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"Voices Of The Void" Pre-Alpha

Gather unknown signals from deep, silent space · By mrdrnose

Ambience mode

A topic by HotDogBunz created Mar 29, 2024 Views: 1,535 Replies: 4
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I love this game, and decided to start an ambience mode save to have on the side for when I just wanted to play the chill simulator/wacky physics game, only to load in and realize that two major parts of the gameplay loop aren't in ambience mode,  being satellite and transformer fixing. Especially fixing satellites and servers is really the only starting method to get a few dollars besides delivering drives, which feels like a waste if it isn't for the daily task, as well as being a pretty crucial way to give more things to do during the day while waiting for signals to be scanned or processed. I understand the transformers not decaying as the power outage when one fails might spook players, but at the very least there should be an option to turn on or off both of these mechanics for ambience mode.

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AMBIENCE MODE HAVE STILL RANDOM EVENTS HAPPENING!!! i thought i was save but no! the cursed empty base event happen and i was not aware of it and i just immedietly ALT + F4!!! yes i am suck at horror games, yes i'm a coward, but i love the game for its signal simulation and cleaning stuff! just let me play that without scary stuff happening!!! God... that spook me...

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I would like to have a mode or a setting option that just completely removes events all together. Cleaning the base and scanning for signals and maintenance are all I really want to do in the game. I don't mind horror games, but sometimes I'm just not in the mood for spooks and just want to clean up that messy base. 

Please create a setting that turns off events or a gamemod with no events for the people who love this game and can't find this experience anywhere else.

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That is what ambience mode is meant to do, but it seems the dev has just forgotten to make various newer events not happen in it.

Ambience kinda sucks anyway, it unnecessarily disables most of the maintenance things (servers don't break, satellite precision doesn't go down.) and you don't even get any daily tasks. So you really have mainly nothing to do but decorate, scan for signals, and fix transformers.

I personally like both modes. I've only been playing for a week or so, so I definitely have more to learn about pretty much everything. Story mode has been the best so far, the random scares shake things up for sure and it feels more like a GAME. But ambient mode is really nice for when I'm having a hard day and just want to relax. Don't have to worry about racing around to get anything done, really, or anything scaring me, but creepy stuff DOES still occasionally happen. (On day 1 of my ambiant run I got the empty base event, which was pretty cool.) but I can spend the day cleaning up the base then sit at the top of the drone tower and watch the sun set lol. I can see the fun in both of them.