isle-lore-theories

[hexed forge]

Another gift from Kadin

Apollo Terminal is made by Kadin

Aswell as the website I posted above

[acoustic osprey]

aye

however, to note, what i posted is not from kadin as well

[hexed forge]

yes yes

[acoustic osprey]

some thoughts on the contrast of the Main Menu UI versus Neural UI

I'll be honest, it is a bit weird — that is, as cool as it is, why does it need to be a seperate UI style?
Preferably you'd want to have one consistent theme / style

however, i bring this up here in isle lore theories channel for a reason
of course, this is not really bound to any sort of theory,
But I suppose that the decision to have two contrasting styles is to enforce the idea of being in and out of EIP status

IF it is suppose to reflect lore

of course, we have no idea on how EIPs work

and we actually had an EIP reference in the old 'in-game UI" for the character menu

that being this
"PROFILE LOADED"

i.e. to give the sense / to prompt that you have now been put into the game

[hexed forge]

Look at the stupid example I made in lorecord Isaac

[acoustic osprey]

your eyes the camera, ludonarrative-wise

Ironman suit: the body, aka the dinosaur.

YOU are inside this body, not physically, but you see through the eyes of that body.

The neural UI gives off exactly those kind of vibes, they look like pop-ups, specifically the hints.

And in this case Iron Man’s little whatever in the mask that shows up would be the neural UI.

from Cerato, example

[hexed forge]

NO

[acoustic osprey]

i am not saying, not even in lorecord, Cerato that it is bad

[hexed forge]

Why did you have to share the dumb example here 😭

[acoustic osprey]

in lorecord, specifically, i was mentioning that we have no design-aspects that really communicate this idea

[acoustic osprey]

even a small mention, like this, would be nice to have

[hexed forge]

Oh yeah I agree because the UI is nowhere near its potential, but apparently “almost finished”

[acoustic osprey]

sadly, THAT LORE PART was basically the only thing actually removed from the character screen lol

which is painfully ironic when I am trying to communicate on behalf of why I would suppose they have done this design choice of two seperate UI styles

of course, maybe we'll get some sort of reference
like through the UI secrets or the last 'screens' to be added that don mentioned in the dblog

[hexed forge]

Maybe

[acoustic osprey]

thanks cerato

[wheat plover]

I feel like the preferred food section doesnt make much sense, since the map isnt officially in the game

[acoustic osprey]

oh you mean like how it abbreviates the locations?

[wheat plover]

yeah, the bioms would make more sense to me

[acoustic osprey]

to be fair, they're just abbreviations of the biomes
but i could imagine you just being able to hover over and it tells you

or just not giving the location at all
seeing as migrations invalidate needing to know

[robust ether]

drooling

[acoustic osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/well-wellwellwell-funny-meme-well-in-that-case-gif-6131606860678598481

[robust ether]

imagine having a singular consistent ui style

[acoustic osprey]

🙁

[acoustic osprey]

this is my thoughts on that though
(if you didn't read it already, because everyone reads what i write ALWAYS!)

[robust ether]

also wth is this hidden ui lore i keep hearing about

[acoustic osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/crash-out-baby-gif-18410391478417409488

[robust ether]

oh buddy....

[acoustic osprey]

apparently there may be (or is) some secret UI easter eggs

[robust ether]

[acoustic osprey]

this info being from the recent dblog

[robust ether]

indecision is so peak i love not knowing

i love vagueness

[acoustic osprey]

insert the punchpacket comment on this 😔

like i understand
BUT MY it does hurt

[robust ether]

the fact none of the new ui stuff makes like

old computer sounds

yeah that that hurts. yeah.

[robust ether]

lore eventually brother trust

[acoustic osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/god-of-war-kratos-atreus-hugging-hug-gif-27161174

[robust ether]

also when did they get rid of the computer startup sound the game use to play when opening i swear it use to be a thing

[acoustic osprey]

i believe when ui overhaul came out

we lack a boot up
HOPEFULLY its one of the missing screens that'll come out soon

[robust ether]

its so iconic it has to come back

[acoustic osprey]

mmm

[cinder atlas]

So what kind of ink cartridges does the QR code go to?

We talking like RICOH? Konica?

[acoustic osprey]

https://epeus.blogspot.com/2012/01/qr-codes-bad-idea-or-terrible-idea.html?m=1 this lol

literally a QR code taking you to a website talking about if QR codes are good or bad

[cinder atlas]

Sad day.

[acoustic osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/ironic-star-wars-chode-gif-5274592

[formal mural]

Hi Lightclaw

[acoustic osprey]

hi daviid

[robust ether]

every single time i think you're raptor david

[civic pollen]

[formal mural]

pluh

[robust ether]

[acoustic osprey]

😔

[bitter apex]

havent been on this channel in a while some1 wanna explain why the gen1s are disfigured , are they failed clones or smth

[hexed forge]

We don’t know if they were a failed or a successful project, but we know they became weapons for AE. As a deterrent against other companies.

[ornate comet]

The isle

[bitter apex]

ahh ty

so speculation like usual lol

[hexed forge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/683040176397746187/965087719715905546/image01.gif

[formal mural]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/749254840613601354/842177840153755727/1c708022-7898-4121-9968-0f0d24b8f986.gif

[acoustic osprey]

well, the physical part, definitely

was their physicality on purpose?

sadly, we only have Dondi quotes to go off — so i wish we had actual lore documents or videos inferring or directly referencing them

however, we know Don said they begun as to an over engineered answer to the question of “What if something hits AE?”

could over-engineered mean they knew what they physically wanted with Gen1s ... therefore they physically were supposed to be 'a lot monsterous'

[hexed forge]

Im guessing the latter

[acoustic osprey]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1060231686425690183/1236282725246304286/VID_GIF-1695923991.gif

[snow jasper]

why cant we not permit lab grown meats for endangered animals, like let me eat a hippo or an elephant

that‘d be so cool, it‘d be like eating weird gmo‘s or finding rare exotic fruits in a shop

like i ate a pink apple from france today

[hexed forge]

thanks

[formal mural]

youre welcome

[low scarab]

<@&933486433342222376> free money

[bitter apex]

damn

[lethal moat]

If we as people want large intimidating looking guard dogs, why would the genetic engineering company not want their flesh abominations to also look scary

[snow jasper]

I think the intimidation factor is a biproduct of the fact you're breeding a dog to maul trespassers, a dinosaur is a dinosaur, I think the majority of people would be afraid of a dryosaurus on encounter

[acoustic osprey]

well, i don't think Don said they're made for intimidation purely to be fair

but i can see it being in-mind in-lore

[strange shell]

Unless they're american

[snow jasper]

❌

i mean, those who live in rurally and go out in bear country with no gun, that takes some nerve

[strange shell]

I didn't find the one with elephants
But there were like 10% of americans who thought they could own an elephant in a fight

[snow jasper]

i love the realism

[pine rose]

@acoustic osprey the cameras are recording....

[acoustic osprey]

aye

but have been for a long time 🙁

[pine rose]

yea and

bins have bins inside the bins which have bins inside

[acoustic osprey]

i know 😔

[merry zodiac]

Im surprised more people are confident against a chimp (who can do some very serious damage) rather than cobra and croc (who are relatively easy to disarm)

[acoustic osprey]

lol

[strange shell]

I guess that's because one single bite from either a cobra and a croc can kill you

[nimble fractal]

These are the same people who think they can kill stego as a carno

[nimble fractal]

I wish there was a way to find hidden recorded videos in your The Isle folder

[acoustic osprey]

the same technically for humans (or a chimp) with one punch...

[strange shell]

But americans don't know that

[acoustic osprey]

i wish we had a hidden secret live isle camera, something like what people playground had

although People Playground had a whole 'lore hunt' to get to there

realistically, i'd love for Isle to have something similar

HARD to do (of course)
but would be amazing, fun, cool and (hopefully) the end goal resulting in answers being answered

[acoustic osprey]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1390370379184214097/1395909752189620286/togif-34.gif

[obtuse breach]

https://tenor.com/view/курапов-иван-курапов-kurapov-ivan-kurapov-иван-курапов-танцует-gif-1765134602862039762

[acoustic osprey]

oh

[bold crater]

Man I hope Gen 2 get some extensive customization.

I'd love if just about every item had some sort of functional use. Even if it's small.

