I love how the last couple intros have gone something along the lines of this: "Hello everybody! Welcome back to From the Depths with me: Lathrix" "As you can see last night I hopped on and had a couple beers and built this: " *Reveals an entire ship*
On the ocean transparency: i like the clear water and seeing all the way down to the bottom, but on the other hand i cant make out where the waterline is on the ships. So maybe somewhere inbetween?
We’ve seen your new ship designs, for many, many years now, and we’ve seen you grow in your craft building skill and expertise. So now, I propose to you, a video (or series) showcasing your earliest, your favourites, the fan favourites and the absolute best of your huge fleet of vehicles, explaining the building process, showing off a battle, some quirks, and perhaps weaknesses and strengths. Yours truly, a viewer
Since he has all his videos on the channel, he could use the old footage to showcase those he don't have anymore. But he is Lathrix, he'll start drinking at some point and rebuild GIANT versions of his favorites.
Lathrix: "Then I had a few beers" *Zooms out to Khorne Symbol* "things got really weird and now we have a replacement cruiser!" Me: Sooo... Let me get this straight, You got possessed by Khorne and then built an epic battleship...Cool.
One thing i've learned with Lath (and love), when he says "And i've had a few beers" you know somethings going to be magnificently built, and not what his goal was set out to be. And a reason i enjoy him very much, his randomness to what he does!
0:23 Lathrix : I had a few beers, things got really weird... Vid: *ZOOMS OUT ON KHORNE LOGO* Me: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES! *Continues to laugh sadistically, psychotically and maniacally*
Lathrix: I'm mediocre at building! Also Lathix: Builds a battleshi... sorry, CRUISER, that can go toe-to-toe with one of the most battleshippy battleships in the game.
@@drakeyork241 Cruisers are definitely not bigger than battleships. Cruisers are bigger than destroyers & torpedo boats so maybe that's what you had in mind?
Keep the transparency high for the beginning of the campaign, then steadily decrease it as you go through the factions. The more blood you spill, the more dirty the oceans get.
26:19 you say your mediocre but you've designed a beautiful ship that functions well, if I tried making a ship it would turn out all blocky and probably wouldn't work well at all.
Last time I was this early Lath wasn't playing FTD anymore! so glad he is now tho It's always great seeing how much you enjoy this game and seeing what you build in it is always awe-inspiring. Keep up the awesome work, mate!
Torpedos. It always had missile turrets. Torpedos are expendables you have to buy and finding the type(s) you want isn't always easy, but they are cool and can do insane damage especially to weaker ships if they don't get shot down.
Honestly Lathrix is an amazing builder and I seriously think a lot of people would love just seeing your raw unedited footage of building. Even just if you upload a 30 min video of it all unedited I’m sure a lot of people would be happy with a video like that. Only of course if you wanted too. It would help a lot of people with FtD too, so pretty please with a cherry on top lath
Ive been getting into ftd largly because of you. This game is crazy dense. I love it, but it will be a very long time before i can realize my vision. Watching you so gracefully construct beautiful machines of devastation fills my heart with joy and inspiration. Eagerness and excitement overwhelm me whenever i see you've posted a ftd video, so awestruck am i by your machinations of grand destruction.
thanks for the vid ! truly love seeing you back in FtD ^.^ a few suggestions if I might... I usually recommend the following fuses for CRAMs: Inertia (10°) + PenDepth (5m) + Timed Fuse (+0.01s to 0.05s on the laser targeter aka set to detonate just after the expected impact time; usually by bout 5-ish meters, hence the spread on the timing there since it depends on the shell speed) Those fuses work against just about anything and do insane amounts of damage vs most targets - and even near misses still detonate close enough to do some damage thanks to the timed fuse and the insane AOE radius of HE CRAM shells. Another thing I strongly recommend is adding some missile and torpedo defenses. 2-3 small missile launchers with 2-block long missiles used as anti-torps tend to do wonders - and if every craft in your fleet has at least one or two of these then your entire fleet synergizes well vs torps as the defenses effectively 'stack' and flood the water with anti-torps. Lastly, I suggest using alloy+metal as the base material for your armor on most craft. A single block of wood can keep one block of metal floating. A single block of alloy can keep two blocks of metal floating. In addition, alloy has half the signature (both sonar and radar) of metal and thus on small to medium craft (say sub 50m for certain, but maybe up to 75-ish meters) that is a very significant benefit - especially if you rely on sonar or radar decoys for your anti-missile and anti-torpedo defenses on those smaller crafts. Beyond that size, though the lowered signature is still in the multiple kilometers and thus the extra HP and AC from having metal on the outside become more valuable than a slightly lower signature. My standard armor schemes are these: on craft