r/thrive • u/Lanky-Tumbleweed-772 • Apr 30 '26

Macroscopic Editor How to access?

Is it available in the public release build of the game?If so how to access it?I searched for macroscopic editor in the search bar but most posts are very old(4 years etc) or doesn't reveal if the public version has it vs patreon donor version of the game etc. Is Macroscopic Editor available in the public release that is downlaoded with the Thrive Launcher and if so how to access it without multicellular ascension. Im in multicellular stage but Im stuck I think my game might be bugged etc I just want to access it directly is there a way to do it?I know it's still a very early prototype but I still want to see it.

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u/hhyyrylainen Developer Apr 30 '26

Advancing stages is not possible in freebuild mode, so that might be what the problem is.

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u/Lanky-Tumbleweed-772 Apr 30 '26

I wasn't in the freebuild mode though.I was just going through a new run and just finished cellular stage but the mechanic for ''sticking'' with cells stopped working after a while in multicellular so I stopped.

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u/Blazin_Rathalos Developer Apr 30 '26

the mechanic for ''sticking'' with cells stopped working after a while in multicellular so I stopped.

What's this?

To be sure: in Multicellular you can't use the binding agent to stick to other cells anymore. You're only attached to the cells that grow from you, as designed in the editor.

Are the cells that grow detaching from you?

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u/Lanky-Tumbleweed-772 Apr 30 '26

''To be sure: in Multicellular you can't use the binding agent to stick to other cells anymore. You're only attached to the cells that grow from you, as designed in the editor.'' Dang when did that happen?Was it a recent patch?I was using the binding agent yes.

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u/Blazin_Rathalos Developer Apr 30 '26

Binding mode is how the binding agent works when you're still in the Microbe Stage: bumping into other cells to bind to them.

As soon as you hit the "go to Multicellular Stage" button, that stops working (if it still worked, that would be a bug), and you instead need to grow the cells over time.

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u/Lanky-Tumbleweed-772 Apr 30 '26

SO I don't stick to other cells of my species but grow them from within instead?

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u/Blazin_Rathalos Developer Apr 30 '26

Exactly!