Please Change the Seamoth Steering Back
Noobathon
NY Join Date: 2016-01-27 Member: 212159Members
NY Join Date: 2016-01-27 Member: 212159Members
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And yes, the motion sickness is a problem for me as well there, even though I've never experienced it in games before.
I find the mouselook really laggy and clumsy compared to a few days ago.
"Oh, I'm back to the cyclops, thank god. I really got sick driving the seamoth. I really can't see where I go with the cyclops, but at least I won't feel sick anymore. Frustrated maybe when I bang the cyclops against the rocks again and again, but my head feels good."
Ship AI of the cyclops "My drones just restyled the cockpit for you and fastened the pilot controls to the ceiling while docking your foots magnetic. This way you'll be able to look freely down without any risk of punching rocks again (deja vu?). And as you never seem to hit anything when going up, you'll stay free of collisions all the time."
"Won't I get headaches when I see all fish and plants turned upside down?"
AI "Well, there was this motorcycle racing position alternative with a beautiful free view above AND below. But I calculated that you're too fat for that."
"I'll think we need to adjust your metrics a little. And what about the gyroscope option?"
AI "Ah, but you told me so much about hating your head spinning, so it wasn't an option at all."
"Sigh ... at least my head won't spin"
AI "Right captain."
"And I want the last word, you're the servant and have to follow all orders."
AI "Yes, captain."
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Yes, I'd like to have my own choice how to navigate my subs. And a control option for piloting my subs would really be totally awesome.
Same, I have never got motion sickness in a game before this seamoth change. Super frustrating as a player.
But I finally found the reason for the new controls. The devs will soon rename the game:
"Dive Hard" (Subtitle: From Subnautica with Love)
It's a game where you won't only fight against underwater creatures that terrorize you. No, you will also be fighting against your own mean navigation controls. - Brutus Willy from Rock'n Roll Underwater Games
But if it's causing problems for people then it definitely needs an option to be turned off.
Not even turned off, but allow us to use the old setting or the new ones. More options is better when it comes to customizing movement and UI.
It got better, but it's still laggy and by far not the good old feeling anymore. The devs ignore it, as they've their own secret future plan on how to drive the seamoth and cyclops. Or how to change the seamoth and cyclops in order to get people using the cyclops, because it simply can't roll or tilt a single bit (other than sinking it or doing some crazy tricks).
So let's face the truth: The old seamoth was too much fun using it. Farewell seamoth, I loved you so much. But I have lost all hope the devs will change it back. Maybe the devs have mercy and explain some of us why they did it or what they really want to achieve with sub controls.
At the VERY least they need to make it so your head doesn't turn before the seamoth for those of us who get sick watching it. I would prefer just an entire revert on the seamoth handling but i doubt it will happen.
Otherwise the SeaMoth is going to sit in its moonpool, unloved and sulking.
Yeah, at this point I just want to be sure to get the devs attention. As for me, this determines whether or not I can play the game more or less so I am much more concerned about this design decision than others. They also made it less maneuverable for some reason. It is called the seaMOTH ffs. It could and should float and flutter in all directions with ease. The name made sense before at least haha.
Tag them?
I'm probably stupid...
LOL, just looked at your join date. This was before you started playing.
Not having any problems with it myself.
Do you experience minimal lags or stuttering? Because the new controls are non-fluid for me, while the old ones were absolutely flawless in being fluid. The old controls had the disadvantage of uncontrolled spinning when tilting too much. They also had no realistic laziness inside, while the new ones are now too lazy and laggy to feel right.
The process of adapting the new seamoth controls isn't finished though and got almost acceptable now. So there isn't a final judgement at this time. Without the lags it's acceptable.
With the cyclops it's different. The players got used to navigate a sub that can't roll or tilt, while the others like me ignore to navigate it. The devs want me to use the cyclops and I really tried for hours to get some fun back, but it didn't work, because my wish to roll and tilt was too big.
The machine I'm playing Subnautica on (not mine) is pretty old. Still running windows 7. I often get major lag and stutters in the seamoth if travelling at full speed as it struggles to load environments and critters. Especially if I haven't rebooted the machine recently.
I don't have any problems with the seamoth controls though. I'm quite reckless in it too. I go full speed through tight tunnels and in very shallow waters and almost never hit anything. Except fish sometimes when they spawn out of nowhere.
Do you run experimental like me? Seamoth controls were ok until last farming update.