Subnautica thread I started playing Subnautica just after the

>>382075161
Scooty Puff Sr.

Grand Reef/Sea Treated Path

Paint it in Reaper Leviathan colors, and name it "Gendo Train"
Also, paint a P.R.A.W.N. to look like Unit-01

>>382075515
Treader*

>exploring north towards the mountain island in seamoth
>spend too much time in open water around island
>leviathan decides he's hungry and I look tasty
>he grabs my seamoth, I freak out and manage to jump out
>he swims off with seamoth and chews on it for a bit
>when he's done go back, hoping he didn't destroy it (don't want to seaglide 1.3 km back to base with that shit swimming around)
>it's got 21% hull left
>NOPE right back to base and repair
I've never left base without my repair tool since

>>382075575
I've only got 3/20 PRAWN scans. I have no idea how I got all 9 cyclops parts before the PRAWN

>>382075676
>taking the welder out of your inventory
>ever

>>382075515
Where exactly is the sea treader path?
I cheated and read it was southwest of the lifepod, but I had no idea where I was when I finally found the sea treaders.

>>382075765
>3/20
Nigger, what version are you playing on?

>>382076076
49959

>>382076067
Southwest, between the Grand Reef and Dunes

>>382076076
I'm guessing 3/20 is including all the arm components?

Last I played you could find all the core parts in the aurora.

>>382076553
I've only found the torpedo arm. I also haven't been to the Aurora. It seems pretty spooky.
And I do have the radiation suit, so I've just been avoiding going there.

>>382075161
Make it Sea Emperor colored so it scares them off.

So I took a trip to the mountain island to get some samples from the sap making trees, and fuggin bonesharks took off like a quarter of the cyclop's health while sailing through the floating islands.
Is it supposed to attract every predator around and then get shredded like tissue paper?

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>>382075161

pussy wagon

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wew lads
being inside the cyclops makes the game think you're also inside your base

I've heard that this game can have pretty serious FPS issues. They got that fixed yet?

Mariana's Cum Trench

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>>382080141
>docking a seamoth then closing the hatch
INEXCUSABLE

>>382080349
I keep getting micro stutters even when I lower the settings. It's just not optimized yet. The game is alot better looking nowadays though.

>>382080349
>>382080732
The worst for me is object pop-in.
There have been times where the game has locked up for a good 2 minutes loading the mushroom forest

>>382082173
Sturgeon's law, fag. There's always the 10%.

>>382082173
>implying I bought it

>>382081123
Since last update Mushroom Forest hasn't been nearly as disastrous for me with stuttering. Now instead it just loads everything when I'm already balls deep in the middle of it all. Not sure that's much of a tradeoff, but it's a start I suppose.

>>382082820
>Pirating from an indie dev
Why though?

>>382084851
because I'm not going to buy an early access game
if they don't fuck up it'll be totally worth buying once they release it

>taking the cyclops down into the grand reef
>picking up rare minerals I'll need for seamoth depth upgrades
>find strange object on ocean floor
>pick it up
>"sea treader feces"
WEW LADDOS

any tips for building deep sea bases? heading back and forth to a shallow base or even the escape pod to make resources sounds inefficient

>>382085447
build lots of fondations

>>382085182
Put it in your base's engine

>>382080141
That's been a bug forever. Hopefully it gets fixed before 1.0

>>382085537
I'm not using valuable cargo space to carry literal shit back to my base.
I've got creepvine growing right outside the hatch, so I can just grab seeds and dump them in. Or use some of my farmed fish.

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>mfw I've been playing Subnautica on-and-off since before they removed terraforming
>Still haven't found a multi-purpose room, battery recharger, thermal generator, or any vehicle bigger than the small sub

>>382085518

Why?
Legitimately wondering because I never do so but never tried or even thought to.

>>382085447
I build them in the strangest places and never had much trouble. Make sure you prioritize things you need, like a fabricator so you've got access to everything and just move it to it's intended location when you've built it. If you've got at least a Seamoth/PRAWN and the Cyclops use them as well. Load up their storage and your own pockets so you're carrying a good amount of shit to begin with. If necessary build a waystation in between and scrap it when you've got more storage/whatever in your new home. I also just like puttering about in my submarines and hop out whenever I see useful shit on the journeys in between. That helps.

Forgot I bought this ages ago, downloading now. Any tips to not get scared when going below 100m

>>382085704
Go to wrecks and abandoned bases.

>>382085704
>battery charger
Just look for wrecks in mid-depth areas. I've seen wrecks with like 5 battery charger fragments in the grassy plateaus.
>multipurpose room
The floating island has bases with multipurpose rooms
>thermal generator
there's a wreck in the grand reef with ~4 fragments (I just found it in my initial exploration)
>vehicles
Again, look for wrecks a couple hundred meters down. Plenty of cyclops parts.

