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Gameplay questions / Re: <Animal> in the forest cover quests: Take "forest" literally?

« on: April 06, 2018, 01:55:57 AM »

I have done this quest twice and been (I feel) exceedingly fortunate each time.  Both times the animal was in a spruce mire.  The first run I had no idea what I was doing and I started using my tracking skill in the zoomed out map, and found fresh tracks for the reindeer doe.  The second time I was going in straight lines east to west on the zoomed in map and I ran across tracks very close to the middle of the search zone.  I had previously used tracking skill on the zoomed out map, so it seems that trick works only sometimes.

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Gameplay questions / Re: Short Questions/Quick Answers

« on: April 06, 2018, 01:48:06 AM »

Edico: I think they are really rare, I hardly ever see them.  I think there is a mod where you can make them though.

Bakkat: I think any of the edible herbs work as seasoning; leaves, flowers or roots (I'm not sure about seeds).  Keep in mind that their effects will be present in the cooked food, some herbs make you drowsy.

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Solved'n'fixed bug reports / Re: Calf overweight

« on: April 04, 2018, 09:09:52 PM »

I noticed this as well.  I brought down an elk and calf during the winter.  I didn't pay attention to the amount of meat, but the calf gave a 24lb fur and the "elk" gave 20lb.  Both furs were described as "winter" furs.

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Solved'n'fixed bug reports / Re: Former hirelings not available for rehire

« on: April 04, 2018, 09:07:51 PM »

Wow, how many winters does your survivor have?  I have only done a single robbers quest so I'm not exactly in a position to make many helpful comments here.  One thing that I noticed was that the NPCs I hired said something about being rewarded for their service at the end of the adventure.  I dismissed my party after the robbers were slain and they didn't ask for anything like I was expecting them to, so I followed them them and "D"elivered a share of the loot to each of them.  I wonder if they expect to be paid better than an equal share of loot if they will agree to join again in the future?

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General Discussion / Re: Probably the stupidest thing I’ve done in game.

« on: March 28, 2018, 11:31:06 PM »

Sympathies for your poor dog.  I have had the same sort of thing happen to me while I was trying to finish off an unconscious bear.  I cracked my dog over the head with the blunt (thankfully) end of the spear and fractured his skull.  It was nearly a disaster because he turned on me and tried to savage me.  Luckily he calmed down after I dodged.

In the future I think I'll be tying my dogs up when I close in for a killing blow on a down opponent.

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Solved'n'fixed bug reports / Re: [Fixed - persists in 3.40] Townspeople break through ice in town and die

« on: March 23, 2018, 04:28:11 PM »

It may have been a poisoning death after all.  I broke through the ice for !!science!! and the knife and food fell into the water and disappeared.  So perhaps this guy's wife was just a bit tired of his shenanigans and fed him some sand mushroom soup.  Then dumped his body on top of the frozen well to cover her tracks.

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Solved'n'fixed bug reports / Re: [Fixed - persists in 3.40] Townspeople break through ice in town and die

« on: March 23, 2018, 06:46:17 AM »

Seems like this can still happen in 3.5b2:

It seems like the water must have killed him as there were no tracks nearby and his body is still in perfect shape.  Luckily I wasn't doing a quest for him or anything.  Circumstances seem very similar to the OP's report.  Thin ice has started forming over lakes and animals just started giving winter furs.  I also have a quest going on, but it's the punt quest, however the village with the dead body is not involved in the quest.

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Modding / Re: Hardtack mod poll

« on: March 21, 2018, 09:45:21 PM »

I haven't used any mods yet but I'm glad they exist and I encourage you to keep working on it.  I suspect that the "bread" in the base game would be much more like hardtack than anything we call bread today. 

I was curious about this, and was watching this video, he says that the term hardtack didn't come into use until the civil war, that would make it an American thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyjcJUGuFVg

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Gameplay questions / Re: Insufficient unity

« on: March 21, 2018, 09:11:28 PM »

Once you have enough wealth, start carrying high quality knives and arrows around with you.  I have received three new spells from characters that want to trade them for nice knives or arrows.  These quests won't be known by everyone in the village, but the quest giver will walk right up to you and start talking.

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Gameplay questions / Re: Short Questions/Quick Answers

« on: March 21, 2018, 09:07:49 PM »

I completed the punt quest by starting to cut down a tree and interrupting the action before it completed.  Then I slept out in the open so the rain woke me up, then immediately finished cutting down the tree.  I strongly suspect that the game checks the weather when the tree falls.

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General Discussion / Re: Lucky treasure finds

« on: March 20, 2018, 05:24:05 PM »

Wow masterwork knife, they do exist!  Keep the dream alive.

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Solved'n'fixed bug reports / Re: [Fixed - persists in 3.50b2] Frequent Map Maintenance

« on: March 19, 2018, 05:03:53 AM »

I haven't played him since I zipped that folder, and thank you kindly for the help.  I switched to playing another character in the mean time, but it would be great to have Mainio back, as he's the guy that can really hit targets with the bow.

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Gameplay questions / Re: Tracking Njerpez

« on: March 17, 2018, 07:21:55 PM »

Looking for tracks on the zoomed in map is the go-to way I've been able to hunt down beasts (both 2 and 4 legged).  I have to be extra careful when looking for dangerous game, because sometimes I get tunnel vision looking for footprints, when the actual beast is visible!

My character with the highest tracking will only very occasionally get the notification that "you see tracks" while walking around zoomed out, without even using the skill.

I have mostly given up using the skill on a zoomed out view as it just does not seem reliable.

I can attest with certainty that tracks will be visible even if you can't see what left them.

I have also seen foreign traders disappear, pretty much right in front of me.  I found them in the overland map and I caught up with them, and was doing some trading, when all of a sudden they took off in one direction, moving fast.  I followed the tracks that they left but it seems they went behind a tree and just vanished, like they flew away.  The tracks stopped and I wasn't able to find them again.

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Gameplay questions / Re: Short Questions/Quick Answers

« on: March 17, 2018, 04:42:32 AM »

It seems like the first material that you select for your crafting governs the finished product.  I have not tried crafting new clothes from old ones, but I do use various and sundry bits of fur to repair my bear fur clothes, to no apparent ill effect.

I have tried crafting clothes from a fine bear fur, but I didn't get fine clothes sadly.

I wonder if winter furs make better clothes than normal.

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Solved'n'fixed bug reports / Re: Frequent Map Maintenance

« on: March 15, 2018, 08:59:30 PM »

I compressed the folder (with contents) bearing the character's name, hopefully this is everything that's needed.

http://cerulean.cloudapp.net/MAINIO.zip