Question : PDA's that glow white, but cannot be clicked

MadeMyDayMadeMyDay Join Date: 2016-09-12 Member: 222267Members
in Subnautica General Discussion
I often found PDA's that glow white like the Questitems, but you cannot aktivate them.
Are these PDA's buggy and have to be reported, or is it decoration ?
I ask because in may last Game i had some holes in the PDA-Datas. So maybe i had these holes from PDA's that cannot be clicked.
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  • scubamattscubamatt Georgia, USA Join Date: 2016-05-22 Member: 217295Members
    I've seen these too. I just assume that they are damaged and the data can't be downloaded. (I steal feel cheated when I find one that doesn't give me anything new to read.)
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  • RezcaRezca United States Join Date: 2016-04-28 Member: 216078Members
    scubamatt wrote: »
    I've seen these too. I just assume that they are damaged and the data can't be downloaded. (I steal feel cheated when I find one that doesn't give me anything new to read.)

    Sometimes I get those as well, and just as I'm giving up I'm able to loot it. Some of the PDA's in the jellyshroom caves were like this as well, the one stored away in a locker comes to mind. I couldn't interact with it at all, in any meaningful way, until I messed with the propulsion cannon and finally dislodged it from the locker. Same goes with various (old) fragments that are tucked away in cargo crates - very hard to scan them even though they're right there!!!

    So I'd say report them "just in case" - if they're intended to be unlootable, corrupted, broken, or whatever then they shouldn't really be glowing and tempting you in the same way an abandoned one full of story would. If they are indeed damaged, maybe they should be flickering or somethng to reflect this, or provide a garbled message when looted?
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  • LonnehartLonnehart Guam Join Date: 2016-06-20 Member: 218816Members
    Just so you know, the one in the locker within the jellyshroom caves can be retrieved. You just need the propulsion cannon to pull it to you. There was one PDA I found in a wreck near a thermal vent in the Safe Shallows. I used to be able to pick it up, but now I can't. Even with the Propulsion Cannon...
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  • DagothUrDagothUr Florida Join Date: 2016-07-12 Member: 220125Members
    Oh man, these things are EVERYWHERE. What's worse is that it's completely random, because the glitch that causes it doesn't always play out the same every game. And yes, it's a glitch. All PDAs are supposed to be reachable. The glitch being that on spawn in they get clipped into the terrain somehow and get stuck.

    Sometimes, if you're lucky, they're only clipped in enough that you can still grab them with a propulsion cannon. However as of last week I've found that method has dropped to a zero percent success rate. Might be related to removing terraformers, but can't be sure.

    I think the issue is that they're spawning in the PDAs with the terrain instead of separated from it. A more sensible way to spawn them in would be to draw the terrain first and then afterward spawn in PDAs above their resting place and let them fall down normally. It might look a little weird, but at least they won't get clipped/stuck inside the meshes all the dang time.
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