I can't get past the epilepsy warning screen. I verified my steam install folder, I can still launch the original Subnautica fine, but Below Zero will not progress beyond that first screen. I can hear creatures making noises, but it just remains on that warning regardless of what I hit until I give up and exit the program. I could load and play one of the early Betas at some point way back, but this is my first attempt to play since then. What in the world is going on?
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Below Zero Steam PC permanently stuck on Epilepsy Warning screen
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"damaged save game"
I was playing Subnautica yesterday when one of my cats jumped on the computer and turned it off. I turned SN back on and went to load my save. The save showed a placeholder picture and said that it was "damaged save game". It was dated to 1st of January 2015, 12:00 AM. I loaded the save and it worked just fine, no problems asides from the fact that the date was messed up and said it had been created when I tried to open it back up. Weird bug, probably a 1/100,000 chance of happening.
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Worst Place Where your Seamoth/Prawn/Cyclops DIED!
The worst place where my cyclops ran out of battery was at the west edge of the map and i was looking for large silver hunks and i was not paying attention but my batteries ran out and my prawn suit that was docked in my cyclops only had 11% battery left and there was 3 reaper leviathans just hanging out ready to hug me as soon as i left my cyclops so yeah i died and just decided to make another cyclops and prawn suit from scratch and i eventually went to go get all the silver i collected off of the old cyclops later on this time with charged batteries. Where is the worst place you have ran out of battery power in subnautica? Feel free to comment below. Thanks!
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UNABLE TO DELETE PREVIOUS GAMES AND STAR A NEW ONE (STEAM) SUBNAUTICA BELOW ZERO
I bought SBZ and played the game during the beta on steam. Now that the game is out, it is impossible for me to start a new game or delete any of my previous games.
Every time I load the game, my previous games reappear. The menus are highlighted in yellow, but when you click, nothing happens. It is as if they are disconnected from the game.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game, but that solution doesn't work. Also to start the game as an administrator, and neither.
Now I can't even play the previous games, I had during the beta... but they still appear!
I am at a standstill. (sorry if my english is not very good.)
I need help! Thank you.
Every time I load the game, my previous games reappear. The menus are highlighted in yellow, but when you click, nothing happens. It is as if they are disconnected from the game.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game, but that solution doesn't work. Also to start the game as an administrator, and neither.
Now I can't even play the previous games, I had during the beta... but they still appear!
I am at a standstill. (sorry if my english is not very good.)
I need help! Thank you.
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Crashing launching or playing Subnautica? Follow these steps to make a good crash support post!
Hey guys!
Subnautica is currently in Early Access and as such you may from time to time encounter bugs and in the worst case, crashes. If you have issues with stability of Subnautica, please post your issues with as much detail as possible (video/screenshots/descriptions), followed by the following requested information:
Example Topic Title:
[Crash] Open my Locker and Crash! [Version Number]
1) Please run dxdiag.exe (search windows for it) on your systems and hit the button 'save all information' in the bottom right. Save this file for later.
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2) Navigate to your Subnautica Folder in Steam (should be steamapps\common\Subnautica)
3) Open the Subnautica_Data folder and grab a copy of 'output_log.txt'
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4) Upload all the text of these to something like http://pastebin.com/ and post the public links to them with your forum posts.
These 2 files will GREATLY help us in tracking down issues with Subnautica. Thanks!
Crashing launching or playing Subnautica? Follow these steps to make a good tech support post!
Edit by Jonas:
We've also got a very similar guide with pictures for each step on Steam.
And as in every good tech support:
Subnautica is currently in Early Access and as such you may from time to time encounter bugs and in the worst case, crashes. If you have issues with stability of Subnautica, please post your issues with as much detail as possible (video/screenshots/descriptions), followed by the following requested information:
Example Topic Title:
[Crash] Open my Locker and Crash! [Version Number]
1) Please run dxdiag.exe (search windows for it) on your systems and hit the button 'save all information' in the bottom right. Save this file for later.
2) Navigate to your Subnautica Folder in Steam (should be steamapps\common\Subnautica)
3) Open the Subnautica_Data folder and grab a copy of 'output_log.txt'
4) Upload all the text of these to something like http://pastebin.com/ and post the public links to them with your forum posts.
