Wrong Way Down - Part 4: Bringing in the big guns (Space Engineers Survival)

After the woeful progress we made last time, thanks to some overzealous modding by yours truly, it's time to enrol some help with getting us back on track, it's time to bring in the big guns.... w4stedspace is helping (I hope) and Capac's there for our amusement :)
If you aren't familiar with w4sted, you really should be so head over to his channel at / w4stedspace He's one of the people who taught me how to play Space Engineers and still manages to sometimes :P
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NPC Programming Extender
HUD Compass
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Camera Panning
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[@d-obvious]

So for giggles.. Knowing that you are not using thrusters and some recon would be helpful.. Do you recall the survival episode you were flinging crap over the canyon with pistons.. Could you build a small battery with a camera, parachute, gyro, remote and antenna.. Fling the mess near vertically and see what might be revealed? Seems ridiculously complex enough 🤓

[@MyLPMaster001]

I've never heard a more Splitsie idea

[@Splitsie]

This must happen! :D

[@Splitsie]

Everyone remind me if I get distracted and somehow forget

[@TheYourfaceable]

Just put a seat on it and fling capac

[@d-obvious]

@@TheYourfaceable lmfao.. Of course that's nearly the same cheat as a thruster tho.. Those clones don't cost resources 😎

[@klarameier2554]

you know, its kind of funny. everytime shack says he has an idea, i am more or less waiting for something along the lines of "Mistakes were made!!!" followed by screams and explosions. everytime splitsie says it, i watch in astonishment as he puts something together that works nearly flawless. i still enjoy watching them both, just for slightly different expectations =P

[@Splitsie]

lol :D Just imagine what I'll get up to if I ever get my head around how to make the MArmOS script work for cranes! All sorts of shenanigans will be possible :)

[@seanmcdonald5859]

Space Mercenary Captain "So, are we going to attack them or what?" Space Mercenary Commander " No, lets see what he does with this, its not like we get much entertainment out here . . . . . . . . and start a betting pool on how many pistons he ends up using . . . . . We've got time"

[@Splitsie]

lol :D

[@nadomir7609]

This was as entertaining as I hoped to be :) Seeing you guys brainstorm over possible contraptions was quite interesting. Loved to see you in action with Splitsie and Capac, W4sted, may the lag be with... erm... ok, maybe not the best of wishes... forget about it. I loved those Crocos, Capac! Hilarious idea! :D Keep on roling folks!

[@Splitsie]

Capac being Capac at his best - the crocs were hilarious :D

[@andreykostylev3756]

Splitsie's Eco-terrorism Count (im slow, i know) This episode: 113 Total for the series: 458 Other, less accurate counts: Capac's Affordably Priced Action Cutting Service: 4 W4sted's Tree Wasting: 1 Now on to ep 5!!!

[@Splitsie]

Oooh! I'm almost up to the big 500! :D

[@charlieodom9107]

For a UPS Splitsie, you can do what I did and build your own with Lithium batteries. I built a battery pack using 18650 batteries, hooked it up to a charge controller, then added an inverter out the back. By doing this, I have loads more power available without spending a tremendous amount of money. I can run my 2 20a 120v circuits that are hooked to it for more than 3 hours, and I didn't have to spend near the money I would have spent to buy a prebuilt one. Mine is also fully upgradeable in that I can add more batteries, add another inverter, add more charging, basically whatever I want without rebuilding it.

[@Goodtown325]

Seeing the GPS points from above via spectator cam reminds me of the NASA river paths and moon base activity over time infographics. Very nice addition.

[@thomasthurman7840]

Still getting caught up, enjoying the journey. But here I am, about 3 hours into this one, and everyone's thinking of zip lines and wing suits and grappling hooks, Splitsie's here wanting simple daylight sensors. I'll second that, lol. Like a timer for automatically switching from solars recharging batteries to discharging or switching to reactors. With some work, one could set up drones that only attack at night as well.

