Thelek

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  1. This is all fine and dandy, but when is it coming to console? Ilove what i see in the videos, and i really want to get my hands dirty in the hangar. The one video said it was dropping for all platforms at the same time, but i can't find hide nor hair of it in the game store. And does that mean that the update for the base game hasn't dropped yet as well?
  2. I would guess that it is safe to say that the entire decay system has undergone a complete overhaul. If you store items in an outside container, do they decay at container rate, outside rate, or somewhere in between? I ask because i am not comfortable with just dropping food on the ground where wolves, bears, and zombie rabbits can get to is.
  3. I wouldn't bother building an actual cairn, just drop a bunch of fire wood on the ground. As i have said several times, it has been a long time since i have played. When i last played, the decay timer on items stored in coontainers was slowed by up to 75% in some cases. If i remember right, the decay timer for food stored in containers was slowed by about 50%, where as food just dropped in the snow would continue at the same rate as if it was still in your pack. Personally, i see no reason to use tools to break down objects that can be broke down by hand, all you are doing is just wasting what precious life that tool has. And since most items that can bee broke down by hand are indors, you aren't likely to freeze while breacking somethhing down. But as menntioned, everryone has their own play style. So at this point, i am done with this topic and won't be making any further posts in this (and probably any other) thread.
  4. Right, just drop the wood. I like to have a container, too so i can store a little food and other supplies. I used to always keep a cairn at the train tunnel because supplies were hard to find in the muskeg and it seemed every time i went back to ML, i would walk into a raging blizzard so i would have to hunker down for night before i could make my way back to the dam.
  5. Well, keep in mind, it has been a couple years since i have played the game and some mechanics may have changed to make tips i survived with back then not so useful anymore. Back then, it was a lucky thing to even find a hsmmer and repairing it cost 2 scrap metal and 10% of a very rare tool box. Putting items in a container would slow the decay timer by 30 - 40% making stashing supplies a good idea, especially meat. Put raw meat in a container for about 3 days then cook it and it's good for another 3 days.that is part of my reason for starting this thread. Yes, i have noticed an over abundance of spray cans. My last attempt in ML lasted 5 days and i think i had over 10 cans. But i find their usefulness dubious at best. Only certain tags show on the map and they are hard for my nearly blin ass to see in world. Using the direction tags is pretty much pointless for me as i have to be almost on top of it to see. Best use i have found is to mark cars and stuff as searched and mark cache locations on the map so i can find them a little easier. Any good "hack* is just plain old common sence that may have just escaped the reader. Many people get caught up doing things one way that they never think of any alternatives until they come across something like this post. How many people actually think to use torches to light fires to conserve matches, or consider making sure they are on a hill top to draw a map? These forums are a community where we all try to help each other out, at least they were in the way back. I am happy to share my knoledge of the game with the coumminity, even if it is outdated, and i had hoped others would fell the same. Was i wrong? Do the players not support each other through the course of the game? If i was in error about this community i do apologize and this thread can be locked. If i am right about this community, then let's keep the tips coming in.
  6. Adjusting brightness helps but tends to make the snow outside way too bright. Try adjusting gamma instead.
  7. Man, this thing is awesome and i, too would pay a couple bucks to get an ad free version.
  8. I really suck with the bow. In the years since it was added, i have scored only 1 hit and was never able to find my prey. I don't think it was a fatal wound. I would guess that i am right atound 70% with the rifle. I have never found a pistol. I do wish that we could convert a rifle into a cross bow. I have done that a few times IRL and work really well. It gives a worn out rifle a new lease on life. I hane found that although they are a bit heavier ans have a bit of a shorter range than a purpose built crossbow, they tend to be far more durable and easier to care for.
