X4 GUIDE: How To Build & Run a Mining Station (3/4)

[@EmvyBeats]

You need a mining ship to sell the ore, i wasted 5 hours trying to figure out my issue. Regular traders cant carry ORE! you need a mining ship to be a trader for raw minerals

[@WatchMysh]

That seems so be the no1 issue people overlook while troubleshooting. I'll pin the comment :)

[@EmvyBeats]

Thank you for this detailed video, i would have given up without it.@@WatchMysh

[@alanj9978]

I don't really know why you'd ship raw ore, though. At least for the Commonwealth economy, each raw resource only turns into one processed product. Just process the ore into its Tier 1 product right there and then ship that.

[@WatchMysh]

@@alanj9978 It's to teach basic functions of the game and a source of automated income early game which works faster than single miners. Sometimes you can also use mining stations as a hub to distribute it to your own stations. All a question of play style.

[@EmvyBeats]

I was incredibly desperate, i would have shipped out my grandmothers collectables at that point.@@alanj9978

[@tommyt4259]

This 4part series needs to be a mandatory watch for new players. Great clear and well paced. Thankyou

[@nashorn_4738]

Bloody hell, after 4 hours of endless scrolling and suffering.... Your video has greatly assisted me in finally constructing a new mining facility, from the clear and detailed explanation and steps, to the appropiate video duration and precise showings. I very much appreciate your work and have subscribed to see more.

[@luk187]

This video is pure gold, I was stuck on the simplest mechanics of base building like actually snapping parts together and no one on youtube showed how to do that lmao.

[@WatchMysh]

Happy to help. :) Can't believe no one did this lol...

[@TheKetsa]

in fact, you do not even need to snap them. It's just for looks.

[@hageng.6149]

More than 300 hours into the game and still learned a lot! One of the best newbie series!

[@Meta_Mage]

Been playing since 2018, you're doing good work helping players with stuff that can be obtuse for newcomers.

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks! :) Yes, that's what I'm trying to do.

[@SparcImagination]

Amazing Tutorial!! Have to say not many are so dedicated in making such an easy and clear to follow guide. Thank you for hard work.

[@WatchMysh]

Thank you! :) Appreciate it! These tutorials eat a lot of time in the making. Don't know if I can keep this up on the long run - depends on how succesful they are. My KZbin time competes with my "other occupation" time.

[@AshHole_]

Thank you so much, im 200 hours into this game and this is the first time sombody has told me the issue with the failed orders on station asigned traders

[@Ab-hj1qn]

Thank you for all the great X4 vids! I usually don’t comment but this one is for the algorithm :)

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks for the algo comment! Helps a lot! 🤗

[@kevinh3238]

I started to give up on this game because I did not understand. Thanks to you I will try it again

[@WatchMysh]

I guarantee you if you watch all 4 tutorials I did in sequence you'll be just fine :)

[@TheChemixInc]

That is one of the best and comprehensive tutorials on X4 I have watched. Thank you!

[@WatchMysh]

@@TheChemixInc Thanks! You're welcome :)

[@AntonLeChuck]

Best build a station vid I`ve found so far! Thanks

[@Spooky_Sunday]

This guide is exactly I was looking for. Excellent tutorial!

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks for the appreciation :) I put a lot of effort into these guides.

[@zourin8804]

When your mining manager gets to 3 stars, you can extend your sale range by operating a trade station 3 jumps away that will buy and redistribute ore across another 2-3 jumps, significantly increasing your available markets, ensuring your product can find a buyer somewhere (even if it has to change hands a few times).

[@Ramo_O.G]

Finally, I’ve found someone who can explain things, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@WatchMysh]

Lol you're welcome. And thanks! 🤗 Welcome to the channel!

[@matrixinterface]

Thank you kind sir! You have a gift for explaining things quickly and completely.

