Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

Eric · 2015-05-03T04:04:42.000Z

The Lone Badger:

[quote=“Eric, post:7735, topic:42”]Is there any way my character can craft his own atomic lamp? Is it found by some book I haven’t discovered yet, or can the recipe only be learned by disassembling the lamps?

You’ll need Rivtech company secrets, currently conveniently located in your nearest secret underground laboratory. Maybe.[/quote]

Wait, it wouldn’t happen to be the Rivtech design binder, would it?

I’ve found it in previous games, but haven’t found it yet in my current one and completely forgot about it until you mentioned ‘company secrets’

Azrad · 2015-05-03T12:40:30.000Z

Eric:

[quote=“The Lone Badger, post:7736, topic:42”][quote=“Eric, post:7735, topic:42”]Is there any way my character can craft his own atomic lamp? Is it found by some book I haven’t discovered yet, or can the recipe only be learned by disassembling the lamps?

You’ll need Rivtech company secrets, currently conveniently located in your nearest secret underground laboratory. Maybe.[/quote]

Wait, it wouldn’t happen to be the Rivtech design binder, would it?

I’ve found it in previous games, but haven’t found it yet in my current one and completely forgot about it until you mentioned ‘company secrets’[/quote]

It is. I think you need some electronic skill as well if you want to craft the lamp.

Or, you could just slave up some shocker brutes for a somewhat okay source of light.

DoReVo · 2015-05-04T08:46:27.000Z

How do you disassemble the tank bot ?

Thwap · 2015-05-04T09:06:30.000Z

Same way you’d butcher a corpse I believe.

Malaxxor · 2015-05-04T10:56:27.000Z

Thwap:

Same way you’d butcher a corpse I believe.

True, though it does take a shitload of tools to disassemble a tank bot, and it takes roughly a day…

DeWolf · 2015-05-04T14:45:13.000Z

Malaxxor:

[quote=“Thwap, post:7744, topic:42”]Same way you’d butcher a corpse I believe.

True, though it does take a shitload of tools to disassemble a tank bot, and it takes roughly a day…[/quote]
Bear in mind you are disassembling a TANK by yourself. Be glad it doesn’t take longer.

DoReVo · 2015-05-04T14:49:27.000Z

Malaxxor:

[quote=“Thwap, post:7744, topic:42”]Same way you’d butcher a corpse I believe.

True, though it does take a shitload of tools to disassemble a tank bot, and it takes roughly a day…[/quote]

What are the tools required ?

DeWolf · 2015-05-04T14:50:59.000Z

Pthalocy:

Yeah I only just noticed another |||| bar under my bodypart health that indicates my stamina. LOL. Hooray for that stamina!

Don’t forget you can sprint now with the ’ key.

Eric · 2015-05-04T14:57:46.000Z

DoReVo:

[quote=“Malaxxor, post:7745, topic:42”][quote=“Thwap, post:7744, topic:42”]Same way you’d butcher a corpse I believe.

True, though it does take a shitload of tools to disassemble a tank bot, and it takes roughly a day…[/quote]

What are the tools required ?[/quote]

Not sure, but one way to do it is with the Integrated Toolset CBM

(so theoretically you should be able to use welders, acetylene torches, maybe a soldering iron)

Valpo · 2015-05-04T14:59:14.000Z

I ll test which tools are actually required.

edit:

A soldering iron and a hacksaw will suffice.

Random_dragon · 2015-05-04T15:04:25.000Z

Oh derp. I’m gonna assume you don’t get a tankbot main gun from it? o3o

Valpo · 2015-05-04T15:14:33.000Z

You do not get the maingun from butchering the drone.

You get lots of other stuff though including plutonium cells the flamethrower an electroshocker a big electromotor and a m1a1 rifle + scrap and the chassis-

DeWolf · 2015-05-04T15:14:55.000Z

Random_dragon:

Oh derp. I’m gonna assume you don’t get a tankbot main gun from it? o3o

Nope that’s a cheat item. But to me be glad it is because it means the tankbot can’t use it either. Listen ok each shot alone does more than 1000 damage. Do you really want a tankbot to have that.

Valpo · 2015-05-04T15:18:28.000Z

Yeah considering he oneshots you without it somehow it would probably be bad if he had it. hed oneshot you twice then.

AS far as i know its a pseudo item that is used to simulate the shot of the tankdrone. But i am sure that you are simply joking.

DeWolf · 2015-05-04T15:20:33.000Z

[quote=“Valpo, post:7754, topic:42”]Yeah considering he oneshots you without it somehow it would probably be bad if he had it. hed oneshot you twice then.

AS far as i know its a pseudo item that is used to simulate the shot of the tankdrone. But i am sure that you are simply joking.[/quote]
Well to be fair I never actually fought one before. At least not naturally and mainly to see how the control laptop works.

Valpo · 2015-05-04T15:34:25.000Z

Discovering such things in the field is more fun.
I used my first control laptop on turrets inside a lab.
Then i disabled them all and took theire ammunition.
The only problem i had with this: What do i do with eseveral thousand shots of 9 mm.
Good thing is you can do this to mil spec turrets to n get 5.56 mm. perhaps you can salvage the .50 turrets too. Seeing how rare that ammo it it would be a welcome new source.

Go explore and find out.

DeWolf · 2015-05-04T15:42:15.000Z

[quote=“Valpo, post:7756, topic:42”]Discovering such things in the field is more fun.
I used my first control laptop on turrets inside a lab.
Then i disabled them all and took theire ammunition.
The only problem i had with this: What do i do with eseveral thousand shots of 9 mm.
Good thing is you can do this to mil spec turrets to n get 5.56 mm. perhaps you can salvage the .50 turrets too. Seeing how rare that ammo it it would be a welcome new source.

Go explore and find out.[/quote]
The closest thing I found have been chicken walkers and they come at the most inconvenient of times and own me.

Valpo · 2015-05-04T15:45:52.000Z

now that the range has been nerfed actually hacking something like that is much more FUN.

Malaxxor · 2015-05-04T15:46:29.000Z

[quote=“Valpo, post:7750, topic:42”]I ll test which tools are actually required.

edit:

A soldering iron and a hacksaw will suffice.[/quote]

I’m quite sure this is not the case. I can’t test it atm, but AFAIK I tried it with A LOT of different tools, to no avail (this was some versions ago, though). Only when I brought a Welder it worked. Also, according to the Item Browser you need:

1 tool with screw driving quality of 1
1 tool with bolt turning quality of 1
1 tool with metal sawing quality of 1
soldering iron (30 charges) OR integrated toolset (30 charges)
acetylene torch (40 charges) OR welder (200 charges) OR integrated toolset (300 charges) OR makeshift welder (300 charges)

Valpo · 2015-05-04T15:47:27.000Z

you need a lot of charges 30 is not enough. It will also take the better part of a day.

I tested this with a soldering iron with 200 charges and a hacksaw and nothing else on me but a knife and maybe a hammer.

But i can go try it naked with only a soldering iron and hacksaw in hand if you wish