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Feb 10, 2021#1

GasBandit

GasBandit said:
Would anyone be interested in trying out Valheim? It's a 1-10 player co-op PvE survival game set in a viking mythos. It has REALLY good reviews, and is blowing up. Comes from Coffee Stain, the same company that did Satisfactory, Deep Rock Galactic, and, uh, well, Goat Simulator.

I'm thinking about setting up a server on my... well, server.

So, yeah... I went ahead and started a Valheim server. I barely puttered around in it for a couple day/night cycles, repaired a ruined hut and stuck a bed and workbench in it, killed some wildlife, cut down some trees, fought some greydwarves. It's definitely got some appeal to it, and I was surprised that the game client is only 500 megs. It's a deceptively simple game, but I like how even in early access it has very little "jank" in it. Like, it's already light years better than, say, 7 days to die.

My only gripe is the enforced 3rd person perspective, but that's not a dealbreaker.

And here's something interesting... your character, with all his/her skills and inventory, seems to be independent of what server you play on (or solo game). So you could play on one server for a while, load up your stuff in your inventory, and then go to another server.

Anyway, if anyone wants in, on the "join" menu just search for my name, and the password is (PASSWORD CHANGED, PM ME FOR PASSWORD). If it doesn't show up, use the steam server window (main steam window, top left corner, view menu, servers) to add gasbandit.zapto.org:42457 to your favorites list. You might have to stop the refresh before it finishes to get the server to stop disappearing.

EDIT: the game now lets you join by IP. From a command prompt, type "ping gasbandit.zapto.org" to get whatever my current ip address is.

I HAD TO CHANGE THE SERVER PORT TO 42456.

Feb 11, 2021#2

Tinwhistler

I logged in today..giving it a shot

Feb 11, 2021#3

Dei

I think that this game has a Terraria like inventory system where your character can just bounce around between different servers and keep their inventory, right?

Feb 11, 2021#4

Tinwhistler

Dei said:
I think that this game has a Terraria like inventory system where your character can just bounce around between different servers and keep their inventory, right?

Yeah..in fact, when you join a server, they give you a warning message that you could lose all your stuff on that server and suggest making a "server only" character to play with. (Or maybe they did that to me because I only had one character and immediately used it to join GB's server)

Feb 11, 2021#5

Tinwhistler

I found gasbandit's base

Feb 11, 2021#6

AshburnerX

Dei said:
I think that this game has a Terraria like inventory system where your character can just bounce around between different servers and keep their inventory, right?

Yeah, everyone I've seen play this has said it's basically Viking Terraria 3D.

Feb 11, 2021#7

GasBandit

Tinwhistler said:
I found gasbandit's base

That's a very generous description of my crowded hovel.

Feb 11, 2021#8

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
That's a very generous description of my crowded hovel.

You mean "respawn location"

--Patrick

Feb 11, 2021#9

Dei

AshburnerX said:
Yeah, everyone I've seen play this has said it's basically Viking Terraria 3D.

I heard it described as if Rust and Runescape had a PvE Viking baby

Feb 11, 2021#10

Tinwhistler

GasBandit said:
That's a very generous description of my crowded hovel.

I hadda jump on the bed to make use of your workbench

Feb 11, 2021#11

Tinwhistler

The server appears offline, so I took it single-player and learned how to build a house. I was able to find a lot more animals in the local server, so I got plenty of meat.

Here's a good guide.

Valheim Starter Guide & New Player Tips | TechRaptor

Our Valheim Guides Hub will help you get started with this Viking-themed, open-world survival crafting game and teach you about its mechanics!

techraptor.net

Feb 11, 2021#12

Dave

Valheim is early access and updates quite frequently. My server has to be updated almost every day or it’s stopped.

Feb 11, 2021#13

Dei

Tinwhistler said:
The server appears offline, so I took it single-player and learned how to build a house. I was able to find a lot more animals in the local server, so I got plenty of meat.

Here's a good guide.

Valheim Starter Guide & New Player Tips | TechRaptor

Our Valheim Guides Hub will help you get started with this Viking-themed, open-world survival crafting game and teach you about its mechanics!

techraptor.net

It's not offline, Snuffles and I have been playing for the last few hours. We even saw you get on the game.

Feb 12, 2021#14

Tinwhistler

Dei said:
It's not offline, Snuffles and I have been playing for the last few hours. We even saw you get on the game.

It never showed up in the list when I was hunting for it. I got on cause I saw you guys in game.

Feb 12, 2021#15

GasBandit

Tinwhistler said:
It never showed up in the list when I was hunting for it. I got on cause I saw you guys in game.

Apparently there's a common bug in Valheim where sometimes a given server won't show up in the list for no reason at all. You can join us by doing a "join game" from the friends list, or add gasbandit.zapto.org:2457 to your steam server list, then filter your favorites for Valheim only, and join from there.

To get it to work, I had to make the steam server browser SPECIFICALLY filter for Valheim servers, because it apparently reports as a server with no game otherwise, and steam won't know what game to launch.

Also, sometimes the server "vanishes" if you let the refresh finish, so hit refresh, then the instant "Gasbandit's Server" shows up in the list, hit "stop refresh."

Feb 12, 2021#16

Tinwhistler

GasBandit said:
Apparently there's a common bug in Valheim where sometimes a given server won't show up in the list for no reason at all. You can join us by doing a "join game" from the friends list, or add gasbandit.zapto.org:2457 to your steam server list, then filter your favorites for Valheim only, and join from there.

To get it to work, I had to make the steam server browser SPECIFICALLY filter for Valheim servers, because it apparently reports as a server with no game otherwise, and steam won't know what game to launch.

Also, sometimes the server "vanishes" if you let the refresh finish, so hit refresh, then the instant "Gasbandit's Server" shows up in the list, hit "stop refresh."

Learn something new every day

Feb 12, 2021#17

Snuffleupagus

Tinwhistler said:
Learn something new every day

Sometimes the server list can take time to populate. If you type in Gasbandit under the search field it can take a couple minutes to pop up.

Feb 12, 2021#18

Tinwhistler

Snuffleupagus said:
Sometimes the server list can take time to populate. If you type in Gasbandit under the search field it can take a couple minutes to pop up.

Yeah, I let it fill up to 4738 servers, and his server never showed. But his trick above is working just fine for me.

Now my biggest problem is finding boars so that I can make a bow and kill Eikthyr. Someone's already done it once on Gas' server, so I don't know if I can do it again there or if I'll have to do it on my local instance I've been using for wood.

Feb 12, 2021#19

Dei

Tinwhistler said:
Yeah, I let it fill up to 4738 servers, and his server never showed. But his trick above is working just fine for me.

Now my biggest problem is finding boars so that I can make a bow and kill Eikthyr. Someone's already done it once on Gas' server, so I don't know if I can do it again there or if I'll have to do it on my local instance I've been using for wood.

Snuffles and I did it last night, but I'm pretty sure you can summon him again, since you need antlers for the pick.

Feb 12, 2021#20

LordRendar

Gonna try joining the server after downloading the game. Was looking for a survival crafting game to play.
Could someone DM me the password?

Feb 12, 2021#21

Tinwhistler

LordRendar said:
Gonna try joining the server after downloading the game. Was looking for a survival crafting game to play.
Could someone DM me the password?

GasBandit said:
Anyway, if anyone wants in, on the "join" menu just search for my name, and the password is Halforums. If it doesn't show up, use the steam server window (main steam window, top left corner, view menu, servers) to add gasbandit.zapto.org:2457 to your favorites list. You might have to stop the refresh before it finishes to get the server to stop disappearing.

Suggestion: Since this thread has mostly become the Valheim thread lately, should we start another thread/forum for it, a la Empyrion?

Feb 12, 2021#22

GasBandit

I'll start a Valheim thread when I get home tonight, if someone else doesn't beat me to it.

Feb 13, 2021#23

GasBandit

So here's that promised Valheim thread.

Feb 13, 2021#24

Tinwhistler

Man, Anna and Snuffles are just tearing their way up the tech tree. I can hear them all "We need this to make plate armor and portals." and I'm all "Wooo! I just made a flint knife!"

Feb 13, 2021#25

Far

Started playing last night and within 20 minutes Sarah was peeking over my shoulder and asking "What's game is that?" Another 20 and she was in game saying "Uh oh, I could get lost in this."

So we'll probably jump on at somepoint.

Feb 13, 2021#26

Dei

Tinwhistler said:
Man, Anna and Snuffles are just tearing their way up the tech tree. I can hear them all "We need this to make plate armor and portals." and I'm all "Wooo! I just made a flint knife!"

I just planned carrots before going to bed too.

Feb 13, 2021#27

GasBandit

At first I was really disappointed in the flint axe - it did no better on beech trees than the regular stone axe, and all its stats seem identical. But when my level 3 stone axe was about to give out cutting pine, I had my flint axe in my inventory and switched to it just to finish up, and was surprised to find that the level 1 flint axe was doing double damage to the pine tree than the stone axe was.

So I guess it does have a place in the progression.

Feb 13, 2021#28

LordRendar

Does anyone mind if I use their smelter? Cant find any surtling cores.

Feb 13, 2021#29

Tinwhistler

LordRendar said:
Does anyone mind if I use their smelter? Cant find any surtling cores.

I hadda grab some from my local instance. The only dungeon I ran across near Anna/Snuffle's base area was cleaned out. I don't know if they respawn or not.

Feb 13, 2021#30

GasBandit

Yeah, for Surtling Cores, you might have to make a solo game and find a dungeon. Fortunately you can take your character there just as well equipped as here.

Feb 14, 2021#31

Dei

After some tragic mishaps and an extremely long naked boat ride, portals are available from Snuffles and my base to both the second and third boss. The third boss is next to a swamp biome, which is the next place to go after you kit out in bronze, but it is nasty. There is a shop near the second boss altar which sells some neat stuff for coins, like a fishing pole or a light up helmet. There is also an untouched Burial Ground (as of this post) between the boss altar and the shop, if anyone wants to go spelunking for cores.

(The one on the right is the second boss area, the one on the left is the third)

Feb 14, 2021#32

Dei

Also, Snuffles and I have a problem.

Feb 14, 2021#33

GasBandit

How do you only have 5 hours more than me? I could have sword you played way more.

Feb 14, 2021#34

Dei

GasBandit said:
How do you only have 5 hours more than me? I could have sword you played way more.

It probably feels that way because you haven't gotten out of the starter section yet, since you've essentially started over twice.

Feb 14, 2021#35

PatrThom

Too deep in Conan right now to do anything new (especially since Cranky has started playing), but once I start, which server do I play? Is Gas running mods Dave isn't? What's the difference? Is one hardcore?

--Patrick

Feb 14, 2021#36

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
Too deep in Conan right now to do anything new (especially since Cranky has started playing), but once I start, which server do I play? Is Gas running mods Dave isn't? What's the difference? Is one hardcore?

--Patrick

To my knowledge, there are no mods. I didn't know Dave was running a dedicated server.

Feb 14, 2021#37

Dei

Did someone steal my fishing pole from my lake house?

Feb 14, 2021#38

Dave

GasBandit said:
To my knowledge, there are no mods. I didn't know Dave was running a dedicated server.

I started mine the first day the game was released. I didn’t advertise though. Maybe I should have but it is what it is.

Feb 14, 2021#39

Tinwhistler

Dei said:
Did someone steal my fishing pole from my lake house?

Wasn't me. I haven't played in a couple of days, due to being busy with valentine's day weekend stuff

Feb 15, 2021#40

GasBandit

Lag manifests itself in really odd ways in this game. Emrys was playing with me, and normally in games there would be rubberbanding or disconnections... but all that happened from her point of view was that events that were occuring in game would not be shown to her for nearly 45 seconds. This, despite our discord conversation being instant and (usually) clear, and the fact that I could stream my game to her and she could watch it.

Feb 16, 2021#41

Dei

OK, a bunch of things have gone missing from chests in mine and Snuffle's camps, including all the Mead we were saving for a boss fight and 1100 or so coins. Was someone a dick or did something in the game fuck up? We didn't think we'd need to put up wards, but the things that are missing are just too specific.

Feb 16, 2021#42

GasBandit

Dei said:
OK, a bunch of things have gone missing from chests in mine and Snuffle's camps, including all the Mead we were saving for a boss fight and 1100 or so coins. Was someone a dick or did something in the game fuck up?

I hate to say it, but maybe it's time to implement access aura totems :/ I don't want to think that anyone's being a dick in particular, but this is the only way to be sure and confirm that it is, in fact, a bug. After all, it's not outside the realm of possibility for it to be a bug, I've had entire chests disappear.

