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I have a faint recollection I struggled with the same issue until I was going through every single menu option one by one and found I had to enable the autowalk key from the accessibility menu. Might want to check that. Not 100% sure that was the case though.

To you too! I really loved the ending with the aurora.

Damn! That older journal looks nice. On the topic of the journal: I'd really love if it'd be easier to get to "today" instead of having to scroll through every single day. Gets a bit old after a while. Also, being able to export the entries into just a plain text file would be awesome. Such an option would ofc also have to be once you die.

Thanks! You as well.

Nice to hear you liked it. 🙂 I'm teaching my kids (4 and 6) outdoor skills and they love it. We'll do our first Winter trip this Winter. They've started to grasp the finer details of choosing paths and started to pay attention to sounds of birds (mainly that if they suddenly go quiet, it means it's prolly gonna rain soon). Solid advice above. I'll add a few things I've learned from my outings: Waterproofing! Can't stress this enough. I tend to put everything important in a ziplock bag, and also use a big trash sack to line my backpack. Very important to ziplock one set of improved fire making gear (along with better quality tinder, like the light cardboardy-stuff they use for egg cartons, coated with melted candle wax), and unless you have a better case, also your phone and possible power bank. Also a good idea to have at least water-resistant first aid pack. Making your back pack waterproof also makes it double as a flotation aid for water crossings. You can even tie a few together to form a rudimentary raft if you aren't alone and have some cord. If it's a colder season, in addition to the ziplocked improved fire making gear in your back pack, also have on set in the inner pocket of your clothing. If something happens to your back pack, you'll at least have one more set on you. It isn't that heavy and has saved a friend of mine once. Have a map and a compass and know how to use them. Don't rely just on GPS etc. Complex tech can always fail you more easily. I've learned this at sea, but works just as well on the ground. It's a good idea to put your topmost clothes inside your sleeping bag for the night. Many bags seem to have a small dividing "wall" in the other end, which I use to divide my clothing and feet into separate "lockers". Much nicer to put on warm and dry clothes in the morning. That's off the top of my head. Mainly safety stuff, I guess. BTW, if anyone has an idea what to do with your shoes while sleeping without a fire during Winter, I'd much appreciate knowing. If it goes to around -20°C (-4°F) and below, my shoes freeze during the night. Not nice. It's been quite a while I've been camping overnight in the Winter, but I've been thinking that maybe you could just bag them and take them inside the sleeping bag as well. Damn! Re-reading all that, I think I might have to start calling myself The Bag Man. 😝

Heh, was wondering about the same thing a few days ago when I saw a similar case. Just rationalized that must be a leaky window and left it at that. I once lived in an old house where strong winds in the Winter could blow some snow between the outer and middle pane. I don't think such half-temporary barracks, as I found the corpse in, would be built meticulously so it'd be quite possible.

Might be something scared the wolf off early. I've often allowed a wolf kill a deer and then killed the wolf when it's eating and not too aware for a two with one, and depending on how much nom the wolf had time for, the less stuff on the deer carcass. Or then again, might be imagining.

Yes, that would seem to be the case.

...shot in the rear." Was playing my Nth time on Voyageur and had ended up in Mountain Town (again). I only had a revolver (hadn't got to making arrows for the bow yet) and my rifle was stored in Milton as I like to go light most of the time, so I kept dodging the bear at Spruce Falls. One time I was sneaking by the bear, which was sleeping by it's cave, and suddenly I stopped. I looked at the car nearby, my revolver and the bear... and went by the car and shot three shots at the sleeping bear, straight in the rear. Aaaand yeah, our local saying also works in TLD. I kept jumping in and out of the car, reloading while inside, until the bear ran away. I thought it'd bleed dry somewhere and headed back to the trailer.As I came to the slope on the trailer side of the brideg, the bear came from behind the rock and I had no time to do anything except get off two more shots in it's face and then got the fun experience of being bashed around by a bear again. So I staggered back to the trailer, healed up for two days and fixed my clothes. Being cranky myself now, more AT myself for being cocky, I went to get my rifle to put an end to this. Got the gun, approached the bridge... and saw crows circling from afar. Apparently the bear gave up after getting it's revenge on me. IT had gotten about 25-30m from where had mauled me and dropped there. Kinda felt sorry for it and held a memorial bonfire through the night for it without passing time or sleeping. Just staring at the fire and remembering those that have passed on. A memorable experience.

