New Flora Decorations

Gooball60

This is a minor thing that nobody will likely care about, but it does it seem like the devs are reusing some of decorations (mainly flora) from old biomes in newer ones? I think they should make some new flora models to add more diversity and uniqueness to the biomes of Subnautica. What do you think?

DrownedOut

I don't mind the reusing, but more flora means more gardening options and I like that. I'd love to have some more water-farming options with green (or brown, yellow, etc. Colors to balance out all the blue-purple-red) because right now there's only truly creepvine with some blueish green plants as best alternatives. Also more tall waterplants and edible waterplants plz because there's only three or so each right now.

Gooball60

I agree. It would be nice to have a wide range of plants to select from when making a garden. More color diversity would also be nice. It would be even better if they actually made new models rather than just re-texturing existing ones. Devs?

Coranth

More garden is always good!

Darwin-Evolution

@Gooball60 I totally agree with you, m8. This issue is bugging me as well. And it isn't only with the flora, but also the fauna (take the grand reef for example).

We therefore need to come up with new flora ideas. I already have one. Watch this.



I want a similar plant/coral-like animal which constantly "smokes" out a bioluminescent substance.

Enderguy059

Darwin-Evolution wrote: »

@Gooball60 I totally agree with you, m8. This issue is bugging me as well. And it isn't only with the flora, but also the fauna (take the grand reef for example).

We therefore need to come up with new flora ideas. I already have one. Watch this.



I want a similar plant/coral-like animal which constantly "smokes" out a bioluminescent substance.

2/10 Not as good as Attenborough.

Gooball60

We need some talented people to come up with some concepts. Just simple things like these: https://sketchfab.com/models/2ce640a4086b479b8fe965c27a1173a2

Avimimus

Gooball60 wrote: »

This is a minor thing that nobody will likely care about, but it does it seem like the devs are reusing some of decorations (mainly flora) from old biomes in newer ones? I think they should make some new flora models to add more diversity and uniqueness to the biomes of Subnautica. What do you think?

The sparse reef, grand-reef, and sea-treader biomes could also do with one or two unique fish not found in other biomes.

There were three unique creatures (including one you can ride) in this concept art:



I think it remains my second favourite (I love the lost-river leviathan as well! I wonder if it was planned to be a passive life form)?

Darwin-Evolution

Enderguy059 wrote: »

Darwin-Evolution wrote: »

@Gooball60 I totally agree with you, m8. This issue is bugging me as well. And it isn't only with the flora, but also the fauna (take the grand reef for example).

We therefore need to come up with new flora ideas. I already have one. Watch this.



I want a similar plant/coral-like animal which constantly "smokes" out a bioluminescent substance.

2/10 Not as good as Attenborough.

Well that wasn't the BBC. Attenborough's documentaries are really hard to beat. I actually really like Jonathan Bird, I half agree that Attenborough is better.

BabyKurama

I would love more flora, and smaller types of pots we can place outside of base for decoration

ech0gh0st

Avimimus wrote: »

Gooball60 wrote: »

This is a minor thing that nobody will likely care about, but it does it seem like the devs are reusing some of decorations (mainly flora) from old biomes in newer ones? I think they should make some new flora models to add more diversity and uniqueness to the biomes of Subnautica. What do you think?

The sparse reef, grand-reef, and sea-treader biomes could also do with one or two unique fish not found in other biomes.

There were three unique creatures (including one you can ride) in this concept art:



I think it remains my second favourite (I love the lost-river leviathan as well! I wonder if it was planned to be a passive life form)?

That would be cool to have that thing to hold onto

Gooball60

We need the devs to notice this... but they're on vacation.

HYBRID1313

I feel that the Grand Reef should feel more like a reef. Like in the concept art, with actual 3D coral and not a voxel terrain texture. Maybe they could add this in polishing with the removal of pop-in and maybe a better draw distance? (To match concept arts)

Victor32

I agree that they recycle content a bit too much throughout the zones. And it's not only plants that get re-used. Fish that you can first meet right under the water surface, you later find at crushing depths as well, which makes little sense. Yes, each biome has its own unique set of main, zone-specific 'decorations' as the OP put it, and they are all amazingly atmospheric, but using elements from other biomes as fillers is not a good idea. When you're new to the game, and explore new areas for the first time, it's very disappointing to encounter the same type of both flora and fauna all over again.

I just hope it's only an early access thing that will be fixed for release...

Darwin-Evolution

Gooball60 wrote: »

We need the devs to notice this... but they're on vacation.

Don't worry, they might have been on vacation, but they're still working hard (contradiction in terms right there, great job). They're still reading every single comment, and they're still adding new things to the game, such as the destroyed life pods on the xbox version (finally found one!).

Gooball60

Victor32 wrote: »

I agree that they recycle content a bit too much throughout the zones. And it's not only plants that get re-used. Fish that you can first meet right under the water surface, you later find at crushing depths as well, which makes little sense. Yes, each biome has its own unique set of main, zone-specific 'decorations' as the OP put it, and they are all amazingly atmospheric, but using elements from other biomes as fillers is not a good idea. When you're new to the game, and explore new areas for the first time, it's very disappointing to encounter the same type of both flora and fauna all over again.

I just hope it's only an early access thing that will be fixed for release...

I totally agree with you.

DrownedOut

There is such a huge difference between finding crabsquids in either the Blood Kelp Zone or the Grand Reef. In the GR, you don't find them until a Seamoth upgrade to take you deeper and it's only then you find what's been lurking underneath all along. With the BKZ, you enter not far below the surface and you're already staring one in the face. I don't mind that they're in two biomes because they're awesome and a good challenge, but I'd expect them not above 200m in the BKZ either.

Dagon

I'd love more flora!

HYBRID1313

Me too! Let's hope for some more after 1.0 or before

DefectiveDelfin

I will ask the devs in discord about this.

The forums isn't a good place to talk to the devs,as discord allows you to talk to the devs in real time and get their answers.

I recommend you all download discord and ask the devs about whatever questions you currently have.

Gooball60

DefectiveDelfin wrote: »

I will ask the devs in discord about this.

The forums isn't a good place to talk to the devs,as discord allows you to talk to the devs in real time and get their answers.

I recommend you all download discord and ask the devs about whatever questions you currently have.

Great. Hopefully we can get some recognition on this subject.

Victor32

Just don't spam the poor devs with billions of ideas and questions per minute there or it will be exactly like the forums - too many messages to handle for them.

Squeal_Like_A_Pig

If we had infinite resources we would of course prefer to not reuse any plants and creatures in the various biomes, but that would just be too much work to populate such large areas of the world with only unique models. Each creature, especially, is a lot of work to design, model/texture, animate, and add the behaviors. So we've have had to find a compromise, sometimes reusing the same flora and fauna, sometimes using reskinned versions, as well as making many unique models per biome as well, to give them each a defining look.

That said, there are still additional creatures and plant life that is getting added to the game. The Lost River biome, in particular, will have many new environment props to contribute to it's look.

Funsauce32

One thing that itches me is how there is no reason for the biomes to be the way they are. How come theres floating glowing rocks in one area and a bunch of sand next to it? I know this is a game but it just bothers me.

Racer1

@fun There is an intelligence behind the planet...and its not human.

Gooball60

@Squeal_Like_A_Pig Cool. Hopefully we will see some new flora later on in development.