below-zero-chat

[modest pagoda]

it depends

[timid horizon]

do brute sharks respawn

[modest pagoda]

yes? I think

[timid horizon]

looks like i have to put this one down :((

or is there a way to free it

[modest pagoda]

you can ram into it with a vehicle, maybe

[rocky sigil]

That'll kill it

[timid horizon]

i cant find the swim charge fins even with a video any help?

all the videos are from early access

[silver olive]

They're at Omega lab.

Somewhere

[timid horizon]

i cant find that

[silver olive]

It's hard to find. There are a few caves in the ground of lilypad caves

[timid horizon]

do you remember how far away it’s from the drop pod

[silver olive]

not really

I tend to have a base set up before going there lol

There is a rock that is held up by 4 lilypads, and a cave enterance at the top of the rock, its in there

[timid horizon]

cant find that

[delicate grove]

Where can i find plants for the indoor growbed idk what islands to look for.

[potent hawk]

and just like that I died on my hardcore game.

https://tenor.com/view/ok-crying-sad-emotional-sentimental-gif-20646670

[rocky sigil]

RIP

[lost delta]

You can get most (all?) of them from ||the greenhouse||, which you go to after ||disabling the satellite on delta||

[tardy surge]

taking care of our girl

[ocean shore]

Resolution : Below Zero

[broken badge]

Just post a pic, not a pic of chat

No one wants to see a copy of discord

[ocean shore]

NO that's just me playing bz

[broken badge]

I don’t get it
Post a screenshot or clip of you playing then, not your discord

[ocean shore]

ok

mMMm yUmby

[carmine bobcat]

Well, I think the joke went about 1700m over their head

[ocean shore]

It's not a joke tho

That is how it actually runs 😭

[carmine bobcat]

This couldn't be anything but a joke referencing the super low resolution you're playing in because of your 15 fps.

[broken badge]

I’ve seen worse

[ocean shore]

nope that's the only way i get 30+

[carmine bobcat]

Sigh

[ocean shore]

This is what happens when I try it in 1600x900

[eternal garnet]

maybe try with a GPU in the PC

[broken badge]

Oh no, tar has invaded the Arctic

[ocean shore]

https://tenor.com/view/despicable-me-gru-money-in-terms-of-money-we-have-no-money-gif-17689419

[next current]

[lost delta]

Finished BZ. I could write a lot a few pages about my thoughts regarding design, story, etc; but tldr is that I think I liked the first one better.

[modest pagoda]

welcome to the club

[plain locust]

Below Zero is better than the original in almost every way.

[carmine bobcat]

Debatable. It has some better stuff. Like it has more pretty environment (That too is debatable but shh)

[coral lotus]

Is going to be any big updates for this game In terms of content or stuff to do?

[jolly basin]

Not that anyone knows of

[coral lotus]

alr

[jolly basin]

Development efforts are definitely gonna be going into “the next game in the Subnautica universe”, as it’s referred to by UWE

[coral lotus]

so the all big updates our done for in terms of content and stuff to do

[broken badge]

Yes

They were done, in fact, other than adding the seatruck dock
BZ update 2.0 was otherwise just bugfixes, largely

[carmine bobcat]

Didn't they add a thing for og Subnut fauna to be in BZ?

[broken badge]

Don’t know what you mean

[carmine bobcat]

I might be wrong then

[eternal garnet]

might be a mod. Dev's didnt do that

[broken badge]

Yeah, that’s kinda what I was thinking too

[jolly basin]

No mod for that

[plain locust]

the gamemode commands dont seem to be working

i try "survival" or "freedom" and i remain in creative

[eternal garnet]

they changed. For those two, use custom game mode options instead. In options, gameplay

I don't know the new commands for those, if any

[plain locust]

thank you

[craggy shard]

:(

[coral lotus]

lol rip

[bold monolith]

I guess the ray cast is executed before the animation.

[weak cairn]

<@&85343211593166848>

ban him

breaking rule

[manic trout]

<@&85343211593166848>

hes banned lol

[weak cairn]

he is gone

[manic trout]

thanks to us 2

wanna watch me stream subnautica

[weak cairn]

no

go away

[manic trout]

ok bye

[crystal plaza]

there's so much gold and silver in the end game there should be an option to build statues of creatures out of them to decorate your base

[carmine bobcat]

Actually kinda sounds cool

[crystal plaza]

i don't even bother drilling it anymore, I get more excited about finding nickel and lead

[echo bolt]

what happened

[crystal plaza]

ah pretty cool how much you can have free floating, only one multipurpose room is really anchored the rest is all hanging out over a ledge

just fits in a cavern between spires and crystal caves

[carmine bobcat]

I kinda wish we needed to build floats under base segments like that to keep them up. Loosing power for long enough could make the floats deflate and the segments fall off the base if left long enough.

[crystal plaza]

the problem would be holding them down not keeping them up. because the air inside them is lighter than water

depends how heavy the titanium shells are

[carmine bobcat]

It could be argued they’re neutrally buoyant when first built, but as soon as we start loading them up with items they get heavier and heavier and would need extra floats.

Fill the storage lockers in the suspended large room with 2 tones of titanium and you bet your 🍑 it’d snap right off the base

There is quite a bit of hand waving magic “rule of cool” happening in both Subnautica games.

Like how the duck are the vehicles suspended mid-air while they’re being crafted by the vehicle fab bay.

Magic

[barren atlas]

i ain’t against it

[carmine bobcat]

Yea they’re definitely casual survival games. They’re perfect for what they are.

[crystal plaza]

if you really wanted to simulate it you'd need to work out the pressure from the water according to depth and then look at the outward force from the air in the base vs the inward force of the water and balance all that with the weight of everything in the base..... then you'd end up with underwater dwarf fortress

[carmine bobcat]

And some folks would loooooove that kind of base management.

There are certainly mods trying to attain that level of detail in this game.

[crystal plaza]

i haven't really looked at mods, when I finish this bz playthrough I'll go back and look at SN1 mods

[carmine bobcat]

Yeah vanilla sn has like 25 pages of mods on the nexus while bz has fewer than 10

[crystal plaza]

fragments never respawn right? so if you find a fragment thats a sign "I've never been here before?"

[eternal garnet]

true, or the world failed saving properly. Was common on ps4 before the update

[west mountain]

I started to fill seamonkey nest with all that gold, looks pretty and I have them all over the place. But also pretty useless 🙂

[west mountain]

Talking about level of details, then we should also talk about diving physics. Decompression time of up to 2 hours after every extensive dive below 50 meter and you would not want to fill your tank with regular air from the surface (assuming that 4546B has more or less the same atmosphere as earth, but that might be a point to discuss). Trixmix would be necessary for every extended dive below 100 meter. And decompression time will reach up to several days. So I understand why they made shortcuts 🙂

[west mountain]

But do crash fish respawn over time? I am pretty sure I was attacked by them in caves I was before (or not???)

[eternal garnet]

I'm not sure

[potent hawk]

Built my base in the purple vents and apparently the Chelicerate is in the area patrolling (occasionally).

Is there a way to push it away or defend my base?

[haughty sandal]

hey I bought below zero on the xbox app for pc, im curious if there’s an area where i can get help?

[potent hawk]

depend son what you need help with

[haughty sandal]

it’s more like the game doesn’t load at all

[potent hawk]

oh.... #🔧sn1-bz-tech-support would be your best best

[opaque harbor]

@haughty sandal I can help you out, tech support may not fix your problem, if you want to add me as a friend on here, I can walk you through some troubleshooting.

[haughty sandal]

thanks, I’d appreciate that a lot.

I have a video on what’s going on

[plain locust]

why cant we see the vesper anymore

[white phoenix]

guys why can't I connect a ladder between the two of these

[vapid kestrel]

Because you can’t

[white phoenix]

why not😭

[vapid kestrel]

That’s just how it is

Probably because the multipurpose room isn’t fully flat with the bottom of the large room or whatever, and I don’t think doing that is even possible

[white phoenix]

thats so sad

[broken badge]

The ladder isn’t meant to pass thru water filled spaces. It only connects rooms, and you don’t have two joined rooms in that image
If you had two stacked large rooms, or two stacked multipurpose rooms, you’d be able to build a ladder between the floors

They have to be stacked rooms of the same kind

[white phoenix]

that makes me so sad but thanks anyways

[west mountain]

You can construct a tube system that goes on the outside. But the two rooms have to be properly aligned. So first you have to build the tubing, then the room. Also you could place the round room instead of the hatch on the large room. So you would remove one of the two hatches and place the room there. Just as an idea, or connect where the hatches are with tubes.

[crystal plaza]

you need to use i pieces, t pieces and vertical tubes to connect the two then build the ladder in the vertical tube. but I'd probably deconstruct one of them and align them properly so they can connect on the same level vertically with an i piece in between

[jolly basin]

Headlamp Chip

[crystal plaza]

new mod?

