kimbuck
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I cannot get an interactions window with the stone masons station...also the woodworking bench.
I have tried the others ( smelter...blacksmith, foundry etc ) and they seem to work, but with the stone masons station all i can do is punch it or walk on it!
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We can have fun coloring the parrot with countless colors!!
I solved the landing issue by having a set of stairs on my ship facing towards the bow, with a sea level platform. I can nudge my ship close to shore where there are shoals .. then use dirt to build a causeway to the shoreline. I then place some Stone panels as a gangplank from the causeway to the ship bow platform...and place on the end of the gangplank a lantern.
Would be great to be able to build a wider ship ... like an aircraft carrier, which could become a floating base.... with room for smelters, etc
currently drinking coffee waiting for chance to see new upgrades in action. Hopefully will not see more flying pigs ... one ran away from me and climbed a tree.. and then launched into space to land about 100 meters from me - i missed the screenshot as i was laughing too much!
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Whoooopie! ...currently having my breakfast, but when finished and with 2 days of forecast rainy weather here, will be into Ylands and not able to be distracted
...except if someone brings me coffee and chocolate biscuits.....
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For our protection, Ylands is now providing shark escorts
No need to worry about aggressive seagulls any more
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I you have access to bamboo... make bamboo storage chests to use as barriers around the edge of you ship . Bamboo chests do not require iron/nails to craft and will help to stop you accidentally falling over the side if you push the wrong key. If you put a brazier on board near the helm , it will keep you warm but make a stone fireplace to cover it so you can light it. You cannot light an outside fire in snow/rain etc, so it pays to light the brazier in advance.. it will stay alight providing light and warmth except in the severest storms.
When visiting other islands, always take a sample of the flora available to replant on your home base island... Some of the items might be useful in Alchemy.
If you get a aggressive shark and it "sticks" into the side of your ships hull, try sailing in circles .. the shark will "rotate" and in some cases slip off an away. Killing a shark embedded in your ships hull will see the ship become de-stabilised ... and can even get stuck on shoals etc... so only kill embedded sharks where its safe to recover you ship easily .. ( make sure anchor is down).
If you have an area to mine rock/marble, construct several stone masons crafting stations adjacent... that way you can make items while still digging.
I take some dirt, stone panels and logs with me on my ship... and have a staircase and platform at the side of my ship facing the bow. That way it easy to nudge you ship close to land near a shoal, and then build a dirt causeway to land... with a couple of stone panels as a bridge to you ship. Dont place the stone panels where they could foul your ships structure if you need to "back out"
Smile a lot .. those sharks are really friendly
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also ..i killed a wolf in the first melee .... cam across its corpse and tried to gut it but instead action was of hitting it with knife..... wolf corpse them made attacking noises jumped up ..died "again" ..and corpse sank beneath the earth!
what a day
..but then its a game and its fun although sometimes frustrating 
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additional information... i was unable to pick things up until after a re-log, and any boxes.crates etc i opened only opened part way and showed no contents. logging out ...screen hung at "saving" ...and when re logged, game opened at about 20 seconds before where i was when i logged out .. and inventory still contained the things i had earlier put away in storage boxes
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Ok lost a fight with a pack of wolves...after respawn tried to locate my ship loaded with weapons etc...and found parts of the yland missing... the water is missing in some places..and the terrain in other... log file attached.
also screenshots of 'what i saw" ....
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Don't worry about "making mistakes" ... my father told me someone who doesn't make mistakes is obviously not doing anything!
A;though i am not a com outer type person, i have worked in areas where large databases were developed, and seen the time, effort, frustration and rewards that go with writing programs, and then fixing them!
Ylands is a great game, and is developing. it can be frustrating sometimes when a certain bug appears, bt we know that behind the scenes you all are working on fixing things, and also bringing in new things.
Looking forward to the update (s)
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I think i solved it .. !
My Other half watching here pointed out earlier the message by ane to john... to set ThreadedColliderCooking .. to fix the issue - that had been done but looking through my log he noticed that when i entered that command... i left off the colon between ...Cooking and the zero! ( adjusts glasses and squints...) Thats the problem ???
Will see how things go now ...cannot rewind back bu can rebuild. While searching for lost corpse, before giving p on search I found a vein of Gold! yay!
