Is this game worth sinking time into? It looks quite complex and I'm scared of open water, so it might be a good spook game
I am too curious.
Friendly reminder to not build your base too deep.
>>341596105
It's pretty fun anon, probably the only worthwhile early access game I've seen yet.
There's a fair bit of janky stuff you'd expect from an incomplete game, not everything has a decent model in, etc. Environments are nice and pretty complete
>>341596105
Sauce? It looks pretty fun.
Also spooky, for fear of underwater.
>>341596105
It ranges from comfy as fuck to 'oh shit get me out of here'
pic related
>>341597998
Subnautica.
>>341596105
Yeah, op, it's really good, and it's fucking scary if you have aquaphobia like me. The sounds in the game are unbeliveable, and they're adding monsters that are bigger than your fucking house. There's already massive fish in the game though, plus there's fucking all sorts of cool shit you can make.
>Current generator
>Gravity Sphere
>Scanner
>Cannons
>Huge fucking submarine/base/comfyroom
I sometimes go so deep that I start to hyperventilate and I need to look around my room to remind me that I'm alright, but just as a reminder I'm a huge pussy when it comes to underwater shit.
>>341597998
Subnautica. Just posting dumb, shitty screenshots I took to show friends.
Is it worth 20? Or should I wait for a sale
Because this looks really good and I would give my money for it.
I spent a good while roaming around the unfinished underground magma zones. They're huge and very easy to get lost in, but have nothing in them yet. Very spooky.
>>341598617
Give it a pirate first and see if you like it if you are worried about money, don't forget steam also has a refund option.
>>341598617
Summer sale is next week. Pirate until then. If you like it, buy it.
It's really only tense one you first start playing.
Once you realizenothing is in the open areas and you're completely safeit's a lot easier to play.
>>341597667
>those data logs
fug I'm spooged
>>341598878
>>341598732
Oh shit, I'll just wait til next week to see if i goes on sale. I recently bought ARK and don't know shit about it and don't know what the fuck I am doing.
>>341598617
I got it pretty early in development and the updates have kept me coming back to check it out now and again. Comes somewhat at the risk of your saves becoming outmoded.
It's fairly intensive to run processor wise and can grind a bit when it's trying to load dense areas, but that's apparently being worked on. I'd say it's probably worth the 20$ if you can see yourself playing something like this.
Look up some gameplay footage, I guess.
1. can you die from explosive decompression?
2. can you die from rapid compressionfrom diving too deep?
3. can you initiate a Delta P scenario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEtbFm_CjE0 where uncovering a drain causes you to get sucked in, creating a perfect seal drowning you?
4. can you get the bends
5. are there sexy mermaids?
>crusin around in my cyclops explorian
>can't see any land at all
>see some sort of mass
>think it might be a reefback
>"nah it's just a bit of terain poping in"
>it starts moving
>it actually is a reefback
>it starts spining in place
Oh
They should probably tone down the size if they still do that
Also them actually having reefs on their back when
>>341599105
>Comes somewhat at the risk of your saves becoming outmoded
Life is Hard does that. It's okay. I like being in the early development stuff. It's fun.
>It's fairly intensive to run processor wise and can grind a bit when it's trying to load dense areas
I am legitimately pretty dumb at computer stuff. My one friend put my PC together for me, though I picked the build out myself and all, and I'm sure it'll run it it fine.
I like the trailers adn what I see in this thread, and it's been on my wishlist I got my PC built actually. I don't have many friends so I figured this thread would be a good way to check it out.,
>>341599214
It's not terribly realistic as far as diving goes. Depth only really fucks with your submersibles and makes your O2 drain quicker (for now)
Anyone else farm fish like a motherfucker?
>>341599105
Don't forget next update is supposed to change the way the engine loads things making the game less intensive in terms of hardware demands.
These fruit trees are good shit, too.
>>341599214
no to all of those except 2 and 4 which work with the nitrogen cheat.
It's not complex at all the science shit in this game is easier to understand than crafting in Skyrim.
