Small addition: to collect plant matter fast the flatten mode of the MOLE is wonderful. It is faster then digging and changes the rock surface less then big dig mode.
Good tips to have early game. I would also recommend that a player pay attention to special hot keys on keyboard and on controller, especially for placing items in stuff and rotating and managing belts.
It took me ages to figure out where to get Atlantum ore to finish the 'Victor' tier. When you get the Emergency Broadcast signal, you'll find it's coming from an area that is surrounded by Atlantum ore bodies. The pickaxes and Mark 1 mining machine won't make a dent in it. The same mining charges that you used to blow a hole through it to gain access to the ship will also let you mine the ore, if you bring along a bunch of them. Each explosion adds around 20-30 pieces of Atlantum ore to your inventory. The ore that can be blown up has a speckled green appearance, while the solid Atlantum ore bodies have a solid, shiny green, metallic surface.
Most of these tips are in tutorials and dirrectly teached by game, but repeating them in a nice and structured way is still usefull. One thing I always do in the games like this is to make sure doing certain things are always as comfortable as possible. If I ended up with a full hotbar of random things where I need to reach all the way to F10 to select something I want to place - that's when I know there is a problem. If something is too difficult - I simply use it less often. So, researching how you can improve user experience is always usefull. For example (just my personal preferences): * Go in controls settings and bind the last keys of secondary hotbar to Z, X, C, etc, and then bind your primary tools for them (mold, pickaxe, scanner, etc). Let the first number keys be for buildings, no need to clutter them with tools. * Bind a different "variations" of the building on the same key on different hotbars, and use CTRL + mouse wheel to switch between them. For example, I bound fast inserter, filter inserter and long inserter to 2 on hotbars 1, 2 and 3, and smelters and miners to 6 on hotbars 1 and 2. Now I can select fast inserter, and use CTRL + mouse wheel to switch to filter and long inserters. I wish that game allowed to bind several things on the same slot and switch between them without abusing multiple hotbars. Multiple hotbars could be usefull on it's own, and using CTRL + wheel is not as ergonomic as pressing a single key (+ you'll be left with a different hotbar selected). Like in satisfactory where you can press E to quick switch between similar items and hold E to show all variations in the wheel. Only - you must be allowed to choice for youself what to place in the slot, unlike in satisfactory where game decides for you. There is even a "swap variations" keybind in controlls settings bound to V, but I didn't found any use of it yet (maybe I'm missing something?).
It's true that a chunk of these tips have descriptions in game. But after watching what were common discord questions for the first week. I actually even spoke to the mods/community managers about common issues. I felt it was worth it to try and put them into another consumable form :) Some good tips for hot bars! I definitely have my preferred setup as well. Some of that coming from my preferred setup in Satisfactory. I think you can also press Shift or Ctrl + # to quickly switch to that hot bar. My scatter brain approach never got too good at doing that though. I'm sure some of the future QoL updates will slowly improve upon the current state of the interface. Just a matter of when they have time to prioritize it!
@@relyengamingthis helped me by a lot. Xbox early access version seems buggy just found the threshing plans by exploring but didn't get any beacons. So thx for these tips
Glad to hear you found it on your own! Explaining it via the beacon method seemed like the easiest way to get it across without spoiling some exploration for people. Cheers!
Glad to hear it! I like building tunnels, hallways, and stairs to get around to other areas (and connect them with power floors since Monorails/HVC aren't working together). Modular factories can allow you to sort of break your factory down into more management pieces :)
Glad to hear that helped! This is definitely something that could use some more in-game guidance, quite a few make this mistake (myself included!). That said, I didn't mention it, but when you get MK2 generators, the ratio reverses and becomes a 1:2 (just as a FYI)
In the current version 0.1.1d - the ratio is actually 2.5 generators per wheel, or 5 generators attached to 2 wheels. A little more advantageous if you want to create a chain of at least 2 water wheels.
Thanks for the tips Relyen! One thing to add to your tip about finding the Planter/Thresher. At 10:38 you say to build and place 5 crank gens, which is true, -but the crank gens must be built in an assembler for it to trigger the beacon.- Thanks again, I look forward to more of your Techtonica videos!
Heya Brandon, glad you enjoyed it! Based on what you said, I had to go double check about the Cranks, so I quickly started and new game and rushed to Victor. I then hand crafted 5 cranks and put them down without any power floors and was able to trigger the task completion. I even got credit for one of the cranks that I snatched from a chest.
I know you said you found it by exploring, but I'm curious, check your task journal and see if you can locate the Decipher RH-1979 task in there. See if it's completed or uncompleted. I don't have an Xbox version to check :P
I recently downloaded this game or today i did and i has no clue there was this big of a community for this game its a great game in my oppinion but i also think its greatly inspired by subnotica
I just downloaded this game and I’m hooked I just wish I knew a lot more than I do right now 7 hours in and I’m feeling overwhelmed with the amount of stuff I have to do and the little knowledge that I have to do it I wish I could find people to play with and learn the game
Another question: If you build multi-level factories what is your prefered ceiling height? It's an interesting question I dealed with over a year now. During the alpha it was first 4 (Assembler) than 5 (Trasher) but overhead lights not working with that. Than 6 but it still felt crammed and hoverpack not working anymore now I moved to 8 (including the ceiling) because I can split 8 in 2 x 4 and 3 (hence 4 with the ceiling) is the minimum height to move and for generators, container and even smelters.
Obviously, this is something that can have a lot of opinions on form vs function. But my recommendation would be for production levels, aim for Hover pack height. That way you can still easily fly over and work on your factory with more ease. For pancake/sandwich floors (if you use them for belting), they maybe the 3-5 powerfloors in height.
