Don't Starve

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:09 pm

For some reason this latest update has dampened my enthusiasm. Can't identify what the problem is. Still playing though.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:36 pm

The new backpack & armor change is too clunky for me. It's fine to make us have a choice, but right now you're just encouraged to keep your armor in your backpack and try and quickly swap when things get hairy. I don't like inventory clicking speed & precision defining how well I do. There should be a swap hotkey, or the ability to wield both, or it should be outright impossible to even carry both at the same time so you're stuck with whatever you chose to leave camp with.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:40 pm

wonderpug wrote:The new backpack & armor change is too clunky for me. It's fine to make us have a choice, but right now you're just encouraged to keep your armor in your backpack and try and quickly swap when things get hairy. I don't like inventory clicking speed & precision defining how well I do. There should be a swap hotkey, or the ability to wield both, or it should be outright impossible to even carry both at the same time so you're stuck with whatever you chose to leave camp with.

+1

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:55 pm

I think he should make it so the backpack can sit in your regular inventory, but it can't be 'open' there... It can only be open on the ground, or on your back.
Also, the armor shouldn't fit in the back pack.
Then, it would work just like weapons (probably cut-n-paste most of the code) where you could right click the item (or now use the hotkeys) to put it in the appropriate body slot.

Lordnine · Post by **Lordnine** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:36 pm

Anyone else with double monitors having trouble since the last patch? When I try to start the game it loads halfway across my 2nd monitor so I cant see left side of the game at all.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:32 pm

Lordnine wrote:Anyone else with double monitors having trouble since the last patch? When I try to start the game it loads halfway across my 2nd monitor so I cant see left side of the game at all.

Just tested it. Nope, although the patch did muck up my video settings and I had to reconfigure them.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:26 am

Beefalo make an excellent hound deterrent. The question is, do beefalo respawn?

And research is way easier. I should finish it this round without too much trouble if I take the time to play. The nice thing about not taking a ton of time to play at a chunk is that I'm more cautious. Maybe I'll live longer and learn more of the game now instead of resetting and taking 20 days to build a solid base camp.

Other changes, you need to fertilize grass when you move it and you can't stack it in the nice tiny plot you used to be able to. The good news is that you don't need to given that grass now produced 3 research and every thing is cheaper to research than it was.

JC Anejo · Post by **JC Anejo** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:41 pm

Why is it that I never found anything to give me fertilizer in multiple plays and a couple of world resets but those damn hounds have found me within a couple days in my last two worlds

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:06 pm

JC Anejo wrote:Why is it that I never found anything to give me fertilizer in multiple plays and a couple of world resets but those damn hounds have found me within a couple days in my last two worlds

Honestly, at this point, because beefalo are so important to "easy" survival, I would generate worlds, walk the edges until I find vast fields that contain beefalo within two days walk and then replay that world from the start. If I was feeling more up for the challenge, I'd play a nomad game until I found a good camp, but I'm not, so I'm not above exploring the world for five minutes and then rebuilding the world if I don't like it.

Hounds coming after you on day 2 is not a problem if you are in a beefalo field, just keep around the beefalo and the hounds will eventually attack the beefalo. In a 1 to 1 fight the beefalo will win, however 2 hounds will take a beefalo, so it's best to run the hounds in a herd and watch the herd pounce.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:35 pm

Had the same problem. Feed pigs flowers and they poop fertilizer.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:46 pm

Now build release(d?) today. Looking for what's in the update but the site appears to be down.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:09 pm

I just watched a youtube video on the Naughty & Nice update (in Spanish, or was it Italian...I think Italian)

(perhaps this is Old news, actually)

the video showed:

Spoiler:

EDIT: I think the site is back up...

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:17 pm

Unagi wrote:
Spoiler:
Looks like they added a large (gilded?) bird cage.
Also, maybe added 'rabbit' meat?? could tell.

And then they showed the guy taking one of the large blue eggs and hatching it near his campfire. and gets a pet little huge-eye bird....
and then some other guy rides into his camp and takes things...

oh boy

Spoiler:

Edit: Not for me.

