Feedback for Outbreak release

[Couchmonster]

Hello devs and fellow gamers,

I love the new upgrade! After 30h played on the upgrade and 150h played on the game itself I want to contribute to your fine game I made a list of minor suggestions. I am sorry if any of these have been mentioned before.

Buildings

• Power Transformer often shows a "not connected" sign, even if it is connected and working.
• Power Transformer and some other buildings could benefit greatly from the option to rotate them.
• Copy Settings for the Bottle Emptier does not work for the option to Allow Auto-Bottling.
• Liquid Bottler needs an option to "Disallow Auto-Bottling" so we can use a specific source of water to be drained, e.g. filling your pond manually but not draing it at the same time.
• Ceiling Light optimum height is really hard to use with the strange shine cone it has.

Liquids and Gases

• Different gases and liquids obstruct themselves, sometimes halting or slowing the flow.
• Mixed liquid cannot flow through a one-tile gap between floors properly and the flow gets "stuck".

UI

• Consumables tab should show a special marker for Duplicants with the Iron Gut or Germ Resistant trait.
• Decor bonus and malus objects need an effect aura like light object to show the player the effect range visually. E.g. click a Muckroot and see the decor aura with tile obstructions taken into account (like with light).
• Option for favoured building material. Maybe with a tick in the building menu.
• Med-Bed and Rejuvenator need an building range aura while chosing building spot.

Other

• New Duplicants with + skill can have the corresponding trait that will disallow them using the skill e.g. cooking and Gastrophobia or other similiar combinations.
• Decontructing an object  in a tile leaves the material in the tile rather than on top of it.
• Liquid stacking should consider more range, so that after mopping up a mess they do not turn in 30g of (polluted) water.
• Metals are too rare with the high metal need of power transforming. Maybe tune the amount of needed metal a bit.
• The game still cannot sustain itself. Once Sand, Algae, Slime, Dirt is gone... you have lost.

Tooltips

• Med-bed and Rejuvenator tooltip should include desease tending. It was unclear to me.
• Med-bed and Rejuvenator tooltip should include the need for toilet and food in the marked area.
• Thermo Aquatuner tooltip is insufficient. The machine can only be used under certain circumstances and not "out of box".
• Light and Decor needs better tooltips. A Duplicant is 2 tiles big. Does he get the bonus of decor if he only is in 1 "good" decor tile?
• Traits effects in general
• Germ Resistant and Immunity stat seem to do the same thing, but have a different tooltip. I find it confusing.
• Plants should show size info prior to planting.
• Dig is used to uproot plants and all versions of farm tiles. Write it in the tooltip. I was in awe when I found that out.

I hope you like my feedback. There is more to come!

Regards

Michael aka Couchmonster