Lights Out + Wilderness = Trolololol.

[Faintly Macabre]

I was curious how the game would handle a Lights Out Wilderness game so I decided to give it a try. The answer: not very well. It seems like the first person on the server (the host, normally) gets the chest and the campfire and that's it. It's possible that the game gives these to each account that logs in the first time they do so, but I doubt it, and can't really test without frustrating a bunch of innocent people. At the very least, if the player dies, future characters will be SOL. This could probably stand to be adjusted, somehow. I don't expect it to be a very popular mode of play but if it's a configuration the game will allow it should probably be made at least somewhat feasible.

[Mday]

The chest has enough stuff for 3 players to begin the game.

If you have a wicker in the team you can get lantern early on and that in turns means you can have more players messing around in the world. If you have a webber you can break his spider egg for 2 silk and make 10 miner hats as well. Without cave you can find it hard to have more than 5 players in the world. there just isn't that many twigs/grass around.

 

[Arlesienne]

That mode is prone to griefing or just being the lone wolf as few bother to dump the surplus resources back into the chest. This is the major issue. Mods that give you starting items help, but it is no longer the original mode if you ask me.

[Quyzbuk]

Not trying to self promote, but I did throw a write-up about this in the suggestion forum ---> 

Maybe something you'd like to add to it?

[Faintly Macabre]

You guys are all missing the wilderness part, which means everyone starts in a random location. Even if by some stretch of the imagination there was enough stuff in the chest for three players to "start" (it has the exact same amount of stuff as single player mode, and calling everybody getting a single torch a "start" seems a little wacky) it won't do any good at all to the people who come in after the first player.

8 minutes ago, Quyzbuk said:

Not trying to self promote, but I did throw a write-up about this in the suggestion forum ---> 

Maybe something you'd like to add to it?

Will do.

[Mday]

28 minutes ago, TheHalcyonOne said:

 it has the exact same amount of stuff as single player mode, and calling everybody getting a single torch a "start" seems a little wacky

I have done a 4 player start in lightouts mode before. It does require some good planning and skills. Wacky or not, it is possible.

I am guessing in wilderness, if you keep respawning it is possible to respawn at a spot where there are 2 tiwgs and 2 grass within the ceiling light area. Otherwise just play as willow for at least the base building phase. 

[Faintly Macabre]

Or, I could try to get Klei's attention and see if I can get them to make this mode reasonable and fun without needing to play specific characters or rely on pure chance.

[Mday]

9 minutes ago, TheHalcyonOne said:

Or, I could try to get Klei's attention and see if I can get them to make this mode reasonable and fun without needing to play specific characters or rely on pure chance.

Of cause. Totally agree with that.

There are some glitches with lights out mode, wilderness or not.

I think they are just too busy with other things and have not been looking into all these other game mode for awhile. Which is kinda sad because lights out mode is really fun.