Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

Hibou · 2014-11-27T23:06:43.000Z

[quote=“qurvax, post:5519, topic:42”]Just got back into CDDA after a couple of months
So, how do i kill Z-dancers? Feed one two 9mm from a carabine, two shoots from a shotgun and finally tried to cut it up with my catana. The thing seemingly hadn’t noticed any of my hard work, and stayed at “lightly injured” no matter what.[/quote]
I recommend just staying away from those types of zombies. They are likely to cause dwarf fortress tier amounts of fun.

Coolthulhu · 2014-11-28T00:46:59.000Z

fish have fingers now?:

So I downloaded the latest experimental a couple of days ago and got a good character going. However, the Recoil on any weapon I try to use is absurd, 285 on a Glock 19, 795 on a RM228 short shotgun, 450 on an AR-15 and so on. The Recoil indicator on the HUD is always red, no matter what. Dispersion is quite high too. I have 3 in marksman skills, my arm encumbrance is at 1. Any reason for this? Hidden disease or the like?

Dispersion and recoil got multiplied by 15 when ranged system changed (aiming update). All guns and bows with high damage have additional 60 dispersion added for each point of damage.

Catfoodbob · 2014-11-28T06:16:52.000Z

Just how do you get acurized reflec recurve bows

system · 2014-11-28T06:25:45.000Z

The Bowyers Friend is a book with a recipe for that.

qurvax · 2014-11-28T11:11:23.000Z

Hibou:

I recommend just staying away from those types of zombies. They are likely to cause dwarf fortress tier amounts of fun.

In this game I’m always assuming exactly that with anything not seen before Strange thing is, dancers didn’t actually attack me. So i just gtfo with all the loot. Plus every other normal and special Z in the area just vanished somehow.

Caconym · 2014-11-28T11:50:44.000Z

I noticed in the wiki a thing called fb51 optical cloak, are they still in game? Where do they spawn?

Valpo · 2014-11-28T11:53:05.000Z

They are still in game.
Where they spawn? i dunno … i always find 1 or 2 but i never use these things cause i consider them cheaty and thus forget where i found em.

Arek_PL · 2014-11-28T12:35:41.000Z

not to mention how they are unefective if it come to power use (try cloak cbm its far better)

Valpo · 2014-11-28T12:43:15.000Z

cloak cbm is even cheatier.

Catfoodbob · 2014-11-28T14:09:27.000Z

Does superalloy conduct electricity

KroganElite · 2014-11-28T17:23:53.000Z

Caconym:

I noticed in the wiki a thing called fb51 optical cloak, are they still in game? Where do they spawn?

Yes, they’re still in game. I usually find them on military corpses or a military crash site.

TheFlame52 · 2014-11-28T18:03:56.000Z

KroganElite:

[quote=“Caconym, post:5526, topic:42”]I noticed in the wiki a thing called fb51 optical cloak, are they still in game? Where do they spawn?

Yes, they’re still in game. I usually find them on military corpses or a military crash site.[/quote]
I’ve usually found them by science corpses. They’re really rare.

FunsizeNinja123 · 2014-11-28T18:19:03.000Z

TheFlame52:

[quote=“KroganElite, post:5531, topic:42”][quote=“Caconym, post:5526, topic:42”]I noticed in the wiki a thing called fb51 optical cloak, are they still in game? Where do they spawn?

Yes, they’re still in game. I usually find them on military corpses or a military crash site.[/quote]
I’ve usually found them by science corpses. They’re really rare.[/quote]

I’ve only found… about 10 in all my years of playing.

Cactus_McCoy · 2014-11-28T20:06:05.000Z

How the Hell am I suppose to chop down trees? I have an Axe but whenever I press A to use it, I just go to the inventory screen and can’t cut down the tree. I have also just tried smashing the tree with the axe equipped but to no success. Can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong?

Valpo · 2014-11-28T20:09:05.000Z

press * it will view the construction menu. use the chop down tree comand there.

i2amroy · 2014-11-28T20:11:01.000Z

Cactus McCoy:

How the Hell am I suppose to chop down trees? I have an Axe but whenever I press A to use it, I just go to the inventory screen and can’t cut down the tree. I have also just tried smashing the tree with the axe equipped but to no success. Can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong?

Construction menu.

[quote=“qurvax, post:5519, topic:42”]Just got back into CDDA after a couple of months
So, how do i kill Z-dancers? Feed one two 9mm from a carabine, two shoots from a shotgun and finally tried to cut it up with my catana. The thing seemingly hadn’t noticed any of my hard work, and stayed at “lightly injured” no matter what.[/quote]
Little late here, but kill the Thriller and they should become kill-able. If the Thriller is already dead just debug them out of existence, the are only still around due to a bug.

Newper5 · 2014-11-28T20:23:46.000Z

[quote=“i2amroy, post:5536, topic:42”][quote=“qurvax, post:5519, topic:42”]Just got back into CDDA after a couple of months
So, how do i kill Z-dancers? Feed one two 9mm from a carabine, two shoots from a shotgun and finally tried to cut it up with my catana. The thing seemingly hadn’t noticed any of my hard work, and stayed at “lightly injured” no matter what.[/quote]
Little late here, but kill the Thriller and they should become kill-able. If the Thriller is already dead just debug them out of existence, the are only still around due to a bug.[/quote]

When you say they should become kill-able, do you mean that they turn into hulks? Or has that infuriating little surprise been removed?

FunsizeNinja123 · 2014-11-28T20:24:34.000Z

If you kill the Thriller, the dancers will turn into hulks. You can’t kill the dancers before killing the thriller.

Valpo · 2014-11-28T20:26:18.000Z

do they not have like 10k hp? a direct hit with a mininuke should be deadly.

qurvax · 2014-11-28T20:32:41.000Z

so hulks… around 10 of them at once. should be fun. need an automatic shotgun tho.