sub 75m I use a single layer of alloy on the outside and a layer of metal on the inside to reinforce that. beyond that, only the ammo & AI are in an internal 1m metal or heavy armor box with an air gap between that 'citadel' and the hull/side armor (usually I use heavy armor slopes to make that airgap and the citadel armor merge into one block thickness since those small craft need all the space they can get - and yes with the updated collision models on slopes that actually counts as an airgap now) on craft larger than 75m I use a different and more complex armoring scheme. I start with metal on the outside backed by a layer of metal on both ends of the craft (metal/alloy) then as I progress towards the center I first reach the main guns, near them I add another layer of metal (metal/metal/alloy) then past the main gun turrets, I usually have the ammo storages and there I add another layer, this time alloy (metal/metal/alloy/alloy) and finally, in the center of the craft where I keep the AI I add yet another layer of metal (metal/metal/metal/alloy/alloy) or alternatively replace one alloy layer with heavy armor (metal/metal/heavy/alloy) the citadel itself uses 1m heavy armor in multiple compartments for the ammo sections and alloy/heavy armor/stone for the AI Core (which not just contains the AI Mainframes and Cards, but also the PIDs, ACBs, and Ammo Customizers the ship uses - however, the Processing Cards required are not in there and instead linked into the AI via wireless; that keeps the AI Core smaller and thus cheaper to armor) and just for reference ... my corvettes (anything sub 25m) usually aim for a speed of about 35m/s my frigates (25-50m) usually aim for a speed of about 30m/s my destroyers (50-75m) usually aim for a speed of about 25m/s my cruisers (75-110m) usually aim for a speed of about 20m/s my battleships (110-160m) usually aim for a speed of about 15m/s and lastly, my dreadnoughts (160-250m) usually aim for a speed of about 10m/s staggering the speeds like this makes it so that all ship sizes have their purpose and role in a fleet and there is an actual reason to use a mix of ship sizes ... while I know quite well that that isn't optimal and a single mega-sized craft is technically the most efficient option, I quite like to use a more realistic approach ^. looking forward to your next ftd vid!
1. Ocean transparency is amazing! 2. I'm so glad you're back with from the depths! 3. The good guys always have horns, flame and use the red and black color scheme. If we didn't no one would know we were the good guys!
Lathix: "Oh I am a mediocre engineer and my ships will probably get their asses kicked." Lathix's ships: Kills a Bulwark while only being half the cost and size. Oh and taking only 15% damage.
Lath: “you can set the poses on the mannequins” Me: “oh cool, you could have crew in the bridge” Lath: “they can worship the Khone alters” Me: “that works too”
Hey lathrix whenever you get around to building a battle ship it would be cool to see the simple 40mm aa guns used heavily around the bridge like ships from ww2
Oh, that's what he's saying.....Man, i've been watching Lathrix' stuff for a while now and everytime i heard him greeting i was like: Gotta ask what language that is. ^^
Lovely build. This is one heck of a weapon you built there, Lath. I did notice a few hiccoughs along the way like firing restrictions not being set and the AI setup. From what I'm seeing, the Heretic will always broadside to starboard... erm I mean to the right side of the ship. If you leave it be, the ship will try to reverse to expose the right side. Which given the weapon setup and the propulsion choice will just cause issues. I would recommend adding a second behavior to broadside to the left and then have 2 ABC alternate between the two behaviors depending on the bearing of the target (not the enemy, the target). They will look something like this: "If target detected on channel 1 is in the bearing bracket [-180°; 0°], then switch to Broadside Left" "If target detected on channel 1 is in the bearing bracket [0°; +180°], then switch to Broadside Right" Sure you can't turn it off, but you don't need to. It IS the Heretic after all. Also a few more things added in the game: You can setup a bigger rudder using a spinblock. All you need is to place the spinblock at the same height as the Centre of Mass so as to not make the ship roll when turning, and press Q on it to open a menu from which you will go to its "Angle" tab and touch the "Yaw" slider (ideally -15 if the spinblock is upside down and +15 if it is right side up). Then go to the Water tab and select rudder (it should be a green button showing a plate looking block). You can then add as many as you want. Voila! A bigger rudder. All has been said really. Thank you for coming back, Lathrix. The rebirth of the Heretic is upon us! It survived the purge and now its killing us!!
In season 4 episode 10 you built a battleship with 4 front guns and if I’m correct lots of missiles and torpedoes also named the heretic and I’m a real fan of that video but this one is even better!
Hey, I would suggest adding a second AI and splitting them between the bow and stern guns so you don’t have all your rounds aiming for the same point and losing effectiveness.
"I'm not the best" *builds ship drunk that goes toe to toe with one of the best ships in the game while having decorational parts* So lets just say i don't believe you ...
