You can easily take out that big worm with the defender capsules. The green area around you that appears when you are holding and deploying them is the area you can drop them in.... just get to where you are JUST outside the worms range, and start deploying drones on the edge of your deployment range, near the worm. they will swarm and overwhelm is fairly quickly. you will need a bunch of drones.... but should be pretty easy.
you can use the red "x" in the boxes to restrict how full a machine will fill them. click and drag on the red x and a machine won't will any squares which are red
You don't need to use belt length to limit resource production, you can click the red 'x' at the corner of a chest and disable slots to make the chests any size you want them to be. Great series, keep it up.
You can use the red X in the chests to mark treasure maps, and then pirates can find the treasure by going to the red X. Presumably they will also say "Yar!" a lot, but that is a pirate thing independent of red X usage.
You can use the red X to drag and "close off" a part of the chest for mechanical use. So drag all but one spot to be red and the inserters will only use that first slot to place things. That still may be too many, and in that case you can eventually use the power lines/smart wires&chests, but you aren't quite at that tech level yet.
4:37 You don't have to use a belt to limit how much turrets you make. You can set a limit on how much a chest can be filled by machines by clicking the big red X inside it.
Just one thing that root forgot to mention: (23:40) Biters have an AOE that enables them to attack turrets directly adjacent to the walls. Placing the turrets one step back (with an empty tile behind the wall) will ensure that the natives need to break the wall to get at the turret. (That is until the spitters of 0.11.x update arrives.)
Hi Z! Love that you started this series. I've played this a lot but not the latest version. FYI, you can limit the amount of open stacks in a chest, at least in the version i play.
3:27 no way you're going to need three inserters there. that factory is actually waiting on gear wheels, which is the limiting factor in that build. 4:36 please tell me you know how to limit the size of a box by pressing that giant red x in the corner and dragging it until you have however many stacks you want... 5:58 you can use a long handed inserter to move the cable into the electronic circuit assembler. it would be faster/a better use of resources to do it that way. 7:43 only one? damn... normally 6 Science Pack 2 (SP2) Assembly Machine 2 (AM2) is the way to go. research is going to be real slow with that and only two SP1 assemblers. 8:30 why wouldn't you direct insert the belts? they are sitting right next to the SP2 AM2. 9:01 I know you're probably talking about me, but. Child please, that "build" is so bad XD 17:50 worms with gun turrets? this is going to be a good challenge :D gun turrets don't outrange worms 21:36 and the plot thickens lawl!!!! that is some rough luck right there!!! to have a big worm that early in the game just sucks!!!! 22:00 importantly you took the oil fields which will allow you to rush lasers. 25:14 this is an interesting choice. conventional wisdom is to rush lasers and then solar and then expand from there. resource use in the factory is quite heavy (eg unrestricted belts and shotgun ammo), you could be heading towards a resource crisis if you don't get a move on through the tech tree. luckily its only a regular difficulty game. 30:54 you should secure the eastern bridgehead. even though you haven't cleared the biter nest inside your perimeter, they won't attack in that direction, your other defenses are closer.
***** over on the forums and reddit for factorio root is one of the most well known players. so you have to understand for us to suddenly see a mainstream let's player playing the game and getting some of the basics wrong when so many people are watching can be quite annoying. root was only trying to help here. This is the first major exposure factorio has got and knowing how bad the first mainstream minecraft lps on TH-cam were it'd be good to get these things addressed now. Otherwise people are being misled. When the LP format started, there was an expectation of game knowledge.
I've watched other LP of this series on other's channels. You sure do make watching more exciting to watch. Makes me want to play, but don't have 70+ hours to prefect at the moment. Keep up the great work!
I will probably be the 100th person to say this but you can put limits on your chest. Press the red x when you have the chest open and drag to block slots you don't want items in. That way you can limit a chest to only hold 2 stacks of items or whatever number of stacks/slots you want.