[@WatchMysh]

@@matrixinterface Thanks! 🤗 Guess that's my superpower. People seem to like these tutorials a lot.

[@allienshar]

Amazing tutorials. You anticipate most of the issues we encounter and head us off before we stub our foot. I also appreciate how concise they are; I have little interest in a 3-hour tutorial.

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks! Saving you time is my top priority :)

[@Masterproll]

Great Video and nicely recorded. 👍 looking forward for the next Video with the industrial complex.

[@staybussin]

Nice - I've been waiting for this one! I just built a monstrosity stumbling through trying to make a silicon factory work (and wasted a bunch of credits in the process). Very well put together as usual. Someone was just asking me about a video breakdown on this. Will recommend this one!

[@WatchMysh]

Happy to help :) And thanks for recommending the channel. Helps more than you might expect :)

[@fairith90]

Thank you for these easy to follow tutorials. Excellent timing for me, since the Steam Summersale gave me some X3 nostalgia, so I bought X4.

[@WatchMysh]

Happy to help! :) Have fun!

[@TKNJez]

That really is a banger sir here !!! I've totally missed (after 100+ hours of gameplay still....) That when assigning miners and traders to a base their level and capabilities would be the one from the manager. That makes sense when saying / writing it as it seems legit that the manager leads them, but you've explained and illustrated this so well !!! Thanks again for sharing that knowledge ! Can't wait for the next step ! Btw thanks as well for sharing your shortcuts in the beginners video, changed the way I fly (especially shortcuts on the mouse)

[@WatchMysh]

You're welcome! :) Trying my best to make the best tutorials possible.

[@Thoraldrim]

Thanks for making a Video about small Stations. Even as a Veteran in X i learnt something new 😅

[@WatchMysh]

Appreciated! :) Lol, really? What did you learn?

[@Thoraldrim]

@@WatchMysh forbid the station to buy the ore ^^ i just overlooked the whole time 😅

[@WatchMysh]

@@Thoraldrim ooh yes that's something I also figured out only quite late

[@callmelordhelmet]

Thank you for making these tutorials.

[@WatchMysh]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching :)

[@Dreamshadow1977]

Thank you for this. The trade restriction and the sell failures were stopping my mining bases from working.

[@theOzz13]

Imagine trying to understand this game if youtube didn't exist. Thanks for the info!

[@WatchMysh]

You're welcome :)

[@jaysonjota]

4:58 at last someone explained this I just spent like 2 hours trying to figure out wth should I do how to hire a builder jeezzz thank you

[@WatchMysh]

Mission accomplished ^^ HF! :) If you have more questions just ask here in the comments.

[@kazwright1233]

This video was brilliant! Thank you so much ♥

[@WatchMysh]

Thank you! :)

[@ExtraBulla]

Just started playing X4 Foundations and this helped immensely! Thanks!

[@WatchMysh]

You're welcome! :)

[@christianriddler5063]

Thank you, this was short and clear just as it should be.

[@Black_Kakari]

Hey thanks for that video man, im like 50 hours old into X4 and I really wanted to do exactly what you just showed me, but the in game tutorials didnt help. Looking forward to your next video, as I have 8 medium miners already I can tell that I would need to build larger solid storage and a second dock so that there is less que's for the ships.

[@WatchMysh]

You're welcome. Yes, you need to expand the whole thing. For 8 miners a 3M6S dock should work fine though. Next video will be the production complex - but after that I don't know. Anything you'd want to know? The more specific X4 tutorials aren't watched that much and take a lot of time to make. But you can help a ton by sharing them around! :)

[@noosebrother]

just bought this game and got nowhere so i started watching these.. how are you supposed to figure this out without external help? i mean, merlin's tattered jockstrap, it's like wading through menus upon menus ..

[@WatchMysh]

Yeah that's why I made these tutorials. If you're new to the series the barrier of entry is kinda high.

