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blaxy9909 Dec 29, 2024 @ 10:20pm
So confused, please help.
I am completely new to this game, I have no idea what I'm doing. But the amount of bugs is actual insanity. I die because my character finds just the right spot to fall into (either in fences, rocks, or even a tiny crack in the ground) and I have no way to get out without dying. Then when I go to get my stuff, if I don't fall in again, my inventory and crafting opens instead of the body's inventory so I can't take anything. NPCs will take the things I sell them and I don't always get gold for it. There was absolutely no fall damage for the first few days I played this, and now suddenly fall damage exists and I proceeded to jump off a cliff to my death. All of this on top of my computer not being able to handle this game and crashing every 20 minutes makes this unbelievably frustrating to play. The final straw today was the fact that I actually can't even damage mobs anymore. I can attack them, but they take no damage. They sure can damage me though!

The reason I write this is because I want to know why this game is THIS messed up when it's been out for years. I noticed on the main menu it says Early Access/Developer mode, and I have no idea why because I'm not on beta and there is nothing "early" about a game that came out almost 8 years ago now... Did I somehow get an old version of the game? What am I doing wrong?

P.S. The amount of damage that bees do to armor is..... That's really something...
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xetr11 Dec 30, 2024 @ 12:52am 
Perhaps the settings on your server are broken.
To check this, start a new game on another server. If everything is fine on the other server, you can fly to another planet and live without problems ))
Schwarzaar Dec 30, 2024 @ 1:32am 
Another question would be if you play online or in single player mode since single player mode seems to have some additional issues that might cause your problems.

I mean hanging into rocks (like floating) does also exist in multiplayer mode though there is an easy solution.
Just craft some foundations or even columns and place them right underneath yourself while floation.
In most cases this fixes the problem, but be aware that it won´t work, if you are near a city or other player`s buildings.

In order to get your stuff back you need to press the key to open the remote inventory.
This is a separate key you need to assign first in the options menu :

Setting => Keybinding => Access Other`s Inventory

Regarding your crashing issue.

This game is not really optimized when it comes to performance, so you should try a different setting in your graphics settings like medium or even low to see if it gets better with the crashes.

As already posted many times in this forum the developers unfortunately abandoned the pc version and focused mainly on the mobile version, even though they stated on their mobile website that pc did not have been abandon yet, but will be progressed at a later time (not sure if this is believable or not).

If you play in single player mode try multiplayer cause I can´t stress enough, even the issues you mention exits this game still is really awesome.

Welcome to this world and have fun !
Last edited by Schwarzaar; Dec 30, 2024 @ 6:08am
Coty Dec 30, 2024 @ 9:59am 
Originally posted by blaxy9909:
I am completely new to this game, I have no idea what I'm doing. But the amount of bugs is actual insanity. I die because my character finds just the right spot to fall into (either in fences, rocks, or even a tiny crack in the ground) and I have no way to get out without dying. Then when I go to get my stuff, if I don't fall in again, my inventory and crafting opens instead of the body's inventory so I can't take anything. NPCs will take the things I sell them and I don't always get gold for it. There was absolutely no fall damage for the first few days I played this, and now suddenly fall damage exists and I proceeded to jump off a cliff to my death. All of this on top of my computer not being able to handle this game and crashing every 20 minutes makes this unbelievably frustrating to play. The final straw today was the fact that I actually can't even damage mobs anymore. I can attack them, but they take no damage. They sure can damage me though!

The reason I write this is because I want to know why this game is THIS messed up when it's been out for years. I noticed on the main menu it says Early Access/Developer mode, and I have no idea why because I'm not on beta and there is nothing "early" about a game that came out almost 8 years ago now... Did I somehow get an old version of the game? What am I doing wrong?

