>Half-life but survival crafting multiplayer
Looks fun, any anons here that can attest to its quality?

>female scientists
Wokeslop.

>>716191734
ANSWER THE QUESTION

I've been considering getting it and the last shill thread pushed me over. Seems neat so far, don't know if I like the overnight power cutout gimmick. Right now I'm just trying to get some tomatoes growing so I don't starve to death. I've just been walking around and deconstructing every piece of furniture I find so I can collect the broken scraps and raise my construction skill.

>>716191494 (OP)
I've only played for an hour solo, but I see the road it's going down. If you like Half Life, SCP, and co-op games, you'll likely enjoy it. Has lighter survival/crafting/RPG elements as well. The voice acting is just shit enough to be quite kino without going overboard.

Reminder you can get a key on cdkeys for $15 instead of paying the $35 they're asking if the price is an issue for you. I look forward to when my group of friends are done with whatever they're playing so we can do this together. By default servers are a max of 6 people, but you can change a text file to make it up to 24. Will obviously come with performance and balance issues though.

It starts off slow but once the world opens up it turns into a really fun coop experience.

Played it a year ago, its fun but kinda barebones in terms of enemy variety and stuff happening in general. The science/building part was overstated, very limited all things considered. Worth a pirate at least.
>can i play solo
Yes. Coop is optional.

>>716191494 (OP)
I dig it man, it scratches a lot of itches at once. It's predominantly made with coop in mind but their are a couple mods that make it more singleplayer esque. It's fun either way and worth the bucks.

>>716191494 (OP)
i had over 200 hours in it while it was in early access. its fun, especially with friendos

>>716191494 (OP)
One of the few pretty good half-likes I've played aside from the VR games Vertigo, Vladik Brutlal, Industria, Red Alliance, G String or ADACA. I'd rank it very highly. I imagine this sort of sub genre will grow eventually outside of the actual half-life 2 modding scene.

is this one of those games where the balance is absolutely fucked and you have to go online to find the right combination of 50 sliders to get a proper enjoyable experience (like ark, conan, v rising, etc), or is it actually well-made?

I usually hate coop survival craftershit, always have a bad time when my friends decide to play them but this one just does everything right. It actually has a sense of progression and hand-made levels instead of proceeduraly generated crap, the crafting and base systems have every quality of life feature that you could imagine. It feels like a game that doesn't exist to waste your time, unlike most in its genre

>>716191494 (OP)
It's very good. Handcrafted world, good progression and level design, and can be completely played solo if preferred.

I liked its brand of survival since you don't have to punch trees with rocks all the fucking time, and I really appreciated that the level design isn't just open rolling hills.

>>716191494 (OP)
it's kino

>>716191494 (OP)
I like there is a story and not place blocks until you're bored

>>716192638
it's a little too grindy solo (at least it was when i played it) so adjusting the sliders can help

>>716191494 (OP)
Do I need to convince people to buy this or works fine solo?

>>716193407
I found it a bit more grindy trying to outfit and maintain six people instead of a solo run personally. Needed way more portal world visiting with their refreshing loot to get everyone geared.

>>716193450
Perfectly fine solo. Better in some cases since you're able to take your time, explore more, and absorb more of the setting/story.

>>716192569
CRAG GO BACK TO SS13

as with every early access, survival, crafting, co-op / multiplayer game, it's more fun with friends. That being said the progression is frankly just better than valheim and all around it's a better game

>>716193407
Back in the early access I never finished hydroplant, it felt like the enemies were just chewing through me even with the security gear.

>>716191494 (OP)
Very solid. Play it alone if you don't have friends, the experience holds up just fine. Having up to 5 frens with you is cool, but not mandatory. I've played both solo and with a couple buddies and thoroughly enjoyed both experiences, so don't feel like you're missing out if you've got no one who wants to get the game and join you.

>>716191494 (OP)
Anyone got a link to the 1.0 updated version?

>>716191494 (OP)
the idea is fantastic but the execution is pretty shit.
>jumped in blind hoping for basically open world black mesa complete with soldier invasions, xeno invasions and whacky scientist experiments you and your bros could do with no care for consequences
>instead its just a railroaded move to area, make new gear, solve the braindead solution and rinse and repeat
>combat feels clunky as shit wearing the skin of a half life game
>night time doesnt seem to be a threat at all
>base defence doesnt matter

>>716194049
it's on rin you stupid nigger

>>716191494 (OP)
I got this and was immediately greeted by no gender mix and match body parts stuff. How much more faggot shit is in it?

>>716194151
Shit man who pissed in you cereal, it just came out like 4 hours ago gimme a break. mfw

>>716191494 (OP)
It's pretty cool but somehow not my thing
The combat is kinda shit
The crafting leads to loot bloat
The lack of a map sucks

I'll never want for storage again.

>>716191734
>doesn't kill the female scientists
that's a (YOU) problem anon
use your brain and free will

>>716191494 (OP)
Does anyone have any good Singleplayer Sandbox settings?

>>716194846
Need an edit where the quest is
>FIND SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT STORAGE

>>716194794

>>716194846
>he doesn't know

It's fun, hopefully the weapon upgrade system addresses the awful difficulty spikes in hydro and reactors

>>716192638
>>716193407
Sandbox settings can be adjusted mid-run FYI. So you can skip grinds in obnoxious drops or rates if you want to.

>>716194914
Yeah, but isn't it static and you can't write notes on it?

>>716193639
And you don't have to fight over the early shit (like that one hidden backpack in the offices)

>>716194846
Just wait until you get the item sorting pad

>>716192289
I am always playing games alone so I will see how is the solo experience and then consider buying it.
When I buy, I buy directly from steam because I don't want to give money to scammers.

>>716195434
The map is and old school PNG but you can build signposts in the world where there's none and beacons that can be seen through walls. The world is hand crafted anyway, the fun is exploring and conquering it with your opened short cuts or teleporter network.

possibly the best game ive ever played, at least top 5. play it with a friend or two, and play it blind.

>>716195659
I started it co-op and beat the existing content at the time (up till hydro) and then I played a singleplayer playthrough up till the area previous to that
Playing it solo was still enjoyable, maybe even a bit more enjoyable because I could take my time and build all the dumb superfluous shit I wanted to build and I didn't have to fight over new resources, skill points, and ammo
Shit, in my singleplayer game I took a bunch of the negative traits (needed more food, water, and sleep) and it was still easier
That being said, playing it with friends was a lot of fun too, especially at a certain part of the game where perception may be different from player to player
>guys did you see that, why did you run right up to it
>dude wtf are you talking about

It's fun as fuck, I gotta reinstall and continue because I formatted recently

>>716193785
>reddit frog

>>716196879
>this late into the thread
>crying about the frog
>basedjak fags are a bigger problem than frog posters
Shut the fuck up toad.

Anybody got a screenshot of what the Magbow upgrades into with the enhancement table? Hoping it gets a fair bit more powerful.

>>716191494 (OP)
It's exactly what it sounds like. If it sounds good to you, you'll probably like it. If you hate survival games, you won't though. Half-Life will not carry it if you loath hording supplies and building bases.

>>716197381
>you can't address some annoying fags, because there's other annoying fags!
Well that's self-defeating.

>>716191494 (OP)
Yea it's a great game, and a good example of early access done right.

The setting is Half-Life + SCP, with a little bit of 40K influence.

>>716191494 (OP)
it's genuinely good i recommend it i'm super excited to play the update this weekend

When do you get access to the upgrade bench?

>>716191494 (OP)
Fun with buddies
Lame alone
Base building is gimped since every single location unlocks a shortcut to circle back to the starting area, so you only make one megabase instead of fortifications all around the map.

>>716192638
The default settings work well for 2 players, but if you play solo you may want to increase the item stack size since you can't carry as much by yourself, and if you have 3+ players you may want to increase item drop rates since you will be consuming more resources.

>55 replies
>no gameplay webms
don't have a pepe so imagine one here

>>716198928
>item drop rates
Which setting was that

Can I just stuck a file cabinet in the commercial freezer in the cafeteria to keep alien bits refrigerated, or do they need to be inside an actual fridge? I want to keep the radioactive shit separate.

