Starting Location RNG

[JiveTurkey]

So I've been reading this game has multiple starting locations and would like to see them all before picking one to begin my playthrough. However after 15 restarts I've only ever seen the crash landing in the forest itself, hanging from the trees. The helicopter is in the same location and I get the exact same starting items around the crash site every time. I'm wondering if maybe the RNG is bugged or maybe they have the ratios of certain starting location lower then others, but it seems a little annoying to start in the exact same spot everytime.

[Gul Bjorn]

you know regardless of where the helo crashes, you can still go and build anywhere on day 1 right?

[Rammstein]

Definately RNG bugged. I always started in snow "biome".

[Drannak]

From what I've read/heard, starting location depends on when you close the laptop in the original helo crash scenario.

[Rammstein]

Originally posted by Drannak:

From what I've read/heard, starting location depends on when you close the laptop in the original helo crash scenario.

Then OP needed to watch the intro pretty long 15 times... Because i close laptop always instantly and ALWAYS crashed in snow biome.

[Drannak]

Originally posted by Grüsslibär:

Originally posted by Drannak:

From what I've read/heard, starting location depends on when you close the laptop in the original helo crash scenario.

Then OP needed to watch the intro pretty long 15 times... Because i close laptop always instantly and ALWAYS crashed in snow biome.

Not sure, I've started a game twice, I haven't seen the snow biome start yet, but one I closed the laptop after watching the intro for a minute or two and spawned on the beach, the other I kept watching to see if anything would happen for maybe 5 minutes and spawned in the middle of the forest.

[Chemical Games]

I always figured it would spawn you based on when you close the laptop in the beginning, since your circling the island. 0_o

[HardWorkingLoner]

Originally posted by Morty Smith:

you know regardless of where the helo crashes, you can still go and build anywhere on day 1 right?

but the spawn changes where the helicopter with all the loot is, so if you want to optimize looting later in game then getting the right spawn can be helpfull ... like its pointless to have snow start when you will have base on the beach, thats a prety far way to go for rare items early when you dont have acces to bunkers etc

just saying ...

anyway has anyone managed to decypher where the heli needs to be to get different spawns ? even if i try to time it until the heli is in close distance to the spot i want it stil lends up in snow

[Sinovia]

My first play through was in the forest in a tree. My second start up we crashed in the ocean, very cool!

[carlopelele]

Originally posted by Sinovia:

My first play through was in the forest in a tree. My second start up we crashed in the ocean, very cool!

For some reason I always get the same spawn location all the time :(

[Skali]

For some reason I always have the beach spawn, 100% out of 10 tries.

[Nocternaldaze]

First time i played i spawned on beach, heard it was to do with which person was on laptop, which someone said have it on the old lady to spawn on beach. I have tried everything and can not spawn back on beach, every time now it puts me in the forest hanging from the tree.

[JiveTurkey]

so after playing around with the restarts a few more times, I find that its not based on the laptop in anyway, but rather it seems to choose a starting location on start up of the gameand as long as you restart your playthough without restarting your game you seem to get the same spawn point 100% of the time, however if you shut down and restart the gamer, you have a chance of getting one of the other spots.

[Tony Approconi]

Originally posted by JiveTurkey:

so after playing around with the restarts a few more times, I find that its not based on the laptop in anyway, but rather it seems to choose a starting location on start up of the gameand as long as you restart your playthough without restarting your game you seem to get the same spawn point 100% of the time, however if you shut down and restart the gamer, you have a chance of getting one of the other spots.

I just tested this out and that is 100% what determines the crash site

[SerKhronic]

I literally only spawn on the beach near the rebreather cave

[ZeroLexx]

Starting a new Playthrough won't change the starting Location during current play session. Restarting the game does change the Location though.