Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

Coolthulhu · 2014-10-28T20:30:36.000Z

therealskitz0:

How do i take off the electronic handcuffs?

Cut them up with a knife (not sure if it still works).
Dive into water
Have a faulty bionic zap you
Get caught into EMP

Arek_PL:

or try use monocular blade cbm (untested)

Doesn’t work with claws. I’m pretty sure monomolecular won’t work either.

IcedPee · 2014-10-28T21:04:38.000Z

Question about unarmed styles:

So say for example, I start a character who knows Tiger-Kung Fu. The words “Tiger KungFu” appear in blue on my screen and the Tiger Strength effect is added to me. If I equip a weapon like a gun, both of these disappear.

But then I equip nail knuckles, and “Tiger KungFu” turns red but Tiger Strength stays in my effects. What does this change in color mean? Does it mean I’m getting less of a benefit from the style because I’m not completely barehanded, or does it mean I’m still getting the full effects with added damage from the knuckles or… what?

Coolthulhu · 2014-10-28T21:18:41.000Z

It means that you have a weapon equipped, but your style still works. Red color simply means that you’re using a weapon.
Now, if it changed into red “Normal”, it would mean the style effects are negated, except for some attacks (for example, power hit from brawling).

From what I can tell, brass knuckles are effectively useless for damage, though. In melee.cpp, in roll_bash_damage, your weapon’s bash damage is overwritten by your unarmed damage if you count as unarmed (for example, because you use an unarmed weapon).

lordmoneyofman · 2014-10-28T21:35:09.000Z

I just had a character thrown through a building by 4 Zombie Hulks, after killing Thriller. Just wondering if the Zombie Dancers around the Thriller are always Hulks or if I was just the unluckiest guy in the world.

Also, the Thriller had the red leather jacket, red leather pants, and the white glove. So, it was worth it.

Rhodri · 2014-10-28T21:37:32.000Z

[quote=“lordmoneyofman, post:4964, topic:42”]I just had a character thrown through a building by 4 Zombie Hulks, after killing Thriller. Just wondering if the Zombie Dancers around the Thriller are always Hulks or if I was just the unluckiest guy in the world.

Also, the Thriller had the red leather jacket, red leather pants, and the white glove. So, it was worth it.[/quote]

It’s always hulks, I think.

Arek_PL · 2014-10-28T22:13:51.000Z

its possible to kill them before they turn into hulks
you need to give high stun and extremely high atak speed and high damage per atack
or
telefrag them you need to be realy lucky but with teleport pads is easier to do this than using teleporter

KA101 · 2014-10-28T22:15:24.000Z

[quote=“Rhodri, post:4965, topic:42”][quote=“lordmoneyofman, post:4964, topic:42”]I just had a character thrown through a building by 4 Zombie Hulks, after killing Thriller. Just wondering if the Zombie Dancers around the Thriller are always Hulks or if I was just the unluckiest guy in the world.

Also, the Thriller had the red leather jacket, red leather pants, and the white glove. So, it was worth it.[/quote]

It’s always hulks, I think.[/quote]

Yep. As you’ll notice, the ASCII for dancer and for hulk is precisely the same. Bit of a hint there.

Killing off a dancer means you’re either lucky or very, very OP.

FunsizeNinja123 · 2014-10-28T22:16:32.000Z

OR RUN THEM ALL OVER WITH A LARGE TRUCK RAM

I’ve never seen these “dancers”.

Arek_PL · 2014-10-28T22:36:29.000Z

[quote=“FunsizeNinja123, post:4968, topic:42”]OR RUN THEM ALL OVER WITH A LARGE TRUCK RAM

I’ve never seen these “dancers”.[/quote]

they have 10k hp and regenerate like shooghoth ramming with truck will do small damage

jokermatt999 · 2014-10-28T22:41:11.000Z

Coolthulhu:

From what I can tell, brass knuckles are effectively useless for damage, though. In melee.cpp, in roll_bash_damage, your weapon’s bash damage is overwritten by your unarmed damage if you count as unarmed (for example, because you use an unarmed weapon).

Pull request submitted. I’d seen you (I think) mention this before, but I didn’t know how to submit before then.

IcedPee · 2014-10-29T00:28:06.000Z

Caught influenza, kept getting woken up by the sound of myself coughing in my sleep.

Crafted noise cancelling headgear and put it on to deafen myself, but I’m still waking up early even though the coughs aren’t being reported.

What happened? That always worked for me before, there’s no reason it shouldn’t.

EDIT: Also, is it possible to die of sleep deprivation? Because dropping dead from not being able to stay awake would be a really crappy way to end this character/

ekcolocke · 2014-10-29T00:58:00.000Z

I’m fairly sure that zombies now reanimate if you leave the area that their corpses are in (piles of clothing lying where corpses did, new zombies in the previously cleared area that are naked). Butchering seems to stop them from reanimating. But are there other ways to stop it? For example, smashing the corpse or burning it, or both; does that stop them from coming back to life?

IcedPee · 2014-10-29T01:10:01.000Z

Smashing their body so that it’s labelled “pulped” will stop them from reanimating. And obviously if you burn or melt them away into nothingness with fire or acid they won’t come back either. However if you have the time to do so, try to butcher them because that levels up your Survival skill.

The_Lone_Badger · 2014-10-29T08:26:56.000Z

Burning works in theory, but you will need extra fuel to do it properly. Just setting the corpse/clothing on fire will usually not burn long enough to do the job.
Smashing works. So does acid (must be deployed as an acid bomb, not just poured out).

TheFlame52 · 2014-10-29T15:11:57.000Z

The hell does a directional antenna even do? It isn’t used in any crafting recipes.

bahihs · 2014-10-29T15:23:15.000Z

Whats the deal with spider basements? I cleared one out expecting some good loot but found absolutely nothing.

baldamundo · 2014-10-29T15:26:07.000Z

TheFlame52:

The hell does a directional antenna even do? It isn’t used in any crafting recipes.

Activate it when you have an on radio in your inventory, and it tells you which direction the signal’s coming from. Not certain why you’d want to know though given so far all it’s done is take me to radio towers with no loot and nothing to interact with (?)

Arek_PL · 2014-10-29T15:33:09.000Z

why use directional antena? in radio boardcast you will hear coordinates of fema camp…

chevil · 2014-10-29T17:18:45.000Z

[quote=“Newper5, post:4959, topic:42”]So, I have finally reached the personal skill-level where I can reliably (0.5% of the time?) survive to the point that normal zombies aren’t much threat and I can focus on other projects. As I’m looking at cars to salvage and potentially build, I’m noticing that we’re only ever given a flat number for fuel usage. Does fuel usage shift as you increase your speed (no modifications, just mashing the gas petal)?

For example, will your sports car burn as much gas going at 9 miles per hour as it will at 900? And, if the fuel usage does shift according to the speed, is it much more efficient to switch a car’s V8 for a V6 if you don’t need the extra speed and hauling capability?

I’m not sure I’ve articulated this well, but hopefully someone will be able to decipher my cluelessness.[/quote]
Car speed shouldn’t affect fuel usage but acceleration does. If you want to conserve fuel try driving at a constant speed and use a smaller engine.

Wildbeard · 2014-10-29T18:25:56.000Z

Hey I had a question, i’m wearing heavy power armor with helmet (that is powered) and have internal climate control, how the hell do I stop from freezing on the lower lab levels?