Vintage Story STILL needs more attention.

[@therealbottomdweller]

SORRY FOR THE ANIMATIONS INSTEAD OF THE BUMP! Davinci resolve robbed me of the plugin I used to make them bob with my voice, so I had to animate stuff literally the day before editing finalization. I hope yall still enjoy :)

[@cubirk]

at least is not adobe

[@themissingcastle]

I think the animations work in some places. I believe a few of them need some more dramatic arcs for the arms and an extra key frame or in-between to smooth out some of them. I especially think the one where your model is throwing his arm was pretty funny. The only major gripe I think I personally had with it is I think it looks a little weird when your model comes off his legs when speaking. I understand it's based on the Minecraft models so idk how much you should play with it to make it still look like Minecraft but help with that separation. Anyway I think you should keep the animations after tweaking them and use them in the videos with the usual bump. I think finding a way to work with both will be really cool.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Totally agree! Legit made them last minute so I havent had time to cook them well. Ill see what I can do, and I wish I could use the bounce still. Alas, its locked behind paid davinci. Never to be seen again until I legitimately cough up 300 dollars.

[@themissingcastle]

@@therealbottomdweller oof yeah that 300 is a lot to drop on a software. I don't blame you for having to go a different route. At least the animations work well and honestly make the videos a lot more quality.

[@707vn]

u can totally just screen record a pngtuber program in the meantime ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Aarlaeoss]

You can intentionally let your bread burn. Gives you less satiety but stores much longer.

[@bennycaustic5102]

I just got the game, and wow. This really is a sleeper hit. It's complex, but it walks you through everything with the in game guide, it's lighting is beautiful, the music captures that same early Minecraft vibes, and I got 2 shot by a deer.

[@therealbottomdweller]

It also doesnt immediately overwhelm you with 500 things. The complexity is slowly revealed.

[@madengineerkyouma]

About the fire clay, that's also something fixed in the next update: there's now ways to make fire clay with any clay and flint that has been cooked and then ground. The only complaints I have with it is that flint takes a long time to cook and natural spawning fire clay seems to be more rare (the new red clay seems to be a lot more common than the old blue clay though). Also, there's now a late game way to cook a LOT of clay items at the same time so you can make LOTS of fire clay bricks at once. Also also, torches kinda suck for illumination even with torch holders, much better to use lanterns that are made with candles (which you can make with wax you can get from bees, or you can find some by panning bony soil), glass or clear quartz and pretty much any metal plate. And if you can't make lanterns, grease lamps also work a lot better than torches, though I'd install the mod that lets you put them on walls.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Glad the clay issue is being solved. I still stand by the fact that we need another furnace alternative tho that doesnt require breaking it lmao. As for the light sources, the lanterns I imagine worked better. The problem is its pretty far into the game and I think that torch holders have potential to be an early game light source option, but its actively working against itself if that makes sense? Otherwise yeah use the lanterns :)

[@madengineerkyouma]

@@therealbottomdweller The new update also added more ruins, so it's also a bit easier to find ruined torch holders.

[@Space_Mann21]

Can't you already put oil lamps on walls?

[@Hazerithious]

Fire clay in 1.20 now spawns underneath black coal veins. Find black coal and there is a whole layer of fire clay under each layer.

[@Myszkou]

@@Space_Mann21 unless im crazy im pretty sure you can? you can't put them on ceilings though, which there is a mod for im pretty sure

[@VeneficusCubes]

About prospecting, certain ores only spawn in certain rocks, so if you know which rock bears which ore, you can just travel around the world until you found a rock that bears certain ore. and then you prospect

[@therealbottomdweller]

Thats pretty useful to know actually! Thanks!

[@Pulimer]

For anyone wondering where to find this information. It is in the ore deposits section of the Vintage Story wiki, specifically in ore generation.

[@deeeeniiiiss]

Okay, that ore shaping mechanic has just sold me on vintage story, deffo gonna have to play it now (And thank you for the Raspberry Flavored modpack, it's been a shit load of fun!)

