Is there a benefit to clearing snow during winter in RimWorld?
Best Answer
Moving over snow is slower. Clearing it will allow your colonists to travel more quickly.
Whether it's worth actually clearing it during winter if the path's just going to get snowed on again depends on your climate and how often that path needs to be used.
Personally, I try to keep a clear path between all my buildings unless the weather reaches coldsnap levels and colonists remain indoors anyway.
Select a colonist and right-click on the comms console; there should only be one option, "open communications". Select it. They will walk over to the console and start fiddling with it, at which point a window will pop up asking which ship to open communication with. If there are no ships in range, they'll still try to use the console but that window will instead say "there is no-one in range to communicate with".
If the "open communications" option doesn't appear or the colonist refuses to use the comms console, check:
That the console has power.
That the colonist can reach it; some pieces of furniture, like potted plants, block pathing.
That the colonist is capable of social interaction. (To check, select the colonist, click "Character" in the lower left, and look at the "Incapable Of" section to see if it includes the word "social".)
If all of these requirements are met and you still can't communicate, you've probably hit a bug; Rimworld, being pre-alpha, has these in abundance.
You can select an area with your mouse, and if you get no colonists in that area, it will select all items. Then unforbid them all.
You can also doubleclick an item to have it select all on-screen items of the same type (so, doubleclick steel to select all steel) and mass unforbid that way.
Best Answer
Moving over snow is slower. Clearing it will allow your colonists to travel more quickly.
Whether it's worth actually clearing it during winter if the path's just going to get snowed on again depends on your climate and how often that path needs to be used.
Personally, I try to keep a clear path between all my buildings unless the weather reaches coldsnap levels and colonists remain indoors anyway.