Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

Coolthulhu · 2014-10-17T19:50:34.000Z

Horde spawning can be really bad at times. I had a horde spawn and zerg rush me from a pool (heh, get it -[sup] spawning pool[/sup]). Not even swimmers, regular zombies. Also had zombies spawn few tiles from me in plain sight.

Though it’s still much less destructive than dynamic spawning. Dynamic spawning does almost the same when it is working correctly.

Valpo · 2014-10-17T19:54:50.000Z

Somehow the dynamic spawn never seems to work for me. Empty citys stay empty… i might be doing something wrong. Only things that spawn till they break my framerateto unplayableness are the blobs near a running car.

Thwap · 2014-10-18T08:24:25.000Z

Jesus Christ, is there any way to put solar panels on the roof of your vehicle and not have them be the visible tile? I can’t see where my fridge or anything is.

Valpo · 2014-10-18T08:28:03.000Z

Thwap:

Jesus Christ, is there any way to put solar panels on the roof of your vehicle and not have them be the visible tile? I can’t see where my fridge or anything is.

That issue has been fixed in the experimental. when you enteryour car they disapear from your field of view and you see the interrior

Thwap · 2014-10-18T09:06:30.000Z

Awesome, but does experimental just now not run on XP? It won’t even open for me.

Valpo · 2014-10-18T09:29:00.000Z

I am not aware of any problemswith win xp. However i never tried nor asked if there are so perhaps someone else can help there. I just dowloaded the recent version to try whether its the current build that has a problem. It works fine for me on win 7.

Thwap · 2014-10-18T09:36:30.000Z

If it helps anyone, here’s the debug.log

5:30:18.250 : Starting log.
5:30:18.390 SDL : src/sdltiles.cpp:317: Failed to select render target: That operation is not supported
5:30:18.390 : initscr failed!
5:30:18.437 : Log shutdown.

EDIT: Never mind, I’ve got it. I just googled part of the error message and got a link to a similar thread from not long ago. For the record, just in case anyone googles up THIS post someday, the solution was to go to options.txt and enable software rendering.

Raskulle · 2014-10-18T10:06:20.000Z

What can I do with soap bars?
Should I bother hoarding them or throw them in the fireplace.

Valpo · 2014-10-18T10:14:28.000Z

You can craft explosives with them.

Raskulle · 2014-10-18T10:19:00.000Z

Nice.
I guess I gotta study my “Napalm Warfare History Book”.

Raskulle · 2014-10-18T10:26:45.000Z

How to train construction past 1 without books?
Building a crate gives 4% qq.

Valpo · 2014-10-18T10:28:06.000Z

i would build the tables in the &crafting menu they are skill lvl 1
4% only 25 crafts you can be like the greater crater grader

Robik · 2014-10-18T11:43:50.000Z

[quote=“Raskulle, post:4811, topic:42”]How to train construction past 1 without books?
Building a crate gives 4% qq.[/quote]

You don’t. It is not worth it.

Raskulle · 2014-10-18T12:46:32.000Z

Just finished making crates, took literally all day.
At least I can make a damn fireplace now hooray~

Coolthulhu · 2014-10-18T12:52:20.000Z

You can chop trees if you find (or make) an axe. That can get you (incredibly slowly) to level 3, so you can make beds.

bahihs · 2014-10-19T00:46:40.000Z

Where do you find spray can’s? I’m trying to build welding goggles (too risky to go in and get them from a garage)

Raskulle · 2014-10-19T02:56:38.000Z

I find spray cans in houses all the time. Check basements too.
I think I found a spray can at a sporting good store once.

Thwap · 2014-10-19T05:02:27.000Z

I just switched from stable to experimental. Why does starting in spring mean it’s 20 degrees and snowing now?

edm · 2014-10-19T05:54:57.000Z

Thwap:

I just switched from stable to experimental. Why does starting in spring mean it’s 20 degrees and snowing now?

Windchill AFAIK, they’re trying to balance it. Welcome to the experimental, full of wonder and sometimes utterly dysfunctional, yet we love it anyway.

Thwap · 2014-10-19T06:30:36.000Z

Ok cool, I just wondered if it was some sort of “actually starts you on last day of winter” thing.