Day 5 Meteor Shower

[SGT Roc/K/]

Are the start pods supposed to be indestructible? After trying to wait the storm out I wake up on the ground outside with my helmet cracked and meteors still falling. Then I got killed by a meteor. This game needs some serious work, where is the enjoyment in waiting 20 to 30 mins real time for a weather event to pass, only to be killed by it?

[Pyramid Games]

we have changed the balance of meteor showers in the v0.199.1, you should see the new update now on steam

[SGT Roc/K/]

I updated this morning before this happened, then played and got the "Bulls Eye" achievement. Makes me think your update killed me.

[bongerman85]

DEVS you may need to look at the mechanics involved in the internal enviornments of the vehicles, start, and survival pods. i have been injured by meteors as well as thrown around inside of the rover and capsules by dust devils as well in the past.

[Seraphin]

Meteor shower on day 5 is bad luck. In my experience they are random, but they are rare.
Personally I'd load a savegame before the first weather forecast, it will be another, less harmful storm afterwards. Or start a new game where I can already use my experience I didn't have until then, there's not much lost after 5 days.

When you've build your base, you can do other things inside your base at night and during storms. When you run an antenna, you even get a weather forecast, which kind of storm will follow. So this is quite an important structure to know how to prepare.

There is autosave everytime you wake up after sleeping ... and I advice you to keep 1-2 saves which are a few days old, so you have a backup just in case.

[Gothos]

Originally posted by Seraphin:

There is autosave everytime you wake up after sleeping ... and I advice you to keep 1-2 saves which are a few days old, so you have a backup just in case.

Agreed. BEST "safety tip" ever. Saves are your friend. Save often and rotate the saves so you have a fall-back. Especially before a "major" change and turns to an "oops, lets not do that again" moment.

[SGT Roc/K/]

Originally posted by Gothos:

Originally posted by Seraphin:

There is autosave everytime you wake up after sleeping ... and I advice you to keep 1-2 saves which are a few days old, so you have a backup just in case.

Agreed. BEST "safety tip" ever. Saves are your friend. Save often and rotate the saves so you have a fall-back. Especially before a "major" change and turns to an "oops, lets not do that again" moment.

Unfortunately, I didn't do that this play through because it took 15 mins to delete the saves from the previous play through which were no longer compatible. I should have deleted from File Explorer but was already in game.

I'm going to wait a few days to see if the devs do something to repair this goofy storm occurance and if that doesn't fix it I'll call it done until the game hits 1.0. It's just too frustrating at this point. I feel like I'd have more fun playing Russian Roulette Simulator.

[Pyramid Games]

Originally posted by SGT Roc/K/:

I updated this morning before this happened, then played and got the "Bulls Eye" achievement. Makes me think your update killed me.

this morning the update wasn't yet deployed to the Default branch, so you most likely played the old version. We put so much effort into every update.. of course the game isn't yet perfect but it gets better and better with every update. Makes me sad to see a player write a negative review after 100 hours of playing. We try to implement every feedback we receive from players, can't do everything at once but we really try! Please tell me what can we improve to change your mind about the game and I will personally focus on doing that right after christmas.

[Seraphin]

Originally posted by SGT Roc/K/:

Unfortunately, I didn't do that this play through because it took 15 mins to delete the saves from the previous play through which were no longer compatible.

Did you keep all old savegames?

I've got one savegame I save anytime I like to save ...
I've got one save I save sporadically like when in the middle of a long journey as a near time fall back.
I've got one save I save after doing major building on my base I want to have a fall back for.

Only three manual saves which get overwritten all the time.

[SGT Roc/K/]

There are only two saves showing. One, the current play through, the other my start of the campaign. That's all.

[Seraphin]

Originally posted by Pyramid Games:

Please tell me what can we improve to change your mind about the game and I will personally focus on doing that right after christmas.

Be careful what you promise, you could be demanded to hold it, even if it may be unprofessional.

Originally posted by SGT Roc/K/:

There are only two saves showing. One, the current play through, the other my start of the campaign. That's all.

I was talking about the old ones, where you told you needed 15 minutes to delete them ... two saves are absolutly fine, if you have a useful system in using them.

