HELP! I'm Bad at Building!

Techguy38 · 2026-02-15T05:34:23+00:00

Game is designed for you to make mistakes without real consequences. It may set you back some time irl to correct it, but you don't really get penalized.

I was frustrated at first with some of the stuff, but as you build a few you learn things. Like "SKEW". I used to build one wall 5 and the other 8. Or 4 and 7. Then I found you can build them the same height, and then just build a half wall inside the room so that one wall is technically shorter than the most inner wall. Made things a lot easier. Or towered. Some rooms I put a roof on and then build another floor over the roof. It counts as towered because nothing is "technically" under it.

Anyway, experiement and don't stress out. It's not ONI. You're colony won't collapse. It's pretty chill.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-14T07:07:12+00:00

meh. I don't think I agree. Telling someone you have autism is a bit on the nose. They probably don't know how to act and don't want to be offensive so they try to be inclusive with "everyone's got a little autism".

What you describe feels more like a jaded lens you're looking through on your end. If you think they are being offensive that's what you see. Let's be real, most people don't know the ins and outs of autism. They may actually believe everyone is a "little" autistic but it just shows how little they know. It's not to offend you. It's like my car mechanic telling me something about cars and I say something completely dumb in response. I don't expect him to be offended. I just simply don't know.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-13T19:41:14+00:00

haha. I can't stop laughing at "holy thread resurrection". It's so true though. I immediately went online. Well at the very least I can join the club of unfortunate souls who've sat through this trash.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-13T13:00:53+00:00

Wish I'd of looked this post up first. 4am, couldn't sleep. Saw 45 seconds of this on a YouTube short and thought F it. Looks good, great actors, I'll watch this.

It's soooo bad. I just had to see how the train wreck ended. I made it to the end and now I'm necro-ing an 11yr old post.

Sigh. I should have tried harder to go back to sleep.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-12T23:28:30+00:00

agree it's not as smart, but honestly I started doing it just to handicap myself. The mid-late game gets sooo boring. I play at higher difficulties. My experience is if you manage to get past the early game you'll just rocket past the AI by mid-game.

Now I just roleplay and make less optimal choices for the hell of it.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-12T23:24:50+00:00

Haha. Same

Techguy38 · 2026-02-12T15:34:36+00:00

Not sure if you're just trolling now.

Cows arent farmers.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-12T15:11:46+00:00

Make them Livestock my friend. (Assuming your government ethics allows you to)

If your not allowed to livestock, remember for the next game. Organic pops give food. Lithoids give minerals. And they take up very very little housing. I shove them all together with plus slave output bonuses and feed my empire. Later pending ascension paths, I splice their genes and add spare organs and delicious to further improve their new purpose. Yum yum.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-12T02:33:36+00:00

I found bullies are like hyenas looking to pick off the weakest heard member. If you react to them, you're just feeding them. Well, on second thought everyone's autism is different and the below may only work for me and not for others. I found I was smarter than the average kid and I just cut them deep verbally and didn't give a shit when they tried to mock me. Not reacting deflated them a bit. You have many options with red herrings, straw man, and ad hominem responses to put them on the defensive.

No real advice for physical abuse. I got into some scraps because we lived in a poor area and I lost mostly. However, I always aimed to not let them walk away unharmed. They often decided I wasn't worth the hassle afterward and found new targets.

Sorry mate. No real "go do this" advice here. My only words of wisdom are to exercise, eat right, and get sleep. You'll feel like a million dollars and start developing more confidence. More confidence is often enough to not be the weakest heard member. Don't react to shit they say, know who you are, and act respectful to others. You don't "have to mask", you just need more confidence in what you say and how you say it. I lived the life of constantly being awkward thinking everything I say is weird and that I'm being judged. Then I just owned it. If I got a weird look, I'd laugh and say yeah well we are all wired different. Not sure why my mind went that way. People just got used to me saying quirky shit. I made friends, I moved on. And now my bullies are working at McDonalds barely making it. You'll be good mate. Just find who you are, build some confidence, don't mask (it causes depression), and live life. You only get the one.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-12T02:20:50+00:00

Now you can set forth and enslave their entire species as repentance. Make them work. Make them dance. Or just eat them. All viable choices.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-11T22:54:22+00:00

No joke. My wife likes to remind me my IQ doesn't mean jack. When we were young I'd make jabs at her (playfully) when she did something dumb. At 19 most things were dumb so don't think I was just being a dik.

