Welcome to the 16th iteration of this thread! Ask your simpler game questions here, and see them answered (usually!)

We use a particular format, so please be sure to number your questions and answers accordingly. Also, please attempt to search the forum before you ask; the answer may have been posted in a previous thread. You can also refer to Mushpedia.

For those replying to questions, try to give accurate answers and to check your answer before replying if you're not sure.

Please note that this thread is not meant for questions leading to possible debates, to complex advice, or questions about the SDF.

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Person with a questionQ1: If the ship moves, and we don't arrive at a planet, what happens to the planets we scanned?

(Person with an answer) A1: Those planets are lost forever, and you have to scan for new ones.

Before you post, consider this:

You probably shouldn't reveal too many details about your ship in your question. If your character isn't an important part of your question, leave your identity out. Whether you're Mush should also be left out, unless the question directly relates to Mush activity.

If people need more details in order to answer your question, they'll ask for them.

We've seen FAR too many newbies post things like, "I'm so and so and Mush, and this is what's going on on my ship." before asking a question...without realizing that experienced people not only read the forum, they might also read that very question, and might be on your ship. That usually ends badly for the person asking the question.

Q1 (Carried from previous thread)
Do we know what happens if a mush, pirate radio, and talking with someone's else voice, transfert ?

If Janice mush pirate Kuan Ti, then transfert in Gioele. Will Janice human speak with Kuan Ti voice, or will Gioele mush keep talking with Kuan ti voice ?

A1 - I doubt that we do know for sure. That set of circumstances seems rare, and I've only ever seen pirate radio used once (on me!) anyway.

However, I'd be inclined to think the pirate radio would continue with the new Janice human. Given that you get dropped into tutorial mode when you transfer into an inactive newbie who was using it (and have to clear all the announcements they missed), it's reasonable to assume that the game just swaps player positions and leaves everything else intact.

Q2: do all mental diseases lower max morale (minus chronic vertigo) and do all physical diseases lower max HP?

A2: No, there are plenty of illnesses and disorders not affecting the max of the respective bar. Junkbumpkinitis would be an example.

You can just check Mushpedia.

All wounds lower your maximum hp, though, but it is not listed in the symptoms. Twinpedia is more complete, if you want the exact numbers.

A1 : after a try, I can only say that the mush don't keep talking with the pirated voice.
Neither my old body or the pirated didn't try to talk before she died, so i can't tell more...

Q3: "You" in expedition story notes, is it always referred to the character who launched the expedition and who appears as the first on the participants bar.

Q4: What is the starting satisfaction?

0, then you lose 1 every cycle.

Q5: If a person has two spores and visits a cristalite zone getting turned to mush, the possible mush glory is lost?

I mean, no mush will gain glory for that "convertion" right?

Since no one did the spiking, or will the last person who spiked said person will gain some glory (in the case that someone spiked the character.

A5: if such a case happens, no one will gain the glory bonus for converting someone

Q6 can someone give me an explo number from today or yesterday ?
we got an explo this night that went ... reallyt wrong and everybody was killedwish to see report to see what happen and such number may help me find our explo report

A6 http://mush.twinoid.com/expPerma/20753
from 26-3-2017 18:00
Dutch time.

thanks

Q7: If you do the thing with Chun as Mush with spore, will she remove the spore?

A7: As I understand it yes, and not only that but I believe it will also set off any mycoalarms in the room.
Based purely on my expectations / things I have heard. Not on actual evidence, because doing the thing with Chun when I'm Mush would be a very silly thing to do if I was carrying a spore at the time.

mycoalarms don't detect "do the thing" as a mush action ...

It was the infection I was talking about of course, but handy to know for future sneakiness.

If I get caught though I'll be blaming you!

They don't detect infection by doing the thing either.

Mycoalarms don't detect spores, they are triggered when the Mush click certain buttons (Infectious cuddle, Infect...). But there is no specific button for giving a spore to a human when you do the thing.

Q7
Do patrollers recharge while in space?

A8 - No they don't, on the other hand if you get the Teslatron Reservoir project, the ship will refill all the charges (outside or inside).
This was question 8 btw.

Q9
Is there a doc somewhere for figuring out which ship you'll land on? for if u wanna play with friends.

A9: I don't think there is anything like that, atleast as far as I know. But if neither of you is on a ship yet then you can check to see if the character selection is the same, if one is on a ship they can check to see if they are missing all of the characters that are in the other ones selection, which would imply that its possible that you'll get the same ship.

