I bought this game 3 nights ago. Already put almost 15 hours in. Told myself I would take tonight off from the game and just have a few beers and chill. Ended up watching videos about the game lol. I think it might be the best game I've ever played. It's Soo good.
True but since left/right cursor keys are ALL the way over on the other side of the keyboard 😂 I find it faster to let go of shift and tap R a few times to rapidly rotate it clockwise to get it to an angle slightly before where I want it... Then Shift-R to fine tune it.
@@ScottHenneman just a heads up if you didn't know, you can use the right side shift key + arrow keys, so you don't have to take your hand off the mouse
There is no being bad at an automation game, that's what makes them so comforting to play !! Play at your own pace and have fun, since most games nowadays are just played out of habit instead of actual love for what we're playing... If you think DSP is too complicated for you to have fun, consider Satisfactory and Factorio, if you haven't already, since those are considerably less overwhelming (mechanics-wise, I should add, because I would argue Satisfactory is a harder game overall). Have fun man, that's what games are for !
" as a good TV chef would do, i have pre-prepared all my materials " glorious, as a chef, and someone who has worked with TV production, that hits all my 'feel-good' receptors .. that Sir is a sub.
This is a very good starter base! I approve. You could consider doing a series on how to upgrade this starter base as you progress down the tech tree. Example, do this to add oil buildings etc. Just an idea.
This is not up to speed-runner quality and it isn't really intended to be expanded much. Currently I am not a big fan of Bus-builds, but will need to experiment with options. When will we see the first Speedrun of DSP from you ;)
@@Nilaus i acctualy think this game is to long to speedrun to completion. But we'll see! You need to complete almost all of the tech tree to finish the game. Perhaps it will be possible if they implement some copy-paste or blueprint like feature.
@@Nilaus I actually really look forward to see if people can figure out how to get around all the speedrunning obstacle's in this game like; They give you techs super slowly, you can't hand place things you have to rely on your super slow starter drones and every time you want a new type of matrix there's a new giant ordeal to solve like setting up interplanetary logistics which requires manually going back and forth between planets to get silicon and titanium potentially 5 AUs apart.
I can just imagine a speedrunner starting multiple new games to find that one seed with a lava planet, ice planet, compact star system as to not have to space travel far and to make sure that spawn location has stone, iron, copper, and coal all on one decent size continent.
@@torgrimhanssen5100 @HäSh @Xevan : there are no general "EU-keyboards", but many different language keyboards which most often are referred to by the first row of letters, eg AZERTY for french (which badly messes up the WASD keys and the Ctrl-Z undo key). on a german QWERTZ keyboard Z and Y are exchanged (relative to a QWERTY keyboard) and thus "" (shift-"
This was incredibly helpful! My first base was a noodle chaos and I ran around so much to find where I produced what, oof. Thank you very much for providing this!
Not only is this a useful tutorial video much like your factorio ones, but possibly the most useful one you could’ve put out right now! Wasn’t expecting a good starter base design for weeks but you’ve more than delivered! Thanks Nilaus can’t wait to use this design once I reach the other systems
I like it very much, I made 2 changes. First is that I use the first 3 assemblers to produce the only 3 items that require stone bricks (storage, smelters and miners), that way I have an extra line available to make other stuff later. Second change I made is I make (sorter) (sorterMK2) (electric motor).
You rarely fail to impress Nilaus. This was no exception. Thank you so much for the time and thought you put into these designs, and your willingness to share.
After watching this video I'm considering starting over. This feels so much better than my spaghetti factory. I lose so much time running around looking for parts for one assembler or a tesla tower.
I’ve restarted twice. Once close to the beginning when I had a spaghetti factory and again when I unlocked logistics hubs. The logistics really changes the way you can run your factory
@@roryjamieson8439 I should’ve clarified, when I say I restart I’m not actually starting a new game I’m just doing a total rebuild of the factory. So when you unlock upgrades that can totally change the way you lay things out or you just learn a better way to do things, just demolish it all and start with a clean slate
Honestly it's probably better if you just deconstruct everything and start over in your current world. At least your research progress and upgrades aren't lost. It's what I'm gonna do...
Just started the game and love it so far. Your vid just showed me how inefficient I was being. I like this early game but I’m more interested in mid to late game now since I’m hitting a bit of a wall. Thanks for the vids!
Nice one Nilaus. I think I have restarted at least 3 times already just because I get tired of my early base spaghetti and want some more convenient starting node placements as I learn more each time. And I am in no rush to "finish" it, just having fun noodling around changing my mind over and over about ways to do things...
@@raingaming8 Same here. I really wish there was a "scrap all" function, so I could start over wihtout losing my current research. Or I could just go to another planet, I guess :)
@@UrbanNilssonOssian that's actually a nice idea, though some planets might not have all you need like oil and you need to have red science already before you can do that
Omg haha now I wanna restart again for the 4th time and I'm so close to white cubes right now! Something about restarting and getting even more organized has made this game so enjoyable for me. My first planet always turns into spaghetti at some point, but I'm getting good at a clean 2nd planet. Great video.
