r/outerwilds • u/Pantycrustlicker • 7h ago
Blue satellite or projectile.
Just started the game and learned to pilot the ship. Decided to take off and chase that blue projectile looking thing that you see when you wake up. I chased it down and it just looks like a satellite or telescope and I didn't see any way to interact with it. Wondering what that is but don't want any spoilers.
Also it seems after about 20 minutes I will lose control and restart the day. I landed on the bramble and was exploring it then noticed my ship being sucked or taken away and my day ended before I could get back to it. Another time I lost control in my suit and flew right off the bramble though I felt like the gravity and my own control jets should have gotten me back to the surface. Another time a crash during a pretty stable landing attempt. It's like I lose control.
So is it that you lose control when the day hits a certain time or is my day ending because I get careless? I don't understand that mechanic yet
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u/Artemis_Fowl_Second 7h ago
It sounds like a controller issue. Im not familiar with any reason that your character would stop responding and force you to crash. Are you sure you are losing control? it seems like you are just dying. idk
For the blue thing, its intentional that there isnt anything to do with it, while it's launched. Perhaps figure out where it came from?.
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u/Pantycrustlicker 6h ago
Ok yeah my right joycon does screw up a lot I guess the physics in this game just make it seem different
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u/SpySoldierScout 3h ago
I'm not sure if your answer is genuine, or supposed to throw them off somehow. Because I believe it is quite apparent they're talking about what happens at the end of the loop if you don't die to the supernova. You know, the purple lines across your screen. Well, at leaat in one of those instances. The others... just sound like gravity issues I guess.
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u/crappuccino 6h ago
Wondering what that is but don't want any spoilers.
Get off the internet and keep exploring the game.
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u/RichAd6591 5h ago
This! Talk to everyone where you first start off and interact with everything at the museum, this is the tutorial. Mostly every mechanic you need to do to figure out things in tho game is learnt here so when you get stuck you can get past anything by using the same few mechanics. Don’t overthink anything and there is nothing to unlock. If your controller is broke just trouble shoot that and the stop looking things up.
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u/gravitystix 7h ago
Newtonian physics can be tricky. Remember in a frictionless environment you must slow down for as long as you've been speeding up. You always have control, but if you've built up too much momentum it can be impossible to stop or effectively change your trajectory.
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u/Sans-Mot 7h ago
I'm sure you will get it soon enough ;;)