If you press "P" while standing on a Powered Floor (PC), you'll get a report on total power generation, accumulator Storage and whether or not you're meeting the needs of all your machines. There's a small cavern next to Victor terminal that already has a whole bunch of deactivated accumulators in them, already on a powered floor. If you connect your power floor to that one, you can re-activate about half of them without having to make a new power bank area from scratch. (and you can scan all the rest of the damaged ones).
It is possible to dig down with the MOLE just look straight downward and fire should dig down 3 units. 1 unit being the size of a powered floor. If you look out at about a 45 degree angle from your feet it will dig 2 units and around 70 degrees or will dig one. Works on the ceiling too.
*The water wheel ratio in the current patch is 2 water wheels to 5 crank generators, but this requires you to make more wheels than present at the start.
Can you please make a Tutorial for Monorail and best practice from your experience especially what pillar height to prefer and placement and how to build the depots. Maybe add ideas, tips and tricks for super-storage solutions with Monorail. Also interesting would be best practice to deal with multiple monorails tracks besides each other how to get best design off and onramps and dealing with the curvatures. Maybe also what is your prefered curve radius. And please explain how the magnet works because I don't get it.
The magnet works kind of like other equipment, just build it and have it in your inventory. Then hold jump to get attached to the rail, you can let go afterwards :) Can be a fun ride :)
In the current state of the game it seems that monorail tracks can be incredibly long and clip through terrain. I used 4 pole points between Victor and the freight elevator but I reckon it could be accomplished in less connections. I was expecting to have to place Deep Rock Galactic length tracks so I massively overproduced the necessary items but it seems that one rail equals one connection, not one rail per unit of distance. Regarding monorail magnet, it only works when both ends of the rail are connected to depots. When you've unlocked the magnet you just need to be in jumping distance to hook onto it. You can't currently use them as ziplines to get to different areas If the rails aren't connected to depots, but you can just hover over the top and run along them anyway!
@@relyengaming Well it worked but holding space seems odd. and not working well together with hoverpack on the same key. Maybe pressing E while aiming at a track would be more controlled and independend from jumping and/or hovering.
Thanks Aaron! Yea, I know I sort of glossed over the Omniseeker really quickly, hopefully not too quickly :) Not a bad idea for it's own video, definitely a very useful tool as you progress into the later tiers.
@@relyengaming The OmniSeeker is the most mysterious Tool. Joey never talked about it at best as a sidenode "you don't need to know that" and it's not the most obvious to use device. From the streamers so far most just shrugged shoulders and move on not realizing the potential.
Yea, it was one of those tools I was told wasn't finished when I got access to the game early. But functioned very much like it does today. I luckily enough figured it out how it worked. And while most of the objects you can find are useless, the ore feature is definitely worth it. I literally spent a day just hunting down ore nodes on the map and digging them out for fun. Would be sweet if they added the ability to find hard drives with it. Sadly, not currently =(
I wish I would have known that the water turbines connect to the kinetic generators. I was constantly running around cranking them when the water wheels nearby were just sitting there doing nothing near the one base with the rock in it.
It's one of those things you probably would of easily realized after having unlocked water wheels. This was just a way to sneak some extra in power before you did :) Glad to hear it helped though!
I'd like tips on how to find the locations again (ex. locked doors) after I've visited them but didn't have the correct mats to unlock them. (outside, maybe setting beacons everywhere)
I totally get that, I experienced the same problem when I first started playing! And even though I basically have the map mostly memorized, remembering what door goes with what task is still a pain :P
Actually the ratio currently is 2 water wheels powering 5 cranks, before the patch it was also that The core composer now is on the hidro station Staurs now conduct energy
don't know if it changed since you made this video, but i'm currently playing and the tooltip when hovering over the crankgenerators show the torc used they use 40 and each waterwheel provides 100 so currently a more optimum ratio then your 2 generators for every 1 waterwheel is 5 generators for every 2 waterweels
Correct, a few things have changed since I made this video. I made this about a week after EA launch. Patches 0.1.1 and 0.1.2 changed a few things such as the Water Wheels now use Torque, mass collect is now a thing, Core composers got some tweaks, core debt is now visible on the ui, etc :P I'll probably do an updated video after the Base Building update drops in December. :)
Hah, I'll have to try that. It was a giant shell when I mined it away before EA was released. I dug around it and it was either the Atlantum geode or protected voxels.
Great video, and tips. the last 1 is usefully, I couldn't figure it out so never used it. Can we get some tips on building efficient thresher setups. As i have so much extra limestone and shit IDK what to do with it all, but make more chests. It slows down my production so much of trying to break down the ore and stuff to make the Atl bars. I hope they add in a device we can send unwanted materials to, so they ca be destroyed.
Thanks GeoGott! Yea, I absolutely want to do more guides. And I agree, just adding chests to handle production bi-products just feels like a band aid. That said, there was a machine that was leaked called the Crusher a while back. Don't know much about it yet, but it may be the future sink we are looking for :)
There’s a area in the first spawn when you walk forward there’s a window and you see stuff you could scan but you can’t access it but idk if a charge will do it considering is “protected”
Thank you for the water wheel and crank ratio tip I was about to make thousands of water wheels but here’s a tip of my own the best places to put the core composer is near the freight lift that area is very open some clearing and your good to start stacking without the fear of putting down 60 in the Victor site the ceiling is high enough so it won’t stop halfway either and it’s good for power just connect the power lines and railways and you good trust me worth the effort
Thanks for the tips, i have a question how do you delete items in your inventory there is no waste bin or any thing like that. The only way is to put a storage box down and put them in there. Also how do you tunnel up or down please.
Currently, there is no way to delete items. I asked the devs about this once and they said they didn't want anyone* deleting something important and locking themselves out of progression. I think after EA launch and feedback, they now have plans to add something in. I just don't know if it's coming in one of the two upcoming QoL updates.
