Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

[Nuh_Uh]

[quote=“Greiger, post:16395, topic:42”]With throwing I’ve noticed almost literally no delay. But I have a char right now with some skill in throwing. I’ll run a quick test.

Throwing from inventory is significantly faster. I did not have any knives on hand so I threw chicken eggs. Throwing 1 egg from inventory took 6 seconds. Wielding the eggs first took 6 seconds just to wield, then another 6 to throw. Totaling 12.

Also chicken eggs when thrown do not break. Must be mutant chickens.[/quote]

Thanks Greiger.

So the speed between throwing from the inventory compared to throwing a wielded item are the same, with the exception how long it takes to wield the item.

[KliPeH]

Edit: you could stop about 3 regular zombies with a reinforced boarded window, whereas I don’t know if the boarded up window can even stop one.

Thank you.

What’s a good defense against zombies at night then? Last time I’ve used a row of spiked pits, but then nothing other than scent was actually attracting them from afar. This here, I’ve got a bionic that emits 30 sound every half an hour, so I need something particularly strong. I’m currently at construction skill level 2. Will reinforced boarded windows + deep pits suffice?

[pisskop]

A good enough defense is to sleep with a high value helmet on and let the come in.

If youre that worried, sleep in a car outside, get a throwaway car to ‘put’ inside, and or find a place with no zombies.

[Coolthulhu]

Also chicken eggs when thrown do not break. Must be mutant chickens.

Chicken walker eggs

[Coolthulhu]

What’s a good defense against zombies at night then? Last time I’ve used a row of spiked pits, but then nothing other than scent was actually attracting them from afar. This here, I’ve got a bionic that emits 30 sound every half an hour, so I need something particularly strong. I’m currently at construction skill level 2. Will reinforced boarded windows + deep pits suffice?

Pits will damage zombies, but you will still need to deal with them.

Unless you sleep underground - zombies don’t “get” vertical movement.

[DeclanFrost]

Chicken walker eggs

Deluxe scrambled mechanical eggs.

[Taberone]

How do I get my companions to be more aggressive against hostile NPCs? My follower NPCs seem to only chase after/shoot hostile NPCs when they get really close(<5 tiles? Haven’t counted exactly yet). This is problematic against hostile NPCs with guns, since they tend to shoot at me from a distance(<15 tiles?) while my companions just stand there and watch me eat bullets. Even if they have guns, I’m hiding behind them, and the occasional bullet is striking them instead of me.

[Coolthulhu]

How do I get my companions to be more aggressive against hostile NPCs? My follower NPCs seem to only chase after/shoot hostile NPCs when they get really close. This is problematic against hostile NPCs with guns, since they tend to shoot at me from a distance while my companions just stand there and watch me eat bullets. Even if they have guns, I’m hiding behind them, and the occasional bullet is striking them instead of me.

Are your NPCs set to only attack things nearby?
I may have set the distance scaling too high, but even with it, the guns should bump priority pretty high.

[Nuh_Uh]

[quote=“Coolthulhu, post:16404, topic:42”]Chicken walker eggs

Deluxe scrambled mechanical eggs.[/quote]

Deluxe scrambler mechanical eggs

[KliPeH]

[quote=“pisskop, post:16403, topic:42”]A good enough defense is to sleep with a high value helmet on and let the come in.[/quote] I need to have my noise-cancelling gear on, otherwise the sound from the bionic won’t let me fall asleep. That’s what I’m doing right now, pretty much - letting them come in. But once these tough zombies start changing into brutes and hulks, that’s when simply waking up and smacking them around won’t do the job and I’ll have to start thinking about these defenses.

[quote=“pisskop, post:16403, topic:42”]If youre that worried, sleep in a car outside, get a throwaway car to ‘put’ inside, and or find a place with no zombies.[/quote] I’m not worried about the house, I’m worried about my companion’s health and my own. It doesn’t matter where the zombies get attracted to, I just don’t want them to catch me off-guard and potentially kill us while we’re asleep. Whether in a car or not, the zombies will still BE there (wander spawns) - I need something to deal with them until I can remove the bionic, a thing I’m slowly progressing towards doing. Dealing with them is not a problem when I’m awake, I just don’t want a feral hunter to creep up on me while I’m napping (companion can’t spot zombies in the dark while guarding).

Unless you sleep underground - zombies don’t “get” vertical movement.

Yeah, if I can’t find a way to defend myself above-ground I’ll probably have to resort to sleeping underground again. I was just asking around to see how people defend their above-ground base early-game.

[pisskop]

I drive my early game base outside of town.

And I sleep in stray beds if in a city. I dont make a base in town. Havent since 0.C My last base was by a megastore, and I remember more NPCs came by than zombies.

[hobophobic]

Is it possible to get NPC’s to read books on their own and not just over your shoulder? Just picked up a companion who has zero in every skill but bartering.

[Litppunk]

Is it possible to get NPC’s to read books on their own and not just over your shoulder? Just picked up a companion who has zero in every skill but bartering.

Trader Joe is that you?

[pisskop]

Trader Joe is also good at kneecapping people and sucker punching your wallet

[Litppunk]

Few realize that due to his misspent youth with his cousin traitor Joe, trader Joe is also decent at backstabbing, and manipulative lying, which helps broker lucrative deals

[hobophobic]

trader Joe is also decent at backstabbing

So giving my companion a trench knife to start leveling piercing may have been a bad decision?

[Litppunk]

[quote=“Litppunk, post:16415, topic:42”]trader Joe is also decent at backstabbing

So giving my companion a trench knife to start leveling piercing may have been a bad decision?[/quote]

Trader Joe assures you it was a wise decision.

[hobophobic]

Just don’t eat the hummus…

[Nibelung44]

When you find a non-broken console and are asked if you want to hack it, should I wait to get to electronic 5 for that? Any clue?

[Litppunk]

computer skill. electric won’t help.