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| 0s | okay |
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| 2s | i just had a bunch of candy which i |
| 3s | probably shouldn't have because now i'm |
| 5s | all like hyper and |
| 6s | but i couldn't help myself i got all |
| 8s | fired up in the dream |
| 11s | hi everyone my name is snoot i work at |
| 13s | coffee stain studios i'm a community |
| 15s | manager there and today i thought we'd |
| 17s | talk about the map and the radar towers |
| 19s | um specifically the changes that we're |
| 21s | making to the map and the radar towers |
| 23s | in update six so if you didn't know a |
| 26s | couple of weeks ago i posted a video |
| 28s | about pretty much all the changes that |
| 30s | are coming in update six if you haven't |
| 31s | seen that video yet sherbang there's the |
| 34s | card right over there uh you can check |
| 36s | it out if you want to and uh yeah in |
| 38s | that video i mentioned that there's a |
| 39s | bunch of changes coming to the map and |
| 41s | the radar towers that are kind of tied |
| 43s | into the exploration aspect of the game |
| 45s | so i thought today we'd talk about those |
| 47s | things and show them off because we've |
| 49s | spent a significant time |
| 51s | developing these changes and hopefully |
| 52s | you'll like them so |
| 54s | let's jump into the game shall we so |
| 56s | here we are in the lush grass fields i'm |
| 58s | out exploring uh |
| 60s | i'm far away from home and uh yeah let's |
| 64s | just bring up the map and see what it |
| 65s | looks like now sherbang so yeah it's a |
| 67s | lot bigger than before takes up a lot |
| 70s | more real estate on the screen um the |
| 73s | reason why it's not taking up like the |
| 74s | entire screen is because the game isn't |
| 77s | like paused when you have the the map |
| 78s | menu open this little game is still |
| 80s | running in the background we still kind |
| 81s | of want to show you that a little bit so |
| 83s | one key thing with the map too is that |
| 85s | we've changed how you unlock it so the |
| 87s | map is now unlocked in the onboarding |
| 88s | process instead of being part of like |
| 90s | the the |
| 91s | the research chain and the mam |
| 93s | so you will have access to the map a lot |
| 95s | earlier in the game so as you may notice |
| 97s | it's a bit different um we've got a |
| 99s | couple more elements here that i want to |
| 101s | bring up so first things i want to talk |
| 103s | about this we've got like a coordinate |
| 104s | system thingy here now so wherever the |
| 106s | mouse cursor is it will display like |
| 108s | where on the map that is in terms of |
| 110s | coordinates uh you can also navigate to |
| 112s | a specific set of |
| 113s | uh coordinates so if you want to go to |
| 115s | like the very center of the map you can |
| 117s | zero zero uh this is by the way where |
| 120s | all your vehicles will end up if the |
| 122s | game bugs out they tend to like just |
| 124s | teleport over there |
| 126s | we'll fix that bug eventually hopefully |
| 128s | but uh but yeah so this is pretty great |
| 130s | if you want like if you're if you're |
| 131s | playing with someone they're like hey |
| 132s | check out that coordinates like 191 |
| 135s | 1924 for instance like you can check out |
| 137s | something cool this is where i'm at or |
| 138s | something like that you can type it in |
| 140s | um so yeah very handy one major change |
| 143s | we've done to how you interact with the |
| 145s | map is that we've done away with beacons |
| 147s | uh the main reason for this is because |
| 149s | we felt that they were too clunky to use |
| 151s | and it's always awkward when you're like |
| 153s | you have to run up to the beacon to |
| 154s | configure it so when you're like far |
| 156s | away on the map and you have all the |
| 157s | beacons like placed you can't like |
| 159s | remove them easily individually you have |
| 161s | to like actually go to them physically |
| 163s | uh you can't change the names stuff like |
| 165s | that so we always felt that like it's |
| 167s | better to just interact with them on the |
| 169s | map |
| 170s | there are some cases where we feel like |
| 172s | beacons might still be useful so we kind |
| 175s | of see like if we actually do away with |
| 176s | them completely um |
| 179s | but |
| 180s | the this system is sort of designed to |
| 182s | like fill in |
| 184s | you know sort of the same functionality |
| 185s | as the beacons and more sort of so uh so |
| 188s | let's check it out what we replace the |
| 190s | begins with is this thing here new map |
| 192s | marker right so you can place this |
| 194s | wherever you want on the map and here |
| 195s | you'll get sort of the same kind of |
| 197s | functionality you had with the beacons |
| 198s | so you can name this to be like this is |
| 200s | the grass fields maybe new base question |
| 203s | mark planning |
| 205s | you can set an icon for this i'm quite |
| 207s | happy with |
| 208s | the house icon |
| 210s | you can set a color to it maybe this is |