  9. I know we had a topic like this in thw.wway back when the game was new. Since iwas scroling through old posts and didnt see anything like it, i thought i would start a new one and see what trouble i could stir up and hope someone might post something that i could try to help me along in my own journey. So, i will start things off with a few of my favorites: 1) Stay from the dam during auroras. (getting electricuted is not good for the health) 2) always carry a good torch with you. Once you get your first fire started, grab a torch, extinguish it and put it away. From then on, you will only use ONE match to light a fire, even if you fail a half dozen times. Light your torch, use it to light the fire, when the fire is lit, throw the torch into the fire and grab a new one. 3) never use a tool to break down anything that can be broke down by hand. Sure, it may take longer, but your tools have a limited life and you need to extend that life as long as possible. Best way to do that is to not waste them on trivial tasks. 4) Cairns are a good thing make lots of them. Best place to make a cairn is somplace that has at least 1 small container to put food and other supplies in. Places i can think of are the tunnel and derailment in ML, a fish hut in CH, other places like that. It can be a lifesaver if you get caught in a storm far from your base. Well, that's all i can think of for now. I know i have more, just cant think of them atm.
  10. *(warning)* I intend to mention other developers in this post. This is not to sway people's opinions or get them to play other games. It is simply a comparison of what have been good DLC's and bad ones. I typically don't care for DLC. As stated in the poll, most are just desparite attempts at a cash grab and are usually pretty much garbage. I have been gaming since the mid 80's and have found very few DLC that were worth the money. Ibelieve Bathesda, Fun Com, and Hello Games have done the best, with Hello Games far in the lead. H.G. Has released DLC sized updates with no extra cost to the player. In fact since started playing their title about 2 years ago, all i have ever spent on the game Is the $20 to buy it. There has never aDLC to buy and there are no in game micro transactions. The only way to get ahead in the game is to work your @$$ off and earn it. Much like TLD. Bathesda and FunCom have released paid DLC's that cost the gamer about $29/ea. These DLC were well thought out and, imho, made the games much better rather than just being a blatent cash grab in the style of E.A. PWI, and many others. In fact, usually when a developer pulls a stunt like E.A., i tend to stop playing ANY titles produced by them and only get their other games if they are 100% free such as with the Xbox games weth gold. ( i know that games aquired in this manner are not technacally fre since i pay $12/mo for game pass, but i would be paying for it with or w/out the bonus games, so i count them as free.) ^[insert Turbo Tax commercial here]^ So, i just took a long winded approach to answer this question. I am not againstDLC as long as it isn't an obvious cash grab and reasonably priced. But i believe Hinterland has done right in releaseng what others would be selling as DLC as free content. I think by doing it this way, they will find that when they release their next project, that the customer satisfaction and loyalty will pay off for them.
  11. Very cool. This is a perfect addition and companion to TLD. One of those things that has always been missing and you just didn't know it. I will definitely be using it once i get it downloaded to my tablet. Keep up the good work.
  12. Yes, there are several time and other balance issues i have always had a problem with. I don't usually break up branches, that was just the easiest time issue to pick on, and since i have always been a bit of a jerk about it, the best one for me to pick up on upon my return. Don't get me wrong, i have always loved this game, and even tho i may not always play, it is one of my top 5. I just can't play for long sessions because of my eye problems. Speaking of my eye problems, thank you for the link, @osizzido. But i game on an xbox with a 40" tv. I do have a lap top, but can't use it much because a 15" screen is just too small.