[@danielnagle3320]

so maybe a spinoff stream, where you invite tex. w4sted. farrell, etc; turn on creative, and have a build-off in this valley, fastest rockcrawler up the hill wins?

[@_DaneB_]

Daniel Nagle excellent idea

[@Splitsie]

I'd love to do some challenges like this in the future - still working on the exact format but it's something I'm keen on :)

[@ascspeedywalker4778]

Yesssssssssss

[@RocketCouch]

@@Splitsie Something you're... "Keen" on eh?

[@kyoukotsukino6322]

Mountains are obstacles only if you don't have a wall of drills in front of your rover. Shortest distance between two points, and all that. 5:30 Gone eco-friendly because of violent actions by unfriendlies. The space pirates are Green Peace, confirmed. 9:00 Building a hole in the deck... A Hole-O-Deck?

[@Splitsie]

I'm still glad we didn't go drills though - oh man would that have been a stream turn podcast with how boring it would have been to watch :P

[@DuckDecoy13]

Dude you should get this guy to join you on an episode or so of Escape unlikely it'll be entertaining

[@Eisen_Jaeger]

W4sted's already done Escape from Mars.

[@Splitsie]

Yep, w4sted did it back when it was first released. I do hope we can do more stuff together in the future though and we both have plans for some things which may or may not work :P

[@picklep3076]

Crocodiles are brilliant. Next time they need a beach ball.

[@Splitsie]

Capac's at his finest when doing things like that - always manages to make me laugh :)

[@charlieodom9107]

2019...Let's go pole to pole on the ground. 2020...We might need to rethink this plan. We haven't made the equator yet! Lol

[@Jeffs40K]

One thing Satisfactory has that would rock in Space Engineers is Wenches, you put it on the truck them drag a line out and wench up or it works good to flip your Vehicle back over as well.

[@murrayboyton8779]

I had to look up what a lepidopterist was... Capac has some of the strangest and most knowledgeable references.

[@Splitsie]

lol He is the master of the archaic and odd :P

[@snafu2350]

I think he meant a lapidopterist: studies gems, not butterflies

[@eaudesolero5631]

so you achieved mars rover speed. :)

[@BrianJ1962]

I'm with you on the 2nd breakfast, Splitsie. 2nd dinners are okay, but they can rest a little heavy on the stomach - lol

[@Splitsie]

Indeed - plus breakfast food is awesome :)

[@BrianJ1962]

@@Splitsie Can't argue there - lol - mind you, some countries can have odd ideas as to what counts as breakfast food. Most of the diners I visited in the US had steak and eggs on their menu, for example. France it was more like a Ploughmans' Lunch in some rural areas ;-)

[@patrickchapman8583]

You guys spend so much time angled on the mountain side that i'm leaning in the my chair trying to make the scene upright.

[@Splitsie]

lol :D

[@seanmcdonald5859]

In the distant future, on a distant world, Engineer Splitsie was asked to dig a trench . . . . . . . What followed caused a rift in the space time continuum, consumed 3 mountain ranges, took 9 years to accomplish and ruined the lives of many an engineer, left crying in the corner and whispering " A spade, it should have taken a spade . . . . . . . NO PISTONS . . . .NO PISTONS PLEASE GOD, NO MORE PISTONS!!!" . . . .

[@Splitsie]

hehehe :D Then just one engineer, sitting in a corner, smiling 'Maybe next time I'll add rotors too!'

[@jaymiddleton772]

I was intrigued by the challenge so I built a 3 part articulated vehicle, 12 wheels total. First attempt I only articulated on one axis and it didn't make it to the top of the nearest everest. Second attempt I articulated on two axis and it made it to the top of the mountain but, at a fairly bare bones 180 tonnes, it took ages and struggled in a lot of spots. Maybe articulating on all three axis would improve it but it's hard to say. I'm looking forward to seeing what solution you come up with because... there will always be more mountains.