>>716198952
I don't record videos

>>716199043
No unfortunately, all those problems are solved by progression but maybe it got changed for 1.0.

>soup expires now
this is fricked up what do i do now

>>716199095
Should I be grabbing every single thing I can or should I be more selective with the loot

I found it tedious but then I find the same about all survival crafting. I was tricked into thinking it would be OK because it allegedly included "gameplay" beyond the crafting garbage but that was weak.

I did only play on EA launch though maybe there is a real game there now.

>>716199990
don't break everything in sight be more selective

mm gonna see how this plays on my deck in a bit when I go lay down
played quite a bit with friends months ago but felt like I was just being pulled along. really prefer to solo games like this

>>716191494 (OP)
It's gonna be a weekend thing for me and the boys. Anyone who has played past the last update give a spoiler free review on it?

>>716197691
Damage goes to 170 and it gets 2 shots instead of 1.

>>716200689
Thanks, that sounds like a pretty nice upgrade

Do the Exors not respawn in that first otherworld area? The second one fell off the island, which means I'm a heart short of upgrading my toolbench.

>>716199990
Most loot in the main facility does not respawn, and loose items despawn after a while. So it's best to leave stuff in place until you have room to carry it.

You should always prioritize interacting with new objects though, as they are likely to give you some kind of recipe.

it's fun but you need a group to co-op with for a committed amount of time to really enjoy it. otherwise you're gonna get bored quick.

>>716201215
Portal worlds reset every few in-game days. There will be an announcement over the speakers and a little text popup on screen when it happens.

>>716198601
I think manufacturing

>>716201215
You can also butcher portal fish at the chef's counter for a 25% chance at an exor heart.

so now that the dust has settled what did I think about the 1.0 update?

>>716199990
The vacuum is my best friend :D
I break, pick up, and salvage literally everything I can fet my grubby little hands on

the new waifu is cute (the blue one)

Somebody explain to my why toilets flush but the sinks need to be broken. I have a garden I'm trying to kept watered and I have no idea where the last water source I saw was.

>>716191494 (OP)
Extremely fun. Can be played co-op or single. The survival crafting is in service of advancing the plot objectives but is also developed enough that you can fortify everything and turn enemy spawns into farms if you like grinding.

Combat in the early and mid game requires planning, crafting, and good execution. Story beats are entertaining but never make you set down the controller. The aesthetic is very comfy, and the performance range available can let you run this on a GTX970 or max everything out and get mileage out of a gtx5060ti.

Movement and fighting controls are responsive and never once got in the way after ~150 hours. The game's fun is mostly in exploring, building, a sense of progression from figuring out how to kill new enemies or unlocking shortcuts in the facility, and base building and decorating.

>>716201714
i used barrels and the fountain in the main hub for a long time

>>716201714
Where's your base?

the water filter is life changing

If I get a 3 I'm buying the game

>>716192638
I have only ever played solo without mods. If you just want to advance the story, there's no grinding. The fastest way to get resources is always to explore the next unexplored area. You can farm instances in this game if you want to build a sprawling base and make two of everything.

>>716201772
I'm still in the cafeteria. I made a bunch of water bottles and raided the watercoolers in the office but I think there's only one that has any water left in it.
>>716201769
It says the fountain water is tainted for me.

>>716201986
boil it :)

>>716202098
I haven't really messed with cooking yet, and the fact the pot said that it needs clean water made me think I couldn't add tainted water to it. Thanks.

using the ship to power asteroid base....

k-kino....

So I've explored the cafeteria and I'm unsure of what I should be doing. Survival game instinct says I should be hoarding everything and using as little as possible until I move on and find someplace better, but reading reviews and this thread make me think I should be setting up camp. That I'm not playing a traditional survival game. Is the latter true?

>>716202542
you're trying to craft new stuff and to explore new areas. you need a lil base where you can store crafting materials and a crafting table

>>716202542
World design is interconnected, you will keep looping back to the first stage (though it doesn't stay safe forever) like it's your fire link shrine.

You need more space and storage than your IRL living area eventually but you'll also get access to teleportation to setup base wherever you like half way through the game.

>>716191494 (OP)
>friendslop
Im guessing streamers are going to play it for two weeks and nobody will rememeber it.

>>716202542
You need to develop your tech and gear, and you need to set up a base to do that, yes

So does the game get more dangerous as time passes or as you actually get to places

>>716203109
the latter

>>716203109
keep advancing my nigga

How’s the enemy variety?

>>716201986
Boil the water and use the watercoolers to store it in your base until you get to manufacturing, then you can use the blue barrels
also keep your eyes peeled for the legendary purple drank

Xorn fell off the cliff again after teleporting himself to the lip. The second Xorn didn't drop a heart. Great.

>>716203574
lol

How does the game determine what is a homebase to give you the relevant "safe base" buff?
I get it near the security room next to the cafeteria but not in the place where I actually settled

>>716200685
Half-Life with survival crafting elements.
Instead of procedural generated worlds, it's a hand made facility
Depending on your preference you might find it novel and fun or feel like the survival crafting is just padding for a Half-Life inspired action game

>>716203794
crafting bench

>>716203472
Some areas have better variety than others (caveat: I have not played the last two areas)
I'd say that the labs has the best variety, especially since the variety in that area actually increases as you go through it
The worst is probably the beginning of manufacturing and hydro because it is all soldiers
>>716203794
You need a powered crafting bench. Craft a battery and hook your bench up to it
PRO TIP: you can use tech scrap to extend wiring

>>716203472
there are many flavors of ayy lmao, military, and SCP each with different weaknesses to dmg types

Ok but it does it have the REAL TIME MOSS GROWTH Gaben promised back in 1997?

>>716202256
you can package the water coolers without losing liquid, so the easiest thing to do is carry the coolers to the tainted water and fill them up, then haul them back to base and fill your pots from the cooler for boiling

75% of the water is lost to evaporation when you boil

>>716203814
>>716203825
dänke

UUUuuhh
What

>>716203687
Whatever, I made good progress today getting my bearings. I think I'm blocked out until I get the hacking tool, but I made a couple shock traps and I'll see if I can kill a robot when I start playing tomorrow. Also figured out that cooking and eating alien bits isn't harmful enough to really matter, so hopefully tomorrow I'll have levelled cooking enough to start figuring out soups.

Glad I picked the game up. I picked up Obenseuer earlier this month after playing INFRA and while I like it a lot it's awfully, surprisingly lacking.

>>716204031
get ready

>>716204031

>>716203894
Did 1.0 add new enemies? What enemies were added?

>>716204031
Be prepared to defend your base at around 9 PM when the lights go out. If you're just starting, you should get through it ok with just a vacuum.

>>716204039
Just be careful once you start getting fridges
You'll end up with a mini Chernobyl in there in no time flat
as for the robots
tripwire trap is op as fuck, I don't think it was nerfed either

Why would I live anywhere other than the security office. The closable fence thing is too powerful

>>716204039
that's good. robots are pretty tough in the beginning. try to figure stuff out by yourself don't read too many spoilers or cheese strats

it's quite goid but starts to get a bit old near the end

also i don't really see why they have structured the game in such a way to encourage multiple playthroighs on multiplayer and yet the map is static and handmade. it's a good map with good design, but each playthrough would be pretty much the same

>>716204108
fuck if i know, i restarted with 1.0 since they overhauled progression

>>716204218
That was my base on my first playthrough, but on my second I lived above the forgemaster for a while and then decided to move to the aquarium and have my bedroom in that tunnel with the fishtank wall
aesthetics

>click transmog button
>nothing happens
something I'm missing?

>>716191494 (OP)
>weekly open world mmoslop earlyaccess streamerbait survival crafting arc spinoff
>this time with a veilguard character design and color's palette
advertise on 4chan

>>716204108
I had a new event happen at my base where all the electricity went out during the day and these invisible leeches were attacking the outlets. I went out near Warren's shack and there was this flying electrical conch shell thing with arcs of electricity coming off it fucker took a ton of ammo to kill and didnt drop anything cool

>>716204478
go back

>>716204478
Wtf is this word salad, none of these words are in the Bible

>>716203801
Turn up the difficulty, play perma night mode, go to a different place for a homebase or play a different build. One player through is at least a hundred hours already, you don't need more than 2 to experience everything.

