Tips to find base

[Admiral Solo]

Guys I am new to this game and have started exploring. Is there any way to locate ur base so u don't get lost? I put a large beacon on my roof but can't see it. I tried going strictly north then back south but got lost and died. Lost lots of good stuff. Any help or tips would be appreciated.

[johndai]

You must set the option 'navigation' for the beacon to display in the direction bar near top of screen.

Go into build vision mode (tab key)
Press C (to bring up the options)
Click bottom centre option to turn navigation on

You can also change the letter for the displayed in the top direction bar to A-G.

Hope that helps my friend

Happy nomading

[Craneballs]

It's also advisable to build your base nearby the landing pod that's showing on the navigation bar (compass) on the top right from the start.

[Haerken]

To be clear johndai is refering to using C option on the large beacon while in build mode, when explaining what to do.

[Old-gamer]

I did as the Dev suggested and built my first base with the Landing Pod inside the base. You get a free constantly available beacon that is there for you to find you way back home. It also gives you the added ability to regenerate health and energy without having to build a Stasis chamber.

Of course all this assumes that where the Pod landed is a place that you want to live. In my case it was perfect, just off the shoreline on a lake with lots of resources and water within a short stroll. So, my Pod has its on small open-to-the-dirt area within the surrounding first floor of my base.

[Haerken]

You don't have to build the pod inside the base. The pod always shows, so you can build the base near the pod to find your base.

[Old-gamer]

Originally posted by Haerken:

You don't have to build the pod inside the base. The pod always shows, so you can build the base near the pod and use the pod to find your base near the pod.

Yes, I knew that...what I was saying is that I decided to build my base with the Pod inside because that is what I wanted to do. Also, at that point I had no Stasis Chamber and was using the Pod for regeneration (often). Having it inside my base was handy since I was inside the building doing stuff a lot.

[Admiral Solo]

Thank you so much guys. I sadly thought the beacon would automatically display and I salvaged my pod for the parts. Go figure! Oh well live and learn, love the game so far. Cant wait to see what is added next!

[Old-gamer]

It's OK and I came close to grinding mine down too in the early days. It would be nice if we had the option to use that same "icon" (that is connected to the Landing Pod) with another manually set beacon.

While you can always set your own beacons on the ground, you only have the choices of an alphabet letter "A thru G". Those alpha letters (at times) can get muddled together on your Hud and it is difficult to read them because they may overlap each other.

The word-to-the-wise is use beacons sparingly or in widely different directions so they don't overlap in your Hud. That Landing Pod icon stood out better and for me was a bit easier to see on the Hud among other alpha beacon designations that I was using.

[Haerken]

Originally posted by Old-gamer:

Originally posted by Haerken:

You don't have to build the pod inside the base. The pod always shows, so you can build the base near the pod and use the pod to find your base near the pod.

Yes, I knew that...what I was saying is that I decided to build my base with the Pod inside because that is what I wanted to do. Also, at that point I had no Stasis Chamber and was using the Pod for regeneration (often). Having it inside my base was handy since I was inside the building doing stuff a lot.

I was posting that so Admiral Solo didn't think that was a requirement is all.

[Old-gamer]

I get it Hearken...always good to clarify if it helps someone.

[Sticky Wicket]

I build *signposts/towers* on top of hills. Whe you start putting down a lot of beacons, the HUD can get cluttered. I also have an A4 paperpad with me to draw maps.

[Admiral Solo]

Cool guys thanks for all the ideas....also didn't realize my old backpack would show up on the hud. Nice touch! I got all my stuff back!

[Capt_Koron]

What's nice is those Solar Beacons can be made into long distance way points that you can see in your hud. You have to turn them on and even give them an identifier letter. I use them regularly when exploring, to find my way back. Only the larger beacons emit a light beam so you can see where it is a ways off.

[Mr. Fibble]

One of my early bases I actually excavated around the landing pod and built the base around it floors and all.

Building beacon towers was something I used to do in minecraft, usually a tower with a lava "fountain" on top, which then acted as access points for an arial railway. I'm thinking something similar should be possible with either a monorail type design or train that gets locked into rails although it would be a lot more linear.

Always helps to stick a solar beacon onto a vehicle. So you don't lose it or can at least find the hole you drove it into.

[Av3ng3r]

Originally posted by Mr. Fibble:

One of my early bases I actually excavated around the landing pod and built the base around it floors and all.

Building beacon towers was something I used to do in minecraft, usually a tower with a lava "fountain" on top, which then acted as access points for an arial railway. I'm thinking something similar should be possible with either a monorail type design or train that gets locked into rails although it would be a lot more linear.

Always helps to stick a solar beacon onto a vehicle. So you don't lose it or can at least find the hole you drove it into.

I use the solar beacons turned on their sides as headlights on my vehicle, free energy lights.