Like hey, a hat! Some small heat resistance now!
Or a T-Shirt! Lil bit warmer now!
A fannypack! I can hold 3 more small items now!
etc.

[ornate comet]

Got my eyes dilated and I can’t see well but looooooore

[lethal moat]

I personally want all of that to be salvagable stuff

[bold crater]

Like found in random containers n' such?

[lethal moat]

Mjm

Let drippy well matched armor show how long they’ve been alive to collect all that

[quaint stone]

i think the game will end with a meteor

[lethal moat]

https://tenor.com/view/zendaya-taking-notes-graham-norton-show-gif-24028470

[torpid roost]

with 2

[hallow rover]

i like stuff like that too but when its too excessive like dayz it starts to annoy me

for example i wouldn't want to see a human running around dressed like an absolute clown because those clothes have better stats than the other stuff that actually looks practical

[bold crater]

I know exactly what ya mean yeah. Ideally things you'd actually want for good stats (like protection or whatever) would visually make sense. Not stuff like "kevlar vest - 20% armor vs puffy jacket combined with baseball cap and cargo shorts = 50% armor"
nononono

Too many times have I seen cool immersive aesthetics be ruined because of lame customization.

[fast forge]

Insert Spider-Teno

[ornate comet]

When Gen 2s are in you won’t catch me anywhere near plains biomes

[acoustic osprey]

I know we're basically only getting head swaps

But actual in game customisation like that would be best

[lethal moat]

Alacanlam

[bold crater]

I had meant more so like stuff you find in-game while trying not to die
I THINK Kissen mentioned that there's gonna be a lot of stuff to find, but not sure.

Headswaps are...eh.
Wish we could color hair and eyes separately, but 🤷

[acoustic osprey]

Yeah
I wish it could be a bit more then what we know for physical customisation

[fast forge]

-# GIVE ME FEMALE GEN 2 MODEL

[acoustic osprey]

true

i hope they don't stick to doing Males first, then females later
which was mentioned a few years back

well, technically that is happening right now because only males are in... but like, in terms of for their more 'full release'

[hexed forge]

I dont think they have the ability to reproduce

[acoustic osprey]

i doubt we'd get a full release for gen2s, looking at UI overhaul

[hexed forge]

thanks

[acoustic osprey]

of course

[hexed forge]

Therefore I dont think there is a male or female,

It's literally just an IT

[acoustic osprey]

i'd say they'd all be sterile
presumably by design or by an exterior force? who knows!

[acoustic osprey]

oh males were confirmed to have their 'parts'
(of course, i will refrain from talking about this because of the nature of the topic and discord)

[fast forge]

I still think Gen 2 are made commercially as the ideal body. If this is the case, I doubt they'd be infertile

[hexed forge]

OH GEN2

OH MY GOD I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GEN1

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1304024371093831775/1382614457729159169/attachment.gif

goodbye the isle

[acoustic osprey]

potentially
but is it like cars

where they have random paint stickers over their full body
is the fertile part necessary for testing?
I suppose it comes down to many factors

Probably easier in not worrying about it (in-lore, AE sterlising)

[oblique robin]

can baryonx grab raptor on buck animation?

[hexed forge]

yeah idk man if the lore says so

[acoustic osprey]

i presume, if all are EIPed, that they would know 'this is a job so we're here to do job things'

https://tenor.com/view/princess-unikitty-business-gif-5138117

[oblique robin]

wrong channel xD

[hexed forge]

yeah

[acoustic osprey]

just maybe

[acoustic osprey]

i wonder if we'll know or if there may be a mention on a lore doc

[ruby tartan]

Can anyone explain what these sounds are? The second one is like something heavy walking above on metal? or something idk

[hexed forge]

Second one is a gate of some sorts creaking open

First one is an old one that's been around for awhile, no clue on what it is. Some weird creature

[acoustic osprey]

yeah the first one sounds like the trike sound from Dino Squad (Tv show)

[ruby tartan]

Yea but all gates are closed, and the sound from a creature is coming from the perimeter

[acoustic osprey]

pretty sure it is generic copyright free dino sound

[ruby tartan]

oh alr

but the second one

[acoustic osprey]

(its just random ambience playing of it. Its not being played from anything, sadly)

REALLY jumpscares you haha

[hexed forge]

nah the creature can be heard all around the mapp

[acoustic osprey]

i've had it make me jump off my seat a few times

[ruby tartan]

i mean, im kinda involved with the isle lore and wanted to record wierd sounds from the perimeter

[hexed forge]

And the gate is just a random ambience that plays around human structures. Happens at every base

[ruby tartan]

sad tbh

[hexed forge]

yeah

[acoustic osprey]

yeah

remember that weird trumpet sound cerato

from one of the Don streams

actually might be from before you were here

[ruby tartan]

is there an actually sound which is lore involved in the evrima version? Ik that the eyeless is in legacy aswell as meny other

[acoustic osprey]

however, it was apparently location specific

[ruby tartan]

nope

[hexed forge]

the one where "Ope nope we are not going that way blah blah"

[acoustic osprey]

yea

[hexed forge]

yeah

[acoustic osprey]

https://youtu.be/WZ5zm-c8gnc?t=3091

[hexed forge]

nope

[hexed forge]

godzilla

[acoustic osprey]

@ruby tartan

[acoustic osprey]

quite literally
I wonder what it was supposed to be

time, species, location... 😔 where are you

i know Don said that that was low priority

but like!! AHHH

[ruby tartan]

interesing

[hexed forge]

Looks like northern Ridge, close to the ocean, GODZILLAAAA/jk

oh well northern ridge is gone now thanks!!

[acoustic osprey]

it would be a pain to find in-game, stuff like that

but like
have it be like lore hunt

hints, references to lore to obtain

like I WISH we had something if you paleo call at the INTRUDER location

[ruby tartan]

ohh come on, the legacy version had such a good lore

[acoustic osprey]

F12

[hexed forge]

I think it did a better job at world building yeah.. especially with sound design..

[acoustic osprey]

i loved the camera sounds in legacy

[acoustic osprey]

well, i think Don just wanted to give more
same issue with current Evrima though

a lot of questions
minimal answers

wide ocean
small puddle... 😔

MANY questions left unanswered from Legacy
likely never to be seen again

[hexed forge]

yeah but..

I love legacy's vibe 😔

[acoustic osprey]

legacy vibe is great though

its ambience is great to study to

[fast forge]

camera or camara

[hexed forge]

camera

[ruby tartan]

yea i agree but still, lore is kinda fun in those games

[acoustic osprey]

camera

[fast forge]

Gamera

[hexed forge]

yeah I agree

[acoustic osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/saul-goodman-breaking-bad-meme-camera-caught-in4k-gif-26514809

[hexed forge]

https://tenor.com/view/gamera-gamera-rebirth-gamera-smirking-gamera-rebirth-episode-2-under-current-gif-10868321991732446920

[ruby tartan]

especialy when we have abandoned human structures

[ruby tartan]

i love the movment animations in legacy especially for the omni one

[hexed forge]

A lot of the outposts are getting reworked right now on Hordetest,

Hopefully they bring the damn glance sheets in

[acoustic osprey]

PLEASE DO NOT LOCK THEM TO GUTS HUBS DONDI, I BEG YOU!!

https://tenor.com/view/kratos-ares-destroy-my-enemies-and-my-life-is-yours-gif-7965707800203237625

[ruby tartan]

i visited few outposts and its that evrything is copy paste rn

[hexed forge]

like if anything it makes more sense for the outposts to have glance sheets since they're probably the ones more prone to dinosaur interaction..

[acoustic osprey]

this is true though
they're really only unique for their placement

I12 is a bit different though with its big tanks

but K15 and C14/D14 are identical
besides layout

actually i think C14 does not have a 'tiny bunker model'

[hexed forge]

H6...

[acoustic osprey]

k15 has a cool bridge though

[acoustic osprey]

whats that!

[hexed forge]

had a pretty unique design I think..

[acoustic osprey]

outposts and the GUTS entrances for me

GUTS entrances for administration-esque-style documents
OH DTAs AS WELL

The literal things holding the dinosaurs should know what the dinosaurs behave like, usually

[acoustic osprey]

yeah, jace did place all the outposts (besides one) in unique areas

[hexed forge]

yeah pretty much

[ruby tartan]

ive been to swamp tunnel, and saw working cameras thoo, i think the concept of "they're still watching" is cool

[hexed forge]

where did Jace go

[acoustic osprey]

K15 has a nice view
I12 nice in the middle next to highlands
H6 under big rock
C14 near the coast

[acoustic osprey]

he is still working on stuff, he was referenced recently

[acoustic osprey]

exactly
but who...

