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Darkness Falls: They mostly come out at night...

After creating and reading the future is now book, does reading additional copies do anything? If not, can research notes be used for anything else?
Also, I've seen it mentioned in other forums from time to time. Mega city map, you know nothing but city. I realize it may not be plausible, would wreck older machines, and probably have to be somewhat smaller than normal map size. Could be very interesting if possible.

I'm also enjoying the mod very much. Excellent job Khaine, and thank you.
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They don't do anything else atm. I may look into potential uses.

I remember the mega-city map from A16. That used to kill PC's even then. :D It'd be cool though.

are torches (not flashlights) still meant to be used as a weapon? when I swing (left click) it starts to attack but then drops to the ground. I thought you might have taken it out but the tooltip still says can be used as a weapon.

also I found a UI glitch I'm not sure if it's mod specific:

I was in the skills tab looking stuff up and accidentally mashed two keys together. The command line box pops up with continuous red text:

"NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object".

I can repeat by doing the same. It doesn't seem to happen on other UI elements with text box inputs, just the skills tab that I can find. I can replicate it, a reload resets the UI.

I'm on 2.5 with 18.3 with Valmar's traps & HDHQ modlets
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Not sure on the flashlight. I'll have to look into it later.

Never seen that with the UI, but I didn't mess with the skill list controller so I wonder if it's the same in vanilla... O.o

Hi DF players what maps are most recommended to play on? Or is random gen maps the way to go?
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I like Small 2 and Small 3 personally. Less RAM usage, good layouts.

well i tried just about everything, i deleted so many files moved some things around and still game crashes, i did notice my GPU usage jumps to 100% but i can run A18.2 version for DF with no problems at all nothing happens no major lag or anything, it has to be the mod then right? i cant find the crash logs anywhere, i have 16 gig memory im running a fairly old machine i only have a i7-4790k cpu its fairly old as i said i dont have money to upgrade at all, im so broke the rats are laughing at me its all them damn medical bills, but anyway i found a great map and dont want to lose it, when i first got the updated mod it ran fine nothing wrong, then i changed some video settings and it crashed so im not sure what to do at this point.
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I actually experienced the same sort of thing on a new machine. The way it was crashing I knew it was memory so I was watching the memory usage and it would crash at about 8gb of physical mem. Then it would fill up the page file and crash when it was full. The page file useage seems to be higher on 18.3, I never crashed before. Try increasing your page file and see if it gets any better, it's an easy test.
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^ this.

I dev the mod on a laptop, with an i7-4710MQ CPU and 32GB RAM, so worse CPU than yours but more RAM. Virtual memory is often the issue for crashing. Using one of the small maps can help with this, but when you hit 8GB RAM, it'll start tapping the page file. Increasing that to 8 or 16GB can help a lot.

 
Not sure on the flashlight. I'll have to look into it later.
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regular torch not flashlight for your bug searching...I only really use the torch as a wep in the beginning anyway but setting stuff on fire is nice

also I was using HDHQ biome modlets but had to remove them. they were overwriting the trees and I couldn't loot sap, feathers or seeds and they were producing an item after destroying which is likely the seed but it had no icon and just a reference name. they are still on the recommended area on page one which is why I mention it. HDHQ Plants and E to loot them only seems to work ok so far.

 
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That's just gitlab. Not a lot I can do about that.
You could download it from Nexus and manually install. Using a VPN sometimes helps too (had the same problem installing RH on a 300mb connection, turned on my VPN and it somehow fixed it).

Depends entirely on the map you play. Though you can install Sphereii's Legacy Distant Terrain mod to DF 18.3 for extra FPS.
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I did a manual install... but did I screw up? I'm using 18.3b4 but I can't farm crickets anymore. are they no longer in the mod? I also don't see a need to make the personal workbench thingie.

