(Factorio 14) Metallurgic Science And Finishing Vulcanus (Backlogging 67)
0Imagine forgetting to start the green timer. Couldn't be me.
Important side note: Recap will probably come out much later. I MIGHT try my hand at doing some nicer editing and voiceover for it this time instead of a "here's what happened", so that'll take me a while to make if I go down that route. I still would like to keep up with the daily uploads/playthrough, and re-watching to make chapters takes time, though it does help me pinpoint clips to use for the recap. It might be prudent to do all the recaps AFTER I'm done playing through the entire game so I can devote more time to them, and have daily backlog uploads for a game that doesn't take up so much time. Anyways...
Mostly putting the finishing touches into Vulcanus. It can definitely be expanded to give essentially infinite resources to any other planets if need be, but I kind of want to play each planet having it's own system going on. I definitely should've looked further into the tech tree and setup for coal liquefaction, and now I kind of built myself into a corner.
Finally got Metallurgic/Orange science going, and made Rocket Silos on Vulcanus to send it back to Nauvis for research. Cliff explosives and artillery are absolutely huge. I'm also learning about the shortcomings of my starter space ship that didn't become problems until it started going back and forth automatically, so I definitely need to figure out a new ship design soon.
Unexpectedly, power became a bit of a problem here. My starter Sulphuric Acid field wasn't giving the throughput I needed for all the turbines, and the field I expanded to could probably last another day of playtime, but that's a problem for future me. Granted, solar power is fine on Vulcanus from proximity to the sun, so there's always that for a fallback. And now that I have Cliff Explosives, expanding shouldn't be too much of a problem for it.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro And Overview
3:00 Cleaning Up The Vulcanus Factory A Bit
15:25 More Fluid Input
20:15 Nauvis Check In
26:18 Laundry
28:12 Molten Iron And Copper Stone Disposal
34:30 Minor Spaceship Disaster
41:50 Back To Your Regularly Schedule Vulcanus Fluid Management Programming
1:18:53 Unexpected Power Supply Issues/Planning Ahead
1:28:00 Vulcanus Rocket Fuel Setup For Rocket Silos
1:36:06 Potential Future Planning For Nauvis With Big Drills/Foundries
1:56:27 HE REALIZES THE TIMER WASN'T GOING
1:57:30 Identifying Starter Ship Problems And Thinking About A New Ship
2:02:00 More Vulcanus
2:06:47 Fixed Timer!
2:07:05 Preparing For Automatic Delivery Back To Nauvis
2:17:45 First Metallurgic/Orange Science!
2:24:57 Vulcanus Rocket Throughput Testing And Northern Expansion
2:41:40 Another Worm
2:43:55 RIP Hardcore Character Time to Reset
2:44:09 Walk Of Shame
2:46:00 Time To Plunder The Northern Realms
2:54:35 Cliff Explosives!
3:01:25 Troubleshooting Any Potential Ship Issues
3:09:05 Expanding Sulfuric Acid For Potential Power Issues
3:22:00 Planning Ahead And Identifying Any More Problems
3:29:30 Future Proofing The Tungsten Mines
3:33:40 Redoing The Western Fluid Spaghetti
4:04:30 Wrap Up
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Here's the backlog/tracking spreadsheet if you want to check it out: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Gy7BoR1tceBkeXQ7C3Ghmv8IZ-dWOsjfrc-Fq4M2hzs/edit?usp=sharing