Survival mod currently is not fun

[Cook]

I waited for the Survival mode as long as the game was in the development and didn't play it despite buying it in 2016. So I'm totally unfamiliar with the game.
After 15 minutes of my first playthrough, I was disappointed.

it would be nice to have some sort of tutorial to show the ropes. I literally don't know how to craft something. The help menu is from creative mode and totally useless because I only have the hammer. How I can make other tools?

Well, OK. I thought that the game would allow me to slowly sort out the mechanics on my own, but no. The stats are dropping too fast and as soon as you start farming you will be constantly raided by hostile robots. And those attacks are also too frequent. So you need to know what you are doing from the start so you don't waste time.

I don't know how to craft, I didn't even build anything, I just started a new game and set up a little farm and I'm already starving and constantly been killed by robots during attacks.
This is literally not fun. I guess I'll wait a bit more so the devs can patch the game.

[𝖛☆𝖑𝖙𝖆𝖌𝖊]

... man u have to put battery in ur ship.... put out the fires.... roam the map to find more...

[eden]

if bots killing you, perhaps this game is not for you

[TECHNOMANCER]

I can suggest a few hours of video on the subject, but being a few hours, it would take to long to even condense here. J0hnBane has a great series.

You can also use H and open the handbook for some help.

[Monstervillia]

lol the tutorial is in the bottom right of screen.

[Menecroth]

I suggest farming for a while until you have a good supply, then remove the soil plots. The attacks seem to stop if you do that. Start again when you get low on food.

At this point, you can go out and look for resources.

The bots with the pitchforks hit hard. Hit them once or twice and back off. The little ones only take three hits to kill so I just hold down the button 'til they're toast.

This is my strategy so far and it seems to be working okay.

[LoudAndDangerous]

Survival is fun, but without the gun, ull get killed by every singe thing XD
Did u hear for maneuvers? You can dodge them lvl1 and lv2 bots are easy to kill use ya bucket full of water to stun the heck out of them.

[Chimera]

There IS a tutorial: Just press "H" and you'll see a handbook with info and nice pictures

[Chimera]

Originally posted by Menecroth:

I suggest farming for a while until you have a good supply, then remove the soil plots. The attacks seem to stop if you do that. Start again when you get low on food.

At this point, you can go out and look for resources.

The bots with the pitchforks hit hard. Hit them once or twice and back off. The little ones only take three hits to kill so I just hold down the button 'til they're toast.

This is my strategy so far and it seems to be working okay.

There's no need to remove the soil, just dont plant stuff and bots will not come to your base in troves

[Cook]

Originally posted by superpayback13:

lol the tutorial is in the bottom right of screen.

Originally posted by Grimm Liberty:

You can also use H and open the handbook for some help.

Originally posted by Chimera:

There IS a tutorial: Just press "H" and you'll see a handbook with info and nice pictures

As I stated in the post, this window is useless. It shows only basic controls, how to build vehicles, some logic gates, etc. No info on how to grow crops, how to craft something, generally how to survive.

Originally posted by Grimm Liberty:

I can suggest a few hours of video on the subject, but being a few hours, it would take to long to even condense here. J0hnBane has a great series.

Thanks for the advice, but if the game doesn't bother with showing those basics I'm not going to bother playing it.
Green Hell, Subnautica, The Long Dark, all these games have a good introduction that shows you how to play.
Even such a complicated game as Factorio managed to make a proper introduction.

[ArtificialLegacy]

There's a sign that shows how farming works, it's pretty basic. Raids only happen if you plant too many crops, if you keep it under 10 they won't show up. Crafting is simple... just press 'E' on the craftbot. If you haven't even found the battery yet for power in the ship it's in the building down from the ship following the path. I found the start of survival mode simple and intuitive, dunno what part of this you're stuck on though.

[stoicboss101]

read the signs posted around. everything you need around to start surviving is nearby the crashed ship. scrap mechanic is obviously unorthodox when it comes to teaching you the basics, so i suggest changing your thought process when it comes to learning: dont expect to be spoon-fed, experiment.

[Penguin]

ok bye

[Prince-Nyan]

Played 15 minutes and says attacks happen too frequent even though 15 minutes is roughly the time for a single attack. Your hunger and thirst won't deplete that quickly either. For someone who talks about survival games then lists 3 games that drop you off in the world in the same manner, there's no way this is anything but bait.

[Trisapiensaurus]

Originally posted by 𝔳☆𝔩𝔱𝔞𝔤𝔢:

... man u have to put battery in ur ship.... put out the fires.... roam the map to find more...

Who wants to do that every time they start a game, I did it once and already am bored of it all. No way I would ever start another game and go through that nonsense again.

[Azirahael]

Those big billboards explained it to me.

Did you miss them?