[jolly basin]

Yep

Will take a while to release since I have some learning to do to add functionality

Creating an item is alot easier than making it do something

[crystal plaza]

how about a mod adding recipes to let us create gold and silver statues of creatures to decorate our bases with?

so we have something to do with the masses of gold and silver you have at end game

[jolly basin]

Any type of buildable requires a model, which requires having more than three braincells, which then requires effort and time

There's a few mods which just retexture existing models and put them back in the game, like AutosortLockers, adds a color changing border around locker and wall locker

[crystal plaza]

hmm you can't extract the models from the creatures in game?

[jolly basin]

I don't really know a thing about modelling and exporting/re importing to the game

[crystal plaza]

ah ok

I know how to use blender a little bit I might poke around in the game files see if theres anything obvious

[jolly basin]

You use AssetStudio to get all the games sprites, models, meshes, textures, etc

[crystal plaza]

https://github.com/Perfare/AssetStudio/releases

[jolly basin]

Im pretty sure there have been some legality conversations about taking game models for mods

[crystal plaza]

this one?

[jolly basin]

Yep

[crystal plaza]

ok thanks will have a look later

[jolly basin]

Currently working on this

Allows you to change the background of specific categories of items

Eg. make Raw Fish background Black, or make Tools background yellow

[crystal plaza]

thats handy

[deep kettle]

But where is the animated RGB option 😛

[jolly basin]

Thats certainly possible

But it would patch stuff like crazy

And im no genius but that would probably mess with your performance

[icy crow]

Is there a module for the seatruck to see the echo map to navigate better in caves?

[jolly basin]

Nope

[icy crow]

and also nothing similiar?

i am missing always the path to go deeper in a cave

[jolly basin]

I use lots of beacons

In big caves

[next current]

Same. I usually mark the entrances to the ||Crystal Castle, the Crystal Caves itself, and the Fabricator Caverns||.

[potent hawk]

Can you upload your own music to the jukebox?

[next current]

Yee.

[potent hawk]

thank you and sorry. I didn't know about the pins but i'll check them

[next current]

No need to apologize.

[novel ruin]

question: where on the map do you start/ crash? does anybody know the coords?

[potent hawk]

I'm sorry. I don't, google might

gimme a few minutes and i'll see if i can find it

[next current]

This location that's bubbled is the starting crash site.

[rocky sigil]

This is extremely helpful

[next current]

I can't tell if that was sarcasm. :/

[rocky sigil]

It wasn't, I just worded it wrong

[potent hawk]

I built my base in a nice open area I liked and apparently it was a mistake.

The Chelicerate patrols over my base occasionally.

Is it better to build any "defense" or just relocate?

makes for a beautiful view from the inside though

[jolly basin]

Kill it, then never see it again

[potent hawk]

I'm fairly early in the game AND i'm on hardcore

[jolly basin]

Theres no way to like keep it away from your base

If it likes to go past it will go past (until its dead)

[potent hawk]

That's okay. i'll just be careful when I park my truck until I get the defense module

When I get the stasis rifle then he & I will settle up

[jolly basin]

Id go for prawn+drill, since you can get both after Koppa mine

[potent hawk]

hard core adds a lot of "spice" to your choices

What food do you grow in your base for eating?

I have scrub nuts but they suck for water

[rocky sigil]

You uhhhhh and uhhhh

[potent hawk]

Okay, follow up. What do you grow in your exterior grow beds?

[rocky sigil]

Creepvines

[jolly basin]

Peppers

1x2 Size, gives same food+water (15), and gives heat

[potent hawk]

ahh. I dont' have those yet but as soon as I find them I will

[light parrot]

Peppers and Nuts, I find myself needing health an embarrassing amount of the time 😅

[lime grove]

i grow gelsacks

[frosty grotto]

Does exist one trick that you can but the seebahn with the docks easy?

[next current]

I get that Shrub Nuts give food and water but I don't get why people would use them over health kits.

[stoic surge]

The antenna fruits are better than the nuts

[brave shell]

I would like to know if you know any way to play multiplayer on subnautica below zero without any bugs. I already know that you can do it with Hamachi but there are a lot of bugs

[potent hawk]

Can I change the sea truck modules/upgrades from the dock?

[eternal garnet]

modules yes, upgrades no

[potent hawk]

Fair enough!

I just got the large room but I already built my base using the multi-purpose room.

Do i tear down, replace, or just avoid using

[cursive compass]

Hey

Where I can find Alien Base Not So Deep

I Find JN8 and Bridge Alien Base

[eternal garnet]

"not so deep"?

I don't know what Bridge is either

[eternal garnet]

oh, the artifact power generator under the bridge

[cursive compass]

I find this

Hey

What is Marguerit Base Meter?

???m

[eternal garnet]

depth? about 360

[cursive compass]

Yes

What is Marguerit Base Depth

[eternal garnet]

I answered that

[cursive compass]

İts 360 Depth?

@eternal garnet

[eternal garnet]

yes. From the pilot beacon, go down, north-west

[craggy shard]

is there a site or something to get the storyline going? right now i dont know what i should do, and the story seems to be standing still

[next current]

Have you been to the Delta Island?

[eternal garnet]

the story doesn't hold your hand, well not all the time. Gotta explore every place

Delta, good question. Also have you found a distress signal?

[craggy shard]

yep. ||i just crafted the architect body piece||

[next current]

Do you have the other two ||body components?||

[craggy shard]

i do not

[next current]

Have you been scanning artifacts?

I assume you made the ||skeleton||, right?

[craggy shard]

i have

should i explore the icebergs more? or the caves

or something else completely

[eternal garnet]

Go across the bridge, north.

[next current]

I recommend going out in the world and scanning more artifacts. Then, ||Al-An will give you hints as to where the other two components are.||

[craggy shard]

great
thankyou :)

[next current]

👍

[carmine bobcat]

SN 2.0 (3? Whatever the next game is): Following the departure of ||Robin from 4546B through the phase gate.... we find out Alterra picked up the alien energy signature from the planet and came to investigate. Upon finding all the newly working Architect tech, and evidence of a living Architect, Al-An, they do what all capitalist corporations do and seek to follow Robin & Al-An to the alien homeworld and exploit the resources and technology there.||

Our new main character is a ||trusted employee of Altera Corp who has access to all the newest top of the line Alterra tech. They're sent to 4546B to retrace Robin Ayou's steps in an effort to gain access to the phase gate. After successfully unlocking access to the gate, our protagonist plunges through, in an advanced Alterra multipurpose space ship called The Trident.||

---

After passing through a few ||phase gates, like we see Robin & Al-An so in the BZ finale, our character finds themselves exiting the previous gate deep underwater. As they search for the next gate they discover numerous Architect structures and eventually discover that this planet was an early Architect colony. The Architects consumed too much of the planet's resources, causing the polar ice caps to melt covering the entire globe in a deep ocean.||

---

The main character explores this ||submerged Atlantis-like environment in The Trident looking for the next phase gate, but also learning more about the Architects. After some time spent immersed in Architect technology and culture(leading to a mix of both Architect and Alterra tech serving as our new hybridized equipment and base tech in the game), they begin to question Alterra’s decision to exploit this new resource at all costs. They eventually find the next phase gate and after passing through it are faced with both Robin and Al-An. The three agree to work together to resist Alterra’s efforts to reach the Architect home world and employ the hybridized “Architerra” tech to thwart any future attempt by Alterra to reach the Architect home world.||

---

Have the game be a mix of terrestrial and aquatic game play, with most of the aquatic taking place on the ||submerged Architect colony planet. The terrestrial being wherever Robin and Al-An are hanging out. The Architect home world? Another colony planet? Idk. The Trident is a vehicle which is able to navigate in space as well as underwater, and serves as the main base of the player. We upgrade and modify the vehicle using both advanced Alterra and Architect technology. And of course there will be some traditional base building elements in there.||

[potent hawk]

If I have a Thermal reactor, bioreactor, and solar panels. Which will it pull from first

[eternal garnet]

@carmine bobcat Source? Is this your fan fiction?

[carmine bobcat]

Source: Muh brian

Just a direction I'd enojy seeing them take the next game. Something that's not another 'crash on planet, start from scratch, build build build'

[eternal garnet]

Yeah. You should maybe include that detail

[carmine bobcat]

I think it's good as is, thanks.

[eternal garnet]

it lacks context

Also, I am playing Fish Game

[rocky sigil]

What is a fish

[eternal garnet]

slimy cold creatures that avoid cats

[rocky sigil]

Interesting

[carmine bobcat]

SN 2.0 (3? Whatever the next game is):
There's your context. 🤷‍♂️

[rocky sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/kronk-point-debate-argument-angel-gif-17274775

[eternal garnet]

no it isn't. You could have found some staff blog post or something

But, with my question below it, it'll do

[carmine bobcat]

If it was a staff/dev post, you'd think there'd be a link to said post. Stop digging for problems please. It's just an idea for the next game. Holy yikes.

