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  3. Posted

    ok  tried  that  ...one  file  failed to validate and is being  re-acquired ...fingers  crossed   that this is it  ;0

    tried again ...same error message...   re validated files ....got an ok ...restarted  steam ...still no   go.

    Another  player reported in discord that they had the  same issue.

  4. Posted

    I tried a restart ...no   change ... so i   did a complete  shutdown ...    took a "comfort" break and  did a cold  start.    Got a message  'updating  steam' which looked promising ...  but  tried to log into game ...same message.

    I have heard i am  not the only  one  finding this.

     

  5. Posted · Edited by kimbuck

    i operate through  steam  ..i  have tried  15  times today and  get the same message ..  will try again now ..

    done ...    ..same  message .. checked  for  steam updates ..says i have the latest version.

    Ylands  version is    1.5.1.102629

  8. Posted

    I logged in 3 times today and  water still has no animation on the P1  server...   sailing, there is  no  bow  wake .

    I travelled to another  mp  game  and  lo and behold  ..water  was working....    bow  wake and ship  moved accordingly.

    returned to the P1  Pt2  server ..and  ...yup...  water   had no animation.  The ship  jumped around and  stuttered.

    you already have the logs

     

     

  13. Posted

    Surfs   still not up  ;)   .. went in last night ..only one on server    stationary  waves .... went in about an hour ago ...  same ...  logs  attached

    noted: when someone arrives on server   massive  lag spike ...         believe   other   lag spikes  might be  from  players   unsuccessfully trying to access    the  island  without a password  or   dlc..

    output_log_clean.txt

    output_log.txt

  16. Posted

    Perhaps  also a  special  "green" island   being a  generic   spawn arrival  point ...one in each  biome .  ...would have   rapid   respawning  of useful  non  predators, also  non  build ... and     with an instruction   area where new  arrivals  totally  new  could  perhaps   learn a little  basics.     Also  make  objects  indestructible  against the   usual  script kiddies    griefer  attacks

     

  17. Posted · Edited by kimbuck

    So we have  3  tier  islands ...   thats  good  ..and its  working  ...  :) ... just needs  refining  and  some tidying up  and optimization

    But how about having  say 2  extra tier  regions  .....?      and they  show as diff colors  on the  map?  (currently   blue  = SP ...pink  = MP). Place   say 2 of  each of these  new  tier island groups  in  every    biome  group.

    Say  we  add   Red   tier 4 islands, ..and they be  dedicated pvp .   Non pvp players  can avoid them ,  those who like that  style  of play can visit  them ...and  slaughter  each other to their own content  :)   

    And   then say  we have  tier 5  island...again PVP   (orange color)  and   many smaller  islands in that  group   but  infested with NPC pirates ....on  ships or  in forts !   ...  these  npc's   being aggressive and  appear randomly  and actively   thirst for  battles  :)

    Also  forts  on coastal  areas  or  hillsides,   that will  fire  at  you   when approached  and  defend  ... and  contain  great treasures  etc  for gathering if  conqured   ... and  they will respawn elsewhere on the islands   every  3  days  if  destroyed...

    Also  roving  npc   vagabonds that  spawn    and  go  searching  for   intruders  ;0 ...armed to the teeth. Have  fun avoinding them and other pvp  unfriendly players ...and predators

     

    If you place a base on a tier 5,  expect npc's   attacking and to  try to  overrun it 

    This  would  add excitement  to those  who like   running around  killing things ...would make  survival   really challenging....and  those who are not  interested in such  endeavors    can avoid  those places and  do their own things  on non pvp   blue and pink islands  

     

     

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  18. Posted · Edited by kimbuck

    You were lucky  you got back  in and  it  was just gone!   Some  players   get  kicked out/ connection  time outs  etc ..and when they do try to come back ...everything is  gone... they have to start  from zero  on a spawn island ... without a  protection barrier.

    Every time i  come  to the  situation i have to cross  to another island ,  its "flingers etc  crossed"  hoping that  the game  doesn't  hang ... and i have to stare at a  non responsive  hamster wheel   hoping the game  wakes  up. A task manager  exercise is required after waiting  15  minutes to quit out and  try to  get back ..and  when you do get back, you pray that you log in back where you were  before, and  everything is  still there .

    Twice i have   been forced to restart ... its  not a happy  situation and i can understand  why players  leave ...never to return.

     

  19. Posted

    My latest ship has  a  forward mounted  cannon and   two side mounted ones....      someone with an obvious  throwaway  name tried to   approach me from the side deliberately avoiding   my  front facing  cannon..... and ignoring my chat

    Imagine his   surprise when i opened a side  door and appeared next to  my sidewards facing bumblebee.  :)

    I was a lousy  shot    ....Missed by  miles ..but  he   had a  change of  mind and  by the time  he regrouped ,   i had reached the  edge  and  scooted off to another island

    Diplomacy ..the  art of   saying  "nice Doggie" whilst looking for a stone to  throw   :)

    I avoid  MP islands  with anyone  on them.

