Survival Impossible - Death Route #66 - Space Engineers Hardcore Survival 

The end of the abandoned bridge obviously needs construction materials at the end that form an improvised jump. Like in every movie/game with an unfinished bridge.

You should make a souvenir shop at either Steve’s Hole in the Wall or at the top of the road and call it the Rock LobStore since you accidentally made that spectacular pun

"More wheels equals more better" W4sted would be so proud of you 😛

when you get the scaling right, you could add something like a crane holding a piece of beam by the abandoned bridge - all rusty and stuff

Now I want to see a small mechanic's shop at Steve's Hole in the Wall called The Rock Lob-Store.

Watching the timelapse, it's so reminiscent of watching an enterprising ant as the Lobster claws through the mountainside

When building lampposts i like setting the light offet of the interior light to 5m or so as it makes the light look cast instead of emitted.

i'm not disapointed that you not finished the bridge, i think that was the right choice, i'm disapointed that you did not drop that long part down. would have been funny to watch i bet!

For the bridge sign you should get an image of Capac driving off the end with the words "Caution bridge out". I think it would be funny.

Hey you should add an anchoring arm on the splat form something that can extend and landing gear it to wall to conserve power. Pistion on hinge and rotor or something.

Splitsie, for the failed bridge, and usable on other construction projects, can't you make a set of blocks like this: - 1 oxygen tank; - 1 vent; - 1 solar panel on top Not attached to the ground. It would be a thing like the mobile buildings for officies, but just 1 oxygen selfcontained bit. And you could move it around to the next spot later too, just need the crane and transport :)

Splitsie, Oshaa feels that if youre on the back, and you get distracted, how are you going to know the batteries are less than a safe percentage? Would fitting a rotating light and/or sound alert to save the express elevator to Splatsie be an idea? As to the road finishing - search "snow shed"

Splitsie: struggling to get enough materials Also Splitsie: keeps using full blocks to fill in small corners...

I've been having so much more fun in Space Engineers since watching your vids, and I'm not the only one! Thanks for being a great source of inspiration 😊

Couple useful thoughts: You've got some small containers at the bridge project, so might be worth having the bigger one filled with some pre-filled O2 bottles. Like your emergency supplies on the Rock Lobster. And then fill the smaller one with emergency food/water. So if you're rushing home because you forgot to eat/drink... you can avoid dying at the last second. Also could leave some 1x1, or 3x3 large grid tires on the bridge, since you'd probably bring at least one replacement out to that sort of construction site.

I am proud of you Splitsie for making the right choice to not continue the bridge

When placing wind turbines on such steep slopes, my approach is to build the pillars horizontally out from the mountain, that way I get better clearance and improved output. Idea for the construction site - I have never seen one without a big old dumpster

Midway Unfinished Bridge would make an excellent gun turret placement with emergency shelter by having an antenna and small vehicle

You just blew my mind when you changed the GPS colours. I've been playing this game years and I still keep learn new things about it.

That's the fastest click in my life.

Even with the hole in the wall being a bit average, its a truckstop so having some living quarters would be cool. That half bridge would be cool turned into a viewing area or even a small landing pad

Your time lapse video with the lobster tunnelling at the end feels oddly satisfying. It's like watching a time lapse of an ant tunnelling underground in the glass bottle. Yeah. Really satisfying.

When using grid alignment, you can hold CTRL and use the mouse wheel to move the block distance. It’s not as massive as creative mode, but you do have some adjustment. This means you can pull it closer to you and get it to snap to the front of the block you are standing on. Only works for me in align to local grid, and sometimes I have to change alignment out and back to get it to snap.

The hole in the wall with the extra additions is suggesting that there is more inside the mountain, feels kinda weird that there isn't, just a thought. Thinking maybe a greasy spoon should be inside.

I have been binge watching this for the last two months and I finally caught up this is a wonderfully made series

Never underestimate the power production capability of just placing down new batteries, draining them, and grinding them down. It's just Iron/Nickel/Silicon.

Name for the little failed bridge "Follies Landing". Something else you can do with the battery is add a few connectors and you can use it as well for a forward charging point for the splatform and any trailers. And a proper landing spot for the splatform or any other flying crafts on the new addition at the hole in the wall would look pretty good.

Regarding the streetlights: Old Italian painters included "mishaps" in their painting, e.g. an error of perspective etc. Considering this, you could have a go with the Intervall or blinking option of one of the lights and even a timer block to further randomise the lighting. For an older abandoned bridge project a malfunctioning neon light is a must have for me....

We have a half-finished bridge in the city of Capetown, South Africa......the locals call it "The Dropoff".....it became a instant attraction!

