What's Happening in YOUR Randomly-generated Apocalypse?

John_Candlebury · 2014-03-29T16:24:36.000Z

… I was thinking more along the lines of Nuclear thermal detonators but yeah… that too.

Caconym · 2014-03-29T16:26:30.000Z

John Candlebury:

… I was thinking more along the lines of Nuclear thermal detonators but yeah… that too.

see invisi text underneath it

whw4 · 2014-03-29T19:05:34.000Z

[quote=“John Candlebury, post:2319, topic:47”]

Notice anything interesting?[/quote]

Hahahaha! You are my kind of scum!

HeadWar · 2014-03-29T20:29:13.000Z

Walk out into the yard to find the front of my armored car ripped to pieces. Tires are intact though, so I guess it’s time to go get that Humvee I spotted on my last excursion, and convert it into something unreasonable.

(Is it just me that finds it odd that a Humvee has better armor and weapons than an armored car?)

FunsizeNinja123 · 2014-03-31T15:13:17.000Z

HeadWar:

(Is it just me that finds it odd that a Humvee has better armor and weapons than an armored car?)

Humvee= Awesome vehicle made by the military that can withstand bullets and some explosions.

Armored car= A car that has been converted into a death car by welding shoddy metal armor and a machine gun a previous survivor.

Humvee>Armored car.

jokermatt999 · 2014-03-31T17:13:27.000Z

So, I went to check on some of my memorial files, to see how my previous survivors had died. I remembered killing a really tough zombie in melee on my first character. I looked back, and sure enough, I managed to survive an encounter with a Zombie Hulk on my very first guy, in melee even. I had no idea how lucky I got at the time.

[spoiler]Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead version 0.A memorial file

In memory of: Mason Smith
"1st world, gone"

He was a male Handy Man when the apocalypse began.
He died on Spring of year 1, day 5, at 2039.
He was killed in a field in Mariaville.

Cash on hand: $0

Final HP:
Head: 0/74
Torso: 3/93
L Arm: 64/93
R Arm: 61/93
L Leg: 75/93
R Leg: 83/93

Final Stats:
Str 4 Dex 3 Int 4 Per 3
Base Stats:
Str 11 Dex 10 Int 8 Per 8

Final Messages:
2039 The zombie bites your head!
2039 The zombie lunges forward!
2039 Your body strains under the weight!
2039 You lose some blood. x2
2039 The zombie bites your torso, but your armor protects you.
2039 The zombie lunges forward!
2038 You lose some blood. x3
2038 The zombie bites your head!
2038 The zombie lunges forward!
2038 You lose some blood. x2
2038 The zombie bites your left arm, but your armor protects you.
2038 The zombie lunges forward!
2038 You lose some blood. x2
2037 You’re Bleeding!
2037 You lose some blood. x2
2037 The zombie bites your left hand, but your armor protects you.
2037 The zombie lunges forward!
2037 The zombie hits your torso.
2037 You lose some blood.
2037 The zombie bites your right leg!

Kills:
Z - boomer x2
d - skeletal dog x2
d - Z-9 x1
Z - zombie x27
z - zombie child x8
Z - zombie cop x2
d - zombie dog x5
Z - fat zombie x9
Z - zombie hulk x1
Z - decayed zombie x4
Z - shrieker zombie x1
Z - tough zombie x8
Total kills: 70

Skills:
bartering: 0 (0%)
computers: 0 (0%)
construction: 4 (5%)
cooking: 2 (41%)
driving: 0 (0%)
electronics: 0 (0%)
fabrication: 5 (2%)
first aid: 3 (56%)
mechanics: 1 (9%)
speaking: 0 (0%)
survival: 1 (60%)
swimming: 0 (0%)
tailoring: 4 (16%)
trapping: 1 (0%)
archery: 0 (4%)
bashing weapons: 4 (80%)
cutting weapons: 0 (0%)
dodging: 2 (70%)
marksmanship: 1 (5%)
launchers: 0 (0%)
melee: 6 (24%)
piercing weapons: 0 (36%)
throwing: 0 (0%)
unarmed combat: 0 (0%)
handguns: 0 (17%)
rifles: 0 (0%)
shotguns: 0 (0%)
submachine guns: 0 (0%)

