59 Degrees Fahrenheit and I'm freezing?

[NotAgain!!!!!]

What's up with this? 59 degrees is warm as hell. T-shirt and shorts weather, not getting cold.

This has bothered me for quite some time as it makes no sense unless you live in an area that stays warm all year round but some of us live in areas where even 30 degrees F is warm as hell.

Yesterday and today where I live it's been in the 30's and you will see people in a t-shirt or at least a long sleeved shirt, yet in a video game, 60 degrees is somehow cold? ha

Could we at least get an option to change the coldness or can someone explain how one would change this in the files as I will just that?

Thanks.

[CatPerson]

Ever since they introduced temps as a factor in this game, both hot and cold have gone through "unrealistic" seeming phases. It's hard to make things seem "realistic" to everyone since everyone has different tolerances and experiences re: temps. in real life. Age for example can be an increasing factor for many, too.

I'm more concerned about whether it feels balanced gameplay/challenge wise vs. whether it's super realistic. I think it's gotten better over time, at least (in the game). (edit - like that perk that gives more tolerance where you can pretend it's because you're getting in much better shape from all the running/harvesting and fighting...)

Note: I'm from SF Bay Area California and 59F here would be jeans and light sweatshirt weather. Chilly but not "freezing" by any means, to most. Unless you were soaked to the skin while outside all night for hours with no way to dry off or something.

[Gugglestub]

JimmyIowa a écrit :

Depends on your activity level. I live in Colorado in the foothills, and I am quite acclimatized to zero degree weather. It has been <10F degrees and snowing here every day here for 2 weeks, and that's fine with me. But I wear a cotton sweatshirt over my shirt below 65 if I am not active.

When it's in the 50's during the day, and I go outside, I promise you NO ONE here in northern Colorado is walking around in tshirts and shorts. That's the honest truth. If you honestly wear a tshirt and shorts all day below 60, you are a honest to goodness medical wonder. Just my rocky mountain opinion.

I also live in northern Colorado, and I concur. (We Coloradans must stick together, after all!) But I think it also depends a bit on the time of year. If it's 59 degrees in January, I might go on a stroll (a short one anyway) in a t-shirt. But if it's 59 degrees in July, it's parka weather. On a skinny old dude like me, however, I would generally opt for the parka over the t-shirt.

[The Giving One]

CatPerson a écrit :

I'm more concerned about whether it feels balanced gameplay/challenge wise vs. whether it's super realistic.

Totally agree. In a nutshell, this is what it is about. Environmental tolerances in a game don't have to be 'realistic' all the time, even though that's nice when they can be, but balance is more important.

[Captain Nap]

59 degrees is warm if one is well fed, healthy and dry. The same isn't so if clothing is dirty, ragged and worse, wet. If one were in 59 degree water hypothermia would not be far away. In a situation were everything needs to be scrounged and saved, saving body heat, thereby reducing the need for food would be a significant consideration.

[georgerhinehart]

there are far more game braking bugs to deal with and your upset about the whether not making since in a video game

[Maverick Mullah]

JimmyIowa a écrit :

John Woke a écrit :

Ya'll would die here in Karachi, average temp here is 32-36 degree's on the best of days.

A Karachi other than in Pakistan? If you mean Karachi Pakistan, that's odd. It is at about the same latitude as Miami Florida. And has daily highs of 80's and 90's for most of the year, according to three different sources.

EDIT: Ah nevermind, I just realized you are giving temps in C and talking about how hot it is there. I was lost for a bit because the OP and thread has been in F. Sorry. Yes, I've lived in Florida for a time, and that kind of heat is tiring. 30F is much nicer than 90F.

Yeah we use C here, sorry for the confusion. But then again the people who made these calculations probably never thought there would be a conflict between F and C lol.

[Maverick Mullah]

Buko a écrit :

John Woke a écrit :

Ya'll would die here in Karachi, average temp here is 32-36 degree's on the best of days.

You're probably right. I'm fairly sure I would melt in that climate heh. I'm happy with my average of 10°C(50°F) thanks.

I'd die in that temp cuz it's too cold for me.

[Lelo Mariin]

Being on a border of a snow biome and a desert biome is even funnier.
Take 1 step to the left and your sweltering and 1 step to the right and you're freezing.

[Mr Blue Playdoh]

11 C here right now and I’m ok in just a jacket

[Damocles]

Its pretty easy to comfortable survive in a temperature range of between 15C and 35C just wearing jeans and a long sleeve shirt.
Even when its freezing (zero C), one could keep up quite long when moving around.

What would be absolutely deadly are situations when its cold and the guy gets wet (swimming in the snow biome). Without changing clothes or being near a fire, one could die within minutes of hypothermia.

In contrast, in a very hot desert environment, getting soaked in a lake would cool one down very comfortable.

-> eg, the wettness should have a very high impact, especially in snow and desert.
Also avoiding getting sunburn in the desert (wearing a wide-rim hat).