[ruby tartan]

are there any documents lore specific or just copy paste generic ones?

[hexed forge]

ohhh good.. what is he working on-?

[ruby tartan]

AE ofc

[acoustic osprey]

pretty sure just gateway stuff

[acoustic osprey]

or is it it... the replicator...

[hexed forge]

Nothing in game

Only lore papers through discord or videos

[acoustic osprey]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/401480573471948821/1375778744836427786/20250504183610_1.jpg?ex=6913b50d&is=6912638d&hm=0251d5df2e4419f0828e507262afeaafbd406dd2430dd22378f5df301c36c42d
I love these windows in the big GUTS entrances

like the windows in Portal

just without seeing anything

[acoustic osprey]

😔

[ruby tartan]

looks like big air vents thb in my opinion

[acoustic osprey]

we did get a video from in-game though
but served us nothing

[ruby tartan]

Taurus maybe

[acoustic osprey]

they're windows, too dark in the picture to see the window reflection

[ruby tartan]

forgot the name srry

[acoustic osprey]

tartaurs !

[hexed forge]

"in-game"

[hexed forge]

TARTARUS

[acoustic osprey]

technically yes

[acoustic osprey]

sorry no autocorrect

[hexed forge]

https://tenor.com/view/house-md-house-dr-house-hugh-laurie-foreman-gif-10655037594432727957

[acoustic osprey]

probably not tartarus though
but makes me wonder
is Tartarus still ongoing when the game is going?

[hexed forge]

define ongoing

[ruby tartan]

yea that one, i also love the concept that the TARTARUS is the actuall gateway map

[acoustic osprey]

in any form still alive as a functioning body / facility wherever it may be

[hexed forge]

Or

A facility under the map

[ruby tartan]

ik ik but still, to me it still will be air vents

[acoustic osprey]

through Tartarus
you must open the Gateway

[hexed forge]

Most likely not functioning, abondoned I'd guess

[acoustic osprey]

lol

[ruby tartan]

yea but it was mentioned in one video aint it?

[hexed forge]

AUGUSTUS

We dont know when that video takes place

[ruby tartan]

AugustSUS

[hexed forge]

lol

[ruby tartan]

im talking about one were theres an camera set up for dibblo nesting site

[hexed forge]

ah
It wasn't actually mentioned in that video.

There was a frame where it was only that word on the screen tho

[ruby tartan]

hmmmm

[fast forge]

https://youtu.be/Evp4HvrTslw?si=IJ9YoR1hGbCV41BE

[hexed forge]

yay

[acoustic osprey]

and dibble!

[acoustic osprey]

only that word was readable*

[fast forge]

redible

[ruby tartan]

In my opinion thats sound more like something appearing, something that should not be seen

sadly the evrima lore rn is a bit shallow, i hope they add a little bit more with new update

[formal mural]

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/G5NCXbUXkAAkin5.gif

[fast forge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1194574996450840637/1313234971212906517/6P4G4_O1GI095KVU3C9.gif

[strange rapids]

Thanks. That’s mine now

[lethal moat]

I wonder if gen 1 will have a 1 or 3 call that can be interpreted as an alarm, and are the more solitary or group hunters

[honest lynx]

Monkey sounds

[bitter apex]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-funny-monkey-silly-monkey-hungry-dog-chomp-gif-5757167629314883974

[honest lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/kekw-twitch-twitchtv-twitch-emote-kek-gif-19085736

[bitter apex]

https://tenor.com/view/fat-baby-gif-14449719567431722234

[visual timber]

<@&933486433342222376>

tyy

[acoustic osprey]

no worries

[pulsar belfry]

<@&933486433342222376>

[acoustic osprey]

i was supposed to reply to myself the morning after

but this

this was a whole shabang
a whole lore hunt, one could say

the dev of PP loves making hidden stuffs all around the game
But it was very neat having a whole non-linear-ish process for something like this

i'll be honest though, some people don't even think the 'live stream' was/is the end goal
Because it acts weirdly at times (certain times or rng? no idea)

however, the reward wasn't all that rewarding
besides being very creepy - that being, that game doesn't really have lore, so it was the dev doing what he does best

[ornate comet]

Dude people playground is so unnerving

The live video feed scares me

[acoustic osprey]

quite so

i will always wish and hope Isle will/could get anything similar but in its own way and style

i have faith and believe that Dondi could definitely make something akin/alike

of course, i could only imagine the amount of time and effort to make one would be pain

[acoustic osprey]

patch might be coming today, hopefully!

[civic pollen]

#isle-discussion message

[pseudo fable]

What are we talking about?

[acoustic osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/hú-hú-gif-3470910791660588702

[acoustic osprey]

oh there was (is, but nothing really new a lot for quite some time) a video game on steam called People Playground
the dev basically made a whole 'lore hunt' (like the TCAM one but 'bigger' — technically more complex and longer to actually decipher)

it was a whole thing
I think biggest difference is that People Playground has no lore besides creepy arg-esque vibes all round
so they couldn't really base it upon anything — quite literally just finding random little things then trying to glue them together

[acoustic osprey]

basically this graph^
someone made a whole sort of board showing the progression/routes for this community 'lore hunt'

it sort of reminds me of the funny little easter eggs in Battlefield 5

although, BF5s easter eggs were very weird and wacky. From what i recall, purely all being based on pressing seemingly random things

[hexed forge]

Thanks

[acoustic osprey]

no worries

Well then
I suppose it might be it for a while then

[merry zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/nub-cat-nub-silly-cat-depression-depressed-gif-5883714320658611738

[fast forge]

https://tenor.com/view/medjed-slap-push-button-like-retweet-gif-17744340

[grand sigil]

hey guys lois griffin from family guy here, what exactly is entombing

[nimble fractal]

Oh

[strange rapids]

Stop catfishing us peetah

[unborn knot]

Did yall read what the deceased screen says yet?

[lethal moat]

Mhm

[hexed forge]

yup..

https://tenor.com/view/best-man-holiday-black-guy-crying-black-guy-funeral-black-guy-crying-at-funeral-funeral-crying-gif-4006062888161857521

hope you come back and dont go into the footsteps of the ones before you.. if you're reading this..

https://tenor.com/view/oi-amor-gif-9935064192502078755

[valid geyser]

what inter- what the- it was gone before i could make a joke

speedy moderators

[lethal moat]

[nimble fractal]

Have we checked the Atrium on HT?

[nimble fractal]

No visible changes
Couldn't check if the waterfall area is still there I died of hunger but I guess it is

[civic pollen]

didn't even know you could get into it, tbh.

[nimble fractal]

You can literally live there as a herbivore

Well, without any diets, but still
There is a small path of grass right near the water zone on which you can graze

[civic pollen]

[gaunt dawn]

Wheres the lore

[bold crater]

I ated it, sorry.

[formal mural]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1155973027322933248/1418316029020471398/togif.gif

[lethal moat]

I wonder if there’s a difference in quality to AE between EIPs that are cooperative and those that are resentful

[civic pollen]

oOoOoOoh yes!!!

[reef terrace]

Friends, this Rex that we grew up with Alloya is growing in 12 hours. If I step on a single Allo, you die 100%. It's ridiculous.