P.S. The amount of damage that bees do to armor is..... That's really something...
I have recently put around 100 hours into the game without encountering any game breaking bugs.
Edit: Sorry. Did found one, on the DLC map my gorgon npc's all spawned under the mesh. Did some research on forums and found a workaround for it.
Unless you find a private server running the game, don't bother with multiplayer. Most likely you won't make it at that point, seeing the frustration created from playing a game that ended development years ago.
Instead of having a heart attack, read some forums beforehand. :steambored:
Last edited by Coty; Dec 30, 2024 @ 10:09am
Noeat Dec 31, 2024 @ 6:30pm 
Originally posted by Coty:
Originally posted by blaxy9909:
I am completely new to this game, I have no idea what I'm doing. But the amount of bugs is actual insanity. I die because my character finds just the right spot to fall into (either in fences, rocks, or even a tiny crack in the ground) and I have no way to get out without dying. Then when I go to get my stuff, if I don't fall in again, my inventory and crafting opens instead of the body's inventory so I can't take anything. NPCs will take the things I sell them and I don't always get gold for it. There was absolutely no fall damage for the first few days I played this, and now suddenly fall damage exists and I proceeded to jump off a cliff to my death. All of this on top of my computer not being able to handle this game and crashing every 20 minutes makes this unbelievably frustrating to play. The final straw today was the fact that I actually can't even damage mobs anymore. I can attack them, but they take no damage. They sure can damage me though!

The reason I write this is because I want to know why this game is THIS messed up when it's been out for years. I noticed on the main menu it says Early Access/Developer mode, and I have no idea why because I'm not on beta and there is nothing "early" about a game that came out almost 8 years ago now... Did I somehow get an old version of the game? What am I doing wrong?

P.S. The amount of damage that bees do to armor is..... That's really something...
I have recently put around 100 hours into the game without encountering any game breaking bugs.
Edit: Sorry. Did found one, on the DLC map my gorgon npc's all spawned under the mesh. Did some research on forums and found a workaround for it.
Unless you find a private server running the game, don't bother with multiplayer. Most likely you won't make it at that point, seeing the frustration created from playing a game that ended development years ago.
Instead of having a heart attack, read some forums beforehand. :steambored:
thats a lie...
even devs did admit that it is in horrible state and that they refuse to even support this game and help to players. for example transfer is still broken and you can lose everything, even your char... devs literally wrote that they arent able to fix it and that they will not help with this issue nor compensate players when they lose everything.

welcome into classic behavior of Snail and Wildcard. their other games are the same bugged mess (Ark, Atlas and few more). btw? dont get mistaken by fake company name - they use few of them to confuse players as a damage control to make them think that it is different company, that WC, because everyone know already shady WC practice.
blaxy9909 Dec 31, 2024 @ 8:54pm 
Originally posted by Schwarzaar:
Another question would be if you play online or in single player mode since single player mode seems to have some additional issues that might cause your problems.

I mean hanging into rocks (like floating) does also exist in multiplayer mode though there is an easy solution.
Just craft some foundations or even columns and place them right underneath yourself while floation.
In most cases this fixes the problem, but be aware that it won´t work, if you are near a city or other player`s buildings.

In order to get your stuff back you need to press the key to open the remote inventory.
This is a separate key you need to assign first in the options menu :

Setting => Keybinding => Access Other`s Inventory

Regarding your crashing issue.

This game is not really optimized when it comes to performance, so you should try a different setting in your graphics settings like medium or even low to see if it gets better with the crashes.

As already posted many times in this forum the developers unfortunately abandoned the pc version and focused mainly on the mobile version, even though they stated on their mobile website that pc did not have been abandon yet, but will be progressed at a later time (not sure if this is believable or not).

If you play in single player mode try multiplayer cause I can´t stress enough, even the issues you mention exits this game still is really awesome.

Welcome to this world and have fun !

Thank you for your reply! I realized that I was unable to damage mobs due to the game settings I had been playing around with. I fixed the issue and immediately ran into another bug with lights in the sky, which I was also able to fix with the settings. When I was unable to get my items back from my body though, I was sometimes able to get it to work normally, and I could still use E for that. The button to open another players inventory doesn't seem to have any differentiation from E when trying to access the bodys items. If it isn't working, neither button will work. If it is working, I've been able to use either button. This last time I died though, there was actually not a body at all so I lost everything I had. And I knew the spot it should have been in so it's not that I didn't find it.

