Survival Bar Rates

[sillybrian]

Good morning!

I've gotten kind of addicted to this game? Still working on building out my airship and am headed below the dust soon for the first time.

I've got one question... I'm really starting to be a bit tired of the hunger, thirst, and sleep rates. I love the mechanic overall but... it's just a bit too much, and it takes away from the game a bit in my opinion. I'm sure others like it, and the devs obviously though this was good, so it could just be me but... is there any way to tune this?

For myself, this game would go from good to great if I just had a way to slightly de-tune that.

Or perhaps it becomes easier to manage with technologies I don't have? Any hope of that? Or maybe some type of automation? Not sure what I haven't seen yet, but I feel like a bit too much of my game time is spent trying to just get those bars balanced out.

Anyway, still enjoying the game but was hoping there's a light at the end of the tunnel on these survival bar rates.

Let me know what you all think? Thanks

[Philtre]

Have you got to a greenhouse yet? You can find various items and blueprints that make it easier to keep stocked with food and water in particular pots to grow various edible plants in (I like the peppers, they provide energy as well as food), and a water tank that lets you store a lot of dirty water - fill up at greenhouses, they have a well with an infinite supply.

[sillybrian]

Originally posted by Philtre:

Have you got to a greenhouse yet? You can find various items and blueprints that make it easier to keep stocked with food and water in particular pots to grow various edible plants in (I like the peppers, they provide energy as well as food), and a water tank that lets you store a lot of dirty water - fill up at greenhouses, they have a well with an infinite supply.

I just unlocked my first planters. I saw that well, but had no idea why that was there. So you bottle it and bring it back and store it, and then just have water to purify? Interesting. I haven't played much with that yet, so maybe my analysis was a bit early.
You know what it is, I got excited about building out my airship and probably what I need to do is back off of that for a bit until I get these planters and such going, and maybe then it will be easier to deal with.
Thanks for the advice!

[Nyota Mwuaji]

What mode are you playing in?

[Midnight]

DON'T purify all the dirty water though as you need it for watering plants

[Tommytools]

Originally posted by Midnight:

DON'T purify all the dirty water though as you need it for watering plants

You can water plants with any kind of water, purified or dirty. The same applies to the electric cooker. You only need purified water to drink and a few recipes.

Originally posted by Philtre:

they have a well with an infinite supply.

Not infinite, around 1000 units. For all intents and purposes infinite, as I haven't managed to empty one out during normal gameplay.

More on the OP: don't waste too much time building up your airship early on, initially you want to build only what is absolutely necessary (makes for a cramped airship, but saves resources), at least until you have a decent stock of food and water. I usually park my airship on a greenhouse tower while I expand, so I can grab water from the greenhouse tank when needed.

[sillybrian]

Originally posted by Nyota Mwuaji:

What mode are you playing in?

I'm at normal difficulty, single player

[sillybrian]

Originally posted by Tommytools:

Originally posted by Midnight:

DON'T purify all the dirty water though as you need it for watering plants

You can water plants with any kind of water, purified or dirty. The same applies to the electric cooker. You only need purified water to drink and a few recipes.

Originally posted by Philtre:

they have a well with an infinite supply.

Not infinite, around 1000 units. For all intents and purposes infinite, as I haven't managed to empty one out during normal gameplay.

More on the OP: don't waste too much time building up your airship early on, initially you want to build only what is absolutely necessary (makes for a cramped airship, but saves resources), at least until you have a decent stock of food and water. I usually park my airship on a greenhouse tower while I expand, so I can grab water from the greenhouse tank when needed.

Yeah, I started to get the hang of managing it. I have a bunch of foods ready and lures in case I run out, and I've got plenty of water stashed and always pick up more when I can.
At what point do you start really playing with the airship? I just went to the under dust for the first time.

[Tommytools]

Originally posted by sillybrian:

Originally posted by Tommytools:

You can water plants with any kind of water, purified or dirty. The same applies to the electric cooker. You only need purified water to drink and a few recipes.



Not infinite, around 1000 units. For all intents and purposes infinite, as I haven't managed to empty one out during normal gameplay.

More on the OP: don't waste too much time building up your airship early on, initially you want to build only what is absolutely necessary (makes for a cramped airship, but saves resources), at least until you have a decent stock of food and water. I usually park my airship on a greenhouse tower while I expand, so I can grab water from the greenhouse tank when needed.

Yeah, I started to get the hang of managing it. I have a bunch of foods ready and lures in case I run out, and I've got plenty of water stashed and always pick up more when I can.
At what point do you start really playing with the airship? I just went to the under dust for the first time.

Usually somewhere after (or during) the first visit to a upper level gardening tower. Before that I only really expand if needed for placing devices.