Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Tawa]

Tailor kitting everything with wool or fur may also help... Ah... Winter clothing, like the winter survivor suit?

The installation was always screwy and I'm still playing 0.A, and the Winter Survivor Suit somehow does next to nothing in -20^o temperatures.

[gimlet]

Yea look in the Item Browser and sort by Warmth.   I've been trying wearing a down-filled blanket while walking around in safe areas and for the trip back up, but I don't know if the slowdown is worse than the added warmth. 

ED:  Oh yeah, even in the current version Winter Survivor Suit is 75 warmth, that's just a drop in the bucket in real cold.  Use every layer, I think I had multiple layers of the thermal electric stuff (pretty sure that was in 0.A) and it still wasn't enough in the lower lab.

[Rince Wind]

You can survive for quite some time even if you are freezing.

[Tawa]

Frostbite.

[gimlet]

Yeah but it's a pain to recover from frostbite, plus the "cold" status kills your stats making it more dangerous to fight, and even more importantly reduces Loot Carrying Capacity!

ED:  Oh, I think it  adds to Fatigue really quickly, or maybe it's the big mouth encumbrance, but I go to Dead-tired FAST.  I'd hate to hang around too long and hit forced sleep...

[Teneb]

I wonder, would carrying flammable stuff and dumping them around to set them on fire help with the cold? If so, you could probably create "safe zones" by setting stuff on fire... unless, of course, the fire spread onto everything else.

[gimlet]

I did think of carrying a bunch of rocks down, building a fireplace a few levels up next to a bed with blankets to rest in.  Plenty of wood in labs, and it would make a handy basecamp to recover in.

Ed:  Hmm or the stuff to build a wood stove, that's only 1 hr vs 2 for fireplace and a little lighter to haul out again.

[Arcvasti]

Yeah, ice labs are a pain. Usually I deal with them by memorizing the shortest route to the level I'm exploring and spending as little time travelling as possible. Wearing a nice cloak and warm clothes helps on the upper levels, but the really cold ones near the bottom I make hit-and-run looting trips for.

[ShinQuickMan]

If you need a contained fire, make braziers. They only require sheet metals, easily extracted from a vehicle. Much faster than and easier than making a fireplace/wood stove. Just be sure to have enough environmental protection to avoid choking on smoke.

[UristMcDwarf]

or a fireplace, they don't even spread smoke

[gimlet]

Well, fireplace 2 hours to build, 40 inventory, 70 lbs,  collecting rocks is a pain and I'd rather not disassemble and carry it out.  Wood stove 1 hour to build, carry tank in arms up or down, 12.5 lbs so nod to the wood stove, plus it can be dragged around the level to move base camp for a different down stairs.  Brazier can be carried around, definite plus, but I'd rather not have the smoke at all.

[Tawa]

Hm... brazier sounds like a good plan. I'll do that for my next lab run.

[Graknorke]

Brazier leaves smoke though, which is not good. Especially inside because it just doesn't go away.

[micelus]

Does this game still work on windows 10?

[Aseaheru]

Test it and see, oh magic man. *wiggles fingers*