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Pretty sure pistol grip is from the Cata+ mod though, a folding stock is the best you'd get in vanilla.
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# ? May 12, 2021 01:43 |
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Iirc you can also cut down the stock on some guns with the hacksaw so it might work there too? Wanna say a double barrel can fit into a large pistol holster with cut stock&barrel Never tried it myself so lol I will once I find a 50. rifle
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# ? May 12, 2021 13:14 |
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# ? May 12, 2021 13:33 |
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A sawn off Saiga used to be the top tier hold out weapon of choice.
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# ? May 12, 2021 16:12 |
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Do labs have turrets at the entrance when you bust in instead of using a science ID? I think I never had to do that but yeah my current game has given me zero science ID cards
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# ? May 13, 2021 13:36 |
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I think regular labs have a turret even if you enter using a science ID. Speaking of labs, I am tempted to learn how to make a mod just to replace the newer labs with old science labs. They are nearly useless except for getting hydrogen canisters.
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# ? May 13, 2021 15:17 |
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I got fairly well into a game with the Dark Skies Above mod before realizing it seems to have removed all other monster types. Is there a way to get other types of monsters/ regular zombies to spawn as well in my existing game?
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# ? May 13, 2021 15:40 |
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Manager Hoyden posted:Speaking of labs, I am tempted to learn how to make a mod just to replace the newer labs with old science labs. They are nearly useless except for getting hydrogen canisters. Also, TIL that you can use the vibrator to quickly recover mood&focus during long reading sessions. How did I not learn this sooner wth
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# ? May 13, 2021 21:21 |
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Tin Tim posted:Yeah not really a fan myself. I mean the number of enemies is kinda fun if you got an m249 and a few belts to burn but the chem themed loot is mostly useless and boring. You can score a few CBMs or other choice items but it's not really worth compared to the effort&risk of clearing the place Mp3 players are generally better because they provide the mood boost and resultant focus boost throughout/while you are doing an activity so you don't have to stop.
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# ? May 13, 2021 21:51 |
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Alternately, a harmonica; that doesn't even need batteries. v: Yeah, a harmonica with a holder can be played while doing other stuff, but you're right that it produces noise, if you're somewhere where that's a factor. megane fucked around with this message at 22:44 on May 13, 2021 |
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megane posted:Alternately, a harmonica; that doesn't even need batteries. Very true but batteries are one of those "limited" resources which are actually so ever present and available that you can go like 3 in game days and have more light batteries then you will ever need. Toss a solar panel, a box and a recharging station on a bike frame or shopping cart and you just need to grab a bulk load of batteries whenever you need them. But yes a harmonica with a holder (I imagine this lets you play constantly, never tried it though) would work more efficiently, though you would be producing noise as you read which could be bad.
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# ? May 13, 2021 22:00 |
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Telsa Cola posted:Mp3 players are generally better because they provide the mood boost and resultant focus boost throughout/while you are doing an activity so you don't have to stop. Never tried a harmonica myself so I'm gonna keep an eye out for one E:stepped down into the first lab of the run and found a slightly damaged mini nuke on the floor after a few steps....not feeling good about this one Tin Tim fucked around with this message at 22:15 on May 13, 2021 |
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Kaewan posted:I got fairly well into a game with the Dark Skies Above mod before realizing it seems to have removed all other monster types. Is there a way to get other types of monsters/ regular zombies to spawn as well in my existing game?
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# ? May 14, 2021 02:40 |
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Vib Rib posted:How is Dark Skies Above, anyway? It looked like a huge change but I wasn't sure how fleshed out it was. I just double checked the github and the mod files because I was thinking I hadn't seen the stuff yet but there are no recipes for any of the materials you get. So basically the only thing in the game are the new monsters and some new items, thats about it. Theres maybe 10 new "useful" items but they are meh because they are really only there for you to break down and make human adapated alien tech with, which you cant yet. I dunno just seems odd to me that you spend a bunch of time making new branded canned food items and flyers advertising it but literally do not add a single reverse engineered item in the game mod you are basing off of xcom. Telsa Cola fucked around with this message at 04:17 on May 14, 2021 |
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Vib Rib posted:How is Dark Skies Above, anyway? It looked like a huge change but I wasn't sure how fleshed out it was. I haven’t played CDDA since 0.E so I’m not 100% sure what’s new or just the Dark Skies Above mod. I dig that there’s a ton of derelict buildings and half destroyed houses from what appears to be meteor strikes. Nothings as pristine as it seemed to be before. I have my city size set to 12 and spacing to 12 as well but haven’t seen anything significant other than the small town I started in. This is despite having driven a few real world hours. So I actually haven’t seen to much if any of the content. Supposedly there’s new quests and such but I haven’t seen any NPCs yet. The monster types don’t seem to be that different. I assumed since they were aliens I wouldn’t have to pulp corpses but nope they raise just like normal. I also set my monster evolution a bit lower cause I never liked seeing a dissoluted devourer after what felt like right off the bat.
