Summer Dusk & Night Overheating

[Trenix]

We should not overheat at night or dusk during summer, it makes absolutely no sense and isn't very fun either.

[LeadenStik]

In the case of summer, not very much about it is very fun at this point.

[PeteTheLich]

Add caves to that list. caves shouldnt be hot unless youre standing in "sun beams" from the surface. caves are generally stable temperature.

I'd love to go exploring the saves during summer but since you still over heat it pretty much means exploring for long periods of time is only for fall (or spring if you can manage sanity loss) 

[LeadenStik]

For some reason I don't overheat in the caves, unless I stand next to a campfire for a few seconds.

[Trenix]

For some reason I don't overheat in the caves, unless I stand next to a campfire for a few seconds.

 

Still makes no sense, caves are very cold regardless of temperatures on the surface.

[Xavven]

We should not overheat at night or dusk during summer, it makes absolutely no sense and isn't very fun either.

 

I don't think that we have to necessarily go for realism here, since DS is a fictional world that is supposed to be harsher than real life. That said, there are some places on Earth that stay really warm at night. For example, Phoenix, AZ, USA, has lows in the mid 80's (Fahrenheit) in summer, though it is a dry heat. Longsreach, Australia, has lows in the low 80's (F) at night during the southern hemisphere's summer.

 

So if the humidity was high enough and you were still in the upper 80's or 90's at dusk, it seems conceivable that a person could suffer heat stroke... especially with the amount of physical activity we put our characters through. Ever chopped down a tree manually with an axe IRL? Hard work!

 

But a giant fly that spits lava? Now THAT I can't suspend my disbelief for! Hah!

 

All that said, overheating at night doesn't add much fun to DST from a gaming perspective. Nor is it much more than a nuisance compared to all the other stuff I have to worry about to stay alive. Meh, I could take it or leave it.

[Trenix]

I don't think that we have to necessarily go for realism here, since DS is a fictional world that is supposed to be harsher than real life. That said, there are some places on Earth that stay really warm at night. For example, Phoenix, AZ, USA, has lows in the mid 80's (Fahrenheit) in summer, though it is a dry heat. Longsreach, Australia, has lows in the low 80's (F) at night during the southern hemisphere's summer.

 

So if the humidity was high enough and you were still in the upper 80's or 90's at dusk, it seems conceivable that a person could suffer heat stroke... especially with the amount of physical activity we put our characters through. Ever chopped down a tree manually with an axe IRL? Hard work!

 

But a giant fly that spits lava? Now THAT I can't suspend my disbelief for! Hah!

 

All that said, overheating at night doesn't add much fun to DST from a gaming perspective. Nor is it much more than a nuisance compared to all the other stuff I have to worry about to stay alive. Meh, I could take it or leave it.

 

1) We're not all living in a desert biome.

2) I've lived in Arizona before, you're not going to get a heatstroke at night. lol

[Xavven]

1) We're not all living in a desert biome.

2) I've lived in Arizona before, you're not going to get a heatstroke at night. lol

 

Me too! I lived in Sedona, AZ for 2 years and ran a 2 mile route through some of the red rocks early mornings. Evenings can stay pretty warm but it's a dry heat. I wouldn't want to be chopping trees on a summer night though, I'll tell you that.

 

Anyway, like I said, there aren't any talking pigs, tentacle monsters, blowdart-using walruses, or lava-spitting dragonflies in Arizona either. The realism argument doesn't apply to a sick fantasy world created by a magician possessed by shadow creatures. Maxwell could make summer nights 120 degrees for all we know.