Caution with the new floating islands

[Djsstorm]

I built a base on one of the planets with the new floating islands on it. It was tucked in near the waterfall and everything. Now, when I went back, suddenly the island is gone. It doesn't seem to be a loading issue, every time I warp out, and go back, it is still gone. The base is still there, but looks out of place now with no island surrounding it. I guess they are not locked in with the coordinates in the code and they may shift around on you. Guess I will dismantle the base and wait for a patch. Just a warning to others so you don't waste too much time building on one of them quite yet.

[wkitty42]

wdym "wait for a patch"? i mean, if it isn't reported to HG via their zendesk[hellogames.zendesk.com] or posted in one of the reporting topics, there won't be a patch... AFAWK, they don't read these forums...

[Slava Ukraini]

There was a patch line item the other day for waterfall islands, something about something sorry I just woke up. Maybe it caused them to be re-proceduralalal'd.

I planted a base computer on a nice one the other day. Now I'm a little hesitant to look.

[wkitty42]

i have a floating island base in my Exp 14 save... i'll drop in and see what it looks like...

[Djsstorm]

Originally posted by wkitty42:

wdym "wait for a patch"? i mean, if it isn't reported to HG via their zendesk[hellogames.zendesk.com] or posted in one of the reporting topics, there won't be a patch... AFAWK, they don't read these forums...

I did report it using their form, I always do when I find a problem. Now I wait for them to patch it before trying to any base building on the islands.

[Djsstorm]

Originally posted by Slava Ukraini:

There was a patch line item the other day for waterfall islands, something about something sorry I just woke up. Maybe it caused them to be re-proceduralalal'd.

This was in the last patch, but this was a week and a half ago on the 29th. This just happened with me yesterday.

"Fixed a number of LODing issues with floating islands
Improved the ambient audio on floating islands"

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by Djsstorm:

Originally posted by wkitty42:

wdym "wait for a patch"? i mean, if it isn't reported to HG via their zendesk[hellogames.zendesk.com] or posted in one of the reporting topics, there won't be a patch... AFAWK, they don't read these forums...

I did report it using their form, I always do when I find a problem. Now I wait for them to patch it before trying to any base building on the islands.

ahhh... you didn't mention reporting it in your OP so i was unaware that you had...

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by wkitty42:

i have a floating island base in my Exp 14 save... i'll drop in and see what it looks like...

the main thing i noticed is most all of my floating island parts i can walk on now... aside from that, a few things did change... some trees and large rocks disappeared... the large rock going away was good because it was near my Landing Pad... the trees? well, i built where i did like i did because of the trees and the nice look they gave the area with the small creeks and waterfalls... oh well... i still have the creeks and waterfalls...

when the island where my Landing Pad is located was altered, the terrain on top was lowered a bit... this is ok because i wanted to put down some of those support legs from the pre-fab buildings and that large rock was in the way... i like to do these support legs so the LP isn't just floating in the air... i do it for my raised buildings, too...

i dropped four cubic rooms on the four corners of the decking i built around the LP... then i added the four-legged support pieces and removed the cubic rooms... everything looked great until i checked it out in photo mode and saw the support legs went right through the island to their maximum length instead of stopping on top of the terrain like they do on non-floating terrain...

i'll get some screen shots and report this to HG later...

[Grimmslayer73]

I wonder if it's possible the game creates the floating islands the same way it creates volcanoes? Volcanoes have been known to move and spawn in different locations.

[Djsstorm]

It was fine for a few days, I would go there at times to refine things or add to the base etc. Then suddenly, I went and the island was gone. I had explored more start systems before going back there, so maybe something to do with exploring more overrides the code they used to form those islands. I am hopeful it will be fixed though, because it was fun to build there.

[Brigo Halefoot]

I found a large island (three basically stuck together) I could land on. Beautiful waterfall coming out of a shelf cave effect. I tried placing a foundation and cylindrical room but got a "must place on terrain" message. If I first place the room I can then put a foundation under it, but I still get grass poking thru the floor. Flatten terrain doesn't work. I'd like to edit the foundation to bring everything above ground, but can't do that either. Where I am has superheated rain, and I also get no protection entering my tiny base. I'm new to the game, so yet to figure out if many issues are the game or me. Thoughts (other than don't build on the floating islands yet)?

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by Brigo Halefoot:

I found a large island (three basically stuck together) I could land on. Beautiful waterfall coming out of a shelf cave effect. I tried placing a foundation and cylindrical room but got a "must place on terrain" message. If I first place the room I can then put a foundation under it, but I still get grass poking thru the floor. Flatten terrain doesn't work. I'd like to edit the foundation to bring everything above ground, but can't do that either. Where I am has superheated rain, and I also get no protection entering my tiny base. I'm new to the game, so yet to figure out if many issues are the game or me. Thoughts (other than don't build on the floating islands yet)?

can you put down floor tiles and then place the pre-fab module on them? i do it this way in 95% of my pre-fab builds...

[UNBREAKABLE]

The floating islands are props just like trees are. Sometimes they disappear or don't load in for various random reasons.

[wkitty42]

i haven't noticed any islands disappearing... some trees did reappear on my island base after they disappeared for a few days... i have now walked on all of the ones in the cluster where i build my island base... also was able to place legs but they still generated full length instead of stopping at the island terrain's hit box like they should... i haven't checked it with the last several updates i've gotten on the experimental branch, though...

[Prescient Stones]

Originally posted by wkitty42:

everything looked great until i checked it out in photo mode and saw the support legs went right through the island to their maximum length instead of stopping on top of the terrain like they do on non-floating terrain...

i'll get some screen shots and report this to HG later...

That snuck up on me and I to laugh. All that work and photo mode dashed your hopes.

I deleted my Expo 14 floater cause you have to have a fireplace, or emergency heater to keep the indoor environment at bay.
Also cause I could not delete a part I could plainly see poking out of the pseudo surface.

I really like that the Minotaur stayed on it's GeoBay in "active" mode did not go stomping around, falling off, and flyby jump scares to eventually tea bagging my face. So many joke there, but no"BODY" commented on this name yet>
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3305860237

[Djsstorm]

This issue still exists after today's update. Most of the islands are still not physically there, you can fly right through them and can't land on them. One Island I found was more solid, but my ship got stuck inside it and couldn't escape, crashing the ship. The bigger island where I built the base still vanishes and reappears randomly. Not sure what the update did fix as it was mentioned in the notes, but I don't see anything has changed. It is fine if they don't intend us to use them this way, but right now it acts more like a glitch than something that is intended. I did submit another bug report, but who knows how they go through those.