Stuck in chapter 3

[[TFB] Mack221]

I have got to the end of chapter 3 and done all the up grades and been to all the planets, but i still can not jump to chapter 4. I am just sitting there and there not much i can do?

[Amanoob105]

Look in the top left of the screen where it shows your objectives. What does it say?

[[TFB] Mack221]

Yes i see that defrost 2000 members, I am on 1320 that 4 hrs past my deadline with 2 bays Dyson from start to end with all up grades

[[TFB] Mack221]

and i got 1457 members in ice at the end. i just can not keep up with the pods

[Amanoob105]

There's never been a time limit to do any of the main story objectives (if you feel otherwise I screenshot would help). If you want people to thaw faster, best option is to just build more cryo centers.

[[TFB] Mack221]

My tech tree https://www.coh2.org/file/20877/20230908141245-1.jpg

My map and goals https://www.coh2.org/file/20878/20230908141258-1.jpg

I am happy to start over but just checking i did not forget to do something

[Amanoob105]

Originally posted by TFB Mack221:

My tech tree https://www.coh2.org/file/20877/20230908141245-1.jpg

My map and goals https://www.coh2.org/file/20878/20230908141258-1.jpg

I am happy to start over but just checking i did not forget to do something

You're not missing anything, you just need to thaw out another (as of when that image was taken) 668 more people.
Then it will let you jump.

This is typically the point in the game were I will have set up one sector as my "population sector", which is just a nice way of saying "the place I dump all my non-workers who will earn their keep by making poop for the recycling sector".

[[TFB] Mack221]

Thank you if that is it, but how you can do 2000 in the time? When that pic was done i was 70 days over. I have 2 pods with all the up grads

[Amanoob105]

Originally posted by TFB Mack221:

Thank you if that is it, but how you can do 2000 in the time? When that pic was done i was 70 days over. I have 2 pods with all the up grads

As I mentioned before, there is no time limit for all the main story objectives. I'm not sure what you mean by being 70 days over.

[LexGeneralis]

In theory there is a soft timer if you should run out of iron and didn't go for recycling, but...I mean I've seen screenshots here with playtthroughs of multipe thousand cycles. So take your time, man.

[DominicoMucci]

You can stay in sector as long as you want. Make sure you have upgrades to keep your crew happy, when you leave the extra bad mood for staying there will disappear. So dont worry. Its also a good test for your station to be able to cope with the mood of the colonists when they want to leave. If your station is resilient to that you should cope with the mood in the next sector. Take the time to grab some more ore etc. Basically stay as long as you want unless you are tanking materiel, ie running out of metals on repairs and no more in system.