So I am new to the game, searched for a beginners guide and got this video, but man, you are using stuff I don't have and you are doing stuff I can't follow yet.
i just tear down everything i had for this :D my start was a mess and i had to walk far for iron or copper to pickup :D rly nice tutorial and well explained. a new sub for you and a thumbs up :D
There’s nothing wrong with learning by doing and then starting over with the knowledge you’ve gained. Last night I got to the point where I started launching solar mirrors into solar orbit and it’s so cool but I’m contemplating starting over because I’ve learned so much since I started.
Nilaus amazing fast and to the point, games been out just over a week, and you are making Math and Designing look easy! Looking forward to a lets play and more tutorials as you work it all out. Keep up the awesome content!
Thanks for doing this. I am slow as hell and had to watch this several times and refer back to it several times to set mine up like this, with a few mods of course. I really wished they had blueprints, but I really think it makes me understand things better by having to do the work myself. Keep them coming!
Really enjoying the DSP content! I've binged some of your factorio series before, but I always felt like I was so far behind I got overwhelmed by that game lol. This game is incredible for me so far though, and I'm really looking forward to following it through early access. Keep up the good work!
Had to start over and my stuff is a mess this actually gonna help me having ressources in hand instead of always building everything by hand thank you.
After watching this video, I've learned many things: 1. My factory is just a mess of conveyer and items slapped everywhere. Thingking of restarting. 2. That collection design of 3 belts on a side and 2 on the other with a sorter to a box is super smart. 3. You can limit the amount in storage containers. (I have 6 boxes of Mk. 1 belts now lmao)
I know you have progressed far beyond this beginner build but for me and all newbies to the Dyson Sphere Program as well as similar games within the genre, it would be nice to see your thought process on how to build these complex ratios to get the desired outputs. Ive been playing this game for maybe 24 hours or so and decided that my mess I created was too horrible to keep on living so I started a new run in hopes of keeping things more efficient. I think mainly I am curious as how you build these chains. It would be pretty easy to figure out how to build say one item in the most efficient way possible, but how do you go about such a chain as this beginner build( or maybe slightly less end products, I know this chain isn't 100% efficient on all parts but it does a great job efficiency nonetheless)
Thanks @Nilaus, this is a great starter mall and the video does a great job explaining it. 👍 I deployed a slight variation on this mall in every system I went to in my latest game and it worked out really nicely. I dropped the Splitters and Thermal Power Plant for my variation, I really don't use a lot of those so I just craft them by hand when I need them. I also like to slap an Electric Motor + Electromagnetic Turbine assembly on the end of the mall, because I never seem to have enough Turbines. I also really love putting Distributors on all the storages on the mall so whenever I land on the planet my Icarus gets automatically restocked. Once I got into the higher-tier buildings, I figured out a nice layout for bolting Mk.II and Mk.III belts, sorters and assemblers onto the side of this mall.
Great video, thanks a lot for that. I'm always crafting the stuff I need by hand when i need it in the beginning and figured I was doing okay. Found your video and thought "screw it, I try it out" and it's soooo much more comfortable as a start. Especially loving the fact that it's just a closed/encapsulated little base. Will definitely keep using this setup for future games.
I should have watched this before starting my first game. Granted I kinda like the going in blind aspect. But right now my base is a hodge podge of randomness. It works.. But this is so efficient. Thanks for the tutorial!
I just picked this game up 2 days ago and painted myself into a corner because I was just figuring things out. Definitely picked up a few tricks here that I will apply to my new game. Thanks for this video
Thank you very much, I try this plan on starter planet, 1.30 hrs from zero to finale. It turn out very good and most important is I got basic idea what to do next.
Howdy! Just started a few days ago, looks like an awesome game. After a few restarts I found this video and wow a brilliant efficient startup design. I only made a few changes to meet my liking: putting the storage and smelter fabricators first to shorten the stone belt, and putting motors next to sorters to easily produce mk II sorters right away. Let the blue science run for a little bit first while I cleared the land and replicated the last few items for the fabrication line. Thanks a million for sharing your work and explaining it so well!
Cannot thank you enough for the tutorial. Pulled my absolute mess of a base dowe (I'm up to yellow cubes but still have to build them as I couldn't get blue and red even close to being efficient). Compact, easy to build and parts of it can be replicated across the planet if the need arises
When doing multiple copies of one facility (smelter, factory, etc) once you've shift clicked it, you can hold down the left mouse button and drag the copies to the length/amount you need
I did purchase the game on the premise and the trailer alone, however not at all regretting that after watching this gameplay video, this looks like a factorio-adjacent game so much more than Satisfactory, and I'm excited to have a lot of my build-flow instincts carry over. Looking forward to watching through your series!
This is great! So I'm on my very first play through and ugh the planet is a mess, but I also didn't know what I was doing. This video I want to start over and on the right foot! Great video keep up the great work!
You can actually get 6 or a dirty 7 belts on the line as the assembler output can be placed in between the assemblers and then belted over the lines into the storage. As well the 7th line could be input the same way but in reverse.
Finally caved in and got the game myself, managed to get a good factory going thanks to this! It really helped me to get up and started and to understand the game a lot better, so thanks! Good video!
