Other Player's Settlement...?

[Dealman]

So I prematurely took a settlement on a desert planet to check it out, I have since been looking for a new one but no matter what settlement I find it always says "other player's settlement".

I have now found one on a rainy planet I like and even in a spot I like, but lo and behold. Same thing again. Game claims that it belongs to another player, despite this world being undiscovered and now discovered by me.

Every single planet in this system is undiscovered.

I've tried restarting the game, tried turning off multiplayer. All my group related settings are set to friends only - but it makes no difference. :(

[The Phatest Ass]

Originally posted by Dealman:

So I prematurely took a settlement on a desert planet to check it out, I have since been looking for a new one but no matter what settlement I find it always says "other player's settlement".

I have now found one on a rainy planet I like and even in a spot I like, but lo and behold. Same thing again. Game claims that it belongs to another player, despite this world being undiscovered and now discovered by me.

Every single planet in this system is undiscovered.

I've tried restarting the game, tried turning off multiplayer. All my group related settings are set to friends only - but it makes no difference. :(

normally a loading problem but at the same time i havnt been able to find one on my home system at all so i dont know.

[Dealman]

Originally posted by A1Strider:

normally a loading problem but at the same time i havnt been able to find one on my home system at all so i dont know.

Hmm, I've found 2 more settlements on the same planet - those are also apparently owned by another player. I noticed however, that every single settlement I have found have the same progression as mine - a landing pad(star port).

So I definitely feel like something is afoot here.

Later I'll probably try to go to my settlement and see if I can abandon it or something. Sucks now that I already have a lot of hours put into it, but I'd rather do it on a nice planet since it seems to be a very long-term commitment and we can only own one at any given time.

Maybe I'll check the experimental branch as well. :)

[Galadhlinn]

From what I can tell we won't ever come across an unclaimed settlement by exploring. They are procedurally generated by the quest. The quest can trigger by players logging on for the first time after the update and traveling to space, or by using a cartographer's map (which still works with the quest). Day one (after claiming my settlement) I flew for hours searching several planets/systems using the ship scanner, the exosuit scanner and the building location device. Never found one, and now I'm convinced we never will. If you don't like the settlement you have, using a cartographer's map will take you to another settlement that you can then choose which will require you to abandon your current settlement.

[Dionysus 🐭]

Originally posted by galadhlinn:

From what I can tell we won't ever come across an unclaimed settlement by exploring. They are procedurally generated by the quest. The quest can trigger by players logging on for the first time after the update and traveling to space, or by using a cartographer's map (which still works with the quest). Day one (after claiming my settlement) I flew for hours searching several planets/systems using the ship scanner, the exosuit scanner and the building location device. Never found one, and now I'm convinced we never will. If you don't like the settlement you have, using a cartographer's map will take you to another settlement that you can then choose which will require you to abandon your current settlement.

Oh, what? Are you serious? I thought this update was an overall to all settlements, not just your "unique" and specific settlement that you also take over and control.

[japp_02]

And there must be a serious bug which hampers the settlement to remain active, see other posts. I think this has to do with playing MP and more than 1 player trying to claim the same settlement (can easily happen if the system is well-known or already explored by someone). Maybe I'm wrong, but check out other posts.

[Galadhlinn]

I'm not saying that this won't change in the future, and frankly we at the very least have to wait until the bugs are worked out to see how it was intended to be by the devs. What I'm saying is this seems to be the way it is currently. I have not yet read a single account of a player coming across an unclaimed settlement by chance (not through the quest or by using a cartographers map).

[RustyNail]

I ran into the same issue: Settlement already owned.

The way to fix it, is to warp away from that settlement - when you're far enough away - in the log you'll see the option to reset the settlement mission. Same way we reset other missions.

Should tell you up front that I needed to warp a really long ways. After about 8 jumps, I quit counting; and just kept jumping until the reset option appeared in the log.

Immediately after resetting the settlement mission in the log, I got a new message for a settlement. Was not owned by anyone; but ymmv and your new settlement could be owned by another player and then you need to repeat the steps to reset the mission.

[Dealman]

Odd, I've seen people warning others on Reddit that you may only own one settlement at a time which lead me to believe you could choose to oversee another one you come across. But would lose prior progress in doing so, which made sense.

Really wish we could have some clarification on this.

Oh and to clarify, I've used 4 planetary charts by now - all of which were claimed by another player.

Edit:

Experimental branch made no difference, sadly.

[Skeeby]

im also having this problem. tried upwards of 8 settlements just getting the quest to change locations.

[Astasia]

It doesn't say owned by other players if you are seeing the same message I saw, it just says they currently have an overseer and aren't looking for one right now. I'm pretty sure this is a quest stage blocker, the game wants you to do the early stages of the settlement quests before you can claim another one.

Settlements do generate randomly all over the universe, sometimes multiple per planet, they work like any other POI in the game. Once you've gone far enough into the settlement quest chain then you can wander off to any other settlement you find and claim it which will abandon your previous one.

[Dealman]

It is possible to seize other settlements, my girlfriend did so just 30 minutes ago and paid 3 Vy'keen daggers to do so. Visiting other settlements work fine for her.

Even if we go to the same one, she can seize it. I still get the "other player's settlement" message.

So yeah, I think those that have the same issue as me - our saves are probably corrupt in some way or another.

Edit:

Some clarification, I'm much farther into the quest than she is. I'm working on my 3rd building, she was working on her 1st.

[Astasia]

In my case I haven't reached the settlement quest yet so every settlement I visit gives me that message preventing me from skipping ahead. It seems like I'm not going to be able to claim one until I get to the normal unlock point.

[Dealman]

Originally posted by Astasia:

In my case I haven't reached the settlement quest yet so every settlement I visit gives me that message preventing me from skipping ahead. It seems like I'm not going to be able to claim one until I get to the normal unlock point.

Oof, I got the message a few minutes in after the update launched. Maybe there's a prerequisite you haven't met yet?

Though am not sure what that would be as I haven't done any of the major quests yet like Artemis or Atlas.

I was just flying around in space when it popped up.

[FeycatG]

Originally posted by Astasia:

In my case I haven't reached the settlement quest yet so every settlement I visit gives me that message preventing me from skipping ahead. It seems like I'm not going to be able to claim one until I get to the normal unlock point.

Um, the "unlock point" is pretty much the first thing that happens when you log in. You get a distress call, go to the settlement, fight sentinels then claim it. There's not really any "skipping ahead."

In fact, my second game I just fought sentinels and then left and claimed a different settlement because I am not about to try and build in lava-land.

Originally posted by A1Strider:

normally a loading problem but at the same time i havnt been able to find one on my home system at all so i dont know.

My understanding is that you won't ever find one on a discovered planet.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally posted by FeycatG:

My understanding is that you won't ever find one on a discovered planet.

I just claimed one on a planet I already had a base on.