#Brainstorming crazy ideas thread.

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rotund geyser
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@rose phoenix

rose phoenix
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๐Ÿ‘‹

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After i successfully place soil, i'm probably gonna simulate the process on planet ground to we can test it better

rotund geyser
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Should test if plants grow in space first.

rose phoenix
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Oh yeah i'll spawn one in to test that before i go back

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0.5u/s really is slow for printing

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Been waiting for a rail car for a couple mins lol

rotund geyser
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Better than nothing lol.

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I've had to make due with that on a few occasions.

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Since you're using creative to test anyway, may as well spawn in more power.

rose phoenix
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Maybe i should strategically do this process so most of the work is done before i scrap the other qt-rtg ๐Ÿ˜…

rotund geyser
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Perhaps lol.

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I was proud that I could fit a mobile base in a large shuttle. Never thought you could fit a printable base in your player inventory lol.

rose phoenix
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Challening yourself is defintely the way to play lol

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And now to wait another 5 minutes for the crane

rotund geyser
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Oh hey. You could use a sturdysquash as double duty. Use it for the tapper and try to grow curious sturdysquash with it to get astronium in order to craft fault finders.

rose phoenix
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Oh, the other steel from scrap can be turned into a probe scanner to scrap it

rotund geyser
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Sweet.

rotund geyser
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Then after you get enough astronium, trade it for dynamite then blow up some pumpkin shelters for more sturdysquash seeds.

rose phoenix
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Ohh, that means sturdy squash can give access to the entire trading platform catelogue

rotund geyser
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Fault finders probably don't work in space, though. :/

rose phoenix
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Hm.. I think it just needs to be placed on soil

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But if its like the Atmospheric Condensor, dead end.

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Activating a FF in space would be wild

rose phoenix
rotund geyser
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Sweet.

rose phoenix
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Wont need to scrap anything else or need another slot for the Small Printer

rotund geyser
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Talk about being...resourceful.

rose phoenix
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Aw man the trade rocket knocked my perfect placement of the shelter & printer platform ๐Ÿ˜‚

rose phoenix
rotund geyser
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Too bad missions are disabled in a world that had creative mode on at any point.

rose phoenix
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Huh, i could also make more power as soon as i get the plant up. I have extra compound to put into generators to burn the organic

rose phoenix
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I wanted to do it all in survival(after setup in creative) but mistakes were inevitable on the first attempt

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Oh no

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Chem lab!!!

rotund geyser
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Ah...

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Need a space for another fault finder, then.

rose phoenix
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Aluminum alloy because Paver was condensed

rose phoenix
rotund geyser
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Right.

rose phoenix
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Maybe the extra silicone can be scrapped instead

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Well this attempt is very very scuffed

rotund geyser
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Silicone does give 1 scrap.

rose phoenix
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i'll just hurry it up and cheat the rest since im pretty much there

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Will have to rethink the list but i've no doubt its possible now

rotund geyser
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Do you have an inventory space for the seed?

rose phoenix
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I'm pretty certain there will be one space leftover

rotund geyser
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If you do without the extra qtrtg. But don't you need that space for the paver?

rose phoenix
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I'll switch out the qt-rtg & portable oxygen for the shelter, giving me a free slot for the Paver. Then the seed can probably be slotted in by replacing the qt-rtg, you'd have to carefully work out what to craft first so you can scrap excess

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So problem #25, i think i'm too far from the planet i launched from

rotund geyser
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Hm?

rose phoenix
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In the screenshots i'm upside down compared to everything i place

rotund geyser
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Yeah?

rose phoenix
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I'm trying to use the crane to place soil, and despite testing it before, now its not working

rotund geyser
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Is it normally finicky?

rose phoenix
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So i can only assume that at a certain point when your gravity is flipped, the crane method doesnt work

rose phoenix
# rotund geyser Is it normally finicky?

Not sure but i tested it after making a sky ramp, and then going off to the side. It worked without fail after replacing the rail post. But this is my first time trying it after launching/flinging myself straight up instead. If i wait a bit less time i shouldn't be flipped like this, so i'll have to try again to verify that

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I'm gonna try flying closer to see if i'm not that far from the planet beforehand though

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Couldb't get close enough, so i tried a new launch, i turned sideways, but it was able to work.

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So maybe as long as u dont turn upside down?

rotund geyser
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Perhaps floating point inaccuracy shifted the valid location to place the soil?

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@rose phoenixThis seems plausible to me.

