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| 1s | previously on Dragon Ball Z there might |
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| 4s | be one or two more features added if we |
| 6s | have time but you know that's it for the |
| 9s | most part so yeah I just want to kind of |
| 10s | set expectations here that's this is a |
| 12s | small update there might be one or two |
| 14s | more features added one or two more |
| 16s | features one or two more features one or |
| 18s | two more features one or two more |
| 20s | features |
| 32s | oh didn't see that one coming did you |
| 34s | you little shits |
| 39s | hi everyone welcome in I'm snoot I'm one |
| 41s | of the community managers for coffee |
| 43s | stain Studios and this week we teased |
| 46s | something really juicy if you haven't |
| 48s | seen the teaser trailer we put out then |
| 50s | check the cards above all right it's a |
| 52s | real quick video so I recommend checking |
| 54s | it out before continuing referral with |
| 56s | this one uh because we're going to talk |
| 57s | about stuff about that you know in fact |
| 59s | I'll you know what I'll help you out |
| 60s | I'll hit that pause button for you real |
| 62s | quick |
| 62s | [Music] |
| 67s | let's get into it what is this machine |
| 69s | we're seeing here you know what what is |
| 70s | his purpose you know what what does it |
| 72s | do what materials will be needed to |
| 74s | construct it will it blend |
| 76s | and how much does it weigh |
| 79s | so this machine is a designer |
| 83s | a designer that will Aid you in creating |
| 87s | blueprints |
| 93s | [Music] |
| 94s | since the launch of the game people are |
| 97s | requested blueprints in one form or |
| 98s | another we've always been sort of |
| 100s | hesitant to add this to the game because |
| 102s | a big part of satisfactory is that you |
| 104s | are the one constructing all these like |
| 106s | massive Factor layouts from a first |
| 108s | person perspective you know it's all |
| 110s | about the accomplishment of knowing that |
| 112s | you've instantly put all the pieces |
| 114s | together to create your factories and |
| 116s | while it may seem that making building |
| 118s | bigger easier adds a lot to the game we |
| 121s | also feel that it might take something |
| 123s | out of it as well I think a lot of |
| 125s | people in our community have very |
| 126s | different opinions and ideas as to how |
| 128s | blueprints would work in satisfactory |
| 130s | from our point of view this isn't like a |
| 133s | quality of life feature it really |
| 135s | affects how you approach Construction in |
| 137s | the overall game so if we're to add any |
| 140s | type of Blueprinting functionality it |
| 143s | has to jive with like the overall design |
| 145s | another aspect of this is the limitation |
| 147s | of the engine itself satisfactory is |
| 149s | built using Unreal Engine and the engine |
| 151s | uses a garbage collection system for |
| 153s | memory three that can only keep track of |
| 155s | so many U objects on real objects that |
| 158s | make up for the memory blocks that all |
| 160s | the game objects utilize so if you've |
| 163s | ever heard of the U object limit this |
| 165s | essentially means that at some point |
| 167s | you're not going to be able to build |
| 168s | anymore and by using blueprints it's |
| 170s | going to be easier to hit that limit |
| 172s | we're hoping that we can improve and |
| 174s | optimize the game in this regard this is |
| 176s | something that we actually been working |
| 177s | on from day one but we've come to terms |
| 180s | with the fact that maybe we shouldn't |
| 182s | completely limit the player because they |
| 184s | might eventually hit a limit in the game |
| 186s | it's been tricky finding like a good |
| 188s | balance for how blueprints should fit |
| 189s | with the general game design as well as |
| 192s | from like a user experience perspective |
| 194s | you know figuring out how to best |
| 196s | accommodate the entire player base so |
| 198s | that blueprints make sense and are easy |
| 200s | to use for everyone so let's talk about |
| 202s | how blueprints will work in satisfactory |
| 204s | so in order to create a blueprint you |
| 206s | first need to design it in the blueprint |
| 208s | designer which is a standalone building |
| 210s | that allows you to create custom Factory |
| 212s | designs with maximum dimensions of 32 by |
| 215s | 32 by 32 meters you will not be able to |
