u/Aeon_Return

Im finally getting a PS5 and there were two survival games I vaguely remember thinking I wanted to get. I'm not 100% sure they are both on PS5 (they could be PC only) but here's what I recall:

one was set in maybe the Yucatan or Caribbean and it might have had a historical 1700s setting? People said it was like The Long Dark but tropical? (and not Green Hell, this was something else)

the other was something like you're climbing up cliffs a lot. Lots of cliff and climbing and survival mechanics. It's title was something related to this like... cliff, rope, scaffold, etc. It was some sort of related term. I barely remember even this much but I recall it sounded interesting.

Can anyone help? Sorry I can't remember more!

I typically only use period panties on the first two nights of my period (used along w/ a cup) and then I rinse them with detergent and throw them in the laundry, washing immediately after wearing, then drying on the line (we don't have a dryer). However, they still smell "funky" after being reworn. Sort of a chemically almost pesticide smell? I don't think this is a downstairs/medical problem but more that something about the washing/dryer method isn't the right approach. Anyone have any tips? Wash by hand with maybe baking soda or is there something else that works?

thanks!!

I haven't been to the coast in real life for over 2 years (took a long break then I've exclusively been in the Far Territories). I was thinking about doing a 50-100 day challenge in each of the coastal maps, starting with Bleak Inlet. This is a newer run so my skills and clothing aren't maxxed out but I'm hoping that will add to the challenge and keep it fresh.

Any tips? Self-challenges I can try or just things to look out for and do? Wanna take some pictures and do some beach combing. Anything else?

Preface that we live in Prague and have been to Romania many times but always in the summer. Basically we're looking for somewhere that's LESS cold, it doesn't have to actually be especially warm. Somewhere where nights are no colder than maybe -3C. I'm considering Constanta, I was there 4 years ago in June and just loved it. What might the weather be like on a typical year from, say, January 15-February 15? Would you recommend it? Or somewhere else?

thank you!!!

Hi! I'm an illustrator and I'm working on a project that features a crashed 1700s sailship. I've been trying to find an accurate diagram of how different sizes of ships from this era might have been laid out, specifically their sails. Unfortunately most of what I've found has been AI or from dubious sources like Pinterest. Can anyone here recommend me where I might find some historically accurate examples/sketches/diagrams/etc Even like an accurate miniature might do for a reference.

thank you!

Long story short is that I think I was holding my brand new camera too closely and it picked up a lot of my breathing. It sounds like I'm really out of shape (I'm not, btw, but it sure doesn't sound good). I have a hiking channel so this is more of a problem. I really don't want to scrap this trip but my attempts to clean the audio haven't gone well. I was thinking about including a little note on the video in the beginning explaining the difficulty and maybe doing a music-over for the worst bits. The content is a mix of me talking and me walking either in long shot which is fine or POV which is where the problem really is noticeable.

WWYD?

Maybe less slow isn't the right word. I really liked the book until the end. It felt like 80% was at 45mph and then it hit 90mph kind of out of nowhere, if that makes sense? The pacing was off and I'll probably read book 2 but not immediately. I read 1 in one day so that's gotta be a good sign?

What I liked:

• a different take on a male love interest
• the slow build between them
• how the focus wasn't so much on court drama
• both characters having a clear story arc

Didn't like:

• the ending bloodbath didn't fit the tone of the rest
• mostly just that, the ending felt weird and like it was from another book

Indifferent:

• lack of spice. I'm neutral, really could go either way (giggity)
• the magic worldbuilding. It was creative but also kind of incoherent. Overall felt neutral towards it.

I'm not really sure what I want but something that's "Like the Shattered King but different". Any recs are greatly appreciated!

Introducing a friend to the game and she's only heard bits and pieces of it from my like random questions like "hey can you look up on your phone where to find wires in Blackrock", no real gameplay other than occasional me shouting that the moose hunt didn't go well. How would you rank the maps in terms of ease for a newbie? I'll be helicoptering around to help her with basic controls but mostly I want her to discover everything for herself.

She's starting on passive wildlife, btw, which certainly makes a big difference. Here's my best guesstimate ranking from 1 easiest to 10 sundered pass, in alphabetical order:

Ash Canyon

newcomer difficulty: 7.5/10

Hard for me to rank because its my favorite map and I know it so well but it has low food and a very initially confusing map. For a long time it was my least favorite map.

Blackrock

newcomer difficulty: 5/10 (on passive wildlife, would get quite a different on hostile)

Nothing particularly challenging beyond the layout. I've had rotten luck with weather in BR but I don't think that's the norm.

Bleak Inlet

newcomer difficulty: 8.5/10 (maybe 9/10)

Blistering cold will end many a newbies run very fast. Might be the hardest mainland map?

Broken Railroad

newcomer difficulty: maybe a 2.5/10

Not hard at all. Also might be boring for a new player.

Coastal Highway

newcomer difficulty: 3/10

Easy and a good starting map.

Crumbling Highway

newcomer difficulty: 2/10

mostly NA, can you even spawn here?

Desolation Point

newcomer difficulty: 4/10

Not hard but also very isolated. Cool map but not the best introduction to the game IMHO

Forlorn Muskeg

newcomer difficulty: 6.5/10?

An easy map in terms of temperature and weather but I worry newbies will get turned off by the technicality of the landscape.

Forsaken Airfield

newcomer difficulty: 8.5/10, maybe a 9

Oof. Has everything you need for a new run and one of the usual places I start a new run at but for a brand newcomer this is going to be brutal. The unrelenting glimmer fog puts even me off and I've been playing for 7 years.

