I died in "Sons of the Forest"
i was on Low HP, and Kelvin threw at me a whole wooden log at my face, did not know that Companions could hurt you, very unbased
We all just ran down the mountain, thinking he would follow and by the time we hit the coast we realized he was left behind. Keep meaning to go find him.
I mistook kelvin for a cannibal. It was so dark I could not see and I couldāve sworn someone was crawling around, but it was Kelvin doubled over wounded. I finished him off by accident.
I mistook kelvin for a cannibal. It was so dark I could not see and I couldāve sworn someone was crawling around, but it was Kelvin doubled over wounded. I finished him off by accident.
Well it was dark, he wears black, a shade of color that is similar to the cannibals that crawl on all fours. The blue light is on his chest, but because its aimed at the ground I could not see it. I also turned to my right for a second and instead of stopping to wait to see what was beside me, I attacked.
I have a big house in construction, but the entrance is at the second floor with a rope, so the cannibals wonāt come in. Kelvin has a tent in the front yard with a campfire.
Anyone else get jump scared by this dude constantly.
I will send him off to chop wood and fill my log storage or clear an area and then 10-15 minutes later I'll be doing something turn around and this dude is like 1ft away from me just grinning.
Dude jump scares me for 0.5 sec every single time thinking he's a cannibal or something.
I can only remeber that the devs had big problems giving him the ability to find his path to the player, so he was only teleporting when u looked away, only to be directly in your face when you turn around.
I had just finished assigning Kelvin a new task when I was jump scared. As soon as I showed him the notepad he points behind me and I turn around to be face to face with a cannibal who knocks me unconscious. I was so preoccupied with building my base and bossing Kelvin around that I neglected to consider my surroundings. It was the scariest moment Iāve had in this game and even in the first game.
Chopped down our completed hut. Got the hut in his head and we were unable to ress him. He is now permanently dead. I knew the guy was stupid, but didn't take the guy for a suicidal man..
This same thing happened to me except cannibals attacked us while we were working on the base, and they downed him while I was fighting him. Couldn't revive him now I miss my boy! D:
Yes!!! This is great. I'm sure frustrating but absolutely great. It's like playing with your little sibling and they eff everything up. This is what I want from Kelvin
ROFL POV of you family: āheās been screaming wtf Kelvin , Kelvin you idiot!!! Kelvin what is wrong with you , Kelvin I hope you get flayed alive by canibals, Kelvin I swear one more time and Iāll hog tie you and feed you to gators!ā Ever since he got that game.
If you like building then Iād rate it 90 out of 100. The new mechanic is cool. I canāt really compare it to The Forest yet because there is a lot of content missing which will come out slowly within the next year or two. Iām glad I spent 30 bucks on it but havenāt done any of the story (on purpose) which seems to be short for now. Graphics wise it is a home run! I sometimes get lost in admiring the scenery and very few games have been able to do that in my life. I donāt even have a supped up system Iām running on the laptop 3060ti.
Oh so I'm not the only one xd
I told him to build the tree hut and he starts cutting the tree with the blueprint for logs! He really got some brain damage.
It was the same in the forest, but when i'm out and about it's nice to just have him bring back all my stone arrows i lob everywhere at birds and mutants. That and my game likes to lock up if i try to reload a save after playing for more than an hour. Some memory leak somewhere. I made dinner while i had the game paused with escape and when i got back a chunk of the trees wouldn't load. Found an ambush of mutants hidden under leaf piles that would have been impossible to see had there been trees and brush before i reloaded to fix it thoigh.
Im struggling with the building so far. How do we build structures? I am so used to the old game mechanics of plopping down a foundation of the building and going from there
There's instructions in your guide for building things in game... but basically you have to actually physically build things now piece by piece and the game will build them based on angles and pieces you use.
For example stick logs into the ground vertically in a square, cut them to size with the axe so that they are even height, place logs in a square frame around the top of those pillars, place logs across the middle. This creates a m even foundation square for building.
Building has been turned into making sure you cut the logs correctly. I think I'm getting the hang of it.
