User:Tyrianna Asconsdottir/Setting up a planetary colony: Difference between revisions

Once you are in the planet view, you can drag and zoom to see the planet from different angles. In the top-left corner are two tabs. "Build" and Scan". To set up your colony you can use [[Colony management#Colony Layouts|templates]] or go building-by-building.

The location of the [[Planetary buildings#Command Centers|Command Center]] on the planet is not overly relevant. In most cases it will not be connected to the rest of the colony and not used to export products from the planet if it can be avoided. Your [[Planetary buildings#Command Centers|Command Center]] provides Powergrid and CPU to your entire colony. This is similar to ship fitting limits how many buildings you can build on a planet. Everything takes a certain amount of CPU and Powergrid, including the transport-links between the buildings. The [[Planetary buildings#Command Centers|Command Center]] itself does not need to be connected by a link to provide the fitting resources. It just needs to exist somewhere on the planet. However, if you double-click any empty spot on the planets surface it will center the view on the [[Planetary buildings#Command Centers|Command Center]], so having it close to the rest of the colony might make navigating back there easier.