Show off your base

[dovla]

[quote=“dovla, post:17, topic:8749”]so I partitioned my shelter into four rooms, right?

I think you used the space far more efficiently than I did.

Sorry to hear about your infection and the bear-mauling, though. Did the fungus happen? Fungicide is so important to have.[/quote]
Eh, I guess it could be even more efficient if I wasn’t a stickler for symmetry - I only really needed two rooms, one a bedroom with a wood stove, pile of logs and a bed, another to dump things in I didn’t readily need. The other two I built to keep the place symmetrical. Racks lining the entrance hallways were nice to store weapons / ammo / armor / clothing in (this was the northern hallway, opposite the workstation isle).

It was the fungus. I didn’t recognize the symptoms and went to sleep. Ironically, I had all kinds of drugs readily available.

[Flashlight_Hoarder]

My Base has more Flashlights then it does Drugs, And this is Cataclysm so…

[Illogical_Blox]

Firstly: I need to copy you Allison, your setup is neat.

Secondly: I recognise you, Flashlight horder! I’m on the Bay12 forums as well. In fact, you posted in my Original Insults thread.

[Flashlight_Hoarder]

Hey it’s my favorite Illogical Box!

[ramesesniblet]

Here’s a relatively recent base of mine, I too had a solar rig than went through the wall. The little farm plot is the result of the collapsed roof from jaqueshammering through the wall for the solar rig… waste not want not. It’s all set up in a refugee centre, the permanent light is really awesome, way better than cuddling up to a console. I had a fermenting vat, still (both never used), charcoal things and stuff… on the counter by the beds is a petrified eye so guess how this character died.

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I would post my most recent one but for the 5 people that watch my videos there would be spoilers (plus it’s not as good (yet)).

[Flashlight_Hoarder]

Where can I find your videos rameseniblet?

[ramesesniblet]

In the link in my sig. checks that it works It does!

[Flashlight_Hoarder]

Neato!

[AllisonW]

It’s all set up in a refugee centre

What happened to the NPCs?

[ramesesniblet]

[quote=“ramesesniblet, post:23, topic:8749”]It’s all set up in a refugee centre

What happened to the NPCs?[/quote]

You know, I have no idea. They were OK with me hanging around anyway but one update they randomly disappeared, but I didn’t notice right away so I’ not even sure which. I know one of them randomly died early on and I’m still not sure how, it was a merchant sealed in a room (might have been radiation). Another died from a random triffid visitor, the rest idk. Just gone.

[AllisonW]

[quote=“AllisonW, post:27, topic:8749”][quote=“ramesesniblet, post:23, topic:8749”]It’s all set up in a refugee centre

What happened to the NPCs?[/quote]

You know, I have no idea. They were OK with me hanging around anyway but one update they randomly disappeared, but I didn’t notice right away so I’ not even sure which. I know one of them randomly died early on and I’m still not sure how, it was a merchant sealed in a room (might have been radiation). Another died from a random triffid visitor, the rest idk. Just gone.[/quote]

Are you radioactive.

[MormonPartyboat]

Little wood shack. Storeroom, bedroom, workroom, and big farm. I did sort of cheat by moving fruit trees from the surrounding woods to the farm, but I made sure to delete the originals. To have the open plan workroom, I had to build surrounding walls to put up the roof and then knock them down again. Spring has sprung, so I hit up all the marked strawberry/blueberry fields I could find to kickstart the farm.

Wooden barrels of liquid fertilizer out back, wooden barrels of salt water and cooking oil inside. The solar rig, the four wheeler, and the in-house rig all are set up to use detachable storage batteries, which is nice. If I find another welder (or a book that lets me make them), I’m going to make a single tile draggable welder for all my vehicle work needs.

I’m basically in the middle of nowhere. The little swamp tile on the south side of my lake is far enough away (and too small, I guess?) to not spawn any swamp nasties, while still being a useful source of salt water.

[Barhandar]

[quote=“MormonPartyboat, post:30, topic:8749”]

Little wood shack. Storeroom, bedroom, workroom, and big farm. I did sort of cheat by moving fruit trees from the surrounding woods to the farm, but I made sure to delete the originals. To have the open plan workroom, I had to build surrounding walls to put up the roof and then knock them down again. Spring has sprung, so I hit up all the marked strawberry/blueberry fields I could find to kickstart the farm.[/quote]
Oooh, the “get wheat and cotton seeds and never ever need food or rag pinatas” setup. Mind telling what’s your field-fence and what’s in the shack above it all?

