Too strict conditions for remedying hypothermia

[Rylandish]

This is an interesting discussion, but I think the biggest problem with the hypothermia system is that it doesn't tell you to spend a consecutive 24-hours warm with no exceptions. It just says stay warm for 24 hours. First time it happened to me (on the middle difficulty), I stayed indoors for about 12 hours, then wanted to look out the door for a second to see what the weather was like. Just step out, step back in. Most everything else in the game (like crafting) you can pause and resume the process, so I thought it would be similar. Wrong. Back to 24 hours because of 1 second in the cold. That just feels like an arbitrary punishment to give the player.

An even worse time though, I had 23 hours down. I woke up in the morning and the UI said to stay warm for 1 more hour, so I rested 1 more hour. The bed was right next to the door, and when I woke up, I went outside ('cause I had things to do! And I didn't want to stay in that cabin a second longer!) but then when I got outside, it still said I had hypothermia, and it was right back to "Stay warm for 24 hours". I had to stay inside a full 48, because I thought 1 hour meant 1 hour, not 1 hour and a couple of spare minutes. I felt like the game lied to me...because...well, it did.

TLDR: The hypothermia system can be rather counter-intuitive / poorly explained for new players. In my opinion, the 24 hour time is fine, it's harsh but it makes sense and encourages smart playing. But stepping outside for just a second at the end of hour #24 resets the timer? That's just arbitrarily punishing.

[KD7BCH]

Yeah it appears to be bugged or just very poorly implemented.

If you happen to be stuck somewhere, where you have to keep a fire going for 24 hours, with the way fires work, it simply is too much fuel in the early part of the game. No real problem after 20 days.

[bethany]

We are adjusting this a bit in our next hotfix, which we'll push very soon. I think the system will become a bit more forgiving -- Meaning, the clock won't reset back to 24h as soon as you keep your stats above freezing.

[Rylandish]

There's no thumbs up emoticon, but, hey that's good news!

[KD7BCH]

While this is all well and good and a necessary change, what is being done to fix the starvation exploit which is a min/max exploit which is ridiculously exploitable?

[bethany]

While this is all well and good and a necessary change, what is being done to fix the starvation exploit which is a min/max exploit which is ridiculously exploitable?

If you mean the hibernation technique, I can tell you it's something we've looked at. It's also something that will take more time to tune, as it is a more complex design issue that speaks to the heart of core gameplay.

If that's not what you were referring to, then I'm sorry for misunderstanding. The post was a tiny bit cryptic, considering all of the feedback I go through over hibernation, calories, and so forth.