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[BadLemonsXI]

You can make a starter mining ship in a online server from the first type of spawn ship (without making it un-flyable) and the only thing you'll need to mine is some sliver and rock if you want both to be powered that the same time. But once you have the miner it shouldn't take long to fix the spawn ship to %100 again.

Everyone one there is still playing Archeage.
Bunch of nubs.

Lol yer they got me playing that a little bit to. And I thing Ruskin's the only one I know who also owns SE.

[KingofstarrySkies]

Everyone one there is still playing Archeage.

Bunch of nubs.

sooo

much

fuuuuunnnnnnn

[Sappho]

Can anyone recommend a good, easy-to-follow tutorial for this game? I tried clicking the "tutorial" button in the menu but it said Steam overlay was disabled (even though it's set as enabled in the Steam client, it doesn't seem to be working). I looked up a tutorial on YouTube, but it was so fast-paced and complicated that it's not very helpful. The maker of the video seems to assume that everyone already sort of knows how to play and just wants some tips, or that everyone can remember a hundred key bindings as he rattles them off one after another...

I have to review this game and make a video for it within a couple of weeks, so I need to learn how to play as quickly as possible. Help please! It looks awesome, but so complicated... I thought maybe I could just figure it out by playing around with it but... Um... Nope. I did figure out how to fly a ship! But that was it. : /

[Aseaheru]

Why do you have to? Ahwell.

If you play KSP, the movement controls are the docking ones there (with C instead of shift).
T and K open most things, toggle them, etc. Y is power, P is gear, number keys are hotbar items, ',' and '.' are for new hotbars, etc. etc.

[Sappho]

I do not play KSP. This is my first space game, pretty much ever. So I'm a genuine newbie here.

I'm reviewing the game for the magazine I work for. (I got my very first press copy of a game! So excitement! Much journalist!) It's pretty sweet, but also pretty daunting, since I have to not only learn how to play the game, but also film a good let's play / review and edit it within a couple of weeks... In addition to all the other work I have to do. So it's exciting, but a little daunting.

I really need an in-depth tutorial. I don't understand what's happening here at all, how to properly control the ship or my character, what it is I need to do, how everything works, what all the things are... It feels a bit like the first time I played Minecraft without having read/watched any tutorials yet, except instead of vanilla minecraft, it's Tekkit, and I start on the moon. There aren't even any trees to punch!

This tutorial seems like it might be slow-paced enough for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym4yfTFhBkM
Does it look okay? Any better suggestions?
Thanks guys!

[Ogdibus]

You might be better off asking questions about each thing, as it comes up, ideally while playing with other people.

I saw the "tutorial button" one, too.  I got the game over the weekend, and the tutorial really only explains some of the controls and the help menu.  I figured out most of the stuff by doing searches and experimenting by myself, because I don't know anyone. x3

Stuff that's important, but wasn't clearly explained to me in the tutorial:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The "Control Panel" ("i" key, second tab, I think) menu does a lot of important stuff.  It shares it's name with the "Control Panel" block, so it will make doing searches on either of them a pain. 

The "g" key menu changes when you are at the controls of an object.  It lets you put controls from the "Control Panel" on your hot bar.

If you lose access to your stuff, you can regain it by partially disassembling the denied blocks until they are below the blue line, and then repairing them.  It's possible to lose pieces if you don't have inventory space, and the fall or drift away.

Edit:  I like that tutorial that you linked to.  I've seen several videos about various parts of the game, and so far, this guy is the easiest to understand.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Ya know, the thing with space engineers is discovery. Sure, there are tutorials out there that'll teach you to understand how components are put together and work, but your better off thinking of something you'd love to fly around in, and go about building that. Heck, people have built everything from shitty space cubes to gigantic space cannons with entire loading, breaching, and firing mechanisms. I guess what i'm trying to say is, it's a big game, but only as big as you want it to be.

To maybe help you out more though, considering that perhaps reviewing space engineers is a daunting task for one who is somewhat experienced with it, let alone someone who has never played the game, I would say check out laststandgamers on youtube, they've got a bunch of awesome videos showing off beautiful ships and feats of engineering, which they usually explain. Again though, there really is too much for just A tutorial. Maybe set some goals on aspects of the game you want to play around with.

[ollobrains]

id focus on the stuff u can do, the bigger stuff ends up being projects

[Sensei]

You can make a starter mining ship in a online server from the first type of spawn ship (without making it un-flyable) and the only thing you'll need to mine is some sliver and rock if you want both to be powered that the same time. But once you have the miner it shouldn't take long to fix the spawn ship to %100 again.

Everyone one there is still playing Archeage.
Bunch of nubs.

Lol yer they got me playing that a little bit to. And I thing Ruskin's the only one I know who also owns SE.

I own SE! Should play some time with you guys. But yes, Ruskin's had me playing AA like a nub recently.

[BadLemonsXI]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You can make a starter mining ship in a online server from the first type of spawn ship (without making it un-flyable) and the only thing you'll need to mine is some sliver and rock if you want both to be powered that the same time. But once you have the miner it shouldn't take long to fix the spawn ship to %100 again.

Everyone one there is still playing Archeage.
Bunch of nubs.

Lol yer they got me playing that a little bit to. And I thing Ruskin's the only one I know who also owns SE.

I own SE! Should play some time with you guys. But yes, Ruskin's had me playing AA like a nub recently.

Yes that'd be cool (And maybe somehow get Ruskin off AA to come play with us) we could even help Sappho learn how to play if she still needs help. (I'm on TS at the time of posting.)

[Glloyd]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You can make a starter mining ship in a online server from the first type of spawn ship (without making it un-flyable) and the only thing you'll need to mine is some sliver and rock if you want both to be powered that the same time. But once you have the miner it shouldn't take long to fix the spawn ship to %100 again.

Everyone one there is still playing Archeage.
Bunch of nubs.

Lol yer they got me playing that a little bit to. And I thing Ruskin's the only one I know who also owns SE.

I own SE! Should play some time with you guys. But yes, Ruskin's had me playing AA like a nub recently.

Yes that'd be cool (And maybe somehow get Ruskin off AA to come play with us) we could even help Sappho learn how to play if she still needs help. (I'm on TS at the time of posting.)

I would come play if someone was hosting a server. I could host one at some point later in the week, but only for a few hours at a time.

[BadLemonsXI]

I would come play if someone was hosting a server. I could host one at some point later in the week, but only for a few hours at a time.

Do you have the team speak IP?

[Glloyd]

I would come play if someone was hosting a server. I could host one at some point later in the week, but only for a few hours at a time.

Do you have the team speak IP?

Nope.

[n9103]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=141540.msg5635461

[SquatchHammer]

I had just became a proud owner of Space Engineers and I have been having a huge issue. I am on the easy start one save and trying to mine. I mined successfully before but just a few minutes ago it had stopped gathering any ore that I mine out of an asteroid. Actually anything really, so with that I am stuck on how its not getting ore that it ground out. It's not even showing up as the little physics rocks that you can collect on "foot".

Please help me.