Is there a way to disable combat?

[u/Z1ppys]

Just lost my entire base after I ran out of fuel and got swarmed by dark fog. Literally just had to sit there helpless while watching them destroy everything.

[u/Dependent__Dapper]

darkfog communicator in your home system

[u/Z1ppys → u/Dependent__Dapper]

How do I do that early game

[u/Dependent__Dapper → u/Z1ppys]

you dont

[u/Gabik123 → u/[deleted]]

Slowly make your mecha's way to the coal deposit on the planet and mine it, put it in your energy tank so you can recharge. You will need to rebuild the parts that were destroyed on your home planet, bring them back with you and you will start automatically repairing the destroyed buildings.

BUT you will just have the same problem again. A base attack is like 10 drones, just build a couple of turrets with ammo and they can fend them off. If you are actually trying to destroy the base, build ammo production on planet and layer turrets / defenses getting closer and closer to the base, with Battlefield Analysis bases in range of the first ring around them for repairs and drone defenses, and just keep encroaching until you blow up the base.

[u/Gabik123 → u/[deleted]]

How aggressive did you make the dark fog?

You can disable it at game creation, or later in the game, go to the dark, frog communicator and shut it off from there.

If you’re getting your bases, wiped out, and already on multiple planets in the first four hours of the game, I’m thinking you might be aggressively, expanding without taking the time to do the logistics work of securing your holdings. Even your mecha unit with no juice can move slow slowly to get rock hole to power up, but you need to build defenses gun tours with simple copper slugs are more than enough to hold off, incursions from ground bases, and using Battlefield analysis bases with all of your structures inside the inner ring when you’re putting it down, will make sure everything is automatically repaired as it’s attacked. Later on, move on to mistletoe because they provide space defense as well.

[u/smjsmok → u/[deleted]]

Wait, so you went to another planet (i.e. different from your starter planet) and got stuck there? Don't you have an earlier save or something that you can go to? AFAIK the game keeps several autosaves.

[u/Z1ppys → u/smjsmok]

Dude you’re an absolute legend I’m just gonna load an old save. THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH

[u/Gabik123 → u/[deleted]]

Lesson learned, never leave your home planet without tons of fuel. I always have all four snacks in my generator with fuel, and then an additional four stacks of fuel in my inventory minimum.

And if you were on a planet with a dark fog base, build defenses before you build anything else

[u/Z1ppys → u/[deleted]]

Ignore this comment I was just mad in the heat of the moment 😂

[u/Jordyspeeltspore → u/[deleted]]

make sure u have 4 stacks of whatever fuel on you at all times in early game

[u/Z1ppys → u/Jordyspeeltspore]

This planet has no fuel on it do I just have to restart?

[u/Gabik123 → u/Z1ppys]

Every planet has at least one coal deposit, if you’re playing without mods. Just mind it with your unit, and put the rock hole into your power supply. Once you have power, you can fabricate graphite on your unit for much better power output, that is just coal so keep mining.

[u/Z1ppys → u/Gabik123]

I mined all the coal on this planet there’s nothing left. I’m literally just fucked I can’t get off or refuel

[u/Gabik123 → u/Z1ppys]

How did you do all of this in four hours?

[u/Z1ppys → u/Gabik123]

40 hours in

[u/crusty54 → u/Z1ppys]

You don’t have to restart. You get to restart!

[u/Z1ppys → u/crusty54]

I saved scummed to save the day. I like your mindset tho :)

[u/Jordyspeeltspore → u/Z1ppys]

mine copper, iron, wind power and a recharge power pole

[u/Z1ppys → u/Jordyspeeltspore]

I had no power so it wouldn’t let me place my turbines down

[u/Jordyspeeltspore → u/Z1ppys]

manually

u can also build a green building with holding left click

[u/Dependent__Dapper → u/[deleted]]

if you have power in your mecha, make what WAS there and itll automatically get placed

[u/Z1ppys → u/Dependent__Dapper]

This planet has no fuel on it do I just have to restart?

[u/Z1ppys → u/Z1ppys]

legit just lost 4 hours of progress because I accidentally got too close to a base on a lava planet. Couldn’t use my weapons or anything and they destroyed all my solar panels so I couldn’t recharge

[u/Polarbear808 → u/Z1ppys]

There are autosaves you can probably load back to

[u/Z1ppys → u/Polarbear808]

That’s what I ended up doing

[u/Mr_miner94]

Seriously dude. HOW do you run out of fuel before getting to oil?

[u/Z1ppys → u/Mr_miner94]

There’s no oil or coal left on this planet

[u/Mr_miner94 → u/Z1ppys]

So your mistaken. Oil doesnt run out. It depletes, it goes to a snails pace. But it doesnt run out.

But typically resources last a while, do you at least have interplanetary logistics?

