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[Tellemurius]

A switch would be nice but you could just disconnect a power conduit to some batteries and then re-build the conduit when you might need it.

Yes i would like to avoid queuing that all the time

[Sergius]

Also you seem to get 100% of your metal back when selling conduits, since they cost 1 metal, and it rounds up, or something.

[Muz]

Conduits are just strips of metal buried in the ground

I think I figured a great base defense layout, will post it if it survives past 10 cycles on Tough Kassandra Classic.

Spoiler: How to organize base defense (click to show/hide)

Basically just don't use turrets. The AI overestimates the threat level of turrets and will keep throwing raiders at you. It creates a nasty loop where you're adding more turrets to deal with the higher threat and the game will throw higher difficulty enemies to deal with your base defenses.

Turrets drain a lot of power too and don't even work if there are events like Solar Flare designed to give the raiders an edge. And they blow up so you can't really use them as cover

The wiki doesn't confirm this, but turrets seem to be weaker than M16s, and less accurate. R4 and M24 are definitely stronger. I'd say a raider can one-on-one vs a turret with a R4, and turrets don't even work against the other rifles if they're out of range.

You'd have to drag the raiders into your own base. I hope there's a fix later where they can 'smoke out' colonists and aren't outright stupid running into people's bases through the front door. Even if they lobbed in a few grenades or flashbangs, it would be better.

Spoiler: Before attack (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: After attack (click to show/hide)

Only two wounded despite all the shooting, and one was hit by a single grenade. Put the best melee fighters near the front to deal with those.

Also you can see why I used a red carpet for the main hallway

lol... Curtist fully healed during the combat..

[Sharp]

Turrets work best at close range, I had a set up where I had a murder hallway and as raiders approach I just sell the walls and the turrets start blasting away, any surviving raiders who manage to kill the turret can get caught up in the blast radius and if not are severely weakened, plus at the end of the hallway can have my own sniper just picking them off as they approach.

Just have to make sure the walls next to the turret aren't the ones powering the turret as when you sell the walls you just have an expensive bomb....

[Muz]

Oh, right. The explosion thing is good when it's next to the raiders

[Chattox]

Loving this game so far I'm really sucky at it though; I've only managed to keep a colony going more than a couple days on the friendly AI. Is there anything past the initial research list that can be unlocked? Also, my only problem so far is not being able to easily tell where roof coverage begins and ends (like if you don't put in enough supports). Or am I missing something?

[Urist McSpike]

Loving this game so far I'm really sucky at it though; I've only managed to keep a colony going more than a couple days on the friendly AI. Is there anything past the initial research list that can be unlocked? Also, my only problem so far is not being able to easily tell where roof coverage begins and ends (like if you don't put in enough supports). Or am I missing something?

I did some testing on room sizes earlier, and you will have a collapse at 11x11.  10x10 is ok, as is 10x30.  As for research, that's all there is at the moment - I'm sure more will be added, and there have been a few threads in the Suggestions forums about it.

As for gameplay in general, I think you just have to try & die enough to get a feel for it.  Keep at it, and you'll get the hang of it - check this post for more detail.

[Chattox]

Cave ins haven't been a problem for me as my builds are always claustrophobic as a russian submarine I meant when you build buildings on the surface, and they automatically grow a roof when you complete the walls. If you build them too big you end up with holes, and there's no easy way to tell where those holes are.

EDIT: How do I control the flow of my colonists? Is there any way to lock doors, say, to keep them inside?

[forsaken1111]

From my testing, you need a 6x6 room with a bed not touching the wall for the colonists to not have the 'cramped environment' thought.Can anyone else verify?

its hard to test things in this game sometimes.

[ank]

Cave ins haven't been a problem for me as my builds are always claustrophobic as a russian submarine I meant when you build buildings on the surface, and they automatically grow a roof when you complete the walls. If you build them too big you end up with holes, and there's no easy way to tell where those holes are.

EDIT: How do I control the flow of my colonists? Is there any way to lock doors, say, to keep them inside?

Drafting colonists turn them into normal RTS units. they won't run outside unless you order them too.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Tynan, this game is incredible. Even bare-bones beta [.25 if I remember right] and you have more progress than most.

I cannot wait to see what kind of art direction this will have. I thought I PTW'd this a while ago so here I am.

Also, small thing, but I really thing the rate of 'decay' on items like walls and sandbags should not exist. It makes sense for conduits [occassional frays and maintenance] and generators but I shouldn't have to repair my concrete walls every 24 hours.

[ank]

Tynan, this game is incredible. Even bare-bones beta [.25 if I remember right] and you have more progress than most.

I cannot wait to see what kind of art direction this will have. I thought I PTW'd this a while ago so here I am.

Also, small thing, but I really thing the rate of 'decay' on items like walls and sandbags should not exist. It makes sense for conduits [occassional frays and maintenance] and generators but I shouldn't have to repair my concrete walls every 24 hours.

I agree, I think 60% or my colonist work is going towards repairing stuff breaking on it's own.

[10ebbor10]

Well, it's concrete made by colonists on a barren planet. Probably not very good. Also, it burns for some reason.

You could relate the damage to extreme weather, I suppose.

[Chattox]

Stuff exposed to the elements should degrade, but not inside, I think. There was a game a long time ago called Dune 2000 in which buildings would deteriorate if you built them on rough ground, but would be fine so long as you protected them by building concrete foundations, first. Something like that would be cool I think, only instead of foundations, have the difference between inside/outside instead. And maybe only have the damage taken during bad weather? I have to agree, having a chunk of wall just randomly take damage in the middle of the safest part of my colony is kinda weird.

[jhxmt]

There was a game a long time ago called Dune 2000

Even longer ago, Dune II.