These 2 files will GREATLY help us in tracking down issues with Subnautica. Thanks!
Crashing launching or playing Subnautica? Follow these steps to make a good tech support post!
Edit by Jonas:
We've also got a very similar guide with pictures for each step on Steam.
And as in every good tech support:
- Please make sure that your Windows is up to date.
- Please make sure that your drivers are up to date.
- Please make sure your PC meets the minimum system requirements.
- Please close all other applications before starting the game.
- Have you tried turning it off and on again?
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Unable to get achievements?
Hello,
Thank you for checking out my question; your insight is much appreciated.
Recently my Wi-Fi went out for a couple days (new router was dumb haha), and during that time I figured it would be a great time to continue my BZ save. I got a few achievements the week prior on this save, and now heard that any achievements I got while playing offline (from Steam) would update and give them to me once I got back online. When I got back online, I booted up my save, played for a few minutes, then logged off to see if my achievements would load (I Googled and saw that I should have a few more now since I played a good bit while offline from Steam). Sadly, I was given no achievements...
A couple guys from the Discord asked if I had used the command console in this save. I was stuck a couple times, so I had to use the console *only* to use the ghost command and relocate a couple feet away from where I was absolutely stuck. Cheating is for dumbos lol. I'm an achievement hunter so I would hate myself for using any cheat. It hurt a little to use even this command since I was actually stuck. Somehow I got through the first Subnautica without getting stuck, so I had never used this command console before.
Is my save done for since I used the command console? Do I need to restart to get the achievements? Please share your insight.
Thanks again!
Garrieth
Thank you for checking out my question; your insight is much appreciated.
Recently my Wi-Fi went out for a couple days (new router was dumb haha), and during that time I figured it would be a great time to continue my BZ save. I got a few achievements the week prior on this save, and now heard that any achievements I got while playing offline (from Steam) would update and give them to me once I got back online. When I got back online, I booted up my save, played for a few minutes, then logged off to see if my achievements would load (I Googled and saw that I should have a few more now since I played a good bit while offline from Steam). Sadly, I was given no achievements...
A couple guys from the Discord asked if I had used the command console in this save. I was stuck a couple times, so I had to use the console *only* to use the ghost command and relocate a couple feet away from where I was absolutely stuck. Cheating is for dumbos lol. I'm an achievement hunter so I would hate myself for using any cheat. It hurt a little to use even this command since I was actually stuck. Somehow I got through the first Subnautica without getting stuck, so I had never used this command console before.
Is my save done for since I used the command console? Do I need to restart to get the achievements? Please share your insight.
Thanks again!
Garrieth
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Did not get the OST
Title says everything, I own subnautica since 2017(I think), yet never got the Soundtrack. I don't want to have to buy it, is there a solution to this?
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scanner room suddenly stopped showing fragments
Hello, so I was scanning for fragments. There was a lot of them on my HUD. While I was searching for them the cirlcles suddenly started to disappear. I went back to scanner room and it was still scanning but the map was empty! Turning it off and on again does not seem to fix the problem.
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Game crashing on Nintendo switch
Since last weekend I am playing Below Zero on my switch & having a lot of fun.
Unfortunatly the game keeps crashing every 10-20 minutes. No consistency when it will happen: underwater or on land, while listening to a audio recording or manufacturing or when saving (at least the save game was not destroyed/corrupted yet)
Anyone else with the same problem or tips for troubleshooting?
(The ingame reporting tool goes into error 30s after submitting, showing a mesage that the servers are not available)
Unfortunatly the game keeps crashing every 10-20 minutes. No consistency when it will happen: underwater or on land, while listening to a audio recording or manufacturing or when saving (at least the save game was not destroyed/corrupted yet)
Anyone else with the same problem or tips for troubleshooting?
(The ingame reporting tool goes into error 30s after submitting, showing a mesage that the servers are not available)
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How many people were on the aurora
I'd just like to ask how many people are on the aurora because for such a large ship you'd assume there would be a large crew but assuming the area of were the lifepods were launched is around the area of the map maybe 2 times that you don't seem to find a large amount of lifepods.You may argue that you could fit a large amount of people in one but the thing is you can't you see there is also only one seat per lifepod and anyone not in a seat would surely be killed.So here's the thing this ship is a habitation ship and 20 people aren't going to make the planet habitable so where is the rest of the crew.
