Frostpunk 1 Coal Issues (Hard-Extreme)
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I always make it a point to rush coal ASAP now cause there are sudden temp drops somewhere mid-late game where you're forced to turn on an ungodly number of steam hubs, heaters and generator power. I get the coal outpost up before day 15 consistently, with at least 2 coal mines. Before the Londoner event lets up, I get up all 3 steam coal mines up, all manned by improved automatons to run through the night (I turn off the heaters for them after, and yes, I put turned-off steam hubs near them so the automatons can recharge)
Still, the coal shortage always becomes dire anyways, even when I've stocked up 10k coal already. Cause it always runs out in less than 2 days even with 10k coal and steam coal mines active 24/7. The instant the generator shuts off, I have to deal with 50 untreated sick and all of my engineers are already occupied. As a result, I usually have to resort to either agitators or triage which I want to be able to avoid to get a better ending.
I already use overdrive from 12-4, I don't know how to fix this issue. It's only fixed permanently after I max out all 3 coal mines and have 6 thumpers and 2 gatherers right around the end of the refugee crisis. Please, does anyone have any advice?