[@josiahR125]

I just started a station construction in sca territory. My first base ever. I parked my 4 Destroyers next to it and sent my 7 fighters just in case.

[@arnebethke]

WOW ... i have over 3000h and never though about the ships have to turn, so it is better to build in a direct line. Thank you Sir

[@stephenschroeder6567]

I do not have this job...I mean rather play this game(?) LOL I am interested but holy moley! I can appreciate the thoroughness and the detail it contains but this is way too much like a job - no career for me. Don't get me wrong, all the detail and minute specifics are enticing, but I just do not have the required amount of time to invest in it. That all said, you sir know how to teach. That is a rare gift and I applaud your efforts to help out the community!

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks for the appreciation :) I try to improve with every upload to make learning complex games easier and more fun.

[@jimwake1123]

Yet another great tutorial cheers!

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks :)

[@skabold7981]

Very good playlist. I think i will try the game. I was a bit scared to get lost after the tutorial but not anymore haha

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks :)

[@Project_-jq7jw]

Also, set up a miner ship to run repeat trades to other stations to keep your ore sold off. For the sale destinations, add as many locations as needed to always keep that ship busy. If your station ore level gets depleted, assign more mining ships to prevent that. Enjoy the profitsss.

[@Tomborland26325]

Great great stuff. Very simple to understand

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks! Did my best to make the guide as easy to follow as possible :)

[@findstr.s-hi-c._w]

instead I made it a trading station: just added some liquid and container storage. (designed one in the station manager). if 100% is full price...just buy at 25-30% and sell at 40%.. generally works... add some miners, and traders, only buy what you mine from your own. and you'll make more then just ORE. for argon I like to start at second contact flashpoint 2. there is ore and ice there, ore in the reach, and ore+silicon in second contact 7. if you have a 3 star manager all in range. 1 gate south of argon prime.

[@WatchMysh]

Awesome advice! Thanks for sharing it!

[@cf453]

Another excellent tutorial. Subbed.

[@WatchMysh]

Thank you :)

[@alejodavies]

Didn't try making my own station. I just assumed it would be prohibitively expensive, since just buying a L trade ship costs upwards of 1M credits. But this looks like you can get every piece for less than that. Gonna try it tomorrow.

[@WatchMysh]

Yes a basic station isnt as expensive as you'd expect :)

[@movesydney1]

Where is 4/4 of this awesome guide?

[@WatchMysh]

Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqnYeaGhndibfqssi=jbhLuorvzM5k2wca

[@movesydney1]

yes i found it shortly after@@WatchMysh thank you. Keep up the good work and release more videos. More people are coming to this great game as the AAA space titles continue to make Ego soft look better and better. I want to buy shares in them :)

[@IgniteousLight]

Thank you! I look forward to your next video. :)

[@WatchMysh]

Should be up within a few hours :)

[@Saul117]

BEST GUIDE EVER

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks :)

[@Jackiedu62]

Thanks a lot for your video! I'm not sure what I did wrong, but I can see the station buying and selling Ore to my miner (only my miners have access to the station as per your guide), but I'm making no money at all from it. I have 4 miners to auto mine, and 4 miners to from the station. Any idea what I could have missed? :(

[@WatchMysh]

Check if money accumulates in the station account. You can withdraw it manually then. :)

[@Jackiedu62]

@@WatchMysh Oh yeah.. god this game is hell complex. Thanks for clarifying so fast!

[@lycon7000]

can you select what your miners mine? great video btw!

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks! Yes of course. Check my automining tutorial.

[@lycon7000]

@@WatchMysh I did! but here you just select mine for commander and didnt select a resource.

[@WatchMysh]

@@lycon7000 The manager automatically sends them out to mine whatever is needed for production.

[@lycon7000]

@@WatchMysh but what if theres no productions in your station? Or do you mean production of factories nearby?

[@WatchMysh]

@@lycon7000 If there's no demand for the product they won't mine anything. But if you have a mining station set up it will generate the demand for ore and consequentially the miners will go and mine.

