Welcome to Beyond Contact Public Feature Suggestions and Bug Reporting
We are using this public feature upvoter and bug tracker to allow our community to help identify potential bugs and also have a voice in determining which features will make it into the game.
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Before you add an entry, please use the search function to see if your feature suggestion or bug already exists in the list.
When adding a Suggestion write [Feature] in your feature suggestion title.
When adding a bug write [Bug] in your bug report title.
Please use English and be polite.
Respect And Kindness Above All.
Bug reports marked as Needs More Info will be closed if there is no player response after 30 days.
Please Keep in mind that we will do our best to prioritize your additions based on their place in the list, but we also have to consider development time and resources when deciding how we schedule in new features and bug fixes.
[Bug] Example bug report
This is an example bug report.
Description - a short explanation of the issue
How to Reproduce - steps taken in-game that cause the bug to occur
Additional ...
[BUG] Items in slots turning invisible.
Initially had an item in my last slot (?) and then I thought I'd lost it, but turns out it was just invisible. I could swap another item into that same slot and it ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Some Obelisks are not working
When clicking some obelisks nothing happens and still says "not activated"
[Bug] Cannot progress story as left pillar is not spawning
Description - Once we found 4 components of the world forge, the Forge heart stops detecting. We tried starting a new game, and ran into the same issue. Both times we ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Dailies Not Claimable
I have a couple dailies that are not being claimed, unable to be interacted with, or giving the credits after being completed. I have exited my save, exited the game, ...
With Developer
Bug
[Bug] Void Rift spawned over Overseer on Octopus alien ship
Following the quest line clockwise, I'm meant to talk to the Overseer on his ship. Unfortunately a void rift has opened partially on the ship, covering his spawn ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Weather Effects Inside Shelter/Habitat
Snowstorm, sandstorm, etc effects are persisting inside sealed shelters & habitats. This should not happen.
Under consideration
Bug
[Bug] CARL pesters about research when tree is full
Even when the research tree is complete, CARL continues to pester the player.
What should happen is there should be a one time congratulations and then CARL ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Bug] Mouse Cursor in menu not working
Description - After starting the game the menu screen appears, but the mouse cursor disappears and doesn't appear to be working
How to Reproduce - Every time I ...
Needs more info
Bug
[Bug] Shop keeper is standing behind the shop
Minor bug, but he really loves how the back of his tent looks it seems.
Done
Bug
[BUG] Selection in Menus Moving On It's Own
Description - Whenever I enter the game, the selection moves through the menu items and the mouse doesn't appear until I hit esc. When I try to go into the options ...
With Developer
Bug
[Bug] infinite loading on reload of save file
I left the game to do some research after about a couple hours of play. When I restarted it, my save would not leave the loading screen. Tips continue to cycle and ...
Done
Bug
[BUG] System shutdown
After clicking start, the game gets to Photo Sensitivity warning then instantly shuts down the pc, tried multiple other games, all run as should, tried file ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Polish Language Bugs
Problem with display of polish letters.
When there is a pop-up text in the upper left corner, letter "ę" ( maybe some other too, i only saw this one ) isn't ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Sound Issue when a lot of machines are running at once.
Sounds like things are breaking when teleporting to the base, and sometimes it sounds like there are more machines than there actually is.
Done
Bug
[Bug] UltraWide Monitor support
Black Bars left and right on Ultra Wide but Game runs in the Background of Black Bars. I can see other Players Health Bar in the Black.
Samsung C49RG90 5K (5120 x ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Voice lines when picking up scanned creature
Description - When I use a net to capture shock sprites I get the voice lines as if I captured a creature I had not yet scanned.
Done
Bug
[Bug] The Forge Must Be Fixed
I found the Inner Stone Ring, Outer Stone Ring. Massive Stone Ring, Broken Ancient Pillar Piece, and Void Infused Ancient Pillar Piece.
The quest does not let me ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Crafting stations stuck to on.
Teleported back to my base to find all crafting, research, cooking and refining stations stuck to "working" all on and using power even though nothing was in them. ...
Under consideration
Bug
[BUG] Invincible creatures
Sometimes creatures stop being able to be hit, neither by me or other creatures. They are still able to hit me.
Has happened to me for both a Viperlisk and a Cryonid
Done
Bug
[Bug] stuck
just by walking, i got completly stuck. (maybe adding an unstuck option, like teleporting to the nearest respawn point)
seed : 1454638125
location : west of the ...
Done
Bug
[Feature] Pets
I want to capture aliens and make them my pets!! i wanna name them!!!! and be able to equip things to them!!! like backpacks for extra storage, armor or weapons or ...
