Thread 717532918

Spooky fog edition

>>717532918 (OP)

My boyfriend liked the game but i don't wanna play it with him it looks like unfinished garbage and it will probably keep getting updates until it's finally playable and with good content in like 2034.

Also Shitreal Engine 5 and the character creator is hideous and woke.

>Friends keep taking supplies I harvested to give themselves the newer armour and weapons
I'm seriously about to create a secret base. Any way I can lock them out?

Wish I could get proper pink speedsuit look for full Rusty Venture look.

>>717533172
Tesla coils.

>>717533172
no but find somewhere very obscure with a good reason for you to be nearby
although if anyone goes near by they'll get the safe area notification so might be hard to make it sneaky-like

I need more Flathill content, I need an entire chapter just dealing with Flathill and composers and symphonists and whatever controls them

>>717533145
>HL1 aesthetic
>"it looks like unfinished garbage!!!"
zoomie detected

>>717533172
Just play a single player world or talk to your friends directly like - Hey assholes stop taking all the supplies. Put some more in if you're going to craft shit.

>>717533172
Just put a supply box somewhere way out of normal reach and stash your goods there. Like a vent, and slap a painting over it.

>Get out of Flathills
>get my first fog event near-instantly
>Want to take break though
>Exit game expecting it to continue when loading the same
>It doesn't
Shame, thought it would trigger. Also
>Go to Manufacturing West
>Think to myself
>"Ladders work really well in this game"
>Fall down the very next ladder, break my legs, half HP
>Grunt almost fucks me up after because I can't sneak attack him and I used blunt force, only learning after that they're weak to pointy
Last but not least
>Ratfuck shows up
>[spoiler[Don't know I'm supposed to kill him
I thought we could be fren
>>717533280
>they'll get the safe area notification
Does this work when the bench is unplugged? I can't remember desu. Worst case you rebuild every time.

>>717533298
I think it'd be cool to see more town/city environments in general

>>717533172
just put it far away enough from the pull range of the upgraded workbench. works like a charm. that box may as well not even exist

>>717533505
Shoot the rat with a net launcher and kill him with a blunt weapon for a special surprise

>>717533505
fogiri is your friend

>>717533298
So according to the wiki they're a hivemind, so either they all are like that or have a central controlling entity. Would really like to know more about the inhabitants myself. Because it's still unclear to me whether it's our world but different, or a different world that also has humans, or...
>>717533645
Yeah I spoilt that for myself, will do. Thanks, anon.

>>717533347

But it does anon the menus look like shit the combat is lacking the enemy ai is ridiculous the exploration is lame and linear the base building is embarrassing and abiotic factor fans seem to only like it due to nostalgia for a game they didn't even play :S

>>717533347
HL1 did not look like unfinished garbage unlike this trash, the designs, gameplay, gunplay, controls, UI, story, every single thing is worse.
The faggot had no reason to bring up his boyfriend but he's not wrong. This game tries and fails miserably at copying the aesthetics of HL1 while running like shit thanks to UE.

>Plebbit user shitting up the thread with bait
>Anons patriotically fall for it
kek

I finished the game
will they ever release more? I want to save Abe and find Manse :c

Is Voussoir supposed to be such a pain in the ass to get to, or did I miss a shortcut back? I guess I can plot a bench there but so far game's been decent about providing decent shortcuts to portal worlds.

>"Everything will be fine, a boring first day, playing rental cop for some gray-matter with legs"
>"Everything that CAN go wrong, WILL go wrong"
>"This is a science facility, not a psychiatric ward"
>"Luckily these aren't those kinds of doctors...at least most of them."

I no longer see night anomalies, I can only hear them. Same for anyone else?

>>717534897
Yeah saw a few others with the issue, assuming its a bug.

>>717532918 (OP)
Okay, I'm sold on this and I'll start this weekend after work. Any tips for a new player?

>>717534897
I can see them for a brief period, then they turn invisible and just make sound for the night.

>>717534897
Yup, I have this issue too, thankfully it's not really a critical resource.

>>717535050
>>717534928
>>717534897
>>717535081
Having braved the developers discord, they are aware of the anomalies going missing and are calling it a bug they are workin on fixing.

What skills are OP?

