Unofficial Suggestions Thread
Crumbling Ego
Join Date: 2012-10-30 Member: 164692Members
Join Date: 2012-10-30 Member: 164692Members
Until the actual suggestions forum is up and running, we need a place to blather endlessly about whatever we think belongs in the game. I'll start us off.
The Bestiary:
A system entirely dedicated to information about the various life-forms that you find in this alien world, it would be accessible through the PDA, probably between the inventory and submarine buttons. It would consist of a piece of concept art of the life-form, along with some basic facts about it, such as its dimensions, what it eats, what materials it drops, and what time of day it is active. On the bottom of the page there would also be a short paragraph detailing how the life-form lives, its role in the ecology, and any special adaptations it may have. There would be a dedicated scanner tool that would allow you to add new life forms to the Bestiary, further rewarding exploration, especially to areas that don't have very many natural resources.
The Bestiary:
A system entirely dedicated to information about the various life-forms that you find in this alien world, it would be accessible through the PDA, probably between the inventory and submarine buttons. It would consist of a piece of concept art of the life-form, along with some basic facts about it, such as its dimensions, what it eats, what materials it drops, and what time of day it is active. On the bottom of the page there would also be a short paragraph detailing how the life-form lives, its role in the ecology, and any special adaptations it may have. There would be a dedicated scanner tool that would allow you to add new life forms to the Bestiary, further rewarding exploration, especially to areas that don't have very many natural resources.
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It would also provide a lot more work, to integrate into the game and to update the wiki, but hey, it's an idea.
Base Building:
It would be great to be able to build some open air base, be it on some lone small (natural) island or on an artificial platform on the water surface. It would add this great Robinson Crusoe feeling to the game if you know what I mean. Or just a possibility to go outside and sit there with your fishing rod
Storms:
Whats more terrifying and beautiful than a nice storm out on the open sea? Would be great to be able to experience this (safely in my home base, looking outside :P)
It appears you and I were on the same page when thinking of storms. What do you think about a buoyancy-controlled base for the harsher storms? It could be a similar procedure to how submarines dive deeper in storms. I think an observation deck for such times would be great...hot cocoa-flavored fish (hey it's an alien world isn't it?), watching the caustic patterns from the undulation of the violent waves and lighting dance across the acrylic ceiling. The sound of lightning from underwater is pretty cool as well!
http://www.dosits.org/resources/all/featuresounds/lightning/
http://subnautica.unknownworlds.com/#/subnautica/checkins
[edit] I should mention this is the experimental build I'm talking about.
Edit, I'm not getting the updates even though Im using the experimental branch... O_O
Edit2: As suspected it seems I had to use the steam properties settings and change some things around, hopefully that fixed it
I had the same idea.They could be something like the Flying fish which gained the ability of permanent flight but still submerge periodically for food.