I genuinely love how you introduce the episodes, and the recap/overview of what happened right before. I'm only about 6 minutes in but I wanted to say how much I enjoy your content.
The obelisk does seem like it would fit better with what you're going for with the castle plans and how close that area will be to everything, but a rusty old boiler left over from the Before Times would also be cool. Maybe working in some steampunk elements with other parts of the build would let you still do something like that in a better location, even if they wouldn't have the hot water facilities without a little creative action. I'm looking forward to the mounts and boats with the update, when it happens, too. Some friends and I are always going on adventures to find things to plunder with the Better Ruins mod, and I'll be eagerly seeking out whatever new dungeon or location gets added for the story update. I love the lore in this game.
Yeah, if I can't figure out a way to make steampunk elements blend well with the castle and obelisk right there then at least the proper workshop design built into the mountain will lend itself to that! I'm also excited for mounts, can't wait to see what all there'll be, both in vanilla and through mods!
I've been slowly watching this over a couple of (busy) days, but it's definitely hitting hard today since I'm hungover lol. Thank you for the great content.
Solstin scolding rooster for over-crowing : “Do you just see the sun’s pillows and blankets (clouds) and think, ‘Ah, my time has come’ ?” Great boiler room build! Suggestion: Instead of wood plank fences, perhaps iron bars (like those found in certain large, locust-infested ruins) would give you a better view of drifters in the hot water. Also, a lightning rod(s) would be good to protect your chickens from lightning strikes-Kurazarrh lost two different batches of chickens to lightning, and after the first loss he assumed that foxes or wolves had killed the chickens through the single fence line, then turned his chickens area into Fort Knox, but still lost the second batch of chickens. That was when he noticed that each time there had been a nasty thunderstorm with much lightning in his farm area. Kurazarrh had no further losses of chickens after installing the lightning rods. 😁
I would have preferred iron fences for sure, but they're not craftable and I haven't gone to the furniture trader to check. I doubt I'd have enough gears to get enough at this point yet. I can always plug up the water flow later on and go in for renovations once we have more rusty gears! As for lightning rods, I'll definitely have to get to making some before populating the chicken coop!
been really enjoying the series :D i think a boiler/water tower that would "provide hot water" to the locals maybe even a steampunk steam distribution center would be a sweet town center building it has been a fun first year cant wait for the many more years till the dream is realized
Thank you! I just need to find a way to rearrange my schedule to allow myself the time to get videos out at a more regular pace. A two week gap feels like a lot, but there's so many weeks where if I don't get a video done by Sunday night, it isn't able to be worked on much until Thursday...
@@Solstin As long as you aren't overworking yourself! I'd rather get less videos knowing you weren't overworking yourself than more videos where you are stressing yourself out with dates
@@hiimazz2667 Definitely not overworking myself :) If I ever started staying up super late to hit arbitrary deadlines, I'd never be able to stay awake at work! (Which would be a big problem cause I drive a lot haha)
The obelisk definitely seems to be the consensus so far! If I can design a statue that I'm happy with, it'll end up being a mix of obelisk and victory column, but either way there'll be a light at the top to act as a beacon from afar.
Haha! Seems like the Rotwalker mask may have had an effect on the steam you breathe whilst you're in there 57:17 LOL The boiler room is a thing of great invention! And juicy loot too, what a great way to deal with the storms, genius! One must take care not to become the monsters one fights though. . . heh heh ehhhh EDIT: just realized I'd actually caught up to present day! argh no more videos to binge, but I can vote on the structure, definitely obelisk. Really wish some of these hot springs were cooler (or could be piped into tubs) and could be used as an outdoor steam bath area, that could be a really gorgeous build and a nice counterpoint to the Black Tower of Death
Haha yeah, the steam in there might have some corrupting mold to be taken care of! For the steam bath idea, I think the closest we could (safely) do would be to pretend the water is warm, or have it flowing in places so it makes particles to mimic steam!
Ah I've been looking forward to the next episode for ages! I'm so happy you decided to keep Ms Cluck around and found her a rooster friend, we need more house chicken representation! You learn to block out the crowing xD Awesome video as always, already looking forward to the next
I'll need to add a more permanent chicken area in the house if Ms Cluck doesn't get relocated to the coop. Having her on the kitchen counter I'm certain can't be sanitary lol
My Eisenholm First Year Review! The year ending on episode 11 just feels WEIRD! 12 EP for 1 Year ingame just feels right! I used to play minecraft vanilla and graduated to modded Minecraft and when that got too old for me to want to play, I stumbled on a Vintage Story video by a great youtuber (who i am subscribed to) called Private Lime! His videos convinced me to buy the game, and yours have inspired me to actually play seriously. For the first night i was on the edge of my seat! Then along came some incredibly well-crafted videos and a fun experience! Youve had me captivated since the dugout was did done dug-out. All of your techniques really show your experience with the system and your creativity brings a sense of artistry to your builds. Heres to another year! Happy New Year Eisenholm!
