"You cannot do that here"

[Sigh-Phi-Guy]

"try farther east or west"

this is a message i get when im out on a walkabout collecting.
every so often when i try to collect some surface rocks, i get that message.
im AT LEAST 600m from the nearest POI and often MUCH further.
meh...i dunno.

[Sinsling]

Don't you need to be atleast a kilometer away?

[cbltv1]

Originally posted by sigh-phi-guy:

"try farther east or west"

this is a message i get when im out on a walkabout collecting.
every so often when i try to collect some surface rocks, i get that message.
im AT LEAST 600m from the nearest POI and often MUCH further.
meh...i dunno.

MP game?

In my current Default MP game I had to leave the biome I landed in to be able to collect resources of any kind. As I also got the message. Made the 1st day and night a bit harder. And of course leaving the landing biome you get attacked by a spider pack. Survival tool will kill them, but you might get bitten too. When they tirn to run after you zap one chase it and shoot it. Do this to all 3 and you will have some meat.

[TwitchyJ]

When you get that message it means you are in the area where a "green wall" is. They aren't green anymore, they're invisible, but you still can't do anything there. Move East or West.