Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

[mparthas]

Does using electric jackhammer to bust down the walls in lab / bunker activates the turret defense ?

[KA101]

Does using electric jackhammer to bust down the walls in lab / bunker activates the turret defense ?

Turrets on ground level are active unless you use an ID.

Lab turrets underground, perma-active. None whatever in a bunker.

[Blaze1711]

Guys, about modding.

{
“type” : “COMESTIBLE”,
“id” : “energy_drink”,
“name” : “energy drink”,
“weight” : 262,
“color” : “magenta”,
“addiction_type” : “caffeine”,
“spoils_in” : 0,
“use_action” : “CAFF”,
“stim” : 8,
“container” : “can_drink”,
“to_hit” : 0,
“comestible_type” : “DRINK”,

Can i have more than one container set to carry a liquid? If so, how should the code be in that part?
P.S.: Sorry if this is not the right thread to ask this, but i had to ask real quick since my internet is really getting F’d today. A goddamn hurricane hit the antenna ;(

[KA101]

[quote=“Blaze1711, post:6683, topic:42”]Guys, about modding.

{
“type” : “COMESTIBLE”,
“id” : “energy_drink”,
“name” : “energy drink”,
“weight” : 262,
“color” : “magenta”,
“addiction_type” : “caffeine”,
“spoils_in” : 0,
“use_action” : “CAFF”,
“stim” : 8,
“container” : “can_drink”,
“to_hit” : 0,
“comestible_type” : “DRINK”,

Can i have more than one container set to carry a liquid? If so, how should the code be in that part?
P.S.: Sorry if this is not the right thread to ask this, but i had to ask real quick since my internet is really getting F’d today. A goddamn hurricane hit the antenna ;([/quote]

Currently only one, I’m afraid.

[Illogical_Blox]

Where do you find the recipe for alpha mutagen? I can currently make all mutagen BUT that one. The one I WANT!

[KA101]

Where do you find the recipe for alpha mutagen? I can currently make all mutagen BUT that one. The one I WANT!

Rare spawn, but the same place you’d find most of the other ones. Sorry you’ve had a run of bad luck, I guess.

[TheTylerLee]

How should i dress myself?

I’m ususally spawning as a “Figher” class, Which comes with leather armor, however my face will start to frostbite and eventually my body will, However any time i put any clothing on with my armor, i get encumbered.

Can someone tell me the optimal clothing i should be looking for ?

[Barhandar]

[quote=“TheTylerLee, post:6687, topic:42”]How should i dress myself?

I’m ususally spawning as a “Figher” class, Which comes with leather armor, however my face will start to frostbite and eventually my body will, However any time i put any clothing on with my armor, i get encumbered.

Can someone tell me the optimal clothing i should be looking for ?[/quote]
Learn layering. Only equipment in same layer on same body part results in encumbrance penalties, so it’s possible, for example, to wear kevlar vest, dragon skin vest, fencing jacket, MBR vest (empty), and still only have 0 encumbrance on torso (assuming no storage items).

Specifically leather armor is normal layer, there are also SKINTIGHT (“close to the skin”), OUTER (“over your clothing”), BELTED (“strapped onto you”) and, for a small selection of items, WAIST (“on or around your waist”). Additionally items with zero encumbrance and VARSIZE tag (“can be refitted”/“fits you perfectly and layers easily”) seem to not provide encumbrance penalty by themselves - at very least, I can wear 2 pairs of drop leg pouches and 1 pair of knee pads with no leg encumbrance.
tl;dr: look for undershirt and an overcoat, plus a scarf for your mouth, helmet liner for head, and X warmers/socks/gloves for the limbs.

[AllisonW]

Also, don’t worry about head encumbrance. The only effect of head encumbrance is that if you already have head encumbrance, you can’t pile more junk into the head slot. That’s it. It doesn’t actually penalise anything. So you can see about wearing a cotton or knit hat for your head, too.

[TheTylerLee]

Okay, Thanks. Tailoring is jut too much for me at the moment… I’m not even wearing anything besides leather armor and a backpack and im over encumbered…

[Namal]

Hello guys, it seems I get flu or cold waaay to often, I have some flu shots, but when and how often should I take them?

Also, I have started the bad day challenge and I found antibiotics on the every first day. After one dose of antibiotics the infection dissapeared (green color), is this normal or did I just get lucky? Normaly I try to clean the bite wounds asap.

[Barhandar]

[quote=“Namal, post:6691, topic:42”]Hello guys, it seems I get flu or cold waaay to often, I have some flu shots, but when and how often should I take them?

Also, I have started the bad day challenge and I found antibiotics on the every first day. After one dose of antibiotics the infection dissapeared (green color), is this normal or did I just get lucky? Normaly I try to clean the bite wounds asap.[/quote]
Lucky, antibiotics have 33% chance to clear infection.

[Packbat]

Also, don’t worry about head encumbrance. The only effect of head encumbrance is that if you already have head encumbrance, you can’t pile more junk into the head slot. That’s it. It doesn’t actually penalise anything. So you can see about wearing a cotton or knit hat for your head, too.

The other penalty of head encumbrance is that you can’t put up the hood on your coat. Which … yeah, also no biggie.

[Valpo]

[quote=“Barhandar, post:6692, topic:42”][quote=“Namal, post:6691, topic:42”]Hello guys, it seems I get flu or cold waaay to often, I have some flu shots, but when and how often should I take them?

Also, I have started the bad day challenge and I found antibiotics on the every first day. After one dose of antibiotics the infection dissapeared (green color), is this normal or did I just get lucky? Normaly I try to clean the bite wounds asap.[/quote]
Lucky, antibiotics have 33% chance to clear infection.[/quote]

it has a 1/3 chance to cure tetanus

Its normal to cure infection no luck involved.

[troll_from_behind]

Breathing rod - What does it do and how do I charge it?
Kinda like the desert, alas no dune’s sandworms.

[Novamouser]

I’ve searched for this a while and I just can’t figure it out. So does anyone know how to scroll the text on creature descriptions? I like reading them and sometimes they are useful so it’s kinda annoying when they get partially cut off when selecting a monster.

[KA101]

Scrolling creature-desc text: unfortunately, that’s not scrollable AFAIK.

Breathing rod: Artifact, presumably–they’re randomly generated. You’re just gonna have to experiment.

In experimentals, flu shots make you functionally immune to the flu, so take one when healthy and forget it.

[Sunflash]

are…are shelters SUPPOSED to start with a gas mask now?!

and did they nerf gas masks in return? seems too good a start suddenly.

[AllisonW]

are…are shelters SUPPOSED to start with a gas mask now?!

That’s entirely random, like the basement, which can spawn with an absolute treasure trove or nothing at all. You got lucky.

[Litppunk]

That’s entirely random, like the basement, which can spawn with an absolute treasure trove or nothing at all. You got lucky.

I hate that! When my comp was on the fritz and the slightest bump made it restart I found a survivalists basement with guns and ammo everywhere. Finally got back to base and unloaded everything did some more reading and crafting and stuff, then shifted my weight bumped the charger pew instant shutoff and turning back on FFUFUUUUUUUUU… then go back and find its got webs, ended up getting basement of 67 black widows…and nothing else of any value… other than a pile of spider jerky I made form the meat…eww. So glad to have a battery again ^.^