Icarus Dev Tracker

Originally posted by PartyTillYouNuke: I am unable to place anything on a newly built floor. Tried a few times, demolishing the floor and building somewhere else and still unable to place anything on the floors

Hi there!

You will need a solid foundation first. Try placing beams and then place the floor on top. Icarus has structural integrity and so uneven flooring could result in it breaking.

The second part to this is ensuring you are placing your crafting bench and other tables/benches on a good foundation, inside a house with walls and a roof.

Next beta weekend, storms will be at full functionality, and large benches, tables, furnaces etc need to be placed under cover where they are the most safe, as storms can break/ruin them completely.

1. Build a strong foundation.
2. Build a complete house with walls and roof.
3. Place items inside your safe house.
4. During ... Read more

TIPS

• For NVIDIA GPU owners, you must ensure you're running the latest drivers (dated 10th August or later). Also, enabling DLSS will greatly improve your performance.
  
  
• On some systems the frame limiter will default to a limit of 24fps. Most players will want to set this to a higher value.
  
  
• If you encounter any problems, returning to character select or quitting the game and restarting can help with a wide range of issues during Beta.
  
  
• Various issues in multiplayer can be avoided by waiting for your host to fully load into their drop before joining it.
  
  
• If your frame rate starts to drop as host after an hour or two on a drop, just get the host to return to character select and restart.

BUGS

• Crash affecting some AMD graphics cards
  Fix: Rollback drivers to version 21.6.1 which released on 17/6/2021...

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Hi! Here to dispel a few myths or assumptions that you might have:

- We have 2 purposes with this beta. Test our features and get real feedback from players (hence the 6 weekend rollout) and give players a chance to test without the 2 hour countdown looming over them (confirmed it won't count towards it)

- We have a very capable and talented QA team! They're the bees knees. But players also want a say, so here's a beta for you to do that!

- That artwork was me! I did that so people would know that if they pre-ordered, they could come test the beta out! The fact you noticed it, meant I did my job right! Woohoo!

Hope this helps!

Liam

For some people who pre-ordered before the first Beta Weekend, it looks like Steam didn't update their library automatically.

Closing Steam via the Task Manager may also help.

Originally posted by commend4commend: kekw

We have a large team of developers working on Icarus, we're not going anywhere anytime soon!

Originally posted by Yoshi: I'm sorry, but there's so much wrong with this. What am I missing?

We are sorry that you do not agree with our price point. During our beta weekends you can play for as many hours as you like and still get a refund up until the last beta weekend on the last day :)

Originally posted by Un0rthodox: Are you playing as an Alien that comes to earth. Which is why its an alien world. Or did the terraforming create exact replicas of life on earth?

Alien creatures are around the corner! You'll get to experience them in time,

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1149460/discussions/0/3109151560904085439/

1. Pre-order ICARUS
2. Restart Steam
3. Look for ICARUS Beta in your Steam library
4. SURVIVE

https://i.imgur.com/Zkgmo0C.png

Restart steam and look for the Icarus Beta app

Nail down your first session with some tips and tricks below!
Must-know keybinds (You will find these in the menu as well!)

W, A, S, D: Move
F: Interact
Space: Jump
L Shift: Sprint
L Ctrl: Crouch
C: Swap between 1st and 3rd person
L Alt: Free Look
Scroll Wheel: Select hotbar slot
Number Keys: Select hotbar slot
Q: Drop Item
TAB: Toggle Menu
I, O, P, M: Inventory, crafting, tech and map
L Click: Primary use for equipped item
R Click: Secondary use for equipped item
Ctrl Click: Move items in inventory
Shift Drag: Split stack in Inventory
Alt Drag: Take one item from a stack
R: Hold for building options, and click to rotate pieces
Y: Deconstruct built item
Numpad 9: Hide UI
F3 or F12: Take Steam screenshot
ESC: Escape to menu... Read more

Great to see a good civil discussion here.

Time will tell for Icarus' success, but one thing we do know, we've got a pretty kick-a$$ community. We're very lucky.

Originally posted by UNHINGED: I'm hoping that Prospects can be locked in some way too though?

I've been championing this to our devs, will get you an answer next week :D

Hey there!

We have had in-studio discussions around renaming it "supporters" pack, yes. No definitive answer there just yet.

We acknowledge we should have added more value to the "deluxe" edition originally. Hopefully we come to a consensus soon on whether we will implement such changes.

In the mean time, thanks for your pre-order! Only one week until the beta, let us know what you think once you start playing!

Right!

From launch, you can access our "server browser" and join any games that prospectors have open (unless their capacity is full).

I hope this answers your question! And don't worry about your english :)

Originally posted by Fae: my partner doesn't have that great of a pc at the moment would this come out on geforce or is there plans for that? anyone know?

We are working with NVIDIA on this, yes :)

Originally posted by Lester:

Originally posted by loriipops: ...

Thanks for the info!

You're most welcome! :D

Originally posted by luisito10: Thanks for answering, but in case you don't have the game A Matchmaking looking for a game that is being developed and join me? I understand playing it alone but to enjoy the experience more,without those people being my friends just to fill the player quota

In order to play Icarus, either alone or with your friends, you all need to have bought the base game.

You're welcome!

Originally posted by Lester: I searched but couldn't find much about eating and drinking, disease, poisoning, hypo/hyperthermia or medical systems

So how in-depth is this essential part of survival?

What effects will lack of nutrition/hydration have on the character or character skills?

Will meat need to be cooked?
Will water need to be purified?
Will injuries need to be treated with more detail then simply using a "medi-pack?"

Any insight as to how deep survival goes would be much appreciated.

We have a lot of Steam Posts on the way, yet to be written, including Buffs, Debuffs, Elemental effects and what have you!

We are an independent studio and have a small team. Currently we can only pump out maybe 2 Steam posts a week with the current workload.

Thanks for understanding :)

Originally posted by hhaddow: Does this mean that we'll only be allowed to download/run the beta on the listed weekends?
Or is it just when the beta will get patched

You will only be able to play Icarus during our Beta Weekends. We have a steam post coming shortly, explaining in more detail :)