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It appears when you get the struggle meter nearly maxed out, like maybe 3/4 of the way full.

Inspired by the TLD Riddles, I did a deep dive into the game and came up with some trivia questions. These are all sourced from the game's material. I'll check back on this in...I dunno. A while. And we'll see who gets the most right In what decade was the railway line blasted through the Mystery Lake region? What is Mr. Barker's first name? Great Bear Highway is officially known by which highway number? Who tossed an apple core over the edge of the cliff, in Milton Park? After the collapse of the North American banking system, besides cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, what other major currency became the standard medium for trade? What model of solar panel did Mr. Barker use? Where did Sarah Easton work? What was the name of the pastor assigned to St. Christopher's Church? What is the average altitude of the Mystery Lake region, in meters above sea level? Who wrote the book "Medicinal Plants"? Who made the decision to officially close down Carter Dam? What day of the week was the prison bus scheduled to arrive at the prison? How old is Steph Longmire? In what year was Carter Dam first built? Who is Dan Presnell's supplier? What month and year did Milton Credit Union cease operations? In what year was Milton's dirt road replaced with a paved highway? May the odds be ever in your favor.

If they eventually go with the full 4 seasons, this would make for a decent summer/autumn activity, but just can't happen in Winter sorry.

Yup! It was years ago, well before the area was overhauled into "Quincey's Quonset", and occasionally when exiting the garage you would fall through the ground. After several seconds of freefall with no impact, the game's failsafe kicked in and teleported me to the transition zone. Every region and interior location has a spot where if you do bug out and fall through the ground, after however many seconds of freefalling, it just teleports you to that spot. A little inconvenient having to walk alllllll the way back home, but meh. Beats losing the save.

Not my turn either, but here's a good one. I exited the Quonset garage, and five seconds later, I was by the Ravine transition. I did not load from a save, I did not quit and start a new game, and the game did not crash. How did this happen?

The aiming may not be what you're used to in a shooter, but it is self-consistent within this game. The rifle and revolver are hitscan weapons that strike whatever the weapon is pointed at. So making sure your target is lined up with the sights is critical, but once you get that down it's just point and click. The bow and flare pistol shoot on an arc, so a bit more skill is required for distance shots. The flare pistol itself is a nightmare to snipe with since you have to aim above your target, causing the pistol itself to obstruct your view of what you're aiming at. Also a flare shell is the slowest projectile in the game (second slowest, if you include thrown objects), meaning that for long distance shots, the target is likely to get spooked by the noise and run before the projectile reaches them, effectively dodging the shot.

Dang, necroed after 2 years. And yet, here I am, replying anyway lol This reminds me of something I thought of a while back. Take away the ability to choose exactly how long you want to sleep. If you go to sleep, instead you have two options, "Short Rest" and "Long Rest". So you do have a measure of control, but you don't know exactly when you'll wake up as it's partially randomized. Like 1-6 hours for a short rest, and 7-12 hours for a long rest. Then, introduce a wind-up alarm clock to the game. When carried in inventory, this clock allows you to tell time down to the minute, as well as allow you to select exactly how many hours you want to sleep.

Holy Snot Rocket how did I miss this survey? I picked Survivor mode, because at its core that's what this game is all about. I'm a pretty early supporter...not as early as some, but early enough to remember when the game was just Mystery Lake, Pleasant Valley, and Coastal Highway (and the respective transition zones). I've logged well over 2000 hours of my life playing Survivor mode, and maybe a couple dozen playing Wintermute. That said, I absolutely enjoy Story mode, in the same sense that I enjoy each of the Challenge modes...even though I haven't touched them in over a year. I still like them...I still want more...I just don't touch them that often.

TLD inspired me to try canned sardines (not bad if you completely mask the flavor with mustard...but plain out of the can "Last Resort" indeed), as well as reishi, rose hip, and birch bark tea. Birch bark and rose hip tea I actually rather enjoy, but the reishi...meh I still haven't used up the bag. When it's gone, I don't feel the need to repeat the experience. Reishi isn't bad, it just...isn't good either. Edit: I've heard people recommend mixing reishi with coffee as a dietary supplement. I've done that, and it does indeed mask the flavor, but I never noticed any effect on my overall well being. Then again, I never get sick as it is, so maybe someone who is immuno-compromised might have better feedback than I. The trunk of my car is my emergency kit for the most part. In it I have an MRE (Menu 5 "Chicken Chunks, White, Cooked" to be specific), claw hatchet, folding saw, tinder box, some waterproof matches, firestriker, charcoal filter, water purification tablets, hexamine fuel tablets, collapsible campfire grill, six 30-minute pyro flares, a basic 8x8 blue tarp, 50' of paracord, a 50' roll of aluminum foil, and a gallon of distilled water. Also a vacuum-sealed waterproof bag containing a change of clothes, spare shoes, and $500 in cash. Inside the car, velcroed to the back dash I have a bag containing 6 additional 30-minute flares, and I have a knife, flashlight, and seatbelt cutter in the glove box. Shoved under the passenger seat I have a fire extinguisher. Also, a folding camp rocking chair, because if I'm ever stranded at the side of the road, dammit I'm gonna at least be comfortable.

