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  1. Posted

    I have  been on my  new  explore Yland  for  4 days  now and have yet to  do a circuit of it!   This  is because  of the challenge of  more animals  ..packs of   bears  wolves and pumas!O.o

    I have  loaded  my respawn area  with  containers of  spears    etc ..   and  i am sure glad  i did!  After i finish  eating my   lunch   i  have to go back in and got to were i was last " ruthlessly slain by a brown bear" ....actually   i ran into  3 of them and a pack of wolves .. at least    2 wolves ..so going to have a real  battle recovering my  things.  I was in  the process of dispatching a bear  when i noticed another bear..."bear hugging" a tree  ...it was halfway up the  trunk, but  unfortunately a screenshot was not possible  as 4 wolves  jumped out of  nowhere at me ..i got   two  with the crossbow   in  3  shots and as i was replacing  my crossbow   with a spear for  close up  fighting...  the  bears   hit  me from behind. 

    Yes .. the game  is   really  challenging!^_^

     

     

  3. Posted

    i also had a pack of  5 wolves...  one even made it to the gates of  my base and was waiting when i returned after a respawn ...luckily i had a  spare spear  just inside the doorway.  There seems to be more  wildlife   now .. and  some of the horses are two toned ...light brown with a dark  brown mane and tail. Luckily i found an area   with feathers..and a tower with a  crossbow..

    I also  notice that  hammers  don't last as long  as before ..and sometimes the  iron hammer will no be  recognized when crafting  stone...you need a  stone  hammer as well.

    Overall the game  looks and feels  better ... and i still getting the sharks   sitting offshore watching me  build:D... but  so far  none  flying  or   stuck in trees.

  4. Posted

    Hint  Hint Hint....:D   any  chance  of  more female avatar clothing? 

    I notice  more animals .. the yland i am on  now is littered with testaments ....   and after surviving multiple   brown bear attacks at  my spawn point  i discovered there's  6 of them hanging around that area!

    Looking  forward to  the  updates and   new stuff.;)

  5. Posted · Edited by kimbuck

    When lighting  a  fire with the flint lighter,  sometimes your avatar will kneel and  face  in the opposite  direction to  the   fire etc   you are  trying to light. Also its hard to tell what you  are  hitting etc  when using an  axe, or  hammer ...   sometimes  you have to face slightly  to the  left of the object.

    When placing  items  into a container, if  you release it before its  fully in the compartment,   ..ie  touching the   barrier...     the  container  will freeze... and  not be   usable ...you  have to remove  what you can... then  re log.

    Sometimes the   crafting does  not  recognize  your have an iron hammer...   you have to  add a stone one into  your inventory.

     

     

  6. Posted

    Thanks ^_^   I have  now started a new  game to take advantage of all the  recent upgrades...i  couldn't  wait  until the 29th :D so hoping the  new fixes do not introduce  new things requiring a new  game start.

    The  new game is interesting .. as  soon as i appeared i was confronted by a  brown bear ...and   after a dramatic "bare"  fisted "bear" fight, and  down to  1 and a half  health hearts, i punched the bear into  some  meat and  components for crafting  a new fur coat!

    But  what is  interesting was  over the hill i encountered a huge  stone  statue, that was posed like it was offering a gift..    and it  was!   --- I will not  spoil the  game  by posting a screenshot or other details/spoilers  other than  say it was something for me and  that it had  eyes  and looked  "stoned"   .. (Ane  and Ales  will get  a  smile from that  pun! )xD

    Ok-   back to  my  Yland ... aptly  named  " Despotica" and looking forward  to the  fixes  on the  29th   ..i should be   up to ship  building by then, so hopefully  those sharks  will behave.

  7. Posted

    Aww   ty  for the  thought... but   as there's  other benefits  ie   bigger  ylands  area etc ,  i   am prepared to  take  the plunge   again from the  start on a new game...  that way i can   avoid the mistakes  i  made  this one   and    also  avoid the tombstones that  i keep tripping over, reminding  me of  my past  blunders :$

    I am all for the  adventure  ...   and  i  will make a  better   sharkproof   ship!    Tomorrow ( oops .. dec  6 )  i conquer   Ylands ! ... next year ...  the  world!:D

    Meanwhile i can  spend the next  week or  so   looking for  things to  help ,   working out  what all those  energy  things do   and those   strange  structures  ...  and    reading  up  on  my   Dictatorship  manuals !;) 

     

     

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  8. Posted

    As i am  the sole  despotic dictator and  supreme ruler of  Bongo-Bongo, I think its time to share with you all some pictures of my results of experimentation etc, which will be superseded after the  arrival of Ylands on steam and its  included update.