Feb 16, 2021#43

Dei

GasBandit said:
I hate to say it, but maybe it's time to implement access aura totems :/ I don't want to think that anyone's being a dick in particular, but this is the only way to be sure and confirm that it is, in fact, a bug. After all, it's not outside the realm of possibility for it to be a bug, I've had entire chests disappear.

If it was full chests, maybe I'd think it was a bug, but it's valuable things from random chests.

Feb 16, 2021#44

GasBandit

Dei said:
If it was full chests, maybe I'd think it was a bug, but it's valuable things from random chests.

The implications of this are very disappointing, then.

Feb 16, 2021#45

Dei

Our beehives are also gone.

Feb 16, 2021#46

Dave

Well maybe I'm GLAD that I didn't advertise...

Feb 16, 2021#47

GasBandit

Two players with steam names I don't recognize logged in around 3:30 am last night, named Jakob and Spookie Ookie. My guess is they got the login info from this thread (possibly by google searching my name and valheim).

I'll be changing the server's password and sending a PM to those already playing.

Feb 16, 2021#48

GasBandit

Confirmed, my own home got raided and all the valuables taken as well.

If you need to replace any items you lost, you can start a single player game, and hit f5, and type imacheater

then you can enter console commands to spawn items (spawn Copper 5) . More details on cheating here:

Valheim Spawn Items | All console commands list

Want to know the Valheim spawn items cheat? Here's how to activate cheats and what console command to use in order to get items, become invincible, and much more in the Norse Viking survival game for PC.

www.gamerevolution.com

I recommend you go easy on it though, because it will ruin your game if you abuse it.

It doesn't work on the dedicated server, even for an admin, but since you can move your character back and forth between your own game and the server...

Begs the question of why these guys even bothered to take our stuff when they can just spawn their own.

Feb 16, 2021#49

Emrys

They're arseholes.

Feb 16, 2021#50

Dave

Well, Vikings were known pillagers.

Feb 16, 2021#51

Tinwhistler

Gas and Anna questioned me when I set up a ward a couple days ago. Honestly, I just did it out of curiosity's sake, but as long as it was there, I saw no reason to remove it.

Just logged in, and all of my stuff is still intact.

Feb 16, 2021#52

GasBandit

Dave said:
Well, Vikings were known pillagers.

I'm surprised and relieved they didn't just whip out a hammer and mass-demolish everything for the materials. Small favors, I guess.

Feb 16, 2021#53

Dei

Snuffles and I are consolidating and locking up our portals. If anyone wants a portal to the second boss, you will need to make your own portal on your side, and name said portal TheElder

Feb 16, 2021#54

GasBandit

Dei said:
Snuffles and I are consolidating and locking up our portals. If anyone wants a portal to the second boss, you will need to make your own portal on your side, and name said portal TheElder

What happens if there's more than two portals with the same tag? How does it determine where to send you?

Feb 16, 2021#55

Dei

GasBandit said:
What happens if there's more than two portals with the same tag? How does it determine where to send you?

Dunno, haven't tried. We also aren't using that portal anymore, so it won't be an issue to us

Feb 16, 2021#56

Dei

Snuffles and I have abandoned our first base. We left a portal in there that goes to The Elder, but we're not using it anymore, so if anyone wants it, have at it.

Feb 16, 2021#57

GasBandit

Dei said:
Snuffles and I have abandoned our first base. We left a portal in there that goes to The Elder, but we're not using it anymore, so if anyone wants it, have at it.

I look forward to seeing what architectural monstrosity Snuffles comes up with next.

Feb 16, 2021#58

Snuffleupagus

GasBandit said:
I look forward to seeing what architectural monstrosity Snuffles comes up with next.

It's very practical.

Feb 16, 2021#59

GasBandit

Much to my surprise, my house in the noob area was beseiged today... by Draugr and Skeletons. "A FOUL SMELL FROM THE SWAMP" indeed. Was not expecting that level of aggression so close to the starting circle.

Feb 17, 2021#60

Dei

GasBandit said:
Much to my surprise, my house in the noob area was beseiged today... by Draugr and Skeletons. "A FOUL SMELL FROM THE SWAMP" indeed. Was not expecting that level of aggression so close to the starting circle.

I'm pretty sure siege difficulty is tied to server progress, but don't worry, Snuffles and I want nothing to do with Bonemass for a few days at least. We have projects.

Feb 17, 2021#61

Tinwhistler

I just tried to log into GB's server and I get an "incompatible version" error.

Looks like they did some update about an hour ago, and @GasBandit will have to refresh.

Feb 17, 2021#62

Snuffleupagus

Dei said:
I'm pretty sure siege difficulty is tied to server progress, but don't worry, Snuffles and I want nothing to do with Bonemass for a few days at least. We have projects.

Reddit seems to think it's tied to the number of days the server has been active.

Feb 17, 2021#63

GasBandit

Tinwhistler said:
I just tried to log into GB's server and I get an "incompatible version" error.
View attachment 37150

Looks like they did some update about an hour ago, and @GasBandit will have to refresh.

Server updated, restarting now.

Feb 17, 2021#64

GasBandit

Something else odd happened last night. Emrys and I were mining tin, and Emrys asked me "Uh, what's that over there?"

I looked, and there was a shadowy man-sized figure wearing a hooded robe so that no part of him was visible, carrying some sort of staff or stick. Just standing 20 yards away from us, looking. As we moved toward it, it vanished in a puff of smoke. It was very menacing and eerie.

Feb 17, 2021#65

Dei

GasBandit said:
Something else odd happened last night. Emrys and I were mining tin, and Emrys asked me "Uh, what's that over there?"

I looked, and there was a shadowy man-sized figure wearing a hooded robe so that no part of him was visible, carrying some sort of staff or stick. Just standing 20 yards away from us, looking. As we moved toward it, it vanished in a puff of smoke. It was very menacing and eerie.

Snuffles saw him a couple of days ago.

Feb 17, 2021#66

Tinwhistler

Same thing has been reported on reddit.

with no clear answer as to what it is yet.

The wiki suggests it may be odin watching the player.

Odin

Odin is a character found in Valheim. He is a mysterious black cloaked figure with a single glowing blue eye, holding a walking stick in his right hand. A faint blue aura persists around him as long as he remains. Nothing is known about Odin, however, he is heavily implied to be the Nordic deity...

valheim.fandom.com

Feb 17, 2021#67

Snuffleupagus

Dei said:
Snuffles saw him a couple of days ago.

I told you I saw a wizard!

Feb 17, 2021#68

Dei

must tame pig

Feb 17, 2021#69

Tinwhistler

I had two outside my gate this morning and I kicked myself for killing them instead of walling them in.

Feb 17, 2021#70

Dei

The first baby

Feb 17, 2021#71

GasBandit

Apparently one of the things the update did was add a "join by IP" button into the join game menu. So, you can now join the server directly by IP if it doesn't show up in the list.

Down side is, my IP is dynamic, and although I have a dynamic DNS service (which names me gasbandit.zapto.org), the game does not resolve DNS, it literally wants an IP address.

Well, right now that address is 50.24.134.65, but if that address stops working, run a command prompt, and ping gasbandit.zapto.org, and that'll get you the new address.

Feb 17, 2021#72

GasBandit

Man, these Draugr attacks on my house are pretty brutal. I'm managing to stem most of the damage, but they almost always involve me dying at least twice.

Feb 17, 2021#73

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
if that address stops working, run a command prompt, and ping gasbandit.zapto.org, and that'll get you the new address.

If after this you are still having trouble joining, from your command prompt type ipconfig /flushdns (in case your computer is refusing to let go of the old IP address) and then try pinging Gas' server again.

--Patrick

Feb 18, 2021#74

Just Me

GasBandit said:
Man, these Draugr attacks on my house are pretty brutal. I'm managing to stem most of the damage, but they almost always involve me dying at least twice.

Out of curiosity and for my own preparation: how many days are stacked up on your server for the Draugr attacks to come?

Feb 18, 2021#75

GasBandit

Just Me said:
Out of curiosity and for my own preparation: how many days are stacked up on your server for the Draugr attacks to come?

We just passed day 200, but I think the Draugr started showing up around day 150.

Snuffles told me the scuttlebutt is around day 50, the Greydwarves will start invading. Around day 100, the trolls will start having seiges. Around day 150, the Draugr. After that... who the hell knows.

Feb 18, 2021#76

Dei

GasBandit said:
We just passed day 200, but I think the Draugr started showing up around day 150.

Snuffles told me the scuttlebutt is around day 50, the Greydwarves will start invading. Around day 100, the trolls will start having seiges. Around day 150, the Draugr. After that... who the hell knows.

I dreamed of ghosts last time I slept. And there are Wraiths in the swamp. I don't know if dreams are related to sieges though.

Feb 18, 2021#77

GasBandit

I'm too attached to my house in Valheim to get anything done

It's nothing special, but it's mine.

www.pcgamer.com

Feb 18, 2021#78

GasBandit

Feb 18, 2021#79

GasBandit

Valheim is influenced by singleplayer adventures like Zelda

Co-founder of Iron Gate Studios, Henrik Törnqvist, said they wanted Valheim "to have more of a feeling of an old school, singleplayer adventure game."

www.rockpapershotgun.com

Also sourced from this article: https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/valheim-roadmap/

Hearth And Home will focus on house building, giving players more things to do around their viking homes. Also focused on food preparation with more recipes as well as building components.
Cult Of The Wolf is all about exploration and combat
Ships And The Sea is based on ship customization and additions to the Ocean biome.
Mistlands will add a new biome with new enemies, items, resources and a new boss, plus more
Final game intends to have 9 biomes and bosses. Each biome will have its own boss and potentially mini-bosses.

Feb 18, 2021#80

GasBandit

Feb 18, 2021#81

GasBandit

"Let's go get some copper real quick"

Feb 18, 2021#82

Dave

*yoink* What a good graph.

Feb 18, 2021#83

PatrThom

Dave said:
*yoink* What a good graph.

Now I know why people revere honey.

--Patrick

Feb 18, 2021#84

Snuffleupagus

GasBandit said:
I'm too attached to my house in Valheim to get anything done

It's nothing special, but it's mine.

www.pcgamer.com

Pfft, that guys house is amateur hour. I am an artiste.

Feb 18, 2021#85

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
Now I know why people revere honey.

--Patrick

That, and you need it to make mead, which depending on what kind you make, has a number of really important effects - healing, poison resist, cold resist....

Feb 18, 2021#86

LordRendar

Love your base gas. From what I can see from the outside.

Feb 18, 2021#87

Dei

PatrThom said:
Now I know why people revere honey.

--Patrick

It's 90% mead, because poison and frost resist are life.

My meals right now are turnip stew, carrot stew, and sausage. No honey required.

Feb 18, 2021#88

GasBandit

LordRendar said:
Love your base gas. From what I can see from the outside.

You should see the one Snuffles and Anna abandoned to the east..

Really, my home is a rather simple affair, prioritizing function and utility. If you want to see a structure I am a little proud of, you should see the bridge I built in the western black woods. It's a trick to make a weatherproof covered bridge over water wide enough for a cart that isn't incredibly jank.

Feb 18, 2021#89

Dei

GasBandit said:
You should see the one Snuffles and Anna abandoned to the east..

Really, my home is a rather simple affair, prioritizing function and utility. If you want to see a structure I am a little proud of, you should see the bridge I built in the western black woods. It's a trick to make a weatherproof covered bridge over water wide enough for a cart that isn't incredibly jank.

My bridge is a feat of engineering that I will hate forever.

Also, the base we abandoned has nothing on our new base.

Feb 19, 2021#90

LordRendar

Can someone tell me in what direction i could find the swamp?

Feb 19, 2021#91

GasBandit

LordRendar said:
Can someone tell me in what direction i could find the swamp?

The swamps I've found have all required a boat to access. There's one to the southwest, another to the southeast. It's a fair distance. There's probably more in almost every direction, but I'm betting it won't be reachable on foot.

Feb 19, 2021#92

LordRendar

That I dont mind. Went north with the boat, but it was just Black Forest.

Feb 19, 2021#93

GasBandit

If Dei is on when you're on, I bet she can ping at least a couple swamps for you.

Feb 19, 2021#94

Dei

GasBandit said:
If Dei is on when you're on, I bet she can ping at least a couple swamps for you.

True, but we've been clearing the iron out of the swamps we know about, so idk if that's useful. That said, I have a camp by a swamp that we're not really accessing anymore and I know it has at least one untouched dungeon. It's pretty much directly south of the vendor.

Feb 19, 2021#95

Dei

Oh, also we haven't touched the swamp the third boss is at other than to drop a portal and fight him. I could give you access to that portal and you can have that swamp all to yourself, or I can show you the sea route.

