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Without any fuel source at all, your mecha only generates 80 kW of power to recharge itself. Fuel sources change this amount by varying amounts. In this guide, we will aim to keep mecha energy consumption at a minimum, but if you find yourself getting low, you can either just hang back and let the 80kW recharge itself over time, or find some fuel. You will have 5 Hydrogen Fuel Rods at the start of the game, but using them this early is a bit of a waste. This guide recommends that you use nearby natural fuel sources in the early game, such as trees and plants, organic crystal, or Coal Ore if you are lucky enough to have some nearby. | Without any fuel source at all, your mecha only generates 80 kW of power to recharge itself. Fuel sources change this amount by varying amounts. In this guide, we will aim to keep mecha energy consumption at a minimum, but if you find yourself getting low, you can either just hang back and let the 80kW recharge itself over time, or find some fuel. You will have 5 Hydrogen Fuel Rods at the start of the game, but using them this early is a bit of a waste. This guide recommends that you use nearby natural fuel sources in the early game, such as trees and plants, organic crystal, or Coal Ore if you are lucky enough to have some nearby. | ||
===Trees | ===Trees and Rocks=== | ||
You have probably heard the adage "waste not, want not" -- or, do not let things go to waste simply because you do not want them. In {{abbr|Dyson Sphere Program|DSP}}, every resource has a use, although you may not know the uses until you research a particular technology. Trees and Rocks that are scattered around are no exception to this rule. | You have probably heard the adage "waste not, want not" -- or, do not let things go to waste simply because you do not want them. In {{abbr|Dyson Sphere Program|DSP}}, every resource has a use, although you may not know the uses until you research a particular technology. Trees and Rocks that are scattered around are no exception to this rule. | ||
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Try not to use [[Organic Crystal]] for fuel. You will find yourself wanting some later, since they are very tedious to make via recipe. If you feel that you must burn some, try to keep at least 120 of them set aside. | Try not to use [[Organic Crystal]] for fuel. You will find yourself wanting some later, since they are very tedious to make via recipe. If you feel that you must burn some, try to keep at least 120 of them set aside. | ||
Note: The original draft of this guide was a bit too long and focused on a particular path. In the end, it did not work out when tried on random other seeds, and it was not the intent to pigeonhole the player to a specific seed. The guide will be re-written soon. | |||
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===Order of Operations=== | ===Order of Operations=== | ||
There is no "one right way" to play a sandbox game like Dyson Sphere Program. The order of operations for getting started that is laid out by this guide is intended to follow the following precepts: | There is no "one right way" to play a sandbox game like Dyson Sphere Program. The order of operations for getting started that is laid out by this guide is intended to follow the following precepts: | ||
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Before we can fully automate Science, we need to <em>properly</em> automate our Assemblers and our Smelters so we're not doing so much manual labor. | Before we can fully automate Science, we need to <em>properly</em> automate our Assemblers and our Smelters so we're not doing so much manual labor. | ||
== | ==Automating Logistics== | ||
* You should still have 10 Gears and 10 Circuit Boards from the end of the last section. If not, use the Assemblers to make enough. | * You should still have 10 Gears and 10 Circuit Boards from the end of the last section. If not, use the Assemblers to make enough. | ||
* At the very top of the Technology tree, research [[Basic Logistics System_(Tech)|Basic Logistics System]]. | * At the very top of the Technology tree, research [[Basic Logistics System_(Tech)|Basic Logistics System]]. | ||
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Now, we have automated Mining and Smelting, but don't have enough conveyors to automate Assembly. At this stage, the Guide has only 4 conveyors left! How do we do this without making anything else by hand? | Now, we have automated Mining and Smelting, but don't have enough conveyors to automate Assembly. At this stage, the Guide has only 4 conveyors left! How do we do this without making anything else by hand? | ||
* Make at least | * Make at least 32 more Circuit Boards and 16 more Gears with the Assemblers | ||
* Deconstruct both Assemblers | * Deconstruct both Assemblers | ||
* extend the Iron Ingot conveyor belt as far out as you can with your remaining conveyors. Try to get as much of it into a Powered area as you can. | * extend the Iron Ingot conveyor belt as far out as you can with your remaining conveyors. Try to get as much of it into a Powered area as you can. | ||
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* Take 10 Magnetic Coils from the approriate Assembler. | * Take 10 Magnetic Coils from the approriate Assembler. | ||
* With those and 10 of the remaining Circuit Boards, Research [[Electromagnetic Matrix_(Tech)|Electromagnetic Matrix]] | * With those and 10 of the remaining Circuit Boards, Research [[Electromagnetic Matrix_(Tech)|Electromagnetic Matrix]] | ||
