I only have 4 tips in the knowledge tab. 3 for the interface and one for status effects. I’m on ps4 @james
Do you have any filters enabled?
Nope. I did however turn tips off when the guilds update came out because I didn’t want to hit learn tip a bunch. So maybe that’s what made them not show up anymore? Also I did enable tips again to see if that would make them pop up in the tab but it didn’t
Ok found.
There is a bug in the PS4 version that means during startup the Tips will sometimes get reset.
The Tips system will only show you tips you’ve already seen. So after a restart that resets your tips saved state the list will be presented empty, and then the empty state is saved emptying the tips list permanently.
We’ll get this fixed and released in a hot fix.
However you will still need to see (and optionally learn) the tips again.
Obviously it’s frustrating that the tips are unhelpful but least we’ve been able to work out why some players were seeing something different.
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Thank you for all of your hard work!
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that is kind of the point he was makeing tho if you “NEED” the forums and discord to get info on how to play the game then there is someting wrong there a person shod be able to pick up a game go full nomad and be able to learn just has much has someone who reads forums and discord. the game des a great job of saying you need X to build Z but not much beyond that the objectives also only work if you play the game how it wants you to play so say i want to skip low level mineing and go to mid tier the game would not tell me how to do that tell i did what it wants.
i cleard my app data folder to reset my tips and when i had one of the first pop up about food buffs i noticed it stayed for a bit while i was crafting and non of the crafting tool tips appeared (crafting time, output etc) it could have been a one off i will try redoing it and recording it
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I don’t think I have ever played a game, whether it is a simple or complex, that I was able to find all the info I needed to play it. I always have to go and do a search for what to do in this or how to do that, or why isn’t this doing what it is supposed to do or a many other problems that show up.
I do think that a better job could be done in the way the objectives are set up. I got the impression that we needed to get immediately to higher level planets, to start a settlement, build a portal and other items way before we are ready to do so.
At level 20 and a objective popped up telling me go to a inhospitable world and get silver. I was not ready at level 20 to do that, some are, sure, but not all.
More info needs to be given. Encouragement to join a settlement, maybe, to help new players. Maybe set up a training area on each starter planet to give info on how to do things so they can survive. I’ve spoken to several players who have quit because they did not know what to do and where to get the help.
Want more people to buy the game, want more people to keep playing the game, want more positive reviews? Give new players what is needed, better info of what to do, when to do it, where to do it and how to do it. And I mean play the game, not something else, so get your minds out of the gutter, LOL.
I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum here I suppose.
I jumped in, immediately knew what to do, had a good idea of a strategy, and only had to resort to the forums (this was before the current objectives and tutorials and such) to find info on depth for specific materials. Never watched any tutorial videos, either. I think the only thing of Jivita’s that I watched was his science on grapples and slings, and the occasional ‘next patch preview’.
Everything else felt pretty intuitive to me and now that we have atlases and this information displayed in several in-game places (knowledge tab, worlds tab, etc) it should be even easier.
But figuring out how things work is part of the fun for me (had great fun with the new footfall system) so I suppose I might be the exception rather than the rule.
Edit: Also I came here straight from modded minecraft so my bar for sufficient in-game guidance was probably lower than most.
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my son is that way. He refuses to read any tutorials and prefers to learn as he goes. If it hadn’t been for him, I’d have been here several times a day asking for help. Most of what I comment on is for new players. And curiosity, why of how something work, or is done a certain way. I need some, he doesn’t know it all (at times he thinks he does, I love letting him know when he is wrong) but there is so much to learn and it changes so I am constantly asking for more info.
Anyhow, some seem to have the knack to figure out games quick. Devs are so familiar with the game they developed they don’t see the weak areas, players who learned it a long time ago have probably forgotten the areas that were confusing.
Me too. I prefer to learn as I go, it’s part of the fun. Even if it was slow progress. Lolz.
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We’ve discovered that there is an issue of PS4 that can reset the Tips. It’ll be fixed in a hotfix.
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And that is one of the great things about this game. There is no forced do this by this time. We can pick how fast or slow we want, if we want to get info, tips and help from other sources or figure it out ourselves.
I enjoy the slow process of doing what I want at the speed I want. I can go and mine for copper and coal on Tana VII, Go to Delta C and get green berries, Trior to get wood and sap from the tall trees or anything else when I want to. Gather items to make food, which I need to do later today.
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Yes, one of the nicest things about this game is that there’s never any hurry to do anything. If you want to race ahead you’re only ever really racing against yourself. 
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I didn’t even know what half that stuff was and didn’t care to until about two months in. Lol. I just used crafting tables and refineries. I built a whole lot. I agree, take it slow and discover new things while doing what you take interest in.
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I’m starting to turn my own settlement into a tutorial village. A really, really, really bad one, granted, but I’ve got a few portals to hub areas and cheap basic components, a cave system entrance for mining, plus I’m working on putting up tutorial signs around the place. Hoping that I may eventually be able to help out newbs who really need more direction, and give them a no-pressure place to start out.
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It is? I’ve never looked, but I admit I assumed there were tips in there.
This is ooold. Just some epic necroing of stuff before they updated guides and added farming
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Necro ftw.
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