microchips

[Odium]

Currently about to hit yr 3 and im pretty much stuck. Cant find a 5th survivor, Cant get a microchip to save my life. Ive been on countless missions and hit up numerous wreckages to no avail.

I just want a heater... May I have some electricity plz.

[Seelander]

you know you can produce it right? Beleive it takes some 10 metal alloys and 10 silicon.

[Odium]

Originally posted by tommy_b_schmidt:

you know you can produce it right? Beleive it takes some 10 metal alloys and 10 silicon.

Yeah it requires power. Cant make batteries or solar panels without chips. I suppose I could try and run a bunch of gas generators for now till I build a few. I already burned through all the fuel sending the balloon off and I cant seem to get more than 4 people so production is slow.

[Seelander]

construct a diesel generator requires no electronics, then craft on soldiers bench.

[alation13]

Originally posted by tommy_b_schmidt:

construct a diesel generator requires no electronics, then craft on soldiers bench.

Don't you need 2 microchips to make the soldering bench?
I am pretty sure you need a microchip to be able to research the tech to make them (I could be wrong). I was lucky enough to find 5 of them but if you are really unlucky you can dissemble your worn out high tech weapons. I had a small stockpile of laser pistols that I disassembled that gave me a nice little pile of microchips.

[Martin]

Originally posted by Tyrael:

Currently about to hit yr 3 and im pretty much stuck. Cant find a 5th survivor, Cant get a microchip to save my life. Ive been on countless missions and hit up numerous wreckages to no avail.

I just want a heater... May I have some electricity plz.

You very rarely get electronics from scavenging now. You need to research space ship deconstruction and then salvage the scavenged ships. This will give you electronics. (& cpus) Cpu you can also get some balloon expeditions.

As for survivors.. it's really just pot luck, if you are having problems, you could go into settings and make keys for Quicksave and Quick Load, I use F5 and F8. Then use the savescum methed to get new survivors. ie save just before, if no success, reload, leave an hour later.

[OKOK]

U need savescam on expedition to get new people

Balloon should be one of the first few tech u want to.

[ahmed]

Originally posted by OKOK:

U need savescam on expedition to get new people

Balloon should be one of the first few tech u want to.

sorry for asking im new in this game

whats mean savescam ?? and where i can find it in game ?

[Wotannatow]

Originally posted by ahmed:

Originally posted by OKOK:

U need savescam on expedition to get new people

Balloon should be one of the first few tech u want to.

sorry for asking im new in this game
whats mean savescam ?? and where i can find it in game ?

It means reloading a save until you get the desired outcome.
With how the random seed works in this game, you need to try different survivors and different times of day until you get what you want.

[Martin]

Yeh savescum is a er.. net nickname I suppose, it's regarded as cheesing or cheating by many. Basically you're working outside of the games intended design to give yourself an advantage, but since the random rolls for finding a survivor are so bad you really don't have much of a choice but to cheat if you want more survivors.

[76561199056944839]

Originally posted by Tyrael:

Currently about to hit yr 3 and im pretty much stuck. Cant find a 5th survivor, Cant get a microchip to save my life. Ive been on countless missions and hit up numerous wreckages to no avail.

I just want a heater... May I have some electricity plz.

Hey Tyrael!

A quick an easy way to find microchips is to dismantle any laser pistols you may have extra. You should also be able to get some from some expeditions, but whether you get any is up to chance.

[Rockoloco]

space ship deconstruction is an excellent way of finding electronics early in the game

[Legadian]

Originally posted by JensErik_Frontier:

Originally posted by Tyrael:

Currently about to hit yr 3 and im pretty much stuck. Cant find a 5th survivor, Cant get a microchip to save my life. Ive been on countless missions and hit up numerous wreckages to no avail.

I just want a heater... May I have some electricity plz.

Hey Tyrael!

A quick an easy way to find microchips is to dismantle any laser pistols you may have extra. You should also be able to get some from some expeditions, but whether you get any is up to chance.

I don't know anything about "microchips", but you can't get "electronics" from dismantling laser pistols. You get 10 "scrap," one "CPU Core," and one "Power Cell." Even if you dismantle the "Power Cell" you only get two more "CPU Cores" and some "scrap." Then if you dismantle your "CPU Cores" you only get "Silicon" and "Scrap."

If you want to turn that into "Electronics," you need a functioning soldering bench, which as mentioned, requires electricity.

I agree with others that the best way to get "electronics" early on is to salvage a spaceship wreckage after you finish scavenging it. It is also frustrating as can be that not every seed/start can research the ability to print them on the 3D Printer. That means, some games, you're stuck making them one at a time on a soldering bench or salvaging for them.

[76561199056944839]

Originally posted by Legadian:

I don't know anything about "microchips", but you can't get "electronics" from dismantling laser pistols. You get 10 "scrap," one "CPU Core," and one "Power Cell." Even if you dismantle the "Power Cell" you only get two more "CPU Cores" and some "scrap." Then if you dismantle your "CPU Cores" you only get "Silicon" and "Scrap."

If you want to turn that into "Electronics," you need a functioning soldering bench, which as mentioned, requires electricity.

I agree with others that the best way to get "electronics" early on is to salvage a spaceship wreckage after you finish scavenging it. It is also frustrating as can be that not every seed/start can research the ability to print them on the 3D Printer. That means, some games, you're stuck making them one at a time on a soldering bench or salvaging for them.

My bad, I skipped a few steps!

[Martin]

Would be nice to make batches of electronics, maybe something you could get at skill 10 if earned by experience. ie not with maxed skills mod.