  21. Posted

    What   annoys me is  that   i lost my  barrier after a forced  restart  because my  session was unreachable   after i was kicked out from a  timeout  issue.  The  island i  had started on and  built a base there  and the  explored islands  nearby  all disappeared.

    The  games  unplayable if  you have to contend  with  griefers  wrecking  unprotected bases  etc ..  and your  ships  etc   being vulnerable to theft  ...or    your  base  simply   disappearing  ..or  you get forced  continually  to restart  after a  connection  timeout or  some other  server issue.

    If  we have to wait   2  months  for   a  fix ...well  a lot of  us will be out of  here before then.

     

     

  22. Posted

    Theres a  tier 3  island   called  'yodelling octopus" on my map  ..it  has pirates, raiders      zirc  in the caves  and  iron,  clay and  sulfur and  saltpeter.....on the surface.

    Not a nice lace to  stay overnight ..those  golems  are not  sleep friendly.

    I guess its like a lotto  draw...  some islands  do,  some  dont.  

  23. Posted

    Adam ,,2 days  ago i got a "connection timeout" message   and  then  couldn't  re connect ... when i did ...all my game progress was lost. .    the map showed all the islabds   with   ?   as unecplored, and i could  not  find  any of the islands i had visited ...it was asking me to start  as if for the first  time...except i had no Protection Barrier

    I got bac in by being invited to someone's game/server and   when i  arrived i had my ship intact  plus  all the  stores on it .. but  alas...  searching around i found only2  islands  that were  near my original island ,,,  but it and  all others   were "unreachable".

    currently i am loathe to start  building anything  grand  ...in case i  lose it all again..

     

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    Peter Sellers  said in a movie  "  Join the  navy, Command a ship,  travel to exotic places,  meet people ... then kill them".  That  is  where the  MP explore  seems to be headed.

    If your game / island  is  not  deleted by either accident, a rollback or  connection glitch, or act of  something no one  can explain,   you eventually  end up on a map surrounded  by  mp  regions  that seem to  either  not allow you to visit  ( they scared of  griefing)  or  they  "invite"  you in and  change its  status  to  PVP and try to seize  your  ship and   goods. If you have to restart, you have np  barrier to protect your  base.

    Even so  i have had  players  enter  when  island was  "no password required"  and tried to  blow  up my base,  me  and  kill anything that moved.

    Yup .. there  always will be  these  kid type  feeble  brains  who have  no  imagination  other than kill and  destroy.

    In my  game  ( before it was deleted  after a " connection timeout")  i  encountered players with    obviously  throw-away-alt  names    ( such as  qqqaaswdw or  fffgfgfttg or  111221232346666 ...) roaming  around  mp  areas  lookin g for  genuine players to  attack .  the  dont  rob you ...just destroy  everything and  then look for another  victim

    So perhaps  as  well as  blue  sp ,  pink  mp    also include  regions with red  to indicate  pvp is  active,    and also   block  pvp  on the other islands.   Then  genuine  explorers   will know   which islands   not to  bother  visiting.

    There is talk of   "infinite  islands,  resources  etc"  but  it  is  obviously   not  explained  fully .   Player  soon find them  on islands  that re " unreachable" or     "there are no   more mp islands available"  and often  as i found out,  if  away from your  base island  with its  barrier etc , it  can get deleted ..and you are  back to zero....

    The  new  explore  is in the right  direction ... and theres  promise (?) of  it  being better  after  1.6 .        Please  listen to  all the feedback and tweak the  game  accordingly.   Otherwise the   players  you have  won back  might  decide  enough is  enough...

     

    and please  take the time to  fully and simply  explain  what  mp is  etc   ...a lot  are confused  from what we hear  every  day.

     

     

  25. Posted

    What made  i   more annoyingng  was just prior  i   fought off mutants in a cave and  found  copper  gold  and zirconium  i took it  back to my base to make into  ingots ... about  300  of each ..;(

    I was planning to get a  friend  who knew the pw to my base to take  my keys  and  try to access the  base ... but  the islands  gone!  including the  3 others  nearby  i had  explored .    so i guess   others  wouldnt  see it  as well

    This  could   happen to anyone  ...i  ihear  of  others  having   similar   misfortunes of "  area  unreachable"  and  having to restart  after losing  everything    including  ships ..

     

    Something  needs  looking into here...     otherwise    mp  might   start  again to  lose  the players it  has won back

     

     

     

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