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The Nameless Jul 31, 2023 @ 10:21am
About natural disaster timing...
Twice now, tsunami warnings have popped up just exactly when I started selling fuel. Do they have an algorithm to jack with us when we're trying to trade?
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ShizNator Jul 31, 2023 @ 10:36am 
Lol no they work on a timer. Just bad timing.

Which can be changed when you make a game in the settings for it in the add-ons.

I think default is 15 min.
Last edited by ShizNator; Jul 31, 2023 @ 10:37am
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Botasky Jul 31, 2023 @ 10:39am 
As far as I remember, the disaster spawns every 30 minutes if you do not change the settings.
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ShizNator Jul 31, 2023 @ 10:41am 
Originally posted by Botasky:
As far as I remember, the disaster spawns every 30 minutes if you do not change the settings.
Oh yeah forgot they changed it at some point before it was 15min.
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Botasky Jul 31, 2023 @ 10:51am 
Originally posted by ShizNator:
Oh yeah forgot they changed it at some point before it was 15min.
Still too often. Every half an hour, all the containers are taken to God knows where, and while you put things in order, another half hour passes. Or you spent this time to improve the helicopter, spawn it, and then you drown, because you won’t be able to quickly swim out of the hangar.
The pace of the game is so unhurried that 2 hours is practically nothing and experiencing disaster 4 times is a mockery.
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ShizNator Jul 31, 2023 @ 10:55am 
Originally posted by Botasky:
Originally posted by ShizNator:
Oh yeah forgot they changed it at some point before it was 15min.
Still too often. Every half an hour, all the containers are taken to God knows where, and while you put things in order, another half hour passes. Or you spent this time to improve the helicopter, spawn it, and then you drown, because you won’t be able to quickly swim out of the hangar.
The pace of the game is so unhurried that 2 hours is practically nothing and experiencing disaster 4 times is a mockery.
Yeah I've disabled them from the first week they came out they made my potato crash lol. But I've said from the beginning they should have been timed with the in-game calendar and have like 1 disaster and sometimes 2 a month.
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Botasky Jul 31, 2023 @ 11:03am 
Agree. They could even be made more devastating, and with longer lasting effects, such as rising water levels, followed by flooding of the lowlands and spawn missions to deliver essential goods to different regions (Snowrunner, lol). And the calendar would help to better prepare for the disaster in order to respond quickly and the faster you complete the mission, the more money you get.
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The Nameless Jul 31, 2023 @ 12:44pm 
I've set mine to the maximum of 60 minutes. I love seeing the huge waves, so I don't turn them off entirely, but I do wish the maximum setting was 2 hours or something. Not that any setting faster than "once every 1000 years" makes sense for waves *this* high.
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Botasky Jul 31, 2023 @ 12:55pm 
There is an addon that adds more settings for disasters. I myself have not tried it, because I just turn them off, but judging by the description, it allows you to set the timer more than the standard 60 minutes.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2810654960
Last edited by Botasky; Jul 31, 2023 @ 12:56pm
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Ailika Jul 31, 2023 @ 12:56pm 
i always edit the script data in my save to change it to 2h. Works perfect for me, disasters become very rare. If the slider maximum could be set to 120 minutes i'm pretty sure the complains about disasters frequency will drop drastically.
Last edited by Ailika; Jul 31, 2023 @ 1:19pm
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Mr. Glitch Jul 31, 2023 @ 5:26pm 
I agree when I build and come out the workbench I start at mp south of sawyer and end up in north harbour with an 8th of my health
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ZBRUH10 Jul 31, 2023 @ 5:47pm 
It’s 15
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The Nameless Jul 31, 2023 @ 6:08pm 
Originally posted by ZBRUH10:
It’s 15

You can set it to 15. Default is 30. I just wondered if there was also a 'fudge factor' in there triggered if the game detected you starting to trade.
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ZBRUH10 Jul 31, 2023 @ 6:09pm 
Originally posted by The Nameless:
Originally posted by ZBRUH10:
It’s 15

You can set it to 15. Default is 30. I just wondered if there was also a 'fudge factor' in there triggered if the game detected you starting to trade.
Every time I looked at it it said 15
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user Jul 31, 2023 @ 6:40pm 
Originally posted by The Nameless:
Twice now, tsunami warnings have popped up just exactly when I started selling fuel. Do they have an algorithm to jack with us when we're trying to trade?
literally just disable default natural disasters:bms:
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The Nameless Aug 1, 2023 @ 9:44pm 
Originally posted by wheatley:
Originally posted by The Nameless:
Twice now, tsunami warnings have popped up just exactly when I started selling fuel. Do they have an algorithm to jack with us when we're trying to trade?
literally just disable default natural disasters:bms:

I don't want them completely gone. I love tsunamis. The timing's just weird, is all.
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