[SGT Roc/K/]

Originally posted by Pyramid Games:

Originally posted by SGT Roc/K/:

I updated this morning before this happened, then played and got the "Bulls Eye" achievement. Makes me think your update killed me.

this morning the update wasn't yet deployed to the Default branch, so you most likely played the old version. We put so much effort into every update.. of course the game isn't yet perfect but it gets better and better with every update. Makes me sad to see a player write a negative review after 100 hours of playing. We try to implement every feedback we receive from players, can't do everything at once but we really try! Please tell me what can we improve to change your mind about the game and I will personally focus on doing that right after christmas.

I'll try to be brief. I could not start the game this morning until Steam applied an update. Looking just now, there is no update pending installation. That leads me to believe I did play the update.
Getting the Bulls Eye achievement while in the starting Pod, being thrown from the pod, and then being killed by another Meteor is too much too fast. Reading other posts the game is already too easy so I have no suggestions for you to improve the game. Earlier attempts to play were acceptable to a point; after building my first base it just became repetitious. This time, I can't find the necessary boards to build my first building or more than one transformer despite having searched 5 nearby bases. It's just not fun at this point. I don't expect to be able to build everything at the start, but it would be nice to be able to build one base building.

[Seraphin]

Originally posted by SGT Roc/K/:

I'll try to be brief. I could not start the game this morning until Steam applied an update. Looking just now, there is no update pending installation. That leads me to believe I did play the update.

If your game is up to date, it's version 0.199.1. The version number is shown on the top of the main menu and ingame. If not, you can force steam to update your files by validating the files in the steam properties of each game.

You complain about meteor storm on day 5 ... I told you, meteor storms are random and rare ... bad luck can happen ... it's up to you, if you give up or keep on going just because of bad luck.

Regarding lack of finding items, you know you can set items to be outlined so you can find them easier? After visiting five abadoned bases you should already be able to beginn building your base. You where grinding grindable equipment inside the base too? Later you can grind the equipment outside too, after you upgraded your grinder.

There is a 3d printer in your surviving pod too, which you can use to print needed items yourself after mining rocks.

Back to visiting five abadoned bases, you should have been able to find five tablets to unlock advanced technolgies to be able to research them with your science points.

I don't know, how experienced you are, maybe you know these informations already? If not, they shall help you.

edit: added hopefully useful informations for new players above

[SGT Roc/K/]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3391090252
As can be seen from the attached screen shot, the game is up to date. This is from within the pod prior to getting hit by the meteor. Please note the time, I'd been in the pod all night sleeping, when I woke there was the storm warning message from 3am. In the screen shot it's after noon, so I've spent all morning in the pod doing nothing waiting for all the weather events to end.
You call it bad luck, I call it bad game design. Potato, potatoh. And yes, items are highlighting when (if) I find them. They have to be there to be found, so far I have one big board and two small boards - one of which went into the ATV at the closest base. That's after searching the closest 5 or 6 bases.
edit: Posted in wrong thread, moved to this one.
edit 2: Any idea why the 3D printer won't print circuit boards even though the required materials are in the printer inventory?

[Gothos]

I feel for the "bad luck" that SGT Roc/K/ has had. Been there and done that. I normally play default and since the new update, preparing to start fresh. I do that with every new update to see what new bugs are about and report as seen. Play it out to "endgame" and mess about with it till the next update.

Then start fresh again ...

I also try to beat a record of "self sufficiency" for myself. So far at 17 Sols. Kind of a challenge for myself. ( especially with Madman sandbox )

As far as finding the mats to get things built and accomplished, that is part of the challenge. Your jackhammer is your friend when starting out. You'll need to grind EVERYTING.

One issue I found is this. To get anything done when you first land ( sandbox or campaign ) ... you don't have enough time ...as the "game clock" is really fast.

Not a fan of mods ... but this one will slow it down, and help in progression and builds.

Could also make the game more enjoyable. Just my opinion though.

https://www.nexusmods.com/occupymars/mods/14 So far with 0.199 .. have seen no issues in default.

[Seraphin]

Originally posted by SGT Roc/K/:

And yes, items are highlighting when (if) I find them.

I'm not sure, if you talk about the same highlighting as I do ... as you talk about if you found them.

I'm talking about the highlightning of items in your close area, even if they are hidden and you're not pointing at them.

E.g., here you can easily find a small circuit board, even if it's hidden from the view.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3391099184