Feb 19, 2021#96

GasBandit

As for myself, I need to hit the elder again. My swamp key is gone and rather than replace it with cheat codes, I thought I might try tackling him again with slightly different tactics. I've been watching some youtube videos, and what they recommend doing is getting in closer and using the stone columns of his sacrificial altar for cover from the vines, and ringing the area with campfires before summoning him - both to keep yourself warm at night, and because his melee stomp causes him damage if he stomps a campfire, which will set him on fire. They say if you do it this way, you can solo him with less than 100 bronze arrows.

Feb 19, 2021#97

LordRendar

GasBandit said:
As for myself, I need to hit the elder again. My swamp key is gone and rather than replace it with cheat codes, I thought I might try tackling him again with slightly different tactics. I've been watching some youtube videos, and what they recommend doing is getting in closer and using the stone columns of his sacrificial altar for cover from the vines, and ringing the area with campfires before summoning him - both to keep yourself warm at night, and because his melee stomp causes him damage if he stomps a campfire, which will set him on fire. They say if you do it this way, you can solo him with less than 100 bronze arrows.

If you need a swamp key, i got a second one. The Elder dropped 2 when i killed him. Its inside one of the chests inside my home.

Feb 19, 2021#98

Dei

Also, if anyone wants to be authorized on the wards to our base, let me know and I'll hook you up.

Feb 20, 2021#99

GasBandit

GasBandit said:
Lag manifests itself in really odd ways in this game. Emrys was playing with me, and normally in games there would be rubberbanding or disconnections... but all that happened from her point of view was that events that were occuring in game would not be shown to her for nearly 45 seconds. This, despite our discord conversation being instant and (usually) clear, and the fact that I could stream my game to her and she could watch it.

Lately I notice this has been happening to ME, too. And that really shouldn't happen, given that I'm in the same room, on the same network switch, as the server.

So I did some investigating. Apparently Valheim has an upload rate limit hard-baked into its DLLs of 60k/s. Looks like this has been a problem for other people as well, and somebody figured out how to decompile and recompile the DLL to up that limit.

So, I've increased it from 60k/s to 256 k/s. Let's see if this helps. Now that I'm thinking about it, I might just go ahead and up it to 1 mb/s.

Feb 20, 2021#100

Dei

I made a little item swap hut by the stone circle, so you can put things you don't need in it, and take things you do need/want out. Just please don't fill it with trash items like fir cones and dwarf trophies.

Feb 20, 2021#101

GasBandit

Dei said:
I made a little item swap hut by the stone circle, so you can put things you don't need in it, and take things you do need/want out. Just please don't fill it with trash items like fir cones and dwarf trophies.

But somebody might need my fir cones!

Feb 20, 2021#102

GasBandit

GasBandit said:
So, I've increased it from 60k/s to 256 k/s. Let's see if this helps. Now that I'm thinking about it, I might just go ahead and up it to 1 mb/s.

Obviously not enough. I got the lag again today, where a troll did not register any of my arrow hits, walked past me, then I registered a troll hit killing me 20 seconds later. Next opportunity I get, I'll increase it tenfold instead of fourfold.

Feb 20, 2021#103

Dei

Feb 21, 2021#104

Dei

Thought

Since Snuffles and I have been slowly pillaging our way south, would people prefer that we continue going south and leave the north seas to the rest of you?

I'm not saying we'll never go north, just if we do we won't take anything.

Feb 21, 2021#105

PatrThom

Thus does the division of territory begin.

--Patrick

Feb 21, 2021#106

GasBandit

Valheim Player Rebuilds Skyrim's High Hrothgar In-Game

Worlds collide.

screenrant.com

Feb 21, 2021#107

GasBandit

Ok, so last night Emrys and I still experienced the lag phenomenon. So since nobody else was on the server, I shut it down and bumped its upload limit up to 1 MB/s (that's eight megabit, should be more than any game ever needs).

Still had the problem.

So as an experiment, Emrys hosted a game herself and I joined it.

At first it was fine... but we barely got our first hut built before she started experiencing the problem again, shortly followed by me.

Something's just up with this game.

Feb 21, 2021#108

Emrys

The game hates me.

Feb 21, 2021#109

PatrThom

Sounds like it's time to bust out the profiling tools.

--Patrick

Feb 21, 2021#110

Celt Z

Emrys said:
The game hates me.

I don't think it likes me, either.

Feb 21, 2021#111

Dei

We sailed in to the Mistlands today while looking around. Snuffles immediately panicked and made me turn around.

Feb 21, 2021#112

drifter

So, what are the building mechanics like in Valheim? Like, can I build ridiculous things à la Minecraft or is it more structured?

Feb 21, 2021#113

MindDetective

GasBandit said:
Ok, so last night Emrys and I still experienced the lag phenomenon. So since nobody else was on the server, I shut it down and bumped its upload limit up to 1 MB/s (that's eight megabit, should be more than any game ever needs).

Still had the problem.

So as an experiment, Emrys hosted a game herself and I joined it.

At first it was fine... but we barely got our first hut built before she started experiencing the problem again, shortly followed by me.

Something's just up with this game.

Sounds like a memory leak to me. But that is pure, unbridled speculation.

Feb 21, 2021#114

GasBandit

drifter said:
So, what are the building mechanics like in Valheim? Like, can I build ridiculous things à la Minecraft or is it more structured?

It uses the same "structural integrity" mechanic as Empyrion - that is, the more "blocks" away from touching ground a building block is, the lower its "integrity." Eventually, if you don't find a way to anchor to the ground (or find a way to use longer supports, which require higher level materials to make), blocks you place will just break off after a couple seconds.

Feb 21, 2021#115

GasBandit

MindDetective said:
Sounds like a memory leak to me. But that is pure, unbridled speculation.

To me, it feels like there's some kind of TCP-esque (as opposed to UDP, which these games usually use) validation checking going on between all the clients and the server. The server gets info from a client, sends it to all the other clients, then waits for verification from all the other clients before it agrees that "something has happened" and then sends updates to all the clients to that effect.

This becomes a problem when one of those clients is on low bandwidth, high latency, wireless Canadian internet.

Also just unbridled speculation on my part, but it's all I can think of that fits.

Feb 21, 2021#116

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
This becomes a problem when one of those clients is on low bandwidth, high latency, wireless Canadian internet.

If this was indeed the cause, the local connection would've been flawless.

--Patrick

Feb 21, 2021#117

Dei

I will say that MalwareBytes has given me trojan warnings on two seperate occasions when connecting to your server and blocked something that I didn't unblock. I assume it's giving me the IP to your server when it does that, but I don't need to allow it to connect to your server.

I have also never had a lag problem.

Feb 21, 2021#118

drifter

GasBandit said:
It uses the same "structural integrity" mechanic as Empyrion - that is, the more "blocks" away from touching ground a building block is, the lower its "integrity." Eventually, if you don't find a way to anchor to the ground (or find a way to use longer supports, which require higher level materials to make), blocks you place will just break off after a couple seconds.

Hmm, think it'd be doable to build the Bathhouse from Spirited Away?

Feb 21, 2021#119

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
If this was indeed the cause, the local connection would've been flawless.

--Patrick

Not if her game was waiting for my game to parse, verify, and return the data before it allowed the game to continue. Kind of like a CRC of all parties involved before it allows time to progress to maintain game sync.

I will say that, no matter how bad the lag gets, there's almost never any rubberbanding. So it's refusing to "skip" data to do positional updates and that sort of thing.

Feb 21, 2021#120

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
Not if her game was waiting for my game to parse, verify, and return the data before it allowed the game to continue.

I thought your test was solo between your client and server, on your LAN.

--Patrick

Feb 21, 2021#121

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
I thought your test was solo between your client and server, on your LAN.

--Patrick

No, the test was me join her, with her hosting the game (no dedicated server).

Feb 21, 2021#122

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
No, the test was me join her, with her hosting the game (no dedicated server).

Then I have an idea what your next test should be.

This isn't that ol' half-open TCP connection thing, is it?

--Patrick

Feb 22, 2021#123

GasBandit

Feb 22, 2021#124

PatrThom

It's the fastest hunk of junk in the biome, made the Yagluth run in only 12 portals.

--Patrick

Feb 22, 2021#125

GasBandit

Mods are now a thing for valheim, most of them client side.

Here's what I'm trying first - a mod for a first person view mode.

First person view

First person mode. Enables you to zoom in all the way to enter a first person mode. With other changes to make the experience playable.

www.nexusmods.com

Feb 22, 2021#126

GasBandit

Oh god I'm playing the First Person mod, it's so nice.

Feb 22, 2021#127

GasBandit

Did a little more testing. The structure of this game's network chatter is definitely closer to peer-to-peer instead of server/client. And it's definitely waiting for verification from other clients within a certain radius.

Which means, if ONE person within a given radius is lagging... EVERYBODY in that given radius lags. Even if your ping to the server is single digit milliseconds.

Feb 22, 2021#128

PatrThom

Can you boost the number of half-open connections on the server? Or is it mesh instead of star?

--Patrick

Feb 22, 2021#129

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
Can you boost the number of half-open connections on the server? Or is it mesh instead of star?

--Patrick

I don't have that level of control. About the only thing I can change is the maximum upload speed limit.

Feb 22, 2021#130

GasBandit

Feb 23, 2021#131

GasBandit

The Valheim mods I recommend -

Quick stack: push one button, and stuff in your inventory gets put into nearby chests that already have that in it. Makes unloading after a day of hunting/gathering much nicer

Quick Stack

Press a configured key (` by default) to quickly stack items from your inventory into a currently opened or nearby containers.

www.nexusmods.com

Craft and build from containers: just what it says in the tin. Do you have a chest full of tin, copper, bronze, etc next to your forge? Now you don't need to fish out the materials to do your crafting. Plus, if you are doing a lot of building, just load up a chest with wood, and whenever you're near that chest, you'll use the wood from the chest.

Craft Build Smelt Cook Fuel Pull From Containers

Allows you to make use of resources in nearby containers when crafting, building, using smelters and kilns, refueling fires, cooking food, etc.

www.nexusmods.com

First Person View: Lets you zoom all the way into your head, and play in first person view. Surprisingly not jank, I'm very happy with it. I do still recommend mining and farming in third person, and fortunately switching between the modes is easy and seamless. Also, for some reason, comes with the FOV set to 85, but after the first time running it, there will be a config file you can use to tone that down to a less fisheye-like setting, like 70.

First person view

First person mode. Enables you to zoom in all the way to enter a first person mode. With other changes to make the experience playable.

www.nexusmods.com

Remember IP Dammit: Makes your game remember the last IP you typed in to connect to, so that you don't have to jump through stupid hoops to reconnect to your favorite server every time.

Mod unavailable

This mod is not currently available

www.nexusmods.com

Show My Position By Default: Makes it so that "show my position on map to other players" is on by default instead of off, so that you don't have to remember to turn it on every time you play.

Mod unavailable

This mod is not currently available

www.nexusmods.com

All of these mods require the plugin injector Bepinex for Valheim:

BepInExPack Valheim v5.4.2202

BepInEx pack for Valheim. Preconfigured and includes unstripped Unity DLLs.

valheim.thunderstore.io

It's easy to install, though. You just go into the zip, and install the contents of the "BepInExPack_Valheim" folder into the root folder of your Valheim install. Then go into the bepinex folder, then the plugins folder, and that's where you drop the DLLs for the other mods. Everything then happens automatically the next time you start Valheim. Any mods with configuration files will create those files the first time you run after installing them, so you'll then have to exit out, edit the config files (they live in bepinex/config), and then start the game again.

Feb 23, 2021#132

Dave

I would be averse to using Valheim mods. The game updates so often that the mods are going to break constantly.

Feb 23, 2021#133

GasBandit

Feb 23, 2021#134

GasBandit

Dave said:
I would be averse to using Valheim mods. The game updates so often that the mods are going to break constantly.

The method of injection for these mods is different from how, say, minecraft did. It's closer to how Stardew Valley handles mod injection.

Minecraft method: direct memory address injection due to obfuscated code in bespoke engine
Valheim/Stardew method: engine function call injection due to unobfuscated/industry standard engine (Unity)

So, unlike Minecraft, which meant that every single update literally broke every single mod, mods in Valheim and Stardew Valley only break if the engine changes, or something REALLY fundamentally changes about the game.

I've run outdated mods on Stardew Valley for several, several, SEVERAL version updates of Stardew, and while it complains, it is a lot more fault tolerant.

Feb 23, 2021#135

GasBandit

However, I WILL tell you the down side of Valheim mods -

Client side mods affect the server.

That means cheat mods can't be stopped. So public Valheim servers will never be viable, because there's no way to stop/catch cheaters/griefers other than banning them by name, one by one.