@@relyengaming Great news that it might be coming, I get what there thinking but it would be easier to make important items undeletable. And thank you for replying so fast.
I’m having issues where I’m continuously producing research cores and I’m having them being put into a core “plate” (forgot the name) and I’ve quite a tower now, reaching the ceiling soon, everything is powered, the assembler is producing cores, but for some reason, in my “unlock new tec” sheet, it says I’ve 0 new cores to use to unlock new tec with, even tho all the cores I’ve produced on my research core plate are brand new and unused, so I don’t understand
Heya @blankaironcake! I think the "plate" term you are looking for is Core Composer. Based on what you've said, the most likely culprits are you previously had cores placed, activated techs, and removed the cores. This could cause you to be in a "core debt", and the cores won't increment until you have placed back all previously used cores. The UI would only show 0 cores available in this case until you caught back up. That said, patch 0.1.0f did correct the UI to show negative values. If you are on XBox/Gamepass, this update might lag a little behind as it awaits Microsoft Approval. Another reason, is your Core Composer is full, and the cores are going into the buffer inside the Core Composer. If you inspect the core composer, it might say "Tree Complete" and show extra cores sitting inside it. If it's neither of these cases, you might be encountering a bug that I'm unaware of. The official Discord (links in description) is a great place to ask.
The ratio changed several months back. I think it's like 5 generators to 2 wheels now or something. Now you can see how many Newtons are being generated and can add generators up to that point. If you add more, the power just gets split among them and you don't really get a penalty.
for the EB base I just walked into the ore and fell through the map, I then big brained the game and just used that to glitch through the wall. I could use that to skip the door, but im worried it might break the game.
Fun video...in minecraft, if you were crazy you could basically mine everything in an open pit mine type way...similarly you could do the same but a bit easier in fortresscraft evolved. Is there a way or reason to just mine everything in this game vs tunnels (other than bigger areas for the research nodes to go into. Also, can you hollow out or get up to the ceilings in the lower caves to make them taller?
The map is fairly large. One of the developers said it would take around 5000 hours to mine all the nodes in the game (3000 of that is just placing drills). I said then the first task is to dig out the entire map to find all the ore. To which the developer said is doable, but equally insane. So there is plenty of room for you to dig out however much you desire :) And this is just the first biome.
Well actually once it is fully done you can continuously keep goin stacking on that core composer I have mine placed at the very highest placed and I can keep stacking more on top of that
That's certainly one way to do it :) I know they are talking about making some changes to the Core Composer in 0.1.1, I'm looking forward to see what those are!
@@relyengaming it will definitely be interesting to see what they change I actually found this out one day when I was experimenting to see how high I can go with it
As much as I'd love to share the trailer save, unfortunately it's on it's own beta branch of the game that was set aside for the Trailer. And thus, the save itself isn't compatible with the Early Access version of the game. The trailer build was an earlier version of the game, and had less optimizations etc. So, I need to switch over to the trailer branch in order to record some clips of it. I assume they'll remove it at some point in the future, so I need to get my video clips in while I still can :)
The scenes from the very start/end were from the trailer factory. Wanted to use a bit of the eye candy I had built. That said, I definitely will be doing some stuff like this in my playthrough world and have no issues sharing it (when there is something worth sharing)
Yea, there is an extra hoop they have to jump through to get the updates to Microsoft, as they have to be approved. I think they said they are going push all the fixes out together.
I really wish the cores where consumed. Stacking them around your cave, in an already limited work space sucks. I have 2 core composers and it's taking up a ton of space around victor, and i need that space for factory. They barrowed plenty from Factorio, why not labs to consume cores to unlock tech.
I think their original intent was for it to be part of the challenge, making space for them. I remember them once mentioning how they knew people would have huge blocks of them eventually. Whether it's worked out that way or not, remains to be seen. The best thing you can do is provide them feedback, I think they'll listen to the players :)
Shame that UI and clunky controls driven so many players away. I felt sick when i first started due to mouse being so sensitive and spinning like crazy. Also you need to do a full remap of keys if you don't want a headache every time you trying to place stuff or collect things. Why i just went looks great but not for me and refunded.
Hey Shaun, it's a shame you had a bad experience. I didn't have quite the same experience or issues with the controls. Although, I totally understand, switching back and forth between games like Satisfactory after playing Techtonica for a while definitely messed with my muscle memory! That said, I know the developers are totally focused on Quality of Life fixes for the next update. So, be sure you give them your feedback on their feedback site. It will definitely help them prioritize what goes into the next update.
@@relyengaming Not so much muscle memory it just having the mining as left click and then having E used to open boxes and collect was a nightmare. Also it was putting a lot strain on my wrists (Get vary sore after repeated use, why i gave up WOT) and i got a problem with a muscle in my are being strained or partly torn. Already left feed back as well as a lot of others did about the issues. Just a shame that the key binding all over place.
I know they originally developed the game using controllers only (as they were aiming for XBox support and didn't want controllers to be an afterthought). That might of had some influence on the initial key bindings. I guess I was fortunate the key bindings didn't bother me too much. But, it's good they had the option to adjust them. I'm sorry you have a hand injury, I can understand how repetitive hand movements would be frustrating in that case. As for mining a lot, you "shouldn't" have to left click mine too much. Drills + the M.O.L.E. should help alleviate most hand mining. Unless you are doing some crazy voxel customizations like me using the pickaxe for perfection :P That said, there are some things the game may not have properly introduced. And it's good you gave your feedback, definitely the best way to help out an early access game. I know the developers are very open to dialog and listening to folks.
@relyengaming Doing good dude! Just sitting down to watch indianna Jones. Saw barbie with the kids yesterday. Great film haha. Hope this one is fun too!
