New Vehicle Question

[Dark Phantom]

Built the new vehicle. Must say its peppy and comes with a inventory hold of 25, Not to bad. However when I upgrade it it , see no way to install it. Any one else
figured how this is done? If so please let us know. Will also say it seems like it would be great for multiplayer but so far see not that much use in single player as the jetpack is just as quick I think.

[Percale]

This comes from dev branch? Trying to imagine a vehicle that can climb steep rock walls as currently that is the primary transportation issue. Under powered jetpacks and absence of climbing gear are more of an issue than bumping carry size up to 25.

[Dark Phantom]

Originally posted by Percale:

This comes from dev branch? Trying to imagine a vehicle that can climb steep rock walls as currently that is the primary transportation issue. Under powered jetpacks and absence of climbing gear are more of an issue than bumping carry size up to 25.

Yes its on dev branch. Came out today on it. Anything real steep you will not be able to climb it.Hills seems to do fine.

[Bobucles]

Does it give oxygen? 25 inventory is a big deal if it shows up pretty early.

[Dark Phantom]

Originally posted by Dark Phantom:

Originally posted by Percale:

This comes from dev branch? Trying to imagine a vehicle that can climb steep rock walls as currently that is the primary transportation issue. Under powered jetpacks and absence of climbing gear are more of an issue than bumping carry size up to 25.

Yes its on dev branch. Came out today on it. Anything real steep you will not be able to climb it.Hills seems to do fine.

Also its about as fast as a maxed jet pack if anything might be a touch slower. Single player , really do not see a whole lot of use for except in the early stages. Requirements are not to bad to build but the real early stage would take a couple hours maybe to be able to do it. Not sure where it would unlock at in a normal play through. Am playing in a custom mode.

[Dark Phantom]

Originally posted by Bobucles:

Does it give oxygen? 25 inventory is a big deal if it shows up pretty early.

Yes it will with .blueprints Need a blueprint to unlock the vehicle and do not know where it falls on that tree.

[Luhai]

Originally posted by Dark Phantom:

Built the new vehicle. Must say its peppy and comes with a inventory hold of 25, Not to bad. However when I upgrade it it , see no way to install it. Any one else
figured how this is done? If so please let us know. Will also say it seems like it would be great for multiplayer but so far see not that much use in single player as the jetpack is just as quick I think.

There's a small compartment on the left side of the rover, labelled "Open Vehicle - Rover", with initially 2 expansion slots

edit: fully upgraded, the Rover can hold up to 88 items

[Luhai]

I fully upgraded it and took it for a ride. Manoeuvrability is mediocre and the Rover likes to get stuck on small rocks. Climbing and speed are decent, tho.
With the O² upgrade, you can use it to explore underwater areas.
Unfortunately, it's not immune against lethal areas, like the new acid lakes, the storm area and lava.

I drove the Rover into the lava in the south, and that's where it's now stuck forever, since I can't enter it anymore. The "Drive" command does not seem to work in the lava.

RIP little Rover.


Edit: there also seems to be a deathloop issue if you die inside the rover. I died while driving through the lava, respawned inside my nearest outpost, but I kept taking damage and died over and over again.
I finally managed to barely get back to the lava, jump in and die, and that's when the repeated deaths stopped.

[Dark Phantom]

There are limitations for sure. Would really like to know where this falls in the blueprint tree to unlock as well as the other items that go with it. Mainly to oxygen ,if both are early its a game changer in the early phase for sure

[Percale]

Originally posted by Dark Phantom:

There are limitations for sure. Would really like to know where this falls in the blueprint tree to unlock as well as the other items that go with it. Mainly to oxygen ,if both are early its a game changer in the early phase for sure

May not be on my wish list, but it is another example of dev's trying stuff out by testing game balance before enshrining it in main branch. Good for us .... thanks to them.

[>< V ><]

Originally posted by Dark Phantom:

There are limitations for sure. Would really like to know where this falls in the blueprint tree to unlock as well as the other items that go with it. Mainly to oxygen ,if both are early its a game changer in the early phase for sure

Yea, it's place in the upgrade path I see as the most important here. I just use teleporters now and would have no need for a vehicle. But perhaps early game it could be useful.

[Wiawyr]

Originally posted by Luhai:

Originally posted by Dark Phantom:

Built the new vehicle. Must say its peppy and comes with a inventory hold of 25, Not to bad. However when I upgrade it it , see no way to install it. Any one else
figured how this is done? If so please let us know. Will also say it seems like it would be great for multiplayer but so far see not that much use in single player as the jetpack is just as quick I think.

There's a small compartment on the left side of the rover, labelled "Open Vehicle - Rover", with initially 2 expansion slots

edit: fully upgraded, the Rover can hold up to 88 items

Can you put logistics settings on its inventory?

[Evil_Doc]

But will it blend?!?

[Dark Phantom]

For the ones that would like to know with upgrades this buggy moves darn fast. Normal speed is just a little slower than the tier 3 jet pack

[Robirda]

Hmmm, interesting! Any idea if there's any achievements to go with? Maybe something for how long you can remain airborne (and live)? Could be fun trying to get something like... some of those big rock ribs look like interesting launch possibilities, lol! :-D

[Tirandys]

I am not on the development branch.

I watched someone unlock and build the buggy. On his game a couple of days ago the buggy unlocked shortly after the Tier 5 back pack. The Tier 5 backpack unlocks on normal at 5.0 MTI. It seems like everything else is unlocked with blueprint chips.

The advanced crafting station unlocks at 125 KTI. You can build the jetpack here.

This is on normal and what works now, not sure if anything will change with the new update for buggys.