[@jaymiddleton772]

Had another crack this morning. 2 sections, each with 4 lines of 4 3x3 wheels. The front section with 2 extra wheels raised up slightly the way wasted does on General Bee. 3 axis articulation and it scaled the mountain much easier. Bare bones weight 179 tonnes. Gonna add a 3rd section but I have some IRL stuff to do :(

[@Splitsie]

Glad you've had some success, I hope we get a chance to try a full size rover like that at some point :)

[@krykkatorix]

I recommend pancakes with blueberry jam and strips of bacon. Plain awesomeness.

[@tjthrash0143]

First thing i want to say is: Splitsie... with the keen build planner you dont have to switch back to the part you are trying to build in order to pull remaining parts. Keep your welder in hand. Took me a moment or two to get out of that habit.

[@Splitsie]

I'm still slowly getting out of that habit, it's worse when I'm playing with others and worse still when streaming. Maybe one day I'll manage to change the habit :P

[@kyoukotsukino6322]

1:42:00 You like blowing stuff up so much, your name could be Splodesie. Too bad(?) Caboompac was around for the second wave. 1:46:00 With enough rotors and pistons, building a transforming vehicle could be a thing. Rover to walker, walker to flier... Would be closer to a Valkyrie from Macross. 1:48:30 Capac basically built a scrap metal dick. Wangus Prime? 1:53:00 One idea I've used with some ground vehicles: Build an actual ramp with light armor blocks, make it as flat as you can so you don't need a lot of horsepower to climb it. I know, for a vehicle this large it would take hours to build, but if done right it would avoid any of the usual dangers of driving up a mountain. 1:58:00 A quite literal "two steps forwards, one step back" plan.

[@Splitsie]

I'm not big on avoiding the dangers, especially if it's in a stream and the avoiding leads to repetitive stuff - that's why we wouldn't drill through or bridge over too much stuff :)

[@MyLPMaster001]

The build planner has so many features that you guys (i would say especially wasted) don't use or use in complicated ways: -When in the g menu, you can click the middle mouse button to add things to the build planner instead of using the plus -You can right-click on unfinished blocks to add all missing Components to the build planner -You can use the middle mouse button on a container when having a block in the hand to add it to the build planner and get the components in one go

[@Splitsie]

Yep it's something that I'm still trying to build habits for, which is more difficult than expected even though I only used easy inventory for a while :P

[@w4stedspace]

I'm stuck in my bad habits still from Easy Inventory :( Know I'm making a right mess of it, hopefully I learn eventually!

[@tonyr.5652]

Top gear in space engineer... best crossover ever... ♥

[@Splitsie]

It's something I very much want to try to do - just need to come up with the right sorts of challenges :)

[@jameswang823]

space engineers brainstorming YES!!!

[@DarkPhoenixDack125]

I just want you to have a little checkpoint marker at the South Pole with a flag and a sign that reads "Welcome to the South Pole. Took you long enough to get here.".

[@Splitsie]

lol that would be somewhat entertaining :D

[@tohpingtiang4878]

God of Klang is pleased with your offering. Just as planned! Rake or plough (UK) or plow

[@Splitsie]

I'm waiting for the day that clang bites me during one of these streams... it's gotta be coming at some point with the way I keep taunting :)

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

Wasted sounds a lot like Sir Alec Guinness, so it sounds like Obi-Wan's giving your vehicle a once-over. Maybe with some psychedelics.

[@atomicrc5189]

Sick capac: *ASMR INTENSIFIES*

[@Splitsie]

lol and eww!

[@jdzencelowcz]

I would try to get the Harpy flying again, but with the "no flying machines" rule, just....break it down & build up y'all's rover. Maybe build a mini rover for quick scouting.

[@MistahBryan]

@1:49:-09, That moment Is the moment Capac became the star of the Series :)

[@Splitsie]

Definitely Capac in his element there :)

[@MrZevv]

We got to much ice to get over the hill ... and Splitsies Solution is, we need more rocks :DD I love Cavac.

