Old colonies become ruins?

[Matthiasagreen]

Has anybody tried to create a new colony in the exact sqaure you lost an old colony? When you lose, it says something about someone may find your stuff useful, so I wasn't sure if it stays in the area for future games.

[Shinzy]

Has anybody tried to create a new colony in the exact squre you lost an old colony? When you lose, it says something about someone may find your stuff usefull, so I wasn't sure if it stays in the area for future games.

It's more of a the end text than anything I really doubt it stays there, though it'd be nice

Someone did actually mention once quite a while back about leaving the colony running after the 'end' and then getting the Colonist has joined you event
and getting to continue =P
But I don't know how likely that is to happen! cause I haven't seen that event happen since.. well forever, really

[Viceroy]

That'd be cool though, maybe start off with the guys that went mad still inhabiting the place as borderlands style psycho's :p

[UrbanBourbon]

This is what I tried a while back. I exited my current game to the main menu, and started a new colony in the same world. I picked the same exact spot on the world map where I had started my earlier colony. The area that was spawned was pristine. No old colony. The area was also somewhat different, as in definitely not identical. It might be a different thing if you LOSE the colony and then start a new one in the same spot but I doubt it. I suspect Tynan has planned that the old colonies will start remaining there at some point. A man can hope :/

I believe in Dwarf Fortress the old fortresses (=colonies) can be reclaimed in this fashion.

[milon]

I believe in Dwarf Fortress the old fortresses (=colonies) can be reclaimed in this fashion.

That's correct.  AFAIK, the only way to do this in RimWorld is to "keep playing" (ie. turbo speed) after your colonists are gone, and either hope for a random colonist to join you, or else spawn-a-pawn in Dev Mode.

[StorymasterQ]

Spawn-a-Pawn. Sounds like a cool sidestory game

[DarkMyau]

I would love to be able to reclaim an old colony. Of course you would have to do all your research again, but other than that it would be great.