TemporalGearSpawnNerf (mainly for Wilderness Survival)

[goxmeor]

Links to download and source: https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/359

When you die in Wilderness Survival, you respawn a random distance away, usually extremely far. Finding your base is difficult or impossible, making the experience sort of like permadeath. However, once you've obtained a temporal gear (which you can get by panning 7 stacks of sand,) this mechanic is basically nullified because the gear can be used to permanently set your spawn point.

This very simple mod revives the fear of death by clearing your spawn point after you respawn. This means that a temporal gear can be used to respawn at your base only once. After you respawn at your base, you'll need to use another temporal gear to set your spawn point again, or risk being lost in the wilderness.

Feedback welcome! Thanks!

 

Edited March 28, 2021 by goxmeor

[Streetwind]

Even in less hardcore singleplayer worlds, this can be useful. I always have chests full of temporal gears piling up, just from killing drifters, and no use for them. I never thought of making them single-use consumables. Neat!

[l33tmaan]

I could honestly see this as a mechanic implemented into the base game.

[Quixjote]

This is a great start! Can't wait to see this in The Wilderness Survival world we are in (And me being me.. would be great to eventually see it as a refillable artifact of some kind, but I know that is a bit more work)

[EreticKB]

Just write your home's coords into note.

[Quixjote]

7 hours ago, EreticKB said:

Just write your home's coords into note.

Except the server we are on that this mod was created for doesn't show coords, or map, etc. A pseudo Hardcore map with the +/- 5K spawn radius.

[DanaCraluminum]

Looks hardcore

Edited March 14, 2021 by Craluminum

[Papa Cheddar]

If I install this mod on my current wilderness survival world where I already have set a spawn point with a gear, will the first spawn still count as the one I set? Or will it wipe, and I'll have to reset the spawn point with a new gear?

 

Awesome idea btw. The fear of death is needed.

[goxmeor]

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I already have set a spawn point with a gear, will the first spawn still count as the one I set?

Yes. The mod clears your spawn when you revive, not before.

Since your spawn point is already set, you will need to re-gear after each death, lest you become lost in the wild.

[Thalius]

I actually sort of really like this idea, although it would be a pain.  Make it an option that can be toggled at world gen, and add it to the base game.  Would love to use this setting on a more challenging personal world survival experience..

[Jokt]

i like this, is there a way to make it so it works in hardcore, basically u die permanantly unless u you use one of those gears ?

Edited November 16, 2024 by sakst

[Echo Weaver]

8 hours ago, sakst said:

i like this, is there a way to make it so it works in hardcore, basically u die permanantly unless u you use one of those gears ?

It looks like this mod was last updated for 1.14, so it's probably not useful to you.

I like this idea, too. Maybe someone will revive it.

[Thorfinn]

If I'm understanding this mod, that's already a game option. You simply set number of Temporal Gear Respawn Uses to One. (Wilderness currently defaults to 3, standard to 20.)

[EDIT]

And even then, unless you choose to set number of lives to something other than infinite, if you die and find yourself in unknown territory, nothing prevents you from eating a poison mushroom, or jumping off cliffs or rasslin' bears and respawn somewhere else until you find yourself in familiar surroundings. 

Edited November 16, 2024 by Thorfinn

[Echo Weaver]

3 hours ago, Thorfinn said:

If I'm understanding this mod, that's already a game option. You simply set number of Temporal Gear Respawn Uses to One. (Wilderness currently defaults to 3, standard to 20.)

Oh, I was confused by that setting. Thanks for the explanation.

How do you know how many respawns you've used?