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  1. Posted

    disaster!  s s Sharknado  drifting aimlessly  without  captain,  victim of  multiple shark attack through floor of  ship.  Captains corpse last seen sinking in  open seas to titanic  depths.  Anyone  finding an  abandoned ship laden with ores and weapons... please return to me !!  hahah..

    oh  well      another start... ;-)  At east i managed to get that  bear that tried to  climb aboard my ship earlier.  yes  an  amphibious and   tried to scramble  aboard  bear attack ...it  was lurking in the water..( probably  wearing   bear scuba  apparatus ) and   tried to scramble aboard  as i was moving into the shore. it  pays to have a spear  positioned near your  mast  where you can grab it easily

     

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  2. Posted

    they seem to attack whenever you release controls to eat ...and if you are carrying  food such as meat slices, they must smell it and  go into a  frenzy!  I am in explore mode...  i use  my ship to  gather resources  form other islands, thats  why  all the  storage  boxes around the  front... 

    Somehow  i think  these  sharks  are  just a fun thing  for the  developers :-) ..its their  quirky sense of  humor  ;-0

    Its  also possible the  sharks  dont like  my  dress code  ;-0

     

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  3. Posted

    ok  took  the  s.s. sharknado   for a spin around the island....   had a couple try to get on board  but they apparently  do not like  some panels and flooring! They  followed the ship,  and  would try an attack whenever i released the  controls to  snack.  When  moored afterwards there were  4  sharks  under the pier and ship  making  noises. in the last picture ..note the beached  sharks  that were trying to  molest me when i was gathering  sand.

    As you can see i moved the  helm forward so its not  close to the area the  sharks  usually  attack from .. and the floor area and  side panels  are stone and  glass..  theres also a "stone" curtain across the stern  just above  water level.

    seems to  have thwarted them  ..will find out on a  longer  journey later today

     

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  4. Posted

    Goat problem solved ....came out to  my pier and  there were 3 sharks  hiding under the boat..making those funny shark  noises...and  no goat. I think the goat might have fallen  off the deck and perished.

    You have to hand it to the  developers...  those  noises the   sharks  make are appropriate and  funny. - Its concerning  when you release  the  boat controls  ..look at  your map  and hear that   'gloph-gloph" sound and  move the  camera view back and  see a shark  head  sticking  up through the deck  trying to   bite  your  backside!

  5. Posted

    Those sharks  can be a nuisance! The seem to be able to pass through the floorboards/deck of your ship to try and make a meal of you. I built a glass cage around the helm area to  stop them  it  kind of worked,  but they came  up through the wooden floor!  But i notice they will not  pass through stone panels. I am currently  building a ship with the helm further forward..so the  sharks  cannot  get me from behind ...and  i have enclosed the stern in glass windows with a roof..and lined the  deck with  stone paneling.

    Will be  testing it today  to see if it  works.

    Hmm land sharks?   musty have  been put there by a  sharknado,  a  new weather system :-)

    I get the sharks  following me  around the  shoreline.... and  when collecting  sand for  glass they will almost  beach themselves .... sometimes  5  are waiting.  Usually   you  might  find a  predator  lurking nearby  waiting to attack and   force  you into the water.

    For  fun, try depositing  dirt under the  watching  sharks, and when they are "up in the air" and stranded ... build a dirt bridge to them and   spear them  to death  :-).  Makes an amusing  scene :-)

     

     

  6. Posted · Edited by kimbuck

    My  first  go at ylands  gave me the impression  of " well, its  passable , looks like fun...lets see where it goes"...    but i soon got hooked!

    Now we have  weather. So your first  priority  now is to build  shelter... those  lightning  bolts look dangerous!

    Also now,  your  fire will not  stay alight  if its out in the rain...  no  fire ..no light ...and there's wolves etc outdoor!  I had one  sitting  alongside my  camp  watching me..waiting for  daylight. Luckily  i had  crafted a wooden spear and survived.   

