Update to testing universe

How do you get an Atlas to work… I tried everything I could think of.

so you click and drag a resource to your atlas

pick a single resource and drag it to single atlas (no stacks or smart stacks) - just to be sure

equip atlas and click and hold right mouse to see resource map

you need to have some regions discovered

there was a bug that had the atlas go grey or rotate instead of showing resource map - would happen on certain hardware/software config I think

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I fond a massive cave under my house I Evan got lost in it. I have not seen the hole cave yet if anyone wants to see it its here way point in the pic. It gos deep I got to one point where cave was full of water but went deeper.

Sorry boundmore did not meen for it to be a reply to you woops. I got lost 2 times lol and has a secret water intrans in the river.

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put a piece of iron in it…

And if you are on the testing server go underground…

ah yes, so another thing to learn here: atlas doesn’t show altitude - only horizontal distribution, so when you get to where you see resources , you have to check different altitudes @CreativeWorlds

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That REALLY needs to explained in a tutorial or on the Atlas itself…

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Thank you so much!

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how do I hide GUI and all now? “.” doesn’t work anymore and I cant find it in options

I put an iron ingot or whatever on the atlas, it didn’t work, … I have no more iron ores… and then I used a copper ore, and it worked, but the atlas is still all grey… sigh

F10 to hide your GUI

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You have to sync an atlas to a world by holding it in your hand and clicking and holding with that hand. It should turn blue. But would be grey if its augmented

If you haven’t done any exploring, you won’t see anything with an atlas. Explore around and unlock “regions” to see parts of the atlas

Bonus note: this is based on your unlocks. You don’t have to carry the atlas while you do this

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What triggers the region found? I’ve been all over my startin’ region and it never unlocked… Why wouldn’t the region you land in automatically be discovered? Is there some specific place I have to step on to trigger it?

Your gonna need a dev to clarify this one, I don’t know exactly how you unlock it. Just walk a bunch, it will work eventually.

@Simoyd is the resident expert on Atlases he might be able to help

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@Tobelawe @Steggs101 @james , answering these questions will help me understand more or less what is suppose to be a decent timeline. This is kinda hard trying to look at it from a new players perspective, and not have biased ideas of how I think things should progress being that I have 6 characters. So I figure ask the guys who build it what their idea was. Not complaining at all. Just so I can see how what I am experiencing compares to what is intended.

  1. I’m trying to play starting from a hunters perspective. Do I have to take any of the crafting one skills If I ever want to get off this planet, without waiting for someone to build a portal? If so, I think we need to add a little more to the basic crafting.

  2. I know it’s designed to eventually need another character or skill set. Level 11 is the soonest one can do so. What level do you guys feel most players would want to start looking at buying another skill set or character if they are trying to have the basic needs and still solo more?

Also this will help new players looking in the forums, before they get started kinda what direction or minimum skills they will need for the role they want to play. Obviously they can modify things to their liking, BUT there is still minimum skills they have to have to reach the basic objectives.

entire region is made of a central part that triggers discovering; then there are borderline parts and when you are in them you see info above your compass: “north of ???”, “south of ???” etc. So when you see that info, walk in opposite direction and you will hit the region. If it says “north-east of ?” then walk south-west for example;

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@CreativeWorlds I am very excited to hear from new players like yourself, that your in test checking it out. A couple things you experienced and noted I kinda looked past them, when I started fresh in test because I was use to everything for so long on live. It’s helped me really double think what my experience feels like from fresh eyes. Not that I am anyone that needs to look at it, or of any importance. It’s just good to think about.

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If you look at the top of your screen you may see something like “East of ?” which tells you that you are east of an undiscovered region. Go west. If at some point it says you are southeast then turn to go northwest. When you get to the correct spot you will be notified you have discovered a new region on the planet and it will say something like 1 of 50.

Look at the top of your screen, it will say a direction relative to ???. for example if it says “northwest of ???” then go southeast until you discover the region. The direction may change as you get closer so watch it. Once you’re in the region you’ll discover it. Click to bring the atlas up to your face the the fog will go away for the surrounding area.

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Aha. That makes sense!

I shall have to remember that :slight_smile: