"I am the tutorial." - Nilhaus, Chad of the Dyson Spheres

I'm excited to see what attacking a new planet with lots of dark fog presence looks like. Removing bases is so cathartic in factorio.

Oh we definitly need Masterclass. You spend so much effort into your Blueprints and they look so awesome.

I like how all the dark fog buildings and units have defined roles and resource and construction requirements. Its like you're playing a factory sim while the dark fog are playing an rts/tower defense but they are still *playing* by some form of rules where they need to gather and distribute resources to build what they build.

@Alexandragon1

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, this would be great, but I think that the whole premise of Dark Fog is that they are a nanoforging race - so "DF" can take all it needs from planet core or/and soil by nanites.

@QuestionableObject

7 ай бұрын

@@Alexandragon1 That's how it works, they don't have the whole factory chain thing they only have 2 resources, energy & mass, they get mass from planets and energy from their hive and transport them between the hive and planets. If you deprive them of mass they can't build more on the hive, if you deprive them of energy they can't do anything on planets. All of their buildings and units have construction costs and upkeeps you can see by mouse-hovering over them

@iSOBigD

5 ай бұрын

Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander style.

That new hub design is genius thank you for everything you do for the community!

Hey Nilaus, I really appriciate how detail oriented you are. You make tons of different types of content for a game and many of us really enjoy that. Thanks for making videos and streaming!

Started my play through. Excited to see the new blueprints you come up with!

Did you know you can put down a splitter and a box on top it will fill the box instead of using sorters to put material in and out?

@briannairb793

7 ай бұрын

Whaaaaaaaattttt

@Gutraidh

7 ай бұрын

WTF!!!

@sethryclaus

7 ай бұрын

I learnt about box splitter (and with logistics on top as well) recently watching a stream and it blew my mind. Preach

@russmanYT

7 ай бұрын

you can even use them to output items from logistics without sorters, which i didnt expect to work

18:30 Oh...... My...... God...... dude, thats GENIUS!!!! I love it. STOLEN! I'm doing that. Wow.

As always you put out the best videos when it comes to Dyson sphere! Can’t wait to start my play through again and see all your new blueprints. Definitely would love to see a master class series. Keep up the great work

Wooo, so excited to see the start. This is what we've been waiting for Nilaus!

ohhh yes, I was waiting for this to happen. Also I really like that you focus on the progress and less on the design in the YT series. It gives me a better feeling of seeing where it goes as my time is limited. Thanks have a great christmas "holiday" season.

So excited to see you playing DSP again! This game was how I found your channel almost 3 years ago.

I look forward to your builds, It's all great and teaches me a ton about oprimization. Thanks you!

Been waiting for this. Glad to see you starting up right away. Let's GO!

sO HAPPY TO PLAY THIS GAME AGAIN!!! all thanks to you Nilaus! apreciate you so much

35:13 A single random missile goes and hits the Fog base smack in the middle... aaaaaand now the entire fleet is coming for you.

So excited to start this journey again! Thank you Nilaus!

Yes! Been waiting for you to re-visit this awesome game

Glad to see a new Dyson Sphere playhrough from you.

Long awaited for this... I want to thank you in advance and hope that it does something similar to your achivment run

SWEET.... been looking forward to this for sometime now... loving the content and looking forward to more

From what little I played of the game, the Nova mode is actually pretty great for destroying buildings. You charge up and unleash a whole volley that generally destroys whatever it was hitting.

Great video! Thank you so much for all the work you put into these. Looking forward to a DSP Master Class.

well i was pleasently surprised that you can use the lava pit from the base to put a geothermal plant in, and it puts out god damn 16 MW from a single unit! almost 400% faster than a plant placed on normal lava

I resumed the game recently, I played it at the very beginning when it was released. And what a pleasure! (There weren’t even the blueprints 😅) Your videos really helped me get back to it effectively! I find your blueprint really among the best 😛 Very happy to see you resume this game 🔥

I'm feeling really excited for another good playthrough of Dyson Sphere Program :D

i'm so happy for this series!

It's so cool seeing the play style of the dark fog

Oh man I’m psyched to see where you go with this.

I only subscribe to you because of this game. I dont like other factory games, but I love this one, and you have the hands down best material for it. Hope to see more.

