Watching u do this is amazing, completely bakes my noodle though. I purchased the full version in the sales as I love factory like games but I feel Techtonica makes the factory side over complicated and confusing. I'm going to keep at it as I'm hoping with help of the community the game will develop with QOL improvements as other games of this genre have. It's great Watching ur vods very inspiring and great tips thank you.
"When I played for the first time, on version 0.3, I used a bus like that, with floors and a staircase. Now, with vertical belts, I prefer to use a staircase. After that, I realized that I could stack belts on top of each other, so I added six levels and, 3 blocks behind, I added another six. I did this in Victor. Now, I'm going to try to separate things, using each level of the elevator for different purposes, like connecting foundries to smelters, and so on.
Nice one! I also considered going for the 'blocky' bus with some space between levels, but found this more aesthetically pleasing. That said, your version is a bit more space efficient and easier to use in areas that aren't quite as tall! Options, options, options :)
I like your belt idea. Cool. You really want to put a bunch of the gas bag light things around the place for illumination. I'm amazed by the number of YTers that don't put any illumination in when it's exceedingly easy!
I love watching how you put everything together! Do you think you could do a build like this for a more beginner to the game with the lower tier stuff? I'm going to try and use what you showed here and make my own, but I'm curious how you would approach it (I don't have access to the blast stuff yet).
@TheDutchActuary I actually just realized you put out a beginner video for the first few levels, your videos are always so informative and helpful! Love this bus and mall idea though, looks amazing
I'm wondering whether it would be better to do all of the ore smelting on another level and bring these in (infused Copper and Iron Chunks) already done rather than take up a fair bit of space doing this on Level 11. Another question I have is that there doesn't appear to be any infused Atlantum process? Is this unlocked later or does it just not exist at all for Atlantum enrichment?
You could definitely do that! But it's not THAT much space, and you'll need to bring a few items to both levels (fuel/atlantum materials). But there's definitely more ways than one!
Is there any reason that you don't do the main lines directly on top instead of as stairs ? Cheers for the video , very informative, and no mucking around
Would be good if some kind of time scale was mentioned as in how long it took to make this and how many hours it took to get here. Just a thought but a great vid none the less
This particular build took me somewhere between 5-8 hours I believe. It's a bit hard to really give an accurate estimate, because part of it was spent on recording and honestly, overthinking some elements :P
Oy vey, shades of a glass-faced arcology in that bus. Yes, I know it’s open instead of sheathed in glass. Still! A nice machine-filled valley between the two of them.
Look forward to seeing you do all of the products on a bus.. I want to love this gane but sons of the ingredients are just obtuse and have many parts and now the mono rails are pointless.. the ingredients need alot of work I think
You definitenly don't want ALL of the products on the bus (or well, unless you don't mind the massive effort that would be lol). This is about as far as I'd take it, aside from a few more late-game additions.
Hahahaha you're totally right, that is something I did almost obsessively in my earlier runs but I completely forgot about the existence of lights now lol :D
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NOTE on this Episode: This took me about 5 times longer than I expected, but the result was very... satisfactory ;)
Watching u do this is amazing, completely bakes my noodle though. I purchased the full version in the sales as I love factory like games but I feel Techtonica makes the factory side over complicated and confusing. I'm going to keep at it as I'm hoping with help of the community the game will develop with QOL improvements as other games of this genre have. It's great Watching ur vods very inspiring and great tips thank you.
"When I played for the first time, on version 0.3, I used a bus like that, with floors and a staircase. Now, with vertical belts, I prefer to use a staircase. After that, I realized that I could stack belts on top of each other, so I added six levels and, 3 blocks behind, I added another six. I did this in Victor. Now, I'm going to try to separate things, using each level of the elevator for different purposes, like connecting foundries to smelters, and so on.
Nice one! I also considered going for the 'blocky' bus with some space between levels, but found this more aesthetically pleasing. That said, your version is a bit more space efficient and easier to use in areas that aren't quite as tall!
Options, options, options :)
I like your belt idea. Cool.
You really want to put a bunch of the gas bag light things around the place for illumination. I'm amazed by the number of YTers that don't put any illumination in when it's exceedingly easy!
What helps is that the overall llumination in the current levels (especially the zones I use most, 2 & 11) is already very bright.
Thanks for this awsome and easy to follow video
It's beautiful!!
I love watching how you put everything together! Do you think you could do a build like this for a more beginner to the game with the lower tier stuff? I'm going to try and use what you showed here and make my own, but I'm curious how you would approach it (I don't have access to the blast stuff yet).
You don't really need the blast stuff! All you need is a LOT of belts, plenty of floors, and you can get going!
@TheDutchActuary I actually just realized you put out a beginner video for the first few levels, your videos are always so informative and helpful! Love this bus and mall idea though, looks amazing
Do you have a video on how to build a platform farm for early game? Building floors and so on is pretty tedious really.
I kept my base pretty flat early on, you might want to check out the build of the base shown at the start (th-cam.com/video/lB5wExkjXLU/w-d-xo.html)
I'm wondering whether it would be better to do all of the ore smelting on another level and bring these in (infused Copper and Iron Chunks) already done rather than take up a fair bit of space doing this on Level 11. Another question I have is that there doesn't appear to be any infused Atlantum process? Is this unlocked later or does it just not exist at all for Atlantum enrichment?
You could definitely do that! But it's not THAT much space, and you'll need to bring a few items to both levels (fuel/atlantum materials). But there's definitely more ways than one!
Is there any reason that you don't do the main lines directly on top instead of as stairs ? Cheers for the video , very informative, and no mucking around
Easier to navigate, but most importantly it makes both the bus but *especially* the lifts look a LOT cleaner.
How many ports are you using per item, to unload items from the elevator?
For now, about 2-4 depending on how many items I need. Once you get the filter stacker inserters online, you can pretty much just have 1 port / belt.
Cool!
Would be good if some kind of time scale was mentioned as in how long it took to make this and how many hours it took to get here. Just a thought but a great vid none the less
This particular build took me somewhere between 5-8 hours I believe. It's a bit hard to really give an accurate estimate, because part of it was spent on recording and honestly, overthinking some elements :P
Oy vey, shades of a glass-faced arcology in that bus. Yes, I know it’s open instead of sheathed in glass. Still!
A nice machine-filled valley between the two of them.
I just realized that I've almost finished the game without doing ANY of this. lol
Honestly you don't need to do this at all in this particular game. It makes some things easier, but it's definitely a bit of a project.
@@TheDutchActuary Thanks for the guides!!! This game is so much fun.
Look forward to seeing you do all of the products on a bus.. I want to love this gane but sons of the ingredients are just obtuse and have many parts and now the mono rails are pointless.. the ingredients need alot of work I think
You definitenly don't want ALL of the products on the bus (or well, unless you don't mind the massive effort that would be lol). This is about as far as I'd take it, aside from a few more late-game additions.
Subbed for this belt bus. But please! Put some illumination in! 🫶
Hahahaha you're totally right, that is something I did almost obsessively in my earlier runs but I completely forgot about the existence of lights now lol :D