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#1
Ideas / Pickles, Curing, and Canning
October 20, 2016, 06:09:04 AM
So i know there is a mod of this already but i think it could use some twists and get added to the base game as we do need more ways to preserve food, Pemmican is a good stopgap but i think ways to preserve just veggys or just meat are also needed so we have less reliance on giant freezers or rooms stuffed with pemmican for everything.

Historically pickles and cured meats have been around in one form or another since biblical times, And canning was invented in the 1800s, It would make sense for a colony to be able to use these tools for food preservation.

I think having a way for backup long term food storage incase of solar flare/raiders destroying power generation thats not a mix of both produce and meat would be intersting to have, Not to mention it gives places like desert extreme desert ice sheet ect with limited acess to meat or produce early on a decent way to make a stockpile thats not either putting aside meat or survival meals, They would also make a hell of a good trade item, and help clear up needing zones and forbidden on survival meals for emergancy backup.

Now a big downside to these are things like E. coli, botulism, and some kinds of toxic molds or tapeworms for example when improperly prepared or damaged, That and the need for salt or metal (cans) is needed for a more intersting ballenced approach that the mods leave out.

I dont know, Its just something I would like to see, Namely having more food storage options.
#2
General Discussion / Deadly log o psychiatric help
October 20, 2016, 12:48:59 AM
So title pretty much says it but I've tried to use a log to knock some sense into a dazed or berserk pawn and the last 10 times in a row i have used it one of the pawns dies or loses 2-3 limbs....every time, Am i doing something wrong here? or is RNG just trolling me?

Either the pawn dies, The pawn with the log dies, or limbs are destroyed and in one case both pawns died one from a crushed skull the other died as he was being rushed to a bed sans both legs, One wasn't armed the other had a log.....
#3
Stories / The outcasts of Fox peak.
October 10, 2016, 06:34:30 PM
So i posted this elsewhere but i decided i'm going to make a story out of it for you all and see what you think, i'm following the rules for the mega RP (you guys should join its actully pretty fun, Here is the rule set https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YMZkkgFhqUavht54wuFj-ufTzAckghhA9ho2IMBomrM/edit i am using.


Meet the members of Fox peak (so named because i spawned ontop of 5 wild foxes) they started with nothing and are out to make a name for them selves and get revenge on the ones who cast them out.


Meet Gabella the shy but talented crafter, Always quiet but always ready with a warm smile or joke when one takes the time to talk to her, Also known for keeping several shivs in interesting places as some men can't seem to take no for an answer.


And this is Galga the ever curious, Quick witted and smart good with animals and people of all sorts, She also learned to read common from a missionary passing through her village as a child which only fueled her lust for the knowledge of old and lead to her combing through many old wrecks and buildings looking for anything she could find, She still buys books from passing traders with any silver she earns and using these has made many helpful discovery's for her tribe.


And now Val demands his mention, Having been the sole survivor when a maddened swap of rats fell upon his old tribe and killed all through disease and famine he was found and taken in by a larger tribe picking over the ruins of his home, Soon after determined to never let it happen again he learned all he could of plants and growing of medicine and of potions he also learned to read the words of old to make toxins and healing salves both and of manipulating the minds of others, Soon after a large raid where his evil concoctions killed the sky people preventing the loss of a single tribesmen he is haunted and refuses to ever lift a finger to harm again as it comes far too easily now, Soon he left his tribe in spite of their insistence that he saved them all and should be proud not sad and has now find a new band in desperate need of a jack of all trades and intends to use his skills to the best of his ability to preserve them, He also makes a mean human gumbo that makes him a favorite at any party.



Then we have Wolf, One of the most feared war chiefs in the region even by the much more advanced peoples using their thunder wands, As a boy he and his tribe were starving and freezing in the dead of winter when they found an old outpost long abandoned with massive holes and burns and blood covering all the buildings and several broken and scattered skeletons scattered around, The tribe though afraid broke into the old buildings in search of anything useful from pure desperation, What they found changed everything for them, They found a large mostly intact building and upon prying off the doors found food in strange metal jars, Food in stranger cloth packets, Moth eaten but warm winter clothing and strangest of all another large metal room lined with strange blue material none had ever seen before, As they pried the door off they found racks and racks of long strange tubes of various sizes and types and hundreds of crates of long thin brass tubes each crate larger then a muffalo, When one of the tribesmen picked up one of these tubes and pulled a strange protuberance a crack like thunder broke the silence and a huge hole appeared in the roof.

Realizing what these must be the tribe soon learned to operate and maintain them and trained the best of their children with them out of all of whome Wolf was by far the best, As he grew older he soon took the tribe by force and using the thunder sticks brought tribes one by one under his rule, As with all war lords though he was soon betrayed and ousted by one he trusted greedy for power, Stripped of all his weapons and left with only the clothing on his back he was thrust out, A few brave souls fiercely loyal to or more likely still terrified of him followed behind to help him found the tribe of Fox peak, He lives now only to kill anything that gets in his way and spends his days leading the people and honing his incredible strength and aim to a razors edge.