"I was going to build something small, quick, easy to use. Then I had a few beers, things got weird and now we have this monstrosity." Did I click the old Malal's Will video by accident? ...Uploaded 6 hours ago, so I guess not XD
Commenting at the 14 minute mark here so I don't know if you changed it before the end of the video, but 15-16 m/s converts to an average speed of about 30 knots. Most IRL warships of this size in the interwar era (1920-1939) had a top speed around 30 knots, so considering how cheap this is and the relatively short distances between objectives in the Neter campaign that's entirely sufficient for a "line of battle" warship. Also, what you've built here reminds me more of an Armored Cruiser rather than a Cruiser as far as purpose goes. This design is more of a junior battleship than a fleet scout/screening ship for capital ships, and given its firepower and impressive staying power against cram canons I personally would be comfortable using this design as the heavy core of task forces in operations against the Deepwater Guard and Onyx Watch. I do recommend fielding it with four to six escorts to screen it from submarines and aircraft though. As for the bridge, I suggest looking at the bridges of 1960s and 70s built missile cruisers, then add pillars and alcoves to stick with the cosmetic theme you have going with the rest of the superstructure. The big slab-sided faces of US and Soviet missile cruisers of that era, in particular the California and Virginia-class nuclear powered guided missile cruisers, should be fairly easy to convert into that cosmetic style. Edit: After finishing the video, I am going to extend that to the White Flayers as well if it's upgraded for dealing with fast targets. A gallery of those 20mm autocannons might do the trick.
Design suggestion: Naval vessels usually have more than one tower: a primary tower with the bridge and a secondary tower. Between the towers are the funnels for the boilers and, if there is sufficient space, a weapon system such as a turret, torpedo battery, or missile battery. Most ships from the first and second world war have two towers with the exception of some smaller vessels that can't support more than one bridge.
I really do recommend torpedoes on basically any design. Just one or two tubes on the bow of a ship can give it some very reliable punch against big slow designs, as sonar seekers are extremely accurate and a big HE charge gets a multiplier if it detonates underwater.
Those cram cannon barrels look super nice. Like seriously cool. And those with those turrets look like nothing I have seen before. They look like upscaled autocannon turrets with some serious style.
Please put this on the workshop! It’s an amazing looking ship! I’d love to see how it stands up against my dreadnoughts! Edit: I don’t know how long you’ve been playing the game, but I just got a loading screen in from the depths that started with “sir and sirettes”! Lol. Also, the ocean is naturally opaque, so it being clear to the bottom is kinda unrealistic. Also land textures in the game are somewhat “ugly” anyways, so seeing it is kinda pointless, as they don’t change much.
That battleship is amazing! I especially love the KHORNE symbols, but maybe make a ship that throws us old fans of FTD back to your first season. Maybe make a ship with a giant cannon with the union Jack on top of it? Either way, whether we go forward with nostalgia or completely new designs that will become iconic, I have a feeling that this new era of FTD with Lathrix is going to be a great one. A golden age of sorts, for the good guys!
to fix the barrel damage inaccuracy: use individual LWC's for each barrel and set their priority higher than the one on the turret block itself, that way when one of the barrels gets damaged it gets aimed separately from the other barrel so they both hit. Glad to see you back and playing drunk!!!
"The Heretic" super dope name but you should make a godly ship or tank by the end of the series. It should be absolutely massive and needs your best work, your mind to it's max. Like crazy expensive too. Just for fun and well, entertainment. Like a ship bigger or as big as the ragnarok with twice as many cannons and missiles, as well as torpedoes and auto cannons with shields. Every weapon you can think of with rows of engines in one area. A highly detail interior and well ik you would have fun building it, as much as we would have fun watching you build it. Just a suggestion but it's something we've never seen. Also I've been watching ya for years, keep updating the good stuff.
One thing that might help with the crossbones is to have a small, highly maneuverable picket type ship that maybe doesn't do too much to the enemies but is determined to take out munitions. And with the new AI updates you could maybe have the smaller ship stick _near_ the larger ships but remains far enough away that it isn't completely obliterated by a stray cram cannon shot.
I have a few ideas, none of which have any guarantee to be practical: - A walking vehicle using the new-ish Walker Foot block, which, if I remember correctly, is in the Air category - A vehicle equipped with a shotgun-type weapon, made by setting a frag shell to detonate very shortly, if not immediately, after being fired - A vehicle using the PAC Melee Lens, in the Energy Weapons category
Lathrix, I think that the water should be just a *little* more opaque. Right now, it's way too clear; for a few moments I thought that the ship was just hovering in midair.
The water is quite pretty with this transparency but the seabed is too much of a repeated pattern to not be ugly... I really love your designs (I don't even wanna guess how long it takes though). Really looking forward for the update too ! Keep it up Lath !
Per your question of water opacity, for showing off the ship while building I prefer when there is transparent waters, then when you are using the ship it would be better for some opacity as the ocean normally is.
God dammit Lathrix i've been watching your FTD vids for a year now and you finally made me buy it and after 3 hours of tutorials i managed to build the turret from HMS Belfast
So glad you're back to FtD. Hopefully we'll see you back in Cosmoteer in future as well! They added nukes and death star superlasers since you last played.
