Jack's Cirrhosis is gone

[Alex]

Just noticed. Didn't let him drink booze from the start so now it's just gone. Dunno how that happened. I do not use mods.

[Furball]

On my new Military Outpost playthrough, Jack's cirrhosis went all the way up to severe. Even if I restricted him from booze/alcoholic meals.

On the game prior, his cirrhosis disappeared as well, using the same restrictions.

[Bjørn]

Interesting that it can disappear! Didn't know that could happen. I think it's incurable even in real life.

He had severe when I had him in a game as well, and walked very slowly... Stuck to workbenches. I didn't finish that game, btw...

[Actual Malice]

That's good to know. I was never sure that alcohol affected his condition, or that its absence might cure or even allay it, and it still seems somewhat random either way, according to Furball. Bjorn is certainly correct that irl there is no cure.

In my one playthrough with Jack, I just let him drink -- it made him happy -- and then got him off the planet early. I've never played with him again, because other survivors have the same or better stats without the complications. (Ditto with Connor, with whom I am playing now just to get the achievement. Not sure why anybody would voluntarily pick him and his considerable problems. Connor just went berserk and destroyed a number of items in camp, which he had the good grace to rebuild once recovered.)

Am surprised that the character description on the page where you pick your survivor team before beginning the game does not mention Jack's condition. It would be like not mentioning that Jayla has a split personality with a less congenial demeanor. Even Connor's description alludes to his condition and eventual demise. But you have no idea with Jack until you are underway.

[Alex]

I pick him for his trait. And before Ember showed up, he was the only one with that trait I think. Now it didn't matter much back then, but since mechs require a certain degree of combat training I pick both him and Ember and make sure to have a running mech by year one. There's no better defense than a mech and the way I play, I need all my lemmings to be able to handle a mech.

[Bjørn]

I forgot to mention above that I didn't make any alcohol in the game where I had Jack, so none of them drank. Mine are smokers and tea- and coffee drinkers!

I found Jack on an expedition in that game, but I selected him in my very first game, and the research guy that reminded me of Daniel Jackson in Stargate SG-1, as well as Rita, as I found her like Samantha Carter in the same show. And Jack O'Neill, of course.

Was a big fan of that show, and saw the connection at once.

I wonder if the cirrhosis thing is something the actor Richard Dean Anderson would appreciate, should he hear of this? I haven't seen much of him outside the tv-shows, so I don't know much about him, though. I grew up in the old MacGyver times, so I was a big fan

[Rogue]

Have one of the characters that is a super healer?

[Alex]

Originally posted by Rogue:

Have one of the characters that is a super healer?

I do. The blonde girl.

[Furball]

As for Jack's slowness due to severe cirrhosis, I just set him up to drink tea, coffee, and stimulant tea... He speeds up most of the time, but he's a ticking bomb that's for sure.

I keep wondering when I'll lose him during an expedition.. so he's now only doing in-base tasks like crafting and farming stuff...