How To Space Engineers - Basic Starting Tips
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- Need help getting starting in Space Engineers? Look no further as I have some basic starting tips to help you on you Space Engineers Career! As I was making the base, I thought about putting the hinge block to good use and made a new base drill design. Thanks for the views!!!
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What's your preference? Basic refinery or basic assembler first?
Refinery personally. Im all about efficiency. And to get more raw materials quicker early means less time mining later on.
Refinery, the difference in dumping all your ore at once makes a small but noticeable difference. Plus it has a use before the assemblers, It also holds more so you can stock pile for a lil while and then build all parts required for the assembler and the extra plates to move the survival kit and o2h2 generator straight away. I then instantly look for cobolt, build the cargo container. Modify the drop pod to a ship and build the required base connector. Then run a power upgrade and I’m set. Good power all base modules and a mining ship in about two three hrs
Even if the initial building of the drill is quicker the long play proves to be more efficient and saves that battery from going dead.
I like basic refinery first because it has conveyor ports on two sides. I usually hang my first assembler right off the refinery, so the refinery can connect to [other stuff].
@@brendonmoore3505 I havent built a large grid cargo container early game in ages. Advanced rotor with small head and large cargo container on top of it. No cobalt needed
@@BenryanALS even better 👍
On moons and planets, I always find a spot down at the bottom of a hill that has a natural valley that funnels any dropped stone toward one spot. Then I build a base with a collector at that point. Then I can just walk along the hill shaving the hill surface to let all the stone roll down into the collector. It's faster than running back and forth and usually can completely build a full mining ship because of all of the material I get.
Awesome. I use to do that too.
You may like to check out the work of "Clockwork168" - he has developed a system of chutes that add more control to the rolling down a hill method as you describe, his work is on the steam Workshop site.
A collector would. Be great at the base
When building a drill system, not only put a piston going down, put a piston going up as well, but extend it first. That way you get double the depth off of your drills.
Why not put it inside a rover as well
Boy you really had a field day typing all this didn't u?
Interesting, so would you use the pistons like that if you want extra strength for larger payloads?
Why not just have two facing down?
@@josephlane1614 conservation of space
The MAXIMUM speed for your Pistons when you're drilling should be a TOTAL of 0.4. This means if you use two Pistons, each one should have a speed of 0.2, either positive or negative. Anything more and you will eventually break your drill.
I'd always go slower. I go like 1 m down per swing. Say you swing at 6 rpm, that is 10s per swing. That means 1m / 10s, or 0.1m/s. Using multiple pistons, divide that speed by the number of drills.
This also works for larger drillheads that only work at lower piston speed (because large heads require slower RPM on your rotor/hinge)
Stick with the Large Grid Drills for your Drilling Rig. The expense of the extra Steel Plate is really nothing when you get it from Stone and the Large Grid Drills will VASTLY outperform the Small Grid Drills. Also, the adapters you need to go from Large Grid to Small Grid (Conveyor Adapter and Conveyor Tubes) cost MORE than what the Large Grid Drill costs.
i totally agree
If you add a rotor at the top (of the conveyor tubes) and a piston sideways you'll be able to mine a bigger area from the start.
Space Engineers basically goes like this:
- "Oh my lord, this takes a while. And now I need a basic assembler!"
- "Well dang, some things need to be refined. Let's make a basic refinery!"
- "Le'bruh. Silver needs something more than the basic refinery? Time to blow through at least 2,000 iron."
- "Yes! The refinery has been created!"
- "Wait... Now my 6x6 is too small. Time to expand."
- [Server restart in 15 minutes] "Oh god, I forgot to make any spawns or survival kits".
(Most stressed and annoying experience on SE.... Getting enough to make a survival kit. Say goodbye to your spawn pod).
- "Alright, survived the restart... Now... Where do I find cobalt..."
And then ragequit because you can't find any cobalt within 10km from your base, so you can't make a ship, and hopefully find an outpost or a somewhat friendly player who will trade with you.
The stone you were drilling at the start is the dense stone. It doesn't matter if it's on the surface, stone is stone. The difference is when you're digging through dirt first. Dirt won't provide much stone (naturally), so you have to dig down until you get to actual stone, but if you have stone on the surface, collect it.