You could stick local weapon controllers close to the firing pieces. That way each barrel aims individually and compensates when the barrel gets clipped.
“We are the good guys” - lath
*adds horns*
“we will free this world” - lath
*adds spicy flame horns*
“So you’re the good guys?”
"We are the good guys"
*names his cruiser "Heretic"*
That's why everyone likes Lath. He's funny.
Are we the baddies ?
Timi Lebar No! We cannot possibly be bad, just look at our lights. *red*
Rick Stanchez and we treat our enemies with such kindness * flashback to mainframes burning
I love how the last couple intros have gone something along the lines of this:
"Hello everybody! Welcome back to From the Depths with me: Lathrix"
"As you can see last night I hopped on and had a couple beers and built this: "
*Reveals an entire ship*
Double Trouble Drunk Lathrix is the best version of him and a great engineer
I’ve been loving it. It’s hilarious.😁
Now imagine this but in real life
When I get drunk I later realise that I offended half my friends so his drink hobby sound better
@@Sniblet I aspire to be this.
Lathrix: _gets drunk_
Lathrix: Enjiner
Enjinoor
He design
He adapt
But most importantly
You gunna drink that?
I am displeased
If he didn’t drink beer it would be En-Gin-eer
Tristen Matkowski lath is not a nerd, I am
"... then I had a few beers, things got really weird and now we have a replacement cruiser !"
My god never change Lath
On the ocean transparency: i like the clear water and seeing all the way down to the bottom, but on the other hand i cant make out where the waterline is on the ships. So maybe somewhere inbetween?
With you on that.
Agreed
Also with ya
agreement
Seems like a sound compromise
lathrix 2020- "i want to add missles here, here * circles view around entire ship * and here
The more the better!
missiles*
prob. a typo
Why make a ship when you can make a missile?
Mr. Night you are correct I am bad at spelling
We’ve seen your new ship designs, for many, many years now, and we’ve seen you grow in your craft building skill and expertise.
So now, I propose to you, a video (or series) showcasing your earliest, your favourites, the fan favourites and the absolute best of your huge fleet of vehicles, explaining the building process, showing off a battle, some quirks, and perhaps weaknesses and strengths.
Yours truly, a viewer
Tym the Slav he lost his oldest ships
Artsy charmander Char Well, the oldest designs he has.
Artsy charmander Char Or he could try and rebuild them
Since he has all his videos on the channel, he could use the old footage to showcase those he don't have anymore.
But he is Lathrix, he'll start drinking at some point and rebuild GIANT versions of his favorites.
Hello meatball man's secret brother
Lathrix in a nutshell: I wanted to build a Patrolboate I ended up creating a Battelship.
_Oh no, i did it again_
Tbf I think that's a problem a lot of people have with FTD. It's surprisingly hard to build small lol
@@tommeakin1732 i can`t build big
i always end up with like 2 times smaller than needed
@@Glebasik148 I always end up building ginormous crafts. And a tiny little missile cheese wheel that dies if you look to hard at it.
It's a cruiser, thank you very much!
Lathrix: "Then I had a few beers" *Zooms out to Khorne Symbol* "things got really weird and now we have a replacement cruiser!"
Me: Sooo... Let me get this straight, You got possessed by Khorne and then built an epic battleship...Cool.
dragon lord cruiser not a battleship but a cruiser
This sounds like a normal day in the life of Lathrix.
dragon lord thematic
Not enough skulls. Only two skulls (the marks of Khorne are skulls, look closely) is not anywhere near enough
Peter van Straalen thank you. FINALLY someone who knows their battleships from their cruisers
One thing i've learned with Lath (and love), when he says "And i've had a few beers" you know somethings going to be magnificently built, and not what his goal was set out to be. And a reason i enjoy him very much, his randomness to what he does!
ship at 88% health
"we've lost 22%"
lathrix doesn't do math
and remember lathrix is a ¨scientist¨
Swedish MeatBalls yes a drunken demonic one at that
@@zackmorel1482 thats true but i respect that
Yes thought the same.
Probably still recovering from the drinks!
Seeing that logo does bring back the good old memories
*DO YOU HEAR THE VOICES TOO!?!?*
Rick Sanchez YES I DO
Natan1511 I SHALL BURN IN HOLY FIRE
Peter van Straalen THERE IS NO SALVATION FOR YOUR KIND. THERE IS ONLY DEATH!
I also loved playing donkey Kong island!
0:23 Lathrix : I had a few beers, things got really weird...
Vid: *ZOOMS OUT ON KHORNE LOGO*
Me: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES! *Continues to laugh sadistically, psychotically and maniacally*
No no no no no, we are chaos, orange juice for the khorne flake
Blammo the blood of their victims
Blammo
*NO*
BUTTER FOR THE POPKHORNE!
Flames for the Good Guys !!
