Thanks for the extensive introduction, I am looking to mod the game myself and your insight and presentation is greatly appreciated. Best of luck in the playthrough!
People don't seem to understand the bug that occurred. It's specific to mod-added factions that add hidden markets. Roider Union is one of those. They consider you hostile if you are caught without your transponder twice, no matter what your relation with the faction is. you can go from 100 relations to fully hostile with a couple misclicks.
What a spectacular run, so much bad luck, everything just spiraling out of control. Hilarious and great entertainment and a perfect motive for petty revenge.
I'm not out of control you're out of control! But yes, it's fun so far. Glad you're enjoying it. And yes, petty revenge may indeed be on the table in the future.
Interesting. I really like that dynamic! See, this is great, because that's the exact kind of thing this system needs but I absolutely would have never thought of it on my own. Thanks!
Just discovered this series, really enjoying it! You had a hell of a bad start but that's the nature of the game, it makes it more fun having to scrounge and scrape. Hope to see more starsector content from you in the future
For the spins: (since it seems almost all of the suggestions are negative/difficulties, I want to give one or more positive possibilities, but also have a few sinister ideas) 1> Choose one spin outcome, and spin again 2> you're able to have double the largest ship type accessible to you at your current level 3> one of your captains deserts you and takes their ship with them 4> fuel tanker explodes, destroy/scuttle one dram and the fuel it was carrying along with it, no matter where you are 5> {limited time?} get out of jail free card (choose to accept or deny the next spin, maybe only a spin in the next x amount of episodes, something along those lines)
I hope that when a faction decides to engage you and is deemed a hostile action gets fixed prior to the 1.0 release! Also, I would like to be an officer whenever the chance arises... if I materialize, I'd like to be paper plate face guy.
I don't know, but dozens of hundreds of hours playing left me with no such experience at all. It is always the players action and AI reaction, like in this video, he broke the law, he got himself seen while being hostile and they responded as they should. It wasn't the roiders turning hostile, it was he doing it. A faction never ever decides to engage you against it's relation standing, not even pirates or lud. Pirate fleets and scavenger fleets do behave opportunistically and they do decide to pick on you, the fight with them is again a player choice and it does involve faction relations once you start destroying them, no matter who started it or why, you can always chose to not be hostile and it will have impact, it is your choice to shoot back, doing so to have impact isn't a bug. Same goes for tech mining, getting into the economy, etc. All Ai aggression is player action based, never seen it fail in the last 5-6 years. The point is, there is no bug = there is no fix. Your perception is failing, when you don't realize your doing is at play, saying and thinking otherwise and believing it. Cheers!
@@9kArdos3 the bug is that the AI dont let him turn on the transponder (normaly they will just ask you to turn on and give a small -rep penalty) and just destroy you, that is the bug. (also, i never had this bug before, they aways let me turn on the transp, maybe its a bug with the modded faction?)
@@ShadowWolf231 it's a problem with hidden markets that want your transponder to be on, they can be a little buggy, roider union adds both hidden independent and roider bases
@@ShadowWolf231 In my personal experience, that's not a bug, it's intended behavior: if you are caught breaking the law multiple times in short succession, such as happened to Asher, then they'll aggro. It's meant to be a warning system so that you have some leeway but can't just infinitely break the law in exchange for rep loss. At some point, just like real law enforcement, they're gonna wizen up to your scheme and actually enforce the law when they realize it's a pattern of behavior rather than an accident or isolated incident. Ofc, that being said, it's somewhat questionable that the punishment for having your transponder off a couple times is the destruction of your fleet. For some factions, that may make sense, but others would probably be willing to settle for a fine or prison sentence or something like that. In general, politics and reputation and crime do kinda feel like they're not quite up to snuff, at least not in vanilla, though given it's not even at full release it's not that surprising nor upsetting.
Great video so far. An idea for a spin would be that you would have to sell all of your blueprints to the pirates. What ever you have on you and stored away. The difficulty would range wildly and would be an interesting time.
22:24 - You had your transponder off and were orbiting a known pirate world. Why wouldn't they assume you to be a pirate? Turning on your transponder would just be letting them know who the pirate is... pretty sure people get shot for piracy in Starsector (or maybe I just shoot all pirates... same thing really). 24:25 - "Hostile Actions" = colluding with pirates... or running without a transponder... or fighting with a patrol. Take your pick really.
But they already picked me up. And I'm just delivering black market food. The Roiders didn't even want it. It's like philanthropy -- in a way. Obviously I did a terrible job pleading my case because the officer was just like "I just found you and I know who you are because you turned on your Transponder before, now I'm going to kill you." Like...dude. That's not really a capital offense when there's a battle with hostile pirates going on right outside the window.