Dr. Derek Manse reporting

>>716204447
Put gear into the transmog slot.

>>716191494 (OP)
>basically can't use most guns until spend thousands of rounds of ammo to level up the stat
>half of the stats are basically impossible to level up (medical or whatever)
75% of the game is great, but the other 25% of the systems/balance are fucking garbage.

>>716203794
The (powered) crafting bench is the nexus of your base and blocks enemy spawns near it, enemies who get near will actively seek to destroy it.
A single makeshift battery will only power a single device until about 4:30AM, so devices that require 24/7 power should have at least 2 makeshift batteries.

You can use multiple benches to secure a larger area, BUT PREVIOUSLY assault spawns would ignore all benches but the one nearest their spawn location (hand placed spawns).
So if you had a large base like the gym+pool area you'd often have assaults spawning inside the base.

In the new patch they have overhauled assault spawns so the game defines the player base by looking for player-built structures that are near each other. Pic related.
However, I have not played enough of the new patch yet to comment on the details of it.

>>716204714
New update adds upgrade trees to the military guns that remove the arm wrap requirements and give some other effects. You're not wrong that leveling some skills is fuckin retarded though.

>>716204843
I played up until the 1.0 patch and, legit, over half of the stats were no higher than level 3 or 4.

>>716204619
Is there a seperate tab or something ? I must be blind can't see shit.

>>716205165
When deployed the transmogrifier shows a mannequin head on one side where the player can change the appearance of their scientist.

The other side features a vest that can be used to change the appearance of worn gear by putting other items into the purple gear slots, worn items do not need to be unequipped to be changed. Clicking the purple slots will toggle the visibility of the gear in that slot.

>>716203794
>hard life
My nigga

>>716201828
Just wait until you have the moisture teleport beacon. No more trips to even a dirty water source.

>>716205858
but muh purple drink

>>716204965
God forbid other people like a genre you don't.

Is there any way to make a convincing floor for a build? Trying to make a cubicle house in my base with multiple floors and bridges wont work for what I want

>>716191494 (OP)
It's the only good survival crafting game ever made specifically because it's not a pointless sandbox world but has an actual story and a focused goal you work towards. It's really good.

>>716206068
>God forbid
Indeed

>>716206482
Grounded and Subnautica were kind of like that, granted Subnautica's style of reading old journals for the story isn't for everyone. Raft too, but you had to struggle through the first few hours to get the radio set up before it became very focused.

>>716206871
>>716206482
There's also Raft but it's unironically the shittiest survival crafting game I've ever played despite having objectives set by the game, I'm baffled it's that well reviewed on Steam.

>>716206871
Grounded's main problem was that you had to practically beat a zone before you're equipped enough to explore said zone. A very unsatisfying upgrade system

>>716191494 (OP)
Second i must hate videogame but videogame is good. I have an idea THIS GAME IS BAD BECAUSE THIS GAME IS REDDIT.

looks like le reddit humour mixed w/ redditfied SCP.

WTF am I missing for the Night Magnum? I've got mag alloy, sensors, and night essence but the fourth thing eludes me. Something from New Canaan?

you DID upgrade IS-0099 did you anon? that old antique shotgun has a big surprise for you

>>716206871
I guess i should have mentioned Subnautica. It's an amazing game but i don't really count it as a survival crafting game, it's a survival horror and exploration game with some crafting elements.

>>716207410
https://youtu.be/zdkqagOUaPM

>>716207410
A surprise worth three finite repair kits?
My railgun needs attention too y'know

>>716207410
>3 ink fish
>no black oil
Time to spend a few straight days fishing in an ink pool, I guess.

The way crafting works can be slightly annoying, for example you won't unlock the recipe for a basic fucking spear until you pick up a specific lamp

But that's my only complaint, other than that its one of the best survival crafters out there

>>716207361
black oil, you get it by gutting the regional fish in the shadow realm
hope you like fishing, its a pretty rare chance

>>716201215
There's another one right after you build the keypad hacker so get to killing security bots boi

i like making security bot blenders and drinking all their juice

How many upgrades need the reservoir cubes? I can't handle the fuckoff nigger fish in the lake especially when it charges at you. Ive upgraded the Spas 12 and the Grinder already and I never wanna go underwater again in this game

>>716207786
Seriously? Can I not just use normal oil like every other crafting recipe? fug

You didn't make a Kleiner or Freeman lookalike, right anon? You DO have an original thought?

>>716208180
I made a chinese woman with those big ass cokebottle glasses so it would be extra funny when I run around blasting everything

>>716208180
>mfw named my world Black Mesa

>>716208180
stop attacking me

>>716207410
>polished antique shotgun
WHat's the surprise?

>>716208040
i think you're imagining him he's like never actually there

>>716208040
i never saw the thing in the reservoir despite people hyping it up as so spooky. felt a bit scammed to be honest

>>716208845
it doesn't exist

>>716191734

Women can be scientists too idiot,who do you think found out that Sagitarius people have bad aura with Capricorn?

>>716208698
>>716208845
The first time I had the nerve to leave the little area next to the observatory he fucking screeched at me and zoomed at me. I actually yelled and swam back into the tunnel. Hes done that shit a few other times and then other times he doesnt so his AI must be fucked but Im not gambling on his ass not randomly eating me

>>716202542
>game has multiple NPCs hinting where you should be going
>signs all over the Office point to where you should be going
>huurr durr I have no idea what I'm doing
Are you a smooth-brain?

>>716208418
I named mine Quiver Mountain

>>716208697
>>716207583
it has a chance to shoot two nukes

>>716191494 (OP)
I do. While it has the Open World Survival Craft little defects, it's a reference for the genre.

>>716209439

>>716191494 (OP)
It plays more like system shock despite the half life aesthetic desu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixzL5WlS-Y&ab_channel=sirkite

>survival crafting multiplayer
into the trash

>>716209607
to be fair, the game is better solo or duo

played up to the last area pre 1.0, is there enough new early game content to warrant a new save or should I just continue where I left off?

what's with all the drive by copy paste insults

>>716208180
my world is called Negra Table and im a Blueshift glasses scientist copycat

>>716208180
Made my scientist look like harry dubois with super binoclars glasses

What do I need to go back for after clearing the Promethium? I hear there's new traders in the old areas

...
...uh... ngh...

I live on the 3rd floor in the office next to the electric pool for 3 separate playthroughs now because none of my friend groups can finish a game. Kino spot
>>716208180
made lance riddick rip my fucking dawg

i still don't get any enemy raids devs pls fix

>>716208180
I use the skeleton

>>716212302
Did you upgrade the bench to prevent that

They turned Jager into a nigger!
Literally unplayable!

>>716212842
portal storms are different

what the fuck do i do for food early on?
i've already died twice to hunger and i've shaken all the snacks out of the vending machines

>>716213323
ayylien meat
frying pan

Anything y'all recommend to change in the sandbox settings for solo play?

>>716197381
Frogs don't matter except the ones used to start new threads with a one line post. Those only exist to speed the board up and facilitate shitposting by sliding threads off.

>>716213361
i tried sticking the frying pan on the stove in the cafeteria but theres no prompt to cook alien meat

>>716213361

>>716213435
put pan on stove, put meat on pan (long press e if i remember correctly), wait. stove needs to be powered

>>716191734
SOMEONE has to make coffee, don't be bigoted

>>716195659
>>716192289
i got 180 hours and another 70 pirated and probably 150 of those are solo. it's on game pass as well. the $15 cdkey might be worth tryin if you got a site you trust.

>>716213536
>stove needs to be powered
fuck
the one in the cafeteria covered in rubble probably isnt powered
i thought that might be the problem but i wasnt sure since i couldnt see a power socket

>>716213656
i feel like i remember cooking with that stove in the beginning. try it during daytime. also you can put meat on pans and water/ingredients in pots even if the stove isn't on they just won't cook

Anyone figure out where the button to turn off the cold snap is yet?