[haughty sandal]

i don’t know if this counts as a spoiler but i can’t believe his name is alan

i honestly love it

[eternal garnet]

borderline, but no

@carmine bobcat as fan fiction, it's very welcome

[limber zodiac]

Is it wrong that I bought Below Zero just for it's building

[eternal garnet]

Do not click that yet

[next current]

Oh hey! I love Never Gonna Give You Up!

[lapis marten]

Me too, American classic

[eternal garnet]

Wow. 50pixel rickroll

[limber zodiac]

Yeah, good song

[lapis marten]

Yes

[next current]

Hell yeah. 😎

[lapis marten]

Very low quality is da best quality

[eternal garnet]

I said don't click >.< I check first

[lapis marten]

Excellent for meme and vine booms/effects

[next current]

Only a few more hours before I reach the magic number of play hours in this game.

[lapis marten]

How come stasis rifles or the cyclops weren’t implemented into subnautica below zero

Stasis rifles would’ve been so good

[eternal garnet]

too OP

[next current]

The Stasis Rifle was cut in EA9 and the Cyclops is too big for the map

[lapis marten]

Ah

Well why did our fav seamoth got cut too?

[eternal garnet]

it encourages leviathan slaying. Don't need that

because seatruck. Honestly, it's better

[lapis marten]

I mean the seamoth would’ve been perfect for it

[next current]

For Seatruck Superiority.

[lapis marten]

Cmon man

[lapis marten]

Hey want a huge collection of memes?

[next current]

Nah...

[tardy surge]

why the heck did you spoiler a wall of text that's basically a fanfic

[lapis marten]

You know you want dem memes

[next current]

Cuz why not. That's how the SN community works.

[lapis marten]

Why the aquarium module tho

[eternal garnet]

snot mine. Also if survival, it's nice

[next current]

You could even say that's how the SN community xenoworx

[eternal garnet]

it isn't just an aquarium. it picks up fish

[lapis marten]

Thas a fat seatruck

I heard leaks about subnautica 3

[eternal garnet]

but the leaks were repaired!

[lapis marten]

Yes

Cover-ups

[eternal garnet]

no, repair tool

I know a tiny bit. But under an NDA. So I am basically just teasing

[carmine bobcat]

Because, get this.... it contains... wait for it....

Spoilers for BZ.

Whoooooaaaa crazy, right?

[rocky sigil]

ok

[haughty sandal]

anyone know where i can find habitat builders? still decently new to the game lol

[eternal garnet]

best spot: 120m down in twisty bridges, by a small building. Because it has something else too

grab the little crane too if you see it

[lapis marten]

Little crane?

[eternal garnet]

different spot, 170m, no builder tool but goodies

[lapis marten]

Oh and btw where r the best places to get propulsion cannon and laser cutter?

[delicate grove]

Where can i find plants to grow in my indoor growbed

[crude field]

where can I find lithium? :)

[potent hawk]

Purple Vents is where I go but only in my prawn suit

[crude field]

I dont think Im that far in the game

is there anywhere else early game

[potent hawk]

Let me think where I first found mine

Deep twisty bridges is your closest early game stuff but be VERY careful those squid sharks will one-shot you if you're below 70% life

[crude field]

or where I can reach with a seatrucm no depth modules

[crude field]

where is that? because I have only found 1 twisty bridges

[potent hawk]

I got my first pieces by going down to 150ft in my sea truck and pointing down and then using my seaglide and zip down into the deep twisty bridges and grab lithium, diamonds, and the seatruck modules down there

Twisty bridges has two parts.

Shallow and Deep.

The deep is DIRECTLY below the Shallow. You get into the deep via a crack in the floor of the shallow

[crude field]

wait how do yo u get emebled glass?

[potent hawk]

diamonds & glass.

[crude field]

what?... thats so dif from subnautica 1

[potent hawk]

it is but it's much easier to get than those damn stalker teeth.

I just replayed subnautica on hardcore so I am happy for the change

[crude field]

wdym? stalker teeth where so mch better

[potent hawk]

I like diamonds better because they're easy to get early game

I can show you the deep twisty bridges via screenshare if you want

[crude field]

no its fine ty

[potent hawk]

Sure. Basically go down to the floor of the shallow until you see cracks. Just watch the evil plants on the floor of the deep and the squid sharks.

diamonds & lithium down there

https://tenor.com/view/diamond-diamonds-stone-gif-26074288

[lucid umbra]

So cold down here

[potent hawk]

Anyone have any good base designs?

[tender flicker]

#🏠awesome-bases

[elder harbor]

Hey guys

So, basically, i'm trying to make a void outpost

[tender flicker]

start building outside the void then build into it

[elder harbor]

And I was wondering if should I power it using bioreactor or nuclear reactor

[tender flicker]

Nuclear probably

unless you wanna jam it full of plants

[elder harbor]

But I don't have any uraninite

[tender flicker]

forget what biomes its in

[eternal garnet]

thermal spires

no, tree spires

[elder harbor]

What?

Oh, makes sense

[tender flicker]

Tree spires under vent gardens

[elder harbor]

Is there alot

[tender flicker]

haven't played in awhile

[eternal garnet]

I think so

[haughty sandal]

shoutout to whoever named the cooked noot fish “cured and nootritious”

[cursive compass]

İs Q59 safe?

[frosty grotto]

When comes the new one? Subnautica Team

[drowsy turtle]

9. Do not tag or direct message the developers.

[frosty grotto]

Srry

[barren atlas]

idk what place it it just by the codename, but they’re all relatively safe

the only real threat is drowning

[bold monolith]

Q59 is the one in Koppa.

[lime grove]

wow that looks cool

[steel stream]

Exploring the mercury 2 wrecks gives you several nuclear rods

[lucid umbra]

I was once chased by the chelicerate inside one of the mercury wreck

[delicate grove]

This is normal, a peeper "swimming" in my seatruck dock

(Not the boomerang fish)

[lime grove]

i had 3 fishes swimming inside my base

[delicate grove]

This is the first time happening to me

[jolly basin]

Final sprites

Much more vanilla style

[next current]

Looks good!

[carmine bobcat]

1-10?

[modest pagoda]

compact, hatch placement is kinda weird, you don't really need that many connecting tubes, like a 6 maybe

[crisp flicker]

I’m actually having the same problem whenever I press play on steam it loads for like ten seconds then goes back to play I don’t know the solution

[modest pagoda]

restart things, maybe close out some background apps

[crisp flicker]

Ok I’ll try that later

[carmine bobcat]

cant u stack the big ones? or is it docking station

[carmine bobcat]

didnt work for me

[jolly basin]

Unless something is in the way, you can stack them fine

[jolly basin]

This mod is available now as a beta test release in the Subnautica Modding discord server

[crisp flicker]

Does anybody know how to fix this I've uninstalled I've verified files nothing works

[grave sinew]

I have same probleme on epic game store

[jolly basin]

Random thing to try if you haven’t
Force restart steam in task manager or at top of steam press Steam > Exit

[crisp flicker]

K I’ll try that in a bit thanks

[eternal garnet]

If your CPU is quite old, go in game properties, betas, and pick branch Legacy

[eager sapphire]

I did funny stuff in below zero

Like I made a chelicerate and shadow fight eachother

They glitched through the map

[carmine bobcat]

can you put the prawn suit on the seatruck? like can you carry it around?

[eternal garnet]

yes, with the docking module. find it in purple vents crevices

[carmine bobcat]

okay thank you :)

[crude field]

where do I get spiral plant clippings?

[crisp flicker]

two options deep purple vents or ventgardens

[crude field]

mk Ill see

[crisp flicker]

?

[crude field]

Ill see if I find them

[crisp flicker]

good luck

[crude field]

ty

[delicate grove]

What does ion batteries and ion powercells do

[crude field]

they can store more enrgy

[delicate grove]

How much]

[crude field]

a lot

idk :p

[delicate grove]

Should i try to use it

[crude field]

yeah

[delicate grove]

k

[crude field]

I used it in subnautica 1

[delicate grove]

Ima make one rn

[plain locust]

10 compact functional aesthetically pleasing

[delicate grove]

Dang 500/500

[lapis marten]

Where can you find the propulsion cannon and laser cutter fragments?

[jolly basin]

Sea monkey nests

I found all for laser cutter left and close to spawn

[pastel aspen]

Hiiii, a question to give energy to the base that you recommend that is better?
nuclear reactor or bioreactor or the thermal plant?

[eternal garnet]

thermal has no maintenance

[jolly basin]

When thermal is available, I'll use thermal
Otherwise nuclear

[pastel aspen]

If I put the thermal I don't need to put any other right?

[eternal garnet]

right. But 2-3 of them is nicer

they can share a transmitter, if close

[pastel aspen]

is that for the end you have to be where the bolcanes are

[jolly basin]

Bolcanes?

