RighteousFury Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I have been using online maps for the long dark for quite some time, is there a map or compass in the long dark? Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Carlson Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 6 minutes ago, RighteousFury said: I have been using online maps for the long dark for quite some time, is there a map or compass in the long dark? Thanks for the help. Where there are a variety of community maps currently available, there's isn't a compass item or in-game map built into the game. Pays to explore and wander a bit off the beaten path to find your way through the world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cekivi Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 There's no compass but you've probably noticed by playing or seen on the maps that each area has specific landmarks that helps you find your way. For instance, the train tracks in Mystery Lake or Signal Hill in Pleasant Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauteecolerider Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Gosh, yes! The Train Tracks gives me the Wrong Side and the Right Side . . . And I use Signal Hill all the time in PV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealNFK Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Terrain recognition is king in this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RighteousFury Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 Alright then, I wanted to know because I died trying to get from the hunters cabin to the ranger station and died due to the immense amount of circles I walked in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cekivi Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Were you attempting this in bad weather? The Forestry Outlook is normally quite easy to find from the Trapper's Cabin. Just go "up" towards the big red thing and don't cross the rail road tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RighteousFury Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 I mean the trappers cabin to the ranger station at mystery lake, you know how there is the giant ridge in between them? I got lost in there and a blizzard caught me, so I made a campfire and put a bedroll down, eventually passing in my sleep. (Attempted route) (Route taken) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cekivi Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Ah, shoot. I've gotten lost myself trying to make that trip in bad weather. The only way you can save yourself once you're lost between the ridges is to find the icy creek that flows down to the Unnamed Pond. Following it up takes you almost all the way to the Camp Office and you can usually get to the train tracks from the wellspring of the creek. One of the benefits of lots of play time: you learn the signatures of the various maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RighteousFury Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 I have made the trip a few times before, I just brute forced it through the ridges until I hit the railroad, then I know where to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbone555 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I just use the sun for navigation rises in the east, sets in the west. but sometimes the skies are cloudy and you cant see the sun, so try and memorize your directions. i have no idea if this game has a northern star. i've never looked, and i dont know how to find the northern star anyway haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauteecolerider Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 IRL, the Northern Star (aka the Pole Star) is the point around which the entire nighttime sky (read stars/constellations) rotate around. I'm not sure what works in Australia, but I know they have a Southern one, too. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is Polaris, part of the constellation Ursa Minor (the Little Bear) aka the Little Dipper (at least in the US). How to find Polaris I have yet to spend the night outdoors in TLD to see if the night sky rotates around a specific star. And no, it's not the brightest one in the northern sky. At least, it shouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cekivi Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 In real life you can find the north star is by locating the big dipper (Ursa Major) and using the last two stars on the ladle to point to Polaris. The easiest way is to actually triangulate to Polaris using Ursa Major and Cassiopeia but I'd need to have a picture to show you how it's done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RighteousFury Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 1 hour ago, cekivi said: In real life you can find the north star is by locating the big dipper (Ursa Major) and using the last two stars on the ladle to point to Polaris. The easiest way is to actually triangulate to Polaris using Ursa Major and Cassiopeia but I'd need to have a picture to show you how it's done Good advice, how do you find the Big Dipper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruruwawa Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 3 hours ago, Tbone555 said: I just use the sun for navigation rises in the east, sets in the west. but sometimes the skies are cloudy and you cant see the sun, so try and memorize your directions. i have no idea if this game has a northern star. i've never looked, and i dont know how to find the northern star anyway haha Since the Great Bear Island map was released I think we have to work with a pretty flexible definition of "south" now. It's more accurate to say that the sun rises in the bottom right of the Whiteberry maps and sets in the bottom left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cekivi Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I don't know if it can be done in game actually. In real life you just need to get a feel for your area and be willing to stay up late at night. I grew up in the country so star gazing, especially in winter, was really easy to do. Most places have star maps which will tell you where in the night sky to look for various constellations. As for in game... I'm usually safely indoors at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cekivi Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 19 minutes ago, Ruruwawa said: Since the Great Bear Island map was released I think we have to work with a pretty flexible definition of "south" now. It's more accurate to say that the sun rises in the bottom right of the Whiteberry maps and sets in the bottom left. That's just funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruruwawa Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I froze to death the one time I tried to figure out the stars in TLD. So I don't know either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruruwawa Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 2 minutes ago, cekivi said: That's just funny It is! I spent some time checking the sun and decided that the "world map" was an "L" with TWM > PV >ML down the left side and CH > DP going to the right. Then they showed us this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeexe Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 55 minutes ago, Ruruwawa said: Since the Great Bear Island map was released I think we have to work with a pretty flexible definition of "south" now. It's more accurate to say that the sun rises in the bottom right of the Whiteberry maps and sets in the bottom left. It looks like the passage that we are using now for PV to TWM is the passage that will be used for episode 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruruwawa Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 @exeexe the original map is from this Hinterland tweet: https://twitter.com/HinterlandGames/status/717399996870434816/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw I chopped the future parts off when I made this image above. So, to answer your question -- I dunno! At a guess the parts of the map I omitted are where you want to look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RighteousFury Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 3 hours ago, cekivi said: I don't know if it can be done in game actually. In real life you just need to get a feel for your area and be willing to stay up late at night. I grew up in the country so star gazing, especially in winter, was really easy to do. Most places have star maps which will tell you where in the night sky to look for various constellations. As for in game... I'm usually safely indoors at night Well I´m nerd form the LA, I can do all that much stargazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cekivi Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 1 minute ago, RighteousFury said: Well I´m nerd form the LA, I can do all that much stargazing. Ah. Lots of light pollution I presume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolan Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 1 hour ago, cekivi said: Ah. Lots of light pollution I presume? The only stars you see in LA are driving convertables Ok, its not quite that bad, but I took a friend from LA up to Yosemite's backcountry and he freaked out at night because he no idea there could be that many stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cekivi Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 4 minutes ago, Jolan said: The only stars you see in LA are driving convertables Ok, its not quite that bad, but I took a friend from LA up to Yosemite's backcountry and he freaked out at night because he no idea there could be that many stars. I suspect many of my friends from big cities would feel that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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