ThePancakeLady

And quickly... this is not entirely true. It was believed to be hereditary, and it may have some validity being seem as such. More recent research has revealed tat Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder. Possibly passed down, possibly not. No one else in my family has ever been diagnosed with Diabetes, Type 1 or Type 2. Just me. About 6 months after I had a serious Influenza infection as a child. That actual Flu (not a stomach bug, but the actual Flu) may have triggered my immune system to over respond, and attack my pancreas, damaging and destroying the Islets of Langerhans. So, it may be *sometimes* hereditary, in that autoimmune diseases can be hereditary, but it does not always occur in multiple generations of a family. But agreed, it is not the fault of the patient, in any way shape or form.

Not even going here. Okay, fine, I am going here. I have had Type 1 brittle Diabetes for 48 years. They way the situation is in Wintermute is not true-to-life-realistic. But it is "realistic" enough to make for a compelling story, and some choices for the player to make. Because of my long list of other medical conditions, yes. I would likely die before Astrid ever found the community Hall. But Dimitri does not have any other known medical conditions, according to the story. Go right away to get the insulin, and try to help Dimitri (who could survive for a few days without insulin, if his diabetes was well controlled prior to the crash, but he would be suffering, greatly), or let him lay there and suffer for days and days, getting sicker and sicker, closer to death and closer to the point of no return? Astrid, as a physician, would have been trained in this, and would know more than the average layperson would, about the risks, the progression of hyperglycemia, and what Dimitri would be going through. Father Tom would not really have a clue how serious it is, other than knowing it was "bad". Astrid would want to go find the insulin ASAP,. She would follow the Hippocratic Oath she took as a physician (if you see her as a person who takes that oath seriously, which I do, or she would not have felt the need to contact her ex, to deliver whatever is in that case to the people in perseverance Mills... who are sick, as well). Your choice(s)- do you make the choice(s) that she would make, as one dedicated to saving lives, or would you make the choice to play her as a doctor who forsakes the oath she took? We don't know that there is no way back to the Mainland, or that the production and supply of insulin is cut off in the rest of the world. Astrid and Will both seem to think there is something to go back to, to keep on trying to live for. The rest of the world may not be going through the same thing Great Bear Island is. A physician takes an oath to help and to "First, f do no harm". Leaving Dimitri there to suffer while she chases down local legends would be doing harm, because she was neglecting the known patient who needed help the most. Giving him the first dose of insulin and returning it to him gives him a chance to survive, and be saved. And no... there is no natural replacement for insulin, no plant or natural supplement that will keep a Type 1 Diabetic alive, Type 2, perhaps, diet and exercize can help control the disease, because in Type 2 Diabetes, the pancreas is still producing some insulin. Just not enough, or the body cannot use it efficiently, so insulin or medications that improve the body's ability to use what insulin it has can make help to control the disease, and give a good quality of life. Type 1- the body produces no insulin. None. Which is why those of us who have it need insulin injections, for the rest of our lives. Pancreatic transplants are being tried, with limited success. Transplants of just the Islets of Langerhans (the clusters of cells in the pancreas that are responsible for insulin production and release) are being tested, with limited success. Someday these may be a viable option to cure Type 1, right now they are still experimental. But... insulin has been around for some time now, and has evolved and been improved significantly. If there are cattle and hogs left in the world, the ability to produce beef and pork insulin would still be there, to a degree, and would be the most likely option pursued after an apocalyptic situation like this. Diabetes knows no boundaries anyone can develop the disease if they have the "right" genetic and physical make-up, Even if every living person who had the disease died in the apocalypse, more would be born with it as humanity recovers, and begins trying to repopulate. Insulin was developed in 1921, and put into use treating humans with Type 1 Diabetes in early 1922. So it can be produced in much more "primitive" societies, using the old ways it was produced with in the 20's. It would not be as effective as what we have now, but it would give every person with Type 1 Diabetes a chance to live, and possibly even to thrive. And yes, there are many, many Type 1 Diabetics, particularly here in the US, and in third world countries where insulin is in short supply, who ration their insulin, due to cost or unavailability. It happens daily, all over the world. It just doesn't make the news like cancer, or ebola, or black plague outbreaks do. Those who have o to ration insulin live, they are not generally healthy, or "thriving", but they are alive, hoping things will get better, and trying to be as productive as they can be, while they wait for Big Pharma to stop trying to make a fortune off of life-sustaining medications like insulin (among others, I might add, like cancer medications, heart and breathing medications). So yeah, I played Asrid's choices as I feel she would have, as a physician, and as a person who wants to help people get well, survive, and thrive, if she can, and who believes that the world is not completely dead, away from Great Bear. I feel she and Will, and the other survivors believe there is hope that they can get back to the Mainland, and be saved. What choices did you make? Would you make different ones after reading this?

