Hi guys, I have lots of living quarters built, but yet my colonist
level keeps dropping and I’m trying to get up to 290 colonists. What
am I doing wrong? Yea at ya r woo so so at
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*From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of
Travis Siegel <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 3, 2023 7:27 pm
*To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [blind-gamers] Galactic colonies
I don't know if you can start from scratch or not, but probably, because
I have two phones, and each one has different levels, (one at 7, the
other at 20), so just deleting the app and redownloading it will
probably do the trick.
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> On 1/3/2023 12:49 PM, Lindsay Cowell wrote:
>> How do I start from scratch if I want to?
>>
>> Lindsay Cowell.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
>> Jude DaShiell
>> Sent: 03 January 2023 15:02
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Galactic colonies
>>
>> That leaves several planets in a mess without the amenities the more
>> advanced missions planets get unless those automatically open on
>> under-served planets.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
>> defense of liberty:
>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
>>
>> .
>>
>> On Tue, 3 Jan 2023, Travis Siegel wrote:
>>
>>> Nah, doesn't work that way. Remember, each planet is a new planet
>>> being built from scratch. You'll of course have access to hospitals
>>> parks and things once they're unlocked, but each planet starts from
>>> bare earth. You're basically terra forming the planet, so each time
>>> you need to start from scratch.
>>>
>>> As you advance, you'll find housing units hold more people by
default,
>>> as do warehouses, but you still need the same 3 units of food per
>>> colonist no matter how many your housing units hold, so there's
always
>>> need for lots of food, which sometimes is a challenge. Sometimes I've
>>> had to cheat, especially on the planets where there's a per minute
>>> income requirement.
>>>
>>> Build multiple commercial buildings, and have them all set to 5
>>> minutes, you'll need three of them to generate the whole 1500 per
>>> minute most missions of that type require, but once that's happening,
>>> the mission goals are technically met, even though you've not really
>>> accomplished the real goal of that actual income. It's a hack, and I
>>> try hard not to use it, but sometimes, I just can't manage to get to
>>> the required population levels required for the proper amount of
>>> income.
>>>
>>> There's other times you'll need to have a warehouse hold one product,
>>> then switch it to holding another one, because of how the planet is
>>> designed. On those missions where you need x number of items in the
>>> trade port, and you don't have enough room to build extra warehouses
>>> that are close enough to the trade port. It can become quite the
>>> balancing act, but it's all worth the rewards once you do complete
one.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/3/2023 8:27 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>>>> I never got that far in the game, but would be surprised if once
>>>> capabilities built up by research don't open up those original
>>>> planets for future upgrades that are now possible. Put another way
>>>> it would be nice if all planets had hospitals and parks and other
>>>> amenities that make life better on those planets.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
>>>> defense of liberty:
>>>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>>>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 3 Jan 2023, Travis Siegel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The thing is, you don't really need to get back to the planet once
>>>>> you've completed the mission goals. You don't even need to get to
>>>>> your ship.
>>>>> Just
>>>>> click on a new planet, and it will prompt you to move to the new
>>>>> location.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know why you couldn't go back to a previous planet, but
>>>>> there's really no need to do so.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll see if it's possible when I complete my current mission, and
>>>>> let folks know.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/3/2023 1:57 AM, Michael wrote:
>>>>>> Think that?s part of the problem, I completed all mission goals,
>>>>>> but I had no idea I wouldn?t be allowed to go back to the colony.
>>>>>> So, is that the case? I can?t get back there?
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2023, at 7:33 PM, Travis Siegel <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Unless you completed the required missions on the planet, you
>>>>>>> should have no problem getting back to it.
>>>>>>>> If it says your ship is landed there, just tap on it. It will
>>>>>>>> tell you your ship is there, then just tap details, then it will
>>>>>>>> give you all the planet info, with a continue button at the end.
>>>>>>>> Tap that, and you're back on the planet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's all you need to do.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've never tried going back to a planet after the missions have
>>>>>>>> been completed, so no clue if the game allows it or not, though
>>>>>>>> I see no reason why it wouldn't.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 1/2/2023 6:47 PM, Michael wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Thanks Travis, for that nicely detailed response.
>>>>>>>>> The screen I am facing now is where I could look at my ship and
>>>>>>>>> I can see that I can explore another space, but I can?t get
>>>>>>>>> back to the last planet I colonized even though it tells me my
>>>>>>>>> ship is currently landed on this planet. any help? Any hints?
>>>>>>>>> I?m kind of at a loss I can?t get back to my colony well I
>>>>>>>>> guess once you complete the mission it doesn?t let you back to
>>>>>>>>> the colony?
>>>>>>>>> Once again, thanks for any help or input, I?ll get the hang of
>>>>>>>>> this, I promise. Lol
>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2023, at 3:35 PM, Jude DaShiell
>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It works on android too I played it on android first but now
>>>>>>>>>> use an Iphone.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be
>>>>>>>>>> used in defense of liberty:
>>>>>>>>>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>>>>>>>>>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023, Travis Siegel wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I play it on the iPhone. I have no idea if it's
>>>>>>>>>>> available on other platforms or not.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/2/2023 4:18 PM, Matthew Chao via groups.io wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On what operating system will this gtame work?