    One picture is of the  inside of my storage  room, where  over the crates are stone letters indicating  whats in the crates  (  Au =gold, Fe= iron.. steel, sulfur,  saltpeter, coal  &  cy  for  clay etc)

    There's another room not shown but has cabinets with tools, weapons etc   again with stone letters to help identify whats in them. I also have   outside some  boxes for  storage of  stone, marble  and plunder form other  Ylands.

    The other  pictures are of my  base with attached  dockyard and  moored  exploration ship. I have  reclaimed a lot of  ground to  make  fruit/food  supplies, and on other side theres  flax and cotton plantations plus  palm trees.

    There's also a  small courtyard with seagull statues ..and  growing between them are purple  orchids  ( not yet in flower).

    The  top  story has a  360 degree  view with windows  and lanterns, aiding in navigation , and on the roof i  just fitted a  wind turbine, - but not sure  how to   use it yet!

    As you can see,  I have had  fun!  Thinking positive,  will  do  better after the  steam release with all the  new stuff.

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    This is the  dock and  moored  explorer ship

    below is one of  the  storage  room

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  9. Posted

    Thats a positive point!  :P Guess i will spend the time  up to the update   looking around and  experimenting  with  building etc

    Starting  again on Dec 7 with  more  knowledge  and as you say,  more to look forward to

    What i must do  now is post a few screenshots of the  current  game buildings  etc  as a momento.

     

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  10. Posted

    thanks .;). then they   just  wont appear on my  yland ..i have already  explored  2 other yands with tropical  biome   and  also  several other   ylands ...will the trees start to appear there?  or do i have to abandon this game and   start all over af again..  ?  ( I hope not!)

  11. Posted

    The   becoming airborne  when colliding  with   flora... it   seems to happen if you are moving  downhill and  collide with a tree etc or   jumping near a clump of  bushes ...

    If you are running.. you can get launched  into a height that results in damage  when you land.

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  13. Posted

    Looking forward to Monday :D - The  reasons  why i post here is  i am  reporting "anomalies"  that  might need  "fine  tuning":P. This is a really  enjoyable  game,  and with all changes and upgrades, there's always  something  that  needs a tweak or  two   to  make it work smoothly. What is pleasing  is to   know and see that when something is reported, its  noted for action and a  response  appears.  There are other games  i  used to play, but  not any more  because  just basic things were ignored by those developers and the game became unplayable.

    I am actually  starting to like  those sharks ... their  menacing  smile leads me to   think of  ways of  painting  mustaches on themB|  

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    The running into and "climbing" trees. ..it  mainly happens if you are moving  quickly and  downhill...  i  ran down hill towards a clump of  bamboo... next  thing i was in the air  and then fell to earth losing    2 health hearts  ...

    sometimes when   trying  to  negotiate  stairs  sometimes you   get  blocked  if   facing  straight  ahead.. ( run on the spot  ) ....   you have to   approach and  negotiate them at  an angle.

    Still getting  flying  sharks :D .....  i found if you leave them alone  they sometimes  slip off the  ship sides....     and if you leave your ship with  sails down and anchor  down ... after a while the shark  "goes away" ...better than  killing it and having your  boat capsizing!

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  16. Posted

    With the  avatar movement   changes...its rather difficult to "aim"  with  the tool you are  using.... if you are not careful with your  axe or hammer, the nearby  walls or  objects  might get accidentally destroyed instead of what you are aiming at.

    Also encountered a  small   temporary  glitch when putting things in a  cabinet... if you are not accurate and place the  item  near the border of the compartment, it can glitch ..and  affects  all other items   you try to move in that cabinet. I found  that  by taking everything  out, dropping   them,  then re logging  from main menu fixed it ..  i could then pick the items  up and return them correctly  to the cabinet.

    Overall, the  changes on this update are positive    it might be my  imagination but the colors of  objects  seem to be  brighter.

    every tome i log in i  find  more  craft-able  items in my inventory...xD

  17. Posted

    1 hour ago, BigBoss87 said:

    And we are not punching workstations anymore too:)

    Yes!  what a relief...my   knuckles were getting sorexD

     

    2 hours ago, Khanecz said:

    You need to fuel workstations with wood first in order to light it now. 