[eternal garnet]

no, there's no lava endgame thing

[pastel aspen]

if it is that looking for videos they always make the bases near the delta island

in order to be able to use the thermal plants

[eternal garnet]

yes, that's a good place, central

there are a few lava holes in other places

[pastel aspen]

Yes, I know how bad it is that since all those stones are high there are things that won't let me place them like the seatruck dock

[eternal garnet]

you can go far with the power transmitters. range: first one 4m, next 100m

[pastel aspen]

yes but the bad thing is those tall stones

[eternal garnet]

you don't have to build in the thermal biome

[pastel aspen]

Are there other places where thermal plants can be used?

[eternal garnet]

under the vent gardens. or maybe just one of them. In the artifact that's a deep hole in the arctic. In Marge's power plant

[pastel aspen]

Oh okok thanks so much

[west mountain]

There are some underground active volcanos in Seamonkey caves in the east arctic. I use those for the thermal plant and then relay the power to the surface. Its a nice biome there as well. Not so murky as delta island.

[west mountain]

I also built a base above Marges base and restored her broken powerplant and power connection. But so far, she did not come over to thank me. Maybe one day...

[knotty perch]

i beached my seatruck. does anyone know how to get it in the water again?

[haughty sandal]

what do ion batteries do?

i’m assuming it makes the charge last longer

[jolly basin]

"it doesnt work"

Explains nothing at all, so no one can help you until you decide to explain the issue

[jolly basin]

500 charge capacity instead of 100

[pastel aspen]

keep waiting I doubt I will thank you hahahahaha

[pastel aspen]

when you can show me how you have it more or less to know about the volcanoes please

[west mountain]

I bring her fruit salad and coffee over from time to time but so far, she did not even touch it.

[pastel aspen]

it's very bitter don't expect much

[west mountain]

Something like this...

[pastel aspen]

there is a volcano there really? wtf xD that's close to when you start right?

[west mountain]

Yes, you want the coordinates? 36.3, -60.9, -112.7 is the entrance (second picture). Then you follow the left wall and you reach the vulcano.

[pastel aspen]

Thanks, I'll go look for it

[west mountain]

And beware of the crash fishs 🙂

[pastel aspen]

uff those are very annoying

[next oar]

Doss anybody know how to tell the sea monkeys what you want or is that not possible at all

[lime grove]

sea monkeys give you the items that you need for your pinned recipies

like if you pin a recipe for lets say a beacon, sea monkeys will give you titanium and copper

[next oar]

Ok cool thx

[lime grove]

but sea monkeys cant give you all resources in 1 biome

to get rubies you need to go to lilypads biome

[carmine bobcat]

someone wanna talk while playing Subnautica?

[ionic walrus]

Hello, does anyone know where I can find diamonds?

[west mountain]

In the early game, deep twisty bridges is the first go-to place for that. Also there are quite some diamonds in thermal spires caves and later in ||koppa mining site|| and many other sites you come along during the game.

[ionic walrus]

where are those bridges? could you pass captures of how they are

[west mountain]

That's part of the early game, you are supposed to find them immediately. Its where the twised coral bridges are, just deep below, very deep. Usually South from your drop pod location.

[crystal plaza]

I played below zero in beta, but I only just played the final version endgame and I'm confused about something || so at the end of subnautica you cure Kharaa Bacterium by relasing the juvenile sea emperors spreading enzyme 42. Then the experiments with the frozen leviathan release a modified version which kills all the alterra crew right? Then you arrive, you should be infected especially after you go up to the frozen leviathan. But you don't actually have to make the antidote to finish the game, it has no bearing and Al-An never even mentions it despite him being the one the released Kharaa in the first place. So you go back to the architects home land spreading it. Massive plot hole? wtf? ||

|| and like the antitode was just fevered pepper and frost vase all along? So enzyme 42 and the sea emperor leviathans weren't even necessary ? ||

[narrow cove]

Below Zero is filled with plot holes, because mid way through development the writers team was changed, and the new team wanted to tell a completely different story, but they had to use the same assets that were made for the first one. Which leads to more or less vain missions like ||all the work you put into fixing the communications tower just to then turn it off.||

[crystal plaza]

yeah it sounds like the original story planned would of been much better

I thought you were disabling the comms tower to stop Alterra spying on Marguiette but then she does nothing once you turn it off except give you a few blueprints

[narrow cove]

I know! That was my main criticism as well since ||it completely undermines the architects (this extremely advanced civilization with hundreds of billions of members, spent all their time trying to synthesize an incredibly rare enzyme instead of just mixing together some plants. Something a human was able to figure out in a year), and all the work we put in the first game as to actually hatch the baby emperors to save the planet.||

[crystal plaza]

yeah

i wonder why they changed writers mid way?

did they quit or were they fired?

[narrow cove]

Same :/ I was actually just now watching gameplay of the early access build (back in 2019, before they announced they are completely scrapping the story in november 2019).

[narrow cove]

I think the lead writer left wanting to work on other projects, and then the rest of the team wasn't satesfied with the way the story was going? Idk i just feel like the story we got in the end was a cheaper version of the same story we had in subnautica?

[crystal plaza]

like the current ending is visually very impressive, it makes me want to know more about the || architects || world but it just trashes the story of subnautica

[eternal garnet]

The frozen guy didn't infect anyone. ||Only two Alterra crew died: Robin and Parvan. Alterra went home because of the "accident" and the blown up Omega base||

[narrow cove]

||U make a cure, u leave in a cool spaceship? + Now on the side u get a story about a conspiracy of the murder of your sister, when in reality there was no conspiracy and she just blew herself up in a cave or something .||

[narrow cove]

Yep

[crystal plaza]

ah ok that wasn't clear to me

[narrow cove]

||I just feel like in the process of rewriting the story, they focused way too much on making it a copy of the original, to the point it lost it's own identity? And instead just ended up the same story (mainly) as the original, but in less polished packaging||

[crystal plaza]

right

[narrow cove]

There are also plot holes like ||why are all the bases destroyed, why does robin crash land with no equipment, how did marguerite survive for 10+ years from kharaa with no cure in sector zero?||

[crystal plaza]

I guess its possible that || there was no new khara bacterium release, the stuff on the frozen leviathan was a mutant strain that never spread, so the antidote wasn't needed for you or to stop it spreading on the planet because the emperor sea leviathans are still out there spreading enzyme 42, but thats a lot of unfounded speculation. ||

[crystal plaza]

|| she ate fevered pepper and frost cases, or because the sea emperor leviathans have spread enzyme 42 in sector zero even though you never see them ? ||

[crude field]

where are the deep purple vents

[narrow cove]

||I doubt the vents go all the way from the crater (where the sea emperor is) to sector zero, and otherwise no pepper could make that journey.|| It's just another overlooked aspect i guess

@crystal plaza https://unknownworlds.com/subnautica/the-future-of-below-zeros-story/

So tldr they built the world around a story, they scrapped that story, and then they built the new story around the existing world (which is honestly a really bad way to story write since it's like trying to write with the walls closing in on you). So they had to use the same missions like ||repairing communications tower ||in ways they were never intended

[crude field]

can anyone tell me where are the deep purple vents

[narrow cove]

Which is why the game feels like it's made up of multiple fetch quests, instead of a continuing narrative with a clear mission

[crystal plaza]

|| the juvenile sea emperors you release at the end of subnautica might of grown big enough to swim to sector zero, remember they also produce enzyme 42 ||

[narrow cove]

Like you|| come to the planet to find out what caused your sister's death|| and you ||end up leaving with an alien robot to save their civilazation||?

[narrow cove]

||Yes, but by the time we do that it's already been 10 years since marguerite got infected.||

[crystal plaza]

|| to be fair you do learn what happened to sam and I imagine for any scientist they'd jump at the opportunity to go explore alient worlds, that part didn't bother me so much ||

[narrow cove]

Yes but ||the whole set up is that alterra is evil and is covering up a conspiracy, when in the end what they told you was completely on point and true xD||

[crystal plaza]

it seems the original story would of been you trying to stop alterra gaining all of the || architect || technology, which would of been more interesting for sure

[crude field]

:(

[eternal garnet]

under the tiny wreck, east end of purple vents

[crude field]

mk

[narrow cove]

||I don't think that was it. But i liked the idea of you talking with your sister (who was on vespa, a space station orbiting 4546b), and helping you along the way a lot more||

[crystal plaza]

|| I still think Alterra was stupid and evil, they wanted to try mutating the kharra virus they found on the frozen leviathan even though they knew how dangerous it was from what Ryley told them ||

[narrow cove]

Like honestly all the changes they made, resulted in the game being the same as subnautica, ||why did all the bases get trashed? because they were trashed in subnautica, why are there random pdas about people (who didn;t die, and instead just left the planet) left everywhere, because they were in subnautica||

[crystal plaza]

|| I thought margueitte destroyed the omega and phi robotics bases, sam caved in the entrance to the frozen leviathan base, then they left because they had no way to get heavy equipment to the primary research target, the frozen leviathan. delta island base was empty but not destoyed ||

|| kappa mine was empty but not destroyed also ||

[narrow cove]

And honestly just the writing is poorer. ||Subnautica makes you actually care about the other survivors, like Yu or officer Keen. Or about the captain who gave his life, saving the aurora (positioning it to land in the crater, giving us a chance of survival).

