this game too hard for no reason

[nicks husband coach]

im playing on easy mode but the game is still being confusing to me like i have a coal thumper because i need coal and the coal thumper cries about not having enough storage when i have 17 coal what do you want dawg i downloaded this for free on epic games btw
i made extended storage thingy but the coal thumper keeps crying about it what am i doing wrong

[asarokk]

Frostpunk was intentionally created to be difficult and challenging. It would have been otherwise strange to easily survive the unimaginable freezing temperatures after a mass-extinction leveled event, where the survival of the human race is hanging by a thread.

Your most pressing issue however, appears to be poor resource management. While it is obviously important to gather resources, it's also equally important to research and expand your city, so that you can stockpile resources essential for long-term survival.

No matter what resource, you have basic storage at the center of your city but there's a limit to what it can store of each resource.
- In order to stockpile more, you must build "Resource Depot" and select which resource you wish for it to store. Evidently it's ideal to research and build "Large Resource Depots" to stockpile even more resources.

When using Coal Thumpers, you can assign workers to collect the coals from the coal pile that builds up or more ideally build gathering posts that offer the workers more shelter against the cold.
- The Coal Thumpers will notify you when the coal pile is full. Until you've gathered the coals, the Coal Thumper will not continue to thump coals.
- If you do not have available storage to stockpile coals, then you can not continue to gather more coal through Coal Thumpers, Coal mines or Charcoal Kilns until you either deplete your supplies of coals or built more Depots.

[nicks husband coach]

Originally posted by asarokk:

Frostpunk was intentionally created to be difficult and challenging. It would have been otherwise strange to easily survive the unimaginable freezing temperatures after a mass-extinction leveled event, where the survival of the human race is hanging by a thread.

Your most pressing issue however, appears to be poor resource management. While it is obviously important to gather resources, it's also equally important to research and expand your city, so that you can stockpile resources essential for long-term survival.

No matter what resource, you have basic storage at the center of your city but there's a limit to what it can store of each resource.
- In order to stockpile more, you must build "Resource Depot" and select which resource you wish for it to store. Evidently it's ideal to research and build "Large Resource Depots" to stockpile even more resources.

When using Coal Thumpers, you can assign workers to collect the coals from the coal pile that builds up or more ideally build gathering posts that offer the workers more shelter against the cold.
- The Coal Thumpers will notify you when the coal pile is full. Until you've gathered the coals, the Coal Thumper will not continue to thump coals.
- If you do not have available storage to stockpile coals, then you can not continue to gather more coal through Coal Thumpers, Coal mines or Charcoal Kilns until you either deplete your supplies of coals or built more Depots.

cool but the people keeps crying because they wont do ♥♥♥♥ and they complain that its cold when the tents used to be warmer but they decided to rip off the roofs to see the stars while they are sleeping but then they notice the whole tent is filled with snow and they have to live with it because they complain but never do ♥♥♥♥

[Bobywan]

Read the hint text when you get them:
A coal thumper produce a pile of coal that you ahve to harvest like the initial coal piles or preferably with a gathering post.

[HazardHawk]

There is a learning curve to get a handle on balance, but once you find your path, it gets too easy.

[asarokk]

Sigh.
They won't work if the conditions are bad. If you select the buildings you can see the temperatures. When the work places are cold, it will affect their health and if it's too cold, they will refuse to work. Researching Insulation, heaters, steam hubs and generator upgrades is paramount to avoid deterioration of health and decrease risk of frostbites.

The people "keep crying" because you haven't improved their working conditions. It's a handy little feature, to notify you so you can take proper actions to ensure the continuation of resource gathering. A similar feature will notify you of their housing by informing you that they have become ill and unable to join the workforce until they've been healed or received prosthetics limbs.

You can think of the people as a resource since without them, production and resource gathering will be affected. If you do not tend to their needs and prove to be an inept leader, then they will overthrow you.

[nicks husband coach]

Originally posted by asarokk:

Sigh.
They won't work if the conditions are bad. If you select the buildings you can see the temperatures. When the work places are cold, it will affect their health and if it's too cold, they will refuse to work. Researching Insulation, heaters, steam hubs and generator upgrades is paramount to avoid deterioration of health and decrease risk of frostbites.

The people "keep crying" because you haven't improved their working conditions. It's a handy little feature, to notify you so you can take proper actions to ensure the continuation of resource gathering. A similar feature will notify you of their housing by informing you that they have become ill and unable to join the workforce until they've been healed or received prosthetics limbs.

