Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

Dishonored_Archer · 2015-09-10T15:20:12.000Z

Kryxx:

Use an acetylene torch to cut the metal door open. Easiest way.

Funny, for some reason now I can’t bring down metal doors using the torch on them (experimental btw), tried on labs and bunkers doors and no avail.

Shopkeeper · 2015-09-10T16:58:59.000Z

Random_dragon:

And how old is the version you’re playing? I haven’t EVER had any luck blowing open doors with burning ammo.

0.C-3391. I really need to update by the way. Also, after doing some testing it appears I am mistaken. Loose ammo won’t get you through a metal lab door (neither will dynamite, but that’s another matter). I might be misremembering time playing pre-0.C or it might not even be possible in the first place.

Arek_PL:

you can smash walls with sledge hammer or just mine it with pickaxe

I’ve got 40 Strength (18 Alpha Base + 2 Bionic Strength Enhancer + 20 Hydraulic Muscles) and can’t batter down either the new lab doors or concrete walls in the experimentals. Pickaxe, either Jackhammer, Acetylene Torch, Mininuke and Motor Vehicle are some of the only ways to get in without an ID or hacking.

Random_dragon · 2015-09-10T17:13:37.000Z

If I recall, unless explosions have been derped up again, dynamite is about the weakest explosive that will take out a metal door, and even then it’s not a 100% reliable method.

Quintex · 2015-09-10T17:18:53.000Z

Thanks for all replies x) I tested something earlier. I dropped a grenade right in front of the wall next to the metal door. The wall was blowing up, but i guess you already know that : There’s two thickness. Maybe with only 2-3 grenades, i could destroy walls and break into the lab.

Whatever. As i said, i saw an armored car next to this lab with spike plating. I will refill it and try to use it.

vylaern · 2015-09-10T18:04:40.000Z

Random_dragon:

Butcher the zombie, smash the zombie, run the zombie over repeatedly, explode the zombie, explode the zombie’s corpse, drop an acid bomb on the corpse, drop the corpse into lava…

Seriosly?

Random_dragon · 2015-09-10T18:12:16.000Z

Have I missed any more esoteric ways to get rid of a zombie corpse? X3

Valpo · 2015-09-10T18:18:08.000Z

Can t you burn away corpses with huge fires?

You can make them magically “dissapear” by colapsing a structure on top of them (also caution is advised as corpses in rubble may not apear like they are there… but still are)

Random_dragon · 2015-09-10T18:22:25.000Z

Can be finicky trying to burn them, though.

Valpo · 2015-09-10T19:07:59.000Z

You asked for exotic ways. Not practical ones.

Random_dragon · 2015-09-10T19:11:48.000Z

Burning the body would be more practical than hoping for a spitter to do the work for you, though. XP

Coolthulhu · 2015-09-10T19:35:02.000Z

Burning isn’t bad actually, it’s just that you need to make a big stack (of corpses + some clothing) or it won’t have enough fuel.

Valpo · 2015-09-10T19:48:51.000Z

So it will be practical if i kill all my enemies within a single tile. I ll go burn a huge stack of z next time.

Coolthulhu · 2015-09-10T20:03:08.000Z

Valpo:

So it will be practical if i kill all my enemies within a single tile. I ll go burn a huge stack of z next time.

As long as they’re within ~3 tiles from some center tile, gathering them up is quite fast.
Open advanced inventory, move from ALL to the tile, vacuum up the corpses.
In game turns it’s much faster than butchering.

Thwap · 2015-09-10T20:10:05.000Z

I usually use gasoline and two-by-fours to fuel my mass corpse pyres.

And I could swear I read about some way to turn on hordes in a game already in progress. Something to do with editing the save or something. I mean there’s gotta be something in there that says “hordes are on in this world” and I wonder what happens if you just add it.

Arek_PL · 2015-09-10T20:26:11.000Z

try open options in ? menu ingame

Random_dragon · 2015-09-10T20:30:09.000Z

It’s a worldgen setting, so you’d need to edit the file in the save folder.

Thing is, that’s one of the things I’ve yet to test, so dunno if that setting in particular will be changed properly.

Thwap · 2015-09-10T21:37:58.000Z

I changed wander spawn to true in the folder. You don’t start seeing hordes until you travel far enough that the game is generating new territory, but once that happens then they do seem to show up just fine. Good times.

Random_dragon · 2015-09-10T21:46:37.000Z

Swiggity swooty.

And now a tip from the Chaosvolt Blooper Reel: for you tileset authors, always check your sprite assignments.

And found where the failure started. Symbol of judgement is assigned right. Next sprite on the list...hellfire sprite, also assigned correctly. Wraithslayer? Whoops.

gimlet · 2015-09-11T20:44:51.000Z

Random_dragon:

Burning the body would be more practical than hoping for a spitter to do the work for you, though. XP

Who needs a spitter, we can make acid too…

Be cool if we could fire it thru the chemical thrower. Or some kind of high-ph chemical - “Now I burn YOUR legs off ya dirty acid spitters! MuHAHAHA!”

Catfoodbob · 2015-09-11T20:52:48.000Z

gimlet:

[quote=“Random_dragon, post:9930, topic:42”]Burning the body would be more practical than hoping for a spitter to do the work for you, though. XP

Who needs a spitter, we can make acid too…

Be cool if we could fire it thru the chemical thrower. Or some kind of high-ph chemical - “Now I burn YOUR legs off ya dirty acid spitters! MuHAHAHA!”[/quote]

i think they are immune to acid