>>717535329
The average OP's skills involve sucking dicks and being very gay.

>>717533145
Gay

>>717535329
cooking

>>717533505
>>Exit game expecting it to continue when loading the same
>>It doesn't
can all weather events be cancelled this way in singleplayer? I had the darkness event trigger while I was trying to figure out what to do in Hydroplant and I was forced to run blind past a bunch of molotov robots and I'm going to be pissed if that happens again

>>717535153
the recent hotfix said that priority for, "visual bugs" were low, but I guess that depends on how they perceive a slightly rare resource being difficult to see as "game breaking" or not

>>717535153
They were pretty quick in fixing the laser bug

>>717532918 (OP)
>edition
Don't do that or spergs might start deleting these threads.

>>717532918 (OP)
I started this game, played for 30ish but my inventory filled up and killed my will to continue. What items should I really be hanging on to early on?

man I love the beat-to-shit look you can get

>>717535329
items are more important than skills in breaking the balance
>>717535047
change sandbox setting and set stack size to max if you're playing solo
>>717535862
there's like 100+ different items, you're meant to build a base and dump your store there
there's even an upgrade later in the game that makes the work bench automatically take items from nearby chests

>>717535618
seems like a bug. weather events are supposed to persist in game, but they only last for a few days if you don't shut them off via terminal early

>>717535862
You can store items in non-player made furniture and they won't despawn. You can also pick up most of said furniture and move it to your base pretty easily
I just stockpiled everything for a while until I got the hang of knowing what I needed

>>717534612
They've already stated that 1.1 is underway, and they have plans beyond that.

Game needs to pause when you're reading emails. There's a million different things I should be doing instead and I don't want to be punished for engaging with the story

>>717536248
>hover over reply to read it
>spoiler doesn't work when you do that

>meet the leyak for the first time
>creepy red thing in the corner of my screen just staring at me
>disappears
>doesn't seem hostile
>I go back to my base
>turn a corner beside my bed
>he's 2 inches from my face
shat me self a lil'

>>717536792
Leyak made some fun moments in multiplayer when nobody knows what it is or how it works.

>>717535153
Are they also making fishing faster with higher levels?

BITCH SPEAK ENGLISH

>>717534528
>Plebbit user shits up thread with bait
>replies to self to make it seem like 'people fell for it'
>makes this post too
setting the record straight, you didn't fool shit

>we were deep in Manufacturing
>I finally realized the bench upgrades weren't locked at all
>the lock icon was for clicking when you had all the items
>it's gated by crafting skill instead
wow all three of us are retarded

>light bridges give a free laser prism on being scrapped
>also gives extra arcane scrap
glad I didn't notice this before I finished the game

>>717533817
Afaik the composers/symphonists are controlled by something called the Puppeteer, as for Flathill itself it's just somewhere in the Dakotas
As for why everything resets, I dunno

>>717537172
Man, I gotta stop looking at spoilers, there's no goddamn way I'm getting through reactors legitimately now

>>717537079
The game needs to explain more than it does

>>717536972
I'm the thread creator, not the self-responding plebbitor fren.
>>717537292
I thought portals were different universes/worlds, not just a quick way to go somewhere. Then again, in Manufacturing there's one leading back to earlier areas. Also, without spoiling/advice, is it normal that grunts are a fucking tough enemy at first?

I found a ghost man during the fog events who can't find me until I make noise and it raises my stealth. Should I just sit there for 30 minutes? Is it even worth it when using accuracy weapons?

>>717537754
headshots help

>>717537754
I'm just going through manufacturing for the first time. Placing the tram and the portal back within spitting distance of each other is an odd thing to do

>>717537292
there's a reason that all the portal worlds can reset every night regardless of where they are, its kind of a spoiler if you care about the story. you'll probably come across the audio log for it in a much later area, near the end of the story.

why does the leyak pussy containment unit tank my frames

>>717537754
Yes the soldiers are supposed to be a difficulty spike

gotcha bitch

>>717537938
its nice to not think about carbuncles at all with the stealth 8 perk

Will the heater shield be enough for icey vouisier

Are there any significant shortcuts in manufacturing beyond the tram? I still need to explore the shipping containers, a fair amount of shit that sniper is covering, the dig site and beyond. The soldiers respawn every couple of days and I'm starting to feel the grind

