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Psychepath posted:Training and promotions are one of the least interesting things about this game to me, since you can't, say, assign pharmacy trained nurses to the pharmacy, and who could even tell if a 10% difference is working. You can, though!  Staff > Job Assignment  Linear Zoetrope posted:I've never played Theme Hospital so I'm kind of easing into this. I'm a bit confused about how training works. Not like, functionally, I get that, but like am I supposed to deliberately and drastically overstaff so I can rotate people in and out of training? Hell, how much should I be overstaffing in general to cover people on breaks? I don't overstaff to cover breaks, but I do use disposable cheap people to fill in while I'm training people, then fire them once I have a decent roster. less than three fucked around with this message at 06:57 on Aug 31, 2018 |
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less than three posted:You can, though! Oof, I should have known, since I've been assigning my laziest janitors to plant-and-ghost-only duty for a while now.  Thanks.
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HORMELCHILI posted:How do you train staff? Build a training room, the training room unlocks during the third hospital.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Build a training room, the training room unlocks during the third hospital. thanks
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Either yes or almost identical.
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So, in the second hospital I moved the psyciatry and now no-one can use the door regardless of where I move it, even completed unimpeded by anything. I also then tried to build another room, and it wouldn't let me build a door at all as it wasn't facing onto a corridor, depspite there just being one big open space that it led onto anyway. I'm enjoying it, but might wait until the 1st patch or two before I commit to a proper run.
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Does hallway size actually make a difference for people movement? I've been making 2-wide hallways because it looks nice, but I can't help but feel like I'm wasting space.
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I played this a bit yesterday but refunded after about 90 mins, because it REALLY just felt like Theme Hospital again, nothing in it felt particularly new. Is it worth going further into, or is it really a retread?
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tote up a bags posted:I played this a bit yesterday but refunded after about 90 mins, because it REALLY just felt like Theme Hospital again, nothing in it felt particularly new. Is it worth going further into, or is it really a retread? I mean it absolutely is that game, but it is not JUST that game. Mechanically it's much more drilled down to its core, with better balance, a smoother difficulty curve, a whole heap of QoL improvements in terms of interface and such, and the way the missions are structured gives you way more options to do what you want. IDK, I'm not gonna say a lot of it is new, but it still feels like a big step forward to me.
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Dad Jokes posted:Does hallway size actually make a difference for people movement? I've been making 2-wide hallways because it looks nice, but I can't help but feel like I'm wasting space. I think it does make a difference because the models collide with each other so I have seen some mini-jams for a 10-30 seconds in my tighter hallways.
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Yeah, three-wide hallways actually seems to be more efficient, if only to give you room for all the vending machines they seem to want now. All the new design features seem to be very smartly-thought out. I especially like how you actually need a bunch of nurses now to run all sorts of different rooms rather than the pharmacy/ward/cast remover trifecta in TH. Also people are keeling over dead right and left in my hospitals from failed cures so those +10% bonuses to treatment are actually really valuable and are the prerequisitite to the +20% and +30% upgraded versions. Staffing is going to require a lot more thought than "how many surgeons do I need and do I have two psychologists okay I'm good" from TH.
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Staff specialisation is pretty huge yeah. The boosts from skills are really meaty. Giving GPS a rank in the skill that boosts mood when they interact with patients helps a lot too. Ditto Ward nurses! Fans fucked around with this message at 14:03 on Aug 31, 2018 |
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Please let this be the theme hospital that has remained glistening in my nostalgia these past 21 years
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For areas of a hospital that aren't expected to have much traffic, or no patients coming through, I find I can get away with hallways a single tile wide. Though I do notice people have a tendency to bunch up at junctions as they run into each other. For everything else 2 tiles is often enough and it still allows you to line the walls with benches and other amenities. I do find that, unlike in the original Theme Hospital, areas that I expect to be busy (clusters of GPs Offices, psychiatric rooms, popular clinics) it's often best to create smaller waiting areas where people can pool. Patients, for whatever reason, seem to like to jostle about and constantly get up and sit down so they need a lot of room to move about while still keeping a 'path' clear.
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Beasteh posted:Please let this be the theme hospital that has remained glistening in my nostalgia these past 21 years
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I like the art style a little less than the original TH but otherwise this feels like a pretty great remake-or-whatever so far. Now do Dungeon Keeper next
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No Wave posted:isnt... theme hospital that game? No I want this to be the rose tinted goggles version of it from my nostalgia
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Only downgrade to me from TH is the music. It fits the game alright but it's not nearly as catchy or memorable.