Hey Zisteau, I just started to play Factorio and watch your show, super duper awesome game is absolutly correct I have a suggestion on the thing with the wooden chests and how one can not manage how much is filled in there. I came up with the idea, that you could place small stacks of one item, let's say some spare coal in the slots of the chests which you don't want to be filled to make a poor-man's smart chest. by doing that you'll be able to limit the number of items an insterter places there by the number of stacks and that's better than nothing Nices series by the way
Zisteau. Awsome vidoes.. Ive had about 10 bases where i get locked out in my build.. I either run out of space to put materials or i struggle to space things out properly.. Video 5 where you start your main bus has helped me some, i noticed you changed some of the lines on video 6 which threw me a little but after some experiments i figured out how to work your design into my design.. Going to attempt to watch a few more vids before i try to re build my 30+ hour world.. Just dismantled it completely for the 4th time to try for a better build.. So frustrating but soooo much fun.. Keep at it.. Ps ive been searching for a good lp that teaches and explains various things.. Yours is by far the best.. Easier to follow than most of the vids ive been looking at..
It appears the player character tirelessly runs about the base, never sleeping or eating, to maintain and expand operations. Is he even human? When do shelters and other humans come into the equation?
***** Z is claiming it for all Zombie Pigmen everywhere. They are tired of the gold farms in the game of Minecraft so they hired Z to build them a new home world.
i just got into playing factorio and planning for the future is without a doubt the hardest part. I almost try to over build and way over plan for expansion. thank you for the video!
You can block slots in chest draging and droping X symbol :) You can still put manually items there but automats will be limited with non checkd slots only.
I always thought it was possible to take out a hive like this, but I wasn't successful doing it. Even with laser turrets. I couldn't take one down till I got a tank (tank shells definitely make quick work of those big worms). It's cool to see a plan I thought of in action and fairly successful (not saying I thought of it first, just independently). I laughed when you started talking about shotguns being primarily used for taking out terrain. I did that too. Started this game after your first episode and put 10 or so hours into it before watching your second. It's interesting to be learning side by side of this series. I come to conclusions during gameplay and come here to check if they're viable. Also (if this wasn't long winded enough), thank you for teaching me about being able to put coal and ore on the same belt. Didn't know about that mechanic. If you've made it this far, HI. :D Your channel is awesome.
Hi Z! loving the series :D just came to your channel after recording first episode of Dragon age inquisition! during the whole recording of that game I thought "Man this game would be perfect for Zisteau!" I am sure you know about the release of the game and all that ;) Would be awesome to see you play that! all the tactics included in the game and the mechanics of the game is as if made for you! This series also made me go get this game! damn you pigman!
Thanks for introducing me to yet another life sucking game, I just learned about this game from your first video on the 15th and I've been playing it during all my free time and some of my not so free time lol. Keep the videos coming please, who needs sleep.
well your making it harder than it has to be, i just ran to the enemies placed 5 turrets filled em up with ammunition and let them fire and then i slowly creep closer by placing 5 more turrets a bit further on ^^ because These guys don't Need electricity
I see a jeep, plane, spaceship and train on the research screen, can you actually drive them or are they a.i controlled? (The train is most likely a.i, but the others could be driven...)
You also probably only need 1/10 of the towers you have. I usually don't get more than perhaps 20 gun turrets before upgrading to laser turrets. Though I have not played with extra aliens like you. :D
What the fact that they are filled with titans and that the royal government and church are hiding it as a secret while trying to harness the power of controlling titans/humans to follow their every whim. Just like Shingeki no Kyojin :P Spoilers!
Zisteau, this game is fun to watch, but PLEASE go back to MindCrack. I really miss it and I really want to see another mega build from you like the Lens and the Archology!
Same goes for MC, but there's a reason for the "crappy" graphics in both games. Making "slightly better graphics" takes twice the effort and developer/designer time. You would get a slightly better looking game that you wouldn't want to play at all because of the lack of content and buggyness. For indie developers, low graphics is the way to go i think.
I would rather people try to actually improve graphics once they get past the "placeholder" stage, though. Minecraft mostly just stuck with its old graphics, while Terraria improved a ton of its older, lackluster sprites. Graphics are more important than people let on. You need to be able to tell where you can go, what you are, what you can interact with, etc. I wouldn't like games like Okami nearly as much if they lacked their art style. I do think that style in graphics, and the ability to convey what is going on, and what should be focused on, is more important than looking photorealistic, or HD.
***** The graphics have been improved upon since the start of this game, but the graphics how they are now are totally fine, it meets all the requirements you stated. Games aren't all about graphics, but on the gameplay. I don't believe Minecraft ever intended to change the graphics, that's where resource packs come in.
Zisteau - You are a pro when it comes to making a video, but Factorio will need to be played a lot more before anyone can be a pro player.. Just look at the list of tips from root. Still a lot to get your head around. Your style is not good for a "look at me learning this game" video.