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The road to the Sea Emperor was rather harrowing for me. I've been waiting for her to be in the stable update. Worth the wait. If only the lag in the Lava Zone wasn't horrendous still. I'm starting to doubt they'll be able to fix it.

>>382085656
That shit is great fuel for Bioreactors

>>382085802
Foundations let you easily game the hull integrity system. Each one adds some integrity, even if it doesn't support anything. You could also spam reinforcements, but then you need lithium and wall spots.

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>>382085939
They need to redo the damn textures on the thing though. Both the Reaper and Emperor were done far before the Dragon/Ghost and it really shows. They did redo the Reefbacks, so there might be hope.

>>382085826
Bring a seaglide
Get a seamoth (plenty of fragments shallow enough to see sunlight)
Really, anything shallow enough to see sunlight from the bottom isn't too spooky. Just watch our for predators and you'll be fine.

The scary shit is caves and trenches.

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Why are all the sea treaders hanging out in this one spot?
Is this the designated treading ground?

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This is what the scanner room looks like when you build on the edge of the Abyss. Creepy.
>>382085826
Use a flashlight, I think they are underrated. Also explore during the day because almost every area is really dark at night.
>>382086842
Their AI is pretty borked. They usually follow a path between the Grand Reef and the Dunes.

>>382087137
I bet there's gubbins just below the range of your scanner room. You should go find it. You wouldn't want someone else to find the treasure first do you.

>>382085826
What >>382087137 said. Flashlights are a lifesaver when you suddenly need one. Especially when you go into a cave and you suddenly get turned around in the pitch dark.

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>>382087137
I guess they figured themselves out.
There was a second pod coming just up the path

>tfw you pet the sea treaders then go explore the deep grand reef and see a new creature
>start scanning
>it turns around, screams at you then charges
fug :DDDD

>start up subnautica, havent played in a while
>apparently all the extra tanks in my inventory dont count towards oxygen capacity anymore
>need to build bigger tank
>ok fine
>pull together supplies
>cant find any silver ore fucking anywhere
>cant find rocks anywhere
>finally find some in vine areas
>sharks errywhere
>try to fend them off with with my reliable stabby stabby
>despite carving them up like a christmas ham, they still wont die
>5 minutes later Im still swimming after them, resurfacing for air, and stabbing
>eventually a walrus farts on me and I die

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>>382088034
>take seamoth to deep grand reef seabase
>hop out to explore inside
>crabsquid goes bonkers on the fucking thing and rips it to shreds
>stuck in the DGR with half a tank
Do not trust the crabsquid.

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>>382087137 Same guy, here is my base layout. It makes good use of space and since it's on the edge of the abyss there are no predators that I know of.
>>382087570
You can't fool me skeleton. Keep your underwater cave treasures.
>>382088034
They are passive enough just as long as you avoid their front leg. They can actually deal damage to you by swiping it.

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>>382088370
No really don't listen to the signs. Do you not want the gubbins. Shiny shiny gubbins.

>>382088370
My old base wasn't as flashy, but after I had done basic creature comforts, I went full autism and build a crapton of Alien Containment pods. The crown jewel of the base was a "lighthouse" pod where I raised Stalkers and Creepvines, topped with spotlights.

>>382088148
find a grassy plateau and investigate the spires
they usually have sandstone chunks on them
you can also try to find the lava well in the shallows; it spawns sandstone

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>>382088563
Building bases in nice dark spots in exceedingly comfy. Currently building one that starts inside a cave system somewhere in the mountains, snakes up all the way through the passageways and comes up in somewhere in the Mountains. Right outside my bedroom a Reaper likes to swim around because I didn't realize it was right in it's patrol path when I started ]but am okay with it. Really wish they'd fix the floodlights though, my cave sections are dark as shit when outside, but more than two spotlights drains more than two thermal generators can handle because some values are wonky.

>>382088772
>acid shrooms
How are you supposed to harvest their seeds?
I've gone knifing, but then I take stupid amounts of damage when they explode

last time i played the game this is what i did
>run around early area
>find a beacon
>says theres an underwater base near me but really far down
>make a million pipes and slowly descend into a cave
>cool glowing mushrooms with giant worms
>figure i should find sub parts and build a sub to explore it
>finally build submarine
>cave exceeds its max depth

extreme buzzkill. havent played since. why could i go deeper than my submarine? thats stupid

>>382088980
Upgrade your sub, you lazy fuck

>>382088932
One swipe gives you four spores. Considering it's right next to my base, I can go in and just grab a medkit from the fabricator. Main thing is you need to keep them separated from other plants because if you smack two for four spores, all your plants explode. It's why they're all in a separate planter there, right outside still on the foundations I've got the same thing with deep shrooms.

