Small rant. Mostly frustration

I get that Kefir wants to expand the map, the events, the way out hero/heroine plays the game and survive, but I truly and honestly feel that this is way too much.

So we had the delivery event right? When it first began, the packages would cost a fixed amount, a cardboard box was cheap, but a full red one was expensive. Now everything in delivery event is expensive. They nerfed pretty much everything.

I'm building up my settlement and so far managed to get the pipe roller. But wait, I need a different type of pipes to connect to the water to run the next machines, and it'll be super costly to get the items. On top of this, I have spent so much time trying to get parts for the drone. Apparently, finishing all the sectors in lab, will net me one each time, but I'm too stupid and too bad at doing them, so I usually just give up after the second one. So I'm stuck. Stuck building drone, stuck building settlement and truth be told, this is the first time, I really feel I want to delete the entire game after been playing it on and off since 2017.

Rant over. Thanks.

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u/Jakethedane1972 — 2 days ago

My settlement. Images in post

For a while now, I've been trying to figure out the best layout. Some of you aided me, helped me out with the shared wall idea. I then went and did the math. If my current settlement needs a room with shared walls, wouldn't it make most sense to do that in the room with the most upgraded floor tiles first? Then revamp the others to just be basic rooms, or storage for the machines I don't need at the moment? As in, decrease the size if, perhaps, assembly and then just have a large storage room for machines. Have a look at my current base and let me know.

Appreciate your time and effort, guys.

My current base

https://imgur.com/a/ALMa4FR

and the proposed ideas from Chatgpt

https://imgur.com/a/5Pev1nO

u/Jakethedane1972 — 13 days ago

Question about settlement part II

Continuing from my other post, about not being able to progress - thank you to the contributors who added me and have me valuable tips - I wanted to make a new post describing the issues I fave, in details.

My current game is the fourth I installed. I have never been able to get this far before, so naturally I can see the mistakes I made earlier at the settlement. The most important one, is layout.

I just built stuff, and never thought to share the walls with the workshop. My current settlement looks like this:

Barracks lvl 2

Headquarter lvl 3

Wall lvl 3

Garage lvl 2

Currently working on leveling up barracks, hence my previous post.

Layout is horrendous:

Workshop at the left, then follows woodshop, foundry and assembly. All have doors between them, but only workshop and woodshop share walls. So what do I do now?

I just managed, thanks to the help I received, to complete the iron parts I needed, but now I need chipboard. Again, I need to tear down a wall temporarily and install the machine. But do I leave the settlement as it is, or completely change it with workshop in the middle and then the others connected to it?

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u/Jakethedane1972 — 18 days ago

Stuck at settlement

I am progressing in the settlement and right now need to build lathe for iron parts, and pressing machine for chipboard. Problem is, iron parts are needed for pressing machine and it say I need level 3 workshop. I am already level 3 workshop and yes, the generators are running at full speed.

What am I missing? I can't get chipboard because I need to build pressing machine, can't build pressing machine because I need iron parts, can't get iron parts because I need lathe and am already at the required level.

EDIT:

I've managed to figure out what went wrong. I needed one more floor tile to be upgraded. When that is done, I should be able to progress. Thank you all for your time and effort. I'll try tomorrow.

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u/Jakethedane1972 — 19 days ago
▲ 44 r/Denmark

ATV kørsel og truende adfærd

ATV kørsel og truende adfærd.

Jeg har boet i Slagelse i fire måneder og på den tid har jeg aldrig set så meget ballade, støj, larm, sindssyg kørsel med både ATV'ere og motorcykler. Det er som om alle skider på loven her.

Til sagen.

Jeg har min søn her i weekenden og han vil en gang i mellem gerne lidt ud for sig selv. Vi har et boligområde bag selve hovedgaden, med en smøge op til Vestsjællandscentret. Her må der køre biler, da der er et parkeringshus. Der er dog også trapper til ejendommens fællesområder.

Der kommer en elknallert og en ATV kørende med fuld fart. Jeg har vindue lige ud til smøgen, og et meget konservativt bud er at de kører 50-60 i timen. Helt sindssygt.

Jeg går ned og snakker med køreren. Han siger at de selvfølgelig nok skal køre med en anden hastighed fremover, men så kommer passageren og blander sig. Mens han står og fylder ansigtet med mad, begynder han at tale og pege på mig.

