| Name of the file: Astro Colony Cheat Codes - Author: DAV |
| Cheat Codes: ------------ Submitted by: David K. How to Build Autochatchers: --------------------------- They are not present in the building hot-bar. With "K" key you can open the menu with entire list of buildings. Then you can find the autocatcher into the "Mine" section of this menu. You can select and build the autocatcher from this menu, or you can dron it to the hot-bar (into an empty slot or replace the manual catcher). BTW with researches you’ll discover more buildings which can be accessed only via "K" menu. Or, you can point at the blue one and hit the U key to upgrade them if you have all the materials for it. How to Make Food for Astronauts: -------------------------------- Written by Zeetank -=Make Your First Food=- * Build hydro generator, this will enable to build thrusters, and is also where you’ll later make food. * Build several thrusters in a single row. I built 6. * Press M, then find a planet. Not sure which has quartz, but a green one did. * Pin it so that you can see it outside of the map. * Position yourself with your back to the thrusters. Gauge the direction you need to turn, then adjust the thrusters by moving the circle in their settings. Make sure to always click the button "Apply to connected thrusters" to avoid fiddling with them individually. Repeat until you’re headed towards the pin. * Once you arrive close to the planet, set the thrusters’ power to zero. You may choose to dock. * Mine some rocks to get quarts, then feed it into the hydro generator to make Hydrotonic. Water Resource Tips: -------------------- Water seems to be the biggest issue in the game regarding keeping a population of colonists. Read below how to use it more effectively. -=Start=- By using a bank of 6 Automatic Asteroid Grabbers I have, amongst tons of other resources, tanks full of water made by grinding ice, which is a resource I have no shortage of. That’s a fair way before getting people arriving. Note: This happens until you get a kitchen. With 6 miners you runs out of water constantly because it uses 10 water a cycle regardless of whether it’s making something or not. -=Alternative=- Make a big automatic asteroid grabber farm that sorts out all the basic materials in to some basic processing. It’s really easy with solar power and grabbers to get like 20 of these things up and running and you can just AFK farm tons of resources including water. -=Hints=- * Farms don’t actually need water to gather and to plant, only to water, so you can have as an example two wheat farms where one does the watering other without connection to water will default to harvesting and planting. It even performs better this way than two farms having water. * Kitchen doesn’t need water to make bread, just don’t give it any! * But personally I consider this constant consumption to be a bug, both for power and for water. |