Anyhow, I killed a moose and broke into a pawnshop (triggered the alarm, but wev). It had a zweihander, a battle axe and a fur sleeveless duster (as well as some rubbish - hello, rock!), but no hammer 
I just… found a Howitzer. All of its tank tracks were broken, which I promptly pulled off because I needed the metal. It turns out they also yield steel chains.
64 steel chains.
is what I ended up with after uninstalling all of the broken tracks.
Eugene thought he was so cool. With his plate mail and morningstar still warm from the forge, he used the predawn darkness to walk to the next town over. There was a Main Battle Tank there and he thought he could just sprint in, fire that mother up and start rampaging. The fight to get in went well as the zeds had no time to organize, but he discovered, much to his dismay, that although the tank had fuel and controls and batteries and all that jazz, neither of its engines were present and accounted for.
Fighting his way out of a zed-swarmed tank was hard, but Eugene knew he was tough as nails. Buoyed by a Tramadol he’d accidentally taken instead of his morning vitamins, he smashed his way through. Panting, slathered in ichor and blood, he was ready to declare triumph when he saw the zombie hulk. The only thing that saved him was being punched through the front wall of a coffee shop that promptly collapsed on him. This bought enough time to take another painkiller and snort some coke, crank some rock and roll in the headphones and prepare himself for another dance with death.
When it was over still more zeds had come, and they had to be dealt with and another wave besides and in the end he dropped the morningstar from nerveless fingers and fumbled out the shotgun to put down the last four assailants.
He figured he was done. Any survivor knows that gunshots bring zeds, and he had no idea how he’d fight off the next wave. What he didn’t realize was that the roar of the collapsing coffee shop had already done that. Eugene had survived the Battle of the Engine-Less Tank.
Later, tending his wounds, he realized how close he’d come to death. It would have taken only one missed parry, or one whiffed swing of his weapon to end him entirely. With a start, he realized it had been the Tramadol. If he’d taken his vitamins like he should have that morning, he’d have been dead by noon.
Looks like your DOOM mod is coming along nicely
You . . could say so. Ive just fnished up the revenants, and onto the hell knights and mancubasses.
Revanents use and drop a manhack-like device. Hopefully it will also spawn a ‘unstable rocket core’ upon death on occassion to keep them from being too farmed.
{
“id”: “bot_manhack_missile”,
“type”: “TOOL”,
“symbol”: “,”,
“color”: “light_green”,
“name”: “revenant rocket”,
“description”: “A revenant’s rocket. not currently menat to be seen by the player.”,
“price”: 60000,
“material”: [“aluminum”, “plastic”],
“weight”: 300,
“volume”: 1,
“bashing”: 6,
“cutting”: 6,
“to_hit”: -3,
“max_charges”: 0,
“initial_charges”: 0,
“charges_per_use”: 0,
“turns_per_charge”: 0,
“ammo”: “NULL”,
“revert_to”: “null”,
“use_action”: {
“type”: “place_monster”,
“monster_id”: “mon_manhack_missile”,
“difficulty”: 4,
“skill1”: “electronics”,
“skill2”: “computer”,
“hostile_msg”: “You misprogram the manhack; it’s hostile!”,
“friendly_msg”: “The manhack flies from your hand and surveys the area!”,
“place_randomly”: true,
“moves”: 50
}
},{
“id”: “rocket_core”,
“type”: “TOOL”,
“symbol”: “,”,
“color”: “ltred”,
“name”: “unstable core”,
“description”: “The core of a revenant’s rocket, exposed to the air. Will likely explode any moment now.”,
“price”: 0,
“material”: [“steel”, “plastic”],
“weight”: 180,
“volume”: 1,
“bashing”: 6,
“to_hit”: -1,
“max_charges”: 3,
“initial_charges”: 3,
“charges_per_use”: 0,
“turns_per_charge”: 1,
“ammo”: “NULL”,
“flags”: [“BOMB”],
“revert_to”: “null”,
“category”: “weapons”,
“explode_in_fire” : {
“explosion_power”: 10,
“explosion_shrapnel”: 3
},
“use_action”: {
“type”: “transform”,
“target”: “rocket_core_act”,
“target_charges”: 3,
“active”: true
}
},
[quote=“tonicEngine2, post:11283, topic:47”]Eugene thought he was so cool. With his plate mail and morningstar still warm from the forge, he used the predawn darkness to walk to the next town over. There was a Main Battle Tank there and he thought he could just sprint in, fire that mother up and start rampaging. The fight to get in went well as the zeds had no time to organize, but he discovered, much to his dismay, that although the tank had fuel and controls and batteries and all that jazz, neither of its engines were present and accounted for.