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Could be some distance away from the expected location.

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You're familiar with the "sticky boots" bug, correct?

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That's due to floating point errors iirc.

rose phoenix
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Nope, first time hearing it

rotund geyser
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The further away from the origin you are, the greater the inaccuracy of your position and movement.

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It's why planets had to be moved around, so sticky boots wouldnt be as much of a problem.

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Sticky boots happened most often on planets furthest away from the origin, also known as x0, y0, z0.

rose phoenix
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That could explain how i'm suddenly orientated in the wrong direction entirely

rotund geyser
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You're just not near any planet, so your orientation probably gets flipped to the global "upright" orientation.

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Or universal north, if you prefer.

rose phoenix
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That makes sense

rotund geyser
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While I've never been involved in programming or game development, I have a lot of firsthand and secondhand experience with how games work. So I have a good intuition of how game engines work and how they bend or break, so to speak.

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I'm not always right, but my calculated guesses are usually pretty accurate.

rose phoenix
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I'm not great at it but i defintely have programming and game dev knowledge, but i never got to truly make a game before i fell out of it ๐Ÿคท

rotund geyser
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I have enough game sense and programming intuition I probably could learn how to make a game, if I had a reason to do so.

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Closest thing I've done to programming is creating lua and batch scripts, though. lol

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I've also modified some json arguments.

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Anyway, how's the testing going?

rose phoenix
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Just started testing, will let you know in a bit

rose phoenix
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After starting with just 1 rtg, and scrapping things in a better order, i'm left needing 1 more scrap. I have a but of scrap in the shredder & these items left. The items on the terrain tool are for the crane

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@rotund geyser

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I cant use the extra silicone for scrap yet as i need to turn it into something scrappable, the printer i'm done using for now, and the compound and resin fan probably be turned into tethers & soil canister, respectively.

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Just a matter of what do i give up

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I chose to scrap the resin & printer for the time being. As i cant do much with 1 resin, and i dont think i'll need the small printer until i get to seed growth

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That gets me the crane, and an extra compound i could use for a small generator actually if i get 1 more scrap, then i can get a large printer, which i need anyways

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Successfully got to seed growth with these items

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Tapper requires 1 aluminum so something here will need to be scrapped. Potentially the plat B?

rotund geyser
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That would require dynamite and a large shredder.

rose phoenix
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Ah its too big, forgot that needs large shredder

rose phoenix
rotund geyser
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It would sting a bit, but you could scrap the portable smelting furnace for 2 scrap.

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Maybe you could make a smelting furnace with the leftovers?

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Ah. but you'd need the portable smelting furnace for the laterite.

rose phoenix
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That would be an option if it werent for needing to smel- yep.

rotund geyser
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Shred the last qtrtg?

rose phoenix
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I can use the soil canister up to make a platform and shred the empty can

rose phoenix
rotund geyser
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Ah. Right.

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Soil canister is .25 scrap iirc.

rose phoenix
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So up to .5 with tethers from the extra compound

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Still need .5 ๐Ÿค”

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If only i could shred the silicone

rotund geyser
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What do you need the silicone for again?

rose phoenix
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Nothing, it's the leftover silicone

rotund geyser
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The first one.

rose phoenix
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The crane

rotund geyser
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Ah. Right.

rose phoenix
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Even shredding the last rail post doesnt get me the scrap

rotund geyser
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List what we're down to now.

rose phoenix
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Unpacked Portable Shelter, Small Plat B, Medium Printer, Medium Scrapper, Rail Car, Portable Furnace, & Trade Platform

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Oh and crane... and paver ๐Ÿ˜…

rotund geyser
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You can attach a qtrtg to the rail car, correct?

rose phoenix
rotund geyser
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Is the rail car a small or medium box?

rose phoenix
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Med sadly

rotund geyser
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Ah. Right.

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What if we added a soil centrifuge into the equation?

rose phoenix
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That would require alot of rework, and bringing more soil cans

rotund geyser
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Two compound and one aluminum for the initial crafting, then full soil canisters for compound and resin.

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Each soil canister would be 4 compound or resin.

rose phoenix
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But you'd need to craft the rail post & rail car to use it beforehand

rotund geyser
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Which is double what you get with scrap.

