Starting Abyss questline

[Awkwurdd]

Title,
Can't seem to start the new questline.
Making a new save also doesn't help and i am indeed on version 1.7
Any ideas?

[Phaota]

Once you go out into space, you'll get a message that directs you to another solar system.

[Awkwurdd]

I found that on reddit but even when traveling with my freighter to multiple systems i get no messages.
When i press P there is also no new questline

[japp_02]

It's in your log, activate it and watch for the instructions on the lower right.

[japp_02]

Originally posted by AwkwardYet?:

I found that on reddit but even when traveling with my freighter to multiple systems i get no messages.
When i press P there is also no new questline

You must scroll the list maybe, if still you don't see it: make sure you did update the game correctly.

[Awkwurdd]

Thanks for the responses but im really confused here.
There is nothing new in the quest log and im 100% sure im on 1.7.
I warped to a system with a water world and i indeed found the new sea creatures and plants.

[CyberBatty7]

Do I need to unlock the other exocraft before this quest will start?

[Mike]

Originally posted by GoingBatty:

Do I need to unlock the other exocraft before this quest will start?

I was in the middle of the Artemis quest when I first got the update, and didn't have the new quest. Once I finished the Artemis quest, the new one showed up. Are you in the middle of another quest like that?

[tkwoods]

For me it took a few loads of the game. Once I saw the save files needed updated before use in MP, I started loading each one in single player.

I joined and MP session and the quest started just after entering the game.

[japp_02]

I would be astonished if the Abyss part of the game is conditional to first finish the entire Artemis plot (main storyline). But if you are in the middle of a storyline mission, then finish it first. Or leave space station and scan in space, this may also trigger the message that you must respond (X + F).

[Mike]

Originally posted by japp_02:

I would be astonished if the Abyss part of the game is conditional to first finish the entire Artemis plot (main storyline). But if you are in the middle of a storyline mission, then finish it first. Or leave space station and scan in space, this may also trigger the message that you must respond (X + F).

I dunno, all I can say is I did saves, loads, warps, returns to base, and such and no new mission, but as soon as I finished Artemis, there it was.

[Awkwurdd]

Originally posted by Mike:

Originally posted by japp_02:

I would be astonished if the Abyss part of the game is conditional to first finish the entire Artemis plot (main storyline). But if you are in the middle of a storyline mission, then finish it first. Or leave space station and scan in space, this may also trigger the message that you must respond (X + F).

I dunno, all I can say is I did saves, loads, warps, returns to base, and such and no new mission, but as soon as I finished Artemis, there it was.

Strange, i found that i got the quest on my old pre NEXT savegame but not on my newer and more completed save

[Herb Shrump]

I have not finished any of the main 3 plots. Yet I started Abyss.

I was flying through space in my starship (not freighter). I picked up an unusual comm signal. Very mysterious. Coordinates were for a planet in the star system I was currently in. A ship crashed in the ocean and I was gonna check it out.

I flew to the location and landed (after deleting a now obsolete mod) on the nearest island. I installed the tech for the scuba gear that was transmitted in the distress call. Then I went for a swim.

Down and down I swam, about 900u from my ship, until I found the wreckage and what looked like an under water bathyscaphe or diving bell.

In the clear domed structure was breathable air. This allowed my opportunity to search the wreckage. I found in the data the plans to build my own structure and, eventually, a mini sub.

I left and went back to the mission I was working. I'll come back at some point and explore further.

[Asmosis]

As soon as i went into space in my regular ship, i got the comms to start the quest.

It's quite possible there's bugs that might stop some players from getting the space comms.

[Joann Sheridan]

Add me to the list. Not getting the startet quest. Went to space, talked with Polo, jumped to another system, reloaded 2 month old save game, did some steps of the Artemis quest line. Nothing. This is for the traveller I started with Next.

I have another game of a traveller started at release which i stopped playing - this one got the quest directly in the log. Does not really help, I don't want to start over with a long abandoned old traveller.

So it seems if no one else has an idea, I can just stop playing until they may be fix it in a few months :(

[EazyCheeze1978]

Not getting the first Abyss quest either, unfortunately. Went to a new system and everything.