Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

Coolthulhu · 2016-03-05T10:52:30.000Z

vassock:

Is there a benefit to replacing the regular frame to a heavy duty frame all around?

Only if you ram stuff really hard. When colliding, the entire vehicle “shakes” which damages frames (and only frames). If a frame is destroyed that way, everything on that tile unmounts.

pisskop · 2016-03-05T15:05:07.000Z

Has anyone ever encountered a beartrap in a fast food restraunt?
{ “line”: “trap”, “x”: 14, “y”: 13, “x2”: 16, “y2”: 13, “id”: “tr_beartrap”, “chance”: 10 }
],

And people got angsty about a machete in a veteranarian office?

anewho, has anyone ever seen the beartrap in the restraunt? Because Im curious how the chance tag works. It seems like the chances I list arent beign followed.

xoodoe · 2016-03-05T15:41:04.000Z

From a balance point of view this might be too op or make suppressors unnecessary.

John_Candlebury · 2016-03-05T16:41:16.000Z

[quote=“pisskop, post:13662, topic:42”]Has anyone ever encountered a beartrap in a fast food restraunt?
{ “line”: “trap”, “x”: 14, “y”: 13, “x2”: 16, “y2”: 13, “id”: “tr_beartrap”, “chance”: 10 }
],

And people got angsty about a machete in a veteranarian office?

anewho, has anyone ever seen the beartrap in the restraunt? Because Im curious how the chance tag works. It seems like the chances I list arent beign followed.[/quote]

Chance in that case is a 1 in “specified number” chance, not a “specified number” percentile chance

pisskop · 2016-03-05T16:44:52.000Z

[quote=“John Candlebury, post:13664, topic:42”][quote=“pisskop, post:13662, topic:42”]Has anyone ever encountered a beartrap in a fast food restraunt?
{ “line”: “trap”, “x”: 14, “y”: 13, “x2”: 16, “y2”: 13, “id”: “tr_beartrap”, “chance”: 10 }
],

And people got angsty about a machete in a veteranarian office?

anewho, has anyone ever seen the beartrap in the restraunt? Because Im curious how the chance tag works. It seems like the chances I list arent beign followed.[/quote]

Chance in that case is a 1 in “specified number” chance, not a “specified number” percentile chance[/quote]

ohh? well shoot, no wonder. a one in 50 chance is very, very low. thanks

John_Candlebury · 2016-03-05T16:54:05.000Z

[quote=“proxiehunter, post:13657, topic:42”]A successful raid on a home improvement mega store has left an early character with loads of nails and a nail gun. So, with no skill in hand guns or archery but enough skill to craft a bow and some arrows which would be the better option, using the nail gun or making a bow and a bunch of arrows?

One concern I have is that I’m not sure how loud nail guns actually are in game and I want to avoid drawing too many zed with the noise of my ranged option.[/quote]

Depends, if you have time to train and a high strength score (12 at least) you can consider bows, but know that you’ll deal mediocre damage for a very long while.

Personally, I’ll take the nail gun and start training handguns. Its also very silent, makes a little more sound that walking around IRC.

[quote=“defraggler, post:13654, topic:42”]What is the best way to keep NPCs from stealing your stuff?

I know I can befriend them, but I’m more worried about random spawning NPCS.

I know I can keep things on another Z level, but is there a less exploitive way? [/quote]

Test if you can move a safe from a nearby bank to your hose. You can use “c” to close them again, f, use “o” to open them again. Last time I did so npcs couldn’t steal my stuff, but be warned that that was a long time ago.

Dishonored_Archer · 2016-03-05T22:18:45.000Z

Arek_PL:

[quote=“Dishonored Archer, post:13659, topic:42”]Haven’t played cata for a long time, is there a kind of end-game bow? IIRC compound and reflex recurve bows are the strongest right now but still i’d like to see some kind of high-tech military bow, like Predator Bow from Crysis 3, it’s year 2049 so could be a possibility.

predator bow from crysis 3 is just compound bow with realy high draw strength, nothing realy fancy only arrows are special
but some sort of bow what only post human survivor (mutation or bionic) or lucky granade user can draw is not bad idea

vassock:

I want to get a school bus as my main vehicle so I can hold onto more stuff and install more modules, but unfortunately it comes with a regular frame all around. Is there a benefit to replacing the regular frame to a heavy duty frame all around?

try placing heavy duty outside (outside sources of damage) and near wheels (land mines), rest can be normal or even light frame[/quote]

Maybe some kind of ups/battery powered bow which enables any user to shoot arrows without effort no matter his/her strength but require the use of specialized arrows like carbon fiber, read somewhere using wooden arrows on compound bows will cause you to have a bad time.

TheFlame52 · 2016-03-05T23:16:30.000Z

Do you still need a PDA to find your vehicle if it has a tracking device?

DooMJake · 2016-03-06T09:08:36.000Z

Yes, but you don’t even need a tracking device - enter the command thingy and press g for “remember position”

TheFlame52 · 2016-03-06T14:45:45.000Z

Sweet, that PDA is going bye now. I’m going to just say I’m tracking my car with one of my laptops.

Arek_PL · 2016-03-06T15:22:56.000Z

if vehicle is remote controled turrets will shoot at it?

TheFlame52 · 2016-03-06T19:24:17.000Z

Arek_PL:

if vehicle is remote controled turrets will shoot at it?

I’m not sure what you’re trying to say, but I’m pretty sure the answer is no.

pisskop · 2016-03-06T19:29:35.000Z

Turrets shoot at you, not the car. Without a body to fire at most things will only destroy it if they are upset at noise.

Like zombies.

Jesus_Smith_Nandez · 2016-03-06T21:18:03.000Z

Good places to get steel chains without spending 8 hours making them?

Arek_PL · 2016-03-06T21:27:02.000Z

Jesus Smith Nandez:

Good places to get steel chains without spending 8 hours making them?

you too are crafting something from scrap? try removing broken tracks from tanks
and creating 4 steel tracks from scrap metal is not too long, only something about 48 days

TheFlame52 · 2016-03-06T22:31:59.000Z

I’ve been unhealthy lately and I’m getting unhealthier. Have mycus fruits become unhealthy?

vassock · 2016-03-07T00:27:05.000Z

How do I get all the stuff I need for metalworking in my bus? I already have a vehicle welding rig and enough mechanics ability to repair or install pretty much anything in the bus, but I want to do metal working too (and preferably connect it to the bus so it is operated by the bus’s electric systems like the vehicle welding rig).

Jesus_Smith_Nandez · 2016-03-07T00:55:34.000Z

vassock:

How do I get all the stuff I need for metalworking in my bus? I already have a vehicle welding rig and enough mechanics ability to repair or install pretty much anything in the bus, but I want to do metal working too (and preferably connect it to the bus so it is operated by the bus’s electric systems like the vehicle welding rig).

For metalworking you’ll need a lot of tools. Stuffing them into a trunk nearby should be fine. They include a metalworking chisel, aluminium tongs, anvil, crucible, swage and die set, electric forge/acetylene torch, and a welder for certain recipes. You can create a vehicle forge rig as a substitute for a battery powered forge the same way the welding rig works.

Litppunk · 2016-03-07T04:01:43.000Z

Nice to have a soldering iron too.

deoxy · 2016-03-07T15:29:22.000Z

Jesus Smith Nandez:

Good places to get steel chains without spending 8 hours making them?

Broken tank treads are great source, if you can find any.
Military crash sites have them sometimes.
Craters will sometimes have one or two, and since craters come in groups, checking the area will sometimes get you a few.

Personally, I make sure I collect them whenever I find them, even if I don’t need them then, since making them takes so much time.