[@Splitsie]

I feel like this series is just me making mistakes and bringing other people along to share the pain with :P

[@Valenorious]

53:00 Throwing out stuff from the connector is technically a thruster. :P

[@Becka_Harper]

Isaac Newton approves.

[@Jeffs40K]

at 3:55 you could have made a Flying Remote Drone to go get ice.

[@TheCrypto34]

I have an interesting challenge for you and possibly others. First Person only. Do a survival run (even just a short one) in first person only, can still use spectator cam for things like timelapses and broad views of the builds, but all gameplay in first person. I think itd be a neat challenge for you trying to design ships and vehicles for maximum visibility from a single cockpit

[@Splitsie]

I wonder what would work as a short term challenge for first person only, it's something I'd like to do but don't want to stick with it for a longer term series so need to have a concept that'd be around 5-10 videos at most before I think I'd lose the plot :P

[@TheCrypto34]

Sleepy/sick capac sounds so different and yet so similar lol

[@Splitsie]

He sounds very similar to mopey sadsack Capac from whenever he crashes one of his vehicles :P

[@Jormungrandrserpent]

space engineers: where wheels are garbage 99% of the time

[@Splitsie]

And yet still somehow loads of fun :P

[@Barathos]

I'm really surprised that you didn't just build a drill rig to get out of that ice lake valley and drill south, while you were level.

[@Splitsie]

I was briefly tempted to, but I was afraid of how long it would take to get through - 2 hours or more of drilling and I think I would have put everyone to sleep :P

[@JohnDoe-tt6bh]

You can weald the middle block behind the wind turbines.

[@0623kaboom]

it's called an aerator ... for spiking the lawn allowing it to breath and soak some extra water up

[@Splitsie]

I think w4sted got there eventually :P

[@ОлегПыжков-и9б]

BTW, there's EZGPS mod that allows you to mass show/hide/delete markers with chat commands.

[@Splitsie]

Thanks for that, fortunately Remaarn just added a similar command to the mod I'm using to drop one every 10 minutes as well :)

[@ColinRichardson]

3:30:00 Why can you not hear me screaming you have ICE!!

[@Splitsie]

lol You got a time machine? :D I feel your pain though, I'm sure there were people in chat who could too :P

[@ColinRichardson]

@@Splitsie When I finally catch up to your latest stuff, you will see me there in the chat... but it's taking a while to work my way through the backlog

[@Splitsie]

I hope so, hopefully you're enjoying it despite the desire to yell at your screen :)

[@patrickchapman8583]

SALVAGE!

[@Splitsie]

I think the combo of salvage and boom went well - though possibly might have miffed Capac a little :P

[@raythe9264]

3:05:38 The Sound of Sanity's last fragment disintegrating

[@JohnDoe-tt6bh]

Captain Hindsight !

[@MrDarales]

Been playing SE for 6 hours , log into youtube and notice I missed this 6 hours ago. Guess I will be staying up until 4am. :P

[@MrDarales]

Its so late I had to type that 2 times. Then look at it and edit it 2 times! lol

[@Splitsie]

Ugh I know how that feels - when I realise I replied to a comment with something that's missing the whole middle part of a sentence because I got distracted midway through writing :P

[@asgardiumccx6216]

Hey Splitsie good stream, but at 3:02:30 i honnestly don't understand why you choose to go on the mountain side, when you could have go to your right ??? The terrain was much more easy, than going at more than 60/70 degree angle ?? Are you sure sometime your are not trying to pick the most difficult way to go ?

[@Splitsie]

I wanted to keep my altitude to get a clear view of the terrain once morning came, also there are a few things you guys can see on stream that I can't since I add a gamma boost in OBS to lighten things from the pitch black that I see :P And I just looked - I really couldn't see that snowy path there when I was actually playing *facepalm

[@asgardiumccx6216]

@@Splitsie Oh, i see, it explain many thing ... ^^ well that 70/80 degree stunt was entertaining so that is good ^^.