@@RipMeGaming Yea they added tool, called the Replacer. So you can select the belts/lifts etc that you want to replace and change them to another Mk belt. It functions pretty well. It may not be the point and click of Satisfactory, but it's quite easy to use.
I got the opportunity to work on the factories for the game's trailers. As such, I was given access to a version of the game back in early March. Needless to say, I might of played it a bit :)
@@trejkaz I believe the kW in the tech tree refer to kW seconds. Which in that case, you just multiply by 1000. That said, I’m definitely not an electrical engineer and I’m just working within the framework given to the players 😜
unfortunatly the game so far is too short, completed it within a few days and never really made any complex production lines, didnt need the use of biobricks and didnt need most of the upgrades, i hope the game is extended soon
Yea, it can be a little short depending on how you play. But it's only the first biome, I can certainly see it getting longer as the game progresses :)
Send Kindlevine seeds into a planter to grow kindlevine. Send the kindlevine to a thresher, where it will thresh it into Kindlevine Stems and a seed. Use a filter inserter to send the seed back to your planters, and send the stems to another thresher. That second thresher will thresh the stems into kindlevine extract and plantmatter fiber.
Can you explain the core composer in detail in a video? How many cores does it hold, how can we check to see how many are in it. How tall with dimensions, does it spread out if ceiling is to low, whats the red X mean..........you know all that kinda crap. Everyone in steal has different answers.
Why people haven't bridged "games" and "learning" is beyond me. Input real factors into any simulation, and you wouldn't need ai to fix our problems, lol.
Can't waterwheels not power 2.5 generators so a better ratio would he for every 2 waterwheels you can have 5 generators could be wrong that what I've been doing in my world
I watched 3 minutes. it was just a tutorial, was expecting QoL tips like rotating machines and belts in place using the scanner, not things you must have learned already in order to play through the tiers. If the rest of the video is like this I would give it a Getting Started title instead of Tips and Tricks
Video corrections thanks to patch changes!!!
* Patch 0.1.0f - Added the ability for the UI to show a negative core count when in core debt.
Stairs now conduct Electricity too :)
and the ratio for cranks to water wheels is 2-5 now
The correct water wheel to generator ratio is 1:2,5. Meaning you can connect 2 wheels to 5 generators and thus exploit them wheels to their maximum.
Theres also small green dots on the minimap which shows loot hidden in the walls that can contain some helpful loot
So true! This is a great tip, there is lots of useful stuff hidden away for people to find!
Small addition: to collect plant matter fast the flatten mode of the MOLE is wonderful. It is faster then digging and changes the rock surface less then big dig mode.
Very True! The flatten mode would of been an even better example!
Good tips to have early game. I would also recommend that a player pay attention to special hot keys on keyboard and on controller, especially for placing items in stuff and rotating and managing belts.
Thanks Stellaris! And that's another good tip!
It took me ages to figure out where to get Atlantum ore to finish the 'Victor' tier. When you get the Emergency Broadcast signal, you'll find it's coming from an area that is surrounded by Atlantum ore bodies. The pickaxes and Mark 1 mining machine won't make a dent in it. The same mining charges that you used to blow a hole through it to gain access to the ship will also let you mine the ore, if you bring along a bunch of them. Each explosion adds around 20-30 pieces of Atlantum ore to your inventory. The ore that can be blown up has a speckled green appearance, while the solid Atlantum ore bodies have a solid, shiny green, metallic surface.
what are the slots on the Main building for?
Most of these tips are in tutorials and dirrectly teached by game, but repeating them in a nice and structured way is still usefull.
One thing I always do in the games like this is to make sure doing certain things are always as comfortable as possible.
If I ended up with a full hotbar of random things where I need to reach all the way to F10 to select something I want to place - that's when I know there is a problem.
If something is too difficult - I simply use it less often. So, researching how you can improve user experience is always usefull.
For example (just my personal preferences):
* Go in controls settings and bind the last keys of secondary hotbar to Z, X, C, etc, and then bind your primary tools for them (mold, pickaxe, scanner, etc). Let the first number keys be for buildings, no need to clutter them with tools.
* Bind a different "variations" of the building on the same key on different hotbars, and use CTRL + mouse wheel to switch between them. For example, I bound fast inserter, filter inserter and long inserter to 2 on hotbars 1, 2 and 3, and smelters and miners to 6 on hotbars 1 and 2. Now I can select fast inserter, and use CTRL + mouse wheel to switch to filter and long inserters.
I wish that game allowed to bind several things on the same slot and switch between them without abusing multiple hotbars. Multiple hotbars could be usefull on it's own, and using CTRL + wheel is not as ergonomic as pressing a single key (+ you'll be left with a different hotbar selected).
Like in satisfactory where you can press E to quick switch between similar items and hold E to show all variations in the wheel. Only - you must be allowed to choice for youself what to place in the slot, unlike in satisfactory where game decides for you. There is even a "swap variations" keybind in controlls settings bound to V, but I didn't found any use of it yet (maybe I'm missing something?).
It's true that a chunk of these tips have descriptions in game. But after watching what were common discord questions for the first week. I actually even spoke to the mods/community managers about common issues. I felt it was worth it to try and put them into another consumable form :)
Some good tips for hot bars! I definitely have my preferred setup as well. Some of that coming from my preferred setup in Satisfactory.
I think you can also press Shift or Ctrl + # to quickly switch to that hot bar. My scatter brain approach never got too good at doing that though.
I'm sure some of the future QoL updates will slowly improve upon the current state of the interface. Just a matter of when they have time to prioritize it!
