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1 hour ago, SpanishMoss said:

 

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The cause of the geomagnetic storms was a solar flare from the sun, which is in fact a real thing. In this game-world, the solar flare had 3 main effects: 

1. Destroying all unprotected electric equipment, in space and on earth.
2. Plunging the world into a pre-mature ice-age like winter 

3. The remaining particulates from the solar flare cause Auroras that animate electronics (and wildlife!) via science-fictional methods.

It is then assumed that the rest of the world is experiencing the same thing, and it wouldn't be much better to return to the "mainland" if you ever could. 

 

Thanks so much, exactly what I wanted to hear. Can you tell me where this information is from? 

Hello fellow survivors,

I‘m a huge fan of the mysterious and melancholic atmosphere in TLD and I wondered if there is any further information about the background story? 
 

Like.. is Great Bear Island only isolated from the rest of the world and I‘m a survivor on an island on an otherwise (somehow) intact planet or is there something like a global event which damaged civilization in general?

I somehow always imagined, that there is something bigger happening around the world (like an experiment that went horribly wrong) causing the geomagnetic storms and a new ice age, damaging electric infrastructure and eventually leading to the downfall of civilization around the whole globe.
 

Because I think it makes a big difference in how I experience the survival mode in terms of immersion - like, am I trying to survive with the hope that at some point someone could find me and bring me back to normal life or is the whole world going down so that I can only leave that normal life behind and become one with nature, going back to my animalistic roots in order to make my peace with that situation? 

Thanks for any information! 
 

On 9/25/2019 at 6:00 PM, rakshasa said:

This is true. But there appears to be a correlation between infection susceptibility / mortality for respiratory infections in cold weather conditions, so it doesn't feel like a huge stretch. And the difference between "cold weather causes illness" and "cold weather can encourage / exacerbate illness" feels a bit subtle and academic for a video game

 

Thank you for pointing that out.

I never meant to say that cold temperatures make sick.

But I think in the end everyone knows that people get sick in winter months more easily whatever biochemical mechanic is responsible for that. 
The details are not that important for it to be „believable“ in TLD 

14 minutes ago, UpUpAway95 said:

Personally, I wouldn't want to see them add another illness where the arbitrary solution is to pop antibiotics... perhaps this is something that consuming birch bark teas could cure over 3 days combined with needing more sleep instead.  Alternatively, maybe we could find vitamins to help bolster our immune system or they could add it to the effects of herbal teas.

We could call it a viral infection then, so antibiotics are useless against it. Only thing you can do is to boost your immune system and avoid anything that could strain it. 

Well the details are not that important but I think its a logic thing to add into the game 

Hey there!

I had a cold last week and while curing I played TLD most of the day :)

And then I got this idea: peoples immune system doesn‘t work properly when freezing so what about having a chance to get sick the next day once warmth droped to minimum?(And by sick I mean feever (maybe a blur effect and some major stamina debuffs?) and cough (as a sound effect). 

I think a mixture of antibiotics, much water and constant warmth should cure it within 3 days in best case. The less you do against it the longer it lasts and if you do nothing you have a chance to die.

However, this mechanic should fade away by the time as you play because the body gets used to the harsh conditions and so does the immune system.

Personally I think this would be a nice and realistic extra challenge to deal with and an improvement to the overall survival mode experience.

What do you guys think? 

(And sorry, english is not my native language :/ )