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  2. Posted

    frustrating,  isn't it?  What will happen   is someone  else will find it and  block others  from mining it.

    Hopefully  they  will revise their thinking and  take  issues like this  into  consideration to save the game.

     

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    The  idea behind the making of  certain resources  hard to  find  to add challenge to the game  has potential problems.  Never  expect  players to  stick to the rules and be  nice and  sociable ..there will always be the  ratbags who come  into a  game to disrupt and destroy, and have no intention of playing the game.  Yes  idiots  who get their thrills by killing all the animals  including other players  tamed horses,  destroying  anything  thats  not locked   down inside a PB  and   stealing  whatever they can ..not to use  but to dump somewhere  

    But now we have  limited  resources   that you have  to search  for ,  often inside caves  and  you have  to search ost of the time  do battle   to get them

    But  with what?   most  weapons  are inadequate pre  iron.   Iron is   essential but   hard to  find ...so is  coal..

    But  what do you do when some  smartypants  blocks  up a cave entrance, then places  a PB  so  you cannot  remove the   blockage?  ..and then that player goes offline, never to return.

    How are you  going to   mine coal r  other surface  materials  when  griefers  arrive and place   their PB  so  you cannot   dig the  resources?  ..and yes, they don't  stay, they  go offline  to wait for another game they can do the same destruction to.

    Sure makes the game  frustrating,  when you  cannot get  the  necessary material  to  advance because of   idiots...  ( there always will be idiots! ..tis the nature om the  human race! )

    Not  every player  wants to  run around shooting things  etc .. they  are here for the exploration and creation. But   the   game is no longer the same as when it  first  started.

    You  can never make  100%  of the  people  happy 100% of the time, but  consider those who came to this  game because the liked the initial concept and it was different to other games. The   game  has  changed so much that  the  strategies   have  changed . if   you have to  go  from island to island to find things ,  then  there's no need   for a base,  and  therefore  no need for  a PB. 

    At the moment  i am  ambivalent  about  Ylands.  Yup , the  new  promised  1.0  release  looks  pretty,  but still has  functional issues to be ironed  out, but is it what  everyone  wants?

    truthful  answer:  NO

    Hopefully   there will be   some  modifications  to  make the game  more  playable,  be  less like a  arcade set of  games,  and convince  those  who saw the original promise  see it fulfilled  as such.

    Meanwhile  i   wait and  hope  that 1.0  and a few   hot fixes  make it  worthwhile to stay.

    I am not  alone.

     

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    the horses can be a problem ...  in game they follow and  get between you and what you are doing  ..and you try to click on a workstation and end up on the horse!  Also  we were preparing  to shoot a mutant  roaming  around at night ..and  every time i got the  crossbow  aimed at  it,  a   ***** horse would  walk in   front and  try to kiss me

    They also  try an follow   you into  your   house...its  like that  godfather scene, except  when you wake up in bed  its an entire horse,  not just the head.!!!!..

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    chickens!     we need  them  ;0    

    also more   female  clothing items

    flowering orchard trees ...  with fruit that can be  harvested?   ( apple  plum    peach?)

    more  fences   and  gates  for    containing  animals

    and  ships  sails that can have  symbols on them ! 

    and  name  boards    signs .. that can have  actual words  put  on them   other than   scribbles

     

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    who  loves  who?   love is in the air on the P1 gaming  NA server.

    Why does the first  screenshot  show a player in a house  full of sheep?  hmmmmmmmm:)

    and what perfume  was  these  other players wearing.......  was it  "Hay-bale  No. 9   "  ?

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    Okay ... so  if  we opt  NOT to   download the  beta,  when it goes to 1.0 release,  do we still get the  explore   free, or  have to buy it?

    I am not interested in the Pvp,   mobile  apps ,   kids  stuff     hand held  mindless games   ...monetization  or  whatever...   just the explore that the game had  and  which was fun ......... and  you played with  friends.

     Not touching  the   beta ....I am going to wait  until 1.0  is released  and if i cannot get  explore  as promised ,   then  bye  bye..

     

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    so i  gather we are being  asked to try something that they know  doesn't  work to  replace  something  we know  doesn't  work ?

    If this is  not the case,  well either i am not reading what you are saying correctly. or  what   you are saying  is  not  explained correctly..

    I think its  time to  forget  Ylands  until after the  working  1.0 version   is released, and the reviews  say its working and  worth playing.

    No idea  when that's  going to happen,  and i suspect  BI is  dangling   promises  to cover delays  until they work out   how to fix  things.

    What should have been  done?  ..........Fix the old  before  cluttering   it  up with untested  new  shiny  stuff.

    I  so long  for the  original  days  when we would pay on nearly  full servers with  friends...     now, its  just un-occupied  wastelands... with a game changing to be  for  kids sitting  around with i phones.

    So  sad. 

    No more posts etc from  me ........ i am  tired of  being a  guinea pig  testing  a product that should have been tested and made sure it  worked before  release.

