I'm sure it's been updated, despite the tag. The easy way to check other than the build number is if you now have an achievements list for it.
dang thanks for info... ok will play around tonight but I have waited this long for console version, I'll go back to waiting mode until it's fixed
Whenever you feel ready to, as far as having enough food, water, tools, and spare batteries for a long trip. You also need the radiation protection suit/helmet of course
Huh, I thought it was necessary for moving some things blocking the path through the ship
Everyone should take advantage of this if they don't already have this game. It's simply brilliant.
it's not immediately obvious, but this does exist in the game. if you poke around for a while, you'll stumble across certain items that will trigger a 'main' questline. there's a fairly comprehensive wiki that can point you in the right direction if you want to get right to it
Yes, I don't remember where though.
I dunno about before you repair the radio in Lifepod 5, but I've found lifepods that hadn't been pointed out to me yet, so I'd assume so.
Usually I'd agree with you; dropping into a game that doesn't tell you exactly what to do can be super confusing. But I really like how Subnautica did it. When I first started off, I died pretty quick because I didn't realize food and water were a thing. OK, now I know that's something I need to focus on. I start exploring more just to gather resources and figure, I need to make my way back to the ship. The story quickly moves to encourage this. Then I get a prompt telling me to go to a location; certain things occur and a story starts unfolding that guides (very indirectly) me from location to location chasing clues. It all feels very natural and it ends up having an interesting story told in an organic way that I ended up really appreciating. I think if it had more hand-holding, it actually would have weakened the feeling of progression the game gives you.
Make sure you repair the radio in your lifepod. That's where a lot of the guidance in the game comes through
In my experience there's quite a few batteries strewn about, so no need to bring too many along. Food and water are definitely good to have though, the place is pretty big. There's also no immediate reason to lug the seaglide around unless it's your only transport and leaving it at the entrance is a problem.
it's "playable".
Can you quickly deactivate them all on the push of a button? That's what I'm talking about. A quick toggle.
deactivate beacons or hud elements? if it's the former, you can toggle them on or off individually. i never had more than a few beacons up at a time, so i never had a need to mass toggle them on or off. i believe the beacons for the lifepods/various story elements should turn off automatically, so if they're staying on i can see how that might get overwhelming/cluttered, but it's been a while so i'm not completely sure.
Don't know if you've progressed since this post, but as far as exploration, I completely agree. I'm terrified of open water in real life, and this game compounds it by including a lot of giant aggressive things. My recommendation is to stick to the floor (then you won't worry about not seeing it) and go from reasonably friendly zones downwards. So there's obviously the safe shallows. The kelp forests aren't bad, but visibility sucks in them, so I tend to avoid them. The grassy plateaus (where the red grass is, along with the reefbacks) are basically safe outside of the sand sharks, and they really don't do much damage. So follow the floor along the grassy plateau west to find the entrance to the mushroom forest, and just keep to the seabed as you descend; makes things much less scary. Also, since there is no map, you should be placing beacons everywhere (and giving them descriptive names). When you do this in conjunction with using the largest submarine, it ends up feeling like Hunt for Red October; OK, we've passed that marker, now on to the next one, and so on.
If lifepods are the only story interaction you've had, then you're pretty far from the end