> breaks law, gets flagship destroyed > gets story point for escaping > doesn't realize they have the story point and abandons a perfectly good frigate incredible
Happy to have found this series! Had Starsector for a while, but only just got into it (starting vanilla). Sooo good! Interesting tidbit that I didn't find in the comments; there is a book trilogy from Liu Cixin which is an insanely interesting series about a harsh universe with the dark forest problem. The books are (in order) Three Body Problem, The Dark forest, and Deaths End. One of the best sci fi book series in my opinion, so incredibly full of concepts and ideas. Extremely interesting read, and honestly much better in my opinion than classics like The Foundation series from Isaac Asimov. Anyways, looking forward to the series, subbed! :)
Reading those has been on my to-do list, but I was familiar with the Dark Forest idea (and book) when deciding the theme for this Starsector series. If there was one benefit to being on COVID quarantine recently, it's that I finally got to sit down and read through The Three Body Problem. I've only just started The Dark Forest.
I have some wheel of doom spin that would definitely mess up my run if I did it: 1.You can't take supplies from a post battle salvage (anything else that gets you supplies is ok)(don't know about taking a ship the scuttling tho) 2.If you lose any fight you must space crew member equal to 18% of needed crew of all working ships(disengaging doesn't count) 3.If you get caught by a patrol,you must always comply
Nice run. When you go dark in scan range of 3 defensive fleets you will always have problem. No point being mad at officier, he is just doing his job ;-).
Doom wheel submission: on the next IE "sacrifice ships to the factory" option, sacrifice your two largest ships. also, aww yiss derelict empire. HE GUNS ARE BACK
Wheel of --(mis)fortune-- Doom idea: Character sheet lockdown - if rolled, you cannot recruit (getting one from salvage is exception)/level up/change assignments for officers, also you cannot gain/reassign skills in character tab Ship name: Insufferable
Got the ship name added. I'll have to think on the other ones because I don't mind penalizing myself but I don't necessarily want to throw harm in the way of other viewers who might be part of the crew -- especially if one of the officer ones is a permanent roll). I'll let you know what I come up with.
Nice, liking the idea of the fleet limitations, I also tend to run mod heavy and it can get a bit overpowered without some self inflicted limitations. Think I'll give those restrictions a go myself.
Wheel of Actual Doom Idea: Rename 1d4 ships to something ridiculous and unfitting that make them unable to be taken seriously. You are obligated to refer to them by their new names at all times, no matter how stupid it makes you sound. Just like in the last one, name a junker/low tech/techmined/rustbucket heavy cruiser/capital Clear Skies, as I don't think it got enough screen time last run. I think a Roach King/Herakles/Junk/Amalgam/Dragon/Renegade would be a good hull to use, and of course make sure to fit it with as many long ranged artillery weapons as you can.
Instead of rolling a dice I think the more appropriate answer is to name 4. And I got your ship name in as well. I'll be on the lookout for good hulls for it.
Added, but you know yours raises a really interesting question. It's easy enough if I have a corrupt nanoforge. But if I have none, does this mean I have to do an IOU or I have to immediately switch gears and "procure" one for the pirates. I like it.
just starting this series, i would say due to your opening hostilities, i would say this is more of a dark inside potted plant as opposed to a dark forest :P
Classic Starsector. You attack them -5 reps. Them Attack you, and you won -5. They send expedition and failed because of their incompetence -5. Ah yess.
If it isn't already there, have a space that is spin twice more and follow both rules, re spin instead if this is one of those two results. Because we care.
That's absolutely one of the most reliable ways to build up with good profit margins. Drugs can be a little more stable if you can find the right ratio, but if you have the capital you can't go wrong with dumping a bunch of weapons on the black market. Morality be damned.
Wheel of Dom(ain) idea, ATTENTION THIS IS HEGEMONY COMSEC!, -if you have ai cores (in your cargo bay), roll the type of core with a 6 side dice (if you have multiple types), -then yeet half of that type into hyperspace rounded up -in case you don't have any cores, increase Hegemony relations by 10 and roll again
Nice. I can't exactly go in and modify my relations with the AI core, but I've added two sections on the wheel re AI cores (lose half of one type being carried AND lose half of all (carried or stored. not sure about ones that are equipped because I'm not sure I can remove those)
Wheel of doom idea: You can have one more given type of ship (exept supercapital of frigate) at that level, the type of ship is up to you to pick. Also ship idea: Thrush led by Captain Martin
Wheel of Doom idea: Only allowed to use Black Market trading/No open market trading. I know this might seem like it would be good but it could limit your supplies and fuel for a entire level. Not to mention also possibly giving you suspicion with factions and having them scan you unexpectedly.
This is going to sound really dumb and goes deep deep down a rabbit hole I don't normally go down in the channel. The short answer: in a dream. That said, it's an improvement over my waytofailself picture which looked like an MS Paint version of a downvote arrow.