Actually I just thought of something else that's a little inconsistent. if you line up the regional maps with the world map, using rivers and lakes as guidelines for how to rotate them, we see that there is a big space east of Mountain Town, north of Mystery Lake, and west of Pleasant Valley. Since Astrid would have exited Milton via that tunnel, she would arrive in this hitherto unrevealed region, which is heavily implied to be Perseverance Mills. (Based on Jeremiah saying it's a "shit nothing town a few hours north" in predux, and this hypothetical region is indeed due north of Mystery Lake.) And also in predux he gave Will explicit instructions that once in Pleasant Valley to stop at Signal Hill, and if the radio doesn't work, follow the road north to Perseverance Mills. However...the road does not run north/south, but east/west.... The road itself is north of Signal Hill though, so perhaps that's what he meant. Anyway this all strongly suggests that Perseverance Mills is the missing region. So here's the rub: If Astrid was going to so much trouble to get TO Perseverance Mills, why did she instead blow right through it and end up in Pleasant Valley? The only explanation I can think of is that while Will was grocery shopping for Grey Mother and getting his stab on with the Old Bear, Astrid already had her adventure in Perseverance Mills, and had to proceed to Pleasant Valley for some reason.

When on my 100% Buffer Memory hunt, I actually made a point to live in the cave in the Winding River transition region. I would pass time outside (to avoid CF) and sleep in the back of the cave in 1 hour increments. During the day I would scoot through the dam and hunt for food in Mystery Lake, then haul my kill back to the Winding River cave, and wait out the time. When an aurora hit, I'd head up into the dam, check the computer, and then wait indoors until the aurora ended, to safely exit the dam. The aurora will appear on average about once every 7 days, although you can increase or decrease this likelihood via a Custom game.

This is what happens after you drop a decoy that you've treated with ghost pepper extract. Rocket Wolf.mp4

In the Milton Mailbag at some point Raph mentioned that he liked the idea of a procedually generated highway, where the player was tasked with traveling 100km down this highway on foot for (insert plot device here). That, I think, would be a great game to play. If not a sequel to The Long Dark, a spiritual successor at least. I think it's safe to say we can rule out procedural generation for the current game.

I'll have to try some other shenanigans and see what does or does not carry over. I actually slept off the condition damage from that fall just prior to exiting the transition cave, but if memory serves, you start Episode 2 at 100% condition anyway. I'm not sure if there's a way I can sprain something after making that final rope climb in Milton. Something like hypothermia or frostbite would be easy to test though.

Interestingly enough, some things DO carry over. As a test, just prior to exiting the cave into Mystery Lake and officially ending Episode 1, I lit a fire, and heated up/drank a cup of coffee. When Episode 2 started, I had the Fatigue Reduced and Warming Up benefits still in play, about half spent. Seems like this may actually be an oversight when Well Fed was added... I'm going to report this as a bug.

Regarding hitting a wolf with a thrown stone, I've noticed it does not need to be a direct hit. A ricochet counts as well, so I tend to aim a little low on purpose, so that the stone rolls or bounces into them. Wolf Bowling, basically. However a wolf scared by a stone strike will not run as far as if it were scared off by say a gunshot. Oftentimes when it stops the flee animation, you will still be within its detection range if you aren't crouched. So it's a good way to get a wolf off a deer, or to get it to back off for a few seconds so you can engage your cloaking device crouch if it's on your tail.

When I play Wintermute I always start from Episode 1. I never skip directly to Episode 2. And I've noticed that the Well Fed buff disappears when Episode 2 starts, necessitating another 3-day ramp up period to obtain it. I don't know how big an ask this is, but I think it would provide a stronger sense of continuity there if we start Episode 2 in the exact same condition we end Episode 1 in, for better or for worse.