Post this in a Wish List thread, so it does not get missed by the devs. They are more likely to see it there, as it is likely to get buried in a general thread like this.

Then you need to file a bug report on the Spport Portal. It isn't hard crashing for everyone, so, it isn't a 100% game code thing, necessarily. Your console may be trying to tell you something, perhaps. If it was 100% game related, my game would hard crash on XBone as well. And it isn't. My daughter is playing 4DoN on it right now. Without issue. So: https://hinterlandgames.zendesk.com/ is the place you need to go, file a report, and see if they can help you, and others who may be having the same issue, get the game going again. Arguing about it here is not going to get it fixed for you.

Yeah, we can feed them and fatten them up pre-hunting season, as well as put out salt licks for them. But once hunting season starts... that stuff needs to be gone. Even the salt licks. The Fish & Game Commission slat licks stay out though, even on State Hunting Lands. And they are strict, if they catch you. Deer, wild turkey, rabbits, squirrels, pheasants, whatever. No baiting of any wildlife, unless you are part of a culling hunt, and have a culling permit. Not much culling going on around here, with so many deer dying from Chronic Wasting Disease. Which is a bit of a scary disorder. And yeah, I am not a bait hunter in game either. I use bait to give me a chance to get the heck away from wolves in Stalker. I generally don't go looking to draw them closer to me, lol. My playstyle is more avoid/evade. My husband prefers the killer/hunter approach.

Running smooth on my XBox One X as well, so not sure what to tell you. Turn HDR off, (if you have it enabled)- it does have a perf hit on XBone.

TFW- you spawn into 4DoN, and head directly to Jackrabbit, hoping to find a lantern right inside the door. And... Denied!!! Just a few more from 4DoN. It's different never seeing the sun, but the moonlight makes for some lovely captures.

I was just playing, and the game did sync when I exited.I can access my entire games library, just seems like the typica Steam Sale (Halloween Sale started today, I think) crash when everyone tries to pile onto the store and see what goodies are there. Just checked, I can still launch the game, and my save is intact. No issues. Only Community (forums) and Store are offline for me (no activity feed- Community, as well). I'd be giving it a try if I were you. Unless you are saying you can't login?

Must be Monday, lol!

Indeed, in the US State I live in, if you get caught baiting deer or (other wildlife), with corn, or apple piles, or grain piles, ect., you will get a hefty fine, and possibly jail time. Even just having a huge pile of apples on your property, that obviously did not fall naturally can get you pretty big fines.

Not here, my game is running buttery smooth after the hotfix and update. (Higher-end rig, on Windows 10... you show me your specs, and I'll show you mine. )

After the hotfix and 4DoN update, crouching seems normal, maybe even a touch quicker than before. The stuttery animations and movements, sudden camera movements also seem to be fixed. Playing 4DoN and lighting seems much better, but... it's eternal night, so... can't check the sunlight right now. But def, crouching & standing up are smooth and quick again. Game is running buttery smooth for me in 4Don.

You as well. Mmmmmmm... candy bars. (Not as good as Pancakes, but... I'll take them. )

Read the text at the top of the page. They tell you what regions we have to play in for 4DoN, there are only 4 of them. It's literally the first sentence under the big splash screen image...

It is live now, working fine.