>>341598462
Where is my happy cake oven?
https://soundcloud.com/kamakazi/seadragon
Reminder
>>341600012
My nigga.
Best episode.
>>341599214
Jesus fuck. Delta P gonna make me never scuba dive in anything but the kiddiest of diving areas.
>terraform right down below my base for like a mile
>build a tunnel for kicks
>wind up in huge fucking cavern full of purple mushrooms and cave life
>>341600507
the worst part is that most delta p situations could be avoided inengeneers designs drains with multiple slots or multiple openings rather than one big hole that a man could get sucked into but didn't because it would have cost a little more to build
>>341596105
>sinking
>>341599214
Do normal people seriously do these weird ass equations every time they see something they're curious about?
Why the fuck do they seriously think people are going to spend 10 minutes staring at water system wondering about getting sucked in and running different equations. How would you even find out the PSI unless you asked some guy working there?
God I hate math. I'm actually a little glad at times for the brain damage.
>>341601047
10 minutes of math vs 30 minutes stuck in a pipe as tons of water crush your body and you run out of oxygen and die
>>341600507
just stay away from holes
>>341598278
Oh man I'm so excited for this. It looks so cool and spooky
>>341601047
delta p is well known phenomenon and it's hardly a weird ass equation, you experience it in a bath when you clog up the drain
>>341601172
Or, like, let a professional do it like you probably should, you know?
Or maybe I'm just being stupid and having brain damage by thinking I should be supervised at all times with things like that, that I or most wouldn't be trained for, or any of that. I don't think I or most would be able to know the size of the chamber as well unless told.
>>341601294
Pretty much. Holes and water are usually always fucked. Sucked in, ripped apart, crushed, bitten, maimed in some way or dead.
>>341601413
I know, but I meant the size of the chambers, and volume and such. If you were just going scuba diving all tourist like and shit I don't think you're going to know all that stuff. I don't think most people are going to be doing that math. I know most people even tell me fuck algebra. It's not worth trying to learn unless you're into science they say.
so what do you actually do in this game? just explore and build a base?
>>341600721
Engineers are the definition of "it works fine on paper". They have zero concept of real-world situations or human interaction. They just design shit in the most efficient and economical way possible. Engineers are more dangerous than a Muslim in a gay nightclub.
>>341601728
Pretty much, you need to explore to find blueprints to make tools, submarines and base add ons.
Story is not yet implemented.
>guy goes to clean drain>cleans it and gets sucked in
Wait wasn't the suction part turned off?
That seems like it should have been turned off for maintenance. Or something.
This Delta P shit just sounds like a lack of a professional smart person.
Thank god I'm aware of how stupid I am and that I need assistance. These accidents are kind of funny in a way.
Like that guy who put a bong or whatever on his stove top and got impaled by the glass.
Or those [people who freeze things filled with water and didn't think it would break. Or putting oil or gasoline next to a generator thats running a small building.
>>341601883
This is true. They actually don't care about safety. They just want their money for drawing. Assholes. Just like 90% of doctors.
>>341601938
Arent there hints toward the ship crashing because of analien force?And something aboutall of the fish/animals being genetically modified humanoids?Or is that another game Im thinking of.
Also can you explore the crashed ship yet? I remember pirating it when it first became early access and wanting to go salvage the ship.
>>341600507
Explosive desscompresion is a more horrible to be honest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin#Deep_Sea_Driller_accident
>>341602215
Yes, you can search/repair parts of the ship.
>>341602151
you cant "turn off" physics
>>341602438
What happens when you search/repair it?
>>341602426
Agreed. Shit like decompression or bubbles in my blood is what makes me never learn to swim.
White people be crazy, and I'm a schizo white guy. Fuck the deep. Nope. Scary animals are fine, but fuck that science shit.
>>341602650
I never said you could? Did you misunderstand or did I word something stupid?
>>341602689
You get attacked by a giant sea monster.
>>341602845
I'm serious. Assuming you go in through the back of the ship.
>>341602783
you said they should've turned the suction off, but you can't simply turn it off because its powered by a pressure differential.
