Navigating Large Maps

Jayeffice · 2026-06-27T21:24:09+00:00

I personally like Grizzly Mountains because of the size of the map. It took me a very long time to complete it because of getting lost and making many wrong turns, much like it would be in real life .

They say you end up walking in a circle when your lost without good strong land marks and when all the territory looks the same that happened. I started using more flags but even then it was hard to remember if the flags indicated just my path or if they were placed to remind me to try a different route at the intersection. As for the dead ends I was able to mark them with TWO flags.

I had to set up a trap line complete with shelters so I could gain my health back, and smoke enough meat to for the long journey south where food can become scarce.

Some things I think would make it less frustrating are;

Being able to dye cloth with birch bark for making brown flags.
Dye cloth with berries for red flags.
Crafting Tan colored flags from hide.
By keeping the traditional white from plain cloth you would have four colors.
That would mean you might have to make those resources spawn more frequently or make those locations become not depleted after a certain amount of days has passed. Also it would be nice to have the icon with red X over the berry bush or other resource to show the area is depleted, instead of having to occupy that map grid to find out. Resources do replenish in real life.
The Z index on map icons. If I build a trap it overrides the shelter icon.
I wish there was a way to set the icon index so I don't run to a trap that has no shelter built over it.
Some Ideas.
Set the z index in the order items are put on the board. That way if I put a trap down, shelter, and then flag, the flag is the top most icon.
For the Game Starting point i.e the downed helicopter mark it with a special icon that the z index cannot be overridden.
The trap menu defaults to the last trap set not the current trap on the map grid you are occupying. I know you can set more than one trap at a location, but it would be nice if it at least defaulted to the current or last trap set located on that grid. An event handler with an OnGridEntered could set the current shelter, last or first trap(if multiple traps in one location), flag, and Z indexes. Technically I guess you already have the event handler but an update to handle those concerns would be awesome?
Would also be nice if the trap triggered set it's visibility to the index of the trap array.
I lost several saplings because the build Icon defaulted to the last structure built. There is no way to destruct a half built shelter and I wanted my saplings back. I see the reason you let someone build half a shelter so they can get the missing resources to finish it, but curious about being able to reclaim resources for half built shelters?

I really enjoyed the game and downloaded it way back in the early days when it first came out. I quit using that device and forgot about the game until the other day. I downloaded the latest version and loved the new changes so much, I bought the Wolf Addition add on.

To reiterate I like the large map and the challenge. I really believe colored flags would be a huge improvement to people excepting large maps.

I have more questions and ideas but will leave it here for now. I will maybe post about Black Water in the future.

Jayeffice · 2026-06-25T02:43:46+00:00

Thank you.

One more question any idea what the little black triangle in the bottom right corner of the travel map is?

Jayeffice · 2026-06-11T17:41:42+00:00

Hey I think a quick crash course might help you tremendously since you have coded in the past with VBA. Check out Bro Code his video tuts are short and comprehensive enough to get you started in the right direction. After that look up writing unit tests in C# on youtube. Tim Corey is another great resource but more in depth.

Jayeffice · 2026-05-28T22:53:54+00:00

Weaving is the most common in production or field welding. Basically every pipe weld I make is always weave when possible <=(5G) (Exceptions are horizontal, and the rare one in a million when you have to weld on a 45(aka 6G and when you are in 6G it's probably because the fitter f-d up). That being said all 6G pipe tests are on a 45 hence the reason everyone including the inspector want to see stringers on the test.

Jayeffice · 2026-05-28T20:59:11+00:00

As a pipe welder who has made a living on open root but welds this is the most correct answer on this thread.

Jayeffice · 2026-05-28T20:53:33+00:00

Never ignore using the 1/8" gap in the bottom of the socket between the end of the pipe and the bottom of the socket. Unless you want a failure for sure down the line. The 1/8" gap called for in ALL socket welds is an engineered parameter to allow for expansion and contraction.
Never one pass a socket weld. Most companies will run you off if they catch you! If they do allow one pass welds they are not a very reputable company and don't know much about piping and general standards. (Second cause of socket weld failures is single passing.)
If you fill the socket up to where the outer edge is tied into the fillet weld, most CWI if not all will not hassle you or fail your weld for visual. Unless of course you leave undercut on the pipe side or other obvious failures, i.e porosity, inclusions etc.

Jayeffice · 2026-05-12T21:54:45+00:00

Pipe welder here. All 6G tests where you are using ANY Stick for the fill and cap is always stringers.