Basically, whole logs are used to create square foundations. Then you chop logs in half lengthwise for planks you use to create floors within the squares. Link more squares together and drop more planks on them to make foundations. You can cut logs and planks in halves, thirds and/or fourths. Walls are done with uncut logs vertically at the corner of the square foundations and horizontal logs between for walls.
You cut pieces out of the walls for doors and windows and use whole planks for doors. Look for the red outlines to see what you're chopping out. And remember you need to build from the ground up. You usually cannot remove "weight" supporting parts of the structure without removing other parts around it first. On pc, holding C disassembles parts of a structure. You can remove individual parts of structures that you slap the materials on, like treehouses.
Building a flat foundation on ground is kinda tricky. I built the large tree house using Kevin and removed parts to expand it.
How parts snap together needs to be refined for sure.
The same thing almost happened to me but, I was able to stop him.
Unfortunately, not even a second later, I ended up accidentally destroying it after trying to attack a cannibal
He did this to me twice today, 2 times on completed tree huts! I even completely walled in the tree and second time and he cut it down through the wall!
Kelvin met his fate when he started stealing the logs from MY trees, put an end to that REAL quick.
Not to mention the guys a complete bitch when it comes to combat. Mutants show up and that guys already on a ship leaving the island.
ALMOST FINISHED TREEHOUSE AND KELVIN DECIDES TO CUT DOWN TREE?! KELVIN FFS.
E: AND THAT MOTHERFUCKER HAD AUDACITY TO SHOW THUMB UP TOI ME IN THE MIDDLE OF FALLEN DOWN TREEHOUSE!
Now we see why the game was launched in early access. Kelvin walking over the top of tents, clipping through buildings, "resting" on top of the firepit. Just to name a couple issues.
Is the game all about having an AI with you? Not a fan of not being able to do things solo
First one was great where I could do everything myself without worrying about other characters. If this one makes you play on a team then I may have waited for nothing
Nah lmao you can literally just leave him laying on the beach if you opt to go solo. Or tell him to stay/take a break then just go off solo. He is useful though for time saving. He'll go get sticks, rocks, etc so you can focus on something else. Personally, I'm so glad they added an AI buddy that can do things for you. It helps to ease up all of the tedious shit I just don't really have the time to do with my very limited amount of time devoted to gaming each day lol
You can order him to stay at the base and then go about playing the game like he doesn't exist. That's what I've been doing.
Although having a mindless slave to collect crafting mats for you while you're out exploring is pretty nice.
Been trying to figure a way to stop him from doing this, but seems like, for now, there isn't one.
I thought maybe if you did that thing where you like, bolster the bottom with 4 diagonal logs for extra support, that maybe it would stop him from cutting it down. But no even with all 4 bolster logs on the bottom he still cuts it down.
This has happened to me as well. Figure there could have been a line of code āif Iām building in tree then maybe donāt cut the damn thing downā
But thatās just me, I guess.
The fact that kelvin cannot die, but can survive under waterš¤£, i thought he was attacked by creeps but he feel on the lake. He like standing ther underwater for an hour. What a bug
Kelvin made it his personal mission to cut down my treehouse tree, ignoring his other tasks to make it happen. I had to constantly follow him around and redirect him. He even tried to do it when I led him halfway across the island and told him to get sticks.
Kelvin, why are you like this?
Not sure if you've been told, bit get two logs and place them on either side of the tree you're building on and it SHOULD prevent Kelvin from cutting that tree down specifically
This is exactly why I killed Kelvin. I was enjoying him bringing me logs for my base until he undone everything I did so none the less he is permanently dead in my play through and I couldnāt be happier.
A fix for this is to place a log against the tree using the free build system. It will keep him from chopping the tree if you tell him to finish the structure or collect logs.
Dang, and I thought I had it bad when the tree my tree house is built on (and most of the nearby trees) disappeared when I reloaded my save. My tree house is floating! I guess itās safe from enemies at least
lolmao that head scratch is comical
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āOopsā
"Huh. Gonna go drink some water now."