I love how some parts of the road are (now still) very dangerous and you turn carefully not to fall down. its very inconvenient and instead of "fixing" that I'd love for that to stay. it feeds the imersion of the whole thing

The unfinished bridge needs a worker hut. A few toilets and a desk, maybe a double vent to take the helmet off for a few minutes. Build it off to the side and do a bit of ribbing to support the roof, leaving it as an intended weather report station to warn of high winds (2 wind turbines and a screen to show speed)

In many mountain roads in the U.S. there are signs warning of falling rocks. You could put those up along the road. Also, instead of an incomplete project, you could consider the bridge as being taken out by a land slide.

Some ideas, feel free not to use them: - There's lots of snow around that Mountain Tunnel Road. Why not a giant rotating drill arm that slowly scoops up ice and deposits it into a few large grid large containers attached to a decent-sized network of Hydrogen Engines? It's semi-automated for a little while, until it hits stone, but you could probably set up a PB that detects when ice is no longer entering the large cargo container or when excess stone is, to auto shut off the drills and retract the pistons, then somehow set off a large warning spotlight to let you know there will be no more ice to dig up. There are many great examples of rotating drills arms and as a hint there are usually at least two rotors offset from each other to get an efficient end result. - I'm surprised you haven't made a blueprint of the bases so far for projecting them and making repairs much easier in the future, should they be needed. - I believe "Poor" wind clearance is less than 50% of possible power, whereas "Optimal" can potentially reach over 100% from time to time. So stacking the wind turbines up just a few more meters, exactly far enough away for "Optimal" wind clearance, would help heaps. - A solar farm is cheap in cost, as far as resources are concerned, (everything can be made from what is refined from stone), and you can attach a simple script to it that can utilize the Hinges and Rotors to track the sun, for optimal sun exposure and maximum energy.

A couple of ideas: I don't know about Australia, but here in the states, there would be a couple of flashing yellow lights on the barrier of that partially constructed bridge. There would also be a second barrier at the end of the bridge, where it terminates. Also, living on the Front Range of Colorado, I've seen a few mountain roads. They would remove the rock above the road, so that it couldn't fall on any cars. This would leave a sheer rock face on the mountain side of the road, and a clear open view on the other side. Some sort of railing at the open side of the road, to prevent runaways from going over the edge and you have a properly constructed mountain road.

Splitsie: Has power issues Me: *chants* Solar Axe, Solar Axe, Solar Axe

You could make the end of the bridge look broken as if it collapsed mid construction. Use beam parts to give the ends a twisted look.

I love watching the timelapse of you digging through the mountain, very satisfying!

Some abandoned projects like that also have pieces that were delivered for assembly but not installed. Perhaps a stack of plates (if doable) or at least some spare i-beam segments along the side.

I feel that street light on the bridge needs to flicker

1) I loved steve's timelapse this go around... the rock lobster gives off heavy termite vibes chewing through the edge of the cliff at night. 2) oh god you driving that road at 30-40 and taking those very tight corners is nerve-wracking i'm waiting for you to slip and tumble down the cliffside.

I think setting up the Rock Lobster for front-wheel-drive, either by turning the suspensions off or just turning down the power, will help make your rover a fair bit more stable. Every time you inch forward, the rover subtly jerks back onto its rear suspension and rocks back and forth for a moment, suggesting you have too much torque on your rear suspensions. The sudden stops you make while inching forward are probably contributing to the rocking as well; this could be mitigated by making the front suspensions stiffer than the rear suspensions. Or if you're feeling brave, you could break out a controller and try feathering the throttle.

You should take the turret off the top of your mining vehicle and put a spinning, glittery, large storage container on top, just for nostalgia's sake. Of course you might then be tempted to jump it off the Death Road... For the unfinished bridge, you need a rusty sign that says 'Planned and funded with your tax dollars'.

"Get your kicks on death route 66..." Maybe an amber flashing light on top of the danger sign to draw attention to where you shouldn't drive? Possible advertisement at Steve's Hole in the Wall: "Capac's Discount Bungee Jumping Experience. 2KM down Death Route 66 at the old bridge." Speaking of the orange terror, another brainstorm - maybe the toll booth operator can be an orange target dummy. I only suggest that so that you can pay the toll by shooting the orange one. ;) Good luck building the road!

The bridge made me think of that skyscraper with the overhanging piece with the glass floor where people can stand and take photographs of themselves😨

I think you should call the tunnel network to the mine "The Intestines". The Mg mine inputs ore to the tunnel, and the ore comes out of the system at the wind farm.

Idea for the rock bar (Steve's Bar): Steve knows that the reavers hit everything with power, but he also knows he's a low power establishment. So he takes a blueprint of the bar and wind farm and lets the farm get destroyed by reavers. Later when the batteries are low and he needs power generation again, he kicks on the old projector in the back and hand welds the turbines back to functionality.

If you want cool organic look on the 'too long bridge'. Cut the partially created bridge like it fell, and leave it broken and bent down towards the ground.

