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I sailed in one direction, not following any birds for about 5 - 10 minutes, then realised I had no map and was screwed! Spent 30 min sailing around like a lost, confused person, then came to the conclusion that if you don't follow a bird, all you're going to find is ocean! Are the islands all clumped together or what? Seemed like I had sailed away from the clump and had reached a vast empty-land without islands or any birds in sight! Will have another go with a map!

So, windows updates are "broken" on a fresh install of windows 7, and you need a windows update, to fix the windows updates, to get windows updates? Microsoft style for you... I'd just go about it without following along with Microsoft's idea of a good idea. I.E manually and without their broken system if able. Further, windows 8 / 8.1 is junk, and windows 10 is to let Microsoft move in to your PC, as a dictatorship... no thank you! If they follow this current path, I'll just end up full time on Linux!

I had a ship do something strange as well, it was only just crafted, placed in to the water etc. I tried to set sail and thought I must have beached it somehow while placing the mast on it, so made tools to go dig it out, only to find that one of the ships two ladders (one on either side when created), had dropped down about 6-8 foot in to the water, was still attached to the boat, and was acting as a second anchor, though I couldn't see it till I swam right under my ship to investigate. Hacking it off with an axe solved the problem for me! I kinda doubt you guys are having the same exact issue, as it seemed pretty random! But may be worth a swim under your ship to investigate.

Might be a silly question, but have you tried to reboot your PC and update the DX patch again? Sometimes, it just needs a reboot before it can work itself out. And yes, Win updates are practically discontinued for Windows 7 (loads for an eternity with no action), there is some manual options for installing windows updates however. I'd say just try the reboot method above if you haven't already.

I use a program called Driver Booster, which is free to trial from their website (update 15 devices / drivers for free), and which free promotional codes to upgrade it to the Pro version are regularly posted to YouTube videos, just search for Driver Booster Key on there for one. The advantage is it can always check for latest drivers for all devices and includes checking for dependencies, including DirectX patches that may other wise be an issue to find (on windows 7), as DirectX 11.1 is supported only for Windows 8 and above, and only patches exist to provide Windows 7 with these features as a backwards compatibility. This always saves me a lot of time when setting up a new device, or cleaning out an old one etc. I've been using the aforementioned program for several years now without issue as well. Else, you could search for the Windows 7, DirectX 11.1 patches and do this manually. Upon scanning your system with a driver assitance program however, you will likely notice a large amount of your Windows 7 drivers, are long since out-dated. I too use Windows 7 64x Ultimate, and have no issues running Ylands. Further, in my DxDiag, it purports that I am using DirectX version 11, not 11.1, so it seems likely as a missing dependency or outdated system driver, or it just shows version 11 when it could mean version 11.1 as well.

Hi all, Some ideas for multiplayer and dedicated servers: Teleport admin commands - Teleport to a player, teleport a player to you, teleport player A to player B etc. Pin codes / lockable storage / doors - Able to secure items away from other players etc. PvE / PvP server modes - Enable / Disable PvP settings. Perhaps enable / disable player vs building as well for a true PvE mode? *This may require a building permissions system as then maybe a player could not destroy their own buildings, or need an admin / annihilator or something. Private messaging - Able to direct message a player perhaps /pm [name] [message] or something?. Party / grouping / guilds / clans - Able to form groups of different types, chat to group only, maybe show other grouped players on your map etc? Website integration - Able to request online players count / names / info / chat from the server monitor app, to integrate this information on a website. Perhaps having the server monitor post this data to a file, or post it to http, or open to incoming requests for data etc? This will allow for future server lists and externalising the server systems to the web. Will add to this thread if I think of more!

Does Steam copy / move files to within its own application folder, when you add a game to Steam? It seems like your game files have been deleted or moved. Perhaps check in - "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common" folder (or nearby) and see if the game files have been moved to this new location? If this is the case, perhaps copy them back over to their original location, or simply uninstall and reinstall Ylands. If you are concerned about your save game files - you can locate them in your "C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Ylands\SaveGames" folder, just copy them out prior to uninstalling, and put them back in after reinstalling.

