JohnDoe60

On 5/13/2019 at 5:16 PM, Raphael van Lierop said:

Show me where it says "realistic". Simulation speaks to gameplay approach, not to whether something is realistic or not. "The Sims" is a simulation. It is detailed, complex, layered, and rich in systems. It is not realistic.

Ya, you try checking out dictionaries and the like...

" A simulation video game describes a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities.^[1] " -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_video_game

3 hours ago, Raphael van Lierop said:

Not at all upset.  Just trying to illustrate how silly it can be to apply real-world experience to a game. Not that games shouldn't be taken seriously or held to a high standard, which we hope people do for The Long Dark, but just the argument of "things don't happen this way in real life therefore this system is bad" is really unhelpful, even though it feels like a useful argument. 

"Deep survival simulation gameplay..." -- www.thelongdark.com

So, ya, unrealistic gameplay will get commented on, and since we don't really know what goes into making a game all we can do is point at the unrealistic simulation.

I have a solution -- MOD MODE

1. Give potential modders all the information they need to twist the game into whatever they want without breaking it or unnecessarily stepping on each others toes.
2. Set up a rating/ranking/review system for mods to engage the wider community.
3. Solicit gameplay improvements from the community in the form of mods. <legal stuff> to ensure Hinterland gets to use submissions how they see fit and creators get a guarantee of recognition.
4. Get back to work on your game...

...without worrying about what the hardcore or more adventurous players are doing.

Mod Mode seems like a win-win-win+ situation to me: players see the possibility to get what they want; Hinterland sees less pressure to accommodate novel features and mechanics; the devs get to see all kinds of wild ideas put into practice, along with both how the community and game responds.

Throwing rocks at bunnies seems to have become way easier -- 6 bunnies in 7 throws at the pond between the plane crash and Milton, Survival mode on Stalker difficulty. I've been playing Interloper most recently and gotten pretty good at knocking out bunnies, not that good though, and when playing Stalker prior to that I couldn't hit a bunny with a rock to save my virtual life (that's what bows were for). So,  I played around a bit in Interloper and it looks like bunnies are easier to hit there as well, and, I swear, they are falling over when rocks fly by too close, must be fainting or something.

Should rabbits be easier to hit with rocks since the v1.48 update?

If so, can we get a different size hit box for each difficulty setting or a custom setting?

The Custom game menu now has all but Pilgrim mode defaulting to starting in Heavy Fog, instead of the actual weather the other three game modes start with...

What other default Custom settings are different from the actual game mode settings?

 I'm trudging along, heavy with wood and furs, and half mad with hunger, headed in what I hoped was generally the direction of the Logging Camp. Off to my left I hear a grunting, which sets me sprinting to my right. I was too low on energy to change direction when I realized I was heading up the slope to the old lookout. I turned when I ran out of breath to see a bear galloping around a woodpile  back where I'd come from. I kept heading up the slope thinking maybe I'd be able to get far enough away or break the line of sight, not thinking that I should drop stuff.

I made it about 8 paces before the bear was on me. It wasn't a particularly vicious mauling, there was no gear scattered about. All I could think about as I picked my bleeding self up was how my buddy Mike29 had been unfairly killed by a bear just the other day. Still wobbly, the bear heading down the slope, I took out the rifle and aimed. Blood sprayed, and it mauled me again. I was in pretty bad shape this time so I grabbed the emergency stim from the pack. With the adrenaline coursing through me I picked up the rifle and took aim just as the bear was hanging a left around some rock at the bottom of the slope.

The smart thing to do would be head in the other direction and patch myself up pronto, but this thread ain't about being smart... strafing down the slope, heart pounding like it was going to explode, I took a shot as soon as I could.