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I discovered a minor issue ..some blueprinted buildings do no align correctly vertically on grid .. I will take a screen shot to show you later ( only just woken up )

got 0.14 update o.14 arrived yay! and manage to log into the old game. Unfortunately as i was locked out and pb inactive, griefer / thieves plundered my base ... thats why we need in-game admin controls. Will report back when new map/game is activated. so far ....so good ? ?

Wouldn't it rot your socks! The game was taken to editor , my ship removed and also a lot of the unnecessary items in inventory and an attempt to restart was made I got in... but was respawned back at spawn with nothing... just the broken Pb etc. The map was edited again to remove my old Pb and keys so i could restart and rebuild. Again i got back ..yay ! light at the end of the tunnel..or an approaching locomotive? probably the latter I manage to re activate a new Pb ./..and start re crafting tools etc hopefully to get cloth for clothing and such Gamplay was intermittent again... stop start ..and others noticed it. Was crafting a weaving loom and the game went haywire... crafting menu and inventory ..blank Then game froze .... no warning no logout ...just dumped out back to windows screen with steam two attempts at getting back in ... back to the original issue ...get as far as building oceans.... wheel of misfortune staggers ... sound drops out and after 4 minutes ..time out well what can i say? the server admin has had enough and threatens to wipe the game from the servers... and i don't blame her. Shes put a lot in and tried her hardest ... but its useless when the wheels keep falling off. this game is currently NOT in a marketable position, and i frankly couldn't recommend it in its current state The only reason why i am sticking with it was because i bought it...and had hope. hope is fading ..i might have to write it off as a financial loss.. Logs attached for what they are worth Am i angry? Nope ..furious...and frustrated, especially when i see friends who used to enjoy the game leaving and not coming back ..and those who do for a second look .. leave again and never come back Meanwhile i am going to do something interesting ...like staring at a seismograph site and being entertained by the wiggles ... its not as frustrating as i feel now with Ylands. output_log.txt output_log_clean.txt

BBcakes / bojo managed to get the game map into editor and remove my ship and some items from my inventory and tried a fix ..i got in so its sometime to do with either clothing or the ship??? anyway i got in to NA1 but respawned with nothing but a new PB .. no keys etc so my base would not recognize me So the game is offline now while they work out what to do next.

fyi ..i went into the eu server of P1 gaming .. n issues ..built a basic ship 4 masts etc ... worked well and encountered no issues . There was intermittent lag bursts ...and the hum from the PB was choppy..\ 2 players on that server...and some big bases . no issues really of importance

I did a complete computer maint. run... cleaned out cookies, disk check ran crap cleaner, malwarebytes bitdefender optimizer etc ... then tried again to get into P! NA1 - same issue. Then tried to log into the P! EU server.... no problems! So its not my computer/ system / internet..

There is another server P1EU run by BBcakes ...on a bi server i have no issues there. This latest thing happens as soon as i move a created ship. And on relogging it hangs after recalling buildings.... loading ocaeans ..

Guess what? I went to log into the latest game on NA1 ..it 98%vanilla... and ....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr The same issues as with the previous map that went bottom up. The game loaded to recalling buildings 100% and i got that thump and the humm from the PB..and then a short message "building oceans" ....... and then the wheel of misfortune ground almost to a halt .... two segments ..freeze then 3 segments ...freeze..... one segment...freeze rinse and repeat .. then "time out" After the third attempt at starting form the very beginning, i tossed my hands in the air and gave up. No logs or screenshots ..... as i couldn't get in far enough to grab any And only 1 day in the game ... (sigh) off to paint my nails ... and look for lint in my navel.... i say no more?

Today was like another charlie chaplin movie .. screen freezes and re starts I got my ship built and tried sailing... whenever it was near land it was uncontrollable .. the screen kept freezing and when release i was either heading to shore or out to sea... then ship went into a series of slide show images showing either no ship, just the wake , bits of the ship ..or a part assembled ship ..or just me with my bottom skimming the waves. Then Ylands did a perfect impression of a dead goldfish .... belly up! Was locked on the log out screen for 5 minutes as the wheel of misfortune slowly turned. I managed to log back in to find myself on the ship full sail towards the end of the world ... did a 180 turn and eventually mad it back to my island... but as soon as i could see the shore, screen once again went into freezing fits. Managed to coax it towards dock on half sail then hit reverse .. screen froze .. got the sailing back noise and when scree became active i was halfway up the beach .. but going backwards... fortunately into deep water. Given up for a while ... just toooooooooooo frustrating. Logs and one screenshot attached output_log_clean.txt output_log.txt

another ylands feature .. stealth ships! ( this happened today) Least the sharks couldn't find me

Introducing the Ylands famous anti gravity balancing horses, who's ability to breed on near vertical cliff faces is outstanding!?

we hope that one day its pronounced " success" ..ok so its a bad pun.... but i try :0

Will the red-eagle statue be seagull poo repellent? ?