Yeah, TLD is in a class of its own for me too. What I love the most are the quiet routine and the familiarity of the ambience (the sound design is just so on the spot). I've spent quite a lot of time in the forests and the archipelagos here in my life that the sounds and the calm peacefulness always takes me back to those places. There are some things I'd like (like depth for the snow) but it's a well working balance Hinterland has struck. Oh, and I really like the story in Wintermute. But I digress, so I better stop here.

Oh man, I gotta try take a moose down with a bow. My first moose was at Broken Railroad. I was too cocky. Thought I'd take it down with a few rifle shots... And got trampled. Twice, as it came back at me as I tried to slink away. Two broken ribs is something I never want again. TBH, not even one. Grabbed all my rifle ammo (didn't have a bow) and climbed a bent tree and shot the moose from there. The feeling was great, but I lamented all the ammo spent. Good thing it was only on voyageur so it wasn't that big of a deal, but still. Congrats on the kill.

I do that. I come up with a light background for my chars and I kinda just live from day to day, not really trying to optimize it. That makes me end up in all kinds of interesting situations. By "day to day" I don't mean I don't plan, but I just enjoy the quiet routine and enjoy going for some somewhat pointless trips. One such trip had me climb on a high cliff just to see the awesome sunset, sprain my ankle on the way down and end up huddled in a snow shelter in a blizzard. But damn if it didn't feel good. Some of my chars like fishing. Others enjoy tea with a book in the evenings by a crackling fireplace (not all evenings ofc). Some like having a few cups of coffee to celebrate a big success or to calm after something harrowing. I'm a story junkie so it sits really well with me. Nice to know there are others.

Had played for 122 days on my first survival mode and decided to go see what Hushed River Valley is like. Found a nice cave and set up there. I had been living there for around 2 weeks, when a bear shows up at the cave and mauls me. I come to, bandage myself and walk out to my food stash outside the cave... where the bear is waiting and has me for a late night snack. I don't know what drew the bear there as there were no bones to indicate a bear den and I had been there for a good while. Was it the cooked venison by the entrance? Been very hesitant of camping in caves ever since.

Yeah, looks like a bug with checking if the proper stage in the story has started before letting you give the insulin. I know it really sucks, but I don't think there's a way around that except starting over. If some longer-term player or dev has an answer, please.

Heh. Good to know I'm not the only this happens to. 😁 And yeah, I've gotten into that habit with the sticks. I also always try to keep 10 cloth with me if I go any further from my current base. Sticks for the snow shelter are easy to come by. This has saved me more than once in a tight spot. Also something I've learned during RL hikes: If you're starting to get more than slightly uncertain, you're quite probably inches away from ending up in real trouble. Especially in Winter. At that point it's better to find a sheltered spot before trying to figure out what the situation is. Also, after seeing that circling happens in TLD as well, I've started to just simply wait out the fog, if possible. It's a learning experience.