(i dont really care that much BTW so don't hate and tell me it's just a game, I just have nothing to do right now)
(i dont really care that much BTW so don't hate and tell me it's just a game, I just have nothing to do right now)
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Dead Zone Creation
So we all know this place called the Dead Zone, but im still not clear on how it was made. something with a crater and mass extinction? is that how the ghost leviathans appeared there too? for all of you that dont know where the Dead Zone is, its the map border, where ghost leviathans live so that you dont pass, although its linked with the story somehow. Also it goes as deep as u can survive.
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Nintendo Switch Lite - Inactive Lava Zone - Saving While Inside Prawn Suit - Crash When Reloading
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Should mods be in Subnautica?
I just had the idea of mods in Subnautica same as Gmod or any other mod extented games, It would be nice to see that people make their own sea creatures and make mods, This would give Subnautica loads of variation to subnautica, Do you like this idea or you just hate this idea leave it in the comments down below!
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Saving isn't working...
I give up, been playing for days, battling countless bugs, problems and crashes. Now, when I save my game, it's a flip of a coin as to whether it is actually saving or not. Sometimes it "saves" for a few seconds, sometimes for a few minutes. Either way about half the time I quit and come back it just hadn't saved and I'm back at an old state.
I'm done. I don't want to troubleshoot, I don't want to fuck around with anything, I don't want to play anymore. Not until it's a completely working game. I just figured I'd let you guys know the issue, figure it out and fix it, if you can, and let me know when the game comes out of early access. As of right now, spending about as much time working around issues as playing the game isn't something I can bring myself to do anymore.
PS. I had quit and reloaded because the Cyclops I made didn't have a Cyclops Modification Fabricator, assumingly reloading would have forced it to load the Fabricator in, but I will never know, and frankly at this point, don't care either.
I'm done. I don't want to troubleshoot, I don't want to fuck around with anything, I don't want to play anymore. Not until it's a completely working game. I just figured I'd let you guys know the issue, figure it out and fix it, if you can, and let me know when the game comes out of early access. As of right now, spending about as much time working around issues as playing the game isn't something I can bring myself to do anymore.
PS. I had quit and reloaded because the Cyclops I made didn't have a Cyclops Modification Fabricator, assumingly reloading would have forced it to load the Fabricator in, but I will never know, and frankly at this point, don't care either.
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NSL Season 11 has started!
NSL Season 11 has started this week and yet it is still unknown to a majority of the NS2 community who plays against who.
16 teams have signed up for season 11, who got split into 2 divisions. The perceived skill of each team was the deciding factor if a team got placed into division 1 or division 2, with stronger teams getting out into division 1.
Division 1:
CanMercForFinals.
ELOGain
Heidis Bergziegen
Horror Show
iSaid
Pell-Mell
seize & decyst
Weaponised Bergs / Tilt Patrol
Division 2:
8bitgamers
Peace Death
pubstars
SUPERDUPONT
T.E.A.M.
Tactical Retreat
Team Awesome
WarzoneGaming
16 teams have signed up for season 11, who got split into 2 divisions. The perceived skill of each team was the deciding factor if a team got placed into division 1 or division 2, with stronger teams getting out into division 1.
Division 1:
CanMercForFinals.
herakles
Golden
lebra
Spring
loMe
turtsmcgurts
Simba
TerranItUp
In my opinion this team is the top candidate to win division 1. This team is almost entirely made up of previous division 1 and premiere division winners and I am pretty sure they are determined to win this season as well.
Golden
lebra
Spring
loMe
turtsmcgurts
Simba
TerranItUp
In my opinion this team is the top candidate to win division 1. This team is almost entirely made up of previous division 1 and premiere division winners and I am pretty sure they are determined to win this season as well.
