how do you solve mid game resources issue?

[failsafe]

At some point in mid game - maybe this is an early mid game, dont know really - we need to roll energy production to build more powerfull structures. But the best way to produce electric power is by building nuclear reactors... and these consume lots of uranium, which is very scarce. I have four reactors and I guess I could build one, maybe two more with remaining uranium... and that is it. I cant extract uranium because of not having access to T2 Ore Extractor, so I can use only deposits of uranium. I could go on stronger with Solar Generators, but these require alluminium which not that scarce, but still not very available.

Currently with my four reactors (T1) Im using three ore extractors - two in iridium cave, one in allu zone. I dont have enough resources to place more extractors, so I have steady but very limited flow of allu and iridium... and of course all other minerals.

I know that I can build just 100 solars and even use remaining resources to produce super alloys, but I guess it will take ages... and lots of walking. Is there a better tactics to fill gap before I get my hands on T2 Ore Extractors?

[TheOrigin]

try to attract asteroid showers with rockets, they have ALOT of uranium inside...

[JimboTCB]

Launch more rockets, pretty sure they produce a net positive amount of uranium/iridium. There's also two uranium caves and you find a ton of it in wrecks.

[Insanity Factor]

Not sure, but I think I resorted to the uranium rockets for extra uranium before I had the T2 extractors, but can't say for certain. Finding the rocket engine components was easy enough from the wrecks. The meteors each rocket attracts give decent amount of uranium if you manage to snag all of them.

[failsafe]

Hmm... yeah, I dont have rocket launcher yet ;-P. Need to construct it asap then. I guess it doest require some rare minerals, right?

Rocket engines are one-use only?

Oh, one more question: once I attract some meteor how much time do I have to gather new resources before they are gone? I assume they dissapear after a time? And I assume that meteors fall only in certain area around me? I dont not have to check whole map?

[RainbowCrack]

Originally posted by failsafe:

Hmm... yeah, I dont have rocket launcher yet ;-P. Need to construct it asap then. I guess it doest require some rare minerals, right?

Rocket engines are one-use only?

Oh, one more question: once I attract some meteor how much time do I have to gather new resources before they are gone? I assume they dissapear after a time? And I assume that meteors fall only in certain area around me? I dont not have to check whole map?

Yes rocket engines are one use only, but they are relatively cheap to make and you can find them in chests and wrecks a lot of the time.

For your other question, they last a very long time. I have called down rockets and have found the recorces from them hours later still there. They will fall around you.

[player7112]

Don't waste advanced resources when you don't secure the mining location yet.
The classic way is to spam low-tier buildings (+ explore for extra loots that randomly spawned) to progress forward until you gain access to T2 extractor and higher tiers buildings (assuming you already knew where to mine Uranium).

[gussmed]

I remember having the OP’s problem. I was limited by energy, and energy in turn was limited by uranium for reactors. I had aluminum from 2x T1 ore extractors in the aluminum area, so it was possible to spam T2 solar, but the output from those was small compared to the energy I needed for advanced machines.

The first solution was to unlock T2 nuclear reactors. T2 reactors produce much more power for the same amount of uranium. I’d build 2x T1 reactor, and then when I got a 3rd uranium rod, I’d disassemble the T1’s and built a T2. I’d get a momentary power outage but that’s not a big deal.

The next solution was a combination of Heat rockets, which call down uranium, and exploration. Wrecks and boxes contributed a fair number of uranium rods, and of course I eventually found the uranium cave. While I couldn’t mine uranium, the cave has a bunch of uranium ore.

What really solved it, though, wasn’t mining uranium with the T2 extractor. It was unlocking the fusion reactor. I’d found enough Pulsar Quartz that I could build a couple of those right away. As with most tech transitions, a single fusion reactor outproduced the 3 T2 nuclear reactors I’d built at that point.

This wasn’t chance. I made a point of focusing on the terraforming stats that unlocked power tech.

[Djsstorm]

There are a lot of chests around with uranium rods in them. I found found at least a dozen just by exploring a bit.

[Kyresti]

I'm at this point, having bad luck finding much from chests and wrecks. It's... somewhat of a problem at T2 as well since they take 3 rods.

I think you're meant to cheese it with rockets. Asteroid rockets cost 2 ore and will bring back at least 10. Not quite as iridium-friendly but that's everywhere if you know where to look.

[failsafe]

I've fired my first rocket - got two big chunks of rocks with 10 uranium inside.

I did a lot of exploring, but I didnt find many rods. Anyway, before my first rocket I had 5 - not 4 as mentioned before - nuclear reactors. I guess at least 4 used cores found somewhere and one was made with T2 fabricator from 9 uranium. I guess I will try to attract come more uranium, seems fun this way ;-P. Only tedious part is getting requested super alloys.

Pulsar Quartz - so far havent seen any, but I will keep looking. And there is still long way before I have my first fusion reactor...

[Banzai]

One other thing to remember is that the scrapping machine (mid game) will break rods down into their component resources. So if you have too many of a resource like iridium, make it into an iridium rod and store it. When you need that iridium again, take that rod and scrap it to get the iridium back.

Regarding power specifically, also remember there are fuses that increase power output once you unlock optimizers.

[gussmed]

Originally posted by Banzai:

One other thing to remember is that the scrapping machine

The Recycler does that. I'm only correcting you because there's a Shredding machine that destroys objects without giving you anything in return, and it's important to draw the difference.

While what you said about the Optimizer and power fuses is correct, that arrives long after you've moved on from fission power, and thus isn't that helpful for the original poster.

[DarkEternal]

Rockets, blue chests, lots of T2 ore extractors.

[Banzai]

Originally posted by gussmed:

The Recycler does that. I'm only correcting you because there's a Shredding machine that destroys objects without giving you anything in return, and it's important to draw the difference.

While what you said about the Optimizer and power fuses is correct, that arrives long after you've moved on from fission power, and thus isn't that helpful for the original poster.

I am so sorry that you had to experience reading a post on the internet that you didn't entirely agree with or find valid.

[gussmed]

Originally posted by Banzai:

I am so sorry that you had to experience reading a post on the internet that you didn't entirely agree with or find valid.

I'm so sorry you can't take gentle correction without taking offense.