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SmokaDustbowl posted:if you don't like the time limit, maybe you shouldn't have agreed to the terms. Just give me free play without the shift timer but let me keep the oxygen/damage mechanics and i'll be happy. I'm down to a single shift for stripping out basically an entire mackerel. I cheat a little by chucking entire sections of hull into the processor rather than seperating the furnace stuff but honestly, they want a better job, they need to give me longer than 15 minutes, i'm not coming back to a ship to make a few cuts and end up more in debt than when i started  At least i get all the work orders done/barge items out as well. Make a couple million a run.
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Beef posted:Did you know that you can select ship grades with 'q' and 'r' during ship selection? I went back to mackerels a few times to get a specific cert category faster.
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Xaris posted:Just started this and it's a lot of fun. I probably don't want to put too much time into it in EA and burn out and never play it at launch like many games, but it's real good., is there any downside to replacing a ship in the salvage area with a new one for more goodies to pull off or does it give you a bonus for full salvaging a ship? You won't get any credit for material you give up. That's the only penalty.
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Inzombiac posted:Why the hell did I think this was VR only??
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Jun 20, 2020 11:21
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It's taken me 18 hours but I've finally tossed myself into the furnace.
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Combat Pretzel posted:This does VR? No, sadly 
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Jun 20, 2020 11:38
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Holy poo poo, this game is finicky annoying. Can you just go gently caress around after the tutorial? --edit: Or maybe I'm just dumb and tossing everything in the wrong hopper. Combat Pretzel fucked around with this message at 12:37 on Jun 20, 2020 |
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Jun 20, 2020 12:13
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When I saw the original gameplay reveal I thought it was a VR game, and it'd probably work well with Lone Echo style controls. I think it was the visual style, lo-fi fonts and hud that fooled me, but i dig it as it is.
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Jun 20, 2020 12:40
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Given the constant inertial movements and sharp turns it kinda seems like the worst case for VR motion sickness.
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Jun 20, 2020 12:58
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Free play VR would actually own, but yeah i'd probably end up getting motion sickness hard from it.
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Jun 20, 2020 13:01
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Talk to me about dealing with thruster fuel lines without utility keys. I haven't tried on a Gecko yet, but on a Mackerel I've found that ejecting the thruster manually usually causes a rupture, and that rupture has even-ish odds to cook off the reactor that's still in there. How do y'all prevent that or handle it?
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ZombyDog posted:When I saw the original gameplay reveal I thought it was a VR game, and it'd probably work well with Lone Echo style controls. I think it was the visual style, lo-fi fonts and hud that fooled me, but i dig it as it is. Yeah, I so wish they will make support for VR. With Lone Echo controls. Just imagine using your hands to float around inside a technical space, putting your hand in a pipe to hear the sound, cutting rooms with more freedom as you can rotate your hand in addition of selecting horizontal/vertical, using the grapple realistically, pulling and pushing pieces around with your arms...
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Ciaphas posted:Talk to me about dealing with thruster fuel lines without utility keys. I haven't tried on a Gecko yet, but on a Mackerel I've found that ejecting the thruster manually usually causes a rupture, and that rupture has even-ish odds to cook off the reactor that's still in there. How do y'all prevent that or handle it? There should be flush valves on both fuel tanks. Unlike Gecko flush valves, these ones seem to be safe.
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Combat Pretzel posted:Holy poo poo, this game is finicky annoying. Can you just go gently caress around after the tutorial? There's a Freeplay option on the main menu that gives you unlimited resources and time, so you can gently caress around in there to learn all internalize all the systems without setbacks. As for throwing things in the wrong hopper, a lot of ship components contain a mix to processor and furnace material. It's almost never worth it to split them up so don't fret about the AI kibitzing at you. When it doubt, toss stuff in the processor, as stuff that goes in there tends to be higher value. Hwurmp posted:There should be flush valves on both fuel tanks. Unlike Gecko flush valves, these ones seem to be safe. For the Gecko, I'd had decent luck with peeling away the aft hull, which puts a good amount of distance between the fuel tanks and any burning fuel. I almost never bother trying to salvage the big three aft sections. They take 3-5 tether and ten million years to reach the processor. Got my single shift Gecko salvage up to 7mil+ per day, but I know it can go higher. Skippy McPants fucked around with this message at 13:09 on Jun 20, 2020 |
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Speaking of Geckos, I tried my first one last night. Went pretty well, I think, besides crashing on shift five; I was pretty stoned so I don't remember the details terribly well though. I do remember having a couple questions - I was able to get the power generator off without harm - lucky me seeing a fuse first - but found no way to stop the flow of coolant from the ECU to the reactor. I decided to cut the pipe at the ECU, and while I got the ECU out I got frozen to 30 health for my effort. Was I supposed to remove the reactor first to turn off the ECU or what, and if so how on earth do i safely cut off the coolant? I didn't see anything else on the coolant line besides the reactor and ECU - Just before the game crashed I'd cut the reactor free and was starting to remove plating. There was no coolant input or fuel output, and no foundations left connecting the reactor to the rest of the ship, but it never started melting down. Why not? - Between power cells, power junction boxes, power generators, and batteries, I can't tell which of them - if any - actually turn off devices in the ship like the atmosphere recyclers. Any observations?