Same thing about the degassi, i cared about their story, i felt for them. And was also thankful they laid down the grounds, giving me a chance to finish what they couldn't.
In the mean time, i have no idea who the crew of mercury II was, i only went there to get the items which helped me progress the game.||

[crystal plaza]

true

and margueitte is a good character but then she just stops being part of the story, what was her motivation?

[narrow cove]

Again, they built the new story, around existing elements. No wonder it doesn't make sense, and that they don't go together...

Marguerite may have played a part in the actual main story and may have been connected to it, before it got scrapped. And then ||she was just turned into some random side quest which only gives you some fruits.||

You can cut ||margueritte, and the whole communication tower fixing, and the story doesn't change at all. You can cut the whole sam's murder conspiracy, it doesn't effect al-an at all. You can cut out Al-an doesn't effect sam's story at all.|| Same pieces of the puzzle, arranged differently, no longer fitting.

[crystal plaza]

this seems to more or less confirm || that the next game will be you exploring the architects world with al-an. Which means it will almost certanly be an empty dead world and you are trying to work out what happened to the architects https://www.pcgamesn.com/subnautica/3-confirmed ||

the job listing description

[narrow cove]

This comment puts it best tbh:

[eternal garnet]

no... it does not confirm that

[crystal plaza]

they are looking for a writer to || “collaborate closely with the team to tell compelling, dramatic stories in the context of the game experience, while also defining the history and lore of a new science fiction world and its alien inhabitants. ||

[eternal garnet]

suggesting it's not 4546B, nothing else

[crystal plaza]

come on if its in the subnautica universe and with the ending they left us with its unlikely to be anything else

[narrow cove]

It's part of the same franchise, and the only other alien inhabitants we know are the architects.

[crystal plaza]

yeah that sums it up

[narrow cove]

Since it says inhabitants not creature (the word use throughout both games to referr to the non intelligent life we encounter on 4546b).

[eternal garnet]

grasping at straws, assuming a lot

[narrow cove]

And it's dozens of times more likely that they would show us the species they have been building up for 2 games, instead of a new never before seen one.

[crystal plaza]

nah, that job listing is pretty explicit

[narrow cove]

It's balance of probability not "grasping at straws"

[crystal plaza]

plus base building / survival on the || architects home planet using architect technology || would be still in keeping with their strengths but different enough to feel fresh

there could be both under water and anti gravity / sky base building

[narrow cove]

New world with non human intelligent life. ||Both of those are checked with the ending of Below Zero.|| Sure they could make a brand new world, and a brand new species of intelligent life not at all releated to humans or achitects but again, balance of portability.

[crystal plaza]

skynautica

[narrow cove]

||The architects home planet, may be one like 4546b mostly covered by water, and they could have just built their cities in the sky.||

We do know the seamoth can be operated in space as it can in water. ||With some architect upgrades it could just as easily fly through the atmosphere.||

[crystal plaza]

|| yeah from the last image we see in the ending it definitely looks like cities in the sky, there are clouds below what we see. it could even be a gas giant with no solid surface at all ||

[carmine bobcat]

Basically Forever Skies
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1641960/Forever_Skies/

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[haughty sandal]

could be just describing other creatures like any other subnautica game

[eternal garnet]

It doesn't have to be things we know

[narrow cove]

Again balance of probability.

[rocky sigil]

This chat is chaotic

[eternal garnet]

This does happen in most games. Battles over canon stuff. Guys, it's a game. Entertainment

[crystal plaza]

thanks didn't know about that added to wishlist

[crystal plaza]

ok sure its not confirmed.... this is just my guess

[narrow cove]

It's tremendously more likely, that vague sentence is reffering to a world we got a glimpse of, and a species we have been hearing about for 2 whole games (and have been building towards) instead of a brand new totally random world and alien species.

[crystal plaza]

lets wait and see what it is

[eternal garnet]

OK fine, but be careful about drawing conclusions on an assumption

[narrow cove]

And it can't be talking about creatures, as it used the word "inhabitants".Meaning it does imply intelligent life?

[eternal garnet]

But again, it's just a game. Draw conclusions if you want, but don't come complaining later

[crystal plaza]

have you played this? whats it like in current state of early acceess?

oh its free demo now, nice

[carmine bobcat]

I can def see ||that planet being a gas giant with how crazy all those structures are orientated. Some appear parallel with the "ground" while others are almost at a 45° angle.||

Plus, in the final shot, ||we see there's actually another phase gate for Robin and Al-An to go through in the distance. So that's likely not even the Atchitect home world.||

[rocky sigil]

Black text

[narrow cove]

Yeah but if it were ||a gas giant, you would think the architects would be more adapted to flying xD||

[crystal plaza]

|| maybe al-an can fly? we never see what the new body can actually do ||

[carmine bobcat]

Many people get some of their entertainment from discussing / arguing over the lore. Don't try to take that away from them by belittling it.

[narrow cove]

I for one hope we get to see more of the warpers.

[rocky sigil]

I'd say so

[carmine bobcat]

IF it's their home world, sure. ||Maybe. They have pretty successfully changed their bodies to a great extent with all the robotics n stuff. So their curent form may not be what they initially evolved as.||

[eternal garnet]

genetics too, to a high degree

borrowed bits from many species

[narrow cove]

It's deff not. ||Doesn't Al-an say they built their bodies by getting dna from hundreds of different species?||

[carmine bobcat]

Yep

[narrow cove]

Which is why the kharra was so dangerous to them? ||If they got it, it would have been able to mutate as to effect ALL those other species||

[crystal plaza]

|| true Al-An never says they are going to his home world, only that they are going back to his people to make amends ||

[forest pollen]

Why does everyone use spoilers

[carmine bobcat]

In the next game it'd be cool to go back in time and play beside ||Al-An as an architect.|| something like that.

[carmine bobcat]

Because it's being kind to people who haven't finsihed the game yet.

[forest pollen]

oo

I also didn’t finished the game but idc I always watch videos first cuz I can’t wait what happeneds in the end💀

[narrow cove]

Idk, it'd be cool even if we even just got architect upgrades,|| like how al-an landed us a pair of hands in the end!||

[carmine bobcat]

Yerp. I'll just link back to an idea for the next game I dropped in here yesterday in which we could use architect tech as our upgrades instead of discovering old alterra stuff again.
#below-zero-chat message

[crystal plaza]

interesting idea but I like the idea of building in the sky more. there could be limits if you go to high there's uncontrollable winds and if you go too low then air pressure crushes you so it would you finding unlockables to go both higher and lower

[carmine bobcat]

A change of pace would be cool. But I think it might be too much of a leap for them to commit to the game not being about underwater stuff.

[narrow cove]

Tbh we really do need some new tech, be it architect tech, or high budget alterra tech

Bcs if u think about it, below zero removed more alterra tech then it added

[crystal plaza]

oh wow the free demo of that forever skies game is 24 gb

[eternal garnet]

let's play it

oh no, it will take 5 minutes to download!

[narrow cove]

Tbh i also hope we get to return to the crater

I wonder what Alterra did with the remains of the Aurora

It was their most advanced ship, and was planning to build a gate way somewhere. With a big enough crew it could have still be salvaged xD

[crystal plaza]

my internet isn't that fast

plus 24 gb is a lot for a demo, subnautica is 8 gb for the released game

[crystal plaza]

my guess, it was left there. this isn't warhammer 40,000 where every spaceship is a 1000 year old relic thats worth salvaging at all costs. they just built a new one and claimed it on insurance

[narrow cove]

Yeah but idk, i always felt like the aurora seemed so important and so big and we only checked out like 5% of it

It would have been interesting to see what they would have done about it

And it does cover like 20% of the crater

Idk i just feel like something should have/might have been done about it

If it hadn't exploded due to the damage to it's driver, it may have still be rescuable thanks to the captain's sacrafice of keeping it in one piece

And maybe find out more about all the actual people who were on it

[eternal garnet]

I seem to have crashed. I'm in a lifepod. There's a medkit on the wall, and a PDA. Forever Skies Demo

[cyan heath]

guys hello

is there a way to connect this two

[lime grove]

place another I corridor under the top one

and make sure its connected to the bottom one

then build a ladder inside to switch floors

[eternal garnet]

no, change that top corridor to a T, then move dock up and attach there

[cyan heath]

problem is this

[cyan heath]

which

[eternal garnet]

I think it may be too close to your moon pool. So another I tube

[barren atlas]

probably

the dock is quite particular with the way it’s placed

[eternal garnet]

this looks like unreal engine 4

[cyan heath]

dont tell me i have to move the moonpool down a bit

[eternal garnet]

you may have to move it down a bit lol

I don't know.