@@relyengamingthis helped me by a lot. Xbox early access version seems buggy just found the threshing plans by exploring but didn't get any beacons. So thx for these tips
Glad to hear you found it on your own! Explaining it via the beacon method seemed like the easiest way to get it across without spoiling some exploration for people. Cheers!
I had everything in one area! I didn't think to have things sprawling across the map or stack floors, you saved me man
Glad to hear it! I like building tunnels, hallways, and stairs to get around to other areas (and connect them with power floors since Monorails/HVC aren't working together).
Modular factories can allow you to sort of break your factory down into more management pieces :)
The tip about there being a 2.1 ratio for cranks/wheels is life saving. I connected 20 cranks to 2 wheels and wondered why I had no power😂
Glad to hear that helped! This is definitely something that could use some more in-game guidance, quite a few make this mistake (myself included!). That said, I didn't mention it, but when you get MK2 generators, the ratio reverses and becomes a 1:2 (just as a FYI)
same haha
In the current version 0.1.1d - the ratio is actually 2.5 generators per wheel, or 5 generators attached to 2 wheels. A little more advantageous if you want to create a chain of at least 2 water wheels.
Thanks for the tips Relyen! One thing to add to your tip about finding the Planter/Thresher. At 10:38 you say to build and place 5 crank gens, which is true, -but the crank gens must be built in an assembler for it to trigger the beacon.- Thanks again, I look forward to more of your Techtonica videos!
Heya Brandon, glad you enjoyed it!
Based on what you said, I had to go double check about the Cranks, so I quickly started and new game and rushed to Victor. I then hand crafted 5 cranks and put them down without any power floors and was able to trigger the task completion. I even got credit for one of the cranks that I snatched from a chest.
@@relyengaming Yup, you're right. I was confusing it with some later quests that need to be in an assembler. Thanks for setting me straight!
Yea, I totally understand, which is why I had to double check myself 🙃
Didn't get beacon on xbox i have a lot of cranks build
I know you said you found it by exploring, but I'm curious, check your task journal and see if you can locate the Decipher RH-1979 task in there. See if it's completed or uncompleted. I don't have an Xbox version to check :P
This is the video I so needed. Thank you. Now I need to start over. 😁👍
Glad it was helpful! Good luck with you new factory!
I recently downloaded this game or today i did and i has no clue there was this big of a community for this game its a great game in my oppinion but i also think its greatly inspired by subnotica
Yea, I agree I think there is inspiration from a few games, Subnautica included.
I just downloaded this game and I’m hooked I just wish I knew a lot more than I do right now 7 hours in and I’m feeling overwhelmed with the amount of stuff I have to do and the little knowledge that I have to do it I wish I could find people to play with and learn the game
Great tips! I would love to see you have a video explaining how you set u your monorail system.
Much Appreciated David! And thanks for the idea!
Another question: If you build multi-level factories what is your prefered ceiling height?
It's an interesting question I dealed with over a year now. During the alpha it was first 4 (Assembler) than 5 (Trasher) but overhead lights not working with that. Than 6 but it still felt crammed and hoverpack not working anymore now I moved to 8 (including the ceiling) because I can split 8 in 2 x 4 and 3 (hence 4 with the ceiling) is the minimum height to move and for generators, container and even smelters.
Obviously, this is something that can have a lot of opinions on form vs function.
But my recommendation would be for production levels, aim for Hover pack height. That way you can still easily fly over and work on your factory with more ease.
For pancake/sandwich floors (if you use them for belting), they maybe the 3-5 powerfloors in height.
If you press "P" while standing on a Powered Floor (PC), you'll get a report on total power generation, accumulator Storage and whether or not you're meeting the needs of all your machines. There's a small cavern next to Victor terminal that already has a whole bunch of deactivated accumulators in them, already on a powered floor. If you connect your power floor to that one, you can re-activate about half of them without having to make a new power bank area from scratch. (and you can scan all the rest of the damaged ones).
I recommend this video to my friends when they first start! thank you so much
Thanks Causin Chaos! I appreciate it!
It is possible to dig down with the MOLE just look straight downward and fire should dig down 3 units. 1 unit being the size of a powered floor. If you look out at about a 45 degree angle from your feet it will dig 2 units and around 70 degrees or will dig one. Works on the ceiling too.
I climbed in to get the green cube from the bottom I didn't realize you were supposed to get in up top later in the game
Lol, mad jump Skillz :)
Random small tip you can rotate the inseters after they are placed just like belts. This may seem obvious to you but I didn't notice for a week. Haha
*The water wheel ratio in the current patch is 2 water wheels to 5 crank generators, but this requires you to make more wheels than present at the start.
Can you please make a Tutorial for Monorail and best practice from your experience especially what pillar height to prefer and placement and how to build the depots. Maybe add ideas, tips and tricks for super-storage solutions with Monorail.
Also interesting would be best practice to deal with multiple monorails tracks besides each other how to get best design off and onramps and dealing with the curvatures. Maybe also what is your prefered curve radius.
And please explain how the magnet works because I don't get it.
The magnet works kind of like other equipment, just build it and have it in your inventory. Then hold jump to get attached to the rail, you can let go afterwards :) Can be a fun ride :)
@@relyengaming I try that.
Let me know how it goes!
In the current state of the game it seems that monorail tracks can be incredibly long and clip through terrain. I used 4 pole points between Victor and the freight elevator but I reckon it could be accomplished in less connections. I was expecting to have to place Deep Rock Galactic length tracks so I massively overproduced the necessary items but it seems that one rail equals one connection, not one rail per unit of distance.
Regarding monorail magnet, it only works when both ends of the rail are connected to depots. When you've unlocked the magnet you just need to be in jumping distance to hook onto it. You can't currently use them as ziplines to get to different areas If the rails aren't connected to depots, but you can just hover over the top and run along them anyway!
