A MelonLoader mod for The Long Dark that makes fires more powerful and configurable.
All settings are adjustable in-game via the Mod Settings menu (no restart required).
| Setting | Default | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burn Duration Multiplier | ×1.5 | ×1.0 – ×3.0 | Multiplies how long all fuel burns (firewood, coal, cedar logs, etc.) |
| Max Fire Duration | 24 h | 0 – 200 h | Maximum possible burn time before a fire dies out (vanilla = 12 h) |
| Wind Resistance | 50 % | 0 – 100 % | Chance that wind doesn't extinguish the fire (100 % = wind never blows it out) |
| Fire Start Bonus | +10 % | 0 – 50 % | Flat bonus added to fire-start success probability |
| Indoor Warmth Bonus | +3 °C | 0 – 15 °C | Added to the minimum indoor air temperature provided by fire |
| Outdoor Warmth Bonus | +2 °C | 0 – 10 °C | Added to the minimum outdoor air temperature provided by fire |
- The Long Dark (tested on v2.55)
- MelonLoader v0.7.2+
- ModSettings (installed automatically via NuGet when building from source)
- Download
FireImprovementsMod.dllfrom the latest release. - Place it in
<The Long Dark>\Mods\. - Launch the game — the mod loads automatically via MelonLoader.
dotnet build FireImprovementsMod.csproj --configuration Release
Requires the game path E:\games\TheLongDark (or edit <GameDir> in the .csproj).
The DLL is automatically copied to Mods\ after a successful build.
- Burn duration — patches
GearItem.Awaketo multiplyFuelSourceItem.m_BurnDurationHourson every item instance. - Max fire duration — sets
FireManager.m_MaxDurationHoursOfFirewhen a playable scene loads. - Wind resistance — prefix-patches
Fire.FireShouldBlowOutFromWind, short-circuits withfalsebased on a random roll. - Fire start bonus — postfix-patches
FireManager.CalculateFireStartSuccess, clamps result to [0, 100]. - Warmth bonuses — adds offsets to
ExperienceMode.m_MinAirTemperatureFromFireIndoors/Outdoors.
Fully localised in all 15 game languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Russian, Turkish, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
MIT