Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

Noctifer · 2016-04-10T20:11:53.000Z

[quote=“pisskop, post:13999, topic:42”][quote=“Noctifer, post:13998, topic:42”]How do you make a building spawn in a city?[/quote]???

Like how do cheat it in or how do make it raw itself in with code the natural way?

cheating

-Debug menu
-Change overmap terrain
-on the right side of the screen are options, you likely want {s} or {t} (one for small terrains and one for overmap special buildings)
-Search for your building using it id (yup, it goes by id for some reason, not a prob usually though since Im usually debugging it anyway)
-Pop it down

-READER BEWARE, YOURE PROBABLY TOO YOUNG TO GET THIS REFERENCE-
But, you have to put it somewhere. The game tracks where your reality bubble has seen, and those map tiles are set in stone. You can mark seen spots as new terrain, but the game will keep the old contents. So about 3 tiles on either side of where you have walked will be permanent locations.

The natural way

set its id
set its weigh, if it has multiple iterations
set it in the Regional Map setting file https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/data/json/regional_map_settings.json
Make sure it has an overmap terrain entry https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/data/json/overmap_terrain.json
Make sure it spawns naturally by either searching in-game or ramping up the spawn rate temporarily to test it.[/quote]

I suppose I should of had given more detail…I want to put it in my mod and have never made a city spawn.

pisskop · 2016-04-10T20:57:17.000Z

The natural way

Its got to have its own overmap terrain entry and its got to have a marking in the region map setting file.

You may or may not be able to put it into the mapgen file. I know you can put the overmapterrain entry into the mapgen file.

defraggler · 2016-04-11T04:12:18.000Z

Does modding a gun before mounting in on a vehicle affect anything?

Arek_PL · 2016-04-11T14:35:28.000Z

[quote=“defraggler, post:14003, topic:42”]Does modding a gun before mounting in on a vehicle affect anything?[/quote] no

TheKobold · 2016-04-11T16:51:40.000Z

I recently moved my base and now my minions wont go back to guard duty and now they all pretty much dislike me at 20-30% down from the upper 60-70% chance… Is there a way to force them to do guard duty or a way to force them to like me again, besides raising speech and doing their quests and feeding them?

Second question, why does asking them to do guard duty and failing have such a huge penalty?

Coolthulhu · 2016-04-11T17:40:47.000Z

TheKobold:

Second question, why does asking them to do guard duty and failing have such a huge penalty?

Not sure, but for some reason the original author made it cause permanent dislike instead of timeout. I lowered it - it was worse before.
Not sure what to replace it with. Probably no penalty, but disabled if the NPC is hungry or something like this.

Rana · 2016-04-11T19:03:12.000Z

Hello there.

So currently I’m using experimental 4668 and realize that I can’t pour any liquid to a watertight item like Tin Can, Pot etc. that placed on the floor anymore, but before(I forgot which experimental version) I can do that. Is this feature removed, or maybe this was a bug?

By the way sorry, I have a difficulty to understanding some of the change log update.

Thanks before.

Coolthulhu · 2016-04-11T19:23:26.000Z

Rana:

So currently I’m using experimental 4668 and realize that I can’t pour any liquid to a watertight item like Tin Can, Pot etc. that placed on the floor anymore, but before(I forgot which experimental version) I can do that. Is this feature removed, or maybe this was a bug?

You should still be able to pour liquids into pots, but not into cans.
Though make sure they’re not on vehicles but on the ground - pots won’t hold liquid when placed on a vehicle.

pisskop · 2016-04-11T19:33:45.000Z

Coolthulhu:

[quote=“Rana, post:14007, topic:42”]So currently I’m using experimental 4668 and realize that I can’t pour any liquid to a watertight item like Tin Can, Pot etc. that placed on the floor anymore, but before(I forgot which experimental version) I can do that. Is this feature removed, or maybe this was a bug?

You should still be able to pour liquids into pots, but not into cans.
Though make sure they’re not on vehicles but on the ground - pots won’t hold liquid when placed on a vehicle.[/quote]
Oh

pisskop · 2016-04-12T01:11:55.000Z

Those vehicles that spawn with frames and armor but no quarterpanels along their front side.

Do they do more damage or take less? A line of spikes will prevent things from bouncing off a car, and it seems to make those quarterpanelless area redundant.

hobophobic · 2016-04-12T07:55:27.000Z

I just figured out you can apply saline solution/drops to instantly clear vision loss from boomer bile. Now I’m wondering, is there any way to likewise cure coughing from a smoker? Cough syrup doesn’t seem to work, but perhaps it just shortens the timespan instead of stopping it immediately. I’m not sure…

Litppunk · 2016-04-12T13:17:15.000Z

I would assume that is the purpose for oxygen tanks, though they also work well as a simple “stimulant.”

woofinator · 2016-04-12T16:53:39.000Z

Found a 2-way radio, and in it’s description it says that I could send out a general SOS or send a direct message to my faction…I know NPC’s aren’t close to being finished yet but have factions been implemented??? I don’t currently have any followers so I can’t really tell. Although I crank up NPC dynamic spawns so hopefully won’t be long until I have a follower. Or have a simple flamethrower torch me and my safehouse.

Coolthulhu · 2016-04-12T17:07:25.000Z

woofinator:

I know NPC’s aren’t close to being finished yet but have factions been implemented?

Factions are barely started, the two way radio is an ancient item that was never implemented.

deoxy · 2016-04-12T18:54:40.000Z

woofinator:

Found a 2-way radio, and in it’s description it says that I could send out a general SOS or send a direct message to my faction…I know NPC’s aren’t close to being finished yet but have factions been implemented??? I don’t currently have any followers so I can’t really tell. Although I crank up NPC dynamic spawns so hopefully won’t be long until I have a follower. Or have a simple flamethrower torch me and my safehouse.

There’s a quest for a static NPC to get some number of two-way radios. 10 maybe? I don’t remember for sure. That’s the only use for them that I know of, other than parts and/or skill grinding.

woofinator · 2016-04-12T20:00:05.000Z

Gotcha! Well for now it’s good for welding batteries.

Also, do you guys ever use shock absorbers when building your death wagons?

Arek_PL · 2016-04-12T20:32:56.000Z

what they do anyway?

COS_Cecillian · 2016-04-12T20:50:54.000Z

I would assume they absorb (hence the name) impact damage from collisions with things like zombies, walls, other vehicles, etc. Or at least mitigate some of the damage.

EditorRUS · 2016-04-12T21:13:43.000Z

Nope. They act as a standard armor with durability of 1500 which is better than everything but mil. composite.

pisskop · 2016-04-12T22:53:22.000Z

Are the NPC companions refreshing their inventories?

It seems most noteable when I ‘leave’ them, either as a guard so I can do something, or when they are sleeping in the car and I go raiding.