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@UTC-10 I'm playing on Stalker so I basically froze to death. That cabin is *not* a warm place in the night without a good fire going for the most part.

19 hours ago, MarrowStone said:

You always have a chance, this game is just great at that. 

I meant with my particular situation and going to bed the way I did. It was just a throwaway comment..

That said, I've realised that the super warm fires can do a good job of warming you outside, at times. I've also only just started breaking rabbits necks and the like as I never really had the need to do it previously. It's a tough place to start - TWM, but it's a great crash-course in learning some new emergency stuff!

I did so well on my first run before I copped it in the cabin and now I'm struggling to even get down that low again after another two runs ha! In the last one, I crossed the fallen tree over the crevass and walked off onto a slightly lower part of the ridge. It was a such a gradient that I couldn't quite walk the half meter back up to it even though it seems like you could. That was was mildly frustrating... but lets go again.

I'm doing a lot of campfire scumming to make progress. Make fire, get torch, prepare rosehip tea, drink tea, F.O with fingers crossed, pickup twigs like a madman, drop rabbit for wolf....

EDIT: Ah...finally

4 minutes ago, MarrowStone said:

Sometimes even a fire isn't warm enough in stalker mode. 

Theres a big hole in the roof that you cant patch up.

Ah. I didn't stand a blinking chance then...

Thanks @MarrowStone

9 hours ago, ManicManiac said:

But I've now started a fresh run on Timberwolf Mountain and trying it all over again (this region is decidedly more difficult when I don't have the benefit of all the warm clothing I had the last time around.  

This is exactly why I started there and will do on my new run. It feels appropriate to have that level of harshness as a starting off point.

In regard to my last run - I hadn't thought about my condition itself being so low when I died previously. It obviously would've taken a real  knock from the horrendous fatigue I was suffering from and yes, the deathly grasp of the cold would've made light work of me - such a stupid way to go after all that I'd gone through ha!

I was tempted to do another challenge (I've only ever done Hopeless Rescue well over a year ago) but I'll jump into the sandbox again. I've not long finished chapter two of Wintermute and I was clamouring for some 'freedom' afterwards.

45 minutes ago, UpUpAway95 said:

Yep, that would definitely suck big time.  I'm sorry for your loss.  As for cause, perhaps your fire went out and the weather got colder in the night.

I thought too but then I figured I'd always be warm enough (even if only just) whilst in bed in the cabin. Perhaps not...

16 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

@OuttaSite
Yeah this game is rough if we're not paying close attention to what we're doing or the situation that were in, but honestly the brutal unforgiving nature of the game is what I love most about it.  Yes, it always hurts to have a good run cut short, but in the long run we get better as players.  I recently had a great run going (set to be my longest stretch), but I got over enthusiastic about mapping each region before I moved on to another.  While mapping Desolation Point, I was trying to clear off some very stubborn smudges on my map... took a wrong step and ended up wedged between a rock and a tree trunk.  I spent the next three game days trying to wiggle my way to freedom, but I just ended up re-enacting the movie 127 hours.   

Starvation, dehydration, and exhaustion all worked together to do me in and I lost all my mapping progress (and a ton of really great supplies).  While it was some hard medicine to take, (like most deaths in The Long Dark) it all stemmed from just one bad decision.  Hang in there, we all experience tragic death in this wonderful game.   

Yeah I know it's unforgiving, it's what I love about it too, I just I wish I knew what did me in as it feels like such a waste ha!

Getting stuck must have been effing frutrating though..

Man that sucked!

I jumped back into the quiet apocalypse a week or so ago after a long time away and it feels so good to get going on the sandbox again! I started a Stalker run on TWM and managed to make my way down to Crystal Lake cabin after a fair few near misses with Hypothermia. I spent a bit too long crafting/farting around at the fire and although I was well fed & hydrated my tiredness was completely depleted. I was stumbling all over the place with the blurry vision etc (never been that bad before).

Nevertheless I jumped into bed after drinking a herbal tea, selected eight hours and I'm pretty sure my character said something like 'don't think I'll pull through this time'.

Then I died in my sleep...?

I have no clue what from exactly as it just says the standard 'you faded into the long dark'.

Hello, one and all.

I've been playing the game on and off for a while - when it was just the sandbox. I've always loved it and find that it's created a fantastic balance in a hardcore survival game.

Lots more for me to explore now it seems!

On 7/14/2019 at 2:56 AM, kristaok said:

I just wish the time didn't go into making just an animal variation... I really wish we could actually get more animal kinds like foxes, mountain lions, and bison or something.

I'm sure that we will get more animals in time, but it will be on their time. No-one else's. Please be patient and also remember that patience IS a virtue. It's all quite simple really.