[@saturn6183]

been playing VS since oct 2023 and personally I really enjoy the process of prospecting since it forces you to travel. youll find resources (wild crops, fruit trees, berries, wood and stone types, and more ores), ruins, traders, and land that you may find interesting

[@therealbottomdweller]

To each their own! I just dont prefer the 500 mile journey lol.

[@saturn6183]

@@therealbottomdweller fair i guess!

[@veiseren]

Could not agree more. It forces you to interact with the world, not just settle in a certain location and dig straight down for all your ressources. Sure it might make progressing some steps of the journey more time consuming, but what is the rush anyway? Vintage Story really is a game about the slow steady progression.

[@biggiecheese3678]

Honestly that was and still is my main problem with Minecraft as while the world generation can make some really cool areas to explore everything you could ever need is in a short walk from your house so once you settle there is hardly any good reason for you to venture out so I find it really nice when a game forces you to explore and interact with the wider world

[@DarkDiamond-jx2gx]

​@biggiecheese3678 i fixed that problem in my minecraft world by changing my world settings to large biomes. The biomes are a lot more massive, but crossing them into new bioma takes longer. Plus, it feels more realistic, as a comically small biome is a little immersion breaking. Only works on Java edition, tough luck if you're on Bedrock.

[@cleo3228]

Also lanterns are made from any metals, which are the primary form of safe lighting!

[@therealbottomdweller]

Oh I imagine! Never got that far tho. I think torch holders could be a good EARLY light source tho, but its current design doesnt allow for it.

[@cleo3228]

@therealbottomdweller true, I definitely agree that they should be made with other metals but figured I'd let you know since they're pretty easy to build when you can get access to candles and quartz

[@cubirk]

space engineers slander will not be tolerated (i need to be able to lick every single periodic table element)

[@therealbottomdweller]

The games too complicated for my caveman brain to handle.

[@MasterJack1109]

Clicked on this video, went watched the other one, am back now. Let's do this

[@therealbottomdweller]

Ay hope ya enjoyed!

[@puppypalice]

8:15 fire clay as of 1.20 will not spawn naturally anymore (being replaced by red clay) and you will have to craft fire clay from naturally spawning blue or red clay vains (actually fire clay will occasionally generate under coal vains but that’s negligible in my opinion)

[@PaladinJoe-he3hs]

From my testing it can also spawn near Bauxite gravel or sand but it is rare aswell. But since now its craftable its not that bad.

[@GregorSamsara_]

From my experience it's not negligible. Even from moderate coal readings you can expect massive amounts of it. Plus the coal itself is very nice too. Especially if you want to work large amounts of metal, then it's more time efficient to setup a coal mine than to chop and kiln trees. On the flip side, if you're unlucky with fire clay under coal, than you can use the coal to cook the flints anyway

[@excursor4296]

@@GregorSamsara_now that is good game design, no matter what you are rewarded toward your goal.

[@newkkl]

The world is huge, resources are spread out. Exploration is your friend. When you find translocators you can go thousands of blocks away to source new types of wood, stone, metals. There are ruins to explore and plunder, northern lights over the frozen tundra, tropical rainforests with bizarre plant life, hyena-filled savannahs to explore - you’re just getting started.

[@anthonynguyen2661]

if you hold Alt while, knapping stones, Clay Forming, working on your anvil, ... the game will make it so that you can do your job with just the mouse cursor without having to move your camera around.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Ah interesting! I can certainly try that out!

[@cubirk]

even at my vintage im still a story guy 🤑

[@therealbottomdweller]

Maybe the Vintage was the Story we made along the way?

[@el_gatoNegro]

😂

[@Jbush69]

didnt know the torch holders made it so torches dont burn out thanks for that nugget of info

[@therealbottomdweller]

Yup! Its a pretty good upgrade!

[@templarsam]

Bro gonna be pissed when he tries to find limonite💀💀💀

[@therealbottomdweller]

Probably!

[@roguesly5706]

I find plenty of torch holders in ruins. By the time I’m making iron tools I’ve found all of the torch holders I need to outfit the house where I need them. The primary light source being lanterns. If you want an early game light source, choose oil lamps, which is Fat+Fired Clay Bowl. As for bloomeries, I typically make up quite a few bricks at a time so I’m not traveling back and forth for the clay. Crafting glass with a saw will get you twice as many glass slabs, saving a lot of time and materials.

