Hi all. I recently found Vintage Story and am so glad I did. This is the exact type of game that pushes all the right buttons for me. After starting about 3 worlds to get familiar with controls and what have you, I streamed a brand new start from day 1 for a friend of mine to introduce him to the game. Showing him the knapping and survival aspect for food, containers, night time etc., was pretty fun and after that first in game day, I decided to just keep playing on that world. I am now a little over 80 hours into that save and am approaching my second August.
All that being said, I figured I would post a tiny bit of feedback in case a dev might read this and take it to heart. I am a bit of a purist and do not like to use many mods, especially any that change any aspect of the game (such as increased inventory space or what have you). I do like the 'carry containers' mod since that is doable in game but still pushes the limit of what I usually find acceptable.
I just found out that there were actual in game windmills. I kind of suspected after making a quern and seeing a slot on the top that would be perfect for something like that or a water wheel. My biggest hope really is that there exist some "IN GAME" system to introduce the player to what is available. I worked my way through copper and bronze pretty easily and then found iron and now have a little over a dozen ingots with more to come. However, I have not done any cave diving yet and have only found one scroll which had a neat little story.
The biggest surprise was when I watched a youtube video and saw someone jump into a portal that took them somewhere. I quickly stopped watching as I did not wish to spoil anything. If there is an in game method of introducing the player to such items, could someone please let me know or if that just happened to be a mod?
The main "IN GAME" introductions I am hoping for is for steps up in technological advancement is mainly things like
"How is the character supposed to know that steel making is even possible?" How are they introduced to it?
"How is the character supposed to know that Windmills are even possible?" Again, how are they introduced to it?
Then teleporters. (assuming all of this is base game stuff) Please no spoilers please. Asking all of this since the tutorial stops Waaay before any of this.
Thank You all. The community has been great so far.