love the idea of this series, just started and love the idea of rent something you could do is if you get 20,000,000 credits you can permanently buy the room instead of needing to pay rent

"Some Magazines, I can use those in the bathroom" that was really clever, I love it. Very interested to see where this challenge will go!

When you buy datapads, you only get coords from allies of that faction. So you need to buy from different factions to finally discover some from each.

Honestly, I don't really feel like "they" are fair with keeping the rent at 50k for the second place, since it is a serious downgrade from a glass roof suite with a balcony. Just thought I'd mention that. Also, I'm really interested in how this is going to turn out, hopefully, nothing catastrophic.

Ore is usually about 5 k away from a station, unless there are rocks. There is sometimes money in the beds. If you buy bottles from the stations they come empthy, so o2 gen is a good investment, only needs to be small block. The level of drill increases the rock size you knock off. Acc contracts do not expire I think so it is ok to take them if they look good and finish them laiter. Flying without dampeners is cheaper on hydro, takes a litle learning. you do not take damage if you crash in a buble.

when buying datapads from a station, only that faction's allies station locations will be sold to the player, hence why you're only getting those 3 factions

So, one thing I've noticed about stations, is that ore deposits rarely spawn within 5kms of a station - though you can still find rocks.

It's such a shame that SE never progressed into being a fully fleshed out gaming experience. It had so much amazing potential with the core systems and game mechanics they created. It's still fun to jump into it now and then just to mess around and see what kind of new ship or base design you can come up with. But it's sad that there isn't really any point to keep playing once you've built your great new design other than an artificial narrative or concept that you've created in your own mind.

Very nice vid! You did pick a difficult way to play this kind of strategy by starting out on earthlike planet how ever. This type of gameplay is very easy to pull off if you start out on the moon Titan. Lower gravity means less fuel spend, open spaces means easy spotting of ores and rocks and the moon is so small that often you spawn within beacon range of 3 or so stations immediately. That said, this start definitely has a better view and perhaps more interesting challenge to it.

You should make a small travel craft with hydrogen for space to atmo, its only ability being travel and minimal storage no weapons, no welding, and no grinding. But its trade off is its blinding speed

I have only started to watch this, but it is so much fun, I love your roleplaying, the receptionist made me laugh. Can't wait to see more!

This looks like it will be a good and interesting short-series

I can't wait to see more of this series! It's such a cool challenge for SE!

Great idea, I love the series so far. It would probably also be possible to play completely without building and buy the vehicles and ships (with refineries) from dealers.

Quick tip, earthlike ore deposits are light spots not dark lmao, and on green grass it's dark spots

One thing to note is that each faction has allied factions that if in creative mode, you can change your reputation with a faction and all it's allies, which typically means they only sell data pads with those allies gps markers.

Ore deposit colours are different depending on the biome type you are in. In areas with dark green grass, the patches are blotches of black spots but in areas with the light brown grass, the patches are white spots. Also, if you see an acquisition contract that you know you will be able to do at some point, just accept it as there is no time limit for completing them.

Love your SE content, thank you for working so hard for our entertainment!

Fun fact: metal doesn’t smell anything, however what we associate with “metallic smell” is a chemical called 1-octen-3-one or C8H14O. We’re smelling our own odorant. If I recall correctly, think blood has a similar smell

Hah! That was unexpected! Really funny idea!

I've been searching and waiting for this SE survival concept thank you for providing the vids it man!

awesome new series. this seems like a fun scenario. looking forward to more episodes

You should add a mod that makes it so that the only way to get a refinery is to already have a refinery. That way you can't just build a refinery by finding the materials and/or scavenging for them.

This seems like a nice experiment, might try it myself later

i wish more servers had this type of concept...forcing immersion and actual difficulty in game-play. I do this myself when I'm playing a lot of times, where i can only build my own small vehicle, but only do contracts and buy bigger ships and vehicles which i am allowed to modify in my garage. ive had a concept like this where a faction could be in charge of blueprints, licenses, etc of what different factions/players can actually play. it doable..but a lot of work would be required for a server admin to force on all players. And a lot of players just want to basically play like creative mode style, huge inventories, easy builds, massive amounts of weapons upgrades that are way OPd, etc

If anyone's interested in vanilla economy only where the only thing you mine is ice, distant moons, Europa drop pod is the perfect start because you can grind down nonessentials and put a second hydrogen thruster on your drop pod as well as a remote control and a gyroscope allowing you to get to all the stations which are much nearer by than on any other planet. Actually manages to make it viable.