Nice video. Really really good- I have something to add... Parallel to the equator is almost always better, because you don't have to be careful of the shrinking grid causing your buildings to not snap into the proper place. Just like this video showed. Even better if you build much closer to the equator, but that depends on where the copper and iron nodes are... there are some tricks on building were the grid "snaps" though, and if you master them, you'll save space. But that's more advanced and this is a beginner video... so not the right place for it :D About ratios for magnets and electronics. Magnets: I'd have gone with 4 magnets for two magnetic coils instead of 5 though, it's simplier, takes less place, and the efficiency loss is negligible. Starving those magnetic coils for only half a magnet each is not so bad to warrant one extra building and two extra inserters imo. For those who want full 100% efficiency. 12 iron nodes covered by miners, 9 smelters, 4 assemblers, 6 copper nodes covered by miners, 3 smelters for plates. Explanation: One full belt of iron ore (6 items per second) can be smelted into magnets by 9 smelters, which will then output exactly 6 magnets per second, so a full belt in and a full belt out. One assembler MK1 can do 1.5 magnetic coils per second, using 1.5 magnets. That's 4 assemblers for the full belt. So actually, 4/9 ratio instead of 2/5 in the video, which is 4/10... which is not really that much difference, but if one wants to be more efficient, those are the ratios. Copper is consumed at exactly half the speed, so it's 3 copper plates for 4 assemblers The Electronics is pretty much the same, copper plates full belt feeds 8 assemblers, and full belt of iron plates feeds 4 assemblers. That's 6 smelters for the copper and 12 for the iron. This guarantees perfect ratios and perfect efficiency for everything. Generally, in the early game, you need half the copper for everything that needs iron, so build one miner on copper for each two for iron and you're going to be ok.
Nilaus, thanks for this! Just got the game and followed this plan -- learned a lot in the process, which I appreciate you showing me/us. Really enjoy your videos!
After your previous DSP video, I was a bit growly about not making T2 belts or sorters. But your remark about "Well, then it wouldn't be a Jump Start Base" was spot on, though. Gotta think about how to expand, because I use a lot of T2 sorters. Nevertheless, I like the "5 belt system".
You can make electric engines on those same lines and put green engines right next to it. Then run those on two belts behind the storage boxes and you can make upgraded belts and sorters. Also I have a secondary hub, which is where ever you're building solar panels you have the belts for the golden processors and drones/thrusters.
Love the idea, I actually made a version of this based on what you presented in your Let's Play. I had started a new game, and got just enough infrastructure to set up just a few miners and smelters putting basic raw items into a chest, while I Alt-Tabbed out to watch some RUclips, I had enough stuff to manually research, setup the setup, and just did enough manual Blue research (30) to get Thermal Power going.
Certainly appreciate this demonstration. Overall I learned a hell of a lot from this video. However, I could see a first time player losing their minds. Just the clear space alone would drive them nuts. I did hear you say you filled things in and collected materials, I've played for about a week and understand what you did. But I could see a beginner being lost over how to find giant areas of flat space and how the hell does he have the power for 6 iron smelters. Do you have a means to collect soil and flatten out large areas without foundations?
I agree. Just finding resources that have a decent chance of aligning belts as in this example is a daunting task. Plus, by my count, you need to manually (or mostly manually) craft 6 miners, 20 smelters, 17 assemblers, 16 storage boxes, 125 Mk1 sorters, hundreds of belt segments, and be able to generate something in the area of 18+ Mw of power, I think this setup is best considered for your second and subsequent planets. It is well thought out and designed for efficiency but something less ambitious is needed to automate the basic needs leading up to blue science when starting a new game. I enjoy watching these mechanical marvels because, whether or not you use the entire designs, the videos are very educational.
Even tough you're not a speed runner this is the first video i've seen on this game that presents a viable strategy that could be used to speed run (considering that you put up some more work an maths to min max the setup)
I run a slightly different jump start. Its less efficient but it expands to nearly everything in early to mid game. I run a line of stone, copper ingots, iron ingots, and magnetic wheels. This gives me room to move an item from one section to another. You can swap the rings for (I forget their name but they are the copper and iron rings). This takes less space, but you will need to trickle things in near the end. Its only my second playthrough though so I am sure it has room to grow.
I can't decide if I feel dumb (for not thinking like this by myself) or smarter (because now I do) after your videos... But, I sure feel excited to try this out ! Thanks for the great content
So much new information around, that not everyone can come up with all ideas themselves. Knowledge increases by sharing and building on what comes before. Hence, you should feel smarter now 😉
I usually ring the equator of my planets with solar as a power starter, but it was always a pain to lay down. then I found the left alt button. now I can ring my planets at flight speed.
Okay, I'm a bit "late to the game", but am starting up playing DSP now. Love all your videos for Factorio, and this seems just as good. One thing I came across is that I didn't have a big enough land area to put this on. So I prioritized researching Steel Smelting and Environment Modification, and tucked a steel smelter and foundation assembler up by the stone brick smelter and storage to give me an initial supply of foundations. (Side note: since the RNG seed for DSP is an eight digit number, I used my birthdate yyyymmdd as the seed for my cluster. I found that using the date of the first moon landing, 19690720 starts you on a gas-giant satellite world w/ a sister satellite world.)