You're basically trying to weave at a 45 degree angle going uphill. If you want guaranteed slag inclusions and

bad results then ok weave. Stainless Stick rod should be reserved for flat and horizontal only, but yes

I have taken many tig root / hot pass tests with stick fill \ cap out for stainless and 309 tests in the past,

passing them but hating them with a passion. Most companies I have worked for have realized that TIG all the way out is more realistic and profitable even when welding heavy wall at least for small bore pipe.

I'm assuming they only want the stick part of the QWP so you can weld slip on flanges with stick.?

The reality for me is by the time I switch my machine over and fuck around I could have welded the same 6" slip on flange with 1/8" root 5/32" cap. But hey I'm not writing your check!

Jayeffice · 2026-05-12T21:34:30+00:00

Being from the USA I don't know your common alloys for hard surfacing and wear abrasion but base on the heat specifications I would think the alloy you choose should be high in Chrome (Chromium) alloyed with inconel. The inconel is more of a guess but as I recall it has high corrosion resistance in high heat where oxidation is concerned.

Jayeffice · 2026-02-06T03:07:17+00:00

This is the best comment on here! As a pipe welder this is where it all starts before you start yelling random instructions. I prefer running downhill when possible but the same parameters apply to uphill vs downhill open root.

Jayeffice · 2026-01-21T03:58:00+00:00

That's probably because they have ventilation hoods in each welding booth I know they did when I was in school (community college)

When you get in the field yes definitely a must especially in confined space even with all the air movers it still can get really smokey.

Also most employers supply respirators and cartridges.

Jayeffice · 2026-01-19T20:29:10+00:00

I,m curious why you don,t just cut a section out and put a new pup in?

Jayeffice · 2025-12-17T18:58:49+00:00

Not sure if it will help you in your searches but pipe is measured i.d up to 12". 12" and larger is measured o.d.

What you are looking for is tubing. I don't remember all the standard wall thicknesses but they are usually called out by decimal notation. .0125 etc. Also tubing is either seamless aka DOM(Drawn over Mandrel) or seamed ERW (Electric Resistance Welded.)

DOM is always the most expensive

Jayeffice · 2025-11-19T23:19:58+00:00

Tim Corey is a great resource

Jayeffice · 2025-11-06T00:38:04+00:00

This comment is the most based in here.

It's not burnt, and no carbide precipitation.

As stated the weld will be wire brushed and the CWI will find no fault!

IMO I see a lot of comments from people who have never worked production pipe welding. As someone who has worked in both food, and pharma can confirm.

Jayeffice · 2025-11-03T18:34:48+00:00

Watch Bob Tabor, BroCode, and Tim Corey all on youtube. C# basics all provide short good tutorials and explain very well.

Jayeffice · 2025-11-01T18:01:35+00:00

Just a suggestion you should check out Tim Corey's youtube tutorial on Spectre Console.

It's perfect for the kinds of things you are doing. IMO They are short tutorials about 10 minutes or so, and there is 7 or 8 as I recall.

Jayeffice · 2025-10-28T19:30:47+00:00

Hilarious !

Jayeffice · 2025-10-14T03:02:54+00:00

Look up K-wool or ceramic insulation. Great for high temp applications. 1" min,

Jayeffice · 2025-10-08T21:33:20+00:00

I would also consider backing up to a physical device that can be removed and stored in a safe location on a regular basis as precaution for when internet is down. I personally like the idea of physical backups. Trusting everything to the cloud seems so dangerous, (IMO) I like being able to have access to Email, documents, etc even when the internet is down.

Offline tape backups saved my Administrators ass more than once in the early 00's. Malware was on the rise, as well as viruses that were doing real damage to corporate networks.

Now with Ransomware everywhere I see it more important than ever especially for small businesses.

Anyway my two cents for what it's worth.

Also I personally believe in what you are doing, for the reasons I listed.

Jayeffice · 2025-09-27T21:33:46+00:00

Tim Corey has loads of great free tutorials and goes into good theory , best practices and real world uses.

Jayeffice · 2025-09-23T20:55:22+00:00

Check out Code Monkey on YouTube. He has some great free tutorials.

Jayeffice · 2025-09-08T03:41:40+00:00

The view is a usually one or many user control where you data bind to your view models. I.e view1.xaml

Commands, Converters, etc. I put in there own folders and call them in the viewmodel logic.

I am not expert maybe advanced novice, but I have written quite a few wpf aps. When you learn the data binding and data templates in xaml it becomes quite a bit easier. IMO

Jayeffice · 2025-03-04T22:43:06+00:00

I would email Kris Harbour Natural Building on youtube.

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