>>341602151
>Like that guy who put a bong or whatever on his stove top and got impaled by the glass.
It was a Lava Lamp.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/lavalamp.asp
>>341603007
what fish is it?
>>341603127
Reaper Leviathan.
Speaking of being spooped by open water, I don't think I was ever caught more off guard than the very beginning of Bioshock. The thought of the plane sinking beneath me in the water had me nearly paralyzed.
>>341602426
>Subsequent investigation by forensic pathologists determined Hellevik, being exposed to the highest pressure gradient and in the process of moving to secure the inner door, was forced through the 60 centimetres (24 in) in diameter opening created by the jammed interior trunk door by escaping air and violently dismembered, including bisection of the thoracoabdominal cavity which further resulted in expulsion of all internal organs of the chest and abdomen except the trachea and a section of small intestine and of the thoracic spine and projecting them some distance, one section later being found 10 metres (30 ft) vertically above the exterior pressure door.
>>341596105
>is this game worth sinking time into
anon, nothing is worth using your precious time for, especially some mediocre video game
you just have to compromise and choose what you think will add the most enjoyment and value to your life
if you think that is this game, then go ahead
>>341603019
Ah, I wouldn't have known that. I don't design stuff.
Makes me wonder why they don't just get a machine to do it instead of nearly killing someone or killing someone each time it gets dirty.
First world America I guess. Just seems like we should do something more safer and logical.
>>341603302
Least it's quick.
>>341603063
Ah right. I couldn't remember and bong blowing up seemed weird. Thanks. I probably thought bong because you got to be really really high to even be that dumb.
anyone tried it in vr? recently ordered a vive but it only works with occulus right now ive read.
crusin around the shallows is great untill all the sea life dies off suddenly
>>341603634
I think this was mainly due to gross negligence, the diver went in alone when nobody was around and didn't take care to avoid the drain, which he probably didn't consider a threat because he didn't realize it doesn't take a huge amount of pressure to form a powerful seal. Hell, I wouldn't have expected a pool that's only 10 feet deep to have suction of that strength, but now I'll know to avoid even the smallest of drains and pipes if I go diving.
>>341601423
you should never dive around machinery or mechanical systems that you are unfamiliar with. Those equations ARE for the professional divers who have to service those things, since your average person would not have access to that kind of information.
If you are a recreational diver, dive in open areas and avoid pipes, intakes, water basins, and drain systems.
>>341596105
game has insane amounts of potential and a good basis already. it just needs more dev time. here's hoping they're not just calling it quits after a while.
Is it finished yet?
>>341600639
I really wish that you could dictate where the support beams of your base go
>>341604480
>Those equations ARE for the professional divers who have to service those things, since your average person would not have access to that kind of information.
Ah. I thought the video was just for basic awareness and I thought that seemed a bit much.
>>341604381
I've always been very weak physically. I learned when I was young if I fall into water that is deeper than my waist I'll probably end up drowning. So I've always figured since water is so heavy it would make sense that it would knock your legs out and pull you under if there was a hole. Kind of like rapids.
>>341604480
I would say avoid that even if you aren't diving. Don't know what it is, stay away. Do you see animals hanging out by it? No? Well there you go.
>>341602215>all of the fish/animals being genetically modified humanoids?
NopeJust the warpers
>>341604804
I think the most important thing to take away from this is that diving is incredibly dangerous if you don't know what you're doing, if you ever go diving make sure you listen carefully to any instructions and take things slow./v/ - diving safety instructions
>Daily subnautica threads asking the same shit are a thing now
At least use different pics developer-san
Remember where you sit in this planet's food chain.
>>341605703
reminder that the cyclops is officially 50m long
They're also working on some aggressive carnivorous flora, so the animals don't feel bad about being the only things that can kill you.
Also, tentacle porn.
Too much spooky in this thread it's time to post comfy bases.
>>341606392
Is that from trello or can you spawn those in experimental?
>>341606892
Trello. It likely won't be implemented before launch.
