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Stories / Re: Rauko

« on: March 20, 2018, 10:57:23 PM »

Two weeks pass...

He leaves much of his heavy gear at a point on the riverbank, and travels downstream to the
north-east and finds the sea. He paddles along the coast to the west, then the east. He finds
no settlements, and nothing but hunger as his food runs out and he has no luck fishing with
only his prized spear.

Starving, he returns to where he left his gear. Next day he manages to kill a hare in a rather
unusual manner.

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General Discussion / Re: Lucky treasure finds

« on: March 20, 2018, 02:12:28 AM »

Definitely the one in Rauko's story 

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Stories / Re: Rauko

« on: March 18, 2018, 09:00:21 PM »

Rauko has hidden many of his things away in the treasure cave and after staying the two days,
the urge to wander has taken hold of him again.

His travels take him to a couple of Owl villages and then back near the place his father was
killed by the bear. The memories flood back to nearly overcome him with grief. What good are
material possessions without his beloved mother and father?

Owl folk have told of a river to the north-west, and Rauko decides to journey there. The river
turns out to be only two days journey away, and after sleeping on the shore he builds a rough
canoe from a fallen tree and a crude paddle.

The river is slow-flowing and it is easy to manage the craft, so he travels up-stream paddling
hard a few days to wash away the sadness, not finding much of interest until...



He was able to kill several of the deer and obtain their hides & meat, then continue on the river
and trade at Kuikka villages.

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Gameplay questions / Re: Short Questions/Quick Answers

« on: March 17, 2018, 04:46:53 PM »

Anyone notice when traveling by punt that the punt disappears?

I'm using a modded dugout canoe, which uses a copy of the new 3.50b2 punt graphics.
When zooming in or out, the canoe is visible, but disappears when moving.

(edit) This is in "old hardware mode".

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Stories / Re: Rauko

« on: March 17, 2018, 03:02:05 PM »

Rauko wonders what treasure might be waiting at his destination, if he can find it.
After a long search, he finds the mountain cave and enters cautiously...



It is a treasure of worth beyond his wildest dreams!
More wealth than several of his home villages would possess has come into his hands.
The spear immediately becomes his most prized possession, he is almost under a spell
when gazing upon it's beautiful workmanship.

Rauko stays in the cave for a few days and makes it a place of refuge when needed.

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Gameplay questions / Re: Robbers ruin my early game

« on: March 15, 2018, 09:58:46 PM »

Even with 3 dogs I didnt get alert in zoomed-out map of 5 robbers, how realistic is that?
They were allready on my face and the game zoomed in. Couldnt run away.

I totally agree with it being a "survivor tax". Becouse of that I dont play URW anymore.

Contrast this with how easy it is to get close to animals when encountering them on the world map and you see this works both ways. In your favor with the animals, in the robbers' favor in the other case.

Life isn't fair sometimes, and this is a game that attempts to simulate life. Look on the bright side: the robbers don't kill you if you don't fight them. In r/l this is not necessarily the case, so the game is actually being too nice.

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Stories / Re: Rauko

« on: March 14, 2018, 10:25:18 PM »

The woodsman rewards Rauko with knowledge of a secret treasure in a cave.



On the way to search for the treasure, Rauko explores a cave and makes some interesting finds.
He's sure this is not far enough away to be the one described by the woodsman.
The spirits must be generous!

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Stories / Re: Rauko

« on: March 13, 2018, 10:29:45 PM »

It happened too long ago to remember the details, I'm still catching up with the story from the highlights that had screenshots. I put my money on a javelin throw to the leg that slowed the beast enough that persistently following it's tracks eventually caught up with it. That's a common way for my hunts to go. Anyhow, he would never have only one javelin, probably 3 of them, so he might have scored a couple of hits over the course of the long chase. Rauko's base speed it pretty high, so even with his injuries he could do a decent job at following.

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Stories / Re: Mik

« on: March 13, 2018, 10:16:27 PM »

No, the skiing was working properly, it was my carelessness that was at fault. I didn't stop for Mik to rest often enough. Mik began in version 3.40 and was migrated to 3.50b2 so most of his equipment was created in 3.40. I like the new ski fatigue changes for 3.50 too.

The Kalma mod is one of Privateer's, and I love it. Kudos to Privateer!
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/urwforum/combat-training-dummys-t7288.html

I use a ton of different mods and spent a bit of time fitting them all together in my personal "master mod" as I call it, with many of the mods tweaked how I like them. But I can't take credit for most of it so I'm hesitant to post anything.

P.S.  Don't forget to browse that old tapatalk forum because there's a HUGE wealth of info there, as well as many cool stories... Privateer did a great series of them about "Winter" which were an inspiration to me. There are many other cool stories by many writers there that are worth reading.

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Stories / Re: Rauko

« on: March 13, 2018, 12:52:46 AM »

Many weeks pass in the story...

Rauko has traveled into Owl territory and traded the elk fur for a good bow and some arrows.
He is now well nourished and feeling much better for being in the company of others, but the loss
of his parents is still right there in his mind when he sees a mother and child or an older hunter.

A wounded woodsman asks for help getting his axe back after being injured by a bear. Rauko hires
a man named Jussi to go with him and get it back, which they do after killing the bear.

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Stories / Re: Rauko

« on: March 11, 2018, 08:30:24 PM »

Finally the hunger can end the next day as he brings down an elk!
It was a long chase with only a javelin to kill it with.

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Stories / Re: Rauko

« on: March 11, 2018, 04:22:33 PM »

(Yes, it was unique to get so close! And in r/l I've often joked about hunting deer with only a knife.)
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Beginning to starve, three days later all he has found to eat are grouse eggs.

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Gameplay questions / Re: Robbers ruin my early game

« on: March 11, 2018, 04:02:43 AM »

...snip...
Thankfully they never seem to track you down when you're zoomed in.  Can you imagine how bad it would be if you were making a shelter or tanning a hide and they just walked right up behind you.

They can do this. If you like, check Mik's story (page 4, Reply#55 on Feb.14th)

"There is a new cave to explore, it's early morning and still dark and Mik is gathering branches to make a torch. Suddenly, a man moves into view quickly approaching and he doesn't seem friendly! Mik begins running away but he was already somewhat fatigued because of the nearly knee-deep snow and can't outrun the man, who was joined by another carrying a bow."

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Stories / Re: Rauko

« on: March 10, 2018, 05:30:51 PM »

Before the fateful day is finished, Rauko daydreams and hears his father's spirit beseeching him to seek the bear that killed him.

Rauko finds the bear's tracks and follows it, only to be severely mauled and left for dead by the huge, wounded beast.



Later, he wakes hungry and parched, and crawls away to find water.

A small lake is close by and he makes a shelter for the night.

He is awoken by noises which sound like a deer or elk in the trees nearby. Half-awake, he sneaks toward the trees with knife in hand, driven by hunger. An elk bursts forth from the trees and runs... he has no chance to catch it.

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Stories / Re: Rauko

« on: March 10, 2018, 04:34:32 PM »

After sending his father's spirit to the wind in the smoke, Rauko lay on the ground in sadness.

He was not sure what to do now as he began what was to become a life of wandering.