Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

Litppunk · 2015-02-16T02:53:54.000Z

I don;t think I have seen those… O.o do you mean the health bars for your various body parts? thats the only thing I know of thats like that…

JonathanH · 2015-02-16T02:56:56.000Z

It’s when you’re in the item menu. It lists clothing as ---->

I just downloaded the game today… Maybe it’s a new feature?

Litppunk · 2015-02-16T03:01:46.000Z

which version? you mean the + clothing layer?

Ishindri · 2015-02-16T03:11:31.000Z

[quote=“JonathanH, post:6720, topic:42”]What do the colored symbols ( || |. . |\ ) by clothing represent? Size, durability, condition, protection type, layer level?

I’ve spent the last hour searching through the wiki, this forum, and the in-game help with no luck…[/quote]

It was just added as a feature. They represent the level of damage the piece of clothing has sustained, and they work the same way as health bars: | becomes \ which becomes . So ++ is reinforced, || is normal condition, |\ is slightly damaged, |. is moderately damaged, . is heavily damaged, and … is about to be destroyed.

Litppunk · 2015-02-16T03:12:46.000Z

sigh guess I should update some time…but just too dam lazy

i2amroy · 2015-02-16T03:15:03.000Z

Litppunk:

sigh guess I should update some time…but just too dam lazy

If it helps the current version is like 98% identical to .C since we’ve launched the feature freeze. Think of it like getting the next version early!

JonathanH · 2015-02-16T03:15:31.000Z

Version: 0.B-3413-g33bf2a5 in case you’re still wondering.

Thank you both for the help!

JonathanH · 2015-02-16T03:18:11.000Z

Out of curiosity, how was clothing condition represented before the update? Was it hidden?

Litppunk · 2015-02-16T03:20:45.000Z

yea Ill get to it when Im done with current game. Really liking current character, Jack Rougue started a little OP but less than a year in he is looting second town and dodging around wrecks like a pro on first vehicle I have driven in Cata ever.

Ishindri · 2015-02-16T03:22:52.000Z

JonathanH:

Out of curiosity, how was clothing condition represented before the update? Was it hidden?

Descriptor terms. Reinforced, ripped, torn, shredded, tattered. Which worked well enough, but I was always forgetting the order those last three went in. I prefer the new health bars, it makes it much easier to take in all your gear’s condition with one glance.

Litppunk · 2015-02-16T03:29:04.000Z

^^^^^^ I just keep everything in reinforced condition, even stuff that never gets damaged and first time anything drops below that, and I notice, it gets repaired/ reinforced at first opertunity

deadmerits · 2015-02-16T08:23:38.000Z

Does anything cause fires besides the player?

I was exploring a swamp and found two separate fires. One went out as I approached because it was raining (it was about 15 tiles). The other was raging and kept going because it started snowing I guess, instead of rain.

I’m crossing my fingers for this being like a natural gas fire of, maybe lightening is back : D

Barhandar · 2015-02-16T11:48:05.000Z

Ishindri:

Descriptor terms. Reinforced, ripped, torn, shredded, tattered. Which worked well enough, but I was always forgetting the order those last three went in. I prefer the new health bars, it makes it much easier to take in all your gear’s condition with one glance.

As everyone neglected to mention: you can toggle between bars and regular prefixes in the options menu, Interface - “Show item health bars”.

Codeslamer · 2015-02-16T14:12:48.000Z

I went into some fungal cloud or something and got some kind of mutation where both of my arms are completely gone. I think it said something along the lines of a spore grows out of your arm or something. Anyways, what can i do about it? Does it just mean that it’s basically game over?

Codeslamer · 2015-02-16T14:28:42.000Z

I found the line of text. It said: “message” : “Your hands bulge. Fungus stalks burst through the bulge!”

Valpo · 2015-02-16T15:19:57.000Z

Codeslamer:

I found the line of text. It said: “message” : “Your hands bulge. Fungus stalks burst through the bulge!”

Its not a mutationnits a dissease generally caused by inhaling spores among other fun causes.

The symptoms are vomiting of spores, pain , shroom tase in your mouth and the ocasional explosion of your arms.

Take anti fungal drugs or royal gelee and heal up your arms afterwards and you ll be fine … if you manage to do that still in your current condition.

Coolthulhu · 2015-02-16T16:48:08.000Z

Codeslamer:

I found the line of text. It said: “message” : “Your hands bulge. Fungus stalks burst through the bulge!”

If you don’t have the right items (anti-fungal drugs, fungicide, royal jelly or blood filter CBM) it is usually a game over. The fungus bursting will keep your pain so high you’ll always have 25 speed and 0 stats, so anything that can pierce your armor could kill you.

Rhodri · 2015-02-17T00:08:23.000Z

How is it determined if zombie technicians successfully pull away your weapon?

Catfoodbob · 2015-02-17T00:32:15.000Z

Small strings are really good for training sewing on for they are abundant and more expendable than most cloths

Eric · 2015-02-17T00:33:18.000Z

Is it possible to craft modern guns (not flintlocks or improvised guns, stuff like M4A1’s or M9’s) from scratch?