A few new runs started in Survival, one in DP, one in CH. Cold start in DP... Stalker start, my gal was almost nekkid. If it wasn't for the toque and the decent weather, I would have sworn it was an Interloper start. And yes, i think the Lighthouse may have a missing texture or 2, that did not fully render... The weather changed pretty dramatically after I got to the Lighthouse, lol! Made for a cold loot check up there. On to the new run in CH. Going to spoiler tag these, since not everyone may have found this yet in Survival Mode in Coastal Highway...

Also keep in mind that after the revolver was introduced, people were saying it was too difficult to find, so they increased the number of revolver spawns, and decreased the number of rifle spawn to balance it out. So we may not have a guaranteed rifle spawn in each region any longer. It's been tougher to find on in Pilgrim/Voyageur/Stalker/Custom Interloper (rifle on in Custom Settings) since shortly after Steadfast Ranger was released, and the changes were made in hotfixes. And RNG can be very fickle. I have a run going in DP, spawned in on the back of the island near the weak ice behind Hibernia. Ran to the Riken, had no flare or lantern to go in and loot, so I headed to Hibernia, usually a loot treasure trove. Very little loot there (but a ton of scrap metal), no rifle, but the revolver was there, in a place known for having a rifle spawn. 3 revolver rounds found in all of Hibernia. RNJesus is showing me his usual "love", lol. Meanwhile the Lighthouse was stuffed with clothing, while Hibernia had almost none. RNG is funny sometimes. And keep in mind the Whiteberry maps are out-of-date, as Whiteberry herself noted in the title, and on each map. So spawn locations may well have been changed a bit. I wouldn't count on them as much these days. (Kinda enjoying the odd places I seem to be finding some things on 3 different Survival saves, one in ML, one in CH, and one in DP.)

So fa the only thing i have sen that was overly bright, was the netting at the entrance/exit of the Riken, where it would be in direct sunlight. That lower right corner is a bit brighter/white/washed out than what I am used to. The rest of the scene, even as I moved in deeper into the ship seemed to be appropriately lit, to my eyes at least. I don't recall exactly what time of day this is, but I think it was late morning/early afternoon-ish. (Didn't think to take a screenshot of the day/night meter...) My brightness settings are at 100%. Graphics setting on all Ultra except SSAO, which is on Low, on an i9 9900K/ 2060 RTX Super, on a Dell S2716GDR (factory settings). Still looking for other oddities, as I go.

Sorry, I misread your post. But, anyone else looking for the file knows where to find it now. And no, I am not willing to do a pastebin and post a link here.

Imagine hearing a new sound in the game, like a feline growl or purring. Do you remember the first time you heard a woodpecker in the game? Or remember the first time you saw someone ask where the machine gun fire was coming from? Or the first time you heard what sounded like an angry-as-heck cow, before realizing it was the moose, when they were first added? And yeah, I agree, developing the complex AI a Cougar would need would take some time, and great attention to pathing, and behavior details. I still would love to see it happen, but am more than willing to wait for Hinterland do it right, if they decide to do it.

The Long Dark. Where you can go from this: To this: In just a few hours in-game.

You would have loved my sweet-extra hot habanero jam on toast, I suspect...

I let him go in my XBone playthrough. I was too overburdened as it was, and not short on food. But when I play the Episode on Steam, I may go in without much food, and cook his big fishy butt up for a feast.

Carolina Reaper? Nupe. I do like habaneros for flavor and heat in my chili, and for the habanero pepper jam I used to make. I am silly like that, but not crazy like reaper fans, lol. 😬

This is on Windows 10, but the location should be the same or similar on Windows 7/8.1. Not sure about the exact path on Linux or Mac, but it should be similar (folder name/location) ((I can't check this or post it, since I do not have a Linux or Mac with the game installed on them, only old build machines from my old company, sitting in storage right now.)). I don't recommend changing anything in it, as you may break your game, but putting it in a new folder with the .dll file like the video shows *might* work, and will leave the files/folders intact to move them back to the game files if/when needed. And keep in mind that if you are using a Steam copy of the game, verifying files *might* re-download and re-install those files in their original locations if you do move them to a new folder in the Plugins folder. But, it's there if you want to read it, while waiting for a hotfix.