Someone already mentioned blowing up in solo mode.
The terrain quality setting I'm referring to is under the graphic options. On low settings small hills have a noticeable sharp point, medium and above makes the terrain look more curved.
I've just tried the ultra setting for the 1st time (I'm running on a laptop that is borderline spec for Horizons) and was stunned by how much better it looks.
Speaking from memory here, but from a dev comment in multiplayer the same terrain quality is enforced for everyone.
[Edit]: If I do get affected I guess it could be something to do with the terrain settings. I've had a number of incidents of logging off in the SRV and spawning up in the air or under the surface. Going from low to medium terrain quality seems to help.
I've got 2 SRVs on board, so am willing to sacrifice 1 for science.![]()
I have created a SRV Random Explosion Loss form to help us quantify how many times this has happened. I had it happen to me and my SRV was at 100%. If this has happened to you please take this quick survey. I'd like to send it to FDev eventually to 1. Help them troubleshoot the issue, 2. Help them identify who this happened to, hoping they can add the SRVs back to our inventory. I'm currently 3,500LY out and am on the Distant Worlds Expedition. It would really suck to loose my 2nd SRV when we are 40Kly out. Here is the case # that I submitted requesting that FDev replace the SRVs. Case #00000096528
I'm hoping those who are affected by this bug will fill this survey out. I'd like to send it off to Fdev.
Happy to report support sent me back to my original position, having spent two days back at the bubble. I'm sure they're quite busy and would like to point out they kept their response times less than the indicated "above 72 hours" limit, and were quite professional and accommodating. I'd like to extend my thanks once again, should they go and read this thread.
With all due respect, I think you'd find more people willing to fill out your survey if you didn't require information such as email addresses associated with the account. While it's nice of you to want to help them track this one down, do bear in mind that this is exactly what support's bug reporting features are for - people can report exactly what had happened, when, under which conditions, and feel safe with their personal information since they're dealing with official support. They have people whose jobs are to collate this data and pass it on to the bug-squashing coders.
What you've created is a survey made by someone unaffiliated with FD, with a total post count of 8 at the time of me writing this (as in, not exactly a familiar face around here), asking for people's emails associated with their frontier accounts, including information that is probably lacking in comparison to what support can get access to from your account, and thereby of questionable value even if they decided to use it, which I seriously doubt they ever would.
There's a ticket system in place for a reason. If you want to help, file a ticket if and when it happens to you, and let official FD teams deal with it. I can say from personal experience that they will deal with it as fast as they can![]()
I just read someone opting that the SRV is weaker when there are many players in an instance.
And then I realized that every time I noticed someone has had an issue with an SRV, it was always during a meet-up.
So, did anyone have issues while there were alone in an instance?
Using Steam?: | Yes |
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What did you lose?: | Ship |
Value: | SRV |
Date & time of loss: | Today |
Yeah, I'm not in the mood to get sent back to the bubble, twiddle my thumbs for 3 days and sent back again. This whole trip is about immersion. That would kinda ruin it for me.Not driving is like not having an SRV, which is worse imo than losing an SRV to the bug and having to wait for Support to replace it.
If you have a spare SRV, it's unlikely to get blown up in the time it takes Support to replace it via wormhole transport back to the bubble (3 days). So it's fairly safe to drive atm. And repair mats are in abundance to prevent a catastrophic failure by keeping the hull at >98%. So Drive. Have fun! And don't worry.
Not driving is like not having an SRV, which is worse imo than losing an SRV to the bug and having to wait for Support to replace it.
If you have a spare SRV, it's unlikely to get blown up in the time it takes Support to replace it via wormhole transport back to the bubble (3 days). So it's fairly safe to drive atm. And repair mats are in abundance to prevent a catastrophic failure by keeping the hull at >98%. So Drive. Have fun! And don't worry.
Yeah, I'm not in the mood to get sent back to the bubble, twiddle my thumbs for 3 days and sent back again. This whole trip is about immersion. That would kinda ruin it for me.
So I won't drive, sulk and be grumpy about it.
Appreciate the sentiment though![]()
I think you misread how it works. The whole trip to the bubble takes about 15 min. Not 3 Days. The 3 days is just waiting in line for your wormhole to open up.
Here's how it works:
1) Submit ticket.
2) Continue exploring/scanning/driving for 3 days at your own leisure
3) Spend 15 minutes back in bubble
4) Buy a replacement SRV
5) Get sent back to your last deep space location
6) Go on your merry way
You won't even fall behind in DW because you can keep travelling with them while you wait for your wormhole.