Ways to reduce "crowding" malus?

[Richon]

I know the little atriums have some effect, but it seems minimal. Is there any other way to mitigate the effects of crowding? Especially low-cost ones? (I'm on Hyla's Crescent and every nanite counts)

[SlimNasty™]

I'm on the same map and it's easy to make more Nanites when you use the Expedition updates recently, just build settlements and then setup imports for iron ore....

You can check out my 6th Series on YouTube if you like, technically we've beat the map, just carrying on a little extra....

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[Bartoszek]

You need more space then colonists. 80% max of housing fill.

[Richon]

Originally posted by b-pyrtek:

You need more space then colonists. 80% max of housing fill.

So, other than the minuscule bonus from atriums, there's no buildings to make the colonists feel less crowded? I just have to keep building more houses?

[Bartoszek]

Originally posted by Richon:

there's no buildings to make the colonists feel less crowded?

There are habitat, skyscraper :D I also noticed habitat occupants tend to have more morale penalty than skyscraper`s does

[Richon]

Originally posted by b-pyrtek:

Originally posted by Richon:

there's no buildings to make the colonists feel less crowded?

There are habitat, skyscraper :D

Until they fill up again... I'm looking for permant ways to combat the crowding effect.

Originally posted by b-pyrtek:

I also noticed habitat occupants tend to have more morale penalty than skyscraper`s does

What about outposts?

[Bartoszek]

You can stop immigration.Use policy minus to morale or deactivate ICs and/or SEs. Thats the only way to keep lower than 100% housing.

[Richon]

Le sigh. I wish things like parks would help, too.

[Adam Millard]

I don't want an easy game at all as that is boring but in real life a tower block that is only partly used is a waste of building time, labour, and not too mention the money lost ! just imagine a sign on the stairs and the lift saying 'do not occupy the top most 3 floors it is a crowding hazard!!!'

[SlimNasty™]

Think of it more like the RICH buying out entire floors to live on, less crowding :-)

[MooBurger]

I usually encounter unemployment way before housing problems, so either deactivate the immigration hub, or if you're already getting unwashed masses coming down the space elevator, enable Emigration (this will usually cause unhappy colonists to leave) and/or restrict immigration (if unhappy people leaving doesn't fix the issue)

[Bartoszek]

You might as well stop making food. It solves overcrowding very efficiently

[CursedPanther]

Originally posted by CoFRSirMoo:

I usually encounter unemployment way before housing problems, so either deactivate the immigration hub, or if you're already getting unwashed masses coming down the space elevator, enable Emigration (this will usually cause unhappy colonists to leave) and/or restrict immigration (if unhappy people leaving doesn't fix the issue)

Is it just me or does the game pushes workers back into deactivated buildings after a day/night cycle when there's unemployment?

I tend to build the Space Elevator during mid-late game for the super large storage spaces, but I definitely don't need the huge inflow of colonists so I usually deactivate it right after(the storage still works). But after some time I notice the building is somehow reactivating itself with workers assigned to it. I can't tell if this happens only after a save/load action so maybe some of you are seeing something similar?