| 212s | our pink base |
| 213s | hell yeah |
| 215s | um you can also customize whether or not |
| 217s | this should be a small or a large marker |
| 219s | on the map we'll set it to large |
| 221s | there's also a couple of customization |
| 222s | options here for how it will behave in |
| 224s | the compass so you can set it to like |
| 227s | never show up in the compass you can |
| 228s | have it to show up only when you're |
| 230s | close to it in the compass you can also |
| 232s | set it to be you know always pretty much |
| 235s | showing up um and yeah apply that stuff |
| 238s | and then we'll show up and as you may |
| 239s | notice here it's showing up at the |
| 240s | compass and customize it so that it's |
| 243s | off |
| 244s | um and then it's gone |
| 246s | you can also do this like for |
| 248s | you know like every |
| 249s | uh |
| 250s | marker that you place in the compass and |
| 252s | like tie them all in we'll get to that |
| 254s | in a bit next up you may notice like all |
| 255s | these like little icons and symbols down |
| 257s | here so what these are are what we refer |
| 260s | to as stamps so the stamps are kind of |
| 262s | used for when you're out exploring on |
| 264s | the map and you kind of want to leave |
| 264s | like a little pin on the map you can |
| 267s | place these little markers here so for |
| 268s | instance if if you want like oh here's |
| 271s | it's kind of obvious i guess but you |
| 272s | know here's water you know or maybe you |
| 274s | run into like some some something |
| 277s | hazardous and mark that out so like oh |
| 279s | remember that |
| 280s | up on this arch dangerous right |
| 282s | so you can place these stamps all over |
| 284s | the map but another really cool thing |
| 286s | with this is you can also do this in |
| 288s | real time and like as you're running |
| 290s | around so remember how |
| 292s | if you hold alt and you left click you |
| 294s | ping in the environment which by the way |
| 296s | also show up on the map for other |
| 297s | players uh what you can also do now is |
| 300s | if you hold alt and right click |
| 302s | your you can place these stamps like in |
| 304s | the environment um so for you here |
| 307s | for instance a markup is a bear bush the |
| 310s | stamp is placed |
| 311s | and it will show up on the map here |
| 313s | showcase like here here's the belly bush |
| 315s | um |
| 315s | and if you hold alt these stamps will |
| 318s | like show up as you get close to them so |
| 320s | they will be here in the environment so |
| 321s | you know after you're roaming around you |
| 323s | might see like a resource you want to |
| 325s | use you can mark that'll be like oh |
| 326s | here's a cool resource or maybe you see |
| 328s | like a barrel bush you want to remember |
| 329s | like so you can mark that out or if you |
| 331s | run into like a cave that you |
| 334s | want to explore at some point but you |
| 335s | don't want to do it right now |
| 338s | you can also leave a little mark here to |
| 339s | say like oh here's a cave entrance and |
| 342s | you know all these things will show up |
| 344s | in the environment as you're running |
| 344s | around but they will also show up on the |
| 346s | map |
| 348s | for you to take notice of the markers |
| 350s | that you place will scale with the map |
| 353s | but the stamps won't so they're more for |
| 355s | like actually like making notes of you |
| 357s | know the environment and the map and |
| 359s | like you know leave like little bread |
| 360s | crumbs for yourself so one cool thing as |
| 362s | well with the stamps and as well with |
| 365s | the markers actually is if you place a |
| 367s | stamp |
| 368s | you may notice this like highlight |
| 369s | marker and this is something that shows |
| 371s | up on the the regular markers as well so |
| 373s | what this does is if you click select a |
| 375s | highlighter marker it will show up on |
| 377s | the map and it will also be highlighted |
| 379s | in like the actual environment so this |
| 381s | is great if you know if you play like |
| 383s | breath of the wild or you know eldon |
| 384s | ring or anything like that it's pretty |
| 385s | similar to that concept where you know |
| 387s | we'll show you sort of a beacon in the |
| 388s | world makes it a bit easier for you to |
| 390s | like explore and like figure out where |
| 392s | to go so you know if you're out |
| 393s | exploring and you're like oh cool what's |
| 394s | on this ridge you can be like mark this |
| 397s | you know |
| 398s | and highlight it and then as you're |
| 399s | running around the environment you can |
| 400s | see like oh cool look over there the |
| 402s | beacons are lit condor calls for eight |
| 408s | you know it makes it a bit easier for |
| 409s | you exploring like having an actual like |
| 411s | you know marker in the environment to |
| 413s | sort of aim towards another key thing to |
| 415s | take note of is that the stamps uh won't |
| 418s | show up on the compass whereas the the |
| 421s | you know the regular markers will |
