Sleep Button

[impalagirl78]

Just out of curiosity what does it do? Besides the obvious. I don't see any benefits to it.

[MizMeow1]

I don't have the new DLC, so the only sleep button that I can think of offhand is the one on the laptop. It just closes the laptop, nothing else. It's just a way to get of the laptop so that you can get to flipping. :-)

[impalagirl78]

No it's a new feature connected to the bed. I don't have the new DLC either but it was in the recent update.

[MizMeow1]

Originally posted by impalagirl78:

No it's a new feature connected to the bed. I don't have the new DLC either but it was in the recent update.

Ah, OK. I haven't had a chance to play since the update. I'll ave to check it out.

[House Doctor]

You sleep for like 2 seconds lol, it just changes the day to the next I guess. Nothing big happens.

[impalagirl78]

Originally posted by House Doctor:

You sleep for like 2 seconds lol, it just changes the day to the next I guess. Nothing big happens.

Yeah I guess I was just curious what the point was. It's not like we have days in the game, especially when you have the night cycle shut off.

[tatiana]

If I'm not mistaken, the mechanic of "laying down in bed and pressing a button to make time pass" was first used in Minecraft. One of the main features of Minecraft is that the majority of enemies in the game only appear in the dark - at night or in caves. So before the "peaceful mode" was added, the bed was a way to skip the night, avoiding most enemies as long as you stay above ground.

I'm not sure why the mechanic was added to HF though. Maybe it's for those people who keep the day/night cycle turned on for "realism"

Strangely enough, even though my day/night cycle is off, I still have the "press E to sleep" prompt, with an option to "sleep until the next day". An official screenshot in one of the news posts shows several options, for those who have the cycle turned on.

@Mizmeow1: The game is so much better now since the update!
The list of paint colour categories now includes a new category - Gradient Set. If you click on it, it will show you a different, but similar, list of categories (although Cream is missing) to filter the new (absolutely massive) set of paint colours.
You can now panel or tile up to 5 wall segments at a time! If you have less than 5 tiles in your hand, the game will only let you apply half of them at once, and you'll need to use the scroll wheel a lot, especially to prevent tiles overflowing to the next room when you reach a corner. But this mechanic is Way more fun and efficient now!
We can now turn the buyers' comments off in the Gameplay options, so that we only see them at the auction. Finally!

[BioFringe]

Originally posted by tatiana:

If I'm not mistaken, the mechanic of "laying down in bed and pressing a button to make time pass" was first used in Minecraft.

You are most certainly mistaken as that mechanic was in games for over a decade before Minecraft was even a though in Notch's head.

[tatiana]

Originally posted by BioFringe:

Originally posted by tatiana:

If I'm not mistaken, the mechanic of "laying down in bed and pressing a button to make time pass" was first used in Minecraft.

You are most certainly mistaken as that mechanic was in games for over a decade before Minecraft was even a though in Notch's head.

That's why I used the "If I'm not mistaken" disclaimer. I was simply trying to explain why there seems to be no point to this mechanic in HF - namely, that there is no point in it because it was borrowed from other games, where it was more useful.

[BioFringe]

Originally posted by tatiana:

Originally posted by BioFringe:

You are most certainly mistaken as that mechanic was in games for over a decade before Minecraft was even a though in Notch's head.

That's why I used the "If I'm not mistaken" disclaimer. I was simply trying to explain why there seems to be no point to this mechanic in HF - namely, that there is no point in it because it was borrowed from other games, where it was more useful.

If I'm not mistaken (generally means)...Correct me if I'm wrong...which is exactly what I did. Nothing wrong with that.

I've used the sleep mechanic is houses that get really dark and I don't feel like using the Flashlight. It's a nice feature to have for those of us that don't turn night off because we like the shiny lights.