"More wheels equals more better" -Splitsie Much deep! ;)

Please make the tunnel wider. That view of the wheels just reaching the edge is giving me chills

On the abandoned bridge you could add some sort of chair to recharge and a box next to it with some food and water. Not only could it save you if some kind of accident happens but it would also look like a resting spot where someone decided to enjoy the view from up there.

Well... you could name the bridge "the "to big a bridge"-commemoration bridge" I like the look of the street lamps, they fit in

You could add some screens with chevrons pointing left to the corrected path.

Hey Splitsie, So i was thinking you have Steve's hole in the wall pitstop. Wouldnt it be cool to make some tribute's/eastereggs too others? You could make Reginalds repairshop near the magnesium, mine where you can park the Rocklobster. You could also build capac's sandwich store (now with gaint spider meat), because your workers in the mine need someplace to get food. Maybe you can make use of the names of other streamers you played SE with. If anyone else has name idea's commend here!

Dunno if it's already been suggested.. but, using the black neons to look like power cables running from the street light, to the battery? An oxygen bottle or 2 in that storage crate(s)? The road looks amazing so far, I'm genuinely impressed at your progress here! :) Also..long shot but.. you _could_ always utilize one of those gaps in the mountain for a building? With glass on one side for a phenomenal view? A building that is maybe a museum to the series? Screenshots of the reaver attack, of the Lawn chair base, of the long arm of the launcher, the remora, the arboretum, the one and only (so far) time you've needed a new clone.. even a small area with small screens, showing each of the unique vehicles you've made in Survival Impossible over the years. There's so much you could put in it that would be really cool to see! You know...just a thought. :P

Hey there! I think flickering street light is necessary on abandoned bridge. Since it is abandoned no one is keeping eye on maintenance of lights. Other thing I would like to suggest is make yellow blinking warning lights at barrier. We need to warn drivers in dark that there is danger. ;)

I think making one of those site manager trailers at the abandoned bridge would be kinda cool. The small little ones they drop to get water and out of the sun for crew breaks, but maybe that holds a water dispenser and possibly a vending machine.

Ohh, imagine that bridge span, but with like a one tracked suspended tram system, that the vehicle drives onto and gets tram-sported across the gap.. That could be cool.

This episode was amazing!! I loved the way you took advantage of your error to create some history for the road! Nice work Splitsie!

Turn the failed bridge spot into an overlook weight station/security check point. It can still have the failed bridge sticking off and out of it, but they had started with a second structure like Steve's hole in the wall at the bridge but decided part way into construction to not continue but mine instead. So you can have a small building with air and a gun turret and power generation, a small storage room, maybe even some refinery capability, a small overlook viewing platform, and then the unfinished bridge sticking out with blockades and warnings. You can also use it a second staging area, turn around spot and recharging location.

I think having a time trial race through this road would be very cool. If you didnt have the road blocks on that abandoned bridge im sure someone would drive off it.

Idea: have the "street light" on the abandoned bridge blink. Make it shine for as long as possible, and have it go dark for as short a time as possible. That will make it look like it's flickering, which will enhance the look of being poorly maintained.

You should make a crane for the abandoned bridge to add some vertical interest while driving on the main bridge. It can also be a timelasp recording position for the construction of the actual bridge.

Woo!!! Im finally caught up! Ive been binging this whole series since i started it a little over a month and a half ago xD

To navigate without GPS you could do something where you have markers like time trial courses.

A neat little addition could be to add a flickering effect to the light on the unfinished bridge. Will add to that unfinished, derelict vibe.

Tuck a seat behind the battery hidden from the road so that you can charge and from a story perspective some construction worker hid a chair back there so they could hide on break

After the road and lookout are finished. Maybe a stairway to heaven up to the top of the mountain. And a small radio tower at the top. Would be a nice POI.

You ought to "repurpose" it into a charging/maintence station. One other suggestion is you ought to make a little utility "car" so you can park the Rock Lobster at the end of the tunnel recharging and just use it as a commuter vehicle.

Construction sites usually have containers standing around, for storage and offices, so maybe having a rusty industrial large cargo container somewhere nearby that light would be good. Also maybe a large drill laying on the ground somewhere? (Placed proper on the grid, but on its side it will look like it's just strewn about I think.) Keep going with this series, it's my inspiration for building fun stuff in SE...

Random Idea; You could make a power plant, store a bunch of energy, and use Drones with more batteries then they actually need, to transport the stored energy to the separate locations. It's definitely not very optimized, but it sounds cool, and that seems to be the theme of this series.

you should use a Capac statue as a road worker stopping people from driving over the un-built Bridge

for the failbridge you could leave some 'spare' tyres lying around

On the abandoned bridge maybe have some broken flickering work lights and dim them down and if you ever lose your crane drag its remains there.