Really good little starter Think ill have to try it in my next game as i find myself constantly going back to collect materials to manual make buildings I have factories set up everywhere to make raw materials for everything, but only buildings i automated was belts as thought whole thing would be to much work early game 😅
lol ty for this. My base ticks efficiently but it's very disorganized. This gives me a much better idea of how to organize throughput instead of having individual production chains scattered around for everything. If anything this will help me make something that scales easier for the higher research tiers.
Great video. I'm only starting my journey, so this was really helpful. However, do note that the build assumes technology that isn't available for someone starting a new game (eg stacking the matrix lab is not available until red crystals are unlocked).
I broke the mag coil/circuit section out to a separate area and am using that exclusively for research on blue, and will add the other colors to it as I progress.
Nilaus delivers again. Yes, I will have this video up and be moving it around as I work in game. Lot of helpful stuff here for people just learning the game. The one thing I am not sure about is all the open flat space. Cleaning stuff off the map isn't an issue, but finding a space with that much even open ground is another matter. Do you need the tech that allows you to put foundations down? I know that isn't a foundation, but there is fill, etc. Either way, great job and keep them coming.
Thank you. You can also turn the belts, but for this video I wanted it laid out optimisally so I raise the ocean a bit. There is a Foundation research early (Blue only) that allows you to do that with Steel+Stone
Thanks for this vid Nilaus. I had to work around some terrain so my Jumpstart base isn't this tidy, but I've got a good base on exploring the rest of the game.
Thanks for the videos on this game! You've really revolutionized how I play and given me so much more enjoyment from the game! Since I'm enjoying this one so much now, I'm interested in trying Factorio or Satisfactory next.
1. This is brilliant and it's going to help me tremendously. 2. why, at the end, did you sort from one blue cube tower to the other? what does that do?
I've build your hub, thanks for the video! But i figured putting all sorters on all belts. I just thought it looks good and with most of the things i dont need fast production. Thanks for the video on the jump start base! maybe i'll give it a shot on another planet in another solarsystem :) btw you can rotate the buildings with the arrow keys in both directions ;)
I bought this game 3 nights ago. Already put almost 15 hours in. Told myself I would take tonight off from the game and just have a few beers and chill. Ended up watching videos about the game lol. I think it might be the best game I've ever played. It's Soo good.
Damn, I am glad I'm not the only one suffering from that XD
@@Smasterable We should start a group eh?
It really is awesome, and it only gets better the further you go
LMAO - Im dreaming about it!
Me who bought it yesturday and have put in 15 hours.. its 12am rn X)
Tip: Shift + Left/Right cursor keys will rotate the miners either way, so you don't have to go the whole way around using R.
True but since left/right cursor keys are ALL the way over on the other side of the keyboard 😂 I find it faster to let go of shift and tap R a few times to rapidly rotate it clockwise to get it to an angle slightly before where I want it... Then Shift-R to fine tune it.
R is faster than letting go of your mouse to press the cursor key
@@budlikycz2445 Oh yeah true for most people I guess. I play with left-handed mouse though.
@@UthacalthingTymbrimi well in that case you are right since you have it switched :)
@@ScottHenneman just a heads up if you didn't know, you can use the right side shift key + arrow keys, so you don't have to take your hand off the mouse
Okay now i actually know how bad i am at this game. Thanks
Same :(
I feel you bro.
Same lol i build all those basic components manually lmao
Same
There is no being bad at an automation game, that's what makes them so comforting to play !! Play at your own pace and have fun, since most games nowadays are just played out of habit instead of actual love for what we're playing... If you think DSP is too complicated for you to have fun, consider Satisfactory and Factorio, if you haven't already, since those are considerably less overwhelming (mechanics-wise, I should add, because I would argue Satisfactory is a harder game overall). Have fun man, that's what games are for !
" as a good TV chef would do, i have pre-prepared all my materials "
glorious, as a chef, and someone who has worked with TV production, that hits all my 'feel-good' receptors .. that Sir is a sub.
This is a very good starter base! I approve. You could consider doing a series on how to upgrade this starter base as you progress down the tech tree. Example, do this to add oil buildings etc. Just an idea.
This is not up to speed-runner quality and it isn't really intended to be expanded much. Currently I am not a big fan of Bus-builds, but will need to experiment with options.
When will we see the first Speedrun of DSP from you ;)
@@Nilaus i acctualy think this game is to long to speedrun to completion. But we'll see! You need to complete almost all of the tech tree to finish the game. Perhaps it will be possible if they implement some copy-paste or blueprint like feature.
@@nefrums4510 Factorio is too long to speedrun, but you proved that wrong ;)
@@Nilaus I actually really look forward to see if people can figure out how to get around all the speedrunning obstacle's in this game like; They give you techs super slowly, you can't hand place things you have to rely on your super slow starter drones and every time you want a new type of matrix there's a new giant ordeal to solve like setting up interplanetary logistics which requires manually going back and forth between planets to get silicon and titanium potentially 5 AUs apart.
