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 OutpostHD plays a lot like the original Outpost with significant streamlining in the set up process for the initial game. The basics are simple -- land your SEED Lander, land your cargo and colonists, begin mining operations and maintain good control over your resources. Make sure you keep your people happy and expand your operations to include manufacturing, medical facilities, education and begin research. OutpostHD plays a lot like the original Outpost with significant streamlining in the set up process for the initial game. The basics are simple -- land your SEED Lander, land your cargo and colonists, begin mining operations and maintain good control over your resources. Make sure you keep your people happy and expand your operations to include manufacturing, medical facilities, education and begin research.
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 +====== How To Help ======
 +//Main article: [[opu_projects:active_projects:outposthd:tools|Tools]]//
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 +OutpostHD developers have put together a few tools to aid in the production of content for the game.
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 ====== Project Goals ====== ====== Project Goals ======
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 //Main article: [[OutpostHD::Economy]]// //Main article: [[OutpostHD::Economy]]//
  
-OUTPOST had UG Factories that produced a number of products most of which were used by Commercial and Red Light District structures to provide a morale boost. These products all had silly names and all served to fill the same need as a luxury item. OutpostHD's factories will produce a wider range of products intended to suit several needs of the colony and its economy.+OUTPOST had UG Factories that produced a number of products most of which were used by Commercial and Red Light District structures to provide a morale boost. These products had silly names (Salad Spurters, Wax Lips and Whoopee Cushions to name a few) and all served to fill the function luxury itema. OutpostHD's factories will produce a wider range of products intended to suit several needs of the colony and provide a more diverse and interesting economy that must be monitored.
  
 ===== Planet Selection ===== ===== Planet Selection =====
 //Main Article: [[OutpostHD::Planet Selection]]// //Main Article: [[OutpostHD::Planet Selection]]//
  
-OUTPOST 'gamified' the pre-launch screens but did it in a way that isn't very much fun -- lots of fluff with video animations to show launches and satellites and things that at the time were impressive but doesn't offer any real value today. OutpostHD will streamline this part of the game by giving the user fine-grained control over the conditions of their star system and planetary environments via a set of attributes.+OUTPOST 'gamified' the pre-launch screens but did it in a way that isn't very much fun -- lots of fluff with video animations to show launches and satellites and things that at the time were impressive but doesn't offer any real value today. OutpostHD streamlines this part of the game by giving the user fine-grained control over the conditions of their stellar host and planetary environments via a set of attributes.
  
-Difficulty settings will affect the availability of attributes and the effectiveness or harshness of an attribute; for instance, high light output (a good attribute for solar power generation and food crop development) will be less effective in higher difficulties. Conversely, a negative attribute such as a low density planet will make metallic elements even scarcer on higher difficulties than in lower difficulty levels.+Difficulty settings affect the availability of attributes and the effectiveness or harshness of an attribute; for instance, high light output (a good attribute for solar power generation and food crop development) will be less effective in higher difficulties. Conversely, a negative attribute such as a low density planet will make metallic elements even scarcer on higher difficulties than in lower difficulty levels.
  
 See [[https://forum.outpost2.net/index.php/topic,5990.0.html|this forum post]] for a discussion regarding this aspect of gameplay. See [[https://forum.outpost2.net/index.php/topic,5990.0.html|this forum post]] for a discussion regarding this aspect of gameplay.
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 All of the mined resources from OUTPOST have been simplified and condensed into the following four mined resources: All of the mined resources from OUTPOST have been simplified and condensed into the following four mined resources:
  
-|< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25% >| +  * Common Metals 
-^  ^  ^  ^  ^ +  * Common Minerals 
-|  **Common Metals**  |  **Common Minerals**  |  **Rare Metals**  |  **Rare Minerals**  |+  * Rare Metals 
 +  * Rare Minerals
  
-This will reduces player's mental workload allowing them to focus their energies on other parts of the game including population, storage management and research. Tweaked and overhauled production, maintenance and structure costs will continue to provide challenging game-play.+This will reduce player's mental workload allowing them to focus their energies on other parts of the game including population, storage management and research. Tweaked and overhauled production, maintenance and structure costs will continue to provide challenging game-play.
  
 ===== Multi-Purpose Goo ===== ===== Multi-Purpose Goo =====
-Multi-Purpose Goo (MPG) was a poor solution to resource management balancing that failed in two main ways: it wasn't realistic (a problem for a 'hard science' game) and it was broken. That said, MPG will not make a reappearance in OutpostHD. While the resource management will provide a challenge to the player, the challenge will not be in the form of insufficient resources being produced by mines. Instead challenge will be in the form of ensuring that resources are carefully allocated and monitored (particularly in the very beginning), not overextending resource usage by building/expanding too fast and focusing on researching technologies to reduce improve resource efficiency and find new sources of resources.+Multi-Purpose Goo (MPG) was a poor solution to resource management balancing that failed in two main ways: it wasn't realistic (a problem for a 'hard science' game) and it was easily abused. That said, MPG will not make a reappearance in OutpostHD. While the resource management will provide a challenge to the player, the challenge will not be in the form of insufficient resources being produced by mines. Instead challenge will be in the form of ensuring that resources are carefully allocated and monitored (particularly in the beginning), not overextending resource usage by building/expanding too fast and focusing on researching technologies to improve resource efficiency, extract more elements from recycling, reduce construction costs and reduce waste.
  
 ====== See Also ====== ====== See Also ======
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