Midnight Passout

[DeNarr]

So, here I am inside my own house, organize some of my inventory, when I get notified that my character passed out at midnight, and I had to pay a $200 hospital fee. Like excuse me, but I'm in my own house. Who gave that doctor permission to barge in, take me to the hospital, and then charge me money, just cause I got a little sleepy.

So, I think making us pass out at midnight is quite silly. The hours between midnight and 6:00am do exist after all. If you feel the need to punish players for staying up late, maybe just give a debuff until they sleep. But also, why should it matter if I pass out in my own house?

[shinedown923]

Have you never played a farm sim before? They all have this feature. Harvest moon, stardew valley, etc....tho most of them give you longer, like 2am or so. This is a game mechanic so it has a set time to "refresh" the day and move into the next one. Yes, i agree passing out in your own home is kinda lame, but the clock literally starts flashing red at 10 o'clock giving you plenty of warning and time to make it to your bed.

[DeNarr]

Yes, I actually love Rune Factory 4, think it's the best of the farming sims. That's the one I was using as an example that gives a debuff if you stay up too late. But doesn't make you randomly pass out. Some days you need to pull an all nighter...

[Sugartrot]

I would honestly prefer a debuff as well. Passing out at night time in my OWN HOUSE and then having to pay $200 dollars? yeah no that is extremely annoying. I should not have to pay for passing out in my house.

[TamarLence]

Just like in real life, staying up all night and continuing the next day is not healthy. I grew up on a farm, it is exhausting work. I have spent many nights fixing wired fences the cattle broke through or combining corn with my Dad until 10:00-11:00 PM, but we have never stayed up an entire night. Though I can see maybe doing the debuff for one night that will slow you down the entire day, but if you try staying up late again the next night with the debuff still active you pass out.

As for passing out in your house, don't think of it as them breaking into your house. Think of it more like someone came by to check on you and found you laying face down on the floor through your window. That would freak out anyone. And if you don't respond then ya they are going to take you to the hospital.

[DeNarr]

Yeah, well if someone "stopped by" my house after midnight, found me passed out on the floor, and drug me to the hospital, I'd be pretty pissed at them.

Honestly, if they want to keep the forced pass out feature, then if you're in your house you should just be forced to go to bed. It's like 1 foot away. (Or just pause the game when we are going through our chest, so it's not an issue anyways)

[Sauriel]

In rune factory tides of destiny time stands still while entering your own house, and other houses too i think in the village, so you can craft all kinds of things and cook at facilities if you have unspent energy (if you have bought the facilities for your home), planning for a new day and then hit the sack.

[DeNarr]

Originally posted by Sauriel:

In rune factory tides of destiny time stands still while entering your own house, and other houses too i think in the village, so you can craft all kinds of things and cook at facilities if you have unspent energy (if you have bought the facilities for your home), planning for a new day and then hit the sack.

Oh man, that's one of my favorite features in farming games. Though it does seem more applicable in games where you have stamina that slowly gets used up.

A lot of the rune factories also had a teleport home spell, which helped so that you didn't need to mentally calculate how much time you need to get home.

[Wontastic]

These things are to give some sort of challenge to the game.

[Shakoris]

Might as well pay the doctor to sleep. While we are at it, we should make sorting your inventory speed up time by 10 seconds more. Honestly, 60 seconds is an hour in game. When you are mining and farming exp gains, that isn't a lot of time. Time doesn't stand still no matter what. You could prob pass out on your bed before hitting sleep and get the bill.

[Sugartrot]

I sadly have indeed passed out as i was about to hit yes to sleep whilst in the bed and still got the bill. you should not be billed for passing out in your house. Maybe give us a debuff to combat or farming would be fine to me. However, to bill us when we are in our house is to much.

[BlindProphet]

Just make it so that if you are inside your house it just automatically puts you to bed at midnight.

[Sugartrot]

Originally posted by BlindProphet:

Just make it so that if you are inside your house it just automatically puts you to bed at midnight.

yeah! this works even better tbh

[Sora]

Could be worse, could be American healthcare where you get charged $20,000.

[Ginjii Raishin]

This mechanic is about the only form of penalty in a farming sim. You can handle it, just manage your time a bit better <3

[Jedi_Ninja81]

I would prefer that, if you are on your farm or in your home, you don't receive the hospital bill fee. Just automatically wake up from your bed if you pass out within the vicinity of your farm. The closer to your bed, the less penalty you receive, like if you're in your home, no penalty but you just wake up in your bed... if you're on your farm but not inside your home, you receive a small hit to your HP and mana in the morning, but you still wake up in your bed. If you're nowhere near your house or farm... then and only then do you get the hospital bill, wake up in the hospital, and take a moderate hit to your HP and mana.