New Planet Tech is KILLER of Exploration (all terrain is tiling/repeating/not procedural/random)

So, apparently OP was banned ? I don't want to discuss the reason why (if that's true), but simply to confirm if anyone know if it's true ? That's what I heard, and I can't ping him, or send private messages to him.
If that's true, then it's a shame about this thread because the OP post won't be updated.
 
Wasn't Dr. Ross in charge of both the new and the old stellar forge? Apparently she thought the new system would be superior. Or maybe she underestimated our ability to spot patterns.
Isn't it well known that the brain picks up on patterns almost unconsciously (and that's me, a non brain specialist who even knows that).
We should all stay calm and assume the duplicates are a glitch and they are actually supposed to be randomly garbled... or something.
Until we hear otherwise. Which would be the point for me to drop out of this thread. :D
Yea, shame after 150 pages in the New Era of transparency and communications Fdev have only said, there's some stuff that needs looking at - the new era is starting to feel a lot like the old era already, after like a week...
Rushed and broken doesn't mean it can't be fixed.
Does it mean it will be fixed? We'll see.
For now, disappointed as I am, I'll wait it out, hoping for the best because I really, really want this to work so I can join the fun.
Besides, what do I lose by waiting instead of flying into hysterics? Nothing.
The cathartic release of giving into your feelings :)
 
Isn't it well known that the brain picks up on patterns almost unconsciously (and that's me, a non brain specialist who even knows that).
Yes. Natural adaptation. Regular and repetitive pattern are unusual in nature, and means predator or prey. That's why the best camo breaks the shapes (zebra, tiger for example).

You might not see the pattern, but you will know it's repetitive. Like a feeling.

That's how I felt with odyssey planet upon release. I felt they "look the same" even though they don't. Eventually I noted the crater as a copy-paste feature, but then I saw this thread, and started to notice the repetitive pattern to.
 
That's how I felt with odyssey planet upon release. I felt they "look the same" even though they don't. Eventually I noted the crater as a copy-paste feature, but then I saw this thread, and started to notice the repetitive pattern to.
I hate that <redacted> crater! Three updates in and they haven't deleted the damn bitmap (or whatever it is) or tuned it into only appearing once in every half billion planets. That, more than the repeating tiles, is destroying my urge to explore out there - it's so obviously a stamp...
 
I hate that <redacted> crater! Three updates in and they haven't deleted the damn bitmap (or whatever it is) or tuned it into only appearing once in every half billion planets. That, more than the repeating tiles, is destroying my urge to explore out there - it's so obviously a stamp...
Sadly, it's part of the map. I don't think they can remove it without doing a planet creation phase. Again. And they don't want to do that.
 
Besides, what do I lose by waiting instead of flying into hysterics? Nothing.
Lower blood pressure and lengthened life span? ;)

Moving on to other opinions:

If you (not you specifically, @MishaTX ) want to help FDev, you would organise the community to validate issues on the Issue page and add your vote and your actual gameplay recordings and screenshots.

Whipping up a social media storm and throwing hyperbole around actually causes people to stop listening, or didn't you do behavioral studies? God knows every other person is more of an expert in Business Management, Graphics and Lighting paths, Procedural Generation, Mathematics, Exo-Geography than anyone in FDev, if the last page is to be believed.

For crying out loud. We're just coming out of a pandemic, normal is still on the horizon, companies have gone bust... and yet this company, that according to you all, don't know how to manage a product or company, are still running and have managed to release a promised DLC. (Which needs some refining!)

I think you all should just get together, start a kickstarter, and do it better! (y)

Me - I'm happily enjoying Odyssey, and I wonder if I've voted/contributed on more issues than those posting their demands on socmed directly to personal accounts... 🤪
 
That's what happens when you start focusing on these repetitive patterns and nothing else. I was always looking for variety and that's why I have much less trouble with these patterns, because my perceptual filters are adjusted differently. It is possible to control this to some degree, if you didn't know that already. Or to put it another way, I can easily spot these repetitions too - if I want to - but do you still have an eye for the more subtle changes and patterns that you haven't seen before?
That's the reason why :
I was always looking for variety
You FORCE your brain to look for something else. Your brain obey and focus on something else, ignoring the issue.
I don't do anything, I just watch what I have. And the repetitiveness is then very visible. To see the specific pattern, beside the very obvious crater, I need to force myself, but not to have the "repetitive" feeling.
 
Lower blood pressure and lengthened life span? ;)

Moving on to other opinions:

If you (not you specifically, @MishaTX ) want to help FDev, you would organise the community to validate issues on the Issue page and add your vote and your actual gameplay recordings and screenshots.
Gratz, you understand the reason of this thread. See very first post for linked, voted and acknowledged issue in tracker.
 
I'll give the subbornly recurring crater this: At least now its ejecta "spokes" taper, instead of scribing perfectly straight radial lines like its predecessor. :7
 
I'm still waiting for the dinosaurs on the planet surface and underneath the lakes and seas....

I'm sure that was mentioned in the kickstarter somewhere? 🤔
 
Yes. Natural adaptation. Regular and repetitive pattern are unusual in nature, and means predator or prey. That's why the best camo breaks the shapes (zebra, tiger for example).

You might not see the pattern, but you will know it's repetitive. Like a feeling.

That's how I felt with odyssey planet upon release. I felt they "look the same" even though they don't. Eventually I noted the crater as a copy-paste feature, but then I saw this thread, and started to notice the repetitive pattern to.
That's the thing, most of the functions our brains perform evolved from pattern recognition. It's the most fundamental underpinning of all our sensory processing, so you don't even notice you are doing it, it's just always switched on, letting you kow if something feels right, or if it feels off.
 
Yes, that's a valid point, of course. Another valid point is that I stopped feeling like a beta tester a long time ago, especially since I'm now playing a release version. My approach is not to shoot down every legitimate criticism, but to show that it's still possible to enjoy the game, despite all its quirks and bugs. That's another legitimate approach, don't you think? If we only accept one approach, but completely ignore the other, we'd be hurting the game more than helping it.

That goes both ways, of course. People would simply stop playing if all they saw was the crap, but no longer had an eye for its beauty. And if they played exclusively with rose-colored glasses, the chance of bug fixing would go to zero.
I didn't quote you? That answer was directed at someone else?
 
but to show that it's still possible to enjoy the game, despite all its quirks and bugs.
For you. We all see the world differently, ask a colorblind what he sees. Pattern recognition is natural. In essence, you are in the "colorblind" category. I'm not saying it's bad, unless you are hunted by a predator, or need to hunt, it's perfectly OK.

Currently, not mentioning the performances issues I have, the planet generation is too bad FOR ME to play. I assume I'm not the only one, because I saw others complaining to.

So, all you have to do, is understand that, and respect those like us.
 
OP banned, thread closed soon.
Issue solved the FDev way :D
👍
You just earned a vacation at Lake Laogai !
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It's a joke BTW. I'll wait and see, and I'm very sad this topic will not continue, because a lot of people used it for their issues.
 
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