* With the last 4 circuit boards, take some Iron Ingots and Gears from appropriate sources, and make another Assembler. | * With the last 4 circuit boards, take some Iron Ingots and Gears from appropriate sources, and make another Assembler and 2 Sorters. | ||
* Place | * Place the Assembler on the Copper Ingot line, on the side facing where the Iron Ingot line comes out. | ||
* Set | * Set the Assembler to making Circuit Boards. | ||
* Extend the Iron Ingot belt until it reaches the Circuit Board Assembler. | |||
* Set up Sorters to take FROM the Ingot Belts TO the Circuit Board Assembler. | |||
The only things at this point that we are not automating, that we'll need more and more of, are Sorters, and maybe Tesla Towers. This guide will hand-craft Sorters as-needed, but leave it as exercise to the reader if they wish to automate these and Tesla Towers as well. However, do read ahead first, as we have to be careful with some of our space to make the Research work. | |||
Our first Research type is with [[Electromagnetic Matrix]] a.k.a. "Blue Jello". MOST technologies and upgrades ultimately use Blue Matrices in their consumption, so you'll become intimately familiar with setting up your own production pipelines for them. Our setup is one of many many different ways to approach this. | |||
Upon finishing the Electromagnetic Matrix research, you were given one [[Matrix Lab]]. Unfortunately, we need 2 right now, and these truly are not worth automating the construction of. | |||
* Open up your Crafting panel and make 1 more Matrix Lab. It is an exercise for the reader to determine what they need. | |||
* Place one matrix lab such that it is adjacent to both the Magnetic Coil and the Circuit Board Assemblers. | |||
* Place the other matrix lab adjacent to the first one. | |||
** You may need to move the Tesla Coil to make this possible. | |||
* Add Wind Turbines or Tesla Towers as needed to give everything power again. | |||
* You probably will not be able to have a direct connection between each of the assemblers and the first Lab. Set up Conveyor belts to carry either Circuit Boards or Magnetic Coils as needed, to one side of the first Matrix Lab. | |||
* Set up Sorters to feed Circuit Boards and Magnetic Coils TO the first Matrix Lab. | |||
* Set up a Sorter to Direct-feed FROM the first Matrix Lab TO the second one. | |||
* Click on the first Matrix Lab, and then click on the Blue Matrix Cube. | |||
** This Matrix Lab is now '''producing''' Electromagnetic Matrices | |||
* Click on the second Matrix Lab and then click on the Beaker icon. | |||
** This Matrix Lab is now '''researching''' technologies. | |||
** The second lab requires the Matrices to be able to do its research. We already set up a sorter to feed those in automatically! | |||
* Open the Technology Tree and switch to Upgrades screen | |||
* At the very top left, select and Activate research of [[Universe_Exploration_(Upgrade)|Universe Exploration Lv1]] | |||
{{Note| Universe Exploration Level 1 allows you to see all Ore Deposits and other veins on the entire planet upon which you are standing. Be sure to go into the UI Settings and enable it (top middle option). You can hit 'M' to view the whole planet and look around for ore deposits without having to move your mecha!}} | |||
{{Note Box| Turn OFF "Use Inventory Item" at this point. You should try to use Matrix Labs for all research from this point forward. However, there are some Upgrades remaining that cannot be researched by the Labs - they can only use Matrices for research, so the Upgrades that do not use Matrices you will still have to do by hand. To re-enable "Use Inventory Item", go into the Technology or Upgrade Tree, start researching an item, and there will be an option in the top left of the Technology screen.}} | |||
Congratulations! You've automated the first types of research! As technologies finish researching, you unlock and can research more and more technologies, unlocking new and exciting things. | |||
==Where To Go Next== | |||
At this stage, the choice is yours on what you want to do next. This guide has given you the foundation for automating just about everything in the game. Here are some suggestions for what to look into next: | |||
* Build some [[Storage Mk.I]] and use Conveyors and Sorters from each of the assemblers to output to the Storages, for easy grab-and-go building | |||
* Add more Assemblers to automate other components or buildings | |||
* Add more miners and Smelters to keep up with your factory's growing demands | |||
* Finish off all of the Upgrades that must be done by hand (See the note box at the end of the Automating Upgrades section) | |||
* Start planning world conquest | |||
* Tear down the factory again and lay it out the way YOU want, not the way this stupid guide writer did... | |||
* Set up a Miner on a Coal deposit to provide a much better fuel source for your mecha | |||
** Research [[Smelting Purification_(Tech)|Smelting Purification]] to get access to [[Energetic Graphite]] for a more compact fuel source | |||
** Research [[Thermal Power_(Tech)|Thermal Power]] to be able to use [[Thermal Power Station]] to burn fuels for factory power | |||
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* Start working your way up the Technology tree towards building a [[Dyson Sphere]]!!! | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:30, 12 February 2021
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This guide attempts to describe the steps to take to get a quick start in Dyson Sphere Program.