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# ? May 14, 2021 04:08 |
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Kaewan posted:I haven’t played CDDA since 0.E so I’m not 100% sure what’s new or just the Dark Skies Above mod. I dig that there’s a ton of derelict buildings and half destroyed houses from what appears to be meteor strikes. Nothings as pristine as it seemed to be before. Setting your city spacing to 12 makes the distance between habitations exceedingly dramatic so the lack of ruined civilization isn't surprising.
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# ? May 14, 2021 04:46 |
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Lesson of the day: you can kill a shoggoth with an m249 but only if you stand right next to it and spam f because any time spent on aiming will make it regen too much Also hope that your links and casings don't land on its square Found a G80 Railgun und several mags on the first floor. No ammo or UPS which is a bummer but iirc the G80 is super rare to see in the first place
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# ? May 14, 2021 12:09 |
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen one. I’ve gotten ammo and magazines a few times (and then carried them around the rest of the game JUST IN CASE). E: My best find was some sort of combat mech that you could load into a livestock hauler. Fun fact, sorta spoilery: I thought my run was over because it shows up as a monster and I had just broken into a military bunker. goatsestretchgoals fucked around with this message at 19:51 on May 14, 2021 |
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goatsestretchgoals posted:I don’t think I’ve ever seen one. I’ve gotten ammo and magazines a few times (and then carried them around the rest of the game JUST IN CASE). The actual best mech is the fork lift one because you can use it to clear wrecks and cars off road and just haul it around with you in the live stock carrier until needed.
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# ? May 14, 2021 20:33 |
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I actually found 20 rounds for the G80 after clearing the third armory in the lab No UPS and no autoclave though Since mechs were brought up, you hack them with the control laptop, right? I've never done it but there is an active x-02 in the finale room of my lab
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# ? May 14, 2021 20:40 |
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Tin Tim posted:I actually found 20 rounds for the G80 after clearing the third armory in the lab Think you just need to walk up to one and swipe it with the proper ID card, think its military.
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# ? May 14, 2021 21:13 |
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Telsa Cola posted:Think you just need to walk up to one and swipe it with the proper ID card, think its military. Yep it's this. Also there are three variants - combat, scout, and lifter. The lifter in particular is quite useful.
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# ? May 14, 2021 21:17 |
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Yeah mil card worked on the exo and I got out of the lab and into a livestock carrier on the 1% battery power it has. Might get lucky and find another battery in the next lab I've scoped out and get to try the laser rifle
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# ? May 15, 2021 01:39 |
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I found my first G80 a few days ago in BN. Its great versus armored targets but Im hesitant to use it vs most things due to ammo scarcity. It should tear right through power armor zombies tho that were immune to my SCAR-L at least.
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# ? May 15, 2021 06:01 |
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Think you can eventually make rebar into ammo for it.
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# ? May 15, 2021 06:33 |
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Not sure about that one since it uses H&K 12mm which can't be crafted as far as I can tell. There is a railgun CBM that you might be thinking about?Dandywalken posted:I found my first G80 a few days ago in BN. Its great versus armored targets but Im hesitant to use it vs most things due to ammo scarcity. But yeah it makes sense for the G80 tbh. Totally hoarding my rounds until I find a military instalation I want to raid Anyway my next lab turned out to be one of the new and cramped ones. Burned almost two belts of 5.56 just to pacify the entrance after coming down the elevator. And of course it already has kevlar hulks in early summer. Going ham with the m249 was fun but I'm not sure if I want to deal with everything else running around down there. Might just dissect all the scientists and then ignore the place.
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Tin Tim posted:Not sure about that one since it uses H&K 12mm which can't be crafted as far as I can tell. There is a railgun CBM that you might be thinking about? Ah might be railgun cbm which you can later use to craft a railgun. If you can swing it you can get a bunch of things on the elevator with you and bring them up to the surface where a laser turret can deal with em. Bit tedious though.
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# ? May 15, 2021 18:37 |
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Funny you say that because I got a zombie scientist stuck in the elevator limbo forever. Every time I traveled between the lab and the surface I got the message that I was suddenly getting block by z scientist on the stairs but slipped past Anyway I couldn't resist the call of my inner loot-goblin and cleared the lab. What it got me was the contents of a mutagen storage and several interesting loot drops from scientists. Autoclave, some CBMs, some books I was missing and other little things. Nothing amazing but not a waste of time either I think. Two evolved mutants and the numerous security robots also did a lot of the fighting for me so it didn't take too long. The lab had a subway connection and I found a second one in there without surface access as it seems
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# ? May 16, 2021 00:08 |
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I've fiddled around with debug mode and boats and it seems like there's actually some pretty realistic benefits for going big. If I can find a way to turn off fatigue, I'd be tempted to write out the stats for various sizes and dimensions. Even though a big boat is heavier, less is below the waterline, which means less friction and higher efficiency. On a related note, I've had some difficulty with using cameras to get better vision around my vehicle, often ending with me only being able to see the right side of the vehicle. Anyone know if there's a trick to getting them to work?