Also, practical advice: make a mod with all changes you made to files. Item definitions override by themselves, recipes need "override": true.
And change cotton seeds to have "charges": 2 (instead of CHARGES they have) and both cotton ball from cotton boll recipes to produce "charges_mult" : 1 instead of amount. It saves a lot of headache from unstacking cotton if you’re not using AIM.

[MormonPartyboat]

Oooh, the “get wheat and cotton seeds and never ever need food or rag pinatas” setup. Mind telling what’s your field-fence and what’s in the shack above it all?

Haven’t found either of those kinds of seeds yet But perpetual blueberries are a thing now.

The field fence is a makeshift fence (something like this http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/farm-fence-24052997.jpg ) that I modded in for purely decorative reasons. Takes longer and uses more tools/wood and slows less than the regular picket fence, but doesn’t take nails.

The little shack to the top is a crapper. I throw all my old books there.

Also, practical advice: make a mod with all changes you made to files. Item definitions override by themselves, recipes need "override": true.

I’ve been keeping anything added in a separate folder, but good tip on the override thing. Luckily I’ve also been keeping notes on what I’ve changed.

And change cotton seeds

Will do, if I get lucky and find a farm somewhere. I may want to wait until winter to go seriously exploring, since I’ll have nothing to do then, but it’s like 170 days away and I’ll probably drive into a minefield before that. May just ~godmode~ in some seeds to play with in the meantime.

[AllisonW]

The little shack to the top is a crapper. I throw all my old books there.

I’m not fond of destroying books, myself, even in a zombie apocalypse. Hell, especially in a zombie apocalypse.

Except for phone books, Gideon Bibles, and issues of Alpha Male Quarterly. Those are OK.

[MormonPartyboat]

[quote=“MormonPartyboat, post:32, topic:8749”]The little shack to the top is a crapper. I throw all my old books there.

I’m not fond of destroying books, myself, even in a zombie apocalypse. Hell, especially in a zombie apocalypse.

Except for phone books, Gideon Bibles, and issues of Alpha Male Quarterly. Those are OK.[/quote]

I normally play such that I use a temporary base until I can get a vehicle working, then load it up and go…and it’s hard to justify all the space once I’ve worked my way through reading everything. This is the first real long term permanent base I’ve built, and I’ve a small mountain of firewood so I don’t have any excuse for not saving them, haha.

I’m starting work on an underground storage place for non-perishable food and weapons/ammo, which will let me reorganize my storage area and workshop. That should clear out enough space to start a small library in the current storeroom and add some more furniture in the bedroom.

[Barhandar]

[quote=“MormonPartyboat, post:34, topic:8749”]I normally play such that I use a temporary base until I can get a vehicle working, then load it up and go…and it’s hard to justify all the space once I’ve worked my way through reading everything. This is the first real long term permanent base I’ve built, and I’ve a small mountain of firewood so I don’t have any excuse for not saving them, haha.

I’m starting work on an underground storage place for non-perishable food and weapons/ammo, which will let me reorganize my storage area and workshop. That should clear out enough space to start a small library in the current storeroom and add some more furniture in the bedroom.[/quote]
Speaking of mountains of firewood, does charcoal work?

Er, isn’t underground a little bit colder, and thus more suitable for storing spoiling things (last time I checked fridge did 0.2 multiplier on ambient-temperature decay, not set a flat rate) than ground level?

[Illogical_Blox]

Did you build that yourself Mormon?

[MormonPartyboat]

Did you build that yourself Mormon?

Yup! Both the house and the farm field next to it used to be forests; after clearcutting them and building what’s there, I still had about 20,000 space worth of logs/2x4s left over that I’ve been burning into charcoal.

Speaking of mountains of firewood, does charcoal work?

Probably, but I still have something like 200 splintered wood from when I was getting my construction skill up, and that picture was taken shortly after finally getting a vehicle kitchen set up. Things are looking up! Maybe I’ll start making reams of paper.

Er, isn’t underground a little bit colder, and thus more suitable for storing spoiling things (last time I checked fridge did 0.2 multiplier on ambient-temperature decay, not set a flat rate) than ground level?

Probably, but I’ve an easy source of food nearby since I haven’t cleared out the nearest ant nest, and I’m processing fruit as soon as I return to home. Turning an ant into meat pies every few days keeps the doctor away.

[AllisonW]

Probably, but I still have something like 200 splintered wood from when I was getting my construction skill up, and that picture was taken shortly after finally getting a vehicle kitchen set up. Things are looking up! Maybe I’ll start making reams of paper.

Is this for rolling papers or paper cartridges?