This is my favorite game. Good job Nilaus!!!

I am so so glad to see a new serie of this game!!

Im so exited and I just cant hide it

Luv this game. Starting my third playthrough after i finish watching your vid

Love these videos, thank you Nilaus!

Whuuu, new DSP let's play

FYI Nilaus, "Ides of March" is pronounced like 'tides' of March, no 'ee' sound. The Ides of March is famously the day that Julius Caesar was assassinated (according to the sources), 'Ides' being the Latin word describing the day which falls in the center of a given month. The Ides of March literally means March 15th, but the phrase is used almost exclusively in reference to Caesar's death. Supposedly, Caesar spoke with a fortune teller/soothsayer who told him to beware, for he would be dead come the Ides of March. Come that day, Caesar spotted the seer on his way to a Senate gathering. Caesar joked "Look! The Ides of March have come, and I'm still here!" The seer replied "Aye Caesar, the Ides of March have come, but they've not yet gone" When he entered the Theatre of Pompey for the Senate meeting, a senator tore Caesar's toga from his chest, signalling the start of the ambush, and dozens of senators proceeded to each stab him individually. Caesar bled out and died on the floor.

@Njordin2010

7 ай бұрын

Thats something normal people know. Every time on my trips to the states i'm baffled by them having zero education about basically anything...

Can't wait for the next episode!

Gonna love this series. Will wait a bit with a new playthrough. If the got some bugs or balancing things they can iron them out first. Playing into the storm first.

Thx for the video! This is gonna be epic!

I was watching what you were trying to do with the new HUB deal. And started smirking after few moments. Strong Factorio bus vibes.

So excited for more DSP!

I've been waiting for this for so long

Yes please to the masterclass!!

I have found that if you load missiles into your own missile slot you can also be a missile turret and help to siege down the base / draw agro as you have even farther range than the standard missile turret. The robot will auto fire missiles as things you hover the reticle over, or if you want him to focus a specific target you click and hold

I love that he calls them Biters

I would love to see a dedicated masterclass from the tutorial himself 🙏

This Dark fog seems like a crossover between Factorio's Biters and Terra Invicta's Hydras. They are somewhere out there in full strength, watching you and you watching them, knowing that one day you'll have to adress them. Though you know you have to be careful not to provoke them to strike too soon. I like the feeling they create.

@user-qm4ev6jb7d

7 ай бұрын

Also reminds me of Zirax bases in Empyrion. Those are not very interactive, but still, the _feeling_ is the same. Wherever you land, they're already there, watching you, sending attacks once in a while. But later on you can explore the entire Zirax Empire, with their own infrastructure, space factories, massive battleships and more.

@Hlodolog

7 ай бұрын

@@user-qm4ev6jb7d That sounds cool! gonna check that one day

Master class!

Hype! Hype! Hype! I'm stoked!

15 minutes in and I'm already learning so much

Fine. I really hope that this is indeed a long, leisurely and detailed walkthrough.

Waiting for this season a long time. Finally ! Curious how the tutorial manages the new game mechanics!

Out of your peers playing this game on KZread, you're the only mad scientist turning the amount of resources down and the difficulty of the game up.

if you leave space for an output belt between the assemblers, you then leave yourself the option to send stuff back out to the hub, like some step 2 intermediates.

Pumped!

I have pressed the like button. Now I wait for the masterclass.

Please do a masterclass! I love this series already!

I remember when we speculated about when this update might come out. We were in your chat and thought it would release before last chinese new year. How wrong we were and how worth the wait was.

I look forward to seeing the space combat aspect of the dark fog. Will we have to send escort fleets with our interstellar cargo ships? Should be fun.

Keep in mind this is still being worked on. Like in factorio enemy bases need some early game survivablity so they can be threats into the mid-game. Late game you should be able to wipe them easy and the real threat then would be the hive. I think bases need missile defense or missiles need to be nerfed in some way. Not a numbers nerf but a mechanics nerf.

