mod: AnonymousStrangerOW.TheStrangerTheyAre

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mod: AnonymousStrangerOW.TheStrangerTheyAre

a somewhat large story mod that adds onto the story of echoes of the eye (by @AnonymousStrangerOW)

https://outerwildsmods.com/mods/thestrangertheyare/

[ghost]

wow this mod sucks!

[Spitflies]

dang that's mean

[harperawkward]

they stranger they are

[132568]

Im at a certain point in the mod where I don't know how to avoid _____ and I'd like a lil hint, because waiting only killed four.

[132568]

I figured it out, glad I saw it from a different perspective.

[132568]

I put my ship exactly where i was told not to put it
I'm kind of stubborn, aren't I?
Bad idea

[ababcab]

I'm getting a NullReferenceException at CullGroup.Awake() when I boot up the game with the mod, but the main menu works.
However, when I begin the expedition, it freezes before I wake up.

What could be the problem?

[ababcab]

Yeah, the trick is to just not click anything while the game is loading the scene, it works fine.

[NeroZashi]

HELP I'M STUCK! - SPOILER

I'm stuck at the huge tornado part I don't know how to get in, and I tried from the top area!! ??

[132568]

If you don't explicitly know, try to wait for later, you might learn something new.

[ababcab]

There're multiple spots where you can get stuck while being in your suit. For example, chairs and tables, you fall infinitely between them and get jump out. Also the "Extinguish" things are also a stuck hazard! Please clip out these spots!!

[Enialana]

In my opinion, this mod has the best narrative of any other, it is spectacular, visually it is a 10, in the puzzles it is mediocre, but the visual section, the spectacularity and the "ending", makes it top 3 of all the Outer Wilds mods. (I have not played Forgotten Castaways yet)

[ghost]

hi, mod creator here. i tried my best with the puzzles but i agree some do need improving. i'm trying my best to do what i can to improve the hints and quality of the puzzles.

as for castaways, play it as soon as you can! it is my current favorite ow mod and i even think it's better than my own mod. it definitely deserves the love it isn't currently getting (i have way more downloads than cleric).

[andycruz0802]

Hi! I'm the one who answered before, but with a different account, hahaha...

I really appreciate the work you've done on this mod. I'll never tire of saying how good the story is. With the puzzles, I imagine it's just a matter of practicing and practicing... I'll keep an eye on your new contributions to the modding community ::)

I have another question for you, but I don't want to ask it here because of a potential spoiler. Could I write to you on Discord, for example?

[ghost]

i can be found on the outer wilds modding discord. and i don't plan on making any other mods, unless i am able to participate in jams. however, i do have another grand idea i want to showcase to the community in hopes some people might pick it up.

there's an invite somewhere on the ow mods website.

[cashmen123]

Wow, this was an insanely cool experience and related to something I was really hoping the Outer Wilds modding community would take on after I finished the game years ago. This one was ambitious and I think you nailed it! Some bugs here and there, but given the scale I think that's fair. Great job Anonymous and those who contributed!

[Kitsu5242]

Amazing MOD, I am at more of 8 Hrs played and still not finished, really enjoying it! Thank You.

I would like to report some glitches that could be fixed in the next update;

• Once in the Theater, you can watch all these slide reels, however once you place them on the floor to take another one they disappear!?
• Picking up the slide reels, especially the one that reveals the secret passage is extremely difficult, took me forever and I had to do a second loop!
• On the ghost moon of dark bramble, a lot of storm lightning and the noise level is very high, could do with a bit more quiet.
• Once you reach the terraformed moon of the strangers, trying to read quite a few signs on the walls bring the “old translator” first, you need to play around a bit to get the new one.
• In the strangers solar system, trying to lock on the distant planet is impossible from the “solar system viewer”

[Cobray96]

The furthest planet is quantum! It's normal that you can't lock on from the map

[Kitsu5242]

Now playing version 2.3.2
I finally got through (very painful) to the point where you get the message that you ship can now warp to the destination. I did warp and ended up to Timber Hearth with no way back to the new world !? I have to do it all over again, what a pain.

[Deepmight]

I'm stuck:

Click to show

I explored the clocked moon and the simulation new area, talked with a code version of scientist, I got to the terraform base after the path in the seed. But it seems it"s not over yet. I explored the terraforming base and I have the doubt I missed something, what I found there was just a tree. Is there a way to go to their terraformed moon?!

