Well, I'm trying to figure out if there's a story to the Solo or any aspect of it. Whether it's Solo or Private. But it really doesn't matter so much, as I was just curious about the difference between the two.
- arnack
The only difference is in solo it is just you, in open, it is pubic multiplayer. There is a mission about scanning some alien ruins (presumably extinct) that can only be completed with another person nearby but other than that it is the same. Even the market is mirrored between solo and open.
As for the story... well I don't want to say there is no story... but... ehhh. There really isn't any type of story. There is something about the increasing activity of the "Thargoids" (the living aliens) but as of yet nothing has come of it.
tried open once but as soon as I got clear of the station, I was set upon by some dick, waiting for noobs like myself. I had just bought a new Cobra III and was not expecting to get trashed as soon as I got out there with it.
- arnack
Yeah people do that in open sometimes. That actually rarely happens outside of the starter system and community goals. I encourage you to play in open more often once you learn the game a bit. You can make all kinds of friends and enemies in open.
Or trying to find a lost dude on a planet while trying to get it done before my oxygen runs out. I see the fuel line when traveling from the star to star, but that then that thin line just above it moves really quick. What is that fuel in system or air for the crew?
- arnack
That is fuel. It is a weird system but the thin line is the fuel currently injected into your drive. Once that depletes it takes one of the blocks under that line and injects it into the drive. I have no idea why they display it like that.
And I've seen the radarish thing on the dash of my rover, but didn't pick anything up but some minerals.
- arnack
Yep, that is about all there is to pick up on the surface of planets. Occasionally you will come across life pods, salvage, crashed beacons and things but minerals are the most common find.
I don't know. I don't mind trying to figure some of this stuff out on my own. But I'm old, and grouchy and when I get frustrated, well. Comes with having to train new truck drivers and never getting any sleep, going from one end of the states to the other. Lol. BUT STILL! I do like this thing Being a space trucker is fun.
- arnack
It's all good. There is a lot to learn and I found the early steps in the game to be the most fun yet most confusing. Don't worry there is a lot of information around to help you out. Youtube is the place to go for tutorials. A lot has changed fairly recently so if you go looking for tutorials make sure they are current. Most from within past year should be valid.
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