How did you last die?

Valpo · 2016-09-28T18:52:13.000Z

It s odd how the origin of your conciousness can act against your will.

Litppunk · 2016-09-28T19:06:39.000Z

On the plus side, my ADHD, story-keeper, 3-D visualizers mind only keeps track of the people it seems to deem important for the unfolding of future stories, or have awesome pasts. I usually don’t know it yet when I take interest and realize all the details are ingrained in my mind… but they are important dammit…somehow. Or so says my ?seers? mind.

Valpo · 2016-09-28T19:15:15.000Z

All is good then i guess.

Pthalocy · 2016-09-30T03:56:16.000Z

Can’t comprehend lyrics when I’m actively listening to most songs, but can reproduce the basic melody if given fifteen minutes and a piano keyboard.
Can’t remember the names of any of the protagonists in the movie I literally just watched, but can quote most of their meme-able stuff immediately.

I don’t even pretend to understand how my brain prioritizes types of data input anymore. No wonder I die in roguelikes so damn much haha.

mlangsdorf · 2016-09-30T20:10:51.000Z

I’ve been playing a series of Last Firefighters on a game with denser cities (Size 5, Spacing 3) and more zombies (Spawn rate 1.1). The first five or more have died in before the end of the first day when they run into a brute, a hulk, and a necromancer, but Ronson VI has made it to week two. He’s got a friendly NPC, two working cars, a welding cart and a reasonable supply of early game loot.

He took his new sports car over to the east side of town, to loot the houses there and fill up on gas at the station. See a tank drone 50 spaces away killing some zeds. No worries, right? It’s far away. Ronson VI goes to get some food from the vending machines. Gets back to his sports car just in time for the tank drone to plant a grenade in it. Car is non-functional, the gas stations aflame, the NPC is dead… Ronson VI tried to run but succumbed to his injuries and more grenades from the goddamn tank drone.

On to the adventures of Ronson VII I guess.

Lharson_Smith · 2016-10-01T02:45:07.000Z

wow strange turn for the conversation. I get songs stuck in my head sometimes. They might last a few hours and at most all day, but for the past two days I’ve had that monkey-king song from the jungle book stuck in my head. I woke up and it was still there.
I wanna walk like you talk like you

Pthalocy · 2016-10-01T05:23:46.000Z

…but did it get you killed in CDDA?

Lharson_Smith · 2016-10-02T06:09:16.000Z

yeah got torched by npc wielding a flamethrower

Lharson_Smith · 2016-10-02T06:22:15.000Z

That was dr. greenspoon. Now im looking forward to dying with stienerburgman

Lharson_Smith · 2016-10-02T06:30:39.000Z

oh sorry, didn’t read your question right. No, it didn’t get me killed in cdda just caused some distraction while replying to your question…

Pthalocy · 2016-10-02T07:04:45.000Z

Lharson Smith, you might wish to consider posting in Last Survivor Posting, or create a new thread in General Discussion. No harm done, but you’re a bit off-topic.

Lharson_Smith · 2016-10-02T16:02:01.000Z

sorry…

Pthalocy · 2016-10-03T06:11:09.000Z

You’re fine, just letting you know.

So, I’ve tried again, and jesus this game is all the same yet entirely different. Still haven’t gotten the hang of the menu system yet.

Haha, my survivor (Dave Steverdaverson) got burned in that same fiery building start, and I wound up running around in the forest in like, socks and underwear. In a winter start because I was feeling mean. I did find a mansion! Unfortunately I was so cold and poorly armed that the Zeds inside were ample deterrent. I only had time to steal some potato chips and a great helm.

It was the zeds and a sudden cougar that did me in, but just imagine this stupid arse running around in nothing but his socks, tightey whiteys, and a massive medieval helmet. I want that image chiseled into Dave Steverdaverson’s tombstone.

Noctifer · 2016-10-03T07:43:41.000Z

So I was killed by turret that managed to hit the gas tank of a car going 50+ MP/H! Those things are the bane of my existence and its so satisfying to kill them!

Gnorse · 2016-10-03T09:25:30.000Z

my survivor was in like the 5th day and i had setup in the forest as a wilderness challenge thing , made a little camp with pits around it and had shit loads of food and water and other things
but then this fucking cougar bitch came in and tried to kill me , couldnt hit it for shit , and he made me use up like all my first aid kits so i had to pistol his fucking ass , he died but then like 20 fucking Zeds including 10 acids tried , damaged me even further and my leg and arm was fucked , and to top it off a bear caught me off guard without my gun and rekt me
Rip

pisskop · 2016-10-03T11:58:30.000Z

shout.

shouting is so underused.

Gnorse · 2016-10-03T12:02:50.000Z

[quote=“pisskop, post:2196, topic:339”]shout.

shouting is so underused.[/quote]
shout ?
as in use shout to attract zeds ?
or is there some other feature to shout that i dont know about ?

Shopkeeper · 2016-10-03T12:17:18.000Z

Animals don’t like loud noises, you can use shout to try and scare them off.

pisskop · 2016-10-03T12:47:44.000Z

you may have to do it more than once, depending on all the factors.

everything in the game has an aggression and morale rating.

0 is passive/coward
100 is zombie
both can be above 100 or less than 0, producing other effects

an 100 aggro 0 morale creature is like a goblin of df or warhammer. a coward. but worse, they will always want to hurt you but never get the nerve without a buff (like in a group -> groups can increase morale)

a 0 aggro 100 morae critter is the opposite. it can attack you but doesnt want to.

but,
ai tags let you dictate what circumstance a crittrr will fight u at.

sound is by far the most sensitive trigger. it travels far, is sight independent, and shifts moragrro in dramatic ways.
a critter that gets pissy about will attack eventually. a creature that is afraid of it will always be jumpy. i add in creatures placated by sound to my own mod, where sound countrracts their othrr triggers.

meat doesnt exist

close is strong too, and will make even negative aggro creatures attack quickly.
i use fearof close on bats and birds and sewerrats.

weak is situational. they can be triggrred by a weak monster, but in general if you are weak you know it. weak means less than 2/3 health on any bp.

hurt is the same. if you punch a monster with hurt anger trigger it gets mad. if its afraid of hurt it will run, unless something like close is an anger trigger.

faction died means if a friend died.
this is used on my treents. base game on ants

factionn attacked means if a friendly attacks something.

fire means sight of fire. this one is effective, and bigger ones are moreso.
i gave wolves anger and fear of fire, so if you have one thry will stick to the shaddows

Gnorse · 2016-10-03T14:30:06.000Z

[quote=“pisskop, post:2199, topic:339”]you may have to do it more than once, depending on all the factors.