I have scoured Google for a solution and come up with nothing. Not even any reports of this issue. If you played the game you know what the atlas pass is. There are 3 versions to open containers, doors, etc. I have version 1 in my inventory. When I approach one of the cylinder shaped containers it says atlas pass v1 required. When I interact to try to open the container the circle is blue and goes ALMOST all the way around but stops short. On a few rare occasions the circle is white and I can open it but I have no idea what is different. I have tried moving further away, closer, looking all around the container to see if there is a sweet spot to be facing. At a random spur of the moment the circle might turn white but then I can't duplicate it if I log out and back in again. I have also tried scrapping and making a new atlas pass. Super frustrating as there is some good loot in these containers. I have submitted a bug report with Hello Games but the automated reply I received indicates I probably won't get an actual response. It says they may address issues in a future update. WTF.
Edit: I finally figured it out. You have to hold down the button for a pretty long time until the blue circle completes and then it turns white and rotates the opposite direction. I can't believe that I couldn't find this information ANYWHERE on the internet.
Edit: I finally figured it out. You have to hold down the button for a pretty long time until the blue circle completes and then it turns white and rotates the opposite direction. I can't believe that I couldn't find this information ANYWHERE on the internet.
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