MichaelHendriks

Short preview of the final version - There is no Spoon comprehensive guide

The underwater part of this ICEBERG is done! Now comes the visible part! From the initial sloppy winging-it playthrough, the better and clear build order design, several  playtests and refining and re-testing later, now the first half of the  guide is written, and the first quarter of the game is recorded!

This is  the first part of the first episode, the full episode will probably be  ready in 5-10 days. After this, I should have developed a decent enough workflow &...

There is no Spoon GUIDE - Try it yourself!

Hello all,

As you may have read on Discord, the No Spoon Guide thing is taking quite some time and brainpower. I'm now in the final re-writing round of the guide, and I'd like to share with you the progress so far. (the first 1hXXm) up to the start of the green science era).

In case you'd like to try it out, below is a link to the guide so far. I tried my best to make the guide understandable as a stand-alone document, though of course it will be easier to follow once the accompan...

Factorio 1.0 "There is no Spoon" By Fair Means - Challenge map - Early Access

It is done!

Well, the first episode is, at least lol :)

It's a bit of a gamble, because I didn't play ahead/finish the game, so it remains to be seen if I make it!

I will be reunited with my girlfriend after almost 6 months seperated due to Covid19 and being different nationalities, so we'll likely catch up on spending time together the next weeks. This means I can't promise a regular upload schedule for this series like with the Tightrope series. I'm also leaning towards a ...

Sneak Peek: Factorio "There Is No Spoon" By Fair Means: Playthrough and Guide

I thought I'd play and release a quick game as a side project before my next big project...

Well, turns out just playing this out it is one thing, but playing in a way which will make a decent video while still under time pressure is another thing... After a couple of false starts with unusable material, I've realized this just might be the next big project! 

Factorio Tightrope Finale (early access)

It was twice the wait, but has 4 times the playtime!

Enjoy the conclusion of this epic journey!

(it might be a few hours before youtube has rendered it in 1080p)

I might not upload new 'normal' videos for the entire month of August. Keep that in mind for your choice to support me for the upcoming month. I will try to do some snippets, but I can't make any promises. I do want to do a multiplayer there-is-no-spoon run on our multiplayer server in the upcoming month though :) 2020-07-30 07:37:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Factorio Multiplayer Server connection address & Server Rules

 BEFORE YOU CONNECT, first read at minimum the CAPITALIZED RULES below!

  === SERVER RULES: ===

     1) DO NOT USE BLUEPRINTS from your blueprint library (or worse, found on the internet). 

Please build and design stuff yourself in-game. (these are like the speedrunning rules: you can design and use blueprints you made in THIS game, but you can NOT use your bluepr...

Factorio Tightrope ep24: Riding the Train - Full base tour! (early access)

Enjoy the pre-last episode! Or perhaps it is already the last???

Proposed server rules (feedback welcome)

Hi all,

I would like to generate some server rules to keep the experience enjoyable for everyone. I welcome any feedback and/or additions/oversights etc.

Below is the first draft of the server rules:

0)  First of all, the rules below are a gentlemans agreement, meaning nothing is physically enforced, but you are expected to follow the (mindset of) the rules anyway. This is not a legal document, and anything which should really be common sense I won't mention (like no gr...

Factorio Tightrope ep23: MOAR POWER!

Connection issues look like they're fixed, and I've managed to finally upload the video :)

I've made some changes to the tiers, mainly including the factorio server to the $3 tier and up.

Join me next friday from 11.00 CET on the multiplayer server to start off together on the definitive brand new map of factorio!

MichaelHendriks PATRON-ONLY FACTORIO SERVER is LIVE NOW! (and OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE of new map: 17 july)

EDIT: The official launch of the new map on the server will be FRIDAY 17 JULY!

Also the new video is also ready, but I can't upload it from my current location due to connection issues (this is also the reason I have to push back the server date one week, as I should be able to play myself without lagging the game constantly). I will relocate in a couple days and all my issues should be fixed, hopefully. I won't skip a week of video (I've already started working on the next one), but th...

No sales tax / Factorio Server

Hi all :)

No sales tax:

Patreon is introducing sales tax by law as of this month. I think I have set everything up now so that no additional sales tax should be charged. If this is not the case (and Patreon wants to charge you a higher amount than usual), comment on this post and I'll try to figure out a solution.

Factorio Server:

Over the next 2 days, I'll attempt to set up the remote factorio server. I intend to use map settings for a long game, suitable for what lik...

Factorio Tightrope ep22: Rocket Silo & Sattellite! (early access)

The groundwork seems to be complete! Now for the upgrading and optimalization!

No video this week / remote factorio server

 I will be mostly off the grid (hiking an extended version of the Via Alta della Verzasca) for 7-10 days, so unfortunately I'll need to skip next week's video :( 

On the positive side, I'd like to setup a remote (always online) patreon-only factorio server for all of us to play on (looking at NodeCraft) after I'm back. I'm curious to see just how big a factory can grow with a big multiplayer group just building away :)

See you next week!