    When you try to sleep, you cannot  if there's  danger... you get the message  "not  safe to sleep here". The  danger can be from sleeping  in a iron bed near an window  during a storm .,  that lightning looks  scary!. Or  there could be  a ferocious  animal nearby... well not  quite..i have been  woken up  by  rabbits coming in through under  a wire gate...and once  i  was woken and  couldn't  sleep ...until i found a crab hiding under my bed. ( crab meat was delicious! ... it helps you sleep too  :-)    )

    Ahh  these   ylands  developers .. they  sure  have   some humor!

    My current  challenge is a   goat that has  strayed onto my  ship and camped near the  helm . making it  difficult  to operate the ship. It  wont leave..i have tried  using  hay to entice it off the ship .. with  no  success.  looks like i might  have to resort to more drastic  measures and provide a   goat skin  for  my tanning  rack.

    Oh and here's a hint ..if you craft a crossbow and  crossbow  bolts,  don't  carry all your ammo with you. I  have a spare  crossbow and  some  bolts   in storage  (with a  spear)  that i can retrieve from my  camp should  i  get mauled  by a wolf/puma/bear/leopard etc. After  respawning, I can race back to my camp and  re-arm with a crossbow  or   other long range weapon  and after locating my corpse, deal with the  nasty beast  from a distance, if its   waiting nearby for  another go at you.

    Sharks  don't like stone panels, it seems    they will follow  but  unlike  woden floors they have not  yet  penetrated one...and  also i notice the   sharks  will harass you if you are carrying  meat on yourself  or in a container on your  boat.. and usually  attack when you release the controls  to eat or consult  your  map.

    The latest addition of having to  re-load the fires etc   in the  smelters  and  forges is  another great touch ...  makes the game more interesting

    I wonder what else  they developers have  planned?  Their  sneak peeks  are intriguing...

     

    another tip ..place a spear  and some  flints and wood pieces and an axe in a container  adjacent  to or  re-spawn  location  ;-)

     

  10. Posted

    No change..

    All workstations   show as  "empty ... "  instead of  unlit. There's  no  LMB interaction to  light them.  its  not  my mouse as  other  LMB operations  work.. just  even though equipped  with a lighter... there's  no way to light the  workstation... its like the  script in it  has not  loaded or  failed

     

     

     

  11. Posted

    ok  waited to see if t was an internet  thing..     re logged and tried again... seems all workstations requiring  to be   lit  show  as  "empty" instead of   unlit...and the  lighting function does not work. The  work stations  suddenly have  no contents  visible through the grates...  they contain  items to be crafted  which cannot be removed...and show the  "workstation full"   display  if you try to access them .  destroying the  workstation and  re crafting it  produces the same  result ...an  "empty" workstation".

     

  12. Posted

    Re- logged ..it  shows "empty glass forming ..."  and it  contains items to be crafted but  will not  light.  Now  the  smelter  is titled  "empty smelter" yet has items  waiting to be  v crafted ..it  too will not  light.  The foundry  could be l lt ...so could the   stove  and the forge.. but the charcoal  oven  now  has the same  unable to light  issue.. I have  tried crafting  and  using  new  flint lighters..

    I have  dumped  everything   out of   inventory, but  still  no  difference . cannto take things  from the   workstation...and it will not  light

     

    Any suggestions?

  13. Posted

    Hi ..  just  recently  my glass forming  station refuses to light... and also  refuses to allow  whats  crafted to be taken.  I  have  space in my inventory,  so thats not the issue.

    Four times i have   destroyed and  re-crafted the station,  and  still   the issues... also  re-logged.

    Re- j logging  now to see if the  problem is  transient  or  still there.

     

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  14. Posted

    I have  explored and found  desert ylands, cold ylands with snow blizzards, temperate forests and  also  tropical ylands ...  hmmm so  would it be possible to add an "aussie"  style   yland,  with Kangaroos... and  emus ( look like ostriches  but not so friendly) ...and  of  course the cranky nasty predator.. the  tasmanian  devil ..(  doesnt kill people in rl,  but  it would be a substitute for a wolf) ...  also maybe a  dingo ( wild dog)  or   two  ;-) Of  course  you would need  cockatoos ...  or  galahs !

    I can  envisage other  scenarios ,   for other countries ... with  camels  etc  ;-)  ?

    Anyway, enjoying the  game.

    only  down side is the avatar is a little  too basic, but i guess that will change  gradually  as the game develops.