| 218s | take an existing part of your factory |
| 220s | and slap that into a blueprint they need |
| 222s | to be designed for blueprint use |
| 224s | beforehand the reason why we limited |
| 226s | blueprints in this manner is a |
| 227s | combination of many things from a user |
| 229s | experience perspective we think it makes |
| 231s | it clear to Define them that allows for |
| 233s | an easier time applying them as well and |
| 235s | from a game design standpoint we think |
| 237s | it makes creating blueprints more |
| 238s | interesting because you kind of need to |
| 240s | solve both like how you set up your |
| 242s | blueprints as well as how you apply them |
| 244s | so with the limited space in mind it |
| 245s | kind of creates these like obstruction |
| 246s | games where part of the challenge of |
| 249s | creating a blueprint is figuring out |
| 250s | sort of how to make it work with a |
| 253s | limited space as well as how you can |
| 254s | sort of puzzle multiple blueprints |
| 256s | together you know you won't be able to |
| 257s | create like an entire blueprint Factory |
| 259s | like a blueprint that creates heavy |
| 261s | modeler frames or anything like that |
| 263s | from the ground up but you will be able |
| 264s | to create modules or sections with other |
| 267s | blueprints in mind where many parts can |
| 269s | lead up into that factory so the way we |
| 272s | see it is that blueprints will sort of |
| 273s | become like building blocks that you'll |
| 274s | need to tailor to your playstyle and we |
| 276s | think this will significantly change how |
| 278s | your approach setting up your factory |
| 280s | layouts alright so let's jump into the |
| 282s | game and I'll show you sort of how the |
| 284s | blueprint designer will function so here |
| 286s | I am I'm on a test level right now |
| 287s | there's nothing much going on here it's |
| 289s | an empty level uh here is the blueprint |
| 291s | designer the model you see here by the |
| 294s | way is not the same one that you're |
| 296s | gonna see in game this is a working |
| 297s | progress model |
| 300s | um so yeah I also have like a little bit |
| 301s | of fake power hooked up here just so I |
| 303s | can sort of demo this stuff anyways so |
| 306s | let's create a blueprint shall we so I'm |
| 308s | gonna make a manifold blueprint because |
| 311s | we all love making manifolds right it's |
| 313s | the the best part of the game so I'm |
| 314s | going to be making a iron Rod manifold |
| 316s | pretty basic and I'll just show you sort |
| 319s | of how that will work so let's start by |
| 322s | placing a Constructor and essentially |
| 324s | everything you place on this like grid |
| 327s | here within the um |
| 329s | the blueprint designer you know is going |
| 332s | to be part of the blueprints cool and |
| 335s | then I'm gonna hook up some mergers |
| 339s | uh I have to take note of the direction |
| 341s | here this is really important and same |
| 343s | deal here I want to make sure that the |
| 345s | Splitters and the mergers all face the |
| 349s | same direction and there we go cool and |
| 352s | then we'll hook these up to uh the |
| 354s | Constructor one thing that I'm gonna |
| 356s | make for this manifold is I'm going to |
| 358s | be using Mark 5 belts for all the other |
| 360s | belts that are feeding through the |
| 361s | manifold this is so that this manifold |
| 363s | can be extended so I don't need to know |
| 365s | like what the maximum speed of the belts |
| 367s | are or that I need to upgrade them if I |
| 369s | if I make you know if I want to chain |
| 371s | this manifold along essentially in the |
| 373s | blueprint foreign |
| 375s | let's place down a couple of power poles |
| 378s | because we do need power pull and then |
| 381s | we'll hook all of these up to each other |
| 384s | you don't have to care about like |
| 386s | getting power into the blueprint at this |
| 389s | stage uh that's once you like apply it |
| 391s | so in the designer you don't really care |
| 393s | about that but we do want to hook |
| 394s | everything up within the blueprint all |
| 397s | right so now everything is hooked up |
| 398s | within the blueprint let's jump into the |
| 401s | blueprint designers interface and save |
| 403s | it so when you open the blueprint |
| 405s | designer it's going to look like this it |
| 407s | will show you the total cost of the |
| 408s | entire blueprint as it is if you have |
| 410s | any like overclocking set on on the |
