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Surviving on Mars

By GrendelPrime

After a few hours, I have collected some information that would have been nice to know when I started.

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Category: Gameplay Basics

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2 Sep, 2017 @ 12:03pm

3 Sep, 2017 @ 8:21pm

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You survived landing on Mars, now what?

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You survived landing on Mars, now what?

Congratulations, you didn't die yet, but the day is far from over.
The voice in your helmet does a good job of pointing out the essentials, but glosses over a few points that turn out to be fairly important.

Your inventory screen is used to manage your inventory, your vehicle's inventory, the Hab, even crates. There is not a prompt to tell you this, but stand facing the item and press "I" to see the contents and manage them. As =diFRacto= pointed out, you may also transfer from a vehicle by pressing "I" while looking at another vehicle, crate, or building.
When building structures around your Hab, pay careful attention to placement; if they are too far from a power source, or are not facing a power port, you may not be able to energize them.
The game saves your progress when you enter the Hab, should you die from Corrosive gasses/Meteor strike/Electrical discharge/Radiation poisoning/Asphixiation/Lava immolation/Starvation or Dehydration, you may return to the Hab, minus your inventory, but hopefully a little wiser for the experience.
When visibility is impaired, the scan "T" can help give you a better look at the surrounding terrain similar the flashlight "F", but in all directions.

Thanks to =diFRacto= for adding to this, the vehicle inventory hint is going to be a life saver!

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BruceBCampbell 23 Jan, 2019 @ 1:36pm

Please include the large oxygen tank, food pouches, water pouch, and battery back ups that can be fabricated in the Habitat Seldect (E). Survival is not easy with oxygen, food, water and power. I have died several times ant the cost is 10% habitat penalty.

Razors Edge 6 Sep, 2017 @ 11:10am

going to do a video tonight to show this off and many of the other tricks ive learned to reduce the pain of racing against the clock. Its still hard to master this game but thats what I like about it :)

diFRacto 3 Sep, 2017 @ 2:30am

Note: "There is not a prompt to tell you this, but stand close to the item and press "I" to see the contents."
-> Press "i" while FACING the object ! E.g: To transfer from a vehicle A to another B, drive A next to B, look at B (center of the screen), and press i. Usefull.

"(...) you may continue from the Hab, hopefully a little wiser for the experience."
-> You don't really "continue", you restart in your hab, but you lost your buildings/inventory/etc...
The only thing is you won't do the "intro" again.

Hard game for now. Hope this will help y'all.

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