@@AsherGames Well, I checked out the waytofailself pic, and see what you mean haha... and, if you ever feel like sharing the story, I'd be interested in hearing it! Feel free to friend on Twitter if you're ever so inclined 🤷♂
Turn on your transporter! Okay. *Waits till the fleet leaves* Okay let's go dark again and sell this food. *Fleet returns and shoots you out of the sky for turning off your transponder* *Surprised Pikachu face*
Hey there, I'd love to Apply for an Officer and a Ship name! Officer Name: Darrow of Lykos (Rising series by Dan Brown) reminded me a lot of starsector. Ship Name (supercapital): Tyr Morga
Thanks for the submission. No transverse jumps is already on the wheel. If it ends up being permanent based on the rules, then it's permanent. And brutal.
This game should be ported on mobile devices. This would be the best place for it imo. As it is single player game, could pause at any time, and continue at any time without bothering anyone. Also, it would be great to have Multiplayer, like DayZ, Zomboid, etc. small server games. Multiplayer will bring this game to a new level.
the Fractal Softworks forums may be the best place to start but it could come down to needing a compatible version of the Starsector client, the mods themself, OR needing to allocate more memory for your mods.
Unfortunately, no. I do not have the rights to redistribute other mods. You'll have to find them all on the Fractal Softworks site and see what you can make work on your system.
I can't say for sure if ALL of the mods are balanced, but my goal is always more to have a fun and interesting experience. If that means sometimes I get crushed by Starsector so be it. Also, in terms of locating the mods there's a really nice Mod Index list on the Fractal Softworks mod page. Unless I'm going crazy from sleep deprivation, every single mod I got was from that index or from scouring the forums myself.
That's an excellent question with a two part answer: 1) I wanted to feature some different factions than the ones I used in my previous Starsector series and 2) I left on the option to have them populate the world after the start
Hi Asher! Just found your channel, seems like you play a LOT of Starsector, wch is aesome! I'm very new to the vannilla game, and I have a question for you,Somehow I've managed to piss off EVERY major faction AND the pirates, except I'm neutral with both the diktat and the Persian league. What are my options? I can't trade with anyone, and I'm out of supplies. Am I hosed?
Congratulations and welcome to Starsector! There's always a way out, although it looks like you have some serious digging to do. Pretty much any point of hostility in the base game is something that is intentional -- so make sure you aren't saturation bombarding planets or just trying to shoot down other factions with your beacon on. In addition, you can trade with people via the black market if you keep your beacon off. So that's a plus. However, the Diktat and Persean League have plenty of planets, so that's more than enough for trade partners. You can take a comission with one of them or do missions for them to continue to try and build up reputation. As for out of supplies? How far away are you from where you can get them?
@@AsherGames well it turns out I’m neutral with both the factions that don’t want vengeance on me. So no reading on open market. I decided to end the letsplay there, and start a season 2 because I squandered my story points for dumb stuff early instead of hoarding them for build in or colony management, that and I would ant to play with mods, and especially after watching you current play through. Speaking of mods, do you have any suggestions for fun factions? I got HMI and the dinosaur people because of this play through.
oooh, I'll be following this and must ask for a ship name Can you name at least a Cruiser size ship with at least 2 medium ballistics Baby Magnum? Also good luck Starfarer
Even after your explanation I cannot figure out what your 0|0|0|1 numbers mean under flight restrictions... So at level 5 you are allowed to use... 3 supercapitals... 5 capitals... 7 cruisers and 9 destroyers? But at level 10 you can no longer use.... I am so lost... Either I am very stupid, or this information is very confusing... I'm guessing some combination of both...
It's okay I can understand the confusion. I could have just made a spreadsheet. At level 20 I will be able to use 9 destroyers and I will be able to use 1 Super Capital. The listing for each class of ship is broken down from level to level. So at level 15 when I unlock Capitals, I would be able to use 7 Destroyers, 4 Cruisers, 1 Capital, and 0 Super Capitals. It'll make more sense as the series progresses.
@@AsherGames Okay, after looking at it for a while, I think i just got the system :p My brain would have arranged it per level... so at level 5 it would have been 3|0|0|0. Level 10 - 5|2|0|0, level 15 - 7|4|1|0 and level 20 9|6|2|1 :p I was reading it different *nods*
since dude didnt answer you, Nexelerin takes it to the next level. Virtually every mod uses it as a base. It adds quite a few things to vanilla including QoL features, new ships, new equipment. The next thing to look at after you have Nex are faction mods. There is a wide variety, and some are more fleshed out then others. If you dont want new factions, you can get things like the ship & weapons pack, and some packs that add new hull mods. Join the Unofficial discord if you havent already, plenty of people that can steer you in the right direction with mods that work for the latest version of SS.
Just found out that this game exists a few days ago. Thinking of getting it. Support the development and what not. One question that I had at the very beginning of the video is. Is the map like a random generated kind of map?
