Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

deoxy · 2015-10-12T22:00:16.000Z

DG123:

A huge wtf at plutonium not being hard to get. I’ve never seen any and I’ve robbed about three banks and several security vans. I have lots of precious metals and diamonds but no plutonium. I could take apart an advanced UPS to get some, but otherwise…

Power CBMs are VERY VERY VERY common - take those apart for plutonium.

Also, manhacks occasionally drop some - lock up the scientists until they’ve dropped all their manhacks, kill the manhacks…

And yes, labs tend to have a good bit of it.

Seriously, though, Power CBMs… I’ve got over 20,000 power on my current character, and I’ve still got lots of Power CBMs… shockers, shocker brutes, scientists, technicians, broken cyborgs, bio-operators… just the scientists in a decent-sized lab can give you 10-20 of them, easy.

Hazerithious · 2015-10-12T23:06:24.000Z

The problem with disassembling the cbms is that it takes quite a long time to do. Mini-nukes have the same problem, but they take 5-7 hours to disassemble and give 5 plutonium IIRC. I have about 100 mini-nukes thanks to a lab finale. What should I do with them?

DG123 · 2015-10-12T23:23:37.000Z

Whoops, I forgot there was plutonium in power CBMs. I’ve just been cramming myself full with them.

TheMightyHercules · 2015-10-12T23:40:11.000Z

Hazerithious:

What should I do with them?

Anything that’s giving you problems. Fungal, Triffids & all that stuff…

DG123 · 2015-10-13T00:30:09.000Z

Well, I do believe I am ready to kick zombie hulk arse. I’m now packing a .50 BMG rifle, a Keltech shotgun and a desert eagle along with a P90, all customised like crazy.

I’m still trying to work out just what exactly would fill the other mod slots though. For example a lot of weapons seem to have two magazine mod slots but you can’t use a double AND extended magazine together, and “extra magazine” is an “accessory” so doesn’t use that slot…

And then there’s all those “mechanism” mods which I haven’t seen any of yet.

Hazerithious · 2015-10-13T00:31:48.000Z

Firearm waterproofing, Match trigger, tuned mechanism and rapid blow-back are the current mechanism mods I think.

DG123 · 2015-10-13T01:06:04.000Z

Ah.

Hmm. This rifle is not working as well as I thought it would. The range is insanely long and my skill isn’t exactly super crappy, but the confidence of each shot is not good. Any tips for good sniping?

Hazerithious · 2015-10-13T01:23:08.000Z

Yeah, rifle scope, laser sight, stuff like that helps with long range shooting. Also, you should work on raising your rifles skill. Mine’s like 20+ atm

Xfin · 2015-10-13T03:10:19.000Z

DG123:

I’m still trying to work out just what exactly would fill the other mod slots though. For example a lot of weapons seem to have two magazine mod slots but you can’t use a double AND extended magazine together, and “extra magazine” is an “accessory” so doesn’t use that slot…

That was due to when the gyroscopic stabilizer was on the mag slot (as it removed around 30% of your ammo clip…kinda weird to here probably why it got changed) rather then a accessory

Arek_PL · 2015-10-13T06:36:06.000Z

gyroscopic stabilizer do not reduce ammo at spare mag so you can still use full ammo with better accuracy

Thwap · 2015-10-13T07:22:27.000Z

Can I build any sort of multi-tile door that I can use to get a vehicle into a building? Maybe palisade doors or something? How do I connect them to a rope and pulley or whatever?

DG123 · 2015-10-13T10:03:04.000Z

Hazerithious:

Yeah, rifle scope, laser sight, stuff like that helps with long range shooting. Also, you should work on raising your rifles skill. Mine’s like 20+ atm

Holy crap, didn’t even realise it could go THAT high…
Hmm. I need a good way of raising it quickly then. I think I’m somewhere around the level 6 to 8 area right now.

Any suggestions? A rechargeable UPS and some kind of energy rifle powered by it, just firing into empty space over and over again?

DG123 · 2015-10-13T10:04:28.000Z

Thwap:

Can I build any sort of multi-tile door that I can use to get a vehicle into a building? Maybe palisade doors or something? How do I connect them to a rope and pulley or whatever?

Garage doors do that but I don’t know how you’d build one yourself… You could always take over a building that already has a garage door. You activate the winch lever next to it to open it as a single action.

Uh, OK so this may be a silly question but… the range on sniper rifles is immense but whenever I actually see a target it’s relatively quite close. My perception is NOT crap. Base is 14.

How can I take advantage of the max range on a .50 BMG rifle for example? Seems like the view range for your character is nothing like that long even though you’re looking through a sniper scope and using binoculars… Either that or I’m REALLY unlucky with enemies hiding behind things.

Litppunk · 2015-10-13T12:34:10.000Z

possibly both. Nothing is going to extend your view radius past that of the reality bubble. If I am not mistaken the binoculars do not increase your view radius, rather they make it so you reveal map fogged areas in a larger area, which the game can do even outside of the reality bubble, as it is only map tiles not vision. Scope might help… though again even if it does, it can not extend view bast the bubble as nothing outside the bubble exists in physical form yet.

DG123 · 2015-10-13T14:23:50.000Z

Well, this is derpus maximus if it turns out the sniper rifle has longer range than the reality bubble.

Hazerithious · 2015-10-13T15:30:50.000Z

Thwap:

Can I build any sort of multi-tile door that I can use to get a vehicle into a building? Maybe palisade doors or something? How do I connect them to a rope and pulley or whatever?

Here’s the wiki page on palisade gates

And you can drive a vehicle through open palisades.

DG123 · 2015-10-13T15:36:27.000Z

Well, I just realised you can accurise weapons… That rifle should be a lot better now that it only has 30 dispersion when loaded.

Can someone remind me how you view your morale? I’m sure I saw a screen somewhere that says “enjoyed booze” or whatever and it shows you all the things you’re currently enjoying.

Random_dragon · 2015-10-13T15:38:00.000Z

[quote=“DG123, post:10837, topic:42”]Well, I just realised you can accurise weapons… That rifle should be a lot better now that it only has 30 dispersion when loaded.

Can someone remind me how you view your morale? I’m sure I saw a screen somewhere that says “enjoyed booze” or whatever and it shows you all the things you’re currently enjoying.[/quote]

Ye olde lowercase “v” by default. >.>

Litppunk · 2015-10-13T15:51:52.000Z

Hazerithious:

[quote=“Thwap, post:10831, topic:42”]Can I build any sort of multi-tile door that I can use to get a vehicle into a building? Maybe palisade doors or something? How do I connect them to a rope and pulley or whatever?

Here’s the wiki page on palisade gates

And you can drive a vehicle through open palisades.[/quote]

Oh thats cool and good to know

DG123 · 2015-10-13T16:08:46.000Z

[quote=“Random_dragon, post:10838, topic:42”][quote=“DG123, post:10837, topic:42”]Well, I just realised you can accurise weapons… That rifle should be a lot better now that it only has 30 dispersion when loaded.

Can someone remind me how you view your morale? I’m sure I saw a screen somewhere that says “enjoyed booze” or whatever and it shows you all the things you’re currently enjoying.[/quote]

Ye olde lowercase “v” by default. >.>[/quote]

Ahh, thanks, that’s it.

Also… are the “lightning trail carbine” and “arc cannon” actually useful at all? They seem to be really, really crappy. You can’t even turn them into a tesla cannon?

… And how the hell do I use software on USB sticks? Doesn’t seem like the tablet PC is compatible with them.