Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

DeWolf · 2015-05-04T15:48:45.000Z

Valpo:

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

No I mean those are the closest thing I found naturally so I had to fight it. I usually have my ass handed to me. Although one time I nearly snuck past one by sneaking through some nearby building.

Valpo · 2015-05-04T15:51:30.000Z

Well when i start fighting a walker i die. I either snipe it from a far or from the cover of the dark(or hack that way :3). never tried with powerarmor… i hate pa.

DeWolf · 2015-05-04T15:54:08.000Z

Valpo:

Well when i start fighting a walker i die. I either snipe it from a far or from the cover of the dark(or hack that way :3). never tried with powerarmor… i hate pa.

SO do I mean seriously why can’t I wear a trench coat or a backpack with power armor on. Now I can imagine things like skintight clothing being unwearable but still.

Ishindri · 2015-05-04T19:27:41.000Z

What does the I/E column in the autopickup configuration dialog refer to?

Random_dragon · 2015-05-04T19:41:48.000Z

And in highly belated response, yeah I kinda figured tankbot pseudo-item couldn’t be obtained that way. Would be Fun if it could though. owo

Commodore · 2015-05-04T19:55:12.000Z

So the other day I found an artifact in an anomaly with 4 charges of firestorm+storm with the 1 minute recharge time. My question is how does the fire resistance of the firefighter gear work including does the fire burn it and does fire burn non-firefighter clothing that is under said clothing. Is it protective only up to say raging fires?

Once I get the rElec bionic I can see this being a potent weapon both for creating burn patches and for salvaging fuckups with repeated activation to essentially create a burning house around me. I’d like to know beforehand as I’m quite attached to this survivor and have a lot of time invested in it.

Coolthulhu · 2015-05-04T20:30:58.000Z

Commodore:

So the other day I found an artifact in an anomaly with 4 charges of firestorm+storm with the 1 minute recharge time. My question is how does the fire resistance of the firefighter gear work including does the fire burn it and does fire burn non-firefighter clothing that is under said clothing. Is it protective only up to say raging fires?

Fire resistance for worn items seems to be totally unimplemented, meaning you might as well be naked.

deoxy · 2015-05-04T20:34:45.000Z

[quote=“Commodore, post:7766, topic:42”]So the other day I found an artifact in an anomaly with 4 charges of firestorm+storm with the 1 minute recharge time. My question is how does the fire resistance of the firefighter gear work including does the fire burn it and does fire burn non-firefighter clothing that is under said clothing. Is it protective only up to say raging fires?

Once I get the rElec bionic I can see this being a potent weapon both for creating burn patches and for salvaging fuckups with repeated activation to essentially create a burning house around me. I’d like to know beforehand as I’m quite attached to this survivor and have a lot of time invested in it.[/quote]

I can’t answer your firefighter gear question, but I can point out that there’s a bionic that takes care of fire the way that dielectric CBM takes care of electrical problems - Thermal Dissipation. Have both of those (and some bionic power), and that artifact should make most of your other problems disappear pretty quickly.

DeWolf · 2015-05-04T21:39:12.000Z

[quote=“deoxy, post:7768, topic:42”][quote=“Commodore, post:7766, topic:42”]So the other day I found an artifact in an anomaly with 4 charges of firestorm+storm with the 1 minute recharge time. My question is how does the fire resistance of the firefighter gear work including does the fire burn it and does fire burn non-firefighter clothing that is under said clothing. Is it protective only up to say raging fires?

Once I get the rElec bionic I can see this being a potent weapon both for creating burn patches and for salvaging fuckups with repeated activation to essentially create a burning house around me. I’d like to know beforehand as I’m quite attached to this survivor and have a lot of time invested in it.[/quote]
Fire stuff is only fireproof and nothing else if you find turncoat and other what not to me if nothing more protective is available I would wear it but if there is then I would just disassemble them for the kevlar. The point being fireproof stuff does not protect you from fire, just itself.

I can’t answer your firefighter gear question, but I can point out that there’s a bionic that takes care of fire the way that dielectric CBM takes care of electrical problems - Thermal Dissipation. Have both of those (and some bionic power), and that artifact should make most of your other problems disappear pretty quickly.[/quote]

Random_dragon · 2015-05-04T21:44:35.000Z

Real men get all the upgrades they need from mutations instead of bionics, though.

Now if only there was a fireproofing mutation…

DeWolf · 2015-05-04T21:46:14.000Z

[quote=“Random_dragon, post:7770, topic:42”]Real men get all the upgrades they need from mutations instead of bionics, though.

Now if only there was a fireproofing mutation…[/quote]
All we can do instead is make ourselves more flammable with fur.

Random_dragon · 2015-05-04T21:49:38.000Z

Or a few silly ectothermic-style mutations. ;A;

DeWolf · 2015-05-04T21:51:10.000Z

Random_dragon:

Or a few silly ectothermic-style mutations. ;A;

Sorry I’m actually unfamiliar with the term ectothermic.

Coolthulhu · 2015-05-04T21:55:45.000Z

Random_dragon:

Now if only there was a fireproofing mutation…

There is, but you have to be a shroom to get it.

Random_dragon · 2015-05-04T21:57:32.000Z

DeWolf:

[quote=“Random_dragon, post:7772, topic:42”]Or a few silly ectothermic-style mutations. ;A;

Sorry I’m actually unfamiliar with the term ectothermic.[/quote]

In contrast to endothermic, basically more temperature sensitive. Cold-blooded, basically.

Commodore · 2015-05-04T22:21:32.000Z

I never used thermal dissipation before. So it protects your stuff from burning too? Cause if so I think it’s time for some lab raiding so I can be a flaming wrecking ball

Noodles_of_Doom · 2015-05-04T23:04:30.000Z

Commodore:

I never used thermal dissipation before. So it protects your stuff from burning too? Cause if so I think it’s time for some lab raiding so I can be a flaming wrecking ball

Atm it protects your clothes, but your character will still get hot on the inside though. Beware, flamethrower attacks from tankbots can still roast you even if you have thermal dissipation turned on!

Commodore · 2015-05-04T23:07:52.000Z

Where do raging fires fit on the temp scale? Cause I’m getting the feeling it wont work then. I got broiled when I ID’d it and didn’t have an extinguisher to get out from 3 middle fires nearby

Noodles_of_Doom · 2015-05-04T23:15:44.000Z

Commodore:

Where do raging fires fit on the temp scale? Cause I’m getting the feeling it wont work then. I got broiled when I ID’d it and didn’t have an extinguisher to get out from 3 middle fires nearby

For some reason, I can’t get a thermometer to tell me how hot a raging fire is, but according to my character it raises your body heat to like 300-400… however hot that is. Even with thermal dissipation lengthy exposure to raging fires will result in a slow-cooked survivor sausage.

Random_dragon · 2015-05-04T23:34:39.000Z

Emphasis on slow-cooked though, last I checked. So long as you don’t stand IN the fire itself. Convection can suck it.