  13. Hello, Everyone. ;y name is Thelek, and I am ....... Almost completely lost. It has been a couple af years since I have played TLD. This is almost totally diffrent game from when i last played. I really like it, but as i said, i am a bit lost. When i last played, chapter 1 of wintermute had just been released. I didn't really care for i just prefer to explore at my own pace and go where i like. So survival mode is my favorite mode of play. But i have been major issues with my eyes, including extreme light sensitivity, color bluring and now glaucoma. So i had to back off from TLD because everything was too bright. So, i come back and discover a whole dirrfent game from hat i was used to, and i love it so far. But it is still too bright and i csn only play a cuople hours at a time between headaches. I do have a little story for you, tho. Let y'all get a good laugh at my expense. First try in survival i res in at the logging camp in ML, this was always my favorite place to start. The trailers usually have great resources and if i was really lucky, i could walk out of there with a hatchet, hunting knife, storm lantern, and a pry bar. I could also find some good clothes on an occasion. Then there was either the preppers cache or maple sapling if you turned toward the dam. And my favorite aspect of spawning at this location, is the lookout tower just a little down the road. Well i ran to the burned out building an collected the hatchet, seceral pieces of firewood. A cook pot, and a skill book. The trailers held respectable loot, then i headed to the cache location. Not really surprised to find that it wasn't there, but i was surprised to see there was no sapling, either. Oh well, time to head the other way. I was getting excited as i neared the clear cut, my favorite shelter in ML was just up the hill. As i turned the last corner, my excitement turned to dispair. The tower was destroyed. Well, i guess it's time to figure out if i liked the trapper cabin or dam better. I stood on the hill a few moments more and started making my way to trapper cabin. I didn't make it. About 5 plays later, i ended up at the now destroyed outlook tower again, a rope is always a good thing to have and it seems that is a fixed resource at this location. I had cleared the area, and added a shiny new rifle to my collection, and was just getting ready to head back toward the dam when a small movement chaught my eye. On that ridge over there..... What is that??? "enables xbox zoom" is that a flag??? And another lookout???? How did i miss that before? Oh yeah, that's tight, i am almost blind. Well, i have spent the last several plays trying to figure out to get to the new lookout. Haven't made it yet, but hope to soon. A couple questions, tho. First, do the caches still exist? I have been keeping an eye out for them, but haven't seen one yet. But i have also noticed a couple of the locations have significantly changed to the point that the cache would have to have been moved some distance. Next, why does it still take 10 minutes to break a branch into 3 sticks????? Seriously??? 10 minutes??? In real life, it might take 60 seconds or less, not 10 minutes. But then, i have always had some issues with time usage in this game. I just don't do tasks that i can get away with skipping, like breaking branches into sticks. And finally, are there plans in the works to allow us a small sled? I see a lot of teasers that point in that direction. Well, time to get back to it. I have a tower to fiind.
  14. whenever a fire suddenly dies like that, check the wind before wasting wood. a torch will burn in stronger winds than a campfire can, so if you are close to a building with a fireplace/stove/burn barrel, cave, or a well sheltered location, light a torch from the dying fire and start a new fire in safety. also, if there is enough sunlight, you can use the lens to start a fire in the upstairs stove at CO in the morning time.(i am guessing that the light coming through the window by the stove is sufficent to light a fire using the lens.) although less common, you can occaisionally light the stove at Trappers with the lens, but i have yet to figure out the exact timing for it. same goes for the farmhouse fireplace. i always use torches whenever weather permits. as i mentioned earlier, i have never suffered a shortage of matches. i never light the torch until i hear or see a wolf,then i light it and prepare for battle. i try really to avoid lighting a flare, since once it is lit it cant be put out and it will mostly go to waste. the situation has to be pretty dire for me to strike a flare. sounds like you have a good game plan. be careful around the derailment as there are usually TWO wolves hanging around there. the smaller one (usually 7 or 8 pounds of meat) will attack you first while the larger one (usually 10 - 12 pounds of meat) will lay low and wait until the fight with the small one is almost over, then he will start moving into a position to attack as soon as the 1st one breaks off. then, if she wasnt hurt too bad in the first fight, the 1st wolf will set herself up to attack you again as soon as the 2nd breaks off his attack. they will repeat this cycle until either you are dead or both of them are critically wounded. (by the way, i call these two "George & Gracie". good luck.
  15. hunting in bad weather is not a good idea. the animals can sense you long before you ever see them. you would just be wasting precious calories. if it is just fog, head out and try to find some place you havent been before. maybe you will meet up with a wolf. if you are careful and maintain a good supply of torches, you can keep a single flame burning forever. simply drop your lit torch just before it goes out and light the new one from it. use the torch to light campfires and make sure you only sleep for as long as you have wood for. good idea on the tip file. good name, too.