Bionic Base #6 Striking Oil - Bionic Booster Pack DLC - Oxygen Not Included

[@labadf]

ONI: "One hitpoint of damage. That's not so bad. He'll survive. RW: "You lost an arm, a leg, both eyes, your nose, a lung, and your heart is failing. But you're our only cook. Here, have some medicine and keep up the good work while we gather some... Replacements"

[@norbert9786]

Use electrolyzers to get hydrogen for power. You don't need all that water to grow anything anyway

[@GrindThisGame]

It's in the plan for sure!

[@Y2KNW]

"We're building an art installation here" Haha.

[@ObiWanCannabi]

when you have a project behind a checkpoint, deliver the materials to a local storage container, or you are getting 1 dupe deliver, then one finishes the build. they take turns, slowing things right down, if you have all the stuff they need down there they can get on with it I tend to have 3 or 4 storage areas for building materials to save delivery times, or build out of local materials that are laying around

[@GrindThisGame]

Good idea. I sometimes pre position stuff but this series I'm always fighting fires it seems. Things get better and worse soon :)

[@johncundiss9098]

Are bionic dupes power positive as in if all they have is a hamster wheel hooked to a charger with plenty of eco batteries, will a single bionic make it or will they run out of power? Love the video's.

[@GrindThisGame]

I suspect they are... since you can charge 1 battery in around half a cycle but I'm mostly guessing.

[@petersencb]

Thanks for another bionic base video!

[@GrindThisGame]

Any time!

[@Zero-w1c]

They may not be germ immune. If I remember right, slimelung only works in polluted oxygen, so if they refill from clean oxygen, it doesn't matter if it's full of germs. Speaking of germs and seeing dupes eat the batteries, makes me worder if they can get food poisoning, if they eat a contaminated battery.

[@GrindThisGame]

no clue. they are filling tanks with polluted oxygen and everything is slimelung now but nobody has gotten sick. Bug... or feature?

[@Zero-w1c]

@@GrindThisGame May be luck, intended, or an issue with how they handle oxygen breaking slimelung mechanics.

[@MedullanAutononomous]

I think it is probably a bit of an exploit but you can manually assign a dupe to wear an exosuit just like any other clothes from the Config Menu! And they do not ever need to take it off.

[@GrindThisGame]

It rocks!

[@kevindrumm5019]

You should put your battery storage close to your battery chargers so when they replace their batteries they are close to the chargers.......

[@GrindThisGame]

Yes!

[@rupertbear4447]

Each dupe holds 4 batteries eco if i remember are 120 each. I find having 4 eco bats times the amount of dupes. Then one more battery for each dupe works well but don't forget that they break eventually and you have to make new ones.

[@GrindThisGame]

They break?

[@rupertbear4447]

@@GrindThisGame pretty sure they do after a certain amount of recharges there is a recipe in the manual crusher that recycles them for 100kg abys

[@LagiacrusHunter]

@@rupertbear4447 I've only ever seen them break by being exposed to Liquid while full of charge. I've had my dupes on Eco Batteries for ~50 cycles and haven't had to replace them yet.

[@jlashombjr]

If the exosuit is on the floor, you can click on it and select a dupe to put it on.

[@GrindThisGame]

I will try it!

[@johncundiss9098]

Question, if you know. Do you come out "gunk positive" just like the bathrooms for the dupes of the living? lol. The bathrooms of the dupes usually produce a bit more water than is used. Do the Bionics do the same thing? Good video. I am watching and enjoying.

[@GrindThisGame]

I think it is not... but haven't measured yet.

[@Youmu_Konpaku_]

Ahh yes energy crisis, the midgame menace of all bases without plug slugs, solar panels, hydrogen/natGas generators.

[@GrindThisGame]

Normally I don't tend to feel this but bionic dupes need so much power.

[@phildonot]

The dupes hanging out somewhere where they shouldn't be remind me of high school for some reason

[@GrindThisGame]

so true!

[@graspienjo2850]

If it was me, I'd probably check to see how long till the Natural Gas Geyser will start up again. If its in a couple of cycles I'd get that going for some power use. Otherwise I'd setup a Spom for the Hydrogen power and carry on with getting oil setup and stealing the last bits of coal. Not forgetting to do the power room tune up for the extra power generation on all generators.