Lathrix: I'm mediocre at building!
Also Lathix: Builds a battleshi... sorry, CRUISER, that can go toe-to-toe with one of the most battleshippy battleships in the game.
It did take way more damage then I thought
Battleshippy battleship.
Okay, I dig it
A bit small for a battleship, cruiser seemed like the right word to me.
@@drakeyork241 wtf no a cruiser is smaller than a battleship, you probably thought a battleship was a destroyer.
@@drakeyork241 Cruisers are definitely not bigger than battleships. Cruisers are bigger than destroyers & torpedo boats so maybe that's what you had in mind?
Lath, add individual local weapon controllers to each firing piece.
That will fix your problem with clipped barrels
Me: spends 10 hours and makes a ship that can barely beat a bastion.
Lathrix: is drunk and spends 4 hours on a ship that can kill a Bulwark
Architect INTJ Drunk is power. Drink Vodka for best effects (not Russian Vodka, high quality Polish Vodka)
Vodka power is the best force multiplier
Hey, he said it took days to make
Best thing to do then.
Momentarily become an alchaholic (if you arn't already one) and hop onto From the Depths.
Let the alchahol do the rest for you.
We have 88% left so they definitly took 22% and not 12%
Yeah I meant 12 - I was already so tired at that point, haha!
Lathland or You were drunk
Zocker Bro yes good meaths
Keep the transparency high for the beginning of the campaign, then steadily decrease it as you go through the factions. The more blood you spill, the more dirty the oceans get.
26:17 if you are a mediocre builder, i would be happy to ascend into the ranks of bad builders.
Lathrix: "We need to add missiles here, here, and heeerrreee"
Ship: "You just gestured to all of me!"
*p r e c i s e l y*
Ends up adding very few missiles also you stole my comment idea that I posted first how is that going for you
@@drakeyork241 I never read the comments so I wouldnt have seen yours. I just love How to train your dragon, and it reminded me of it :)
Yes, stop being all of you!
26:19 you say your mediocre but you've designed a beautiful ship that functions well, if I tried making a ship it would turn out all blocky and probably wouldn't work well at all.
Last time I was this early Lath wasn't playing FTD anymore! so glad he is now tho
It's always great seeing how much you enjoy this game and seeing what you build in it is always awe-inspiring. Keep up the awesome work, mate!
13:46 Yep, a mannequin kneeling to a throne of Khorne is fine...
About the water: I think happy medium would be best.
Lathland: "Let's building something cheap and easy to produce!"
**Has a few beers**
Bit-Drunk Lathland: "Hold my beer."
There's nothing to hold...he drank it all
Máté Forisek “Hold my empty keg”
@@Selvanus
he drank the keg too.
tiger boy that’s why it’s empty
*facepalms*
@@tigerboy977 r/wooooosh
Hey Lathrix you ever considered doing another Avorion run? its had a lot of updates and additions plus there's missiles now, just wondering.
Torpedos. It always had missile turrets. Torpedos are expendables you have to buy and finding the type(s) you want isn't always easy, but they are cool and can do insane damage especially to weaker ships if they don't get shot down.
this video has only been out for three minutes and there are already 30 comments
Why did anyone like this stupid comment?
Lathland: drinks beer
His fans: oh shi* here we go again
Honestly Lathrix is an amazing builder and I seriously think a lot of people would love just seeing your raw unedited footage of building. Even just if you upload a 30 min video of it all unedited I’m sure a lot of people would be happy with a video like that. Only of course if you wanted too. It would help a lot of people with FtD too, so pretty please with a cherry on top lath
Just realized something amazing play this at 50 percent speed and lath sounds drunk and half asleep. Its freaking hilarious
Ive been getting into ftd largly because of you. This game is crazy dense. I love it, but it will be a very long time before i can realize my vision. Watching you so gracefully construct beautiful machines of devastation fills my heart with joy and inspiration. Eagerness and excitement overwhelm me whenever i see you've posted a ftd video, so awestruck am i by your machinations of grand destruction.
That is a fantastically beautiful ship in the thumbnail your building skills amaze me
"Cram spam cruiser"
Now say that 10 times
Máté Forisek Impossible. Anyone who can I shall a deem them a daemon under Heretic Article 40000, invoke the litany of hate and execute the man.
Natan1511 for the emperor
Slayergaming He is our shield and our protector!
Congrats on 300k
NEED MORE!
You are freaken awesome!!!! I cant wait to see more of these!!!! Keep up the awesome work!
Thank u so much for playing FTD again!
Aww yeah new lathrix vid!
Last I knew, next update
2:01 HERRRESSSSY BURN IN HOLY FIRE!
thanks for the vid !
truly love seeing you back in FtD ^.^
a few suggestions if I might...
