EXPOSURE! Bug, or a punishment?

[ArmaFennica]

I was an early access enthusiast, yet it seems that the “bugs” with the initial 0.somethings were not bugs, but features to quell population??

Issues of the game were so severe that I gave up, it was unplayable.
-I figured that after release, bugs would be ironed out. No. Nope.

At the certain time in the game, townsfolk get simulatious brain damage and DO NOT KNOW HOW TO LIVE.
-It’s effing infuriating to see 25+ people die of exposure per winter, when there are thousands of firewood and as per experience from the buggy 0.somethings, distributed evenly across the map.

I am bloody sure that if I were to continue with the town, numbers would rise to hundreds per winter. As they did in the early access.

Why can’t ye fix that simple bug???

[TheStranger93]

While I definitely noticed the exposure bug in early access before it was remedied, I have not experienced mass exposure deaths since the release of v1.0. Are you playing on a save that was started pre-1.0, or have you started fresh settlements since? In the update just before the one I’ve quoted below, Zantai mentioned that existing saves prior to the bug fixes may still experience some losses until things naturally rebalance in the game.

@Zantai

• Implemented additional tuning for the exposure mechanic. As a major issue with exposure was addressed in v0.9.7d, this system required significant rebalancing, and it seems the last update missed the mark. We will continue to monitor the mechanic to make sure it works as intended.
• Reduced Exposure rates for villagers.
• Increased bonus from Hide Coats for extreme weather.
• Extended firewood warmth bonus duration.
• Note: some exposure deaths are expected if villagers do not have firewood stocked prior to winter, or if firewood sources are too far from their homes. Markets generally fill that role. New tutorials will be introduced in the future to help communicate when a village is low on firewood or missing other critical goods.