[@TheAngriestGamer.]

is their a reason for using 2 smaller storage and not a single medium? which costs less than 2 smalls to build and holds 2x more than the 2 combined.

[@WatchMysh]

No. It's just that the small blueprint is cheaper and you can run a basic mining base even with one S module. I just put two on my base here for aesthetics and convenience.

[@decado7]

What kind of ship for the trader? A courier?

[@WatchMysh]

If you want to trade ore it needs to be some kind of miner

[@decado7]

@@WatchMysh Ah right gotcha, so a miner without the mining turrets, cheers

[@WatchMysh]

@@decado7 exactly. Traders have container storage and can't carry raw materials.

[@grynnreaper6266]

so helpful, the game sucks at telling you how to do stuff. Didn't even know about blueprints till he said it

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks! :) Glad I could help!

[@NTJ666]

Just bought x4 last week with all the dlc. When is the best time to set the mining station up? I own 1 scout, a few falcons to protect , a stolen Xenon PE,and 9 ( low star )miners on auto trade all happily bringing in money in (30-40k) every 7 mins or so. I have around 3 million in the pot. I haven't even started any of the main missions yet. I just went chrystal mining and made a few mil from there. Am i missing out not having a station or do i just keep going as i am? Great vido - subbed and liked 👍

[@WatchMysh]

@@NTJ666 Hey! Hard to say. You don't need a mining station. It's just one way to organise your fleet. I used it as a means to explain station building and fleet management. :) If you think it's fun to build one, do it.

[@NTJ666]

@WatchMysh No worries, and thanks for the quick reply! Just about getting my head around everything. Thank god for creator videos! I think I'll keep building my cash up first, maybe do some of the main story (young gun) I don't want to over complicate things just yet 👍 I tried auto trade but that seemed like a tin of micro to get going (as a newbie)

[@WatchMysh]

@@NTJ666 You're right with auto trade. Did you get a good player ship already? Nice corvette or frigate or so? :)

[@NTJ666]

@@WatchMysh I bought a fully fleshed out Eclipse Vanguard which is ok for now. It gets some good kills, ok for a taxi. I thought I'd concentrate on some background cash plus faction rep first (I'm nearly 20 rep with Teladi and Argon) I still can't find the pesky military licence. I've visited all the factions representative for both 🙄

[@ShaftyMegee]

This is an amazing video thank you

[@WatchMysh]

@@ShaftyMegee you're welcome :)

[@ridmiIy]

Thanks bro your a Legend.

[@WatchMysh]

Np! :) Welcome to the channel! :)

[@Icantfindanamewtf]

your voice recording is so nice and crisp i just love listening your voice deep in my earholes like uhhhh idk i love it

[@WatchMysh]

Lol glad you like my setup.

[@SavageThoughtz1]

Pause bro

[@Hanz_Moleman]

Great video really helped me get into the game. Now I've built a factory to produce off the products though my miners are suddenly saying "No buyers found in range". My settings are exactly the same as yours and before I added a factory to produce off the Silicon it worked fine. Its almost like the base has decided it doesn't want Silicon anymore despite it being in need of it for production...! I can manually transfer the ore/silicon but that kinda defeats the object of an automated setup...

[@D64nz]

I tried to mine in The Reach but about 6 to 8 Xen came and wiped out my mining fleet. I only have 2 fighter craft and both were destroyed while trying to drive them off. It's very hard to get started, as most of the missions I've seen only pay around 50K. Automining in Argon Prime seems very slow but it's the safest place for now.