Newbie here. Thanks for helping me figure out how to get started. Now I can get going. I already tried twice but I could only make a few steel plates. Now I understand that the deeper rocks are usually better quality. I probably just got lucky that the surface rocks had a few good ones but then they got too low in quality so I couldn't build the blocks. The third try should be the winner thanks to your work on this tutorial. I liked and subscribed as I will probably look to your videos for more how-to stuff. Thanks a lot for your help. 😁😎👍
The Basic Refinery is really only useful for early game Cobalt refining. The Survival Kit will produce plenty of Iron, Nickel & Silicon from Stone. But you need Cobalt for Metal Grids which is required for the more advanced Assemblers & Refinery (among other things like thrusters). The main difference between the Survival Kit and the Basic Refinery is that you have to tell the Survival Kit to make Gravel and then it will process the Stone. The Refineries (both Basic & Regular) will automatically process Stone into Gravel, Iron, Nickel & Silicon.
just started the game a few days ago. I build my first base and extended it, build a small mining ship after watching a guide, build now a "bigger" meiner that can transport 100tones but there is absolute no ice near my base. damn.
Hey thanks for this man. I just started the game and am seriously overwhelmed with all the parts and menus. This helps alot. I had no idea what to prioritize or what to do.
Don't leave a large pile of resources on the ground, they will despawn as you add more to it. It's not that big of a deal with stone, iron, nickel or silicon, but with rarer ores such as silver and gold, you don't want to waste any.
especially uranium but you can't even find it on earth
where do you get silver and gold??
@@b26t4 You get silver and gold from Santa Claus of course! 😁
@@b26t4 Gold and Silver a very rare on earthlike planets. I usually find some in higher mountain areas. Good luck and good diggin...
New to SE and this video helped me a lot. Thank you!
I strongly suggest that you look into a Lightning Rod mod. If lightning was a problem for a colonist/engineer, they would drive an anchor into the stone and put up a metal rod anyway so it's more of a 'making the game act the way lightning really would' thing than a cheat.
Put up an antenna! It works exactly as you'd expect, attracting the lightning in the local area and conducting it harmlessly into the ground. No mods needed. There are other blocks that do this too, but I don't remember which.
@@oldmankatan7383 Thanks for that!
good advice to start with the lower cost small grid drill i never thought of that
When I am just getting started, if I am by a cliff, I will set up a line of blocks to act like a dam. Then when I mine a lot of stone, I can let it roll down towards my dam. That way, I can just pick it up and pop it into the survival kit instead of having to carry it back and forth.
If you're on earth high in the mountains, you WILL need an oxygen bottle.
Double-clicking a GPS marker in the list will toggle the "Show On HUD" status.
Very nice
this community will never stop amazing me
Nice guide 👍. My addition to that would be:
1. Find the dark patches in the ice, and build a wind turbine + ore detector + beacon. This way - you can set the main base right at the iron + cobalt spot.
2. Use advanced rotor > small head > cargo junction > hinges > drills. The drill head then goes folded through the ice, and can be expanded where the ores are.
3. Build the refinery inside the underground cavern. Ores need to go through it anyhow, and you can have the bulk of the big machinery embed into stone out of sight... Just make sure to split the junction to o2/h2 gens as well to avoid ice buildup
to your first point, you can spot the ores just by holding the hand drill in your hands. it has an ore detector build in, that is good enough to spot the easy ores. no need for the turbine detector beacon stuff
@@ladidadi1357 true. I meant the deeper ores you cannot detect with the drill obviously
@@leonidmolochnikov4147 Yes, that's a very smart start!
You could add rotor and turet control to the drill and have a 360° range
I know that I can use the jetpack to quickly get in and out of the hole, but I always spiral my way back up, leaving a pile of material at the bottom that I can scoop up on the next run. It also saves on hydrogen.
You've done it on newer builds, but for those finding this video for the first time, use interior blocks for your floor - they're cheaper than light armor blocks (using interior plates and construction components) and they have built-in lights. Think of it as an insulation layer between the ground and the floor. From there, a door, a bed, and a kitchen, and you've got your first apartment ...