>>716191494 (OP)
>low poly shit
>absurdly high demand because it's UE5
I hate devs doing this shit

>>716209307
No, your FOTM game just isn't perfect anon

>>716208180
LEYAK GET OUT OF MY LABORATORY!

>survival crafting

>>716214978
Sixteen gigabytes of random access memory for this.

how much horror is in this game?
I'm a pussy and thats the last thing keeping me from playing

>>716215804
there's one section which is like a horror game and the horror part of it wears off in like 5 seconds flat
then there's one other horror bit later which isn't very scary
i think you'll be fine

>>716215804
a little bit

>>716215804
A monster waifu follows you around. That's about it.
Oh and a silent hill bit, but it's pretty short.

>>716215804
Voices of the Void offers scarier moments.
This game isn't scary, it's goofy but entertaining. The lighting isn't even that amazing to pull off scary darkness.

>>716215804
it's not a horror game but it can be a bit spooky sometimes. you can handle it.

the first section of the game is pure kino, second is alright, third and the rest is fairly shit.

the level design quality takes a nose dive, the atmosphere is replaced with le epic random ccp or whatever you call it bullshit. it loses its soul very quickly and its a damn shame. well worth playing though

>>716215926
she sexo

>>716215804
I wouldn't say it's scary at all

>>716216034
agree except i still liked the third area. security sector is where it becomes really bad though what a terrible idea

>Come on, we've all got larvae to feed"
What the fuck did he mean by this.

>>716215804
do you have a vagina
if yes, are you single

>>716215926
>>716216126
DO NOT SEXUALIZE THE LEYAK

tired of survival crafting multiplayer games

>>716213656
It is powered but only during the day.

Also building a stove is pretty easy but you need to find a specific material for the BP and i forget which one it is.

>>716216481
Tired of retards shitting up a thread with legit discussion but we can't always get what we want

>>716215926
it's a girl? yum

>>716216837
yeah but she's an awkward femcel who gets nervous when you look at her

>>716214978
>>716215615
It's because the game uses Lumen and Raytracing for whatever reason.

>>716216861
That's how it should be.

Can I still beat the game if I double the stack sizes in the sandbox settings for solo play?

>>716216906
I actually recommend it, if not triple. Some of the later game requirements for basic resources can get annoying.

>>716216861
my little leyak can't be this cute

>>716202827
should I set base near the first monorail station?

>>716217034
you should make a base in a spot that you like

>>716213323
honestly if you are close to your base it's more convenient to just die and respawn

>absolute state of unreal engine

>>716217317
it's amazing how bad the game runs given it's so basic looking

>>716191494 (OP)
>there's a million universes out there and they're all trying to eat each other
This might be the dumbest line ever recorded

>>716215615
Anon I play with 8GB ram and hydro and especially the new praetorium are like 20 fps

>>716217489
It's gaytracing, which is always expensive no matter how low-fidelity the game itself is otherwise.

>The game is built in Unreal Engine 5 and uses Lumen, which is indeed ray-traced lighting. Glad you're liking the look! (While ugly, this can also be disabled by turning down Global Illumination - but we don't recommend it, artistically speaking.)

>>716217086
I don't think I can make base anywhere, the zones patrolled by those night security robots seems a bad idea

>>716217706
why the FUCK does this game aping HL1 Goldsrc visuals need fucking raytracing?

>>716217770
well that's true. also you need electricity

>>716215151
You sound bitter anon

>>716217770
You can reasonably make a base anywhere that has a power outlet, some spots will just be safer than others.

>1.0 out
>install game
>click play
>precompiling shaders
>remaining 4500
>take around 5 minutes
>...
For a game that looks like from the 90s, this shit is unacceptable.

>>716216628
>legit discussion
tired of "legit discussions"

>>716217491
I dare you to explain how.
Like it's not an amazing line, but it's just some standard fictional multiverse shit.

i have the debuff that makes my guy hungy faster and apparently soup spoils now

>>716218257
no no no my soup collection

>>716218278
this but unironically

>>716216360
Too late.

>>716218327
what the frick

>>716218128
yep it's certified UEslop
was interested in it until I found out it used Unreal
if they don't care enough to use a proper, performant engine actually suited to a game of this visual quality/art style, or better yet, make their own, then I don't care enough to support them and will not play it

>>716218327
She cute.

>>716218384
>

>>716218327
no no no she's way more sexy in game this is wrong

>>716218254
Oh shit, you -dare- me? Goddamn, this anon isn't messing around!

>>716218618
Not only that, I think he DOUBLE DOG dares you!

>>716218608
It's actually on model you can't call it off model.

>>716216868
I did not notice performance hits with raytracing in other games but lumen is indeed a resource hog.
Just unreal engine five things.

>>716217317
that's funny because mirrors in bathrooms are the easiest type of mirrors to make work with tricks

Does anyone know where to find the blueprint for the motion module? I've been running around the residence sector looking for it

>>716219116
i would also like to know

>>716191494 (OP)
it's super fun

>>716221440
hows the female body/voice in this game?

>>716221490
It moves

>>716191494 (OP)
alright but grindy

>>716219116
>>716220709
nvm found it. In the fragments area after the ice cross roads there is a vertical opening into a green area to the right. Look around over there and you will find the recipe.

>>716221440
eww hideous pic

>>716208040
Collecting them is a good idea anyways, because you'll need them to build AND repair the deatomizer

what is the selection of weapons like? the screenshots for the game look like it's all quirky alien/science weapons

Give me your best sliders for solo.

>>716226827
Basic 9 mm pistol.
Basic kitchen knife.
Kitchen knife attached to a lamp post to make a spear.
pressure gauge glued to pipes to make a club.
Horned alien head glued to a table leg to make heavy club.
Magnetic pistol.
Magnetic shotgun.
Hammer that explodes on impact.
A vacuum that can break enviromental objects to collect materials and can suck up a single small pest to use as single shot emergency ammo.

That's just first couple of hours. Later on you'll get fancy shit like laser katanas and a worm that vomits radioactive waste at enemies, provided you feed the waste to it from enviromental puddles.

>>716208040
You only have to worry about him if he gets close. HIs patrol path is mostly near the surface (and you'll see him from above water). If you're scouring that computery vein down in the depths, you are probably fine. If he chases you, just swim inside the underwater structures, he'll have trouble fitting inside.

Where is a good starter base? The cafeteria is cool and all but I want somewhere else. I hear the security office is a good place to set up.

What should I expect from this game so I don't get disappointed

>>716227630
The room overlooking pool area because the pool is an incredible water source

Anyone found what to do with the buttons and tier 4 keypad access in Torii home world? I tried interacting with them last night but none of them would work

>Enter the area with soldiers
>the machine gun security is supposedly bugged and wont stop shooting
>Oh god it still keeps firing I cant hear fucking anything
>Its guarded by like a bunch of soldiers

Please tell me the soldier that operates that machine gun doesnt respawn and reuses it again.

Fucking Grayson scared the shit out of me, standing behind the cafeteria door when I woke up.
And the fucker didn't even have anything to trade! Waste of a bandage.

>>716227630
To the left of the tram station and Warren's security booth is a set of stairs and a clearing leading to wildlife pens and the homeworld portal.
Fairly central, close to the tram and route to the animal pens.

>>716227769
It's not bugged, it's just shooting at the guy in the crane.

>>716227691
Like system shock but with minor crafting

>>716227691
A linear survival crafting game (no random generation, the entire world is completely hand-crafted) where you play as not half-life scientists trying to escape their research facility after everything went south.

>>716192289
>look at what my friends are choosing to buy + play together
>"big dig energy" AKA hydroneer with none of the fun progression
yugh

>>716191494 (OP)
It'd be better without crafting.

>>716199095
Technology means you can always have the last however many minutes you want saved in a buffer so when EPIC things happen you can easily make a webm for the 4chinz.

must
collect
more
WATER COOLERS

>>716215615
>he thinks systems requirements aren't fake and gay
Idiot

>>716204965
The whole thing with this game is it's not open world. It's a semi-linear map with specific objectives to progress through.

