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[Hoodinski]

I'd really love it if hitting the 'home' button would transport the view straight to base. Seems natural and very convenient.

[Varnhagen]

But where is your base? Is it the medbay? The kitchen, Stockpile 1? Or the center of any player-build structures?
It would be handy, but seems largely undefined. I'd prefer Pawn and Item grouping per hotkey, with the option the be taken to the selected items/pawns.

[skullywag]

This is why EdBs interface mod rocks, double click portrait of colonist and boom your there.

[Hoodinski]

But where is your base? Is it the medbay? The kitchen, Stockpile 1? Or the center of any player-build structures?
It would be handy, but seems largely undefined. I'd prefer Pawn and Item grouping per hotkey, with the option the be taken to the selected items/pawns.

I predetermined place that you could always change.

[MrDecay]

Is it too hard to just move the camera to your base the normal way? Never had a problem with the 3 seconds it takes to find mine...

[Hoodinski]

Is it too hard to just move the camera to your base the normal way? Never had a problem with the 3 seconds it takes to find mine...

Imagine playing on a large map. Zoom off, move frantically looking for the base. One-buttoning it would really make things easier.

[Matthiasagreen]

Just click < or >. It will center to each of your colonists individually. One of them is probably at or near your base.

[StorymasterQ]

If this ever gets implemented, I'm thinking centering on the beacon. Or the comms console. These items, we generally only have one each in any colony.

Or, a new buildable item that acts as the 'colony center', maybe a flag or something.

[togt]

I like your idea, but then: why not have a minimap option where you see your colonists and other 'people'

[skullywag]

I like your idea, but then: why not have a minimap option where you see your colonists and other 'people'

Comes after researching and building a radar....hmmm possible.

[Cedric]

I support this idea, I find it slow and something annoying when pirates are  besieging my colony and they're on the other side of the map to scroll over and set all 5 of my mortars individually to target them.
Maybe center it on the first stockpile since that's one of the first things you set up in a new game

[Johnny Masters]

Yep. Building a comms console should bring up a minimap, same as in red alert when building the radar dome. Losing power to the console would turn it off again.