We are actively working on performance of dynamically built ships and structures, which is the biggest bucket of client perf loss on live servers. The game allows creation of thousands and thousands of objects in a small area that can all be customized individually, so typical instancing techniques don't work. Stay tuned!
Originally posted by Patriot03: They pretended to be NPCs in the trailer that's the first video you see on the store page. They don't care about lying to you.Calling a mostly feature complete game (But with bugs) "Early Access" is a scam because foolish people will believe the low quality content will improve and that they are actually "Stand in assets" Which is NOT the case here.Haha now the game is "too complete" for Early Access... Ok. :) Read more
Griefing is not encouraged on PvE, of course. And we are well aware of this issue, it will be addressed!
Thank you. We are aware of this bug and already have a fix in the works. We should have it out in the next few days!
Originally posted by Dr.FragensteinM.D.: Good luck guys, there are already dupers and ddosing mega clan raiders going on already. The game is broken AF
In the future we will begin perma-banning dupers and cheaters as well as their Companies. Stay tuned for a timeline here, but first we are working on critical bugs and balance issues.
Originally posted by DazaKiwi: Have dynamic missions/quests, trading both with npc and other players/clans, some pvp and pve zones (as well as seperate servers for those) so players can mix them. Have larger map zones for oceans and more variety in island sizes- some smaller ones u cannot build on or just more freeport zones through out the map so we can gather resources without deadly animal horde mode everytime.
All of these things or some variation that achieves the same result are in the works in the coming weeks / months. We will always have PvP and PvE worlds, since there are both types of players that want to enjoy this game with different rules of engagement. As for mixing PvP and PvE, the Golden Age ruins and Power Stone Main Quest are our first stab at combining PvE goals on both PvP and PvE worlds (more to come). Read more
This error happens if your graphics card does not support Shader Model 5 or you are trying to run with the -sm4 engine flag. Unfortunately we do not support SM4, and you need a recent GPU from the last 5 years or so (Nvidia 770 GTX is min spec but may work on other cards).
I can't say for certain, but I'm pretty sure we will add this. I don't see any reason why not.
Originally posted by Hellscream: if it wasnt intended to be a dlc please explain why there is a ark menu in the game with all listed dlcs b4 ?
That menu will be used in Atlas to launch mods once the devkit releases, just like it was in ARK.
You can buy a bowsprit figurehead for 400 gold coins in Freeports. We are working on jib sails for later.
If you're spawning on a Lawless server that is a known issue with spawn points we will fix in an upcoming patch, since they were never originally intended to be starting servers.
Yeah, Ship of the Damned cannot currently be claimed...
Tarot has not been added yet. We'll let you know when it's in!
Hey everyone,There are a lot of great conversations on this forum, and I personally come here so I can interact with you frankly and directly. Last week we had a rough launch but we also had great progress. We are super passionate about the large world sandbox MMO that Atlas is, and we are listening to all of your feedback. 2019 is going to be a big year and we are excited to make YOU excited about the game and everything around it, whether you are playing in a big company or small. ATLAS is still early in development, we plan 2 years of working with you to make this the best and most immersive pirate / fantasy MMO around. Whether you love us or hate us right now, just know we are working hard for you and we are hearing your concerns and feedback. Hear's to an awesome 2019!Jesse
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Originally posted by avka: you can buy the bowspirits in the freepoort city for gold....
Yes, thank you for clarifying! I was referring to the jib sails that attach to it, I do want to add them in the future.
Originally posted by Mulqueeny: Is there no Bowsprit or Jib sails?Ships don't look right without them. For those who don't know the Bowsprit is the long pole that comes up from the front of a ship and the Jibs are the triangular sails attached.
We do plan to add them eventually, I agree. :)
Originally posted by Outlaw Star: Considering they claimed hand-crafted in the trailer but then it's clearly copy pasted when you look at a map .... Yes the design is a joke, it's part of a much larger joke - A running joke in the company about how many times they can repackage Ark and get folks to buy it again.
The island footprints are reused multiple times but they have different large rock formations, plants and trees, discovery zones, resources, creature content and even biomes / weather. If you open up the map editor you'll see how the layering system works (all the unique islands are listed on the right side along with how many times they are used). We didn't have enough time to make unique icons for all the unique islands prior to launch, so we only made icons for each basic island shape and reused those. Read more
Everything in the trailer is in the game right now.
It's coming :)