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What a day! i managed after respawn to get back to my ship ... and decided to return to base and re-arm and come back and locate my corpse with its belongings/inventory . With no map, and seagulls just as lost as i was..it took 3 hours(!) sailing around dodging sharks storms and avoiding uncharted shoals...eventually, with some luck, i found my base!
So ..i restocked boat with food ( i used 90% of stores on boat trying to find home) and re-armed myself and crafted a new map, i then returned to the place of my underground demise.
Despite searching caverns, dodging monsters and other strange noisy things... i could not locate my corpse with all those inventory items. And I had over 100 crossbow bolts too when i disappeared beneath the soil...luckily i left my revolver and 10 bullets home
I checked every cavern branch under where i fell through. Nothing!
So, giving up on that idea... will try and gather some more resources from that yland and heading home... hoping it doesn't happen again.
I noticed that this sinking/stuck issue occurs when you are carrying ores, stone or dirt.. could it be linked to that earlier issue about avatars falling through stacked items?
Going to give Ylands a rest for a day or two ...as this issue is so frustrating. I Hope the next update makes things better, as i would like to progress further into the game without being terminated! It gets boring having to restart over and over...
Fighting bears and pumas, panthers wolves etc and to die then respawning, or winning a battle are part of the game... but random acts of earth swallowing ruining progress?? I nearly gave up today from frustration, especially as i have spent several days preparing for the next phase of progress
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Well... guess the iron spikes around the stern of the hull are useless when they can fly! ..also another one came up from underneath and tried to eat my feet through the deck ....
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Would Able Seagull Squawk please clean the poop deck ...and don't dirty it again!
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Well it happened again! 5 days hard work lost! fell through earth and died ...again!
Looks like i have to go into a cave and try to find my corpse ..if i can find the cave entrance or area
Was coming back after mining ore and was collecting cotton on the way ..and within sight of my ship ... and suddenly sank through the earth ...and landed somewhere where something clobbered me... respawned and went back to area... theres a cave nearby so might have to find a way through it to where my corpse is, otherwise i lost the lot Chances of finding very low!. very frustrating!
Log file attached.
would be appreciated if i could be resurrected ... prior to the "swallowing"
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Letting you know the the sinking and stuck in the ground issue happened twice to me in the last hour...fortunately i had a spade and dug myself out.
I had a full inventory, and was carrying back to my base a load of marble rock and dirt ..could that have something to do with the issue?
When i decided to log out, i got after the save message a pop up a widows message "Ylands.exe has stopped working etc..
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Another view of the dock..pier area.... its only just wide enough for my ship,, but surprisingly easy to sail in and out In the background is my base ... there's plans for a 2nd story. But all put on hold until i find some more ores etc... early no iron ore on this island!...but luckily enough on a nearby island.
Another tip ...always include spare weapons on your ship in case you get mauled to death by a wolf / puma/ panther etc. I suspected one was nearby as sharks were waiting in the water nearby to block any escape. Sure enough one attacked from the shadows ..i managed to dispose of it only to be slain by two others! Made it back to my ship on respawn and grabbed a spare spear... returned and dispatched one panther ...but before i could recover my loot etc the third arrived out of nowhere and got his revenge. Upon respawn i was moving back to my ship hoping to get another spear when that elusive panther No. 3 jumped me again - .and i had no weapons !! Believe it or not, i punched him with my bare hands ..one hit and he dropped!
So .. here's a warning ...watch out for me on a dark night after i have been drinking
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It was a wild and stormy night ..so much, that a seagull hitched a ride on my boat ....
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This is a map of my island... the top right hand area that is brown is reclaimed land from the ocean, and you can see the shape of my dock/pier. The next screenshot shows the reclaimed area around the dock planted with bananas and corn.
Hope this gives you all ideas and helps.
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Another instance of porosity. The roof had endured at least a dozen rain storms , then this .... i noted that the pattern matches a structure on the roof.
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Need help navigating? Found your island, but where is your base?
