Object Overview Panel

This panel is used in so many ways, moved to own page... coming soon.

Overview

The Object Overview Panel provides the control and/or information you need for each object in the game including bots, resources, buildings, space ports, boats, trains… everything needed.

The tabs will change based on the object. Those tabs may include:

Icon	Tab Name	Used By	Brief Description
	Colony Color	Colony Ship	Change to a favorite color
	Journey	All Resources	From/To Locations and travel time
	Transport Rules	Road Posts	Set Rules for each Road Post
	Military	Watchtowers	Use with Combat
	Military Activity Log	Watchtowers	Use with Combat
	Production	Production Buildings	Production cycle, resources and Halt/Resume
	Production Statistics	Production Buildings	Productivity Stats Graphs
	Planting Area	Forestries	Set where trees are to be plants
	Priority Chopping/Mining Area	Lumberjacks/Surface Mines	Set where to chop or mine first
	Priority Roads/Paths	Road Layers	Set where to upgrade roads/paths first
	Pastures/Fields/Plots	Farming Buildings	Add/Remove and Auto Place (if avail).
	Upgrade	Upgradable Buildings	Start and monitor building upgrade
	Resources	All Buildings	En Route, Outgoing, Stored, Transporting and rules
	Resource Statistics	All Buildings	En Route and Delivery Stats
	Connections	All Buildings	Road Posts and Path Connections to Buildings
	Info	All Buildings, Resources, Bots, Trees, Surface Deposits, and Underground Deposits	Info & if applicable, Dismantle/Destroy options
	Research	Workshops	Research cycle, resources and Cancel
	Research Statistics	Workshops	Research Stats Graph
	Boatyard Docks	Boatyard	Select boat and begin construction
	Boats	Harbours, Large_Harbour, Floating_Watchtower	Boats assigned
	Expedition	Harbours, Large_Harbour, Floating_Watchtower	Change type or collect resources of an Expedition
	Boat Instructions	Boats	Expedition or Transport Route assigned
	Transport Route	Boats	Change or Clear Transport Route
	Expedition	Boats	Navigate, Build Harbour, or Cancel Expedition
	Trains	Train Stations	Trains assigned, Create Train
	Transport Route	Trains	Change or Clear Train Transport Route
	Resource Export Rules	Harbours, Train Stations	Export Rules
	Resource Import Rules	Harbours, Train Stations	Import Rules
	Trade Resources	Space Port	Set Sell and Purchase requests

Bot Overview

Icon	Tab Name	rief Description
	Info	Info & if applicable, Dismantle/Destroy options

By clicking on any specific Bot you can learn their name and when they were printed.

You are able to change your Bot names.

For a little interaction, click on the eye-icon in the upper-right corner. If a Road Carrybot is not busy, they will give you a little wave!

Clicking on the eye-icon enables the "follow-me" mode for that Bot. A Carrybot might not be very interesting as it travels back and forth between road post, however, try the "follow-me" on a Lumberbot or Axebot.

Resource Overview

Resource Object Panel

Icon	Tab Name	Brief Description
	Journey	From/To Locations and travel time
	Info	Info & Destroy option

Clicking on a resource will provide you with its Journey and display route on the map.

On the Info tab you have overview information about that resource and you can delete it if you desire.

See Managing Your Colony to learn how you can have a positive impact on the resource's journey.

Clicking on the eye-icon in the upper-right corner will snap the game view to that resource, however, it does not enable "follow-me" for resources.

Road Post Overview

Road Post Object Panel

Icon	Tab Name	Brief Description
	Resources	En Route, Stored, and Queued
	Transport Rules	Set Rules for each Road Post

Road Posts are the connection points for buildings and the primary means of moving resources throughout your Colony.

Be sure to understand how to use Rules.

The Resource tab on the a Road Post lets you know what is there. If there are 4 resources then no additional resources can be assigned and that road is considered blocked.

For example, the pictured Road Post overview panel shows that there are some resources that are Blacklisted. This means they can not pass through this Road Post. However, there are some resources that can pass through if they are going to storage.

Rule Types

- Blacklist - If you blacklist a resources it will not be able to pass through under any circumstance.
- Blacklist Except Storage - This option means accept the resources if it's going to a storage yard.
- Whitelist - means only the selected resources will be able to pass through.
- Whitelist Storage Only - This option means only whitelisted resources will be able to pass through and only if they're going to a storage yard.

Storage Overview

Storage Yard Object Panel

Icon	Tab Name	Brief Description
	Resources	En Route, Stored, and rules
	Resource Statistics	En Route and Delivery Stats
	Connections	Road Posts and Path Connections to Buildings
	Info	Info & if applicable, Dismantle/Destroy options

There are three different sizes, Small Storage Yard, Storage Yard, and Large Storage Yard. By default a Storage Yard does not accept resources, you need to create rules at Storage Yards to enable them to hold resources.

Understanding Storage Yards will help you manage your Colony well.

Rule Types

There are different types of rules that can be applied:

- Rules - This defines the number and type of resources the storage yard will procure.
- Storage Export Whitelist - Limit which buildings or storage yards can receive resources stored by this storage yard.
- Storage Import Whitelist - Limit which buildings or storage yards can send resources to be stored by this storage yard.

Note: Resources will not move from storage yard to storage yard unless you specifically set Export and/or Import rules to direct the resources from one storage yard to another.