Feb 23, 2021#136

Snuffleupagus

GasBandit said:
View attachment 37198

I feel attacked.

Feb 23, 2021#137

GasBandit

Snuffleupagus said:
I feel attacked.

You think you feel attacked now, just wait til you learn that terraforming/flattening terrain is the number one cause of degraded game performance (low fps)

~TLDR

Until they change the way the game is being saved, I suggest that you guys don't terraform the terrain unless absolutely necessary. Do not build large trenches around your base and do not flatten the mountains like I did. Luckily I keep saving up to 20 latest backups with a simple PowerShell script, and I'm able to rollback to a state where I didn't create additional 10,000 instances.

Feb 23, 2021#138

Snuffleupagus

GasBandit said:
You think you feel attacked now, just wait til you learn that terraforming/flattening terrain is the number one cause of degraded game performance (low fps)

Oh.. Oh no.

Feb 23, 2021#139

drifter

Glad I held off on buying this game, then. Hopefully the devs can do something about it.

Feb 23, 2021#140

Dei

Ok but if this guy is flattening mountains, I feel like that is the biggest problem.

Feb 23, 2021#141

GasBandit

drifter said:
Glad I held off on buying this game, then. Hopefully the devs can do something about it.

It's not horrible, as long as you are literally not flattening mountains. I've got a trench around my main base and it does drop it to about 30 fps, but on the other hand, I've flattened a 50m circle somewhere else on the map, and still get 50+.

I just brought it up to Snuffles because he just went on a MASSIVE terraforming campaign.

Feb 23, 2021#142

PatrThom

I remember Empyrion had a similar problem, where all terrain changes were saved as deltas to the procedurally generated content rather than altering the planet's actual geometry.

--Patrick

Feb 23, 2021#143

Snuffleupagus

GasBandit said:
It's not horrible, as long as you are literally not flattening mountains. I've got a trench around my main base and it does drop it to about 30 fps, but on the other hand, I've flattened a 50m circle somewhere else on the map, and still get 50+.

I just brought it up to Snuffles because he just went on a MASSIVE terraforming campaign.

Joking aside I've never had any problems and I flatten everything before I build on it.

Feb 23, 2021#144

drifter

GasBandit said:
It's not horrible, as long as you are literally not flattening mountains. I've got a trench around my main base and it does drop it to about 30 fps, but on the other hand, I've flattened a 50m circle somewhere else on the map, and still get 50+.

*recalls old Minecraft saves* Yeah, I'm still gonna hold off, at least for a little while

Feb 23, 2021#145

PatrThom

Minecraft, at least, actually altered the world model as you changed the terrain.

--Patrick

Feb 23, 2021#146

Frank

So this shit must be the bees knees eh? The numbers on Steam are absolutely bonkers and I see you all logging into it on and off all day.

Feb 23, 2021#147

GasBandit

Frank said:
So this shit must be the bees knees eh? The numbers on Steam are absolutely bonkers and I see you all logging into it on and off all day.

It's addictive AF. Kinda a hybrid minecraft/terraria 3d game with zelda combat mechanics and a Skyrim costume.

Feb 23, 2021#148

Frank

Pop that bad boy on the ole wishlist then.

Feb 23, 2021#149

Dei

Dinner and Wildlife Viewing in the Plains.

Feb 24, 2021#150

Dei

Flour only stacking to 20 is nonsense on toast.

Feb 25, 2021#151

GasBandit

Feb 25, 2021#152

Tinwhistler

Feb 25, 2021#153

PatrThom

I have a forest soundtrack that does the same thing... rain falling on leaves, occasional thunder, and then some elk or something has to go and bust in with HNREeeeeeeEEEEONK! over and over again.

--Patrick

Feb 25, 2021#154

Tinwhistler

I just relistened to the louis ck bit (which I hadn't heard in quite some time)...maybe stop listening before the last 20 or 30 seconds of the video. heh.

Feb 25, 2021#155

GasBandit

On the way home, with iron....

Feb 25, 2021#156

GasBandit

Feb 25, 2021#157

GasBandit

Patch day!

0.146.8
Hello Valheimers!
Todays patch has some major changes, the biggest change is the updated socket backend which should improve connection issues for a lot of players. Vulkan support as been enabled in Windows builds and can be enabled for now by adding "-force-vulkan" as a launch option in Steam properties for Valheim. This might fix some random crashes related to GPU drivers. World corruption caused by loging out and and the same time pressing ALT+F4 has been fixed. Some balancing fixes was made on bosses to make them more challenging ( u guys are killing them too fast ).

NOTE: Due to changes in character save data, once a character has been loaded & saved in this new version, they can no longer be loaded in an older version of valheim.

* Crafting item-dupe bug fix
* Harpooned player & ship bug fix
* Fixed player ragdoll
* Bonemass,Moder,Yagluth difficulty tweaks
* Moder music updated
* Tombstone bugfix (probably wont fix disappearing tombstones though)
* Fixed world corruption caused by pressing ALT+F4 while logging out.
* Deathsquitos have slightly longer audio range
* Tweaked audio on blast-furnace & spinning wheel
* Shared map position setting is saved per world
* Updated network stats (F2)
* Building destruction drop-fix
* Vulkan support in windows builds
* Network disconnection bugfix
* Updated socket-backend

Feb 25, 2021#158

GasBandit

Server updated.

Feb 25, 2021#159

GasBandit

Feb 27, 2021#160

GasBandit

♫ ♫ I always feel like... somebody's WATCHING MEEEEE.... and I have no privacy... oh-oh-oh... ♫♫

Feb 28, 2021#161

GasBandit

Completely demolished and rebuilt the house. This is where Emrys and I (and Celt Z) live, now. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, and it allowed me to consolidate my crafting and living spaces, making more room for farming. Now the empty workshop (the wood structure on the right) only has some portals left in it... I need to tear that down and rebuild it as an actually aesthetically pleasant portal nexus.

Feb 28, 2021#162

mikerc

GasBandit said:
This is where Emrys and I (and Celt Z) live, now.

Living the dream Gas?

Feb 28, 2021#163

GasBandit

mikerc said:
Living the dream Gas?

Feb 28, 2021#164

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Completely demolished and rebuilt the house. This is where Emrys and I (and Celt Z) live, now. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, and it allowed me to consolidate my crafting and living spaces, making more room for farming. Now the empty workshop (the wood structure on the right) only has some portals left in it... I need to tear that down and rebuild it as an actually aesthetically pleasant portal nexus.

View attachment 37233

I assume my new "room" is the shed outback, as a reminder to not be a deadbeat and build my old cardboard box?

Feb 28, 2021#165

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
I assume my new "room" is the shed outback, as a reminder to not be a deadbeat and build my old cardboard box?

Your new room is fuckin' plush. Note that you have an actual bed with furs and blankets and stuff instead of a box of straw to sleep on.

Why would you ever possibly want to move out, with views like these?

Feb 28, 2021#166

GasBandit

Anyway, I finished demolishing the old workshop and rebuilt a portal nexus more in keeping with the aesthetic/oeuvre of the house.

Feb 28, 2021#167

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Your new room is fuckin' plush. Note that you have an actual bed with furs and blankets and stuff instead of a box of straw to sleep on.

View attachment 37236

Why would you ever possibly want to move out, with views like these?

View attachment 37237

Ok, but if you ever want the place to yourselves, this is NOT the way to do it. Just sayin'.

May have to go check out my sweet Viking digs later today...

Feb 28, 2021#168

Dei

Celt Z said:
Ok, but if you ever want the place to yourselves, this is NOT the way to do it. Just sayin'.

May have to go check out my sweet Viking digs later today...

I mean, if you really want to give them space, I also just built a new house and I have an extra room.

Feb 28, 2021#169

Celt Z

Dei said:
I mean, if you really want to give them space, I also just built a new house and I have an extra room.

Possibly? Mr. Z has been asking me about the game lot today, so there is a possibility he may give it a shot tonight. If he gets into it, we may end up with our own place*.

*which I am hoping he will build because I am lazy about that sort of thing. Left to my own devices, I would probably have a hovel like Terrik's.

Feb 28, 2021#170

Dei

Celt Z said:
Possibly? Mr. Z has been asking me about the game lot today, so there is a possibility he may give it a shot tonight. If he gets into it, we may end up with our own place*.

*which I am hoping he will build because I am lazy about that sort of thing. Left to my own devices, I would probably have a hovel like Terrik's.

I'm playing in single player with my husband and he makes me do all the building lol.

Feb 28, 2021#171

Dei

I do recommend though that you find a new area to build, just because lag has been becoming an issue when too many things get built near each other. Snuffles and I are pretty much only using Base v2 to store our stuff and engaging in building projects on opposite sides of the map to reduce lag.

Feb 28, 2021#172

PatrThom

Celt Z said:
Left to my own devices, I would probably have a hovel like Terrik's.

Still better than the windowless cube @Dave would surely build.

--Patrick

Feb 28, 2021#173

Dave

I'm playing with Wata. He likes to build. So I gather resources and he builds.

Feb 28, 2021#174

GasBandit

The Copper Crew, on the job.

Feb 28, 2021#175

PatrThom

Dave said:
I'm playing with Wata. He likes to build. So I gather resources and he builds.

That's about how things are going with me 'n' Rose.

--Patrick

Mar 1, 2021#176

GasBandit

QuickConnect

Adds a quick connect window with a configurable list of servers, no more dealing with steam's buggy favorites window and entering passwords (twice).

www.nexusmods.com

Mar 1, 2021#177

GasBandit

And I know you've all been waiting with bated breath for this:

There's finally a nude mod for Valheim :wololo:

Now we just need CBBE!

Mar 1, 2021#178

GasBandit

@LordRendar are you still using the walled house you built right by the starting circle?

Mar 1, 2021#179

Dei

GasBandit said:
And I know you've all been waiting with bated breath for this:

There's finally a nude mod for Valheim

Now we just need CBBE!

I don't really see why a nude mod for Valheim is that exciting. Unless it' makes completely different bodies I guess.

Mar 1, 2021#180

Emrys

GasBandit said:
And I know you've all been waiting with bated breath for this:

There's finally a nude mod for Valheim

Now we just need CBBE!

No.

Mar 1, 2021#181

GasBandit

Dei said:
I don't really see why a nude mod for Valheim is that exciting. Unless it' makes completely different bodies I guess.

Oh it's not. It's hilariously not.

Mar 1, 2021#182

PatrThom

Let me know when they get a South Park mod that plays "Push It To The Limit" as battle music, and that has Stan yell every time one of the characters dies.

--Patrick

Mar 1, 2021#183

LordRendar

GasBandit said:
@LordRendar are you still using the walled house you built right by the starting circle?

Not really. I stash stuff there when I am huntin wolves, but that was it. If you want to demolish it, go ahead.

Mar 1, 2021#184

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
And I know you've all been waiting with bated breath for this:

There's finally a nude mod for Valheim

Now we just need CBBE!

The only thing this is going to result in is Mr. Z being even more naked in the house. No one needs that.

Mar 1, 2021#185

GasBandit

LordRendar said:
Not really. I stash stuff there when I am huntin wolves, but that was it. If you want to demolish it, go ahead.

Hunting wolves? Are we talking about the same place? Right by the starting circle, right? Like right next to Tinwhistler's place?

Mar 1, 2021#186

LordRendar

Yes. Down to the south east are mountains. Wolves do spawn there.

Mar 1, 2021#187

GasBandit

LordRendar said:
Yes. Down to the south east are mountains. Wolves do spawn there.

I did find a Fei tombstone up there, but the wolves seemed pretty few and far between

Anyway if you need a place to shack up when hunting wolves, I cordially invite you to throw down a bed in the third floor communal area of my house. I'll need to add you to my ward, though.

Mar 1, 2021#188

LordRendar

It is alright. I got a cart to store stuff in. The tombstone you found is probably the one where I was rushed by 6 or so wolves at once and I got stuck on a rock. Everyone got a hit and I died in 2 seconds.

Mar 1, 2021#189

GasBandit

LordRendar said:
It is alright. I got a cart to store stuff in. The tombstone you found is probably the one where I was rushed by 6 or so wolves at once and I got stuck on a rock. Everyone got a hit and I died in 2 seconds.

The contents of the chests there, and the materials it broke down into, are at the east gate of your other residence in the area (the one near Dei's boat house)

Mar 1, 2021#190

GasBandit

Redecorated my second floor landing. I think it looks pretty good.

Mar 2, 2021#191

Dei

Meanwhile, I am a masochist.

Mar 5, 2021#192

GasBandit

Apparently if you throw a surtling core into a bonfire, it shoots a flare into the sky that explodes and briefly illuminates the entire area.

