Stress Relief? Try Stress-A-way

[Father Atom]

I recommend having a loop of mushbars (have 2 spare outhouses close by) 2. Have a underground room for research, with a manual generator and 2 small batteries (works well!) each batter will last 1 cycle before needing to be recharged. This will be improved one day in the future so yeah, also you should only have 4 duplicants, I suggest to not use above 4 duplicants otherwise you can`t have a self-sustaining colony like mine!

[DuraLex]

uh what are you exactly talking about?

[PrivateDonut]

9 hours ago, DuraLex said:

uh what are you exactly talking about?

I believe he's just giving some small tips to run a small base, and manage the stress levels. 

[SpoonsOnMyElbows]

10 hours ago, KleiFanXD said:

I recommend having a loop of mushbars (have 2 spare outhouses close by) 2. Have a underground room for research, with a manual generator and 2 small batteries (works well!) each batter will last 1 cycle before needing to be recharged. This will be improved one day in the future so yeah, also you should only have 4 duplicants, I suggest to not use above 4 duplicants otherwise you can`t have a self-sustaining colony like mine!

I highly recommend you check out this guide on stress:

Food does not contribute to stress.

Also, mushbars, and outhouses are not sustainable. So i don't think your base is a self sustaining colony.
You will eventually run out of dirt / water.

[PrivateDonut]

9 minutes ago, SpoonsOnMyElbows said:

I highly recommend you check out this guide on stress:

Food does not contribute to stress.

Also, mushbars, and outhouses are not sustainable. So i don't think your base is a self sustaining colony.
You will eventually run out of dirt / water.

How do you handle their bathroom needs long term if you're going to run out of dirt / water at some point? 

[SpoonsOnMyElbows]

18 minutes ago, PrivateDonut said:

How do you handle their bathroom needs long term if you're going to run out of dirt / water at some point? 

You let them pee on a mesh floor, so that the pee / (vomit if they have any) can be recycled.
If you manage to clean enough water (by using heat and cooling to turn the contaminated water into steam and back again), then you can use a lavatory, but it takes a fair bit of water.
They only get the full bladder stress debuff for a maximum of 1/5th of the cycle.
This is easy to counter, even with just decor alone. (Or see the guide for other methods).

[PrivateDonut]

2 minutes ago, SpoonsOnMyElbows said:

You let them pee on a mesh floor, so that the pee / (vomit if they have any) can be recycled.
If you manage to clean enough water (by using heat and cooling to turn the contaminated water into steam and back again), then you can use a lavatory, but it takes a fair bit of water.
They only get the full bladder stress debuff for a maximum of 1/5th of the cycle.
This is easy to counter, even with just decor alone. (Or see the guide for other methods).

 

Hmm that's interesting, I assume you have to tell them to go to the mesh floor when they need to use the bathroom / vomit? 

[SpoonsOnMyElbows]

8 minutes ago, PrivateDonut said:

 

Hmm that's interesting, I assume you have to tell them to go to the mesh floor when they need to use the bathroom / vomit? 

Nope. Just have a collection pit at the bottom of your base, and design your base so that all the vomit / pee trickles downs through mesh blocks into the pit.
If that's not possible, have several collection areas with liquid pumps all leading to the 1 main collection area.
This will use power though.

[PrivateDonut]

2 minutes ago, SpoonsOnMyElbows said:

Nope. Just have a collection pit at the bottom of your base, and design your base so that all the vomit / pee trickles downs through mesh blocks into the pit.
If that's not possible, have several collection areas with liquid pumps all leading to the 1 main collection area.
This will use power though.

That's interesting, I'll mess around with it and see what I can get setup with my current base. Thanks for the information.