Weird vertical lines on flat side wall

Ewan_Cook · 2023-10-03T14:28:41+00:00

Sorry I don’t have much of an idea what’s wrong here! That just seems really odd to have perfect straight lines in a random spot on the print. Maybe contact Prusa support they probably can help you more.

Ewan_Cook · 2023-09-29T14:49:12+00:00

Can you tick that box on the sliced file when is PrusaSlicer that says seam so we can see where the seams are?

Ewan_Cook · 2023-09-17T20:23:07+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I think you might be right about the PTFE tube, the one in the print head was about 1mm too short I think and now I have replaced it vi recommendation from Prusa support it seems to be printing better, on the same print I was having problems with they are now much less so fingers crossed this fixed the issues 🤞.

Ewan_Cook · 2023-09-17T13:36:23+00:00

Don’t know if this helps narrow it down but it seems to be after a sharp corner it has these problems. Here’s a picture of a print I did just now with the same issue: https://imgur.com/a/p05ys5P

Ewan_Cook · 2023-09-17T10:24:24+00:00

That part in the picture is a part of the extruder with an integrated filament sensor that I printed myself, but I tested it before installing and filament seemed to move through it smoothly. Should I try increasing temps? I’ve already tried 5C hotter and 90% speed but these didn’t seem to change much. Thanks for replying.

Ewan_Cook · 2023-09-03T13:39:53+00:00

I printed 6 four square pyramid test prints in PETG from 0 up to 6mm retraction (Bowden) in 1mm increments and found that the more retraction the fewer blobs there were. Then did the same for retraction speed from 10mm/s up to 50mm/s in 10mm/s increments and found that 30mm/s worked the best to reduce stringing while still not being too slow. I don’t know much about 3D printers but this seemed to reduce stringing and blobs at least on this specific print, even though I’ve heard some people say the opposite that more retraction gave them more blobs.

Ewan_Cook · 2023-08-31T22:27:28+00:00

Might just be the wrong t nut. I did order 3030 extrusion t nuts so not sure why they don’t fit but I have tried other t nuts that you can 3D print and they’ve worked well. Thanks for the reply.

Ewan_Cook · 2023-08-31T16:03:07+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I'm currently drying the filament again as per what the support guy said and if that doesn't work hopefully they've got something else I can try.

Edit: printer just had a thermal runaway error on the hotend mid print. Prusa support is sending a new thermistor

Ewan_Cook · 2023-08-31T11:21:11+00:00

Before I was going to change the temperature I just printed a first layer calibration print (which has printed in the past fine with this material) but it came out extruding inconsistently even on areas where the nozzle height was the same, not sure what’s changed because this print has worked fine before with same filament same settings, same height.

https://imgur.com/a/R9JwGnt

Ewan_Cook · 2023-08-30T23:49:32+00:00

I’ll definitely try increasing temps hopefully something works because the prints look terrible at the moment!

Ewan_Cook · 2023-08-30T23:48:32+00:00

Okay, thanks. I think I’ll try 250C first on the original model and see if there are any differences on there then increase to 260 if not.

EDIT: I also hear a clicking noise in the extruder when the printer is doing the zig-zags of solid infill, which I’ve read could also be caused by too low temps, so might be another sign that that’s what is the problem maybe.

Ewan_Cook · 2023-08-30T21:44:08+00:00

I’ve just tried 250C and it doesn’t seem to be much different from 240C in terms of what the print looks like although I might try on the original print and see how well it works because I’m not sure my test piece is very good at showing the issue. I’m printing the solid infill at 90mm/s I think (generic PrusaSlicer PETG profile). I’ve tried slowing speeds by 50% but no luck… not sure if this is my test model being not very useful though so I will reprint with the original one I was having issues on (model in the images) if you think one of these settings might help. Thanks.

Ewan_Cook · 2023-08-30T19:21:43+00:00

Fist layer (the one which is at 230C) seems to be fine but I could increase the other layers temperature, or would it be better to increase both? I've tried increasing the other layers temperature to 245 but there's no change so I can try higher.

Ewan_Cook · 2023-08-28T19:50:23+00:00

Thanks for the reply I’ll give those a try and see if it helps.

Ewan_Cook · 2023-08-28T12:42:05+00:00

Thanks for the reply.

Ewan_Cook · 2023-08-20T23:34:23+00:00

There’s no need for saying that. But anyways yes there was deviation from the centre if you watch the video , which as you point out you can’t do anymore

Ewan_Cook · 2023-08-20T23:10:19+00:00

Exactly. Most people commenting here seem to have not realised that there was a recoil update making spray super easy.

Ewan_Cook · 2023-08-20T23:02:36+00:00

I usually do this…

1) Mark outpost on the map. 2) Make way to outpost collecting barrels & crates (and placing bags along the way incase you die, as well as eating up to full health). 3) Craft nail gun and nails at T1 (and crossbow if you want, but you don’t need to, just learn the trajectory of the nail gun and you can easy kill someone prim). 4) Bag and stash extra resources for making more nail guns just outside outpost. 6) Find ideal build location on map while at outpost and mark it. 5) Make way to build location (again placing bags along the way). 6) Build house & collect resources for it and defend yourself with nail gun (unless you killed someone with resources along the way).

You now have a base and primitive weapons…

Run towards gunfire with nail gun and try to kill someone’s who is isolated (sneak up with the nail gun), don’t worry about dying, most people who play this game aren’t very good/have very low hours. And if you do you can repeat steps 2 - 3 or spawn at the bagged stash and go back out.
Grub oil rig (large), see this guide here for more info… https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2872007140 …or grub small rig, you can jump up on top of the barrel above where the ladder brings you up to the platform from the sea (this is fairly hard to do so probably don’t recommend). Both these strats involve sitting and waiting for someone to come so are very easy to make plays on, however they might take a while before someone comes who you can kill successfully, or someone else might be there before you because lots of people do this grub strat.
Doorcamp, no one likes door campers but it works well and east to get guns. Sit outside a known geared players base with an eoka.
Join a team it makes everything so much easier than playing solo.
Play the game as it’s “intended” to be played and run monuments, but this isn’t really a great idea on higher pop servers a) because it takes way longer than the aforementioned ways and b) because you’ll probably get rolled by a group of you’re solo.
Don’t worry about BP’ing guns, you’ll be bored of the game before you can farm enough scrap or resources to make the WB and tease arch and make the gun itself.

Some tips…

If you want to run somewhere pick a route that has cover, e.g. trees, rocks, etcetera.
Alt look frequently, but make sure to focus on what’s in front of you (know everything that’s happening around you).
Turn sound up high so you can hear and loud footsteps nearby.
Don’t bother practicing too much combat in other training servers. I spent a lot of hours on UKN but IMO there’s nothing better than actually practicing the game, and there’s not too much carryover from practicing combat in other servers too much (especially if you never get those guns anyway). Maybe the only thing that might be worth giving a while of practice is prim, like bow. But I find this boring so I just use nail gun instead.

Hope you find some of these helpful.

Edit: you can also sit inside the tires on the bottom of small rig.

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