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[Muz]

So, I wanted to check this out, but the point of entry into an alpha game should absolutely not be $30. Madness.

It's pretty damn good for an alpha game. Basically the scifi DF with less micromanagement. But no Z levels or megastructures. But they focused on the drama and even amplified it.

[Girlinhat]

So, I wanted to check this out, but the point of entry into an alpha game should absolutely not be $30. Madness.

It's pretty damn good for an alpha game. Basically the scifi DF with less micromanagement. But no Z levels or megastructures. But they focused on the drama and even amplified it.

You say "no micromanagement" until you have a pirate raid and need to order your colonists to positions...  At least DF has alerts and burrows.

[Tellemurius]

So, I wanted to check this out, but the point of entry into an alpha game should absolutely not be $30. Madness.

It's pretty damn good for an alpha game. Basically the scifi DF with less micromanagement. But no Z levels or megastructures. But they focused on the drama and even amplified it.

You say "no micromanagement" until you have a pirate raid and need to order your colonists to positions...  At least DF has alerts and burrows.

Very much this. I'm hoping for the next update he will add in alert flags to force the colonists to stay indoors unless they are drafted.

[Sergius]

So, I wanted to check this out, but the point of entry into an alpha game should absolutely not be $30. Madness.

It's pretty damn good for an alpha game. Basically the scifi DF with less micromanagement. But no Z levels or megastructures. But they focused on the drama and even amplified it.

You say "no micromanagement" until you have a pirate raid and need to order your colonists to positions...  At least DF has alerts and burrows.

Very much this. I'm hoping for the next update he will add in alert flags to force the colonists to stay indoors unless they are drafted.

Alternatively, you can draft everyone and order "civilians" to stay indoors, then have them dying of starvation a week later because you completely forgot about them when undrafting.

[Muz]

So, I wanted to check this out, but the point of entry into an alpha game should absolutely not be $30. Madness.

It's pretty damn good for an alpha game. Basically the scifi DF with less micromanagement. But no Z levels or megastructures. But they focused on the drama and even amplified it.

You say "no micromanagement" until you have a pirate raid and need to order your colonists to positions...  At least DF has alerts and burrows.

Oh heh I haven't played Fortress Mode in a really long time. Forgot about burrows

[Girlinhat]

So, I wanted to check this out, but the point of entry into an alpha game should absolutely not be $30. Madness.

It's pretty damn good for an alpha game. Basically the scifi DF with less micromanagement. But no Z levels or megastructures. But they focused on the drama and even amplified it.

You say "no micromanagement" until you have a pirate raid and need to order your colonists to positions...  At least DF has alerts and burrows.

Very much this. I'm hoping for the next update he will add in alert flags to force the colonists to stay indoors unless they are drafted.

There was a big mod that added battle stations, you could order a colonist somewhere while drafted, save that position, and then later re-draft them and automatically send them back to the same position.  It was abandoned in like alpha 5 though, which is a shame because the game is unplayable with more than 5 colonists and raiders active - it's just TOO MUCH of a hassle to track down every single wandering colonist and tell them to go inside, remember who has good guns and good skill, get them set up just right, and then repeat the entire thing 10 minutes later on the next raid.

[Kaje]

So, I wanted to check this out, but the point of entry into an alpha game should absolutely not be $30. Madness.

I am quite possibly one of the stingiest guys on the planet, but I put down $30 and have played it more than almost any Triple A, big budget, $40-50 title I can name.

[Leatra]

Is there a limit on how many colonists you can have? At most, I think I had 8.

[n9103]

Pretty sure I saw a mod semi-recently that had pre-designated positions for the colonists.
Can't remember what it was called though, but battle stations doesn't sound familiar (in this context at least )

[Sergius]

Is there a limit on how many colonists you can have? At most, I think I had 8.

I think I had 11 or 12. I usually kill any captives that have too negative traits.

[Girlinhat]

Is there a limit on how many colonists you can have? At most, I think I had 8.

It softcaps.  As colonists rise, slave traders and knockouts get less likely.  M-24s are great for knockouts, as long as you have wood - it'll shoot a leg clean off, so you can get a capture you can put a peg leg on.

[Aseaheru]

I have seen people with 20, theres a letsplay of it with I think 25, but thats with Randy.
The 20 one was a few months ago and with classic.

[ThtblovesDF]

So I bought the game, got the download (win) and... err... where is the .exe ? Or any executable file? To like... play the game?

[n9103]

Self-installing version? Dunno. Try a search on your drive for Ludeon or Rimworld. One of them will get a hit.

[ThtblovesDF]

Well since I use Windows I got the

RimWorld - Windows Download (receiving a RimWorldAlpha7cWin file) - after unziping I had the normal folder structure;

RimWorldAlpha7cWin\RimWorld584Win\RimWorld584Win_Data
                                                 \Mods
                                                 \Source

and so on - but no exe in any of them.

Thankfully the prototype pack works to some degree, but really, the main (limited!) download could contain a working .exe next time : (.