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Hard to beat four to one scrap, though.

rose phoenix
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  1. Field Shelter
  2. Small Platform B (Packed)
  3. Medium Printer (Packed)
  4. Portable Smelter
  5. Medium Shredder (Packed)
  6. Paver (Packed)
  7. Soil Canister (Full, stored in Leveling Block recipe)
  8. Seed
    Trade Station:
  9. Iron
  10. Tungsten
  11. Exo Chip
  12. Qt-rtg -> 4 Scrap
  13. Fault Finder (Pre-Activated) -> 2 Silicon
  14. Fault Finder (Pre-Activated) -> 2 Steel
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I'm not sure if anything is removable at this point

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Yeah.

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I was thinking if a bit more scrap can be crammed in, then it'd be possible but 1:4 scrap is already the best for a single item no?

rotund geyser
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I believe so.

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You know how to dupe soil?

rose phoenix
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Only heard of the gateway glitch from you, i believe

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Wow to think we're gated by a single slot after all this ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

rotund geyser
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Exo request platform with pending rewards?

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Do you dig up more or less soil than you place?

rose phoenix
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Dang it. I was going to say we win anyways, by switching the seed out for another qt-rtg. I thought it would be enough for a landing pad & shuttle but again 1 scrap short for the 2 ceramic.

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Technically it would be possible if you never enter the shelter and die (to respawn back on planet)

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Or have a friend come to you after placing the landing pad

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Since u can redirect one of the 2 scrap that's for the shuttle, to the ceramic that the landing padd needs instead

rose phoenix
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Would be interesting if the crane doesnt use soil or uses less soil when placing

rotund geyser
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What about just placing the landing pad, dropping resources, then taking a shuttle or performing another launch with more resources?

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Placing a beacon on the landing pad if you decide to launch again, in order to try to aim for it.

rose phoenix
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Yeah that's what i mean by making sure u never enter the shelter (which sets your spawn), so u can respawn on the planet and bring more resources

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If u enter the shelter, i dont believe there's a way to ever get back to the planet ๐Ÿ˜…

rotund geyser
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iirc you respawn at the nearest shelter/shuttle. Regardless of if you entered it or not.

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Though you can force respawn at starting point.

rose phoenix
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Well u could if u make the shuttle, but u wont get back to that place without the landing pad. But good to know, if u mess up and need to protect the save

rose phoenix
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Nvm about what i said then

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Praise the random game features that save odd challenges like this

rotund geyser
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I'd deploy the landing pad and place a beacon, drop the resources you brought with you, respawn, then use a shuttle to bring the rest.

rose phoenix
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Im also re-doing the simulation of it to see if i made a mistake somewhere

rotund geyser
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Or just do it the easy way and use a large rover with hydrazine thrusters.

rose phoenix
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๐Ÿ˜ญ

rotund geyser
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The easy way doesn't seem like your thing, though. lol

rose phoenix
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Not at all

rotund geyser
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But yeah. That's how most people set up space bases/stations.

rose phoenix
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Once i find a bit of leeway to do a harder thing, i'll stick to it or give up

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doesnt feel as satisfying to settle for a cop out after trying so hard

rotund geyser
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I'm probably somewhere in the middle. I'll increase difficulty unless it feels arbitrary or pointless.

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Difficulty has to have purpose, in my opinion.

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I hate when higher difficulty just increases enemy health and decreases your health.

rose phoenix
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Alright so before using scrap for any of the main materials, i have 9 scrap to work with. 1 is traded for 2 compound, of which one goes towards a small printer to make a rail post, and the other towards a large printer.

rose phoenix
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I use up 2 Scrap to make a rail post bundle, but scrapping the other 9 posts gets me another scrap. So now i'm at 7 scrap, with an extra resin

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Halfway towards another Scrap

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Oh no. I forgot about thrusters ๐Ÿ’€

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Well i guess even if i mistakenly used a scrap earlier, it's up to death strats to do this in the end

rotund geyser
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Thrusters?

rose phoenix
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I'm seeing if i can the 1 remaining scrap i needed to make a shuttle and landing pad but i forgot to launch u need a thruster

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So i need another slot or 3 more scrap total

rotund geyser
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Forget about the shuttle and landing pad for now?

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Does that net you any scrap?

rose phoenix
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That gets me 4 scrap but only because i dropped the seed from earlier

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Unless re-doing this magically gets me another scrap over that

rotund geyser
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And you said shelters don't generate soil in space.

rose phoenix
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Not nearly as far as the Crane trick does. I made a sky ramp and kept placing shelters until it stopped placing soil, and i barely even got to see the planet shrinking behind me before it couldnt place soil

rotund geyser
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I'm satisfied we're only one inventory slot short. Didn't think we'd even get that close lol.

rose phoenix
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Ok back to seed plan. I have an idea. What if i reorder the things i trade for so aluminum isnt the last item?

