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== Have a plan, constantly == | == Have a plan, constantly == | ||
− | One of the hardest things, especially for new players but even veterans can suffer this, is to know where you're going ''next''. It's ''very'' easy to let your colonists do "busy work" - hauling, cleaning, shuffling around - and never actually grow your base in any productive direction, or at least not very effectively. Have a plan, always move toward that plan, know what the ''next'' plan is after that, and move toward that | + | One of the hardest things, especially for new players but even veterans can suffer this, is to know where you're going ''next''. It's ''very'' easy to let your colonists do "busy work" - hauling, cleaning, shuffling around - and never actually grow your base in any productive direction, or at least not very effectively. Have a plan, always move toward that plan, know what the ''next'' plan is after that, and move toward that asap. |
And then move on to the next plan, and so forth. | And then move on to the next plan, and so forth. | ||
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Hospitals should have [[sterile tile]]s as flooring as they provide a slight cleanliness buff that can increase surgery success chance and reduce wound infection chance. Keep in mind that wounded colonists will bleed out considerably, so you may want to assign another colonist to specifically clean the hospital to improve their treatment chances. | Hospitals should have [[sterile tile]]s as flooring as they provide a slight cleanliness buff that can increase surgery success chance and reduce wound infection chance. Keep in mind that wounded colonists will bleed out considerably, so you may want to assign another colonist to specifically clean the hospital to improve their treatment chances. | ||
− | For a "field hospital", one that sees a lot of action and can't be cleaned often, use | + | For a "field hospital", one that sees a lot of action and can't be cleaned often, use straw matting, perhaps with sterile tile or steel tiles under objects that can't be walked on, beds/shelves/end tables/sculptures. |
Store your medicine in or near your hospital using [[shelf|shelves]] so your doctors can quickly grab them to patch up colonists before they bleed to death. Sometimes just that little distance can make the difference between life and death. | Store your medicine in or near your hospital using [[shelf|shelves]] so your doctors can quickly grab them to patch up colonists before they bleed to death. Sometimes just that little distance can make the difference between life and death. | ||
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To provide recreation, you may also install televisions into your hospitals. Patients lying in hospital beds within the viewing area will watch TV to entertain themselves when they are bored, and you won't need colonists coming to cheer them up as their only recreation source. | To provide recreation, you may also install televisions into your hospitals. Patients lying in hospital beds within the viewing area will watch TV to entertain themselves when they are bored, and you won't need colonists coming to cheer them up as their only recreation source. | ||
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You should build a small room near your killbox, 6x5 per bed is the most effective to keep cleanliness high. Hospitals need not be up to a high standard so long as your triage is always clean and wounds are treated there. | You should build a small room near your killbox, 6x5 per bed is the most effective to keep cleanliness high. Hospitals need not be up to a high standard so long as your triage is always clean and wounds are treated there. |