Maybe I'm just dumb

[Bemethealway]

I got my first pet after cleansing an island that had a goat and feeding it and petting it and he even had a name! It was so cute and I was so happy. But then it said I could pick him up so I got excited and picked him up and jumped off the edge of the island to fly him back to my base. Needless to say, it ended rather tragically. Maybe I should have known or did a test flight somewhere safer, but some kind of disclaimer upon animal pick-up that you can't fly with held animals would have been nice. Anyway, love the demo, but that made me legit almost cry. I'm having a lot of fun so far other than that though haha.

[Drudackus]

This isn't a dumb thing to do. I almost did it myself, and am confident you are not the only one to make the same mistake. There will be those whom argue it is a design flaw, but I would argue its just a matter of experience and whether you had a good breakfast in the morning.

[rdbury]

I tried that myself and it was shear luck that kept me from sharing your fate; I jumped from the middle of the island instead of the edge.

[hbrika]

I made a bridge from an island with a baby goat, picked it up and crossed.
I then slipped off the edge of my island and was heartbroken.

I don't need a warning. I need a harness to carry pets :)

[rdbury]

Originally posted by hbrika:

I made a bridge from an island with a baby goat, picked it up and crossed.
I then slipped off the edge of my island and was heartbroken.

I don't need a warning. I need a harness to carry pets :)

I'm pretty sure the ground is covered with soft, fluffy pillows so your pet wasn't injured. The problem is they made the animals too cute. In Subnautica they're just fish and you can happily cook them for supper or throw them in the composter for energy.

[Ornalee]

Yeah... We're gonna need a wicker backpack, or a temporary posts-pulleys-ropes-basket system, or a drawbridge to get our critters home safe...

[rdbury]

Originally posted by Ornalee:

Yeah... We're gonna need a wicker backpack, or a temporary posts-pulleys-ropes-basket system, or a drawbridge to get our critters home safe...

A drawbridge isn't needed since a regular bridge will clip into the second island, in other words it adjusts automatically. This is bit immersion breaking to me but it seems that's how it's meant to work for the time being. I was thinking something along the lines of a rope ladder. Hang it off the edge of your island like a floater, and unroll it when needed.

[Drudackus]

I just parked my island below the one I was visiting. It only requires a simple step off the ledge and you fall safely onto your island. Either choice is viable.

[schnabbo]

I just jumped off the edge in the dom. Not sure if it is like that in the finished game, but the goats respawned at the nearest island which is your home if you are close enough and did a small jump.
also tried parking a few meters below so i fall onto my hom. went well.

[Tachyon]

Jumping down onto your island works great for animal transport, but on the leading edge of my island I built stairs downwards for about 5 or 6 levels and I use that as a makeshift "docking ramp". It's not just for convenience, it was also to stop clipping into the other island and being unable to access my steering wheel, which almost happened to me once when I started playing. It doesn't matter if the stairs clip in as they take no damage.

[Blender McBiscuits]

The stairs themselves don't prevent clipping though right? Since everything you build is completely transparent to rock and will go right through it (needs fixing!).

You mean your stairs mean you don't have to plop your island directly beneath the island you're stealing from? Doesn't matter as long as your island is big enough and you're smart enough to pay attention and not leave the sails up while you go off and do other things, even if sailing long distances IS boring! Once you've lost your helm that way you'll take better care next time, at least I hope I will!

[Tachyon]

Originally posted by Blender McBiscuits:

The stairs themselves don't prevent clipping though right? Since everything you build is completely transparent to rock and will go right through it (needs fixing!)....

The stair-ramp is long enough and goes down far enough that I have no chance whatsoever the islands will clip into each other. Using my stair-ramp as an island access point means my helm is about 5 wall heights above the other island's surface and about 5 floor lengths away from it. I'm happy with how it works for me.

I suppose it would be easier to just fly over to the new island, pick an animal up and run off the island and fall until me and the animal appear back at my bed on my island. Rinse and repeat as needed. Probably less time-consuming than manoeuvring our islands to a position that suits us anyway.

[rdbury]

Originally posted by Tachyon:

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I suppose it would be easier to just fly over to the new island, pick an animal up and run off the island and fall until me and the animal appear back at my bed on my island. Rinse and repeat as needed. Probably less time-consuming than manoeuvring our islands to a position that suits us anyway.

I've tried both and yes you do have to take more time "parking" with the bridge method, but to me it pays off in the end. If you're only going to move one animal then the drop method is faster short term, but in the long run I thought the bridge method was easier and you don't have to worry (as much) about missing.

Originally posted by Blender McBiscuits:

The stairs themselves don't prevent clipping though right? Since everything you build is completely transparent to rock and will go right through it (needs fixing!). ...

Things do tend to clip a lot in the game and it's a bit worrisome that some mechanics seem to depend on it now. My biggest problem with Subnautica is the frequent clipping issues, items clip through the floor and get lost, fish clip into your habitat, and sometime they even get stuck there. Perhaps the root problem is the Unity engine.

[Bemethealway]

Originally posted by schnabbo:

I just jumped off the edge in the dom. Not sure if it is like that in the finished game, but the goats respawned at the nearest island which is your home if you are close enough and did a small jump.

It never respawned sadly and it was the only male goat I had found. I found 4 females now and still no male . Maybe if I go to the next usland that's like 10 miles away? I've explored every island I can see but my map shows a few way out in the void somewhere

[Tachyon]

I have 2 male and 1 female Pheasants, 2 male Goats and 4 female Goats and (definitely) 1 male and 1 female Llama but they absolutely will not breed, sadly. I pet them until the red X above their names has vanished, presumably meaning they are ready to mate, but nope. I have to go and get new ones off an island if I want to increase their numbers (and any other animal types) to get more of their resources. They won't feed from a trough, either. 😟

[rdbury]

This seems to be happening to me too. Animals won't eat from the troughs and have to be fed by hand. You can still get wool etc. once they're fed.