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Thanks to everyone who chimed in to answer my question! 👍

Hopefully we'll learn more as more time passes.

Since the wiki hasn't been updated with the new food items yet – has anyone been able to tell if the the new ingredients are best stored outside or inside?

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On 10/20/2022 at 1:15 AM, Admin said:

• All unlocked Feats, Feats progress, and Achievements will be carried over to the Expansion Pass and updated Survival Mode. You will not lose these!
• All previous WINTERMUTE save files and general episode unlocks will continue to work in the updated Story Mode.

 

What about challenge saves – will I be able to continue an old Archivist or As the dead Sleep save?

Thanks for all you've done this year. Happy hollidays to everyone at Hinterland! And let's hope next year will be better for us all...

10 hours ago, Cr41g said:

^^^^ This.....

I realize it's been some time since I have been here, there used to be a lot of people who just had a love of the game and appreciated the other people who played it but the tone here has certainly changed..

So very true! But it seems to me the negativity is mostly in the Story Mode threads. The Survival section is still a mostly positive place.

On 10/12/2021 at 9:50 PM, oplli said:

I am a the moment where i have to escape blackrock after the fire. I took the case and im trying to escape the lights. im near mathi's lights i want to go to main door and get my stuff at the same time. but i cant go inside the garage i get shot almost instantly even if the light isnt on me. i tried throwing some rocks to divert attention but is dosent work any help please?

Firstly, I don't think getting your stuff will have any benefits gameplaywise, and I can't help you with that anyway.

I'm not really sure exactly where you are, but if you're in the yard you have to look for this metal grating (there's an entrance in the middle of the picture):

and then run for this hole in the wall (to the right of the tower) :

It's very possible I misunderstood your problem, but this was my shot at helping... Good luck!

This is going to be amazing! Thanks for the great work Hinterland, you're doing an awesome job!

Thanks for your continued work on this favorite(!) game of mine.

Did you know that if you accidentially right-click with a torch in your hand you spend a match? – Don't hold unlit torches unless you plan to light it immediately!

I guess a lot of people know what I just wrote, but I thought a thread like this could be useful. This is mostly such a friendly community, so I thought it would be nice if we could just give eachother the odd tip here and there (without getting flamed by people saying "everybody knows that!"). Hopefully we can all learn something here.

Stay warm and safe everybody!

They said we would keep our saves (as survival saves) but the badges can't be earned anymore. I don't know if the event difficulty stays the same (colder weather) or is changed to Voyageur.

I think gaiters would be an excellent addition to the (rather disappointingly small) selection of accessories in the game. I imagine them giving a small boost to mobility, maybe even warmth – but mainly mobility since no other clothing item does that. And it would be great if there was a craftable variant...

Ok, thanks. But when I watched a streamer (Zisteau) he got to keep his lantern – maybe that was a bug...

Did the lantern disappear for anyone else after the mine collapsed towards the end of the episode? I was using it when the collapse happened, and afterwards it was gone along with all the extra fuel I was carrying. Or is it a bug that I should report?...

Are you planning to improve the hitbox(?) on items when placing them with right-click? Sometimes it can be really annoying to get the "invalid location to place the object" when it seems like a perfectly valid location to place the object.

But as always: thanks for a truly great and engaging game!

On 6/22/2019 at 2:20 PM, LilWolf said:

From what I know MacBooks aren't upgradable, as it happens with many laptops. Only the RAM can be changed in certain models (not in Retina ones I think), but for more info about in which models you can change the RAM you should check Apple's website. Other hardware as the SSD is soldered and can't be replaced, the same for the CPU or the integrated GPU (graphic card).

The only way is lowering the quality of graphics and lowering resolution. I don't think you lose quality playing with low graphics, the unique art-style of this game makes this possible, that's a huge advantage compared with photorealistic games. About resolution, I suggest you to play between 1400x900 and 1600x900. And don't open other apps when playing, although the main problem is not the processor, Intel Graphics are competent but too weak compared with other video cards.

Other option is buying a gaming laptop, they are way cheap compared with a MacBook and it can be a better long-term investment.

Thanks for the tips!

On 6/23/2019 at 5:46 AM, ajb1978 said:

Those specs are alright except for the Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB--that integrated GPU is what's bottlenecking you.  And unfortunately, because it's an integrated GPU, you can't upgrade it. (Edit: Yeah, to that one guy out there that's going to say something like 'well you can upgrade it, you just have to de-solder, remove the old GPU, and solder in a better one... Yes this is true, but come on who does that?)

You'll have to get a new machine, I'm afraid.