I can just imagine a speedrunner starting multiple new games to find that one seed with a lava planet, ice planet, compact star system as to not have to space travel far and to make sure that spawn location has stone, iron, copper, and coal all on one decent size continent.
That moment when you're following along, and you go from "What the heck? Why is he doing that??" to "oh f__k, it all comes together now..."
copy and paste is "." and "," on EU keyboard. greetings 👌
Thank you!
eu keyboard doesn't have less than< and greater than>?
@@stewy19699 sure. but it's twisted like "y" and "z" i guess :D never saw a non-eu-keyboard hehe
@@stewy19699 it does, it is on the key between left side Shift and Z but you have to hold shift+< for >
@@torgrimhanssen5100 @HäSh @Xevan : there are no general "EU-keyboards", but many different language keyboards which most often are referred to by the first row of letters, eg AZERTY for french (which badly messes up the WASD keys and the Ctrl-Z undo key).
on a german QWERTZ keyboard Z and Y are exchanged (relative to a QWERTY keyboard) and thus "" (shift-"
05:00 “Well that just killed my speedrun” 😂😂😂
If only he could speak faster!
This was incredibly helpful! My first base was a noodle chaos and I ran around so much to find where I produced what, oof. Thank you very much for providing this!
same, my base is so fun to see everything is everywhere xD
New player here. My base is the definition of "pasta" in spaghetti
This was pretty darned helpful and you have a very soothing voice, subbed.
I was trying to do this yesterday myself... and well, this is much better than my factorio-based-shoehorned hub idea...
Not only is this a useful tutorial video much like your factorio ones, but possibly the most useful one you could’ve put out right now! Wasn’t expecting a good starter base design for weeks but you’ve more than delivered! Thanks Nilaus can’t wait to use this design once I reach the other systems
I like it very much, I made 2 changes. First is that I use the first 3 assemblers to produce the only 3 items that require stone bricks (storage, smelters and miners), that way I have an extra line available to make other stuff later. Second change I made is I make (sorter) (sorterMK2) (electric motor).
You rarely fail to impress Nilaus. This was no exception. Thank you so much for the time and thought you put into these designs, and your willingness to share.
After watching this video I'm considering starting over. This feels so much better than my spaghetti factory. I lose so much time running around looking for parts for one assembler or a tesla tower.
lol I have the same problem
I’ve restarted twice. Once close to the beginning when I had a spaghetti factory and again when I unlocked logistics hubs. The logistics really changes the way you can run your factory
@@diffizzle8630 so when you start again you get to keep the logistics upgrades?
@@roryjamieson8439 I should’ve clarified, when I say I restart I’m not actually starting a new game I’m just doing a total rebuild of the factory. So when you unlock upgrades that can totally change the way you lay things out or you just learn a better way to do things, just demolish it all and start with a clean slate
Honestly it's probably better if you just deconstruct everything and start over in your current world. At least your research progress and upgrades aren't lost. It's what I'm gonna do...
Yay! Nilaus is awesome! Thank you so much! This is just the video I hoped he would create!
I wanted to let you know this video is very informative and easy to follow along. You are an amazing teacher.
Yay, next jump start base after the factorio one! Love it!
Note to self: 13:03 gives a good overview of the main production area.
Just started the game and love it so far. Your vid just showed me how inefficient I was being. I like this early game but I’m more interested in mid to late game now since I’m hitting a bit of a wall. Thanks for the vids!
Nice one Nilaus. I think I have restarted at least 3 times already just because I get tired of my early base spaghetti and want some more convenient starting node placements as I learn more each time. And I am in no rush to "finish" it, just having fun noodling around changing my mind over and over about ways to do things...
I restarted more than 5 times, and now pondering on restarting after I've got some infra and materials setup haha
@@raingaming8 Same here. I really wish there was a "scrap all" function, so I could start over wihtout losing my current research. Or I could just go to another planet, I guess :)
@@UrbanNilssonOssian that's actually a nice idea, though some planets might not have all you need like oil and you need to have red science already before you can do that
Again, amazing job on the productivity and clarity, great early build!
Omg haha now I wanna restart again for the 4th time and I'm so close to white cubes right now! Something about restarting and getting even more organized has made this game so enjoyable for me. My first planet always turns into spaghetti at some point, but I'm getting good at a clean 2nd planet. Great video.
So I am new to the game, searched for a beginners guide and got this video, but man, you are using stuff I don't have and you are doing stuff I can't follow yet.
i just tear down everything i had for this :D my start was a mess and i had to walk far for iron or copper to pickup :D rly nice tutorial and well explained. a new sub for you and a thumbs up :D
There’s nothing wrong with learning by doing and then starting over with the knowledge you’ve gained. Last night I got to the point where I started launching solar mirrors into solar orbit and it’s so cool but I’m contemplating starting over because I’ve learned so much since I started.
Ooh, I spy with my little eye, a giant continuous ring of solar panels in the planetary map, nice one!
You can make that one even nicer by spice it with some windturbines every 2 panels. x o o x o o x o o ...
