Any info about ice, icebergs and all that stuff?

[BrackObama2]

Hey.
It's been a while since the last time I was checking the forums of this game.
As I see people are still arguing about weapons and explosive, however as I remember there was some threads about adding "north pole" to the game, ice, icebergs, all that stuff. Or just various biomes in general.

Any info about it? Have developers said anything about it, or it's just a dead idea by now?

[Aurora B | Jimmy Johansen]

i would love to see ice and stuff because i got a ice breaker i wanna test to see if it crushes the ice and keeps constant speed

[BrackObama2]

Yea there is a lot of possibilities in such scenario, freezing in the water, equiping new gear, such as pickaxes, icepicks, to free our ship, using vehicles with wheels to drive on the ice. Building and inventing new systems for ship to prevent it from freezing and stucking in the ice after all. Endless posibilities, however it needs to be done well, giving us the simulation of temperature, so character could get damage from it as well.

All I'm saying that it was probably the best idea I have seen on these forums, but I don't know how it ended, was there any response from devs, or anything?

[XLjedi]

A breakable surface layer of ice sounds very difficult to implement... but I would certainly be all for it!

Now as for icebergs... I would argue they are already implemented!

For instance, you can build an all white iceberg-shaped thing that floats and acts just like an iceberg. Just need to create associated missions that put some icebergs in play.

[BrackObama2]

Yea it probably would be performance heavy, to have "breakable ice". However maybe it would be more performance friendly, if the broken ice would disapear like a particle or something like that? I mean that there would be no floating sheets of ice, that you broke.
However I don't know much about developing a game so I don't know what am I talking about.

Creating scenarios by yourself, building icebergs and debris to navigate trough isn't that entertaining and exciting, as playing the game that lets you navigate your ship/submarine trough frozen sea/ocean.

It would also be a good way of adding new "missions" such as:
• Delivering new scientists to camps
• Helping scientists to study the flora and fauna (just as now, by getting the samples)
• Recovering drones or anything like that from the snow/ice
• Delivering fuel
• Delivering warm clothes and food/water
• Helping to get the stuck/frozen ship out of the ice
etc..

I would even pay for such thing as DLC, to be honest I got bored of this quite fast, after finishing my ship, with proper gear and mechanisms every mission was quite easy for me, I tried to simply waste my time building new vehicles, however I suck at logic components so my experiments were not successful. So I went to explore the world and it became quite boring as well, there was nothing, no threat from hostile environment, hostile people, no "laws", no nothing, just swiming straight forward untill I ran out of fuel. That's why I was so hyped for various new biomes.

[XLjedi]

Originally posted by cCheerSs:

I got bored of this quite fast, after finishing my ship, with proper gear and mechanisms every mission was quite easy for me, I tried to simply waste my time building new vehicles, however I suck at logic components so my experiments were not successful.

Perhaps time to revisit logic components then? Were the ship and mechanisms created in Advanced Vehicle mode?

Also wasn't necessarily suggesting you needed to create the missions... Maybe the devs will revisit missions and provide a few (or dozens?) more once the game is closer to release.

[Imightbehum4n]

February 27th, the update is about to be realised and icebergs will start forming! the idea is not dead yet! the devs told you and warned you before the ice actually formed. so get your winter clothing on for MAJOR UPDATE #5!

[BrackObama2]

Yea I have seen the news, update it comming out today and I can't wait for it. Hype is real