I've never seen the supply creates how do you get them to spawn
You should empty out your inventory before doing any manual digging for resources. Keep just what is needed, a drill and whatever tanks you need. It will make the difference of at least 2k per trip, which adds up fast.
pandemic there is a mod that you get the moon rover anywhere except for the large blok start ship
its a Mod from AQD
AFAIK, basic refinery has worse material yield per one stone piece. Survival kit produce same amount of Iron, Nickel and Silicon as Advanced Refinery while basic one does only 70% compared to other ways. It is ok, though, to process ores with it, just because you have no way to do it otherwise.
So better is to use survival kit for stone until you get your advanced refinery (which you want ASAP since it is faster and more material efficient) :)
Hey man, you may not see this but with that set up, decreasing the force of the piston extending axis (the sliding scale second from the bottom) will allow you to utilize the piston/drill system with much less concern for destroying the drill. Hope that helps in your future projects.
Thanks. I'll give it a try. Never really messed with those functions to much.
@@PandemicPlayground hope that helps! Theres a bunch of really cool tricks like that to help. Can even make a reactive docking clamps with it and landing gears in a drydock.
@@sevyrsgaming1202 Cool! Any videos or builds that show that off?
@@PandemicPlayground hey man, sorry for late reply, didn't check the notifications. If you want I can make a video and post it demonstrating the effects.
Are u playing on xbox or pc the graphics are incredible i love it im so pumped to play it ive been wanting this game since i saw it on pc im buying an xbox just to get this i currently own a ps4 i was gutted when it was announced yhat it wouldnt come out on it thank u for ur vid bud
He is on PC i belive.
Console games take a little more time to receive the update since its a diffrent development team.
Make sure that you build your base about 10km away from trader. ore deposits dont spawn near traders
Make the hinge horisontal and use 2 pisrons. Such drillng system will dig much more!
What is a pisron?
@@vincewilson1 pisTon. Sory for the typo.
For a total newbie, I found it funny that you explain rocks but you don't show how you "convert" the drop pod into a flyable ship. Just skipped right over it lol . How can you do that right from the beginning without any power/materials?
I explain it in another video, but it is as easy as locate the thrusters in the controls, turn them on, add a gyroscope and try to maneuver the drop pod with just upward thrust lol. Not easy for someone just starting....
Hang on... How did you get to the ice lake! I think maybe this isn't a starting tips video. Still good though :)
You know when you make a comment like that at the 2:39 mark, that you will put something in the description below, you should consider actually putting the link in the description.
For some reason I read that title as how to basic space engineers
How can I take stuff from the assembler?
Best to have an exposed connection point/hole. Usually, I use a small cargo or the basic refinery to connect to the assembler to give me a free opening to extract stuff from the assembler.
I don't understand how you convert your ship to start flying.
you can do it with one block
Can you do a offline pve server like ark surv. Btw i know its a silly question but im gna be a total noob at this lmao
Yes you can
Ear *th*
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some nice tips. but this isnt a basic starting video when you jump to making an advanced drill lol. you skip how you flew to the ice pool and how you built the drill. a bit all over the place. but we admire your zeal! good luck with your channel!
18:09 dont bother with the small drill, its so worthless. big drill is just x10 quicker for mining. use the resources from the conveyor junction on a rotor and you can mine way more with the base drill.
I can't get past the point where you make a hole in the ground
Watch tutorial made by Splitsie is 1000000% better than this one
put your pod striaght lol
What's "Earf "? I've never heard of that.
You skipped on how to build the drill
Earf
90 minutes in game,there is too much ingredients for each thing.Maybe I will reconsider playing survival.
One thing that really helped me when I started out, is play The First Jump scenario first and then play Learning How to Survive.
If you have a console version, plugging in a USB keyboard and mouse will help you immensely as you can use them along with a controller...
Earth. Not Earf.
You should look at your scripts a bit more before making videos.
veramente super sto simulatore e molto vicino alla realta fisica grandi li sviluppatori sono stati bravissimi questo e un gioco che merita tutti i soldi che costa e anche di piu complimenti