Nilaus amazing fast and to the point, games been out just over a week, and you are making Math and Designing look easy! Looking forward to a lets play and more tutorials as you work it all out. Keep up the awesome content!
I do have my Lets Play already 2 episodes ;)
@@Nilaus just seen the second one watching now ty
Thanks for doing this. I am slow as hell and had to watch this several times and refer back to it several times to set mine up like this, with a few mods of course. I really wished they had blueprints, but I really think it makes me understand things better by having to do the work myself. Keep them coming!
This is amazing... so much cleaner than the starter I attempted in my last run. Guess I need to start again! Got a new subscriber, thanks!
You just build in 25 min everything i have built in 4.5 h. Nice.
Really enjoying the DSP content! I've binged some of your factorio series before, but I always felt like I was so far behind I got overwhelmed by that game lol. This game is incredible for me so far though, and I'm really looking forward to following it through early access. Keep up the good work!
Had to start over and my stuff is a mess this actually gonna help me having ressources in hand instead of always building everything by hand thank you.
After watching this video, I've learned many things:
1. My factory is just a mess of conveyer and items slapped everywhere. Thingking of restarting.
2. That collection design of 3 belts on a side and 2 on the other with a sorter to a box is super smart.
3. You can limit the amount in storage containers. (I have 6 boxes of Mk. 1 belts now lmao)
You will need them when you upgrade to MK II
I know you have progressed far beyond this beginner build but for me and all newbies to the Dyson Sphere Program as well as similar games within the genre, it would be nice to see your thought process on how to build these complex ratios to get the desired outputs. Ive been playing this game for maybe 24 hours or so and decided that my mess I created was too horrible to keep on living so I started a new run in hopes of keeping things more efficient.
I think mainly I am curious as how you build these chains. It would be pretty easy to figure out how to build say one item in the most efficient way possible, but how do you go about such a chain as this beginner build( or maybe slightly less end products, I know this chain isn't 100% efficient on all parts but it does a great job efficiency nonetheless)
Thanks @Nilaus, this is a great starter mall and the video does a great job explaining it. 👍 I deployed a slight variation on this mall in every system I went to in my latest game and it worked out really nicely.
I dropped the Splitters and Thermal Power Plant for my variation, I really don't use a lot of those so I just craft them by hand when I need them. I also like to slap an Electric Motor + Electromagnetic Turbine assembly on the end of the mall, because I never seem to have enough Turbines.
I also really love putting Distributors on all the storages on the mall so whenever I land on the planet my Icarus gets automatically restocked.
Once I got into the higher-tier buildings, I figured out a nice layout for bolting Mk.II and Mk.III belts, sorters and assemblers onto the side of this mall.
Great video, thanks a lot for that. I'm always crafting the stuff I need by hand when i need it in the beginning and figured I was doing okay. Found your video and thought "screw it, I try it out" and it's soooo much more comfortable as a start. Especially loving the fact that it's just a closed/encapsulated little base. Will definitely keep using this setup for future games.
I should have watched this before starting my first game. Granted I kinda like the going in blind aspect. But right now my base is a hodge podge of randomness. It works.. But this is so efficient. Thanks for the tutorial!
Never seen your video prior to this but you have the most Danish accent and it makes me enjoy this game more.
Hooray, a new jump start base! Looking forward to them adding lights
I just picked this game up 2 days ago and painted myself into a corner because I was just figuring things out. Definitely picked up a few tricks here that I will apply to my new game. Thanks for this video
Thank you very much, I try this plan on starter planet, 1.30 hrs from zero to finale. It turn out very good and most important is I got basic idea what to do next.
Howdy! Just started a few days ago, looks like an awesome game. After a few restarts I found this video and wow a brilliant efficient startup design. I only made a few changes to meet my liking: putting the storage and smelter fabricators first to shorten the stone belt, and putting motors next to sorters to easily produce mk II sorters right away. Let the blue science run for a little bit first while I cleared the land and replicated the last few items for the fabrication line. Thanks a million for sharing your work and explaining it so well!
Cannot thank you enough for the tutorial. Pulled my absolute mess of a base dowe (I'm up to yellow cubes but still have to build them as I couldn't get blue and red even close to being efficient). Compact, easy to build and parts of it can be replicated across the planet if the need arises
When doing multiple copies of one facility (smelter, factory, etc) once you've shift clicked it, you can hold down the left mouse button and drag the copies to the length/amount you need
I did purchase the game on the premise and the trailer alone, however not at all regretting that after watching this gameplay video, this looks like a factorio-adjacent game so much more than Satisfactory, and I'm excited to have a lot of my build-flow instincts carry over. Looking forward to watching through your series!
The solar swarm must grow to satisfy the ever growing energy needs of the sawm-building factory.
I'm loving DSP, factario and mindustry.. I just CANNOT get into Satisfactory for some reason.
This is great! So I'm on my very first play through and ugh the planet is a mess, but I also didn't know what I was doing. This video I want to start over and on the right foot! Great video keep up the great work!
You can actually get 6 or a dirty 7 belts on the line as the assembler output can be placed in between the assemblers and then belted over the lines into the storage. As well the 7th line could be input the same way but in reverse.
