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The User Interfaces are on the main game screen, which features the 'Colony Map'.  Each User Interface is either a button, transparently displayed menu or object.
 
  
  
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! Object
 
! style="width:7%" | On-screen Location
 
! Description
 
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! [[Architect]] menu
 
| Bottom left corner
 
| Use the Architect menu to access submenus which allow you to build your colony base, place or change objects, ).
 
 
 
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! Inspect pane
 
| Bottom left corner
 
| The inspect pane appears whenever the player selects a pawn, item, or structure, and shows details about that object. If multiple objects of the same type are selected the inspect pane will automatically list the quantity selected.
 
 
 
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! Cell info
 
| Bottom left corner
 
| When neither the Architect menu nor the inspect pane are open, whatever is at the cursor's current location is listed. This includes roofing, ground/flooring, objects, and filth (i.e. blood, rubble). The cell's light level is also shown.
 
  
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! [[Resources]] list
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The User Interfaces are on the main game screen, which features the 'Colony Map'.  Each User Interface is either a Button, transparently displayed menu or object.
| Top left corner
 
| This transparent list shows each resource, and its quantity, located in stockpiles. This includes silver, food, clothing, weapons, and metals, and all other resources. The list does not include items worn or held by colonists nor resources not located in stockpiles. It can be scrolled.<br>
 
If 'Categorized mode' is toggled, the list to be displayed in a collapsible format, sorted according to category.
 
  
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! [[Menus]]
 
| Bottom
 
| The menus at the bottom of the screen are generally used to change configurations or view information, most notably the Architect menu. The last 'Menu' tab lets you review the current scenario, configure options, save the game in progress, load a saved game, return to the main screen, or exit the game. This menu also includes game-related links.
 
  
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!Button / Menu / Object
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!Screen Location
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!Description or Function
 
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! Toggle switches for various game and display controls
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|Architect button, with sub-buttons for ([[Orders|Orders]], [[Zones|Zone/Area]], [[Structure|Structure]], [[Production|Production]], [[Furniture|Furniture]], [[Power|Power]], [[Security|Security]], [[Misc|Misc]], [[Floors|Floors]], [[Joy|Joy]], [[Ship|Ship]], [[Temperature|Temperature]])
| Bottom right corner
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|[Bottom left corner]
| Toggle visibility of zones, beauty display, expanding home area, showing roofed areas and categorized mode resources menu.
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|Use the Architect menu to access submenu's to build your Colony base, place or change objects, and control Colonist actions (mining, harvesting, etc.) The Architect menu changes to the current object selected on the Colony Map.  If no Architect menu or game object is selected on the Colony Map, descriptive text is provided for the cursor's current location.
  
 
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! Time speed control
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|[[Resources|Resources]]
| Bottom right corner
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|[Top left corner]
| The speed control lets you control the speed of time in '''RimWorld'''. You can pause the game from this menu, or play it using normal, 3x (two triangles), or 5x (three triangles) speed.
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|This transparent menu shows how much Resources are held by Colonists located in Stockpiles, and includes money, food, clothing, weapons, and metals. Resources worn or held by Colonists and resources not located in defined Stockpiles are excluded.  Resources in Dumping Stockpiles are also excluded.
  
 
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! Current time
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|[[Overview|Overview]], [[Research|Research]], [[Codex|Codex]], Game Menu
| Bottom right corner
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|[Bottom right corner]
| Days and hours passed since you have landed.
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|The overview lets you control colonist jobs. The research tab lets you choose what to research if you have a research table. |The codex is a work-in-progress help tab.
  
 
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! Current alerts and suggestions
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|Time speed control
| Top right corner
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|[Bottom right corner]
| Alerts when colonists are about to go insane, or if they need rescue. Also displays helpful tips.
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|The speed control lets you control the speed of time in '''RimWorld'''. You can pause the game from this menu, or play it |using normal, double, or triple speed.
  
 
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! [[Development mode|Development mode toolbar]]
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|Current time.  
| Top center
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|[Bottom right corner]
| Includes tools to spawn objects, trigger events, execute various commands, and view detailed info. Only available if 'Dev mode' is turned on in 'Options'.
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|Days and hours since you have landed.
 
 
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! [[Learning helper]]
 
| Top right
 
| An interactive tool to learn gameplay. It replaces the yellow pop-up messages and yellow learning alerts. Can be disabled in the game settings.
 
  
 
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! Toggle zones visibility
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|Current alerts and suggestions
| Bottom right corner
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|[Top right corner]
| Zone visibility is on be default. When off, zones are not shown. A zone can still be selected to display it and configure it.
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|Alerts when colonists are about to go insane, or if they need rescue. Also displays helpful tips.
  
 
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! Toggle learning helper visibility
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|Debug and modding tools
| Bottom right corner
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|[Top right corner]
| Be default, the learning helper is displayed even when empty. Toggling this will automatically hide the learning helper when it has nothing to provide.
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! Colonist bar
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|Toggle visible of zones
| Top
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|[Bottom right corner]
| Shows the colonists' names, appearance, and status icons and are grouped by settlement and/or caravan. Left-click jumps to a colonist on their local map or goes to the world map if in a caravan. Right-click always goes to the world map and centers on the colonist's location. The bar can be turned off and on via toggle at the bottom right.
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[[Category:Running the game]]

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