[@ascspeedywalker4778]

Oh my god you made a firefly reference

[@Splitsie]

I don't even recall if I meant to - if I was even the one who did it :P

[@ascspeedywalker4778]

It was capac and wasted (wasted was the other one streaming with you right?)

[@Splitsie]

Figures it would be - and yeah it was w4sted that week :)

[@RicwiBanor]

2:03:10 "My parking brakes are on" His parking breaks were not on

[@Splitsie]

Oops!

[@ColinRichardson]

2:30:00 Would a rotor (very loose) onto a T-Bar and then two suspensions on the end in the same orientation as the rotor be good? That way if the ground in front raises, it will allow it to lift by the rotor rotating and still allow the other wheel on the other end of the T bar to touch the ground?

[@Splitsie]

There are some designs I've seen that have worked using that, but never in multiplayer :/

[@ColinRichardson]

@@Splitsie Well, it suddenly dawned on me where I had seen a bit of a setup like this.. (though one step further) ... and it was the curiously rover. They had a T-bar, wheel 1 side, and on the other, ANOTHER T-bar, which had a wheel either side of.. Though, I guess the new hinges could make the contraption 1 block wide (though limited to -90+90).. I think I might try it at some point

[@keil694]

Just a thought. Have you ever tried setting up pistons like the stabilization arms on a mobile crane except inside the wheels, lifting the vehicle and building a platform under the wheels to gain altitude that way. Rinse/repeat to the top of the mountain you are trying to climb

[@Splitsie]

Interesting idea - would certainly avoid some of the issues of keeping things level

[@robertbaker7610]

Just saying the issue you had in the first part with trying to pull yourself up with the pair of arms off the front had more to do with the fact that you had the parking brake on and friction maxed..... at least that was what I remember thinking at the time.

[@Splitsie]

I don't believe so, it seemed to be that I just didn't have the necessary articulation to allow for proper movement up the hill since I was trying to drag the vehicle through the voxels, though I guess high friction wouldn't have helped much :P

[@kazzamar8878]

Maybe try removing the 30K of gravel you have it mite make it a lot more easy to get up those hills ;)

[@Splitsie]

/facepalm Wow, how did I miss that I still had that much on board? :P

[@barretthageman3350]

Again a fun video. Don't know why you do not put a ladder on the back for when you run out of H2. I do this on all my vehicles now.

[@Splitsie]

I probably should but keep forgetting to :P

[@dontblameme11]

Ohh 5 minut before stream i just fell a sleep :( i wanted to say HI hooefully next time i will be alive to be able to watch live ;) and i agree with yoz Splitsie wake uo in morning is better then in middle of the day ;)

[@Splitsie]

The stream will be at the same time next week so hopefully you'll be able to join in for at least a bit at the start :)

[@the_ttr]

Oh. You should also put mic into Capac face while he was sleeping... Would add authentic snoring sounds ;))

[@Splitsie]

lol :D

[@dragonheart9965]

3:05:35 was my favorite moment of the stream!

[@Splitsie]

It was pretty crazy we were able to drive on that - if only I'd decided to get out of that horrible valley earlier :P

[@crizzhutch1066]

I so enjoy watching this, makes all my failures small in comparison. Even the "experts" get it wrong keep it up guys, never know you may one day make it outa the mountaisn..........hahahahahahahahaha

[@Splitsie]

One day, when we're old a grey :P

[@rob-rendell]

I wonder if your power problems with the single battery were from the high-powered spotlights? I haven't checked, but the modder might have balanced them a bit not only by increasing the component cost, but also by having them draw more power, especially at long ranges...

[@Splitsie]

Hmm.... you might well be right that they could have at least contributed if not been the primary issue :/

[@jdzencelowcz]

...............well, what're the wind mills there for, if not to keep the battery charged????