You were made for this game man! You play it like a pro :-) Really enjoying the series!
~70 hours of playtime before recording always helps!
MeeTonToE Being Zisteau also helps
MeeTonToE
I don't know how he finds the time!
you haven't watched a pro play. go find DaveMcW. He's probably the #1 player i've ever seen. Glyph is also out of this world.
MeeTonToE This game is not learned in 70 hours - try 700.
you ccan limit storage of boxes via the red X in the corner. to a minimum of one stack. No need for belt storage. Cheers
You can easily take out that big worm with the defender capsules. The green area around you that appears when you are holding and deploying them is the area you can drop them in.... just get to where you are JUST outside the worms range, and start deploying drones on the edge of your deployment range, near the worm. they will swarm and overwhelm is fairly quickly. you will need a bunch of drones.... but should be pretty easy.
you can use the red "x" in the boxes to restrict how full a machine will fill them. click and drag on the red x and a machine won't will any squares which are red
Yes, this.
Enjoying the series more than I thought I would!
At this point, the best thing would be to get the electric furnace and the laser turrets. That would simplify the whole distribution.
You don't need to use belt length to limit resource production, you can click the red 'x' at the corner of a chest and disable slots to make the chests any size you want them to be. Great series, keep it up.
You can use the red X in the chests to mark treasure maps, and then pirates can find the treasure by going to the red X. Presumably they will also say "Yar!" a lot, but that is a pirate thing independent of red X usage.
You can use the red X to drag and "close off" a part of the chest for mechanical use. So drag all but one spot to be red and the inserters will only use that first slot to place things.
That still may be too many, and in that case you can eventually use the power lines/smart wires&chests, but you aren't quite at that tech level yet.
4:37 You don't have to use a belt to limit how much turrets you make. You can set a limit on how much a chest can be filled by machines by clicking the big red X inside it.
Just one thing that root forgot to mention: (23:40) Biters have an AOE that enables them to attack turrets directly adjacent to the walls. Placing the turrets one step back (with an empty tile behind the wall) will ensure that the natives need to break the wall to get at the turret. (That is until the spitters of 0.11.x update arrives.)
Hi Z!
Love that you started this series. I've played this a lot but not the latest version. FYI, you can limit the amount of open stacks in a chest, at least in the version i play.
3:27 no way you're going to need three inserters there. that factory is actually waiting on gear wheels, which is the limiting factor in that build.
4:36 please tell me you know how to limit the size of a box by pressing that giant red x in the corner and dragging it until you have however many stacks you want...
5:58 you can use a long handed inserter to move the cable into the electronic circuit assembler. it would be faster/a better use of resources to do it that way.
7:43 only one? damn... normally 6 Science Pack 2 (SP2) Assembly Machine 2 (AM2) is the way to go. research is going to be real slow with that and only two SP1 assemblers.
8:30 why wouldn't you direct insert the belts? they are sitting right next to the SP2 AM2.
9:01 I know you're probably talking about me, but. Child please, that "build" is so bad XD
17:50 worms with gun turrets? this is going to be a good challenge :D gun turrets don't outrange worms
21:36 and the plot thickens lawl!!!! that is some rough luck right there!!! to have a big worm that early in the game just sucks!!!!
22:00 importantly you took the oil fields which will allow you to rush lasers.
25:14 this is an interesting choice. conventional wisdom is to rush lasers and then solar and then expand from there. resource use in the factory is quite heavy (eg unrestricted belts and shotgun ammo), you could be heading towards a resource crisis if you don't get a move on through the tech tree. luckily its only a regular difficulty game.
30:54 you should secure the eastern bridgehead. even though you haven't cleared the biter nest inside your perimeter, they won't attack in that direction, your other defenses are closer.
I'm sorry, I thought this was Zisteau's let's play not neckbeard backseat comment gamer let's play.
***** over on the forums and reddit for factorio root is one of the most well known players. so you have to understand for us to suddenly see a mainstream let's player playing the game and getting some of the basics wrong when so many people are watching can be quite annoying. root was only trying to help here. This is the first major exposure factorio has got and knowing how bad the first mainstream minecraft lps on TH-cam were it'd be good to get these things addressed now. Otherwise people are being misled. When the LP format started, there was an expectation of game knowledge.
