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a 2018 simulation strategy game by Haemimont Games for Windows, MacOS, Linux, PS4 and Xbox One. Players build colonies on Mars and ensure the survival of the colonists.

Surviving Mars is a 2018 simulation strategy game by Haemimont Games for Windows, MacOS, Linux, PS4 and Xbox One. Players build colonies on Mars and ensure the survival of the colonists.

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Does Veganism actually do anything in-game?

One of the traits in Surviving Mars is Vegan. The description just says "don't worry, they'll tell you." All of the food in the game seems to be plant-based so what, if anything, does Veganism do?
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Do waste rocks have an utility?

Do waste rocks have an utility (late-game)? Is there something to do with huge stacks of them?
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What does performance do on service buildings?

What does performance do on service buildings? I want to know if performance increases the comfort (or sanity) bonus of the colonists who use it or if it increases the speed of colonists using it.
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Can colonists benefit of service in another dome (there are not living in)?

By example, there is no space to build a school in a dome A, but dome B is near and have one. Can colonists benefit of service in another dome (there are not living in)?
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How does colonists morale work?

How does colonists morale work? What affects it? From the beginning of my game, it changed slightly, but nothing major. Even in a new well serviced dome, it seems it doesn't affect the moral.
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How much food does a colonist eat each Sol?

How much food does a colonist eat each Sol? Also, I know colonists have flaws and disabilities than can modify the food. As a side question, do you know how much food does a glutton colonist eat each Sol?
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How to not trigger Wildfire mystery

I just have two small domes with 50 people, half of the tech tree, 500 research points each sol and I just triggered somehow wildfire mystery. I just want to react quickly but there is no way to do some research based on Wildfire, I don't see any…
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Why do my pops keep leaving my external factory?

I have a Polymer Factory outside my domes: Every time I assign workers to it (note, it's set to accept all workers, not just specialists — but I'm assigning specialists, anyway), it works productively for maybe an in-game day or so. Then, all the…
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How do service buildings work and how do colonists use them?

I want to understand how colonists decide when to use a service building. For example: I know that colonist use a food service one time per day in order to feed themselves and not die of starvation. I want to know both how much time (or how many…
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What is the exact walking distance colonists can travel between domes?

I don't have a shuttle tech but I want to relocate some colonists. One of two domes is on an elevated hill so I'm not sure if a new dome downhill will suffice. What is the exact maximum number of tiles two domes can have between them and still allow…
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What are the nine mysteries?

In Surviving Mars at the start of the game you can pick one of nine mysteries (or let the game choose for you at random). As each mystery is an event chain with potentially vastly different rewards (though, so far, I've only noticed a single…
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What is the boost range of the sensor tower?

When I put down a sensor tower and then scan squares nearby, how many squares away from that tower will I get a scanning speed boost?
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Do drones charge too while their rover recharges its battery?

After using a rover and its drones, I recalled them inside and put the rover on charge. Do the drones charge while the rover is charging or must they be deployed to be charged individually?
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What happens when you select multiple plants at once in the Forestation Plant?

In Surviving Mars, the Forestation Plant (from the Green Planet DLC) lets you choose multiple plants at once to cultivate, but it's not clear how it operates. Does it: Cultivate them in a sequence (like the farm), for example, if I set it to lichen…
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Surviving Mars - Employment issue

Is the game at the end unbalanced? At the "end", you can enhance your work places so that less people need to work there, while I got a big population, and now less jobs. Resulting in my people becoming depressed for being unemployed. So to make my…
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