Im not sure if you noticed it Nilaus, but once you started aggroing the Fog directly, the station threat also started increasing.

looks like it is time to get into this game then :) Thank you Sir :)

hmm first ever dyson sphere program content, looks interesting. Ill have to get it when i can and give it a go

I've just learned by watching you that you can craft silicon on mother planet... It will be so better for me now Oo" thanks for what you're doing :D

I haven't gotten into this game partially because it lacked the enemies like factorio has. Might try it again now. Looks cool. Like Planetary Annihilation meets Factorio. UPDATE: Looks like Planetary Annihilation's devs think that is a good idea too as they announced Industrial Annihilation which is going to be exactly that.

Masterclasses!!!!

Yeeeaaahhh I am so excited!!!

@RiccolumLP

7 ай бұрын

My favorite game and my favorite creator, KZreadr, Tutorial-Man ❤️

please do a video to update older players (beyond just combat). super excited about combat but overwhelmed at all the updates and possibilities since I've been back.

love me some Dyson Sphere Program.

23:29 biters nice!

Yes, please, make a master class for your hub! This game is so much different without your blue prints.

thanks

Would love to see a master class on the new hub design!!

"I'm going to disable the advisor tips and tutorials because, well, I am the tutorial" I mean, he's not wrong X D I use a ton of Nilaus blueprints in Factorio because they just work really well.

23:34 Factorio has left its mark on you lol.

New BPs please! I love watching your MC vods. Thank you Nilaus.

I just started a new game based on the old hub 😆 will pause till you publish new blueprints

1:38 "I am the tutorial" some serious walter white vibes lol

i love the new soil consumption rate its way better

More Dyson sphere 😂 yessss

When I see your new design for your starting hub I think of attempting a sushi style hub around the equator.

Really interested in what the end-game military solutions will look like. Dark matter implosion of the mothership? Or just a classic nuke from orbit?

New Hub!

"Well im the tutorial"😂 haha love it

this is what this game needed, some hostility

For the bus, since now we can filter slots in the storage box, could a storage bus be a good option for the hub? You feed the first box with all the products and let say 3 filtered slots for each product then move them from each box to the next with 3 sorters. Then each assembler need just one sorter to pick-up all ingredients from the same storage box.

Hey Nilaus, you are doing really well! But, did you know, you can place storage above splitters, so it is stored there? It acts as buffer then.

“I am the tutorial” will never get old haha

hi nilaus there is another splitter that does exactly what you want. Keep hitting shift its one of the variants

I look forward to seeing more about your new hub design. DSP has so many instances where a particular item is only used to build one building, so it doesn't seem to make sense to put that item on a bus, but then do you just not build those buildings in the hub, or do you bring those items in some other way? If they're not in this hub, will you have some other kind of hub to build those? Most of the late game buildings fall into this category. E.g. mk 3 assemblers are the only building that needs particle broadband, advanced miners are the only building that needs optical grating crystals, plane smelters are the only building that needs unipolar magnets quantum chemical plants are the only building that needs strange matter, etc.

Hub / bus masterclass please! I need those blueprints!

If anyone has a hard time finding that early game ammo factory blueprint, it's in the death world folder on the linked google drive

That opening shot of the sphere makes it look like they changed the design of the solar. Did they fix any of the MASSIVE memory consumption issues for both the save files and running in ram? It put the upper limit of what you could do in game by how much ram you had.

Now i have to go redesign my bus.

If you attack the relay station, your threat level with the space dark fog hive will increse But if you leave the hive alone the threat will slowly go down (if youre not building a dyson swarm/sphere) Im not quite sure about the dyson swarm/sphere if it will passively make the threat higher

@MelfiortheOne

7 ай бұрын

Yes, the more energy it generates, the faster threat will rise. They will even steal some of your energy))

The way the dark fog 'thinks' is well designed by the devs. Whilst it could spend a ton of resources angrily attacking you after you evicted their relay station, it understands that it'll be more efficient to just let you off the hook and spend its effort colonising planets it knows you aren't on. It's a shame that it doesn't know that the Icarus has plot armour.

Damn i really need those early blue prints 😭

The threat not increasing when you force them to leave makes a little bit of sense. After all, you only displayed the ability to beat them back on the ground, and, as such, aren’t that much of a priority. However, as you said, if you attack the relay station, you display the ability to become a very serious threat, and therefore bump up your position on the to-do list.