You can think of the people as a resource since without them, production and resource gathering will be affected. If you do not tend to their needs and prove to be an inept leader, then they will overthrow you.

when i improve their needs the resources gets depleted faster and they start crying

[General Idea]

Originally posted by playergod:

Originally posted by asarokk:

Sigh.
They won't work if the conditions are bad. If you select the buildings you can see the temperatures. When the work places are cold, it will affect their health and if it's too cold, they will refuse to work. Researching Insulation, heaters, steam hubs and generator upgrades is paramount to avoid deterioration of health and decrease risk of frostbites.

The people "keep crying" because you haven't improved their working conditions. It's a handy little feature, to notify you so you can take proper actions to ensure the continuation of resource gathering. A similar feature will notify you of their housing by informing you that they have become ill and unable to join the workforce until they've been healed or received prosthetics limbs.

You can think of the people as a resource since without them, production and resource gathering will be affected. If you do not tend to their needs and prove to be an inept leader, then they will overthrow you.

when i improve their needs the resources gets depleted faster and they start crying

Then you need to anticipate the people's desires and plan ahead accordingly. Improve the resource income by either building more of them or upgrading the existing buildings. When you upgrade a building you improve the base income for the building and the insulation for the workers.

You can also use automatons to work in buildings that are far too cold for your general workforce to do so as long as you have a place for them to refuel.

Here take a look at the fan wiki site that is full of the information you are lacking.
https://frostpunk.fandom.com/wiki

Good luck

[nicks husband coach]

Originally posted by General Idea:

Originally posted by playergod:

when i improve their needs the resources gets depleted faster and they start crying

Then you need to anticipate the people's desires and plan ahead accordingly. Improve the resource income by either building more of them or upgrading the existing buildings. When you upgrade a building you improve the base income for the building and the insulation for the workers.

You can also use automatons to work in buildings that are far too cold for your general workforce to do so as long as you have a place for them to refuel.

Here take a look at the fan wiki site that is full of the information you are lacking.
https://frostpunk.fandom.com/wiki

Good luck

i havent reached the automatons because people keep crying after some bro died saying lots of people died in london or something i dont know what he said but i will read the wiki when i mess up for the 100th time

[nicks husband coach]

Originally posted by General Idea:

Originally posted by playergod:

when i improve their needs the resources gets depleted faster and they start crying

Then you need to anticipate the people's desires and plan ahead accordingly. Improve the resource income by either building more of them or upgrading the existing buildings. When you upgrade a building you improve the base income for the building and the insulation for the workers.

You can also use automatons to work in buildings that are far too cold for your general workforce to do so as long as you have a place for them to refuel.

Here take a look at the fan wiki site that is full of the information you are lacking.
https://frostpunk.fandom.com/wiki

Good luck

i wish there was a option where i can murder people because i found out too many people means too many resources to be used i want to secretly take them far away in the freezing cold and let them die there

[asarokk]

As the General said, this is a game where your focus should not be exclusively on the moments as they unfold or tackle each obstacle as they present themselves. You have to anticipate that things will get harder as time passes. If you don't plan ahead, then your city won't survive.

You can't just play it by the ear and if you would perhaps pay more attention to the instructions you receive in-game and the tips provided by the game, then you'll increase your understanding of what's going on, what you have to do and how to do it.

You can't murder people at your whim, specifically, but several decisions can lead to individual or numerous deaths. You can deny accepting refugees; which means they die. You can fail to convince the Londoners to stay; leaving means they'll die. Some laws will also increase death rates or risk of death, particularly the more extreme laws.

If you don't improve healthcare and if you keep neglecting working and housing conditions, you will lose your workforce. While taking in additional refugees and especially the infirmed, may prove challenging when your infrastructure isn't equipped to handle them, manpower actually is essential to survival. Even though more people means more mouths to feed, you'll need as many as you can get to gather enough wood, iron and coals.

[BadJules]

Originally posted by playergod:

im playing on easy mode but the game is still being confusing to me like i have a coal thumper because i need coal and the coal thumper cries about not having enough storage when i have 17 coal what do you want dawg i downloaded this for free on epic games btw
i made extended storage thingy but the coal thumper keeps crying about it what am i doing wrong

Just started this game yesterday and same thing happened to me yesterday until i noticed,
the coal thumper was "full" because i had no people actually "harvesting" the coal piles "BEHIND" the thumper!

I didn't see the coal piles at all until i turned my cam with Q/E

Basically you just need the 1-2 gather thingies next to the thumper,
so that the coal piles generated get harvested.

The thumper makes coal piles but does not gather coal :)

[Chip56]

I think the main issue is that if you start with new home the first couple of shown goals actually set the priorities horribly wrong and sets up expectations that dont fit at all. Thus you are going to fail pretty badly on your first tries.