Two Idiots Play Space Engineers #1

Me and a mate hop into a new Space Engineers Survival Playthrough. With our limited combined experience we make many mistakes along the way but have a lot of fun; managing to get a basic base set up in the first part of my new space engineers survival gameplay series

[@Baneironhand]

You fly with a sort of reckless abandon that I admire. I always fly my mining ships like I borrowed them from my dad. My favorite anti crashing tip that I like to do is adding a camera just in front of your connector facing down . Helps with the landing process immensely. Every ship I fly with a connector gets one. I also play with the wolves on it keeps you on your toes till you get an interior turret up. Looking forward to the next episode Cheers.👍👍

[@HumanNuggets]

You probably crash a lot less ships than I have even in my short experience with the game flying how I do lol. And that camera near the connector is something I hadn't even thought of and sounds like it would make things so much simpler

[@EclipseEngCorp.]

@@HumanNuggets reading this after crashing my fighter into an enemy drone because i got frusturated that my missiles werent hitting it

[@RipMeGaming]

I am so glad this randomly came into my home page because I watch other content to do with this game! :)

[@HumanNuggets]

Well thanks for clicking on my video out of your options, I hope you enjoyed it

[@RipMeGaming]

@@HumanNuggets I thoroughly enjoyed it! 🤣

[@prestonclabaugh9177]

I am in this boat as well. Great job and good content. Please keep it up.

[@ralphsexton8531]

The wolves will, in fact, often have parts on them. But you have to switch the cargo view to the "individual" view (the astronaut helmet). The same is true for freight boxes, barrels, and spiders/saberoids. You two are a fun watch. I recommend the "Build Info" mod. It can find air leaks, but also shows what your hotbar settings are when in a control seat, and will show the cargo fill level on your ship (as if it were your backpack). If not, then the ExcavOS script is a good option, which will allow the in cockpit screens to show your cargo level and contents, power used for flight, and a few other handy things. It does require custom text on the cockpit "custom data" option. Very handy stuff.

[@HumanNuggets]

Yeah, figured out the wolves now a few people have mentioned it to me so thankyou. And while the build info mod seemed a bit overly complicated for me for now; that script sounds very useful

[@interstellarsnow]

i’d actually argue that the script is more complicated to set up than build info, as with build info you just need to add the mod but excavos, being a script needs more setup@@HumanNuggets

[@HumanNuggets]

I'll have to look into both of them a bit more I think and see what would suit me best then

[@interstellarsnow]

it’s worth the effort to get both as both show info the other does not, but ultimately it’s your decision @@HumanNuggets

[@HumanNuggets]

I had only seen the old style one with the text menus that seemed a bit clunky; version 3 does look a lot more streamlined and definitely would make setting some things up a lot easier

[@Baneironhand]

Like a nitwit I forgot why I was commenting in the first place. So number 2. The wolves have stuff you just have to switch to the little helmet inventory at the top of the right inventory menu screen like you do if you want to switch the left hand side player inventory back and forth between ship and player. They do throw some useful stuff early on.

[@HumanNuggets]

Great, thankyou. Saves me looking it up and I'll have to do it properly next episode

[@nicholaspepera8336]

Stumbled upon your video this morning and i think yall are off to a great start! Commentary is super funny too! Qnother tip is if you hit the enter key to open the chat you can type '/gps' and abything after that phrase will be added as a gpsnpoint for you to always reference...saves a bit of time but nice little hotkey

[@nicholaspepera8336]

Realized later in the video you do know this tip 😅

[@HumanNuggets]

I wasn't sure how Space Engineers would go as a video; so I'm very glad you're enjoying. And I did know about the GPS command already; but still always appreciate tips and tricks

[@Melganor]

I love your banter, It is just like me and my mates!

[@HumanNuggets]

Yeah, we've known each other a very long time so it's a great dynamic

[@toonie568]

pro tip - if you don't wanna hassle with the gyro to flip up right. you can use leverage by using un-built batteries. they still hold weight when un-built, so you can use a bunch on a makeshift "arm" and force a flip.... ps, the swearing is fine

[@HumanNuggets]

A counterweight sounds like a good idea; almost depends of the terrain though how effective that option would be wouldn't it though?

[@toonie568]

@@HumanNuggets fair point. a little terraforming and counterweight and you're golden. t's what i prefer, rather than fuss with gyros.

[@HumanNuggets]

Knowing me I'd blow up half my ship trying to terraform with the drill lol. I'll have to remember this for if I get stuck on a bit of a slope though

[@loftgaming5031]

Bro I’m subbing this was funny lol

[@HumanNuggets]

Thanks, and I'm glad we entertained you

[@toddoden8124]

wind turbines - 13 grids above the base floor, 1 grid down a cube in the 4 directions, a sideways wind turbine on each cube... this is the META for power, next tower 13 grids away, I always prioritize power and batteries then cargo, refinery and assembler in that order

[@HumanNuggets]

As you can probably tell I'm not a very meta gamer lol. It is nice to look at what's most efficient, but I find when I start trying to do it I never stop for that game and it sucks a lot of the fun out for me

[@dakaodo]

Ye gods yes, about the hand mining. :D I also like to rush the first drill block. From the landing pod/miner, I go to a static base drill, first on a single piston, then expanding it from there with rebuilds including rotors or whatever. FYI from another series, I learned the cheapest way to convert the pod to a mining ship is to move the passenger seat and put a drill through the front. You might need one or more conveyor blocks to make the connection. Put a remote control block on, sit in the passenger seat, and fly via remote locally (cheaper than any cockpit). No antenna required. The pod comes with all the components you need to initially make it flyable (tear down antenna, beacon, unconnected bottom H2 thruster, etc to build gyro and remote). It's been a while, but I think you may need to grind down one of the atmo thrusters at first, meaning your ship will not have thrust in all 4 horizontal directions. Everything after that just makes the deathtrap safer to fly (more thrusters, cargo block, etc). XD