[ghost]

spoilers!

it sounds like you missed the bridge at the bottom of the stairs. remember, the lab is basically 2 cinder isles towers. make sure you explore everything in the other tower before you head off in the bramble seed above said other tower. then just follow the blue lights and you're good.

[Kitsu5242]

Te game does not end:
After I get all paticipants around the camp fire, I go up the elevator and find the Scientist on the blue rings, get my signal identified (SGINAL IDENTIFIED: THE SCIENTIST), but I am still getting an UNIDENTIFIED SIGNAL NEARBY exactly at the same place, then stuck cannot end the game!
I play version 2.4.0

[UnsavouryOatmeal]

Hi, I'm either missing something or having some weird bug.

Spoiler

When trying to enter the Coma hall with no light, and going slowly, I instantly trigger the very first pair every time I try no matter how I try to approach it.

Am I missing something or is there a bug going on?

[ghost]

you are most likely missing a piece of the puzzle. keep exploring the following place:

spoilers!

the preserved planet.

[Kitsu5242]

You get a hint at 00:53:16 on this video
https://youtu.be/myHC1GWIpYE

Spoiler

Solution
You need to action both the artifact’s focus (press RT) and switch off the light at the same time

[woolyshambler]

i was almost immersed in the setting & puzzles, thankfully the mod threw in some 2012 internet memes right in my face to take me out of it again. god forbid we ever be genuine with each other

[ghost]

those are easter eggs and have nothing to do with the actual mod. am i not allowed to put little funny things in my mod? are you really that upset about it? some people never find them and some people do.

[Zanarchium]

this mod was absolutely amazing to play, and it was pretty long too for a mod!
pretty great story mod, although a few of the puzzles were a bit meh
enjoyed the ending too,
id give this mod a solid 10/10, great mod

(SPOILERS)

i was completely unable to get the distant enigma seal, and just had to bruteforce the code to the vessel
i tried putting the cloaked mineral into the device to activate it, then looking around until the quantum shard was on the crack (not the scratches) and then taking a picture of it and putting it away, then going to thin ice state. but the ice never broke, is it bugged? did i do something wrong?

[SamuelBucher]

You need to hold the quantum rock on the cracked spot for several seconds in the thick ice state. When you hear a loud breaking noise, go to the thin ice state and get the seal. Make sure to bring your ship, otherwise you'll be stuck under the ice.

I have to agree that this particular puzzle is bullshit. It's not that difficult to figure out, but it's very annoying to actually execute.

[Zanarchium]

i would have probably figured it out, but i had absolutely no way of knowing i had to just wait there until a sound played, as that is never mentioned at all, nor even hinted towards

[SamuelBucher]

Great mod. I've finished it, but there is one minor thing that I can't figure out.

Spoiler

All nodes in rumor mode are shown as complete except for Cypress. I used the vision torch on him and used all the dialog option. What am I missing?

[Cobray96]

Did you bring Cypress to the Eye of the Universe? : )
I don't think you got the real ending

[Kitsu5242]

Hello, now replaying the mod with the latest version 2.5.2. What happen to the building in the preserved planet with a lift leading to the mysterious starfield?

[cashmen123]

It was removed a good while ago now. Due to how OW does sectoring it gave Anonymous constant issues and would break some AI frequently.

[36CornDogs]

I'm stuck and I think its a bug?
Without spoiling Im at the part where its supposed to put you into your ship and give you a notification that you can now ______
But when I go into the area thats supposed to trigger that to happen, I just get stuck in that area and it doesnt put me in my ship. I have tried like 5 times doing different things like getting there in my ship, not in my ship, etc, and nothing has triggered the event. Am I missing something?

[Wigglypug08]

Hey, just wanted to ask if you figured it out, as I have the same issue :/

[36CornDogs]

Unfortunately I was unable to figure it out, not sure if it's been fixed or not but I gave up after a few days of trying.. semi-fortunately, once you get into the node the rest of the mod is pretty much a cutscene with not much player interaction, so I ended up just watching a walkthrough to know what happens. best of luck!

[Wigglypug08]

SPOILERS!!!

I need help. I don't know what to do at this point. I have gone to the stranger and met the code version of the scientist. And I can grab the mineral to get into the hurricane on Angler's Eye; however, I just cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the green node to let me through, as I keep getting stuck. I don't know how to get the thing where it says your ship can now __________. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[foreshadowFr]

Did you try to explore what was in the green node?