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If possible?

rotund geyser
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Perhaps.

rose phoenix
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Then i could safely scrap the portable furnace

rotund geyser
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That just might work.

rose phoenix
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I'll have to redo this again then ๐Ÿ˜‚

rotund geyser
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Test on the ground with creative.

rose phoenix
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Yep ive been doing that

rotund geyser
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Remember you can copy platforms and silos with their contents. Use that to create a blueprint of your chosen inventory.

rose phoenix
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That i know thankfully!

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I saved the items on a silo so i can quickly start a new test

rotund geyser
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Figured I may as well friend you at this point lol.

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Mind if I join you to help test?

rose phoenix
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I'm good with that lol

rose phoenix
rotund geyser
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I think you just need to add me as a friend on Steam.

rose phoenix
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Check your invitations

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Nice

rotund geyser
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I also sent you a friend request on discord.

rose phoenix
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Oh gotcha, i dont get notifs for that oddly

rotund geyser
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Seem to be unable to join you.

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I wonder if your router is blocking the incoming traffic. May need to port forward the game.

rose phoenix
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Oh right. Are you on Windows?

rotund geyser
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Linux.

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I may have to switch to windows lol.

rose phoenix
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Ah, no no. I'm on Linux too- Steam Deck actually

rotund geyser
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Same.

rose phoenix
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Whoa sick

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I could stream the game from windows and see if that works, or i can try to join from yours

rotund geyser
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I installed Windows 11 onto a micro SD card in a "windows to go" like install using a program called Rufus. That way I can just pop it in and boot into windows for software that refuses to run on linux for some arbitrary reason.

rose phoenix
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I think i'll eventually do something like that if i really need to

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Since i already have a pc though, Streaming works alright, only until i switch that over to Linux too i guess

rotund geyser
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Just have to hold minus when powering on the steam deck to select the micro SD card as the boot device.

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Native hardware is usually a better experience compared to streaming, though.

rose phoenix
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Some weird issues like the screen freaking out when is used touchscreen while streaming, so yeah.

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Should i try switching over to Windows or should i join your game? I did try to port forward with our router a while back but couldn't get it to work.

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If port forwarding is the issue in this case, no clue if theres a different issue

rotund geyser
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I'll just copy your inventory from the list.

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You can try joining me, if you want.

rose phoenix
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I'll see if it lets me

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Ah, not joinable either

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Odd

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Oh well, no co op ๐Ÿ˜…

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Cant seem to find any helpful information in the discord for this

rotund geyser
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Ah. Try putting an item on the portable smelting furnace.

rose phoenix
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OH

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You can just put another rtg on it!!

rotund geyser
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Or anything else, for that matter.

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I'm embarrassed I didn't think of that sooner lol.

rose phoenix
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I even do this all the time on SMS ๐Ÿ˜ญ

rotund geyser
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What's SMS?

rose phoenix
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One of the challenges i did, The one that evolved into no digging too lol

rotund geyser
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This should work now, right?

rose phoenix
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I really hope so

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There was only 1 scrap blocking me from tapper should it should be possible

rotund geyser
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And now you'll have 3 scrap to spare.

rose phoenix
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And honestly tapper could be skipped to avoid infinite resources via tapper, since 3 scrap is what i needed to make shuttle+thruster+landing pad

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But the tapper would allow never going back to planet lol

rotund geyser
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You deserve infinite resources at that point lol.

rose phoenix
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๐Ÿ˜‚ not wrong at all

rose phoenix
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Dont even need the extra slot

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Extra slot could be a qt-rtg, but actually for power lol

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So... we basically just figured out a way to carry an entire self sufficient scrap base that can be built on literally nothing- ie: space. All within a single inventory.

rotund geyser
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Yup.

rose phoenix
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Oh, the only downside is it only has 1 soil canister's worth of ground

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I guess that could be a better use for the extra slot. More ground space?

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Not really needed but ๐Ÿคท

rotund geyser
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Now to put it into practice.

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Could also just put a tapper in the extra slot lol.

rose phoenix
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True, but more soil!

rose phoenix
rotund geyser
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How about recording it?

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You can record natively in Steam now.

rose phoenix
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Yep, will do

rotund geyser
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Actually, mind streaming it?