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Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:18 pm

OK, not sure I like what I saw with the NPC running into his camp and breaking his chest open like that....

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:23 pm

There's also a hidden image in the video you can piece together from the times the video breaks up.

Spoiler:

Hrnac · Post by **Hrnac** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:45 pm

wonderpug wrote:There's also a hidden image in the video you can piece together from the times the video breaks up.

Spoiler:

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:38 pm

NEW FEATURES

Krampus will punish you if you are too naughty.
Don’t make the bees angry.
Spider nests are crawling with activity.
Bird and rabbit traps are more animal friendly.
You can build a bird cage.
You can hatch Tallbird eggs to gain a new friend.
Steam client runs at 60hz on fast computers.
Game saves on exit. It also auto-saves every mornings.
Updated minimap art to make biomes more readable.

GENERAL FIXES:

Traps should work properly again.
Dead pigs respawn more slowly
Tweaked the fire fuel values a bit (they were too high after the hot fixes)
Cooked mandrakes actually have effects now.
Tallbird eggs are no longer stackable.

Have I mentioned how much I love the style/art/vision of this game.

Qantaga · Post by **Qantaga** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:51 pm

LordMortis wrote:
NEW FEATURES
Game saves on exit.

Awesome!

Qantaga · Post by **Qantaga** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:53 pm

LordMortis wrote:
NEW FEATURES

Bird and rabbit traps are more animal friendly.

I'm not sure I understand this. I am now able to capture rabbits, but can I do anything with them other than butcher them?

I think I preferred the old method, unless there's something I'm missing about filling up your inventory with live rabbits.

Jaymon · Post by **Jaymon** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:53 pm

unless there's something I'm missing about filling up your inventory with live rabbits

Filling up your inventory with live rabbits IS the reward

JC Anejo · Post by **JC Anejo** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:11 am

Hopefully the next patch gets rabbit hutches in it so they have more use. Not sure I like the vibe they are sending out that eating meat is "evil" I like the concept of making rabbits less useful as once you had a good rabbit farming traps set up hunger wasn't an issue but this is a big change with the only real good option is becoming a vegetarian or hoping to survive killing evil meat which isn't the easiest early on.

Dr.Awesome · Post by **Dr.Awesome** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:11 pm

Hey guys, I'm new here and this game seems AMAZING, I was wondering if anybody has a spare copy because I'd love to play this game

TiLT · Post by **TiLT** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 7:09 pm

Dr.Awesome wrote:Hey guys, I'm new here and this game seems AMAZING, I was wondering if anybody has a spare copy because I'd love to play this game

Dr. Awesome? Unless your name happens to be Bjørn Lynne, you're using the same nick as a pretty legendary guy from the demo scene.

Dr.Awesome · Post by **Dr.Awesome** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:18 am

TiLT wrote:
Dr.Awesome wrote:Hey guys, I'm new here and this game seems AMAZING, I was wondering if anybody has a spare copy because I'd love to play this game
Dr. Awesome? Unless your name happens to be Bjørn Lynne, you're using the same nick as a pretty legendary guy from the demo scene.

Lol that's not my name, I use this username because I think it's pretty cool

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 2:45 pm

Dr.Awesome wrote:Hey guys, I'm new here and this game seems AMAZING, I was wondering if anybody has a spare copy because I'd love to play this game

Wait - you created a new account to beg for a game that can't be lent out? It's $12 on Steam right now. Go for the AMAZING!

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:36 pm

wonderpug's post reminded me to check in on this game

There's now a Spider Queen

http://www.dontstarvegame.com/blog/" target="_blank

God I love their posters.

You may now go back to your collection of fine hat making.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:44 pm

For some reason, I play this game for like 4-5 days, get my guy all 'established'... and I'm all ready to look into some new content in earnest, then I do something stupid and die.

last time, I never went back and started again. Sigh. I loved my time playing - I just got a little sick of restarting entirely.