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks.--Matthew Chao
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/2/2023 3:43 PM, Travis Siegel wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You don't need a hydroponics plant for each
>>>>>>>>>>>>> warehouse, but usually you'll need 2 or 3 per warehouse.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Each one produces a certain amount, and you'll need to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> check how much food is rolling into the warehouse, then how
>>>>>>>>>>>>> much is rolling out per minute. That's how you maintain
>>>>>>>>>>>>> your population.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If yours are yoyoing then it's because you're getting
>>>>>>>>>>>>> enough food, so another one is showing up, then they're
>>>>>>>>>>>>> eating the available food, then it isn't here anymore, so
>>>>>>>>>>>>> one dies off. You'll need to balance food production with
>>>>>>>>>>>>> population. It gets easier (or harder depending on your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> point of view) as you complete some of the research tasks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> since those can give you increased production or storage on
>>>>>>>>>>>>> various buildings. In the beginning though, (especially
>>>>>>>>>>>>> since you don't have a lot of completion
>>>>>>>>>>>>> rewards) you'll need to have probably 3 hydroponics per
>>>>>>>>>>>>> housing unit, since typically one housing unit holds
>>>>>>>>>>>>> between 50 and 100 population, depending on whether it's
>>>>>>>>>>>>> next to an industrial zone or not. Your population needs 3
>>>>>>>>>>>>> units of food for each unit of population, so you'll need
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 150 units of food incoming to the living quarters for a 50
>>>>>>>>>>>>> population building, and obviously
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 300 incoming for a 100 population building.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That gets harder as you increase the size of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> residences, but you can increase the output of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hydroponics too, so it all balances out.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You
>>>>>>>>>>>>> should be doing research constantly until you have
>>>>>>>>>>>>> researched everything you can. I don't know if it's a bug,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> or if there's a piece of the game I haven't found yet, but
>>>>>>>>>>>>> there's 11 items I still have to research, but they don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>> show up on my research list, so nothing to do about those.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You'll also want to pick up your reward every day, just
>>>>>>>>>>>>> click on the prize, and it's transferred into your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> inventory, and then you can use it on the planet you're
>>>>>>>>>>>>> currently on, or save it for another one, it's up to you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/2/2023 8:14 AM, Michael wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Okay so do you think I should have a farm and a warehouse
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for each living quarters I build?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I?ll also leave the game to idle while my population has a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> chance to grow
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So far I have a total number of 59 people, although, it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fluctuates back to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 58 and then goes back up to 59, but doesn?t seem to get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> much beyond that, so I?ll leave it be for a while.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks again for your help.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2023, at 5:23 AM, Jude DaShiell
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Leave the game on your phone say for a week then check
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> back in.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should have more money generated by your colonies and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their production by then. It takes them time but it does
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happen.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be used in defense of liberty:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023, Lindsay Cowell wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I feel like I?ve come to a halt with the game, as I can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> never seem to get enough money to do things now
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> behalf of Jude DaShiell <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, January 2, 2023 1:45 am
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Galactic colonies When
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arriving at a planet for the first time and landing you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get a very tight view of that planet. Taking off again
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then landing again gets your ship orbit time around the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> planet and that's how your exploration starts to expand.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to be used in defense of liberty:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2023, Lindsay Cowell wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got it. Now, I'm doing a long term task in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> commercial complex, am I best doing short term tasks if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am short of money?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 01/01/2023 23:46, Travis Siegel wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Because you haven't explored the entire planet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I already told you that to get more exploration space,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you need to go back to space then enter the planet
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> again to expose more of the map to be explored.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just click on the button (first on the screen that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> says space map).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> find the planet your ship is on, and click it again,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> click details, then continue.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That will put you back on the planet, with more area
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to explore.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's all there is to it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/1/2023 6:34 PM, Lindsay Cowell wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why would it tell me? I need crystals to produce
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> computer parts when I can?t seem to find any, and I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have explored all the planet as far as I can tell?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1 Jan 2023, at 11:28 pm, Travis Siegel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You don't connect the factories to the ore
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> extractor, you connect the ore extractor to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> warehouse, then connect the warehouse to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> factory.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You need to be careful though, because to voiceover,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the planet looks like a single long line going on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and on, but to sighted folks, it's actually a square
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> block, so you need to be aware of that, because as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you proceed with more complicated layouts you'll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> need for future missions, you'll find that there are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> times you build something, and even though according
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to voiceover, it's right next to the thing you want
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to connect it to, in reality, it's on the other side
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the square, and so out of range for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> connection to be made. Just something to keep in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mind as you progress.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/1/2023 5:47 PM, Michael wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey guy?s, i?ve just recently started playing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> galactic colonies, and I am colonizing my second
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> planet, I?m trying to connect my factory to the ore
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> extractor, but the only connections lead to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> warehouses, any help?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I?m
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> confused why that?s happening.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The other situation I?m having is to complete the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mission status for the mission goals is to increase
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> population 75 but I don?t have any superior kits
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for the living area.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So far I only have 20 energy cells, it takes 100
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> energy cells to buy the starter kit with all the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> superior kits that I need, and that?s gonna take
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some bucks which I?m not willing to do at this
point.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any help would really be appreciated, you guys are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> always there for us.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lol
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 1, 2023, at 1:38 PM, Travis Siegel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The missions change for each planet. Chances are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there's only no crystals, because you haven't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> explored enough of the planet yet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> After you explore all of the available squares,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then leave the interface for the planet, (I.E, go
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> back to space), then open the planet again, new
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> squares will be revealed. You'll find crystals
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that way eventually.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/1/2023 2:22 PM, Lindsay Cowell wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I now play galactic colonies, and the mission is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> asking me to sell computer parts, but there is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nowhere to extract crystals on that planet, does
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the mission stay available if I try it somewhere
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> else, does anyone know?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lindsay Cowell.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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