[full wraith]

helloo ^w^ im cooking up a lore theory and was just double checking/confirming that the only thing we have so fair is that humans exist and have built structures on this island, and that there's technically a horror element to the game?
i want to see if there's anything i should be considering whilst cooking :3 tyy

[lethal moat]

Check the google doc in the pinned messages here

[full wraith]

wonderful ty ty

okay so im high and turns out the theory i was cooking up was just the lore i had heard of before and then forgot about whoops lol but!! this is very cool and can't wait for the devs to develop and implement the gen 1 humans and mutant dinos (the strains) into the game! maybe as boss monster type AI enemies in certain locations

[lethal moat]

Strains and gen 1 will be playable to a certain extent

[full wraith]

oh cool, love that! could be a fun post death 'do you want to mutate?' prompt for the players

[fresh rain]

So I have a theory the dodo is gonna be the new apex predator

[dull lodge]

just like the troo

glass cannon

[hexed forge]

The weird "Scar" looking things are gone,

Oh well

(The first image is the old screenshot WITH the 'scars')

[ornate comet]

(hes just covering it up with makeup guys dw)

[hexed forge]

lol

[snow jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/gandalf-gif-10634010482872098537

next devblog smells juicy

[hexed forge]

F5... maybe.. we'll never know truly.. 😔

[ornate comet]

jump

[hexed forge]

no

[cyan schooner]

it was a bug, similar to the dust effect galli used to have
certain areas of rexes body were brighter than they were supposed to be for some reason

it wasnt a lore thing

[hexed forge]

Yay

[hexed forge]

C14 was hit with the new changes

[ornate comet]

dear god they greenified it

[hexed forge]

lol

[remote oyster]

I wonder if Omniraptor in the lore is either:
A) A actual raptor in the universe
B) A highly engineered and modyfied raptor they made and named

[hexed forge]

It’s most likely to be B in my opinion

Given the meaning of its name

[remote oyster]

What would/does Omniraptor mean?

[hexed forge]

Omni = all or every

So basically

All/every-raptor

[remote oyster]

Huh

Neat

[gaunt dawn]

Option B

[ornate comet]

remember when the audio codex came out and some of the songs were labeled like "The omnisaur hunts" or the "Omnisaur grows"

I mentioned here that maybe thats what the dinos are called in universe

that just reminded me of that

[lethal moat]

Could be

[hexed forge]

https://tenor.com/view/i-don't-know-idk-idk-about-that-gif-7336250873949261946

[knotty locust]

I figured the name omnisaur was used so that the “listener” could interpret any dinosaur they want into that soundtrack’s narrative

thus, Omni (every) saur (lizard)

[white haven]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/979041925619396629/1435021976056889454/caption.gif

[visual zephyr]

the perfect noob dino, no effort, point and click adventure

🦀

[formal mural]

Lore, people... lore

[hexed forge]

yes

[plush widget]

There is no lore

[formal mural]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1134670833500033025/1181777069638680636/catsittinggay-1.gif

[ornate comet]

Semi aquatic gen 1 would be cool

Or a strain

[lethal moat]

Yus

[hexed forge]

I honestly love the new outpost reworks

They are unfinished but I think they're gonna look great.

Someones gotta call a landscaper for this

[fast forge]

Return to fish

[snow jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/fishe-fish-fish-teeth-imagine-the-smell-boo-gif-25141688

[kindred bobcat]

see

[ornate comet]

Had a weird idea for the ui. Its weird bear with me🐻

[civic pollen]

@gaunt dawn what did you do bear (this is a joke)

[ornate comet]

since rn in the hordetest theres not really a boot up screen, imagine a bootup cutscene of a first person view of someone booting up an old computer in a dark and abandoned area after putting some drive in it, then when its up (in about like 6 seconds) the game switches to the menu we have in hordetest. Doing certain things in the menu would cause a quick cutscene of switching back to the persons pov and moving to a diff monitor or quickly putting a diff drive in. Maybe this would be going into the skin creator or clicking the ever elusive extras button. Now for gameplay, its mostly the same besides dying or entombing. Dying makes the pov switch back to the person, they look at their screen and pull up a list or something before it switches back to the spawn screen. Entombing has a similar effect, but this person writes something down on a notepad or clipboard before switching back. The idea is this person is accessing surveillance logs or even live feed of the dinosaurs for some reason. Maybe doing certain things in the main menu can trigger little easter eggs, and during cutscenes you can just barely make out some LOOORE in the background. Naturally this would be a toggle as well so if you dont wanna watch a small second animation when you die after dying 9 other times you don't have to.

but yeah thats it, Im insane I know

[gaunt dawn]

hi

Wheres the lore

[civic pollen]

its here

[gaunt dawn]

I dont see

https://tenor.com/view/haha-spongebob-looking-searching-gif-15418718

There’s no lore here

[civic pollen]

i think its a cool idea!

[ornate comet]

Yippieee

[hushed cave]

is there any lore reason for the spinos design looking very different than other models? Unless its a stylistic choice? the spino's model looks like it can blend more into its old hyper model (i dont remember if there's been a new one or not)

[lethal moat]

In game lore reason, idk, out of game is because monsterfied dinosaurs are cool sometimes

[ornate comet]

Rumpleeee what do you think of my idea a bit above?

[lethal moat]

Hard to tell, are we the player the EIP or observing an EIP?

[ornate comet]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-ip-gif-23557653

[sand isle]

Kind of like the first call of duty black ops? I liked that back then and find it would be cool for the isle to implement something similar.

[dusk hatch]

Whaaaaaaat

[weak viper]

Looks like a troodon

[distant oriole]

i think its compy, when i killed it it did not behave like a player at all

[bold crater]

That is definitely a Compy

[distant oriole]

more compys spawning

[fast forge]

this is lore?

[hexed forge]

no

[crystal cairn]

where has lightclaw been

[fast forge]

Vacation from what I've heard

[crystal cairn]

ah okie

[hexed forge]

gulp...

[gaunt dawn]

Wheres the lore

[lethal moat]

I ate it

[gaunt dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-reaction-michi-triste-crying-cat-reaction-sad-cat-hannicion-gif-17190162121303461099

[ornate comet]

That bat looks FAKE

[lethal moat]

okey dokey

[ornate comet]

RAAAAAA

I will now go back to lurking in chat waiting for Austro or Ben to be mentioned

[nimble fractal]

It's not lore

[tame sparrow]

Compie

[snow jasper]

erm actually

[alpine lynx]

i personally think its just a design choice

tho i think theres a lore behind it

maybe the current evrima spinosaurus was a attempt of hyperendocrin experimental on a basic spinosaurus yet we got the current one

who knows

[hexed forge]

legacy... tho...

[wise anchor]

They said the update would be today, but so far nothing.

[gaunt dawn]

Issues probably happened which delayed it

Also wrong channel

[hexed forge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/683040176397746187/965087719715905546/image01.gif

Hurts when lore chat is so dead the only thing that can be seen is people "Mistaking" it for isle discussion

[civic pollen]

[lethal moat]

Bioluminescent stuff would be dope

[lethal moat]

https://tenor.com/view/flightmare-how-to-train-your-dragon-dragon-dragons-defenders-of-berk-gif-3725100786110530071

Reminded me of this

[hexed forge]

Neuros perchance..

[quasi swift]

WOWWWW AMAZING

[ornate comet]

Isle discussion has been very spammy lately

[bold crater]

Here's a random lore topic: fairly certain the Replicator was said to speak in some way (or at least it was an idea) and had a feminine voice.
That's spooky!

[strong mango]

https://tenor.com/view/woman-woman-moon-knight-scream-moon-knight-scream-woman-scary-gif-26201176

[bold crater]

Part of me still wants the Replicator to have some singular physical form (think GLaDOS but...not) which yes, I know can be kinda cliche and generic...but man it's also cool.

On the other hand though, it instead being a collection of systems all around the place is not only spookier, but gives off the impression of an omnipresent god.

Which seems fitting for the Replicator

https://tenor.com/view/i-am-everywhere-everywhere-lucy-gif-20498569

[lethal moat]

If the replicator is intelligent, I would prefer it to not have once centralized database, that way individual instances of the replicator can be appalled at what other instances have created

[bold crater]

https://tenor.com/view/that's-good-shark-creepy-smile-finding-nemo-bruce-gif-17492935190501204678

[low scarab]

One day.

[hexed forge]

I feel like it's cooler if it doesn't have a voice.

Just simply text.