Finally caved in and got the game myself, managed to get a good factory going thanks to this! It really helped me to get up and started and to understand the game a lot better, so thanks! Good video!
This is totally awesome!
The game throws sooo much at you when you get started and this really helps hitting the ground running!
Nice video. Really really good-
I have something to add... Parallel to the equator is almost always better, because you don't have to be careful of the shrinking grid causing your buildings to not snap into the proper place. Just like this video showed. Even better if you build much closer to the equator, but that depends on where the copper and iron nodes are... there are some tricks on building were the grid "snaps" though, and if you master them, you'll save space. But that's more advanced and this is a beginner video... so not the right place for it :D
About ratios for magnets and electronics.
Magnets: I'd have gone with 4 magnets for two magnetic coils instead of 5 though, it's simplier, takes less place, and the efficiency loss is negligible. Starving those magnetic coils for only half a magnet each is not so bad to warrant one extra building and two extra inserters imo.
For those who want full 100% efficiency. 12 iron nodes covered by miners, 9 smelters, 4 assemblers, 6 copper nodes covered by miners, 3 smelters for plates.
Explanation: One full belt of iron ore (6 items per second) can be smelted into magnets by 9 smelters, which will then output exactly 6 magnets per second, so a full belt in and a full belt out. One assembler MK1 can do 1.5 magnetic coils per second, using 1.5 magnets. That's 4 assemblers for the full belt. So actually, 4/9 ratio instead of 2/5 in the video, which is 4/10... which is not really that much difference, but if one wants to be more efficient, those are the ratios. Copper is consumed at exactly half the speed, so it's 3 copper plates for 4 assemblers
The Electronics is pretty much the same, copper plates full belt feeds 8 assemblers, and full belt of iron plates feeds 4 assemblers. That's 6 smelters for the copper and 12 for the iron. This guarantees perfect ratios and perfect efficiency for everything. Generally, in the early game, you need half the copper for everything that needs iron, so build one miner on copper for each two for iron and you're going to be ok.
Just picked up the game a couple days ago and this guide is a huge help to get a great rolling start. Thank you.
This is so Good I wish I found your video sooner! My base is a mess :D
One of the best recommendations from Steam. Game looks insanely fun without the intimidation of Factorio
Awesome. Thank you much Nilaus! I always find your videos very helpful.
Very Factorio/Satisfactory type game. And ... Spaghetti monsters!
Nilaus, thanks for this! Just got the game and followed this plan -- learned a lot in the process, which I appreciate you showing me/us. Really enjoy your videos!
I've enjoyed the factorio videos for a while now and I knew I'd find you playing dsp! Finally true protips
Made this build, took me 2.5 hours thank you
Why in hell did the sound effect for building sorters have to be so damn satisfying
After your previous DSP video, I was a bit growly about not making T2 belts or sorters. But your remark about "Well, then it wouldn't be a Jump Start Base" was spot on, though. Gotta think about how to expand, because I use a lot of T2 sorters. Nevertheless, I like the "5 belt system".
Thanks Nilaus! You saved me hours of trial and error. Learned a lot.
I cannot wait for them to introduce blueprints. In the meantime I play with screenshots of your builds. :D
Blueprints would be amazing...and screenshots, duh! Why haven’t I been doing that??
This video convinced me to subscribe and buy the game. Hope to see many more videos on the game. Thanks!
Man and I just spent so much time building a giant transport+manufacturing hub... This is sooo much more space efficient!
as a beginner, thanks for making my life easier
You can make electric engines on those same lines and put green engines right next to it. Then run those on two belts behind the storage boxes and you can make upgraded belts and sorters.
Also I have a secondary hub, which is where ever you're building solar panels you have the belts for the golden processors and drones/thrusters.
Love the idea, I actually made a version of this based on what you presented in your Let's Play. I had started a new game, and got just enough infrastructure to set up just a few miners and smelters putting basic raw items into a chest, while I Alt-Tabbed out to watch some RUclips, I had enough stuff to manually research, setup the setup, and just did enough manual Blue research (30) to get Thermal Power going.
Certainly appreciate this demonstration. Overall I learned a hell of a lot from this video. However, I could see a first time player losing their minds. Just the clear space alone would drive them nuts. I did hear you say you filled things in and collected materials, I've played for about a week and understand what you did. But I could see a beginner being lost over how to find giant areas of flat space and how the hell does he have the power for 6 iron smelters. Do you have a means to collect soil and flatten out large areas without foundations?
I agree. Just finding resources that have a decent chance of aligning belts as in this example is a daunting task. Plus, by my count, you need to manually (or mostly manually) craft 6 miners, 20 smelters, 17 assemblers, 16 storage boxes, 125 Mk1 sorters, hundreds of belt segments, and be able to generate something in the area of 18+ Mw of power, I think this setup is best considered for your second and subsequent planets. It is well thought out and designed for efficiency but something less ambitious is needed to automate the basic needs leading up to blue science when starting a new game. I enjoy watching these mechanical marvels because, whether or not you use the entire designs, the videos are very educational.