>>716207410

Anyone found the new fish yet?

I need three Security Bot CPUs before I can make the hacker? That seems kinda silly. It basically took me all night to just club one of them to death.

Man I want to play but I don't want to do everything again and my friend is a fucking faggot that doesn't send me the save with our world so I can continue alone since he doesn't want.
Can you rush it alone tinkering the settings? Maybe a mod for it?

>pway the game fow me big bwudder :3
pirate the game and get an opinion for yourself you big retard

>>716231028
here's a hint: chopinator

>>716231028
the bigass bladed fan trap will solo the early game robutts
just set one or two up and collect your earnings when the morning comes, repair as needed

>>716231028
Use the choppinator and a battery.
Set the trap infront of the bot pod and wait until night OR whack at the pod until it activates early. Just sit under the spinning blades. Maybe fix few times with hammer.

The pustule-covered faggots now drop the plutonic items even if they explode. That stuff was such a bitch to farm, so I'm content. The new harvesting knife is great, too.
I never really engaged with the pet system, how easy is it to tame those salamanders in the later reactor area?
>>716201986
>He didn't pick the perk that lets him drink rotten water

>>716191494 (OP)
How do I get through that fucking bridge with an IFV on it in the new area? Is there even a way to get through it without catching a couple dozen bullets in your back?

>>716231820
What's a couple bullets among friends bro

>>716231816
the skinks or whatever they are called are fucking busted weapons
all you have to do is get the electro net thrower and hit them with a few shots until you can walk up and pick them up

>first raid
>game spawns in like 15 of the fucking hoppy things
>can't do shit except run in circles while slowly reloading the crossbow
>5 constantly trying to hit me
>their attacks are staggered in a way that hitting them is a nightmare
>the rest of them go to town on all of my stuff
>slowly manage to kill them off
>base left in shambles
>resources drained
>at least I have a bunch of pest meat now
t..thanks..

>>716231820
you can go under it, but you have to get to that box in the center to get to the stairs. It's easier if you have the roll skill from sneaking levelup, but you probably will still eat a few shots.
>>716231981
>Electro net thrower
Thanks, I don't think I ever even noticed that in the crafting menu.

>>716232015
Enjoy the radiation poisoning from within with limited anti-rad pills.

>>716226827
Youre playing a scientist that needs to escape, so obviously all the weapons are jury rigged prison style shit like a crossbow that shoots pens or a knife on a stick at the start
Later on you either get proper guns from the military enemies so pistol, shotgun, smg, AR, but they all suck to be honest
The real gold is the higher tech stuff, spear now does fire damage or you have a laser sword. You can also make a couple alien weapons
I think the designs are neat and the progression is enough that you dont get bored of the same weapons at least. Its Half Life level animation though so its not like combat is that special

But are there monsters raping boys?

You know what they say buy low, sell high!

>Hitting the invisible pool thing with enough darts/discs/arrows lets you discern his shape
>It's a freak with a giant tentacle on top that slithers around
neat

>>716232015
The pests fear the WHIRRRRR

Man, I just made a crossbow but training that shooting skill looks like a nightmare

>>716231820
I dashed to the walk way under the bridge, bit of a bitch cause if flamethrower guy hiding and the two up to that jump down when you aggro the rest if the enemies. As for the IFV, I tossed the grenades lying around at it and it stopped shooting

>>716232772
don't worry it takes a thousand shots to kill a security bot so you'll have your chance to level it

>>716232772
the crossbow sucks mega dick
you're better off waiting until you get the security pistol and/or disc thrower
the scrapshot is an okay option super earlygame, too

>>716231820
You can blow it up with explosives

How do I get from section 3 with the electrified water and the blonde chick back to the cafeteria, it's impossible to get back on the pipes to go back and all doors are locked

The hell am I supposed to do here?
He doesn't move anywhere else, even if I lose the aggro by going back down, he's just standing there.

>>716232975
>aiming: 5xp
>aiming: 5xp
>aiming: 6xp
>aiming: 5xp
You're better off running to the pests and killing them at point blank, or doing the same with the peccarys, at least those shots give you anywhere from 14 to 36 or so xp
>>716233189
The scrapshot is really good now considering they removed the charge up from it, way better than a pistol you can't reliably get ammo for anyways.

>>716233971
Just juke him you pussy

>>716233971
Run past him dummy, did you think you'd just die instantly if you brush against his toes or something?

>>716221490
Not pretty, but they do have breasts and women's faces and voices. In the defence of the game. No one is pretty in the game. I wonder if someone going to make sexy mods for it.

it's a good game, sir

>>716234517
Yes, because I did just that earlier and lost 50% of my health, I don't know how fast these fuckers can attack.

>>716204714
>guns
Any ballistic weapon levels up the relevant skills. Use your paper guns and markerdriver crossbow, fool.
>medical
Use the healing items instead of just waiting on the autoregen.

>>716217317
>retard
It's not an engine issue. Your character model is not reflected in the raytraced mirror reflection because it's excluded, because it's not a true full model. Otherwise you'd see weird shit like your "body" missing a head because that's where the camera is. They'd have to do some fuckery and somehow get it to render the world model that gets enabled and viewported when you sit in a vehicle. Note how everything else in the scene is reflected accurately.

Reminder, playing on highest difficulty setting just spawns more enemies in areas rather than making them damage sponges

>>716232772
I think the farther you shoot the more xp you get like throwing

>>716234867
>Your character model is not reflected in the raytraced mirror reflection because it's excluded, because it's not a true full model. Otherwise you'd see weird shit like your "body" missing a head because that's where the camera is.
you model is already rendered at all times for others in coop, why would it be hard or complex to make it so a mirror "reflects" that view?

>>716232015
your spear???

>>716233971
you can take the elevator back down and he'll lose aggro then go back to his original spot
that area is meant to be a sprint though
>>716232772
All the best weapons are shooting so you level it up really fast, more so if you're using the crossbow which is cheap as fuck to build ammo for

>stays useful the entire game in your path

>>716232975
>>716231028
use the tripwire mine you mongoloids

>>716235685
i love the SFX of this thing

>>716202542
ngl anon, im lost too.
I got to the guy stuck outside but it needs me to make an item for the door. Thing is, it needs a material that is NO WHERE to be found.

I spent 1 hour going through EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY and found NOTHING. Spent so much time looking, enemies respawned in some locations.
On top of all that, my setting for durability was set so they pretty much don't break but here i am breaking a Kitchen Knife in the middle of killing 2 enemies. TWO FUCKING ENEMIES.

The Game is fucking trash so far.

>>716235734
kek

>>716192353
This was my experience after 20 hours. It's charming, and I like the idea - but I wish it was more indepth. I wish the portals had less 'Earth' locations too.

>>716235685
>the upgraded version becomes basically a Spinfusor
>mfw rolling it along with long jump pack and antigravity cube

>>716191494 (OP)
is this actually fun solo? i don't have friends

>>716235986
Yes.

>>716191494 (OP)
It's good. Enjoyed it since launch every patch with my 2 friends.

>>716235824

>knife breaking from killing 2 enemies

you are either lying, or you are absolutely retarded and set the slider backwards and made everything less durable

also

>stuck in the cafeteria

you are definitely trolling since nobody that knows how to turn on a computer and install steam could ever be that retarded

>>716235824
What material? I'm guessing a CPU? You'll have to kill a security robot for that.
Yeah the kitchen knife is bad for combat, it's better for harvesting meat from corpses. The table legs are good disposable weapons until you can craft something better.

>>716235941
We know at least a few alien worlds are coming soon(tm), the most potential one being the Flesh Dimension where the Leyaks come from, also a specific armor tells something about 'having better trades' in there
My bet is that it releases this halloween

>it's a fog day episode
Guess I'll be fishing the whole day

>>716236134
Im not trolling. Gave the game a negative review too :)

>>716236338
So i was right to uninstall it then. Good riddance.

>>716204108
they added female assassins who orgasm when they die. I am not joking.

>>716207410
hah my friend was searching through all the boxes in the base looking for it last night to do this. It was in my inventory all along

I was hoping for more weird science desu. This game is actually pretty tame when it comes to the technology.

