High Seas - Just chasing artifacts???

[Mr. Blue Sky]

First goal is to bring artefacts to their respectively colored portals: Green, Red, Blue and there are 35 for each color.

This is monotonous - are there any other missions I can do in between or is that what the main campaign and other modes are for?

Does High Seas offer anything else aside from the artefacts mission?

[alvaroping1]

you can just use it as a sandbox map, with the addition of wind and waves

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Originally posted by alvaroping1:

you can just use it as a sandbox map, with the addition of wind and waves

Alright, thanks for the info

[Blackguard]

Originally posted by alvaroping1:

you can just use it as a sandbox map, with the addition of wind and waves

The high seas 'expansion' was just an empty sandbox map with like a few parts that you can't even use in other maps.

Its really bad.

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Originally posted by Blackguard:

Originally posted by alvaroping1:

you can just use it as a sandbox map, with the addition of wind and waves

The high seas 'expansion' was just an empty sandbox map with like a few parts that you can't even use in other maps.

Its really bad.

So far it's been good for testing ships

Anything below the ocean worth making a sub for?

[Sh1j1ko]

Hi guys, I don't understand the point of these artifacts... are they simply for collecting or do they serve a purpose?

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Originally posted by Sh1j1ko:

Hi guys, I don't understand the point of these artifacts... are they simply for collecting or do they serve a purpose?

What I've gathered, like the main campaign, they're to get you accustomed to the parts and how to consider physics when building.....you'll notice a lot of the artefacts in really dumb ass places.

[Sh1j1ko]

OIC, the artefacts give you a reason to build and experiment... kinda the point of the game huh! LOL

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Originally posted by Sh1j1ko:

OIC, the artefacts give you a reason to build and experiment... kinda the point of the game huh! LOL

Yeah, that's kind what I said - would be nice that there were other different missions as well
like exploring underwater caves, sunken ships and such

[Darkling]

The real question is whats the point of the compass block?? Not sure there's a point to using it on any map outside of high seas where it's already useless thanks to the HUD

[alvaroping1]

Originally posted by Darkling:

The real question is whats the point of the compass block?? Not sure there's a point to using it on any map outside if high seas where it's already essentially useless thanks to the HUD

it's a sensor, so you can use it to trigger things automatically when it points in some direction. A lot of people asked for a block which did that, so the devs decided to add it

[Darkling]

As far as i can tell it works the same as the angle sensor, trigger inside (or outside) set range with adjustable output from -1 - +1, but you can't set it to specific directions which is unfortunate.

[alvaroping1]

Originally posted by Darkling:

As far as i can tell it works the same as the angle sensor, trigger inside (or outside) set range with adjustable output from -1 - +1, but you can't set it to specific directions which is unfortunate.

you can set it to any direction by changing the position of the triggering zone, exactly like you would on angle sensors. Once you can measure the angle relative to a constant direction, you can describe any direction and thus get an output if the direction is inside any arbitrary set of directions. You don't need to be able to change that constant direction, since the only thing that matters is that it's constant

[Darkling]

It's going to use more complexity to set up logic with that sensor. it'd be hard to steer or correct course with a constant input pointing you in a specific direction if you wanted to change course without going back into build mode, or without making the sensor input too weak.

[alvaroping1]

Originally posted by Darkling:

It's going to use more complexity to set up logic with that sensor. it'd be hard to steer or correct course with a constant input pointing you in a specific direction if you wanted to change course without going back into build mode, or without making the sensor input too weak.

just rotate the sensor to rotate the triggering areas, it's not that complicated. Same thing was already done with angle sensors for pitch/roll

[stutzguitar]

Originally posted by Sh1j1ko:

OIC, the artefacts give you a reason to build and experiment... kinda the point of the game huh! LOL

Building new/better subs and flying machines is a remedy for the monotony of seeking ALL 100 chests. I've searched the entire under-water map in a tight grid pattern at 20 kph, did it twice. I built a sub capable of navigating the vortex maw. I've got hovering cars among a variety of purpose-built vehicles for searching everywhere above the surface. Out of this effort I've found 93/100. I've also begun to map the positions of chests which appear untouched but have already been "opened". These may lead to frustration for some players, and I wonder if these appear in the same positions for everybody. To continue in that project I will build or refine more vehicles, call it OCD or completion-ism. Even in this little sandbox of a DLC there exists a challenge.