Fighting his way out of a zed-swarmed tank was hard, but Eugene knew he was tough as nails. Buoyed by a Tramadol he’d accidentally taken instead of his morning vitamins, he smashed his way through. Panting, slathered in ichor and blood, he was ready to declare triumph when he saw the zombie hulk. The only thing that saved him was being punched through the front wall of a coffee shop that promptly collapsed on him. This bought enough time to take another painkiller and snort some coke, crank some rock and roll in the headphones and prepare himself for another dance with death.
When it was over still more zeds had come, and they had to be dealt with and another wave besides and in the end he dropped the morningstar from nerveless fingers and fumbled out the shotgun to put down the last four assailants.
He figured he was done. Any survivor knows that gunshots bring zeds, and he had no idea how he’d fight off the next wave. What he didn’t realize was that the roar of the collapsing coffee shop had already done that. Eugene had survived the Battle of the Engine-Less Tank.
Later, tending his wounds, he realized how close he’d come to death. It would have taken only one missed parry, or one whiffed swing of his weapon to end him entirely. With a start, he realized it had been the Tramadol. If he’d taken his vitamins like he should have that morning, he’d have been dead by noon.[/quote]
This was EPIC!
I am currently slowly going insane because the sports car I am using is about half the size I am comfortable with, I’ve had to dump food, ammo, components, guns, and tools in the same trunk like some sort of primitive cave-man.
Though mercifully I finally found the second-tier book for mechanics and read it and since it looks like a Humvee isn’t going to appear around the corner, I’m going to undertake the task of making this car bigger.
Sleek and speedy my ass, I want a truck.
EDIT:I am now being driven insane by the fact that my redesign turns like a floppy banana for whatever reason.
Day 37, spring.
Weather looks more like summer than spring now 
My alter ego looted a hospital which turned out to be roughly midway between the two towns, and an office tower. A scouting raid gone longer revealed some more of the westernmost town. There’s a gun store and a hardware store. I plan to hit those two places next. Thanks to zweihander I no longer need to fear the dawn as much as I did.
I could use a hammer or a welder. Or just get to cooking 5 already so that I can get some mutations. 41 kg of carry weight keeps annoying me.
Took a break from the game, now I’m back. As much as I want to test out various mounted weapons on my long-running survivor, in terms of general interest, I’m pretty much done and would want to change survivors after the long wait.
I think I’ll try an illiterate survivor, instead of a frail one.
I’ve gotten back into the game, since my Fire Emblem: Rekka No Ken career isn’t going well.
So I stopped outside a lab in unknown territory, turned the turrets on, then went down. The finale was a CVD machine and I downloaded map data. But during all this I could hear the Solar Roller sniping away at zombies with its railguns. When I came up there was a dead horde outside and more coming, so I skedaddled.
And no wonder, the map data revealed a city so huge it must take up a good quarter of a map tile. It also revealed a cathedral, which I am holed up in while I modify the Solar Roller. I want to add a space where I can craft and sleep but not be seen, plus several more energy-based turrets.
curtains and motors
Thanks so much! 
I remembered that old feature where you could close the doors on your vehicle via the controls, so I took a guess and I can install motors on my doors! This feature would have come in handy several times in the past, thanks!
As for curtains, that seems the weak way out. So I’m going to use heavy duty boards and security cameras. I have been collecting them for just such an occasion!
Played as a traceur, 4 dodging plus parkour expert is pretty good, I spawned in a tiny town with a ‘missed’ scenario picked. The town had only a measly 3 houses. Found alpha male quarterly in my starting house and made a knife spear after I read it and killed a wolf and a few zeds. Looted the houses and found a bike and rode it to a survivor encampment which had a motorcycle. Currently riding it back to the town. While I was riding however, I found a armored pickup truck and car plus a tank nearby the survivor encampment and a Humvee with a broken engine near the town. Saw tons of dead dope runners and hikers, with plenty of loot.
So far a great start.
Just realised you can wear more than one shield so now I have two large wood shields on each arm while weilding a zwillhander or whatever. Cleared a megastore like this and it worked well. Pretty strange store considering there is nowhere to check out, just endless racks of snacks and books.
funny the gas stations seem weirdly opposite, with an over-sized counter in the corner while the opposing back corner is just barren floor.
Day 39, spring.
Since I last played, I looted the hardware store. Still no hammer, though. There’s two gun basements (the new kind that have safes) in close proximity. The western town is fairly big, and a pair of subway stations on both sides of the road is a good mark of where the city proper starts.
Killed my first Z soldier tonight. He dropped a Leadworks gun, a grenade launcher, some frags, and fitting army pants. Oh, and drop pouches. Alas, with all that loot I had no space to get the guns from the basements. Or the gun store.
build a cart. even if its just a wood frame and a box, that will be 200 storage that you can let go of, and/or use as blockage to slow down enemies while you fight them. Careful you don’t put too much weight in it though, or youll strain yourself.