Brilliant idea! Well executed.

Dude had such a powerful and energetic intro that it killed off my internet for an hour or so

ive watched wellington6012 start an almost identical play through last week, more limits slow start but he make good progress, might be worth a watch

Ik wilde love tot try this Challenge myself aswel! Iets soo refreshing to see the Economy being used like that!

Not sure if it is even functional, but this would be a neet idea for a Server or something where traditional progression is fully locked behind the economy system. The prices of items would need to be balanced though and a few block additions could add functions such as property claim, sub properties, rent charges, etc. Stations would use materials players brought in to produce components to be sold back to players to construct ships, rovers, etc. Another idea that came in my mind is upgradable bases via holograms of templates pre-made. Paid for by credits before you could construct the building.

As someone who loves the idea of a Space Engineers economy, I'm actually going to be watching this series pretty closely lol Edit: this episode has also convinced me to download the unlimited speed mod lol

Funny, I just did a playthrough like this. I created a new station on the moon that had rentable rooms. I'd pay rent in order to get energy, heal and order food. The worst part was having to buy food, since I could not build blocks to produce it. I did the search contracts until I could afford a small survival ship and started building from that. Another thing to call this is "rags to riches"

Well this ought to be interesting. Nothing like making a challenge for yourself

This madlad is actually doing this!

I sort of tried a similar thing on Titan but doesn’t really count because I started with a Drop Pod. I didn’t feel like mining so I just converted the drop pod into a floating brick and went to the station on the data pad. After that I did a lot of search contracts and at some point I decided to settle down, build a fast jet and take on even more contracts. Now I snipe down Reavers from the sky and try to sell their parts. Mostly iron from the… wreckage scrap

LOVE your vids!

Lots of ore around that ice lake at the edge of the desert. I've built there a couple times.

You can find space credits [SC] in the beds. sometimes more then 9,000 SC.

very fun to watch thank you

this sounds fun man!!

Awesome idea for a series.

I would love to see a community server of this concept. Something like the demon black company anime and shipbreaker. Like the admins are the higher-ups and they have access to the refineries and all the machines. Where the workers (community members and/or subscribers) can only mine, gather ore, sell, build vehicles, rent lodgings, build houses, etc. And if the workers built their own refinery and they get caught. They could go to prison for having unlicensed refinery. And to keep the admins from doing whatever they want they have to get warrants. That way they can't just pop right into a player's base.

PLEASE no ship building at all only ships you buy can be used with the acceptation of them being modded with refiners and guns if need, there are s many nice ships you can just buy would be nice to see them in use, great video keep it up

Had this game for years need to get back into it...

This is a fun challenge.

i really like the idea of that, and i am looking forward on how this will play out!

I will support any space engineers KZfaq small or big

hyped for new playthrough

This is a great idea 🙂

Basically you almost start like in minecraft.

“We have double beds so” Oh so if some one comes over right? “We can choose which one we want.” Lmao guess we have different mindsets

I'd say, since you are paying for the room, you should get access to the inventories of whatever is inside the room, as long as you pay for the night. Just change ownership of those with admin rights. Other than that, I appreciate the series you make on SE. Keep up the great work!

I love the idea of this. A "legal and honorable" way to make cash in SE. Personally doing a "economy oriented" playthrough where i hunt pirates, grind down their ships and if there are need for certain materials or parts, i refine the scraps of the pirates ships. (Coincidentally, i earned enough to build my pirate hunting ship in such a way that the "belly" opens up and inside there are grinders... just noms them up.

Unless Keen has changed it, safe zone turns the damage off. Means no need to slow down. Slam that face against metal and feel no pain.

I find that 300m/s is a high enough cap, unlimited speed isn't needed.

Lol needs rover for search contracts...proceeds to jetpack 70km+ to a new station.

Always check the beds, there are usually a lot of credits in bed storage.

If you want not to have tips do not read further in this comment ---------------------- * Every station of the same faction has the same deals/contracts * You can know in advance if they are miner, trader or builder by the last two letters in the faction: * MN, DC, MG, PR, DR, EX, SR -> Miners * CO, SH, TC, AL, TR, SL, DW, HS, MC, TK, DE, CM, CT -> Trader * EG, SB, HI, CG, IN, WE, MA, MK, IV, AT, CS -> Builder

only suggestion i have is to grab the good contracts the moment you see them so they dont get reset on you

This is cool

im interested in trying out this game style, with the blueprints as well. is there a mod your using to take them from the g menu and having them show up as a ship? or is it just a datapad with a permit?