I agree with 12 episodes feeling like it would have made more sense, but that could also be due to most shows these days having an 8 or 12 episode season! I probably could have split this one into two episodes, one for the boiler room and another for terraforming and pathing, but once I needed more dirt to fill in around the boiler room I kind of just kept going!
Caught up on this series after loving the first episode, can't wait for more. you're a very chill and entertaining creator to watch and you've got a good balance of showing how grindy yet relaxing Vintage is as a game
Thank you, I'm so happy you're enjoying the journey! :) It shouldn't be too long of a wait for more, the next episode should be ready sometime this week! The grindy aspect of the game definitely adds time to the filming process lol I think it's about time to do another SolSaysWhat segment, it's been a bit. Maybe not this next episode, but episode 13 for sure!
Glad you're enjoying the series! I definitely recommend giving Vintage Story a try. Even if you find that you enjoy watching it more than playing it, the return policy is pretty phenominal.
@@Solstin have you seen the Etho-spiral door? Or the firecracker prank? Or the ender-ender xp farm? He recently made a frogger game for giggles? I think your boiler room (with the current restrictions of VS) is pretty on par! Believe in you, buddy! 👍
I didn't know he also made the Ender Ender, but I've seen the minigames he's made and they're super impressive! Maybe once I've got some more crazy inventions under my belt then I'll feel a baby step closer to the legend himself lol
It would be cool if you made a boiler room obelisk combo. almost as if the obelisk was there first and you attached a boiler room to it for a double purpose
After a bunch of suggestions I'm thinking the obelisk might be more 'ancient tech that just looks like magic to us in the current age' with runes carved into it, but having a steam turbine engine nearby as if it's being fed by the water could be a nice mix!
I'd say make the boiler room into an obelisk, would could make a nice landmark, especially if it's tall enough to be seen over most other buildings in the future town
There was a suggestion to make it a victory column rather than just an obelisk, so I think I can blend the two ideas. Rather than a rounded column, I may make it a square obelisk but with a statue up at the top akin to a victory column, and have the statue hold a lantern so it's seen from afar even at night!
Lol "Would look good in a town park" Well then, there goes my idea of an old timey sacrificial obelisk. Yah know since things get sacrificed in the horrible depths of the base of the obelisk. XD
90 hours?! I think that might be a bit more than what I've got, haha What all have you built in that world? I'm always interested to see what people are putting together :D
@@Solstin I’m well into my second November! I’ve built a very large garden, a field, the foundation of a windmill, two small harbours for rafts (one just south of the homestead area, because I set my first farm in that same pond and have expanded it into my current garden, one in that sheltered cove on the eastern shore that opens out just by the tall island there), a barn (with a built in chicken room) for my goats and pigs (the whole upper level aside from the chicken coop is divided up to be cellars for feed storage) a workshop for smithing and leather working, a bee garden, a berry patch, a bear pit, a charcoal burning hut, a slant roofed pot firing spot, and a cottage with a cellar, a storeroom, and a loft bedroom off the central room. I found paths helped with winter travel a lot, and plan to build a bridge over that narrow area between the southern peninsula and that southern reach. I’ve focussed mainly on agriculture and building up my homestead, so I’m still in the copper age, unfortunately. I accidentally set that peat deposit near the fireclay on fire, then dug it all out to use for firing pottery.
@@Solstin I’m well into my second November! I’ve built a very large garden, a field, the foundation of a windmill, two small harbours for rafts (one just south of the homestead area, because I set my first farm in that same pond and have expanded it into my current garden, one in that sheltered cove on the eastern shore that opens out just by the tall island there), a barn (with a built in chicken room) for my goats and pigs (the whole upper level aside from the chicken coop is divided up to be cellars for feed storage) a workshop for smithing and leather working, a bee garden, a berry patch, a bear pit, a charcoal burning hut, a slant roofed pot firing spot, and a cottage with a cellar, a storeroom, and a loft bedroom off the central room. I found paths helped with winter travel a lot, and plan to build a bridge over that narrow area between the southern peninsula and that southern reach. I’ve focussed mainly on agriculture and building up my homestead, so I’m still in the copper age, unfortunately. I accidentally set that peat deposit near the fireclay on fire, then dug it all out to use for firing pottery.
42:13 3rd option: Statue of or monument to yourself, as the founder of your city, maybe with silver or gold accents :P (Edit) Ooh, or if you go the obelisk route, you could carve into it what you've achieved each episode, with it growing taller as the series progresses!
Silver or gold accents?! I may be rich in salt but I've only got the smallest slivers of either of those! 😄 I could use sandstone to mimic old, dulled gold, though... I haven't had much practice making statues but I'm thinking that having one atop the obelisk/column/pillar might just be the route to take!
@@Solstin You could do a lot with an obelisk tbh, you could add like, fire runes to it to explain the hot water, to keep it in the fantasy theme, so kind of like, a fantasy boiler!