You have a foundation for a possible power plant on the route by using the abandoned bridge parts. Just build some wind turbans and place some batteries in the wall of the mountain to protect them. I would also put a couple turrets to defend the location from attack.

Devilish music choices for your time walking/grinding over the bridge. Well done!

Hey, make sure when you get to the suspension bridge towers to put some aircraft warning lights on them. You're gonna be flying past it on the way to the hydrogen mine so that'd probably make it look good from a distance (and be a good indicator for where not to crash into the cliff if you're evading ASSERT drones).

Since the splatform is merged on, you could blueprint/project it off the trailer, then have a charging station separate from the trailer. Then you can have alternate splatforms to work from while the other charges. The airbase canary welder can spray one out in one or two passes.

You could use the unfinished bridge as a Vista view point for visitors too. Put up some railing around the perimeter.

For lamppost, you could do a rotor to small grid as the concrete anchor, small grid cylinders for the main pole, then unfinished slopes and slabs for the arm with the light on the end

Red = Bad guys! you usually want to shoot those things marked in Red. need to add more points into Parkour! power systems at base will need attention as there are damaged turbines. I might also consider adding some Solar Panels to boost generation for the Splatform. wind conditions are not ideal at Steve's Hole might end up require installing a small Reactor. huge bridge requires more than one body to build it. install a pier under the part you intend to leave in place with a sign denoting "Bridge Out" a couple containers and a spare Bridge Beam lying on the deck. don't forget to build up the Abutment where the Bridge merges into the Rock. 29:00 = an alternative for large bridges that will have some interesting looks is a Deck Truss design. these can be quite long and built in sections that can be carried up and weld padded into place. individual spans over a wider gap such as a River can be done with a Through Truss that I have built and Blueprinted in my Agaris Save.

Ah yes, the Lob Store... I love going there.

In a mountainouse terain you whon't want suspensionbridges in fear of a rockfall. The briddgeproject could be redesigned as a forward parkingspott/stockpile for constructioncrews (as in redesigned by the buildingcrew). (also possible parkingspott for the splatform with low to 0 powerinput so you don't need to drive the whole whay back down during construction) ... jea, kind'a like that. you could put the warningsign on a frame overhead with the halve sized armorkorners. Also the place should be accessible by vehicles so the workers don't need to move more than one baricade to gain access to not clump up the street while clearing the entrence.

You could turn the partly built bridge into an overlook and viewing area, maybe a small "Halfway Cafe"

If you make a cargo hauler narrower than the rock lobster it should be easier to navigate the route. I would equip it with a parachute just in case :) I love this series so much! Keep up the awesome work.

In relation to the unfinished bridge, I feel that it can just as easily be a work camp that wasn't fully removed at the end of construction.

The single row of blocks of the too large bridge would have been a perfect rail for kind of like a short train platfrom, where you drive on and get transported to the other side. :D

On the abandoned bridge, if you placed light armour plate, and used the angled pieces you could add a couple of large plates just “laying” there at an angle. It would break up the otherwise square angles of the bridge surface.

On Escape from Purgatory I think someone had made some believable shipping containers. Maybe one of those would be good on the abandoned bridge.

Might consider building up just the beginning part of that bridge. just in case of attack. also flows with the notion of starting the project, but getting it "defunded" before they got to far.

I think having some partially completed shelving units, showing abandoned parts, on the left side (so it's kinda sheltered under the rock) would look nice.

That failed bridge could be a rest stop at the end of the universe, I mean mountain!

The "Bridge to Erehwon". Make it a viewing platform

Good stuff as always! You could put some beams on top of the bridge, like they were going to be lifted into place but never did. Also, a snack machine seems appropriate, to feed the hungry workers while they're building, then forgotten about.

Look up Adam Savage's (de)merit badges. He has one that is "Measure Once, Cut Twice". Very funny. Also, the small storage container you placed on the partial bridge, paint it Capac orange and put an LCD screen on it with the word EXPLOSIVES. Loving the series.

A moble hitch hydro tanker/portable engine generator for the hauler to make use of the hydrogen to charge up on the go without the need to expand facilities may be useful also Love the series thanks for the hours of entertainment

for more Detail on the bridge you could add some ground down neon pieces to the end of each beam

I was travelling through a Tunnel the other day, and Realfised the lighting pattern was 4 yellow lights 1 blue light and repeated put at roughly knee to waist height. Even if my travels I´m thinking of splitsie :)

Windmills under the first bridge and a crew lunch room at the abandoned bridge. Where you can charge the splatform.

Watching you drive the downhill on this road I can almost hear Richard Hammond screaming on that Bolivian Death Road.

You should replace those large grid barriers with small grid ones. That way people in the race will be able to accidentally drive through them and off the bridge if they miss the turn