[Bug] Game startup takes a long time
When starting up, From the Deep Silver Logo to the Game Menu, takes 12 minutes 31 seconds to get to the menu. I have no problem with other games, e.g. I can start up ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Bug] Stone ring
After transferring the stone ring to the Ecumenical forge, it is not displayed inside the forge and is not available for repair.
Done
Bug
[Bug]- bountiful plants
when making bountiful plants (both tamber and kepple) with the botany lab, it shows are requiring 5 bloom crystals. I had none in my inventory but the recipe showed ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Bug] Loading after intro = 5 minutes
The game takes 3 to 5 minute to load the menu, all there is after the intros is the animation in the right corner down. It's installed on an SSD and I have a 3900X ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Game crashes on multiplayer join
Description - As per title
How to Reproduce - whenever a player joins
Additional information - seed ID - 1167668410
Done
Bug
[BUG] Mouse disappearance after switching monitors
Alt tabbing between one and the other, after coming back to the game, the mouse is gone.
Done
Bug
[Bug] Waste of spotlight energy in the daytime
**7. The spotlight spends energy even during the day when it is not working.**
Load on the network when the spotlight is turned off
Done
Bug
[BUG] Menus in Start Screen and on Mission Following Screen moving from entry to entry without stop
Every time I start a Gamem, on the Start Screen, the Courser Jump from entry to entry.
If you press return in the Right Time you can choose the entry that you want. ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Launch button/Quick start don't working
I buy the game on Steam. I load the game and I press the "Quick start" button, or I create a "New game" any dificulty, after this I choose a character, and I press ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Bug] In-game audio becomes slow and distorted
The audio in the main menu is good, this is also the case after a game has been started but while in-game, if the FPS goes down around 30-44 the audio begins to ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Waypoint Not Disappearing
When you set waypoint ( tested on mobs and resources ) and that thing disappears, the waypoint stays and you can't interact with it in any way, so i basically have ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Not Scanned Problem
After i scanned Shock Sprite ( if i remember correctly, i scanned it when it was catched with the net ) i have it already scanned ( when i hover on one of them, it ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Crash when using net to capture chitterling.
Games crashes regularly when using net to capture chitterling. I'm able to use the resume game function on main menu which places a short time before crash.
Done
Bug
[Bug] Cutscenes play at full volume
Description - I have all of the sound sliders around 50% or less. Cutscenes seemed to play at full volume and were quite jarring
Done
Bug
[BUG] Crafting menu frequently fails to show some of the craftable items.
Sometimes when I want to craft an item, a battery or an Airsynth, for example, the item does not appear in the craft menu. Save-and-exit followed by reload generally ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Shopkeeper disappears on reload
In singleplayer campaign mode, the market shopkeeper, upon saving, quiting the game, reopening, and reloading, the shopkeeper becomes a normal worker and begins ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] close rift device
I have lost the device, I spoke to cence and I can create another one with 10 void crystal, but when I give it the option to obtain a device, nothing happens.
Done
Bug
[Bug] Insta Heal Heath
All damage I take I insta heal it back. I have no armor equipped. Like I'm just face tanking 4 mobs right now tabbed out with 0 armor and I'm insta healing it all ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Placable objects auto repair when picked up
Description -
I noticed on stream today that if you have something damaged. In my case a solar panel that is about to break and you pick it up and set it back down ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Bug] Wind Turbine is not affected by snowstorms/sandstorms
Wind Turbine is not affected by snowstorms and sandstorms when placed not in windy places.
When it is placed in wind places, it produces 14 energy and in sandstorm ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Bug] Crash in fire biome during certain circumstances.
I managed to recreate a crash in the biomes that contain lava. If your character is "on fire" and tries to mine etc the game will crash. I also had issues with the ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Feature] Get resources from buildings in a backpack , not on the ground
**5. Take half of the resources from the buildings by pressing Ctrl into your backpack and not on the ground.**
*Comment: When you press Ctrl, half of the divisible ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Bug] Nets
The nets barely work now. I have tried many times and gotten countless bullseyes and the skitterlings always infuriatingly run away. Please fix this now.
Done
Bug
[Bug] Closing Rift Quest Bug
If the players dies while trying to close the rift, the quest is "not completed" and u have to run back to your corps but the rift disappeared and there is no way to ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Clawtooth won’t take the first aid kit
Anyone else have this problem? I made 3 first aid kits, i have the objective to gove one to Clawtooth, but when I talk to him he says, “What?” And then it gives me ...
Done
Bug