Thanks both! Much obliged.
@Aella As a couple of people mentioned the users were copied over from live so it was probably copied before you created your new account. The new user database will be wiped and copied from live again when we make the final switchover so if you want to try out testing right now you can just go through the in game create new account flow (rather than trying to sign in to your existing account).
Out of interest did you exit the game between starting on the first character and getting to unlock the slot for a second character, or did you do it in a single play session? I think we may be maintaining some state from the first character creation into the 2nd one or something, but if you restarted the game in between then that wouldn’t be the case.
Hi @blake,
I currently have 2 chars on testing: “Lion” & “Ciprian” are those names gonna remain reserved after the switchover/reset/release/etc.?
Only names on the live servers in use at the moment of the reset will be reserved.
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We’ll be copying the reservations from the live universe at the point when we take down the old live universe and bring up the new one. So as long as you create characters with names you want on live before we do that then they’ll get reserved, anything you create on testing will be ignored.
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It was during a single play session
Oh, I didn’t realize this. Is there a way to delete a character and pick a new name to reserve?
This may have been mentioned already, but I’ve noticed when you see a planet reflected in water it shows the whole planet regardless of whether a mountain is in the way or not. I don’t see the terrain reflected. Just an observation.
WARNING!!! READ THE WHOLE THING BEFORE DOING ANYTHING
yes you can do this in-game. I forget where the menu is exactly but you can’t be active on the character you delete. also they changed it so you have to use qbits to unlock character slots, so if you havn’t purchased the slots you’re using and you delete a character, you will not be able to remake it until you buy the correct number of slots!!! Make sure you have character slots before you delete your character!
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I think there is a graphics option where you can choose how much you want to see reflected, sky or everything.
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Where was this mentioned? I seem to have missed it :S
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The object settle in to a settlement does not check if you are already in the settlement in the “Add Fuel to your Beacon Control” step.
This step is impossible to complete in a settlement that you have already joined.
All your character names in use on live will be reserved for you.
It’s only 7 posts above you:
James-
Nov '17
Good question…
“Alt names are technically Characters and not Accounts. So without some effort they’ll not survive the 1.0 launch.”
It was a questioned we asked him, and this was the only answer that ever came from him. It was in the thread of Can I upgrade My boundless Account.
The quote you just posted from blake, is he talking about alt names or just account names. I know you can buy name changes after 1.0 with cubits. edit: i miss read it a little, it does seem to imply all names, which means alts. and is a update to James post.
I totally was speed reading it at 1 am when I first read this thread. going back now, I see how much a tired brain can miss. jeese.
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You can delete a character for free at any point.
They recently added the reservation of alt names to testing - that’s what this patch to testing is all about (post #1 in this series).
No idea why they would remove a feature that has always been there? No gain for anyone, including them?
Make sure you are really connectint to a settlement. I think you need 3 plots connecting or something like that.
I had the same problem until my neighbour added some plots that made me part of the settlement.
I’m definitely part of the settlement - verified my prestige contributing to it.
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