@@TheInsaneEraser That's exactly what I was thinking! Between alchemy runes and D&D arcane runes, I think alchemy might translate better to the smaller scale pixel art.
I really love this game right now. Thinking of doing my own stream or just host a server but IDK. I like the single player pace and don't want time moving when I'm not on so IDK, but would be fun with a few other players
That's definitely the tradeoff when playing with friends. When I played on a server I almost never saw summer since it was back to winter nearly every time I logged on. As long as everyone has their role and the person or team in charge of farming and food preservation keeps an eye on it, then multi-player can work pretty well!
@@Solstin yeah I agree. I almost fell like it needs to be treated like a DND game where you schedule certain times to be on as a whole and then let it sit until next time in order to play multiplayer. That's why I'm sticking to single but I do so wish to see other people's creations and learn from them! I love your videos by the way I hope you keep them up and keep playing vintage story. Definitely a game I am loving
Glad you're liking the videos! I was trying to stick to roughly once a week for uploads, but as the things I'm doing in-game have started requiring more grinding for materials and time to work on designs, it's started to move into the realm of a couple weeks per video. I'm hoping to get things back to a more consistent upload schedule but between full-time work, D&D campaigns, and other married life obligations, I don't have a set upload schedule. The videos kind of just get uploaded when I manage to get them done for now!
Could you do a quick tutorial on that Basalt Farm? That's interesting, reminds me of "The Other Block Games" Cobble/Stone generators but the flow mechanics look a lot different than I would suspect. Could you explain the layout and how it's working?
I definitely can include that in the next episode. There's also a more purpose-built design that a friend came up with a while back that I'll try to build later in the series when we can have a shaft coming down into that lava chamber from the eventual workshop!
I vote boiler! I prefer playing into the "ancient technology" aesthetic this game has going for it, versus the more "fantasy" or cult aesthetic of an obelisk
Rotstin LOL I don't know how far the lore will go with that rotwalker mask, but I've got an entire outfit picked out that I might slowly try to piece together as the series progresses.
I don't think I'll have a tavern close enough for that, but I definitely like that idea and might have to make a big ol boiler tank on the side of a tavern!
34:36. The outer planets moons crusts are made of ice thats harder than granite. How is Ice not just another form of Rock? Lava is just liquid earth after all.
Well if we get really technical with the game mechanics, ice functions identically to glass once it's been chiseled, and what is glass but the melted silicates from sand, which is effectively fine rock granules! So in a VERY roudabout way, ice is technically a form of rock? At least in Vintage Story lol
🤔 could you combine the two ideas? Maybe there's an ancient obelisk that was put there by some long dead civilization. Then the pre rot village that settled here added a bunch of pipes and boilers to the obelisk to take advantage of the hot springs thermal energy? Maybe that's way too much chiseling 😅
Lol change bulk key... I had to set that to B because I kept fat fingering Z instead of X to swap tongs to my hand to put away... there's really no need to have such a quick on the fly access key to change bulk settings, B is further and B-ulk so duh... xD Also there's a mod called Tree Tapping that adds a copper sprew and when crafted with a bucket makes a tapping kit. The tapping kit can be attached to a resin scar on a tree and it collects resin over time and a slightly increased rate. Instead of 1 every 8 day you get 6 every 2-3 days or so, it makes a big difference and takes the struggle of resin out if the equation for mechanical materials. The slow and low rate of resin I feel is a bit cruel considering we can't "scar a tree" to produce resin, so this mod kinda makes sense from an IRL standpoint. A tapped tree produces more resin than a scarred tree unless its a massive and possibly fatal scar and well we can't scar trees we grow. That being said I feel the tree tap is an OK vanilla esk mod (cuz vanilla is kind of about irl processes of survival)
@@Solstin it's totally worth it for sure. With only 2 trees tapped near my base I have gathered up almost 5 stacks (32/stack) of resin... now Fat and Flax are the limiting factors.
It's definitely overdue! The last few episodes have taken longer than I had hoped to complete, so I haven't wanted to add yet more production time to them, but I think a SolSaysWhat segment in the kickoff to our second in-game year would be appropriate :)
@@Solstin Alternatively, you could build it up into a tower. At the top make a small room and stick a clock on the outside. You could say historically that when Eisenholm was first settled in the days of earthworks and pallisades that tower was the first stone structure built. As a lookout and later as the home of a minor lord before it just stood there in the middle of town and got repurposed as a clock tower. Alot of European cities do that with old towers. If you do decide to go for a sewer, Cloaka Maxima in Rome is a good place to look for inspiration. Sorry for the wall of text.
@@RLDragonStrider If the statue designing doesn't go to plan, a clock tower may end up being the next best thing! For the sewers, thats very close to the idea. Fully walkable rounded tunnels, perfect for fighting giant rats 🐀
@@Solstin Geez you have your work cut out for you. Can't wait to see how this build progresses. Especially the castle. You could also just put a mannequin with a suit of armor on top as well.
