Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

Kryxx · 2016-06-30T08:51:41.000Z

BeerBeer:

[quote=“TheWumpus, post:14859, topic:42”]Wait, so what you’re saying is (since I haven’t played since magazines were implemented because my last laptop took a flaming shite with the mod I’d been working on and I got seriously pissed off but that’s besides the point) that carrying around 4 extra mags for my gun doesn’t make a lick of difference in reload time? Well. Crap.

If the mags are in your inventory, then reloading is slow, as you basically take them from your backpack.
If the mags are in worn ammo pouches or in a vest, then reloading is quite fast.
To put mags in certain vests or ammo pouches, you have to 'a’ctivate the vest (or any appropriate clothing item), and then choose a mag.
And no, you can’t see at a glance which clothing items can hold mags, but their descriptions usually hint of the mag-carrying ability.

Some mag-compatible clothing:

chest rig
tactical vest/rig
various ammo pouches

…aaaand that’s all I can remember
Someone please continue that list.[/quote]

Leg pouch
ankle pouch

Litppunk · 2016-06-30T15:13:06.000Z

Coolthulhu:

[quote=“NedeN, post:14857, topic:42”]So back to the original question, whats the purpose for “sort armor”? So far is it just to control which article of clothing is damaged first?

I think waterproofing only works if it is on the outermost layer.
When you’re on fire, only outermost items can burn.[/quote]

Also aesthetics (tile-sets with sprites), and ease of finding where THAT DAM POS CANTEEN WENT >.< SDKFJASFDJF

miniproxx · 2016-06-30T20:55:14.000Z

I can’t find the “start vehicle construction” anymore, do someone can help me navigate through the menus and help me out with this problem? I’m trying to rebuild the wheelbarrow i deconstructed haha

Valpo · 2016-06-30T21:02:57.000Z

Its in the build menu
default key should be *
Its pretty close to the end of the menu.

miniproxx · 2016-06-30T21:08:01.000Z

[quote=“Valpo, post:14864, topic:42”]Its in the build menu
default key should be *
Its pretty close to the end of the menu.[/quote]
It’s strange i can’t find it, i found a really old version of my last game i had and it’s like you say but this last version which is 5165 i can’t find it

WIndburns · 2016-07-01T15:05:26.000Z

Armor and clothing have resistance to cutting and bashing damage, but what about piercing?

Soyweiser · 2016-07-01T15:18:54.000Z

WIndburns:

Armor and clothing have resistance to cutting and bashing damage, but what about piercing?

Think penetration is stopped by cutting resistance. But not sure.

pisskop · 2016-07-01T18:00:16.000Z

Ive been told its a combination of the two armors, cutting and bashing, that determines piercing resitance. But piercing damage tends to have, well, armor piercing effects too. I think its a flat ratio.

DooMJake · 2016-07-01T18:12:52.000Z

Is it intentional that in the latest experimantal you need 20 scrap AND 5 chunks of metal to make a lump of steel?

Soyweiser · 2016-07-01T18:24:06.000Z

DooMJake:

Is it intentional that in the latest experimantal you need 20 scrap AND 5 chunks of metal to make a lump of steel?

No idea. But as the latest experimentals have been #LetsMakeCDDATediusAgain I would not be surprised. I’ll go look.

(Just tried to heal my chars headwound only to discover cotton balls don’t heal anymore. So yeah, i’m salty).

Edit:
Seems like a bug. (esp when 20 scrap metals have a weight of 0.22 already and a lump weighs 2.2 kg). I’ll go take a look at which PR made a boo boo.

Edit2:
Can;t find the PR. Only a direct commit. Well here is the issue: https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/17457

DooMJake · 2016-07-01T18:57:44.000Z

Thanks for confirming

Soyweiser · 2016-07-01T18:59:25.000Z

DooMJake:

Thanks for confirming

Thanks for reporting!

Edit: I do find it weird that the creation of steel lumps recipe was changed, and also silently the creation of lumps of of 2 rebars was just dropped. (It was broken before btw, you make 1 rebar out of 3 scrap, and 2 rebar was one lump (compared to 12 scrap before the the change)). But now rebar just has less usage overal. (And the creation of lumps of steel is now also harder, only possible with a forge, not a welder etc).

Codeslamer · 2016-07-03T21:34:02.000Z

Does anyone know if there is a way to take a part like a fuel filter off an engine to use it to mend another engine? Preferably without removing the engine from the vehicle?

Sundaysmile · 2016-07-03T22:04:49.000Z

Hello Schizophrenics!

Save your Thorozine for when you’re driving.

I’ve found that my Schizo is also Narcoleptic, and the last thing you want to do is suddenly fall asleep behind the wheel of a moving vehicle…

Soyweiser · 2016-07-03T22:51:13.000Z

Codeslamer:

Does anyone know if there is a way to take a part like a fuel filter off an engine to use it to mend another engine? Preferably without removing the engine from the vehicle?

Think not yet, but I understood it is still a work of progress.

Eric · 2016-07-04T02:15:10.000Z

Can royal jelly cure a parasite infection?

Soyweiser · 2016-07-04T03:12:44.000Z

Eric:

Can royal jelly cure a parasite infection?

It should. I think royal jelly cures everything except mutations (against mutations there is a better cure:

)

Eric · 2016-07-04T03:28:32.000Z

Soyweiser:

[quote=“Eric, post:14876, topic:42”]Can royal jelly cure a parasite infection?

It should. I think royal jelly cures everything except mutations (against mutations there is a better cure:

I’ve always imagined the feeling of taking a mutagenic purifier to have an extremely strong burning sensation throughout your body while the purifier removes your mutations.

Litppunk · 2016-07-04T16:24:57.000Z

makes sense. It hurts on a DNA level.

pisskop · 2016-07-04T16:38:24.000Z

But pain is a perceptive experience. Mutations hurt because they trigger nerves.

What does mass-scal DNA conversion do?