Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

DG123 · 2015-10-05T23:32:31.000Z

So… what might “robot controls” be for? I found some on an automated street cleaner and it seems I can install them on vehicles, but I have no idea what they do.

blazing_glory · 2015-10-05T23:37:01.000Z

[quote=“DG123, post:10661, topic:42”]So… what might “robot controls” be for? I found some on an automated street cleaner and it seems I can install them on vehicles, but I have no idea what they do.[/quote]Nothing, I don’t think, vehicles (thankfully) don’t drive themselves around so mostly it’s just a thing to tell you why the street cleaner is a vehicle but you can’t use it.

DG123 · 2015-10-05T23:41:56.000Z

Hmm.

Still, I shall install them on my atomic tank.

FOR SCIENCE!

Hazerithious · 2015-10-06T00:05:52.000Z

DG123:

So… what might “robot controls” be for? I found some on an automated street cleaner and it seems I can install them on vehicles, but I have no idea what they do.

They are for Vehicle Remote Controllers. You can remotely control a vehicle that has robot controls I think. Pretty sure I could control the street cleaner robots from my Vehicle Controller CBM.

DG123 · 2015-10-06T00:15:15.000Z

Wait, does that mean you could theoretically ride around in one vehicle while controlling another vehicle? I mean, not driving both at once but…

Dampe · 2015-10-06T00:15:39.000Z

Hazerithious:

[quote=“DG123, post:10661, topic:42”]So… what might “robot controls” be for? I found some on an automated street cleaner and it seems I can install them on vehicles, but I have no idea what they do.

They are for Vehicle Remote Controllers. You can remotely control a vehicle that has robot controls I think. Pretty sure I could control the street cleaner robots from my Vehicle Controller CBM.[/quote]

Mind = Blown

Hazerithious · 2015-10-06T01:21:28.000Z

Drive by wire controls allow you to control them manually and by remote, but robot controls are remote only. Just checked.

Litppunk · 2015-10-06T02:04:48.000Z

SWEET! Can’t wait to use those!

DG123 · 2015-10-06T18:47:27.000Z

Hazerithious:

Drive by wire controls allow you to control them manually and by remote, but robot controls are remote only. Just checked.

As in they stop a vehicle being driven normally if you install one anywhere on it?

Hazerithious · 2015-10-06T18:51:32.000Z

DG123:

[quote=“Hazerithious, post:10667, topic:42”]Drive by wire controls allow you to control them manually and by remote, but robot controls are remote only. Just checked.

As in they stop a vehicle being driven normally if you install one anywhere on it?[/quote]

The robot controls will prevent normal driving, yes. Drive by wire will not.

_Rogue · 2015-10-06T20:01:24.000Z

Is mass of a vehicle vital, and what does it even do?

DG123 · 2015-10-06T20:17:02.000Z

_Rogue:

Is mass of a vehicle vital, and what does it even do?

I could be wrong here but I believe it:

Affects what gets destroyed when the vehicle hits things. A huge heavy vehicle demolishes buildings.
Higher mass means you need more engine power to accelerate, and also I… think you can overstress an engine and have it blow up on you.

And of course you can’t pull a gigantic tank like you can a bike using “grab”.

Random_dragon · 2015-10-06T20:28:46.000Z

There’s also the most visible effect, it lowers your maximum safe speed.

DG123 · 2015-10-06T21:02:33.000Z

Also that, but safe speed is for wimps anyway.

Hazerithious · 2015-10-07T00:11:21.000Z

Hazerithious:

My cargo dimension is apparently only able to hold 14000/1000000 volume for some reason. Any idea how to fix this?

Does anyone have an answer for my question?

Xfin · 2015-10-07T00:14:38.000Z

You hit the item cap (that i think it is 4096),

if you remove stuff and stick in items like 55gallon drums you get to a higher volume… >.>

Items like scrap metal n rags don’t ‘stack’ sadly

Hazerithious · 2015-10-07T00:25:05.000Z

Thank you for the answer

deoxy · 2015-10-07T02:10:21.000Z

Xfin:

Items like scrap metal n rags don’t ‘stack’ sadly

Make scrap metal into chunks of steel. (optional - can go directly to step 2)

Make chunks of metal into lump of steel.

Make lumps of metal into hard plating.

Congrats, you’ve turned 288 items (volume 288) into 1 item (volume 12). It’s easily the best way to carry metal that I have found.

I don’t know of a really good way to do that with rags, but a long patchwork scarf is 12 rags and only volume 4, so that’s something… anybody know of a better one that doesn’t take FOREVER to craft/disasseble?

Haven’t bothered trying with leather, and I don’t think you can really do that with Kevlar (closest thing is to not cut up or dissemble kevlar items you are keeping for scrap - the dog harness, for instance, is only volume 9 and cuts up to 18 kevlar).

Squid_Snark · 2015-10-07T06:09:19.000Z

Newb question: will “burnt zombie corpse” revive? Is it enough that it’s burnt, or do I need to pulp it?

Shopkeeper · 2015-10-07T06:34:18.000Z

You’ve gotta smash it. Merely being burnt won’t stop reanimation, they either need to be ash or pulped.