Hi there, I've encountered this same issue and got a response already over on THIS thread. They reckon it should be fixed in the upcoming 0.4 update, fingers crossed.

Quick question, latest graphics drivers etc for your R7?

Hi all, So, after my last video attempt, I decided to overclock my CPU a tad, to do some filming with the graphics on Ultra! I have made another promotional video that I've titled: Ylands - Yeargh The Pirate I will also include the save game file if anyone wants to play as Yeargh! - (Have a small house on a small island with plenty of planted resources, a large ship with all the essential crafting stations on it, and a heap of materials! Download the save game here - http://www.ylanders.com/YLANDERS.ylandsgame You will have to place this save game file in to your C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Ylands\SaveGames folder.

Thanks for the info! Good to know that the team is expanding, something that is quite crucial for the move to Steam I think you would agree, where the active community posting feedback, suggestions or bugs will skyrocket, this would require larger numbers to cope I would imagine. Even if you cannot yet tell us more, surprises are always nice anyway! - "Nature's drama: An acorn boldly facing a hungry boar" - Acorn's panic: *Grow faster, grow faster, dig, burrow!*

Hey quick question, Is there any way to place a wall torch or lantern properly in Explore mode? I'm having trouble dropping the lanterns up-right, and can't seem to find a button to place / mount a wall torch, on a wall or anything! Anyone know how this works? Something like a drag action would be handy for lanterns etc, hold down right click and drag and object for example. Thanks.

Ah great, I found all those in the control lists but missed the "V" for free placing mode, which allows me to place the torch's and lanterns, thanks a lot!

Hi all, I'm having more and more fun on Ylands as the hours fly by, I do think I have finally found that special game that combines all of the key points I've been looking for! I've played many survival / crafting / building / farming / simulator and sandbox style games, endlessly searching for that one that shines, the one that doesn't leave you with a salty taste... I'm very glad I found Ylands, so thank you guys and girls for your hard work! I will be hosting a Dedicated Server in the UK from next patch on-wards, 24/7 if anyone wants to start a bit of a community build etc. So, I've made a bit of a montage of my experiences in Ylands thus far, as a sort of Unofficial Trailer if you will, I've included some snippets from the official material to zest it up a bit!

You're welcome! I'm now the proud owner of Ylanders.com! In anticipation of the Dedicated Server and the move to Steam, thought I would nab a good name while I can... Ylands is already worth the effort, you guys have made a great game!

I've run it through another edit and trimmed it down to 2 minutes 23 seconds! Hope the content didn't suffer too much.

@A3_Melle & @Miguel Preguisa Yes I struggled with the length, it was originally many hours of footage boiled to to about 7-8 minutes, I sped it up to 2x speed as you can see, to try and shorten it down, my goal was originally for 2 minutes, however, on 4x speed it was almost too fast to take any of it in, and I didn't want to sacrifice more of the content to shorten it further. Though on reflection, I could likely have removed another minute for some of the jumping around / running clips! Thanks for the feedback, will take note for future attempts. There would have been a lot of more footage of making / sailing my cargo ship, but due to the size, it was causing me some graphical stutter while recording! Time for a PC upgrade... Likely something that would be addressed during optimisations etc, this seems to be the case with most build it style games, your foundation is smooth like butter, once built, you feel the stutter!

This should keep you going for a while then -

Excellent, thank you! I await the update with anticipation.

Great! I must say, this game has so far really surpassed my expectations in every way, I'm currently filming a series of episodes for YouTube as I play it, and will likely be very active with it once it launches to Steam. The dedicated server factor is a huge ++ so keep up the good work!

I'm having the same issue, except it gets stuck on the stage "recalling buildings 100%" I'm hosting the server from a separate machine within my home network, and trying to connect locally, ports are also forwarded and I'm using port 28000 for external and 2800 for internal. Game mode is on Explore and max players is set to 16. Windows firewall is allowed and all the usual steps have been taken for hosting a server / client system. output_log.txt output_log-server.txt Thanks!