In the base game, there is a predictable but slightly randomised layout for the civilized "core worlds" in the middle of the map. everything outside of those core worlds is random. In this play through, I opted for a randomized map
I started playing a couple of weeks ago. It's the first game in a very long time that's completely captured my focus and attention. I haven't touched anything else since, just playing vanilla. I just finished the main storyline and I want to keep expanding my colonies for awhile, but I'm definitely looking forward to starting a modded run.
psssst. He doesn't know (although honestly I do learn from someone else pointing it out to me in the comments). You'll have to suffer through for a few episodes though.
23:00 When you act like you turned on your stuff while you obviously did not. Come on Asher. It's easy to blame the game for your own mistakes, we know, but ffs...
Hahaha, nah it's because in all of the test saves I did before the CEO was some old woman. It was kind of jarring to see someone different when I thought it might have been something pre set.
Man this guy wants to add extra challenges and he can't even play the game normally, how does someone have a 60 part playtrough and don't even know to not turn off his transponder and to at least change hull mods on his civilian ships, all should use unstable injectors and expanded cargo and fuel
the best part about putting my game play out there is that everyone gets to see and laugh at my mistakes instead of quietly saving and reloading in shame.
Thanks for the extensive introduction, I am looking to mod the game myself and your insight and presentation is greatly appreciated. Best of luck in the playthrough!
Thanks so much!
"Trying to make plans"
Officer Asshole: Yea, about that...
People don't seem to understand the bug that occurred. It's specific to mod-added factions that add hidden markets. Roider Union is one of those. They consider you hostile if you are caught without your transponder twice, no matter what your relation with the faction is. you can go from 100 relations to fully hostile with a couple misclicks.
Thanks for the info. I also could have just not been so irresponsible but that's part of the fun.
Lol I just started Starsector a few days ago. And I just used your last playthrough for my mods just yesterday. Glad to be here for new game.
Hope you enjoy this one and I hope your new game is going well!
What a spectacular run, so much bad luck, everything just spiraling out of control. Hilarious and great entertainment and a perfect motive for petty revenge.
I'm not out of control you're out of control! But yes, it's fun so far. Glad you're enjoying it.
And yes, petty revenge may indeed be on the table in the future.
remove one rule. you can remove one rule from your list and if you spin that rule again you put it back on your list.
Interesting. I really like that dynamic! See, this is great, because that's the exact kind of thing this system needs but I absolutely would have never thought of it on my own. Thanks!
@@AsherGames You’re welcome.
First time watcher, love the mod setup, also love the great articulation. Keep it up!
Sorry for getting to this late (work has been very busy this week) but thanks so much for the kind words. I hope you enjoy the series!
Wheel of doom idea: You have to aggro ONE random faction (attack a patrol fleet?)
Simple and effective.
Just discovered this series, really enjoying it! You had a hell of a bad start but that's the nature of the game, it makes it more fun having to scrounge and scrape. Hope to see more starsector content from you in the future
For the spins:
(since it seems almost all of the suggestions are negative/difficulties, I want to give one or more positive possibilities, but also have a few sinister ideas)
1> Choose one spin outcome, and spin again
2> you're able to have double the largest ship type accessible to you at your current level
3> one of your captains deserts you and takes their ship with them
4> fuel tanker explodes, destroy/scuttle one dram and the fuel it was carrying along with it, no matter where you are
5> {limited time?} get out of jail free card (choose to accept or deny the next spin, maybe only a spin in the next x amount of episodes, something along those lines)
Rather than get out of jail free, it could simply be "remove 1 permanent modifier"
Thanks for the suggestions! Added them.
Thanks for this too, that's a little easier to work with
I hope that when a faction decides to engage you and is deemed a hostile action gets fixed prior to the 1.0 release!
Also, I would like to be an officer whenever the chance arises... if I materialize, I'd like to be paper plate face guy.
I agree, that's one of the weird interactions that I'm surprised is still in there. Also, added the officer name. Thanks for sticking with it!
I don't know, but dozens of hundreds of hours playing left me with no such experience at all.
It is always the players action and AI reaction, like in this video, he broke the law, he got himself seen while being hostile and they responded as they should. It wasn't the roiders turning hostile, it was he doing it.
A faction never ever decides to engage you against it's relation standing, not even pirates or lud.
Pirate fleets and scavenger fleets do behave opportunistically and they do decide to pick on you, the fight with them is again a player choice and it does involve faction relations once you start destroying them, no matter who started it or why, you can always chose to not be hostile and it will have impact, it is your choice to shoot back, doing so to have impact isn't a bug.
Same goes for tech mining, getting into the economy, etc.
All Ai aggression is player action based, never seen it fail in the last 5-6 years.