This is the best series on TH-cam right now.
Yes! My favorite series on TH-cam at the moment! Thanks Z!
Bought the game because of your first 2 episodes... Lots of fun, thanks for introducing this game to us!
I've watched other LP of this series on other's channels. You sure do make watching more exciting to watch. Makes me want to play, but don't have 70+ hours to prefect at the moment. Keep up the great work!
I will probably be the 100th person to say this but you can put limits on your chest. Press the red x when you have the chest open and drag to block slots you don't want items in. That way you can limit a chest to only hold 2 stacks of items or whatever number of stacks/slots you want.
Yeah a new episode. I really enjoy this factorio LP. Thx Zed and please keep them coming
In three episodes, this has become on of my favorite series to watch on youtube XD. I must have this game now lol.
I am loving your video's on this game so far! Please upload more soon!
Hey Zisteau, I just started to play Factorio and watch your show, super duper awesome game is absolutly correct
I have a suggestion on the thing with the wooden chests and how one can not manage how much is filled in there.
I came up with the idea, that you could place small stacks of one item, let's say some spare coal in the slots of the chests which you don't want to be filled to make a poor-man's smart chest. by doing that you'll be able to limit the number of items an insterter places there by the number of stacks and that's better than nothing
Nices series by the way
Zisteau. Awsome vidoes.. Ive had about 10 bases where i get locked out in my build.. I either run out of space to put materials or i struggle to space things out properly..
Video 5 where you start your main bus has helped me some, i noticed you changed some of the lines on video 6 which threw me a little but after some experiments i figured out how to work your design into my design.. Going to attempt to watch a few more vids before i try to re build my 30+ hour world.. Just dismantled it completely for the 4th time to try for a better build..
So frustrating but soooo much fun..
Keep at it..
Ps ive been searching for a good lp that teaches and explains various things.. Yours is by far the best.. Easier to follow than most of the vids ive been looking at..
It appears the player character tirelessly runs about the base, never sleeping or eating, to maintain and expand operations. Is he even human? When do shelters and other humans come into the equation?
It's not really a colony otherwise. Also, in what nation's (or federation) name is he/she claiming this land for?
***** Z is claiming it for all Zombie Pigmen everywhere. They are tired of the gold farms in the game of Minecraft so they hired Z to build them a new home world.
+Paul D. Lol nice explanation! :D
Digging this, Zisteau. Thanks for posting them!
Just bought the game because of your LP, Thanks Z!
Loving the combat focus of your game Z.
i just got into playing factorio and planning for the future is without a doubt the hardest part. I almost try to over build and way over plan for expansion.
thank you for the video!
+Brian Walsh II same!
8:42 Conveyor belt inception. Conveyor belts carrying conveyor belts
You can block slots in chest draging and droping X symbol :) You can still put manually items there but automats will be limited with non checkd slots only.
Im loving the series keep it up man!
my new favorite series!
I always thought it was possible to take out a hive like this, but I wasn't successful doing it. Even with laser turrets.
I couldn't take one down till I got a tank (tank shells definitely make quick work of those big worms).
It's cool to see a plan I thought of in action and fairly successful (not saying I thought of it first, just independently).
I laughed when you started talking about shotguns being primarily used for taking out terrain. I did that too.
Started this game after your first episode and put 10 or so hours into it before watching your second.
It's interesting to be learning side by side of this series. I come to conclusions during gameplay and come here to check if they're viable.
Also (if this wasn't long winded enough), thank you for teaching me about being able to put coal and ore on the same belt. Didn't know about that mechanic.
If you've made it this far, HI. :D Your channel is awesome.
You just made we procrastinate an hour and a half of homework. I hope you're happy.
This is quite the interesting game, I do declare!
You can use the red X on a chest to say how many slots are usable in the chest
Zed, if you click the red X in a chest, you can limit the size of the chest.
Awesome episode, cant wait for the next!
YES! All day I have waited for this!
Good and nice tutorials, you are the best i could find
marn200 ikr
Woo Hoo! This series is so awesome!
Hi Z! loving the series :D just came to your channel after recording first episode of Dragon age inquisition! during the whole recording of that game I thought "Man this game would be perfect for Zisteau!" I am sure you know about the release of the game and all that ;) Would be awesome to see you play that! all the tactics included in the game and the mechanics of the game is as if made for you! This series also made me go get this game! damn you pigman!