@@relyengaming Well it worked but holding space seems odd. and not working well together with hoverpack on the same key. Maybe pressing E while aiming at a track would be more controlled and independend from jumping and/or hovering.
Excellent Tutorial for the Omniseeker. I would say maybe put it into it's own video.
Thanks Aaron! Yea, I know I sort of glossed over the Omniseeker really quickly, hopefully not too quickly :) Not a bad idea for it's own video, definitely a very useful tool as you progress into the later tiers.
@@relyengaming The OmniSeeker is the most mysterious Tool. Joey never talked about it at best as a sidenode "you don't need to know that" and it's not the most obvious to use device. From the streamers so far most just shrugged shoulders and move on not realizing the potential.
Yea, it was one of those tools I was told wasn't finished when I got access to the game early. But functioned very much like it does today. I luckily enough figured it out how it worked. And while most of the objects you can find are useless, the ore feature is definitely worth it. I literally spent a day just hunting down ore nodes on the map and digging them out for fun.
Would be sweet if they added the ability to find hard drives with it. Sadly, not currently =(
TY for making this video! Fantastic!!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I wish I would have known that the water turbines connect to the kinetic generators. I was constantly running around cranking them when the water wheels nearby were just sitting there doing nothing near the one base with the rock in it.
It's one of those things you probably would of easily realized after having unlocked water wheels. This was just a way to sneak some extra in power before you did :) Glad to hear it helped though!
I'd like tips on how to find the locations again (ex. locked doors) after I've visited them but didn't have the correct mats to unlock them. (outside, maybe setting beacons everywhere)
I totally get that, I experienced the same problem when I first started playing! And even though I basically have the map mostly memorized, remembering what door goes with what task is still a pain :P
Actually the ratio currently is 2 water wheels powering 5 cranks, before the patch it was also that
The core composer now is on the hidro station
Staurs now conduct energy
omfg the amount of time i have spent putting down CORE AFTER CORE by HAND, omgggg, WHEN ALL I HAD TO DO-
Hah, I'm sorry about that :P Hope it wasn't too many cores :)
don't know if it changed since you made this video, but i'm currently playing and the tooltip when hovering over the crankgenerators show the torc used
they use 40 and each waterwheel provides 100
so currently a more optimum ratio then your 2 generators for every 1 waterwheel is 5 generators for every 2 waterweels
Correct, a few things have changed since I made this video. I made this about a week after EA launch. Patches 0.1.1 and 0.1.2 changed a few things such as the Water Wheels now use Torque, mass collect is now a thing, Core composers got some tweaks, core debt is now visible on the ui, etc :P
I'll probably do an updated video after the Base Building update drops in December. :)
Thanks, very helpful for a newbie like me.
Glad you found it helpful!
U can get into EB early by just mining around the blockers
Hah, I'll have to try that. It was a giant shell when I mined it away before EA was released. I dug around it and it was either the Atlantum geode or protected voxels.
Great video, and tips. the last 1 is usefully, I couldn't figure it out so never used it. Can we get some tips on building efficient thresher setups. As i have so much extra limestone and shit IDK what to do with it all, but make more chests. It slows down my production so much of trying to break down the ore and stuff to make the Atl bars. I hope they add in a device we can send unwanted materials to, so they ca be destroyed.
Thanks GeoGott! Yea, I absolutely want to do more guides. And I agree, just adding chests to handle production bi-products just feels like a band aid. That said, there was a machine that was leaked called the Crusher a while back. Don't know much about it yet, but it may be the future sink we are looking for :)
@@relyengaming that would be great, be able to send excess materials to one even if it doesn't do anything but delete the items will be great.
~I want you to blow things up!~ love the voice acting
Haha I love that line. I told Andrii she needs a Konosuba reference or something when I first heard it.
Appreciate the tips!
You bet! Hope they help!
There’s a area in the first spawn when you walk forward there’s a window and you see stuff you could scan but you can’t access it but idk if a charge will do it considering is “protected”
There is a way in, just look at your map, you’ll see a little tunnel, find the closest wall and dig into it.
chests at the random (berried) map dots. except the one under the river, thats a bug (0,0,0) do not touch.
Great Tip! And yea, people shouldn't go digging under that river, it's full of disappointment :P
Seriously awesome vid!
Much appreciated!
Thank you for the water wheel and crank ratio tip I was about to make thousands of water wheels but here’s a tip of my own the best places to put the core composer is near the freight lift that area is very open some clearing and your good to start stacking without the fear of putting down 60 in the Victor site the ceiling is high enough so it won’t stop halfway either and it’s good for power just connect the power lines and railways and you good trust me worth the effort
Sounds like a good tip, I know a lot of people struggle to find good spots for the Core Composer :)
Thanks for the tips, i have a question how do you delete items in your inventory there is no waste bin or any thing like that. The only way is to put a storage box down and put them in there. Also how do you tunnel up or down please.
Currently, there is no way to delete items. I asked the devs about this once and they said they didn't want anyone* deleting something important and locking themselves out of progression. I think after EA launch and feedback, they now have plans to add something in. I just don't know if it's coming in one of the two upcoming QoL updates.
@@relyengaming Great news that it might be coming, I get what there thinking but it would be easier to make important items undeletable. And thank you for replying so fast.
I’m having issues where I’m continuously producing research cores and I’m having them being put into a core “plate” (forgot the name) and I’ve quite a tower now, reaching the ceiling soon, everything is powered, the assembler is producing cores, but for some reason, in my “unlock new tec” sheet, it says I’ve 0 new cores to use to unlock new tec with, even tho all the cores I’ve produced on my research core plate are brand new and unused, so I don’t understand
Heya @blankaironcake! I think the "plate" term you are looking for is Core Composer.
