Finally Going To SPACE in Factorio Space Exploration | Guide/Walkthrough

It's amazing how different you can play this game.
I've been to space 3 times already, recovered a spaceship from another planet's orbit (lucky find via satellites), and i've got a tiny spaghetti compact base 1/5th the size of yours on Nauvis.
Granted, you're better off and have way way more industrial output, but still interesting to see, you can play "tall" or "wide".
Thanks for the video, just what i was looking for as i'm a bit confuzzled on how to best automate science packs + resources for space science packs to orbit.
First thought i could simply automate the rockets, but since i dont know how to automate the RETURN capsule, didnt wanna burn a capsule on every launch.
Also figured i could use the resource cannon to shoot Blue chips and stuff, but seems it only does raw resources, i dont really want a huge blue chip factory in orbit.
Will be good to see how you do it.

How did you get the logistics system before making it to space??

just wondering: i saw your trainstations with 'request' basicly, they look different than in your many-to-many train network tutorial. any hints to a video or how they work?
I'm on my first playthrough building a trainbase and i have trouble getting required ressources to the most needed places. thanks in advance!

@nilaus I'm from Brazil and I wanted to sign up for Patreon, but my credit card is not being accepted. In Brazil we need to authorize it for international purchases, I authorized it for purchases in Europe and it still didn't work, do you know how to solve it?

Im new to factorio so I have one question:

Can I automate my tanks attacking? I build over 100 tanks bit didnt realize I can only move one at a time. Is there a chance to move them automatically so we can attack nests together?

Just a small tip. You should fly to the Calidus asteroid belt. There is a functional spaceship there. Repair it, and fly it to the Nauvis orbit. The spaceship contains a lot of useful high-tech stuff.

Love this serie!

This takes me back to when I tried doing K2+SE. I didn't finish it but it was a fun 200 hours.

I think the large chests added by space exploration could maybe really well used for those telescopic recipes like inserters 🤔

How do you have requester chests without space and utility science?

"I know that some people will say "Don't go to Nauvis orbit, go to this place, there's a hidden thing" but I'm not going to do that. Because that's cheating" 😭

I love this game so much. "That is so symmetrical." proceeds to place a wire directly across the launch door so the rocket can rip it out when it comes out

I know it doesn't, but once I saw it I could not unsee it.

Why you not installing Bottleneck mod? it's damn useful to know the status of machines... no? love your city blocks as always! love

Heh, the pain of inventory management for cargo rockets! You want to limit the pods and the cargo modules being inserted. You don't need to limit regular cargo though since there are two reserve slots for the pods and modules at the very end of the cargo so they will always be able to go in until the rocket is built!

The ruins in orbit are fun. They have some really fun toys, although honestly, not enough to let you build anything to take advantage of those 90 item per second belts or the like...

Life support is pretty generous, I only run around with one 50 stack unless I plan on being somewhere for hours.

And yeah, you definitely want to be setting up rocket landing pads everywhere you go to get some of your Cargo Pods back when you land!

Very nice design on the cargo rocket parts. Way overbuild but yeah doesnt mather ofcourse.

For those who arent Nilaus, and are trying this mod - I recommend checking out the Space Exploration wiki, for nice guides on the circuit&requester setup for cargo rockets.

Tip for other people: Do not fill your cargo rocket if you are landing without landing pad already in place. 70% of your items will be lost. Except for character and unstackable items, you can send these (especially the landing pad itself, you can place it and have second rocket land on it safely, other popular unstackable item you can fill the rocket with is stacked cargo sections).

Why do you have locomotives in the middle?

Thanks for these weekly update videos. Haven't been able to catch your streams on twitch, but I love seeing your progress.

Do you realize what your discovery of pylons in space means? YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS!

Started playing alongside you as well :). It is pretty interesting and crazy mod.

Won't spoil anything, but you should also control the other inserter for the space capsules, as it also happily inserts 20 capsules inside the rocket itself :).

Powerlines over the top of the rocket silo !!!!

Space is cool.

I heard if you say Nilaus is amazing and I love Factorio and his blueprints you get pinned

Love your videos.
Are you looking forward to Dyson Sphere combat mode? Can’t wait for your videos on that as you are just a pure genius!

Also, have you looked at playing Cities Skylines 2?
I just bought it and will be playing it after work but I noticed everyone saying there are currently performance issues but hopefully they will be patched soon.