My graphics have already been changed to give my pc the easiest time possible, and it still throws a hissy fit! I ordered a cooling pad which will hopefully keep it from burning up too much. While the game is definitely riddled with bugs and it sucks that the devs won't provide any help, I do really like the game! I love open world games where you can tame creature that don't exist in real life, and there's only a handful of good games like that. I'd love to play the Elder Scrolls but my pc doesn't have the storage space for it. So I hope things will be better now that the settings are figured out and a cooling pad is on the way. Also thank you for the advice about using the foundations to prevent falling, I tried it and it saved me from having to kill character again!
Coty Dec 31, 2024 @ 8:55pm 
Originally posted by Noeat:
Originally posted by Coty:
I have recently put around 100 hours into the game without encountering any game breaking bugs.
Edit: Sorry. Did found one, on the DLC map my gorgon npc's all spawned under the mesh. Did some research on forums and found a workaround for it.
Unless you find a private server running the game, don't bother with multiplayer. Most likely you won't make it at that point, seeing the frustration created from playing a game that ended development years ago.
Instead of having a heart attack, read some forums beforehand. :steambored:
thats a lie...
even devs did admit that it is in horrible state and that they refuse to even support this game and help to players. for example transfer is still broken and you can lose everything, even your char... devs literally wrote that they arent able to fix it and that they will not help with this issue nor compensate players when they lose everything.

welcome into classic behavior of Snail and Wildcard. their other games are the same bugged mess (Ark, Atlas and few more). btw? dont get mistaken by fake company name - they use few of them to confuse players as a damage control to make them think that it is different company, that WC, because everyone know already shady WC practice.

For example, Why and where would u transfer?

Dude just play single player or find a private server that still runs the game. Everyone knows that this is an abandoned game...We do not need to be enlightened on how do you feel around Wildcard or Snail games.

There are a lot more games out there which are/have being/been released in Early Access and had a quarter content of what DnL had at release + free new map later on.
blaxy9909 Dec 31, 2024 @ 9:01pm 
Originally posted by xetr11:
Perhaps the settings on your server are broken.
To check this, start a new game on another server. If everything is fine on the other server, you can fly to another planet and live without problems ))

Yeah, that definitely was one of the issues and I was able to get it figured out! Apparently on the scales that say Creature Damage and [Creature Resistance[/b].... Moving their resistance down actually gives them MORE resistance, it's backwards! As for damage, you are moving the scale for how much damage creatures receive, not how much damage they deal. Which was very unclear... After fixing the issue, I immediately encountered a new visual bug with the sky. That too was also due to the settings, so now I'm nervous to mess around with them too much haha
Noeat Dec 31, 2024 @ 10:24pm 
Originally posted by Coty:
Originally posted by Noeat:
thats a lie...
even devs did admit that it is in horrible state and that they refuse to even support this game and help to players. for example transfer is still broken and you can lose everything, even your char... devs literally wrote that they arent able to fix it and that they will not help with this issue nor compensate players when they lose everything.

welcome into classic behavior of Snail and Wildcard. their other games are the same bugged mess (Ark, Atlas and few more). btw? dont get mistaken by fake company name - they use few of them to confuse players as a damage control to make them think that it is different company, that WC, because everyone know already shady WC practice.

For example, Why and where would u transfer?

Dude just play single player or find a private server that still runs the game. Everyone knows that this is an abandoned game...We do not need to be enlightened on how do you feel around Wildcard or Snail games.

There are a lot more games out there which are/have being/been released in Early Access and had a quarter content of what DnL had at release + free new map later on.
official server transfers, dumbo
and it is LITERALLY gamebreasking bug... your denial is just stupid.. apologize for your lies and stop..
Last edited by Noeat; Dec 31, 2024 @ 10:29pm
Coty Jan 2 @ 8:24am 
Originally posted by Noeat:
official server transfers, dumbo
Yea yea. official servers...But why? Why would someone play on Official servers of a abandoned game?
What would be the point of that?
Unless you really like coming here and cry that your official server was down for a month :steamfacepalm:
Noeat Jan 2 @ 2:47pm 
Originally posted by Coty:
Originally posted by Noeat:
official server transfers, dumbo
Yea yea. official servers...But why? Why would someone play on Official servers of a abandoned game?
What would be the point of that?
Unless you really like coming here and cry that your official server was down for a month :steamfacepalm:
why what?
why did you lie as always?
or why is this game bugged mess?or why are you dumb liar?

you should just apologize for your lies and stop
Alex Jan 3 @ 9:30am 
someone knows if is possible to create a full singleplayer world? like... a local host?
Coty Jan 3 @ 10:49am 
Originally posted by Noeat:
Originally posted by Coty:
Yea yea. official servers...But why? Why would someone play on Official servers of a abandoned game?
:steamfacepalm:
why what?
why did you lie as always?
or why is this game bugged mess?or why are you dumb liar?

you should just apologize for your lies and stop

You really are blind, refuse to read or dumb af...
Coty Jan 3 @ 11:25am 
So mofo....you kept calling me a liar, dumb and whatever camed into your mind..