Mar 6, 2021#193

GasBandit

We finally managed to take down bonemass tonight. It was a hell of a struggle. Took forever. But in the celebration afterwards, Mr. Z agreed to trade Keltsey to me in exchange for a magic belt.

Mar 7, 2021#194

Celt Z

I dislike you both.

Mar 7, 2021#195

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
I dislike you both.

Well, look at it this way. I rescued you from having to live in an uninsulated, bare, clapboard shack (IN THE FREEZING MOUNTAINS), and all it cost me was a magic belt.

Mar 7, 2021#196

GasBandit

Welp, I've discovered a very real memory leak. If you repeatedly log back and forth between one server and another (or in my case a server and a single player game) you will use up about an extra 2 gigs of ram per change until you quit to desktop.

Mar 7, 2021#197

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Well, look at it this way. I rescued you from having to live in an uninsulated, bare, clapboard shack (IN THE FREEZING MOUNTAINS), and all it cost me was a magic belt.

"Rescued" is a strong word. And he would trade me for magic beans.

Literally. He probably would have traded me for seeds and a cultivator.

Mar 7, 2021#198

jwhouk

Might I, as a disinterested third party in this game, suggest that one of you perhaps set up a bathing area that involves heated rocks and hot water? Perhaps with a shrine to the god of the North (Ranger).

Mar 7, 2021#199

GasBandit

jwhouk said:
Might I, as a disinterested third party in this game, suggest that one of you perhaps set up a bathing area that involves heated rocks and hot water? Perhaps with a shrine to the god of the North (Ranger).

I really wish we could do water features.

Mar 8, 2021#200

GasBandit

I had to change the server port to 42456. Let me know if this causes problems for anyone.

If it does, I recommend you get the quickconnect mod, and enter the following into its config file - this seems to work very well for Keltsey, myself, and Emrys.

Code:

GasBandit's Server:gasbandit.zapto.org:42456:PASSWORDHERE

If you want to use the steam server favorites list trick, it seems to want gasbandit.zapto.org:42457

Mar 8, 2021#201

GasBandit

HOUSE BANDIT

Mar 8, 2021#202

DarkAudit

GasBandit said:
I had to change the server port to 42456. Let me know if this causes problems for anyone.

If it does, I recommend you get the quickconnect mod, and enter the following into its config file - this seems to work very well for Keltsey, myself, and Emrys

Code:

GasBandit's Server:gasbandit.zapto.org:42456:PASSWORDHERE

I knew I should've gotten a screenshot earlier.

ASSWORD

Mar 8, 2021#203

GasBandit

DarkAudit said:
I knew I should've gotten a screenshot earlier.

ASSWORD

Given what the password is, that is an apt description.

Mar 10, 2021#204

MindDetective

Mar 10, 2021#205

Dei

MindDetective said:

I shudder to think about what he will have to do to the terrain to make this trick work on the swamp, where it is damp and rainy.

Mar 10, 2021#206

GasBandit

So, way back in the day, one of the first structures I was very proud of was this covered bridge, that let me get my cart across the water to get copper and tin home.

Well, tonight Celt Z and I revisited it, and made some improvements. It looks, and works, much better now.

Mar 11, 2021#207

GasBandit

Someone on Reddit had an excellent suggestion, and I hope the devs pay attention to it.

There's a divide among the players about whether metal should be able to go through a portal or not. Half want the convenience, the other half value the challenge and the excuse to use the boats.

Someone said a good balance would be that defeating a biome's boss would make that biome's metal portal-able. IE, you have to schlep copper and tin until you beat the elder, then you can teleport it. You have to ship iron until you beat bonemass. Portal silver? Gotta beat Moder first, and so on.

Mar 11, 2021#208

Dei

I have a tiny little outpost that I stole from fulings out in the Plains. Outside this outpost I have 3 tames Loxes because I can't actually control where they go. This plains outpost is near a swamp, and there is nothing more amusing than watching one Lox randomly wander in there and decimate everything while I go in and collect all the drops.

Mar 11, 2021#209

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
Someone on Reddit had an excellent suggestion, and I hope the devs pay attention to it.

Eh, this sounds like it would break the game design, assuming they are deliberately trying to keep you moving from place to place, and discourage you from setting up a permanent central location anywhere.

--Patrick

Mar 11, 2021#210

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
Eh, this sounds like it would break the game design, assuming they are deliberately trying to keep you moving from place to place, and discourage you from setting up a permanent central location anywhere.

--Patrick

They're also deliberately trying to make a cooperative experience, but they do give those who want it a PvP option.

Mar 11, 2021#211

Dei

GasBandit said:
They're also deliberately trying to make a cooperative experience, but they do give those who want it a PvP option.

Yeah, but people generally use it to fling each other with harpoons.

Mar 11, 2021#212

GasBandit

Dei said:
Yeah, but people generally use it to fling each other with harpoons.

Just more illustration of how important emergent gameplay beyond the scope of the developer's vision is.

Mar 11, 2021#213

Snuffleupagus

PatrThom said:
Eh, this sounds like it would break the game design, assuming they are deliberately trying to keep you moving from place to place, and discourage you from setting up a permanent central location anywhere.

--Patrick

I built a village. I'm not going anywhere.

Mar 11, 2021#214

Dei

TBH, I don't really find the teleport restrictions that annoying. So far I've been able to either easily find extra metal near new bases, or I just make outposts to smelt metal for gear and move some back to a central location to fully update workbenches/forges when I get around to it. It's also a good way to find serpent meat for stew, which is as good as lox meat pie (which requires an artisan table).

Mar 11, 2021#215

PatrThom

Snuffleupagus said:
I built a village. I'm not going anywhere.

Now you just need a child to raise.

--Patrick

Mar 15, 2021#216

Officer_Charon

Uhm.... I'm sorry about the bridge in the Black Forest. I tried to fix it as best as I could.

In other news, did you know that Trolls will chase you a VERY long distance? And appear to enjoy chasing you towards other trolls?

Mar 16, 2021#217

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
I hope the devs pay attention to it.

Well okay then.

--Patrick

Mar 16, 2021#218

GasBandit

Mar 16, 2021#219

PatrThom

D’ya think we’ll get any Valheim vids by Womble? Or is this genre not his cup of tea?

—Patrick

Mar 16, 2021#220

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
D’ya think we’ll get any Valheim vids by Womble? Or is this genre not his cup of tea?

—Patrick

Who knows... his videos kinda run behind. He's still posting old CSGO and Space Engineers footage :/

Mar 16, 2021#221

GasBandit

From Reddit - "Know your place, trash!"

Mar 17, 2021#222

GasBandit

Valheim Players Build Functional Rollercoaster | TechRaptor

A team of Valheim players have built a functional rollercoaster with the help of a longboat as the car and some roof frames for tracks.

techraptor.net

Mar 17, 2021#223

figmentPez

That's an impressive slide, but is it really a rollercoaster if it doesn't go up any inclines?

Mar 17, 2021#224

GasBandit

Mar 17, 2021#225

MindDetective

figmentPez said:
That's an impressive slide, but is it really a rollercoaster if it doesn't go up any inclines?

This is referred to as an Alpine coaster or, apparently, a summer toboggan.

Mar 18, 2021#226

Celt Z

GasBandit said:

Hey, look, he's not hitting any rocks!

Mar 18, 2021#227

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
Hey, look, he's not hitting any rocks!

Mar 18, 2021#228

figmentPez

Mar 20, 2021#229

Celt Z

*cues Immigrant Song*

Mar 21, 2021#230

GasBandit

Dang, the forum's image processor really downscaled it.

You guys can't see it, but that's actually Thor in the middle of all that lightning. It was pretty rad.

Mar 21, 2021#231

Far

Super cool that you guys met Chris Hemsworth.

Mar 21, 2021#232

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Dang, the forum's image processor really downscaled it.

You guys can't see it, but that's actually Thor in the middle of all that lightning. It was pretty rad.

I wish I had gotten a screenshot when it first appeared. It was so much clearer. At least we know he's there, now!

Mar 21, 2021#233

GasBandit

Mar 21, 2021#234

Celt Z

Stamina comment: no lie detected.

Although I find their criticism around the 2:00m mark about leveling and having to fight the bosses a little weird: isn't that, like, 99% of video games ever made?

Mar 21, 2021#235

Dei

I really want to do big builds in Valheim, but I also feel like they will end up big and empty unless I want every room to be a feast hall. I find that I'm happier only building as big as I need to put in necessities. Hopefully the next update helps. I also feel like just something simple like letting me mount everything on an item stand would go a long way here.

Mar 21, 2021#236

GasBandit

I managed to get a much better shot of Thor today.

Mar 21, 2021#237

drifter

Thor is a... box? With disembodied legs?

Mar 21, 2021#238

Tinwhistler

the internet is your friend in this regard.

And according to reddit: "If you zoom and the clouds are not completely in the way, you can see Thor’s chariot with 2 goats (Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr)"

Mar 21, 2021#239

GasBandit

Yeah, it's a chariot drawn by goats.

Mar 22, 2021#240

GasBandit

Mar 22, 2021#241

GasBandit

What happens when you sail off the end of the world: Exactly what you expect.

Mar 22, 2021#242

Celt Z

Ok, so, my question is, aren't we falling off of the afterlife, not the world?

Mar 22, 2021#243

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
Ok, so, my question is, aren't we falling off of the afterlife, not the world?

Both?

Mar 22, 2021#244

Squidleybits

Far said:
Super cool that you guys met Chris Hemsworth.

Ah, Sexy Thor

Mar 22, 2021#245

GasBandit

I was just admiring the view from my balcony...

But you know what? It needed a little something...

There we go.

Mar 22, 2021#246

Celt Z

Mar 23, 2021#247

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
It needed a little something...

...what, a handicap access ramp?
<peers closer>
Oh.

--Patrick

Mar 23, 2021#248

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
...what, a handicap access ramp?
<peers closer>
Oh.

--Patrick

The ramp is Emrys' "I want to shoot at something below the rail" solution.

Mar 24, 2021#249

GasBandit

"Why is there leather in the berries chest??"

Mar 24, 2021#250

GasBandit

A beloved local landmark has been profanely vandalized.

Mar 27, 2021#251

GasBandit

I made a big statue of a Troll Knight.

Apr 2, 2021#252

GasBandit

Apr 7, 2021#253

GasBandit

There is now a Valheim VR mod.

VHVR - Valheim VR

This mod adds VR support to Valheim using OpenVR and SteamVR Unity integration.

www.nexusmods.com

Apr 7, 2021#254

PatrThom

Well really that’s the usual reason for not having Mac (or Linux) versions of most stuff. But you kinda expect anything described as “indie” is not gonna have a big enough development team to cover multiple platforms.

—Patrick

Apr 19, 2021#255

GasBandit

Patch today - noteworthy: a new terrain modification system. If you have existing terraforming, you'll need to convert it with a console command. You don't have to be an admin to use that console command (or any, really).

Valheim - 0.150.3 - Steam News

This was a long one! This patch has been taking extra long time to develop due to the new terrain-modification system. The new terrain modification system is made to reduce the number of network instances and make loading faster and smoother. Technically it’s a pretty big change but hopefully...

store.steampowered.com

That said, I didn't see an FPS or load time improvement at my house after using the command, so, ymmv.

May 19, 2021#256

GasBandit

We're still all waiting for new content with bated breath... meanwhile, Worst Premade Ever has put out a Valheim video (finally).

Aug 25, 2021#257

Dei

Aug 25, 2021#258

GasBandit

Word on the street is there's gonna be a big buff for tower shields in H&H, too.

Aug 25, 2021#259

PatrThom

I'll be honest, I saw this thread pop back up in new and my first thought was, "People still play Valheim?"

--Patrick

Aug 25, 2021#260

Snuffleupagus

Is the server still as it was or has it reset? Also these updates might be a little few and far between to keep interest.

Aug 25, 2021#261

GasBandit

Snuffleupagus said:
Is the server still as it was or has it reset? Also these updates might be a little few and far between to keep interest.

Still as it was.

Sep 11, 2021#262

GasBandit

I just checked to make sure the Valheim server was current (it is), and noticed right now you're allowed to build maypoles. Usually they only do that as a temporary thing, so if you were thinking you might ever come back to this, you might want to log in just long enough to build a maypole. It just takes regular wood, dandelions, and thistles.

Sep 16, 2021#263

GasBandit

Hearth and Home update is live. Server is updated.