>>717538624
I am like 300 xp from it, I guess I'll just get to that perk and forget about it. The capstone one seems decent, but in multiplayer I just don't see it coming into play often

>>717534612
they've said that 1.0 is the end of the "main" storyline, and they plan to add more content in future

>>717537938
stealth is skyrim stealth archer levels of broken, it's worth doing up to like 10 depending on how patient you are, all the stealth skills are useful
i did the same thing in flathill where crouching near the giants gave fat XP
>>717538796
there's 2 trams in manufacturing, between those i feel it's enough as they service the areas you revisit the most
the area after manufacturing is an absolute slog to resume though

>>717535329
Throwing
>paratheoretical physicist doesn't force slow learner
>decathlon competitor is a busted trait
>exp gains scale with distance
>each level grants 2 extra damage instead of 1
>level 15 passive lets you stunlock everything

>>717539083

Move against bed against wall while getting into bed, have someone else destroy bed.

>>717539792
are there any easily craft-able throwing weapons early-mid game? My pipe pistol fucking sucks and I haven't found a chain yet for the grinder

>>717540410
Darts or spears. Darts are cool but you will compete for pens with crossbowtards shooting at walls to train reloading.

>>717540594
Just tell them that they can train reloading with the security pistol by emptying the gun by holding R and then reloading again.

>>717540594
both my friends are melee and I was doing accuracy
compared to my solo game that I dropped to play with them where I used melee, guns are ass so far. I went from one shotting orderfags with a charge attack to shooting them 6 times in the head with a pipe pistol or 4 times with the Scattershot

Swapping to spears to throw might be a good idea. Just make 4 or so of them and rely on auto pickup?

just finished it
last area was kinda eh which is a shame because it was pretty solid beforehand
its also mega aids with the last set
>repeatedly land and bounce into the fucking void

>>717533172
>Friends keep guide reading and spoiling stuff
The Leyak could have been fun if they weren't niggers who immediately said "Look at it till it disappears!"

>>717541057
>now I know too
whelp, I guess I'll just run away and let them figure it out since you just ruined it for me

>>717541123
Get outta this thread.

>>717538604
Release her right now, you fucking rat.

>>717540852
I couldn't see a way to make ammo for the pipe pistol at my bench so I Googled what it was. First thing I skimmed said the pistol was shit. Made the shotgun thing instead (which to commenters prefer) and discover that it is also shit. We might just be fucked with the lowest tier guns

>>717533064
>no duende
Ay, cabrón...

>>717540852
If you have autopickup already, multiple spears aren't super necessary.
Then again, I treated spears more as sharp melee than throwing. The durability loss from throwing the spears is probably more of an issue than the spear recovery in that sense.

You're telling me the greatest minds in science can't come up with a way to craft 12gauge?

>>717541476
Just gather some wood and trade it to Grayson.

>>717541336
If you aren't 1 shotting order with the shotgun headshot, you aren't standing close enough.
Shotgun is good but basically a melee weapon.

>shotgun goes thru the full reload animation of 6 rounds when you only are loading one shell
>>717541476
beat labs retard

>>717541546
I'd rather chain him to a radiator and force him to make it for me.
>>717541621
Kill yourself?

>>717541682
>tfw no exor slaves to craft things for me

>>717541476
>greatest minds in science
>too autistic to attempt reloading without proper powder measuring presses, scales, funnels, and other equipment
I could believe it, that shit'll blow your hand off if you fuck it up

I wanna marry the qt who keeps showing up to trade for food. She should become my resonance cascade wife.

>>717533817
>So according to the wiki
Does that include the fish, i have eaten a lot of the fish?

>>717542023
They're not afraid of fuckups

>>717533145
Do you have to bait every thread?

Is there any benefit to spamming E on the NPCs or can I just tap it once and bounce?

>>717542446
Some might give journal entries.
I got up to fixing pumps in manufacturing and while wandering around procrastinating the exposure to Leyak, I went back to talking to the crane guy through the radio and after exhausting his dialogue, I got an entry for the Order grunts.