[snow jasper]

^

maybe not text either

im inclined to believe its behind the creation of type N specimins
so in my mind, i imagine different methods of communication

maybe

[hexed forge]

https://tenor.com/view/gmail-pibble-mulch-frenchie-gif-15443669033024525467

[merry zodiac]

I really like the genre where the thing uses audio files that it collected from different kinds of media and uses those to convey their message

[strong mango]

[fast forge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/855527844670865438/896957718584250438/blah-6.gif

[hexed forge]

https://tenor.com/view/gmail-pibble-mulch-frenchie-gif-15443669033024525467

[gaunt dawn]

Where is the lore

[ornate comet]

https://tenor.com/view/xp-farm-create-minecraft-xp-minecraft-create-mod-gif-5998905296996879193

[lethal moat]

Going back to this, I do think something like this, even if the replicator isn’t sentient, would be best, as it isolates different things that don’t need to be consolidated for security reasons, and if you’re working with gen 1, the replicator probably doesn’t need to do the same thing as with Mendys

[ornate comet]

Replicator with cold indifference as it’s personally trait would be cool

like 2001 space odyssey

[summer pike]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-monkey-banging-gif-4595113817833787583

[ornate comet]

<@&933486433342222376>

[hexed forge]

yup

[hexed forge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1304024371093831775/1382614457729159169/attachment.gif

[quartz sundial]

man i want a sauropod playable

[snow jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/eating-gif-10585325

[merry zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/nothing-ever-happens-chud-chudjak-soyjak-90-seconds-to-nothing-gif-9277709574191520604

[formal mural]

dry szn extra dry

[hexed forge]

It’s ruined

The OG is better!!

[hexed forge]

[barren ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/alucard-alucardwine-wine-day-ohreallynow-gif-13111842

[nimble fractal]

That is no lore, Rump..

And everything else is neither

WHERE IS THE LOOOREEE

[hexed forge]

Gone

[civic pollen]

[merry zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-avengers-endgame-gone-reduced-to-atoms-gif-26539274

[strange shell]

Is the thing on the left supposed to be The Replicator ?

[civic pollen]

i think so!

[knotty locust]

might be the funny regi pokemons

[strange shell]

That would make sense

[bold crater]

It's one of several Replicator personifications I've made huehue

Different every time because uh
yeah

[fast forge]

To represent the Replicator as it has changed over the years, clearly

Although it would be fun, if it ever had a physical form, for that to be changing as it updates itself

[bold crater]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-yeah-confused-funny-face-gif-24547298

[fast forge]

Would be fun to have some old-timey supercomputers in game

I think this is the kind mentioned in the Jurassic Park novel

[civic pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/tron-mcp-lowpursuit-gif-14320895574362872780

TRON master control

[fast forge]

https://tenor.com/view/what-are-you-hiding-jobe-smith-lawnmower-man-gif-4211919196203842353

[wintry yew]

cobson

[muted reef]

Wheres the codex

https://tenor.com/view/the-dark-knight-christopher-nolan-bruce-wayne-batman-where-are-they-gif-5103771

[lethal moat]

Give moar

[civic pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/reboot-cgi-hexadecimal-wave-wave-hi-gif-24916938

[grand sigil]

they need to put that one track in audio codex 2

wrong channel

[gaunt dawn]

Wheres the lore

[hexed forge]

Hibernating

[muted reef]

Sorry to say it's DORMANT bro

EXTINCT

[hexed forge]

https://tenor.com/view/walter-white-walter-heisenberg-breaking-bad-walter-white-death-gif-26283180

[lethal moat]

I wonder if we’ll end up getting smaller docks around the island for easier resupplying of ranger stations by boat

[bold crater]

God there's so much potential with Gen 2 gameplay. Lemme transport the g o o d s across the lil islands on my boat!

It's why stuff like "make your own fun" (which has been mentioned for them before) concerns me.

-# that and it sounds like a cop out almost every time it's used for something

[lethal moat]

Get a fishing boat and sell stuff off it when you meet people at docks

[bold crater]

(They don't know I have a pet Ptera that helps me)

-# okay that actually sounds fun as hell

[lethal moat]

How to train your dragon but with pteras

[waxen tulip]

that would be so so cool

[fast forge]

I would point at the old concept map.... but nowadays the current map is even more different from that, so idk

[hexed forge]

yeah.. map has changed a lot..

[hexed forge]

I mean,

We have a small dock on the southwestern side of the island

[ornate comet]

funny that I can instantly tell the background is spiro

[merry zodiac]

Not like anyone goes there sadly

[hexed forge]

yeah no MZ in the huge grasslands.. for some reason.. yay

[merry zodiac]

Only a pz

[hexed forge]

yay..

[hexed forge]

What does he mean in the patchnotes by “Exported GUTS to external map”?

[alpine lynx]

im unsure

[hexed forge]

Thanks

[alpine lynx]

LOL

[merry zodiac]

Maybe one of the GUTS components can be found on the map somewhere

https://tenor.com/view/carl-fredricksen-thumbs-up-up-movie-good-job-okay-gif-14648058

[hexed forge]

Potentially

I’ll try looking for it once I’m back

[alpine lynx]

so true

i personally prefer the older map

my beatiful west access.....

https://tenor.com/view/look-how-they-massacred-my-boy-godfather-sad-cry-hurt-gif-16433641

[grand sigil]

back in my day gateway was good but this is the isle and we cant have nice things forever methinks

[fast forge]

west access was mostly ugly

I liked it, but I'm not gonna kid myself that it was an amazing zone

[snow jasper]

thats life

[grand sigil]

donts pings mes!

[fast forge]

Back in the day we had like 3 extra domes making it even harder for people to cross the map

Also we didn't have the sweet savanna biome, or the huge waterfall area

And I personally really like the look of the east lake

[merry zodiac]

The domes gave the “promise” or “chance” of once being filled with a special biome, now that is gone. I didn’t mjnd the first iteration even if it was rough

[hexed forge]

North Dome's removal did nothing to benifit or hurt people moving around the map since it was literally 25% embedded inside a mountain that's still there.
South Dome's removal did nothing to benifit or hurt people moving around the map because it was replaced with a huge cliff going down into the swamp expansion that you have to go around. (Basically the same as before South Dome got removed)
East Dome.. well... I guess that did help people move around... Only if there was actually a purpose going through that area though...

Im not gonna say that the decisions to remove these domes were dumb,

We just dont know the reason. (May be a reason with the lore constantly changing)

However its nice to point out that the changes also made the map more dead/with no purpose of going there as a normal player. (Problem with no one ever placing a damn MZ/ MZs for the relevant dinosaurs into the places that are reworked, thanks)

WE REALLY need someone to fix/adjust MZs because god its all either just Riverdelta or Highlands.

Ironically the only two places on the map that weren't touched. Well Highlands just became a flat pvp land but we're gonna ignore that

Mangroves are coming tho!

[long onyx]

hope they add some better transitions from salt to fresh water with mangroves

[merry zodiac]

Or just anything to saltwater not being a wasteland

[snow jasper]

I knew they would

Theres been a lot that I've advocated in #general-feedback for which has seen fruition. The coloured night vision is one of those things, not trying to claim that it was solely I who suggested it but I am very happy to see it happen

Im putting all my money on the area highlighted in blue

never really asked, never seen it answered, what are the purple lines here if anyone knows?

[hexed forge]

Is this on vulnona or is this the one where someone highlighted ontop of it

[snow jasper]

vulnona, its just there

[hexed forge]

Im betting on Swamp coasts for some reason

If they put it in the mudflats that route of transport between the grasslands and west rail/highlands is DESTROYED. Unless they leave some space

@snow jasper This is what I've seen

[snow jasper]

probably a better place to put it to be honest

[snow jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/bpk-suspicious-cat-gif-17789357722703982067

[hexed forge]

Awhile ago I suggested it to be on the small shallow island chain coming out of east plains.. (No longer plains)

Well huh

Thats gone

the top one

[snow jasper]

nah doesn't seem geographically viable

they seem to grow around bays, estuaries, deltas and whatnot

[hexed forge]

yeah you're right

Just sayin though..

If they cover the entirety of the mudflats, that just ruins the map even more...

So I hope they would only be along the very coast leaving paths in the middle

[snow jasper]

i still think this satellite imagery is pretty insane, the cutoff between rural india/bangladesh & the sundarban mangrove forest

[hexed forge]

yay

[pulsar schooner]

what % does rex reach maximum weight

[fast forge]

I was shocked when I had a ptera MZ last night that was down in "south plains" (kinda half in the jungle where south plains used to be, and half in the southwest savanna)

Also they've cleaned up highlands a bit, feels less flat

[hexed forge]

And let me guess did that MZ disappear in less than 10 minutes

Also WHY does Ptera have that as an MZ

[fast forge]

Yes, I'm saying it's less of flat land now

[hexed forge]

ohhhhh i misread that mb

yeah haven't played the new patch yet, will soon

[fast forge]

some parts are still rough, I expect more changes

I'm curious what the new highlands sanc looks like

[hexed forge]

hmmm

[fast forge]

I also really want them to clean up highlands lake

Last time I went there as deino it was extremely boring, with no rocks or logs, just a smooth ugly riverbed with no place to hide

Might be different now though

[hexed forge]

I just want North Lake to get some glory again

#revivenorthlake

just fix the MZs there please…

[ornate comet]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEEE

you guys know how much ive talked about mangroves before lol

[fast forge]

yeah mz's could really use something, feels like I only get the delta mz these days (with that single exception)

[fast forge]

Don mentioned them among the plants getting custom models

[patent ginkgo]

https://tenor.com/view/kang-the-conqueror-kang-variants-many-kangs-multiple-kangs-kangs-cheering-gif-13082239200333412930

[fiery tapir]

Guys I have the "Steam subsystem failure" and I already redtarted my pc and cleared steam cache :'v any help?