| 413s | inner Constructors and you place like |
| 415s | um uh Power |
| 417s | thingies if you do any overclocking |
| 420s | within the blueprint and you use any |
| 421s | power shards things like that these will |
| 423s | also show up in like within the cost of |
| 425s | the blueprint and stuff like that all |
| 427s | right so let's give it a name I'm going |
| 428s | to call it the iron Rod manifold uh you |
| 431s | can give it a description here I'm going |
| 432s | to type in a two by four uh Constructor |
| 438s | manifold making |
| 441s | 120 per minutes iron rots |
| 446s | short and sweet all right uh I'm gonna |
| 448s | set an icon for this blueprint I'm gonna |
| 450s | use the |
| 451s | this one |
| 453s | um this is for in the build menu you can |
| 455s | also change the color of like this |
| 456s | pattern behind it I'm gonna just leave |
| 458s | it as it is and lastly you can set the |
| 461s | directory where this blueprint will show |
| 463s | up and we'll get into that a bit later |
| 465s | but I'll just show you real quick here |
| 466s | because I do need to set it |
| 468s | um so it when when you're in the build |
| 470s | menu and you're picking which blueprint |
| 472s | to build uh you can sort of customize |
| 474s | how the that whole scheme should look |
| 476s | like so here I've got like a couple of |
| 478s | tabs here for different categories and |
| 480s | Within These I also have like um |
| 483s | subcategories that I can customize |
| 485s | completely I've already made a manifolds |
| 487s | category here but I do need to make a |
| 490s | subcategory for that so I'm going to |
| 491s | edit this I'm going to go to add |
| 493s | subcategory I'm going to call this |
| 495s | subcategory iron because this is where I |
| 498s | put all my iron related manifolds and |
| 501s | then this is where that blueprint will |
| 502s | go and then I'll apply up changes and |
| 505s | then close this and then save the |
| 507s | blueprints there we go so now my iron |
| 510s | Rod manifold making 100 iron rods per |
| 513s | minute is saved to a blueprint alright |
| 516s | so let's apply the blueprint in the |
| 517s | world shall we so when you open up the |
| 519s | build menu now you'll see that there's |
| 521s | another tab here called Blueprints and |
| 523s | this is where all those blueprints were |
| 525s | size that we just created with those |
| 526s | categories and those subcategories |
| 529s | etc etc so let's try them out so one |
| 531s | thing I'm going to do here first is I'm |
| 533s | gonna place a bunch of foundation blocks |
| 535s | here it's good to like separate |
| 536s | different blueprints between blueprints |
| 538s | because it's then you can like sort of |
| 540s | puzzle and combine them in different |
| 541s | ways so what I've done here is I have a |
| 544s | a blueprint for just the foundation grid |
| 547s | so I'm going to apply that put that down |
| 549s | here look at that |
| 551s | so we can quickly make a bunch of |
| 553s | Foundations I'm going to do that again |
| 556s | really nice and now let's apply the the |
| 559s | blueprint manifold that we just created |
| 561s | so I'm going to open here go to |
| 562s | manifolds I've got the iron Rod manifold |
| 565s | you can also put these on the hot bar so |
| 566s | I'm going to do that place that there |
| 568s | and then |
| 569s | I can place this wherever I want so |
| 572s | remember how I talked about like |
| 573s | direction of the belts before it's |
| 575s | really key when you're making the |
| 577s | manifold uh when you're making the |
| 579s | blueprint that you keep track of this |
| 581s | because one issue currently with the |
| 583s | current release is that you place a |
| 585s | blueprint with one click but if you want |
| 586s | to make any changes to the blueprint at |
| 588s | the moment you have to sort of |
| 590s | um dismantle everything so if you have |
| 593s | like a very complex blueprint with a lot |
| 595s | of stuff in it and you place it down and |
| 596s | you realize you messed up you're gonna |
| 598s | have to dismantle all of that stuff uh |
| 601s | we're we're gonna look into seeing if we |
| 604s | can figure out like a fix for that or |
| 606s | working or something like that in the |
| 607s | future but for this first iteration it |
| 610s | is what it is all right so let's place |
| 612s | the manifold I think it's facing the |
| 614s | right direction and place this over here |
| 617s | and look at it go |