[@veiseren]

Your biggest gripes with this game are yet also topics that you applauded in the last video. The games impeccable way of giving you a million things to do, yet no real down time where you're left twiddling your thumbs. Having to travel all over the world to find, say fire clay or a specific metal, simply forces you to interact with the world. It's a very natural way to get you to discover all sorts of new stuff like: Ruins, Lore, New plants, Different animals, etc. That world discovering time would otherwise likely just be spend idling in front of the bloomeries waiting for the iron to finish blooming. The fact that fire clay gets used up might be somewhat annoying, but it just sends you back out into the world. Also the current new update that is soon fully finished is going to have a recipe to craft fireclay, so you only need to find more readily common materials. Framing this in another way: Is the system of item durability also a problem because you could risk spending all of your tin on tin bronze tools, and therefore you have to go out into the world to find more tin? Tin can also be quite hard to find. Same with Zinc or Bismuth.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Guess my opinion just evolved with time! Its all good, first video served as a first impression and this serves more as a final thoughts situation. I appreciate ya making that clear though, apologies for any confusion I may have caused! Hopefully Ill see you again

[@MarcusArmstrong037]

One of the first mods I installed when I started playing over a year ago was Bloomery Drops on break. So, you still have to break the bloomery to get the items out, but it drops the bloomery and chimney, so you can just place them back down.

[@therealbottomdweller]

I should rummage around for mods, especially this one

[@WasatchWind]

Something you should check out in the long term is several of the big mods - primitive survival adds some basic fishing mechanics for one. Firearms is one that has some difficult progression but feels oh so sweet when you finally take down a wolf in one hit.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Ill take a peek into the mods! Been meaning to give it a spin

[@merrygin]

I actually really enjoy the prospecting, haha. It's like a mini game, kinda like Battleship, only that you get neat minerals when you land a hit. Also you have a reason to go on a little expedition, and I love exploring in games like these. But glad you enjoy the rest of the game and give it some recognition! Also, its really fun to see how you progressed in the game since your last review and discovered new things - and there is still more to learn haha! E.g., you maybe already saw by now that when chiseling, you even can combine different materials in one chiseling project.

[@sunnyquartz]

I’m not too bothered about the prodpicting but it’s def something you have to learn and understand how the game works, def makes you explore a lot which leads me to wanting to make path blocks for quicker travel. I tend to get bees as soon as I can to get a good supply of candles and I usually have the ability to make lanterns by the time I have a house big enough to worry about spawnproofing. I think the idea that torches are cheep so you use and relight till you have lanterns. Fair criticism tho not downplaying it

[@therealbottomdweller]

Yeah my house got a lil ambitious at the start. To a point drifters spawned in my house during a temporal storm. It was rough.

[@FulgrimDragon]

Oil lamps are the way to go before you even have access to metal for early game for me.

[@ambertheprotogen6335]

This is the Minecraft modpack terreafirmagreg but it's own game Thank God i love terra firma

[@therealbottomdweller]

Heard the game was inspired by TFC! Its pretty good!

[@redna_menimoh]

Juts prospect when you lookinng for something different, even when you just wondering the world, in thats way it's easy and not tedious In my world, I prospected while I was searching for traiders, wood, bees, clay, ect., now I have huge list of points on my map, so when I need something spesific, I just go tgry this list Generaly, if somethin in VS takes a lot of time, you actualy need to find way to do this, while you doing somethin different, as you mentioned in video

[@therealbottomdweller]

I can try that when I play next! Probably need to find bees

[@Pedancy]

Love the continuous coverage on this, It's awesome to see your passion show through your content with this game. I always look forward to seeing a post from you, especially the Minecraft modpack critiques!