>>717542446
They can say more stuff if you are interested in hearing them talk

WHERE DO I GET MORE POWER CELLS
FLATHILLS?
also guns seem pretty mediocre so far when shock spear and shield rape everything

>>717542446
Some journal entries and recipes are behind exhausting their dialogue. The two important ones I know of are the insulated rod and the exor armor.

If I plug in my battery to the wall and an appliance, will it keep the appliance charged while the facility is turned off?

>>717541340
it's a reference to this
https://youtu.be/p_khWy7GAcQ

>>717542801
You need two batteries for one device I think for the entire night

>>717542801
A single makeshift battery? nope, you'd need two. Or one industrial battery.

>>717542446
I didn't get the diving suit recipe for a while.

>>717542756
Wait a few days for the portals to reset or get your ass into manufacturing

>>717541057
isn't there an email that tells you to do that before he spawns?

>>717542756
Flathills is the primary infinite source.
Otherwise there are some power cells hanging around.
A small handful in breakable boxes, like one cluster of boxes in a hallway behind T2 hack door in Office level 2.

>>717542756
Grinder is your first 'real' gun followed by the Antique Shotgun

>>717543004
I think it's immediately after you enter her unit

>>717543004
first time I encountered leyak was literally while I was reading this email

she was so close the dialog showed up. turned around and almost shit my pants

>>717542801
plug>battery>plug strip>battery>furniture
Googled it today. It works. The plug strip has 3 plugs and apparently it lasts until a few second before daytime or something if you're using all 3. My early game base hasn't suffered

>>717543054
>Grinder is your first 'real' gun followed by the Antique Shotgun
I got the shotgun way before the grinder guns suck in this game really just carry a battery and a recharger with you plus a turret

>>717543296
you can power up to 5 things this way, 4 seconds without power before daytime

is the deatomizer the best way to merc lv3 robots. kinda sick of getting naded by them

>>717543729
yes, in fact its the best way to merc everything

How would you describe the leyak sound

>>717543823
lewd

>>717543823
>YOU ARE SHITTING YOURSELF, GO TO THE BATHROOM RIGHT NOW
>Leyak:

>walk into mushroomland
>character immediately boiling and vomits all over the floor
nice.

>>717544098
you should wear a gas mask or carapace helmet

talk to the blacksmith for a heat suit

>>717544181
despite sounding bad, spores are maybe the most nothing debuff in the game
>oh no my guy sneezes randomly for like 10 minutes

>>717544098
also try slushies. I think they help. Ice Cream is finite at that point in the game, atleast I thought it was

Is the energy gun upgrade worth it or am I going to have to lug around a laser recharger for the rest of the game
The max upgraded pistol does the same damage btw

why is there an event that makes it impossible to play the game?

>>717544460
ice cream respawns in the ice-cream shop in flathills

>>717544460
>ice cream is finite
everyone forgets about flathill even though it's literally the best portal world in terms of design

>>717544576
lol I just went through that

died like 3 times trying to get that fuckign figurine

>>717544606
I'm enjoying this survival game more than all the other survival games I've played for a few years now, but it really does seem like it's still in early access

>>717544709
>>717544606
They added an ice cream recipe, too
It needs eggs, milk sacs, and sugar from the moonfish you can catch in the gym pool at night

>>717544181
>>717544460
>>717544606
Yeah good calls. I jsut got the suit and a few ice creams

>>717538096
>it's kind of a spoiler
the PA system and the first TV you encounter before entering a portal world both mention that they reset the portals by going back in time so they can raid them for more supplies

>>717544779
nice room.

>laser shit requires anteverse gems
time to revisit labs again

>>717538096
There's a manse audio log talking about the temporal resets either in flathill itself or in the level 3 offices

>>717545109
Anteverse gems and a shitload of liquid crystal

>>717545170
This stuff makes me wonder if the whole game isn't a temporal loop
Every game you start out with no skills in a unlooted facility...

>>717545172
nothing a wheat farm can't fix

>>717545285
Well, the security officer in the tutorial tells you to report to Dr. Cahn, so take that as you will
And the "explanation" for it in residences raises more questions than it solves

I think I can safely say I don't need to worry too much about projection matrixes.