I usually recommend the following fuses for CRAMs: Inertia (10°) + PenDepth (5m) + Timed Fuse (+0.01s to 0.05s on the laser targeter aka set to detonate just after the expected impact time; usually by bout 5-ish meters, hence the spread on the timing there since it depends on the shell speed)
Those fuses work against just about anything and do insane amounts of damage vs most targets - and even near misses still detonate close enough to do some damage thanks to the timed fuse and the insane AOE radius of HE CRAM shells.
Another thing I strongly recommend is adding some missile and torpedo defenses. 2-3 small missile launchers with 2-block long missiles used as anti-torps tend to do wonders - and if every craft in your fleet has at least one or two of these then your entire fleet synergizes well vs torps as the defenses effectively 'stack' and flood the water with anti-torps.
Lastly, I suggest using alloy+metal as the base material for your armor on most craft. A single block of wood can keep one block of metal floating. A single block of alloy can keep two blocks of metal floating. In addition, alloy has half the signature (both sonar and radar) of metal and thus on small to medium craft (say sub 50m for certain, but maybe up to 75-ish meters) that is a very significant benefit - especially if you rely on sonar or radar decoys for your anti-missile and anti-torpedo defenses on those smaller crafts. Beyond that size, though the lowered signature is still in the multiple kilometers and thus the extra HP and AC from having metal on the outside become more valuable than a slightly lower signature.
My standard armor schemes are these:
on craft sub 75m I use a single layer of alloy on the outside and a layer of metal on the inside to reinforce that. beyond that, only the ammo & AI are in an internal 1m metal or heavy armor box with an air gap between that 'citadel' and the hull/side armor (usually I use heavy armor slopes to make that airgap and the citadel armor merge into one block thickness since those small craft need all the space they can get - and yes with the updated collision models on slopes that actually counts as an airgap now)
on craft larger than 75m I use a different and more complex armoring scheme.
I start with metal on the outside backed by a layer of metal on both ends of the craft (metal/alloy)
then as I progress towards the center I first reach the main guns, near them I add another layer of metal (metal/metal/alloy)
then past the main gun turrets, I usually have the ammo storages and there I add another layer, this time alloy (metal/metal/alloy/alloy)
and finally, in the center of the craft where I keep the AI I add yet another layer of metal (metal/metal/metal/alloy/alloy) or alternatively replace one alloy layer with heavy armor (metal/metal/heavy/alloy)
the citadel itself uses 1m heavy armor in multiple compartments for the ammo sections and alloy/heavy armor/stone for the AI Core (which not just contains the AI Mainframes and Cards, but also the PIDs, ACBs, and Ammo Customizers the ship uses - however, the Processing Cards required are not in there and instead linked into the AI via wireless; that keeps the AI Core smaller and thus cheaper to armor)
and just for reference ...
my corvettes (anything sub 25m) usually aim for a speed of about 35m/s
my frigates (25-50m) usually aim for a speed of about 30m/s
my destroyers (50-75m) usually aim for a speed of about 25m/s
my cruisers (75-110m) usually aim for a speed of about 20m/s
my battleships (110-160m) usually aim for a speed of about 15m/s
and lastly, my dreadnoughts (160-250m) usually aim for a speed of about 10m/s
staggering the speeds like this makes it so that all ship sizes have their purpose and role in a fleet and there is an actual reason to use a mix of ship sizes ... while I know quite well that that isn't optimal and a single mega-sized craft is technically the most efficient option, I quite like to use a more realistic approach ^.
looking forward to your next ftd vid!
1. Ocean transparency is amazing!
2. I'm so glad you're back with from the depths!
3. The good guys always have horns, flame and use the red and black color scheme. If we didn't no one would know we were the good guys!
I like the Ocean Transparency, very pretty effects, and also frames the ship perfectly, making it the point of reference and the focus of the shots.
Lathix: "Oh I am a mediocre engineer and my ships will probably get their asses kicked."
Lathix's ships: Kills a Bulwark while only being half the cost and size. Oh and taking only 15% damage.
Lath: “you can set the poses on the mannequins”
Me: “oh cool, you could have crew in the bridge”
Lath: “they can worship the Khone alters”
Me: “that works too”
Hey lathrix whenever you get around to building a battle ship it would be cool to see the simple 40mm aa guns used heavily around the bridge like ships from ww2
*YOU MADE IT INTO THE GAME!*
There is a "Greetings Sir and Sirettes" loading quote now!
*INSTANT 11/10*
Oh, that's what he's saying.....Man, i've been watching Lathrix' stuff for a while now and everytime i heard him greeting i was like: Gotta ask what language that is. ^^
Lovely build. This is one heck of a weapon you built there, Lath. I did notice a few hiccoughs along the way like firing restrictions not being set and the AI setup. From what I'm seeing, the Heretic will always broadside to starboard... erm I mean to the right side of the ship. If you leave it be, the ship will try to reverse to expose the right side. Which given the weapon setup and the propulsion choice will just cause issues. I would recommend adding a second behavior to broadside to the left and then have 2 ABC alternate between the two behaviors depending on the bearing of the target (not the enemy, the target). They will look something like this:
"If target detected on channel 1 is in the bearing bracket [-180°; 0°], then switch to Broadside Left"
"If target detected on channel 1 is in the bearing bracket [0°; +180°], then switch to Broadside Right"
Sure you can't turn it off, but you don't need to. It IS the Heretic after all.