[lime grove]

try like i said, maybe it will work

[cyan heath]

is the i tube the second one

[jolly basin]

That’s one reason I love buildingtweaks

Can build that dock or any buildable even when it’s red

[lime grove]

yes

[jolly basin]

@cyan heath

Isn’t the end of the dock a hatch

Therefore your putting the hatch inside the i tube

[eternal garnet]

no, the end of the dock is half a tube

[cyan heath]

this looks ugly tho 😩

[lime grove]

no rotate the bottom i tube like 90 degrees and connect it to the dock

[jolly basin]

Not a hatch?

[cyan heath]

this?

[eternal garnet]

no. it's like these blue things ^

[cyan heath]

😭

[lime grove]

ok i have no idea how the dock works cuz i never tested it

[eternal garnet]

Sorry, now it may be too close to a multi room

multi rooms have a huge reserved square space around them

[crystal plaza]

yep it feels like a subnautica game right down to the UI and everything

"inspired by" lol

[eternal garnet]

but unreal engine 4. Sexy graphics

oh and no fishies.

[crystal plaza]

handheld scanner to scan objects

[eternal garnet]

I wish I had a fishy. Hungry

[crystal plaza]

haven't found the fabricator yet but I bet its close

[lime grove]

does the second part count as family friendly?

[crystal plaza]

the dock is buggy, connect another i tube first then try connecting it

[eternal garnet]

why not

[lime grove]

oh ok

[crystal plaza]

graphics is nice but frame rate laggy as hell bouncing between 15 and 60 fps

[eternal garnet]

not exactly buggy, but things have invisible reserved space around them. The multi room's space is big

[eternal garnet]

try with DLSS on, this increases fps. I get 90-120

[crystal plaza]

yeah I turned that on

[cyan heath]

guys thank you

i got it to work, though it looks ugly

[lime grove]

bro if you saw my base you would consider yours beautiful

[cyan heath]

you havent seen my base on the first game

[lime grove]

ok

[eternal garnet]

it even has a "scan this" icon

[crystal plaza]

theres a lot of survival games before and after subnautica that share a lot but I've never seen one that copied this much

even down to "you're infected at the start of the game, find the virus cure"

[crystal plaza]

i checked the computer but I can't get past the locked door, I can see where you need to go further up but can't get there. did you get further?

[eternal garnet]

yes. it unlocks when you complete an objective

[crystal plaza]

the only objective I have left is "leave the location"

[eternal garnet]

go up some broken stairs, find a battery

[crystal plaza]

i already did that, already read the computer info

[eternal garnet]

Can't duck! What is this game lol

[crystal plaza]

ah stupid me.... I thought I'd be clever and take the battery with me, you have to leave it where the computer is

well you scanner has a longer range in this... thats different

[crude field]

where do I get spiral plant clippings

[carmine bobcat]

Deep

[crude field]

uhm... where deeo?...

deep*

[jolly basin]

The big vent gardens

And Deep thermal spires

[eternal garnet]

You can duck. Ctrl

[crystal plaza]

ok the deck extractor letting you take apart stuctures is pretty cool, I always wanted to be able to take apart the empty bases for resources in subnautrica... but we should discuss this more in off-topic not here

[delicate grove]

Is cyclops in this game

[carmine bobcat]

No

[delicate grove]

Dang

[stoic surge]

That's OK, we have something better

[crystal plaza]

seatruck is not better than cyclops. can't build inside it, can't grow food inside it, can't build battery chargers inside it. much less storage than the cyclops and it gets massively slow if you try and use it with more than 4 modules attached even with the speed upgrade

[stoic surge]

But it will go around most places in sector zero without getting wedged in, like the Cyclops would

I rarely haul around more than 2 modules anyway

[crystal plaza]

yeah but the cyclops could take the prawn or seamoth

[stoic surge]

Most of the time, just the fabricator module

Welp, if you don't like to use it, don't build one

[crystal plaza]

right same I only used the fabricator and prawn docking module, but that causes an issue in the late game you are just going back and forth all the time to gather the resources you need cause its too slow and painful if you take storage modules with you

[crystal plaza]

lol, there's no choice, you want to do everything with only the prawn?

[stoic surge]

I actually prefer to use the Seatruck for my travels, and the Prawn is only used for mining

[crystal plaza]

i would of liked the seatruck a lot more if there was blank modules where you could build on the walls and floor

[stoic surge]

I like to build what I need in my bases, the Seatruck is just to get me there

[crystal plaza]

i think there is going to be an update sometime where they add some of the new base pieces from below zero subnautica.... I'll go back and play it again then and get my beloved cyclops back

[stoic surge]

Sounds like a plan

[delicate grove]

I agree

[haughty sandal]

the developers decreasing the amount of titanium needed for an ingot is one of the greatest updates in all gaming history

[eternal garnet]

Sarcasm, I hope

[haughty sandal]

yes believe it or not, it is sarcasm

decreasing the amount is still awesome though

[carmine bobcat]

for the life of me, i cannot find ||marguerits greenhouse||

[eternal garnet]

it's 1130m east from the delta beacon, and a tiny bit south. If you find the satellite, go next island south-east

Look back at the beacon

[carmine bobcat]

thank you

[crude field]

how do you use the water filteration machine?

[rocky sigil]

Build it, supply it with power. Bam

[crude field]

its only giving salt :(

[rocky sigil]

Clueless

[eternal garnet]

wait a little more

[crude field]

ouch :(

[crude field]

mk ty

[rocky sigil]

What

[crude field]

how dont you find that rude...

[rocky sigil]

I said I was clueless, how is that rude to you?

[crude field]

because its essentially saying youre dumb

[eternal garnet]

People come here for clues. It's a good thing.

it looked like "you are clueless"

[rocky sigil]

Oh

[carmine bobcat]

Imagine if everyone remembered that communicating via text only leaves out lots of the social cues we use on a daily basis to speak with each other in person, and instead of making assumptions about the meaning of a sentence or word, they ask for clarification. Crazy idea, right?

The truly insane thing there is me assuming people on the internet are willing or able to communicate properly. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[haughty sandal]

that’s why tone indications are so useful, people are so against the idea but it stops situations like these occurring.

especially if you’re talking with strangers

[crude field]

yeah crazy, I would totally do taht

also I totally go outside

[modest pagoda]

how much salt?

[crude field]

2-3

[modest pagoda]

it normally gives 2 salt per bottle of water

[crystal plaza]

its so slow you're better off using fevered pepper plants and an alien containment full of bladderfish

[eternal garnet]

no no. it makes much larger water bottles

[crystal plaza]

still one water decontamination alone isn't enough to supply you with water , you'll dehydrate faster than it generates the water

plus the high energy drain

[eternal garnet]

not sure of that, anyway you can have more than one machine

[delicate grove]

How are these penwings getting in my base

[crystal plaza]

glitch

he just wants to play

[eternal garnet]

well, did you not put a sign "no penguins"?

[delicate grove]

No

[next current]

Well there's your problem.

[delicate grove]

Ok

[next current]

Btw... nice repair tool.

[delicate grove]

Ima get em out

[crystal plaza]

quit back to main menu and load the game again he'll be gone

[delicate grove]

Nah i just deleted some compartments and got em out

[eternal garnet]

success!

[delicate grove]

I got this for fun

[modest pagoda]

what is your power situation

[delicate grove]

Water filtration

[modest pagoda]

what power gens are you using?

[delicate grove]

Bioreactors

[modest pagoda]

dang

just don't use water filtration tbh

[delicate grove]

Im always in need of water 💀

[modest pagoda]

peppers

[delicate grove]

Theres more food in this planet then water

[modest pagoda]

so

[delicate grove]

True

[modest pagoda]

you just over dose in food

[crystal plaza]

or an alien containment and bladder fish

[modest pagoda]

peppers are cheaper

[crystal plaza]

thermal is the best power source, never runs out can be built at any depth

[delicate grove]

Thats true

[crystal plaza]

and theres enough thermal spots around the map that you can build a few bases close to all the important biomes

[modest pagoda]

i prefer just making a lot of peppers grow and then shove them into bioreactors

[crystal plaza]

alien containment full of seamonkey eggs then shove those into bioreeactors

[delicate grove]

🆗

[modest pagoda]

[delicate grove]

Lol

[delicate grove]

Ay no penguins

[delicate grove]

Nvm now theres a walking penguin in my base

Its in my control room

[eternal garnet]

maybe this penguin speaks french

[delicate grove]

I dont know french

[carmine bobcat]

Baguette

Now you do

[plush anvil]

hello chat
just completed and 100%ed subnautica
now im gonna finish below zero

[carmine bobcat]

nice

[plush anvil]

well crap
think my saves might be gone

and ive been playing since early access

[eternal garnet]

sadly, steam sync has probably eaten them. If you have backups...

