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Re: Have you bought a hunting horn？
I was about to start a new thread on Hunting Horns in vanilla game but then found this older thread & question and decided to revive it instead.Keep in mind that villages' inventories slowly refresh with time, so it may be worth going back to Driik or in villages you've already visited to see if they have interesting new things to buy. To answer your question looks like one have two routes to obtaining a hunting horn in the vanilla game: a) either by going to Sartola (rather than Driik) lands and checking villagers and items for sale on the ground inside buildings, b) or alternatively by attacking a Njerp camp. Obviously no item spawn is 'guaranteed' so one may not get lucky initially, need to keep trying... Here is my first hand experience: after not seeing a single one of these semi-mythical tools, in the last week I found two. 1) One was a new character/game that just visited 3 Sartola villages and found one! 2) The other character was also a brand new one, while testing Runaway Slave scenario, I rolled about 26 characters, but only a handful of them actually killed/looted Njerps (rest just took the flight option) and one of the Njerps in the camp had a hunting horn on him! These finds both occurred on game version 3.70beta although hunting horn availability does not seem to be a recent change as the only mention to hunting horn in news.txt is on line number 14931 for an entry from version: 2.08, released: Jul-31-1995. After finding two hunting horns in a week and thus confirming with my own eyes that it still exists/spawns in the game, I did a quick wiki & web search and did not find anything on the official wiki on this particular item but I did find a page on the unofficial wiki which says exactly the above (i.e.: obtain from Sartola or Njerp camp). I hope emboldened bits help other seekers of hunting horns. July 06, 2021, 09:43:05 PM |
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3.70 beta, the weather, and the forecast
If you are playing 3.70beta with migrated character there's one trick you should know. Due to migration issue the weather gets corrupt at some point and to avoid that you should delete WEATHER.DAT file in the migrated character's folder. Do the file delete when the game is not running, and once it's done there are no further troubles with it. With new characters it's all working nicely from the very beginning. We're confirmed to have the above issue and few other lesser troubles fixed for all platforms the next week. That's a new beta release forecast. July 07, 2021, 10:41:05 AM |
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[Fixed - persists in 3.70beta3] It's a boy - 5 grams
While I was killing Driik villagers for loot, I noticed that the corpses of boys displayed 0 oz in weight. I switched my measuring system to metric and checked the weights again, which displayed as 5 grams. The girl children in contrast were within a normal weight range of 20+ kilos. I made a new character to check whether the weight aberration happens with kids from other cultures. I spawned in the Koivula and found another boy who weighed 5 grams on death. Since these are fresh killings, I don't have data regarding the resulting bone weights for male child corpses. (Wow, this post is so macabre.) July 09, 2021, 04:05:09 AM |
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Re: Moon and sun in the sky at the same time?
It happens in real life, too, and not just in Finland https://earthsky.org/space/when-can-you-see-a-daytime-moon/
July 10, 2021, 06:10:59 PM |
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Re: Moon and sun in the sky at the same time?
The way the sun and the moon are represented got me thinking about when solar eclipses might have been visible in the years of the game. I found these PDFs https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/5MCSE.html And I think this one is the one for URW: https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCSE/5MCSE-Maps-08.pdf July 12, 2021, 08:02:05 AM |
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Re: Moon and sun in the sky at the same time?