[@therealbottomdweller]

Glad ya enjoy it! I figured this game deserved one given I hardly covered all of it even with my time spent. Hope to catch ya next time :D

[@FullCircleStories]

I want to encourage new players to join the discord too. There's a very nice community there, and if you ask questions in main, you'll usually get an answer right up until you resolve it. I have a different name in there but if you ping me with a question i'll be glad to help. This game is just fun

[@AaronL0905]

Man first time i saw someone play this game i felt completely enamored with this game I love the building, i really like that it takes that much effort to even begin building a house I like that we now have earlier game alternatives to get to do that I still feel the grinding to steel to be very grueling but honestly? You get used to it Also i agree with the fire clay brick issue It's very annoying how much fire clay you need by the endgame

[@therealbottomdweller]

Its a good ass game! Glad fire clay is finally getting a crafting recipe so no more cross globe searches lol.

[@VarusDraske]

Yooooooo! Its a great game! I hope you enjoy playing it! If you have any questions, be sure to ask, and theyll be answered. XD

[@therealbottomdweller]

Its pretty damn good so far!

[@Cavi587]

8:04 - This has already been adressed in the new 1.20 update, currently in an unstable release candidate version. Fire clay can nowe be crafted from regular clay and calcined flint. I get that you're making this video on the stable version of the game, but 1.20 changes quite a bit, I recommend checking it out. It's probably gonna go stable in like a week or so.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Good shit! Glad to hear theyre making a solution! Lookin forward to this next update!

[@bird9188]

I can also recommend a lot of mods for the game. While in say minecraft or other games, you can very easily tell what is modded content or what isn't, in VS modded content really manages to fit itself into the game very seamlessly, for example Primitive Survival or Expanded Foods (when it gets updated finally)

[@Solstin]

Chiseling is what solidified Vintage Story for me after everything else drew me in. Absolute top tier game feature. :)

[@therealbottomdweller]

Such a banger decorative idea

[@LittleBlue42]

Its such a great game. I havent been this much into a game in a lonng time. however, a frustration I have is finding resin later in the game for the windmill and gears. You have to run around looking for it on trees.

[@yourdemiseishere]

BTW the chizelling is ancient minecraft mod stuff!

[@kebaboopierdalator1880]

I see you have redundant anvils in your base. You can break them into ingots with a chisel. Oh and btw you can rotate your craft in the anvil with right click, saves a lot of hassle.

[@greywolf9783]

Yk, I'm looking forward to seeing more alternate crafting that isn't in the 3x3 as the devs want eventually.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Yeah thats gonna be hype

[@greywolf9783]

@therealbottomdweller If the mod makers do it for tool heads being put on sticks, that will be awesome. Hopefully, the more detailed crafts like leather working will be done later.

[@Deniseadk]

Teşekkürler.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Thank you for the kind donation and for watching!

[@leonoliveira8652]

First off: The animated avatar looks cool, even if I still don't like the Minecraft models. You could use something like Veadotube for the whole animation thing, so after it's set up you can JUST use it. It's great, give it a try. Second: I can't wait for the third video, because there's not only new stuff, there's stuff that's CHANGED too. Your complain about fireclay would be... Different :) Third... Yeah, finding metals is never easy. You need to cover a large area because some of them do NOT appear in certain tipes of rock/soil. Fourth! Did you know you don't need bloomeries to make glass? Did you know you don't even need to make glass, you could find the specific merchant type and buy glass from them! Did you, in fact, know that you don't even need GLASS to make a greenhouse? :) Finally... Yeah, the 1.20 stable update is coming this month VERY SOON. Hold on to your elks, it's gonna be nuts.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Tons of useful info here! Thank you for the advice! I know the new update makes fire clay a different process, so Im lookin forward to that. Thank ya for the kind words and suggestions! Hopin to see ya again!

[@leonoliveira8652]

@@therealbottomdweller Oh, and talking about the other block game, someone made a mod to fix half of what bothers me to no end in Minecraft. "Actions & stuff". Who could've guessed that making the animations more bouncy and dynamic would make the game look so fresh and less dated? I was actually surprised.

[@hate6440]

Remember all of ur problems can be solved by mods. And also they make having mods so simple so y not

[@therealbottomdweller]

True but I gotta review it as an unmodded experience lol

[@hate6440]

@@therealbottomdweller That's fair

[@cleo3228]

Well the transportation update is out lol. Though it is mostly gated behind the first dungeon so i get the criticism.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Is it now? Weird that its locked behind a dungeon. The game could REEEEALLY use transportation being accessible.