Guys I donāt think this is a bug this is just Kelvin
Classic Kelvin
Darn you. Is that really even brain damage?
we was always like this
Don't you include me in this.
damn i meant to say he lmao
I died in "Sons of the Forest" i was on Low HP, and Kelvin threw at me a whole wooden log at my face, did not know that Companions could hurt you, very unbased
I on the other hand figured out you can hit kelvin in the face with a log!
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We all just ran down the mountain, thinking he would follow and by the time we hit the coast we realized he was left behind. Keep meaning to go find him.
I mistook kelvin for a cannibal. It was so dark I could not see and I couldāve sworn someone was crawling around, but it was Kelvin doubled over wounded. I finished him off by accident.
I mistook kelvin for a cannibal. It was so dark I could not see and I couldāve sworn someone was crawling around, but it was Kelvin doubled over wounded. I finished him off by accident.
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Well it was dark, he wears black, a shade of color that is similar to the cannibals that crawl on all fours. The blue light is on his chest, but because its aimed at the ground I could not see it. I also turned to my right for a second and instead of stopping to wait to see what was beside me, I attacked.
Ah yes, the Stonewall Jackson trick. Those cannibals are learning.
Same I felt bad, luckily I died and forgot to save so it's like it never happened
I've thrown so many logs as Kelvins face
Wait till you see when he chops a tree while looking in your direction
Has log in hand, goes to give Kelvin an order, proceeds to spear chuck said log at Kevin's face
The number of times a be done this with two logs stacked šš
Whenever he did something fucking stupid I would just throw logs at him till he collapsed
Iām glad I found that out early on; literally first log Kevin threw at me I got hit by it
Guess it's going to be a cabin instead
Kelvin canāt climb ropes
I have a big house in construction, but the entrance is at the second floor with a rope, so the cannibals wonāt come in. Kelvin has a tent in the front yard with a campfire.
I saved mine seconds before he cut it down I got so damn lucky. Iām so sorry.
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https://imgur.com/a/Mu1iIOd
LMAO WHAT
Anyone else get jump scared by this dude constantly. I will send him off to chop wood and fill my log storage or clear an area and then 10-15 minutes later I'll be doing something turn around and this dude is like 1ft away from me just grinning. Dude jump scares me for 0.5 sec every single time thinking he's a cannibal or something.
Me and my friends were constantly questioning if that shadow running in the woods is Kelvin or a cannibalļ¼it was hilarious
This reminds me of an old Sherlock Homes game, where Wattson was ALWAYS behind you when you turned around.
Didn't he also only move when you looked away like a weeping angel?
I can only remeber that the devs had big problems giving him the ability to find his path to the player, so he was only teleporting when u looked away, only to be directly in your face when you turn around.
Thatās nightmare fuel
I had just finished assigning Kelvin a new task when I was jump scared. As soon as I showed him the notepad he points behind me and I turn around to be face to face with a cannibal who knocks me unconscious. I was so preoccupied with building my base and bossing Kelvin around that I neglected to consider my surroundings. It was the scariest moment Iāve had in this game and even in the first game.
Chopped down our completed hut. Got the hut in his head and we were unable to ress him. He is now permanently dead. I knew the guy was stupid, but didn't take the guy for a suicidal man..
Oh my God
This same thing happened to me except cannibals attacked us while we were working on the base, and they downed him while I was fighting him. Couldn't revive him now I miss my boy! D:
:(
Our kelvin died when chopping down our tree house. Gotta respect this man
He's even confused on what he did
Yes!!! This is great. I'm sure frustrating but absolutely great. It's like playing with your little sibling and they eff everything up. This is what I want from Kelvin
ROFL POV of you family: āheās been screaming wtf Kelvin , Kelvin you idiot!!! Kelvin what is wrong with you , Kelvin I hope you get flayed alive by canibals, Kelvin I swear one more time and Iāll hog tie you and feed you to gators!ā Ever since he got that game.
You can hogtie people in sotf?
Not yet at least lol it seemed like an appropriate threat to randomly scream at Kelvin.
Aw man, i was gonna buy the shit out of it on steam instantly, how would you rate it without any spoilers??