 
Okay, So i do not know what i did wrong here. I downloaded a server from blue fang with darkness falls on it when i launched it i was getting a bunch of errors. i reached out to the support team on blue fang and they told me i needed to download darkness falls on client side. so i proceed to download the link for Darkness Falls Client 18.3. i uninstalled my 7d2d and when i re-downloaded i opened the properties folder and copy and pasted all the un zipped files to my games files. now when i launch 7d2d all i get is a black screen? where in the world did i go wrong. ive been trying to sort this out for three hours now lol

 
Oh! Then yes. The torch can be placed or thrown. Throwing it emits light where it lands. :)
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is there a way I'm missing to still swing it as a weapon or was that a change? thanks Khaine

 
I did a manual install... but did I screw up? I'm using 18.3b4 but I can't farm crickets anymore. are they no longer in the mod? I also don't see a need to make the personal workbench thingie.
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Not sure what you mean by "farm crickets"?

Okay, So i do not know what i did wrong here. I downloaded a server from blue fang with darkness falls on it when i launched it i was getting a bunch of errors. i reached out to the support team on blue fang and they told me i needed to download darkness falls on client side. so i proceed to download the link for Darkness Falls Client 18.3. i uninstalled my 7d2d and when i re-downloaded i opened the properties folder and copy and pasted all the un zipped files to my games files. now when i launch 7d2d all i get is a black screen? where in the world did i go wrong. ive been trying to sort this out for three hours now lol
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You've got EAC on. When booting from steam, select "show launcher" and disable EAC from there.

is there a way I'm missing to still swing it as a weapon or was that a change? thanks Khaine
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It was a change.

Left click to throw (works like rocks/grenades, so hold for more power to throw further), right-click to place as block on a wall.

 
I did a manual install... but did I screw up? I'm using 18.3b4 but I can't farm crickets anymore. are they no longer in the mod? I also don't see a need to make the personal workbench thingie.
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Farming insects and the personal workbench is a RavenHearst mod thing. Might be in Vanilla also, been along time since I played basic vanilla. Not a DF mod thing at all

 
It was a change.
Left click to throw (works like rocks/grenades, so hold for more power to throw further), right-click to place as block on a wall.
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ah ic ty. my confusion came from the tooltip, it still says you can set zeds on fire.

Farming insects and the personal workbench is a RavenHearst mod thing. Might be in Vanilla also, been along time since I played basic vanilla. Not a DF mod thing at all
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yeah that's just Ravenhearst. they look like crickets on the tooltip icon and you need to use the small personal workbench from the start to do anything.

 
Hi KhaineGB.

I made the laser battery mod which say in description "melee and archery" but I can't install it in any bow or crossbow.

Is a bug or an error in description?

 
Hi KhaineGB.

Love the mod and all the work you put into it!

Question running DF on 18.3 Stable on a dedicated server. If i set server.xml to 120 minute days and 200% loot, during the server boot up it defaults back to 60 minute days and 100%. Which file do i need to edit server side? I have gone digging through most of it and no luck finiding it :(

Have attached the server control panel with folders + the server boot up log.

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Okay, So i do not know what i did wrong here. I downloaded a server from blue fang with darkness falls on it when i launched it i was getting a bunch of errors. i reached out to the support team on blue fang and they told me i needed to download darkness falls on client side. so i proceed to download the link for Darkness Falls Client 18.3. i uninstalled my 7d2d and when i re-downloaded i opened the properties folder and copy and pasted all the un zipped files to my games files. now when i launch 7d2d all i get is a black screen? where in the world did i go wrong. ive been trying to sort this out for three hours now lol
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Just use the mod launcher, it's so much easier.

https://7daystodie.com/forums/showthread.php?48537-The-7D2D-Mod-Launcher-A-Mod-Launcher-for-7-Days-to-Die&highlight=launcher

