Requires ModSettings 1.9.0+ ModData 1.2.0+
Relentless Night is a gameplay mod for The Long Dark that introduces a new sandbox scenario where the spin of the Earth is slowing down. Slowly but surely, days and nights are getting longer over time, leading to a world with continuously changing temperatures, weather patterns, wildlife changes, and more.
As the world slows, each longer-dark brings even colder temperatures to the Canadian North, the resulting temperature distributions in the atmosphere start to give way to stronger winds and blizzards, even adapted wildlife slowly start to disappear as they succumb to the worsening conditions of the cold nights.
The player, realizing what is happening, must take advantage of the longer days and the warmer temperatures to prepare for the next even longer, and colder, darkness. All of this eventually leads to the final challenge where all your preparation will really determine how long you survive - The planet finally slows down enough to become tidally locked with the sun, with the survivor now left in the perpetual darkness of the new “dark side of Earth”, and its ever-worsening and frigid conditions.
Relentless Night will add a progress difficulty into survival mode that at first doesn't seem any different than regular run, but the effects will slowly add up and bring about conditions that make gameplay harder. All this eventually leads to a world that's incredibly harsh and difficult to survive in for even veterans and expert survivalists of the game.
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Ensure you are using game version 2.06 or above (indicated top-left on game main menu).
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Follow the instructions at the top of Xpazemen’s list of TLD mods.
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Ensure you download ModSetting as well as Relentless Night, and place them both in the “Mods” folder.
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Launch and enjoy!
What you see above are the classic Relentless Night settings, though you are free to configure your games as you like. All mod settings are dynmaic and can be change during your run. Detailed descriptions of each setting/feature are below:
Controls how fast the earth's spin slows down, and so how quickly the duration of days and nights increase
Enables the Relentless Night endgame where the earth eventually becomes tidally locked with the sun and you are left to survive in perpetual darkness for the rest of the game.
If disabled, the earth's spin will simply keep slowing down forever.
The endgame will start during the next nightfall after this many days survived, measured in 24 hour days.
The aurora borealis will be present throughout the endgame, ensuring you some light at the new dark side of earth.
The minimum air temperature that will be reached at the endgame or during a sufficiently long night.
Controls how much of an effect outdoor temperature will have on indoor temperatures, with a high enough setting no place will be completely safe from the cold.
Add ability to haul medium sized kills such as deer and wolves around the world map, including indoors.
Add ability to light torches using live wires and household outlets during auroras.
Fires indoors will keep the building warm for much longer, even after the fire has burnt out. The hotter the fire, the longer it will keep the place warm. Better insulated indoor locations will keep warm for longer.
For temperatures below a 'feels like' temperature of -40C, the rate at which you suffer freezing damage will be increased.
The wildlife population and respawn rates will decline over time as longer nights make temperatures outside harsher for you and wildlife alike. This setting determines the minimum population that the wildlife population can fall to.
Day at which wildlife populations will reach the minimum value set above.
Fish population and chances of catching fish will decline over time. This setting determines the minimum that fish population can fall to.
Day at which fishing chances reach the minimum value set above.
Extends how long books, wood, and coal fuels for fires will last after being placed in the fire.
Extends how long lantern fuel will last while in use.
Extends how long torches will last while in use.
You're all set to get started! Thank you for all the players who have been supportive of the mod during development, it's been a lot of fun to work on it, and I will continue to do so with your feedback!
Please do feel free to join the mod discord community. I am most active there for mod announcements and to answer any questions.