If your home base is on a coastline, try leveling land nearby for cotton/ flax/ food plantations .. then use the dirt collect to build out into the ocean, as far as you can, covering any shallow water or shoals and leaving a deep water channel to your dock / pier. Reclaimed land like this appears brown on your map, and with clever placement of a large amount you can actually make signs pointing towards your base and dock entry. You can also level this reclaimed land and use it for food / resource plantations.
Also plant on the shoreline palm trees... in groups of even numbers on one side ..and odd numbers on the other .. the number increasing the farther the distance from your base. So when you approach your island and see a cluster of trees odd in number then you know you are possibly to the right of your base... look for the next group ..if its more, then you are moving away ... so turn back and follow the groups with decreasing numbers to you base.
A tower on the end of your pier with a lantern ..or better still one of those glowing crystals, will help navigating in bad weather. I make my dock "U shaped, wider than my ship and one side high ( deck) level, and the other at waterline level ... and back my ship into it. make sure the waterline level has a raised area and a wall to escape any sharks that follow you in and try to grab you when dis-embarking. Also dumping dirt under the pier thwarts lurking sharks.
Will post a screenshot of my efforts after i tidy my build up a bit
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Bottoms up ! This little piggy has a drinking problem!
Was woken up by something dangerous in my abode.. when i clicked wake up ... there was a horse standing on top of me in bed! (reminiscent of "The Godfather" movie by that was a horses head.. this was an entire horse!)
Unfortunately, it bolted out the door before i could react to capture a screenshot..
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Another trick ...build a stonemasons thing next to where you extract stone/marble. When it gets to become an ugly scar on the land and too deep, make a lot of decorative stone panels ... use them to cover the pit, and place on top a reasonable layer of dirt, which you flatten and turn into a plantation for flax/cotton/grains/corn
Also use excess dirt to extent land and make a "U " shaped harbor with a deep sea entry opening... place decorative stone block just above sea level to line the docks and make the opening wide enough to back your ship into . Place 2 towers with lanterns at entry to aid in location/navigation. Decorate around the area with flora...and you have a shark/free place for boarding..exiting your ship. If your ship has a "security" curtain around it, make it one thickness higher than the dock so its easy to get in and out and the ship not getting fouled.
Use the sand for glass windows on ships/building ..also to craft a torch ... then you can make a mining helmet
I carry a lot of stone panels in boxes on my ship ...so when i find a new island to explore i can build a ramp from shore to the ship to avoid sharks etc
You will discover more each time you play
I am currently getting screen freezes ..i wonder if its got anything to do with those Chinese posters trying to spam the forums or BI servers? - or doing a DDOS attack ?
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@Eriugam ... Gather the seeds , and replant them! 1 tree will drop 3 seeds. Use your axe to destroy stumps to allow room for them to grow. I like to gateher up stuff like that and store it in a specific area as i am sure it becomes necessary in crafting future items ( ie resin for crossbow bolts... wood pieces to feed forges and smelters etc.)
Flatten ground with an iron shovel ... the spade digs holes, and a shovel will flatten the ground if there's more than 2 level areas around it.
To hotkey an item ie axe weapon or food, select it in inventory, and equip then use mouse button. There's probably other ways but that's the way I do it
You can die from starvation, freezing, drowning, excessive high temperatures from forges - if too close, falling, and becoming the food for predators. Also you can kill yourself with explosions... such as hitting a powder keg with an axe!
As to worlds .. i have found islands that are similar looking...but different! The game i am in at the moment has no caves on my first island..., yet one nearby is like Swiss cheese with caverns....some extending out under the sea..
The enjoyment of the game is finding things ..and solving issues ...using creativity .. As to where to get things , or how to craft, that's the learning experience of the game and part of the fun. We do not want to give away spoilers, but there are some issues..linked to bugs etc that help is needed/offered, such as with the problematic sharks that's currently being looked at by the developers.
Explore and enjoy!
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Not a funny screenshot....finger was not quick enough on the buttons..
Spotted circling bird ...aha an island. !!..but one bird was not circling ..it was getting bigger..and closer...
Then i realized it was a shark! it was on re-entry path and belly flopped into the water in front of my ship..
I wonder where it was launched from?
Unable to interact with stone masons station etc
in Bugs & Technical Issues
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Hmmm ... need to look into it :-) hard to teach an old dog new tricks , but it will wag its tail if offered a treat
Thanx