Hushed River Valley

newcomer difficulty: 8.5/10

I don't think it's that hard of a map but it has a tricky layout and the lack of shelters is going to end new runs quickly.

Mountain Town

newcomer difficulty: 3/10

A classic and easy place to start, can't really think of too many negatives other than its a big prone to blizzards and there's a killzone and multiple fall hazards.

Mystery Lake

newcomer difficulty: 1/10

I may be biased. It's an easy map and I think the original the game launched with if I'm not mistaken?

Pleasant Valley

newcomer difficulty: 8/10

The weather will get 'em

Sundered Pass

newcomer difficulty: 10/10

Make that a 20/10 if you have hostile wildlife. My 2nd favorite map after Ash Canyon but COLD. COLD.

Timberwolf Mountain

newcomer difficulty:5/10

Nothing overwhelmingly hard about it but I think most newbies will get bored and leave before discovering the summit. The lower levels might not be engaging enough to hook a new player.

Transfer Pass

newcomer difficulty: 2/10

There's really nothing that can get 'ya and I only give it a 2 if they go the wrong way and start heading on the long journey to the mainland.

ZOC

newcomer difficulty: 8.5/10

Yeah... not beginner friendly. At least it has better weather than the rest of the Far Territories.

Spawned in Ash Canyon on a new run w/ low starting resources and I haven't been able to find a bedroll anywhere. I'm saving Timberwolf for later on. Where do you think it's most likely to find one in AC? I could also dip into Blackrock though I'm only on day 5 and I'd rather stay in AC if I can. Ive checked the mine and all three cabins though I haven't gone into the middle elevation era (with the moose). I think there's a cave somewhere around that area that goes to BR and that's where the spelunkers lantern might be so i could try there.

Any suggestions where its most likely? Custom difficulty if that makes a difference.

I've noticed that a lot of apartments in the big apartment buildings have full bottles of water outside their front door. What are these for? Why are they kept outside?

thanks, just being curious, <3 Romania

https://preview.redd.it/k5jcz5bmzdgh1.jpg?width=756&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a24a91bdfcc955b3ac1a5092c15db3cebbf03490

It was titled "The Original Seven by David Lachapelle". I don't recognize anyone except G is maybe Stacy Burke but I think this might be before her times as a girlfriend. A is possibly Isabella? C is familiar but I don't remember her name (Susan?)

Not a proper geoguesser post because I don't know the answer but I'm hoping someone here can help me figure it out! I'm making a series of TLD watercolour painting fanart and I've been playing and taking screenshots for years. It would be good to know what to title each painting.

A (maybe Mystery Lake???)

https://preview.redd.it/tjwqkwpowdgh1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cdc1aad166d42edf7a2ae7854a0738cb20b8f1d6

B (Sundered Pass possibly?)

https://preview.redd.it/khahb323xdgh1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f461d52d61f123431ffdc1051f1abe3cfaf00e19

C (almost certain this is mystery lake by the camp office)

https://preview.redd.it/polgfx07xdgh1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fd7589fbc7ec50e83578f8a3d853eee93439e76

D (Sundered Pass again? it's one of my favorite maps so I spend a lot of time there)

https://preview.redd.it/qb9zvrcaxdgh1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5931f219dbfba7fe43dcada147672093ab33976b

E (reckon its either pleasant valley or mountain town)

https://preview.redd.it/njkwrl0exdgh1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c8a5fd3b9210edb613dad77247e7d20c158873e

F (sundered pass again???)

https://preview.redd.it/fcphcwnhxdgh1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8ff1f860414d46a0b676a096e33a79472d210ff

G (no idea)

https://preview.redd.it/bbhk895lxdgh1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04e7560cb2757c7268ff86b7288c3add25951ade

H (no idea, possibly the Airfield, and this one's going to be a lot of fun to paint)

https://preview.redd.it/b0e8tkmnxdgh1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04dbd8982aeb8b11d99730ad117bf4457b0b863e

I (??? Hushed River Valley???)

https://preview.redd.it/szvt3lorxdgh1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9adc55bc59e93426841d6836dfd6ea50c3f95775

J (not sure though there's a possibility it's from episode 5)

https://preview.redd.it/4i1k3q9vxdgh1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47154ea34e2e1fd7eb6352fabacec8b3870d37a1

Any help is greatly appreciated!

So I've tried many bivy bags in a variety of materials and pretty much all of them were extremely wet on the inside by the morning. I understand that there's different types and levels of waterproof/meant more for splashes/etc. I really want to like the idea of just throwing my sleeping bag inside a bivy and laying down but I can't seem to make it work for me. I'm camping in Central Europe in generally pretty moist, temperate conditions, and the stealthier the better.

One thing that I've noticed on youtube is that nearly all of the hiking/outdoors people I've seen are using the Alpkit Hunka bivy line and I don't hear them complaining about condensation. For instance Wildbeare on youtube says she pretty much always puts her sleeping bag inside it in case her tent leaks. This is listed as a waterproof bivy btw.

Is there something special about this particular bivy? Any recs for a bivy bag that isn't a condensation nightmare? I've just tried so many that I'm reaching the conclusion they're just not for me even though they clearly work for some people.

thanks!

I really have no other requirements. Spice, no spice, any theme, monster romance or fae or humans or anything in between is all fine. Just nothing angsty, I'm just trying to have a fun reading afternoon during a heatwave.

thanks!

I'm trying to plan what I hope is a fun, safe, and easy solo route. I have up to five days. Please, any feedback is very much appreciated :)