Wh1sper 0 Posted April 11, 2012 Ón a neutral Island you can find an erlenmeyer flask icon. Seems to be an interesting Research which one can recover. But how? With a walrus aiming and using "f" I had no luck. Must be the island belong to my empire, or is it a bug? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R33GoNe 1 Posted April 11, 2012 I believe this will be part of the full game, as in when you first start you will need to research before you can buy better weapons ect. I have had this when taking over a enemy island and it just said I already have the technology or something similar as everything is available bar the hammerhead. Using f to activate it worked for me but it may well be different when you already own the island. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maddogx 13 Posted April 11, 2012 I found this flask symbol twice so far, always on a snow island. This leads me to believe that it will give you access to biome specific upgrades, so that your vehicles handle better in snow environments, for example. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Charles 22 Posted April 11, 2012 MadDogX said: I found this flask symbol twice so far, always on a snow island. This leads me to believe that it will give you access to biome specific upgrades, so that your vehicles handle better in snow environments, for example. :) Speaking of snowy environments, do not ever try to attack an island in the middle of the night in a blizzard. I had to learn the hard way :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maddogx 13 Posted April 11, 2012 Mr. Charles said: Speaking of snowy environments, do not ever try to attack an island in the middle of the night in a blizzard. I had to learn the hard way :( I managed it ok, actually. :D It's amazing how atmospheric the game can be though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R33GoNe 1 Posted April 11, 2012 MadDogX said: I found this flask symbol twice so far, always on a snow island. This leads me to believe that it will give you access to biome specific upgrades, so that your vehicles handle better in snow environments, for example. :) That does make more sense than what I previously wrote, I have seen on the vehicle equip screen symbols for snow ect it might have even said upgrades but I can't remember ATM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harbinger 1 Posted April 11, 2012 Yeah there is an Upgrades tab on the vehicle screen with icons for Water, Ice and Fire. In cockpit view you get an icon depicting current conditions. I am assuming we begin with all upgrades in the Beta but will have to earn them at release. Ice builds up on the screen for instance, but we get a clear patch and can still see. Without the upgrade, you'd probably have to get out and scrape :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainHaplo 1 Posted April 11, 2012 The manual included in the beta talks about how if you capture an enemy island, you can get new items to produce... See the end of section 1.3: "•Congratulations – You have captured the island. The items and blueprints are transferred to your carrier. Be sure to check your Production to see what new items you can manufacture." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wh1sper 0 Posted April 12, 2012 R33GoNe said: I believe this will be part of the full game, as in when you first start you will need to research before you can buy better weapons ect.I have had this when taking over a enemy island and it just said I already have the technology or something similar as everything is available bar the hammerhead. Using f to activate it worked for me but it may well be different when you already own the island. If, because of Beta we already own all research, it is ok. Hopefully will someone from BIS anwer this? btw: Bugid: 0000194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites