New Vehicle Fun

[John_Candlebury]

Edit, How do I use a Cordless Drill? I wanna dig out the walls of the building next to the bar to make a garage for my vehicle.

You don’t, cordless drills are completely useless.

[Dzlan]

Ahh, guess I’m on the watch for a nice Jackhammer then.

[EkarusRyndren]

[quote=“Dzlan, post:3, topic:5443”]Edit, How do I use a Cordless Drill? I wanna dig out the walls of the building next to the bar to make a garage for my vehicle.

You don’t, cordless drills are completely useless.[/quote]

You can’t even get the damn batteries out of them

Also for a solar car you need At least one storage battery, at least four solar panels (more=faster charge) and a large electric engine. That said gasoline is much better IMO, yes you have to find gas but for the most part once you’ve got it, it’s fairly simple to keep it topped off while driving around.

[Dzlan]

But the Benefits of the Welder, RV kitchen and other things I am gonna put into it is too good to ignore. Should I just keep adding Solar Panels then?

[John_Candlebury]

I often prefer to put all the utilities in together with a solar collector inside my home base. So you don’t risk them being destroyed in an unfortunate crash. That way, you first pack your RV with all the water/jerky you’ll need for the expedition and go off to explore the world. Only return when you need to craft complex stuff/feel like it.

[Dzlan]

I just raided a Hospital and then found a Humvee. So I’ve taken off all the Military Composite Armour off and am now putting it onto my Vehicle. : )

[chevil]

If I made a vehicle using duct tape would it break more easily than if I used a welder. I already ride on a bicycle held together only by tape and it seems fine.

[John_Candlebury]

If I made a vehicle using duct tape would it break more easily than if I used a welder. I already ride on a bicycle held together only by tape and it seems fine.

It makes no difference AFAIK

[Rogtuok]

Is it posibel to Put turrets on a car?

[John_Candlebury]

Is it posibel to Put turrets on a car?

Yes, you need either a m2 browing or m249 (each shooting their respective bullets); a Nx-17 rifle (shooting explosive energy from your car’s batteries), a flamethrower (shoots 3*3 squares of fire and uses gasoline from your tanks) or a fusion gun (using extremely damaging fusion cells).

[Xelanthol]

Hah, I don’t have any advice but great story-seems like you have one hell of a time with your truck-really good read.

[HunterAlpha1]

Solar cells are for making solar panels.

It sounds to me like you’re having a hard time controlling your vehicle. Some driving tips would be:

1. Drive very slowly until your driving skill reaches at least 4, at which point you should very rarely “fumble with the controls”.
2. Drive very slowly in the city no matter what your driving skill is. Keep it at or below 30 mph.
3. Check your parts regularly for damage, don’t just wait until you vehicle stops working to do vehicles maintenance.
4. If you can find/make a vehicle tracking device and find a PDA you can install it on your vehicle, activate it in the vehicle controls menu, and as long as the PDA is in your inventory your vehicle will show up on the world map. This allows you to park a safe distance away from where you’re looting/reading/sleeping etc. so it doesn’t get smashed up by zombears.

[EkarusRyndren]

A thing I’ve noticed while looting this town for supplies to build my vehicle, Zombears don’t seem to spawn in “city” tiles, just Fields and Forests.

[Dzlan]

Thanks AlphaHunter. Will keep all that advice in mind.
Also building a garage for my car sucks, just gonna look around for a small city of a few buildings and hope for a house and garage or a vehicle garage. Then clear it out.

[jimboblordofeskimos]

Trucks are also a bit of a hard vehicle to be driving about town, they are just a bit big, I usually go for a solar car upgraded to 5 cargo carriers, 6 storage batteries (place them in the middle to minimize damage to them) composite armor just on the front and upgraded solar panels on everything else but 1 tile which has the floodlight. In terms of upping your skills more efficiently, cut up cars for mechanics, make piles of arrow parts and throw them away for fabrication and pull apart and remake piles of electronic crap while using mp3 and drugs to keep your focus right up for elec. It will cut down on your fail rate for crafting and up your chance of learning recipes when reading books as well.

[Dzlan]

I have the series of books to bring my Fabs to 9 and my mechanics is hugely high from repairing my vehicle. Haha

[jimboblordofeskimos]

I have the series of books to bring my Fabs to 9 and my mechanics is hugely high from repairing my vehicle. Haha

Yah, once you get your mechanics to 2 or 3 then repairing your car will put you off the charts without much effort.

[Lord_Sunder]

So, this seems like a good place to ask a fairly niche question… how the hell do roofs work? I’ve got them installed on my car, but I still get wet on certain tiles, despite the fact they have a roof installed on them. This is particularly irksome for the driver’s seat, and the problem seems to come preinstalled with the Solar Car loadout. Umm… halp, the acid rain burns.

[John_Candlebury]

You need either another roof, closed door, windshield or board orthogonally from th roofed tile in order for it to be considered inside.

[Dzlan]

I noticed this too.
So, yeah, Candlebury has it.
You in every square adjacent, there must also be a roof, or wall of some sort, including doors and windows. However, opening such doors lets the rain in. So close all doors next to the drivers seat before settling in.