Q10 - If I just joined a ship that have the previous season options (Aka, injuries, starting planet) will this ship count toward the rankings? (since I joined after the season change) just curious

A10. Nope, because the ship started before the season change, so it's a ship from last season.

Q11 If my ship started before season change and ends after it, will the ship still get lodged in the rankings of the season it started in?

No, ships that start before a season change and don't fill before the switch are not counted in any rankings.

What about a ship the filled before Season change? That was my question, I just didn't word it clearly enough it seems.

It won't either.

Q12: "Good job, human, good work ! Project research into « Rerouted Charges » advanced . Being Janice? Nice Janice."

What does getting this message mean when participating in a NERON project? I'm not Janice.

A11: If you are asking what the text means, it could mean NERON is implying you "being Janice" because you are doing her job (as you are working in NERON's Core).

But in terms of game mechanics, that message is just flavor text like every other participation in NERON's Core.

Yeah, I was mostly wondering about the game mechanics as i've never seen the message before. First thought was actually Neron's Only Friend skill, but I got minimum progress done and our Janice doesn't have that skill.

NERON uses various terms describing the event when CorePeace is turned off.

Q13: So someone removed a camera in a room. They died. Some cycles later, there is a camera installed in the room. There is no log of it being installed. How is that possible?

A13: Its a bug, its not really installed. But cameras in the storage show up on the walls.

no, it is installed. there was a camera in the room and a camera installed. and i can't install a second camera in the room

When someone is holding a camera and dies, the camera is automatically installed in the room.

Q14 - Hello, my ship just ended, however, due to the nature of it's ending. (Me frantically refreshing the page.) I was never taken to the YOU ARE DEAD ship ending screen, as such I couldn't leave last words for my crew or like players, is it possible to access this page after the fact and apply said likes and leave my final words?

A14 I am not sure if this applies to your case, but on a recent ship of mine where the finishing screen was bugged. So I I tried refreshing the page and was able to access the finishing screen after going to that particular ship's "honour list" and was able to leave my last words though I was unable to leave any likes.

A14 as far as I know clicking play should lead you back to the end page atleast under normal circumstances.

Q15 Does diplomat work on expeditions even if they do not have a spacesuit on an oxygenless planet?

A15 No, all crewmembers that aren't wearing spacesuit would be left behind and their skills won't have an influence on events outcomes (not fully sure about all the skills, but that 100% goes for diplomat), so all the events outcomes (damage/death/MIA/item loss chances, etc) would be distributed between only those who are present in expo (have spacesuits).

And that's why it's a good practice for launching pilots to check in rooms logs if enough people (and especially diplomat) have grabbed the spacesuits.

Only Traitor works when you are stuck in the Icarus.

human skills for explo only work if crewmember is in the team (so yes, if you stay in the icarus you don't help, adn, in the same way, if you are lost on the planet you don't help either ( that's why it's alway better to give compass to the diplomat if you have one )

exceptions :
mush skill traitror work even if you stay in icarus => best way to sabotage an explo is to pick traitror and launch explo without suit => crew members are hit with bad events and you are safe, just make sure to be online when explo end to finish the work

pilot : since you are still in icarus when landing pilot work even without a spacesuit

sprinter : number of area is set when explo start, so sprint work even if you don't have spacesuit or if you are lost during explo

Thanks for the replies! I actually thought the same thing with diplomat that it shouldn't work when they are in Icarus Bay. I had an expedition once where the diplomat stayed behind and yet we didn't encounter any fight events in predators, insects and intelligent life (I think predators was encountered twice). Maybe we were just lucky?

You can see easily whether diplomat skill is working or not. Whenever it is working, then this will appear under any zone exploration log that might end with combat result otherwise:
Combat avoided because the expedition team has the skill: Diplomat

Q16:
can starmap fragments get burnt in fires or get broken from fires , or they are 100% safe?

They are 100% safe.

Q17:
if we have Bay Door XXL project finished
has there been any testing on what happens if non pilots launch Icarus with this project but without a pilot? does it still damage the hull and cause personal injuries as it is the case without Bay Door XXL?
and if those damages still happen, are they reduced thanks to this project?

That only works for patrollers and pasiphae. Anti-Grav Thrusters are what you want for the Icarus.

Also, launching Icarus never damages Daedalus' hull or Icarus itself, as opposed to patrollers and Pasiphae. Only landing on planet surface is problematic with Icarus (and that causes damage only to the expedtion team, not Icarus itself), not taking off or getting back to Icarus bay.