Patch 0.202.14 (HEARTH & HOME)
General improvements

* Weapons rebalanced (All weapons have been rebalanced to be more viable as main weapon and also have more unique playstyles)
* Blocking system overhauled (Current maximum hp now greatly affects your ability to block attacks, stagger bar gui added)
* Naming tamed creatures
* Gamepad sensitivity settings
* Auto-pickup toggle button added
* Graphics settings (Active point lights & Active point light shadows)
* Tamed creatures affected by friendly fire setting (i.e you can’t hurt a tamed creature unless you enable friendly fire or use the new Butcher knife item)
* Various other improvements and bugfixes

Food

* Food rebalance (Most food items now give mainly stamina or mainly health to make food choices more interesting)
* Food GUI overhauled to work better with the rebalanced food
* Over 10 new things to eat (Actually 12)

World

* Tamed Lox now have a purpose
* Slimy locations & creatures added to plains
* New plantable seeds: Birch, Oak & Onions

Items

* New weapons: Crystal battleaxe, Silver knife
* New shields: Bone tower shield, Iron buckler
* Butcher knife (Special weapon for butchering tamed animals)
* Thunder stone (Sold by trader)
* Lox accessory

Building

* New Darkwood building pieces like shingle roofs, beams, decorations and more
* New types of furniture, including but not limited to a mighty stone throne and a steamy viking hot tub
* Crystal walls
* New types of stacks to show off your treasure and resources
* Cauldron improvements: Spice rack, Butcher’s table, Pots and pans
* Cartography table (For sharing map-data with other players)
* Oven added (For baking bread and pie)
* Obliterator added (Items be gone)
* Iron cooking station (Required to cook some types of meat)

Sep 16, 2021#264

GasBandit

Oh and in case it got missed, the INVERTED 45 DEGREE 1x1 WALL PIECE is finally in the game.

Sep 16, 2021#265

Vrii

That's a lot more than I expected to be included in the update (rebalancing of weapons sounds pretty interesting!), but I don't think it's enough to go back and play more. Hopefully they've got their workflow sorted and enough bugs solved that future updates come a bit more quickly.

Sep 16, 2021#266

GasBandit

And yep, they were right, you can rename tamed animals now.

Sep 16, 2021#267

GasBandit

Unfortunately a lot of the new items to be built require tar, a new resource that spawns from creatures in Tar Pits, which are new set pieces that show up in Plains biomes.... but not in any already-generated areas. So, the existing map on the server needs a LOT of new exploration to find some tar pits, because all the exploration we've done has kinda boned us in that regard.

I guess it'd also be an option to farm tar in another map (like a single player game, or a separately hosted game) and then bring it back to this server.

Sep 16, 2021#268

Dei

GasBandit said:
Unfortunately a lot of the new items to be built require tar, a new resource that spawns from creatures in Tar Pits, which are new set pieces that show up in Plains biomes.... but not in any already-generated areas. So, the existing map on the server needs a LOT of new exploration to find some tar pits, because all the exploration we've done has kinda boned us in that regard.

I guess it'd also be an option to farm tar in another map (like a single player game, or a separately hosted game) and then bring it back to this server.

I mean, devs did say they wanted people to restart.

Sep 16, 2021#269

Snuffleupagus

Dei said:
I mean, devs did say they wanted people to restart.

Let's restart!

Sep 16, 2021#270

GasBandit

Snuffleupagus said:
Let's restart!

Alright, if YOU are in favor of restarting and losing all that massive stuff you built, then I'm on board too.

I'll create a new map on the server (but retain the old one in case we want to go back to it for whatever reason).

Sep 16, 2021#271

GasBandit

Server's rebooted running a fresh map. Did you enjoy having a nice house? Because now you don't

(neither do I, I didn't even load up on supplies before I pulled the trigger)

Sep 17, 2021#272

Emrys

GasBandit said:
Server's rebooted running a fresh map. Did you enjoy having a nice house? Because now you don't (neither do I, I didn't even load up on supplies before I pulled the trigger)

What?!?!

Sep 17, 2021#273

GasBandit

Emrys said:
What?!?!

It wouldn't have been fair for me to load up on all my possessions when nobody else got the chance to do so.

If there's enough desire, I can reboot the server running the old map and everybody can load up, and then I can switch to the new one again. But there's something to be said for a fresh start, even if it's in a character with all the recipes unlocked and high level skills.

Sep 17, 2021#274

GasBandit

Well that second one seems kind of important /headdesk

Sep 17, 2021#275

Celt Z

Emrys said:
What?!?!

Looks like we need to get our own place this time.

Sep 17, 2021#276

GasBandit

Emrys and I have already started thing in motion on the new map.

This time around, I'd like to suggest that instead of separating and each building our own thing in miles-apart locations, maybe we should try to stick together and share resources. There's no real reason for us to have to strip-mine the entire world to supply 5 different forge setups and whatnot, when really one will do.

Of course, if everybody wants their own "living quarters" or house or whatever, more the merrier - but I think we'd all be better off if we consolidate our workshop into one location. And since we're starting out with the ability to make portals and whatever, you can still have a house in your favorite scenic location and whatnot.

There's an interesting wrinkle, too - Eikthyr's on the other side of a body of water that needs a boat to cross. Fortunately we have the wherewithal to build one, as our characters have the equipment and recipes from before still.

Celt Z said:
Looks like we need to get our own place this time.

Hey, I bought you fair and square!

Sep 17, 2021#277

Emrys

GasBandit said:
Hey, I bought you fair and square!

And I stole her from you.

Sep 17, 2021#278

GasBandit

My thralls are revolting.

Sep 17, 2021#279

Snuffleupagus

GasBandit said:
Emrys and I have already started thing in motion on the new map.

This time around, I'd like to suggest that instead of separating and each building our own thing in miles-apart locations, maybe we should try to stick together and share resources. There's no real reason for us to have to strip-mine the entire world to supply 5 different forge setups and whatnot, when really one will do.

Of course, if everybody wants their own "living quarters" or house or whatever, more the merrier - but I think we'd all be better off if we consolidate our workshop into one location. And since we're starting out with the ability to make portals and whatever, you can still have a house in your favorite scenic location and whatnot.

There's an interesting wrinkle, too - Eikthyr's on the other side of a body of water that needs a boat to cross. Fortunately we have the wherewithal to build one, as our characters have the equipment and recipes from before still.

Hey, I bought you fair and square!

Just make sure there is plenty of room. I have plans.

Sep 17, 2021#280

Emrys

GasBandit said:
My thralls are revolting.

Hey, I took a bath recently!

Sep 17, 2021#281

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
My thralls are revolting.

Yes, I can smell them from here.

—Patrick

Sep 17, 2021#282

Dei

Wonder if I should make a whole new viking for this or just power game it lmao

Sep 17, 2021#283

Emrys

Sep 17, 2021#284

Dei

Oh my God, stamina sucks so hard right now.

Sep 17, 2021#285

Dei

I just stuck a communal house by the spawn in, just for quick rested buffs when you get in. If that's a thing you care about. Don't really have time to do anything big, so I didn't even bother to go exploring yet to find whatever thing you started. It has Comfort 8. :| If anyone wants to stick a portal in it to whatever communal workshop we're making, feel free.

Sep 17, 2021#286

GasBandit

The workshop-in-progress is very close to the spawn-in, straight west. I've already got a charcoal kiln and furnace, and all the upgrades that don't need iron. Going to work on that next.

Emrys and I built a boat and took down Eikthyr. Anyone who needs it, feel free to borrow.

Sep 17, 2021#287

GasBandit

We have a cartography table at the workshop now too, which comes in handy since the map sharing mod is broken.

Sep 17, 2021#288

GasBandit

There is now a portal from Anna's starting-area structure to the workshop.

Sep 18, 2021#289

GasBandit

So now we've got a portal to a good sizeable swamp with some crypts in it so we can get iron, but we need the swamp key first, so we'll have to beat The Elder. I've also managed to find the elder and make a portal to his arena. But now we need the seed things we have to use to summon him.

My Porcupine Mace is getting pretty ragged, hope we can get some iron soon so we can finish upgrading the forge enough to do some repairs. It's already high enough to repair top level bows and armor, but not quite enough for black metal grade weapons.

Sep 18, 2021#290

GasBandit

Elder downed... time to get some iron.

Sep 18, 2021#291

GasBandit

All repairs are now possible at the workshop.

Sep 19, 2021#292

GasBandit

There is now a blue iron torch that uses greydwarf eyes for fuel. It is the best thing ever.

Sep 19, 2021#293

GasBandit

Still a work in progress but things are really coming along:

Got a BIGASS VOXEL WALL to keep the trolls and gray dwarfs from beating on shit, Got some bonfires going, a decent farming setup... still need to flesh out the main house with windows and trim and separate rooms, but the kitchen is coming together.

Sep 19, 2021#294

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
There is now a blue iron torch that uses greydwarf eyes for fuel. It is the best thing ever.

FINALLY.

Sep 20, 2021#295

GasBandit

Snuffles and I found some tar pits!

My hot tub is within reach!

Sep 21, 2021#296

GasBandit

So today, we went on a very meandering sea journey in search of missing resources. Finally found some silver.

I'm using a mod that lets you plant things like mushrooms, thistles, and berry bushes with the cultivator. It takes 5 of any given whatever to plant a "spawner" for it, but then each item will respawn itself in perpetuity with no replanting.... on a FIVE HOUR timer (real time) that is not accelerated by sleeping and stops advancing if nobody's on the server.

It looks pretty impressive at night though, with the yellow mushrooms and thistles glowing in the dark.

We finally have a hot tub! We need to finish fleshing out the house though so it has a better place to go. Preferably a high porch with an ocean view, I am thinking.

Sep 22, 2021#297

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
We finally have a hot tub! We need to finish fleshing out the house though so it has a better place to go. Preferably a high porch with an ocean view, I am thinking.

View attachment 38908

Oh good, now we have somewhere for @Dei to sleep!

Sep 23, 2021#298

GasBandit

The workshop and kitchen are now fully upgraded to be able to process any material!

Now we just need to grow barley and flax.

Sep 24, 2021#299

GasBandit

We have barley and flax growing in a plains farm.

Now the real business of making an aesthetically pleasing home can begin.

Sep 24, 2021#300

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Now the real business of making an aesthetically pleasing home can begin.

Can you do that? :awesome:

Sep 24, 2021#301

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
Can you do that?

I've already got fuling totems ready to go to stare at you in your sleep.

Sep 24, 2021#302

GasBandit

So what's the hottest mod on the nexus right now? Wellllllll...

Hearth and Home Old Food Stats

Restore food stats to their pre-Hearth & Home values, and adjust new Hearth & Home foods to maintain a balanced gameplay experience. Customize the stats of all food items to your preference. T

www.nexusmods.com

Sep 24, 2021#303

GasBandit

Sep 25, 2021#304

Emrys

GasBandit said:

Hard no.

Post automatically merged: Sep 25, 2021

GasBandit said:
So what's the hottest mod on the nexus right now? Wellllllll...

Hearth and Home Old Food Stats

Restore food stats to their pre-Hearth & Home values, and adjust new Hearth & Home foods to maintain a balanced gameplay experience. Customize the stats of all food items to your preference. T

www.nexusmods.com

Shocking.

Sep 26, 2021#305

GasBandit

Snuffles has achieved his lifelong dream.

Sep 26, 2021#306

Celt Z

I am jealous.

Sep 26, 2021#307

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
I am jealous.

Sep 26, 2021#308

Celt Z

I know! But I've been so busy lately, and when I'm not busy I'm exhausted. By the time I can finally sit down and game again, you guys will all be over it.

Sep 27, 2021#309

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
I know! But I've been so busy lately, and when I'm not busy I'm exhausted. By the time I can finally sit down and game again, you guys will all be over it.

The size of the project Snuffles has in the works, I'm beginning to wonder if we'll ever play anything else, ever.

Sep 27, 2021#310

Snuffleupagus

GasBandit said:
The size of the project Snuffles has in the works, I'm beginning to wonder if we'll ever play anything else, ever.

If you could just get me 500,000 stone I could be done by now.

Sep 27, 2021#311

Emrys

Snuffleupagus said:
If you could just get me 500,000 stone I could be done by now.

Sep 27, 2021#312

Terrik

Gosh, if I didnt have so many teeth to pull I could be doing this.

Sep 27, 2021#313

GasBandit

We have a breeding pair of ride-ready Lox.

Sep 28, 2021#314

GasBandit

So, last night after everybody else had logged off for the night, there was a Fuling attack on the workshop area.

So, I guess not hanging the Forsaken boss trophies isn't a workaround for keeping the raid strength low.

We've only killed Eikthyr, the Elder, and Moder. Maybe it just goes straight up off structure build quality/wealth.

Sep 29, 2021#315

GasBandit

Sep 29, 2021#316

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
View attachment 38958

You know, for someone who hasn't watched Spongebob...

Sep 29, 2021#317

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
You know, for someone who hasn't watched Spongebob...

That was snuffles.

