Setting up a planetary colony: Difference between revisions

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* Check out the Competition: While we are waiting, we could also check out who else is on the planet. The other colonies are small and subtle. Sometimes you just see an extractor here or there, sometimes you see the Command Centre. If you click on the Command Centre you can see all the nodes in their network. Right click on the background to hide or show other players colonies. Mostly you can just ignore them, except when they are sitting on top of the juicy resource node that is rightfully yours. Until Dust 541, there is little to be done about this, except that if you both drink from the same resource node, each gets less. This is also a danger if you place your own extractors too close to each other. For more details, see [[Planetary Interaction PvP]].

File:~~PI_YFC~~

File:PI_YFC-28-Competition.png

PI_YFC-28-Competition.png

File:PI_YFC-29a-InfoOnCompetition.png

PI_YFC-29a-InfoOnCompetition.png

File:PI_YFC-29b-Competition_PINs.png

PI_YFC-29b-Competition_PINs.png

File:PI_YFC-29b-CompetitionNetwork.png

PI_YFC-29b-CompetitionNetwork.png

</gallery>

* Check on Processor Buffer. Ok, enough time has elapsed for the extractors to have run a cycle by now, let's check out how we are doing at building up in the Processor's buffer. [[File:PI_YFC-30-CheckOnProgress.png|350px|frameless]].

* Oh dear, I have waited too long, and it has built up enough input to get started on the processor cycle, and is building up for the next cycle already. Now we must wait 30 minutes for the Output to come out. In the mean time, the buffer filled up waiting for the processing cycle to complete and backlog is building in the storage. You can use this to adjust your extraction renewal schedules by letting stuff build in storage and then coming back anytime while the Processor(s) are working on that buffer of inputs to renew your Extractors. [[File:PI_YFC-31-ProcessorRunningFull.png|350px|frameless]] [[File:PI_YFC-30a-~~BacklongBuildingUp~~.png|350px|frameless]]

* Oh dear, I have waited too long, and it has built up enough input to get started on the processor cycle, and is building up for the next cycle already. Now we must wait 30 minutes for the Output to come out. In the mean time, the buffer filled up waiting for the processing cycle to complete and backlog is building in the storage. You can use this to adjust your extraction renewal schedules by letting stuff build in storage and then coming back anytime while the Processor(s) are working on that buffer of inputs to renew your Extractors. [[File:PI_YFC-31-ProcessorRunningFull.png|350px|frameless]] [[File:PI_YFC-30a-BacklogBuildingUp.png|350px|frameless]]

* Horray! Product. Now you can move to [[Planetary_Interaction#Interplanetary_Logistics]] to get your stuff off planet. [[File:PI_YFC-31-Product.png]]

* Horray! Product. Now you can move to [[Planetary_Interaction#Interplanetary_Logistics]] to get your stuff off planet. [[File:PI_YFC-31-Product.png|350px|frameless]]

* Observe that this is in a really good deposit, and will be building up a backlog for the first 24 hours, and then work on that backlog over the next little while waiting for you to come back to and re-survey the extractors.

* Teardown colony. You can tear down your whole colony by deleting the Command Center. You might need to do this if you decide to upgrade your Command Center to make your operation larger. You will lose the investment you made in the old command centre, and all the buildings you built.

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 * Check out the Competition: While we are waiting, we could also check out who else is on the planet.  The other colonies are small and subtle.  Sometimes you just see an extractor here or there, sometimes you see the Command Centre.  If you click on the Command Centre you can see all the nodes in their network.  Right click on the background to hide or show other players colonies.  Mostly you can just ignore them, except when they are sitting on top of the juicy resource node that is rightfully yours.  Until Dust 541, there is little to be done about this, except that if you both drink from the same resource node, each gets less.   This is also a danger if you place your own extractors too close to each other.  For more details, see [[Planetary Interaction PvP]].
 <gallery>
-File:PI_YFC
+File:PI_YFC-28-Competition.png
-PI_YFC-28-Competition.png
+File:PI_YFC-29a-InfoOnCompetition.png
-PI_YFC-29a-InfoOnCompetition.png
+File:PI_YFC-29b-Competition_PINs.png
-PI_YFC-29b-Competition_PINs.png
+File:PI_YFC-29b-CompetitionNetwork.png
-PI_YFC-29b-CompetitionNetwork.png
 </gallery>
 * Check on Processor Buffer.  Ok, enough time has elapsed for the extractors to have run a cycle by now, let's check out how we are doing at building up in the Processor's buffer.   [[File:PI_YFC-30-CheckOnProgress.png|350px|frameless]].
-* Oh dear, I have waited too long, and it has built up enough input to get started on the processor cycle, and is building up for the next cycle already.  Now we must wait 30 minutes for the Output to come out.  In the mean time, the buffer filled up waiting for the processing cycle to complete and backlog is building in the storage.   You can use this to adjust your extraction renewal schedules by letting stuff build in storage and then coming back anytime while the Processor(s) are working on that buffer of inputs to renew your Extractors. [[File:PI_YFC-31-ProcessorRunningFull.png|350px|frameless]] [[File:PI_YFC-30a-BacklongBuildingUp.png|350px|frameless]]
+* Oh dear, I have waited too long, and it has built up enough input to get started on the processor cycle, and is building up for the next cycle already.  Now we must wait 30 minutes for the Output to come out.  In the mean time, the buffer filled up waiting for the processing cycle to complete and backlog is building in the storage.   You can use this to adjust your extraction renewal schedules by letting stuff build in storage and then coming back anytime while the Processor(s) are working on that buffer of inputs to renew your Extractors. [[File:PI_YFC-31-ProcessorRunningFull.png|350px|frameless]] [[File:PI_YFC-30a-BacklogBuildingUp.png|350px|frameless]]
-* Horray! Product.   Now you can move to [[Planetary_Interaction#Interplanetary_Logistics]] to get your stuff off planet.  [[File:PI_YFC-31-Product.png]]
+* Horray! Product.   Now you can move to [[Planetary_Interaction#Interplanetary_Logistics]] to get your stuff off planet.  [[File:PI_YFC-31-Product.png|350px|frameless]]
 * Observe that this is in a really good deposit, and will be building up a backlog for the first 24 hours, and then work on that backlog over the next little while waiting for you to come back to and re-survey the extractors.
 * Teardown colony.  You can tear down your whole colony by deleting the Command Center.   You might need to do this if you decide to upgrade your Command Center to make your operation larger.  You will lose the investment you made in the old command centre, and all the buildings you built.