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You never can tell, years ago in a tiny little village in Belgium I found a great Goth club.. people travelled for miles, the goths must have outnumbered the villagers! 

We really enjoyed the feel of the Tale, the journey to the bunkers and the strange notes you find.

Cooking is great! 

On 2/1/2024 at 10:38 PM, ManicManiac said:

Other games worth a look:

Among Trees
The Red Lantern
Kona

I really liked Kona, but Kona 2 just didn’t work as well.

On 12/16/2023 at 12:07 AM, kimmer said:

You are a good game producer, but you are not a good orator. The art of conversation is another field.

Because we all want communication filtered to death through a PR team or a spokesperson.. I'll take Raph thanks...  😃

15 hours ago, Raphael van Lierop said:

 Nothing comes for free. We make these choices and trade-offs all the time. The only easy thing here is posting in forums.

Nothing comes for free is such a good phrase.

I have spent my life as an animator and editor (not for games I should point out), mostly for very large clients and agencies, who still think eveything is just a quick change.  sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't, but very often by the time the change has been noted, fedback on, agreed, changed, viewed, revised again and finally signed off, a 'five minute job' is half a day... and there are 20 quick changes, which invariably take days...

I am just dealing with animation, not as complex as an interactive development like a game...

So I take him at his word. For me, I'd rather they spend their development time (which is finite) making a great, rock solid game, than one that is infinitely customisable.

I think Raph also makes a very important point about the voices on here, as opposed the the many many thousands of players, who just play, or have just started playing. We are not typical, we are more engaged and obsessed I guess.  I always think of political parties, whose actual members are WAY more extreme than the voting public, of course they have to have a voice, but it's often a hugely passionate voice that isn't representative of the wider voter.. so has to be taken with that caveat.  That should never stop us venting our spleens so to speak, but we should do it with some humility in realising we do not speak more 'most' or even a signficant minority of players.

That said, apart from the grumbling, I've always found this a very good natured forum and there are some really nice, supportive and knowledgeable people on here!
 

Not convinced this is an elephant... maybe a vole?

28 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

I think if Scurvy had been blanketed across all saves... so many people would have been blindsided and likely furious about it.  "Just woke up with advanced curvy and died... I quit... [expletive - expletive - expletive]"  

I think this is it, given how overly dramatic things can get on here when someone doesn't like a change, I suspect they just erred on the side of caution, and you can't bring a run back when they die!

42 minutes ago, xanna said:

Yeah, it's not great, but it's the right decision. There are two choices:

 

Yes, I agree here, I guess the could have com eup woth some hybrid option, but it seems like a sensible solution to me.

We are on our second attempt at 500 day run... first one after 250+ had a corrupt save file, and our new character is at 350, so once we hit 500 we will open a new game and have fun with scruvy!

I have just seen a glorious gig in London (music from the Wicker Man played live) and as I sat on my seat in the train at King’s Cross, I thought I’d check to see if there was news..

This looks glorious! Can’t wait to get stuck in tomorrow,  and huge congrats to all at Hinterland, have a great Christmas break.

What a great night! 

2 hours ago, Leeanda said:

Shhhhh😁.           I have absolutely no knowledge of any such thing happening ever... 

You are right.. no such thing, it's a fever dream from raw rabbit meat! 😉

So somewhat related, what is the thing with flare shells, after the carcase disappears I generally find a flare shell floating in the air?
 

About 10% of the time I cannot pick it up... I mean I am not complaining, I am sure some of my shells have been used 3 times.

I did have a flying bear in Bleak Inlet, which got on the roof of the house by the inlet and then flew around so I had to shot it from below, now that was an experience!

4 minutes ago, UpUpAway95 said:

Honestly, I don't think it matter what IRL items contain vitamin C and which ones don't.  HL is very likely going to designate which items in the game contain Vitamin C and are, therefore, going to have to be eaten at a designated frequency to avoid getting the scurvy affliction.

