What to do when on a P1 PVE server for the first time

[kimbuck 746]

The P1 PVE servers try  to provide a non  toxic,  non violent and friendly gaming experience,  with emphasis on exploration,  co-operation and  creativity.

Unfortunately,  most of these words are to big and complex  for a lot to read and understand .. but to those that do, here is what you  will find, and what to do if you decide to  join in  and want to become part of the community.

You will   arrive at a  spawn point on a suitable  starting island. There will be signage with instructions and  directions.  It will be in a  predator free  safe  area,  an  illuminated.  Do not  try to take the lighting,  its  made un-pickable!   There will be  predators  outside the safe area!

Close  by will be an   area  with some   chests containing  basic  resources, and a place to  sleep at  night.  Of  course  you will be surrounded by   the  lifeless  bodies of the  "Once-lers"  ...those who log in , look around  and then  log out never to return.

There "might be"  available  some  dinghy's  for  you to use to escape to another  island, ....   "might be" is the   main phrase,  as it is  not  uncommon  for  some people  to  think its fun to  take the boats  offshore,  abandon them  then swim back  to repeat  what they think is  funny.   They  soon  discover when they  abandon the   boat, that  there are effective shark patrols  that  cull  these  type of   fools.  A lot of the bodies  at spawn are  of those who found this out the hard way...

What to do  on arrival at the spawn point : 

 look for and read the signs for  tips  etc

Locate  any  help  chests and take  only  what  you need ...  do not be a pratt and  take  the lot   or  fill them up with  junk stuff.  ----- Its possible  that  help chests will be empty  or filled with things like  sea  shells   grass, or sea urchins...  ....  Welcome to the reality that there are  social misfits  here as well as in the real world! 

Sleep when  requested ...      use    <enter> /who to see who is  online  ..if they do not have a 0   .but   100 or  998  or   such in their details, then these people  have some form of  admin  rights... and if  around,  they  will help and  give  advice.  They can also  ban/boot you if you are nasty and troublesome.  Remember, if  you come in to  cause  trouble, the admins  can peruse  server logs  and  you will  get a perma  ban  from the  server!

Get your  dinghy ready  and   stocked with  food...( bananas  corn  or  whatever) and  look for   seagoing  birds  and set out.  There could be   some  help stations nearby  with facilities to  make a  map or  basic  tools etc...   use, but  do not   destroy.

DO not   rob other peoples  stores, or  if you see a place  under construction,  interfere with it  or the   owners  belongings  or materials   etc.

Please,  do not  build on  spawn island.  .it  becomes  laggy after a while and  you  will soon regret it ,  especially  after  other anti-social new arrivals do their best to wreck   and  steal everything   that   they can. 

Join  discord and  the  chat  channel .. and  find out  about restarts  and hints as to where there are good places to  build. Sometimes a group will gather  as an "expedition" to explore caves etc  or to  build  some  facility, like a  mooring pier ...   join in!

 

Unfortunately,  after about  10  days,  a map  can become unstable and   lagged,  and everyone will need to  restart over...  so    use your  blueprint  camera  to   save your favorite  build for when  that happens . Usually there is a discord  discussion  prior  to any decision being made,  and all active  players  alerted  and  given a  time and  date.    If you have  earned the communities respect  as a trusted and  creative player,  when  arriving at a new map  you " might" get  a   spiffy   set of  neon clothing and a few  extra  items to help you start out,  ie  keys to an area  where  you can get   maps,  basic tools   and  stuff..   but  you have to earn it  

But  most of  all,  when you are  on  P1 PVE   server ...  Have  fun!        see you there!

 

 

 

 

[Baz Foobar 102]

17 hours ago, kimbuck said:

Unfortunately,  after about  10  days,  a map  can become unstable and   lagged,  and everyone will need to  restart over...

Glad to see you guys are still at it!  Not so glad to see that asshats are still asshats and server maps still become unstable over time... I had hoped that problem would have been addressed by now.

I'll have to log in one of these days and pay a visit!

Edited January 4, 2019 by Baz Foobar

[kimbuck 746]

Hi Baz...  We are still at it ...maps  last longer now, and better  fps,  but   you are right ..there will always  be  asshats, and the  ban lists are way longer than the list of  sensible  players 

With the only  open servers  being  heavily  moderated, and nearly all the other  MP servers  privately  run, the  playground for the asshats  is  shrinking.

Guess they will have to  go back to playing   donkey kong  or   my little pony ....

P1 PVE is  surviving and  thriving ...   do  drop in ...ignore the  once-ler corpses  around  spawn... they will get  dumped  eventually, but  they   still pile  up there like coke stuffed lemmings...        you can  hit  us  up on discord. - The hard core  is  still there  

[bojo2736 1016]

At P1 Gaming, we are always innovating...   lol

@RedEagle_P1. found a way to put logics in a survival game.  Yep. They are limited, but they work.  @MyPa553ng3r_P1 rigged up a transport hub for us.

We are finding that keeping spawn island clean and pristine helps in the life of the map.  Using that logic, I made it impossible to build there.  You have to leave if you don't want to die.

In the end, I think it ups the ante on survival. But you will just have to check it out to see.

Input is greatly appreciated.

P1gaming.net/discordylands

[bojo2736 1016]

The entrance is a bit imposing.  But once you are on the other islands, it is the same Ylands we know and love.

 

[RedEagle_P1. 905]

4 hours ago, bb cakes_P1 said:

The entrance is a bit imposing.  But once you are on the other islands, it is the same Ylands we know and love.

 

Love that spawn design