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I don't think I recall anyone here whining about the new paid structure. There have been legitimate concerns and worries expressed and discussed about the nature of the new content, but the vast majority of us are more than happy with the financial proposal. Many of us have been playing since near the beginning ten years go. We are extremely grateful to Hinterland for their ethics in this regard because it is indeed rare. The only people who have legitimately raised concerns regarding paying for content in advance they may not like is fair, and there is nothing wrong saying you'd rather see what the "new" game will be like before you buy it. And those who paid for a story driven game and are still waiting for the final episode are justified in being put out. But nowhere in this thread bar maybe one or two short comments have I seen whining. In fact most of us agree this is pretty much the most beautiful game created.

Lol you're welcome Hozz. I, umm, do have a habit of rabbiting on sometimes 🤷‍♀️ Hopefully it might help Leeanda or someone else.

I am so relieved you're playing it on Stalker! Although it presents many of its own difficulties (wolves wolves wolves) its definitely the more likely option to keep you alive for long enough to enjoy it. Wonderful start Conan. Long live Nigel.

I'll be excitedly waiting to read, watch and participate in spirit hiding behind my pillow! Great challenge 👍

My concern with this is that it is story mode leaking into Survival, as @ManicManiac said previously. As illustrated by the devs splitting the games in two (which is the right move I feel) they are very much separate games. There are many survival players who have never touched story mode, myself included. To further complicate matters by splitting the games but bringing story mode elements into Survival just doesn't feel right to me. However as already said by many, if there was an option to turn it off, then it wouldn't be an issue.

@Leeanda OK, now I know what you meant when discussing your FPS issues. Please forgive the fact I had to take a photo of my TLD settings for some reason I only get an image of the main menu when I take a screenshot. It should be clear enough. Go to the Settings Menu, then into "Quality". You should see this screen. At the top of the screen you will see "High" selected on my settings. You can use this to change the overall quality settings using predetermined categories, a bit like choosing a difficulty level when in a custom game. As a general rule of thumb, higher settings means lower FPS, lower settings mean higher FPS. However the accuracy of this does depend a lot on the individual machine, but it's a good place to start thinking about how you want to change things. Just bear in mind that lowering the Quality to increase FPS does, well lower the graphics quality! It may not be just the FPS which isn't suiting you, it could also be things like draw distance. So having a decent length of play on each setting is a good idea to find out what works for you and what doesn't. The only way for you to find a setting that suits you is to take the plunge and try a few different things. Don't worry, you can't break anything! Try playing on each standard setting first then see how it suits your machine, your eyes, your sinuses and your personal preference. I'd advise setting up a separate save just to play around with the settings, but you shouldn't have any issues. They are there to be used and changed. I don't think your laptop is the issue my darling, from what you've told me it sounds like you made sure it met the minimum requirements. Therefore you need to take the plunge and play around with these Quality settings to find one that works both for you and your laptop. If you still can't then we can look at some fine tuning. We really need to get you on the laptop. Yes there are still bugs on a PC but the game is generally more stable than on console. I honestly think the difficulty you've been having with your FPS and other Quality settings not suiting you lie within this section.

Great, thank you very much for this response. Indeed it is as I thought, but full clarification is appreciated.

I had a good laugh at this... I bet there's a lot of people here who don't even know what a VHS tape is/was! 😄

Thank you Jeff. I don't know as many of the technicalities as you clearly do but I certainly thought the restrictions were along these lines. Your knowledge is greatly appreciated as always.

Bienvenue Bascolais. You have many hours of fun ahead of you! Any questions just ask, there is usually someone here who will be able to help you.

Fair point Hozz. And you may be right. I'd be interested to know the official answer though.

Would that be allowed Hozz? Not sure if a direct print would infringe something somewhere? Fan art is different, it isn't a direct reproduction. @Admin could you please clarify?

Oh good lord 🙈 I really do wonder if the game is more stable on the PC than XBox; yes I do get a few bugs but nothing as serious as you consistently do. This is definitely not good. I'm sorry I can't be of any help other than to offer my sympathy!

Sorry mate, the best you'll get there is sardines! 🤷‍♀️ I feel your pain. I think most people who have spent any time getting to the ammo bench have had the same issue. Always an aurora when you don't need one. Fingers crossed you get one soon 🤞

BOO! 👻 But umm, Conan, are you insane?!! All right. I'll be here chewing my finger nails, even more so than before! This should be entertaining 😊 I admire your crazy courage in giving it a go.

Wise choice my friend 😊 I'm on my way over!

Argh! Not cool, dying to a bug. Even my dodgy maths can work out you should have been warming up. You did bloody well surviving TWM; that's a rough place even for experienced Lopers. I'm really annoyed on your behalf. I think @Leeanda and I can start being ourselves again. Clearly the insults and discouragement didn't work either. This is a tough challenge. I admire your tenacity in continuing to try!

That's it! That's why. I'll blame the bear, he takes up so much space 😄

I've honestly never seen it, not even a hint of it. I know I'm not the most observant but I'm sure I'd notice entire limbs vanishing in front of me. Looks like I've just been very lucky thank goodness!

Hopefully whatever they are doing with the "new" game will eliminate this bug. I've not seen it before thankfully, its not great to be losing entire limbs of firewood!

WOW. Fellow Loot Goblin, may you rest in peace (although I'm beginning to suspect you're the trader 😁) Seriously impressed. Love it. A warrior's death to be proud of. Just think of all the lovely new loot awaiting you....

Bleak Inlet... looking not so bleak Beautiful, peaceful holiday in Milton Basin The simple perfection of a clear night in Mystery Lake Umm.. hi there, err, friend?! 😅

Ah my dear Thelma, you know your Louise is on the same bonkers wavelength 🤪🙂🧡

^^ 👍

Yes that does make sense chick. And you know all the maps incredibly well and spend a lot of time going place to place so are in a good position to notice something like this. I don't touch Blackrock with a bargepole and as a result forgot about some of the newer transitions as well so haven't picked it up. But thinking about it, yes the Ash Canyon transition cave from Deer Clearing is fairly light. It's a good point about this possibly being intentional for future lighting changes. Will be interesting to see. They did such a beautiful job with the variable lighting in AC, incredibly realistic and atmospheric, it's then harder to accept the glaring inconsistencies elsewhere.