The way the sun and the moon are represented got me thinking about when solar eclipses might have been visible in the years of the game. I found these PDFs https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/5MCSE.htmlWhile there is nothing with textual material, for a richer experience one could use software these days; two are referenced below although I'm sure there are many others. Software can help simulate position on earth and then look up to the virtual sky to see celestial body positions, including but not limited to Sun and Moon. These type of simulations, even those that let you change date & time probably won't go back to Iron Age Finland but we are in the game-level simulation domain anyway - scientific-level simulation correctness is probably unnecessary here. First software is free, the other one is commercial (no affiliation) but strongly recommended to anyone with an interest in astronomy - it's the lego of stars. EDIT: I forgot to say, if one is mildly interested but can't be bothered to download & install, there is a web version, here: https://stellarium-web.org Stellarium "Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope." https://stellarium.org Universe Sandbox "Universe Sandbox is a physics-based space simulator. It merges gravity, climate, collision, and material interactions to reveal the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Create, destroy, and interact on a scale you've never before imagined. Rated Overwhelmingly Positive from over 11,000 Steam reviews." https://universesandbox.com Just fired up Stellarium & took a screenshot, just to give an idea:  July 12, 2021, 10:55:29 AM |
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3.70 beta-3 released on Steam, Itch.io and for lifetimers
3.70 beta-3 update to fix a few bugs has been released for Windows, Linux and OSX on Steam, Itch.Io and for lifetimers at the designated forum section. On Windows version the listed bugs have been remedied already, but now all the supported platforms are in sync. With this patch there should be no critical beta bugs anymore, and polishing the lesser annoyances continues. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version: 3.70 (beta 3) ** Saved characters from version 3.50-> are compatible with this version. ** BETA NOTICE: This is a beta release. There are likely bugs, things are still somewhat under construction, and some of the listed improvements will be tweaked and polished further in patches to follow. - fixed: weather for migrated characters getting corrupted Migrated characters now experience reset of the weather upon loading them in 3.70 beta3. So the weather of migrated characters isn't exactly same as when they were saved, but as the reset is based on time of the year the change is most often quite unnoticeable. - fixed: laggy movement on some map areas This was related to how seeing through saplings was handled, and on some occasions data checks endedup in slow loop. - fixed: domestic animals triggering your traps - fixed: small weight units (g, oz) shown in carried load statistics together with false basic unit (kg, lb) Now carried load is shown in basic units - either kg or lbs. - fixed: character creation modes "easy" and "too easy" unexpectedly quit due to option points miscalculations - typo: "kgs" abbreviation used in metric system units. It's now always singular "kg", as it should be. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cheers! July 13, 2021, 10:25:46 PM |
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Re: Moon and sun in the sky at the same time?
Yesterday I was driving a car and noticed the moon in the sky, at 4 pm, in full daylight. But I didn't have time to stop to take a picture. Today, back at home, around 4 pm I tried to scan the sky but couldn't spot the moon. Then I went to help some of my neighbours, and took a small forest path to get from one neighbour to another. The path wound up next to a small forest clearing where my horses are having their peaceful eternal rest. I stopped there for a while, with all the good memories of the life with the horses. And then I noticed that above the treetops there is the moon; Today the sunset will be at 22:45, and this image was taken at 18:35. Thinking of it, I'd guess our long summer days allow more hours to see the sun and the sky together in the sky. Speaking of UrW, the sun and the moon positions are calculated based on scientific formulas, although we have omitted some minor fine-tuning and corrections, making it so that there might be 1% - 2% inaccuracy. Also, as already mentioned in this thread, it would be more realistic if the moon position wouldn't be drawn on the UrW UI sky box if the moon is too close to the sun. That will probably be adjusted at some point. With a few lines of more code it would be possible to simulate also the lunar and solar eclipses, but at the moment that is not simulated. Those events would be atmospheric, so it remains to be seen if in some future version we happen to feel like adding eclipses 
July 17, 2021, 07:55:25 PM |
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Re: Bull tied in place v3.62
no need i will butcher
July 19, 2021, 11:52:28 AM |
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Finally - Made it until the Fall