Also a few more things added in the game:
You can setup a bigger rudder using a spinblock. All you need is to place the spinblock at the same height as the Centre of Mass so as to not make the ship roll when turning, and press Q on it to open a menu from which you will go to its "Angle" tab and touch the "Yaw" slider (ideally -15 if the spinblock is upside down and +15 if it is right side up). Then go to the Water tab and select rudder (it should be a green button showing a plate looking block). You can then add as many as you want. Voila! A bigger rudder.
All has been said really. Thank you for coming back, Lathrix.
The rebirth of the Heretic is upon us! It survived the purge and now its killing us!!
In season 4 episode 10 you built a battleship with 4 front guns and if I’m correct lots of missiles and torpedoes also named the heretic and I’m a real fan of that video but this one is even better!
Lath should make a ship that uses every single weapon system and make it the highest damaging ship in existence and not care about resources
so basically
Every prototype I’ve built
Given his may actually work
Hey, I would suggest adding a second AI and splitting them between the bow and stern guns so you don’t have all your rounds aiming for the same point and losing effectiveness.
"I'm not the best" *builds ship drunk that goes toe to toe with one of the best ships in the game while having decorational parts*
So lets just say i don't believe you ...
"I had a couple of beers and things got big"
Me: Saturday then
"I was going to build something small, quick, easy to use. Then I had a few beers, things got weird and now we have this monstrosity."
Did I click the old Malal's Will video by accident? ...Uploaded 6 hours ago, so I guess not XD
I like seeing it transparent, because will be able to watch the torpedoes better and actually see ones coming in as well.
7:10 is definitely pleasing to the eyes. Good Job!
omg omg omg, so many new episodes these 2 weeks!
I honestly like your building style. I don’t think you lack on style or substance. Well done.
Lathrix, you can use Mimic blocks mimicked as Mainframes instead for your "guests". That way they don't appear in your AI list.
Hey lathrix, do you have a patreon, I was thinking about donating as your one of my favourite youtubers and produce quality content.
Commenting at the 14 minute mark here so I don't know if you changed it before the end of the video, but 15-16 m/s converts to an average speed of about 30 knots. Most IRL warships of this size in the interwar era (1920-1939) had a top speed around 30 knots, so considering how cheap this is and the relatively short distances between objectives in the Neter campaign that's entirely sufficient for a "line of battle" warship.
Also, what you've built here reminds me more of an Armored Cruiser rather than a Cruiser as far as purpose goes. This design is more of a junior battleship than a fleet scout/screening ship for capital ships, and given its firepower and impressive staying power against cram canons I personally would be comfortable using this design as the heavy core of task forces in operations against the Deepwater Guard and Onyx Watch. I do recommend fielding it with four to six escorts to screen it from submarines and aircraft though.
As for the bridge, I suggest looking at the bridges of 1960s and 70s built missile cruisers, then add pillars and alcoves to stick with the cosmetic theme you have going with the rest of the superstructure. The big slab-sided faces of US and Soviet missile cruisers of that era, in particular the California and Virginia-class nuclear powered guided missile cruisers, should be fairly easy to convert into that cosmetic style.
Edit: After finishing the video, I am going to extend that to the White Flayers as well if it's upgraded for dealing with fast targets. A gallery of those 20mm autocannons might do the trick.
I’ve been addicted to Lath’s FTD content since season 2, so happy it’s back! Also maybe turn the water opacity halfway back and split the diff
This series is an addition! And I'm 100% hooked!
Looks amazing the way it is
Lathland I believe you have 300k subscribers atm
Congratulations all mighty leader of the lathrixian legion
Design suggestion: Naval vessels usually have more than one tower: a primary tower with the bridge and a secondary tower. Between the towers are the funnels for the boilers and, if there is sufficient space, a weapon system such as a turret, torpedo battery, or missile battery. Most ships from the first and second world war have two towers with the exception of some smaller vessels that can't support more than one bridge.
can I possibly understate just how happy I am to see this series return? no, no I don't think I can
I really do recommend torpedoes on basically any design. Just one or two tubes on the bow of a ship can give it some very reliable punch against big slow designs, as sonar seekers are extremely accurate and a big HE charge gets a multiplier if it detonates underwater.
300K! Congrats Lathrix, you deserve it and so much more!
Those cram cannon barrels look super nice. Like seriously cool. And those with those turrets look like nothing I have seen before. They look like upscaled autocannon turrets with some serious style.
Please put this on the workshop!
