REVISION 40A NOW IN EXPERIMENTAL BRANCH

Yayyy!!

Thank you!

 

Played for about 15 min. Here's what I noticed.
- Allied troops do not react to being attacked by wild animals until they reach your colony.
- Allied troops that have "left the area" actually are standing around the edge of the colony pondering their goals.
- people are once again wandering deep into the wild to find various meat products.
- UI: mouse wheel zoom does not work if your mouse is over a job icon.
- UI: can't click on colonists in the work crew section to bring up their info card (possibly related to that known issue).
- UI: module movement is a problem. camera gets tied to mouse movement in that mode and makes it very difficult to use.

I must say I like the direction of new starting options. I tried the insta-metalworks one that claimed I could get a metalworks up and running almost immediately. It was full of lies.

 

Humm, I tried it again and was unable to reproduce the issue. However, what happened the first time was: when the mouse moved, the module would move as expected but the camera would also move with in the same direction, but just at a slower speed. The result being much like the fast movement on the webpage you can get from middle clicking (works on this page). If I manage it again Ill try to figure out how to reproduce it.

 

Immediate bugs/issues/thoughts.

-Can no longer view a colonist's info by clicking on them in the work crew panel.

-Lingonberry bushes remain after being foraged (and appear ripe) and cannot be removed (and/or when they regrow, cannot be foraged; can't tell).

-When the mouse hovers over the sun/moon icon it's always 'day 1' (this has been around for a long time).

-A fishperson got stuck in a 'walking purposefully' and 'consider life goals' task loop and just stood there walking in place (this was while a gift party got hassled for destroying crops). He eventually snapped out of it and walked far away. This happened a bunch of times.

-It took me seven days to get five lower class laborers and I had to spend 4 prestige points. I was under the impression the capital was suffering from an overcrowding problem. As of day 11, middle class colonists outnumber lower classes (13 to 9)

-Fishperson visits are now a daily occurrence. Are the fleshy landwalkers really so fascinating? Also, it kind of detracts from the mystery and awe of these eldritch beings. Oh look, another bunch of scaly chaps. Huh, I think that one visited the colony last Tuesday.

-Seriously, what's so fun about destroying crops? I understand that a fishperson's mind is a strange, abominable thing full of inhuman desires and unfathomable convictions, but have you ever tried pulling up corn? No one would find it 'fun.' Stealing crops, now, that kind of makes sense.

-Colonists still seem to be a bit too enthusiastic about intimidating fishpeople. Once they're fleeing I think most colonists would leave them alone.

-Colonists seem very, very reluctant to haul foraged food to stockpiles (cooked food or crops are hauled just fine; not always to the appropriate stockpile, mind).

-Apparently, soldiers don't receive a firearm when they're sent to your colony. Huh.

-Colonists still refuse to use tables and chairs

 

I started a new game and found myself confounded by OPTIONS. Shifty-eyed whispering OPTIONS. I must report this to the Ministry at ONCE.

 

I've noticed the above so far, I am also unable to remove some tree stumps.
I have also found the browny points to be useless now, it's only going to increase the micro management with the work teams with people coming and going.
If you want to make it tougher, give the point weekly instead of daily, and let us keep the benefits of the points.

 

Can't clear stumps.

Tried out the scientist loadout but CAN'T ASSIGN MY SCIENTIST to the lab! Big blank window just says "Office" at the top.
(fixed by shaking window)

 

But if you pull up the plant and there is a clod of earth caught in the root you can launch it great distances by swinging and releasing, that's pretty fun, especially if launched at others!

 

So now that end game stuff keep coming and we have the starter option, I would like to propose an option to be like a whole unbuilt village in materials and manpower.

It would be a lot faster to try out the new stuff instead of starting from scratch all the time, with the added benefit that all other options still are there.

 

While I'm still playing with the build and making a list of feedback notes, I should point out that the revamped Work Crew list is slightly cut off: in 1366x768 resolution, the window loses a few pixels at the bottom.

 

Can anyone load a saved game? Choosing a save file and clicking on the Load button does nothing.

 

Kitchen jobs list (and possibly others) left aligns the standing order, quantity and cancel buttons to the job text rather than right aligning to the frame, making them look a mess in longer lists of mixed products.

Also, can the new UI system ensure the click- and click-drag menus never render their options off-screen?

As discussed in another thread, most players were making the same, predictable choices from the prestige menu, with a number of the options never getting used at all. Modifying them to all be transient/consumable rather than some giving permanent benefits compared to others seems to me as intended to make the choice more interesting, rather than just being the "overseer pls" prompt.

(I wouldn't have expected extra micro from this, unless such temp crews are put on a workshop. At a glance, seems the main benefit for them is just leaving them free to knock off field tasks, letting them do what they will until they go away.)

(Also, while I haven't taken a criminal crew yet, it would amuse me greatly if they turned up in the "magpie" white-with-black-arrows convict garb ascribed to the period being referenced.)

 

Wait. Then how the hell do I get enough overseers to manage all those bloody mines I'll have to build?!

 

Well my Palmerstroke scientific expedtion was killed.

Having only 1 pistol, I let the bandits take what they wanted and denied the existence of fishpeople.
When asked, I told my military to keep hassling any rude fishpeople.

Day 5, a group of 5 fishpeople showed up and my NCO immediately began shooting them.
After 3 or so shots they all turned and mauled her to death instantly.
My events lit up with red-eyed fishpeople, asking how to react to each fishperson's attack.
An NCO I ordered happened to arrive just then but the lone pistol was gone.
They chased down everybody.

I can't tell if they came to attack me or my NCO went off the deep end.

 

I really like the idea of temporary favors, providing they can do their jobs in the allotted time.

But I think now then favors should perhaps be on-demand? The event kept coming up for me when I had no prestige to spend, so it was useless. I should've just put the window to the side until I earned some....

 

I have successfully loaded a saved game. The save file is only selected when the selection box appears around it, and you have to click a small area in the top half of the row of text to select it.