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Windkissed May 12, 2019 @ 1:20pm
Seeing my breath - indoors??
Searching the dam - indoors - screen says it's 61 degrees - why am I seeing my breath? Completely unrealistic and so annoying. I have to keep stopping to wait for the fog to clear before I can search around for smaller items. Might I suggest that a player's breath not be visible until a more likely temperature, say around 45 degrees? Just a suggestion.
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IvantheFormidable May 12, 2019 @ 1:26pm 
Out of curiosity, does it say 61 degrees for the "feels like" temperature or the air temperature? Haven't been in the dam lately, but that would surprise me if the air temperature was that high.
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dogshocker May 12, 2019 @ 1:31pm 
Sometimes, when indoors, moving around raises dust.....sorta looks like breath.
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Lt. Heinz Becker May 12, 2019 @ 2:08pm 
Originally posted by Windkissed:
Searching the dam - indoors - screen says it's 61 degrees - why am I seeing my breath? Completely unrealistic and so annoying. I have to keep stopping to wait for the fog to clear before I can search around for smaller items. Might I suggest that a player's breath not be visible until a more likely temperature, say around 45 degrees? Just a suggestion.

Isn't the feel like temp include the clothing you are wearing, and not the actual air temp? Most of the buildings I have been into hover around freezing or just above freezing without any clothing on. Makes sense to still see your breath.
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IvantheFormidable May 12, 2019 @ 2:15pm 
Originally posted by Lt. Heinz Becker:
Originally posted by Windkissed:
Searching the dam - indoors - screen says it's 61 degrees - why am I seeing my breath? Completely unrealistic and so annoying. I have to keep stopping to wait for the fog to clear before I can search around for smaller items. Might I suggest that a player's breath not be visible until a more likely temperature, say around 45 degrees? Just a suggestion.

Isn't the feel like temp include the clothing you are wearing, and not the actual air temp? Most of the buildings I have been into hover around freezing or just above freezing without any clothing on. Makes sense to still see your breath.
That's what I was getting at as well. If the air temperature is hovering around 35 F or so, seeing your breath indoors would make sense.
Last edited by IvantheFormidable; May 12, 2019 @ 4:00pm
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IFIYGD May 12, 2019 @ 4:59pm 
Originally posted by dogshocker:
Sometimes, when indoors, moving around raises dust.....sorta looks like breath.
No, no it does not. The "dust" moving around looks like little pieces of confetti.
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Goweigus May 12, 2019 @ 5:08pm 
Originally posted by IFIYGD:
Originally posted by dogshocker:
Sometimes, when indoors, moving around raises dust.....sorta looks like breath.
No, no it does not. The "dust" moving around looks like little pieces of confetti.

Is that what those bright blueish things sometimes laying around are? Settled confetti? lol First time i saw them i thought they were highlighted items (smaller than match box?)
Last edited by Goweigus; May 12, 2019 @ 5:09pm
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Gustuv Wynd May 12, 2019 @ 5:20pm 
The real question is why do we find frozen corpses in buildings that above freezing...
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IFIYGD May 12, 2019 @ 5:36pm 
Originally posted by Gustuv Wynd:
The real question is why do we find frozen corpses in buildings that above freezing...
They aren't all frozen. Just refrigerated, to keep them fresh. Be sure to check their "Use By" date...
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IvantheFormidable May 12, 2019 @ 5:39pm 
Originally posted by Gustuv Wynd:
The real question is why do we find frozen corpses in buildings that above freezing...
I'm not an expert, but I'd assume that the cold temperature arrests the body's decay, even if it's not below freezing. The real question is how the player's character adapted their body so quickly to operate flawlessly when the temperature is 1 C.
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IFIYGD May 12, 2019 @ 5:43pm 
Originally posted by IvantheFormidable:
Originally posted by Gustuv Wynd:
The real question is why do we find frozen corpses in buildings that above freezing...
I'm not an expert, but I'd assume that the cold temperature arrests the body's decay, even if it's not below freezing. The real question is how the player's character adapted their body so quickly to operate flawlessly when the temperature is 1 C.
Magic.
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IvantheFormidable May 12, 2019 @ 5:47pm 
Originally posted by IFIYGD:
Originally posted by IvantheFormidable:
I'm not an expert, but I'd assume that the cold temperature arrests the body's decay, even if it's not below freezing. The real question is how the player's character adapted their body so quickly to operate flawlessly when the temperature is 1 C.
Magic.
Ah, we reached the same conclusion. Whatever otherworldly spirit that allows the character to float effortlessly across deep snow has clearly provided the means to exist at near freezing temperatures. A church should be formed around this deity posthaste!
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Gustuv Wynd May 12, 2019 @ 5:59pm 
Heh...yeah. Most cases of hypothermia in real life actually happen well above freezing. I always picture my guy lounging in his underwear in 1-4° temps and saying, "Yep this is comfy...this is just fine".
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jswilliams May 12, 2019 @ 6:27pm 
Originally posted by IvantheFormidable:
Originally posted by Gustuv Wynd:
The real question is why do we find frozen corpses in buildings that above freezing...
I'm not an expert, but I'd assume that the cold temperature arrests the body's decay, even if it's not below freezing. The real question is how the player's character adapted their body so quickly to operate flawlessly when the temperature is 1 C.

Yes, we're given quite a bit of grace there.

"Ah, it's so warm in this cabin. That 4C really gets the blood movin'!"
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IFIYGD May 12, 2019 @ 7:06pm 
Originally posted by IvantheFormidable:
Originally posted by IFIYGD:
Magic.
Ah, we reached the same conclusion. Whatever otherworldly spirit that allows the character to float effortlessly across deep snow has clearly provided the means to exist at near freezing temperatures. A church should be formed around this deity posthaste!
Stone Church Of The Holy Pancakes...
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IFIYGD May 12, 2019 @ 7:24pm 
Originally posted by micah6vs8:
Originally posted by IFIYGD:
Stone Church Of The Holy Pancakes...

Proselytizing yet again Ms. Holy Grail? ;-)
Who *subliminal messages start now* me? *Pancakes* Would I do *Pancakes!* such a *PANCAKES* thing?
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