[plush anvil]

i dont
and steam uninstalled it for some reason

forgor no image perms

I STILL HAVE IT

[eternal garnet]

it? save?

[plush anvil]

YEP

[eternal garnet]

it might be an old version, from when steam sync got turned off

[plush anvil]

yeah ive been playing since salad days update

first thing i see is animal mistreatment

[eternal garnet]

Bug worth knowing about: Truck modules storage and fab, made before release may 2021, are too wide to fit in the seatruck dock

discard, make new ones

[plush anvil]

well i dont think i had a seatruck then

actually i did probs

doesnt look too big to me

oh my god that scared me

i thought i lost my snowfox

[eternal garnet]

looks the same, won't fit in the hole

[cyan heath]

is steamfox even useful

[plush anvil]

which hole

[eternal garnet]

seatruck dock entrance

[pastel aspen]

the coordinates in the switch can be seen?

[eternal garnet]

snowfox? it's a heatsource, and it's kinda fun

[plush anvil]

can i destroy seatruck modules?

[eternal garnet]

drive into them

[plush anvil]

okay

tbh tho i just use my moonpool

and detach the modules

[eternal garnet]

drive in the right way, and they detach auto

[grizzled viper]

where can I find UH capacity tank fragments?
I found 2 in sea monkey nests in the lilypad biome
can't find the third

[rocky sigil]

Somewhere in sector zero you might find some

[grizzled viper]

thanks

[steel stream]

Maybe just keep looking...I found all needed fragments in sea monkey nests

[grizzled viper]

I've been looking for a while now, I got the prawn suit grapple arm, Seatruck afterbruner, but only 2 uh fragments lol

[rocky sigil]

Sad

[carmine bobcat]

Is Subnautica 3 confirmed?

[eternal garnet]

no, but hiring has started. Also that name is not necessarily it

[carmine bobcat]

So the game company started hiring some more

And people think there will be a new Subnautica?

[eternal garnet]

the text is pretty specific, next game in the subnautica series

I'm sure it'll be in EA on steam for a long while

[carmine bobcat]

That'll be big i guess

Also, are the terrain in Subnautica infinitely generated?

Just like Minecraft

[eternal garnet]

no. premade

[carmine bobcat]

Ah.. i see

[eternal garnet]

this means there are maps, but avoid maps before summer 2020. It changed

[carmine bobcat]

I should ask my fiance to try out Subnautica since she has a big fear of the ocean. She'll probably hate me for that, but oh well

[carmine bobcat]

I'll be hoping for Subnautica 3

The game is already good

I bought the vr version and for my switch

[eternal garnet]

some people fear not seeing the bottom. There's a "water volume" thing to change that in F3 (also press F8)

[carmine bobcat]

Lol i can tell why

Below zero tho

Just imagine you're about to go up to the surface and there's an iceberg on top of you.

[eternal garnet]

doesn't happen a lot. But it does

[carmine bobcat]

Whoever deleted that ty

[glad lance]

subnautica 2 would be cooler than subnautica 3

[eternal garnet]

BZ is technically the coolest. Got ice

[glad lance]

xD

[carmine bobcat]

There both rlly good

[potent hawk]

Does anyone know where the alien containment is?

[eternal garnet]

in the wreck at 400m, south west corner of lilypads

[potent hawk]

That is incredibly specific 🙂 thank you. I just finished the mercury

[eternal garnet]

bring laser cutter, possibly a 2nd large o2 tank

[potent hawk]

will do. Thank you!! i want to start raising fish for food/water because I dont' have the water filtration system yet

[potent hawk]

Is the headlamp worth a damn?

[steel stream]

Never tested, but somehow feels like I'd rather have rebreather when diving...

[potent hawk]

Oh, it replaces the rebreather? Hard pass

Thank you

[west mountain]

The headlamp is great on land when you are searching indoors or in caves. Also it never runs out of battery. But other than that its marginal useful. Its more for completeness.

[west mountain]

Yes, so its not ideal for underwater use, but on land when searching in the alterra bases (that are dark inside) I find it nice. But as I said its more for completeness.

[potent hawk]

Thank you!!

I am sad my sea truck is so slow with all the modules on it but i'm unwilling to part with any so i'll just put-put along I suppose (I already have the horsepower upgrade)

[west mountain]

What modules do you have attached?

[potent hawk]

Truck>Cargo>Fab>Sleeper>Aquarium>Dock

[west mountain]

Ok, I have sleeper, cargo, cargo, fab, dock. So yes, its qute slow 🙂

[potent hawk]

Totally worth it though. I love it. Might get the trubo booster mod but I haven't got it yet. I just use "auto-drive" and steer

[west mountain]

Absolutely, just for fun I made all the modules and attached them, its hillarious but totally slow. So as you I stick to the main five (I don't use aquarium on my journeys, I use two storage).

[rocky sigil]

Seatrucks with 3 modules look so sick

[potent hawk]

i think the only one i'm missing the teleporter but I like the aquarium to save on food/storage space

[west mountain]

That's why I have two storage. One is for "personal" items only 🙂 e.g. food, water, health kits, spare tanks, spare batteries, etc.

[west mountain]

Which one's do you have?

[potent hawk]

Can't argue with your logic. I haven't made any spare tanks yet but I guess I should

[west mountain]

I have three high capacity 02 tanks. Breath the freedom. But you have to fill them manually.

[rocky sigil]

Aquarium, fabricator, storage

In that order

[west mountain]

Ok, three more to go.

[rocky sigil]

If you go to the surface and exit your seatruck you can stand on top of it

Like a platform

[potent hawk]

Do you guys use the platforms to reinforce your base? I haven't found anything worth planting in the exterior grow beds yet so I don't use them for that

[west mountain]

Yes, sometimes you can even put the seatruck in a steep slope on a cliff and use it as a ramp to walk to higher ground

[west mountain]

No, I have not used it. I use reinforcement on the walls

You also don't need it for exterior growbeds

they go directly on the flat ground

[potent hawk]

Fair enough. I just think it looks cool on the platforms I just don't have anything worth planting in them

[rocky sigil]

Lots of modules

[west mountain]

Yes and you can build multiple ones of the same kind.

There is a guy how attached 100 or more aquarium modules, looks like a train.

[rocky sigil]

Really?

[west mountain]

I use two storage, but of course each module slows the seatruck down.

They should have added a power module with additional engine

[potent hawk]

yeah, and the power modules don't stack 😦

[eternal garnet]

not mine

[rocky sigil]

Very short train. Needs more modules

[west mountain]

To infinity and beyond!!!

Speed????

[rocky sigil]

Zero

Not moving

[potent hawk]

To infinity & beyond.......very slowly

[eternal garnet]

Speed? No.

[west mountain]

You mean that no fishs are ever being killed by this vehicle, right?

[eternal garnet]

it's got aquariums, so no

[west mountain]

sorry, other question. Can you tell me if the new seatruck dock does auto-repair the seatruck and/or modules inside and if it also charges the prawn suit at the end?

[potent hawk]

It auto-repairs and auto-charges BUT you cannot access the modules

It does NOT auto charge the prawn suit at the ened

[west mountain]

Yes you can, from the inside

all modules are accessible and you can even exit at the docking module at the end

[eternal garnet]

it repairs the truck, dunno about modules

[west mountain]

I have a hard time integrating it into my bases. It takes up a lot of space and it does collide with surrounding obstacles a lot.

[potent hawk]

i'm sorry, when he said modules I thought "upgrades"

[west mountain]

Ah, ok, yes, absolutely. you have no access to the batteries or upgrades, correct.

[potent hawk]

I put my base next to a cliff and build my truck down out into the open space

[west mountain]

That looks great, yes, if you have the space then it's cool. I use two moonpools separeated by two glass tubes. So I have one for the seatruck and one for the prawn and the modules just stay in the water underneath. Its more "manual" work to park the seatruck and prawn but somehow I got used to it and like it.

I tried for quite some time yestarday to add the new dock to my bases and it hardly fits where I would liked it to be. Too many collisions.

[potent hawk]

Yeah. I redesigned my base twice to fit everything the way I liked it

[west mountain]

Here you can see the two moonpools I mentioned.

[potent hawk]

oh yeah. i see how the truck modules fit nicely between them

[west mountain]

I did not park properly. Usually they are alinged perfectly. Sorry for that.

Also there was a glitch, that when modules are parked underneath the base modules grow legs to the seatruck modules. That was so annoying.

[potent hawk]

The only real complaint I have is the scanner room is too "blunt"

I wish I could narrowly focus it. I search for something like Galena and it FLOODS my screen so much I cannot see the ones close to me vs far way

[west mountain]

Yes, it has its limitations. Maybe in combination with the mineral detector for short range scanning?