    Yes ...i   knew that  .. everything  started to work  properly  after a log out and  re log ...maybe there was something   queued  to update.

     

    Now ...wondering how  to  craft a belt  drive ...tried  leather rope  ..   will  work it out  soon.

    But  pleased in my  exploration today i found  one  yland with abundant  saltpeter ..and the next  had a mountain peak of  sulphur! ...  bought  back 800 units ... ( and an shark^_^)  and  now   have enough ingredients to  destroy the  world ... now    wheres that  chemistry station??   (evil  snicker):P

  18. Posted

    Thanks...

    Tried to light the  charcoal kiln   ...  the  lighter wouldn't   show  any interaction.  tried to feed it ...  zero ..  

    Guess i  have to play around   trial  and  error  style  until i  either find out  how .. or  simply  abandon a great game and  start again form  zero ..   which i am reluctant  to do.

    We  need more  instructions....:ph34r:

  19. Posted · Edited by kimbuck

    New update has changed the   game  entirely... i now have  lots of redundant  workstations ...cannot find  new ones ,..and  have  difficulty  interacting with  others...      ie    cannot  feed them or  light them.

    Is there anywhere where we can  get information about   the  new   crafting procedures? I know there's a new  station feeding  interaction   thing ,  but  where,  how  and ???   currently i cannot light  any  forge/foundry/etc  .. do i have to  destroy the old  redundant stations first?

    Are the old saved games  not able to be  ?modernized"  with the new   stuff?

    Do we now have to  dump a weeks  work and  exploration ..and start a new  game?

    I tried  google  search  and  the  ylands wiki ...  but turn up  nothing helpful..

     

  20. Posted

    it appears  some  workstations are no longer being used    ie  stonemasons...      will we get a list of  redundant work stations we can  remove? 

    Now  a chemistry station required for  making  gunpowder?   cannot find   any reference to crafting it  just yet... any hints ?:P

  22. Posted

    Here  are things i encountered after the update.

    1) running into some  objects  causes you to  either "climb" the object or  get tossed into the air.  Walking up stairs  becomes difficult. you tend to float and end up  above the level  you intend to be at   I  enclose some screenshots  showing  my avatar  hovering  at strange  heights  after "colliding"  with an object.

    2) movement has  changed.. before  pressing  "s" key  you would  step back,  now instead you  turn around...also when  digging, you tend to dig offset to your left side  not in the direction you are facing.

    3) Erratic  ship behavior   due to unintended  interaction with    sharks, birds etc.  My  ship stalled and  would not  turn  ...in fact it started to turn  opposite to what i was  commanding ..   investigation revealed  several  sharks   "stuck"  in the  keel and were obviously  affecting movement ...see screenshot.   It  also happened when a seagull  got  trapped inside the cabin area near the helm .. the ship was  uncontrollable  until it turned sufficiently  for the seagull  to escape

    4) Collision  of  ship with  seagulls and  vultures  ...a vulture  flew into the cabin area of the  ship and  when it  hit the  side walls  on the inside,  the  ship tilted nearly  45 degrees.... fortunately   the  vulture  then  managed to  fly out and the ship righted itself. Another time  a head on collision with a low flying  vulture  saw the  ship  stop and was turning  uncontrollably   until the vulture passed  by  to the stern and  flew away

    5)   was too quick to  catch a screenshot,  but a  shark  dropped from the  sky onto the  deck between the middle  mast and and the helm ...   it bounced  twice then slid over the side ..  the  ship went  crazy while this  happened.

    first  4  screenshots  show the   avatar height  issue.   5th one  shows the  sharks under  hull causing  loss of ship control

     

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  23. Posted

    Also  i note that  the  avatar  hover height is  higher on some surfaces  ...my  avatar floats  up stairs and mostly  ends up  standing on the  railings. Also  seems to hover  after moving off a path  onto a  path  one  block   thickness lower down.

    Will try to screen shot it  after i  can log in after the severe thunderstorms  sweeping the area here  pass by.   

  25. Posted

    still finding  land  sharks  and  "gas filled" sharks  floating  in trees:P    -also  a couple of times  i  ran into a tree and ran up the trunk ..only to fall  when trying to   get back to the ground ..and landed heavily  and  suffered health damage.

    Also  could not   berth ship in my dock as there were 4 sharks stuck in the  keel!  ..and they were fouling the  land  and  the  sides of  my dock under my ship.  However,  leaving  sails  down and  no ship movement  for 5  minutes the sharks  eventually "dropped off".

     

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