| 423s | however if you highlight a stamp you |
| 425s | know it will show up in the compass uh |
| 427s | as you're running towards it in in all |
| 429s | haste um but that's the only occasion |
| 432s | when the stamps will show up in the |
| 433s | compass otherwise they're they're |
| 434s | supposed to be more so like pins on the |
| 436s | map and like you know actual |
| 438s | environmental marks and you may also |
| 440s | have noticed that there's this number |
| 441s | down here available markers and stamps |
| 443s | 11 out of 100. um |
| 445s | this number isn't like set in stone or |
| 447s | anything like that so don't read too |
| 448s | much into this like maybe this is a good |
| 450s | number maybe this is way too too few um |
| 454s | we'll sort of see as time goes up here |
| 456s | in the corner you've got the show menu |
| 458s | so here's the new menu uh that we have |
| 460s | for the map and this is pretty similar |
| 462s | to our was before but a couple of new |
| 464s | additions here as well so we've got the |
| 466s | same kind of deal with where we order |
| 468s | things so you can |
| 469s | select you know kind of like what you |
| 471s | want to show on the map or not you know |
| 473s | you can select to hide |
| 475s | like all the vehicles if you want you |
| 477s | can hide all the radar towers and like |
| 479s | all the other aspects of the game you |
| 480s | can also select here uh which part |
| 482s | should be in the compass or not so if |
| 483s | you want the vehicles to show up on the |
| 485s | map but not in the compass you know |
| 486s | that's the setting you can have here so |
| 488s | now the vehicle is gone and then |
| 490s | now it's back and he just knows it's |
| 492s | like if you want to like have all the |
| 494s | stamps visible or not so if you want to |
| 495s | hide all the stamps um you're able to do |
| 498s | it here as well you now also have the |
| 500s | options like search for stuff so you |
| 501s | want to search for the grass fields or |
| 503s | like the hub |
| 504s | you know you can search them here and |
| 506s | they will pop up in the menu all right |
| 508s | so next i want to talk about our radar |
| 509s | towers so let me place a radar tower |
| 511s | here |
| 512s | there we go so the radar towers function |
| 514s | a little bit differently now now so the |
| 516s | way that radar towers used to work is |
| 518s | that when you place a radar tower you |
| 519s | would sort of like unveil a portion of |
| 522s | the map and they still function the same |
| 523s | way so within a certain radius it will |
| 525s | like |
| 526s | get rid of like the the fog of war sort |
| 528s | of uh but one thing we've added to the |
| 530s | radar towers are that if you hover over |
| 532s | them you will now see that radius but |
| 534s | you will also see sort of what's in that |
| 536s | radius |
| 537s | so it will tell you sort of how many |
| 538s | slugs they're in this radius that will |
| 540s | tell you how many uh of the other |
| 542s | collectibles there are uh which by the |
| 544s | way if you didn't know this the |
| 546s | summersloop and the mercersphere they're |
| 547s | both kind of like place order items that |
| 549s | we have in the game they are tied into |
| 551s | the story of satisfactory um that's |
| 553s | coming in 1.0 and they're in the game |
| 556s | mostly now because we need to place them |
| 558s | as placeholders so we know that where |
| 559s | they are how many they are etc etc so |
| 561s | you know there won't be like a huge |
| 564s | subset of items just added uh we may |
| 566s | tweak these further in line so like i |
| 567s | don't think it's actually worth |
| 568s | collecting these at this point but one |
| 570s | thing that is important for you guys are |
| 572s | the hard drives so here you can see that |
| 573s | there's five hard drives within this |
| 575s | area you can also get a sense of like |
| 576s | what kind of like fauna are in there |
| 578s | kind of floor exists here uh et cetera |
| 580s | et cetera and similar to like as before |
| 583s | you can also customize these so you can |
| 585s | name this like the grass fields |
| 587s | radar tower |
| 589s | as of recording this you have to like |
| 590s | actually go to the the radar tire to |
| 592s | name it i think we have plans to sort of |
| 594s | improve on this aspect as well later |
| 595s | than the line where you can actually |
| 597s | rename stuff on the map here but right |
| 599s | now this isn't here in this current |
| 601s | build one key thing with the radar tower |
| 603s | 2 is that they now also reveal all the |
| 605s | resources within that area within that |
| 608s | radius of the radar tower um and this is |
| 611s | great because now you can get a better |
| 613s | sense of like what is in here like what |
| 615s | is here instead of just using the the |
| 618s | scanner so yeah i will show you all the |
| 619s | resources that are here it'll also show |
| 621s | the purity if you hover over them uh it |
| 623s | will also show you if you've claimed the |