Currently, all new games will start you on a Mediterranean Planet, which are fairly "Earth-like" and have a good range of resources that can get you all the way up to mid-game without ever leaving the planet. This guide should work for all new game starts, unless and until they make it possible to change your starting system.
If you wish to follow along more precisely, this guide and its accompanying screenshots were written with the following World Generation settings:
- Seed: 00000000
- Systems: 64
- Resource Multiplier: Infinite
With these settings, you should start at a G-Type star named "Iota Sagittae"
Before We Start
Before we start, we'll go over a few tips.
Conserving Energy
In the early game, your mecha has very little in the way of energy storage and power generation. You also don't have access to the some of the better fuel sources that increase the power regeneration rate. For these reasons it is important to conserve energy as much as possible. In a fresh game, these things consume energy for your mecha:
- Movement -- 600 kW while moving. Alleviate by planning your path in advance to minimize distance
- Hovering -- variable, but in the 1-1.2 MW range while hovering over water. Alleviate by walking around water and being sure not to "idle" while hovering above any.
- Drones -- Each drone consumes 288 kW from your mecha while flying to/from a construction. Starting the game with 3 drones, this can get as high as 864 kW. Alleviate by minimizing the distance drones have to fly, and only building one thing at a time.
- Gathering -- when mining a vein manually, it consumes 640 kW. Alleviate by automating mining. This guide's approach requires no hand-gathering aside from 60 Logs for an Upgrade.
- Replicator -- Hand-crafting items, as well as smelting ingots by hand, consume 240 kW. Alleviate by automating everything you can, as early as possible.
- Researching -- Researching technologies using materials from your mecha's inventory means your mecha is doing the research and using 360 kW. Alleviate by setting Matrix Labs to do the research.
Without any fuel source at all, your mecha only generates 80 kW of power to recharge itself. Fuel sources change this amount by varying amounts. In this guide, we will aim to keep mecha energy consumption at a minimum, but if you find yourself getting low, you can either just hang back and let the 80kW recharge itself over time, or find some fuel. You will have 5 Hydrogen Fuel Rods at the start of the game, but using them this early is a bit of a waste. This guide recommends that you use nearby natural fuel sources in the early game, such as trees and plants, organic crystal, or Coal Ore if you are lucky enough to have some nearby.
Trees and Rocks
You have probably heard the adage "waste not, want not" -- or, do not let things go to waste simply because you do not want them. In DSP, every resource has a use, although you may not know the uses until you research a particular technology. Trees and Rocks that are scattered around are no exception to this rule.
When placing a Building, if a tree or rock is in the way when the drone places the building, then that tree or rock is simply deleted, and you do not get the resources from it. For this reason, it is advised that before placing any buildings, you should first manually remove any trees or stones that are near that location. This can grant you many different materials, most of which have early-game uses such as for a fuel source.
Of the resources that you can get in this manner, it's OK to use these for fuel, for now:
- Log - come from trees, usually 8-12 for each tree cut down. Decent early-game fuel source, but Be sure to keep 60 on hand until told otherwise
- Plant Fuel - come from trees, as well as small bush-like plants.
- Coal Ore - can sometimes come from rocks.
Try not to use Organic Crystal for fuel. You will find yourself wanting some later, since they are very tedious to make via recipe. If you feel that you must burn some, try to keep at least 120 of them set aside.
Note: The original draft of this guide was a bit too long and focused on a particular path. In the end, it did not work out when tried on random other seeds, and it was not the intent to pigeonhole the player to a specific seed. The guide will be re-written soon.