Update made the game unplayable

[Katsuki Bakugo]

This is not a performance complaint. I am complaining about how just- I dont know where to start. First thing I noticed is that ALL stone roads have to be picked up and placed back down. That will take me at least 4 hours. Then all stone ramps are gone and no materials are given back. Part of my entire complex is build over the ocean so I can screw that and rebuild that entire thing somewhere else. That took me 10 hours to organize by itself the last time. Above all that, I cant use ANY of the tables anymore because either they now require 12 times the amount of power OR they tell me the room isnt complete and require a room tier of like 1,8 for example and I have a CLOSED room with a tier of 2,9. WHAT IS GOING ON??? I am so mad. Can ANYONE tell me what the thought behind all that ♥♥♥♥ is, or if the update is just so buggy that my entire server is now completely broken?!?

[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]

oops, wa wa

[SLG-Dennis]

The issues you describe only affect worlds from Update 9.7. Migration to 10 only ensures loadability - the versions are too incompatible for anything more as tons of things changed (which is also the reason why your machines now work differently, that is not broken but intended changes). We recommend to start a new save for new major versions in general.

You can turn on building on deep ocean in Difficulty.eco file:
"AllowDeepOceanBuilding": false,

Set it to true.

[Katsuki Bakugo]

Originally posted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

oops, wa wa

If you thinks its funny that hundrets of hours of my time are just wasted because an Update decided to screw my entrie world, than I hope something really damn bad happens to you. You are absolutely annoying and not at all helpful.

[wirewitch]

Originally posted by Katsuki Bakugo:

Originally posted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

oops, wa wa

If you thinks its funny that hundrets of hours of my time are just wasted because an Update decided to screw my entrie world, than I hope something really damn bad happens to you. You are absolutely annoying and not at all helpful.

Unfortunately thats the nature of early access games. When a new update lands, there's a good chance it will nuke your progress, especially if they change a whole bunch, which in this instance they did.

End of the day, you're going to have to be not so attached to anything you work on/build. Like a sand sculpture washed away by the incoming tide. Its all temporary until final release of the game.

[GeekNation]

Originally posted by Katsuki Bakugo:

Originally posted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

oops, wa wa

If you thinks its funny that hundrets of hours of my time are just wasted because an Update decided to screw my entrie world, than I hope something really damn bad happens to you. You are absolutely annoying and not at all helpful.

I actually find it very funny. You obviously have never played a game before, let alone a EA game. Updates, especially Major Updates usually break game saves. This is the nature of playing a EA game. Get over it.

[Thanos]

Originally posted by Katsuki Bakugo:

This is not a performance complaint. I am complaining about how just- I dont know where to start. First thing I noticed is that ALL stone roads have to be picked up and placed back down. That will take me at least 4 hours. Then all stone ramps are gone and no materials are given back. Part of my entire complex is build over the ocean so I can screw that and rebuild that entire thing somewhere else. That took me 10 hours to organize by itself the last time. Above all that, I cant use ANY of the tables anymore because either they now require 12 times the amount of power OR they tell me the room isnt complete and require a room tier of like 1,8 for example and I have a CLOSED room with a tier of 2,9. WHAT IS GOING ON??? I am so mad. Can ANYONE tell me what the thought behind all that ♥♥♥♥ is, or if the update is just so buggy that my entire server is now completely broken?!?

I'm actually surprised that SLGs even allows old saves to be used, most developers anymore code their games so that saves only work with the major version they were created in. Major version changes are rarely fully compatible with the previous major version and cause errors that the Devs are powerless to fix (because of what was changed).

When playing an Alpha/Beta game (or early access if you prefer) you should always start a new game on a major update to limit the cause of any errors and make solutions easier to find.

As for the rooms, like Dennis said, turn on deep ocean building then try picking up a block in the floor, wall and ceiling and putting them back. This usually fixes the room not being a room for me (even over the ocean). Pick up all work tables and place them again, this usually fixes them not recognizing the room for me. As for power, well, you'll have to add more/better power generators or mod the game to get the power your require.

[SLG-Dennis]

We did keep them loadable as we had quite a bit of feedback by players in the past that would like to just visit older saves to take a look on what they built for "historic" reasons. I'm honestly not sure that was a good idea, but we're also humans with learning processes :)

We will address issues that are not caused by the migration (there is some related to settlements off), but none that are caused by the migration itself, given it's just not possible.

[Ranix]

Originally posted by Katsuki Bakugo:

Originally posted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

oops, wa wa

If you thinks its funny that hundrets of hours of my time are just wasted because an Update decided to screw my entrie world, than I hope something really damn bad happens to you. You are absolutely annoying and not at all helpful.

welcome to survival games buddy, this happens to all of them. Most wipe every week or every two weeks. Some wipe every month. Vanishingly few survival game servers last more than six weeks without a wipe.

This is across the entire genre

[Ranix]

and, for the record, this is in fact the biggest update eco has ever gotten, only comparable in scope to the update that added tree and rock variant types and removed the ability to solo the meteor in low collab. There was zero chance this update would not be a wiping update. We've been anticipating the boat update since 2018