>>341606821
Don't get too comfy, they're going to make it so that your bases can and will be periodically attacked by various beasties.
>>341596105
I've been making alien study tanks, and have run into trouble finding half the eggs.
Reefback, crab snake, scuttlebug and mesmer are the big ones that I'm looking for now. It's been tedious looking for them and getting no results. I don't know if Reaper and Emperor eggs exist, but I'll look for them if I can confirm they do.
>>341607293
Oh boy, hopefully they fix the random complete base wide power outages prior to that.
>pirate it
>get outside the reef and into deeper waters
>demonic screech from out of nowhere
FUCK NO FUCK THIS SHIT
>>341607701
Some might not be implemented yet. Sea Dragon eggs will be in, and the babies can be used as a heat-based power source and will cook any fish you put into the tank with them.
>>341608027
That's not even the scariest thing you'll see/hear.
>>341599214
>1, 2 and 4
As things are, the player is immune to anything pressure related.
At worst it makes you drain your oxygen faster.
This leads to comical situation where you leave your submarine and carry on with your flippers because the submarine can't go any deeper but you saw some shiny shit below.
Devs have said this is temporary and the first thing they'll implement is decompression sickness.
>3
So far current only exist if you set a current generator.
It's clearly a placeholder to test the device and current as a mechanic, so expect to see natural currents and maybe delta P if the engine can take it.
>>341597551
>>341596105
>>341597998
>>341598278
It's not spooky at all, it's actually incredibly comfy. The only minor source of stress is managing your O2 adequately. Sure, there are big spook monsters out in the distant depths, and some dark caves, but you literally don't ever have to encounter them unless you go looking for them. The water is ultra-clear so you'll pretty much always be able to see the bottom unless you're over a pit or the edge of the world. Hell, you can even build a base on land atop the floating island if you so please- if anything, dicking around in the safe shallows you spawn in & slowly venturing outward is one of the best ways I've personally encountered to get over my fear of water almost entirely & get comfortable with the concept. The only parts that still stress me out are the ones I mentioned above, which are deliberately designed to be stressful no matter what
>>341598148
I hate these things just because I had a base set up in their biome & suddenly the next update added them in. I go out for a swim & get attacked by some fuck I've never seen before...
At least they've moved the Leviathans from the shipwreck to the distant sea now so you don't get raped anally trying to explore
>>341598278
You should really try it in VR, the headset just feels like a dive mask. Then you'll REALLY freak out when you fuck up.I love it
>>341599214
1: No. They'll probably add that to hardcore mode though.
2 & 4: that was initially coded in, you can enable it as a cheat (allows longer diving but ascending too fast fucks you up) but by default, no
3: no, but they're probably working on that as well. You can fry yourself in underwater heat vents at least
5: the game is literally full of nothing but varying alien species of beautiful double-mermaids, pic related
>>341599340
latest update broke a few reefbacks to make them endlessly (hilariously) spin
>>341604804
>I learned when I was young if I fall into water that is deeper than my waist I'll probably end up drowning.
What kind of fucking retardery is that? Learn how to swim holy shit
>>341597667
NONONONONOONO
>>341607701
I haven't had any luck finding crab snake eggs either
Apperently they spawn in the shrooms but i haven't seen any
HOLY SHIT AN ACTUAL SUBNAUTICA THREAD
MY DICK WAS UNPREPARED
I've been playing it on my Vive lately through Revive, shit's fucking insane even though it performs terribly. Unfortunately opening the menu breaks literally everything, so I can't save, & have to restart every day, but I don't even give a shit because the game is so fucking beautiful
>>341600137
oh fuck, a SUPER LEVIATHAN
Will it do to your Cyclops what regular Leviathans do to the Seamoth? That's a fucking horrifying thought considering how defenseless the Cyclops is
>>341607701
Sea emperor eggsare the big floating balls in the grand reef
>>341610292
>in the shrooms
In any of them or just inhabited ones?
If just their homes, fuck that. I can go without a crab snake tank.