Originally posted by Noeat:
thats a lie...
Who the .... are you and what you want from me? :steamfacepalm:
I've invested over 100 hours in this game at RELEASE, unlike you it seems. I've come across a lot of bugs and had unhealthy experiences enough to make me stop...
Now i come back to playing this year and started on the dlc map, which i previously did not played.
Due to my previous buggy experience i did not expected much from the new map...
I come here, reply to someone other than you and you waste no time calling me a liar. As you seem to have an attachment to the word "why"...here is one more.
Why?


Originally posted by Noeat:
why what?
Originally posted by Coty:
Yea yea. official servers...But why? Why would someone play on Official servers of a abandoned game? :steamfacepalm:
(i thought to leave it like that, but your dumbness would probably not be able to read it)

Originally posted by Noeat:
why did you lie as always?
Mister detective....As always? Where is the context of this "Always" of yours?

Originally posted by Noeat:
or why is this game bugged mess?
Ha? It's bugged because they do not care that you want to play their game.

Originally posted by Noeat:
or why are you dumb liar?
Again...nothing but useless accusations and assumptions that makes me worry about you and your braindead state.

Originally posted by Noeat:
you should just apologize for your lies and stop
The Cherry on Top this is...Here is the dude acting all hostile asking for apologies. Sorry mate, in my world dumbness is treated differently. Apologies for what?

Fck off to whatever cave your crawled out off...
Originally posted by Alex:
someone knows if is possible to create a full singleplayer world? like... a local host?

There is a button on the main menu you says Host\Local which brings you to more settings to set up your world. After choosing your settings, you can click Play Singleplayer at the bottom. Be careful playing around with these settings though because it's not difficult to screw up the game. If you do though, you can always reset to the default configurations using the bottom at the bottom. Hope this helps!
Originally posted by Coty:
So mofo....you kept calling me a liar, dumb and whatever camed into your mind..

Originally posted by Noeat:
thats a lie...
Who the .... are you and what you want from me? :steamfacepalm:
I've invested over 100 hours in this game at RELEASE, unlike you it seems. I've come across a lot of bugs and had unhealthy experiences enough to make me stop...
Now i come back to playing this year and started on the dlc map, which i previously did not played.
Due to my previous buggy experience i did not expected much from the new map...
I come here, reply to someone other than you and you waste no time calling me a liar. As you seem to have an attachment to the word "why"...here is one more.
Why?


Originally posted by Noeat:
why what?
Originally posted by Coty:
Yea yea. official servers...But why? Why would someone play on Official servers of a abandoned game? :steamfacepalm:
(i thought to leave it like that, but your dumbness would probably not be able to read it)

Originally posted by Noeat:
why did you lie as always?
Mister detective....As always? Where is the context of this "Always" of yours?

Originally posted by Noeat:
or why is this game bugged mess?
Ha? It's bugged because they do not care that you want to play their game.

Originally posted by Noeat:
or why are you dumb liar?
Again...nothing but useless accusations and assumptions that makes me worry about you and your braindead state.

Originally posted by Noeat:
you should just apologize for your lies and stop
The Cherry on Top this is...Here is the dude acting all hostile asking for apologies. Sorry mate, in my world dumbness is treated differently. Apologies for what?

Fck off to whatever cave your crawled out off...

Guys what the actual ♥♥♥♥ am I coming back to? Seriously, are you children? Get your ♥♥♥♥ together and move the ♥♥♥♥ on. I did NOT post a question to watch two middle schoolers bicker. It takes some pretty miniscule emotional maturity to get your panties in a twist over 3 words in a random comment on Steam. I actually mean it when I say I'm embarrassed for you. One of you needs to chill tf out and the other needs to stop instigating. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ridiculous. STOP REPLYING.
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