Factorio Tightrope ep21: Eternal POWER!! (early access)

And a start on high tech science packs!

Enjoy! :)

Link to my savegame folder (repost for findability)

 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4utxy3wuswfymvd/AACxCSBLteCvn9Gk1aGX-Gf4a?dl=0 

Factorio Tightrope ep20: All Aboard the Science Train! (early access)

20th episode! After the 4-episode Biter Island, I didn't think this series would last so long, but here we are! And finally all the hard work on all the seperate areas starts paying off, as we can resume researching stuff!

Enjoy!

Michael

Tightrope ep19: Bigger John Industries (early access)

Science! Progress! Unfortunately though, Talking Mike refused to cooperate in this project.

Nonetheless, enjoy :)

Factorio Tightrope ep18: BIG JOHN industries (inc.) - Early Access

The last intermediate piece of the puzzle!

Enjoy :)

Factorio Tightrope ep.17: Nerves of Steel (early access)

A good ol' fashioned brute-force step of the otherwise finely tuned puzzle...

Enjoy!

Factorio Tightrope ep16 - Blue Speed (early access) + next coop livestream?

Pumpin' out videos like never before, it seems!

I'm thinking about doing a playthrough on default settings, just a 'longplay'/raw upload of the entire playthrough while I talk about the game. I can already see myself dying because I underested the 'easy' biters after playing all these challenges lol. Would you be interested in a long/realtime video, or aint no one have time for that?

Also I was thinking about a possible next coop livestream on the Landblock map I recently uploaded...

Factorio Tightrope Ep15: Shenzen Unlimited (early access)

Next episode available an hour after posting this or so! (Going to sleep, it's still uploading/processing now)

It's a little bit slower paced than the previous ones I feel, but in the end I really didn't want to miss a week.

Enjoy :)

Factorio LandBlock Timelapse and Map Release - Early Access

Hi guys! I've been working on this project on and off during the last month, and it's finally ready!

"Welcome to Factorio Landblock! It's a small world ain't it! Claim your space on this heavily populated chunk of land, but watch out! The locals evolve at double speed, and have fierce guards the further you push into their territory! Survived the beginning? Good! Now use your engineering skills and try to fit a fully working factory on a postmark stamp!"

There's a map d...

Early access: Factorio Tightrope ep14: Plastic Fantastic with Blien the Trien

So many projects I'm working on... I'd almost forget I have this series running still!

Enjoy!

Also coming soon: a 20000 MW Nuclear Reactor

- Starts up on a single solar panel

- Reaches the maximum of 20 GW (while under full load!) after only 20 minutes

- Reliably outputs 20 GW forever (no fake maximum / energy storage)

- Costs about 3.500.000 raw resources to build (similar to about 2x the resources you'll use for an entire 'normal' playthrough to rocket launch!)

It consists of:

- 150 Reactor cores

- 2000 Heat Exchangers (limiting factor)

- 3600 Steam Turbines

- 10000 He...

Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!

EDIT: It's now a public challenge with a small prize for the winner:

https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=83935

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Oof, I got nerdsniped by a comment about making a nuclear reactor for a 9-tile high ribbon world (meaning the entire reactor setup can be only 7 high), and it got me wondering what is the maximum possible. Duri...

Factorio Tightrope ep13: Barrels o'fun (early access)

And as expected, this episode is up a full week early!

That gives me some extra time, I will now first work a bit on the timelapse project :)

Enjoy!

(Mid-)April News

- First, welcome to Gumbezz, Pasukaru, Stephen, Chris and Joe :) 

- I have finished the playthrough part of the Tightrope map. I try to record only sections I think I'll need, but still my external HDD is now filled to the brim with 1 TB of raw video material!

- I made a custom map in the map editor, to further tryout the timelapse format with the screenshot mod. This also was a success, and I plan (later this month or earlyish next month) to release a video together with the...

Factorio Tightrope ep12: Nuclear Rocket POWER!!! (early access)

A bit later than I would like, I had to edit the raw material of ep13 before making the final text-over version of this one due to running out of harddrive space! That means, ep13 will probably be out in early access in the upcoming weekend already!

Enjoy!

Michael

Factorio Tightrope ep11: X-pand (early access)

Here it is! The first build of the endgame base! Now with an appearance of guest celebrity Talking Mike to X-plain to you the finer details of life, the universe, EVERYTHING including how the endgame base will work!

As usual, start watching from 0:25 to skip the NordVPN ad

(If you've watched the video from my previous post (ep 11,5), then skip ahead to about 6:15 for the second part)

Factorio Tightrope ep11½: X-pand (deleted as full vide released now)

Hi all :)

First of all, thanks again for your continued support... Every month again I feel like this time for sure some of you will stop supporting, and everytime you prove me wrong and leave me in amazement. I feel so thankful and privileged for that.

Next up, here is the first half of the next episode. The chronological follow-up will be the X-plaining of the layout/method for the endgame base, and I'll need probably a few more days to find out how exactly to do that. As it's a...