Terrain deformation ?

WaterfallWaterfall Cherbourg/FR Join Date: 2016-03-27 Member: 214918Members
in Subnautica General Discussion
Hi,
It's been a long time since I havn't played and I remember that terraformer was removed and the terrain deformation was supposed to be removed to get better performance in game.
There is a lot of posts in the forum, I admit that I havn't searched a lot...
Thank you
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  • 0x6A72320x6A7232 US Join Date: 2016-10-06 Member: 222906Members
    It's been removed, and base terrain deformation has been removed, but you can still manually spawn in a terraformer with Debug Console command 
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    -- for now, at least.
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  • SkopeSkope Wouldn't you like to know ;) Join Date: 2016-06-07 Member: 218212Members
    edited February 2017
    On the topic, when will base terrain deformation be cut out? Is UW still have problems with base stilts?
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  • WaterfallWaterfall Cherbourg/FR Join Date: 2016-03-27 Member: 214918Members
    Skope wrote: »
    On the topic, when will base terrain deformation be cut out? Is UW still have problems with base stilts?

    I was waiting for the answer too.
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  • TheRelmLordTheRelmLord The Void Join Date: 2017-01-04 Member: 226060Members
    Hey. The Crashfish Can Deform Terrain And You Can Launch Anything At Terrain To Deform It.
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  • DaveyNYDaveyNY Schenectady, NY Join Date: 2016-08-30 Member: 221903Members
    As far as I've noticed with the Castles & Coffee update, bases no longer will remove terrain when being built.
    If it don't fit, it can't be built in that particular spot.

    Also the stilts form OK when first building, but they do tend to all of a sudden not reach the seafloor, after playing the game for awhile.
    B)
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  • Racer1Racer1 Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9615Members
    The tool has already been officially "cut out", but the ability to remove terrain is still technically in place. This means the performance improvements expected by this plan will not yet be seen. However, this should come soon given the XBox performance is severely hampered (moreso than on PC) by this problem -- and UWE devs have hinted at an XBox release containing these fixes "soon" -- what that means is up to you to decide.
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  • TenebrousNovaTenebrousNova England Join Date: 2015-12-23 Member: 210206Members
    I wish they'd at least leave it in as an option. Some people, myself included still have pretty good performance where terraforming is concerned.
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  • JckingJcking Join Date: 2017-01-27 Member: 227344Members
    It is not as simple as you may think. The way terraforming worked was by saving the terrain EVERY time you use the terraformer or the base does it automatically. I have been lucky, but there have been reports of gigabyte sized save files. Will I miss the terraformer, yes but the costs it presents are are far too high.
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  • Racer1Racer1 Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9615Members
    Unfortunately, the saves contained ALL terrain (or something around that) that was ever loaded into the game (by player movement), whether it had been "terraformed" or not.
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  • FathomFathom Earth Join Date: 2016-07-01 Member: 219405Members
    Racer1 wrote: »
    Unfortunately, the saves contained ALL terrain (or something around that) that was ever loaded into the game (by player movement), whether it had been "terraformed" or not.
    That explains the gigabyte size of the save game folder.
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  • 0x6A72320x6A7232 US Join Date: 2016-10-06 Member: 222906Members
    Ever wonder if the terrain was duplicating like the wrecks when it attempted to load?
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  • QuantumFlareQuantumFlare Northern Ireland Join Date: 2015-04-30 Member: 203988Members
    edited February 2017
    Found this strange, cube-like formation below the terrain, anyone know what it is? Has it got something to do with the Sandsharks in the area? :P
    I also found that shooting the Repulsion (not Propulsion) cannon at terrain will take chunks out of it, even if no object is being fired.

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  • pie1055pie1055 Join Date: 2016-12-05 Member: 224603Members
    I don't know much about that cube in particular but if you pilot your seamoth near the terrain and ping the sonar frequently you'll find a lot of hidden objects like that. Not sure if it still does but western grassy plateaus used to have hidden terrain under almost every hill in some spots. Think I also found another in the Lost River just the other day as well.
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