ELOGain
crowbar
caperp
paddy
Unicorn
ellm
carnage
Deathcore
Here we have a team of rock solid players that have shown that they are team that you can’t underestimate. I have not really seen them in action though, it is hard for me to predict how well they will do in division 1. I expect them to play on par with Horror Show and HBZ.
caperp
paddy
Unicorn
ellm
carnage
Deathcore
Here we have a team of rock solid players that have shown that they are team that you can’t underestimate. I have not really seen them in action though, it is hard for me to predict how well they will do in division 1. I expect them to play on par with Horror Show and HBZ.
Heidis Bergziegen
Bicsum
mortmann
izO
Rammler
Home
dePARA
Handschuh
daemon
LevSteel
Luchs
d3Base
Dean0
x_Oo
Heidis Bergziegen (aka HBZ) came in second in season 10 division 2. They were only beaten by Horror Show and were one of two teams who were able to take rounds from Horror Show last season. They have reinforced their roster izO and x_Oo who both did not play for a while but easily have the potential to play on par with the other strong members of HBZ. If they put their A-Game on then I can see them being a candidate for the playoffs.
mortmann
izO
Rammler
Home
dePARA
Handschuh
daemon
LevSteel
Luchs
d3Base
Dean0
x_Oo
Heidis Bergziegen (aka HBZ) came in second in season 10 division 2. They were only beaten by Horror Show and were one of two teams who were able to take rounds from Horror Show last season. They have reinforced their roster izO and x_Oo who both did not play for a while but easily have the potential to play on par with the other strong members of HBZ. If they put their A-Game on then I can see them being a candidate for the playoffs.
Horror Show
CRaZyCAT
keo
LostMyFrontWing
SPAAAARTAAAA
Anriller
vladka
Syn-X
As mentioned above this team has won division 2 in season 10. They have proven that their teamwork is spot on and that they can keep a cool head even in difficult situations. However compared to last season they have lost vostok and YHero and replaced them with vladka and Syn-X. If this has hurt their synergy is a question that will be answered throughout the season.
keo
LostMyFrontWing
SPAAAARTAAAA
Anriller
vladka
Syn-X
As mentioned above this team has won division 2 in season 10. They have proven that their teamwork is spot on and that they can keep a cool head even in difficult situations. However compared to last season they have lost vostok and YHero and replaced them with vladka and Syn-X. If this has hurt their synergy is a question that will be answered throughout the season.
iSaid
Kash
Preda
DaWick3DKing
Mephilles
Absurdon
Tangeriney
SneakyDragon
ChildrensPockets
This team won the lower bracket of division 2 in season 10 and are the underdog of division 1. While it is assumed that they are on a similar level to pubstars in division 2, they volunteered to be put in division 1 to get the chance to play against the best teams that NS2 currently has. Compared to season 10 they have lost Lash and gained Tangeriney, SneakyDragon and ChildrensPockets (aka Kmacg). If this has boosted the team enough to play on par with the other teams is a question that only the future can answer.
Preda
DaWick3DKing
Mephilles
Absurdon
Tangeriney
SneakyDragon
ChildrensPockets
This team won the lower bracket of division 2 in season 10 and are the underdog of division 1. While it is assumed that they are on a similar level to pubstars in division 2, they volunteered to be put in division 1 to get the chance to play against the best teams that NS2 currently has. Compared to season 10 they have lost Lash and gained Tangeriney, SneakyDragon and ChildrensPockets (aka Kmacg). If this has boosted the team enough to play on par with the other teams is a question that only the future can answer.
Pell-Mell
RolliePollie
WhySoSerious
DaPony
pulzz
A2K
TeslaTrooper
Ypsi
ryssk
Sylwester
Playing in the NSL since season 6 they have not had many changes in their roster and worked hard together to improve themselves to compete with the best. In season 7 and 8 they were the third strongest team in the NSL. With season 9 being canceled and them taking a break in season 10 they are now back to show once again what they are made of.