| 621s | look at it guys |
| 624s | I think the build effect is a bit too |
| 625s | slow but uh you get the point look at |
| 627s | that there's our manifold super cool and |
| 629s | it was just one click away so I'm gonna |
| 631s | hook up some power to it bam all these |
| 633s | Constructors just boot it up I've got |
| 636s | two storage containers here with the |
| 638s | ingots in them |
| 639s | um just for demo purposes so I'm gonna |
| 641s | feed those into the manifold |
| 647s | and just like that |
| 649s | you know |
| 650s | we've set up a manifold really quickly |
| 653s | and if you want to keep doing this and |
| 656s | chain another one I'm just going to |
| 657s | press five |
| 658s | over here |
| 660s | make sure that the belts are lined up |
| 664s | we can hook all of these up |
| 667s | and take the belts hook those up take |
| 670s | these belts hook them up |
| 673s | these belts hook them up and we just |
| 675s | went from 120 iron rods per minute to |
| 678s | 240 iron rods per minute uh just like |
| 682s | that it's pretty awesome actually |
| 686s | who would have thought cool so now that |
| 688s | I've done that uh let's go back to the |
| 690s | blueprint designer and make a couple of |
| 692s | adjustments here uh because you know in |
| 694s | the blueprint designer you can hit clear |
| 697s | here and they will clear out and you can |
| 698s | make another blueprint but let's load |
| 700s | that blueprint up again uh the manifold |
| 702s | iron manifold uh here we go so what I'm |
| 705s | going to do now is I'm going to make an |
| 707s | adjustment to this manifold I'm going to |
| 708s | create a iron plate manifold instead and |
| 711s | it's really simple to change this |
| 712s | because all I really need to do now is |
| 714s | go into each Constructor here and change |
| 716s | the recipe to iron plates |
| 719s | copy and paste all those |
| 723s | so by just making this slight adjustment |
| 725s | here this is now producing 160 iron |
| 727s | plates per minute we can go back into |
| 729s | the editing here and just replace this |
| 731s | with iron plate manifold and then making |
| 734s | iron plates and it's making 160 |
| 739s | minutes uh change the icon to the plates |
| 742s | and just like that |
| 745s | we changed this to the iron plate |
| 748s | manifold and we now have |
| 751s | uh |
| 752s | uh wait okay actually I just realized |
| 755s | what I did wrong so I put the Aaron |
| 758s | plate in the uh in the like undefined |
| 760s | slot so if I want to move this all I |
| 762s | need to do is is go edit and then move |
| 765s | this into the |
| 768s | manifolds so now it shows up in the iron |
| 770s | manifold uh list in the blueprint editor |
| 772s | so this is quite powerful you know you |
| 774s | can create a lot of different types of |
| 776s | modules and then mix them together to |
| 778s | create like really awesome Factory |
| 779s | builds |
| 781s | um if you have like any Cosmetics that |
| 783s | you want to utilize as well if you have |
| 784s | like some Advanced like pillar you know |
| 786s | setup that you have that you want to be |
| 788s | able to like do over and over again you |
| 790s | can just create one in the blueprint |
| 791s | designer and you just apply it |
| 792s | everywhere since you are a bit limited |
| 794s | with the blueprint designer we are aware |
| 795s | that like in certain cases it's kind of |
| 797s | annoying to build stuff and there's also |
| 800s | one big caveat that I have to point out |
| 802s | as well and that is that some of the |
| 804s | buildings |
| 805s | um won't fit in the blueprint designer |
| 807s | uh one honorable mention is the coal |
| 811s | generator because it is a bit too tall |
| 813s | it's a tall boy we are going to look |
| 816s | into some of these cases uh the coal |
| 818s | generator for instance is something we |
| 820s | do want you to be able to use in the |
| 822s | blueprint designer we're not 100 sure |
| 824s | what solution we'll do there if we |
| 826s | change the model or if we just change |
| 829s | the bounding box word or something like |
| 831s | that to make it work within the |
| 833s | blueprint designer but just so you guys |
| 835s | are aware of that we do know that but |
| 837s | like not every building is going to be |
| 839s | able to be used in the blueprint |
| 841s | designer so just bear that in mind so |
| 843s | one really cool thing with blueprints is |
| 845s | that they are not persistent to your |