Oh I completely agree, I was just pointing out clarifying some points being made, Birch Bark does have Vit C and you can find Citric Acid in things other than Citrus fruit... may as well get these things correct IRL, in the game, I don't mind, I am sure it will be fun!

Apologies I misread the Citric Acid, though it is not only in Citrus Fruit, it is also, for example the primary acid found in Rose Hips... it would almost certainly have been added to the Tomato SOup too?

but you did suggest Vitamin C wasn't in Birch Bark?
 

1 hour ago, Abenico said:

Citric acid is found only in citrus fruits. 

Birch bark doesn't contain vitamine C. There is acid used in Aspirin works as anelgetic. 

Just for the record....

Birch bark is rich in potassium, magnesium, calcium, zinc, iron, phosphorus, vitamin C and thiamine.

Vitamin C is found in Citrus fruits AND Tomatoes, Broccoli, Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower and White potatoes

 

4 hours ago, Leeanda said:

Anyone else starting a hopeful countdown to the update?  😁

I started it the day of the annoucement.. ferrying stuff backwards and forwards to the train station and stock piling things that might make a Travois!😃

On 11/26/2023 at 3:34 AM, Asinine said:

to appeal to folks who can't just appreciate strolling around and dying to bears and wolves and cold, and okay maybe the aurora made them a little crazy...

But we already appreciate them?  They are not being taken away, the new region is just that, a new region, different, and if it is not your thing, avoid it.

As I said earlier, I don't tend to enjoy HRV as it is so barren, but, to misuse a phrase Vive le Difference!  Surely the Great Bear is big enough for everything?

1 hour ago, Mistral said:

Yes indeed. Some of these items can already be tweaked through mods thankfully, but the problem with mods is that they can get broken anytime there's update. Or they get broken when mixed up with other mods. Or they get abandoned. And they only work on PC

The other option (for some of these) is to pretend they don't exist, but that's not that fun either 

I agree, in many games it just doesn't matter, but when you want your characters to last for potentially hundreds of days, it's just nice to set it up the way you wanted, as sometimes ignoring it isn't an option...

I am not sure 'We're' straying.  I understand it may be diverging for you, which I appreciate is a bummer.... but we're straying suggests a concrete bible that must be followed from Day 1 to eternity?

I love the mythical / conspiracy stuff, I have lots of very empty rural maps like HRV, ASh Canyon, PV, Forlorn Muskeg and Broken Railroad, so something different, more industrial is fine for me.  Plus even on the more inhabited maps, much of it is still nothing.

I guess for me, it's already big enough for endless survival, I like the changes and challenges as the give me a range of textures to try, and as I said, I don't really want another pleasant valley or HRV as I already have them!

I don't tend to play HRV or Ash Canyon much as I don't enjoy them, but they are there for those that do.  I also suspect from Hinterlands point of view, churning out more and more empty barren regions with no new mechanics would be an awful  lot easier!

Where I would agree with you was if they were filling existing areas with poisonous wolves and changing the feel of the existing regions, hopefully they can navigate that narrow path between pleasing people who like the more storytelling dark apocalyptic vibe and those who just want the pure survival!

I just wait for it to charge and shoot it with the Flare gun about 1 second before impact, works about 9/10 times, and if I miss it still runs from the flare 

I also suspect with this popularity they will ‘pop up’ again 

Super happy with my Moose Coffee mugs, can’t wait! 

32 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

Leeanda has (as far as I have seen) always been a positive presence here.

I have to agree, I don't post so much but I dip into the forums every other day or so for a read, and Leeanda is always a very positive presence.

More generally...

I don't know how many hours I have played (I wouldn't know how to check, but thousands I guess, but maybe not 5000!),  but whilst one can absolutely learn from people who have played a game a lot, you should always be open to other people, for whilst they may not have loads of game experience, they do have a different life experience, and sometimes that can be interesting.

is your lovely avatar from the British Library series of vintage ghost and weird tales?  They a brilliant books!

My main problem seems to be I am far more successful at fishing without using a lure or bait, my bait seems to work as a fish repellant!

Thanks for all these!