[@cleo3228]

@therealbottomdweller rideable elks are planned to be something you can just tame eventually, but they don't have the infrastructure for proper taming rn so the current implementation is just buying them from treasure traders after learning the resonance archives. It'll be more accessible eventually but currently the fastest form of easy travel is boat construction

[@minecrafterIVI]

Surprised no talks about a specific way of transportation after fixing something with specific something that's pretty common in surface cave entrances. Won't give any more hints without spoiling.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Thats A way, but I need legit mobility and not what that does.

[@BarksWolfy]

Love your videos. They're so underrated. If I get the chance I will definitely give this game a shot.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Highly recommend it!

[@spikacobaka1705]

THIS NEEDS TO RELEASE ON STEAM

[@kebaboopierdalator1880]

Having this game on a steam deck would be nice ngl

[@oliviergagnon2592]

Best game of the genre. Period

[@therealbottomdweller]

Definitely agree that its one of The Best, maybe even just the best!

[@qptech]

If you mention chiseling i shall appear! Seriously though, great video! Your presentation is great!

[@therealbottomdweller]

Thanks for the kind words! Chiseling was really cool and I definitely wanna mess with it more. Thanks for watchin, hope to see ya again!

[@Myszkou]

10:01 feels like it, but in reality the bricks you do make are VERY low tier, and [in real life™] after cooking something once, a lot of the bricks crack or break, becoming unusable. in late game theres some big clay ovens you can make, and even those will have blocks of bricks that will crack that you'll need to replace. Ofc if you make better tier bricks that'll last longer, but will also eventually break

[@Deniseadk]

HELL YEAH

[@therealbottomdweller]

Hell yes indeed!

[@du6167]

There's no way the only source of fire clay was "1000s of blocks away". Just no way. Clay is very common. And you can see it on the map.

[@therealbottomdweller]

I shit you not dawg! I may have missed some but all of my clay that was local that I was able to find was legitimately JUST blue clay.

[@excursor4296]

This man live in dirt when he could be living in brick dirt, ha peasants!

[@therealbottomdweller]

Nah regular dirt is epic

[@zOOpygOOpert]

What is the building experience like I like Minecraft' building as there's less annoyances than something like Terraria where there might be Blood Moons that essentially stop you from building.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Building is pretty solid, tho night time does make it hard to build early on. Mostly because you cant see lol.

[@Twi1ightprnc55]

Another great video! 🎉 when your dude exploded!!! So funny!

[@therealbottomdweller]

Thank ya! Glad you enjoyed!

[@GuardianWorld]

Vintage Story gets a LOT of similarities of TerraFirmaCraft Mod on Minecraft... I wonder if its the same original creator or something similar honestly.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Heard the game was inspired by the mod but I think its a different team.

[@postaldudesniper6553]

Let's Goooooo!

[@excursor4296]

But can I take the dwarf pill and make my house in a hill or mountain?

[@therealbottomdweller]

If you get a copper pick you can!

[@longLee280]

What is that behind you? 0:13

[@therealbottomdweller]

A desk and a pile of mugs?

[@NunoSobrinho-jw8ek]

I would but the download link is broken on steamunlocked and has been for months

[@Egitheegg]

Have been planning on buying the game but I already have so many other games that I need to play first

[@therealbottomdweller]

You wont regret it once you get it! Its a jam!

[@newkkl]

Buy this game and you won’t care about the other ones 😂

[@lizzfrmhon]

Bruh. No offense but I think you still need a lot more to go. I found multiple deposits of fire clay near my spawn. Also loads more when I did a bit of adventuring and opened up the map. When you find a deposit there’s enough to make so much fire clay. I even made a roof with it. Don’t think it’s a world gen problem. When going out and about keep your eyes peeled on the floor I’m sure you’ve missed a few deposits.

[@therealbottomdweller]

I could very well have missed some! That being said all of the clay that was near me that I found was blue clay. Not even a joke. I literally scavenged for hours near my home and pretty much damn near all of it was blue. I didnt find any until I traveled a long distance.

[@NotSpritey]

What specs would i need for this game lol. My gaming laptop is totaled and im temporarily using an HP.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Not suuuure, but it hasnt felt very resource intensive. You might be ok, tho id look into it just in case.

