Single Player Viability?

[Finarfin]

As per the subject. I'm not interested in multiplayer, but this game seems like something I would like.

[DuckieMcduck]

Singleplayer if you're willing to sink one million times and take full responsibility for it.

Multiplayer if you're willing to sink two million times and only take part of the responsibility.

Jokes aside, Singleplayer you will need to learn every thing and that implies in learning all mechanics/items. And there are many such. At first glance it may seem actually impossible, Multiplayer is easier to learn the game because you do only one thing.

Later on, Singleplayer turns out to be the way more viable than Multiplayer which is extremely difficult due to imperfection in overall crew decision making and time commitment. Singleplayer lets you take control over any crewmember and automate their orders when you're not controlling them, so you can macro/micro manage as you see fit

[Figas]

It is possible to have fun in the single player campaign, but the Bot AI is not very advanced, you'll have to do most of the stuff because they cant do much other then repair stuff and man guns.

[REBECCAFANCLUB]

You could have ♥♥♥♥ tons of fun in roleplay or serious servers, most people often really are or playing very serious or roleplaying 80% of time. its pretty nice. but yea, in single you gotta do literally everything and it INDEED helps a lot having the bots, but yea you know, bots arent players so.

[Finarfin]

Originally posted by NSFW +18 de Roxanne Wolf:

You could have ♥♥♥♥ tons of fun in roleplay or serious servers, most people often really are or playing very serious or roleplaying 80% of time. its pretty nice. but yea, in single you gotta do literally everything and it INDEED helps a lot having the bots, but yea you know, bots arent players so.

That's the best part about bots: they aren't players. I'll probably wait on this to see if they enhance the single player aspect in future updates.

[Stout]

Originally posted by Finarfin:

Originally posted by NSFW +18 de Roxanne Wolf:

You could have ♥♥♥♥ tons of fun in roleplay or serious servers, most people often really are or playing very serious or roleplaying 80% of time. its pretty nice. but yea, in single you gotta do literally everything and it INDEED helps a lot having the bots, but yea you know, bots arent players so.

That's the best part about bots: they aren't players. I'll probably wait on this to see if they enhance the single player aspect in future updates.

No need to announce your depression man, it's okay lol. We all deal with things.

[Finarfin]

Originally posted by Stout:

Originally posted by Finarfin:

That's the best part about bots: they aren't players. I'll probably wait on this to see if they enhance the single player aspect in future updates.

No need to announce your depression man, it's okay lol. We all deal with things.

The only thing that depresses me are the common human creatures that one must see every day. It's like Idiocracy has come to life.

[DuckieMcduck]

Originally posted by Stout:

Originally posted by Finarfin:

That's the best part about bots: they aren't players. I'll probably wait on this to see if they enhance the single player aspect in future updates.

No need to announce your depression man, it's okay lol. We all deal with things.

To be pair multiplayer in this can be pretty distressing, if you're not feeling really well and indifferent about outcome I wouldn't recommend lobby surfing.

I had a lot of fun when I was learning the game but after a while it just became disappointing, even if you beat a clown it's a waste of resources/time.

Originally posted by Finarfin:

Originally posted by NSFW +18 de Roxanne Wolf:

You could have ♥♥♥♥ tons of fun in roleplay or serious servers, most people often really are or playing very serious or roleplaying 80% of time. its pretty nice. but yea, in single you gotta do literally everything and it INDEED helps a lot having the bots, but yea you know, bots arent players so.

That's the best part about bots: they aren't players. I'll probably wait on this to see if they enhance the single player aspect in future updates.

There is nothing they can do to enhance it unfortunately, bots are really good for automation but you cannot delegate everything. You will need to learn the whole game on your own.

[Finarfin]

Originally posted by UnluckyDuckie:

Originally posted by Finarfin:

That's the best part about bots: they aren't players. I'll probably wait on this to see if they enhance the single player aspect in future updates.

There is nothing they can do to enhance it unfortunately, bots are really good for automation but you cannot delegate everything. You will need to learn the whole game on your own.

I don't mind having to learn everything about the game. I just want to be able to enjoy it at my pace and on my schedule without having to deal with the clown set.

[DuckieMcduck]

Originally posted by Finarfin:

Originally posted by UnluckyDuckie:

There is nothing they can do to enhance it unfortunately, bots are really good for automation but you cannot delegate everything. You will need to learn the whole game on your own.

I don't mind having to learn everything about the game. I just want to be able to enjoy it at my pace and on my schedule without having to deal with the clown set.

Well, in that case you can play it just fine. I made a thread here with some information/tips on how to approach the game more slowly:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/602960/discussions/0/3780248001147948753/

If you get curious about things you may check the wiki, which is well maintained:

https://barotraumagame.com/wiki/Main_Page

Outside of that you can download mods/submarines that make the game easier for singlepayer, or use the submarine editor to make your own.

The only thing you really miss from Multiplayer is, well, people screaming.

[Park Ranger]

Hey, I'm playing this game all by myself. And have really great time. But I'm lplaying with mods and making myself overpowered. This game is brutal. After 5 deaths on the first mission, you really want to send this game to hell. But mods make it bearable.
So if you'll manage to be okay without them, cool. If not, try cheating/mods. When you learn basics and advanced mechanics, do your own way.
At some point you can feel bored, that's for sure, like everything is repeating itself, but developers continue to add stuff, so that's a plus.

[Master Grade Ringo Starr]

Originally posted by Finarfin:

Originally posted by Stout:

No need to announce your depression man, it's okay lol. We all deal with things.

The only thing that depresses me are the common human creatures that one must see every day. It's like Idiocracy has come to life.

/r/im12andthisisdeep

[Ittrix]

I will say in single player *all* ship nannying falls on to you. The AI can't make sure things are stored in the correct locations or take stock of things or sort items into storage containers.

Even playing with one friend who I assign to deal with all matters ammo on a 20% paycheck lifts a huge amount off my back.


But it's fully plausible to play solo, yeah.

[Tourist]

hey i got an idea. Lets play a multiplayer game that is indended to be played multiplayer and play it single player. GO find some friends.

[Park Ranger]

Originally posted by Silence:

hey i got an idea. Lets play a multiplayer game that is indended to be played multiplayer and play it single player. GO find some friends.

Look, we got a smartass here. Nobody cares about your opinion. Go bother your freaking friends. Jesus

[SeeSeeBee]

1.3k hour here, all on single player, its playable and fun too.

-you will probably need a backpack mod because you will be soloing all the out of sub tasks. so your carrying capacity is very limited if without backpack mod.
-bots are supa diligent when you set tasks to them and prioritize the tasks accordingly. Give them the necessary tools to perform the tasks u set them and they become way more reliable than human players. ignore those that says bots are bad, its the opposite.