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Sim Settlements mod, you can select them to build their own settlements if you want.

Ta for the tip.

That is what I'd like as an ingame option: "autobuild base", "autonavigate ship" etc

I don't know if that will be present, but I can't be the only one wanting to strip out some "it's just work" features?
 
Ta for the tip.

That is what I'd like as an ingame option: "autobuild base", "autonavigate ship" etc

I don't know if that will be present, but I can't be the only one wanting to strip out some "it's just work" features?
It would be handy, if there was some basic, short need to do something, but you could set it to auto like you say.

It'd leave the option for then just going about your business if you don't want, or like, doing it.

If there are aesthetic and some actual benefits for doing it though, that'd be good too, so long as it's not game breaking not to do it.

Then again in Skyrim I had extra house mods put in and I spent too much time rearranging my soul gem collection and in Fallout I'd be spending too much time generating new NPCs to get a nice mix at my over managed settlements :cry:
 
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I'll definitely get this at release. I expect that to be a bug-filled mess, but, y'know...

It now looks way better than the previous showings, which didn't grab me at all.

My biggest worry is that the base building will feel like work. That stopped me playing fallout 4- it was just an annoying chore.

Another is that the planet system will be an immersion breaker. The joy of skyrim/ witcher is i can just "head north" and see what happens, without regard to planning or objectives.. Having to leave planet x-2 and enter a spaceship and select a different planet... I'm not sure that will work.

There's a point where additional gameplay features are just unwelcome complications.

I have an i7 8700k, so expect to be upgrading that shortly afterwards.

I really enjoyed the base building, especially when mods came out to massively expand upon what you could build, but I think you make a good point as to why development costs a fortune and games now are subject to more criticism, gamers have diversified. When games like this appeared 20 years ago we were all in amazement and soaked it all in, but our lives and wants have changed and the younger generations also look for different features in games. It’s a minefield for developers. Luckily I’ve enjoyed every Bethesda game short of F76.

It would be handy, if there was some basic, short need to do something, but you could set it to auto like you say.

It'd leave the option for then just going about your business if you don't want, or like, doing it.

If there are aesthetic and some actual benefits for doing it though, that'd be good too, so long as it's not game breaking not to do it.

Then again in Skyrim I had extra house mods put in and I spent too much time rearranging my soul gem collection and in Fallout I'd be spending too much time generating new NPCs to get a nice mix at my over managed settlements :cry:

Many an hour lost in Elder Scrolls and Fallout games rearranging the item collection. There were some great housing mods with storage solutions, even going as far back as Morrowind. Then you’d add that one tricky item that would knock everything over and you’d have to start again. Fun times.
 
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Many an hour lost in Elder Scrolls and Fallout games rearranging the item collection. There were some great housing mods with storage solutions, even going as far back as Morrowind. Then you’d add that one tricky item that would knock everything over and you’d have to start again. Fun times.
I swear I've done more tidying and arranging things in Skyrim than I have in my own house.
 
Why doesn't it sound good?

One thing that I wasn't sure about from the conversation is if fuel has been removed or if they made running out of fuel a rare experience. Either way I agree with them that running out of fuel is a fun killer. It would be an interesting experience the first few times it happens. But after that it is annoying. It doesn't add to the main gameplay loop (which from what I gather is to explore and experience the world), it actively stops the main gameplay loop. That's why hunger and thirst mechanics are not often seen in RPG games outside of survival games. Rather than exploring the world, every x hours you need stop and cook a meal.

Satisfactory is a factory building game, the first form of power generation is a biomass burner that you need to fill with leaves and organic matter to keep the lights on. It gets tedious very quickly having to constantly search for leaves. You end up rushing to get coal power, which automates the filling of coal into the coal generators.

Edit: Fuel is still in the game,
Someone will no doubt make an immersion mod where fuel consumption will be more realistic-ish and having to source fuel. Loved the immersion mods in Skyrim.
 
there's probably an arcade mode for the people who want to play a different game from the ones the devs are intending.

if youre lucky it might even play itself for you, if not head over to twitch
 
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It would be handy, if there was some basic, short need to do something, but you could set it to auto like you say.

It'd leave the option for then just going about your business if you don't want, or like, doing it.

If there are aesthetic and some actual benefits for doing it though, that'd be good too, so long as it's not game breaking not to do it.

Then again in Skyrim I had extra house mods put in and I spent too much time rearranging my soul gem collection and in Fallout I'd be spending too much time generating new NPCs to get a nice mix at my over managed settlements :cry:

It's just personal preference- I prioritise exploring, stabbing and looting.

Looking forward to a variation of "... until I took an arrow to the knee" from npcs.
 
Do developers think everyone enjoys downloading hundreds of GB's of files?

Ridiculous.
How big is it? something like 100+ Gb I'm guessing. I think the last 3 or 4 AAA titles I've got have been over 100gb. Baldurs Gate 3 is taking up 150gb on my drive at the moment. As Adidan mentions above I dont really even notice it these days but to be fair thats probably only because I have 1gig fibre which has meant that I can download 100gb in next to no time, long gone are the days of having to leave something downloading overnight. Getting the 1gb net has probably been the best upgrade I ever did for my gaming tbh, I feel for anyone who is in an area where such speeds are not available, especially these days.
 
I get that but I get the feeling that they're not even bothering with compression anymore.
Could it be if they don't compress things like audio, would that save adding extra demands on the CPU?

Just a question made of words I randomly thought of putting together because, cards on the table, I know absolutely bugger all about this type of thing. :cry:
 
It's just personal preference- I prioritise exploring, stabbing and looting.

Looking forward to a variation of "... until I took an arrow to the knee" from npcs.

Hehe yea.

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