The next one is focusing heavily on laying out the footprints of several buildings so we've got a blueprint for how everything will start to fit together! A part of me wishes there was a colorful, easy to get block similar to wool from the other block game, just to make the planning stage more visually distinct from the natural landscape, haha
It's been a fun year! I would like to offer, rather than chicken chasing, the liberal implementation of baited basket traps. It *may* keep you a little more stable a little longer.
Using basket traps would likely be the better way to relocate chickens, yeah! As fun as chasing chickens is, that ramp will be a challenge to chase them up!
obylisk, for sure. will fit the best and not hamstring your future themeing. the boiler idea is Fantastic, but i do fear it will do not good things for your future building aesthetics :/
Yeah, the obelisk is definitely the way things are going :) I'll likely end up keeping the super industrial steampunk stuff hidden away in the reclaimed pre-fall-of-civilization workshop and places like that!
The plan has definitely evolved into having a statue on top of an obelisk-like pillar with runes carved into it. I've been practicing some statue work in preparation since that's one type of building I've not really touched lol
Once there's enough buildings around for them I'll look into the village mod. For now I like having to go out and explore to buy things from merchants, it gives me more of a reason to venture out :)
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Lol the loss of health after the mask toss
Ehehehe :P
I genuinely love how you introduce the episodes, and the recap/overview of what happened right before. I'm only about 6 minutes in but I wanted to say how much I enjoy your content.
Thank you! It felt a lot more natural for me to recap the prep rather than going over what happened in the previous episode, so I'm glad you like it!
I feel the voidwalker mask will be back.... just a feeling.
And another fantastic episode! Thank you for taking the time to entertain us.
Oh I'm sure we haven't seen the last of the mask :P
Void walker mask?
"... prep ourselves for the start of Year1..." that is how I know you did your time in the programmers chair.
Haha, that and the first year in-game is also labeled as Year 0, which makes total sense to me
I like the idea of the obelisk
That definitely seems to be the favorite design so far :)
Gotta admit I can’t wait to get really old and look back on this series. Keep up the Great videos!
Thanks! I look forward to doing the same lol
I love the way you present you videos. Your story telling is very soothing, like sitting down with great book. I vote for the obelisk idea.
Aww thank you! I'd like to one day do a mini-series reading the lore books like bedtime stories, so that makes me feel like I'm on the right track. :)
Favorite part in this entire series 22:59
The rotwalker will rear its head again when the time is right :P
The obelisk does seem like it would fit better with what you're going for with the castle plans and how close that area will be to everything, but a rusty old boiler left over from the Before Times would also be cool. Maybe working in some steampunk elements with other parts of the build would let you still do something like that in a better location, even if they wouldn't have the hot water facilities without a little creative action.
I'm looking forward to the mounts and boats with the update, when it happens, too. Some friends and I are always going on adventures to find things to plunder with the Better Ruins mod, and I'll be eagerly seeking out whatever new dungeon or location gets added for the story update. I love the lore in this game.
Yeah, if I can't figure out a way to make steampunk elements blend well with the castle and obelisk right there then at least the proper workshop design built into the mountain will lend itself to that!
I'm also excited for mounts, can't wait to see what all there'll be, both in vanilla and through mods!
Sincerely best vintage story series!!
I'm glad you're liking it! :D
I'm finally getting caught up on this great series. I appreciate the dad humor and the awesome builds.
If there's anything constant in this life, it's that dad jokes will always be funny!
I've also been enjoying your modded series so far :)
I've been slowly watching this over a couple of (busy) days, but it's definitely hitting hard today since I'm hungover lol. Thank you for the great content.
Hopefully those have been some fun busy days if you're hungover!
I'm glad you've been enjoying the videos. Have some alkaseltzer and rehydrate! :)
Solstin scolding rooster for over-crowing : “Do you just see the sun’s pillows and blankets (clouds) and think, ‘Ah, my time has come’ ?” Great boiler room build! Suggestion: Instead of wood plank fences, perhaps iron bars (like those found in certain large, locust-infested ruins) would give you a better view of drifters in the hot water. Also, a lightning rod(s) would be good to protect your chickens from lightning strikes-Kurazarrh lost two different batches of chickens to lightning, and after the first loss he assumed that foxes or wolves had killed the chickens through the single fence line, then turned his chickens area into Fort Knox, but still lost the second batch of chickens. That was when he noticed that each time there had been a nasty thunderstorm with much lightning in his farm area. Kurazarrh had no further losses of chickens after installing the lightning rods. 😁
I would have preferred iron fences for sure, but they're not craftable and I haven't gone to the furniture trader to check. I doubt I'd have enough gears to get enough at this point yet. I can always plug up the water flow later on and go in for renovations once we have more rusty gears!
As for lightning rods, I'll definitely have to get to making some before populating the chicken coop!
Love the series, keep up the good work!