>>382088980
Depth upgrades son. Max Seamoth goes to 900m, PRAWN 1700m and Cyclops 1500m.

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>>382088449
Well, I do like Gubbins. Why don't we explore in here?
>>382088563
That sounds pretty neat.
>>382088980
It's done for balancing purposes. The player can swim at any depth but is limited by their oxygen. Vehicles have unlimited Oxygen but are limited by their depth. The upgrades aren't too hard to acquire and it's worth it to explore deeper.

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>>382089230
hmmm definitely get a 'shiny things ahead' vibe...

After unloading my sweet mineral loot from the grand reef, I'm off to the Aurora lads.
Anything I need to be aware of (without spoiling things too much)?

>>382089230
Does the thermometer actually have a use for the player itself? I'll build the heat charger for the PRAWN, but I've never got what you could use the player carryable for. If you build a thermal plant you're going to put it as close to the vents as possible anyway, and you're not likely to go looking for a smidgen of heat for the Cyclops heat charging module because the only two places it'll fit and are hot enough are open water vents and the lava zones.

>>382086062
Not as good as our friend the Reginald though. If you ever need to know how much energy something generates take a look at this handy excel doc

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1omXg4dJdzgd2S1QvU-KFxOoy97OTQ4rxjLH4WdJb47I/edit#gid=0

>>382089493
Make sure you've got a Repulsion Cannon, Laser Cutter and Scanner. All three should be standard kit anyway, so you should be ready.

>>382089536
I like to put down a small planter next to the reactor with a single Lantern Tree in it. You'll always be able to fill up your whole reactor and it takes up no space.

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>>382089407
owo what's this?
>>382089493
What >>382089553 said but also bring a couple spare fire extinguisher, the PROPULSION cannon and the repair tool.
>>382089495
Yeah, it only has two uses at the moment, identifying areas to build thermal plants (but they are obvious like you said) and to let the player known when they are about to take heat damage.

>>382089829
Right, fire extinguisher. I forgot about that one. I think I made do with the one that just lays about in the beginning but you'll have to not spam it everywhere if you try that. I also forgot to mention the repair tool because it's one of those things that never leaves my inventory. Basically one should never leave the essentials at home because you'll need them plenty.

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>>382089829
Hmmm swear I've seen this before...
>>382090075
Yeah, you can actually make do with the one they give you but I was autistic and put out all the fires so I brought extra. You're right, I always have the repair tool on me too.

>engine off
how do I turn it on? wanted to fuck around in creative mode before going back to survival, but the stupid cyclops wont move

>>382090237
I bet there's gubbins behind the door!

>>382090264
To the upper left if you're behind the wheel you see this little prop icon. Press it.

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>>382090237
Oh yeah! Good thing I came prepared.
>>382090264
Take control of the wheel and there should be a fan/propeller symbol on the left hand side of the hud. That will turn the engine on. Make sure your cyclops has power.
>>382090359
Let's find out ayyyy lmao

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>built a whole bioshock inspired underwater town that took me a whole day
>forgot to save
Can't wait till autosave will be added... someday

>>382090359
>>382090519
now I feel dumb, didn't see it

Where can I find workbenches to scan? Explorered all of the aurora with the exception of one password locked door.

>>382090660
And that's why I'm glad I'm a serial saver.

>>382090743
Only got added with the Voice of the Deep update, makes sense you might not've looked for it. Still a bit silly, but understandable.

>only ever made a base in the starting area
>seeing pictures of bases in cool parts of the map is making me want to reinstall to make my own

If i reinstall im gonna put more hours than i want to into it, should i do it? i also havent played the infected update

>>382090743
it's ok anon

>>382090771
The shroom cave base

>>382090771
I found mine in either the mushroom forest wreck or the floating islands wreck.

How is the base building in this game?

Don't bullshit me just give it to me straight, is it comfy or like, Skyrim house """building"""?

>>382090819
If you think you'll enjoy it, what's stopping you. Only thing to consider is that they're nearing the finishing line so you might want to hold off if you think that matters. If you want to mostly build comfy seacastles though, party on.

>>382090950
I like it, options aren't extreme to the point of being able to build an entire city but comfy seabases are the thing to do. You can interior decorate with the basics and do it basically anywhere. Only creature that can fuck it with is Crabsquids because they have an EMP that knocks your power out so don't build in their territory.