On 6/30/2019 at 12:46 AM, jeffpeng said:

The one thing you can do is get a Thunderbolt-Attached GPU (aka eGPU). As everything Macintosh this is quite expensive just for the enclosure (starting around 250 bucks), but as TLD isn't the most demanding title ever you would be totally fine with a rather inexpensive RX 570 for 150 bucks (or if you feel like spending grab a Vega 56 for 250 before they go out of stock).

The big upside is that you can keep your otherwise perfectly fine MB2015 as it is (at least as fine as Apple hardware goes ...), and still don't need to buy a second computer. Plus it's a solid choice for pretty much any other game as your CPU (and RAM) is still good for pretty much any AAA title out there, and will most likely continue to be for at least 2 more years.

The big downside is that you become stationary while gaming. I'd personally wouldn't find that to be a drawback, but maybe you do. Plus these GPUs aren't exactly silent in their tiny enclosures.

If you are wondering what I mean: Such a thing https://www.newegg.com/powercolor-model-gaming-station/p/N82E16814131735?Description=egpu enclosure&cm_re=egpu_enclosure-_-14-131-735-_-Product

Or this one with an actually pre-installed RX 570 (if you don't want put your own GPU into a case) https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16814999058?Description=rx 570 egpu&cm_re=rx_570_egpu-_-14-999-058-_-Product

Please note that I cannot give a recommendation for a good enclosure however since I never used one. If the above choices suck I am genuinely sorry. Best to hit youtube and scour for a few reviews. These eGPUs have become quite popular among people sporting an Ultrabook that want to game at home, but not use a second PC.

Important: If you go this route you will have to stick with an AMD GPU as newer Nvidia cards don't work with MacOS, especially not High Sierra and Mojave.

The only other ways to go here are actually: a) ditch your 2015 MB, and get a new 15" MB Pro with an RX 555 or 560 (which are both significatly worse than the RX570 I recommend), and I don't have to tell you what kind of hole that's going to tear into your wallet (for anyone who doesn't wanna look: north of 2800$). b) ditch MacOS as a whole and get a $1300-ish notebook with a GTX1060/1660. But I know that people hardly ever go back after being Mac'd.

Chose your poison, mate 😉

Thanks both of you for helpful and informative replies. I'll have to look into that eGPU thing!

Well, TLD is pretty much the only thing that requires more computer power for what I do, so I can't quite justify the investment. But I'd be happy to know if I can tweak the machine I have just to improve my gameplay just a little bit. Thanks for replying though!

I really enjoy playing TLD, but my 2015 Macbook clearly isn't quite up for the task. I have to play on the lowest graphic settings but the game still performs rather poorly. Can anyone give me tips as to what to upgrade (if possible)? I'm not very computer savvy, but not computer illiterate either – and I have changed a couple of harddrives, added RAM here and there, so I know how to look up HowTo videos on Youtube...

What I believe to be relevant stats of my computer:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
2,5 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

Any help would be very much appreciated!

This might very well be a kind of question you don't want to answer, but here goes: In "The Hunted Challenge pt.1" – does the bear spawn and respawn, or does it actually follow you around (except from area transitions)?

I found one on top of the workbench in the second room in the Carter Dam building. Altogether I found three of them; all of them on top of crafting tables and all of them on the second pass – for some reason I have a blind spot for them...

3 hours ago, johnrocker said:

thanks  by the way  bear on the rail way and it's surronded both side left and right by thin ice  and rifle bullet doesn't effect on bear. is there a way to beat or avoid them? man this game real a hardcore survival experience in hardest difficulty.whenever said to myself'' that's ok everything going properly''  unexpecting thing appear this time bears not one bear theye are every story mission map. now  blocked the wayback to jeremiah.

Sounds like you'll have to take the long way around the muskeg... (I'd choose the southern shore) Guess I was lucky not to encounter the bear except for the scripted parts. One small tip: make sure you're in good health before returning to Jeremiah with the radio parts...

I've already finished the first two episodes, but was thinking of going back to episode one to get a couple of Steam achievements – if I start a new game (and don't finish), will the new save trump the old one so that I'll have to start all over again when the Redux is released?

Thanks for answering so many questions, even the rude and hostile ones.

Is there a chance in the future we can have the ability to make notes in our maps? Maybe at expense of another charcoal? After surviving for a while it would be great to leave reminders to yourself (where you left certain items for instance). I know I can write things in my log, but I think it makes sense to do that directly in the map.

Thanks for doing the Milton Mailbag! – And for this great game!!!

I'm relatively new to the game, but I enjoy it immensely. I recently tried "The Hunted" challenge, so let me share the screenshot I got out of that...