Thanks! I've got a whole bunch of designs for the upcoming builds!
been really enjoying the series :D i think a boiler/water tower that would "provide hot water" to the locals maybe even a steampunk steam distribution center would be a sweet town center building
it has been a fun first year cant wait for the many more years till the dream is realized
I could definitely see a steam/hot water distribution center type facility being incorporated into the ideas I have for the proper workshop! :D
Yay~ another vintage story upload!
I've been trying to upload it for hours, it finally processed lol
You did not disappoint! I'm also very much enjoying the longer videos, and I hope to see more!
Thank you! I just need to find a way to rearrange my schedule to allow myself the time to get videos out at a more regular pace. A two week gap feels like a lot, but there's so many weeks where if I don't get a video done by Sunday night, it isn't able to be worked on much until Thursday...
@@Solstin As long as you aren't overworking yourself! I'd rather get less videos knowing you weren't overworking yourself than more videos where you are stressing yourself out with dates
@@hiimazz2667 Definitely not overworking myself :)
If I ever started staying up super late to hit arbitrary deadlines, I'd never be able to stay awake at work! (Which would be a big problem cause I drive a lot haha)
That was a great end to your first year! I like that boiler setup, but I'm gonna vote for obelisk design! ;)
The obelisk definitely seems to be the consensus so far! If I can design a statue that I'm happy with, it'll end up being a mix of obelisk and victory column, but either way there'll be a light at the top to act as a beacon from afar.
@@Solstin If you make it out of expensive materials and never stop talking about it, you could call it... the SNOBELISK!
@@Kurazarrh XD well I was thinking of using halite for part of the statue so I'm on board with the snobelisk!
Haha! Seems like the Rotwalker mask may have had an effect on the steam you breathe whilst you're in there 57:17 LOL
The boiler room is a thing of great invention! And juicy loot too, what a great way to deal with the storms, genius!
One must take care not to become the monsters one fights though. . . heh heh ehhhh
EDIT: just realized I'd actually caught up to present day! argh no more videos to binge, but I can vote on the structure, definitely obelisk. Really wish some of these hot springs were cooler (or could be piped into tubs) and could be used as an outdoor steam bath area, that could be a really gorgeous build and a nice counterpoint to the Black Tower of Death
Haha yeah, the steam in there might have some corrupting mold to be taken care of!
For the steam bath idea, I think the closest we could (safely) do would be to pretend the water is warm, or have it flowing in places so it makes particles to mimic steam!
Thank you my friend, another banger.
Glad you liked the drifter soup! :P
Ah I've been looking forward to the next episode for ages! I'm so happy you decided to keep Ms Cluck around and found her a rooster friend, we need more house chicken representation! You learn to block out the crowing xD Awesome video as always, already looking forward to the next
I'll need to add a more permanent chicken area in the house if Ms Cluck doesn't get relocated to the coop. Having her on the kitchen counter I'm certain can't be sanitary lol
My Eisenholm First Year Review! The year ending on episode 11 just feels WEIRD! 12 EP for 1 Year ingame just feels right! I used to play minecraft vanilla and graduated to modded Minecraft and when that got too old for me to want to play, I stumbled on a Vintage Story video by a great youtuber (who i am subscribed to) called Private Lime! His videos convinced me to buy the game, and yours have inspired me to actually play seriously. For the first night i was on the edge of my seat! Then along came some incredibly well-crafted videos and a fun experience! Youve had me captivated since the dugout was did done dug-out. All of your techniques really show your experience with the system and your creativity brings a sense of artistry to your builds. Heres to another year! Happy New Year Eisenholm!
I agree with 12 episodes feeling like it would have made more sense, but that could also be due to most shows these days having an 8 or 12 episode season!
I probably could have split this one into two episodes, one for the boiler room and another for terraforming and pathing, but once I needed more dirt to fill in around the boiler room I kind of just kept going!
Caught up on this series after loving the first episode, can't wait for more. you're a very chill and entertaining creator to watch and you've got a good balance of showing how grindy yet relaxing Vintage is as a game
Thank you, I'm so happy you're enjoying the journey! :)
It shouldn't be too long of a wait for more, the next episode should be ready sometime this week! The grindy aspect of the game definitely adds time to the filming process lol
I think it's about time to do another SolSaysWhat segment, it's been a bit. Maybe not this next episode, but episode 13 for sure!
Awesome! Can't wait 😁
Really late to this series, but im really enjoying it. Youre making me want to buy the game.
Also i was the 500th like :3
Glad you're enjoying the series!
I definitely recommend giving Vintage Story a try. Even if you find that you enjoy watching it more than playing it, the return policy is pretty phenominal.
Another video! Yay! Your builds are amazing dude. Im terrible with the chisel in this game... hahahahahaba
Thanks! Chiseling definitely takes a lot of practice, I'm sure you could get really good with time!
Nice makes me happy to watch your videos thank you.