[@HumanNuggets]

Yeah; I probably would have build a small drill platform near straight away if it weren't for wanting specific thing to try and go faster to make contnt out of it as well

[@nathanharte8646]

here is a tip i picked up recently, if u craft interior plates, u can place unwelded interior blocks instead of light armour and its far cheaper in terms of iron

[@HumanNuggets]

To be honest I didn't even know interior blocks were a thing. I've always just used light armour for everything

[@nathanharte8646]

@@HumanNuggets fair enough, i kept forgetting they existed, even with the dlc. there is a ton of other wacky tricks in space engineers as well. u can get free ice and cobalt by constantly spawning respawn pods, and drills don't take collision damage from blocks or voxels so u can crash as much as u want as long as its drill first! also u keep opening the inventory of the wolves and nothing comes up, u need to change the display to the inventory only, not attached inventories, the wolves always have components in them and it can help build ur supply.

[@HumanNuggets]

Someone else commented that wheels have insanely high collision resistance like drills as well; and yeah, thanks to you guys help I figured out the wolves inventory in the next episode

[@internet_introvert]

Thanks to you I have to sit here and listen to my computer choke on 85 Mbps download speed for 10 minutes because you've reawakened the itch. Good video. If the series continues, I'll watch.

[@HumanNuggets]

The itch is real. And yeah, it'll be continuing so thanks for the support

[@laughingcloud3516]

Little tip: wheels have insanely high collision damage resistance so you can put loose wheels in places you expect to get damaged from bumping into stuff to act as bumpers.

[@HumanNuggets]

That does sound very helpful; and like you could make a bumper ships rink

[@loganwalker8537]

seeing him fly so recklessly made me feel a tiny bit better over my self (lost and had to salvage/recover multiple ships thanks to my flying skills) its certainly fun knowing im not the only one

[@HumanNuggets]

It does usually cause me to have to replace entire ships as well

[@dogedog_gaming]

@@HumanNuggets yeah flying with too less thrust killed my first ship i had too much cargo

[@TheLipSynchKing]

fun fact if you look for discolored patches on the ground you can see where minerals are. so you dont have to fly around at random

[@HumanNuggets]

Yeah, I'm just really bad at spotting those for some reason

[@TheLipSynchKing]

i realize after righting that comment i may have been rude. sorry bout that was not my intention.@@HumanNuggets

[@HumanNuggets]

Nah, I just saw it as friendly advice. You're all good

[@Dennis-vm6lu]

bro really spent all that time trying to unflip the drop pod instead of just grinding off and replacing the thrusters that were already on it

[@HumanNuggets]

Yeah, when i get a plan in mind I tunnelvision on it sometimes

[@dakaodo]

It's the journey that matters. :D

[@armastat]

Have to be in a cockpit to use park/unpark command

[@HumanNuggets]

Ah, that makes a lot of sense

[@CLOCK-WORK]

Nice video

[@HumanNuggets]

Thanks heaps

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

I know it's gonna be good because it starts with a beer (?) can opening.

[@HumanNuggets]

Not beer; think it was red bull in this video. Pretty sure there's only one video on my channel that doesn't start with some kind of can opening though

[@zombiebricks1]

We stan engineering kings

[@HumanNuggets]

Goose is actually at uni for engineering

[@annee.7707]

Pro Tip: When you roll over, use your gyroscope and overdrive it, move the slider carfuly to one side or the other and reset to original position when done

[@HumanNuggets]

Would the override still have worked at the start before I put the horizontal thrusters on? Or just kind of a general tip?

[@annee.7707]

@@HumanNuggets Yes. even without adding the extra thrusters. This is why you also put gyros on a rover, in the event of a roll, so you can slowly bring it back up the right position

[@HumanNuggets]

Nice, I'll definitely have to remember that one. Every time I've driven a rover I've managed to total it from turning too hard at speed to the point even a gyro wouldn't help lol

[@dakaodo]

@@HumanNuggets Just be sure to practice gyro override flips in creative mode first. Oh how many ships and rovers I"ve destroyed through injudicious application of gyroscopic force. T_T

[@Pixie_de_Fae]

Starter ship upside down? Flip 3 thrusters and its upright again

[@HumanNuggets]

That would probably be way smarter than anything I did in this video, knowing me I'd probably manage to turn it into a spinning ball of death in the sky lol

[@OzBull]

Lol, I Was going to ask if you wanted a third, but I'd make you guys look smart.

[@HumanNuggets]

I think almost anyone could make us look smarter lol

[@loganwalker8537]

@@HumanNuggets that....... sounds very rude just saying but quite true for me as well XD

[@matyusferenc1632]

You need to open the wolwes inventory. 😅

[@HumanNuggets]

Yeah, someone else pointed out that it's because I was on grid inventory instead of object inventory as well 😬

[@PiroteusGaming]

Little less swearing and I woul love to continue watching. Sorry but always felt most of the swears where just lazy like there are 40 worths I could use but F it just F.

[@HumanNuggets]

I get where you're coming from; I just don't really consciously notice I'm doing it in order to do it less. It's just how I talk in a relaxed environment like at home

[@eddieruhier319]

@@HumanNuggets The swearing is absolutely fine. As long as there's not TOO much, it adds comedy :)