confusing to learn the game

[Hindrigan]

i'm reading, looking up guides and everything else. I'm following the best i can.
The upgrade trees/systems, researching systems and resource gathering uses are so convoluted it makes the game not fun. I've done everything i can figure out twice but can't seem to get 'extra stable flooring'. geothermal systems don't seem to work even thought i've built the setup the exact same as the examples on youtube. the water/must/sludge systems just stop working and i can't figure out how to get them back. It's very frustrating. and the fact that there's no search feature in anything makes it worse. Also, don't make different pages of buildings, just have them grow up in lines. simply need a tutorial on how everything works and the campaign doesn't quite do the job.

[cswiger]

Originally posted by Hindrigan:

i'm reading, looking up guides and everything else. I'm following the best i can. The upgrade trees/systems, researching systems and resource gathering uses are so convoluted it makes the game not fun.

The intent is that you simply play the game and what you run into and what you scan in detail will affect what you unlock sooner. If you decide to play differently and focus on a different biome, then you will unlock other things.

I've done everything i can figure out twice but can't seem to get 'extra stable flooring'.

You didn't read the FAQ...?

"Q: How do I get the 'Extra Stable Floor' research? It's locked.
A: Complete the 'Stregaros Nest' mission. It will allow you to get familiarity level 1 of the Stregaros family and that will unlock the research item."

geothermal systems don't seem to work even thought i've built the setup the exact same as the examples on youtube.

There is no setup. You place a Geothermal Powerplant on top of a geothermal vent.

the water/must/sludge systems just stop working and i can't figure out how to get them back.

Maybe you meant a Gas Power Plant instead?

You do need to pay enough attention to actually select the right buildings.

[Hindrigan]

I've done all the biomes. I have no missions that left that i can do that I am not already locked out of.
i have 5 available locations left: (nothing and no missions pop up when i go to any of them)
-HQ
-radioactive desert
-acidic plains
-cobolt mining outpost
-uranium mining outpost

-I have stregaros familiarity level 4 and I completed the mission in the log and i can research it BUT THE RESEARCH TIME DOES NOT GO DOWN WHEN I HAVE IT AS RESEARCHING AND FIRST IN LINE
- this is the same for everything under the alien research tree.
-research tanzonite doesn't work
-research cryo tech doesn't work
-research ferdonite handling doesn't work
-download research station doesn't work
-research anti-corrosive floor doesn't work
-research rhodonite handling doesn't work
-research extra stable floor doesn't work

and i pay plenty attention to what i'm doing.

I cannot find what i'm doing wrong or what's missing. I've gotten to the point that I'm just upgrading everything and have it all queue'd. When one thing finishes and the next starts but the timer doesn't go down i remove it. I'm just sitting around afk waiting for research and hoping something internally clicks and i can move on.

[cswiger]

Alien research topics require a working Laboratory.