I was at Mystery Lake, which I thought I kneww inside out, and was heading from the Trapper's cabin towards the camp building. Weather was nice early on but a bit cold for my clothing (was pretty early on that run) but just one down arrow on the meter but I would make it nicely before getting too cold. closer to noon, I had almost reached the Deadfall when the fog came. I rose damn fast and suddenly I realized I didn't know where I was anymore. I stumbled where I thought was the right direction and reached a big rock I recognized. I used it to orient myself and head forward. Time passed and the weather had warmed a bit so I was warming up slightly. I knew I had turned in the wrong direction at some point as the railroad should've come already. Then I found I was at the Nameless Pond by the hunter's blind. I knew a bear was near so I back tracked and took off towards the railroad. Walked on and luckily as I had just cleared the cabin to centralize my gear I had ample supplies, though I was a bit over capacity. And then I was at the rock again... I was mid-afternoon and my spirits were still quite high though a nagging feeling started to wriggle in. So, I took off again and headed slightly off from where I had gone the last time, hoping tro hit the railroad. And again I had walked too long and realized I had missed the mark. Evening was closing and I knew I had to have a plan so I took stock of what I had on me. Food and water were getting low and I had no firewood. Only 7 cloth so no snow shelter unless absolutely necessary as I would have to tear up some of my clothing for that. I started to keep an eye out for a sheltered spot. And then I was at the rock again... coming in from the opposite direction I had left towards. I had just about enough time to chop a few of the fir limbs around the rock from the blizzard that had kept me stuck at the cabin for a few days and was happy as they would burn a long time. I settled at a nice spot next to the rock that was sheltered from most sides in case a wind would rise during the night. Sun was just starting to set as the fog suddenly started to clear a bit. Then I heard a wolf growl, and grabbed my rifle. Downed the wolf near the rock and just as the sun was creeping behind the horizon the fog cleared and I grabbed my charcoal to get the wolf carcass on the map. After that, I painted an arrow towards the right direction just in case and made camp. It started to snow. The wolf was close enough that I could carve it up and still stay dry due to the fire being near enough. I took out my can and my cooking pot and started to fry the wolf meat on one and melt snow in the other. After gulping down the water to quench my thirst. I started to fry more wolf meat on the rock alongside the pot. Snow kept falling and the night was quiet. My fatigue meter was empty and it was about 1/3 of the night passed. I had enough wood 'til morning. Made some herbal tea to get more out of my first 2h of sleep. Woke up, heard the wind was rising and got worried about a blizzard or a strong wind rising and blowing out my fire. I didn't have many options I could think of if the wind started blowing from the direction my camp was open towards. The wind died down again and I was through about 2/3 of the night. Added some more firewood and slept in one hour naps just in case. As the morning started to approach the fog rose again. Cursing I prepped myself for the day. After breakfast, I took my bearings from the arrow and headed off from tree to tree, trying to keep facing the right direction. I was getting desperate and then... I started saw the faint outline of the wrecked train cars by the tunnel. I was getting to safety! The fog persisted until I got to the Camp office and then it cleared up as if disappointed I had survived it. As the evening came a blizzard rose but I was safe inside, tucked under the covers.

The quiet routine.

Thanks! I do feel it came out pretty well. ☺️

Thank you. It's been a pleasure so far.

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Hi! I'm still quite green to The Long dark (just finished Crossroads Elegy and running on day 45 of my first survival mode) but the atmosphere is incredible. I've spent quite a lot of time in the wilderness over the years, and the sounds and the light and the weather patterns are all so familiar. I'm a father of two from Finland, and I mostly play single player games because of said kids. Not much VoIP or non-pausable gaming with them. 😅 I tend to gravitate to administration games, but have played Subnautica earlier, though it was way too oppressing when you got deeper with all the leviathans. It led me into having interest in survival games, though and here I am.

I was completely green to The Long Dark at that point (still not much experience but I'm pretty solid day-to-day), and was dragging myself back at Mystery Lake after a long day of running around exploring. Was almost at my base camp when I saw a deer, and being low on food, decided to take it down with my rifle. Made a bad hit and the deer ran and I ran after it. Seems like it took ages and the dusk started creeping and I didn't really know where I was as the fog was blanketing everything but the tracks. I finally found the carcass but a blizzard was coming along with the dark. Being on the red with exhaustion, I had to build a snow shelter (my first) and sleep the night out. It was such a thrill. Come dawn, the blizzard had settled and I was still in one piece. I think I've never seen a more beautiful dawn than that in a game. Here's a pic I took while waiting for the deer to thaw. Stoned a rabbit as well while gathering firewood. I've started thinking about my decisions and the conditions more carefully before making decisions after that. 😉