>>341610496
> shit's fucking insane even though it performs terribly.
Yeah duh, the game barely functions regularly of course operating it through another peripheral is going to turn it to shit.
Still though, they've got 3 months to refine shit.
>>341610507
GET IN MAH BELLEH!
>>341610496
The Sea Dragon Leviathan lives too deep and in an area the Cyclops has great difficulty navigating. You'll be facing it in the Exosuit.
>>341610648
I thought that was a doggy looking back over his shoulder
turns out was giant doggy
>>341610496
http://subnautica.wikia.com/wiki/Sea_Dragon_Leviathan
Apparently it'll eat you alive
How many actual ships are in the game currently? Will they be adding more?
>>341596105
>>341597998
What's the deal with so many people on /v/ being scared of the deep water?
>>341610496
>>341610647
They haven't optimized it yet, that'll be the last thing before release.
>>341610934
Seamoth
Cyclops
Exosuit
At the moment that's it, no idea what they may add later.
>>341596105
Biggest problem is that your save game tends to break between updates, and it takes quite a while to get your shit going.
>>341600137
After seeing somebody spawn one of these in in the beta build, I gotta say it's fucking horrifying, and it looks like it's made for the open water areas that >>341598897 claims are safe.
Hell, the person who spawned it panicked, surfaced with their seamoth, then the sea dragon just sorta came up from beneath, grabbed the seamoth in its mouth, and kept going up for about most of the length of its body before crashing back down. Thing's a monster in open water.
>>341610496
It grabs onto the seamoth and takes a 60% chunk out of it. Colliding with it in a swimsuit is instant death
>>341611107
Is the Exosuit actually in the game or is it still just from console commands?
>>341610893
>The sounds of the Sea Dragon Leviathan were created by combining real sounds from a bull, an elephant and a tiger.
oh my
>>341596105
I too am afraid of open water and I think this is the spookiest game I've ever played.
It's a good game though and one of the few worthwhile early access titles.
>>341610004
>It's not spooky at all
> Sure, there are big spook monsters out in the distant depths, and some dark caves
I...
>>341611080
They're humans.
>>341611240
The Sea Dragon, along with several other monsters, can spawn in open waters and in the Void outside the map, but it's very rare for the former. The place you will encounter it is in the Inactive Lava Zone and Lava Castle.
>>341611293
Experimental Mode, but it does have most of its animations and abilities at the moment.
>>341611080
and space. i don't get it, i can't even swim and subnautica doesn't spook me at all
>>341596105
>Is this game worth sinking into
>>341599805 Yeah once you have those you don't really need to worry about much else.
>>341611080
I almost drowned as a kid, now I'm afraid of water
I don't even have that game but just looking at some pics ITT makes me unconfortable
>>341596105
I've been lurking in a lot of these Subnautica threads. I have to say, it seems really interesting, and I'll definitely get it once I have a new PC, but I wish the creatures of the game didn't look so non-threatening. I mean, I'm fine with the bright, colorful fauna, the game would feel a bit lifeless without that, but just imagine if something like pic related were in the game.
>>341600137
we kaiju now
So i was wondering, I started playing this and the low frame rates and the amount of pop-in is almost unbearable, however in any YouTube videos i see from this game it runs just fine. Is there any way I can improve the game quality? I even tried running everything on low and still looks like shit. Can't understand, I got decent specs
>>341596105
It gets boring really quick though. I mean, its a nice exploration game, but once you got the cyclops and took a tour over the map, you're basically done with the game. Survival and sandbox aspects are nil.
>>341613378
The story's not in place and the game's not finished yet, of course there isn't much to do outside of exploring and bas-ebuilding.
>>341613289
It's not optimized yet, the Youtubers playing it tend to have very good machines that can overcome the problem, but even they have hiccups.
>>341613289
there's not much you can do aside from putting the game on an ssd. dev says he's planning on fixing it soon.
I'm installing the game now on PC. Do you guys prefer playing with a controller or a mouse and keyboard? I'm usually a mouse and keyboard guy.
