New player here. Can you give me a little nudge as to what am I supposed to do at the start?

I can see some of the antennas are gps marked, but... they don't need any repairs? The old rover that I need to retrieve is 58.xx kms away, so I'm guessing I need to mine for some ice before I make that journey right?

And for contacting Earth, is it still possible if I'm playing in single player mode? None of my friends even know or care about this game.

Is this mod at all based on the book and movie each called "The Martian"?

@rebellionmarch, sounds good although I'm stuck with this version until I finish my series. But thats fine with me.

@delta99 I like it! keep an eye out for me to finish the promised update, I shifted gears from SE to play some other games and make time for some other IRL things I got going on, but sometime this weekend or next (no promises, I can get stuck procrastinating) you may see it, as the hermes is not yet available I may just release it as a 1.5 and wait on that while I build a somewhat close to real NASA launch site as well (which could take me some time, I'm having trouble finding good clear images of the sites layout, they're all ground level or covered in rocket launch exhaust).

I've started a video series on this scenario. You can start watching it here .

A custom Hermes coming for the new one thanks to one wonderful DeltaGhost88!

also considering mdos for A) no gravity generators/ no artificial mass, and B) no global chat (forcing you to rely on antenna based communications)

the updated versio will now have a mod that adds a suit to the medbay for the old Ion thrusters, as well as changing the now default hydrogen suit thrusters to yellow flames, and it will also make )2/Hydrogen use more realistic, I used to be against mods, but now they are necessary for realism, any suggestions welcome! (and I will then review them and make a decision, no block mods, I'm looking only at gameplay stuff, as a guideline I REALLY didn't want the no-LOS version of the laser antenna, but it was necessary without planetary rotation)

@rebellionmarch, that makes more sense. I thought if it was on the start base and rover it would make things way too easy to get to the mars mission rover I would think. I have some ideas on how to get out there but will take some doing.

Oh no, it isn't on the start base or rover, it is on the mars mission rover you have to go out and find, and also on the earth base, can't give you everything right off =P it's intended for functionality if you should want to multiplayer, friends off on earth can use the old rover to interact with you. RP stuff

Is the Laser Antenna mod still in this? I didn't notice it on either the base or the rover. However, I wasn't looking for it either and just making sure I didn't exceed the 5km range of the antenna on the rover.

Nvm,,,, it's not out yet =(

I think, I may use the LCD/Camera Display mod....?

This is really neat by the way, well done!

In this file, all three and their moons, in the updated version I'm working on, only Earth, Mars and their Moons

What planet are still there?

Currently working on the updated version, got everything except the earth launch facility done up. base starts out with far less supplies and some damage to be repaired, you are low on health energy and oxygen, and I used Aragath's wonderful "The Pilgrim's Curiosity" for my Hermes, just repainted it a little and tweaked a few little things, I was going to build my own, but I remembered this ship and it's just perfect, while a ways off the design is of a similar nature to the Hermes in the film, and heck, its not like the rover or base I have here are all that similar either, and deleted that pesky alien planet + moon in the sandbox.sbc, so no more spiders out there.

I’m pretty much f***ed.
That’s my considered opinion.
F***ed.
Six days into what should be the greatest two months of my life, and it’s turned into a nightmare........

Would that I could, if only the slider went further. XD

Days on Mars are 24h40m long!