[blazing flower]

have to wait for eos fix apparently averythign is down

[fiery tapir]

Eos? What?

[blazing flower]

epic online services

[fiery tapir]

Ty!
Wait, The isle is from Epic Games?? Since when?

[blazing flower]

i got no idea its just what the admins are saying in a different chat

[sonic rampart]

Please only use this channel for its intended use

[fiery tapir]

OMG WAIT NO MB
I thought I was on the Discussion channel I'm so sorry NSSK

[blazing flower]

i was just helping him 💀

[wintry quail]

was the trex removed on evrima

[merry zodiac]

No its in hordetest branch, also this is lore chat

[hexed forge]

I mean, theres this

Pretty sure this isn't new tho. Might be wrong

This got changed up a bit. "Proper" dead ends lol

aha

yeah nothing around the four GUTS entrances at volcano

oh well

[low scarab]

I return when I see raptor rush energy…

[hexed forge]

lol

[lethal moat]

It’s not new

[hexed forge]

Indeed

[ionic fog]

augh, I thought they had opened it when I saw you in there, Volcano complex I will get in someday

[lethal moat]

I wonder if any neuros will have warmer color options

[tender ingot]

what if the isle had dinosaurs.

[hexed forge]

SoonTM

[tawny axle]

Hi, could some of you guys point me to a YouTube channel that could provide me with the basics of the isle lore. The videos I've found seem to approach more complicated stuff

[hexed forge]

Lightclaw

He has a bunch of lore videos

[tawny axle]

Thanks 🙏

[ornate comet]

this creature pleases me

[acoustic osprey]

i only have one that might be more in line to an introduction

the 'rest' is more 50/50
trying to breakdown given lore videos — which... yeah... i do not do amazingly but some people think they're ok!

[acoustic osprey]

i hope to see something cool like this in the 'server room' in Atrium/Dock facility building

the bigish 3 (4?) story building that is both in the atrium and east dock

[hexed forge]

https://tenor.com/view/the-lion-king-lion-king-monkey-talking-rafiki-gif-17580008

[acoustic osprey]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/855527844670865438/1437437174864941197/image0.gif

[hexed forge]

Ooooohhhh yeahhhhhh

[acoustic osprey]

thank you

[acoustic osprey]

we assumed it (the replicator) was referred to by Dondi as a she

but the context of it was my mistake
I do not believe he was specifically referring to The Replicator

however, i am going to find the original reference by Don and fact check

from this

Don — 01/11/2022, 19:56
I've narrated some directorate stuff but I'll probably pass that off to much better VO's.
Same with the AI.
Though I have considered keeping the AI since it's unnerved everyone on the team that's heard it.

what i believe this was in reference to, "the AI", is/was not about The Replicator
but actually about using a TTS system (or an actual AI voice) for "something"

what something?
hahaha!

maybe it is under the same 'directorate stuff', which would be the easiest/Occams razor answer

[languid escarp]

Ok genetically something goes wrong right

[lethal moat]

Depends on your definition of wrong

[languid escarp]

Okkkkkk elaborate

[lethal moat]

Just because something is horrendous or monstrous doesn’t mean it isn’t what was desired

[languid escarp]

Ok! So they intended for the creation of the abominations

[lethal moat]

Some of them probably, and that depends on your definition of abomination

[languid escarp]

Well the mutated beings

Hypos, cannibals

[lethal moat]

They’re all mutated

[lethal moat]

Likely mostly intentional

[languid escarp]

Ok but did they intend to be fighting them

Humans vs mutated

Or working w them

[lethal moat]

Gen 1 were made to be weapons, so they likely expected and prepared for some amount of resistance

And hypers, neuros, and tissos are likely much more dangerous

[languid escarp]

So it went wrong in the sense that the mutants turned on their creators

And just exploded exponentially into what they are by evolution

Natural selection on a exponential scale

Into the monstrosities

But someone was watching……..

And wanted this to happen

For the ultimate bio weapon

[lethal moat]

I call it artificial evolution because the replicator is rapidly accelerating mutations and beneficial mutations

[languid escarp]

Yes like dog breeding ok

[lethal moat]

Gen 1 are bioweapons, not strains

[languid escarp]

Selecting desirable attributes

[languid escarp]

Which are considered gen 1?

[lethal moat]

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[ornate comet]

la creature

[languid escarp]

what would hypoencondrine be considered

Strains?

[lethal moat]

Hypers, neuros, and tissos are strains, yes

[languid escarp]

So do the humans work with the animals

Or is there a ghost in the machine so to speak

[lethal moat]

Both

The replicator does work

And there are human workers

[strong slate]

Damn everytime I look into this channel I feel so lost ToT

[lethal moat]

There’s a guide in the pinned comments

[strong slate]

I saw ty

[strong slate]

So the replicator is creating all the creatures or what is the replicator ?

I know that it is a collection of systems but I don't understand the purpose of it and if it is out of controll or is it planned

[lethal moat]

It makes the dinosaurs and gen 1, likely more

Likely under control when AE occupied the island, unknown now

Gen 1 does interact with it though for benefits

[strong slate]

Ok so AE used that to create all the creatures now with how things went wrong it might be just creating life without any limits to it

Wonder how it creates them tho since the cretures are not robots, except the clanker pic that I saw and how it didn't get destroyed yet via plants and dinosaurs

Good to know that gen1 prolly has still human intellegence to it

[lethal moat]

Still?

They had human intelligence?

[strong slate]

I would assume it takes some sort of intellegence to interact with a system like the Replicator

Because it seems complicated

Depends on how they interact with it

Because my first thought was that the replicator is a machine a system so they would use Data or knowledge from it

[acoustic osprey]

definitely those two categories
and "probably" for Gen2s

depends on 'allegiance', i suppose

if The Replicator is just an "ANI" (artificial narrow AI)
basically just given command and produces result

then I can see Gen2s still being made / 'spat out' by The Replicator

knowing 'the body' of the Replicator is not on Gateway

which makes sense, we definitely don't have any indication yet that they make things in Gateway
only seeing Injections (being brought / injected into the ecosystem of Gateway)

[acoustic osprey]

of course, that is just art (that we don't have) and also presuming that such 'body' is also the part of the replicator that spits out things

for all we know, could just be the 'brain' component located in "X" unknown location

but yea

[acoustic osprey]

and such workers could also be Gen2
as indicated by the Dibble TCAM (file recovery video) and Don's reply to someones question about the human in the frames being Gen2 or not

thus potentially Gen2s are also workers
on the same level? who knows
maybe there is some sort of prejudiced/bias caste system — Natural vs 'Non-natural'
Apollo politics !!!