The point is, there is no bug = there is no fix. Your perception is failing, when you don't realize your doing is at play, saying and thinking otherwise and believing it.
Cheers!
@@9kArdos3 the bug is that the AI dont let him turn on the transponder (normaly they will just ask you to turn on and give a small -rep penalty) and just destroy you, that is the bug. (also, i never had this bug before, they aways let me turn on the transp, maybe its a bug with the modded faction?)
@@ShadowWolf231 it's a problem with hidden markets that want your transponder to be on, they can be a little buggy, roider union adds both hidden independent and roider bases
@@ShadowWolf231 In my personal experience, that's not a bug, it's intended behavior: if you are caught breaking the law multiple times in short succession, such as happened to Asher, then they'll aggro. It's meant to be a warning system so that you have some leeway but can't just infinitely break the law in exchange for rep loss. At some point, just like real law enforcement, they're gonna wizen up to your scheme and actually enforce the law when they realize it's a pattern of behavior rather than an accident or isolated incident.
Ofc, that being said, it's somewhat questionable that the punishment for having your transponder off a couple times is the destruction of your fleet. For some factions, that may make sense, but others would probably be willing to settle for a fine or prison sentence or something like that. In general, politics and reputation and crime do kinda feel like they're not quite up to snuff, at least not in vanilla, though given it's not even at full release it's not that surprising nor upsetting.
Great video so far. An idea for a spin would be that you would have to sell all of your blueprints to the pirates. What ever you have on you and stored away. The difficulty would range wildly and would be an interesting time.
I second this
Everyone wanting to buff the pirates. That's gonna be exciting if I get a full dragon's hoard of crap and then have to dump it all out. I like it!
You can see fuel range with 2 or w key on Intel view.
Why do I not remember that I can do this? I've been switching back to the map to do this every single time.
22:24 - You had your transponder off and were orbiting a known pirate world. Why wouldn't they assume you to be a pirate?
Turning on your transponder would just be letting them know who the pirate is... pretty sure people get shot for piracy in Starsector (or maybe I just shoot all pirates... same thing really).
24:25 - "Hostile Actions" = colluding with pirates... or running without a transponder... or fighting with a patrol. Take your pick really.
But they already picked me up. And I'm just delivering black market food. The Roiders didn't even want it. It's like philanthropy -- in a way.
Obviously I did a terrible job pleading my case because the officer was just like "I just found you and I know who you are because you turned on your Transponder before, now I'm going to kill you." Like...dude. That's not really a capital offense when there's a battle with hostile pirates going on right outside the window.
@@AsherGames counter point, you're colluding with terrorists by feeding them xD
> breaks law, gets flagship destroyed
> gets story point for escaping
> doesn't realize they have the story point and abandons a perfectly good frigate
incredible
Welcome to the high quality play you can expect from this channel. I don't just make one mistake. I turn it into a mistake turducken.
Happy to have found this series! Had Starsector for a while, but only just got into it (starting vanilla). Sooo good! Interesting tidbit that I didn't find in the comments; there is a book trilogy from Liu Cixin which is an insanely interesting series about a harsh universe with the dark forest problem. The books are (in order) Three Body Problem, The Dark forest, and Deaths End. One of the best sci fi book series in my opinion, so incredibly full of concepts and ideas. Extremely interesting read, and honestly much better in my opinion than classics like The Foundation series from Isaac Asimov. Anyways, looking forward to the series, subbed! :)
Reading those has been on my to-do list, but I was familiar with the Dark Forest idea (and book) when deciding the theme for this Starsector series. If there was one benefit to being on COVID quarantine recently, it's that I finally got to sit down and read through The Three Body Problem. I've only just started The Dark Forest.
'Finding a buyer and not getting killed'. Life story of any criminal bru.
I have some wheel of doom spin that would definitely mess up my run if I did it:
1.You can't take supplies from a post battle salvage (anything else that gets you supplies is ok)(don't know about taking a ship the scuttling tho)
2.If you lose any fight you must space crew member equal to 18% of needed crew of all working ships(disengaging doesn't count)
3.If you get caught by a patrol,you must always comply
Those are all really nice and creative. I like it. I also might have some problems winning battles, but we shall see.
Your game start gave me a Wheel of Doom idea; No transverse jump until the next level
Definitely a good suggestion. It's in!
Nice run. When you go dark in scan range of 3 defensive fleets you will always have problem. No point being mad at officier, he is just doing his job ;-).
Doom wheel submission: on the next IE "sacrifice ships to the factory" option, sacrifice your two largest ships.
also, aww yiss derelict empire. HE GUNS ARE BACK
Added. May actually end up making it take two largest ships to salvage yard since I'm running the Industrial Evolution mod.
Just found you’re channel! Absolutely love the content!
