Smoker vents that aren't hot in Lost River [October stable build]

SidchickenSidchicken Plumbing the subnautican depths Join Date: 2016-02-16 Member: 213125Members
in Subnautica Bug Reporting
I went to build a new base in one of my favorite locations - the entry to the room with the Ghost Tree, on the side where you find the dead dragon skeleton near the research lab. My plan was to build some thermal plants to power it near the hot vents around the skeleton - but to my surprise, they weren't even hot enough to provide thermal power. I'm not 100% sure this is a bug, but it was sorely disappointing to see the hot bubbling vent and not even get above 25 C.

Also, not being able to make a thermometer to verify good locations proved to be a real PITA. Please reconsider its removal.

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  • ssutcliffessutcliffe United States Join Date: 2016-11-01 Member: 223565Members
    I agree with the rethinking the thermometer removal. Because you only build items when swimming rather then in a vehicle, that is annoying. The thermal plant does tell the current temperature now, but no one wants to have to build, despawn, and rebuild over and over, especially when you may take damage from the eruptions. Often I may want to build a thermal plant before I've even built a prawn (which I only do after getting the drill arm - no point before that).
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  • baronvonsatanbaronvonsatan TX, USA Join Date: 2016-12-01 Member: 224415Members
    It seems now the thermal plants do something different on being queued up for building-- as always, the red outline means you can't place there, and green outline means you can, but the yellow outline means that you can but shouldn't, as the temperature is suboptimal.

    I still want my thermometer back though, dangit.
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  • Hulkie2345Hulkie2345 New York Join Date: 2017-08-23 Member: 232598Members
    There's still a range limit of good to great. So the yellow indicator still doesn't help. They really need to just put the Thermometer on the characters HUD, and be done with it. I've gotten the yellow indicator even in the ILZ.
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  • Inny78Inny78 France Join Date: 2017-11-02 Member: 233820Members
    I've seen that cold vent, yes. After building the plant, swimming some distance away and moving back to it fixed it for me, so it may be a loading issue with that one.
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  • Nathan_JamesNathan_James United States Join Date: 2017-11-09 Member: 233915Members
    Doesn't the Seamoth have a thermometer on it?
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  • KurasuKurasu Join Date: 2017-06-24 Member: 231322Members
    Yep. And around that smoker, the thermometer doesn't go up at all. I know the area that's being discussed; I was scouting it out for a base my own self.

    There's a couple areas where the 'heat spots' seem to be not on the smokers, I've noticed, in the Lost River.
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  • narfblatnarfblat Utah, USA Join Date: 2016-05-15 Member: 216799Members, Forum Moderators, Forum staff
    I think this is a call for @Belgarel who figured out a temp fix for some heat issues even before he was hired by unknownworlds(A belated congrats to Belgarel for becoming part of the bug fixing team)
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  • BelgarelBelgarel Join Date: 2017-07-03 Member: 231570Members, Subnautica Developer
    I could take a look. What are the coordinates of the worst offenders?
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  • JarinJarin Los Angeles Join Date: 2013-12-16 Member: 190184Members
    Belgarel wrote: »
    I could take a look. What are the coordinates of the worst offenders?
    Snagging the coordinates I linked earlier in the general forum: -741.4, -536.7, -1093.6. There's some heat there, but it's decidedly positioned weird. The same issue exists on the chain of vents just outside the DGR caves to the south-southwest of there.
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  • KurasuKurasu Join Date: 2017-06-24 Member: 231322Members
    Ooo, sweet! Accidental major fix-findings FTW.
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  • FathomFathom Earth Join Date: 2016-07-01 Member: 219405Members
    edited November 2017
    Kurasu wrote: »
    Ooo, sweet! Accidental major fix-findings FTW.
    "I'll just pull out this little thread and.... JESUS CHRIST IT'S UNRAVELING EVERYTHING !!!"
    ~Software development in a nutshell
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  • scifiwriterguyscifiwriterguy Sector ZZ-9-Plural Z-α Join Date: 2017-02-14 Member: 227901Members
    Fathom wrote: »
    Kurasu wrote: »
    Ooo, sweet! Accidental major fix-findings FTW.
    "I'll just pull out this little thread and.... JESUS CHRIST IT'S UNRAVELING EVERYTHING !!!"
    ~Software development in a nutshell
    Kurasu wrote: »
    99 pieces of bugs in the code
    99 pieces of bugs
    Take one down
    Fix it up now
    179 pieces of bugs in the code

    If I had a buck for every time either of those has happened to me...I'd be retired.

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  • KurasuKurasu Join Date: 2017-06-24 Member: 231322Members
    edited November 2017
    I think that the delay on the Ghost Update patch tweet said everything:



    (Edited because I misremembered which update that tweet was from)
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