[@danielsturdivant632]

You should leave that bar up front in case (someone) is driving and hits a boulder

[@Splitsie]

I wish it were only boulders I had to worry about... :P

[@Nemethon]

Always build ladders on the side of big vehicles. ;D

[@Splitsie]

If I can reach a ladder I can reach a cargo access so I tend to go for that instead - I've still not gotten around to including ladders in most of my builds :P

[@Nemethon]

@@Splitsie It is really easier to reach a ladder and it takes up little space. You don't like ladders? ^^

[@Splitsie]

Don't have anything against them other than the slow movement (which is realistic so I'm not sure they should change it). It's just after years of not having them I tend to think of cargo access to gain hydrogen first and ladders are a very late after thought :P

[@Nemethon]

@@Splitsie compared to the time you wasted to build a ramp, ladders are fast. Meanwhile, I've gotten used to working with ladders. Especially in large stations I build an elevator and an emergency access with ladders. ;D

[@MistahBryan]

It's far to late: But I have to wonder why they weren't getting Ice to run the Hydro-Generator so they can charge the Batteries so when they needed the extra Power, just turn them on?

[@Splitsie]

Isn't this the one where we dumped the ice because the rover was too heavy to climb?

[@G33kT3chstudio]

if Catpac spawned in anything. it would probably backfire and kill them all. even if he was trying to be helpful.

[@Splitsie]

You make a good point...

[@charlieodom9107]

I think it is a bad thing if I just started the stream and it is 11pm! I'm gonna need a LOT of Monster tomorrow at work!

[@MrDarales]

I agree !! I just noticed it after playing SE .. nothing like Monster for Breakfast!

[@charlieodom9107]

I made it through half the stream. Gotta get up for work in a few hours, so I'll try that sleep thing.

[@Splitsie]

Sleep is important - you can always watch in little bites when you have time :)

[@charlieodom9107]

@@Splitsie and yet....here I am once again at 1:40 am...awake and watching Capac and Splitsie on you tube! Lol

[@MrDeothor]

I really wish I had a bunch of friends to play games with. Well I do have 1, but we have quite different game tastes :(

[@cristianocolangelo7745]

Same

[@MrDeothor]

@@NC-oi5id Still better than my buddy who's more into single player games >.> I managed to drag him into Risk of Rain for a while, but he's so easy to get bored :/

[@ganonn]

Are there any SE MP reddit threads? I'm sure there are quite a few who run servers. I rent one for a myself and a friend.

[@Splitsie]

I see them from time to time, it's probably a fairly good place to look for people and there's also discord as an option too - SE is a niche game so it's hard to find a good group of people but worth it if you do :)

[@crazynewt1815]

everyone has that friend heh.

[@dragonheart9965]

Your right front center wheel needs its steering angle fixed

[@Splitsie]

Turning too far or not enough?

[@dragonheart9965]

@@Splitsie appears to not be turning at all.

[@Cyberguy42]

The non-steering right 2nd wheel was brought up quite a few times in live chat, Wolfykin in particular was wanting you to fix it.

[@Splitsie]

Ah, will do my best to check it at the start of the next stream then :)

[@Moshthun]

3:15:06 Is Capac channeling his inner Force Commander Boreale?

[@kyoukotsukino6322]

1:33:30 If Capac is helping in grinding it down, explosions may still happen.

[@Splitsie]

This is true, same can be said if he's got a welder in hand

[@MrDragonIV]

I‘m sorry, I am late, but I just realised at 9 min ish your putting in a hole in the deck so it becomes a holodeck (sorry about this bad play of words)

[@Splitsie]

lol I fully support the sharing of bad puns :D

[@dietrich431]

way past the end of the stream... but i recall someone dumping all the ice to save weight... so there is no ice for the hydrogen motor...

[@Splitsie]

Yep, I might have shot myself in the foot with that one :P

[@gilgwaththefae]

What...? w4sted referencing Kylie Minogue or Neighbors? ... You should be so lucky .......... *cringes*

[@Splitsie]

lol :D Very well played sir.