Wheel of --(mis)fortune-- Doom idea: Character sheet lockdown - if rolled, you cannot recruit (getting one from salvage is exception)/level up/change assignments for officers, also you cannot gain/reassign skills in character tab
Ship name: Insufferable
Got the ship name added. I'll have to think on the other ones because I don't mind penalizing myself but I don't necessarily want to throw harm in the way of other viewers who might be part of the crew -- especially if one of the officer ones is a permanent roll). I'll let you know what I come up with.
@@AsherGames No big deal, it was just an idea, you don't have to use it
Nice, liking the idea of the fleet limitations, I also tend to run mod heavy and it can get a bit overpowered without some self inflicted limitations. Think I'll give those restrictions a go myself.
TH-cam just showed me you have a 27 episode of Starsector, time to binge watch :D
Hope you've been enjoying it! There are also other additional starsector series.
pooooooooooooooooog, new starsector run lets go!
Welcome! I hope you enjoy the ride. Because it's quite a ride.
Officer: Jack Aubrey
Ship name: H.M.S. Surprise.
Got you added for both!
I love the series, great work! If there is any ship name slot Free I would like to command "The Pillar of Autumn" Looking forward to see more!
Added the ship. Just want to be clear, were you asking for an officer too?
@@AsherGames No named officer needed. Just want to see the ship :)
Totally going to start this challenge with you, sounds so fun
Also captain request: Vleermuisje (little bat) any girl portrait
Will add it to the spreadsheet, hope your run goes a little better than how mine started!
Wheel of Actual Doom Idea: Rename 1d4 ships to something ridiculous and unfitting that make them unable to be taken seriously. You are obligated to refer to them by their new names at all times, no matter how stupid it makes you sound.
Just like in the last one, name a junker/low tech/techmined/rustbucket heavy cruiser/capital Clear Skies, as I don't think it got enough screen time last run. I think a Roach King/Herakles/Junk/Amalgam/Dragon/Renegade would be a good hull to use, and of course make sure to fit it with as many long ranged artillery weapons as you can.
Instead of rolling a dice I think the more appropriate answer is to name 4. And I got your ship name in as well. I'll be on the lookout for good hulls for it.
Because of some faction mods i aways get strange and funny names for my space ships, idk why they are so frequent!
Can I get a sell one corrupt nanforge to pirates on the wheel. And if none in inventory spin again.
Added, but you know yours raises a really interesting question. It's easy enough if I have a corrupt nanoforge. But if I have none, does this mean I have to do an IOU or I have to immediately switch gears and "procure" one for the pirates. I like it.
good shit right here, subbed.
just starting this series, i would say due to your opening hostilities, i would say this is more of a dark inside potted plant as opposed to a dark forest :P
Classic Starsector.
You attack them -5 reps.
Them Attack you, and you won -5.
They send expedition and failed because of their incompetence -5.
Ah yess.
If it isn't already there, have a space that is spin twice more and follow both rules, re spin instead if this is one of those two results. Because we care.
Oh man we're gonna go full gameshow with the spins. I like it.
Looking forward to this series! (:
looks cool, first time here.
Heavy Armaments and drugs are the best commodities to flip. High margins
Now this looks like a very intersecting run. Let's see how it goes...
Hope you enjoy it!
Captain Endless Sauron piloting the ZeroSum, looking to be a trade ship or fuel ship
added to the list!
Every time I start a new game, the first thing I trade is heavy armaments. No exceptions, no matter who is selling and buying
That's absolutely one of the most reliable ways to build up with good profit margins. Drugs can be a little more stable if you can find the right ratio, but if you have the capital you can't go wrong with dumping a bunch of weapons on the black market. Morality be damned.
Wheel of Dom(ain) idea, ATTENTION THIS IS HEGEMONY COMSEC!,
-if you have ai cores (in your cargo bay), roll the type of core with a 6 side dice (if you have multiple types),
-then yeet half of that type into hyperspace rounded up
-in case you don't have any cores, increase Hegemony relations by 10 and roll again
Nice. I can't exactly go in and modify my relations with the AI core, but I've added two sections on the wheel re AI cores (lose half of one type being carried AND lose half of all (carried or stored. not sure about ones that are equipped because I'm not sure I can remove those)
Wheel of doom idea: You can have one more given type of ship (exept supercapital of frigate) at that level, the type of ship is up to you to pick.
Also ship idea: Thrush led by Captain Martin
Thanks for being merciful! Also, added you to the list. Quick Q, what inflection on the i in martin? ten or teen?
@@AsherGames I prefer the shorter 'ten' but i won't be angry if you use the longer one.
Which mod add these new types of planets?
That would be Unknown Skies, definitely one of the best mods on this list.
@@AsherGames And which mod adds the hyperspace stations?
@@Average_Arthur LowTech Armada. IIRC, it only adds one station (Tech Duinn).