And last but not least is Purple, So named due to the color of his face when he sees the sun, Preferring darkness he has spent his entire life living in deep caves carving out stone and metal for his tribe, He is not much good at anything else but few if any can match his skill with a pick and fewer still can match the speed and skill he can build, Even in the light of day let alone in the dark.


What will Fate dictate for these lost souls? only time will tell.

(i wont have many pictures for the first little bit as i was trying to rush the tribe to midevil so i could be where my old save was before my HDD exploded and didn't think about it :/ sorry)

Soon after arriving on the peak of Fox mountain, So named due to the rather astounding number of them that tended to frequent the area Wolf looks around and nods he turning to the others and pointing out the trees telling them to gather what they could while he scouted out a place for his new tribe to build, After a few hours he find's a cleft in the mountain with two easily defensable paths in from one side and a large open area infront leading down the mountain with good soil and that could in time be reinforced, Wolf nodding his head walks to his friend Purple and asks his opinion, Purple surveys the area as the others bring what they have found and begin to pile it in a small cave and putting fallen branches infront of it to protect their food from the animals as best they can, Soon Purple returns and agrees with his chiefs opinion and they begin to plan huts and walls, All while the others watch still unsure how Purple can be at such ease around Wolf, The man they have seen destroy tribe after tribe.

Soon Wolf and purple give the orders to begin to clear rocks, And plants, Val, Gab, and Gal working side by side as in happier times to clear several areas for huts, Wolf wandering off with a club made of a broken branch hunting the local game while Purple builds a large campfire then using its heat hardens some wood for basic hand tools and using rocks breaks flint, and small bits of obsidian from the mountain into knives and chisels, All while softening some loose steel found near a rockface to work into crude hammers, Axe's, and picks.

Soon he has some crude but acceptable tools and hands out the axes to the other's While handing a small bow to Wolf who in a rare gesture smiles and nods while he hands Val a hare to clean and cook, The others unsure how he managed to crack its skull as they are fast and very hard to catch.

After many weeks they have a small but humble village and have been joined by a new member named Croio



Not the nicest person any have met but useful overall, Plus he got instantly on Wolfs good side by giving him an old battered and worn pistol with several boxes of ammo, This making Wolf's pleased enough to grant him a place with the tribe, Though also on his first day Gab had to stick him in the leg when he insulted her, A few days later Gabs sister Tona also tried to join but led by Gab the others decided that when Tona's first act upon arrival was to walk into the store room and smoke almost the entire supply of smokeleaf bought from a passing visitor and being saved for emergency's and remembering both the time she almost burned down the village when she got angry and set huts on fire and how bitchy and lazy she was, In addition to always demanding a giant room with pretty things and swiping medical supplies to get high with or going on fire starting sprees when she didn't get it, Compounded by the fact she was always calling her self a sheriff like out of a traders story book while using this as an excuse for refusing to do almost anything, They beat her over the head with a log, Then arrested her and then threw her out having neither the time, resources or the energy for a freeloader who tends to set things on fire at the drop of a hat and steals medical supplies just because she enjoys being stoned, She screaming she was going back to the old tribe and would get her revenge as she left.

After several month's a small group passes by



Though they don't have much to trade they have a few small packets of healroot that are still viable to plant, So the colony trades a good meal and some old clothing for a couple of packets which Val then plants knowing just how valuable these are to the tribe, While the visitors eat one of them complains about how he has several old books he has been trying to sell for years and is now reduced to using them to start fires, Galga upon hearing this perks up and asks to see them the visitor obliging and bringing them out to show her, Upon seeing the contents she gasps and trades her entire stash of silver for them and runs into her room to the bemusement of all involved locking the door behind her.

Soon after the visitors leave Wolf walks in to ask what the hell has gotten into her and she explains they are instruction manuals for things such as stone working, cooking, tool making, clothing, walls and even weapons of the exact type the one tribe wolf was unable to topple used he looking at her slack jawed in awe in a trembling voice he asks if she can replicate the designs and show his people how to make them to which she smiles and nods telling him yes she can but it will take time to read through the passages and to understand several new concepts then to teach them to the others, Wolf simply smiles and pats her on the back and tells her he is proud of her, This making her own jaw drop as praise from Wolf is even more rare then large herds of Thrumbos, It in fact the first time she has ever even heard of him giving a compliment even to his best friend Purple.



After a year has passed and the tribe has grown and is starting to prosper having survived the harsh winter thanks in no small part to Wolf's skill with a thunder stick and a lucky find when a pirate band attacked and was fought off but not before one of them dropped an old shotgun and a satchel of paper shells in the snow when he fled for his life, the huts have vanished and a small village has sprung up made from one large building to easier keep warm in the winter, even a fenced off field and barn with plans to expand even more.



During this time two new members have joined the band, One a wanderer from the old tribe the other captured during a raid, The first Gawen having talked his way into the camp when he showed that he was as skilled at mining and building as Purple who also took a liking to him, Gawen was also happy to work with the tribes animals as well as haul and clean



The second viper a woman that Wolf knew from a rival tribe was good at shooting and growing was soon coaxed into joining the tribe, Though wolf still disliked her after she managed to knock him out with a lucky blow with a club in a rather sensitive area.