i always begin with runaway slave although 2/3 times of beginnings i die within the 1st day. This time I killed all but 1 of Njerpez warriors just by throwing rocks on their faces and then decapitate them with the axe. The snow was red from the bloodshed. I got hurt also and was bleeding but LUCKILY throw my last rocks on and managed to kill the enemy. It was close. Of course I collected all of their gear and weapons so I had something to trade with. During the same spring I travelled wounded from far east Kaumo to far west Driik because they are rich. My aim was to get dogs and tools like all the axes. Also nets and fishing rods are vital to me. I went allover Driik and put up another camp. There was my fishing nets waiting while i went another village further. I traded for 3 dogs and proper set of axes. Not perfect quality all but variety was good even with the knives. I was also lucky with hunting and when faced the heard of reindeers I shot one and ran down another to shoot and my hunting trips where good. When i felt i got good gear and the 3 dogs i started going east to big no man's land on southern coast where is the river towards north. There i started to build a cabin which is important to proper sleep between the furs and especially to smoke meat and fish throughout the year. Cellar is always what i build 1st. I had a visit to north to check out the river. Ended up to Koivula and a girl named Liisi wanted me to escort her to Kaumo which was where i originally started as a prisoner. Was nice to have some woman company but nothing really happened, honestly. I anyway prefer a chubby blond over skinny redhead. As a reward she gave me ( I had a boat so from Reemi coast i went back home to my no man's land River near the southern sea. Now I had a house with fenced field (it was too late to start growing anything this year) by river and 8 nets, 4 dogs, crossbow, fine bow, plenty of broadhead arrows, seeds, fine fishing rod. in the late summer/early fall i was checking out new not-mapped areas near my home. I ran into a bear. Literally. Of course i saw it from distance but with my dogpack i felt confident i could hunt it down. But the dogs where behind me and i was running towards the beast with a bow and bh-arrow it ran against and hit me. I was badly hurt and my game almost ended there. Usually I try to avoid thatkind of risks after playing hours and hours. I had a severe crush in the chest and bad bite on a hip bleeding . So my dogs put down the bear, i was so worried about them but no dog got hurt. Next 1-2 weeks i couldn't stand up and that made things difficult. Couldnt skin and butcher the bear. Making bandages is expensive and i didnt even have enough materials so i knew i could use the help from the Sages in the towns. I measured the nearest culture would be Driik so i crawled all the way there. every 30 mins i had to have a break and i tear my clothes to make bandages and i was lucky to carry herbs which i still think made a difference with not getting infected. I was rich still having masterwork furs from the treasure so i knew could trade more stuff in Driik. In Driik i used my old campsite where in the cellar there was reindeer bones which i could use to feed the ever-hungry dogs. After trading in Driik all i could - all i needed - i left back home. Still crawling. That was a lot of crawling. So i recovered. Most of the time there was no bandages but i put leaves of the herbs and also ate the same plant - dont know if that has any effect. I went back home my house. The building is 4 wide and 3 high. It has a bed and a fireplace. It has a door on every wall and plenty of windows. Next to it is my shelter which i use to store leather/clothes/furs. I know it doesnt need that but just to keep order in my camp. It always gets full of stuff left over everywhere. I happened to have a very good elk skin but no fat and it was new to me that u can only harvest the tanning material on certain time of the year so i was hurrying to find anything to hunt and get the fat. If only i could use the fat on my own belly.  1st i shot Njerpez warrior easily but his dog managed to runaway with my two broadhead arrows shot on it. No fat gained whatsoever. Then i ran into a pack of boars. I sent my dogs after them. When one was tired i shot it and killed it with the sword gotten from a njerpez. I left the boar dead right there to get another one - thinking i would come later to process the body. So my dogs ran down another one and i tried to stab that also but got hurt and bad bleeding. I had to stop to stop the bleeding so i sent my dogs for the pig whigh was very near by. All this happened on a daylight on a mire so the visibility was good. One dog ended up dead. The gray one which was always the hungriest. Other 2 dogs got hurt and one was just fine. But i killed and butchered the wild boad and returned to do the same to the previous one left behind. I had 2 boar skins, and a "winter dog-skin". Plus plenty of boar and dog meat. I sacrified a lot for that lost dog... I am planning to make a hat out of that dog fur. Wounds are healing. I am well and alive. I have never played the game until the first winter but it is coming. The winter is coming. Can't wait. Cheers, brothers and sisters July 20, 2021, 11:45:47 PM |
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