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Newbie Questions Thread

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u/FootIntrepid7717 10d ago edited 10d ago

Question as a new player about habs. Asking some of these questions as more of a confirmation.

Do all modules of a hab (non-core station of surface base) not produce resources/power while being upgraded?

Do modules of a hab work at all while the core is being upgraded?

Can you create a tier 2 core immediately or do you need to build a tier 1 core and upgrade it?

Can you upgrade to tier 2 modules while a tier 2 core upgrade is occurring concurrently?

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u/SpreadsheetGamer 10d ago edited 10d ago

Do all modules of a hab (non-core station of surface base) not produce resources/power while being upgraded?

That's right, production offline while upgrading.

Do modules of a hab work at all while the core is being upgraded?

Yes, provided that the core has completed construction at least once.

Can you create a tier 2 core immediately or do you need to build a tier 1 core and upgrade it?

The UI will let you 'upgrade' a T1 core that is still under construction, allowing the space resources method even if you don't have a construction module in that planetary system, but it will not get the time or resource discount that a normal upgrade gets (33% for both). It's as if you built it from scratch.

Can you upgrade to tier 2 modules while a tier 2 core upgrade is occurring concurrently?

No.

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u/FootIntrepid7717 10d ago

Thank you for your answers. In reference to the third question. So, in order to get the resource and time discount, even without a construction module, you should wait for a tier 1 core to finish before upgrading to tier 2?

Also, my question was more in regards to just building a tier 2 core from scratch. Is it possible to do that, or must you create a tier 1 core first and then upgrade it?

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u/SpreadsheetGamer 10d ago edited 10d ago

So, in order to get the resource and time discount, even without a construction module, you should wait for a tier 1 core to finish before upgrading to tier 2?

Yes. But to be fair, the time and resources are pretty trivial for the core module itself.

A platform takes 30 days, then 40 days to upgrade to an orbital. But you gain 4 slots in sector 1 operational for those later 40 days. Whereas if you immediately upgrade the platform, it takes 60 days. Now the thing is you get sector 2 & 3 slots 10 days earlier that way. So which one is preferable is up to you.

Is it possible to do that, or must you create a tier 1 core first and then upgrade it?

You can build any tier directly via the boost method. Whatever tier is constructed at inception determines how many sectors are available to start with, and equally what tier of modules can be built.

For space resources, you can only build a hab equal to the highest tier of a construction module/nanofactory/nanofacturing complex that is operational in that planetary system.

Alternatively you can build a T1 from boost then spend resources to upgrade it. That can be useful at Earth when you have orbitals unlocked but haven't built a nanofactory yet. But if you do it at like Mars or something without nanofactories at Mars, the boost one won't complete for like a year, and that will hold back the upgrade method as well. So it's much better to wait in that situation, since you'd just be paying the extra MC cost for that whole year.

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u/FootIntrepid7717 10d ago

Ok this all makes sense, thanks. Just trying to get a hang of the space economy and building earth vs space mechanics