[sylafrs]

I believe I managed to finish the game but I feel like I skipped a lot of puzzles ^^'
For instance, I skipped the desert planet since it was the last of the combinaison I had (and bruteforcing only one symbol is a matter of seconds)
Was there a puzzle for this one or was this planet supposed to be impossible?

[sylafrs]

Oh, nevermind, it was more straightforward than I thought

[luigideff]

Haven't finished it yet, still ongoing. Some thoughts: overall nice mod, pretty big indeed. Some parts are creative, others too easy, needed more challenge. I think my biggest complain would be perfomance wise, specially when starting the mod it freezes and takes more than a minute to load. Ingame also many parts have big fps drops, and the soundtracks cuts abruptally specially in the area with the loud thunderstorms (about this area, my suggestion, lower the thunderstoms volume a bit and put a suspense soundtrack in the background together, would be better). Nevertheless, fun mod, congrats.

[anactualdoggo]

unable to install through the mod manager or via zip file, both attempts end up with "network error" and "server connection lost."

[osharecake-dot]

PEAK MOD ! huge thanks to the dev team but also to the french translation team. This mod is huge and deeper thank you think, it was a total pleasure to discover it and think about the lore and mysteries it gives.
Top#1 favorite story mod ! Keep up the good work, I will follow :D

[Meuleuh]

one of the best story mod you want to play, thank you anonymous dev <3

[Cobray96]

Great mod! Very well made.
I wish you put a note in the description saying we should use a complete save (because I think some ship log entries are required to get the full dialogues with the scientist).
I used a fresh new save because I didn't want to potentially ruin my main save, and when I found out I needed a full save it was too late, didn't want to restart the mod from zero

[snakeeater4526]

one of the best story mod you want to play, thank you anonymous dev <3

[LordGlarthir]

MAJOR SPOILERS INC

First of all, as a modder of other games, I know how time consuming and difficult it can be and I really admire the scope of this mod. During the outer wilds half I had no idea what you had done, I just thought the mod would take place in the current game world, so very much hats off to what you managed to create!

However although this had some interesting ideas and puzzles, my overall impression while playing this was one of frustration and agitation. Not because of the difficulty, but because I feel you did a great disservice to especially the strangers.

The writing of their dialogue was very tame and they all in all got portrayed as huge douchebags.
I think the final part about them creating all kinds of weapons and just straight up killing a Nomai clan out of fear is a valid approach but imo way too much of an over interpretation of their conservative nature we are presented in the DLC.

There were a lot of lines scattered everywhere and use of too modern sounding language that completely broke the suspension of disbelief for me, especially the stuff in the ending and stuff like "maybe the eye is saving it's resources by just letting us see our own friends" thing was a huge wtf moment and that along with other stuff gave a huge impression that a lot of misconceptions about vanilla OW were present in the making of this mod

While I admire that new music was put in, I don't think much of it fit the atmosphere of the game and it's musical themes that are already established, especially for the strangers. Much of it was not ambient enough and gave more of a stressful vibe than a mysterious one as heard in the base game/dlc, notably the space music and the music on the strangers moon.
Consider how the scientist is playing an electric guitar from a sound perspective which is not only very out of character from how the strangers have been portrayed in the DLC, but he is also playing it on the same instrument the prisoner is which sounds completely different.

Lastly, it is riddled with bugs and jank and a lot of uncreative reuse of the vanilla assets. I see how you tried to recreate the moon from the images found in the DLC, but the terrain is squared everywhere and there are no rocks and all kinds of other stuff found within the stranger that they had supposedly harvested for building it.

I found some of the puzzles good and especially enjoued the time concept of the distant Enigma, same goes for the bramble trip, although a little shoehorned.
I was really amazed by entire pre dark bramble dream world and all in all I am super impressed with the amount of content in this mod!

TL;DR tho I think this mod would have been a lot better if it had gotten some more time in the oven, especially in the writing and planet layout department.

I'm sorry if I sound like an asshole, I just needed to share my frustrating playthrough of this mod

[loicHusson]

Was a really nice mod to do, wasn't expecting it to be this huge

[Charcoal190]

Found a mildly annoying softlock.

Spoiler: click to reveal

In the dreamworld section, in the room that's identical to the Angler's Eye projector house, you can accidentally get wedged between the chair and table. I tried to grab the lantern and got stuck there. You're unable to jump out and have to either save and quit, meditate or wait for the loop to end.

One possible fix would be to move the chair. Another would be to put the lantern at a more accessible spot, as to not require jumping on the table.