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Ciaphas posted:- I was able to get the power generator off without harm - lucky me seeing a fuse first - but found no way to stop the flow of coolant from the ECU to the reactor. I decided to cut the pipe at the ECU, and while I got the ECU out I got frozen to 30 health for my effort. Was I supposed to remove the reactor first to turn off the ECU or what, and if so how on earth do i safely cut off the coolant? I didn't see anything else on the coolant line besides the reactor and ECU There's a panel on the front of the ECU. Grapple that off and you'll see three little coolant canisters inside. Grapple those loose and pick them up.
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Jun 20, 2020 13:12
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Hwurmp posted:There should be flush valves on both fuel tanks. Unlike Gecko flush valves, these ones seem to be safe. The fuel tanks didn't seem to be connected to the reactor or thruster, so I didn't even open the wall before I tried removing the thruster (to explosive result). I'll see if I can repeat it in freeplay Hwurmp posted:There's a panel on the front of the ECU. Grapple that off and you'll see three little coolant canisters inside. Grapple those loose and pick them up. Auugh I forgot about those, I was running short on time in the shift and didn't try again after the crash  Thanks for the reminder!
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Jun 20, 2020 13:12
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There's this huge dreadnaught thingy in the backdrop during the tutorial/initial career. Looks like it's made of the same assets as the scrap ships. I suppose that one can be scrapped eventually?
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Ciaphas posted:- I was able to get the power generator off without harm - lucky me seeing a fuse first - but found no way to stop the flow of coolant from the ECU to the reactor. I decided to cut the pipe at the ECU, and while I got the ECU out I got frozen to 30 health for my effort. Was I supposed to remove the reactor first to turn off the ECU or what, and if so how on earth do i safely cut off the coolant? I didn't see anything else on the coolant line besides the reactor and ECU -the ECU has a removable front panel, inside are three salvageable coolant thingies. Pop'um loose and nab'um, no more coolant! -That big cylinder is actually the reactor housing, the reactor itself is inside. It's got panels you can pull off to expose the reactor and you can generally move the whole unit without triggering a meltdown. Just tether the entire housing to the barge once it's out of its frame. That said, make sure you pop off a few sides as if goes down, sometimes it won't register the reactor and you've gotta reach down with the Grapple to haul it out. -The big triangular power generator is what keeps all the electronics running. Once it's off, everything goes dark. Tip: don't spend more than two shifts on a Gecko once you learn the systems and layout. One day for the big-ticket items. One day for clean-up and work orders. After that, move on to the next wreck. Otherwise, you'll be finishing day 3 and maybe even 4 with meager 1.5-2m paydays. Also, Industrial >>> Transport. Way less internal chaff to slow you down and gum up the works. Skippy McPants fucked around with this message at 13:19 on Jun 20, 2020 |
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Ciaphas posted:
For the lvl 2 reactor, what you see inside the glass compartment isn't actually the reactor, it's a metal shell encasing the reactor. Not sure if it's a bug or as intended at the moment but if you throw that hole cylindrical casing into the barge 9/10 times it senses the reactor inside and counts as successful salvage. The other 10 percent it only captures the end caps and you just have to pry off one of the panels to access the reactor and wiggle it around and the barge will grab it.
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Skippy McPants posted:Tip: don't spend more than two shifts on a Gecko once you learn the systems and layout. One day for the big-ticket items. One day for clean-up and work orders. After that, move on to the next wreck. Otherwise, you'll be finishing day 3 and maybe even 4 with meager 1.5-2m paydays.
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I have to make the debt go down!!! But yeah, if you prefer a chill clear that cleans up that whole ship that's cool too. Game is super laid back and it's great.