[fast forge]

Well we do have the game mechanic where we spawn in as juvies
If that is canon, I suppose maybe they are making these things on site? But as you said, without evidence of production we can't assume

[acoustic osprey]

ye

like, it could be something like the Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator (FLDSMDFR) ||cloudy with a chance of meatballs||

where the "body" of The Replicator is like a human
something that can be observed as 'mono'-body-like, there is probably some sort of technical name for this — but basically the mind and system(s) connected into generally one central body (however big it may be, but all physically still connected into the idea of a connected body, rather then just a lengthily connected network of systems ... but i suppose that is a very philosophical argument on what counts as a body lol)
- this would include The TOMB being part of it, the CPU/brain, the things that spit out creatures, etc etc

or
like what I believe you're infering (and I more believe)
with it being more a proper network system that is far less 'body-like' then something like the FLDSMDFR

if, like you say, the actual idea of us spawning as juvies (via the replicator purely) is kept over from legacy canon, then it would definitely more on the side of the latter

[strong slate]

So much to read I love it

[acoustic osprey]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/855527844670865438/1437437174864941197/image0.gif

[strong slate]

Literally me absorbing information

[acoustic osprey]

lol

[fading glade]

https://tenor.com/view/kirkification-kirkified-captain-kirk-charlie-kirk-pickjj98-gif-15551108130950738191

[merry zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/tim-lockwood-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-eye-raise-eye-brows-lockwood-gif-10355277344859117067

When I think about it, it is exactly like it

[acoustic osprey]

lol

[acoustic osprey]

also how late were you to finding this out Cerato 💔

[acoustic osprey]

with this
my presumption is that Omnisaur is used as a generic title for generic dinosaurs

I do wonder what about Megalania? and the few others who are not explicitly 'dinosaurs'
to be fair, the dinosaurs aren't really 'saurs' anyways — being not really lizards

so i suppose it isn't much of a hassle anyways

but i do believe it isn't a misspelling of Omniraptor

[hexed forge]

I knew, I just tried starting conversation…

[acoustic osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/larry-larry-baby-ai-baby-laughing-ai-baby-baby-gif-17394836155970552795

oh and you did it a day before with c14
i swear i told about it

[hexed forge]

https://tenor.com/view/ez-get-tf-out-cat-kratos-god-of-war-gif-4827313512397508571

[acoustic osprey]

btw the isle is almost 10 years old! don't forget!

[hexed forge]

Indeed

In 3 days

Will anything happen? Probably not

[acoustic osprey]

why

[snow jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/nothing-ever-happens-chud-chudjak-soyjak-90-seconds-to-nothing-gif-9277709574191520604

[acoustic osprey]

nothing ever happens in #isle-lore-theories 😔 😔 😔 😔 😔

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-bateman-sigma-sigma-patrick-bateman-american-psycho-i-dont-have-a-gif-for-this-gif-1885171871624852210

[hexed forge]

Because The Isle

[acoustic osprey]

oh

you think the isle releases thing on celebratory days, Cerato?

[hexed forge]

Probably nothing will happen in the game,

Maybe a discord announcement

[acoustic osprey]

why would they make an announcement...

nothing will happen, time will pass on

and the isle will come to 20 years soon

https://tenor.com/view/pibble-gif-16545691514915325021

[hexed forge]

Hordetest is nowhere near being done and polished

[hexed forge]

because.. 10th anniversary,, is a cool thing to mention...

[acoustic osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/clash-royale-gif-22822785

[hexed forge]

Yk.. games do that..

[acoustic osprey]

but this is the

[hexed forge]

true

Also Devblog is technically today

[acoustic osprey]

last dblog of the year, 95% chance

or we get a two paragraph pre-xmas/holiday devblog

[floral girder]

i just realized we might be getting a devblog in a few days

[hexed forge]

its today

[acoustic osprey]

it should be today

[hexed forge]

surely..

Surely they wouldn't forget

[acoustic osprey]

probably not

[floral girder]

praying for that..

[hexed forge]

The Isle

[ornate comet]

the archipelago

[merry zodiac]

I’d even be happy for the color palette to be readjusted…

[strong slate]

If we count in legacy then yes it's almost 10 years

And dondi already stated smt like sale or anything similar will not happen on the 10th year

[hexed forge]

A sale isnt anything special really..

Happens every year for the game on christmas lol...

[acoustic osprey]

Of course we count it

It still still the isle
Thus the isle

[acoustic osprey]

And basically a comes when its yearly anniversary is anyways

[strong slate]

Ik Ik just wanted to share what I know so far

[hexed forge]

Devblog tomorrow woohoo

[strong slate]

What does it say on that cd

[lethal moat]

I think it's default text

[strong slate]

Awe

[lethal moat]

There's definately environmental storytelling in k15 if you guys want to go check it out lol, I like it a lot

Something broke all of these

Broke in either here or here

Then broke through both of these

All of the doors here are opened outwards, which makes me think people were fleeing

[strong slate]

what dino was it tho I think herra is too weak to destroy that latter

[lethal moat]

Something broke in here and out there, potentially beforehand, causing the others to shelter in the base

[strong slate]

Could be a strain maybe

[lethal moat]

The doors all opened outwards once again

[strong slate]

Def a sign that they were fleeing I agree

[lethal moat]

This window just doesn't exist, either an error or it's supposed to be broken, this is for the medical bay

The building by the entrance with the camera attached seems fine

The one in the back seems mostly ok other than a mauled ladder on the side

[strong slate]

Where is that k 15 like river delta ?

[lethal moat]

Mhm

[strong slate]

Alright might check that out

[lethal moat]

I'm working on making a diagram

[strong slate]

OO make sure to post it

[lethal moat]

I need it to be light again

Worth noting, all of the cameras are by entrances, but not all the doorways have cameras

We are so back

[acoustic osprey]

I believe these were here a few weeks back when k15 was updated

But still
It be pretty cool

[modern rover]

freddy fazbear gaming

[alpine lynx]

im rather more interested in what caused these

something small? i don't know, something big? maybe

something small would've did these (omniraptor/herrera)

but putting the fact that theres bent and broken ladder

absolutely lowers the fact of something small/mid causing these

i can't see an omniraptor bending or breaking those

its so confusing that its something being able to reach/climb to the ceiling window yet being able to break the ladder

maybe its a strain? i don't know

could it be an hyperendocrin? maybe but its def not the big ones like giganotosaurus, rex, etc.

i personally can't see a singular basic dinosaur to cause these damaged to the building on the roadmap

i still wonder what is it that caused all of this

[alpine lynx]

definitely not a herrera

herrera would be able to break those windows unless they're made extremely strong

tho i can't see herrera bending and especially BREAKING the ladder

also i personally believe that the windows were extremely strong, atleast it should be

putting the fact that theres bunch of dinosaurs that just can enter there and break into

unless apollo forgot to make the windows extremely strong or just didn't wanted to, logically they should be made extremely strong for the safety of employees

putting the fact that the windows was possibly really strong, ladder being broken and bent, also the ceiling windows was broken, its for sure no regular dinosaur

its something strong and big enough to break those windows and climb to the ceiling.

[hexed forge]

It’s

A broken window

Similar to everything else that’s broken in bases

https://tenor.com/view/briankik-turn-around-hedgehog-mrbond-gif-24320492

Could be anything from dinosaurs to storms

Yay

[alpine lynx]

true.

but yet theres a fact that this might be caused by something alive

https://tenor.com/view/frank-heffley-gif-12446432940224013643

[woven trench]

I smell man made horrors beyond comprehension…

[ornate comet]

elder hypsi's huge girth broke those ladders and windows

[fast forge]

https://tenor.com/view/the-venture-brothers-taco-bell-lunch-lunch-time-gif-11795617367894871569

[ornate comet]

fear the elder hypsi

[woven trench]

What’s the lore behind Bary and Austro cages I wonder

[hexed forge]

Most likely nothing other than an easter egg for players to find since they're the next dinos coming up lol

[wintry yew]

They did something naughty

[hexed forge]

If there is any lore to it then it's just world building lore

If there is even MORE to it, then it could mean that major operations are still ongoing even in the abandoned facilities. But I doubt it

[lethal moat]

I doubt storms broke the reinforced windows

Skylight maybe

[fast forge]

Some tropical hurricanes can have wind that destroys buildings, so I wouldn't rule out storms as an option for broken windows, especially if this location has been without repairs for a long period of time

Obviously the largely-concrete structures we see in game will hold up better than a modern house, but if there is wind strong enough to destroy a house, it could knock out reinforced windows

[snow jasper]

Wouldn't the surplus of jungle act as a moderate wind barrier to some extent though

although, you can rule out the perimeter, no good reason for that to be intact

[hexed forge]

K15 is on the side of a cliff tho…

However those same buildings are also seen at I12 and C14 sooo

[lethal moat]

There’s several inch steel bars that are bent in at the top and bottom, one going into the house, one going out of the house

[fast forge]

could still potentially be explained by flying debris in a wind storm

not saying you are wrong, just trying to be thorough (and somewhat playing devil's advocate)

[lethal moat]

True

[lean gust]

where are devblog

[lean gust]

hi rumple how ur day been

[lethal moat]

Eeby

[lean gust]

what should i grow on ht

[rough hollow]

Punchpacket will post it when it's ready. Keep an eye out in #announcements

[lean gust]

yuh

[lethal moat]

rex

[lean gust]

kk

[hexed forge]

I'd work here

[lethal moat]

Kitchen

[hexed forge]

[lethal moat]

?