Sep 29, 2021#318

Bubble181

GasBandit said:
That was snuffles.

But now we all know Snuffles is just one of your nicknames, sooooo

Sep 29, 2021#319

PatrThom

Well that explains why there were so many of you online last night. I even saw OC!

Celt Z said:
You know, for someone who hasn't watched Spongebob...

That is also me.

—Patrick

Sep 29, 2021#320

PatrThom

From another channel, captioned: "Who needs a degree in architecture when you've got iron beams?"

--Patrick

Sep 30, 2021#321

GasBandit

When Keltsey's NOT standing RIGHT NEXT TO ME

Sep 30, 2021#322

Celt Z

Meanwhile, I just have to walk next to the water and the fish come to me.

So, where's the one moonwalking away from your lure?

Oct 1, 2021#323

GasBandit

Making good progress.

Got the first floor tidied up and spaced out a bit. Got separate bedrooms for myself and Emrys, Celt Z, and Snuffleupagus (Dei and her husband have their own house on the other side of a portal). Got some aesthetic trim going on and some furniture going (comfort level 14 in most places). Got my hot tub on the top floor with a scenic view of the surrounding land and water. The workshop and kitchen are 100% functional and completely upgraded, with all storage labeled and placed in the vicinity so the "craft from containers" mods have an easy time pulling ingredients. Still need a lot more furniture and stuff though, so a lot more fine wood, pelts, and metal are gonna be needed. Also a lot of tar needed so we can properly shingle the roof instead of thatch.

Oct 1, 2021#324

Bubble181

GasBandit said:
Got separate bedrooms for myself and Emrys

*gasp* trouble in paradise?! :aaah:

Oct 1, 2021#325

PatrThom

Bubble181 said:
*gasp* trouble in paradise?!

They have different ideas about decorating.

—Patrick

Oct 1, 2021#326

Bubble181

PatrThom said:
They have different ideas about decorating.

—Patrick

Tiles vs weasel-sized tubes?

Oct 1, 2021#327

PatrThom

Bubble181 said:
Tiles vs weasel-sized tubes?

Mutually exclusive. You understand.

—Patrick

Oct 1, 2021#328

Celt Z

Bubble181 said:
*gasp* trouble in paradise?!

No, it's just that sometimes Emrys and I don't need him around.

Oct 1, 2021#329

GasBandit

Rooms for (Myself and Emrys), (Celt Z), and (Snuffles). Implied grouping by lack of comma there.

Oct 2, 2021#330

GasBandit

Today I discovered there is a grab-point on the figurehead of the longship, so you can be a badass as the hammer of the gods drives your ship to new lands.

Today I also discovered there is NOT a grab point at the rear of the ship, and if you try for one, you will tumble out and land in the wide, cold ocean with a splash, and then have to walk Keltsey through navigating the boat back to you before your stamina gives out and your armor drags you down to the depths.

Oct 2, 2021#331

PatrThom

Valheim Mythbusters: Don't try this at home!

--Patrick

Oct 4, 2021#332

GasBandit

Valheim Update Cuts Melee Stamina Costs And More | TechRaptor

A new Valheim update has been released, and it's aiming to address some common player criticisms, including melee weapon stamina consumption.

techraptor.net

All weapons now use less stamina (yaaay)
Knives now have more durability (yay..?)
Fulings will now try to surround you more instead of attack straight on (eep)
Parrying a ranged attack will now once again stagger the attacker (yaaay)
Food HP/Stamina levels rebalanced again (... we'll see)
Acorn and birch seed drop rates increased (yaaay)
Crystal walls are no longer comfort items (boooo)
Lox attacks now have longer cooldowns (good for hunting, bad for riding)
Night-spawn enemies now despawn faster when sun comes up (memories of what it took to tame a 2 star wolf... resurfacing...)
New item: Jack'o'Turnip (spoopy)

Oct 4, 2021#333

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
Fulings will now try to surround you more instead of attack straight on (eep)

Was it you or @Dave I heard saying to some unknown opponent: "Yes! That's right! Come straight at me, what a winning strategy that will be."

--Patrick

Oct 4, 2021#334

Dave

Me playing New World. I’m a mage who blasts fire. When you run right at me it’s impossible for me to miss. So by the time they get to me they are dead or almost dead.

Oct 4, 2021#335

GasBandit

Thing is, Fulings were already kind of a bastard for trying to flank you. Depending on how much it is changing, this could make fuling fights VERY dangerous.

Oct 10, 2021#336

GasBandit

Norse life is good.

From the third floor of the house at the workshop, the hot tub has a panoramic ocean view. The water is warm, the company is agreeable, the mead is sweet, and the food is hearty.

Yagluth will soon meet his end (again). Soon as we find the bastige.

Oct 11, 2021#337

Bubble181

Well fuck, can I just move in there?

Oct 11, 2021#338

PatrThom

Bubble181 said:
Well fuck, can I just move in there?

Sure, the instructions are right there in the first post.

--Patrick

Oct 11, 2021#339

GasBandit

And just a reminder that the game now has manual join by IP built into the main menu, so you don't have to do the whole steam server browser thing.

Oct 16, 2021#340

GasBandit

Yagluth found!

Yagluth summoned!

Yagluth absolutely stomped us into the ground like golf tees. Wasn't even remotely a threat to him. Clearly we need to approach this differently. With fire resist potions and frost-based weapons, next time.

Oct 17, 2021#341

GasBandit

From the wiki:

Yagluth is fairly slow but has devastating attacks.

Nova: Yagluth raises his right fist which glows blue before slamming the ground, creating a short range spherical explosion. Anyone standing within the explosion radius will take 65 Fire, 65 Lightning 100 Chop and 100 Pickaxe damage. Blue fire will remain in the area for a short time dealing 100 Fire damage over time.
Meteors: Yagluth raises his left fist which glows red. Then burning stones fall from above and create a small explosion on the landing spots. Anyone hit takes 40 Blunt, 120 Fire, 50 Chop and 50 Pickaxe damage. The meteors fall from the sky at a slight angle which is from from the direction of Yagluth.
Fire Breath: Yagluth will occasionally breathe a beam-like fire in a straight line and slowly rotate to follow the player (if they are side-stepping). This rapidly deals several hits of 40 Fire, 20 Lightning, 50 Chop and 50 Pickaxe damage.
Environment aura that forces darkness and removes raining which means Wet from rain can't be used as Fire resistance.

Looking it up, though, I had assumed Chop and Pickaxe damage were just words for slashing and piercing, but apparently they're the special type of slashing and piercing damage that only affects terrain (chopping trees and crushing rock), so they don't actually damage players - they just cause terrain/structure damage.

So yeah, the primary concern here is the fire damage. And that tracks with what I experienced - usually it was the nova that got me with the after-burning effect.

Apparently you can also dodge the nova by rolling right when his fist comes down - rolling imparts a few invulnerability frames while you roll, so the initial slam will miss you - but the lingering burn will still be an issue. Hopefully the fire resistance wine will help with that.

Oct 17, 2021#342

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
I had assumed Chop and Pickaxe damage were just words for slashing and piercing, but apparently they're the special type of slashing and piercing damage that only affects terrain (chopping trees and crushing rock), so they don't actually damage players - they just cause terrain/structure damage.

That was my take, too. Glad you clarified.
Guess it just means you can't use terrain for cover. More than once, anyway.

--Patrick

Oct 17, 2021#343

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
That was my take, too. Glad you clarified.
Guess it just means you can't use terrain for cover. More than once, anyway.

--Patrick

Yagluth's sacrificial altar is already missing several chunks.

Oct 17, 2021#344

Celt Z

So much dying... :aaah:

Oct 18, 2021#345

GasBandit

But now we can recuperate in the hot tub at 14,000 feet atop the craggy summit of Wolf Mountain, with a grand view of the ocean.

Oct 19, 2021#346

GasBandit

Seems like this is more appropriate for here than the regular meme thread

Oct 19, 2021#347

PatrThom

“Mjolnir? Damn near kilt ‘er!”

—Patrick

Oct 27, 2021#348

GasBandit

Looks like the Mistlands update will also revamp the mountain biome with some caverns type stuff

Valheim teases Mistlands biome and new caverns in the mountains

With Hearth and Home released, Iron Gate Studios is working on the next updates for the co-op Viking survival game.

www.pcgamer.com

Oct 31, 2021#349

GasBandit

It took a couple weeks for our scheduled to realign, but we finally got Yagluth down. It was a freaking struggle, mostly because the fight ranged all over the plains biome that Yagluth was in, and we kept running afoul of adds - first some Lox that did way more damage to me than Yagluth himself did, then constant deathsquitoes and fulings, and at one point there was a 2-star fuling that nearly caused a TPW. At another point, Yagluth called down a meteor shower that destroyed our portal and the building it was housed in, and I had to keep him busy/drag him away while Emrys rebuilt the portal so that Keltsey could get back from being dead.

But in the end, we prevailed. Some lessons learned:

1) There's a reason why some people tunnel under Yagluth's altar before they summon him, so they can go down there to rest. This is a LONG fight and stamina is a real problem. It'd be real nice to be able to hide to take a breather without having to worry about adds.
2) Fire resist barley wine is absolutely essential
3) Health regen mead lasts only a few seconds but has a 2 minute reuse cooldown >_<
4) Yagluth's close range attacks are actually pretty weak. If you get right in his face, he doesn't use his laser-breath, and his own giant head blocks the meteor showers from hitting you. His Point Blank Area of Effect fireblast can be dodge-rolled with pretty easy timing, the invulnerability you get during the roll makes the first blast miss, and the lingering fire damage can be handled pretty easily by fire resist wine.
5) Bonemass power is still a pretty good idea. Yagluth doesn't do a lot of physical damage, but boy oh boy do the adds.
6) Even with frost arrows, the DPS of archery from range is way too low. His natural health regeneration will outpace it unless you have like six people, and it's easy to get so hyperfocused on shooting him you don't see incoming meteor showers. Best to get up in his face with melee instead.
7) The meteor showers are by far his most dangerous attack. When he raises his left fist, you gotta immediately stop whatever you are doing (unless you're right under his chin) and just run in a straight line. The meteors don't "lead" you but they have a large area of impact, and if you're standing still they will fall directly on you and demolish you. You might think you're safe if you're far away from him, but if you are anywhere within sight of him when he raises his fist, you're probably gonna get at least one meteor.

Oct 31, 2021#350

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
3) Health regen mead lasts only a few seconds but has a 2 minute reuse cooldown >_<

Ooo, ouch.

--Patrick

Dec 15, 2021#351

GasBandit

Dec 15, 2021#352

PatrThom

"AWOOO.."
"Hey, you mutts! Hush up, it's Christmas!"
"awoooo..."

--Patrick

Mar 2, 2022#353

GasBandit

Patch notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/892970/view/3131694924763932004

"Caves" dungeons added to mountain biomes, some other QOL stuff, new crafting components and armor type.

Caves will only generate in not-previously-explored mountains. But when I updated the server, it said it tried to place 200 and could only place 91... so there ARE some out there. Just gonna have to go looking a bit to find them.

Mar 2, 2022#354

PatrThom

I did not know you still had the server even running.

--Patrick

Mar 2, 2022#355

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
I did not know you still had the server even running.

--Patrick

Yep. Most of my other servers have fallen by the wayside (though I can update and start them back up again at almost a moment's notice, aside from Empyrion), but Valheim is forever (Because it's SO low maintenance).

I had to begrudgingly shut down my KF2 server though because it was getting DDOS'd.

Jun 21, 2022#356

GasBandit

Just a heads up, the patch this week changed how local games are stored. Doesn't matter to most people - but if you want to use mods, you're going to have to update your version of bepinex again.

BepInExPack Valheim v5.4.2202

BepInEx pack for Valheim. Preconfigured and includes unstripped Unity DLLs.

valheim.thunderstore.io

If you don't want to use mods, you'll have to uninstall bepinex, as the old version will make the latest version of Valheim crash on launch, as per usual when Valheim updates.

Sep 13, 2022#357

GasBandit

Valheim Mistlands Dev Update Shows Off New Fashions And More | TechRaptor

Iron Gate has shared more information regarding what we can expect from the upcoming Valheim Mistlands update, including new hairstyles, fashion, and more.

techraptor.net

Sep 13, 2022#358

PatrThom

New hairstyles?!

—Patrick

Sep 17, 2022#359

AshburnerX

This is one of those games that I have and wish I had people to play with.

Sep 17, 2022#360

GasBandit

AshburnerX said:
This is one of those games that I have and wish I had people to play with.

When Mistlands drops, I bet there will be a number of us getting back into the game again. And we'll have to start over more or less from scratch.