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Jun 20, 2020 13:33
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Cutting the skeleton remains of a ship in two or three big parts and tossing those in the furnace is very satisfying
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Skippy McPants posted:Also, Industrial >>> Transport. Way less internal chaff to slow you down and gum up the works. Transports are worth a whole extra million on paper but I always, always gently caress something up and lose out on mechanical orders or those big stern plates.
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Jun 20, 2020 13:47
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There's just too much interior to manage and choke on. Industrial has more cuts points on the superstructure, but once that outer skin is off all the juicy bits are right there for the picking.
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God getting the stern nanocarbon up to the front of the yeetery to reach processing is a nightmare At least the floating jacks help me peel things out of plane of the furnace vacuums, but still I should not be wasting time on it in the future
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Jun 20, 2020 14:08
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Shutters in front of the furnaces and processors that you could close and open as needed would be godsent Maybe later in EA there'll be an option to buy a space forklift that you can use to move specific heavy pieces around more precisely. If you wreck it, you have to fork out for a new one.
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Alternatively, swap the processor and furnace positions on one side, so there is a furnace and processor at the front and back.
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Gonna say again, I think the last upgrade for the Splitsaw is a trap. Not being able to saw cut-points without destroying any nanocarbon behind them is bullshit. Maybe later they'll add a ship juicy enough that it's worth ruining whole sections of nanocarbon, but not right now.
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Jun 20, 2020 14:27
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It'd be nice if there was an upgrade that let the stinger melt cut points faster.
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Skippy McPants posted:Gonna say again, I think the last upgrade for the Splitsaw is a trap. Not being able to saw cut-points without destroying any nanocarbon behind them is bullshit. I'm not really a fan of the imprecise nature of splitsawing when I don't have to, anyway - if there's a joint I can toast with the stinger I'd rather do that. Maybe that's why I hate airlocks 
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I wonder how big the ships you dismantle will get. I think it's easy to imagine they will implement a still bigger class of ships, after the geckos, but... how where will be the limit? How big will be the last tier of ships? The drydock itself isn't big enough to put in there monster ships, like a full cruiser or something crazy like that.
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Ciaphas posted:I'm not really a fan of the imprecise nature of splitsawing when I don't have to, anyway - if there's a joint I can toast with the stinger I'd rather do that. The secret to cut-points with the Splitsaw is that if you align it right you can cut four or five in a single shot. There's literally a place where you can float amidships in the Industrial Gecko and knock out 90% of it's cut-points without moving.
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Turin Turambar posted:I wonder how big the ships you dismantle will get. I think it's easy to imagine they will implement a still bigger class of ships, after the geckos, but... how where will be the limit? How big will be the last tier of ships? The drydock itself isn't big enough to put in there monster ships, like a full cruiser or something crazy like that. Maybe you can pay lynx for some drydock upgrades
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Turin Turambar posted:I wonder how big the ships you dismantle will get. I think it's easy to imagine they will implement a still bigger class of ships, after the geckos, but... how where will be the limit? How big will be the last tier of ships? The drydock itself isn't big enough to put in there monster ships, like a full cruiser or something crazy like that. I'm thinking they may implement some kind of drydock upgrade or you get moved to larger docks at certain certification levels. Maybe that's how you could extend the shift timer as well - move to a new large drydock where the shifts are 30 min (but of course all the fees you pay are higher as well). The large dry docks could have more processing zones at more convenient angles. I also think a neat tool they could add would be some kind of attachable programmable thruster. You plonk it on to a piece of hull and then you trace the path you want it to take in space (so unlike tethers, you wouldn't need a straight line to the processor/furnace/barge). You could use the tethers then to link multiple items together and put a thruster pack onto one of them and send the whole chain where you want.
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To the people who have bought the final upgrade for the cutter and think it’s a trap because it can cut nanocarbon, and end slicing up huge sections of your up by accident, your doing things wrong. If you point your cutter at the same spot for a few second it highlight that spot in orange, when it’s high lighted in orange that means the cutter will cut that thing and only that thing. Your welcome.
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Thing is, that takes precious seconds, and still prevents you from sawing multiple cut-points at once which is the biggest upside of doing it that way. Honestly, it's so good that it makes the stringer almost obsolete which is a shame.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Alternatively, swap the processor and furnace positions on one side, so there is a furnace and processor at the front and back. Yeah, I very much want this. A minor thing that could be cool is Euro/American Truck Sim style internet radio. The folksy Firefly music is good but it might be neat to scrap to some other tunes. JerikTelorian fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Jun 20, 2020 |
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Skippy McPants posted:Also, Industrial >>> Transport. Way less internal chaff to slow you down and gum up the works.
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