WhySoSerious
DaPony
pulzz
A2K
TeslaTrooper
Ypsi
ryssk
Sylwester
Playing in the NSL since season 6 they have not had many changes in their roster and worked hard together to improve themselves to compete with the best. In season 7 and 8 they were the third strongest team in the NSL. With season 9 being canceled and them taking a break in season 10 they are now back to show once again what they are made of.
seize & decyst
phonee
ydy
malx
ragnasty
Bauerjankins
Nightsy
Tyr
Hobbeson
asdfg
After coming in second in season 10 this team is more than eager to finally win division 1. Especially now that placeholders, who won division 1 last season, is not participating this time. And with the help of their new members Nightsy, Tyr, Hobbeson and asdfg they are aiming for that victory.
ydy
malx
ragnasty
Bauerjankins
Nightsy
Tyr
Hobbeson
asdfg
After coming in second in season 10 this team is more than eager to finally win division 1. Especially now that placeholders, who won division 1 last season, is not participating this time. And with the help of their new members Nightsy, Tyr, Hobbeson and asdfg they are aiming for that victory.
Weaponised Bergs / Tilt Patrol
Starcetereus
migalski
ADHD
infamous
alf
bLink
tap
schu
McNally
Snowy
Here we have a weird mix of division 1 players from 3 out of 4 teams that played there last season. So this team has more than enough skill and experience to have a word to say on the top of division 1. I am pretty sure I will see them in the playoffs aswell.
migalski
ADHD
infamous
alf
bLink
tap
schu
McNally
Snowy
Here we have a weird mix of division 1 players from 3 out of 4 teams that played there last season. So this team has more than enough skill and experience to have a word to say on the top of division 1. I am pretty sure I will see them in the playoffs aswell.
Division 2:
8bitgamers
Luftwaffel
Faz
Stormbell
consumer99
kidGO
UncleChicken
Hotman45
AlanDemarest
fox_
Benji
stimpackabuser
BEANZ
This team participated in the NSL Newcomer Tournament 2017 (NCT) and came in 4th, right behind Peace Death. While playing a solid game in the NCT, I have not seen any of their training sessions so I have no clue how they will perform. So I’ll just wait and see.
Faz
Stormbell
consumer99
kidGO
UncleChicken
Hotman45
AlanDemarest
fox_
Benji
stimpackabuser
BEANZ
This team participated in the NSL Newcomer Tournament 2017 (NCT) and came in 4th, right behind Peace Death. While playing a solid game in the NCT, I have not seen any of their training sessions so I have no clue how they will perform. So I’ll just wait and see.
Peace Death
blacksuge
Kefirdon
Mnow
vipko
NS2Player
Borshevskiy
igorovs
Matti
Reguliym
Like 8bitgamers this team has participated in the NCT aswell and came in 3rd. Since then they have been training alot and have shown some dedication to improve. This team has the potential to make it to the playoffs so watch out for them.
Kefirdon
Mnow
vipko
NS2Player
Borshevskiy
igorovs
Matti
Reguliym
Like 8bitgamers this team has participated in the NCT aswell and came in 3rd. Since then they have been training alot and have shown some dedication to improve. This team has the potential to make it to the playoffs so watch out for them.
pubstars
CmdrKeen
dja
Mega_noComm
Seperim
Malware
eon
Barns
valo
POPI
Arugiro
RNDM
Coming third in division 2 in season 10 and being the second team next to HBZ who were able to steal rounds from Horror Show this team has a really good chance of winning this division. This team is packed with very talented players, paired together with Mega and Malware who provide the competitive experience in that team.
dja
Mega_noComm
Seperim
Malware
eon
Barns
valo
POPI
Arugiro
RNDM
Coming third in division 2 in season 10 and being the second team next to HBZ who were able to steal rounds from Horror Show this team has a really good chance of winning this division. This team is packed with very talented players, paired together with Mega and Malware who provide the competitive experience in that team.
SUPERDUPONT
Dark_Angel
Hyste
Moadib
pommefrite
Zanarkand
Bof
gigogne
Sacrifice
oxo
FlambY
This team formed just before season 11 started and will be hard to predict their performance. While having some very strong and talented players, the fact that this team is so new might hurt their synergy. I expect them to improve tremendously throughout the season and see them in a position where they can fight for the crown of division 2.
Hyste
Moadib
pommefrite
Zanarkand
Bof
gigogne
Sacrifice
oxo
FlambY
This team formed just before season 11 started and will be hard to predict their performance. While having some very strong and talented players, the fact that this team is so new might hurt their synergy. I expect them to improve tremendously throughout the season and see them in a position where they can fight for the crown of division 2.
T.E.A.M.