Thanks! I'm glad you like them! :)
Nice and relaxing video to watch as I eat and wind down, thank you Mr. Vintage
Glad you liked it and hope you had a good meal!
Eisenholm! Eisenholm! Eisenholm! Love the series.
Haha glad you're enjoying it so far! Now that we're out of winter, there's plenty to get done!
Sols, has anyone called you the Ethoslabs of Vintage Story? That's what I'm leaning towards.
Haha, I can only hope to one day develop an advancement as monumental as the Etho Hopper Clock!
@@Solstin have you seen the Etho-spiral door? Or the firecracker prank? Or the ender-ender xp farm? He recently made a frogger game for giggles? I think your boiler room (with the current restrictions of VS) is pretty on par! Believe in you, buddy! 👍
I didn't know he also made the Ender Ender, but I've seen the minigames he's made and they're super impressive!
Maybe once I've got some more crazy inventions under my belt then I'll feel a baby step closer to the legend himself lol
Oooh oooh I know! You said between two ideas but! Hear me out!
Yooohoooo………big summer blow out!? 😂 😁 oaken sauna!? The eisenholm sauna! 😁😁😁
Haha! I don't know if I'll have the footprint to do a sauna building proper justice right there, but nearby? Absolutely!
I also look forward to it!
1:54 Come for the quality videos, stay for the bad puns 😊
The quality is from practice, the puns are all instinct!
29:32 NNNNNOOOOOOOOSSSSS THE MASK
I'm sure that won't be the last we see of it ;P
What a series watch 7 hour on snd you are fire.🎉
Thanks! It'll only get better now that the necessities are mostly taken care of. Now the town and castle can start getting built!
It would be cool if you made a boiler room obelisk combo. almost as if the obelisk was there first and you attached a boiler room to it for a double purpose
After a bunch of suggestions I'm thinking the obelisk might be more 'ancient tech that just looks like magic to us in the current age' with runes carved into it, but having a steam turbine engine nearby as if it's being fed by the water could be a nice mix!
I'd say make the boiler room into an obelisk, would could make a nice landmark, especially if it's tall enough to be seen over most other buildings in the future town
There was a suggestion to make it a victory column rather than just an obelisk, so I think I can blend the two ideas. Rather than a rounded column, I may make it a square obelisk but with a statue up at the top akin to a victory column, and have the statue hold a lantern so it's seen from afar even at night!
The mask reminded me of Old Greg.
Haha yeah it's definitely a mix of Salad Fingers and Old Greg!
Lol
"Would look good in a town park"
Well then, there goes my idea of an old timey sacrificial obelisk. Yah know since things get sacrificed in the horrible depths of the base of the obelisk. XD
Oh there's tons of sacrifices at the base of the obelisk, no matter how it ends up looking!
I’m a good 90 hours into a copy of the world, same settings etc, and it’s a really nice seed. I’m almost definitely using that boiler design.
90 hours?! I think that might be a bit more than what I've got, haha
What all have you built in that world? I'm always interested to see what people are putting together :D
@@Solstin I’m well into my second November! I’ve built a very large garden, a field, the foundation of a windmill, two small harbours for rafts (one just south of the homestead area, because I set my first farm in that same pond and have expanded it into my current garden, one in that sheltered cove on the eastern shore that opens out just by the tall island there), a barn (with a built in chicken room) for my goats and pigs (the whole upper level aside from the chicken coop is divided up to be cellars for feed storage) a workshop for smithing and leather working, a bee garden, a berry patch, a bear pit, a charcoal burning hut, a slant roofed pot firing spot, and a cottage with a cellar, a storeroom, and a loft bedroom off the central room. I found paths helped with winter travel a lot, and plan to build a bridge over that narrow area between the southern peninsula and that southern reach. I’ve focussed mainly on agriculture and building up my homestead, so I’m still in the copper age, unfortunately. I accidentally set that peat deposit near the fireclay on fire, then dug it all out to use for firing pottery.
@@Solstin I’m well into my second November! I’ve built a very large garden, a field, the foundation of a windmill, two small harbours for rafts (one just south of the homestead area, because I set my first farm in that same pond and have expanded it into my current garden, one in that sheltered cove on the eastern shore that opens out just by the tall island there), a barn (with a built in chicken room) for my goats and pigs (the whole upper level aside from the chicken coop is divided up to be cellars for feed storage) a workshop for smithing and leather working, a bee garden, a berry patch, a bear pit, a charcoal burning hut, a slant roofed pot firing spot, and a cottage with a cellar, a storeroom, and a loft bedroom off the central room. I found paths helped with winter travel a lot, and plan to build a bridge over that narrow area between the southern peninsula and that southern reach. I’ve focussed mainly on agriculture and building up my homestead, so I’m still in the copper age, unfortunately. I accidentally set that peat deposit near the fireclay on fire, then dug it all out to use for firing pottery.
Oh wow, sounds like you've been busy!
