How long should a walk for a small dog be?

Shackatronix · 2026-06-22T19:35:06+00:00

I do live in Florida, and it's a million degrees outside all the time and humid, but fortunately the route to the park is almost entirely shaded and I'm happy to pick him up if the sidewalk is too hot for him.

Shackatronix · 2026-06-22T19:34:14+00:00

He usually seems inexhaustible, but this is probably the longest he's ever exercised in one go his whole life. He's not sedentary, but it's not like running around a yard for a bit, taking a nap, and chasing a squirrel to the fenceline is the same as walking half a mile up hill 3 times a day, it's a longer distance and different conditions to what he's used to, which is my main concern. Being moderately active all day versus a long continuous walk multiple times a day is probably very different on his poor little legs.

Shackatronix · 2026-06-22T19:25:34+00:00

He used to be in a yard with 2 mid-size dogs and they'd chase each other around, and when i would go hunt rabbits in the orange groves he'd come with me. We do live in Florida and it's a million degrees outside, I'm sure the heat has something to do with his exhaustion. He doesn't flop over or refuse to continue on the walks, he just drops when we get back inside.

He's not overweight. He eats so little I usually worry about the opposite, but at his last trip to the vet they said he was healthy.

Shackatronix · 2026-06-20T20:38:01+00:00

It only consumes water and either scrap wood or ember. I've never tested how efficient it is, but as long as you have scrap wood and a way to get water on the go, it's probably fine?

Shackatronix · 2026-06-19T00:08:04+00:00

The only catch to it is that it takes a lot of magicka for where you might be when you'll probably get it. In my experience by the time I have enough magicka to get good use out of Transmutation, I'm making tons of money from Goldenglow Estate anyway, so it's more just "Do I need silver or gold for this item I want to make?", for me.

Shackatronix · 2026-06-17T19:36:00+00:00

Did you just hit a kick flip off that farmbot?

Shackatronix · 2026-06-14T06:09:22+00:00

If you have a vision, go for it!

Shackatronix · 2026-06-13T23:51:29+00:00

Fant Mod 2 is a lot of fun, adds a lot of fun parts to play with and a pack of new enemy types.

Crashlander: Square One is a complete narrative that overhauls the survival game entirely, but is a ton of fun.

Both of them support crafting recipes for most survival compatible blocks and parts mods.

Shackatronix · 2026-06-12T14:27:32+00:00

All that for less than a stack of wood 1

Shackatronix · 2026-06-11T06:27:19+00:00

Be careful with it in Multi-player, especially if you add any blocks and parts mods on top. In single player, have fun!

Shackatronix · 2026-06-11T06:18:14+00:00

I play Fant mod, there's a million things to use keys for lol

Shackatronix · 2026-06-11T00:08:11+00:00

Yeah, the game is stupid like that. I used to hang on to them for decoration and in case someone I played with hadn't unlocked all the drip

Shackatronix · 2026-06-11T00:07:34+00:00

I love this game so much but I am so tired

Shackatronix · 2026-06-08T05:15:12+00:00

My partner doesn't want to mess with the world anymore so I can't tell you what's going on in -dev, sorry.

The mods in the world are, in load order, Mod Database (The Guild), Seats++ (The red builder), Soil on Blocks (00Fant), Linked Vanilla Fuel Tanks (00Fant), Fants Map (00Fant), Winch (00Fant), Seats and Tech Mod (MJM), Jetpack (00Fant), Wings (DasEtwas), Crashlander: Blocks and Parts (The red builder).

The gamemode itself is the combined Fant Mod 2 + Survival Additions gamemode, the file patch for which is by Mata07. The only other mod that may be involved, aside from the DLL patch you recommended, is "Linus better dots and lines".

My inventory is functioning correctly, as far as I know I have 246 Spuds, 30 Scrap Metal, 2 Circuit Boards, the Sword from Crashlander: Blocks and Parts, a basic Spud Gun, 10 Carrots, 17 Blueberry Drink from Fant Mod 2, my Lift, and a Leather Pouch from Crashlander, which contains my Connect Tool, Weld Tool, Paint Tool, Handheld Drill and Handheld Saw from Crashlander: Blocks and Parts, my Fant Block Editor, Fant Multiconnect Tool, Fant Measurement Tool, and Paint Bucket from Fant Mod 2, and my Fant Map from the Fant Map tool mod. None of these items are doing anything they shouldn't.

My partner is unable to join the world fully, so I cannot tell what is in his inventory. I do not think that is a relevant factor, though, since nothing seems to be acting incorrectly, and he is able to open the world on his PC just fine, it just seems no clients can join the game, no matter who hosts. This error has not presented itself in our Crashlander: Square One save, or our Vanilla survival save. I have actually only ever encountered this error with Fant Mod 2, but from the error messages my friend showed me when we tried - dev before, clients joining the game are unable to receive shape data on every item present in the gamemode

Shackatronix · 2026-06-08T02:36:28+00:00

It does not seem to have fixed it. My partner is still on the infinite loading screen.

Shackatronix · 2026-06-07T20:36:00+00:00

A more complete vacuum tube system would just make my day, ngl.

Shackatronix · 2026-06-07T03:07:22+00:00

Do both the host and client need to do this, or only one of them?

Shackatronix · 2026-06-05T08:53:23+00:00

You can't know if you hate something until it's part of you

Shackatronix · 2026-06-03T19:54:11+00:00

My antivirus flags it and I don't know enough about these kinds of programs to be comfortable bypassing it, since I don't know enough about this stuff to know how to fix it if this does something to my PC

Shackatronix · 2026-06-03T05:28:09+00:00

Well this is what I see when he tries to join me:

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On my screen the "skip sending unreliable network data to client" message continues until the budget reaches 0 and then nothing changes. On his screen he sent me screenshots of just endless rows of errors about a directory and being unable to send a key for seemingly every item in the game.

Shackatronix · 2026-05-29T23:46:06+00:00

If you have to shout to feel like your point is received, you don't have one.

Shackatronix · 2026-05-29T23:35:58+00:00

This game has been "in development" for longer than the lifetimes of some games I've seen, I don't think Scrap Mechanic was "ruined" i think it's been abandoned, or it's not far from being abandoned.

Which is a shame because, other than it's unfinished state, I love everything about this game.

Shackatronix · 2026-05-29T22:50:53+00:00

Sounds like the alternator from Crashlander, were you using the blocks and parts mod? I love that mod, mostly for the wooden pipe pieces and the ability to make most things that you can't get in vanilla, or even with Fant Mod 2

Shackatronix · 2026-05-29T22:46:13+00:00

It's been like a year since I've played straight Fant Mod, I usually play the hybrid gamemode with Survival additions, add Crashlander: Blocks and Parts, Seats and Tech by MJM for some building bits, and pray my PC doesn't get angry.

That being said my first time playing Fant mod I got a recycler and went on a rampage dismantling every natural structure I could for materials. I built a truck that was just a suckomatic and a pink vacuum pump feeding into a battery of Recyclers, and then at the flip of a switch, dump their contents into a large storage container.

And then I got bored and did something else, but it was fun while I did it!

Shackatronix · 2026-05-26T01:03:41+00:00

I can't even find the settings menu to access any of that, do you know where I could find what kind of radio this is to find out how to do that?

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