Beacons....

[Diemex]

Any mods or tricks to making these visible ?

I placed one and activated it... but I've strayed so far away that I can no longer see it. I have no idea what direction to travel to find it again.

[Suzaku]

'Bout the only thing you can do is place them as high up as possible so the curvature of the planet doesn't block them as much. Other than that, you just need to place them often enough that you can see one beacon when next to another if you're traveling long distances.

Or you can invite someone to your game, and have them hop in a shuttle and try to guide you from orbit.

[hyperion]

I'm assuming you're on the starting planet? I so, your base is supposedly right on the equator and if you look up at night there's a bright band of stars overhead. Follow that in either direction and you'll eventually come back to your base.

About the only other thing to do is gather enough resources to build a shuttle and solid fuel thuster and launch into space. Then you can see any beacons and your base and just land back to either.

Once you get back there, don't do that again. Carry beacons with you and place another one right before the last one is out of site. Then you won't get lost.

[AquaX]

If your afraid of getting lost, place beacons within visual range of each other. Note that a beacon has a much higher range then your shelter beacon so once you can mass produce them, use those instead of the shelter. Change their color so you don’t get confused and maybe categorize the color.

[Jeff]

As it was said above, the base beacon isn't as high. Place a beacon (I use blue - same as base) on a nearby hill top or mountain. You can also put soil under you feet to raise yourself up (with a blue beacon in your pack. When you are about 30 feet high, place the beacon up top. Then look over the edge and point your terrain tool about 5 feet down and cut away the soil (the soil right below you will keep you in the air. Place a flat area on the bottom section and hop down on it. Then make a ramp to the ground. You will be able to see this beacon many miles away.

[Diemex]

Thanks for the advice. I'm lost on vesania and no idea how to get back to my ship lol. I tried making a pillar up high so I could see over the curvature of the planet but it didnt work. Well I know now to place beacons high up on pillars then.

[Shukra]

Originally posted by Diemex.PP:

Thanks for the advice. I'm lost on vesania and no idea how to get back to my ship lol. I tried making a pillar up high so I could see over the curvature of the planet but it didnt work. Well I know now to place beacons high up on pillars then.

It's a Jedi mind trick, getting lost. Travel in a straight line until you have circumnavigated the planet. Once I figured out how tiny the planets are, I haven't been lost since. Travel using the stars to be sure you're traveling in straight lines. Even in game people tend to travel in circles.

[JakeSimmer]

The one thing that many of us forget or don't see, is that the Northpole is on the rightside of the planet and the Southpole is on the left... (while flying) If you can remember on which blob you clicked to land, you may have an idea of where it was... if possible, go down the caves and find quartz to make a new beacon, make a huge pillar while holding the gun under you and +++ upward, place the beacon and jump off and die, now you are back at your base... ;-) Weird workaround but it's a game. Have fun and laugh please... :-D