[@shaunwilson3059]

if your miners are going to mine too far away from the station eg in other sector (due to high manager level) you can set a repeat order to a miner (instead of it being a subordinate) and repeat mining ore/silicon next to station and set it to sell to your station. it will continue to mine and sell automatically

[@legendaryone696]

My ships normally travel to the sector where I provide l produce energy cells looking to buy but claim there are no allowed trades. I don't see how when they're right next to the factor that sells to them for free

[@Stifl]

Do the miners have to "sell" the ore to the station? Is there no possibility for them to just deposit it without a transaction? (Just assigning miners to a station doesn't work for me, I also have to create a buy order for that station)

[@WatchMysh]

@@Stifl That's how it works. "Mine for commander" only works if there's a need for supply or an order.

[@aaronchadwick2682]

Quick question. I’m a new player and have only about 30 hours into the game. I ended up just making a fleet of miners that did “local mine” action. Is this not the same with extra steps? What are the advantages of this kind of station, is this just to cover showing how to build a station and it turn into an ore refinery?

[@WatchMysh]

I explained it in the video. It gives low level miners the opportunity to mine locally and sell in different sectors. It also lays the foundation to expand the base later on into a production/processing facility.

[@TKanal3]

Rare smart moment for me watching this before i play the game for the first time instead of wasting hours of my free time lol

[@WatchMysh]

Hope it helped!

[@TKanal3]

@@WatchMysh it did

[@traiantrante4211]

Very usefull, thank you !

[@TheKetsa]

Thank you, I was missing the trade restriction list trick.

[@WatchMysh]

You're welcome! :)

[@gammer0016]

Can anyone please help me? I have set a ore mining base, have 3 miners detached to it, but all they do is they try to find where to sell ore, which results in "failed behaviour", instead of supplying my station with ore...

[@WatchMysh]

Sure. Here I am. :) Does your station have a buy order for the ore? Enough and the correct storage?

[@gammer0016]

@@WatchMysh Both yes. Still get the "failed behaviour" and the miners just stand on one place, not mining anything. While when I give them manual order for both mining and delivery, they do it just fine.

[@WatchMysh]

@@gammer0016 Hm. Okay, that's weird. buy order low enough? Resource probes set up?

[@gammer0016]

@@WatchMysh Yes, resource probes all around - buying ore is on automatic price, but I dont want them to buy it from station! I just want them to supply it. Or is this not possible in this goddamn piece of unneccessarily unplayable piece of UI? :D Thanks for trying to give me advice so far... I should also mention, that I have a trade route rule to buy only from my faction, which I tried both active and free from restrictions. Doesnt work either.

[@WatchMysh]

@@gammer0016 that's perfect. Should work. Yes, they should only supply your station now. Strange it doesn't work. Maybe re-watch the video and check it every single setting is identical? What does the failed behavior say? Sometimes sth like "couldn't find buyer" is mentioned.

[@u0000-u2x]

You should link the video series in the desc

[@llamaking447]

Hi Mysh. Do you have any idea why my freighter fails when trying to transfer cargo drones to it? I have a pier so it can dock. It just wont transfer them without the yellow failed to complete order message.

[@WatchMysh]

Hmm. Don't know if I understood your question correctly but if you want to outfit your freighter with cargo drones you need to have it docked at a shipyard. Cargo drones can be added in the upgrade Menu then. Haven't played in a long while and will get back into the game with the next DLC. But that's how I remember it worked.

[@llamaking447]

@@WatchMysh Thanks for your reply. The problem was my freighter wouldnt transfer its cargo drones to my station. Ive found out that the reason was because i was trying to transfer 2 cargo drones which left the freighter with none so it wouldnt work. I transferred one leaving one on the freighter and it worked. I will definitely be watching all vids you do on timelines and version 7. I love this game but feel im way in over my head with most things. Thanks again!

[@Namastay1]

oh god what have i got myself into

[@WatchMysh]

Lol. Welcome to X4. :)

[@Deathelement53]

i spent over an hour getting so mad at not being able to figure out why my TRADERS were refusing to take my ore....live and learn

[@ffsnickavailable]

Just Thx you!!! They should make your video mandatory to play X4 :)

[@WatchMysh]

You're welcome! :)

[@NickyDekker89]

This game is such a underrated gem. I dont know exactly why, I also had a hard time getting into the game even though I've been a huge fan of games like Freelancer, Elite and EVE Online. But X4 ticks all the boxes.

