Lawnmower Man Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Reading through old threads, I see a lot of complaints about meteor storms destroying your base. I understand that they now don't start until you've breached the space biome, but I just did that a few cycles ago, and am now wondering if that was a mistake, given that I have less than 1t of steel lying around. Is it still true that they will slowly destroy everything layer by layer until I protect the surface? I have a lot of other side projects I want to finish before rushing steel. Would be great if the mafic layer mostly stayed stable...looks pretty thick to me so far, but I will have much less fun if I am forced to deal with it right now. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101836-meteorpocalypse/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasza22 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 The biome destruction happened a few upgrades ago. Recently they upped the amount of regolth tiles spawned while reducing their mass. While the meteros still seem to hit before you reach space the regolith created is now enough to protect the surface. In my current base where i made a partial steel shell before the change now the unshielded parts are protected by 8 layers of regolith. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101836-meteorpocalypse/#findComment-1143464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilalaunekuh Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Just a nice fact: If your regoltih layer is below 8 tiles the amount of new regolith will increase (A change to prevent the destruction of the upper layers. For me 200 cylcles after discovering space in a new colony I see no damage to abyssalite tiles/biome border.) Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101836-meteorpocalypse/#findComment-1143491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Man Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Whew! Thanks for the update! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101836-meteorpocalypse/#findComment-1143530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfc Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 i'm past cycle 1000+ and haven't covered hole space with steel yet cause no point since it's super slow now Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101836-meteorpocalypse/#findComment-1143588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonEmpire Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Also- the shovel will rebuild the regolith tiles too. so that should help. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101836-meteorpocalypse/#findComment-1143616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurgel Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Mostly a non-issue now, although some biome destruction can still happen. I recommend getting to the surface by cycle 300-400 just take a look. Best case, everything is fine, worst case, you have to plug a few holes or weak spots. 10 hours ago, Lilalaunekuh said: Just a nice fact: If your regoltih layer is below 8 tiles the amount of new regolith will increase Interesting, I missed that. Well, in that case, there is probably no need to rush to the surface anymore. The only advantage of getting there early would be that the initial cover will not have heated up. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101836-meteorpocalypse/#findComment-1143626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GemeinerJack Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Gurgel said: Interesting, I missed that. Well, in that case, there is probably no need to rush to the surface anymore. The only advantage of getting there early would be that the initial cover will not have heated up. Don't forget free presmelted iron Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101836-meteorpocalypse/#findComment-1143627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilalaunekuh Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, GemeinerJack said: 1 hour ago, Gurgel said: Interesting, I missed that. Well, in that case, there is probably no need to rush to the surface anymore. The only advantage of getting there early would be that the initial cover will not have heated up. Don't forget free presmelted iron => I like to breach the surface early and hope for some resources to accumulate till I "really" use the space biome Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101836-meteorpocalypse/#findComment-1143667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurgel Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, GemeinerJack said: Don't forget free presmelted iron True. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101836-meteorpocalypse/#findComment-1143672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzionut Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 In my new game i breached the surface at 235 cycle and finish the wall of at 286 cycle. No damage and tick layer of hot regolith. Now i move all the shove vole for get rid of the 1200 tones of regolith (and i didn't dig all yet) Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101836-meteorpocalypse/#findComment-1143760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuhybrid Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 On 1/16/2019 at 7:43 AM, jfc said: i'm past cycle 1000+ and haven't covered hole space with steel yet cause no point since it's super slow now Same here. I have just my rocket area covered so i can work there but it's not necessary to cover space. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101836-meteorpocalypse/#findComment-1144581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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