[@jdzencelowcz]

Can U program a rover to drive (safely) while U walk around on it?

[@Splitsie]

Nope, the closest I've seen anyone come is to have a hovercraft style of vehicle like is seen in the Escape From Mars scenario

[@jeffreybomba]

A small and light as possible large grid.

[@Splitsie]

It's interesting, I think there are some potential advantages to very heavy ones too, at least if the mass distribution is appropriate. In our current series, I think some of our issues are related to not being heavy enough to stick to the ground

[@jeffreybomba]

@ Assembler, refinery, hydro gens, engine, a couple batteries and storage. If downward force is needed cant gyros do that?

[@Splitsie]

Gyros only spin, they don't create whole grid downforce (except for being heavy). Sometimes you need to be able to stick toa surface you might otherwise bounce up from

[@UthacalthingTymbrimi]

Are Capac's videos still viewable for this series? Can't seem to find them...

[@Splitsie]

They should be but they're only accessible on pc, there's a button on the player that allows you to switch perspective as this was done back when you could multi stream to KZbin

[@UthacalthingTymbrimi]

@@Splitsie Ahh, of course, thanks!

[@Hornet-06]

Will u upload the rover to the workshop?

[@Splitsie]

I'll probably upload whatever the final version ends up being but unlikely to post the ones along the way

[@TheCrypto34]

I had to skip the ship blowing up. Knowing HOW MUCH valuable salvage you were wasting physically hurt me. I get the reasons but why man, man? It crashed naturally and chat even urged salvage not destruction. Edit: i know I have two or three individual comments but I'm watching this in pieces since i have a short attention span xD. Sitting for the whole thing at once isnt plausible lol

[@Splitsie]

It's largely because the moment you salvage a ship like that it completely removes any and all resource challenges from your game. I knew there were reactors on board and other things that mean we'd not have to worry about power, we'd not have to deal with complicated mining rigs and other things that are fun challenges to have to face. So basically it would remove a huge amount of potential drama from these streams which would potentially make them much, much less interesting to watch and make

[@EroticBananaz]

Splitsie Damn bro u hit him with those straight facts

[@SewerRat5150]

I am surprised that you did not think of the "Trike Bike" concept. Where the two front wheels are in the center of the front and on the end of two large forks connected to the frame by rotors, much like a "Chopper" (motor cycle). That would make sure that all of the wheels are making contact with the terrain at all times. Then add a second set of wheels to the rear of the vehicle, if more moving power is needed.i.pinimg.com/originals/55/a6/e9/55a6e986b8ba84ee17f4aeb1b58db9bb.jpg

[@mattp1337]

I don't think Wasted's design is going to work. Or rather, it's will be unnecessarily complex to build and operate. But this gives me some ideas for another experiment with free-tilting bogies that I shall try. I haven't had much luck improving upon the Raven-318 prototype mk.2 (steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1796299006; you saw the mk1), but now I have hope again.

[@Splitsie]

Yeah, it's hard to find that right balance between complexity and flexibility - too complex and it's just as likely to fall apart as to function, too simple and it won't be able to adapt enough. I really do wish I'd started with a design that could more easily be turned into something like yours since it would be fun to build something like that

[@MyDarkspyro]

My rotator has a backup rechargeable battery thats keeps the wifi up for 1 hour without power

[@ascspeedywalker4778]

Ok then so did splitse say kernel?

[@justsayin2085]

Some of the NPC ships usually crash or hit mountains. happens alot on my game.

[@Splitsie]

That they do, seems to be happening more often than I remembered but I guess it could be the terrain

[@malkeus6487]

Time invested vs progress made is atrocious. What a time sink of a game

[@Splitsie]

If you're having fun progress doesn't matter - that's kinda the point of a game

[@TheBeltline49525]

Is there a place I can get the Harpy?