[near nebula]

snow???

[hexed forge]

Might be the interactive audio thing that @acoustic osprey loves

[hexed forge]

In which section is this?

[near nebula]

wedge

[hexed forge]

hmm

Maybe a christmas event?

Maybe..
maybe...

Not a single mention of The Isle's 10th anniversary tho!

lol

[low scarab]

Wait so I kinda forgot what happened to guts again?

[near nebula]

pretty sure that the guts werent rendering properly and making peformance terrible

[prisma crown]

5.7

[hexed forge]

Somehow broke and unable to be fixed yay

[ionic fog]

rapidly accelerated to RIP, than just being exported for possible performance issues, I think volcano base is probably gone from behind the closed doors, cant exactly check

[hexed forge]

Yup..

[fast forge]

Isn't "External Mapping" a thing in game programming?

not like indoors/outdoors like we would think of it

[scenic oak]

Anyone know approximately what speed adult bary will be?

[fast forge]

you might have more luck in the non-lore channel #isle-discussion

[scenic oak]

I tryed that

[fast forge]

well lore people probably wouldn't know

[hexed forge]

About 2172 km/h

https://tenor.com/view/severance-petey-you-don't-get-that-reference-discord-jamesdusty-gif-542841641069109058

[acoustic osprey]

Ha

[acoustic osprey]

Kill

[acoustic osprey]

Alive, not alive, could be alive, not alive?

[hexed forge]

https://tenor.com/view/matthew-lillard-william-afton-fnaf-movie-i-always-come-back-gif-2669162706584753982

[rapid chasm]

lol no u wouldnt

youd be like some random construction worker and youd die while working on a fence

[hexed forge]

Yay

[acoustic osprey]

hopefully means that we won't have that really weird and out of place marketplace fridge

[acoustic osprey]

times species location...

[hexed forge]

That

[acoustic osprey]

likely not though, to be fair

[hexed forge]

Looks like my fridge

[hexed forge]

Oh

[acoustic osprey]

if it is to 'breathe life' (quote from wedge)
a 'randomly' activated lore-esque thing would not be fitting in that description

i wonder if LAB IX has been copy pasted into the new facility building

i presume it's more so assets being shuffled around
so, therefore, will it still be called LAB IX?

[hexed forge]

Ohh true

If GUTS is truly dead then there’s limited space to have over 9 labs on the surface

Wait what’s IX again..

Either way, I suppose GUTS can still exist in the lore just not on the actual map.. sadly..

[acoustic osprey]

9

the reference from Don might be that it's been stored

basically on the dev test map (either or)

i presume they may bring GUTS back, but likely not for Gateway (at least for a WHILE)

which is annoying

does this invalidate ERRANT-291 now?

does this mean Don may have to re-write lore to exclude all mentions of GUTS for Gateway?
having it, potentially, in-lore on another island

because you cannot simply write GUTS into Gateway's lore
then not have GUTS (in Gateway)

[acoustic osprey]

only if GUTS is only in Gateway, that is

[acoustic osprey]

or if Dondi had ERRANT-291 written in Gateway's "GUTS"

[hexed forge]

yay..

I still find it hard to believe that whatever happened to GUTS is impossible to fix..

[acoustic osprey]

i think it is more so not worth their time

[hexed forge]

[acoustic osprey]

which is weird because this isn't the first time something has come around and been a long fix to implement

i.e. both UE5 updates

but it is related to something only a niche community really care about, so we don't really weigh in. I suppose.

[hexed forge]

I mean you could

Just players wouldn’t be able to actually get in

It could exist in lore

We could have maps of it

Idk

It could just be a whole separate map tbh “GUTS of Gateway”

So basically anyone playing on “Gateway” won’t be able to get in the tunnels/they just wouldn’t be in it.

And anyone playing “GUTS of Gateway” would only have the tunnels.. with like 5 player slots lol

WHAT I MEAN is that it could be written in the lore, just not be in the game

Similar to the Matriarch fantasy lol

[acoustic osprey]

it being a major system and meant for Humans makes me say nay

unlike something like monorail

[hexed forge]

Oh humans..
Hah
Humans… in the isle

They’ll survive on the surface with human structures probably..

[acoustic osprey]

Like it was meant to be
In the before before times...

Saying that
Rip us trying to redo the bunker trailer

[strong slate]

So wait we won't have guts on gateway ?

[acoustic osprey]

Seems like a big most probably no

Likely not for quite a long while now

[hexed forge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/683040176397746187/965087719715905546/image01.gif

[strong slate]

I thought guts would be on gateway from the sounds of it but I guess no underground for us

[hexed forge]

Unfortunately,

Maybe theres a quicker solution in the future.. maybe not.. who knows

[wanton ocean]

that's super unfortunate

[cerulean epoch]

They could possibly design and keep it on a separate map entirely, partitioned and accessed by a loading screen, or loading screens at various exits. This would allow it to be developed without interfering with map above.

Loading screen partition is sort of old school, but it's not a horrible idea.

[acoustic osprey]

It was supposed to be

[soft drift]

yall what does it mean if outta know where my ping is at 550 and my fps is at 0 ....

[acoustic osprey]

Could work but....

[crystal cairn]

there was a Don stream once that had the word “Lab” over what was once SW no man’s land of gateway, since then it’s been expanded into more swamp I believe but what do we think about the lab’s placement once it’s added? think it could still be in swamp or perhaps connected to the pits in south plains?

[acoustic osprey]

oh the "flooded visitor center" i believe?

[crystal cairn]

it was on the same map from that stream

there was a lab like in the mountainside of what used to be SW iirc

idk if we still have those images saved somewhere

flooded visitor center would be so cool if we got it, with dilapidated boardwalks and such

[acoustic osprey]

ahh yes

i have the vod somewhere
but i'll have a look

there we are

[alpine lynx]

true but

i makes no sense for apollo to make basic buildings personally

i think that apollo would have extremely strong and reinforced building putting the fact that theres hyperendocrins and other strains roaming the island

[ornate comet]

that area is now the shrubland if I remember correctly since that looks like pre trike update south plains

so maybe that new human poi there in this current hordetest will eventually be labs

[hexed forge]

More like it’s the containment facility now

[ornate comet]

@hexed forge thats what I meant by human poi here

[hexed forge]

Oh

I see

[ornate comet]

labs is interesting tho

if not here, then where

we also have "labs" in the audio codex

[hexed forge]

There is a bunch of space for those huge buildings from the Devblog so it’s possible that they expand it with more buildings that contain the “labs”

[hexed forge]

Oh my

I hope the thing Wedge talked about is properly implementing all of the OST laying around into the game

[ornate comet]

I also hope the flooded visitor center from that stream will come as well

[ornate comet]

yes god please

remove the deino trailer music that plays at night its so obnoxious

[hexed forge]

lol

[ornate comet]

I still have music on when I play herbivores

I love this games music but it just plays at the worst time when you're a carnivore

[hexed forge]

I have it on for everything

It barely plays for me, the music plays like once every 20 minutes

However it is at like 15% so maybe I just don’t hear it sometimes

[ornate comet]

theres also the bug where combat music plays and then never ever stops

forcing me to put it at 0

[hexed forge]

Yay

[fast forge]

I've noticed many areas across the map that are flattened and have no brush or trees, and I always wonder if they are the sites of future human bases

[merry zodiac]

They will

[acoustic osprey]

that be why i being posted it, quite so

because it be the 'new' pits area

[acoustic osprey]

likely
but it also could be like the million different paths/roads we had lying gateway on launch

which lead to nowhere
and basically nothing was added at their 'ends'

but hopefully the further flattening of areas could bring some new pois

[hexed forge]

yay

[void mist]

Why is death messages in hordetest so goofy

The end is not the end? Other random stuff

[lethal moat]

Thousand life contract stuff and eip related

[void mist]

Eip?

What, I really gotta read more lore

[civic pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/jack-nicholson-jack-nicholson-yes-yes-nod-head-nod-gif-17444176260167585294

[void mist]

Can we get austro? So I can look into his butaful eyes 24/7

[acoustic osprey]

because it is about 8 years old now