Traits:
Addictive Personality
Glass Jaw
Lactose Intolerance
Lightweight
Quick
Strong Scent
Truth Teller
Ugly

Ongoing Effects:
Bite - Left Leg
Bite - Right Arm
Heavy Bleeding - Torso
Bite - Right Leg
Bite - Head
Pain (109) Stimulant

Bionics:
No bionics were installed.
Power: 0/0

Weapon:
c - crowbar

Equipment:
X - reinforced steeltoed boots (fits)
a - boxer shorts (fits)

- reinforced socks (fits)
  t - reinforced armored fingerless gloves (fits)
  u - reinforced trenchcoat (fits)
  V - reinforced messenger bag
  i - reinforced backpack
  E - reinforced leather armor gauntlets (fits)
  / - reinforced cargo pants (fits)
  " - reinforced utility vest
  y - reinforced bandana
  b - safety glasses
  f - mining helmet (on) (80)
  D - hairpin
  T - wrist watch

Inventory:
Z - SIG Mosquito
W - .22 LR (90)
[ - bolt cutters
M - cash card (9310)
e - hammer
A - hotplate (70)
G - lighter (99)
I - lighter (100)
p - makeshift knife
N - matchbook (16)
O - matchbook (20)
. - mp3 player (off) (100)
x - pot
z - scissors
d - screwdriver
s - sewing kit (155)
( - spray can (10)
C - aluminum tongs
) - tin can of beans
; - tin can of canned chicken
: - aluminum can of chocolate drink (1)

- aluminum can of energy cola (1)
  w - tin can of curry (1)
  n - chewing gum (9)
  Q - plastic bottle of honey (3)
  L - glass bottle of long island iced tea (17)
  = - aluminum can of root beer (1)
  g - small waterskin of water (5)
  P - gallon jug of clean water (15)
  l - first aid kit (8)
  r - antibiotics (27)
  B - aspirin (75)
  v - bandages (2)
  j - caffeine pills (17)
  Y - cigarettes (40)
  R - plastic bottle of non-drowsy cough syrup (9)
  S - plastic bottle of disinfectant (2)
  h - nicotine gum (8)
  F - plastic bottle of cough syrup (9)
  m - vitamins (58)
  k - Archery for Kids
  H - 101 Crafts for Beginners

- Under the Hood

? - DIY Compendium
J - superglue
o - batteries (965)
K - duct tape (740)
q - nails (347)
! - rag [2]

Lifetime Stats
Distance Walked: 5734 Squares
Damage Taken: 318 Damage
Damage Healed: 114 Damage
Headshots: 2

Hibou · 2014-03-31T18:19:53.000Z

Found a katana for my lumberjack character, of whom I have an extra two levels in melee and cutting weapons, leading to him becoming the samurai of the apocalypse, cutting his way through entire hordes. After his third town, second zombear, and about eight levels in melee I decided it was time to retire him.

John_Candlebury · 2014-03-31T18:24:37.000Z

What about just retiring the katana instead?

Mrnocamera · 2014-03-31T18:44:28.000Z

Hey, you know how Labs have mutagen and serums in them?
Yeah, this guy is gonna be in a lot of pain quite soon.

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Slax · 2014-03-31T20:54:26.000Z

Just realized that random npcs are awesome. Yay!

HeadWar · 2014-03-31T22:16:05.000Z

[quote=“FunsizeNinja123, post:2325, topic:47”][quote=“HeadWar, post:2324, topic:47”](Is it just me that finds it odd that a Humvee has better armor and weapons than an armored car?)[/quote]Humvee= Awesome vehicle made by the military that can withstand bullets and some explosions.

Armored car= A car that has been converted into a death car by welding shoddy metal armor and a machine gun a previous survivor.[/quote]

Oh, is that “official”? That would explain it, and given the amount of armor they have been slapping on that poor Humvee chassis lately, I guess it’s a natural progression. I was kinda picturing something like this for the armored car:

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That’s actually a wheeled APC though.