Sep 19, 2022#361

Cat

AshburnerX said:
This is one of those games that I have and wish I had people to play with.

I've got it but haven't played much of it yet. It's pretty small so I'll probably put it on the steam deck later

Sep 30, 2022#362

GasBandit

There's a mod to add rope ladders to Valheim.

Apparently it has some bugs

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

Sep 30, 2022#363

Celt Z

Ahh, so THAT'S how you get to the Upside Down!

I miss having time to play this, bugs and all.

Nov 22, 2022#364

GasBandit

Nov 23, 2022#365

Celt Z

About time!

Nov 23, 2022#366

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
About time!

And just to be clear, it's not actually out yet. It's in the public beta phase.

Dec 6, 2022#367

GasBandit

Valheim - Patch 0.212.7 – Mistlands! - Steam News

Gather your friends and gear up, for it’s time to embark on the voyage to the Mistlands! We have worked hard on this update for the past nine months now, and we’re so happy to finally be able to share it with all of you. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has participated in...

store.steampowered.com

Looks like I'll be working on updating the server today.

Probably gonna be some bepinex chicanery that needs to happen, too.

Dec 6, 2022#368

GasBandit

Well, the current version of Bepinex actually does work.

But some of the mods have not been updated yet. Most notably the automatic inventory stack/deposit mod >_<

Edit, nm, that mod seems to be working without update. There are some other mods that need updates though, working on a package for it.

Dec 6, 2022#369

GasBandit

And in case anybody's forgotten the server connection info it is 50.24.115.34 port 42456 and the password is T****ksThong and you should know what those stars really are.

Dec 6, 2022#370

Celt Z

Probably going to go check it out later today. My family can cook for themselves, can't they?

Dec 6, 2022#371

Tinwhistler

Siiiiigh....oookay

Dec 6, 2022#372

GasBandit

Alright, I think I've got everything working again for mods - extract this zip into the root of your Valheim installation in your steam library, and you should be good.

http://gasbanditry.com/Valheim/ValheimMods-12-6-22.zip

Includes:
Latest version of Bepinex for Valheim (required for mods to work)
Plant Everything (Lets you plant any kind of plant, including berry bushes and mushrooms)
AutoFuel (lets fires, torches, etc fuel themselves from nearby containers using wood/resin/etc)
CameraMod (lets you "zoom" all the way into your character's head to play in first person view if you so desire)
CraftFromContainers (lets you craft and build using ingredients in nearby containers as if they were in your inventory)
FarmGrid (assists you in planting crops exactly as far apart as they need to be to grow)
FastLink (one-click connection to servers, with an entry preconfigured for my server)
MassFarming (lets you plant up to a 5x5 grid of crops simultaneously)
NoToolDelay (Lets you plant/harvest crops as fast as you can click with no cooldown)
QuickStack (lets you hit tilde ` to automatically deposit items from your inventory into nearby containers that already have some of that item in them)
RememberIPDammit (remembers the IP of the last server you connected to, might not work anymore)
ServerSideMap (oops, no longer really does anything now that cartography tables are a vanilla thing)
ShowMe (defaults your map to showing your location to others on the server instead of hiding)

Dec 6, 2022#373

Tinwhistler

initial smoke test seems to be working for me.

Dec 12, 2022#374

Celt Z

They HAD to release this update right around Christmas, didn't they? Couldn't they have waited until January when I have nothing to do?!?

...Not that it's stopping me from playing, but not as much as I'd like.

Dec 14, 2022#375

GasBandit

Last night after everybody else had gone to bed, we got a blob raid, and an oozer managed to jump the wall. Before I could deal with it it killed all but two of the Boars.

I'll be raising the height of the wall to maximum today.

Dec 14, 2022#376

GasBandit

Also this does not bode well for any base that isn't fort spawnpoint

Watch out - Valheim's new enemies are destroying 100-hour player bases

How safe do you feel in your Valheim base? Walls secure, trenches dug out, windows sealed? Even with all these precauti…

www.eurogamer.net

Dec 14, 2022#377

GasBandit

And in case that makes anybody nervous, I just verified that the server IS in fact making automatic save backups every 12 hours, and I just created a task to back up the backups.

Dec 17, 2022#378

GasBandit

Dec 17, 2022#379

PatrThom

AGH stop I'm having Empyrion flashbacks.

--Patrick

Dec 18, 2022#380

Celt Z

So why haven't they incorporated these traditions into the Valheim Yule celebration?!? :rofl:

In Iceland, Christmas is ruled by Jólakötturinn, The Yule Cat, a gigantic black feline that roams the countryside devouring anyone who isn’t wearing any new clothing. The legend of The Yule cat was said to have been started by farmers to frighten their workers into completing their work by Christmas. Yay, Capitalism!

Because a mountain-sized cat eating you for being off-trend isn’t frightening enough, Icelandic Christmas traditions also include The Yule Lads. Like a Bizarro-world versions of Santa’s Elves, The 13 Yule Lads roam the countryside bedeviling all. A sample of their ways: Stekkjarstaurm, (Sheep Harasser) is known for his two wooden legs (and for harassing sheep.) Stúfur (Stubby) steals pans to eat the crust therein. Gluggagægir (Window Peeper) looks in windows for something to steal, and Ketkrókur (Meat-hook), uses a hook to steal meat. Just a little something to think about when you’re nestled all snug in your bed.

Dec 19, 2022#381

GasBandit

So today I discovered one of the dozens of new recipes that scrolled by us instantly was Wisp Torches.

You can build these anywhere, 1 wisp + 1 yggdrasil wood, and they never need refueling and they push back the mistlands mist.

/headdesk

Dec 20, 2022#382

GasBandit

Well, this guy sure knows how to make a thumbnail that gets me to click.

Apparently Ooze bombs are useful now.

Dec 20, 2022#383

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Well, this guy sure knows how to make a thumbnail that gets me to click.

Apparently Ooze bombs are useful now.

NO ONE IN VALHEIM LOOKS LIKE THAT
... I would have made it already.

Dec 20, 2022#384

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
NO ONE IN VALHEIM LOOKS LIKE THAT
... I would have made it already.

There are ways to make it happen, but it's a lot more complicated than the mods we're already using.

Dec 20, 2022#385

Celt Z

It's not that important to me, tbh. I'm happy with my normal, glassy-eyed stare.

Dec 20, 2022#386

GasBandit

Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's a VRM

Dec 20, 2022#387

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's a VRM

View attachment 43288

View attachment 43289

So, the first one is you, the second one is @Snuffleupagus, right?

Dec 20, 2022#388

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
So, the first one is you, the second one is @Snuffleupagus, right?

This is the way.

Dec 20, 2022#389

GasBandit

The funniest part about this one is the character name >_<

I like how these also show that the hunchback posture is deliberately coded in by the valheim team and not part of the actual character models.

Dec 20, 2022#390

PatrThom

They have the Homer soul donut, but they're not Turing complete until they include the human-texture-over-horse-model version.

--Patrick

Dec 20, 2022#391

GasBandit

Better Wisplight

By default makes Demisters push mist 2x the vanilla amount. More visibility for the Mistlands. (Warning, modifying multiplier to very high amounts like 10x might chug your computer.)

www.nexusmods.com

Jan 7, 2023#392

GasBandit

Here's the (pre-mistlands) Valheim world-record speedrun holder, explaining how he beat all the bosses (through Yagluth obviously) in just over 4 hours.

(TLDR version: Campfires are still boss killers)

Jan 15, 2023#393

GasBandit

ValheimRAFT

Allows you to build your own ship.

www.nexusmods.com

Jan 15, 2023#394

Dei

GasBandit said:
ValheimRAFT

Allows you to build your own ship.

www.nexusmods.com

Doesn't work in multiplayer AFAIK

Jan 17, 2023#395

GasBandit

Next major update will be Ashlands, ETA is still "whenever."

Valheim’s next big update takes Vikings to the land of the dead

Plus, the Hildir’s Quest update adds new style options

www.polygon.com

Jan 17, 2023#396

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Next major update will be Ashlands, ETA is still "whenever."

Valheim’s next big update takes Vikings to the land of the dead

Plus, the Hildir’s Quest update adds new style options

www.polygon.com

But isn't the whole game the afterlife? Are we going to the land of the dead...er?

Ugh, nothing important in this stupid ar-

There’s also an update called Hildir’s Quest in the works, which seems to be clothing-focused

Jan 27, 2023#397

GasBandit

It doesn't happen often, but apparently my IP address changed. you'll need to change the Azumatt.Fastlink_servers.yml in valheim/bepinex/config to have my address be gasbandit.zapto.org if you want the quick server list to keep working.

I should have set it that way in the first place, but previous valheim connection methods didn't seem to support DNS resolution, so I had to use numeric IP octets.

Jan 28, 2023#398

GasBandit

Jan 28, 2023#399

Celt Z

Hair not in helmet! Dverger door!

Jan 28, 2023#400

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
Hair not in helmet! Dverger door!

Now if only we could combine the Dvergr circlet WITH a helmet.

Jan 29, 2023#401

GasBandit

I have incorporated this chicken autofarm design into our barn.

Seems to work pretty well

Basically you just throw stacks of seeds against the backboards so they land right at the edge of the platform against these hens, so that they can eat and breed and lay eggs without ever having to move. 45 degree roof tiles below them funnel the eggs down the chute to the collection point. Since the Hens are 14 meters above where the eggs come to rest, the game never tells them to stop laying eggs due to overcrowding.

Getting the seeds to be in the EXACT right place though can be a bit of a pain. Supposedly there's a way to do it with just one stack of seeds per pair but I had better results just giving each hen its own stack.

Jan 29, 2023#402

GasBandit

Oh yeah. THIS is going well.

Having completely filled the egg chest in the kitchen, I put an extra little roof thing there to deflect the eggs coming down the chute to be in range of the fire so they hatch. And a couple game-days later, boy are they hatching. Soon I will have WAY more chicken meat than I ever bargained for.

Jan 29, 2023#403

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
Oh yeah. THIS is going well.

View attachment 43706

Having completely filled the egg chest in the kitchen, I put an extra little roof thing there to deflect the eggs coming down the chute to be in range of the fire so they hatch. And a couple game-days later, boy are they hatching. Soon I will have WAY more chicken meat than I ever bargained for.

I warned you this was going to become a Pig Chute situation, but noooOOOOOOooooo....!

Jan 29, 2023#404

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
I warned you this was going to become a Pig Chute situation, but noooOOOOOOooooo....!

It is nowhere near as aesthetically abhorrent as the pig chute, nor as psychologically ghastly. It's just lots of chickens.

Too many chickens.

I'm feeling a palapble performance hit to my FPS waiting for these chicks to hit adulthood.

Feb 9, 2023#405

GasBandit

Valheim Patch Notes Feb 7: Update 0.213.4 - Valheim Guide - IGN

The new Ashlands biome update might still be in the works, but in the meantime, there are some patch notes for Valheim to hold you over. Patch 0.213.4 released

www.ign.com

Looks like the changes to fishing are also in the right direction.

Feb 9, 2023#406

Celt Z

Yay! Good thing I'm almost done with Pokemon.

I'd imagine the wolves are happy over one of those patches.

Feb 9, 2023#407

GasBandit

Celt Z said:
I'd imagine the wolves are happy over one of those patches.

Jun 13, 2023#408

GasBandit

There was a big bugfix patch a couple days ago. The server is updated for it, but bear in mind pretty much all the mods are now broken, and will prevent you from playing.

You will need to update Bepinex
And even then you will need to empty out the plugins folder.
Fastlink has updated
Also Craft Build Smelt Cook Fuel Pull From Containers
and Plant Everything

But other mods have not updated yet, and one of the other ones I had was preventing the game from working right (getting stuck under the world). I don't have the patience to figure out which one right now because there's no new content yet (other than re-enabling the summer content, maypoles and flower crowns).

I'll check back probably on the weekend and see if more mods have updated.

Jun 14, 2023#409

GasBandit

FarmGrid and MassFarming mods have updated. Still waiting on the first person mod, tooldelay and quickstack >_< oh and better wisp light, of course

Jun 17, 2023#410

GasBandit

Quickstack has updated. Actually it's a new and improved version of it, where it can now automatically restock your ammo/food with a secondary command. Default stack and restock keys are P and L.
A different First Person Mode has updated and is available.

With this, all the "critical" mods (or at least what I consider critical) have been updated. The Farmgrid and Massfarming mods are now incompatible, unfortunately, but really MassFarming sort of supersedes Farmgrid in most cases, so it's not a big deal to stop using the latter.

Dec 3, 2023#411

GasBandit

Server's updated again. Mods are all updated. You can get the current mod pack in the usual place, if you've gotten mods from me in the past. If you've forgotten where that is, PM me.

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