Small Vessel's disappeared

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  1. Hummel-o-War

    Hummel-o-War Administrator Staff Member Community Manager

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    Just leave the planet and have a look back on the planet.. if there are meteors "sitting" in the atmosphere, that's what i were asking about.
     
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  2. [HP°] Roman

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    Edit: Ok So there are meteors in the atmosphere in Ningues, but not Omicron or Akua (where bases and vessels have disapeared).
     
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  3. Bobza

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    It happens to me too in single player mode.
    It's a bit (a lot actually) boring cause .... now I'm stuck on omicron moon, unable to leave it, unable to build a new small ship (no constructor, no needed material), unable to respawn on omicron (why my omicron medic bay is not on the respawn screen ?) unable to capture a decent tower (with a constructor and materials) as my decent weapons have gone with my small ship, and by the way I don't have any core ... So I'm completly stuck !!!

    Going to look at the files when I'll be back home ...
     
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  4. Hummel-o-War

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    (Workaround should also work for SP)

    Retrieving lost ships could be achieved with a small workaround: Every ship ("entity") is saved in a distinct folder in your (singleplayer) server world savegame
    D:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Empyrion - Galactic Survival\Saves\Games\5.1.0.276\Shared (<- same folder for SP games!)

    (as 5.1.0.276 is the name of my server world as set in the dedicated.yaml under - { prop: GameName, value: New Game } )

    There, you can find entries like SV_New_74922
    Each of these entries has - as all windows folders have - a creation date.

    So, if you can identify the folder of the ship that got LOST, you/your player only needs to lay down a new starter block (SV for a SV and so on) and YOU, as the admin, just need to copy the four *.area files from the lost ships folder to the newly layed down starter block ship folder (overwrite!).

    Steps are like

    1. Player places a new starter block (SV for SV, CV for CV ..)
    2. Save and Exit your server (or your game if SP)
    3. Copy the .area files from the lost-ships folder over to the newly created ship folder and hit yes if asked to overwrite
    4. Start your server (game)

    Please do NOT do this while server/game is still running, as this may cause severe issues with the playfield!

    Of course you would need FTP access to the installation folder at your hoster if you are not the host.
     
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  5. Bobza

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    Omg ... do I need a starter block ? I don't have one and I can't build one !
    Any tip to add one in my inventory ?
     
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  6. General1977

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    This is a serious game breaking issue! We the players or admins do have our priority and that is playing the game. Im happy to see an admin actually talking to the public about the issue that is not typical for many EA games. Thumbs up for that Hummel.

    Yes we know its alpha and the problems that come with such EA games. But still in some sort of way its got to be playable to keep the helping community willing to continue and that is not given at this point. You see there are many other bugs that need fixing but can be handled and the game can be played. That is the most important aspect of EA games, people need to be able to play in order to find bugs and other issues right?

    Example: When I cross that green film (whatever that is) on a planet with my SV and then land someplace and get out, my SV gets warped back to the place I crossed that green film or barrier. When that happens I have to walk back or someone has to pick me up and bring me to that place. The SV is shown to be there on the map. When I get to that spot where the SV is shown it suddenly gets warped away again to the place where I got out the SV. Now I have to walk back or fly back and there is my SV. That is very annoying but until its fixed it can be handled and the game can be played. To anyone with the same issue: When you come to that green barrier just cross it with your SV but very low , after crossing it land and get out and get back in and the problem is solved for now.

    But with CV SV or Bases just dissapearing alot of people (including me) don´t want to continue playing. Im not alone and we stopped playing for now since we are afraid of wasting alot of time and effort just to loose it again. Just imagine our feeling after coming home from work and shortly before we join our server. We are actually nervous before joining cause we dont know what we will find. My brother owns the server and he is not willing to waste his little spare time after work to fiddle around with the server on a daily basis just to do it again on the following day without having played more than 10 minutes. We love the game but if we have more work with it than actual playing time the result is clear - Play some other game.

    That is just us but I dont want to imagine how many other players feel the same way. So my final and actually only questin is: Is this issue beeing adressed as Priority number 1 Hummel?

    To be honest it is very annoying reading the patchnotes and seeing something like reload animation beeing implemented but this gamebreaking feature/bug is still on the browl. That just gives me the feeling you guys are not adressing all your programmers and resources to this game breaking issue. Here in the forum I see you hummel talking about workarounds but nowhere is indicated that you are working on this issue with all your power and resources.

    Sry for this long Post but if this issue is not so important to you than some unimportant animations than my faith in you and this game will be dead soon!
     
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