>>341614056
Mouse and keyboard. I dunno how it feels on a controller but I had absolutely no problem with M+KB
>>341613289
I heard the terraforming right now makes the game check to map for any editted terrain so it keeps making pop in happen, that's why they're gonna take out terraforming.
whats coming up this month goiz
>>341614412
bigger fish
>>341614343
That's one reason, another is they don't want anyone screwing up their game by getting stuck or something by burrowing through the game map. Unfortunately it means that one particular creature, the Rock Puncher, is going to be on the back burner until after the game comes out.
>>341614623
link to trello thing please
>>341596105
I will only play this again when they fix the performance
>>341611080
I can blameHalf-Lifefor my irrational fear of deep dark water and sea monsters
>>341606821
>>341617240
How do you like that ocean surface clipping through your floor
Serious question
How deep can you go, and how much spooky shit is down there?
>>341617946
At like 1500m you can find hell itself.
>>341618025
so is there shit like >>341597667
in the game?
>>341618121
Yes but the biggest fuckers are yet to be implemented. SOON
>>341617240
Why does your UI font look fatter than mine?
>>341618413
O lawd, welp looks like im not playing this game.
Nothing makes me NOPE faster then deep sea shit
When does the new bigger monsters get added?
>>341617946
As deep as you can, I usually do it in the cyclops and first your alarms will go off as it tells you you are reaching crushing depth, the announcer in the subs becomes this creepy guy telling you you are too deep, you then begin to take on water and you can hear your subs hull bursting open, you will lose control of the sub when you go to deep and take ont o much water and the sound will become silent and you hear nothing but the water gushing into the sub, you then lose power and finally lose control and begin to freefall like I did in pic related.
I hope this game gets modding capabilities when its done because then people could optimize it to be suited a bit better for a horror setting.
What percent complete is it now? I always said I'd pick it up when it was
>quite complex
I have the game and love it but it's woefully shallow and there's not a lot of content to dig through. It might seem overwhelming at first but after about ten hours it becomes pretty clear.
Like I'm not a developer or anything but if I was making a game like this I'd task someone to make at least 1 or 2 cosmetic items a week. Not only would it give the impression of significant updates but it would also genuinely give players more customization options for their base, more things to explore for, more things to show off.
As it is right now they add 1 or 2 medium to significant updates monthlt, with some little things sprinkled in. Once you build a base with all the key elements that's basically it.
>>341619001
Seriously the voice turns dark and creepy in the sub? I play the game but I've never dealt with that before.
>>341621251
I'll go try it myself
>>341618430
That's a really old screenshot, I only play every 3-4 patches
>>341617681
It's not really that noticable
>>341622646
Don't do it, anon!
>>341596105
These threads always make me wanna go spearfishing...
>>341603274
>The thought of the plane sinking beneath me in the water had me nearly paralyzed.
Just like in the movie Cast Away.
>FedEx plane flies through nasty storm
>aircraft is damaged and crashes into the ocean
>Tom Hanks barely escapes
>watches aircraft sink to the bottom of the sea
>rides out the storm in a life raft
>>341603359
Indeed.
Games can offer relaxation and ways to escape from reality, but it comes at a price.
>Looks back and realizes just how much of life was wasted playing addictive video games.
>>341623462
Did it, it's not a dark or creepy voice, it's just the deep masculine voice the Cyclops AI now has. Maybe that anon updates his save everytime rather than create a new games on update, but I couldn't tell any difference between the voices.
>>341619001
>>341621251
>>341622646
>>341623462
it might be a rare thing, one time I got into my Seamoth and it said "I like you inside me"
never happened again since, I assume it has a stupidly low chance of triggering
>>341624449
When you could be doing exciting stuff like working more for an extra wage, clubbing or watching TV!
>>341624586
Sorry, it was "I love it when you come inside me", according to the 2-3 other reports I've seen of people who've encountered it
In hindsight it's hilarious but at the time I was shocked because it was so fucking unexpected
>>341624861
It was taken out I think.
A shame, Seamoth a cute