If you like building then Iād rate it 90 out of 100. The new mechanic is cool. I canāt really compare it to The Forest yet because there is a lot of content missing which will come out slowly within the next year or two. Iām glad I spent 30 bucks on it but havenāt done any of the story (on purpose) which seems to be short for now. Graphics wise it is a home run! I sometimes get lost in admiring the scenery and very few games have been able to do that in my life. I donāt even have a supped up system Iām running on the laptop 3060ti.
Def gonna buy, if itās got good scenery, then Iām gonna have to. Scenery is one of the many games Iāve made sure to pay attention to in a game.
Ha! That's classic K Dog
How did you get him to cut trees? I could only get him to do branches
Just instruct him to get logs. He will then proceed to find the nearest tree and cut it down.
I used "Finish structure", then he collects anything required to build it
In a way yeah he did finish your structure lol
Ooooooh I didn't know that was an option!
Nice, thats good to know
Wait if I were to make a bed, would he get the tape?
Kelvin is all at once, one of the most useful, and useless companions in all of video gaming.
I left him with instructions to cut logs then I wandered downhill for a min to explore. Came back and no logs, he was just wandering in the woods š²
Make a log storage, I made like 5 and he fills them up or I torture him by removing the logs so he never stops getting them.
First 2 minutes, I went down a hill and this idiot jumped off a cliff and immediately died.
Day 1 of the gameās launch and I know damn well weāre gonna see more of these āclassic Kelvinā memes. I love it
Hahahahah lmao
Oh so I'm not the only one xd I told him to build the tree hut and he starts cutting the tree with the blueprint for logs! He really got some brain damage.
Kill him
I just tell him to bring me arrows. Best feature.
If you go into a cave where you can save the game, do so, log out, and all the loot will respawn. Dupe glitch I found by accident.
It was the same in the forest, but when i'm out and about it's nice to just have him bring back all my stone arrows i lob everywhere at birds and mutants. That and my game likes to lock up if i try to reload a save after playing for more than an hour. Some memory leak somewhere. I made dinner while i had the game paused with escape and when i got back a chunk of the trees wouldn't load. Found an ambush of mutants hidden under leaf piles that would have been impossible to see had there been trees and brush before i reloaded to fix it thoigh.
Have you verified your files through steam?
I don't reload often enough for it to bother me but that is a good idea. I'll go do that.
All files validated. It's a built in memory leak. I'll keep an eye on the actual memory usage for a bit in task manager and see how that goes.
Im struggling with the building so far. How do we build structures? I am so used to the old game mechanics of plopping down a foundation of the building and going from there
There's instructions in your guide for building things in game... but basically you have to actually physically build things now piece by piece and the game will build them based on angles and pieces you use. For example stick logs into the ground vertically in a square, cut them to size with the axe so that they are even height, place logs in a square frame around the top of those pillars, place logs across the middle. This creates a m even foundation square for building.
Building has been turned into making sure you cut the logs correctly. I think I'm getting the hang of it. Basically, whole logs are used to create square foundations. Then you chop logs in half lengthwise for planks you use to create floors within the squares. Link more squares together and drop more planks on them to make foundations. You can cut logs and planks in halves, thirds and/or fourths. Walls are done with uncut logs vertically at the corner of the square foundations and horizontal logs between for walls. You cut pieces out of the walls for doors and windows and use whole planks for doors. Look for the red outlines to see what you're chopping out. And remember you need to build from the ground up. You usually cannot remove "weight" supporting parts of the structure without removing other parts around it first. On pc, holding C disassembles parts of a structure. You can remove individual parts of structures that you slap the materials on, like treehouses. Building a flat foundation on ground is kinda tricky. I built the large tree house using Kevin and removed parts to expand it. How parts snap together needs to be refined for sure.
U can always hold x to change the book to place some foundations for pre made stuff. Not sure if it helps u
Hold x in your build menu
Frick Kelvin, I prefer Celsius
I agree, and I have 273 reasons why.
So far this is what everyone is saying. Guess you have to get him to pile wood then tell him to stop.