[@VeeraBun]

I got the game this week.. already played 24 hours, help

[@therealbottomdweller]

Cant help! Im not any better.

[@FullCircleStories]

Vintage Story is GOATed. Long term, it is far superior to minecraft and will completely eclipse MC the longer it goes. It's like buying stocks in Apple in the 80s, you'd be silly not to jump on that bandwagon

[@therealbottomdweller]

I dunno if it will eclipse MC, but it certainly has potential to compete!

[@fryerbrown4809]

What’s wrong with space engineers it’s a good game 3:16

[@therealbottomdweller]

Its not a bad game, but my brain hurts trying to comprehend it

[@puppypalice]

Bros gonna freak when he discovers the games story and rpg elements

[@therealbottomdweller]

Oh I know it exists. Mentioned it last time I talked about it lol

[@richardkral1883]

They changed the clay...

[@therealbottomdweller]

They are GOING to change the clay. I didnt know the next update would have it, but apparently its a planned feature not a released one.

[@brentatticus7959]

It's so good

[@Dark__Thoughts]

6:33 *voxel - And wait until you figure out that you can use & combine multiple different blocks / materials within the same chiseled block... 10:48 You can excavate ruins or find underground ones for ruined torch holders, lanterns, and chandeliers. You can also craft lanterns out of various materials. And you can also find those sources from traders. Fire clay will be much rarer in 1.20, but can also be crafted.

[@therealbottomdweller]

That sounds awesome! I gotta try that at some point

[@Egitheegg]

Vintage bintage

[@therealbottomdweller]

Vintage Stock

[@lml55]

I misread this as "Vintage Heritage" lmao

[@Fumuss]

Попробуйте поиграть в TerraFirmaCraft, этим майнкрафт модом была вдохновлена Vintage Story

[@therealbottomdweller]

TerraFirmaCraft is on my list of mods to try!

[@jame1368]

Minecraft sequel cancelled might as well play this

[@mahmutovichamo6856]

I got Jealous after seing that you found bauxite. I literally serached multiple hours while my friend made fun of me 😂. Yeah please take a couple of stacks of bauxite with you or you get a 100 times bigger pain than searching for fire clay.

[@mahmutovichamo6856]

I never found some, so yeah ITS Frustrating.

[@therealbottomdweller]

Yeah I lucked out for sure lmao

[@mahmutovichamo6856]

U wanted to ask you If you could Check Out mods. I am currently playing with some mods and they really enhanced the expierence. If you want i can send you my Mod list.

[@Unkown_user289]

I'm too broke to

[@CloverBoe]

310 club

[@saunshilu]

I will say prospecting and spelunking is by far this games weakest link, got to the point where i got a waypoint mod just to avoid prospecting Also look up the vintage story alloy calculator you'll thanke later

[@Gatitasecsii]

Its just modded minecraft with a texture pack, relax.

[@ReachTea]

the game is confusing af

[@therealbottomdweller]

It can be daunting sometimes, but its really fun!

[@Deepalisharma-1990]

100th like by me yay 😊

[@zinosword]

honestly you call yourself dumb but the complexity of what you're talking about gives me a headache lol

[@therealbottomdweller]

Me am caveman, brain small. Club animal for food.

[@Kell-b9n]

​@@therealbottomdweller Wow, such funny stereotypes u got, on ur ancestors, propagaded by Hollywood. Maybe try learn something about ppl living in prehistoric times, than parroting propaganda. They we're smarter than u.

[@Gatitasecsii]

Nope

[@gabagoo_grimbo]

Can you please not keep the animations, it looks like a 2020 TikTok lip sync video

[@UeusD]

Ill buy it when he puts the game on steam. Until then, ill keep pirating it.

[@bravelotus]

Nope, devs refuse to put their games on console, not booting up my pc for this

[@greywolf9783]

Your lose.

[@Torvinoid]

Okay.

[@bravelotus]

@@greywolf9783 loss*

[@el_gatoNegro]

Whoomp whoomp

[@michaloid8351]

They never said that this isn't coming to console (someday) they said it's not coming on steam.