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Yeah, it used to be enough to have no windows on ground level. Now they do spawn hordes even when there is no line of sight to you. I guess it´s not just sight anymore but also sound and movement. Which means you can still hide from them if you recognize them early enough.

@LumineAs you have mods installed, uninstall them, verify the game files and see if it runs without mods. If it does, run every mod on it´s own to find the one causing problems.

If using a boat mod i would suggest the Teragon map generator. The rivers are actually connected to lakes or lead to the ocean.

Mostly hunting, a short walk away from my base, a few sneaky kitchen and garage loots, mailboxes and organizing a bit. It´s really just the first two nights, after that you have some points already and can deal with them better. There is enough to do.

@RipClaw My point is that if you do it wrong you will get screamers. We need to adapt now instead of wanting the old system back. The video shows a guy forcing screamers. You could do that in the morning of day 2 before V1.0 also.

@RipClaw I mean that´s a bad example. He clearly wants the baton to suck because he hates it. He knew exactly that this was going to happen and if he wanted he could have avoided it, it´s not like he doesn´t know how to avoid that. Youtubers are often a bad example. They play in a way that is attractive for viewers and that´s not always the best way to play.

Day one never happened to me so far. But i don´t use a torch in my first POI, i don´t mine during the first few nights. Neither do i cook and smelt in the forge at the same time. And ofc no dew collector on day one. That´s the 101 of the apocalypse to be careful when you have nothing. Stay elevated, keep the noise down, run away if needed. It´s manageable.

It would be much easier if appdata wasn´t a hidden folder. There have been a lot of people being clueless how to find their save games due to that.. Did they change this for WIN11?

We had a few fresh starts in a group of 3-4 and never managed to get a screamer on day one. Day two yeah ofc they will come, because in coop you can easily get 3 forges going along with 2 campfires. In SP you just need to pay a bit of attention what you are doing. I don´t really see a problem here when they can spawn on day one. It´s a zombie apocalypse, being careful is the 101 of surviving it.

Khaine did a mod where they only spawn at 100% heat. It´s a guaranteed spawn then though.

I just found 2 crucibles back to back at 2 trader forges.

@RolandNothing lost in translation. You said it wasn´t their main goal to nerf duct tape. But if you plan on making duct tape cost significantly more cloth, you clearly know that you are mainly nerfing duct tape production as it is the most crafted item that needs cloth. So yes, i say it was their goal. And if you claim it wasn´t their goal, you imply they didn´t realize what the change will do. Wich is not very flattering. And yes ofc we do plant cotton. But that takes a while to establish for the amounts we need, takes up a lot of space and until then it´s hunting for cloth.

So you are saying they didn´t know before that this will only influence duct tape production severely and that everything else won´t be effected that hard? Really? Not a very flattering opinion on the devs you have there.... Anyways, i hope they change something there. Maybe more water needed instead of cloth. Right now vanilla game play in Coop is that a huge part of time is spent going for cloth and magazines. All the time. It´s the cloth and magazin hunting simulator.

Are you trying to imply that they didn´t exactly know that this will influence mostly duct tape production? I didn´t even recognize that other recipe costs have gone up. That part can be neglected tbh.

The anti duct tape part would be the amount of cloth you need to craft them now.