RookieMonster
Shelly
Blrg
Pi-rho-men-CER
EBH
Nauti2
HyugaBubblershoot
This team dominated the Newcomer Tournament and have shown that they understand the principles of competitive NS2. Depending on how well they can build up on that and how much they have improved since the NCT I can see them in a top position in division 2 as well.
Shelly
Blrg
Pi-rho-men-CER
EBH
Nauti2
HyugaBubblershoot
This team dominated the Newcomer Tournament and have shown that they understand the principles of competitive NS2. Depending on how well they can build up on that and how much they have improved since the NCT I can see them in a top position in division 2 as well.
Tactical Retreat
DCDarkling
Psycho
Kari
Alt
Hungry1
ary
antou
Terence
DrLecter
Hellspawn
Under the name of All Terrain Vehicles this team had a rough time in season 10. I have huge respect towards that team that, even though they lost every single round last season, they don’t give up, train and are determined to continue fighting. With ary they have a really strong new member in their lineup so you shouldn’t take them lightly.
Psycho
Kari
Alt
Hungry1
ary
antou
Terence
DrLecter
Hellspawn
Under the name of All Terrain Vehicles this team had a rough time in season 10. I have huge respect towards that team that, even though they lost every single round last season, they don’t give up, train and are determined to continue fighting. With ary they have a really strong new member in their lineup so you shouldn’t take them lightly.
Team Awesome
Ololoi
Roland
Slaughterer
SideBu2Rnz9
balaj
jope
Nooblar
IceSmoke
This team was the first to drop out in the Newcomer Tournament and that makes it even more surprising to see how far they got. With Ololoi, Roland and IceSmoke the only remaining members from the original team, they got themself some really strong players and are ready to wreak havoc over division 2.
Roland
Slaughterer
SideBu2Rnz9
balaj
jope
Nooblar
IceSmoke
This team was the first to drop out in the Newcomer Tournament and that makes it even more surprising to see how far they got. With Ololoi, Roland and IceSmoke the only remaining members from the original team, they got themself some really strong players and are ready to wreak havoc over division 2.
WarzoneGaming
Raydiana
NateDogg
DocStalin
diesel5543
SlightlyTorn
Aeroplane
Vikadin
ArpyClarkson
This team is an absolute wildcard for me. Except for Raydiana I don’t know a single player, I have never seen them training so it is absolutely impossible to judge their skill. Like with 8bitgamers I’ll just wait and see what happens.
NateDogg
DocStalin
diesel5543
SlightlyTorn
Aeroplane
Vikadin
ArpyClarkson
This team is an absolute wildcard for me. Except for Raydiana I don’t know a single player, I have never seen them training so it is absolutely impossible to judge their skill. Like with 8bitgamers I’ll just wait and see what happens.
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Lights in seatruck modules always on [BZ 44290]
Lights in storage, teleporter and docking modules are on even when unpowered.
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Water inside seatruck [BZ 44290]
Water surface renders inside aquarium and docking modules
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Piloting seatruck hand animation [BZ 44290]
Player left hand does not animate when piloting seatruck and moving sideways.
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Below Zero is terrible, right? Am I the crazy one?
I was so excited for another Subnautica game. I thought it would be amazing. 1 hour after starting Below Zero I simply quit. I don't know what this is, but its not fun.
Everything is too cramped, both below the water but especially above. The weather effects are so over the top I struggled to see where I was going (in a bad, not survival game way). The phrase "professional self restraint" comes to mind. Every place, every spot is jam packed with things, like a over decorated Christmas tree. There is no room to let the world breathe, no time to let you think where you should go next, because everywhere has something.
No infamously beloved thalasophobia from biomes with infinite ocean blue on every side of the compass. No break in interesting objects and locations with a bit of space to make the world feel huge. In Below Zero, everything is crammed into a arctic puddle, with every single square inch of land being covered in some plant, formation, or a piece of technology.
Paradoxically, a lot of this visual clutter is recycled old stuff from the original game. Repainted kelp, slightly modified fish from the original game, flat out identical items and human objects.
