Frequently Asked Questions

[Novakiller]

I would think so, but not sure, probably not when its first released, but that can come in a patch or be added later anyway. considering how many people are on steam now, i think the game would definitely see a lot of attention a added sales on there personally.

[Dragonchow]

game time equals real time.

Seems this will mean some players will always be playing in the dark .....or light.

Does this also mean a year equals a year? So winter will be 4 or so months long? That would be a long time for farms not to work.

[Brian Shingles]

Originally Posted by Dragonchow

game time equals real time.

No, see below

Q: How does "game time" compare to real time?
A: 24 minutes of real time is the equivalent of one day, or 24 hours, of game time.

Originally Posted by Dragonchow

So winter will be 4 or so months long?

Currently winter is 3 days real time followed by 3 days of summer (was probably set by those crazy Canadians who think everyone spends half the year in winter ), however, this will be changing to a more realistic split between winter and non-winter although the exact details have yet to be finalized.

[Draggor]

nice faq for once.

[grimnews]

So how do i get to play in this open beta

[mrpbody32]

okay i saw a thing that said its not on june 3rd when is it then

[PeterLePresident]

Originally Posted by mrpbody32

okay i saw a thing that said its not on june 3rd when is it then

The release date will be announced next week by 505 games.

[Whiplash27]

Well if 24 minutes = 1 day, then 2160 minutes should equal an entire season which would mean that 36 hours of real time should equal 3 months (if seasons are equal to earth seasons). Therefore 36 hours = winter, 36 hours = spring, 36 = summer, 36 = fall. Total of 144 hours in a year... or 6 days (we'll use 360 day years).

If you want to do it by days and not have a spring & fall, then just do 2 days for winter and 6 days for non-winter... or maybe 5.

Then again, it'd be cool if maybe the Alpine regions have longer winters, while then there are temperate areas/forest which have a normal year, then desert areas/plains which have extremely short winters. That would also make it interesting.

To add to it, when people were talking about skin color for humans. If you're from the alpine regions, your people should be white, if they're from plains region, maybe they could have darker skin, maybe in the forest regions, they could have more tanned skin. Would be a cool way to go about it.

[svablas]

Spreding info about DoF in Lithuanian game sites. So sad i miss closed/open beta test, but are big fan of this game. I hope its worth waiting. So exiting!!!

Go go team!

[UltraJesus]

Originally Posted by PeterLePresident

The release date will be announced next week by 505 games.

Oh cool