Thanks Z! After watching the first episode I just had to get this game myself; now I can't stop playing it. Your fault! ;-)
I sued him for you, thank me later. No jk ;p
Thanks for introducing me to yet another life sucking game, I just learned about this game from your first video on the 15th and I've been playing it during all my free time and some of my not so free time lol.
Keep the videos coming please, who needs sleep.
well your making it harder than it has to be, i just ran to the enemies placed 5 turrets filled em up with ammunition and let them fire and then i slowly creep closer by placing 5 more turrets a bit further on ^^ because These guys don't Need electricity
love the series!!!
Of all the things you did in the episode, you chose the assembler 2 as the basis for the title lol
I see a jeep, plane, spaceship and train on the research screen, can you actually drive them or are they a.i controlled? (The train is most likely a.i, but the others could be driven...)
im loving this zisteau do more plz
You also probably only need 1/10 of the towers you have. I usually don't get more than perhaps 20 gun turrets before upgrading to laser turrets. Though I have not played with extra aliens like you. :D
did anyone see at 25:00 that the left side base was invaded and had a base like right there
GREAT work man
I would say put everything you craft into lots off chest in a storage place with underground conveytors
See the little red X on the bottom of the chest? drag that to limit how much the chest will store! ^_^
poison capsules ad a car, are good early worm kill options
suuuuch a great series
Those gun turrets are tiny on the belt :/
Anyone else realise those turrets were shooting with ZERO ammo!! 22:40!!
ahh my bad lol
Yay! Love this series
you can click the x in the chests and machines won't be able to insert in the red slots
like so he can see
can we get the seed? i think it would be fun to play along side u and see what happens!
hey Zisteau you might wanna try RimWorld, its a bit like Factorio :) but good work :)
Yay! More Factorio!
All these walls reminds me of attack on titian :P
What the fact that they are filled with titans and that the royal government and church are hiding it as a secret while trying to harness the power of controlling titans/humans to follow their every whim. Just like Shingeki no Kyojin :P Spoilers!
You can actually destroy rocks and trees with your machine gun if you just hover your mouse over them and press c
More! "Z" you are the best! :)
Love it , i want to buy this .
Zisteau, this game is fun to watch, but PLEASE go back to MindCrack. I really miss it and I really want to see another mega build from you like the Lens and the Archology!
Love it
Yessssss. Moooaaaarrrrr
Cool!
best factorio lets play ever!!! like+follow :3
your cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
your automation will kill your whole system be cause you need a ultimate resources
Please upload MORE and FASTER!!!!!
FACTORIO!!
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Rippertear - Gaming Videos I believe it is someone doing a scissor kick upwards/backwards
MineKynoMine I guess that makes sense.
+Rippertear - HD Daily Gaming Videos it might be jesus just floating by
Starbound pls
I think this game would be much better with just a little bit better graphics
Same goes for MC, but there's a reason for the "crappy" graphics in both games.
Making "slightly better graphics" takes twice the effort and developer/designer time.
You would get a slightly better looking game that you wouldn't want to play at all because of the lack of content and buggyness.
For indie developers, low graphics is the way to go i think.
I would rather people try to actually improve graphics once they get past the "placeholder" stage, though. Minecraft mostly just stuck with its old graphics, while Terraria improved a ton of its older, lackluster sprites. Graphics are more important than people let on. You need to be able to tell where you can go, what you are, what you can interact with, etc. I wouldn't like games like Okami nearly as much if they lacked their art style. I do think that style in graphics, and the ability to convey what is going on, and what should be focused on, is more important than looking photorealistic, or HD.
***** The graphics have been improved upon since the start of this game, but the graphics how they are now are totally fine, it meets all the requirements you stated. Games aren't all about graphics, but on the gameplay. I don't believe Minecraft ever intended to change the graphics, that's where resource packs come in.
Damn, 1000-1 like vs dislikes
1000 like 0 dislike that's not fear -_- call me hater if you want
:D
Zisteau - You are a pro when it comes to making a video, but Factorio will need to be played a lot more before anyone can be a pro player.. Just look at the list of tips from root. Still a lot to get your head around. Your style is not good for a "look at me learning this game" video.
Try and keep this comment on an even number of likes!
awesome
1756 likes... and 0 dislikes.... Thats INSANE!
dammit 2 people disliked now
+tim schellingerhout 3 peeps...damn