| 624s | monastery over here for instance i've |
| 626s | played a couple of iron roads |
| 627s | um |
| 628s | and a couple of quartz nodes apparently |
| 632s | so yeah i will show you like these uh |
| 633s | here in the list and you can also use |
| 635s | this list like kind of like if you're |
| 637s | looking specifically for copper r |
| 639s | you can use this to highlight them on |
| 640s | the map if you want to look specifically |
| 642s | for unclaimed copper ore you can do that |
| 644s | if you want to look for specific claimed |
| 646s | iron ore for instance here uh you can do |
| 648s | this as well they will highlight them um |
| 651s | so yeah this this i this like the whole |
| 653s | point of this is that you can get a |
| 654s | better understanding of what's in the |
| 656s | environment and a better sense of like |
| 658s | plotting out what you want to do in that |
| 660s | environment so you know if you see this |
| 662s | environment you get the radar tower up |
| 664s | you can you notice that like oh there's |
| 666s | two coal nodes here i can probably use |
| 667s | power but i probably need to rewrite you |
| 669s | know |
| 670s | conveyor belts going from this node to |
| 671s | the other one if when i use both you |
| 673s | know there's a bunch of iron ore here |
| 674s | but they're all like in pure maybe so |
| 676s | maybe i don't want to build there you |
| 678s | know this is |
| 680s | the whole sense of using the radar test |
| 681s | is really so you can get a better |
| 683s | understanding of like what's in here i |
| 684s | want to kind of point out too is that |
| 686s | the changes that were made to the map |
| 687s | here they're mostly bound to exploration |
| 689s | right there's there's not any changes to |
| 691s | like how |
| 692s | factory layouts or anything like that |
| 694s | can tie into the map we have some ideas |
| 697s | for that but we don't know if we'll like |
| 699s | how far we'll go with that or even if we |
| 701s | will go for that so |
| 702s | just so you guys know like the map |
| 704s | change that we're making for now they're |
| 706s | all like exclusively for exploration |
| 708s | purposes another little change we made |
| 710s | to the compass is when you do the scan |
| 712s | um |
| 713s | the way it used to work is like if |
| 715s | there's a bunch of nodes clutched |
| 716s | together uh they will kind of like |
| 719s | when we scan them they will all show up |
| 721s | as like one thing uh and that's great |
| 723s | when you're like far away because if you |
| 724s | if we always show like every single node |
| 726s | in the compass it gets really cluttered |
| 728s | really fast so one thing we've added is |
| 730s | that when you're far away from a node |
| 732s | for instance like the one i have here we |
| 733s | have a different icon on it so like when |
| 735s | a node is clustered uh it will show up |
| 737s | like this in the compass and if i come |
| 739s | closer to it |
| 743s | let me just |
| 745s | how you doing there mr beanie but as i |
| 747s | get closer to the cluster uh it will |
| 749s | sort of like expand and open up and now |
| 751s | we'll scan for every single node within |
| 753s | that cluster um |
| 755s | so |
| 756s | i think this is great because now it |
| 757s | gives you a better like sense of which |
| 760s | nodes that are in like your closed |
| 762s | vicinity so sometimes when you've been |
| 764s | like searching for a specific node it |
| 766s | might be hard to like find it especially |
| 768s | since |
| 769s | you know the compass has like clustered |
| 771s | them together but now you actually have |
| 773s | a sense of like where every single |
| 774s | individual node are making a little bit |
| 776s | easier to find every single one when |
| 778s | they are clustered like they are here so |
| 780s | there you have it those are the changes |
| 781s | that we're making to the map and the |
| 782s | radar towers we felt that it was |
| 784s | important to kind of make these changes |
| 786s | because we always felt that these |
| 787s | aspects didn't you know fulfill sort of |
| 790s | the role in the game especially the |
| 792s | radar towers so hopefully you guys are |
| 794s | stoked for the changes that we've made |
| 795s | here and hopefully you guys will find |
| 796s | this useful there's probably a couple of |
| 798s | occasions where we need to tweak some of |
| 799s | the user experience aspects of the |
| 801s | changes of our map and these things will |
| 803s | kind of come into place once we roll |
| 804s | this out on experimental you guys |
| 806s | actually get to try it out and uh you |
| 808s | know feedback and send us send us all |
| 810s | your lovely feedback on our question |
| 811s | site questions.satisfactorygame.com |
| 813s | uh once the the changes are in there so |
| 816s | so yeah that's gonna be it for me today |
| 818s | everybody hope you have a lovely day |
| 821s | and hopefully we'll see each other soon |
| 824s | all right take care everybody bye bye |
| 834s | did i mention that |
| 838s | that's probably fine all right cool bye |