Is losing colonists common, or do I just suck at the game?

[Rokiyo]

-Never place beds next to a wall.

What's this? I always place beds next to walls. Have I been screwing up? ...

It's fine to put beds next to walls. Just don't put them in corners.

Okay... Why not? I haven't had an issue yet.

Edit: Case in point, I haven't had any happiness issues with this layout. I've even checked the thoughts of the people who sleep in those corner beds, and they seem perfectly happy.

I probably still will build them all their own individual rooms, but I'm surprised by how few issues I've had with cramming them into the mess hall like this. They get the -8 for sharing a room, but don't get the -8 for a cramped environment.

[Timber]

-Never place beds next to a wall.

What's this? I always place beds next to walls. Have I been screwing up? ...

It's fine to put beds next to walls. Just don't put them in corners.

Okay... Why not? I haven't had an issue yet.

Edit: Case in point, I haven't had any happiness issues with this layout. I've even checked the thoughts of the people who sleep in those corner beds, and they seem perfectly happy.

I probably still will build them all their own individual rooms, but I'm surprised by how few issues I've had with cramming them into the mess hall like this. They get the -8 for sharing a room, but don't get the -8 for a cramped environment.

How is this possible even :O

[Motorkingpus]

-Never place beds next to a wall.

What's this? I always place beds next to walls. Have I been screwing up? ...

It's fine to put beds next to walls. Just don't put them in corners.

Okay... Why not? I haven't had an issue yet.

Edit: Case in point, I haven't had any happiness issues with this layout. I've even checked the thoughts of the people who sleep in those corner beds, and they seem perfectly happy.

I probably still will build them all their own individual rooms, but I'm surprised by how few issues I've had with cramming them into the mess hall like this. They get the -8 for sharing a room, but don't get the -8 for a cramped environment.

How is this possible even :O

It's not. IT'S VOODOO!

[Rokiyo]

In a fairness, the room sharing penalty probably should stack with the number of people a room is being shared with.

For bonus points, people moving, eating and chatting right next to a sleeping colonist should probably also cause unhappiness for the guy trying to sleep.

On a related note, having prisoners share a cell causes them to have friendly chats with each other, taking some of the load off your wardens.

[Timber]

In a fairness, the room sharing penalty probably should stack with the number of people a room is being shared with.

For bonus points, people moving, eating and chatting right next to a sleeping colonist should probably also cause unhappiness for the guy trying to sleep.

On a related note, having prisoners share a cell causes them to have friendly chats with each other, taking some of the load off your wardens.

Do they not just get a bed sharing penalty instead? In my case at some point it becomes so hard to get new colonists that I don't mind fleshing out a proper room for them.

[dd0029]

Do they not just get a bed sharing penalty instead? In my case at some point it becomes so hard to get new colonists that I don't mind fleshing out a proper room for them.

The colonist limit is a storyteller thing. Since Randy is random, you can bypass the colonist limit with random events. Otherwise you are limited to about 11 on Phoebe and maybe 8 on Cleo I think? The wiki has the numbers.

[Timber]

Do they not just get a bed sharing penalty instead? In my case at some point it becomes so hard to get new colonists that I don't mind fleshing out a proper room for them.

The colonist limit is a storyteller thing. Since Randy is random, you can bypass the colonist limit with random events. Otherwise you are limited to about 11 on Phoebe and maybe 8 on Cleo I think? The wiki has the numbers.

Ooooh that explains a lot. I guess it's time to try Randy

[harpo99999]

as to the storyteller limit, I have frequently had 17 in phebe and have 11 in cleo, but mave not played any of the others yet

[dd0029]

I'm just going off the wiki notes for each:

Phoebe is listed as:

desiredPopulationMax = 16

And Cleopatra:

desiredPopulationMax = 9

My current Casandra game has 12 at the moment which is 1 over her desired max. So it is possible to go over the threshold, particularly if you continue doggedly at a game where you get yourself into a position where you can only die if you screw up, where I am now. Moleville is ruggedized!