Jeg forstår ikke hvad han siger, det bliver han sur over. Så siger jeg noget om at jeg ikke forstod, og så er det pludselig mig der "ikke forstår".

Det kører jo som det gør, og naturligvis ændrer føreren så adfærd og siger til MIG, at jeg ikke skal ophidse ham. Ja man kan tænke sig til at det nu virkelig spidser til.

Passageren tager sin mobil frem og begynder at filme mig, offentlig sted , så sådan er det, mens han siger jeg skal skride. Det har jeg jo ikke i sinde, da stedet er... offentligt.

Det ender med en langefinger til dem, mens jeg kontakter ordensmagten.

Så to ting:

Da trapperne fra fællesområdet går direkte op til selve smøgen, er der ikke mange muligheder for en der kører for stærkt, at bremse op hvis et barn eller hund løber afsted. Jeg møder en del af de ældre beboere her, og ingen kommer stort set ud efter kl 16 af frygt for at blive kørt ned, eller røvet. Der er meget ballade. Jeg ved jeg kan flytte, se punkt to, men er jeg the asshole?

Den anden ting...er der nogen der har et lejemål til leje et sted i byen?

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u/Jakethedane1972 — 2 months ago
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The love of "old" movies.

Im 53, male, and have two kids with ny partner. We love superhero movies, because its 2,5 hours of just setting out brains to off. My son is 10 and a massive superhero fan, his sister, 17, been there, done that.

So here is the thing. After all these movies, and not just superhero movies, but pretty much all major movies the last 20 years, are just green screen and actors doing, imo, rather little work.

So I started going back to watching movies I remember were good. I revisited Primal Fear with Richard Gere, such a good movie, Goodfellas, Casino, Escape from Alcatraz, several movies with Michael Douglas and so on. And I noticed it.

They look real. You know? They're out in public places, filming this with real people here and there. Sure, loads of stunt people or extras, but you can see there are tons of real you and me just going to work or drinking coffee.

They're driving in cars, through real scenery and doing real stuff. I know it might sound weird, but I found, that I really miss this in modern movies.

Do you think we will get it back!

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u/Jakethedane1972 — 2 months ago

Buying first domain

Hello.

I am a complete noob in all of this. I am building a brand and need a specific domain. GoDaddy says it's taken, but the EUIPO says it's not. GoDaddy wants a measly $98 for their troubles, but how do I really know if a domain name is truly mine?

I've searched a dozen websites and about half day it's available, half says it's not.

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u/Jakethedane1972 — 3 months ago

Nabo har fået en...ven UPDATE!

Nabo er vendt tilbage på min henvendelse og er super ked af hun havde vækket os gennem et par nætter. Hun er super sød og forstående og der har intet været siden.

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u/Jakethedane1972 — 3 months ago

Hej Monopolet.

Jeg flyttede i en super lejlighed tilbage i februar og er så heldig, at min nabo til den ene side er rigtig sød. En kvinde omkring de 35, med en dejlig hund. Vi hilser gerne og får en lille snak på gangen, mens hunden bliver kløet bag ørene.

Jeg er utrolig opmærksom på ikke at trampe hårdt i gulvet eller larme når jeg laver mad eller den slags. Og det synes jeg heller ikke min nabo gør. Indtil for nylig.

Forleden nat vågnede jeg med et kæmpe sæt. Jeg kunne høre at der var gang i den derinde, naboen havde sex. Højlydt. Hverdag, midt om natten, jeg står op 5:40. Det gør hun ikke.

Natten til søndag, i dag, det samme. Den får både med klask i nummi og højlydte hvin og der kan være lydt. Jeg har weekend vagt, så skal op 5:40.

Men min søn overnatter her fra tid til anden og i nat gør han også. Han bliver lagt kl 21, og fem minutter efter, ja det er så cirka en halv time senere at jeg begynder det her opslag, er de i gang igen. Og her melder dilemmaet sig.

Min søn behøver ikke vide hvad de voksne laver inde ved siden af, men hører kvinden er højlydt. Hvordan taler jeg med hende om det her? Udover min nattesøvn bliver ødelagt, jeg falder ikke søvn igen, så synes jeg ikke det er hensigtsmæssigt at min søn skal høre den slags.

Hvad siger panelet?

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u/Jakethedane1972 — 4 months ago