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Suggestions / Re: Rotting Warning

« on: December 27, 2017, 12:15:32 AM »

Thanks again. I'll take my concern to the bug forum when I get time.

On topic, I'll just add to counter the initial response that this suggestion would be somehow immersion killing, that there is a clock on the game screen that keeps track of the day and the time of day. I think it's in-keeping with the current gameworld to add a message to the log as suggested above.

Although many people build their cellars and smokehouses and tanning bays close to their homes so can check, many also spread these apart and must sometimes say to themselves, "in two weeks I have to go north to x,y,z". In that case, I think a reminder message would be helpful.

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Suggestions / Re: Rotting Warning

« on: December 26, 2017, 04:19:39 PM »

I'm a bit worried I'm seriously derailing the thread but anyway... someone can move it if need be...

I was playing 3.40. Then I just bought the game in the Christmas sale. So not only am I sure that I deleted all the original files, I was reinstalling it in a different location (Steam). So that can't possibly be the issue. And yet, the same problem is there. It's not game-killing. I just have to remember not to pick it up before it's ready. But also I can't check how long it has to go because you only get that message when you try to pick it up.

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Suggestions / Re: Rotting Warning

« on: December 26, 2017, 01:21:49 AM »

No. I can pick it up before it is ready for the beating stage. I then have to go through the water stage again, seemingly with the clock re-starting. From what PALU was saying I shouldn't be able to pick it up.

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Suggestions / Re: Rotting Warning

« on: December 26, 2017, 12:29:10 AM »

Sorry to post again. The problem is still there.

I left the skin to tan. I come back and can't pick it up. It says come back in a couple of hours. I come back and it says "fine tanning elk skin". I try to pick it up and I can pick it up. In my inventory I now have "fine tanning elk skin". I try to move to the next stage of tanning but I am back at the previous stage and it tells me to come back in the small hours. What is going on? I can look at it again and it says "fine rinsed elk skin (being prepared)".

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Suggestions / Re: Rotting Warning

« on: December 25, 2017, 10:46:54 PM »

I may have messed up the installation. I edited diy and biy to ORIGINAL_diy... as in the instructions but may have missed something.

I was quite early into my game so hadn't yet set up a settlement, etc. So my tanning location was just conveniently close to where I killed the animal. Anyway, I agree with you that some extra messages in the Log would make things easier generally. If I had the option to select which warnings to turn on and which to leave off, personally, I would turn them all on.

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Suggestions / Re: Rotting Warning

« on: December 24, 2017, 04:11:00 PM »

Thanks, Helldiver, if I still have problems I'll report back

Edit: It did indeed turn out to be the mod. I reinstalled without it and everything works fine now. I still think the warning system might be a good idea. I understand the RP aspect but I also wonder... what do people do to remember? I write it down in notepad. So why not have the game do that for you? I don't think it interrupts the RP side of things, just makes things less frustrating, and it could be an option you turn on in the game menu before playing.

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Suggestions / Re: Rotting Warning

« on: December 24, 2017, 03:41:48 PM »

Thank you, Helldiver, I really appreciate it.

I think the first thing to do is for me to remove the mod and start a new game. But, in the meantime, for the record...

1. Yes. Three times. I'm at the "second time with water" stage.
2. Something is definitely wrong because I'm actually in the next phase (e.g. "noon") when it said it should be ready by early morning. As I understand it, that shouldn't be happening.
3. Yes, I understand the difference between making fur and leather and I have not de-haired the skin.
4. 84%
5. I'm on the latest version from the website. You might be right about the mod so I'll re-install and just start playing again. It's a shame because I've really lucked out on this playthrough but never mind... always learning

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Suggestions / Re: Rotting Warning

« on: December 24, 2017, 03:04:40 PM »

I'm in the second stage of tanning, before the beating. I can pick it up. If I try and move to the beating stage, I can't. It takes me to the previous stage and the process seems to start from the beginning (tells me to wait until morning).

Edit: I tried it again, staying close to the skin. It says "harsh tanning stag skin". I know that I can't pick it up because then the whole thing will start again. I've saved the game as a backup to test that. So I leave it and do some fishing for an hour. I look at the skin again and it is rotten. Now, that's really harsh. I've installed Buoidda's Crafts mod. Could that be interfering somehow?

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Suggestions / Re: Rotting Warning

« on: December 24, 2017, 02:18:39 PM »

Thanks for the replies. I don't want to sound like I'm not willing to put in effort, keep track of timing, etc. Of course, I do all that and enjoy it, to some extent. But it is frustrating when it doesn't work out from a gameplay perspective. You can spend a lot of time hunting a stag, say, and finally kill it only for a minor oversight to ruin an hour (e.g.) of play. Thank you for the info about random factors and degrading. I'm pretty new to the game.

I'm not sure I'm doing hideworking correctly, based on what PALU says. I can pick up the "tanning skin" while it is still part-way through the process. This seems to interrupt the tanning and I have to do it again. The times declared also seem to be inaccurate. It often says things like, the skin will be ready by early morning, and I come back at this time and it's not ready. Late morning, still not ready. And so on.

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Suggestions / Rotting Warning

« on: December 24, 2017, 01:05:44 AM »

Would it be possible to have warnings before things rot? I was just tanning an elk skin and it's a real pain to arrive back only to find you are an hour too late and it is rotten.

Perhaps this could work as follows:

You select an item and request that a warning be delivered to the chatbox just before that item rots. Perhaps this could also work for smoking meat, for example.