11-22-2018, 01:49 AM
<a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/9056-tuffdwarf/&do=hovercard" data-mentionid="9056" href="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/9056-tuffdwarf/">@TuffDwarf</a> Hey there, how's life treating you?
I've been absent from this site for many months but I still check in sometimes (usually without logging in). Like you, I find that lake map quite a challenge, I've actually put it to the side for the moment to check out some new and also updated mods but I need a decent amount of land to work with so yes, the lake map will have to wait.
I hadn't played Banished for quite a few months but these new/updated mods got me all fired up for it again and naturally I was also looking for interesting map seeds and stumbled across that massive lake map. I think with the various mods that add over-water buildings or maritime related resources, we can really make use of these more unusual maps. Otherwise they'd be too much trouble to be fun (so again, YAY [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/58462f70003fe_EmojisApplebyKawaiiDarkToxic553.png[/img] for the modders - it's modders that have kept me playing Banished as well as other games like Skyrim and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for so many years).
1700 hours! I thought I was doing well with 1200 haha. I kind of envy you having a family member sharing your love of the game. None of my friends or relatives play Banished and if it wasn't for forums like this, I'd have nobody to talk to about it (and share map seeds with haha!) And like you said, it does get under your skin once you boot it up again. I had started a fresh map yesterday evening and all I wanted to do today was get back to that map this morning but I had various appointments today so I had to wait until after midday before I could get back to Banished... and all I could think of on the bus trip home was "Just another 15 minutes and I can get back to the game!"
I had completely forgotten that with my mod collection and using the <abbr title="Colonial Charter">CC</abbr> temperate or mild climate options my maps gradually get over-run by blueberries so now I'm hurriedly building lots of foresters to get other plants growing on the map (otherwise the blueberries carpet the map and prevent anything else from growing). As if two or three challenges weren't enough already!