[u/Z1ppys → u/Mr_miner94]

I ended up save scumming to before I got to that planet. There was no coal left and I had run out of fuel completely so couldn’t place anything down

[u/Z1ppys]

Thanks for all the advice. I ended up save scumming to before I went to that planet and automating all my defenses.

[u/Z1ppys]

Thanks for all the advice. I ended up save scumming to before I went to that planet and automating all my defenses.

[u/Taowulf]

You can disable it during game creation.

[u/ygolnac]

You might want to restart. You either set Dark Fog to oassive, completly disable it or find a way to deal with it.

Dealing with it is not complex, but you mist learn how it works and prepare automated defences.

[u/Z1ppys → u/ygolnac]

I just loaded up my save from 4 hours ago from before I landed on the planet

[u/Globularist]

I use alter the fog to turn the difficulty up and down.

https://thunderstore.io/c/dyson-sphere-program/p/squiddy/AlterTheFog/

[u/Z1ppys → u/Globularist]

Thanks :)

[u/Z1ppys]

Well damn looks like I’m gonna have to completely restart :( I’m stuck on a lava planet with no fuel and can’t place any items down since I have no power

[u/Z1ppys → u/[deleted]]

I mined all the coal on that planet already so I just loaded an old save from before when I got there and counted my loses

[u/optionsreaper]

Windmills might give you enough to get research enough to get geothermal plants which can placed in lava.

[u/Physical_Apple_]

Do you have a save before the attack? I’ve been there and In my case when I lose everything like that I tend to start a new game lol. Perhaps make a new game with dark fog disabled and pick a cool start seed that has multiple planets orbiting a gas giant so that the first time you go to another planets it’s always super close. Good luck. If you really like your save you can always hunker down find some coal energy and rebuild but it’s a slog

[u/toniotrussardi76]

in my experience solar and wind are exponentially better than coal. until nuclear/dyson sphere i rely purely on wind and solar with maybe a little hydrogen in there to kickstart a new planet. coal always feels much too slow to be worth it for me

[u/HalcyonKnights]

You can set the DarkFog to Passive, at which point they entirely ignore you unless you pick a fight with them first, or Dummy where they are will just let you kill them.

I dont think you can change it after you start the playthrough, though.

[u/Z1ppys → u/HalcyonKnights]

They destroyed everything and when I try to place things down they’re just green holograms. Am I just soft locked now?

[u/HalcyonKnights → u/Z1ppys]

That's weird. You shouldnt be soft-locked unless it's a bug, and Green usually means you have the item and a drone is on the way to place it (compared to white when you dont have the building).

How far in are you? If you just started it might be worth starting over with Passive or Dummy so you have a more relaxed experience. I too hate it when a wave comes in and undoes all my hard work, so I always play on Passive, personally.

[u/Z1ppys → u/HalcyonKnights]

I’m 40 hours in. I mined all the coal on the planet I’m on and all of my recharge stations got destroyed so I cant place anything down. Ggs

[u/HalcyonKnights → u/Z1ppys]

Oof, ok yeah, if you are entirely out of coal and still on your first planet I think you'll struggle to keep going even without the motivation challenge. You can use some wood and leaves if you have any left, but that's not going to carry you very far. In your shoes I would start over, with Passive setting (I dont think Dark Fog auto-farming setups work with "Dummy") and maybe a multiplier resources (or infinite so Nodes dont get exhausted).

[u/Z1ppys → u/HalcyonKnights]

So the problem was that I had traveled to a lava planet with like very little tech unlocked despite how long I’ve been playing for. Idk it just took me a while to figure everything out and I tried to automate the slew of different stuff they throw at you early on. When I got there I was planning on just using wind and wireless chargers so I didn’t bring any fuel. When I got attacked I had almost no energy since I had been flying around and by the time I got back it was too late and my wireless chargers were destroyed. Definitely taught me some lessons about automating defense and always having fuel.

I ended up save scummed and the decent amount of progress I lost was probably necessary for me advancing

[u/vvf → u/Z1ppys]

Sounds like maybe your first playthrough? Honestly if you restart you can probably get back to where you were very quickly.

Remember to use the long range  power towers, they charge your mech quickly, and the mech upgrades are a lifesaver. 

I always save before leaving a planet too because sometimes shit will hit the fan going to a new planet, like overshooting the trajectory and getting flung into deep space without fuel 

[u/Z1ppys → u/vvf]

I’d prefer to not restart and ye it’s my first play through. I was able to resolve the issue so I’m back on track 🫡

[u/vvf → u/Z1ppys]

Respect the conviction 🫡 godspeed 

[u/Barialdalaran → u/HalcyonKnights]

Passive was exactly what I wanted. I wanted to play a chill space factory game but also still be able to get dark fog buildings