>no third person
I can handle underwater shit as long as I can pussy out of first person when someting big appears, but this gives me too much vertigo and makes me spend the whole night inside that life pod from the beggining

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Hmmm wasn't expecting this. What a lousy treasure.
>>382090771
Search the wrecks in by the large mountain. I'm sure there are some in there.
>>382090950
It's pretty good. The best thing is that you can build a base practically anywhere on the map. There are no pre defined areas where you have to build a base like Fallout 4 or Skyrim.

There is also a nice variety of objects you can fill your base with, some actually useful, some just aesthetic. It's not sims level of customization but it's pretty robust.

Have they added respawning yet? I thought the concept of a single person wiping out an ecosystem was bullshit

>>382091213
>>382091163
Thanks, that sounds like a pretty honest answer

>>382090950
the one uncomfy thing about base building is that some of the more essential components are hidden away reasonably well. Early on, you'll pretty much be living in tubes rather than rooms.

>>382091213
Sometimes the gubbins are the smaller type of gubbins. We can't always win. Especially since with the new update the Primary Containment Facility has a free respawning drillable Ion Crystal node.

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>>382091213
AYO HOL UP.
SO YOU BE SAYIN.
WE SUM FINNA.
ANCIENT ALIEN CULTURE AND SHIIIIET?
>>382091280
Yes, that was added several updates ago. Small fish will respawn but I'm not sure about predators because I don't go out of my way to kill them.
>>382091412
Hmm I guess so. Maybe it's time to go deeper...

>>382091664
>Yes, that was added several updates ago

Good to hear, that really put me off and I didn't want to cheat with free mode. Time to download it again.

>tfw most of my grand reef haul disappears into a moonpool and vehicle upgrade console
;~;

>>382091664
>but I'm not sure about predators
I don't either but while I actively try not to kill everything in sight because nobody likes a depopulated wasteland, I don't seem to notice any notable decrease in boneshark populations after they've suicided against my Cyclops. I hope they do anyway, who wants to live in an empty ocean. Even if bonesharks are angry dicks.

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>build a nice bedroom
>reaper leviathan patrol route goes right past
>go to sleep every night to the soothing sounds of death

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>>382091664
Woah, just came across this. Think we have more treasure.

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>>382092478
Giant holes in the ocean floor. What could possibly go wrong.

>>382092478
Welp, turns out it was just more green cubes.
>>382092621
Actually it wasn't a hole, it was huge rock. Or maybe Meteor?

>>382092883
I think there's a small cavern somewhere on the ridge there too. Never went in it myself because I always pass by when I'm actually going somewhere so I keep forgetting. Probably just cubes.

>>382075676
Nigga just juke the fuckers. I keep juking the one that spawns near the Koosh Zone because that fucker always surprises me, even though I know roughly where he is at.

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Remember to be prepared when looking for gubbins or he worst might happen. A prepared lad is a living lad.

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They nerfed the Cyclops way too hard. Now I don't even build the thing anymore, since I always build my base in the Grassy Plateau near the island, since it's the best place for a base. The Cyclops is completely pointless when there's a moonpool nearby. The titanium could be better spent building another base close by instead of getting a useless, clunky piece of garbage that gets killed by various fish life.

>>382092293
Remember, the Leviathan's roar is it using echo location. If you can hear it, it can hear you.

>>382093175
With the first Silent Running update I got annoyed with how often you had to go out and repair holes because of boneshark/lava lizard attacks but since VotD I haven't had any problems. The new Overshield is strong enough to stop attacks by both of those and 30 seconds is enough get away from any leviathan types. Only place you might get attacked that you have to power through is the section of the Lost River with Crabsquids followed by the seethrough fish things, and you can easily make it through there with the craftable shield module + silent running.

>>382093590
While your bases are currently safe, the developers don't have any plans to add creature danger to your base until "at least for 1.0". Might need a similar perimeter defense system as the Seamoth for your bases at some point.

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>>382092478
Welp, I have to head out. That was a fun adventure. Oh yeah, ran into this guy just before closing the game. RIP in peace

>>382093797
It's your treasure. He wants it.

Where should I look for water filtration fragments? It's pretty much the last "essential" component I need.

>>382093175
The thermal upgrade for the cyclops is pretty dope though. Worth it if you plan on going really deep in the lava zones.

The changes to silent running suck though.

Click a button to be invisible for 15 seconds then power down and wait for your cooldowns to come back.

>>382094008
There's a whole machine in the shroom cave base. Just scan that.

>>382092293
I made the mistake of building a base around some crabsquids who proceeded to constantly attack it and flood it.

Had to use the prawnsuit grappling hook to hunt them down and punch them to death.