     

     

     

  15. Posted

    Thank you!

    Success! ...... uninstalled the old version,  and the steam version...  re-installed the steam one...and  managed to  get  the log in screen..and the   settings with the link  button

    Thanks for the  prompt reply.

    Going  to call it a night  now, and then tomorrow  start a new era  of  exploration :-)

  16. Posted

    Link account  button is  missing.

    I can  open one account and get the "old" ylands etc    version 0.5.37830  ,,that's the pre  steam account...

    The other account  which is the steam one has   my steam  login  id at the lower left, and the  settings  button does no  work.  There is  no   image  on the screen,  just ocean.

     

     

  17. Posted

    ok  just noticed something...  ylands account is 'kimbuck"  but on Steam its grabbed the  steam account " kimandina1"  and displays  it on the  bottom left of  screen ..maybe this is the issue? if  so  how  can we fix  it ?

     

  18. Posted

    Help! suffering ylands withdrawal symptoms!

    Received key, added  game and entered key.    all seemed ok  no  issues  apparent, accepted the  key and said game activated. no difference from usual. Could launch  game through steam,  however  Couldn't  find link window  in setting,  justt a  redeem code button.

    Today, Another game  "ylands " appeared  in games list ..clicked on it and  got a message  installing  steam version.  Waited and waited,  eventually it said loaded. Opened game to run it and got screen with no  avatar etc  and   no access to existing  games... settings  button does not work, but  news etc  buttons  do . Clicked on continue ... and  get a screen with  no island or  avatar and  a blank  square.  so went back and  tried a new game option... got  a  square  saying  workshop unavailable    etc.  Tried clicking on a scenario and got a blank screen with the messages   "breeding hogs  etc ... cycling through repeatedly and no progress.   Tried a re-install,  no  further progress... tells me that the  key  is already linked to a  game.  Took screenshots  but cannot locate them anywhere.

    Help! ?  before i  descend into the  depths of  despair  :-)

     

     

  21. Posted

    I believe someone already suggested a compass..   That would be an excellent addition, especially if it was included   on the map   with   n.s.e.w. references... as it is currently  easy to sail in circles.

    My thoughts is that the compass could be crafted     via ..  1 ingot,  1 raw  glass,  any hammer and   a screwdriver.

    If a tiny  floating  window  displaying the compass.. and  your  bearing appeared  in the  corner of  screen while  sailing  it   would be a  great help in  finding  your  way  home. This would  be linked to having a map,  of  course

     

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  22. Posted

    Discovered this game  by accident after becoming tired of other mmrp games where  griefers and cheats ruin it. Its so frustrating to  arrive as a new player only to be continually set upon by groups who wait around simply to attack and  destroy the creations of others who  have  not advanced  in the game.

    I liked the trial game  ..so  paid  up  for  the game  from the store... and  have  really  enjoyed myself. my first 3 islands were disasters... the fourth one i encountered a bug where i  kept  falling through the  earth and died immediately  on respawning!

    My latest island  is  more of a success..i have yet to check out the caves, but have located  2 islands  with  resources ...one  had a   huge  gold  vein  just inside a cave entrance,  and i   see on my  map at least 3 other islands  to visit, if i can avoid those  sharks.

    hopefully  some time  soon there will be provision for  modding... and  improving the avatar appearance.

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  23. Posted

    i can confirm the grave block effect on a ship. It becomes immovable and the ship  gets  stuck on it.  You have to spend  time ( avoiding sharks)  hitting the block  until it  breaks, or if you are lucky,  move the ship in such a way that the grave block  slides off the deck ...where it  remains  suspended  over the ocean.

    The same with dead  sharks  ...sometimes they will slip out  through the superstructure  and the corpse  floats in the air behind the ship. Once i left a trail of  six  floating   corpses  in a line  behind  my ship ...

    Also  noted   that in  one case a passing  seagull flew into the side of my ship ... and   caused the ship to  rock  violently ... it  eventually   slid  along the   ship  side then when cleared it  and  flew  on its way and the  ship  returned to  normal movement

    By the  way,  i am  enjoying  this  game. looking  forward to  more  developments  etc   Its a great way to  spend a day inside when the weather is wintry outside.

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