No more planetary landings

Can't get any more peeps neither

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I seem to be completely stuck and can't figure out how to proceed.  Spoilers abound, of course.

I have got to a point where I've met the Plinthi and I need to rid myself of them, but I need to collect something for the Tywom in order to do this.  I can't collect anything more, since my ship population is now 3, and I can't send any more landers down. This un-winnable situation seems...cheap.  Is there a way I can increase my population while I've got billions and billions of Plinthi onboard?  Is there a way to collect the resources the Tywom need without gathering them from a planet?

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Reply #1 from StarControl Forums Top

If you head back to Star Control do they refill your crew? If not, a sneaky way is to change out your flagship modules and put in another crew module. Free Clones!

Reply #2 from StarControl Forums Top

If you go back to Earth you should get more crew.  If you're out of landers and are too poor to buy a new one, the commander will give you a free lander.

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Reply #3 from StarControl Forums Top

Sorry, I was trying to be cagey and not spill too much.  Apparently I wasn't at all clear.  I can't get new crew at Earth's starbase 'cause I'm infected with the Plinthi virus, but I can't cure it without collecting Superfluids.  I don't know how to get those without planetary landings.  I'll try swapping my crew pods after work today and see what happens.  I'll get back to you.  Thanks!

Reply #4 from StarControl Forums Top

Okay, I tried the trick with crew pods, but crew pods come empty.  I cannot buy or switch to my existing crew pods to get more crew.  Also, this is turning out to be a game breaking situation, since I can't land on planets to continue any other "quest" I'm on.  I'm basically stuck.

 

Stardock, Am I completely stuck?

Reply #5 from StarControl Forums Top

Are you on the 1.10 version? I think I saw in another post that you on gog on an older build

Reply #6 from StarControl Forums Top

I'm on an early build.  I didn't see any fixes for this issue, though, in the change logs.  Also, if I upgrade, I loose all my progress, no?

Reply #7 from StarControl Forums Top

Quoting Quasi_Stomach, reply 6

I'm on an early build.  I didn't see any fixes for this issue, though, in the change logs.  Also, if I upgrade, I loose all my progress, no?
End of Quasi_Stomach's quote

Patches should not break save games.

Reply #8 from StarControl Forums Top

I didn't know that.  I'd've sworn I read that many of the patches break old saves.  So, if I update, what is the fix?  Can somebody give me more people?  Can I land with less than a full lander crew?  Does it introduce the bug Inferno83 mentioned which provides crew with crew pods?  I didn't see a fix for this in the change logs, but I might have missed it.

Can somebody tell me if updating is going to affect this issue? (and confirm that updating will not break my existing save games)?

Reply #9 from StarControl Forums Top

After the update, you always get crew going if you go to Star Control.

None of the patches so far have broken save games.  Hopefully, I haven't just jinxed myself :)