# (Idea) Difficulty

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803>\
**Category:** Suggestions\
**Created:** [February 16, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803 "2018-02-16T16:07:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![LukeZurg22\_Gaming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9a140/32.png) [@LukeZurg22\_Gaming](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/LukeZurg22_Gaming)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803/1 "2018-02-16T16:07:01Z")

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I’ve played the game for a long while now and it only keeps improving but another addition to the game that would REALLY make it more fun is to add a menu area or something to the settings (maybe in the gameplay tab perhaps?) controlling the difficulty ingame. It would simply enable/disable enemy spawning and since Ive got a town with 3 guards, I would like to see how well they would fare against some enemies. I would even be ok with the feature only changable from the main menu and not ingame if that has to be the case to.

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**Author:** ![SirAstrix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/sirastrix/32/68490_2.png) [@SirAstrix](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/SirAstrix)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803/2 "2018-02-16T16:29:05Z")

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How would this be different than the current setup? Are you asking to be able to change it for already generated games or am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![Kittyodoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/kittyodoom/32/61413_2.png) [@Kittyodoom](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Kittyodoom)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803/3 "2018-02-16T16:34:02Z")

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I think being able to change it in game is being requested - I believe that can be done through the command bar (ctrl + c, I think), btw. Might require the debugtools (since I believe I have those installed), but I am fairly certain I saw such a thing the last time looking through the “help” listing of commands.

(I apologize for all the uncertainty in my post; in the middle of something frustration or I’d check instead of making supposition)

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**Author:** ![LukeZurg22\_Gaming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9a140/32.png) [@LukeZurg22\_Gaming](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/LukeZurg22_Gaming)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803/4 "2018-02-16T16:48:33Z")

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I mean to change difficulty ingame for already created worlds.

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**Author:** ![LukeZurg22\_Gaming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9a140/32.png) [@LukeZurg22\_Gaming](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/LukeZurg22_Gaming)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803/5 "2018-02-16T16:49:54Z")

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I dont know how I would set difficulty through the console (command bar) but ill look try and look for a way to change difficulty in there. If not, then the point of adding an easy-change difficulty still would seem plausible.

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**Author:** ![Kittyodoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/kittyodoom/32/61413_2.png) [@Kittyodoom](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Kittyodoom)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803/6 "2018-02-16T16:52:50Z")

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It would be feasible even if it is there, to be more user friendly

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**Author:** ![LukeZurg22\_Gaming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9a140/32.png) [@LukeZurg22\_Gaming](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/LukeZurg22_Gaming)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803/7 "2018-02-16T16:52:57Z")

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Yea “get\_game\_mode” only displays the kind of game mode activated as far as It would make sense to be. I say that because i get an error when I try to enter something.

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**Author:** ![Kittyodoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/kittyodoom/32/61413_2.png) [@Kittyodoom](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Kittyodoom)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803/8 "2018-02-16T17:04:55Z")

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Ohhh…my mistake, sorry about that.

Then, yea, I do agree that it would be a neat feature to be able to switch difficulty modes within a game. Would be useful for some of my testing ones, which I start in Peaceful to not have to deal with things attacking and the sort while I test recipes and assemble pictures of new content, then could switch it to Normal or Hard mode once I’m done testing to actually play those towns properly 🙂

Or for people who start in Normal and find they’re not being challenged enough (alternatively those who start in Hard and are getting too overwhelmed)

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**Author:** ![LukeZurg22\_Gaming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9a140/32.png) [@LukeZurg22\_Gaming](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/LukeZurg22_Gaming)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803/9 "2018-02-16T17:05:48Z")

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Yes! Thats exactly what I mean!

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**Author:** ![ThoroughbredFun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/thoroughbredfun/32/37071_2.png) [@ThoroughbredFun](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/ThoroughbredFun)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803/10 "2018-02-16T21:11:29Z")

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I don’t understand the point of changing the difficulty, It would just make it easier which it isn’t very hard atm.

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**Author:** ![LukeZurg22\_Gaming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9a140/32.png) [@LukeZurg22\_Gaming](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/LukeZurg22_Gaming)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/idea-difficulty/33803/11 "2018-02-16T23:25:57Z")

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Changing the difficulty at any time isnt a requirement that you have to do, but for those who make a peaceful world (such as myself) and then desire to see some action with that same village they created, a difficulty changer ingame in ANY FORM would be a benefit, not a hinderance.