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Hi All, So I read a lot and I love to share great books. When I play a good game, sometimes I like to complement them with a good read…so here is what I am offering to anybody who would like them, I am providing 2 great books to this community. First book is… The Martian by Andy Weir Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first men to walk on the surface of Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first man to die there. It started with the dust storm that holed his suit and nearly killed him-and that forced his crew to leave him behind, sure he was already dead. Now he's stranded millions of miles from the nearest human being, with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive-and even if he could get word out, his food would be gone years before a rescue mission could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to get him first. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills-and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit-he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. But will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him? LINK REMOVED Second book is… Voyage by Stephen Baxter An epic saga of America's might-have-been, Voyage is a powerful, sweeping novel of how, if President Kennedy had lived, we could have sent a manned mission to Mars in the 1980s. Imaginatively created from the true lives and real events., Voyage returns to the geniuses of NASA and the excitement of the Saturn rocket, and includes historical figures from Neil Armstrong to Ronald Reagan who are interwoven with unforgettable characters whose dreams mirror the promise of a young space program that held the world in thrall. There is: Dana, the Nazi camp survivor who achieves the dream of his hated masters; Gershon, the Vietnam fighter jock determined to be the first African-American to land on another planet; and Natalie York, the brilliant geologist/astronaut who risks a career and love for the chance to run her fingers through the soil of another world. LINK REMOVED I have uploaded both and am making them available to this community. Enjoy.

I have come back after a time away to see what has changed and am a bit lost too. A lot has changed. But any questions I have seem to go mostly unanswered. I have made a couple posts and have not received answers to my questions from the dev's. I have posted in here and at the steam forums. It seems that whoever is moderating the forums only want to answer some questions. I know that the dev's are so very busy that it is impossible for them to support the forums that we come to for answers. But generaly, there are people who will answer for them at steam, even if they are just quessing about the answer. Can we please get more of a commitment on the forums and start answering some of the questions that have been ignored please? Faster response times would be appreciated too. Now I know someone will come back defending the dev's and the forums...but i still say you are wrong....anybody can go look at the dates of posts and the response times same as I can to see you dont have a leg to stand on. You really dont have a real good defense here guys. Please start respecting the forums!!! But my first question is...what are you working on that keeps all the dev's so busy that they can not come to the forums at least once a week to answer the questions people post? You can look at the dates on the posts and the last time they were responded to the same as I can. Why is this? Even the easy questions do not get answers...like how do i take a screenshot? Nobody will take the time to answer this question. Next question is...when will the next update be incomming please? even a approximate date will be helpful. i have read that the endgame missins have been removed for the time being. Can some estimate be given for the return of this part of the game...I will assume that it will be back with the next patch unless told differently. I ask because i am to a point that i cannot seem to procede and I am not sure if this is because of the missing missions or not, so some info would be helpful here. Dont get me wrong here...I like the game....but more attention and commitment to the forums would be real nice guys. The game is not big enough for a huge following...in fact...I dont see it ever having a huge following due to the nature of the game...you really must have an interest. But with the small community this game has and will have...you gotta understand that the forums will suffer from the get go. So a stronger commitment from the dev's is absolutly necessary to keep interest in this game alive. So please...lets make this a better place guys? thanx for the time here.

I have decided to try this again after a time away and I love the game too...a lot has changed since I played last. Here is what I have noticed so far...For what it is worth. As well....polite suggestions. Being able to take screenshots in steam would go far to help get some of my friends to step up and make a purchase....may not be a high priority, but I'm just saying.... Weather is awesome, but 2 things. Parachutes do need to deflate at some point. My issue is that with a moderate wind, they stay inflated and into the wind...this cancels the illusion the game is trying to achieve and looks silly. I have a cam on a mast and even in conditions of no wind....the camera is very shaky. I know this may be planed...but sitting still and no wind still has movement. Is this normal? So far....I have had no fail indicators from any of my wheels on my rover...although I can not maintain a straight path over even a short distance. I have watched the indicators and I get nothing ever. I did break a wheel off and it showed that...but that is it. Are the wheel fault indicators still working correctly? Here is the tricky one. I built a rover and sent it to Victoria crater. I loaded it with about as many instruments I could. No sooner I land and a micro meteorite hit rover and destroyed my RAD instrument...I thought. I loaded my save and it happened again...and again. I thought "what's up with that"? I actually loaded 2 RAD's on the back of the thing and it still happened. AND, after it killed one, I still had another one, but I could not do any RAD test after that. I left the rover and returned to control and in the map I checked the rover statistics and it said everything was fine and OK. This cannot be right. One of my RAD instruments is laying on the mars surface and I cannot do a RAD test now....things are not OK. LOL Why does this dang RAD instrument keep wanting to just break for no apparent reason at all? One time I was actually just sitting there getting my cam's all set after landing and had not even moved yet...and bang...it broke. This is when I thought I was hit by a micro meteorite. I get this kind of stuff will happen....but like this? I don't know if this is what you guys were looking for...but these are the things I have seen. MY impressions. I love the game...keep up the great work all.

now then...I found the photo folder...now...How do I post them here for you all to see? Any help would be loved..thanx.

Hi Folks....One question. In Steam....The screenshot(F12) is not working...how can I get a screenshot? You guys seem to be doing ok getting them. Thanx