wasted my day

[Wragon]

spent all day working on the heavy mermaid, had only the bottem heavy items left, broke a wall next to the crate, and the whole floor dropped. of course we cant just load a save, so i go to menu, and there has been no autosave in about 12 hours. thanks for wasting my last day of the weekend.

[Pesky]

The game does not autosave at regular time intervals. It autosaves when you have made a change to your character like buying a new tool, or a new wreck.

[Wragon]

i guess thats why it seemed to work yesterday, because that was the cheaper ships and equipment. so autosave happened more often. still feels like garbage, a game like this needs periodic autosave.

[Omernon]

I'm sorry this happend to you. We are reworking whole autosave feature so it saves as often as player wants (patch will be available soon). For now please stick to pressing F5 every now and then.

[saddist1337]

happened to me too bud i lost about 5+ hours, but i learned from it too. i didnt consider it a bug though, i think that its a puzzle to sort out and i got it wrong the first time, got it on the second though, and am now finishing up the tanker. my advice for the tanker before you break down any wall(to a closed in room) or drop any large floor section, save.

[lt.blaster]

I did not want to give a spolier to the specific location but you are stuck on the cargo, I had a screenshot if you want to see https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197982901926/screenshot/2004717947626753268/

[Wragon]

Originally posted by lt.blaster:

I did not want to give a spolier to the specific location but you are stuck on the cargo, I had a screenshot if you want to see https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197982901926/screenshot/2004717947626753268/

yup, that wall you have already removed, that was the one i removed and it dropped everything. but the devs say they are looking into the autosave, so there is some hope there.

[lt.blaster]

Dunno if it helps but this is the critical bulkhead I commented on the other Heavy Mermaid thread.

Heavy Mermaid Critical lower hull Bulkhead (note i had removed the other bulkhead directly above it)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3023981835

After the other ship bulkheads were cut. The outcome when removed
and breaking the floor here
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3023983058


This is how I was able to vertical slice off just that wall section in one motion.
As I was stuck on getting the cargo out, I looked into that side entirely.
One you separate from the rest of connecting ship inc floor plates (step 1 in pic) I let the weight of it collapse on itself from the lower walls (step2)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3023985609

Also sorry it wasted you day mate. I have had that happen to me in numerous games and it sucks. Generally I move on but sometimes it is worth coming back for another chance. I had an awful time with Mount & Blade Warband when first tried it. A few months later I determined would stick it out for a few more hours trying.. and it turned out to be one of the best games I have played.

[Miznit]

I guess this is where growing up with the OG arcade games and the mantra "save often" (when, as in this game, there is a mechanic to save whenever you want) pays off. Manual saves ALWAYS (generally) are better than auto saves. I feel the frustration, however.

[Wragon]

-_-
i see the auto-save doesn't seem to work as intended. and i accidentally hit quick-save on the controller trying to get to the menu. soonest save i have from before is the one from this morning. at least this time it was AFTER i got the contracts done.

thanks for getting a step closer devs, the auto-save has helped me already a few times, so the game is on the right track. if i had to make a guess (since i often play this between calls as i work from home, hence why it takes all day to do one ship) the auto-save seems to make one save slot per game session and just overrides that when saving. not sure if that's intended.