HeadWar · 2014-04-01T00:00:50.000Z

Anyway, I brought that Humvee back to my farm, cut it apart and welded it to the outside of my armored car. Brought another two cars home, melted them down into hard plating, and, yeah…

Also, charge rifles galore.

Logrin · 2014-04-01T01:19:54.000Z

Decided to get back to work on the land barge, which mostly just means dismantling cars, collecting seatbelts and hunting down large electric engines…

That said, so many versions have passed between then and now that moving my save over has plonked me down in a freakish hellscape of fungal-wall rivers and free standing stained glass windows.

I look forward to getting the land barge rolling and generating some sane surroundings.

Fish · 2014-04-01T02:04:59.000Z

Arent armourd cars used by bank companies (or security companies) to guard large ammounts of money that are being transferd?

HeadWar · 2014-04-01T10:05:22.000Z

Fish:

Arent armourd cars used by bank companies (or security companies) to guard large ammounts of money that are being transferd?

It’s a pretty wide term…

German military, WWII:

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US military, today:

Transporting money and other valuables:

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Transporting people the Mexican drug cartels would like to see dead (everyone survived):

The Popemobile:

And finally, what I guess Cata’s armored cars look like (also Mexican, but on the drug cartel side):

HeadWar · 2014-04-01T12:02:43.000Z

Public Works at spawn rate 50.

That also happens to be the approximate number of shockers in there.

Without the bionics that protects you from electrical shocks, it would have been murder, but it was still pretty bad, since there were also something like 30 smokers mixed in with the other 150 zombies. Especially when you fumble around in the smoke without realizing the bionic has powered off, and you step up next to two shockers. Closest to death I’ve been since the first spring I think.

Aluminumfoil · 2014-04-01T12:27:39.000Z

NPC came at me with a flamethrower. A flamethrower!

I survived, but… Jesus, why T.T

Lost · 2014-04-02T01:30:42.000Z

“Finished” my dreadnought. All the stuff I stored up in it over the past two seasons were all stuffed into the cargo bay. I’ll figure out how to better sort it out once I find a good spot to settle down. I went east a far way and finally found a river. I’ll scout it out before I lay my roots.

Do you know what 26000 pounds of tank looks like?

A slightly modified ambulance next to it for a size comparison. Yes, it’s actually drivable. 2 large electric motors and about 10 storage batteries underneath the 25 solar panels along with the water tanks. I’ve yet to find everything for the Kitchen Buddy. Most of this was unplanned, so it’s not as pretty as I would like, but I’ll worry about the aesthetics once I haul it all to the river’s edge. A vehicle this large is as ponderous as a zombear. The game was just not meant to handle a vehicle the size of a house.

Shortly before packing up, the crops I planted earlier that spring bore crops. Strawberries and cannabis. Unfertilized, they yielded quite a hefty amount. I’ll have to run tests to see what fertilization does exactly.

Lost · 2014-04-02T06:13:43.000Z

It took a few hours in real life, but I managed to get it to the river over the course of a week. It also rained all the various types of rain - but especially acid rain - the whole while. The storage batteries were all but depleted by the time I got to the river. There’s a big issue with the weather system right now. Nowhere in the world does it rain for weeks on end.

The vehicle doesn’t move at the rate of the NASA crawler, but the game as a whole does when I’m driving the damn thing. Maneuvering through highways going through thick forests was like threading a gauntlet of needles several miles long. In the process, I picked up a few more seatbelts from cars and two V12 engines. Now it’s a matter of getting back to the farm to get my ambulance, the vehicle I use to transport large volumes of materials back and forth. About 3600 volume worth.

NOMOETOE · 2014-04-02T06:55:13.000Z

I decided to make an extra save so I could play a nomadic life, after a long, long, LONG journey I found a missile silo. I had nowhere near the skill to hack its computer so I cheated and got the books and learned enough to use it. I nuked myself and left the area and spawned in an APC and spawned in 10 mininukes and activated them. (I cheated so I had to die C:) for obvious reasons I died.