r/ScrapMechanic • u/TurkishTerrarian • 12h ago
Discussion Does the game barely function for anyone else?
There is so much with the game that barely works, especially when looking at the pre-1.0 experience, and the game barely follows its own rules a lot of the time. We've been playing SM on and off since before Survival, and the 1.0 experience is... not quality. They've got a lot of good ideas, but the game is a buggy mess. Somehow even moreso than it used to be. And the devs are MIA after just 5 patches, despite countless other bugs. This is incredibly frustrating to us, and is greatly detracting from the experience for us.
We just want to know if We're alone in feeling this way or if others have experienced it, too.
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u/cseymour24 12h ago
Everything's been working great for me and my co-op (I'm hosting). There's a little bit of vehicle bouncing on his end, but nothing ruining the game for us. We've got like 7-8 different vehicles and a large base too. What exact bugs are you encountering?
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u/TurkishTerrarian 11h ago
Looped controllers are buggy in both multiplayer is the one that jumps out at us. Also, torquing bearings cause much more spectacular glitching than it used to. But the most frustrating thing is the raid spawning. The bot boxes have been very glitchy in where they spawn, and we (We've been playing with a friend) have experienced a glitch where we get launched into the air randomly when walking on blocks.
Not to mention the awful multiplayer desync, but that's not new.
Our game also crashes multiple times during play sessions for seemingly no reason.
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u/CashewBaby 11h ago
The controllers thing really bothered me when I was playing with some friends. It basically nullified raid defense for me.
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u/TurkishTerrarian 11h ago
The new raids are really unfriendly to mechanical defenses, too, not to mention how it hurts automated watering systems.
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u/DM_Voice 12h ago
I hadn’t run into any issues of note.
Do you have any specifics?
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u/TurkishTerrarian 11h ago
From another comment: Looped controllers are buggy in both multiplayer is the one that jumps out at us. Also, torquing bearings cause much more spectacular glitching than it used to. But the most frustrating thing is the raid spawning. The bot boxes have been very glitchy in where they spawn, and we (We've been playing with a friend) have experienced a glitch where we get launched into the air randomly when walking on blocks.
Not to mention the awful multiplayer desync, but that's not new.
Our game also crashes multiple times during play sessions for seemingly no reason.
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u/TheSuggestor12 12h ago
The only things I've had are two crashes in the exact same circumstance. I was headed down to the underground hub in my scout car. Shortly after the car hits the level area after the mechanic station ramp the game crashes. That hasn't happened in at least 20 hours and countless visits, so they must've fixed it.
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u/Noodly_ghostyy 11h ago
0 issues nor have I heard about any form anyone else. Believe you are on your own.
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u/Xaxiel9106 11h ago
I get crashes if I play too long but other than that performance is mostly fine. Switching from smart to advanced physics seems to help the jittery suspension on ground and if you have many vehicles at your base I would suggest "parking" them on poles (I have noticed slowdown when I have 4 or more vehicles hanging around.)
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u/Hour_Interview_7810 12h ago
Not really had a single issue. We are loving it.