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:On a related note, I've had some difficulty with using cameras to get better vision around my vehicle, often ending with me only being able to see the right side of the vehicle. Anyone know if there's a trick to getting them to work? Do you have a camera display/control system installed where you're sitting and also are the cameras repaired? Other than that cameras have the same rules as you - they can't see over boards but they can see over quarterpanels. Also they are always external and can't see over roofs. The game also gets weird about determining internal vs external as the vehicle gets bigger, so that might be something going wrong. Manager Hoyden fucked around with this message at 14:57 on May 16, 2021 |
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Speaking of security cameras, it annoys me more than it should that they don't work in the dark. My $30 wyze cam has color night vision irl. I don't think I can even find a video camera that isn't capable of ir nightvision.
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# ? May 16, 2021 15:34 |
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:I've fiddled around with debug mode and boats and it seems like there's actually some pretty realistic benefits for going big.
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# ? May 16, 2021 18:17 |
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Tin Tim posted:Is it possible to build boats with an engine or are you restricted to rowing? You definitely can add an engine. From what I can tell, engines don't connect to wheels in any way, the engine's power just gives the vehicle movement speed by being installed and fuelled/powered. Manager Hoyden posted:The game also gets weird about determining internal vs external as the vehicle gets bigger, so that might be something going wrong. I think that might be it, because I can see inside the vehicle from a control panel that normally wouldn't be able to see inside that part.
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# ? May 16, 2021 18:40 |
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Well are there "wheels " for boats outside of the oars then? If I could build a serious boat that I don't have to move myself then I would be much more inclined to do such a thing. And there are a lot of options for the engine tbh. Could even go with solar/steam if you don't want the usual Tin Tim fucked around with this message at 19:02 on May 16, 2021 |
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Tin Tim posted:Well are there "wheels " for boats outside of the oars then? Boats don't need wheels. They just need to displace enough volume. I feel like there aren't any really good guides on how to make a boat from scratch, so give me a little time and I'll try to get some screenshots. Are you on experimental build? That might make a difference.
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# ? May 16, 2021 19:03 |
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Boat post! This one was just for fun, built in debug mode to see what I could get it to do. The various chairs are to test cameras and turret control from various points. Still figuring stuff out, but I thought it was kinda neat. No mods, just DDA and a tileset I'm going to start with wooden frames. These take 5 planks, 20 nails each. With better equipment, you might want to just start ripping apart cars, especially solar/electric ones. I can go into more detail on how to get frames, but I'll presume that the reader knows how to craft stuff. Tools required: 1 toolbox + hand drill or cordless drill, + welding goggles/mask and either an acetylene torch or an arc welder. You only need to weld one thing, so it won't take a ton of fuel. Use construct terrain (default "*") to begin Start Vehicle Construction: Requires 1 frame of any type nearby. Give your boat a name, and examine it. You should enter the vehicle menu and see something like this: Ensuring that the frame is selected, press "i," to install, then "/" to filter. type "hull" and press enter to see all the hulls. We'll need any one of these. Carbon fiber is best I think, but you need to rip apart kayaks to get it. I'll go with wooden boat hull for now, metal may end up easier depending on what's available for you. Requires 20 nails, and 1 wood boat hull which we will have to craft normally. wood boat hulls take 5 planks, 30 nails. Tools: Hammer(2) and Wood Sawing(1) New attributes: Now let's get some crap from a car: You'll need Bold Turning(2) Rem(o)ve the alternator and engine, then the gas tank. You'll probably want two gas tanks because it has to be empty when you install. You'll also want to remove the controls, which may require removing a security system. Try other cars if you have trouble with that. Install controls, a wooden chair or seat, engine, vehicle tank, and hull all onto the boat. re(f)uel the tank with gasoline. Have to take a break, but here's a drivable minimal boat: I'll see if I can put this on the wiki or something.
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# ? May 16, 2021 20:01 |
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Wow, thanks for the informative boat treatise. Gonna build me that mini boat Also I'm getting a little tired of the temp scale - wearing literally anything overheats you in the summer. When it's 67f outside.
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Manager Hoyden posted:Also I'm getting a little tired of the temp scale - wearing literally anything overheats you in the summer. When it's 67f outside.
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Manager Hoyden posted:Wow, thanks for the informative boat treatise. Gonna build me that mini boat I had to skip a few steps, make sure you install a battery, and an alternator is a good idea to charge the battery. You also might need a jack to lift the engine if your strength isn't high.
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PSA: You can press | and choose to wait until you catch your breath. I've been holding tab until my stamina meter is full like a buffoon all this time.
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