You are the Tom Brady of factory/logistic games. Bravo, sir.
Great build! I actually found adding Electric Motors to the very end and then bringing over the mk1 sorters to make mk2 sorters fit nicely into this
Even tough you're not a speed runner this is the first video i've seen on this game that presents a viable strategy that could be used to speed run (considering that you put up some more work an maths to min max the setup)
I run a slightly different jump start. Its less efficient but it expands to nearly everything in early to mid game. I run a line of stone, copper ingots, iron ingots, and magnetic wheels. This gives me room to move an item from one section to another. You can swap the rings for (I forget their name but they are the copper and iron rings). This takes less space, but you will need to trickle things in near the end. Its only my second playthrough though so I am sure it has room to grow.
Best startup video i've watched so far, congrats man.
I can't decide if I feel dumb (for not thinking like this by myself) or smarter (because now I do) after your videos...
But, I sure feel excited to try this out !
Thanks for the great content
So much new information around, that not everyone can come up with all ideas themselves.
Knowledge increases by sharing and building on what comes before.
Hence, you should feel smarter now 😉
I usually ring the equator of my planets with solar as a power starter, but it was always a pain to lay down. then I found the left alt button. now I can ring my planets at flight speed.
Okay, I'm a bit "late to the game", but am starting up playing DSP now. Love all your videos for Factorio, and this seems just as good. One thing I came across is that I didn't have a big enough land area to put this on. So I prioritized researching Steel Smelting and Environment Modification, and tucked a steel smelter and foundation assembler up by the stone brick smelter and storage to give me an initial supply of foundations.
(Side note: since the RNG seed for DSP is an eight digit number, I used my birthdate yyyymmdd as the seed for my cluster. I found that using the date of the first moon landing, 19690720 starts you on a gas-giant satellite world w/ a sister satellite world.)
I just bought the game yesterday and you really help me getting started, thanks a lot!
Really good little starter
Think ill have to try it in my next game as i find myself constantly going back to collect materials to manual make buildings
I have factories set up everywhere to make raw materials for everything, but only buildings i automated was belts as thought whole thing would be to much work early game 😅
Actually rly good tips!
I have played for around 15-20h now and it becomes really messy really fast. :D
lol ty for this. My base ticks efficiently but it's very disorganized. This gives me a much better idea of how to organize throughput instead of having individual production chains scattered around for everything. If anything this will help me make something that scales easier for the higher research tiers.
Great video. I'm only starting my journey, so this was really helpful.
However, do note that the build assumes technology that isn't available for someone starting a new game (eg stacking the matrix lab is not available until red crystals are unlocked).
you build what you can when you can and expand this gradually as you get new tech.
Fault Lines is a good term. I like.
Great video, as a new starter this helps a lot. I had no idea you could have sorters reach across belts, or that you could stack buildings.
I broke the mag coil/circuit section out to a separate area and am using that exclusively for research on blue, and will add the other colors to it as I progress.
Nilaus delivers again. Yes, I will have this video up and be moving it around as I work in game. Lot of helpful stuff here for people just learning the game. The one thing I am not sure about is all the open flat space. Cleaning stuff off the map isn't an issue, but finding a space with that much even open ground is another matter. Do you need the tech that allows you to put foundations down? I know that isn't a foundation, but there is fill, etc. Either way, great job and keep them coming.
Thank you. You can also turn the belts, but for this video I wanted it laid out optimisally so I raise the ocean a bit.
There is a Foundation research early (Blue only) that allows you to do that with Steel+Stone
Your the best! Organized simply and to the point. Love your content.
Thanks for this vid Nilaus. I had to work around some terrain so my Jumpstart base isn't this tidy, but I've got a good base on exploring the rest of the game.
I like that you did in 20 minutes what took me 3 hours...
i'm a scrub at factorio, but i love your content, clicked right away upon seeing jump start base, thanks for the content!
Thanks, had bad spaghetti to build my "hub". Now it is much more easy to find the items. :)
Thanks for the videos on this game! You've really revolutionized how I play and given me so much more enjoyment from the game! Since I'm enjoying this one so much now, I'm interested in trying Factorio or Satisfactory next.
Very helpful. I started a new one and this guide is awesome for the start.
Great design. I used glass instead of gears, and I was making gears motors, etc in line and direct inserting them.
you unlocked that game for me with this video :D thanks man
You are great in factorio and nou you are great this game.... you are a factori god
1. This is brilliant and it's going to help me tremendously. 2. why, at the end, did you sort from one blue cube tower to the other? what does that do?
I've build your hub, thanks for the video! But i figured putting all sorters on all belts. I just thought it looks good and with most of the things i dont need fast production.
Thanks for the video on the jump start base! maybe i'll give it a shot on another planet in another solarsystem :)
btw you can rotate the buildings with the arrow keys in both directions ;)
That is a good idea as it is faster to build if you just repeat the same operation.
I have played this 3 nights now and NOW I learn that I can raise the belts??? Holy crap planning got so much easier...
dont worry mate making minor errors is power for the course , the information in this vid is still gold. Thank you :)
This is awesome! Like always - Nilaus Professional Automation Content!
That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much.