>>382093768
No, even that upgrade is not enough to make the Cyclops useful. It's just illogical to make if you know anything about the game. Having a moonpool and a PRAWN suit is all you need. For deep dives, you should bring nutrient blocks and large bottled water so you can make the dive. You can't park the Cyclops anywhere without it breaking to bits because of how big and clunky it is. The Seamoth and PRAWN are usable because they're small and you can outmaneuver lots of enemies. Leviathans can't even catch a Seamoth unless they're coming at you from the side/front.

>>382094008
>tfw they removed the water filtration from the wreck in the grassy plateau in front of the Aurora
Fuck, I still go there every time and end up being disappointed.

The water filtration machine is by no means a necessity. Stocking up on fruit is a far better alternative. Hydromelons give you 15 food and 22 water, and that tree that you can knife gives you 3 food and 10 water. They don't kill your bases power and only require 2 titanium to grow, and you can grow tons of them.

I have really been wanting to play this game more, but would like to play with others. When are they going to add multiplayer?

>>382094164
The cyclops is more of a mobile base anyway, and not really meant for exploration.

I always take mine down to the lava zones or wherever and park it near the entrance then explore with the prawn suit.

Trying to explore with the cyclopes is going to be frustrating because its slow and now attracts every sea creature within 1000 yards.

>>382094164
>You can't park the Cyclops anywhere without it breaking to bits because of how big and clunky it is.

If you turn the engines and lights off before you park it then creatures won't notice it. IIRC most of the lava biomes are over 1000m deep anyway so it's either bring a cyclops or go home.

>play for 4 hours
>frame stutter starts to get on nerves

Do I need to just stop being a big bitch and deal with it? Any 3rd party fixes? It's a really enjoyable game, I just cant deal with the optimisation.

>>382094164
>You can't park the Cyclops anywhere without it breaking to bits
I usually take the Cyclops through the smalller Blood Kelp Zone to the ILZ. During Silent Running the bumps would create holes but the current Overshield keeps them from happening even while taking a few licks on the way down. I've little trouble going all the way into the Active Lava Zone without any notable damage altogether. In the end the Cyclops is just a mobile base/transport for the PRAWN/Moth anyway. Exploration is done by swimming or taking the smaller vehicles into tight spots.

>>382094395
Supposedly they are but we don't know yet. It would probably be something like coop or something, but right now its just a "maybe" feature they want to add.

>>382094426
Now that most of the content is out I think they are doing a optimization update. There is a way to clear out your savedata and it makes the stutter go away but it basically resets your world so it is kind of annoying.

>>382094565
>>382094395
Multiplayer will never happen. It was a "perhaps someday" in like 2015, but the idea's been dead long since.

>>382094423
The PRAWN has a crush depth 200m lower than the Cyclops, so it's not really a problem at all to just bring a PRAWN. I know my way around the Lost River well enough to make it to the Active Lava Zone and back in one trip with only 2 nutrient blocks and 2 waters.

Again, having an actual base near the Grand Reef is far better than having a Cyclops there. Less farming Stalkers for teeth, way more efficient on titanium, and you can easily stock up on tons of fish there. The cyclops being near immortal was its one and only benefit to experienced players, and they basically broke it.

>>382094395
Devs said someday but are completely incompetent so now thats a never ever.

>>382094565
>>382094748
>>382094842
They are never going to add guns either.

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>>382094909
oh fuck its this faggot again

>>382094909
Triggered anti-/pol/ in 3...2.....1

>>382094909
And that's to their benefit. Being able to actually kill the Leviathans safely from a distance would completely break any difficulty the game has. Right now, you actually gotta avoid confronting the monsters.

Even then, there are easy ways to distract them and run away.

>>382094909
Good.

>>382094842
I'd rather they focus on singleplayer than adding a halfassed multiplayer that'd work like shit anyway.

>>382094909
I just want my speargun because I spearfish in real life and it would be fun to catch fish like that :( but don't shitpost of the dev will show up instead of fixing the game.

>>382094774
Sure you can make it to the active lava zone with a prawn suit but the entire floor is made up of instakill lava. I suppose you could try to jump jet your way around but I would rather not try.

>>382094998
>>382095016
>>382095038
>>382095039
>>382095045
No, no. I just think there reason is stupid. I understand how it could possibly mess with the game play, but something like a spear or short range spear gun would be great.

Hunger/Thirst mechanics usually put me off games, am I really losing much of the experience if I play with them off?

>>382095039
I would rather they do that as well but it doesn't bode well when their statement is that they would have to remake the whole game to have multiplayer and then >teraforming being removed will fix everything
then it didn't at all and that their performance patches are coming at the very end rather than fixing shit in the beginning so they aren't working on spaghetti code.

the fact that EVERYTHING needs batteries now makes this game so tedious

>>382095148
No but you also very easily can get water and food early once you get a base going.

