I havent played so much yet that i know what im talking about lol, but as i saw that you can cure yourself now and the weapon control will accept your sticking in your greasy fingers into it i wondered what would happen to Sunbeam. Nah i meant if you do everything up to the point before you take that call, get the cure from the reaper(?) and then activate that radio call and shut down the weapon. Originally posted by Nooby McNoobnoob:well it is a player activated story point, so if you deactivate the gun before answering any radio messages it makes little sence that the gun suddenly activates back up just to smite the sunbeam for no reason.

(Wolf's salty proclmation about skipping the whooooooooole story remains incredibly false either way, regardless). But for the sake of the game not getting confused and refusing to let you deactivate the gun, or deactivating it not counting and you're just sitting in your escape rocket not allowed to use it due to broken flags. So steps would need to be taken so at least you don't screw up the gun's logic just by virtue of being good at subnautica. Which it being doomed to be a moron and crash no matter what provides at least.Īlso Given how pro tier the average veteran subnautica player is though, they could honestly cure themselves and disable the gun before such a time limit. So that signal leading to essentially the start of the plot is needed one way or the other. As many new players are constantly missing both islands even when activley exploring due to draw distance issues. If the sunbeam never shows up, then the player needs an alternative indicator of where mountain island is though. Rather than 'Can I save these idiots, yes/no'.

As well as mantaining a newbie functional gameplay flow. My own concerns are honestly preventing any game breaking event flag issues. But from what I've heard and read, the Sunbeam destruction event is still a part of the plot that will happen in one way or another. So, for instance, if you miss the first one or two messages then the Sunbeam could pass you by whereas if you miss the third message and/or beyond the Sunbeam event could happen without you knowing about it. Originally posted by Salinité:Actually, apparently the Sunbeam event is going to be triggered within a certain time frame from the start of the game now, rather than from when you build the comm relay, and it will be possible to miss some of the messages if you are not there to activate the comm relay and receive them. So I would be surprised if they added an early implementation of 'Sunbeam lets you escape' unless it just faded to black. At least so far as being able to escape on your own crafted rocket ship. Though the Devs have also openly stated they are saving the 'Escape the planet' step for launch. I'm honestly not sure of the exact interactions at this time. So you've done every other shred of the plot before you can 'save the sunbeam'.Īs for the OP's question itself. Unless you were really really invested in 'Final step: Build an entire rocket ship' I guess, more than visiting all the alien bases, saving an endagered species from extinction, and curing yourself of the alien plauge so as to turn the gun off. Wolf have you even played through the story, or do you just like screaming how everyone is a casual for no reason? Because your claim makes no sense at all, there is no skipping of the story the devs worked on, at all.

Is to go through the entire plot, cure yourself, and turn off the gun.Īt which point, if the sunbeam survives, AND is able to pick you up, all that changes is saving you the effort of crafting your own rocket ship. The only way to save the sunbeam short of never answering the phone so they never show up. The only way to save the sunbeam, is to FINISH the story. Originally posted by MiddleAgedWerewolf:Unfortunately enough players complained and forced the devs to waste time and change the story so you can save the f**king SunBeam instead of enjoy the story that they worked so hard to make.

Sunbeam subnautica after cure