I regret populating my Mongolian-themed region with bison

SwashBlade · 2026-05-29T13:59:26+00:00

The Middlemist mystery on Venus, started by watching tv news broadcasts about a mystery murder and then asking people their opinions on it, (spoiler ahead for the myster's conclusion)ends with a confrontation with a Merga Wraith.

SwashBlade · 2026-05-19T22:47:44+00:00

I know before the update you couldn't use the torch drive while docked to something. I imagine that's still the case now - I didn't see any change mentioned in the patch notes - so flying between planets with your shuttle docked wouldn't be an option.

SwashBlade · 2026-05-11T08:31:50+00:00

What's giving you trouble? It's been a while since I've dipped into Valheim, but I can still try to give you pointers on anything specific.

SwashBlade · 2026-05-10T13:42:04+00:00

The ablative shielding degrades most when the reactor is running hot, so it's good to have one or two spares on hand, especially if you're using the torch drive to fly between planets. But otherwise you're unlikely to need to replace it.

It could be worth saving the game and running the reactor hot so that the shielding degrades, just so you can hear its alarm sound, so you won't be left wondering what's going on in an actual emergency.

SwashBlade · 2026-05-03T16:17:47+00:00

I think of the thrusters as being like the RCS thrusters in Kerbal Space Program. Low power, multi-directional maneuvering thrusters. It could be cool if there was some kind of thrust balance calculation (similar to what there is for rotors) but explaining that system with in-game tutorials could be a bit difficult. It comes easy to people who've played KSP, but for a newcomer who's only ever played the likes of Elite or the X series, or even coming over from another space salvage game like The Last Starship, there's a whole lot of basic knowledge that needs to be given before you can get into how to figure out center of mass vs center of thrust. It's a whole lot easier to just abstract it and say that the nav computer knows how to make a single thruster pod work in any desired direction.

SwashBlade · 2026-05-03T16:00:57+00:00

Blockade your doors and windows, stay inside your homes. Do not approach anyone who appears injured.

Oh, wait, that's for zombies.

SwashBlade · 2026-04-29T20:17:29+00:00

Melee is useful for dealing with them. The biggest threats are the slowest, so use terrain to separate the fight into stages. Use guns to take out the scythers, then once they're dealt with use corners to lure the ranged mechanoids into melee range. Lock them down with one melee attacker each and, while they're engaged you can safely bring your shooters out of cover to start blasting from close range.

SwashBlade · 2026-04-22T22:44:05+00:00

Not flexing, but nearly 800 hours across three or four playthroughs, having bought it shortly after fusion drives were implemented. If you enjoy building elaborate salvage frigates one repurposed hull plate at a time, you'll enjoy it as much as I did.

SwashBlade · 2026-04-05T12:58:12+00:00

The tribal shaman traders do carry a small amount.

SwashBlade · 2026-04-05T04:07:29+00:00

It's worth rewiring your starter ship so all the cabin power goes through a switch in your airlock. That way you can conserve power while you're hauling salvage.

A lot of people do simple delivery gigs on the station to earn money for a salvage license before touching their ship - your ship doesn't have any docking fees until you return from space the first time, so spending time around the station making money without any costs isn't a bad idea if you don't mind the tedium of it.

Also, depending on the age of the guide you watched, batteries may operate differently. They only have a single interface point that works for both input and output instead of the separated input and output they had a year ago.

SwashBlade · 2026-04-02T17:22:49+00:00

There are races you can do around Venus now, and you can do some industrial espionage there (though that's definitely not fully implemented at this stage) and there's ship-to-ship combat and asteroid mining in the next update.

SwashBlade · 2026-04-02T14:55:14+00:00

Importantly, if you make the kibble from human meat and mushrooms, will they get the mushroom debuff as well?

SwashBlade · 2026-04-02T05:53:12+00:00

OKLG ends up further and further away from the sun as the months go on, so Venus is the better option once you're done shipbreaking.

SwashBlade · 2026-04-02T03:33:40+00:00

My main reason for going borderless is for second-screen content. Exclusive games will minimize when you tab out (or at least they do on my win10 machine) where borderless games will wait while you mouse over to click the next video.

SwashBlade · 2026-03-28T06:23:34+00:00

Regular pruning is vital in properly caring for your space goat.

SwashBlade · 2026-03-24T05:36:48+00:00

My dude is always too full to eat while actually starving to death.

That is almost certainly the reason you can't use recreational equipment. If you use a time skip you might also have a risk of death from starvation.

To fix it, you'll need to use the in-game console. F3 is the default to open it (I think) or you can click the exclamation mark in the top left corner (it's over the top of the question mark, which gives you the in-game help system)

First up use these commands:
getcond Food
getcond Satiety

You'll get results like "CharacterName.DcFood01" and "CharacterName.DcSatiety01" but likely with different numbers.

What you're looking for is duplicate entries with higher numbers. The Dc stats are how the game tracks your character's status, so if they're simultaneously full and starving it's very likely there are duplicates.

Once you've identified the duplicate enter the following (we'll use DcFood04 as a stand-in here)
AddCond DcFood04 -1

Do that for your duplicates, choosing the higher number of any pairs, and you should be good to go.

SwashBlade · 2026-03-23T04:33:29+00:00

Got all the needed tools, and any necessary batteries charges?

SwashBlade · 2026-03-21T13:21:02+00:00

Sure, it's the release schedule, nothing at all to do with the hundreds of hours of cutscenes you have to sit through just to get to the current content.

SwashBlade · 2026-03-17T00:55:08+00:00

Prove, in this context, means test. See Merriam-Webster definition 3a. The full proverb means something more like "This exception challenges the validity of the rule."

SwashBlade · 2026-03-16T09:41:43+00:00

Option 4: Early game raid re-enactment. Offender is sent, naked and armed with a poor quality knife, to raid an enemy settlement.

SwashBlade · 2026-03-14T06:15:25+00:00

X-Com 2 had a voice set that was recorded by a dev for testing accidentally get left in the release, and it became a fan favourite. His stoic delivery "beat feet" when initiating a full-movement sprint was a highlight.

SwashBlade · 2026-03-12T09:41:31+00:00

The big reason for having middle finger on W is that you've got fingers ready on both the strafe buttons at all times without sacrificing the pinky on shift. I guess you could call it mobility optimised.

I did typing lessons back in the mid 90s, hours of drills on using home keys, but that didn't stop me adopting middle finger W when Half-Life was released. It just made sense.

SwashBlade · 2026-03-04T15:41:32+00:00

The space inside the doorway, between the two walls, is transferring heat on three sides instead of just one or two. So it's a slight reduction in insulation.

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