So... my starting lifepod apparently drifted away?

[Moebius JD]

I have my base set up at the edge of the safe shallows, bordering the grassy plateau, and a kelp forest. My lifepod was deep in the in the safe shallows at the start, now it's 500+ meters deep in the grassy plateau. It's roughly my 120th day in this particular save file. I've already moved out of that lifepod and don't really need it for anything aside from being a reference point for getting back to my base. Is this a new feature?

[BushiNeko]

Nope.

Altho once repaird it should not have drifted.. :-/

[Moebius JD]

Ok... so... it's actively drifting away now... at 1 meter per second. It's floating due east...bye bye lifepod 5... it's been real.

[Billy Bo Bob Brain]

I had this happen once. It was pretty irritating but I had my base built so it wasn't a game breaker.

[Lothos]

i read ot drifts in a circle until you fix it.

[Kris]

It will drift anyway if you don't repair it. I'm guessing thats what happened here.

[Nyello]

Yea you need to use the repair tool on the box next to the fabricator in the lifepod. This reactivates the gravity anchor making your lifepod sit still.

I'm wondering: if you didn't fix your lifepod did you fix your communication relay? If not, you are missing out on a lot....

[Moebius JD]

I already have a seperate base with all of the essentials and more. I have a Scanner room, Alien containment, Moonpool, a bed, a coffee maker and an observatory with lantern fruit and marble melons. I patched up the pod ages ago, but it seems it deteriorated on it's own again?

[Soloquendi]

Bug. Definitely report it.

[Psicraft]

Use the randomstart console command to teleport and halt your lifepod back to a starting position.

[Cougarific]

OP this bug has been around for years, as evidenced by all the existing threads you could have found if you had typed "drift" into the Search Discussions box and hit Enter before creating a new thread:

"The escape pod is drifting"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/392183857619829064/

"Drifting life pod"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/412449508276194587/

"Escape pod drifting into eternity"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/412447331647931678/

"My escape pod drifted into dangerous territory"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/412449508293626223/

"Vehicle drift"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/612823460257075223/

"Life pod drifting away? Temp fix for you"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/412449508277018494/

"DRIFTING"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/458606248622011117/

"Escape pod moves?"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/412449508293470945/

"Drifting lifepod"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/412449508284944278/

"Bug: Life pod drifting"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/412448158151136104/

"Life pod floating away"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/412448158152022041/

"Moving lifepod"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/412448792346065839/

"Lifepod bug?"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/412448158149911801/

"Hotfix for lifepod drift?"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/412448792354460234/

"Drifting lifepod getting out of hand"
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/618456760266491851/

etc.

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Use the console command provided by Psicraft to move it back.

[Teratus]

Publicado originalmente por Moebius JD:

I already have a seperate base with all of the essentials and more. I have a Scanner room, Alien containment, Moonpool, a bed, a coffee maker and an observatory with lantern fruit and marble melons. I patched up the pod ages ago, but it seems it deteriorated on it's own again?

Did you crash into it at some point?

When I built my Cyclops I underestimated the position of my mobile bay and kinda.. drop it ontop of my lifepod.. which broke it again lol moved it too..
I noticed when I went back inside the pannel was damaged even though everything else was working normally.. I repaired the pannel but got the whole lifepod powering up thing again.

[Moebius JD]

@Cougarific why did you take the time to look that all up and link it? Are you that bored?


@Teratus Now that you mention it, I did accidentally hit my lifepod with my Seamoth before this happened... I guess that solves that.