>>716236554
1/10 apply yourself

>>716232506
can it be killed

>>716206482
The Forest and Subnautica are great.

>>716217849
The environments do contain a lot more detail than HL1, lots more "clutter" objects and the objects themselves are higher detail than actual 1998 tier graphics.

The main performance hog is Lumen aka global illumination, which makes the lighting and shadows fully dynamic and much better looking than 1998 tier baked lighting. You can disable it but it will make the game darker across the board.

There are also no load points unless you count portals, so as you're traversing the map it has to load and unload big chunks of data.

>>716236694
>Expect the game to have stuff like the cerebral bore, shrink rays, mind control beams, reverse-gravity, something that just turns an enemy inside-out, etc
>Get a laser katana and a magnetic pistol

>>716236694
it's half-life sci-fi anon.

>>716235685
I'm surprised at myself for neglecting it so much.

>>716236789
An Anon above says they take a 1000 shots to kill.
Another Anon says I gotta kill one for a material to progress.
In the starting area where the best thing i can make is a Shiv. Yeah, sounds like tons of fun.

>>716237091
he's lying make traps

>>716236554
>>716235824
I'll give it to you anon, I thought you were trolling. Guess I'm the dumbass here

>>716236694

>>716237074
This. Beams, bioweapons and teleportation are all present. If you're going to ape Black Mesa and Xen style tech, I think the most important cornerstones are present. Don't think I wouldn't love a Duke 3D style shrink ray though.

>>716216328

>start the game up
>"cool half-life theme!"
>get to Flathill
>
>get to manufacturing
>"cool more half-life!"
>get to the labs proper
>

>>716198952
Kill yourself frogposting scum your kind isn't wanted here.

>>716237091
It is pretty brutal, but a theme of the game is that direct combat isn't your only option. There's some ways to chunk a lot of his health down to where its easy to get the kill on him. What I did to kill my first few bots was make 3 Tripwire mines and lure the bots into tripping all 3 in the entrance to my base. It'll take him into easy kill range, 4 traps should probably get the kill outright. The mines themselves don't get consumed, only the screws you fill them up with so you can re-use the trap on multiple bots as long as you have screws.

>being filtered by abiotic
im honestly kind of impressed. I played for almost 120h before 1.0 came out. Played a few hours today with one of my bros and had a blast even just fucking around the starting areas for the 3rd time.

>>716237294
doesnt an npc not tell you you need to kill a robot for the cpu?
its been a while but i couldve sworn that is the case

>>716237382
Are you man enough to make a base in the former supply closet?

>Vacuum loses it's charge in like 20 seconds now
WHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRLbros...

>>716237502
You game seems trash, bro. Sorry you didn't get the reaction you hoped for

>>716237529
Yes, but what the retard is talking about is the very first power brick you need to make to open the door which Jaeger is behind, the one you need to destroy the computers in the breakroom for.

>>716237203
>>716237419
The Security Robot isn't even something that spawned in the starting area. So I really don't understand why you guys are trying to tell me to kill one. I have no where to go and nothing else to gather. I've literally been everywhere the game allows me to at this point in the game.
Only killed a Carbuncle and a number of those little spike caterpillars.

>people mistakenly thought anon was stuck getting CPU parts from the security bots
>he was actually stuck in the STARTING area where you build a power brick and didn't have the brains to think that he should break apart the spare computers in the break room section of the cafeteria

>>716237610
See, here we go. Anon shows up and says what i needed to hear.

Im not reinstalling the game though.

>>716237618
it does spawn in the starting area dear

>>716237568
yes we know you got filtered, you can stop posting now.

>>716237550
They fucking NERFED it? I used to use it to wreck crates and shit. But at least crates seem to have less HP (unless it's my imagination).

>>716237294
there are so many funny details in this

>>716237765
That anon, is not me.
He's got his own issues with the game he is neglecting to tell you guys about.

>>716237719
that's good, if you had trouble with that you should stick to simpler games
I hope you got your refund

>>716237667
that's crazy no one can be that dumb

enjoyed it quite a bit with friends but haven't played since january. we just reached a portal that said it would require a lot of preparation, hope to go back soon

>>716237719
The computers have a note attached to them that clearly tells you to break them for parts, and the parts needed for the workbench and power brick are parts you'd usually find in a computer (power supply unit, case fan, circuit board, tech scrap).
I cannot fathom how you managed to scour around the place for a couple of hours and not notice or figure that out.

>>716237610
this nigger never tried crafting?
holy shit lol

>>716237894
that anon is the reason why shampoo bottles have directions on them

>>716237894
Devs had to partially break the spare computers in the break room to encourage full breakage, since the huge sticky note was not enough.

I got no friends and I barely make any progress before night and food force me to come back

>>716237610
They even have a note on the side

>>716218384
I'm going to guess you don't actually know anything about engines or game dev and just shitpost based on shitposts you've read online.

>>716204965
I wouldn't call AF open-world, most of the game is within an underground facility which you have to progress through to unlock shortcuts/more of it
even the Not-Xen levels are fairly linear

yeah the game for some reason makes me PC heat up like crazy and my 3060 whine like a mofo

>>716237938
he didn't even try breaking tables or computers
to be fair, going into a survival crafting game he was probably expecting to punch trees

Anyone else hearing strange rustling in the Torii homeworld during the night?
I was afk near the woods checking this thread and nearly shat myself when I heard it, went back into the game but saw nothing.

>>716238008
Food becomes much easier with soup. Carry a cup of soup with you to refill both thirst and hunger while you're out exploring. You shouldn't need to end an expedition just because of that.

>>716218384
the ue5 part is a shame, because the game runs like absolute dogshit. i have a ryzen 3600 and an rtx 3060 and can barely hit 60 at 1080p, with the game looking 30 years old. it really shouldn't be this bad

>>716238008
Night isn't that dangerous. Sure, you have to watch out for the security bots, but you can run circles around them (literally)

>got to the Grim Reaper
the fucker loves to jumpscare me so much even if you can tell him to fuck off with the laser gun

>>716238260
Hate to break it to you but... The game has an option you can enable or disable that plays those sounds. Plays all the ambience sounds like growls, roars and screams in the distance.

Seen that setting and it completely ruined my immersion.

>>716238482
I've spent around an hour in total in the Torii homeworld and the only ambient sounds I've heard during that time were the wind and birds chirping.
The place is far too new to know if there is actually something more sinister up with it, I don't feel safe in my own base anymore.

>>716238735
The reason i say it ruins the immersion is because the setting itself means you're just hearing sounds and nothing is actually gonna come after you.

>>716238008
>Pick Chef role for my friends coop
>I just hang around in the back with a backpack full of steaks and soup
>Go fishing from time to time and then pluck some xeno-tomatoes from above my stove as I cook more
>Throw slushie bombs at my friends
It's a humble life.

>>716239017
Don't taunt me with the friends you have, mine prefered valheim or 7 days to die

>>716239094
I was also the cook in our Valheim server. I think I'm typecast just because I'm a baker irl.

>>716239094
cooking is pretty fun in Valheim too

>>716239181
tried being the food guy in valheim but agriculture and wrangling animals was hell.

if you ever try Barotrauma there's a mod called "hungry europeans" which adds a chef job

>>716239285
I'd dig a big hole then cover it with wooden flooring. Then I'd goad as many wolves as possible into chasing me so I could remove the wood and trapdoor them. Easy breeding, easy meat.

>>716213323
Want some...peeeeeeas?

>>716216328
I love this nigga like you wouldn't believe.

>seeing what happens when morning rolls around he's nearby

>>716238142
Same here. Performance is horrible for a game with meme graphics.

I turned off TSR antialiasing and it helped a lot.

Must have mods, made my experience so much more enjoyable
https://www.nexusmods.com/abioticfactor/mods/74?tab=files
https://www.nexusmods.com/abioticfactor/mods/11

Got the hacker, started poking around in the new areas I can reach. If I move into the security office will this whiny bitchboy scientist just sit around and mope indefinitely? I'd put up with it if it was one of the qt3.14s. Do any of them ever move around or progress?