Based on what you've said, the most likely culprits are you previously had cores placed, activated techs, and removed the cores. This could cause you to be in a "core debt", and the cores won't increment until you have placed back all previously used cores. The UI would only show 0 cores available in this case until you caught back up.
That said, patch 0.1.0f did correct the UI to show negative values. If you are on XBox/Gamepass, this update might lag a little behind as it awaits Microsoft Approval.
Another reason, is your Core Composer is full, and the cores are going into the buffer inside the Core Composer. If you inspect the core composer, it might say "Tree Complete" and show extra cores sitting inside it.
If it's neither of these cases, you might be encountering a bug that I'm unaware of. The official Discord (links in description) is a great place to ask.
how do you dig a ramp ? i know i can use mole for tunnels but im not sure how to dig ramp?
Heya Toast! I just posted a video for this! :) ruclips.net/video/Gqfj0aSYFuo/видео.html
Do you still need to follow the 2 to 1 crank to water wheel ratio once you have the tech that lets you crank all cranks in series at once?
The ratio changed several months back. I think it's like 5 generators to 2 wheels now or something. Now you can see how many Newtons are being generated and can add generators up to that point. If you add more, the power just gets split among them and you don't really get a penalty.
for the EB base I just walked into the ore and fell through the map, I then big brained the game and just used that to glitch through the wall. I could use that to skip the door, but im worried it might break the game.
Haha, that's great. There seems to be a few ways to bypass the "expected" method of getting in :)
Fun video...in minecraft, if you were crazy you could basically mine everything in an open pit mine type way...similarly you could do the same but a bit easier in fortresscraft evolved.
Is there a way or reason to just mine everything in this game vs tunnels (other than bigger areas for the research nodes to go into. Also, can you hollow out or get up to the ceilings in the lower caves to make them taller?
The map is fairly large. One of the developers said it would take around 5000 hours to mine all the nodes in the game (3000 of that is just placing drills). I said then the first task is to dig out the entire map to find all the ore. To which the developer said is doable, but equally insane.
So there is plenty of room for you to dig out however much you desire :) And this is just the first biome.
Thank you , was so stumped on my core debt
Your welcome 10TO1! Glad to hear it provided you with the answer you needed!
Do water wheels actually need to face the flow of water or just be in it?
It doesn't matter what the orientation in the water is, the turning direction is just an aesthetic thing.
That's great for space optimization
The first 2 that can be found, actually turns AGAINST the water flow 😅
Fyi stairs do conduct power now between floors.
Well actually once it is fully done you can continuously keep goin stacking on that core composer I have mine placed at the very highest placed and I can keep stacking more on top of that
That's certainly one way to do it :) I know they are talking about making some changes to the Core Composer in 0.1.1, I'm looking forward to see what those are!
@@relyengaming it will definitely be interesting to see what they change I actually found this out one day when I was experimenting to see how high I can go with it
@@lucasbiesecker3833 Are you stacking another core composer on top or just adding more cores by hand?
@@relyengaming adding them by hand
Would you consider sharing your world saves now that the game launched?
As much as I'd love to share the trailer save, unfortunately it's on it's own beta branch of the game that was set aside for the Trailer. And thus, the save itself isn't compatible with the Early Access version of the game. The trailer build was an earlier version of the game, and had less optimizations etc.
So, I need to switch over to the trailer branch in order to record some clips of it. I assume they'll remove it at some point in the future, so I need to get my video clips in while I still can :)
@@relyengaming What about your new one? The scenes of the end of this video were they from the trailer factory or your current?
The scenes from the very start/end were from the trailer factory. Wanted to use a bit of the eye candy I had built. That said, I definitely will be doing some stuff like this in my playthrough world and have no issues sharing it (when there is something worth sharing)
@@relyengaming Great. Looking forward seeing your creations for myself.
If you are playing on Gamepass wait for it to be update to the latest patch since it's still on the buggy 0.1.0c release.
Yea, there is an extra hoop they have to jump through to get the updates to Microsoft, as they have to be approved. I think they said they are going push all the fixes out together.
How do you get that omniseeker, im on tear 5 and not seen this unlocked yet ?
It unlocks a tier or 2 later I think. Guessing you've found it by now :P
@@relyengaming Yea i actually found it before unlocking it
@@wolfe1970Ah, yea I keep forgetting there is one tucked away in a container somewhere :)
I really wish the cores where consumed. Stacking them around your cave, in an already limited work space sucks. I have 2 core composers and it's taking up a ton of space around victor, and i need that space for factory. They barrowed plenty from Factorio, why not labs to consume cores to unlock tech.
I think their original intent was for it to be part of the challenge, making space for them. I remember them once mentioning how they knew people would have huge blocks of them eventually. Whether it's worked out that way or not, remains to be seen. The best thing you can do is provide them feedback, I think they'll listen to the players :)
Shame that UI and clunky controls driven so many players away. I felt sick when i first started due to mouse being so sensitive and spinning like crazy. Also you need to do a full remap of keys if you don't want a headache every time you trying to place stuff or collect things. Why i just went looks great but not for me and refunded.
Hey Shaun, it's a shame you had a bad experience. I didn't have quite the same experience or issues with the controls. Although, I totally understand, switching back and forth between games like Satisfactory after playing Techtonica for a while definitely messed with my muscle memory!
That said, I know the developers are totally focused on Quality of Life fixes for the next update. So, be sure you give them your feedback on their feedback site. It will definitely help them prioritize what goes into the next update.
@@relyengaming Not so much muscle memory it just having the mining as left click and then having E used to open boxes and collect was a nightmare. Also it was putting a lot strain on my wrists (Get vary sore after repeated use, why i gave up WOT) and i got a problem with a muscle in my are being strained or partly torn. Already left feed back as well as a lot of others did about the issues. Just a shame that the key binding all over place.