>>382095112
Well, I save frequently and never go anywhere without the grapple arm, so it's all G. It's not like the entire area is just a wide open space filled with lava on the floor. Even just grappling from enemy to enemy can get you through most of the ILZ.

>>382095148
You can catch a few fish in the beginning, swim to a certain island and find a ridiculously useful plant that gives you both really early. Then you're good. If not that, there's also a mode that is the same in every way, except for hunger/thirst being removed. Either option will be nearly identical in experience.

>>382095148
Water and food are kinda necessary to balance things, since otherwise your only limit on how deep and long you can penetrate into the bowels of the Earth is your energy, and you can carry tons of batteries or powercells.

They're not necessary per se, but the game becomes a lot more frightening with them on, even if they are theoretically easy to manage.

>>382094909
Add crashfish to propulsion cannon
wa la

This game is probably fucking amazing in VR

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>>382095582
Crash fish are secretly the MVP fish. They've probably got the collective highest kill rate of any fish in the game.

>>382095193
As soon as you can build a battery recharger all your battery problems basically go away. It's not like most things besides the seaglide use much power anyways.

>>382095340
I have yet to really try the grappling arm out. As soon as I do though it's time for a crabsquid genocide

>>382095731
>swimming along
>loud boom
>opened crashfish plant and dead stalker
Those fuckers be crazy.

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I literally just bought this game 30 mins ago. Anything I should know for a newbie just starting out?

>>382095746
You continue to grapple to crabsquids even if they EMP you. Your drill continues to work, even. I've killed a crab squid who EMP'd me while I was drilling it a new vagina.

Grappling arm + Jump Jet upgrade + Drill arm is all you really need to explore the ILZ and ALZ

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>>382095815
Watch your oxygen.

>>382095815
Stay out of caves until you've got a big oxygen tank. Always keep your tools in your inventory.

>>382095794
They're legitimately the apex predator of Subnautica. Crash Fish are the reason the Sea Empress Leviathan had to hide underground.

>>382095912
Sounds easy enough

>>382096117
I always had a tool for everything in Minecraft, so I figured it would be somewhat the same in Subnautica.

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>>382095845
>You continue to grapple to crabsquids even if they EMP you.

DOOK DOOK at me now motherfuckers

>>382096143
Watch someone get to the end of the game, have the Emperor juveniles swimming around in the world and one gets killed by a Crashfish. Bye bye cure.

>>382075161
Why the sudden influx of Subnautica threads? Was there an update I missed?

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>>382096245
dook dook

>>382096294
Summer sale likely means a lot of new players. Also recent update brings us pretty close to the end, so plenty of people playing at the moment I'd assume.

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>>382096253

>>382096226
Tools take up precious inventory space. A lot of this game is about gathering, rather than farming. Unless you want to take repeated trips, you've gotta choose your slots wisely. Your most useful tools can take up 4, even 9 inventory slots, so you've got to be extra careful.

You could always keep everything with you, but that means less loot, and you'll be sorry when you want to expand your base some but don't have any lithium for reinforcements because you decided to take an unnecessary flashlight or propulsion cannon with you.

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>>382096253
Maybe that is the Carar's endgame - to weaponize the Crashfish like the Metroid was weaponized.

>>382096416
Only the Cannon and Seaglide take up multiple spots though, and you can leave the Seaglide at home unless you plan to use it for a specific area. Cannon only takes up four, rest is all one.

>>382096493
Seaglide and Cannon are both pretty useless to a skilled player, but they can be a bitch when you're going through the Aurora. Taking a base builder cost me getting the toy once.

>>382075161
>be me
>get the trial of this game on xbox
>stuff happens
>I'm in a future lifeboat
>go into the water after scavenging the lifeboat
>no weapons or anything
>try to get up the nerve to go deeper in the water but I'm scared of deep water/the ocean
>mainly swim around but not too far from my lifeboat while scavenging and taking the nice fish with me
>finally get the nerve to go deeper into the kelp forest
>just as I approach it, 3 of those fucking shark sword fish cunts come out of nowhere and chase me all the way back to my lifeboat
>decided that I'm too much of a pussy to play this game because of ocean and uninstall the trial
>never looked back

I don't know how people can play this game. It's fucking scarier than most horror games. I will say that underwater did look beautiful though.

>>382096678
The terror only makes it more enjoyable.

>get loaded up and ready to explore deep sea regions
>end up reaching the end of the map and somehow passing everything within 5 minutes

Even if I hug the ocean floor I can hardly find anything. One time I went REALLY deep near the Aurora and just got stuff in a seemingly infinite cave system that the devs probably put in and just forgot about so it was this pitch black intestinal-like complex of a cave.