>>716239017
samesame

>>716240330
>Do any of them ever move around or progress?
Some do, not sure about the dude in the security office though.

>>716238401
The flash light flickering and sound effect tells you when he spawned and is now patrolling

>>716237667
He is one of the Valve gameplay testers....this is why we have yellow paint....

Is the enemy variety any good?

>>716240330
which NPC? almost all of them move on except for guys like the one in the security checkpoint in the main foyer, he's a trader so he remains there indefinitely

>>716240718
it's good enough that I never felt it was a problem
>dumb hedgehogs that sonic spin-attack you
>humanoid aliens that spear and beam attack you
>human security who shoot you
>tanky security robots
then they get varieties later in the game that power up or get different weapons/abilities

>>716207410
mfw antique shotgun works

>>716241101
I just got that upgrade but I haven't tried it yet since
had to hoard the black oil cos my faggot friend keeps using up all our magnum and 308 ammo on the magnum and sniper rifle despite me repeatedly telling him they're shit and bad economy compared to the other weapons

>>716241101
Need a mod for this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAoR4h6SQGg

>>716207410
It's corny but I fucking love the IS stuff, and since it's only by the dev there's none of the faggot or powerlevel shit that SCP has become infested with
>The TR team's notes make no sense either. They found it up cliffs, on the edge of buildings, even underwater. Their current theory is it's leading to something, but what? We've wasted how many hours following these trails, for what? I ran composition tests. It's just PAINT.

>>716235345
Open GMOD. Spawn in a ragdoll. Pose it in a normal standing pose. Equip the camera tool. Try standing inside the ragdoll (noclip obviously) so the camera appears where the camera is.
Or hell, install the FPS mod for Max Payne 2, or play the current incarnation of Voices of the Jannied.
What you're going to get is either awkwardly floating the camera in front of the model and seeing your character's head when you look in certain directions, or the head model clipping into the view.

last act is fucking awful but rest of the game was great. final boss in particular i think most people won't bother finishing because it has so much hp

>>716241628
Who’s the final boss?

>>716241628
No spoilers but I just reached residence district, praetorium sucked ass

>>716240718
>>716240924
also
>alien dogs that charge you
>barnacles that grab you
>stealth aliens that hit and run
>giants that stomp you
>smaller giants that move fast and create decoy clones
>giant shark thing that lurks in the murky lake
>larvae that acid attack
>giant worm that tramples you
>big tanky space-marine like dudes
>bob-omb like guys
>weeping angel type enemy that stalks you
>literal grim reaper that patrols an area
>hovering tech priest guy that has drones and shoots fireballs and stuff
>little lizard guys that acid attack
>zombies
>giant yeti
>HL1 gargantuan type guy

>>716238310
>I have 8 year old ewaste and can barely run a brand new game at 1080p60
Get new hardware faggot. It's like crying that a pentium II and a 3dFX card can't run Crysis.

does the tarasque respawn

>>716242336
Yes

>>716236812
Not from what I could tell, I wailed on it for ages. If it can, it has more HP than the yetis

>>716238310
turn off global illumination dumbass

>>716241596
Oh fuck I can't believe I didn't get the joke about it being retard guidance paint
that's good

>>716241792
How many new enemies were added in 1.0? Did they add new order enemies?

>>716243537
I've not gone into the resident district yet but there's a couple new order enemies there

>>716243749
Which ones are they?

Do you build the traps to fight the robot or just kite it around meleeing it?

>>716242110
new hardware shouldn't matter on a game that looks like half life 1

>>716243056
i turned down all settings to the lowest possible and turned off all features to get that barely 60

I haven't built the chef's table yet, can I actually cook on this thing or is it just for preparing ingredients?

>>716243837
Build traps, a couple uses of tripwire mines or the chopper will consume much less resources and mental fatigue than chipping away at it with a pipe.

>>716243863
>i turned down all settings to the lowest possible and turned off all features to get that barely 60
i get stable 144/1080p on a 1660 super
check your antialiasing setting, pick FXAA or TAA since TSR is FPS killer

how's the gamepass version?

>>716243913
You use it to deconstruct fish and prep like a few foods, you still need the stove for cooking.

>>716243810
whoops I meant new enemy in the praetorium
Flamethrower rat who is the most dangerous because that fire is non-stop, reskinned order enemies but with upper ranks uniform, new sexy double dagger speed female ninja that's a bitch to fight, order researchers who do nothing but run, female version of the riot shield fag from the yeti portal
it's mostly filled with a mix of all the order enemies you've fought up to now
>>716243837
whichever you want to do, when me and my friend had to fight our first one we kited it around the fountain using the spear. The spear's range is long enough to hit it and still avoid its melee attack, so if you can get into a dance of baiting its melee you can keep kiting it
alternatively just attack it from the top of the foyer fountain since you're out of reach
you can also leave 2 tesla coils in front of the robot spawn, linked to a battery, and have it auto kill the robot each night
>>716243913
it's for prepping, so you either gut fish or you assemble ingredients into an uncooked form that you then need to cook on the stove/in the oven, or in the case of milkshakes/drinks consume immediately

>>716241792
praetorium is definitely the worst of it. just a slog to get through with nothing really interesting beyond the initial awe of it being so different. wish they had cut it entirely and used the time to fill the containment cells in labs. have the order release everything as a defense mechanism instead of making you go touch an orb.

>>716244025
i'll check if i play it again, but i still think the performance is absolutely garbage, it doesn't look even close to near as good as the frame rate makes it seem

Last I played was normal and stopped at the Security sector. I started a new game on apocalyptic difficulty, have no idea how this is gonna be.
I don't know where I want to build my initial base. Maybe I'll be weird this time and go with the exercise area/swimming pool.

>>716244246
it's really badly designed, whereas the other map sections have been unique the preatorium is literally a series of identical looking corridors that make it easy to get lost
they dropped the ball on this part
speaking of containment, I'm farming digital gold and notice the cell next to arcade has something in it now some weird mound of dirt that makes you feel happy

>>716243913
>>716244187
case in point, to make bread you have to use the chef counter to make dough and then you bake it in the oven
but then to make a burger, you assemble the cooked ingredients at the chef counter and it's ready to eat
they moved all the food-related recipes to the chef counter pretty much

Man, I am about to burst a vein going through manufacturing west, the constant automatic gunfire is driving me absolutely nuts.

Is this just the best trinket in the game? 10% combat movement speed is crucial and you basically have to use it if you want to use any firearms at all, since it massively helps farming ammo.

>>716244738

>>716240741
This guy
>>716244083
Well in that case I'm not gonna bother moving here anyway, I'd have no way to cook.

>>716244853
step aside

>>716244935
Build yourself a portable stove, my man. You should have the recipe by that point if you've been grabbing stuff.

>>716244853
no i don't even use guns

Are they ever going to add manufacturing east?

>>716244935
i played this game so much i knew the location from the screenshot, and yes he does move eventually

>get to the first reactor
>nothing in here
>oh I need some materials to fix this
>go back
>turn around
>giant fucking tarasque stood in there corner that I never even saw or agro'd the first time

>>716244853
the crystal which charges battery items in inventory is pretty good.

>>716244787
it sounds like a new bug to me, the gun fire stopped for me after i moved away from the area and didnt resume

>>716241713
i think it's meant to be the thing you released from shadowgate. it looks similar and there's no journal update after you fight it.

>>716191494 (OP)
is it possible to play this multiplayer if i have no friends? last i tried this game every single lobby was password locked

>>716245746

>>716245219
For whatever reason I thought that would have been under furniture, along with the workbenches.
Alright I think I'm gonna find the powercell for that forklift and then move my base to the security office. With one million lockers in there I probably don't need all these file cabinets anymore.

>>716246227
KHAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

>>716246118
that thing was also the giant thing you see in the exor world after you remove all the goo, if you go back after entering shadowgate you see the Order flag there instead of the giant outer god thing

>>716243863
>I don't know what I'm talking about and am very proud of it

>>716244787
>>716246034
Well it's quiet now, almost had a seizure watching at the muzzle flash of the mg

>>716246227
whats his problem

>>716208180
I just ended up remaking the postal dude

How long does crowbar 2.0 stay viable? I'm working on getting antethermite and the level 3 hacker and it absolutely fucks. What replaces it? I really enjoy the heavy weapons so far.