Wheel of Doom idea: Only allowed to use Black Market trading/No open market trading. I know this might seem like it would be good but it could limit your supplies and fuel for a entire level. Not to mention also possibly giving you suspicion with factions and having them scan you unexpectedly.
Wow I caught this one really late. Added to the wheel. Thanks!
I just bought the game a few days ago and my ship components are yellowish vanilla color is that cause its a different version?
I gotta ask... where did you come up with your profile pic? I remember an old webcomic called Rainbirds that had like... identical art haha!
This is going to sound really dumb and goes deep deep down a rabbit hole I don't normally go down in the channel. The short answer: in a dream.
That said, it's an improvement over my waytofailself picture which looked like an MS Paint version of a downvote arrow.
@@AsherGames Well, I checked out the waytofailself pic, and see what you mean haha... and, if you ever feel like sharing the story, I'd be interested in hearing it! Feel free to friend on Twitter if you're ever so inclined 🤷♂
Turn on your transporter!
Okay. *Waits till the fleet leaves* Okay let's go dark again and sell this food.
*Fleet returns and shoots you out of the sky for turning off your transponder*
*Surprised Pikachu face*
Hey there, I'd love to Apply for an Officer and a Ship name!
Officer Name: Darrow of Lykos (Rising series by Dan Brown) reminded me a lot of starsector.
Ship Name (supercapital): Tyr Morga
Got you added to the spreadsheet. Just need to get some actual offensive ships first.
@@AsherGames Thank you Kindly
Wheel of doom idea: Transverse jump drives are broken due to some quirky change in the laws of physics. No transverse jumps for the rest of the run.
Thanks for the submission. No transverse jumps is already on the wheel. If it ends up being permanent based on the rules, then it's permanent. And brutal.
@@AsherGames Roger that, thanks for letting me know. Hope you continue to enjoy making excellent vids.
This game should be ported on mobile devices. This would be the best place for it imo. As it is single player game, could pause at any time, and continue at any time without bothering anyone. Also, it would be great to have Multiplayer, like DayZ, Zomboid, etc. small server games. Multiplayer will bring this game to a new level.
i'd love a "MrCoccolo" officier if you can
Thanks for the encouragement. I'll add your officer name to the list!
Saw the series part 40 pop up gotta come start form the beginning
I have tried to add mods to my game and i have errors what do i do?! Idk what the errors mean
the Fractal Softworks forums may be the best place to start but it could come down to needing a compatible version of the Starsector client, the mods themself, OR needing to allocate more memory for your mods.
I cant seem to figure out how to mod the game
what mod reskins the ship compotents
hey lad, cant you be kind enough to upload your mods folder so i can download it?
Unfortunately, no. I do not have the rights to redistribute other mods. You'll have to find them all on the Fractal Softworks site and see what you can make work on your system.
Are these mods balanced? Also I didn't find some mods
I can't say for sure if ALL of the mods are balanced, but my goal is always more to have a fun and interesting experience. If that means sometimes I get crushed by Starsector so be it.
Also, in terms of locating the mods there's a really nice Mod Index list on the Fractal Softworks mod page. Unless I'm going crazy from sleep deprivation, every single mod I got was from that index or from scouring the forums myself.
Looking at that mod list I'm afraid to ask how much RAM you have, or how much you allocate to the game (to which the most probable answer is 'yes').
I have 16GB of RAM and 6GB of VRAM. I've allocated 6GB of RAM for the game to run and things are going fine so far.
@@AsherGames huh, I've put in just 3-4 mods and 6gb is not enough, 1 hour in and it's already complaining.
Please keep it up, This is great!! Is there an auto-modder available?
what mod are the ships from that you present in the “rules” section? they look really cool
Those are all Roider Union ships. So hopefully at some point you'll be seeing them in action.
Man, that sector map looks tiny to my size-addled brain. My custom sectorgen has hundreds of stars.
why did u disbale draco and fang factions they are part of the mod u have???? so why use the mod if u turn them off?
That's an excellent question with a two part answer: 1) I wanted to feature some different factions than the ones I used in my previous Starsector series and 2) I left on the option to have them populate the world after the start
@@AsherGames oh the respawn thing will still populate them even if they didnt exist in the first place?
Hi Asher! Just found your channel, seems like you play a LOT of Starsector, wch is aesome! I'm very new to the vannilla game, and I have a question for you,Somehow I've managed to piss off EVERY major faction AND the pirates, except I'm neutral with both the diktat and the Persian league. What are my options? I can't trade with anyone, and I'm out of supplies. Am I hosed?
Congratulations and welcome to Starsector! There's always a way out, although it looks like you have some serious digging to do. Pretty much any point of hostility in the base game is something that is intentional -- so make sure you aren't saturation bombarding planets or just trying to shoot down other factions with your beacon on.