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    If the update doesnt  fix  things  and solve the current issues, Ylands is dead in the  water regardless of all the new  whizzbang promises  being touted.

    Every day i go to log in and the game is  offline..it has to be  restarted.

    Apparently  they did a  complete server  clean up  and  dumped  gazillions of   old  files...   that was a day ago and the game was again offline  today. Again the  server logs  apparently showed the   game was  cluttered with old  files  etc.

    If they have to  wipe and restart every  map after 3 to 5  days, then you can see why people are  not  coming back !!!

    .You log in..its a new map .. you start to build  ... have to attend to  real life for a day  ...  try to log in  but the games fallen over... and when  you do get back it had to be a new map ..and you start all over again gathering  rocks   grass and   flint  etc. to craft.. You are often the only one on  the server after 3  days...others have lost interest.

    Repeat 4  times in  3 weeks and you see why players  do not  stay.

    The  game  has to be fixed to make it contain  interest as it  progresses...  remain playable,  and last more than  a handful of days.

    We live in hope .

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    Where are the brave  explorers?

    Currently  spawn is littered  with "wussies" who arrive, and after finding there is nothing they can steal,  properties are locked,  and they have to actually  craft things to survive ... they  give  up ...never to return!!!

    Come on players, this is a  survival /craft /  create   game.  Its  not  Donkey Kong or some other mindless  shoot em up  or kill the monsters   and such  game ...its a combination of  using  crafts,  survival techniques, creative  skills and social interaction.

    You  dont  get things  handed to you ... you have to   learn and earn

    But it seems the  MP servers  get infested with  those who want it too easy .. they  are not prepared to be adventurous, or  learn crafts  or  explore... or  interact  with others

    These  wussies  just want the  easy way ... steal what they need , and  when  that fails ...  destroy what they can ...and then rather  than create,   they  go offline..never to return

    My base  gets  overcrowded with  these interlopers  who arrive ... they might craft a  helmet...   but that's  all ... then they sit  around  cluttering up places where i could build or create  something.  I have lost patience ..i now  build  out on a platform  over the  water..if someone  goes  offline  for  over 24  hours on my base, i deconstruct the floor under them ...dump  them in the  water ... then  cover up the opening.  :)  I got a real graveyard  under  my place ?

    But  still i  ask  ..wheres the adventurers?    On the current  game i  have sailed around the   spawn  a island and  found   islands  untouched ..   It seems a lot of people are too lazy to  build  ships,   craft,   explore...    thinking is too hard for them☹️

     

     

     

     

     

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    currently, anyone  can  klll  any   animal ..if they have a weapon.  Whats  getting annoying is to find ones  tamed  horse   missing...and a roll of  leather left in the  yard it was  pastured in.

    Obviously   some  kiddies   think this is  funny  ...     and i can see it getting worse with the  talk of  domesticated animals etc.

    Can it be  made so that  horses     and  domesticated  animals  inside a PB  area   cannot be  killed by other than the   owner?

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    i have not made  any  new  blueprints   for a while ..but here are (finally) are  2 screenshots of a  structure i tried to place on the  ground.... its  hovering   above  ground and any attempt to lower it   gets the red  outline  warning.

    in the  2nd  pic   i placed a block  so you can see  how much offset is happening

    I can try a new  blueprint  tomorrow ...  its late here at the moment/ :)

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  22. Posted

    Horses update ...success but needs  refining!

    got horse on to  ship  and traveled well .. at destination managed to   build a ramp to unload...reload.  Went for a tour and came back to see no horse on ship!  i hunted for it  ..not  luck ..returned to ship and saw its  name ..it was invisible! i mounted it and it  re appeared.

    It seems  horses  can walk  backwards through  things   hmmmm

    pics  attached .. the first is the  bow of the ss Nagalot ...you can see  why  ships  are referred to as  "she"   :)

    also a pic of the invisible horse  ..

    so  it seems to work  but needs tweaking  ;0

    3rd last  pic is of invisible  horse...next pic isd it appearing...like magic ...last pic  shows  horses  can move in reverse through walls ...

     

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    update ...transporting a failure... got horse  easily onto  ship,  but after dismount it  continued walking anim ..on the spot.

    doors  closed and  ramp raised... and   when i  raised  anchor ...horse   simply   waked through the  closed  huge  doors! .. and then   jumped over the ramp   door onto the loading dock  !

    Guess theres  more work  to be   done there,  folks!

    heres   hoping (?)  for  o.15  and  beyond ???

     

     

     

     

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    Pictures of   ss  Nagalot ... horse  capable (?) transporter

    The rear door  acts as a loading ramp .. and additional doors   at rear assist in resisting  horses  escape attempts.  The area is  walled  off from the  control / cabin areas.

    Horses have a tendency ( like  goats)  to levitate through roofs !  .. so  it pays to avoid  making a cover for them ...   but then  they can also   climb over walls!

    Will be testing  transporting a  horse later today  ...  will post the results  ..  successful  or  otherwise

     

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