>>717535081
They really need to come up with some better uses for them, or maybe even have another look at fertiliser. I can't think why anyone would willing craft that stuff.

>>717545468
the real bottleneck is gonna be staplers unless you've been hoarding them

oh man collectors are so slow. can you speed this up using multiple laser emitters?

>>717545728
It's kind of ridiculous how much important stuff uses staplers. But yeah, I've been collecting every one I come across.

>>717545728
Hope you like fishing
God I fucking hate this pea obsessed Aussie fuck

>>717546126
for fucks sake FLAT HILL

>>717546097
>It's kind of ridiculous how much important stuff uses staplers.
set up a teleport in the office before the elevator in flathill fill it with boxes and a charger and every reset use your hoover on the desks and computers you will thank me later.

>>717536248
>>717538858
Hate it when worthless faggot devs do this.

>>717544902
While I agree, I give the devs credit for not perpetually riding the early access wave and committing to work on their fresh out of their early access game

I need to know what IS-0151 is

laser katana is actually broken. like so broken it trivializes most encounters.

>>717544576
Sit on the throne in shade zone to end it early.

>>717542367
I was gonna say, this is the same guy who's been spouting buzzwords about the game every thread isn't he?

0059 just crashed a 3 sided battle in Gale Reactors and it was absolute madness

>>717546395
would you rather they perpetually milk early access and never leave it or shit out a 1.0 and never return to address it

I'm glad my shotgun had range, ran out of pistol ammo during the final fight.

>>717538604
>blackout event
>leech sucks the battery dry
>she broke out

I think it's about time I addressed the leech problem

>>717548601
there's an extremely late game battery that's immune to the outages

ok you guys convinced me, I will make some darts and get some kitchen knives and try throwing. I took Decathlon Competitor for sprinting and strength, so it seems silly to not use the third part of throwing.
I'll pick guns back up later maybe

>>717548754
Throwing goes from underwhelming and a little annoying to the best thing ever

>>717548754
I just got throwing enough to be able to throw sharp melees and then never bothered with actual throwing weapons again, they just seem like a waste of inventory space when you can just chuck your spear over and over

>>717548525
>no special thanks to (You)
And here I was thinking they were a GOOD dev...

>>717542023
its kinda hard to fuck up a shotgun shell man

Any point in making a base at mycofields

>>717549365
mushrooms are a nice source of food

>>717549429
*grumble grumble* I guess I'll haul some shit up there and set up a teleporter at some point

>>717549136
breaks after like 10 throws though, right?

>>717549365
If you like wearing a hotsuit all day maybe.

I have a bench to teleport to for farming goop and carapace but I don't see a reason to stick around more than that.

>>717549631
kek

>>717548754
it's funny because in my game nobody wants to use guns or bows either so they just sit in a chest

>>717533172
it gets worse now that they added a terminal that lets you search all boxes in a area and pull it to invintory. its bigger range then the craft bench. the only true solution is building what you can and keeping it on you. secret base makes friends ask where you are. such is multiplayer crafting
>tfw friend gets mad cause a item they need is suddenly available but then crafting cancels cause you pulled it
>gets confused cause they thought they made the sub part

>>717549135
Because of the Quantum Pick?

>>717549918
pretty much yes

>>717549918
Yea

>Finish game on Monday
>Kinda sad, left thinking what to do
>immediately start again with difficulty cranked up and some world settings tweaked
I'm already back up to Security lmao, it's been a bit since i've been so autistically captivated by a game but I'm glad for it. Taking the time to do stuff in my 2nd playthrough that I didn't really do on my 1st, namely basebuilding because I just kind of ignored it last time.

>>717549984
>crystalline hand-holding crutch shit
shame on you anon

>>717550118
>He doesn't know

The penalty of crystalline is having to hear it, shit's unusable

>>717549135
>unlocks throwing quills
>it continues to stunlock and acid enemies even with no stamina 2-3 zones later
shit really is crazy, its everything guns want to be in this game and it affects any weapon that lets you throw like spears
been testing to see if the pick is worth it, big damage but it cant stun lock

thought a full deatomizer would be enough for defense bots

I was wrong

Trying to think of the best options I can change for a challenge run to go along with picking only all of the negative traits. Deleting all items on death sounds a bit too harsh but maybe that's exactly what a challenge run like this needs to keep it spicy.