[@GrindThisGame]

Pretty good plan. The spom doesn't give off much net power.... without oxygen gas pumps it might be worth it though.

[@graspienjo2850]

@@GrindThisGame Every little helps. These bionic dupes are power hungry

[@tadelong]

Making up names! D-Liver-E Construct-Jon Ranch-R, Ranch-R2D2, Rancher's Choice E-searchers

[@mannytabletje4678]

You should use smart batteries at the weels

[@GrindThisGame]

I should really

[@jairo8746]

It is way way easier to vacuum a room by filling it with tiles and then deconstruct them after placing a liquid lock.

[@GrindThisGame]

maybe.... depends on the room size. I try to reduce click count :P

[@jairo8746]

@@GrindThisGame There is a mod now that lets you set the construction order, now you can set and forget. Highly recommended.

[@jairo8746]

And remember stop using sandstone to build with so far deep xD

[@GrindThisGame]

crap.. good point

[@toasty_mcdanish]

Ma, New episode just dropped!

[@carlosromero2839]

So it turns out that power banks are under Consumables and you can turn off the ones you don't want dupes to use. I don't know if this applies to "rescue" power banks if a dupe is incapacitated, though.

[@GrindThisGame]

Oh that is a handy tip!

[@b2tharocksax199]

@@GrindThisGame Does the hottube bonus of no wet feet work also? make them kinda stress immune?

[@GrindThisGame]

@b2tharocksax199 not sure. I will need to test.

[@BeginswithPIE]

Watching them go all the way down that ladder, put on the suit, and then run all the way back up, is just painful. The fact that they can't predict the next job and do stupid things like this is one of my biggest peeves about this game. Please, for the love of god, build a storage nearby so they move all the material at once instead of one at a time as each new layer of ladder becomes reachable.

[@GrindThisGame]

Ok

[@b2tharocksax199]

They added power rooms, could you make the charging stations a power room with heavy machinary and get another room bonus? also what does room bonus do to these bionic dupes? Does the light bonus also work? and how much and are you using it? Does the hottube bonus of no wet feet work? lol

[@GrindThisGame]

I'm getting the power tune up bonus. Not sure if you mean something beyond that. Most room bonuses seem about the same. I have a few stations with lights. Not sure about the hot tub.

[@VahnDeathHeart]

You were saying last episode that they don't use the tables, but could you store charged batteries in the room and get the bonus?

[@GrindThisGame]

I can try. I feel like they need to actually eat but could be wrong.

[@benjaminsmith3364]

make suits; add them to your bionic manually. no docks required.

[@GrindThisGame]

It's amazing

[@Helicard]

Took me 100 cycles before realizing you can't train athletics. Not sure if that is a bug or a feature

[@GrindThisGame]

feature as it is baked into skills now.

[@Helicard]

@ it changes everything

[@dialtone4664]

Just curious do you even need docking stations? If I recall correctly the docking station is mainly to refill the suits oxygen and since these dups don’t use oxygen the same way can’t you just equip the suits instead of docking them?

[@GrindThisGame]

Oh ... like manually order them to put one on... I need to try that.

[@MedullanAutononomous]

Tutorial: select a dupe from the vitals menu click the config tab. Manage all of your boosters from their and you can stop being confused every time you want to manage boosters. You acknowledged this a few videos ago and have yet to actually do it. That makes me feel bad.😢

[@GrindThisGame]

Oh, you're right! I need to get in the habit of using that.

[@GriffinBlazzie]

00:01:17 ... what do you get?

[@caioporto9234]

Every time you build using materials that are two screens away made me want to scream. Man, your dupes are spending more time taking the material to build stairs than actually building them. Use the materials that are close to the site.

[@GrindThisGame]

I try!

[@tree_eats]

Haven't watched the entire episode yet but does crown molding count as art for a room bonus? I remember a while back, using it as a cheap/easy way in relation to some sort of room requirement or moral bonus, though my memory is awful, lol.

[@GrindThisGame]

Don't think so but it helps decor.