 
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I have done everything everyone told me to do, i was able to get into the game but the memory hung at 14kmb-16kmb and then crash, i tried a smaller map and the memory stayed at around 10k-13kMB then i got back on my 18.2 version and it stayed at 7kMB to 10kMB and its a medium sized map the only thing i ever done on the version 18.3 DF was change some graphic settings and then it would crash, im doing DF map Medium4 name Touchies18 and again i tried everything you said i tried the page filing different ways turned graphics low (seems to run better) i deleted my save (made a backup) i installed a fresh copy of the game and mod and still same thing over and over, when loading the game it get to a certain point then the memory shoots up to 16kMB from 8k in seconds, i took screenshots of it but i moved a lot of stuff so have to find them now

 
I have done everything everyone told me to do, i was able to get into the game but the memory hung at 14kmb-16kmb and then crash, i tried a smaller map and the memory stayed at around 10k-13kMB then i got back on my 18.2 version and it stayed at 7kMB to 10kMB and its a medium sized map the only thing i ever done on the version 18.3 DF was change some graphic settings and then it would crash, im doing DF map Medium4 name Touchies18 and again i tried everything you said i tried the page filing different ways turned graphics low (seems to run better) i deleted my save (made a backup) i installed a fresh copy of the game and mod and still same thing over and over, when loading the game it get to a certain point then the memory shoots up to 16kMB from 8k in seconds, i took screenshots of it but i moved a lot of stuff so have to find them now
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Set memory paging to automatical + lower textures and turn off texture streaming - if turned on, game throw memory to ram, not gpu memory

 
Hi KhaineGB.
I made the laser battery mod which say in description "melee and archery" but I can't install it in any bow or crossbow.

Is a bug or an error in description?
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I might have messed up the tags. Will have a look later since I also need to apparently look into a random NRE.

Hi KhaineGB.
Love the mod and all the work you put into it!

Question running DF on 18.3 Stable on a dedicated server. If i set server.xml to 120 minute days and 200% loot, during the server boot up it defaults back to 60 minute days and 100%. Which file do i need to edit server side? I have gone digging through most of it and no luck finiding it :(

Have attached the server control panel with folders + the server boot up log.

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That error isn't actually an error. It's just an "information" thing. It's saying you have day length set to 120 mins (when the default is 60) and loot abundance set to 200 (instead of 100), therefore it's considered a "modded" server.

So it's definitely set and applied the settings you wanted.

I have done everything everyone told me to do, i was able to get into the game but the memory hung at 14kmb-16kmb and then crash, i tried a smaller map and the memory stayed at around 10k-13kMB then i got back on my 18.2 version and it stayed at 7kMB to 10kMB and its a medium sized map the only thing i ever done on the version 18.3 DF was change some graphic settings and then it would crash, im doing DF map Medium4 name Touchies18 and again i tried everything you said i tried the page filing different ways turned graphics low (seems to run better) i deleted my save (made a backup) i installed a fresh copy of the game and mod and still same thing over and over, when loading the game it get to a certain point then the memory shoots up to 16kMB from 8k in seconds, i took screenshots of it but i moved a lot of stuff so have to find them now
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As mentioned in the patch notes, medium maps use a LOT MORE RAM due to the fact they're nitrogen maps. If you can't get them to run when fiddling with your virtual memory settings, don't use medium maps. Stick to small.

 
ah ic ty. my confusion came from the tooltip, it still says you can set zeds on fire.



yeah that's just Ravenhearst. they look like crickets on the tooltip icon and you need to use the small personal workbench from the start to do anything.
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Master Survivalist lets you make a Survivalist torch that you can use as a weapon. At least, when I tried it in 18.2 it worked that way. I assume it hasn't been changed. I'm not sure if tooltips on vanilla items can be changed or not.

 
Farming insects and the personal workbench is a RavenHearst mod thing. Might be in Vanilla also, been along time since I played basic vanilla. Not a DF mod thing at all
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ok TY my bad. I play both so I get them mixed up sometimes >.<;;

 
SPOILER ALERT!

Don't watch it, if you don't wanna see something before you see ^^

Hello @KhaineGB, why zombies don't spawn? I would like to farm some of it :/

I killed everyone there, but no zombies spawn ( on server with friends there were tons of them )

Game restarted x times

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