The motorbike

[CplC.kojak]

Since the beginning the bike is ♥♥♥♥ and it does not bother anyone? it takes 500 meters to make a small bend but everyone thinks that is normal? in addition, they have not turned their heads!
they put out stuff on fluids and other ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and clapped!
but the motorcycle the easiest thing to do have not! the noise of the motorbike engine is just bad.
Have been talking about motorcycles since the game was released, but have realized they don't care.

[LordAnorak]

Don't forget that when driving it can bug out and become stuck in the terrain which messes up your camera and then when you dismount you're unable to pick it up, or get back on.

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by CplC.kojak:

... but the motorcycle the easiest thing to do....

Please do cite the evidence upon which you base this statement that it's "the easiest thing to do".

Also, I'm curious whether you've noticed that the game now includes a starter hovercraft for the player to find and repair as an alternative to the motorbike?

I'm further curious whether you've considered that the motorbike was a stopgap measure for an alternative that hadn't yet been implemented, and so why spend the considerable time to fix what was never intended as a permanent feature?

Finally, I'm curious if you're aware how foolish you look starting a thread about a topic that has been discussed to entropic death quite literally hundreds of times before, not only here but all across the Internet?

This should count as a no-no thread rez even though you've started it anew. You're so late to the party that the host and guests are all now in assisted living homes and the building is condemned and falling apart. You slept through the Apocalypse.

[captainamaziiing]

Skip the motorcycle. You can build a starter hovercraft by L2.

[Boomer]

Yeah, i never bother with the bike

[TwitchyJ]

Originally posted by CplC.kojak:

it takes 500 meters to make a small bend but everyone thinks that is normal?

No one thinks that is normal. In fact, it is a known bug already....
The motorbikes turning radius is directly tied to the frames per second you get. Lower frames means tighter turning radius, higher frames means worse turning radius.

Test it yourself by adjusting the in-game FPS limiter.

Here is my bug report on it, complete with videos to show the issue. It affects more than just the motorbike (sometimes with opposite results).
https://empyriononline.com/threads/motorbike-and-player-turning-radius-and-its-relation-to-fps.94914/

Just a heads up, I have my doubts this will ever get fixed.... And not just for the motorbike.

[`KokoJacK_^]

I always thought it was intentionally bad so player would use it only in the very early game, until they built an hv

[mrx]

I think the bike is a relic from old game play like the flash light or tier one drill. Its effectively useless.

[DCBenton]

They should just remove it.

[Amrak]

Better yet, just do not use it if it gets your dander up this bad!! Walking is good for your cardio. especially when raptors are chasing you!!

[Sabaithal]

I don't think I've ever seen anyone praise the bike. Probably because I beeline for a cheap "speederbike" HV ASAP, and usually never even bother with the bike.

It has a singular function for me: I spawned an HV somewhere away from my home base, while already having an HV present, and I need to get both of them back to home base. And the bike is the only vehicle that can be stored in inventory.

It also requires no fuel, so its an effective backup vehicle.

[TwitchyJ]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

It has a singular function for me: I spawned an HV somewhere away from my home base, while already having an HV present, and I need to get both of them back to home base. And the bike is the only vehicle that can be stored in inventory.

You can also just skip the bike and dock one HV to the other HV and drive both back at once.....
Just saying.

Just dock that sucker right on top if you have to. Plenty of options here though.

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by TwitchyJ:

You can also just skip the bike and dock one HV to the other HV and drive both back at once.....
Just saying.

At the time I had to do this, that wasn't a thing.

[TwitchyJ]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

At the time I had to do this, that wasn't a thing.

Well, you said it "has" a singular function for you, not "had", so it seemed like you were still doing it with the motorbike.

It's been 2 years now since they gave us the ability to dock them together. Just making sure you knew about it....

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by TwitchyJ:

well, you said it "has" a singular function for you, not "had", so it seemed like you were still doing it with the motorbike.

It's been 2 years now since they gave us the ability to dock them together. Just making sure you knew about it....

I did not. Thanks for the update.

[Darksynapse]

The motor bike comes up every month and the devs do nothing about it. When you turn the bike literally grinds it self against the terrain. It doesn't actually turn, it grinds it self against the ground until it goes the direction you want. It needs to go.