Setting the peat on fire sounds like it would've been a sad day, but I'm glad you managed to salvage most of it!
@@Solstin it was offset by finding out just how much wood a full wild oak drops.
Favourite VS series
Thank you!
42:13 3rd option: Statue of or monument to yourself, as the founder of your city, maybe with silver or gold accents :P
(Edit) Ooh, or if you go the obelisk route, you could carve into it what you've achieved each episode, with it growing taller as the series progresses!
Silver or gold accents?! I may be rich in salt but I've only got the smallest slivers of either of those! 😄
I could use sandstone to mimic old, dulled gold, though...
I haven't had much practice making statues but I'm thinking that having one atop the obelisk/column/pillar might just be the route to take!
@@Solstin No reason to say you won't be that rich one day! But certainly not at the moment...
@@malkrie1444 True! I'd just need to take a propick to every quartz vein if I ever have the need for precious metals :)
I'm a fan of the obelisk idea, I'm very biased with looks though XD
I think the obelisk idea is in the lead by far lol
@@Solstin You could do a lot with an obelisk tbh, you could add like, fire runes to it to explain the hot water, to keep it in the fantasy theme, so kind of like, a fantasy boiler!
@@TheInsaneEraser That's exactly what I was thinking! Between alchemy runes and D&D arcane runes, I think alchemy might translate better to the smaller scale pixel art.
I really love this game right now. Thinking of doing my own stream or just host a server but IDK. I like the single player pace and don't want time moving when I'm not on so IDK, but would be fun with a few other players
That's definitely the tradeoff when playing with friends. When I played on a server I almost never saw summer since it was back to winter nearly every time I logged on.
As long as everyone has their role and the person or team in charge of farming and food preservation keeps an eye on it, then multi-player can work pretty well!
@@Solstin yeah I agree. I almost fell like it needs to be treated like a DND game where you schedule certain times to be on as a whole and then let it sit until next time in order to play multiplayer.
That's why I'm sticking to single but I do so wish to see other people's creations and learn from them!
I love your videos by the way I hope you keep them up and keep playing vintage story. Definitely a game I am loving
Once again: nice episode
Thank you, it's been a ton of fun so far! :)
Love your videos and loving vintage story wish I could play but sadly can't. Question how often do you post a video?
Glad you're liking the videos!
I was trying to stick to roughly once a week for uploads, but as the things I'm doing in-game have started requiring more grinding for materials and time to work on designs, it's started to move into the realm of a couple weeks per video.
I'm hoping to get things back to a more consistent upload schedule but between full-time work, D&D campaigns, and other married life obligations, I don't have a set upload schedule. The videos kind of just get uploaded when I manage to get them done for now!
Could you do a quick tutorial on that Basalt Farm? That's interesting, reminds me of "The Other Block Games" Cobble/Stone generators but the flow mechanics look a lot different than I would suspect. Could you explain the layout and how it's working?
I definitely can include that in the next episode. There's also a more purpose-built design that a friend came up with a while back that I'll try to build later in the series when we can have a shaft coming down into that lava chamber from the eventual workshop!
love that using trapdoors to exploit mob pathfinding is common across block games 😂
It's an age old tradition at this point! XD
I vote boiler! I prefer playing into the "ancient technology" aesthetic this game has going for it, versus the more "fantasy" or cult aesthetic of an obelisk
There'll be plenty of ancient technology for the proper workshop for sure!
Oooo solstin and rotstin back again!
Rotstin LOL
I don't know how far the lore will go with that rotwalker mask, but I've got an entire outfit picked out that I might slowly try to piece together as the series progresses.
Make it a Boiler Tank, and connect it to a tavern, so then that it might look like its boiling hops for beer or something to that affect.
I don't think I'll have a tavern close enough for that, but I definitely like that idea and might have to make a big ol boiler tank on the side of a tavern!
34:36. The outer planets moons crusts are made of ice thats harder than granite. How is Ice not just another form of Rock?
Lava is just liquid earth after all.
Well if we get really technical with the game mechanics, ice functions identically to glass once it's been chiseled, and what is glass but the melted silicates from sand, which is effectively fine rock granules! So in a VERY roudabout way, ice is technically a form of rock? At least in Vintage Story lol
Happy birthday!
Haha I guess it would be the world's birthday!
Sol's back! 🎉
I've been here the whole time, just building away! :)
🤔 could you combine the two ideas? Maybe there's an ancient obelisk that was put there by some long dead civilization. Then the pre rot village that settled here added a bunch of pipes and boilers to the obelisk to take advantage of the hot springs thermal energy?
Maybe that's way too much chiseling 😅
It's definitely an idea that I'll explore in my design testing world!