I know they originally developed the game using controllers only (as they were aiming for XBox support and didn't want controllers to be an afterthought). That might of had some influence on the initial key bindings. I guess I was fortunate the key bindings didn't bother me too much. But, it's good they had the option to adjust them. I'm sorry you have a hand injury, I can understand how repetitive hand movements would be frustrating in that case.
As for mining a lot, you "shouldn't" have to left click mine too much. Drills + the M.O.L.E. should help alleviate most hand mining. Unless you are doing some crazy voxel customizations like me using the pickaxe for perfection :P
That said, there are some things the game may not have properly introduced. And it's good you gave your feedback, definitely the best way to help out an early access game. I know the developers are very open to dialog and listening to folks.
Cool!
Heya Critical! How you doing?
@relyengaming Doing good dude! Just sitting down to watch indianna Jones. Saw barbie with the kids yesterday. Great film haha. Hope this one is fun too!
@@xCriticalStrikex I saw some reviews that said it was good. Definitely a bit of a surprise :P
@relyengaming I loved both films tbh! Barbie is definitely a surprise to me too, way more mature than I expected it to be haha.
9:44 not 2. Either patch changed it or i dunno. But it's 2,5 so for every 2 wheels 5 generators. (2.0h)
My waterwheel generator ratio is 6 to 1 lol. I got some work to do when I get home.
Sounds like you are going to have plenty of power after your fixes :)
But do they have upgradable already placed belts yet?
Yea they have something to replace belts or other item variants now. There has been a lot of QoL changes since this video came out :P
@@relyengaming But upgradable already placed belts? Or they still haven't added that in yet?
@@RipMeGaming Yea they added tool, called the Replacer. So you can select the belts/lifts etc that you want to replace and change them to another Mk belt. It functions pretty well. It may not be the point and click of Satisfactory, but it's quite easy to use.
@@relyengaming Cool! I might get back into this game
@@RipMeGaming With 1.0 coming in early November, it will be a perfect time. Sounds like some great changes and more content is coming.
How the F u have that many hours in the game? Just came out. Btw this game is super awesome! Having lots of fun.
I got the opportunity to work on the factories for the game's trailers. As such, I was given access to a version of the game back in early March. Needless to say, I might of played it a bit :)
But wait, kW isn't a unit appropriate for stored power, it's a unit of how much power is currently being used.
True, in the actual power menu it's listed as MJ, but in the Tech Tree it's listed as kW.
@@relyengaming bug only in the Tech Tree UI, nice.
Still if I designed the game, units would be formatted consistently across all places.
@@trejkaz I could only guess they left it like that because a lot of folks don’t know how to convert it. Just a guess though.
@@relyengaming You can't even convert it, the two aren't the same kind of units.
@@trejkaz I believe the kW in the tech tree refer to kW seconds. Which in that case, you just multiply by 1000. That said, I’m definitely not an electrical engineer and I’m just working within the framework given to the players 😜
unfortunatly the game so far is too short, completed it within a few days and never really made any complex production lines, didnt need the use of biobricks and didnt need most of the upgrades, i hope the game is extended soon
Yea, it can be a little short depending on how you play. But it's only the first biome, I can certainly see it getting longer as the game progresses :)
Stairs transfer power now
I just need to k ow how to make plaint fibre 😅
Send Kindlevine seeds into a planter to grow kindlevine. Send the kindlevine to a thresher, where it will thresh it into Kindlevine Stems and a seed. Use a filter inserter to send the seed back to your planters, and send the stems to another thresher. That second thresher will thresh the stems into kindlevine extract and plantmatter fiber.
4:46 actually it shows when is negative
Yea, this video was made before patch 0.1.0f, which added support for negative cores :P Unfortunately I can't tweak it after the fact =(
How 750 h in game, but the game is out for 1 week?
I’ve been playing since March, as I worked on the factories you might have seen in the trailers.
Can you explain the core composer in detail in a video? How many cores does it hold, how can we check to see how many are in it. How tall with dimensions, does it spread out if ceiling is to low, whats the red X mean..........you know all that kinda crap. Everyone in steal has different answers.
Sure, that's not a bad idea, I do see a lot of confusion with the Core Composer still on the discord.
how to find flor materia
I'm not quite sure what you mean :)
Why people haven't bridged "games" and "learning" is beyond me. Input real factors into any simulation, and you wouldn't need ai to fix our problems, lol.
It started with 1 minute and turned into 800
Anyone else play factorio?
I haven't actually played Factorio yet, although I have it in my library :P
@@relyengaming this is basically a 1st person Factorio. I wonder if they have the same devs
@@MachiavellianSoldier I don't believe so, it wouldn't surprise me if they knew the devs though :P
So my question is... according to steam the games only been out since July 19th? How is it you have a month of in game time? Seems sus?
I retract my statement I looked at ur chanel
Haha, no worries :)
Can't waterwheels not power 2.5 generators so a better ratio would he for every 2 waterwheels you can have 5 generators could be wrong that what I've been doing in my world
This was recently changed in the 0.1.1 patch, the ideal ratio is now 2 wheels to 5 generators. I may do an updated video after 0.1.2 drops.
@@relyengaming ok thanks thought I had been wasting power this whole time
I watched 3 minutes. it was just a tutorial, was expecting QoL tips like rotating machines and belts in place using the scanner, not things you must have learned already in order to play through the tiers. If the rest of the video is like this I would give it a Getting Started title instead of Tips and Tricks
Fair enough, that is a good point. I do have a Tips and Tricks version in the works.
Me and my friend are playing on xbox and we got a -68 for purple cores, it can go down below zero
Yea, this video was made before patch 0.1.0f, which added support for negative cores :P
👀 'promosm'
The who now?