Living in the Forestry Lookout

[June]

So, after 642 days, I tried something new. Make camp in the Forestry Lookout and survive there.

I have to say, it was quite a stupid idea, but the view is impressive!

 

 

I made 4 or 5 runs to get all my stuff from the Trapper´s Homestead. The climb is horrible everytime, but when I go down, I sprint all the way and it´s better than a sleighride! 

At least I learned some useful things. After a lot of sprained ankles with all man made medicine gone, I learned that 25 rose hips make 1 cup of tea. Oh, and you can lure wolves with a cup of tea. The beasts have some taste! Now i´m running back again to the homestead to get all the fabric i´ve forgotten. Do you think I can make it?   

[illanthropist]

Homesteads my fave but it's just so out of the way, always lifts your spirits when you approach after dusk and see those welcoming lights.

[June]

That´s right! It´s too far away from everything else. I used to live there for ages. Now on the forestry lookout, it´s a real challenge. Have to go down and up again once in 2 or 3 days. Maybe I´ll miss my cosy little hut real soon ^^ 

[illanthropist]

Had to crawl to the top of there last week with sprained wrist and ankle and no meds in a blizzard, didn't think I'd make it.  Imagine it's gonna be tough and take a lot of wood at night!

[June]

It´s actually quite warm in there ^^ But the cons outweigh the pros in almost every case. And the stupid door opens to the inside Don´t think i´ll be here for long ^^

[illanthropist]

7 minutes ago, June said:

It´s actually quite warm in there ^^ But the cons outweigh the pros in almost every case. And the stupid door opens to the inside Don´t think i´ll be here for long ^^

Still, will make for some awesome screen captures if the weathers on your side.  Good luck

[bethany]

@June That screenshot of the Trapper's cabin is great! Really love it. 

[Vhalkyrie]

In the beginning, I tried to make the Lookout my home base.  Lovely view, but that hike...   But man, you could see for miles in any direction.  If it had a workbench, then I would live there regardless of the thigh-burning climb!

[June]

 

Nevermind, I found a much better Lookout in Coastal Highway ;P

 

[Vhalkyrie]

Hehe good plan! ;D

I've used that one as a staging for shuffling goods to PV instead of the gas station.

What about the Lighthouse in DP?

[June]

7 minutes ago, Vhalkyrie said:

What about the Lighthouse in DP?

 

Good question. I thought about it too. But maybe it´s also too far from wood ressources? Dunno, maybe I try it next. Getting bored pretty fast by now without new words from the Devs. For now, I will enjoy my new morning view 

 

 

[Drifter Man]

The Abandoned Lookout doesn't have much food around, does it?

[June]

28 minutes ago, Drifter Man said:

The Abandoned Lookout doesn't have much food around, does it?

There´s a wolf spawn. I yet have to figure out if I can live off it ^^

[Vhalkyrie]

There should be deer in the area between the Lookout and the Townsite too.  And a bear!!  (That bear was one of my first intentional bear kills - lol.)  Bit of a hike down to the fishing cabins.  I have a shortcut route that I use that works well for going down, but no great ones going up.  I usually end up spending the night at the cabins or trailer when I travel between the coast and the Lookout.

[Rusty_Old_F250]

I was really hoping to find one in the middle of no-where on the timberwolf mountain map, it seems like the perfect place for it.

Sam

[Drifter Man]

On 3/15/2016 at 10:45 PM, June said:

There´s a wolf spawn. I yet have to figure out if I can live off it ^^

How does it go? In Voyageur, one wolf per day will barely keep you alive.

[cekivi]

One wolf will usually give 4-5 kg of meat at around 800 calories. Do whatever you want during the day, eat a wolf steak dinner before bed and you'll oscillate between 100% and 90% condition. You'll wake up with ~200 calories left, start starving around noon and be full again for bedtime to regain the lost condition.

So, at 1kg of meat a day a wolf should keep you going for around 4 days. More if you use the starvation-hibernation exploit.

[Drifter Man]

True, I forgot people actually use this... personally, I consider this approach already an exploit. You are not meant to let yourself starve and do work without spending calories.

[cekivi]

True, but if you were eating a full steak a day you would be able to maintain your calorie stores fairly well. I generally have my character skip lunch and just take a little bit of condition loss while I wait for dinner. Starving down to 20% and being completely restored on a single meal though is more than slightly lopsided.

[Drifter Man]

I agree, the character has quite an appetite when you try to keep calories above zero  Anyway, it's good that the game allows very different playstyles. I never let my condition drop if I can avoid it.

[Vhalkyrie]

If food is abundant, I eat a big breakfast (Bear, Wolf or Deer (B/W/D)), a light lunch (rabbit, or B/W/D scraps), and B/W/D right before bed.  Since there is no indigestion affliction, I eat right before I go to bed to maximize calories.

If food is a little low, I'll eat only breakfast and dinner.  If food is scarce, I'll eat dinner only.  And if things are really, really bad, I'll eat dinner only every 2 days.  That's an emergency measure only, though, until I've reestablished a food supply.

[cekivi]

That's fair for a real survival situation and generally how I play myself. Except since I'm trying to avoid hunting (going for the pacifist achievement) food has been a little scarce of late

[Dirmagnos]

I try to only eat dinner, to max calories, 2-3 hours be4 sun sets since due to rather random nature of food poisoning, it can come from a perfectly good meat and i prefer to sleep it off thru the night, since i would have to rest anyway, it 2 for 1 deal.

[Vhalkyrie]

You should never get food poisoning from food with condition over 75%

http://hinterlandgames.com/the-long-dark/update-archive/

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The Long Dark — Sandbox Alpha Update — Hotfix to v.170: Fixes to Struggle UI, Food Poisoning, Weak Ice, and General Bug Fixes

December 2nd, 2014

Trivia: This is the 15th Update to The Long Dark since launching on Early Access!

Changelist:

* Improved Wolf Struggle UI to clarify controls and gameplay effects.

* Improved Weak Ice feedback to avoid players falling through ice without warning.

* Improved various presentation elements on the First Aid interface.

* Food with Condition over 75% will never cause Food Poisoning (excludes Raw Meat and Fish).

 

I eat food closest to >75% for morning meals, and my lowest quality food <75% right before sleeping in case of food poisoning.

[Dirmagnos]

In my latest playthru(42 days) i already had food poisoning at least twice from cooked meat with condition above 75%. Altho i generally let raw meat to drop to ~50% be4 cooking, to extend storage duration, so that may be an issue. Altho i find it weird, since cooked meat should be a new item.