With so much traveling around, are we going to have some usefull camping gear??
I've read about backpacks being 'possibly' implemented but not much else on travel gear, which in Tolkiens world is importand because of the hostile terrain and large distances.
Because when the weather will affect your character, sleeping in the wilderness in the rain won't be very healty. (Could I catch a cold???? )
I've got a bedroll in a mwmod i can take with me so I know its possible.
But what about extreme conditions??
-down filled sleeping bags that wil keep you warm and comfortable even on the highest mountains?
-Travellers coocking set with everything u need2eat, easy and light to pack?
-A tent??? may start with a bare piece of fabric to keep of the rain on the low-budget end, and a elvish spidersilk tent on the high budget, ultra light and able to keep you warm inside on a single candle? ( not to mention the perfect semi-magical camouflage?)
-And lots of other things you wil need to travel any distance further than 2 days walking.
It took the fellowship more than a year to go from the shire to mt doom if I read the books correctly, so we'll need some decent camping gear we can take with us.

I just wonder if I can get someone on the team to react on this, it would be my greatest wish to go backpacking around ME.

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Now that can be interpreted in different ways............... I guess its a yes

True.

But, you have to remember, there were many, uhhh, shall we say diversions for Frodo and the gang.

Hopefully you won't get eaten while you're asleep.

Maybe you can buy a Winnebago-carriage WITH satellite AND barbecue

It would be nice of course to have a campinggear and such but if we implement such things we wouldn't have a beta till Elder Scrolls 5.

I believe this was discussed in a topic before, though I would have no idea what to search for to find it...

I seem to remember that you can buy tents, groundrolls, etc....

But that might have just been what people requested. I'll look it up, if I find it I'll post it here.

EDIT: The thread is located here.

For those of you too lazy to click, here's what Daerk said:

heh and it is still being implemented curently many talented scripters have already contributed work (Greywolf Theta and a few more that slip my mind [Sorry guys quick responce you know who you are and your names are on the scripts]) unfortunatly due to the enviromental scripts that are in constant flux they cant be fully solidifyed till the enviromental base is finalised (or else im tracking rouge variables back through a heystack of code) but yeah much has been done and there is a bunch of scripts that even the teamsters havent had a chance to test out yet becouse of my time management (trying to get uni out of the way fast this semester) still greywolf and theta probably have some of the best working knowledge of there own contributions towards equipment and the general camping experience (they did submit them to me a while ago tho so maby it has sliped there minds ) but yeah im impresed with there work and I have high standards (also an apology to all the other scripters in the team who have been idle i promise ill get back too it asap) but yes soon as i get the "babbige room" operational things can steam ahead


(this turnd into more of a progress indicator than a coment on camping gear)

so umm yeah traveling gear good works well and umm ... stuff

Progress Indication is cool!!!

So is camping gear!

Hmmmmmm i wonder if we will ever be able to have a bbq

will there be the ability to have a BBQ?.....!?!?!?! I am an Australian you know... Pfft will there be a BBQ... <walks off muttering about redundent questions>

Barbecues are cool!

just got my new trangia 25-2 today http://www.trangia.se/ man these things are the best invention in the history of inventions... well that and my aussie survival tool http://www.the-firestarter.com/ both incredably handy when trecking

Knife? You call that a knife?

Well, this pretty much clears up my question, I'm looking forward to camping out there already.

Slaiv, thanks for the link.

And I even got wookiee to give us a glance at the state of the mod.

Well, I'd say that's pretty good.

What about those drop bears that force u to have sex with sexy swedish backpackers... only aussies will get that one

As such, what was the point of posting it?

drop bears do no such thing they nock you down and steel your wallet... the strangler posums are the worst tho

lol Wookiee do you make spelling errors by purpose.

no i just think phoneticly

Interesting ideas about camping. It would certainly help the 'immersive' feel of roleplaying in Middle-Earth. One thing, however, is to note that tents were really only for soldiers on campaigns. They didn't make small, portable one or two man tents at this time. For one thing, all the braces/poles are wood. There simply isnt any way to have them be small enough to be portable by anything less than a wagon. I don't even believe a 'shelter half'/pup tent is even feasible. The weight alone would be a burden to anyone other than a dwarf. There is also the matter of cost....unless this game isnt going to resemble anything remotely like the economy of Middle-Earth. Better off to save your silver pennies for another spear.

Basically, you have your cloak and any blankets you have on you (unless you own a pony/mule/horse). You sleep out under the stars. Thats how The Fellowship did it. Thats how Thorin and Company did it...and they had ponies through the early part of their journey.

Well what if you're a soldier on a campaign?

Anyway, if you get enough money, you could always have a horse/pack animal carry it for you.

i cant imagine a piece of cloth you sling over a branchoff to keep offthe rain weighing more than 4 kilos and limiting your movement, even something like a hide from a cow-sized animal can be used as a tent, and that aint too heavy

I doubt it. It's got to be something other than a cover up.
*Shuffles insecurely.*

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i cant imagine a piece of cloth you sling over a branchoff to keep offthe rain weighing more than 4 kilos and limiting your movement, even something like a hide from a cow-sized animal can be used as a tent, and that aint too heavy


I have no idea where you get the idea that an A-Frame tent made out of pre-Nylon material is going to weigh a measely 4 kilos. Even a shelter half is going to weigh close to 4 kilos...and thats minus the other half as well as poles. [End quote]




He did not say an A-Frame tent, he said a piece of cloth to sling over a branch.

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Lol....That was kind of off-topic.

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