Maybe I just don't really need to 'establish' myself as much as I do... I mean - I sit there and farm and collect manuer for weeks until I have a reserve of Stacks of food... then I die from a spider being all stupid/brave.... with a freak'in Amulet in my inventory, none the less.

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:55 pm

I think I'm going to buy this to support Klei but I'll wait until release to play it. At least I'll get $2 off and the giftable copy.

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:12 pm

OK, who wants my giftable copy?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:16 pm

I'll take it.

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:38 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:I'll take it.

OK, I'll shoot it to you this evening.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:59 pm

Thank you very much. I notice that you don't have SpaceChem in that mountain of games. Want a copy?

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:39 am

Isgrimnur wrote:Thank you very much. I notice that you don't have SpaceChem in that mountain of games. Want a copy?

Well, I purposefully haven't picked it up because I've heard it's kind of complicated and I tend to get put off by complicated games. Unless you think I'd like it, don't worry about it.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:40 am

After a few levels, it broke my brain and I haven't been back to it. It definitely requires a certain type of thought process that I do not excel at.

Vix · Post by **Vix** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:33 pm

Two updates have rolled through... they have added food spoilage, a new pet, and the ability to dig up the terrain layer and place it where you want it.

Spoiled Rotten:

Food spoils over long periods of time. Stale and Spoiled foods are less beneficial. Rotten food is practically inedible, but can be used as fuel or fertilizer.
Health and hunger values have been re-tuned across the board. Characters have a larger hunger buffer now.
Crock pot foods are stackable.
You can build a fridge to mitigate spoilage.
New unlockable character: WX78, a robot who can eat spoiled food with no penalties, and who hates all living things.
Steam cloud can be disabled (details here)
Camera controls for streamers/youtubers: CTRL+P will freeze the camera in place. CTRL+H will hide the hud
Smallbirds grow up to become angsty Teenbirds. Teenbirds grow up to be Tallbirds and leave the player.
The mysterious Otto Von Chesterfield can be found in some swamps. (You will need a regen to find him)
Beefalo travel in proper herds now. Herds regenerate off-screen (currently with adults)
Beefalo herds become agitated when they go into heat, and will chase away the player if they are not wearing a beefalo hat.
Beefalo sometimes drop a beefalo horn, which can be used to move beefalos around.
The spiderhat is no longer craftable - you just wear the queen's head directly. It also can't be used to steal spiders from an existing queen.

Turf:

* Butter muffin is no longer invisible in the crock pot
* Items drop from hives when destroyed by Abigail
* Fixed some typos
* Fixed rabbits not respawning from holes sometimes
* Creatures keep their targets between save/loads
* Birds render in the bird trap again
* New items will try to stack into existing backpack/equip stacks
* Fixed an infinite mandrake exploit

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:11 pm

Haven't checked in on this in while

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 45HaGCg-EY" target="_blank

Looking like a whole lotta different game from the last time I checked in.

Vix · Post by **Vix** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:51 am

Insanity! Update is out... it really changes the game a lot. Now you have to cope with sanity in addition to health and hunger. Losing sanity distorts the game world. Oh and they added another new character Wes... he's a mime, and considered "hard mode".

I love this game by the way... oh and they have added modding support so people are making mods.

Full list of updates

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:11 am

Insanity is a good addition to the game. It fits thematically and the art style lends itself very well to it imo.

dbemont · Post by **dbemont** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:45 pm

Been giving this a try, and it seems like fun. But I keep hearing a spear is the essential tool to surviving the hounds around day six, and I have yet to see how to make a spear. Science machine gives many new things, but I don't see that as a choice -- must be blind. But needless to say, i am having trouble getting past about 6 or so days.

Vix · Post by **Vix** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:04 pm

The spear is under the fight tab. Look for two crossed swords.

it takes a rope, two twigs, and a piece of flint (first you have to unlock/make a rope with three grass).

Winter update is coming... video is here...

They have a Livestream Event that will be shown today.