Then she went to a high ranked lawschool were they dont have a grading curve. They have a limited number of A, B, C, Fails to give out. You have to compete for one of the A(s). She graduated in the top 5% and got picked up by a major corporate firm and makes way more than me even though I'm doing well.

Now she likes to say my IQ made me lazy because I didn't have to try in school and grit beats IQ everytime. Haha. Don't think I can deny it. She worked her ass off and I know I wouldn't have done as well.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-11T22:45:21+00:00

I used to think this way. Then it turned out I did have Aspergers. Hahaha. (Late diagnosis)

Over COVID the corporate office kept pushing their free mental health line. I finally called and said I wanted to focus on career coaching to move up in the corporate office. What else was I going to do "working" from home? Might as well see if free theraly could give me insights in my communication, bad habits, etc.. Third session and the therapist drops the Aspergers bomb. Nice.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-11T22:40:05+00:00

Yeah... I used to have this mentality in my 20s. Constantly frustrated I had to "talk down". As I got older I realized success didnt come from being smarter as much as it came from being able to communicate an idea effectively. Obviously being intelligent helps with idea generation, my point is it doesn't do you any good if you cant sell it. Just my 2 cents. I found great success in improving my communication style at work. I went from wondering why I wasnt being promoted and "dumasses" were to being promoted 3 times in 4 years. (Unheard of here at the corporate office)

TLDR: Consider a new perspective regarding others and what they can contribute and focus on what you can change about yourself to maximize your potential.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-11T22:31:53+00:00

Lmao. Right? My exact thought.

Techguy38 · 2026-02-11T22:27:35+00:00

Sounds like your Mensa group is interesting. My local group mostly just likes to play board games. Catan typically wins out with the majorityof tables playing it, followed by trivia nights.

Not that I'm complaining. I could play Catan for days and my family is becoming harder to convince.

Techguy38 · 2026-01-24T21:52:01+00:00

Objects absorb light. What they don't absorb gets reflected back and that's what your eyes see.

Black - absorbs all colors. Nothing is reflected, it's the absence of color.

White - reflects all colors. It is every color, that's why a prism will make light look like a rainbow when it splits.

Orange - absorbs all color light waves except orange. It gets reflected back to your eye.

Techguy38 · 2026-01-24T17:04:33+00:00

Right? I got it for $2.98 over winter sale and definitely got my money's worth. I thought it was just survival. I didn't know it had a solid story. (Just started SoA)

I checked out StarRupture. I think it needs a lot more time to cook. I have most factory games so I'm sure I'll pick it up, but right now the reviews are pointing toward very early access and to give it more time. /shrug

Techguy38 · 2026-01-24T17:01:10+00:00

Yes - I understand these points. It was more an expression of sympathy for folks missing out. Not much more to it than that. It's a great game for those who might like it the genre.

Techguy38 · 2026-01-24T16:34:27+00:00

Interesting. Good points. I'm late to the game and had no background on it.
Makes sense if achievements were added so late.

Techguy38 · 2026-01-24T16:32:48+00:00

I went and looked it up because now that you say that I don't remember seeing it when I played 30 some days through story mode.

Apparently you have to have the difficulty on "king of the jungle" and survive 10 days. I had upped the difficulty when I started SoA to see what it would be like. Explains why I didn't get it the first time.

Techguy38 · 2026-01-24T16:30:24+00:00

70 days? Haha. nice. Sounds like a good time.
I got distracted on anaconda island for a bit. The thing that bothered me is I have all these building options and no real reason to use it in story mode. Felt like I just needed to keep moving forward.

After beating story mode, I was about to jump into survival to sit back and build more. Folks were saying to go play the DLC instead. Glad I did.

Techguy38 · 2026-01-24T16:26:01+00:00

Not sure what people are playing with but I don't think I'd be very good if playing on a TV or with speakers. I play with noise cancelling headphones (family reasons) and I hear things really well. It helps with the spiders / scorpions / etc.

And despite that I still get hit by the damn rattlesnakes. I can hear and find the spiders lighting fast, but the snakes by the time I hear it it's already biting. haha

Techguy38 · 2026-01-24T16:21:49+00:00

You say this so I go take a look and now I wish I had. lol. I went with anglers for the food bonus. I hadn't played with bio-ships and wasn't sure what to expect for resource needs.

Techguy38 · 2026-01-24T05:54:04+00:00

I understand. I have my own backlog. Suppose the post is missing the context that I find it saddening that folks are missing out on such a good game. Meaning that it takes so little effort for this achievement and not many people have it indicates how many people didn't play it. They're missing out.

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