hello it's ricardo and welcome back to the planet crafter planetcraft is a survival game that has
you as a terraforming astronaut on a barren planet trying to make it into a lush paradise and habitat
today we're going to talk about construction and deconstruction chips how to make them
and then how to build the first elementary buildings on the planet to try and help you out
the planet crater does take you down a route of things you must do first to survive that's going
to be getting a backpack so you can carry more and also getting an oxygen tank to increase your
oxygen capacity from a poultry 100 units to 145 but there will come a time when that little pod
that you've landed in is not going to be enough for you and you're going to need a microstrip chip
or construction and one for deconstruction for this you're going to need silicon and you're going
to need magnesium fortunately for these they're in abundance around the landing site silicon
and magnesium quite easy to find with your backpack and the extra carrying capacity
you can also get any additional items as well that once you've got your chip
you haven't got to go out and about looking for too many materials to build these buildings now
the scanner device that you've got in your hand can be furnished with these chips at the moment
at this stage of the game you've only got limited carrying capacity i have collected some silicon
and also some magnesium i've gone back to my crafting station and i've got a chip having
the chip however is just not enough to start building you have to equip that chip to your suit
as you can see at the moment with a backpack and with an oxygen tank there's only two slots left so
i'm going to fit that out with a construction and deconstruction chip which i'll then put those onto
the hand scanner i've got in my right hand with that i'm now all ready to go and start building
now to be completely honest and unbiased i did struggle with the building you can
build foundations and then you can build living quarters on top of those foundations should the
terrain be uneven shall we say i really struggled with the lining up of the particular building on
the frame and i'll demonstrate now so by pressing q on the pc i can build a frame and i can crop
that up and down through the surface depending on the level that i'm given then i select the
living compartment okay there it is that looks all lined up for me you'd think but it isn't and
that's where this game kind of needs a sort of snap to grid to help you out in this aspect um
we're in subnautica you can go up and down throughout the dimensions not just backwards
and forwards you can have a good idea from an angle if you were lined up not at this stage
in the game in planetcraft and that's where i think it needs a snap to grid option fortunately
i have the deconstruction chip as well fitted so i can just select deconstruction it'll turn to a
different icon not the hammer for construction but deep instruction and i can reclaim those materials
or however what you can do is you can just build it straight on the floor
so after being thoroughly fed up with building a foundation i thought i'd do just that
and build my habitat or living compartment directly on the floor nothing wrong with that it
does look perfectly fine and it's not about having a pretty base this it's more about functionality
so i've got loads of materials i've got my chips fitted as you can see and now it's time to start
placing those items to good use right so let's get building that's a good enough spot let's go to the
living compartment there it is it flashes green which means you know it's in the right location
if it's red then probably come shouldn't build there and there's my building the shadow comes up
and then you gotta decide then where you want to put your doors your entrance and egress points
well they can be put on either side really but for that you're gonna need a few more materials
so back into the build menu which is q bang there's my door put it on it glows green
and then you've got your entrance and egress point and you've got a little building once you get some
power in there as well it'll recharge your oxygen you can also put other items in it as well like a
t2 crafting station which is going to allow you to build additional items however straight off
the bat i need some additional iron so i can build some wind generators not wind generators
power generators that harvest the wind i should say wind turbines that's the word i'm looking for
now for that you're going to need some iron amongst other materials for some of the other
stuff as well so let's go on a quick spree now once you've got some iron you can start
building these wind turbines that are going to generate you power and you can also build
a good old craft station t2 this is going to give you additional items like the endoskeleton which
is going to increase your suits carrying capacity as you'll remember our suits carrying capacity
is currently set to four i think it is so with your oxygen tank and with your backpack and with
your chips to build and deconstruct you're full add the exoskeleton however and that increases
you can also build heaters wind turbines drills lights for the outside steps if you manage to
get your living base component nice and square on top of the foundation but there's our wind turbine
we're going to put it not too far away and you can see it's starting to generate power as it twists
the more items you have in your base the more power requirements the base is gonna have and
therefore the more wind turbines you're gonna need to have now i'm trying to make it look all
nice and pretty but you really don't have to base building in this game is particularly and strictly
up to you so now i've got power everything started to be lit up i can go to the crafting
station and i can craft that endoskeleton shall i want to and also a drill as well now
the drills release pressure into the atmosphere and that's going to help with the terraforming
and that in essence is it i've got power and now i've got a building couldn't be simpler
could it really a little bit of work needs to be done around those foundations and like i say
the snap to grid but other than that quite an effortless and easy process to get your
first building on the map thanks very much for watching i've been ricardo and i'll see you soon
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