>>382096585
I've grown accustomed to always keeping the Cannon on me at all times because if I don't I'll end up going into the ILZ and forget it. Which, until they get the Shield module working 100% with ridding your Cyclops of Leeches, is kind of needed because the knife can be equally fidgety at times. Agreed about the Glide, but once I get to a certain point where I go scavenging with the Cyclops/PRAWN as large backpacks for storage, I'll take it with me to cover a good swath of ocean floor in one trip. Aurora is a special case though, only time you really plan your tools out because going twice is an annoyance if you're without a Seamoth or don't want to risk a Reaper spawning close to the edge of the entrance.

>>382096850
That's the passage to the Lava Zone

>>382096850
No, that cave leads to the game's endgame. It's pretty obvious when you reach the abyss, and you should think about turning back because literally every strong enemy is lurking in those depths.

Just your daily reminder that all of Subnautica takes place on a huge plateau surrounded by insanely deep ocean filled with mindbogglingly large predators, and that the rest of the world is like that.

>>382096850
That cavern actually leads somewhere. I believe they're removing it in the future though, so you'll have to take the other routes to get to where it ends.

Got a small base built with basic essentials and made myself a Seaglide, also just finished watching another ship get shot down out of the sky and it feels like I've hit a wall. There's not much direction on what to do and it's getting a little tedious swimming the shallows.

Am I supposed to just keep blindly searching for blueprint parts? It's getting a little autistic, please give me some subtle guidance /v/

>>382096902
I always store the cannon after I'm done with the Aurora. Granted, I'm also someone who never uses the Cyclops since the Silent Running update. When the Cyclops wasn't shit, I kept it with me to BTFO leeches.

>>382096759
I can't handle it. I get anxiety because everything is faster than me in the ocean and when the predators get me I scream like a bitch. I don't fuck with the ocean.

>>382097048
If you've watching the Sunbeam get blown up go into the large structure next to where you saw that. That'll lead you onwards in the story, and give you reasons to edge beyond your comfort zones.

>>382097048
Every biome gives essential rewards to progress to the next one. If you haven't already, try making a lead suit so you can survive the radioactivity and go exploring near your crashed ship.

>>382097084
You can relatively easily make flippers. Upgraded flippers makes you able to outspeed everything except for Mr. 55 meters long.

>>382097050
It doesn't do much other than remove Leeches and get you through the Aurora, true. Once you've done the story content in the Laval Zones there's not a lot of reasons to keep it on you anymore, none at all if you take the PRAWN instead of the Cyclops down there. Still, personally I just keep it on me but unlike all the single slot tools it's not as needed.

>>382097084
Build a base that goes above the water level, and start building in the direction of where you want to go while up there. You'll be safe from predators as long as you stay dry.

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>tfw you get too close to the jellyshrooms

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>>382097368
>trying to find crabsnake egg
>go into empty shroom
>crabsnake comes in

>>382097359
Even then, there are easier ways to remove leeches and keep precious inventory slots. Now that extra oxygen tanks do nothing for you, you get even more slots to fuck around with.

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>>382097475
How fucking horrifying

is the game optimised much? I remember I tried playing it on my 650 late last year and it ran but was massively overheating my gpu, which is old (650ti) but above the recommended specs

>>382096921
>>382096964
>>382096967
Oh apparently it only goes in one direction so I guess it was so dark that I apparently went in circles. I get its the deep ocean but its dark as sin in a lot of places and having upgradable headlights would be really cool.

>>382097648
They took out terraforming, so it runs much better now, but if you're running a mid-tier computer, you'll have problems running it on the highest graphical setting.

>>382097509
They need to get the Shield module actually get rid of them properly. There's often one left after using it. Though, one isn't as draining especially with Ion Power Cells. But then how often do you go all the way down there anyway.

>>382097475
>find crabsnake egg
>put it in my alien containment since I had forgotten where I found it

On one hand the tiny version of it is kind of cute but on the other hand I'm reminded god doesn't love us any more everytime I look at it

>>382097878
Never, really. There's no point, since you only need a limited amount of Kyanite.

>>382097754
The game still runs like ass even with the removal of terramorphing, and my PC has pretty good hardware.

>>382097996
Besides two of the PRAWN modules do you actually need it for anything else? I've never crafted the Torpedo Arms, so perhaps those. But even then you basically need it for sod all. Besides that, all the high end resources you can easily find in the ILZ are more easily found elsewhere in equally high numbers. Can be fun to build a base there, I guess.