[potent hawk]

That's what i've been doing but I have to take out my hud chip just to function

[west mountain]

But if you need copper and titanium in huge quantities you have to go for the drillable ors

[potent hawk]

yeah i'm full on those. Was looking for Lead.

Btw if anyone needs lead. The volcanic spots above the mine are FULL of silver & lead

[west mountain]

Yes, lead is the biggest pain. Cristal cavern has a lot of lead and other resources. Also on the side of lilypad island are some lead and twisty bridges.

Its there but its spread out.

[potent hawk]

the volcanic vents connect the last chamber of the mine with the delta island dock and it's full of lead. I got about 30 in 10 minutes

[west mountain]

Yes, thermal spires caves are full of resources, also diamonds and lead in particular.

[potent hawk]

my overnight workshift is almost over but tomorrow i'll have to go to get the spiral plant so I can get my depth modules

[west mountain]

You know where to look for?

[potent hawk]

Ventgarden I believe

i'm just moving slow because i'm on hardcore mode

[west mountain]

Oh, that's cruel. Yes, there.

[potent hawk]

I started hardcore last week and died 4 hours in because of a ground plant injured me in the deep twisty bridges and I swam for my seatruck and a squid shark got me on the way

uncouth swine!!

[west mountain]

I find hardcore so frustrating. I mean you can always play normal mode without dying but if it happens you can still continue. But in hardcore you loose all the progress and have to start from scratch. I know the beginning by heart now.

[potent hawk]

I beat below zero when it first came out but i'm going back through both games on hardcore.

Hardcore isn't for everyone but it makes me fun and more spicey for me 😄

i play Diablo 3 on hardcore too.

[west mountain]

Absolutely, I just like to relax and enjoy 🙂

I am the faint hearted

So Ventgarden it is tomorow, so watch out for the..., well you will see

[potent hawk]

speaking of uncouth swine. F this guy

[west mountain]

The chelli, yes, they can be annoying. But with the seatruck zapper they are easy to deal with.

That's the advantage of the seatruck over the prawn, it has the zapper.

[potent hawk]

i double punch him in the prawn.

I don't remember if the stasis gun is in BZ but when/IF I find it, i'm gonna murder him

[west mountain]

the seatruck is your best weapon, it will kill all (killable) leviathans.

No guns in BZ

[potent hawk]

I can use the seatruck to shock them to get them to run away. How can it kill them?

[west mountain]

Ram them

The more modules the better, more punch

Use the booster for more speed

[potent hawk]

lol nice. i'll do that

[potent hawk]

What food do you use in your base? All i have right now are shrub nuts

[west mountain]

I have all the plants by now. The most important food comes later in the story, so I don't want to spoil it. Have you found the fevered pepper tree in the east or west arctic?

And how far are you with the story of the pilot?

[potent hawk]

OH no worries about spoilers I beat the game on normal back when it came out. I'm just going through on hardcore after 6 months away

I haven't gotten the pepper but I'll go look for it in the artics. Is it only on land?

[west mountain]

Here is the menu from my canteen, be my guest.

Spicy fruit salad is the most important food, because its almost a spoiler of the game. Gives you everything including heat.

Absolutely vital when exploring the west actic.

[potent hawk]

Yeah. I need to find the pepper so I don't have to eat 15 shrub nuts to get my water full

[west mountain]

and the preston plant from the greenhouse to make the fruit salad.

[potent hawk]

I need to make more progress in the story. I've been jacking around and exploring for fun AND base building

[west mountain]

That's OK too, fish are also fine, with salt to cure them.

[potent hawk]

do cured fish last forever in BZ. They decayed a lot slower but still decayed in vanilla

[west mountain]

forever

[potent hawk]

I'm gonna salt their *butts so hard

[west mountain]

But once you have the fruit salad, everything else becomes obsolete

and no, they do not need to be stored in the fridge, I just like to eat them chilled.

[potent hawk]

That's what i'll work towrds

[craggy hazel]

Could someone help me? I dont know how to progress. I've already checked all of these signals. I also found a big crystal cave but I haven't gone too deep there, should I explore that first? ||I've already cured the kharaa the big monster in the ice had||

[west mountain]

How many alien body parts have you found so far?

[craggy hazel]

Only the skeleton. I also want to add that the last time alan spoke to me he said: "Architect data patterns are so strong here. There is almost certainly vital information pertaining to my body construction nearby".

[west mountain]

Ok, you found the skeleton, excelllent, now you are missing the ||tissue and the organs||. You cured the|| frozen leviathan|| but have you crossed the ||bridge|| yet?

[craggy hazel]

I did. I spent hours exploring that area lol

[west mountain]

And you said you have found the ||cristal cavern||. You might want to explore that one too. Make sure to bring beacons with you and mark your entrance. Its a nightmare to get out of that place afterwards.

[west mountain]

Well, apperantly not enough. you have to go all the way up ||north||. Follow the ||architect cable|| fragements.

Tell me if you need directions.

[craggy hazel]

I found the teleporter. Activating it brings me to an area I've already explored and going through the elevator brings me under the island

[west mountain]

Much much further ||north||

[craggy hazel]

Okay, thank you so much I'll try

[west mountain]

Have you opened the underwater passage with the laser cutter?

[craggy hazel]

yeah and it just brings me outside

[west mountain]

its not necessary but just beautiful

yes, it does

And when you go ||north|| dont forget to scan the ||ice worm||

[craggy hazel]

okay

[craggy hazel]

I found the ||tissue|| but idk how I'm gonna do that lol. I'll try not dying

Wait, it doesn't even have a hitbox I can scan. I got very close but I couldn't do anything

Yeah I was literally inside it

Oh wait I need to explore more nvm

[west mountain]

If from the ||tissue|| you follow the eastern wall you will find a ||dead ice worm and bones|| that you can scan. If you follow the western wall, you come to a cave that has a surprise inside.

[craggy hazel]

I got warned because of a swear word lol

[carmine bobcat]

Nice

[craggy hazel]

Is it important? I think I missed that cave

[west mountain]

Not for the game play but it has two ||creature eggs|| that you might want to collect later. Also where you found the ||sceleton|| in that cave are two ||creature eggs|| that are very nice to have but not important for the story.

[craggy hazel]

I'll have to go back there then. I was so fed up with that place so I kinda left asap

It was cool at first but it became a maze after a while

[west mountain]

Wait I give you a hint: ||https://youtu.be/i_QKANUgjlg||

You don't have to do it now, but once you are happy with the story progressing.

[craggy hazel]

Didnt you say it's not related to the main story?

[west mountain]

No its not, creature eggs are pure decoration/fun. That particulare creature eggs are ||pets you can use around your base||

[craggy hazel]

Then I don't understand why I should go there when I want to progress the story? Did I misinterpret that?

[craggy hazel]

Also yeah I'd guessed that since I was already wondering where I could find similar pets to the ones in subnautica

[west mountain]

No you dont have to go back there, just in case at any later stage of the game you want to find all secrets then this is one to look for. Now you want to look for the organs

[craggy hazel]

Oh yeah got it thanks a lot

[west mountain]

All caps is blocked 🙂

[craggy hazel]

yeah lol

[west mountain]

But you might have encountered something

[craggy hazel]

I got scared so much

[west mountain]

I guessed so

[craggy hazel]

I remember when I left, it was because I got warned of a leviathan nearby and I did a u turn

[west mountain]

Now you found it, great

[craggy hazel]

I thought I'd get one shootted, thankfully my seatruck had some hp left

[west mountain]

Yes, probabely needs some repair

Just use the zapper at the right moment and it should be fine.

The timing is crutial, not too early

Just a small hint, look for || a big cristal structure hanging from the ceiling||

[craggy hazel]

After the animation starts?

[west mountain]

Yes, once it has you in the mouth

before that you waste the zapper

[craggy hazel]

Okay thanks a bunch

[west mountain]

And that one can be scanned because it has a hitbox

[craggy hazel]

Question: why is it that sometimes I get directly onto the seat when getting into the seatruck? Same thing when leaving the seat, sometimes I leave the seatruck entirely

[west mountain]

When the seatruck is tilted more than 45 degrees either up or down you exit immediately

Very handy to collect objects. You skip the animation.

[craggy hazel]

Yeah I was trying to figure out how to do it on purpose

thank you

[arctic whale]

I discovered yesterday that apparently I missed some PDA's in a certain ship in Below Zero,also apparently some PDA's that I've already gotten are still appearing,but are bugged

Well,it's a minor bug,so it doesn't bother me too much

[west mountain]

There is a list of all PDA and where to find them. But in what way are the one's you already collected bugged?

[arctic whale]

They reappeared,but I can't collect them,not that it really matters,I already finished the game,I'm just going around doing random stuff

[west mountain]

Ah ok, but you can see and listen to them in your PDA.

So yes, annoying but not a big deal then.