Hey ..Pssssst! ......would you like a a new car? ..its not from the original manufacturer, but an excellent copy that we made... unfortunately we could not work out how to copy and add wheels, but.. you can have it to try it ! ?

Hunting pirates at night in the S.S Tomato .......

Please please please do not add any more "shiny trinkets" until you can get the game running smoothly and the current problems fixed. The Updates are awesome ...with what they add, but they also add more things to be fixed, at the expense of not fixing things from the previous update. At the moment the game quickly stagnates after a new map is established and the problems become apparent. Not everyone is interested in scripting , or working in the editor, and these areas seem to be being given priority over the base game. Please... look at all the comments by Comr... and several others. There's a lot to be done, and although we are patient, not everyone can stay patient. its getting to the stage that when we hear talk of updates to fix things... we treat it as a joke ! Ylands has great potential .... but it needs to recruit new players and keep existing players to keep it going. As it is, about 3 days after an update , the servers literally become a player wasteland.

When a new update arrives there is a surge of enthusiasm, and the new items and fixes are greatly appreciated and enjoyed. But after three days, bugs appear... either old ones reappear or others that have not been fixed becoming more obvious, or the new "fixes" and inclusions fixing a lot of things, break other things! So after a short period of time, the player runs into something that renders the game unplayable or causes it to stagnate. The new friendships update is a great innovation... the game needed it and it is a game saver, BUT .... Ships are now broken. And there's a swathe of other things disrupting the game that other players have mentioned ..and there has been no acknowledgement or response. So ... now i will twiddle my thumbs ...or look for some other game to play ..... while waiting for a future Ylands "hotfix" or update. When will that be? no one seems to know... But i hope its soon ... the game is fun, and it is getting better, BUT.... ?????

I like the game, however after starting a game it soon deteriorates with lag and other reported issues that make the game difficult to stay with, The result is eventually you are in the game as a solo player, and new players do not stay with the game. The issue is the MP games / servers ... players are crying out for the restoration of the explore games, but as there are bugs etc which griefers exploit, a lot simply give up What you need to do is address all the MP issues, bring back the explore games ..but clearly labelled as pvp or pve and set them up accordingly, and make it so those with dedicated non pvp servers do not have to re map their games so often Also allowing more players per game ...say 10 ? because often i arrive to find the game full and unable to get in , and others do too, so what happens then is in the less busy hours, no one bothers to join in believing they will not get in. The episode of no feedback and silence to bug reports also made a lot of players drift away Result : new players do not stay. So please , listen to that red seagull ooops eagle .. as crazy as he is, because he makes a lot of sense and there are a lot of P1 gamers backing him, and who will be keen to push a working Ylands game platform to the forefront

Red ..yes on the P1 na server..... theres 2 bases side by side, mine and Eviltwin's ..they are joined underground by a plethora of underground tunnels and storage chambers...a co operative effort. Basically, all the surrounding cliff /hillsides are hollowed out into underground caverns .. theres room and a nice bay on the other side for anyone else to build and " join" in. Also theres so e really deep monster filled caverns down deep ... enter if you dare!

Honey Chicken's Australorp base, with fort Scratchie on the right cliffs, overlooking the bay, defending against the colonel and his marauding herbs and spices

It is also symptomatic on the P! gaming servers.... we see an influx of new arrivals ..and when they find its hard to grief, they leave. I often see someone arrive,,, they runaround trying to hit offline players, then run from building to building trying to enter... anything that is not secure they steal or destroy, then they get on ships and try to steal/sail them ... and when that fails they then pick someones doorway .. sit there to block the entry and go offline ...never to return. Its something we have to put up with, and on un-moderated public servers it would be worse.

a bugged ship apparently cannot be dismantled /destroyed .... i tried to deconstruct one with both a annihilator ..and a demo hammer without success ... so crafted another ship and pushed the bugged hull entirely inside a pb .... and again no success in trying to dismantle or destroy. Looks like these hulls are as indestructible as some of my cooking failures!

How about the females undies being a two piece ? .. Regarding the changes..... Look to where the money is. They say if all the Chinese wore their sleeves one inch longer, the demand for cloth would outstrip the worlds supply. So it is with games etc, if Ylands is a big success in these Asian countries, the sales profits etc would make the rest of the world pale into insignificance. I understand the changes..its to attract the majority, and typical business practices. If you are going to sell bikinis an you live in Antarctica, expect your market to be in tropical warmer countries and cater for them ...and also vary the styles to suit conservative and also more "liberal" countries.... Otherwise you lose profitability, Big sales in China / Asia will ensure funds to hire more developers etc to improve the game.

The small boats work well ..i saw one that was modified with a deck and barrels like pontoons around the side ( used for storage) ... its only the rafts and ships that have issues ... which is rather amusing at the moment, when you see a griefer steal your ship that's been affected by the bug, and after being unable to steer or control it, jumps overboard and becomes shark food