It’s an amazing looking ship! I’d love to see how it stands up against my dreadnoughts!
Edit: I don’t know how long you’ve been playing the game, but I just got a loading screen in from the depths that started with “sir and sirettes”! Lol.
Also, the ocean is naturally opaque, so it being clear to the bottom is kinda unrealistic. Also land textures in the game are somewhat “ugly” anyways, so seeing it is kinda pointless, as they don’t change much.
That battleship is amazing! I especially love the KHORNE symbols, but maybe make a ship that throws us old fans of FTD back to your first season. Maybe make a ship with a giant cannon with the union Jack on top of it? Either way, whether we go forward with nostalgia or completely new designs that will become iconic, I have a feeling that this new era of FTD with Lathrix is going to be a great one. A golden age of sorts, for the good guys!
to fix the barrel damage inaccuracy: use individual LWC's for each barrel and set their priority higher than the one on the turret block itself, that way when one of the barrels gets damaged it gets aimed separately from the other barrel so they both hit. Glad to see you back and playing drunk!!!
Bought this game yesterday and thinking it's easy to learn.. Lathrix makes it look sooo easy
"The Heretic" super dope name but you should make a godly ship or tank by the end of the series. It should be absolutely massive and needs your best work, your mind to it's max. Like crazy expensive too. Just for fun and well, entertainment. Like a ship bigger or as big as the ragnarok with twice as many cannons and missiles, as well as torpedoes and auto cannons with shields. Every weapon you can think of with rows of engines in one area. A highly detail interior and well ik you would have fun building it, as much as we would have fun watching you build it. Just a suggestion but it's something we've never seen. Also I've been watching ya for years, keep updating the good stuff.
Lath since you made fire horns YOU MADE A DEMON SHIP and I love it :D
on ocean settings: half way between the two, we like to see what's happening below the water, but it's aesthetically pleasing to know its there also.
You have come so far with the looks of the builds! I love this
One thing that might help with the crossbones is to have a small, highly maneuverable picket type ship that maybe doesn't do too much to the enemies but is determined to take out munitions. And with the new AI updates you could maybe have the smaller ship stick _near_ the larger ships but remains far enough away that it isn't completely obliterated by a stray cram cannon shot.
yesssss loving the from the depths content
I have a few ideas, none of which have any guarantee to be practical:
- A walking vehicle using the new-ish Walker Foot block, which, if I remember correctly, is in the Air category
- A vehicle equipped with a shotgun-type weapon, made by setting a frag shell to detonate very shortly, if not immediately, after being fired
- A vehicle using the PAC Melee Lens, in the Energy Weapons category
I was at work when this was uploaded, just now able to watch. Lol. Cant wait to see the new Lathryxian fleet! :)
I jumped with joy when I saw the thumbnail
The Porthole blocks in the decorations tab have the full strength of a metal or alloy block while also being compatible with camera detection systems.
Also I like the more opaque water. This clear just looks like the ship is floating on shiny air.
Lathrix, I think that the water should be just a *little* more opaque. Right now, it's way too clear; for a few moments I thought that the ship was just hovering in midair.
The water is quite pretty with this transparency but the seabed is too much of a repeated pattern to not be ugly... I really love your designs (I don't even wanna guess how long it takes though). Really looking forward for the update too ! Keep it up Lath !
Per your question of water opacity, for showing off the ship while building I prefer when there is transparent waters, then when you are using the ship it would be better for some opacity as the ocean normally is.
God dammit Lathrix i've been watching your FTD vids for a year now and you finally made me buy it and after 3 hours of tutorials i managed to build the turret from HMS Belfast
Lath, I like the top section. No touchy. Also kinda like the transparent water. If it was maybe 10% less transparent it'd be perfect.
So glad you're back to FtD. Hopefully we'll see you back in Cosmoteer in future as well! They added nukes and death star superlasers since you last played.
Would love to see the water slightly less transparent.
Love the new ships! So glad you came back to FTD!
Back to hanging mainframes on chains. That's the Lathrix we know and love!
I originally found you due to your FTD videos, it is nice to see them again. I do hope you enjoy making them.
Just seeing the upload brightens up my day
There is a quick reapair skill in the avatar skill, tab, you can use that to avoid using repair bots and faster repairing
I missed this outro. I’m so happy you brought FTD back.
Lathrix is the words "Drunk Science" in a nutshell
also: Hydrofoil point defense ship
You could stick local weapon controllers close to the firing pieces. That way each barrel aims individually and compensates when the barrel gets clipped.
i think you should move the flaming horns up a bit just for aesthetics, so it doesn't block the walkway
I’ve been trying to build FTD ships but I can’t how do you do this
It’s the most complex game I know... I played it 980 hours already and am still learning! STILL!!!
i played for like 500 hours and still dont know what im doing
magic
Beer
Practice and practice
Also alcohol seems to improve your creativity in the building mode