>>717550395
>Cracked on demand invis armor balanced by it constantly going WARBGRLGLRLRLRRRR every time you stand in place for longer than a half second
>Cracked on demand Exor armor is balanced by your Exor tard wife autistically attacking everyone in a 5 mile radius while you're trying to go for sneak attacks
I like both armors conceptually but I stuck with the Cascade Armor and the upgraded version because it didn't annoy me after 5 minutes

>>717550395
Is it even really that strong? I've found sneak attacks to be underwhelming. Though to be fair I've only ever leveled it to 10.

>>717550535
that sounds like cancer with how expensive endgame gear is, not to mention trinkets

>>717550395
grab the mod that silences it

>devs add enhancement bench
>you cant install headlamps, nvgs, or bionic legs into any armor
how did they fuck up science this badly, exor armor remains the best because of this

>>717550658
It makes you basically undetectable as long as you're crouched. The level 15 sneak perk is nothing to scoff at either because you can one shot every human enemy short of a Jotun with the right weapons and angle. also you can use it to AFK farm the Giants in flathill for free sneak XP It's bretty good overall.

>>717550845
>spoiler
How so? Don't you need to be moving to earn Sneak XP? You set up a macro then?

>>717551082
nope. the enemy has to be moving, not you

just crouch on top of a rooftop fence and as one walks back and forth beneath you, it feeds you free stealth xp. you can do this even without the suit too, as long as you dont have the painfully obvious trait

>>717551082
No, you gain way more XP staying near certain moving enemies. If you sit and stay crouched on top of the chain link fence in flathill like picrel, he will never detect you as long as you have the armor effect up. You can sit and stay there until your guy needs to sleep or take a shit, I just got up and did chores around my house until my soup buffs ran out lol

>>717551117
>>717551257
Oh, that makes sense. I guess even without the armor I should really get to Sneak 15 just because of the guaranteed damage. How long does grinding that way take? I've already leveled Strength and Crafting to max and it took ages.

>>717543729
>>717550513
I find the ice shotgun is better but you don't get access to it till right at the end of the game. 1 shot to freeze them in place, then two/three to the little backpack that they have and they'll explode after a few seconds.

>>717551586
I think I left my game open for like an hour the first time I did it, with Kylie equipped and bland pea soup I got from like sneak 4 to 15. On my new save I had already gotten to like 12 before getting the suit with the XP cranked up to 1.2 and not having slow learner, so I got to max rank while making and eating my breakfast

Dominance has been asserted.

>playing with friends
>one guy eats raw food to make himself sick
>pukes on me, making me filthy and sick
>I puke on another guy and the cycle continues until we've all vomited on each other

>>717551970
lmfao, the look down

>Make Greyeb chowder
>Leyak spawns alot
>Cool, free essences
>Go to Rise
>Leyak shows up there
>Mfw
What the fuck, I thought she couldn't follow you into portal worlds

>>717552359
Rise is an exception

>>717551970
lol

>>717552359
i think Rise is the only other place it can spawn funnily enough

Has anyone tried running this on steam deck?

I just finished the game, and a cliffhanger, really? That's not 1.0.
Also our character is fucking retarded, as if everything we did the entire game wasn't already bad enough, IS-12 literally get called out on his lies by Dr.Thules, and we still follow with his plan.

>>717552556
'yak on the 'eck

I feel like the entire reason the Gatekeepers are cleaning house is specifically because of IS-12

I really like the game, but i really wish i could invite the NPCs back to my base. it's been in-game months and there are still dudes hiding in the office ceiling and that one bitch is still crouched under the mechanic lifts next to the forge. I mean, I don't need them to do chores for me or anything. I'd be satisfied to let them chill out on my fancy antique couches.

Also, I'm realizing that I haven't built 90% of the shit in my schematic book. Like, I know with 100% certainty that the personal teleporters would be useful as fuck but I look at the recipe and think to myself that it seems like kind of a pain in the ass to make multiples of.

>>717553329
it's always good to make at least one of each item because often times it unlocks new, cool recipes

>>717553329
Would've been cool if your base having a certain safty rating let you do that.