*holding a cup of coffee* hmm intresting

Lets see how this will go

this inspired me to do a solo run and try to actually make use of economy which I've never done but the only trader on the planet was only selling ships and 50km away from me :D life is pain

I've done this challenge before. I like to start on the moon and fly around doing search contracts. Helps to do them at night. Only accept the ones from stations on the surface. It's also easier to travel around to the different stations. I did have drops turned on though and then I was eventually able to pirate a ship that earned me a lot of money. My rules though is that you could do everything in the base game except for refine ore. I was never allowed to refine ore.

andrew how do you put all of ur inventory with one button in the cargo because thats make a whil that a try to do that but i cant and i want to know because my life will be more simple and fast

they patched out seeing ores from the top, they changed that some time ago. you can randomly find large asteroids that landed that look like large rocks.

I'm now 100% sold on this game. Been watching it progress for a while. Time to build a $5k pc to play it crispy

Hi Andrew.....what speed mod are you using? TIA!

So are you using some kind of mod setup for this kind of economy only gameplay? And what is your rule for when you die? Because there is no survival kit where you can respawn.

Check the beds in the 2nd station going to be an interesting series

as i understand there are 3 groups of factions each having 3 types of shops then some singular ones that connect some of them. you need to watch the rep for discounts and id you reach a negative with any a bouny contract can be made to kill you as to enthuse pvp. if that helps

great idea! the economy system is totally underused (and not super well implemented) in the game... I think you should have allowed yourself the luxury of a starter pod or a Mini Merchant

Would you mind giving the start settings for such a game, I would like to try myself.

i dont think ores spawn near trade stations cause i never seem to see them for a few km around them

Next mini series should have bounties, small towns of these stations, and you start out on a basic rover and have to work up to buying a ship, The Mandalorian: Space Engineers edition

Anyone else notice how he Hit the Ground at over 100 m/s and didnt take Damage? 11:20

For distance I turn the dampeners off.

I been hanging out for someone to stream this sort of start. I prefer these starts in my own games. However I'm curious as to how you are going to progress without components. I change the loot box of wolves and also their spawn frequency to give me what I want eg battery components. The trade off is you have to pick up more ammo magazines from the trading station armories. Ideally you wanted the station that provides components, but that is down to RNG. If there is a way to spam the type of trading station that spawns I'd like to hear it.

do the sellers actually sell shis or just ship components? this is an interesting mechanic. it would defiantly make vanilla economy ship building very interesting. immagine buying a ship chassis and individual modles you slap on it. like 3 levels of ship command model- cockpit block, 2 seater cabin, 3 seat civilian bridge, 5 seat combat bridge with heavy armor. armos vs primary and alternate thruster systems. refinery, production, or combat mission modules. infact... I might actually try something like that. run a custom modular ship yard. On to the drawing board!

It's a shame space engineers really has no endgame and I don't see any plans for one.

is landfalling ships a way to get the materials? by landfall i mean hijacking a ship from orbit and pumiting it into the ground to grind down whats not sestroyed.

"if it's a *_miner_* , we're in luck." somebody clip that

You may want to turn off dampeners when gliding, so it doesn't automatically brake

LET'S GOOOOOOO

Im gona do this but i will loot the containers in the stations for tools

They could at least sell bicycles for you to use.

this is very interesting. ive used the economy stuff a lot. but I spam and abuse spawn pods

can we have a link to all the mods? i cant seem to find some of them (like the speed limit mod)

Hello. There is no ore within a radius of 5-6 km from the station. (G.Translate)

I kinda got forced doing this in multiplayer after my landing pod totally fkd up the landing... I instantly lost my h2 gen and survival kit was dangerously damaged so almost lost that too

Don't forget to check the mattresses for loose change.

I just binged the last series. Definitely a steep learning curve on this game lol.

How did you get a compass

What is the settings of your world and installed mods, tell me please ^_^

22:08…. no way…. they even have space prodtitudes

lol he do be running at 30kmph

Those datapads that you can buy will show another station?!?!?!

My economy only survival in vanilla seemed to fall short and I find myself in hopeless situation. I started without a pod and found mining station, shop doesn't have that good offerings and I can't find girders anywhere to build a windmill. And base is useless without power so I can't build anything. Another nearest station is 100km away and max I can fly without hydrogen bottle is about 10km. Disabling dampeners doesn't seem to save that much fuel. Don't like the idea of "cheating" with speed mods either. I liked Empyrion because player carries all the stuff needed to start building and not be depended of landing pod/survival kit or stations like in SE.