[@WatchMysh]

It is :)

[@SalvatoreEscoti]

Ich jabe eine Station angebaut, auch das Dock und den Bauplatz gelöscht. Jetzt steht da noch das Baulager voll mot wertvollen Material. Kann man das ausräumen des Baulagers Automatisieren, oder muss ich jede einzelen Ware manuall in einen Transporter übertragen?

[@alebado8664]

Hey, nice content, are you using any graphics mods? My game does not look that cool even on max settings

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks :) No, it's all vanilla. Running @4k / 3090 / 5800X3d

[@bigbadlara5304]

My mining base is up and running :)

[@mr.syrupmasta5836]

hey could you do a video on your graphic setting i feel like mine are high but i dont know what to turn down and still get good quality if thats possible

[@WatchMysh]

X4 is not very heavy on the GPU. Only volumetric fog and AA are performance hogs. What CPU/GPU combo are you running?

[@quietblah1982]

It's weird, I have everything set up in the same way but my Trading ships keep claiming there's no trades to be made. So I made it as cheap as I could just to see if they'd do it, but it's the same. But if I set the mining ships to auto-mine, they're still able to sell their ore. So now I have 20k ore and no idea how to get it off station to sell aha~. I haven't been playing long so I'm sure I'll get this.

[@WatchMysh]

Hmm weird. Try to re-assign the trader and see what happens. Do you have satellites placed at the stations you want to sell to?

[@davecrupel2817]

How can I get a ship that I own to start purchasing wares, to bring those wares back to my station that still needs building, and drop them off at the build storage?

[@WatchMysh]

@@davecrupel2817 assign it as "trade for build storage" so it will automatically buy the stuff you need.

[@davecrupel2817]

@@WatchMysh it's struggling to even get the first module set up, so i havent been able to assign a manager. So it's not letting me do that. :/ I provided 3x the required budget. And its been 5 hours since the builder arrived. Seems I'll need to go hunt down the materials myself. Thanks for the reply & tip though! That will be helpful once I got my bass actually started, and get a manager assigned! :D

[@davecrupel2817]

​@@WatchMysh I figured it out! Turns out i needed to change the build materials sourcing to "no restriction" so the builder can grab the mats from anywhere.

[@danton15h25]

these videos have helped me a lot, yet I can't open station or logical overview, it just exits out of the menu

[@WatchMysh]

Weird. Cant help you with that sorry. Maybe ask on reddit or the official forum?

[@Kraken9911]

I know then tutorial is focused on automated mining and trading but that station all alone like that will it be attacked?

[@WatchMysh]

@@Kraken9911 depends on where you place it. Usually not. But sometimes a raider or sth comes along and you need to defend it.

[@jaffarebellion292]

Set everything up, but my miners aren't mining. They just sort of fly around and do nothing with orange rocks next to their icons, and the popup when I hover over them says, "Failed Orders: Automine No buyers found in allowed sectors" You mentioned your traders doing that if your prices are too high, but my prices are as low as I can set them, and it's my miners who aren't cooperating. It's like they're on strike or something. (Edit: same goes for the traders)

[@WatchMysh]

Hm troubleshooting is a bit complicated if I can't see all the settings. Did you train your manager properly? Did you place the satellites near stations that need the stuff you're selling? Your miners/traders either can't reach or can't find a place to sell. That's where I'd start.

[@jaffarebellion292]

@WatchMysh Thanks for the quick response, and no to the satellites. Frankly, I've been pretty bad about dropping those places. I'll put one next to the station and see if that fixes the problem.

[@WatchMysh]

@@jaffarebellion292 np. :) Try it out and see what happens.

