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[Glitch]

Sabreman, on Sep 14 2006, 04:18 PM, said:

I started over and everything's going fine this time round. I do have that save though if you're interested. It might just turn out to be some oversight on my part though.

I would be interested in seeing the save game file... if it's a bug then I'd like to get it fixed.  I'll send you a PM with my email address.  Thanks!

[Potatoe]

Ok, I'm an idiot. But I set my grazers on mining duty but they don't do anything, is it because they haven't found an asteroid to mine?

Actually, a manual would be nice.

[Glitch]

Potatoe, on Sep 15 2006, 10:00 AM, said:

Ok, I'm an idiot. But I set my grazers on mining duty but they don't do anything, is it because they haven't found an asteroid to mine?

Actually, a manual would be nice.

A grazer on mining duty isn't going to find a minable asteroid any faster than if not on mining duty.  Sometimes it takes longer than other times.  It's not unusual for a tour of mining duty (5 passes) to take a year to complete.

I wrote up more on this topic over on the Remakes forum.  You can read about that http://retroremakes....mp;postcount=47.  You can also find some other details, including a screenshot of mining duty info from the ship roster on our blog here.

Due to the time constraints of the competition we simply didn't have enough time to do up a manual.  There are help screens available for almost every screen inthe game.  Just click the "?" icon in the lower right corner of the screen.  I'll make sure to let you know if we ever put together a manual

[Potatoe]

Thanks! This game is ace!

How do you get other colonies? S.I.O.S? I can't build it!

[Sabreman]

You have to send probes to other planets and moons, see if they're habitable (by researching the data they send back), then you can build the specific SIOS for the proposed colony and send it.

It really is a super adaptation of an old favourite.