Soon a bulk goods trader arrives from another tribe having some much needed supplies including a small sack of devilstrand spores.



The joy the colony felt at finally being able to grow a source of cloth and the anticipation of having new soft clothing and warm sheets prompted Val to walk upto Gabella and declare his love to which Gabella accepted with joy, Soon the new couple approached wolf and asked if he would give them his blessing and allow them to wed to which he gave his approval the wedding taking place a few days later.



Soon the colony grew to the point they began to have a surplus and build a cart to trade with others in the area hoping to get some of the many things they still needed to really prosper, They even managed to build some ballista at the 2 choke points like wolf wanted after a metal man blew the arm off of Purple with a cannon none had ever seen before.



For now our tale pauses what does the future hold for our slowly advancing tribe? Just wait and we will all find out together.
#4
Ideas / New endgame?
October 09, 2016, 06:11:44 PM
So im sure this has been suggested before but i didnt see it in the FAQ thread and google came up blank so....

Currently the only way to "win" is build a ship and leave, How about an endgame where if you last X years and build X wealth with X numver of colonists for X time and actully colonize the planet you win.

Could even take it one step further if the ability to have several towns on the same map trading back and forth is ever introduced and require X number of citys/outposts.

Always thought it strange the only way to win is to leave, Afterall if you have a good town going with tons of food and resources that is comfy a lot of people may like to settle down.
#5
Ideas / Raider "decorations"
October 07, 2016, 12:16:01 PM
so seeing as im half asleep and halloween is coming up, I figure ill post a boneheaded idea and see what the reactions are.

Namely we tend to have a lot of bodys so i was thinking of a few things to spruce up the base in a "this place is full of psycos lets avoid it" kinda way by adding items such as heads/skulls on stakes, Cages with dead bodys hung from doors, Or hanging them from trees, perhaps tying them to a cross untill they starve to act as raider scarecrows.

Positives could be -5 to -20 mood on raiders,
Small mood boost to colonists with bloodlust canibal or psycopath traits, And perhaps ward animals away from fields in X radius, Maybe even a small buff to traders at war with X faction.

cons could be a medium debuff for normal colonists, a small chance to enrage raiders to the point they wont stop attacking until all dead or tiny chance to spark huge double size raids, and maybe a small chance to attract hungry preditors and give them a manhunter debuff when eaten, and could give a -5 to -10 debuff to non psyco/canibal/bloodlust traders and raise prices a bit.

Granted im a bit of a sadist and want more creative ways to tortu......err use the fallen and living of my enemys in intersting and useful ways.

Sorry if this has been brought up before but i still want my tribals to be able to spike the heads of the enemy and scare them shitless and figured i would put the idea out there before i crash.

p.s forgive my poor spelling/grammer my brain is half fried from a 16 hour shift (yay trucking /sarcasm) and ill fix it when it dosent feel like my eyeballs have been popped out rolled in metal shavings and sandpaper grit then replaced backwards by a drunk surgon with palsy.
#6
Mods / [Mod request] designate food
September 30, 2016, 07:52:12 PM
so forgive me if there is a mod that does this i looked through the steam workshop and 15 pages here and didnt see it if there is, that said i would like a mod to designate who gets what food, I.E i can have my canabal eat human meat, my greedy bastard eat fine meals and feed my prisioners raw potatos or paste.

thank you in advance.
#7
Ideas / Trader ship ideas
September 17, 2016, 07:03:51 AM
So based on another post tynan made he wants traders to play a bigger role in the game so i was thinking perhaps specialty equipment sold by them only repairable through advanced parts or requireing advanced fuels or chems also bought from traders.

Its not reasionable that a small colony could make everything or even specialized equipment sure some things can be cludged together with salvage or are so simple a monkey could make them I.E how hard is a knife and a stone or wood slab to butcher an animal? So why not buy advanced or complicated equipment from traders?

Some things could be a machine that cuts stone blocks, it could either make more for your materials say 30 instead of 20, add 10-25% more hp, or even make new kinds entirely like reinfoced concrete blocks for walls or gold guilded engraved walls for bedrooms that are very pretty, but needs replacment parts often.

An advanced drug lab that could make pharmacuticals for say glitterworld meds or pain killers or other things but requires special chems and clothing that needs to be bought

How about a high tech stove that can turn wasted food from lavish meals into kibble but only 1 or 2 at a time and draws 3 or 4 times the power?

How about hardend work beches and or hydroponics that have a small chance of short circut but can function duing a solar flare and require special parts to fix

Maybe sell special power plant upgrades such as high efficiency solar cells, improved wind generators ect that increase how much power you get but are ahh...expensive and perhaps explosive.

How about charge turrets with longer range more hp and damage but are power sinks and set things on fire when they explode?

Theres a bunch of fun stuff you could do with traders and these are only some of my ideas, gotta make sure they have downsides aside from being expensive of course or what fun is the game without someone getting sucked into a stone lathe and losing an arm.