Couldn't repair Cyclops

[rdbury]

I got into trouble in the Cyclops and got two points of external damage. (There was also a fire but I put that out.) I repaired one spot with no problems, but the other one just stayed at 0% when I used the repair tool. Any ideas what I was doing wrong? I quit without saving in case there was no way to fix it, so I can't go back and experiment with it. If the reason isn't obvious then I'll just chalk it up to a glitch.

PS. I just went back to the cyclops, but this time all I wanted to do was park it a bit closer to my base. But when I started to get close I started hearing a banging noise. I checked the radar, nothing there. I got out and looked around; nothing more unfriendly than a few gasopods swimming around. I got back in, turned the engine off but still bang, bang bang. It was definitely louder inside than outside, but I found nothing after searching inside and out, ship health was still at 100%.I tried moving the ship and turning off the engine again; sitll bang bang bang over and over. Honestly it was like something out of a bad underwater horror movie. So I saved without quitting again. I haven't used the cyclops much yet, so is this the kind of thing I'll have to get used to?

[Dirak2012]

does the repair tool have battery? Are you sure you are not using the laser cutter?

[rdbury]

Originally posted by Dirak2012:

does the repair tool have battery? Are you sure you are not using the laser cutter?

Like I said, I repaired one of the holes with no problem.

[Ez Duzit]

Originally posted by rdbury:

Originally posted by Dirak2012:

does the repair tool have battery? Are you sure you are not using the laser cutter?

Like I said, I repaired one of the holes with no problem.

The batteries wear out and need to be changed. Hold up the device and the battery % is towards the bottom of the screen (right above your tool icons).

Edit- Why you couldn't fix the cyclops. It needed to be fixed from the outside, so now you know (for next time).

[Ray Robertson]

Not being able to repair some holes is a bug. Reloading the save moves the holes, most likely the moved spots will be repairable.

[Coops]

If the break shows 0%, you have the bug. Like Ray said, save, close and restart and the break should have a low number like 3%. Then it can be fixed.

[rdbury]

@Ray Robertson & @Coops - thanks. So it was safe to save even it was a bug. If you save it automatically saves over your previous progress, to it always seems risky to try it. I've gotten into the habit of saving progress when I'm safe in my habitat and well fed and watered, so I don't loose a lot of progress if something goes wrong but can still restart from a stable point. It was probably the multiple attacks in combination with the fire that triggered the bug, so lesson learned - stay out of ampeel territory until you can defend yourself. I take it the banging noise is still a mystery.

[Playkid]

Originally posted by Coops:

If the break shows 0%, you have the bug. Like Ray said, save, close and restart and the break should have a low number like 3%. Then it can be fixed.

I had the same problem and this helped me (save/reload). Pretty frustrating because i just had another bug 5 min. ago where my cyclopse was stuck in nothing, but i managed to get it free somehow.
Hope thats the last of bugs in this playthrough, game feels pretty buggy as of lately!

[Dxminick]

Originally posted by Coops:

If the break shows 0%, you have the bug. Like Ray said, save, close and restart and the break should have a low number like 3%. Then it can be fixed.

Thank you so much! I play on PlayStation and this fixed it, my cyclops was glitched so I flung it out of the water with a habitat and it freed it but broke my hull repaired one of them and the other one wouldnt work until I saved and force closed the game.