AfterWorld Survival Forum

NOTE:This post is no longer relevant as of Survival release C210 (Dec 2012).



The following has been kept as historical content

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NOTE: to new players - Survival is not ready for Newcomers (new players) yet.  I suggest you download AfterWorld: Alpha World (http://afterworld.ru/download) and play that version - until  it is ready for you.


Important: if you log in to Survival - you will do so as a TESTER. Survival is currently a sandbox - anything you do there will be wiped out when the Alpha version's data is transferred to Survival.
All Newcomers start in Mugen Village.From here you need to follow the yellow path (indicated on the map - press M to toggle map) to a 'quarantine' area called New Urengoy. This area is surrounded by a force-field to keep out the more nasty creatures.Getting to New Urengoy is a challenge in itself, as you arrive in Survival without clothes or tools of any sort.On the way to New Urengoy, you will need to avoid any creatures you see as these WILL kill you.However, you do not need to be too concerned about dying - death will cause you to be revived in Mugen Village as a Travelbot (as sort of non-destructible UFO shaped hover disk, which contains your mind-essence).You will need to transform back to Human form each time you die as you cannot interact with the NPCs in New Urengoy in Travebot form. Each Travelbot to Human transformation uses up one clone - you start with 100 clones.Once you reach New Urengoy - visit the outpost in the middle of the town and talk to the NPCs there.One will congratulate you on arriving and give you 50 more clones.The other will tell you that you need to supply one of two things to become a Citizen (either 50 P.notes or 100 AWD).Until you become a Citizen you will not be able to gain skills - you can still use the various weapons, health-kits and other items. However, you will be unskilled in these items, which means they will give very little damage / protection.The area outside of the New Urengoy quarantine area is very dangerous to Newcomers. You can also choose to leave if you wish - though you will be greatly disadvantaged due to your lack of skills.

Hi,

I reached the town although I am still a "saucer."  How do I get a new clone here at Urengi?  Or do I have to go back to the starting area?

Thanks

Excellent!  Thanks for the info Themis

-Woose

actually Doc said everyone had their DNA in every town now, so i dont think we need to do that at the moment

I can confirm that the registration of DNA at all Outposts does not apply to Newcomers (i.e. new AWS accounts).

The pre-registration may have been a one off event (i.e. DL updated the database for all players at the time of the update).

if any off the newcommers need i help just post here and i will walk them there

Hi, I finally made it to New Urengoy and have spent some hours walking around talking to NPCs ... but I can't find a "warrant officer" as they tell me to.  The say he's by the "large red pipe" but I can't seem to find it.    Apparently I can't do anything until I talk to that NPC by the pipe.

Version C209 of the Survival Testing is missing most of the Newcomer advancement features.
In Alpha - you have trash-cans with free (inefficient) tools to collect resources and Warrant Officers that request that you collect certain resources for P.Note rewards.

Without tools - you cannot collect resources.
Without Warrant Officers - you cannot turn resources in P.Notes.
Without either P.Notes or AWD - you cannot become a Citizen.
Without Citizenship - you cannot gain skills.
Without skills - the world outside the force-field will kill you.^{unless you have armour}

If you are a Newcomer - I recommend you wait until these features have being implemented.

While waiting - you can always either explore the world in Travelbot form or challenge yourself to see if you can register your DNA at some of the other Outposts.

What you also can do is play in Alpha for a while the skills you earn there will come to you in survival when is is finished.

Yes that's true ... I can't find the Alpha download link anywhere.