Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

Bonevomit · 2014-10-25T17:52:07.000Z

Last time I played it was fine. It’s still fucking cold all the time, but you don’t need to wear 5 coats and 3 blankets.

Jarlaxle · 2014-10-25T18:02:43.000Z

Do SWAT armor still drop? In the last couple of experimental versions I have been going out of my way to murder as many police zeds as possible and have yet to find a SWAT armor.

KA101 · 2014-10-25T19:32:02.000Z

Moving from the Announcements thread:

[quote=“Elidor VON”]Noticed just now that discription of “Thick Tail” mutation has been changed to “You have a long, thick, lizardlike tail. It helps you balance a bit but also makes a servicable whip.” I decided to check MUTATIONS screen and found that this mutation now is activatable. There wasn’t proper opportunity to use it, so i don’t really know what my new thik tail do, but it’s still very awesome.

Well now, after attack of enraged mооse, I know what thick tail do. It periodically whipping the enemy. To obvious as for me.

P.S. Please forgive me for my english. I’m from Ukraine [/quote]

One other change is that like other whip-capable tails, the Thick Tail is active. You can activate it to manually hold your tail at the ready, fatiguing yourself and giving up the Dodge bonus in exchange for bypassing the one_in(3) part of the whip check.

(So you can potentially whip 'em good every turn!)

Logrin · 2014-10-25T21:14:48.000Z

This is great, because as we all know when a good time turns around you must whip it. You will never live it down unless you whip it. No one gets away until they whip it.

lordmoneyofman · 2014-10-25T21:50:43.000Z

Is there currently a way to use the USB drives? I’ve got a dozen of them, some with HackPro, some with medical software and some with misc. software. I couldn’t find this info anywhere.

Arek_PL · 2014-10-25T22:01:26.000Z

lordmoneyofman:

Is there currently a way to use the USB drives? I’ve got a dozen of them, some with HackPro, some with medical software and some with misc. software. I couldn’t find this info anywhere.

hackpro is component of control laptop

usb drivers are used in some missions if you play without any npc its just free ram

Zireael · 2014-10-26T10:01:29.000Z

I found an E-ink tablet, what does it do?

Arek_PL · 2014-10-26T10:24:07.000Z

Zireael:

I found an E-ink tablet, what does it do?

you can load SD cards into it

Thwap · 2014-10-26T20:30:57.000Z

I have a power armor interface mk2 installed, plenty of bionic power, and it does drain when I activate, but the heavy power armor itself isn’t powering on. :<

EDIT: Oh okay I see it’s offsetting drain. The documentation could be a little clearer. lol

Cyan · 2014-10-26T23:09:13.000Z

So I got two questions:

How do you deal with blobs? Some small blobs/ larger blobs followed me to one of my bases, a evac shelter, and though I ignored them and went to sleep, I’am pretty sure they will be there as a welcoming committee, in the morning. I’am thinking of running around them, so they cluster and pack up, and then using a Molotov cocktail, but I really don’t know what else to do.
How do you deal with slime pits? I spawned near a city which has a slime pit, and it annoys me, since I don’t exactly want to move to find another city, to set up shop and start looting.

IcedPee · 2014-10-27T00:01:56.000Z

[quote=“Cyan, post:4930, topic:42”]So I got two questions:

How do you deal with blobs? Some small blobs/ larger blobs followed me to one of my bases, a evac shelter, and though I ignored them and went to sleep, I’am pretty sure they will be there as a welcoming committee, in the morning. I’am thinking of running around them, so they cluster and pack up, and then using a Molotov cocktail, but I really don’t know what else to do.
How do you deal with slime pits? I spawned near a city which has a slime pit, and it annoys me, since I don’t exactly want to move to find another city, to set up shop and start looting.[/quote]
Kill them all
Kill them all.

TheFlame52 · 2014-10-27T14:53:54.000Z

How do you build a rope and pulley system so that it raises a palisade gate? I can’t seem to get it to work.

Blaze · 2014-10-27T16:00:40.000Z

The rope and pulley needs to be adjacent to a palisade wall but cannot touch the gate itself.

|
_+++

| = rope and pulley
_ = wall
+ = gate

HunterAlpha1 · 2014-10-27T16:35:43.000Z

And make sure you install a rope & pulley system on both sides of the wall.

edit by kevingranade: rape jokes are not ok.

TheFlame52 · 2014-10-27T17:12:44.000Z

HunterAlpha1:

And make sure you install a rOpe & pulley system on both sides of the wall.

D’oh! Well, I’ll remember that next time I fortify a cathedral.

Logrin · 2014-10-27T18:37:45.000Z

That reminds me–am I the only one that upgrades to an atomic vibrator?

KA101 · 2014-10-27T22:07:25.000Z

Logrin:

That reminds me–am I the only one that upgrades to an atomic vibrator?

Nope. You even used my color. Now if only Rivtech’s consumer products division would catch up.

As for the folks making “jokes”, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t make the forum less safe for survivors. Thanks.

Coolthulhu · 2014-10-28T00:09:36.000Z

KA101:

As for the folks making “jokes”, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t make the forum less safe for survivors. Thanks.

I’m afraid most people here don’t speak EMPOWERMENT and won’t understand this usage of “survivor”.

Goombah · 2014-10-28T00:22:31.000Z

KA101:

[quote=“Logrin, post:4936, topic:42”]That reminds me–am I the only one that upgrades to an atomic vibrator?

Nope. You even used my color. Now if only Rivtech’s consumer products division would catch up.

As for the folks making “jokes”, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t make the forum less safe for survivors. Thanks.[/quote]

Thanks for that.

Goombah · 2014-10-28T00:23:54.000Z

Incidentally, what should I know about playing a Slime Mutant?