>>382098173
Yeah, it's fun to build a base there. Basically infinite water thanks to the thermal plants giving you infinite energy. It gets annoying after a while, though, because of all the dangers and respawning in the fucking ILZ/ALZ when you die, making it a bitch to get anywhere useful.

> reach edge of the map with prawn
> jump down

>>382098287
Just build all the way back up to the surface and you'll no longer need to go into the water after respawning there. Just need to find half the titanium/glass in the game and start constructing.

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>>382098652
stop it

>>382100534
There's nothing down here I promise just come and visit.

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>>382100705
Nice try, ghostie. I know that you're lurking down there somewhere.

DO NOT buy from these regressive SJW devs
They hate America and the Second Amendment despite being based in the country.
These are the kind of people we need to get out.

>>382102615
Um, actually sweetie, Unknown Worlds is based worldwide.

>>382102813
>Unknown Worlds Entertainment is an independently owned American game development company whose goal is to "unite the world through play". Based in San Francisco, California,
Nice try, Shlomo Henzelgorbelstein.

Ded

>>382103826
you're pretty new to this shitposting thing aren't you?

>>382107131
I'm not shitposting.
I'm telling you this game is made by regressives and no one who cares about the future of the first world should support them.

>>382107558
muh guns

>>382107668
There is absolutely no excuse not to own a gun, unless you live in a Yuropoor shithole without such freedoms i.e. Ireland

>>382107558
Don't you have some Donald Trump NTR to watch, /pol/?

>>382107558
>>382107841
you're right
every game should have guns
monopoly should have guns
pokemon should have guns
guns guns guns
yee haw

>>382107881
A game where you're surrounded by deadly see creatures and your only defense is a knife shouldn't have guns?

>>382107980
>only defense is a knife
>what are torpedoes?
>what is the Repulsion Cannon?
>what is the Stasis Rifle?
>what is the PRAWN Suit?
>what is the Seamoth Defense System?

>>382107980
you can fully explore and beat the game without shooting everything you see
you dont have to immediately resort to violence

im not saying violence doesnt solve problems
but you dont have to have every game about shooting things

theres a bunch of ocean-themed survival games with guns on steam

theyre all shit

I love this game because it triggers americans

>>382108621
*it triggers /pol/

>>382108753
The majority of americans are pro-gun though, not just /pol/

>>382095815
Get a refund while you still can

I've been playing this game while also being interested in 3D modeling so I checked out subnautica models on sketchfab.

Why is the scanner almost 4000 polys? Seems pretty basic for what it is. Other models look pretty okay.

>>382092621

Been there, it's just a huge meteorite in a crater, but there's also a precursor chamber that needs a purple artifact to unlock.

I've been thinking about buying this game. Oceans/large bodies of water scare the shit out of me in videogames and real-life.

Is this game gonna keep me on edge? Or what are other games that force me into the sea if Subnautica isn't like that?

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>>382109116
>making a game inspired by something that never happened

Tell me this is a joke.

>>382109116
>Shootings every single day

I thought black people shootings didn't count because the news sure doesn't give a fuck about them.

>>382109116
does the game have a political agenda? yes
do some people disagree with the reasoning? yes

is the game still fun? yes

just play it like it's a nature documentary and stop getting so worked up over your fucking politics

is this /v/ video games

or

tumblr- any opportunity to get upset

i really cant tell sometimes with you fucking idiots

>load into subnautica in vr mode
>hud is barely visible
>head motion tracking for items / inventory
>have to enable console and fuck with fov to see your arms and legs properly

im glad i got it on sale, ill keep it in my library and check it out again when they fix this shit. that being said swimming around in vr is fucking phenomenal, and it feels like im in a pixar movie

>>382096294
Its every time, every sale, complemented with the salty anons who complain about the lack of guns.

>>382109116
The problem is with Americans not guns

>>382107558
In game such a narrative isn't pushed, it's vaguely mentioned why the fabricator doesn't make guns. Really though you faggots are butt hurt because someone has a different opinion without even playing the fucking game to see if said narrative is there.

Your probably the same type of fags who preach free speech too.

>Building anything needs a million copper
>Finally get drill arm
>Scan room finally lets me scan for large copper
>Copper bits go flying off everywhere instead of automatically into my inventory

>>382110196
gravity ball

One of the devs literally said "America has school shootings everyday"
Refund this if you have half a brain.

>Massive arguments about adding guns.

I think they should add them, it would be great. Plus then we can get revenge on the birds for abducting us.

Make them entirely ineffective against the actual threats. Sure you can kill some biters, but all the bullets do is piss off the larger things.

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>>382075161
FINE! I'll buy your fucking game for the 10 bucks, you win this time shill.