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I haven't bought the game yet but this thread has soothed a load of fears I had pre-release that they were going to try and force a bunch of new systems in that wouldn't work but hearing that they basically just made Theme Hospital again but with a bunch of modern QoL improvements really makes me want it as soon as I have money.
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The only real new stuff is tiered challenges for hospitals so you can come back later after gathering stuff from other levels to max it out and some online challenge stuff that’s entirely ignorable. All the rest is just refinements to what was already there. Shits good
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Yep, been awhile since I was this happy to just pay "full"* price for a game. *Okay, 10% off, but that's standard these days. It's good, it feels like Theme Hospital with refinements.
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Anyone know what the recycling-ish symbol that appears over people's heads mean?
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explosivo posted:Anyone know what the recycling-ish symbol that appears over people's heads mean? Think it means they’re looking for a bin to dump their trash in
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Merrill Grinch posted:Yeah, three-wide hallways actually seems to be more efficient, if only to give you room for all the vending machines they seem to want now. yeah. from watching streams and playing a few hours it is super important to hire good staff and stuff your rooms full of items, or else you end up with patients dying left and right Dad Jokes posted:Does hallway size actually make a difference for people movement? I've been making 2-wide hallways because it looks nice, but I can't help but feel like I'm wasting space. it does make a difference, pathfinding and traffic jams mandate 2 wide corridors at least. i'd go with 3 wide if you're going to be putting items on both sides of the hallway
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Fans posted:Think it means they’re looking for a bin to dump their trash in  I probably should have figured that one out. Thanks!
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Are the items generally just for decoration or does it matter what you put in each room? I.e. do coffee machines slow down energy drain from staff?
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Thom12255 posted:Are the items generally just for decoration or does it matter what you put in each room? I.e. do coffee machines slow down energy drain from staff? the items matter. you want to stuff your rooms full of poo poo to get prestige as high as possible - unlocking the bronze, silver, and gold certificates early helps for this. and putting coffee machines everywhere makes your doctors jittery messes who work real fast but have to pee all the time
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Caved, bought the game. Played through the first level. This sums my experience pretty well: 
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Thom12255 posted:Are the items generally just for decoration or does it matter what you put in each room? I.e. do coffee machines slow down energy drain from staff? You can hover over the item and it will tell you if it's for decoration or does something like provide energy.
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25% discount code, get the game for $26
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According to IMDB the announcer is not the same lady and I have to commend her in that case because she does an incredible job of replicating Theme Hospital's. e; Just went to launch and Steam started an update. Can't spot news about it, but bugfixes I would guess? Ms Adequate fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Aug 31, 2018 |
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Ms Adequate posted:e; Just went to launch and Steam started an update. Can't spot news about it, but bugfixes I would guess? quote:- Fix for crash on start up caused by unrecognised timezone.
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People who clearly pirated the game bitching about bugs already fixed post release is the sweetest of Steam content
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It's pretty great how many of them don't realize the Steam forums have an icon indicating whether you actually own the game or not.
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Dad Jokes posted:It's pretty great how many of them don't realize the Steam forums have an icon indicating whether you actually own the game or not. That is just amazing good fun.
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Got this game yesterday and managed to play just under an hour with no trouble. Now everytime I load it up it runs for about 5 mins then freezes up. The game is obviously still running because the audio is there and if I click about I can hear it happening, but the visuals are just frozen solid. While it is going it's running perfectly well, so I really don't know what might be up with it? Is anyone else having this issue? (I DID NOT PIRATE IT)
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I've been going for three stars on every level before moving on and just reached the University. Really hoping later levels are going to make 2 and 3 star interesting. So far I haven't really had to do anything actively. Game wants me to learn how to train my staff? Definitely make 1 star require training a member of staff! But requiring me to train 10/20 staff for 2 and 3-stars doesn't even require me to buy the other plots of land, just takes a bit of time while the game runs in the background. Maybe I'm doing it wrong and I'm supposed to come back when I've unlocked everything, but that definitely hasn't been necessary so far. Also I'm finding it rough to muster up the willpower to start a new level, knowing that I'm gonna be decorating 6 rooms for the n'th time before I even hit play, would love if we could get templates or something. All that said the game is extremely fun once you get going.
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As far as I can tell because waiting is a radius around the doors, you want to cluster doors so a handful of benches (and thus a few snack machines etc) cover multiple rooms right?
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