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Domkenatrix Jul 29, 2018 @ 2:55pm
No compass?
I'm just starting the game, and I just located the hermetic seal. The game tells me to return to my ship, but I don't remember how to get there. A storm hit just as I was on my way, so I navigated my way through fog and cloud. Now that it's cleared up, I don't see any marker where my ship is at. The tooltip in the log says that the ship should be on the compass, on the top of the screen. Well, there is no compass. What am I missing?
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morph113 Jul 29, 2018 @ 2:56pm 
You probably haven't installed a visor yet, the game should tell you to do that to find your ship.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1458533258
Last edited by morph113; Jul 29, 2018 @ 2:57pm
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Domkenatrix Jul 29, 2018 @ 2:59pm 
That helped, thank you. I haven't seen any mention of needing to do that.
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Dirak2012 Jul 29, 2018 @ 4:04pm 
Originally posted by LookOutItsDomke:
That helped, thank you. I haven't seen any mention of needing to do that.
There literally a tutorial promp rightt after picking the seal, saying that you lost your ship, and instructs you to build the visor...
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Domkenatrix Aug 24, 2018 @ 9:17am 
Originally posted by Dirak2012:
Originally posted by LookOutItsDomke:
That helped, thank you. I haven't seen any mention of needing to do that.
There literally a tutorial promp rightt after picking the seal, saying that you lost your ship, and instructs you to build the visor...
There wasn't. I looked through the log.
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MechWarden Aug 24, 2018 @ 10:02am 
It is sometimes easy to miss the notification messages on the bottom right of the screen starting off. The notices cycle through what is needed, and I can see that being missed while trying to take in what's important and what isn't.

You got that fixed, and can see waypoints now, and that's the important thing.
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Cat Pondering At Yarn (mogging) Dec 27, 2018 @ 3:45am 
Originally posted by davidb11:
That's weird. It literally shows up on the screen itself and cannot be missed.
I know it's on the bottom right and not huge, but it's almost always there.

Also, the log has nothing to do wit he popups we're talking about.

Didn't pop up for me either had to use my head and figure out how to get back to my ship lol.
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my bruzza Aug 18, 2019 @ 2:07am 
Originally posted by morph113:
You probably haven't installed a visor yet, the game should tell you to do that to find your ship.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1458533258
How? It says I need to be near ship to install it and it needs carbon nanotubes. I don't understand. It makes no sense to me besides that it's a bug or something.
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chrislaw Jul 13, 2023 @ 1:14pm 
uhh yeah I'm in the same situation! it has me walking all over the place, now I'm lost and can't find my ship! Carbon Nanotubes!??! haven't seen hide nor hair of them! Just when I was getting into it.... I'ma take a break I think
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UncreativelyNamed Jul 13, 2023 @ 1:20pm 
Originally posted by chrislaw:
uhh yeah I'm in the same situation! it has me walking all over the place, now I'm lost and can't find my ship! Carbon Nanotubes!??! haven't seen hide nor hair of them! Just when I was getting into it.... I'ma take a break I think

You have to craft carbon nanotubes. You won't just find them lying around, though I think you can buy them from traders on space stations. You haven't gotten that far yet, so you must craft them.

Go into your inventory, click on any empty square in the cargo area, and it will bring up a window with all the blueprints you have available. One of them will be carbon nanotubes. Click on it to create one. I think it takes 50 Carbon? Don't quote me on the amount, though.

Then, use the nanotubes to make an analysis visor and then you will always seen an icon for your ship and also how far away it is from you on your HUD from that point on.
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tkwoods Jul 13, 2023 @ 1:25pm 
Originally posted by Domkenatrix:
I'm just starting the game, and I just located the hermetic seal. The game tells me to return to my ship, but I don't remember how to get there. A storm hit just as I was on my way, so I navigated my way through fog and cloud. Now that it's cleared up, I don't see any marker where my ship is at. The tooltip in the log says that the ship should be on the compass, on the top of the screen. Well, there is no compass. What am I missing?

The instructions clearly tell you to install the scan visor and scan some things. Follow the instructions. The visor is what enables the HUD compass.
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