Lol change bulk key... I had to set that to B because I kept fat fingering Z instead of X to swap tongs to my hand to put away... there's really no need to have such a quick on the fly access key to change bulk settings, B is further and B-ulk so duh... xD
Also there's a mod called Tree Tapping that adds a copper sprew and when crafted with a bucket makes a tapping kit. The tapping kit can be attached to a resin scar on a tree and it collects resin over time and a slightly increased rate. Instead of 1 every 8 day you get 6 every 2-3 days or so, it makes a big difference and takes the struggle of resin out if the equation for mechanical materials. The slow and low rate of resin I feel is a bit cruel considering we can't "scar a tree" to produce resin, so this mod kinda makes sense from an IRL standpoint. A tapped tree produces more resin than a scarred tree unless its a massive and possibly fatal scar and well we can't scar trees we grow. That being said I feel the tree tap is an OK vanilla esk mod (cuz vanilla is kind of about irl processes of survival)
I'll definitely look into the Tree Tapping mod, resin is going to be in high demand soon enough!
@@Solstin it's totally worth it for sure. With only 2 trees tapped near my base I have gathered up almost 5 stacks (32/stack) of resin... now Fat and Flax are the limiting factors.
@@SnyperMK2000JclL Sounds like it'll be a must for me then!
You know what I think all of your fans be missing? I know I have!
#solsayswhat
It's definitely overdue! The last few episodes have taken longer than I had hoped to complete, so I haven't wanted to add yet more production time to them, but I think a SolSaysWhat segment in the kickoff to our second in-game year would be appropriate :)
Instead of an Obelisk try a Victory column like the Column of Trajan. You can go into those already.
Ooooo, that's a really good suggestion! I just might have to design a statue for up top...
@@Solstin
Alternatively, you could build it up into a tower. At the top make a small room and stick a clock on the outside. You could say historically that when Eisenholm was first settled in the days of earthworks and pallisades that tower was the first stone structure built. As a lookout and later as the home of a minor lord before it just stood there in the middle of town and got repurposed as a clock tower. Alot of European cities do that with old towers.
If you do decide to go for a sewer, Cloaka Maxima in Rome is a good place to look for inspiration. Sorry for the wall of text.
@@RLDragonStrider If the statue designing doesn't go to plan, a clock tower may end up being the next best thing!
For the sewers, thats very close to the idea. Fully walkable rounded tunnels, perfect for fighting giant rats 🐀
@@Solstin Geez you have your work cut out for you. Can't wait to see how this build progresses. Especially the castle.
You could also just put a mannequin with a suit of armor on top as well.
@@RLDragonStrider A mannequin? I can't let myself off that easy! 😅
LOVE your videos. What will the focus of the next one be?
The next one is focusing heavily on laying out the footprints of several buildings so we've got a blueprint for how everything will start to fit together!
A part of me wishes there was a colorful, easy to get block similar to wool from the other block game, just to make the planning stage more visually distinct from the natural landscape, haha
@@Solstin Are you using Bricklayers??
Not currently, but I honestly should just for the extra building material options!
You sounded like salad fingers with that mask on 😂
Ehehe :P
Will the obelisk, (if that's the choice) have designs up the side? I think it could be pretty nice!
I'm thinking alchemical symbols etched into the sides. I tried it out in a design testing world and I really like how it turned out!
Fucking love the plot development @ 23
I felt like that would be a divisive portion of the video depending on how people feel about the voice XD
@@Solstin was a little bit heart broken with how it was resolved, but, it.s only a matter of time before another appears
@@Iscream4j0y Who's to say it actually despawned and wasn't picked up off camera? ;D
It's been a fun year!
I would like to offer, rather than chicken chasing, the liberal implementation of baited basket traps. It *may* keep you a little more stable a little longer.
Using basket traps would likely be the better way to relocate chickens, yeah! As fun as chasing chickens is, that ramp will be a challenge to chase them up!
obylisk, for sure. will fit the best and not hamstring your future themeing.
the boiler idea is Fantastic, but i do fear it will do not good things for your future building aesthetics :/
Yeah, the obelisk is definitely the way things are going :)
I'll likely end up keeping the super industrial steampunk stuff hidden away in the reclaimed pre-fall-of-civilization workshop and places like that!
Personally I would go with the obelisk.
Definitely seems to be the concensus :)
23:03 do it, We knows yous wants toos
We craves it. We needs it!
Why not a statue or some sort? Could look nice on that base.
The plan has definitely evolved into having a statue on top of an obelisk-like pillar with runes carved into it.
I've been practicing some statue work in preparation since that's one type of building I've not really touched lol
#solsayswhat Can you do some lines said by War from Darksiders?
I can certainly try!
yer gonna install the NPC mod for the town populace?
Once there's enough buildings around for them I'll look into the village mod. For now I like having to go out and explore to buy things from merchants, it gives me more of a reason to venture out :)
Watch tower or keep? Sona steam room?
The castle walls will be a stone's throw from the boiler room, so we'll definitely have watch towers in the vicinity :)
@24:45 mom, I'm scared
We should all fear the rotwalkers lol
Jfc you're hilarious
Haha thanks! I'm just having fun being a silly little guy
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