the range of the new base. Unfortunately, the range of a base is 1,000 units long.

[@Skittles-k8q]

I like carrots

[@FrogsterCraft]

Same 👍

[@Skittles-k8q]

@@FrogsterCraft carrot

[@mathrocher509]

Yes they are greats

[@FrogsterCraft]

@@Skittles-k8q so greats are carrots

[@GerardMenvussa]

As a food, right? Right?

[@OveToranger]

Kudos on the special effects - this is just getting better and better !

[@wolfform]

And this is why I am the camp mum and my buddy is the camp builder... Yes, I have heard him scream about a mother loving structure refusing to place numerous times in much harsher language...

[@darkreflection9087]

Yeah that can be really annoying even more annoying if you also want to make it look nice

[@nin0f]

The CGI of a hologram and how it moves with Ben is so good, it took me a whole minute to actually realize that it isn't real

[@JamesSarin]

I feel this one deep. The pain, especially when it just looks out of place when you finally do get it placed.

[@abrahamlincoln3181]

In Fallout 4 I would surround my settlements with turrets built on platforms,then delete the platforms to save the points you get allocated per settlement. So I'd have all my turrets floating in the air.

[@PaladinHeart33]

Omg, this is SO RELATABLE. The intense expression on his face when it flashed green for 1 second was hilarious!! xD

[@MightyDantheman]

Should've placed it on foundation. It's probably clipping on the ground ever so slightly because of a poorly designed placement system. (Although sometimes they make it so certain things can't be placed anywhere except on foundations anyway.)

[@TheDoonst]

Is that the place where Adam killed blind disabled dark overlord? It need a generator, yup.

[@rcslyman8929]

So accurate. And annoying. About as annoying as the fences that you try to bend around, but they just don't quite meet up...

[@Eterlik]

Damn i love those subtitles every time. "howling K9" there is always something great in there.

[@LukiForia]

And when it turns green,the message pops up "You are missing materials!"

[@larsl1241]

A typical Rust scene with SotF building book, gotta love it, need more :)

[@thedudeabides3138]

the animation was superb in this, well done guys.

[@Andy001z]

All credit to the VFX compositing team on this one, nice work on that tracking, really solid.

[@sembalo1776]

That outline is so well well tracked, moves exactly like in games xD

[@NikuaRanger]

man these costumes and props are really top notch, great team

[@DesanduHansana]

placing the campfire in ARK be like

[@KarmaCadet]

I love how Ben is just busy smacking a circuit board with a pipe wrench at the start

[@eyrian1518]

*K9 howling* - even with a fairly straightforward skit, subs do not disappoint. Keep it up guys!

[@rickmarr8784]

It was one of those things that won't let you place it until the perfect spot but once built you can manually move it to all those spot you couldn't place it in before when you had to build it.

[@jesusknight1]

Man, I totally felt that.. sometimes it takes what feels like forever before FINALLY getting it to work right! Thanks for bringing that pain to the forefront.. 😂😂

[@louiseljay]

Hilarious, but also really impressive editing with the generator. The movement and visual was super smooth!

[@archellothewolf2083]

It's amazing to see how much the base (and VLDL's Budget) has grown over the years.

[@DarthBop]

I love the wolf howling in the background.

[@Herbert_Eder]

It's not a wolf. It's a K9. 🐺 (If you are in the know you always turn on subtitles for VLDL)

[@michael_pilot]

This sketch gives me PTSD from multiple games... ❌

[@frostebyte]

The tracking for this is phenomenal, bravo! Literally looks like ben is in a game

[@FortunePayback]

The look on his face when he found the spot was SO accurate!

[@axlmedeiros3432]

Congratulations to the VFX team, those holograms look amazing

[@heartlessfox8065]

comes back week or 2 later in gaming and goes "oh, ya i put that there", classic gamer moment for me

[@MrScrofulous]

The best part of this was Ben hammering a circuit board with a giant rusty old Stilson wrench.

[@Enjay001]

I'm really digging the slightly more gentle vibe of these survival game themed videos with the characters generally getting on and cooperating a bit more. I mean, all the other video settings/scenarios are great too (I love Bored, Epic NPC man etc etc), but I'm just saying that this is a nice change of pace.

[@fcold9402]

In my experience it should have taken him longer to target in on the green once he found it. Left green for nanosecond, right green for nanosecond, left, right, left, right, rotate item, left, right, left half rotate item...boom got it.

[@TMAC_burninator]

Obvious bug since he was able to place it so far outside the base. Excellent work with the graphics by the way. Love how well that tracks with him as he moves. I was expecting him to finally get it green just where they're building something else and they place something before he can hit the button. Also, that moment where something you're trying to place turns green for a split second is so accurate. Sometimes you have to try hitting the button in that split second before it can turn red again. XD

[@gotriey]

You could totally make a mini horror series of the semi noob trying to make his way back to base. Honestly I'd be down for another full production like Baelin's Route, but Ben lost and alone in a proximity voice chat world on a journey to find his friends. Great skit though, that pixel within a pixel perfect placement can be wild sometimes.