In addition, you can trade with people via the black market if you keep your beacon off. So that's a plus. However, the Diktat and Persean League have plenty of planets, so that's more than enough for trade partners. You can take a comission with one of them or do missions for them to continue to try and build up reputation.
As for out of supplies? How far away are you from where you can get them?
@@AsherGames well it turns out I’m neutral with both the factions that don’t want vengeance on me. So no reading on open market. I decided to end the letsplay there, and start a season 2 because I squandered my story points for dumb stuff early instead of hoarding them for build in or colony management, that and I would ant to play with mods, and especially after watching you current play through. Speaking of mods, do you have any suggestions for fun factions? I got HMI and the dinosaur people because of this play through.
oooh, I'll be following this and must ask for a ship name
Can you name at least a Cruiser size ship with at least 2 medium ballistics Baby Magnum?
Also good luck Starfarer
Sure, I can add that one to the spreadsheet. Also, thanks for the well wishes. I'm going to need them.
I have one for the wheel. Must go to war with random faction. Must onky engage in war by saturstion bombardment
Even after your explanation I cannot figure out what your 0|0|0|1 numbers mean under flight restrictions...
So at level 5 you are allowed to use... 3 supercapitals... 5 capitals... 7 cruisers and 9 destroyers? But at level 10 you can no longer use.... I am so lost... Either I am very stupid, or this information is very confusing... I'm guessing some combination of both...
It's okay I can understand the confusion. I could have just made a spreadsheet.
At level 20 I will be able to use 9 destroyers and I will be able to use 1 Super Capital. The listing for each class of ship is broken down from level to level. So at level 15 when I unlock Capitals, I would be able to use 7 Destroyers, 4 Cruisers, 1 Capital, and 0 Super Capitals. It'll make more sense as the series progresses.
@@AsherGames Okay, after looking at it for a while, I think i just got the system :p
My brain would have arranged it per level... so at level 5 it would have been 3|0|0|0. Level 10 - 5|2|0|0, level 15 - 7|4|1|0 and level 20 9|6|2|1 :p I was reading it different *nods*
Im new to the game should i get it modded asap? If so what mods should i get as a newbie
There is plenty to do and enjoy unmodified, so my suggestion would be to start there. The game has a pretty good tutorial to get you started.
since dude didnt answer you, Nexelerin takes it to the next level. Virtually every mod uses it as a base. It adds quite a few things to vanilla including QoL features, new ships, new equipment. The next thing to look at after you have Nex are faction mods. There is a wide variety, and some are more fleshed out then others. If you dont want new factions, you can get things like the ship & weapons pack, and some packs that add new hull mods. Join the Unofficial discord if you havent already, plenty of people that can steer you in the right direction with mods that work for the latest version of SS.
Just found out that this game exists a few days ago. Thinking of getting it. Support the development and what not.
One question that I had at the very beginning of the video is. Is the map like a random generated kind of map?
In the base game, there is a predictable but slightly randomised layout for the civilized "core worlds" in the middle of the map. everything outside of those core worlds is random. In this play through, I opted for a randomized map
I started playing a couple of weeks ago. It's the first game in a very long time that's completely captured my focus and attention. I haven't touched anything else since, just playing vanilla. I just finished the main storyline and I want to keep expanding my colonies for awhile, but I'm definitely looking forward to starting a modded run.
Does he really not know he can just hit W in the intel screen to show him his fuel limits in the missions screen im sure he figured that out later
psssst. He doesn't know (although honestly I do learn from someone else pointing it out to me in the comments). You'll have to suffer through for a few episodes though.
23:00 When you act like you turned on your stuff while you obviously did not. Come on Asher.
It's easy to blame the game for your own mistakes, we know, but ffs...
Idea: lucky/unlucky reroll. Roll twice and take the worse/better result (respin if you rolled "lucky/unlucky reroll").
That's....just a few mods. 🤣
One or two or forty.
😊
wonder what you cats look like. maybe see some time.
I have cats too and can send a picture as a trade lol
Nagato super capital? ;)
I'll add you to the list, I just hope you don't mind that you might have to wait awhile.
14:16 "Wow the CEO looks different than I was expecting"
What because hes BLACK
Hahaha, nah it's because in all of the test saves I did before the CEO was some old woman. It was kind of jarring to see someone different when I thought it might have been something pre set.
Pls don't make too many mistakes like last series.
Ummm... I might have some bad news for you...
Man this guy wants to add extra challenges and he can't even play the game normally, how does someone have a 60 part playtrough and don't even know to not turn off his transponder and to at least change hull mods on his civilian ships, all should use unstable injectors and expanded cargo and fuel
the best part about putting my game play out there is that everyone gets to see and laugh at my mistakes instead of quietly saving and reloading in shame.
zzzzz just play the game like a normal person.
I've done the play the game like a normal person a bunch of times. It's okay to get a little (or a lot) crazy from time to time.