NardoLoopa

Just a sprain? Consider yourself lucky. A friend actually broke his arm falling over on a slope with a pack on -- tried to catch himself. Wasn't a fun trip back home.

I'll attempt to distill this even further into an essence (which will maybe be true in spirit, but not in fact): I think the appeal to our older (and IT) segment of the gamer community redounds to this mechanic: walking instead of sprinting. Many of us are old warhorses when it comes to games. We've been there -- done that. We had our thrills of shoot-em-ups and high paced adventures. TLD is anti all this. When you Sprint, as you do in almost every other game, you are punished instead of rewarded. I think this simple difference is something our segment is looking for and maybe also reflects the advantage of older wisdom vs young exuberance.

Nethack - ASCII roguelike (but really like Rogue -- not just a 'roguelike'). It brutally punishes impatience. Invariably you die and immediately realize there were 4 ways to solve your problem, had you just taken a moment. The Long Dark - 'nuff said 7 Days to Die (A15) - like Minecraft, but deadly. Specifically the "Starvation Mod" made it one of the few games that stays interesting through the power-curve. The Last of Us - only narrative game that really penetrated emotionally. Closest a game has come to "literature". Mass Effect 3 - one of the few games where you really feel your choices have consequences to morality in the narrative, rather than just being a matter of finding the optimal mechanical choice. Elite Dangerous - Became a "FuelRat" and had a blast running real rescue operations with the team. Also, Newtonian flight model! X-COM 2 - "The Long War" mod. Things are going to go poorly. Your team is going to die. Just deal with it.

An easy way to make 4DON more challenging is to skip Day 1 and even Day 2. You can log in, do enough for 2hrs, then remove that save game. Starting off with nothing on Day 3 and try to survive Day 4. That should be fun.

Day 3: Sewed together my patchwork demon-dog and glowing-hound coat. Made a pair of fluffy mittens too. Tried to bag a 4th wolf-skin, but forgot my current coat makes the mutts skittish. Now, I'm sitting in my cave with 60 some rocks of coal, 10 fir and 20 ceder. Lots of chocolate to boot. I enjoyed the light show and the furries. Now bring on the FLURRIES!

Deadman Challenge -- came here to say this.

41 piece of coal, 48 rifle rounds, rifle, hatchet, 30 cloth, 8 old man's beard, 38 ibuprofen, 2 pots, 26 candy bars, flashlight. I'm starting Day 2 in the Trapper's Cabin, so I can plink puppies from the safe-log. Then I'll make my way to my favorite place on Bear Island, the cave behind the ML cottages for Day 3 and 4. Should give me beautiful glowing vistas, a safe field of view for chernobyl dogs, and extra-long fire-time during the blizzard (outdoor fire).

I've heard that Hinterland is funding research on removing specific spatial/geographic memories from subjects. How can I apply to be a test-subject? Getting lost was my favorite part of TLD, but 700hrs+ of playtime has ruined that for me.

Really? Oh, man. I rolled back to the first release and headed straight there -- no Fluffy. I guess I just got "unlucky".

True, but that's also why I specified her "old home". But thanks.

Anyone remember which was the last build to have Fluffy in her old home? I'd like to go back and visit . . .

Gospel.

In case someone necros this thread in the future: with the release of 1.50, the problem is now fixed for me. I am able to open the hatch after using the keypad. Thanks Hinterland!

Ausgezeichnet! I am stunned. Under 22hrs? Wow.

Looks like Christmas

The development trajectory of TLD is a testament to good iterative development. You can see the rough-out of many concepts we have today. Even the assets look similar, just not finished. But the idea is already there. It really does amaze me that they didn't stop much earlier on and just say, "meh, good enough." Hinterland, thanks for polishing the stone; it's so pretty.

Audit your pack regularly to only carry what you need to survive a day: you do not need all 20 wooden matches, and a firestarter. You do not need 10 cloth. You do not need 3 bottles of pain killers, nor 8 arrows. Strip it all down; never travel over-burdened. Also, never fire an arrow at a beast you cannot chase: Have good visibility for where they will run Never do so close to nightfall Never do so when a blizzard is striking up Never do so near large swaths of FM's brittle ice Never do so when you're short on time

Bones.

Yeah, that sounds tough. I didn't have any issue as described -- first time I reached for the spear, I guess I was in a good position (as was the bear). I did take it from the hiding spot near the spear, having run then when he was on his distal trajectory.

I think he's referring to an inability to max-out the meter via clicking when attacked. Suggestion: maybe temporarily remap the Action key to something on the keyboard that you can use two hands to whack at it quicker.

No, that's the other Hatch. Did that one too. It worked fine. Also, was fun to find that burning fire in the middle of a blizzard (without any wind-shelter). (The Forest Talker cabin quest is also bugged for me: always says "visit tomorrow".)

After killing the demon-bear, I went back to the Aurora Cache (from a savegame where I hadn't been there before). Same result. Door still locked. *sigh*

I believe the lantern/torch warmth benefit was fixed in 1.47. No lantern? Wow, that's unlucky. Best bet would be the Cider Mine (to PV), but more than likely it's a speed-run spoiler. Tut mir leid.

I'm pretty sure BHarus's run requires the rifle to be at Commuter's Lament. He probably aborts the run if it is isn't. It's surprising that he is so confident of finding enough oil that he uses the lantern for warmth. Finding 2.5L in the basement was a score, but also most of his small bottles were 0.25L or more. Maybe my run was just unlucky, but 0.10L was my experience. I missed where he picked up the hatchet, but he had it by the time of Hybernia. Interesting idea going all that way (even the distal cave) to get reclaimed and soft-wood. Not sure the bear is guaranteed, but his time certainly relies on it. Also made for a nice dramatic ending. Also, i completely forgot about the water tablets. His time certainly looks beatable -- but only because a cooking parallelism in newer releases -- which provide possible coffee and definitely faster water. DP seems a promising route.

21Hrs 25min? That's just incredible. And that's before the new cooking mechanic that allows for parallel tasking! I haven't even watched it yet -- still just stunned by the idea. Wow.