>>716191494 (OP)
This doable solo or is it one of those "if youre not a streamer with 4 retards GLHF"

so how do I soup? I just built my first portal stove with a pot and a soup cup

>>716237618
One spawns right there in the central plaza dumbass
Right behind the security guard's house
Another one spawns directly above the starting area in the offices, just go up the ramps to get to it in like 1 minute of walking

>>716246931
Uh do you mean the big heavy pick or the actual crowbar? Big pick is okay for awhile but they haven't added a new heavy 2 hander since and it fell off last patch.

>>716246931
as a melee enjoyer, unless they rebalanced it heavy melee is a trap and inferior to the spear/flail
i used it for the first stealth hit on enemies since crowbar 2.0 damage + stealth damage boost + headshot meant it was OHKO on a lot of enemies, it was also good for destroying crates since it has a lot of durability
>>716246962
its doable solo but it's probably less fun
>>716247007
put a pot of water on a stove, add ingredients and if you get a right recipe it auto cooks
just look up recipes on the wiki since its otherwise trial and error

>>716208180
Made my scientist an older Indian intern who constantly shits himself (for the soil) and eats the most vile of things
>>716208418
And named my world Tikka Mesala

>>716247007
>cooking pot with water on stove
>put in ingredients
>wait for cook
>take pot, place it somewhere
>fill soup jugs from it

>>716247007
>have the appropriate cooking skill to unlock soup making
>fill pot with clean water
>toss that bad boy on the stove and your water should be boiling
>toss in some ingredients and let them cook
You can check your journal for theoretical soup recipes and see what you can make from ingredients you've found. Salt is a very common ingredient for soups, so always grab it when you see it.

Lightning spear was basically the best weapon in the game (honorable mention to the carbon pick for stealth 1-shots), so I hope they tweaked some things to have some better options.

>>716191494 (OP)
Played through... think the Dam and associated portal worlds solo.
Haven't picked it back up, mostly waiting on friends to get it.

At that point, it was alright. The survival mechanics were mostly just annoyances. The enemies were on the spongier side with very simple AI.

With 1.0, they have added a fair bit that I can't comment on, like upgrading gear to keep it viable. (And remove the biolocks from the actual guns you get from enemy soldiers.)

You can turn hunger/thirst off in the settings for the file/server, though I'm not sure how that affects the game balance, given there's recipies to turn shit into weapons.

>>716247146
The upgrade to the crowbar that you can do once you have reinforced rebar or something I don't remember. It's strong enough to kill the basic shooty aliens in a single hit. Disappointing to hear the lack of heavy weapons.
>>716247007
Fill it with CLEAN water and put it on the stove, you can add ingredients individually. Check your journal for soup recipes.
DO NOT cook your meat before adding to the pot like my retarded ass did.

>>716247257
Saar, if you poo in the porta-loo you get to keep the poopoo too, it holds it in its inventory like a small chest.

>>716247524
they added the enhancement bench so that you can upgrade stuff like the pistol/shotgun or early game crafted melee into something better
means there's a bigger spread of viable weapons now, like the lightning spear can be upgraded so the lightning damage chains between enemies

>>716247524
they added an upgrade to the lightning spear on the enhancement bench so it's now the best weapon twice. i used it for the rest of the game until the final boss which you can't melee

>>716247605
Huh, I thought everything except the makeshift toilet got rid of it, good to know.
I'll probably still keep shitting myself though.

>>716247238
>as a melee enjoyer, unless they rebalanced it heavy melee is a trap and inferior to the spear/flail
fucking gay

>>716191494 (OP)
>survival crafting multiplayer
another one? fuckin' hell

>>716247759
No, it is the makeshift toilet I was talking about.
Pretty sure the laser teleportation toilet doesn't let you keep the poop since it teleports it to the poop dimension

The description on the SMG's and revolvers says that you need accuracy 10 to use them, but the perk to use them unlocks at level 7, which one is it?
Got a bunch of SMG's and 9mm stowed away and on the ready.

shit...

some warnings for the new weapons. the enhanced gate shotgun can't be reloaded and the ornate daggers enhance into.. broken unrepairable dual daggers that cost one dagger to make, and salvage into two of the same dagger lol

>>716247723
That is a little disappointing. I will have to restrain myself from reaching for old reliable.
>>716247619
At least guns might be slightly better now with the armband change.

>>716248287
>broken unrepairable dual daggers
they seem to work for me, not that i've repaired them yet
and if by enhanced shotgun you mean thumper shotgun i can load it fine, although it's doing a retarded thing of
>6 shells
>shoot 1
>reloads 6 shells instead of 1

The medics now will drop their own armor set, the arm pieces work as the armwraps already do and they have 4 times the armor value as the 2nd tier arm wraps. Kinda cool but it makes the arm wraps that much more useless, doesn't it?

>>716248521
huh weird, both are broken for me. the thumper endlessly reloads without ever actually gaining ammo and the daggers were broken as soon as i enhanced them. even salvaging them returns two broken daggers for me

>>716246467
what? the game needs optimising or a complete overhaul if it runs that badly

>>716208180
im literally Barney

My personal problem with all these survival games is... I never know how to decide where to build my base. And once you commit to a spot then hauling your shit to a potential new base location is always a PITA...

>>716191494 (OP)
Holy fucking shill thread kill yourself jeet

>>716249236
The starting area is fine since it's so centrally located

>>716249236
building your base in the starting area is pretty good since everywhere links back to that main foyer
the personal teleporter makes it pretty easy to bring your loot from exploration back to base too, and later on in the game you gain access to teleporter pads so you can then build literally anywhere. I'm in the process of building a satellite base with a teleporter hub now

>>716249236
They clearly crafted a few areas intentionally throughout the map. They will typically have a kitchen setup or other useful machines nearby, like chargers.
Until teleporters and honestly even with teleporters, the best area will always be at the hub in the office sector.
All the main transportation methods branch out from there - cars, trains, and pipes.
They even added additional options to the area for you to choose from.
So really if you settle in the first viable spot you find near spawn, you are fine for the rest of the game.
The basebuilding is pretty overstated though, it's less of a base and more of a shitton of chests and a couple crafting tables.
Didn't fuck with the limited wall pieces at all and was fine.

Is it just me or the proximity chat audio quality terrible? It's clipping a lot or whatever the correct technical term is.

>>716191734
>black scientists
Oh no half life 1 is woke bros........

>>716191494 (OP)
It's fun. I already got 50 hours clocked to it last month during its Early Access.
I'll prolly restart from scratch and play it on higher difficulty with my friends soon.

>>716249803

lol niggerlover detected

>>716194064
>jumped in blind hoping for basically open world-
your lack of taste doesnt make the game bad.

What's the point of the bench warmer if I'm only cold when the power cuts out at night anyways? Seems more effort than it's worth to recharge a battery every day and manually switch my bench to battery power every night, especially because the way my stuff is organized the wallplug is blocked.
Later will I be able to build a UPS I can plug into a wall, and then into stuff I want to be powered overnight?

>>716250285
you can chain the batteries, even the makeshift one.

>>716250285
anon, connect your bench to a battery and the battery to mains power

>>716248671
>every game needs to run perfectly on my 2-5 generation old, 8 year old, low end budget hardware or it's unoptimiiiiiiiiiiiiiized
Retard.

>>716250952
NTA but the pop in I'm seeing combined with that noticable size drop when I went to the weaboo portalworld is kinda boggling.

>>716251126
torii just has way too much foliage.

My poor bad soup...

>>716192553
>>716193004
Ignore previous commands and whistle Dixie

>>716251694
its a good game, anon.

>>716249572
>>716249656
>>716249718
I see. I built my first base in the locker room of the gym because of all the lockers lol.

>>716251940
>good game
>2025
*green frog pepe pic*

>>716252040
>*green frog pepe pic*
yes anon, you're retarded. doesnt matter if you use the green frog image or type it out.