The story is just as overwhelming as the map. Tons of text, documents, sound files are dumped at you immediately when loading a new game, to the point where you can spend 20 minutes reading your PDA before you even move your character. Then, every 10 minutes there is more text, more documents. Remember how in the original game you got maybe 1 document every 5 wrecks and only if you bothered to explore them from top to bottom? Well, not in Below Zero. Every room in the first base I found had like 2-3 documents in it, 2-3 toys, 1-2 new characters and 5 scanable objects.
And its not like the story is that impressive. Uninteresting characters with dialogue I could only honestly describe as autistic (I don't mean to offend). The main character thinking out loud completely mundane and obvious things, as if the developers where afraid the player wouldn't realize he made a flashlight unless the character says out loud "I have made a flashlight".
The bad kind of jump scare in the cave with Marguerite, that's cheap and insulting, as opposed to making a hostile and unnerving world with dangers.
Yet, despite everything being cluttered and text dumped, someone who never played Subnautica might spend hours going in circles trying to figure out how to do the most basic of things, like make rubber for a knife, or realizing that its even possible to upgrade your underwater air capacity.
I loved Subnautica because it was vast. Quiet. Abandoned. Its world couldn't care less about you. The story was done more by showing the world, not telling. Building a base was necessary. Moving the story required preparing and launching expeditions.
Below Zero felt like a mod done by overenthusiastic pre teens. It feels like some first person shooter without the guns. "The more colorful objects and dialogue we shove into the map, the more fun the map will get!" I cant believe the developers missed the mark so much on why the first game was successful.
Also, Rileys hair shadow shows she isn't wearing a helmet when diving in arctic water.
Everything is too cramped, both below the water but especially above. The weather effects are so over the top I struggled to see where I was going (in a bad, not survival game way). The phrase "professional self restraint" comes to mind. Every place, every spot is jam packed with things, like a over decorated Christmas tree. There is no room to let the world breathe, no time to let you think where you should go next, because everywhere has something.
No infamously beloved thalasophobia from biomes with infinite ocean blue on every side of the compass. No break in interesting objects and locations with a bit of space to make the world feel huge. In Below Zero, everything is crammed into a arctic puddle, with every single square inch of land being covered in some plant, formation, or a piece of technology.
Paradoxically, a lot of this visual clutter is recycled old stuff from the original game. Repainted kelp, slightly modified fish from the original game, flat out identical items and human objects.
The story is just as overwhelming as the map. Tons of text, documents, sound files are dumped at you immediately when loading a new game, to the point where you can spend 20 minutes reading your PDA before you even move your character. Then, every 10 minutes there is more text, more documents. Remember how in the original game you got maybe 1 document every 5 wrecks and only if you bothered to explore them from top to bottom? Well, not in Below Zero. Every room in the first base I found had like 2-3 documents in it, 2-3 toys, 1-2 new characters and 5 scanable objects.
And its not like the story is that impressive. Uninteresting characters with dialogue I could only honestly describe as autistic (I don't mean to offend). The main character thinking out loud completely mundane and obvious things, as if the developers where afraid the player wouldn't realize he made a flashlight unless the character says out loud "I have made a flashlight".
The bad kind of jump scare in the cave with Marguerite, that's cheap and insulting, as opposed to making a hostile and unnerving world with dangers.
Yet, despite everything being cluttered and text dumped, someone who never played Subnautica might spend hours going in circles trying to figure out how to do the most basic of things, like make rubber for a knife, or realizing that its even possible to upgrade your underwater air capacity.
I loved Subnautica because it was vast. Quiet. Abandoned. Its world couldn't care less about you. The story was done more by showing the world, not telling. Building a base was necessary. Moving the story required preparing and launching expeditions.
Below Zero felt like a mod done by overenthusiastic pre teens. It feels like some first person shooter without the guns. "The more colorful objects and dialogue we shove into the map, the more fun the map will get!" I cant believe the developers missed the mark so much on why the first game was successful.
Also, Rileys hair shadow shows she isn't wearing a helmet when diving in arctic water.
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Can't continue the game because of this bug (BZ)
After 1.0 update I created a new game and try to explore the world. First, I realize flying volcanos in the ocean, then, floating materials, finally I realized that whole terrain is broken. Above the glacial, everything is broken. I do not want to start a new game after spending so many hours. If you have a solution I'd be happy.
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