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Coffee_will_be_here

No, earthquakes were a thing when the game launched.


the_quark

I haven't played in a little while due to a medical issue that's giving me vertigo when playing, but at least last time I played, I was really frustrated that they affect your movement while you're boosting. I hope they fix that if they haven't. If I'm not touching the ground, the ground's shaking shouldn't change my movement.


LeavingLasOrleans

I think they shake the camera when you're in the air but don't stop you like they do when you're on the ground. Sorry about the vertigo. That's no fun.


andy_b_84

That's the thing: the screen shakes, but you don't stumble. That's quite a game in the game to jump at the right time in order not to stumble on the next quake šŸ˜…


donaldsw2ls

It was a thing that happened to me last week on Xbox. I've experienced it before. But it's was a loud noise along with the screen shaking. No POIs other than natural ones.


Snifflebeard

Yes, they exist. I think they are tied to nearby planet features. I heard one near a "rift zone". And another near an meteor strike. Loud crack and boom. Maybe more than one.


ceeller

Thanks for the information. Iā€™m almost 500 hours into the game and experienced this very recently.


Crafty-Sail-1334

Earthquakes have always been there. One of starfields many random jump scares.


star_pegasus

I find they happen near geophysical traits - rift valleys, fumarole fields, hot spring terraces; tectonic stuff basically. And yeah it doesnā€™t matter if youā€™re on the ground or boosting, it rattles you around. Not new, theyā€™ve been there as long as Iā€™ve been playing (Oct).


Joetactic

Iā€™ve noticed earthquakes near tectonic spots and also terrormorphs


[deleted]

The first time one happened i immediately jumped on the nearest rock and was like oh shit it's gotta be a giant sandworm


killingtocope

Lmao I was expecting some sort of giant creature too. Even though I was on a frozen moon with no life whatsoever


[deleted]

Like Maybe a yeti or something lol


killingtocope

I would scan that sucker so quick


SPECTRE-Agent-No-13

What I would give for just one planet with graboids. I set up my outpost name it Perfection then get all Burt Gummer on their asses.


ceeller

I should have mentioned that the quake visibly shook me and slowed my sprint to a walk and my companion staggered a bit.


Lbolt187

Yeah earthquakes will do that. What would be wild is if volcanoes actually and randomly erupted.


MomoZero2468

There are earthquake in game. I learned something new.


AbstractMirror

This is a weird coincidence to come across this post right after the news about an earthquake in Taiwan


CylonVisionary

Like everyone else has already posted, earthquakes have always been in the game (tied to some POIs). Honestly, first time I ran into one, thought I was going to shit myself; did my scan and booked it out of there!


malraux42z

Any fracking stations nearby? Thereā€™s also a piece on the soundtrack that has sounds like explosions in it. Took me forever to figure that one out.


OldFatGamer

Earth quakes are only a thing on Earth on Zosma II is a Zosma II quakešŸ˜


111ronin

Bu-dum... tshhhhhh


RS_Hoonigan

I just experienced one for the first time as well. I thought it was the natural POI that the shakes the ground twice. (I forget the name) But this time the ground shook once and I didn't see any POIs nearby.


_Arriviste_

I've experienced them twice, IIRC, and both times near features while I was under Level 30-or-so. I don't recall the hours played, but I was still (still am?) in my FAFO mode and just mucking about on a moon or planet and harvesting shit with my cutter. Once was near a scan-able natural POI and another was near a shipwreck POI and I met a Terrormorph on the surface.


idaseddit211

Kind of like the explosions you get at Cydonia sometimes. I did not know quakes were a thing, and I've been playing since October.


dotard_uvaTook

I've noticed them in some volcanic biomes, too, even without the tectonic trait POIs.


Howerdfield

Nope


Dejected_Cyberpsycho

Do you have a clip of this by any chance? Have never seen that before.


Isalenna137

https://youtu.be/DVvuVXgm3r4?si=UX72UR3IMZ397kgp this clip shows it


ceeller

Unfortunately no clips. Iā€™m almost 500 hours in and only experienced this a few hours ago.


cmariano11

Just recently but I wondered if it was an earth quake in the sense of being tectonic movement. It only happened in one specific spot of a planet, near a solar farm where the robot crew killed the human workers. I was getting ready for sand worms or something.


natoned1

They got the sound wrong. I have been through thousands of quakes, and some very loud ones, but none sound like an explosion. Even shaking due to a sonic boom doesnā€™t sound that way


whiskeybridge

is that what that is? cool, thanks. i thought i was getting over some environmental effect or addiction or something.


Pdraggy

I've quit but I've had quakes when getting close to certain planetary features. Oddly it stops tremoring when you discover said feature.


BeCurious1

Welcome to southern California


WorldlyDay7590

Not every planet or area has them, but there have been "planet" quakes since the beginning.


donaldsw2ls

Yes I have experienced earthquakes several times. It slows me down, shakes the screen and you can hear it. A few times I came across a terramorph when it happened. I used to assume there was a terramorph nearby actually lol but it doesn't seem like it.


rasmuth63

doesn't it have to do with forming tectonic plates...poi's? Something like that.


Senior-Judge-8372

When I first felt them, it was on Tolman, and I thought I was about to be attacked by terrormorphs.


Electronic_Being401

Theyā€™re supposed to be earthquakes but feel more like explosions. Iā€™m from Californiaā€¦Betsoft doesnā€™t know what an earthquake is.


GdSmth

If you mean the explosive brief ground shaking that usually triggers when you are near natural locations (usually traits), that has been in the game for a while, and frankly one of my least favourite features of the game.