Vehicle Show and Tell

[EkarusRyndren]

This time, it floats. It’s also buggy as hell, and equally laggy. Ryndren Aquatic Command Ship

…It is also slow as hell, but, it’s a boat.

[Datanazush]

I have no idea why, but I want to make all sorts of Vietnam references when I see that boat. So… you blast Creedence while driving that thing down a river?

[TheFlame52]

Anyone done any boat science? How much boat does a vehicle have to be to be a boat?

[jokermatt999]

Just 1 floating part if I’m reading the code right.

[TheFlame52]

So if I take all the wheels off the Solar Roller’s ram, drive carefully into the shallow water, and weld on an inflatable part, I can cross rivers in the Solar Roller? Cool.

[jokermatt999]

I would test it on a Less Liked Bike, but in theory, yes.

[Closet_Pankin]

[quote=“sneakyfreaky, post:3, topic:207”]^ - plate
o - wheel, preferably big
= - trunk
= - trunk

- seat, controls, engine, battery/tank

= - trunk
= - trunk
= - trunk
o - wheel

A big electric engine makes it very comfortable, even with plating all over. It looks ridiculous but minimizes the risk with traps and mines, and it’s easier to puncture through things if needed.[/quote]

I swear to god you better have named it something phallic.

I ran a fungal tower over.

Imagine you’re a survivor in the apolcalypse. You have people to worry about, and a fungal tower stands tall in the distance, slowly expanding its influence to overtake your group. You all draw straws, and you’re tasked with trying to take it down. It’s all or nothing.

You’re outfitted with the best armor available, the best protection from the spores your group can spare. Dozens of molotovs and homemade explosives fill your duffle bag. It’s a suicide run, but you know it has to be done.

You reach the treeline after the trek through the forest. A quarter of a mile before you, you see the fungal tower, looming over everything. The grass under your feet is a cold gray, as spores slowly envelop the world around them. You close your eyes, knowing that is very well may be the last day you walk the earth. You sigh, your eyes tearing up, as you look at the tower again. It’s time to save your family, your friends - or die trying.

Suddenly a motherfucking truck decked out to shit comes screeching down the road at 100 mph blasting electro jazz and rams into the tower in an extremely loud crash, the base of the tower obscured by spores from the impact. A lout WRRRRRRRRRRR echoes through the air as the tower slowly falls over the side, landing onto the ground heavily in a ground-shaking thud.

You blink. Wat.

[EkarusRyndren]

Anyone done any boat science? How much boat does a vehicle have to be to be a boat?

…Disturbingly little, that was listed as a ‘pass’ for floating with three boat-boards (Two in the front, one in the back, like tires). I added more while trying to solve the ‘wet’ problem, but it didn’t do any good

That said boat boards are fragile as fuck and that should be taken into account. But once they’re in you can use anything you want, even four engines, to make it go and it just goes.

[Blaze]

Boat boards are essentially wheels; two anywhere will make you float. However, if you somehow lose a board, down goes your entire vehicle; so extra boards may be prudent. Boards are pretty fragile (40 durability, solar panel has 20) too.

Other than that, boats are functionally equivalent to vehicles.

[Arek_PL]

its possible to have boards and wheels on one car?

[EkarusRyndren]

its possible to have boards and wheels on one car?

Amphibious Vehicles are impossible, that said it probably wouldn’t take too long to swap out wheels for boat boards.

[Closet_Pankin]

I turned a wheelbarrow into an ATV and it runs really well. Going on a test drive now. Mama’s so proud ;-;7

[Loendal]

I am so jealous of some of these designs… How in the world do you manage it? You need at least Mechanics 4 to get wheels on something and I think Mechanics 5 to attach controls, let alone all the duct tape and/or welder batteries to build stuff (50 charges per piece, last I tried I think).

So do you guys start out with high mechanics skills or what? If that’s the case, how do you manage to live long enough without fighting abilities or the ability to tailor up your gear and protect yourselves? Hacksaws aren’t that commonplace, and welders even less so. I’ve had at most 300 Batteries lying around at one time.

Teach me, oh vehicular deities!

[Valpo]

I start with no mechanic skills at all. I learn most by raiding local librarys… which also means that i start building my vehicle later ingame.
If i do not finde a welder i ll build a makeshiftwelder.
As soon as i got the recepy from a book or found one i ll atach a vehicle welding rig to a stealframe.
I add a storage battery and solar cells from a electric car.

I ll cehc whether every battery is in tip top shape (cause they can leak out energy if damaged).
Then i ll go do other stuff till am tired… sleep near my car frame then —
And the next day the building mayhem starts using my welding rig thats powered by solar charged car batteries / storage batteries. (its a perpetuum mobile as long as the sun shines )

A single storage batterie at 100% should be enough to weld together you car your makeshift weapons and your moms car.

[Loendal]

So if you attach a solar panel and a storage battery to any old frame it’ll charge up the battery? You have to stack them on the same tile or something, I thought?

You can literally take a single steel frame, stick a solar panel, storage battery and welding rig on it and that’ll give you infinite power? Why didn’t I think of that? Throw on a couple wheels and you should be able to (G)rab and pull it around, shouldn’t you? Or are those things too heavy when combined?