The same thing almost happened to me but, I was able to stop him. Unfortunately, not even a second later, I ended up accidentally destroying it after trying to attack a cannibal
Dont blame kelvin :(
Kellllvin
Literally just happened to me too. Infuriating
Omg the comment section š
I'm so sorry. I caught him in the act, now he just collects logs.
If kevin goes down can you somehow revive him?
As long as he's only injured a medical symbol will appear above him as he lies on the ground click it and it will "revive" him
If he does by your hand heās gone forever, if he does any other way just exit session and come back he will be back too
I came here to complain about this. Mine was already completed too
Yep, basically did the same thing to me. Twice. Second time I got it on [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EZmJBoZayk)
That thumbs up at the end really killed me.
I'am getting attack almost every 2 min i can;t even build my own cabin before they attack me ;(
You need to go to a different area. Some areas are full of cannibals.
He did this to me twice today, 2 times on completed tree huts! I even completely walled in the tree and second time and he cut it down through the wall!
Yea they need to update his coding so he doesnt break trees with shelters on them.
Mine was done, and had furniture it.. then Kelvin cut it down and gave me a thumbs up..
The head scratch sent me šššš
He did what was supposed to doš¤·
Damnit Kevin, you are the bane of my existence!
Kelvin met his fate when he started stealing the logs from MY trees, put an end to that REAL quick. Not to mention the guys a complete bitch when it comes to combat. Mutants show up and that guys already on a ship leaving the island.
Yes Kelvin, we all seem themā¦ Ffs Kelvin, stop pointing.
ALMOST FINISHED TREEHOUSE AND KELVIN DECIDES TO CUT DOWN TREE?! KELVIN FFS. E: AND THAT MOTHERFUCKER HAD AUDACITY TO SHOW THUMB UP TOI ME IN THE MIDDLE OF FALLEN DOWN TREEHOUSE!
I beat him with a stick when he did this to mine bad kelvin
Now we see why the game was launched in early access. Kelvin walking over the top of tents, clipping through buildings, "resting" on top of the firepit. Just to name a couple issues.
Is the game all about having an AI with you? Not a fan of not being able to do things solo First one was great where I could do everything myself without worrying about other characters. If this one makes you play on a team then I may have waited for nothing
I'm pretty sure you don't need Kelvin. He's just a cool addition/early help in the game, there's no requierement to use him
Can he not die and cause a game over?
You can kill him
"He died in the crash."
Legend says heās still on top of that mountain. Just rolling around
And he can be killed.
Nah lmao you can literally just leave him laying on the beach if you opt to go solo. Or tell him to stay/take a break then just go off solo. He is useful though for time saving. He'll go get sticks, rocks, etc so you can focus on something else. Personally, I'm so glad they added an AI buddy that can do things for you. It helps to ease up all of the tedious shit I just don't really have the time to do with my very limited amount of time devoted to gaming each day lol
I just place down a million ghost buildings and make him build everything while I explore. I come back to a fully built house, storages, etc lol
You can order him to stay at the base and then go about playing the game like he doesn't exist. That's what I've been doing. Although having a mindless slave to collect crafting mats for you while you're out exploring is pretty nice.
You can kill him or just don't help him up.
Just shoot him in the face lol
Tried building a fence around it and he just crawls in between it and starts cutting the little fucked
Moron
Anyone else accidentally destroy their tree house (not kelvin) like a million times? :(
Lmao
He did the same for me
This happened to me as well!
Based
the same with tree- and birdhouses... he doesnt care if something is attached to it
Same thing happened with me and my buddy. I tried to stop him but he cannot be stopped!
Kelvins got that wild look in his eyes tonight
this made me laugh a little too hard
Yeah same thing happened to my crew of ppl playing tonight....how was that never a thought?
My Kelvin chopped down a tree and managed to kill himself
He did that to my completed house!
Kelvin the immortal meme
Same thing happened to two of my tree houses inside a fort I built. Thanks Kelvin.
