Advice for vehicle interior

[Mallowdust]

This is my current vehicle.

As far as I am aware of the kitchen unit is useless once you have the onboard chemistry lab. You should definitely get the welding rig as soon as possible (one thing you can do until then is to make a makeshift welder and install the battery storage mod so you can install vehicle batteries. Then you can get any car battery with a storage of 2500 installed on it. You can either find a battery that is full or after a bit of riding around with your vehicle and a truck alternator on the engine you will be able to charge up the car battery giving you a decent amount of power to weld with. )

I have 2 200 liter tanks installed using Shards Misc Mod (maybe there are other better mods out there, but I’ve only tried this one and I like it. : https://github.com/Lorith/Shardstuff-CDDA-Mod)
I built this baby from the ground up and I highly suggest you have two engines on it at the same time (hopefully with different fuels gas & diesel or electric) so you can take as much advantage from the fuels you find in cars. Also you should always have two engines because if your vehicle is stationary and next to a shrub, one engine might not be strong enough to push through and get you moving, this is a problem if you are surrounded by zombies and bleeding out/ in too much pain to fight back. I feel like no one uses rams on the side of their vehicle but I really like it for the rp value as well as for the extra defense I get from zombies because even with military plated rams and heavy duty quarter panels, they can and have broken through into the inside of my vehicle.

Also this is my mobile fully self sufficient base, 7 tiles wide, 14 long. I love it, and it has more than enough storage for everything I need (I have two cargo racks found in shards mod giving you 1000 liters of space to store things) My plan is to travel all around the ruins of the earth with it.

[gtgiygus]

Wow must have been a lot of work. I did make mine a bit longer, and trying to maneuver it around is a bit tricky. Not sure how you manage with that but I guess having a mobile palace makes it all worth while.

[ecchi_squid]

Not going to go in-depth about vehicle parts seeing as they’ve been covered.
But I’ll mention basic supplies.

1. Shovel
2. Toolbox/Multitool/individual tools
3. Pickaxe/Jackhammer/Demo Kit
4. Emergency Medications; Fungal Pills,
   Disinfectant, Parasite meds, RAD meds.
5. Spare Flashlight. For long nighttime or underground delves, a flashlight with a battery compartment mod with a car battery can allow you to explore for quite a while. Otherwise, a simple rechargeable one is preferred.
6. Repair kit, tailors kit, firearm repair kit, soldering iron. Not necessary unless you worry about specific gear breaking down in the field. But still preferred.
7. Ammunition. To avoid clutter, probably best to stick with what you’ll use most often.
8. Explosives. Could be part of your mining kit, but these are for large threats mainly. Such as hordes and robots.
9. Spare food and water if you got it, otherwise cooking tools and containers. A Jerry can would work for fuel and water. A brazier makes for a reasonable portable cooking area.
10. Jerrycan and hose. Never know when you might want to siphon something.
11. Duffle bag. Always good to bring along especially when you need more storage space.
12. Crowbar
13. Stethoscope for safe cracking.

[gtgiygus]

Got a lot of these, but I have a few questions.

I have seen shovel mentioned as a needed tool a few times, but other then digging holes to trap zombies, never a reason to have one. Why would you suggest that it is needed? This goes for mining “kit” as well.

Why would I want to mine? If its a spoiler, please be gentle

I haven’t found any Parasite or RAD meds, should I be worried about exploring much without them?

The rest I either have already or understand your reasoning and can move them inside vehicle soon, but thanks for the reply!

[ecchi_squid]

Mining kit for breaking into gun stores, Military Bunkers, Laboratories, etc. The shovel is great if you ever deal with a ceiling collapse and all the loot is buried underneath the rubble.

[gtgiygus]

Thanks for the quick reply, will keep in mind.

[ecchi_squid]

Oh yeah, suppose I should have remembered to write down a crowbar and stethoscope.

[gtgiygus]

stethoscope for safe cracking I bet? gotcha

[Bio]

a refrigerator is crucial i’d say. food neither freezes nor spoils and is kept at a perfect temperature. a UPS and solar panels are great too.
I haven’t had the chance to explore vechile parts in too much depth since I haven’t been able to survive more than a month, but a kitchen sink is pretty nice too.

[ecchi_squid]

Also I like to improve all of the tools I save for use, so that way they stand out from any other tools and makes it easier to find em in the piles.

[gtgiygus]

I do have a freezer installed, and the RV Kitchen unit also has a faucet for drinking/cooking. I do have solar panels and a Recharging station/trunk as well. I am not sure if there is some advantage to using UPS over regular batteries though. So far I have just been using bat. compartment mods for tools, which works well.

[TheZoneWizard]

While I understand the fun of a luxury death mobile. You really can get by with something similar the size of a standard car. You can make the walls the welding rig and a forge. Keep a kitchen inside. Keep the other tiles inside as trunk space and make the non-functional walls as storage quarter panel…sorry…forgot the name(my bad memopry again).

Armor it up. Put solar panels on the roof. Use an electric (or 2) engines. You pretty much covered all you need.

Normally I dump my food in the kitchen and a wall storage ajacent. Keep all my tools in the welder tile(make life easier to park near a vehicle and do repairs). Keep seeds in a nother wall tile and then all weapons and ammo next to the driver seat. All materails in the 2 rear trunk space and good to go.You don’t even normally have to scoot around the vehicle when crafting because it is so tight.

[gtgiygus]

This is very true, you can do a lot with a little if you don’t plan on enemies really getting near it. I am afraid that will happen though, even if I don’t plan on using the RV as a weapon, so I am trying to cover all bases.

[TheZoneWizard]

Auto turrets not working for ya?

Be it a few lasters or bullet based guns. I think you can attach auto fire weapons while you sleep…unless that too was changed.

[Endling]

TOWELS.

If your character is anything like mine, she’s inconsolable if caught in the rain for more than 2-3 seconds. Towels have been the difference between life and somewhat-less-pleasant life in my playthroughs. Towels save morale, save lives.

[ecchi_squid]

I never leave home without my towel.

[TheZoneWizard]

Good bye and thanks for all the fish

[ecchi_squid]

Is there a hitchhikers guide to the Cataclysm book? There should be if there isn’t.

[Bio]

the advantage of UPS is that frees up inventory space which would otherwise be occupied by backup batteries, or worse fuel, as well as the fact that UPS is a renewable resource, whereas batteries aren’t (save for the odd battery you find in a monster drop)

[ecchi_squid]

On that same note, I like to mix my tools with battery compartment mods and UPS mods. Anything that drains slow should use UPS, and anything that drains fast can use a car battery to run off of.