[Valpo]

[quote=“Loendal, post:695, topic:207”]So if you attach a solar panel and a storage battery to any old frame it’ll charge up the battery? You have to stack them on the same tile or something, I thought?

You can literally take a single steel frame, stick a solar panel, storage battery and welding rig on it and that’ll give you infinite power? Why didn’t I think of that? Throw on a couple wheels and you should be able to (G)rab and pull it around, shouldn’t you? Or are those things too heavy when combined?[/quote]

It depends on your strength. If you wanna drag it arround use a light frame … that ll increase your chances.
And you dont need wheels on it to drag it arround. actually wheels will make it heavier and thuss decrease your chance of pulling it >.> don t ask me why.
You can even pull multitile vehicles arround… given your strong enough.

edit: concerning same frame: every frame that nis attached to a certain vehicle counts as wired in a sense of electronics… so not matter where you attach your battery and solars… it ll work.

[Closet_Pankin]

[quote=“Loendal, post:693, topic:207”]I am so jealous of some of these designs… How in the world do you manage it? You need at least Mechanics 4 to get wheels on something and I think Mechanics 5 to attach controls, let alone all the duct tape and/or welder batteries to build stuff (50 charges per piece, last I tried I think).

So do you guys start out with high mechanics skills or what? If that’s the case, how do you manage to live long enough without fighting abilities or the ability to tailor up your gear and protect yourselves? Hacksaws aren’t that commonplace, and welders even less so. I’ve had at most 300 Batteries lying around at one time.

Teach me, oh vehicular deities![/quote]

I started by reading a couple books then repairing a truck I found on a forest road. After repairing the frames and whatnot I got to 4. Just maintaining that as my first vehicle I got to about 10, and it taught me everything about vehicles after I began modifying it

Then when you’re ready, bring some modified wheelbarrows to a car, disassemble it, badda bing badda zimbabwe, you have enough stuff to create a small ATV/motorcycle. You don’t want to mess with driving in urban environments until you stop fumbling with the controls though.

edit: concerning same frame: every frame that nis attached to a certain vehicle counts as wired in a sense of electronics… so not matter where you attach your battery and solars… it ll work.

AKA Space Engineers rules.

[EkarusRyndren]

[quote=“Loendal, post:693, topic:207”]I am so jealous of some of these designs… How in the world do you manage it? You need at least Mechanics 4 to get wheels on something and I think Mechanics 5 to attach controls, let alone all the duct tape and/or welder batteries to build stuff (50 charges per piece, last I tried I think).

So do you guys start out with high mechanics skills or what? If that’s the case, how do you manage to live long enough without fighting abilities or the ability to tailor up your gear and protect yourselves? Hacksaws aren’t that commonplace, and welders even less so. I’ve had at most 300 Batteries lying around at one time.

Teach me, oh vehicular deities![/quote]

Once you get 2 mechanics you can build the RMCC from scratch. It does require a little blessing from the RNG though.

• Find the entry-level mechanics book or start with level 2 mechanics.
• Secure a small town (4 to 8 Buildings) you need to have a steel recycler in that town though, it’s integral to the later plan.
• Locate a hacksaw, wrench, welding goggles, and a welder (or welding rig, which will help considerably later.) Or, acquire a Bionic Toolset and something for power. (having a solar-powered welding rig with a bigger battery or a bionic toolset that you can easily charge will speed up the process.)
• Chop-Show every car in town and bring the parts back to your Hardware Store turned Vehicle Assembly Area and dump everything made of steel into the compactor. There’s a small percentage lost, but it’s much easier than building a crucible and building them yourself. Save parts you’ll want later. (Prefered engine(s), mini-fridges, you get the picture.
• Once you’ve acquired enough steel start making frames, this will start grinding your fabrication. I prefer HD frames but use whatever you find necessary, heavier - Start building your vehicle, by the time I finished putting the frames together for the RMCC about 15 days had passed and I’d gotten to level 12 in my mechanics.
• Assemble your vehicle walls and roofs. Steel plating makes HD walls and roofs, sheet metal makes regular duty, and pipes makes extra-light.
• Add the walls and roofs. By the time I’d finished this another 12 days had passed and I’d gotten to 20 or so in my mechanics.
• Add the innards. Seats, storage, liquid tanks, whatever. This part usually takes a lot less time. For the RMCC this took a couple days, and got me to 22 Mechanics.
• Add armor if required. Steel plating will give steel armor for your vehicle, which is nice entry-level armor. Military Composite is the top tier stuff, but can’t be made by the player. Adding the armor to the RMCC got me to 23.
• Add the engines. Engines go in last simply because each engine you install doubles the mechanics requirement, if you’re only installing one install the engines whenever.
• (optional) Use purifier to get back from Plant (Because plants are the easiest way to have food for 60+ days without having to stockpile it) to human, then down your lizard mutagen like a boss. All in all, about a 64 day trip.

[Valpo]

Ahahaha the end is the best part of that guide Mr Ryndren

[EkarusRyndren]

Ahahaha the end is the best part of that guide Mr Ryndren

Leaving out the nitty-gritty bits of having to deal with lugging four tons of crap from a lab to my Hardware store, fighting off a spider house to reduce lag, and desperately missing those vines when I was a lizard again, but hey. Lizard is best.