[@zyzzgang]

I have a question that idk if i messed it up or what, when i trained the station manager with seminars so the trader can go through 2 gates, turns out the miners can also do it, and my miners decided to jump through a gate to go somewhere else to mine instead in the sector i am which is where i want them to mine, is there a way to prohibit the miners from going through gates?

[@WatchMysh]

Yes. You can blacklist sectors in the station's settings.

[@zyzzgang]

@@WatchMysh Yupp that did it, but i also found out i had a resource probe in another sector, and i guess the ships detected better asteroids there so they were traveling to that specific sector with the probe, after self-destroying the probe and setting up one in the sector i want, they stayed there without any blacklist, but i will use blacklist in the future now that i know about it. Thanks!

[@cameronclark3752]

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP. I have a mining station like this one but everytime my trader comes back to load up, I dont get any credits like Im trading my ore for free. Where do the credits go where my station trader makes a transaction?

[@WatchMysh]

They are in your station account. Check the info tab. :)

[@cameronclark3752]

@@WatchMysh Im a newbie at this game so just trying to figure it out bit by bit. Thanks for the response and the informative info!

[@WatchMysh]

@@cameronclark3752 happy to help

[@blind1337nedm]

my station has no manager, how do i get one?

[@WatchMysh]

Assign one of your crew or find one on a station and hire them. I explain the process in the tutorial.

[@blind1337nedm]

@@WatchMysh AWESOME!! thank you. sorry i should've paid more attention

[@WatchMysh]

@@blind1337nedm np. That's what the comment section is here for. :)

[@blind1337nedm]

​@@WatchMysh hey uhh, while im here, i have a couple ships assigned to "mine for" my station, but they are allowed to jump 2 jumps out to mine, but not allowed any jumps back in to "sell" im unable to change these min/max settings because it says its determined by the commander. my ships are getting 'stuck' out of sector just full of ore. how do i change these behaviors?

[@realGalrad]

Ok but consider this: Early game: huge investment just for some miners to work. Just find better places for them. Late game: Now your station will buy from your own traders from later on, which is bad because you want to sell ore not ship it back and forth. Better to scrap the buy offer altogether, you dont need it. Especially if you set the sell price to lowest, which makes sense.

[@Oorillon]

I played this game since release. Today I learned that Shift will snap in an 45 angle and the number before the incoming ships are the minutes...

[@BlackRainEntertain]

4:45 it was at that moment, that you thought he fcked up, because argon storages all look the same, and that's why you liked this comment.

[@melik3976]

Bro speaking like teacher :D necessary for this kind games...

[@WatchMysh]

I know y'all like it like this!

[@miragegaming984]

My miners are telling me no matching order I don't know what I did wrong. Figured it out. I didn't click restrict all factions then allow mine I just blocked mine rip.

[@lkaryy]

Where does the money go when the trader sells the ore?

[@WatchMysh]

Station account if he works for a station / manager

[@astalsberg]

Thought I was smart.. Bought a regular cargo ship instead... Spent 15 minutes being frustrated it wouldnt sell my ore... Assigning and reassingning and swearing... Until I realised the little bugger was a container ship and not solid... DOH!!! Yeah, just do what he does in the guide folks... Dont think... xD

[@WatchMysh]

Lol. I've also been there.

[@WithoutTheBitter]

this comment just saved me a lot of headache ty

[@WatchMysh]

@@WithoutTheBitter :D Next!

[@astalsberg]

@@WithoutTheBitter happy to help! God only knows how long I was staring at that little BUGGER to start trading... 😑

[@WithoutTheBitter]

@@WatchMysh dude you've been helping me immensely. like 1-2 years ago i tried to play and got stuck at station building. ive gotten further than before thanks to you. keep up the amazing work, its deffo appreciated

[@shodan2002]

I learned to play dwarf fortress this game can’t be much harder it’s all there to rewatch

[@WatchMysh]

It's casual compared to df :D

[@shodan2002]

@@WatchMysh Df is casual to me by now certainly needed more than 4 videos to get the hang of it haha

[@Kratos510e]

Has anyone tried to dock on their capital ship while it's in travel mode? I have tried and maaaan that is insanely difficult.