Well...at least I can take that as confirmation that it is in fact an Omega symbol! I'm going to be on the lookout for an Alpha now... Unless I already saw one and missed it... Now I'm all paranoid, like...normally I play it in-character. Like I need to find Astrid, I can't afford to dilly-dally around while these rabbit hides cure. I need to get moving!! I think I'm going to start up a Green Story mode game with the aim of taking my sweet old time. Play it like I would Survivor mode, only advancing the plot when I'm confident I've not missed any little detail anywhere...

Should run just fine with those specs. (I'm assuming you have at least 8gb of system RAM as well.) You might not be pulling 60fps at 4k, but it should run just fine under normal conditions. You would have to install the game on the new PC normally, but then you can copy your save files from your C:\Users\(your-user-id)\AppData\Local\Hinterland\TheLongDark\ into that same location on the new box.

You Sir and/or Madam, are awesome. Stay you.

Basically my way of smiling and nodding lol

Well done young padawan, this is indeed a useful tactic for meat preservation. ....ok. I.. ok.

Not planning on it no, but I mean that wouldn't be out of the question. It's kind of up to the sharer what kind of experience they want to introduce to the sharee. Personally I'd be rather merciful, probably with the variables tuned to Pilgrim or half Pilgrim half Voyageur, but with specific actions done to tell a story.

Yes, I would say overall it makes the game MUCH easier. All of your sub-conditions decrease slower proportionate to the length of day multiplier. Light sources last longer as well, fires start in less time, etc. (At 4x time dilation, once you get to level 5 firestarting you can mag lens a fire with a single stick, and immediately harvest a torch without having to add a second stick.) You still only have 5 seconds on weak ice, but hunting can be much harder because animals take that much extra time to bleed out, if they don't drop in one. Ropes are unaffected--you can still chew through half your fatigue with two moderate climbs. (Edit: Sprinting is also unaffected--you still burn up your sprint/climb meter in real-time. Sprint meter recovery IS affected, so at 4x length of day, expect to spend 4x as long waiting for your meter to recharge.) Condition loss due to a sub-condition hitting zero is also reduced by the length of day modifier, as is condition loss due to a bleeding bite I think. I haven't actually let a wound bleed long enough to test that one but I would bet on it with 95% confidence. It objectively makes the game easier, as the benefits to the player far outweigh the two negatives (long bleed-out time and long sprint bar recovery). But I like being able to use the crackling fire as background noise. I've literally left the game running overnight in real-time while I slept, because the crackling fire made for nice background noise. A 12 hour fire burns for 3 real-time hours at 4x. That 3:1 ratio meant that when I woke up, yeah the fire was out and I had some condition damage from thirst and exhaustion, but I was able to sleep it off back to 100% to save the game, then shut down and get ready for work. It's great. Love it. I'd be all-in on a "real-time" version, where 1 minute is 1 minute. Edit: As for the faux Hopeless Rescue...maybe. If you made a point to grab up a few emergency stims, you could hypothetically pull it off in less than a day. But because each climb still chews up your stamina normally, if you don't find enough e-stims to handle the climbs basically right away, you can't do it in a day.

This is precisely why they have problems, however as a former smoker in a region that can get Interloper-level weather in the winter, I know you simply wrap your fist around them for a minute. Preferably with your fist in your coat pocket That's all it takes to make them usable again, even when the feels like is -50. (Smokers are stupidly stubborn, but 1996 was brutal even by smoker standards. Bunch of morons all huddled in a circle, shoulders hunched, kind of penguin shuffling, and the trick was to leave your gloves on, take a plastic fork with one tine broken off, and wedge your cig in there so you could hold it with your gloves or mittens on....ahh, nostalgia...) So if butane lighters were introduced into the game, I think we could simply have them operate similar to a lightweight diet firestriker. I know OP has different ideas but I was thinking more like a 100% lighter burns for a half hour if used as a light source, and one that gives you a slight bonus to firestarting. Because unlike a match for instance, you can have it lit for about 10 minutes straight before the plastic starts to deform from the heat. Technically yes, but practically no. Lamp oil is not volatile enough for the built in striker to ignite, unless it's been preheated somehow. You can however light it with a separate ignition source, like a match, and it will burn just fine. But a zippo filled with lamp oil can't self-start with the striker alone. You need something with higher volatility, like naphtha, kerosene, or gasoline. (Kerosene and gasoline are NOT good long term, but work great in a pinch.)