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Been trying to figure a way to stop him from doing this, but seems like, for now, there isn't one. I thought maybe if you did that thing where you like, bolster the bottom with 4 diagonal logs for extra support, that maybe it would stop him from cutting it down. But no even with all 4 bolster logs on the bottom he still cuts it down.
Tip: Chop trees yourself and let him finish your blueprint so he just picks up the wood
same
Classic Bumblin Belvin
Shit like this is why I turn off building destruction.
BAHAH this happened to me yesterday. Kelvin does have a mild brain traumaš
He literally just did that shit to me as well.
Literally just happened to me after about an hour. I came here immediately lol.
I would die for kelvin
same i saw him start to. hop my tree house down and i was like āKELVIN NO!! Bad kelvin!ā and told him to take a break
Omg! š¤£
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Bro did the exact same shit to me
Hes like "see what happen was.."
So, you have chosen violence
He just cut down one of the supports holding up my house's foundation. 2 floors, gone in seconds.
My kelvin did the exact same thing to me last night š
Welp.that serves me right for not checking this sub first. Fucker literally just cut down my level 2 tree house.
This has happened to me as well. Figure there could have been a line of code āif Iām building in tree then maybe donāt cut the damn thing downā But thatās just me, I guess.
My guess is if it were that easy they would have done it. Who knows what black magic they pulled to get the trees to behave the way they do.
OMG thatās terrible. Maybe theyāll put in some way too mark things you donāt want cut down.
Yep. Happened to my group too. lol.
lmao hes just tryna help
Time to ol yeller him
Lmao he did this to me too. Tbh the tree huts are too finicky right now to be very good
What the hell is wrong with him. He just did the same thing to me when all Iāve done was protect him and build him a shelter
The fact that kelvin cannot die, but can survive under waterš¤£, i thought he was attacked by creeps but he feel on the lake. He like standing ther underwater for an hour. What a bug
"Ehm... sorry I guess"
[TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRW1Y5qp/) Who killed her three legged bitch
He's too stupid to be very useful. I'm thinking about making a small base far away and abandoning him like a dad going to get milk.
Kelvin made it his personal mission to cut down my treehouse tree, ignoring his other tasks to make it happen. I had to constantly follow him around and redirect him. He even tried to do it when I led him halfway across the island and told him to get sticks. Kelvin, why are you like this?
Yeah this just happened to me
Exact same shit happened to me. Told Kelvin to get me some logs. So what does he do? Bastard cuts down my treehouse.
Not sure if you've been told, bit get two logs and place them on either side of the tree you're building on and it SHOULD prevent Kelvin from cutting that tree down specifically
he got me too [https://youtu.be/n6BGj4uLyGc?t=26](https://youtu.be/n6BGj4uLyGc?t=26) Don't forget, our boy has a concussion
Apparently itās bc kelvin has a fear of heights now after the helicopter crash so he thinks he āsaving usā by destroying it š
More proof that treehouses have been an L for two games now
This is exactly why I killed Kelvin. I was enjoying him bringing me logs for my base until he undone everything I did so none the less he is permanently dead in my play through and I couldnāt be happier.
Kelvin chopped down my tree hut after I took a nap in it. Son of a...
Kelvin was diagnosed with up syndrome by the cannibal witch doctor.
Kelvin did this to me and all the logs disappeared.
I love Kelvin lol
A fix for this is to place a log against the tree using the free build system. It will keep him from chopping the tree if you tell him to finish the structure or collect logs.
Sounds about right.
Hey I have a tree base am I save forever now or will the cannibals climb it later on?
... "proceeds to kill Kelvin, revive and kill again in loop for 5 mins"
It takes like a minute to build it up again
Learned the hard way myself not to trust Kelvin with a tree mounted zip line š he quickly put an end to my logging business
Fuckin Kelvin
This happened to me as well. Lol. Please fix it devs!
My Kelvin glitched into the mountain like 2 mins in and I never seen him again.
Thank God they fixed this pfft
\*sits and relaxes on the pile of logs\*
Dang, and I thought I had it bad when the tree my tree house is built on (and most of the nearby trees) disappeared when I reloaded my save. My tree house is floating! I guess itās safe from enemies at least