[@WatchMysh]

Lol no. But great idea.

[@mighiel]

For me it says ''no matching trade offers found in range'' while i have a station buying ores in the same sector and i followed all the steps. does anyone know how to fix this?

[@WatchMysh]

There was a recent comment with the same question and iirc they solved it. Check if your global trade restrictions are overriding the station's or the other way round. Maybe search for the comment and the answers also. :)

[@mighiel]

@@WatchMysh i did see that comment and i searched for more, sadly it didnt work ;-;

[@WatchMysh]

@@mighiel hmmm. Then do you have satellites near the ore buying stations? Also check if your prices match the offers.

[@mighiel]

@@WatchMysh i have satellites and i put the price at the minimum (way below the price at the station)

[@domicplus2255]

vrey nice thx

[@WatchMysh]

You're welcome :)

[@Shinarock]

not start stuff but i love to see just how many ore etc processors i can stuff (with food and habitats and storage) into 2x2x2 i think when i last played i got to 16? edit: 10 refined metal 10 silicon wafers :P with 3x 6s3m and 1 large docks :P or 30 hull part modules in another 1 xD

[@WatchMysh]

Lol. I'd like to see that. Or maybe I'll try it myself first as a little challenge. :D

[@Shinarock]

@@WatchMysh use the resource stuff for "movement" and place the solar panels at bottom in tight cluster since for some reason it wont affect how much they produce.... the 30 hull part crafter only needs 7 panels anyway :) you place the large connector juuuuust in away that people can connect to it (around the middle so that just the end point is "outside" the creation) in the end you pretty much have "solid" cube that you hardly can fly inside with space suit...

[@major_desync]

next part where

[@WatchMysh]

Give me a few hours ;)

[@WatchMysh]

It's done & uploaded :)

[@ridmiIy]

You saved me from uninstalling this game lol

[@WatchMysh]

lol you're welcome.

[@DaggerDaggerYT]

spent 5 hours trying to figure out where my money is going from trades... its getting deposited in my station lol

[@WatchMysh]

@@DaggerDaggerYT Yep. Could've just asked here, though. I read all comments. :)

[@Raija1980s]

This is probrably not talked about, but if you click on manage plots button, you can "Spy" on where Khaak and Xenon stations are at or being developed by finding their plots that are oddly placed

[@lifestooshorttostress519]

was thinking of returning to the game after years away.. watched this video and decided no way. the game used to be so much easier than this spreadsheet nightmare. i play games for fun, and this doesnt look like fun anymore. what happened ? did a crew of nerds take over egosoft ?

[@WatchMysh]

X3 wasn't a lot different. Only Rebirth was more "casual". We've always loved EgoSoft since the 90s for being nerds.

[@jwilham]

seems a bit much only for you to find out you need a lvl 3 trader to do how the video shows. what's the point of getting a lvl 3 manager if the trader is the skill you really need. you need to be able to assign a trader to the station have have him do what ever the manager wants. seems way to much for something simple.

[@WatchMysh]

You dont need a level 3 trader, you need a level 3 manager. His skill will apply to all traders no matter their level.

[@atlas7309]

I still don’t understand how you guys make money in this game… a miner takes like 6-7 hours of play time to pay for itself and missions are really rare if you take into account the type of mission your ship can handle/is built for.

[@WatchMysh]

Stacking up 50 different things is what works. Miners, scooping cargo in battle zones, police license, a big fat energy cell station at the highway, doing missions, etc.... it all makes a little money for itself but combined it's a big chunk. The moment you get your first hull parts factory running though... that's when you start to generate the big numbers