[@Splitsie]

It's part of the Air Traffic mod, not sure if the blueprint is separately on the workshop or not

[@TheBeltline49525]

@@Splitsie I looked it up & couldn't find it, I was really hoping it would be there. Thanks for responding. ;)

[@drahcirtmd3924]

Were Tex' 'helping' priveledges revoked? =P

[@Splitsie]

Nope, but I wasn't confident my internet connection could handle hosting 2 streams and 2 people connected to our server after having run into issues with having a few people connected to a test one :/

[@kurmis999]

This crashed harpy ship is from last stream. It run out of energy and fuel

[@Sasinc-pw8ni]

It's not a seam, more of a tectonic fault

[@Splitsie]

lol

[@joet2766]

1). I left a wheel design for better traction on discord, anyone able to test it? 2). Anyone want a layer map of Splitsie's Travels? You could reconstruct a rough 3D from that. I did one similar for Hawaii, looks spiffy. I don't have rotation and scale animator anymore, so no fly-throughs, but if anyone wants, I can post the layers and how-to. Small details like the wash out ravines wont show, but you could recognize path side by side video. I might even be able to show tree zones, ice definitely. 3). CAPAC ASSAULTED WITH BATTERY! OW! It fell on me... (X.X)

[@pikeycarnage5119]

How do you get the ui transparency????

[@rshust]

it’s in the game settings

[@pikeycarnage5119]

@@rshust thanks buddy

[@jnot2676]

brilliant! that the way SE should be played :)

[@Splitsie]

Thanks, it's certainly the way I have fun with it so I'm glad I'm not alone :)

[@lullu-jy4fs]

Splitsie you inspired me to do a similar journey. After seeing your struggles with your current design (and my own) I created this PoC rover and it works quite well. Tested with a 500 ton payload and will climb near vertical slopes: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1828023512

[@Splitsie]

That's similar to my original idea for upgrading the wheel layout on the large grid rover. It works so well on small grid, but the worry was that on large grid it would be so large that the terrain would rarely be flat enough for most of the wheels to be in contact :/

[@ArDragonsurvival]

Salvage

[@Splitsie]

I think the combination of the two worked out nicely :)

[@matthewhutchinson6310]

Love this stream but have to say less is more. Your rover is to big and complicated. Playing a game now started nere a pole. Built a large grid rover 4 5x5 wheels, 2 h2o generators, hydrogen tank, 4 small cargo containers, and 2 batteries. Filled everything with hydrogen and ice. Went over similar terrain as you and made 80 kilometers in 4hrs. Your vehicle is just so much bigger and heavier.

[@Splitsie]

That's because I want to have a self sustaining base with refinery and assembler. This means added weight which means added size. Plus - since when do I do things the easy or reliable way? ;)

[@matthewhutchinson6310]

@@Splitsie you do like giving yourself a challenge

[@vega1287]

in my country it is white L on blue back ground

[@Splitsie]

We've got the black L on yellow for learners, red P on white and green P on white for the two stages of provisional license - apparently my state in Aus is fond of rules :P

[@kevinhayes3184]

tex. w4sted join next week?

[@Splitsie]

I might see if he can, though I'm concerned my internet connection may not cope with 2 streams and multiple people connecting to the local server (which is also in my house) :/

[@ascspeedywalker4778]

Engender core

[@jasonthompson3631]

need a flying ship

[@Splitsie]

This is a challenge for driving and getting around with wheels only, building anything flying would completely defeat the whole purpose of this series :/

[@paulwhitehead3002]

dose any one make tracks for space Engineers ?

[@Splitsie]

No genuine ones, though you can make some with rotors, they're unstable and don't give you increased grip compared to wheels, in fact they're a little bit worse than wheels :/

[@hugoandre96]

Turbines don't work on mobile platforms

[@Splitsie]

They do when you lock them to the ground with landing gear as I was doing along the way (which is why they were there :)