Green algae blocked

[feenixfire]

I know some folks have mentioned you must discover green algae through surface expeditions but I'm having no luck after dozens and dozens of expeditions. I can't get to aeroponics w/out xenobotany which i can't get without that dang algae. Any tips on finding it? already hit every leaf icon on my map that's been revealed.

[feenixfire]

Of course, I post a question and 2 min later I find it but wasn't due to expedition. I just built an oxygen thing to get more people and all of a sudden I discovered algae.

[Necroscourge]

The water trap creates algae, and you can discover it there, but you need to go to the surface to actually get the spores for some reason.

[RedRum]

I've been to the surface done exploring and mining. I also have water traps. I still haven't found algae spores so my algae farm just sits waiting.

[baddoggs]

Originally posted by RedRum:

I've been to the surface done exploring and mining. I also have water traps. I still haven't found algae spores so my algae farm just sits waiting.

Yep, as it stands right now, the Algae trap is just a waste of building mat's.
Has anyone managed to breed fish in the fishtank yet?...

[Necroscourge]

Yes, but for some reason I had a bug where I prematurely assigned them. I got my single blue fish egg and set three extra tanks for it assuming that when the first tank would finish it would populate the other tanks. Instead it bugged out and the tank produced no fish or eggs.

[baddoggs]

I can confirm, the Algae tank still does not produce Algae...
Trying the fish tanks again next...

[baddoggs]

Ok, i got the fishtanks to work.

[EnochPrime]

Huh.... I've just researched my way to the biolabs, and I was curious why green algae refuses to count as "researched" when I've been keeping it in my refrigerator for weeks. I guess I need bio-samples from expeditions.

So now I have to figure out expeditions. I just prepped one, and I don't seem to have the option to send it anywhere, because there are no points of interest. Do I need to research LITERALLY to the very end of the tech tree just in order to begin scanning?

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by EnochPrime:

Huh.... I've just researched my way to the biolabs, and I was curious why green algae refuses to count as "researched" when I've been keeping it in my refrigerator for weeks. I guess I need bio-samples from expeditions.

So now I have to figure out expeditions. I just prepped one, and I don't seem to have the option to send it anywhere, because there are no points of interest. Do I need to research LITERALLY to the very end of the tech tree just in order to begin scanning?

You need to make and send out a D.O.G.E. unit to explore. Just build it and put it on auto-explore. This will go out and reveal the POIs.

Don't worry about the scanner at all until late. That is not scanning for POIs, but rather for underground resource deposits that you can later mine with a mining unit or for the deep resources a mining platform. You will find plenty of resources near or on the surface to get you started with collecting more resources.

And yes, you'll need to find the Algae unlock at one of the POIs before you can start to fully utilize/grow it. Once you find the unlock, you do probably need some of the Bio units to research it. But IIRC, it isn't much for each plant type.

edit: I'm not positive on this one now. I think maybe you may not need to find something at a POI any more for green algae. Pretty sure you had to in the past, but that must have changed. My current game I have the green algae waiting to be unlocked once I find 50 bio samples (currently have 10) but have not done any above ground missions yet. Matter of fact, I still need to finish the vehicle bay.

[EnochPrime]

Build a DOGE... okay then. So explore. Such build.