| 846s | save file so you're going to be able to |
| 848s | like use any blueprint on any save file |
| 850s | so long as you've unlocked like the the |
| 852s | the cost that's it within the blueprint |
| 854s | otherwise you're not going to be able to |
| 856s | use it and another cool thing is that |
| 857s | we've separated so that blueprints are |
| 859s | saved on on files separate from your |
| 861s | save file and they're located here |
| 863s | within the same directory as your save |
| 865s | files in a blueprint folder so you're |
| 867s | going to be able to like take the |
| 869s | blueprints that you created and just you |
| 870s | know do whatever you want with them send |
| 871s | them to your friend or keep them keep |
| 873s | them for yourself hide them keep them |
| 875s | secret one key thing to take note of |
| 877s | though is that the |
| 879s | blueprint files are not stored in the |
| 882s | same directory as your save files which |
| 884s | means that they're not going to be part |
| 885s | of like the cloud syncing thing that's |
| 887s | going on on Steam and epic so you save |
| 889s | all our Cloud syncs but your blueprints |
| 891s | are not so that's really important to |
| 892s | remember so that is how blueprints are |
| 894s | going to function in the game so with |
| 896s | the addition of blueprints I also have a |
| 898s | little bit of an update on overclocking |
| 899s | one of the reasons why we've gone back |
| 901s | and forth so much with overclocking is |
| 903s | because the addition of blueprints kind |
| 905s | of shifts the trade-off for overclocking |
| 907s | we were originally going to change so |
| 910s | that like overclocking was going to be |
| 911s | completely linear because we figured |
| 913s | that blueprints would make overclocking |
| 915s | kind of redundant |
| 916s | count how many times is that |
| 917s | overclocking but one thing we realized |
| 920s | is that blueprints might actually |
| 922s | increase the value of space which to |
| 924s | this point has been like the only real |
| 926s | trade-off is that you need more space |
| 927s | because you need to build more so the |
| 930s | current thinking is that overclocking |
| 931s | might become more valid which sort of |
| 933s | changes the whole trade-off discussion |
| 935s | again currently though we're leaning |
| 937s | towards not making overclocking linear |
| 938s | but changing the exponent so it makes it |
| 941s | like significantly lower if you don't |
| 942s | know what I'm talking about I'll leave a |
| 944s | link to the wiki article explaining all |
| 947s | about this stuff with the overclocking |
| 949s | so you can see like the mathematical |
| 951s | formula and like what the exponent is |
| 952s | currently and how that will affect the |
| 954s | overclocking formula so so overclocking |
| 957s | will be cheaper in Update 7 and |
| 959s | underclocking will give a little bit |
| 960s | less savings there but this will still |
| 962s | be a test case linear is not out of the |
| 964s | window yet we still need a bit more data |
| 966s | on the final decision but first we want |
| 969s | to try it out and sort of get your |
| 970s | feedback on this and see if blueprints |
| 972s | actually impact overclocking the way we |
| 974s | think it will lastly I want to leave you |
| 975s | off with a little bit of a cool a little |
| 977s | quality of light feature that's also |
| 978s | coming in this update which is a sort of |
| 980s | like a Sprint mode for zip lines so if |
| 983s | you hold the sprint button while using |
| 985s | zip lines now you can build up a lot |
| 987s | more speed which is fun and that was all |
| 989s | I had for you today hopefully this stirs |
| 992s | some ideas in your head as to how you |
| 993s | want to set up your Blueprints and if |
| 995s | you're brave enough and can't wait to |
| 997s | get your hands on this you're going to |
| 999s | be able to try this out next week when |
| 1000s | the update drops on the experimental |
| 1002s | Branch if you want to learn more on how |
| 1004s | to access the experimental Branch then |
| 1006s | check the description I'll leave some |
| 1008s | instructions there and do not forget to |
| 1012s | back up your damn save files okay I'm |
| 1014s | just going to say this once don't make |
| 1015s | me tap the sign alright cool all right |
| 1018s | anyways thanks for tuning in until next |
| 1020s | time take care |
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