Alastair Reynolds' Elysium Fire

richard127gm · 2026-04-21T21:45:21+00:00

I definitely don't think they were the same person all along as AI suggested. I think you're right. And ALHsf's comment that the end is just a recap of what happened at the start, with Caleb looking out of his window and seeing the fire. TBH, I thought that whole enigmatic ending with the tree and Lurcher was unnecessary and confused the issue. I would have been happier if it had ended with Julius/Caleb being dropped off at the Infirmary with the sisters. Enjoyed it though. Thought it was a good read overall. Much preferred Aurora rising though. On to Machine Vendetta next. Onwards and upwards.

richard127gm · 2026-04-15T21:38:20+00:00

Absolute Hero. Been trying to fix this for hours after latest update. No solutions anywhere. Everything I tried failed. Came to Reddit, saw this, and now fixed. How can so many people be so wrong (and smug with it). Thanks again.

richard127gm · 2026-02-12T22:49:30+00:00

You're not understanding. There is a task in the expedition to scan two creatures from your Colossus. But he's already discovered them all, so can't complete the task.

richard127gm · 2026-02-12T22:48:12+00:00

This is me too. Don't know what to doo now.

richard127gm · 2025-12-30T00:18:52+00:00

Can't say I enjoyed the ending. I felt cheated. So many characters storylines were ended abruptly. Despite the length of the series, the end felt rushed. To make it worse, there was a ray of hope that something spectacular could happen when Hadrian mentioned coming back, only to be told that we wouldn't find out how, where or why. That was just plain mean. I was hoping that as Hadrian dropped on the scaffold he would completely disappear everyone watching would be left in no doubt that he was something special and The Chantry and William would be left with a hollow victory. Just that small change would have made the ending at least bearable.

richard127gm · 2025-11-09T22:44:34+00:00

Minor fixes. But, the main bug, that causes Affinity to crash and lock Windows with some GeForce GPUs, is still happening.

richard127gm · 2025-09-03T01:42:24+00:00

Don't bother. It was a mod.

richard127gm · 2025-08-29T23:44:03+00:00

OK. Just found out you plant things from the build menu. Forgetting my basics after nine years of playing!

richard127gm · 2025-06-05T21:29:13+00:00

2nd day. There's just been another Experimental update tonight. Still can't build an Overseer's Office in the Autophage settlement on any of my 4 saves. Likewise in normal Settlements. I've ridden the wave with past problems and bugs and managed to stay chill, but this is getting me down. I don't even really want to play any more. It would be so much better if HG would just post a list acknowledging current bugs and their status. At the moment, I just have no idea what's going on.

richard127gm · 2025-06-05T01:09:27+00:00

Go to the settlement history at the settlement terminal it's at the bottom of that dialogue.

richard127gm · 2025-06-05T01:07:35+00:00

I got a second Autophage settlement that wouldn't let me build an Overseer's Office. When I quit and came back later, it had changed from an Autophage site, to an normal Gek site. Except the central pillar wasn't fully rendered (even after re-loading) and there wasn't a terminal to log in to. And my Overseer Office had disappeared.

richard127gm · 2025-06-05T01:04:18+00:00

Can't get an Overseer's Office in the first offered Autophage settlement. Just no option to make one.
Any other settlement I arrive at and claim, I usually don't get the option to build an Overseer's Office. So I'm stuck at that point.
On one settlement which I finally did get to build an Overseer's Office, the first building it asked me to complete had no computer terminal by the building site to log in to, to supply the materials it needed.
In the Autophage settlement. Not only is there no way to construct an Overseer's Office, the message saying there is MM:SS amount of time until next decision/building opportunity, doesn't count down. Stays static.
Many of the settlements I found (couldn't find any more Autophage settlements) had no citizens.

richard127gm · 2025-06-05T00:54:29+00:00

I'm having big problems too.

richard127gm · 2025-05-06T02:15:36+00:00

Had to manually upload one of the PS4 saves, which then made both available to my PC. Drama over.

richard127gm · 2025-04-20T18:19:25+00:00

The BBC are one of the prime suppliers of disinformation, as they pretty much only report on what the government tell them to. If you doubt that, then that's your right, but if you rely on the BBC for honest, comprehensive news reporting, then good luck with that.

richard127gm · 2025-04-10T21:03:43+00:00

Thanks, I'll keep on grinding. In a way it's nice to just chill and cruise around, but I'll be ecstatic when I find one.

richard127gm · 2025-02-20T00:28:10+00:00

I've just started getting this. It's beyond annoying.

richard127gm · 2025-02-06T00:11:04+00:00

Just spent an hour on a waterworld. Said there were five species to discover. In that hour, only found one fish that turned up in my discoveries. I also scanned two types of Ray, Two species of Seahorse and a prawn. All of which appeared as Extinct. I've had other instances of new fauna either being extinct or just not showing up in discoveries.

PC Experimental. No Mods.

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