Darkness falls mod

[Hogg]

Is this mod worth trying? Been told it’s super in depth and hard to pickup compared to the base game? I like the look of the amount of new POIs and variety of different enemy’s but unsure of how drastically the gameplay will change. What are you guys opinions on darkness falls? The good and the bad

[[STD]Random Lead]

Depends on how difficult you think the main game is. DF makes vanilla seem like a walk in the park. Not just referring to actual difficulty but in some of the mechanics changes as well.

[...👑 JOST AMMAN 👑...]

I play DF without Blood Moons and it's great!

It makes the game difficult enough that I prefer not worry about the 7th day of the week... I just explore, do quests and the nights are nasty!

[mathaniel]

I`ve never played a mod. Well in EGS I guess two variants are actually mods I didn`t know they were until long after I had played them lol. But if I did play a mod, it would be this game and DF mod. I gather it`s almost like a new content update kinda sorta? I just don`t know how to begin. tech illiterate am I. Could someone point me to a very detailed video or plain and simple explanation of it? I know I have to dl a mod launcher. From there it gets "hazy" lol.

[James Rustler]

I downloaded DF last night and played around with it for a few hours. I have to say I'm enjoying the changes so far and at the very least it's a nice change of pace from the vanilla game. Though it should be noted that I haven't explored the new systems much yet so my opinion could change later down the line. My first impressions at least are fairly positive.

[mathaniel]

Which launcher did you use James? Being dumb as a sandbag I don`t want to just whack a mole and choose the first mod launcher I see in a search.

[James Rustler]

I used this one http://7d2dmodlauncher.org/

[NexAngelus *X*]

darkness falls recommends u NOT use a launcher. its on their site. u can just copy the 7dtd folder in steam and add the mod to that folder and rename it to df mod version.
https://community.7daystodie.com/topic/4941-darkness-falls-they-mostly-come-out-at-night/

[James Rustler]

引用自 NexAngelus *MO2*：

darkness falls recommends u NOT use a launcher. its on their site. u can just copy the 7dtd folder in steam and add the mod to that folder and rename it to df mod version.
https://community.7daystodie.com/topic/4941-darkness-falls-they-mostly-come-out-at-night/

I'm not seeing the recommendation to not use a mod launcher in the thread you linked. Can you point me to the post that says that?

Edit: Okay I found it. It wasn't listed on the main page for some reason so I had to do a thread search instead of a simple ctrl+f page search. Sounds like the mod author doesn't use the launcher himself and recommends people manually installs the mod because he doesn't know how the launcher works.

[NexAngelus *X*]

引用自 James Rustler：

引用自 NexAngelus *MO2*：

darkness falls recommends u NOT use a launcher. its on their site. u can just copy the 7dtd folder in steam and add the mod to that folder and rename it to df mod version.
https://community.7daystodie.com/topic/4941-darkness-falls-they-mostly-come-out-at-night/

I'm not seeing the recommendation to not use a mod launcher in the thread you linked. Can you point me to the post that says that?

weird wonder if it changed??? was 2 weeks ago i was looking into this for my own server and all the posts from his staff were saying DONT use a launcher. now the installation only says if u dont use one.... meh. im not going to spend hours looking for it, seems its no longer on the mods installation or the download link any longer

[Phasmata]

My biggest problem with 7dtd isn't its difficulty but how repetitive and predictable it is. I really want the game to be more unpreditable/dynamic. Nothing ever happens. Outdoors, there are just random zombies, and the indoor zombies don't even *exist* until you go inside and trigger them which means that a house and what might be lurking inside means nothing to you until you *go* inside. Once inside a POI, the zombies are always placed basically the same, and either don't exist or don't have any perception of anything you do until you're practically in the same room as them. Nothing surprises me in this game. It's just a grind. It has been said a million different ways that zombie games need either quantity or quality for enemies. 7dtd has neither.

[James Rustler]

引用自 NexAngelus *MO2*：

引用自 James Rustler：

I'm not seeing the recommendation to not use a mod launcher in the thread you linked. Can you point me to the post that says that?

weird wonder if it changed??? was 2 weeks ago i was looking into this for my own server and all the posts from his staff were saying DONT use a launcher. now the installation only says if u dont use one.... meh. im not going to spend hours looking for it, seems its no longer on the mods installation or the download link any longer

Some of the newer posts from KhaineGB who I believe is the mod author do say that. But like i said in my edit it seems like it's more a case of the author not being familiar enough with the launcher to offer support for issues related to it, rather than it not working. Could still be worth using the launcher for convenience sake, but I guess your mileage might vary.

[NexAngelus *X*]

引用自 Phasmata：

My biggest problem with 7dtd isn't its difficulty but how repetitive and predictable it is. I really want the game to be more unpreditable/dynamic. Nothing ever happens. Outdoors, there are just random zombies, and the indoor zombies don't even *exist* until you go inside and trigger them which means that a house and what might be lurking inside means nothing to you until you *go* inside. Once inside a POI, the zombies are always placed basically the same, and either don't exist or don't have any perception of anything you do until you're practically in the same room as them. Nothing surprises me in this game. It's just a grind. It has been said a million different ways that zombie games need either quantity or quality for enemies. 7dtd has neither.

well they are sound/heat based. the mod and maybe a20? has roaming hordes. that will add some spice. also if u want outside action the heat from gunfire/sounds and crafting furnaces will draw in screamers. they summon hordes to their position. if u want the inside zombies to notice u, set off a bomb or loud gun before going inside a poi. ive seen plenty of zombies break out of a poi to get to me. stop being so good at sneaking around :P. also the darkness falls mod makes night really a no travel time. its way more dangerous than vanilla.

[ElDudorino]

That would be nice but it doesn't work that way. In a20 you can't get zombies inside a PoI to come after you when you make loud noises outside the PoI. There might be specific scenarios where it's possible but as a rule they are designed to wake up only when you enter or fire into their trigger areas and in many cases won't even spawn into existence until you step into a set area.

I plan to check out Darkness Falls soon. Currently trying out a16.4 which is kind of a mess itself but does a lot of things better than a20. I'm kind of baffled that some of the things from back then were removed.

[Hogg]

引用自 STDRandom Lead：

Depends on how difficult you think the main game is. DF makes vanilla seem like a walk in the park. Not just referring to actual difficulty but in some of the mechanics changes as well.

That’s the issue. I’m finding it too easy even after making zombies stronger/more spawns, less loot ect. I’m looking to branch out to something with abit more oompth

[Athos42]

Darkness falls has much that the game at is current state once had, but has no more:

1) Farming that makes sense.
2) Lots of zombies.
3) Dangerous nights.
4) Wandering daylight hordes.
5) You get better with your club by, well, using a club. Not crafting wood frames and suddenly you're an expert with clubs.
6) Zombies have more loot again, making hunting them a viable option.

But it also makes food more scarce at the beginning, limits progress to character level and makes survival much harder by offering more and stronger zombies.

Overall, I like it more than vanilla. It's what could have become of the game when they stopped at Alpha 16.4, optimized the game and released it.