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I genuinely thought the game was being so unfunny on purpose, and that was the "ironic" part of it. Until I saw someone mention the "Mr. Libtard" poster which just painted a perfect picture of the kind of people 'writing' this and how completely sincerely they thought they were being funny Even if the writing weren't 2005 south park fan script tier humour, you have to keep an entire inventory full of tools because they all give out after like six uses, multiple hours in and I hadn't even unlocked building yet, the narrator speaks so fast and so much that it's impossible to tell what your objective is because it's 95% pointless nonsense and 5% poo poo you genuinely NEED to know god just absolutely nothing worked in that game Danaru fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Jul 26, 2022 |
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Tweak posted:edit: is there a tower somewhere on this map that has 7 levels or is that just the max height of the world or something There's a relay station north of Muldraugh that has a big seven storey high tower, but I think that's it, at this stage.
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MonkeyforaHead posted:It is quite possibly the worst humor in a commercially released game, yes. It's of a tier normally reserved for bottom-of-the-barrel fangames and romhacks. wait why would a torch make you hungry, what the hell
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You think that's oil it's burning?
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Oh lord. Anyway, sounds like the final adjustment I should do in the world customization is up the tool durability to %300. Jawnycat posted:There are tons of real good and cool mods, the modding community for the game is very healthy and quite expansive. Want farming to be even more realistic with season long grow times, there's a mod for that. Want to worry about ventilation and coal dust and asphyxiations, mod. Want glassblowing, expanded beekeeping, more foraging options and fishing, you bet there are mods for that. Neato, I'll give the whole mod site a look later. HelloSailorSign posted:There’s a mod that saves the prospecting pick chunk information in game on the map, that’s essential. Yep, MonkeyforaHead mentioned that one, so that's in the bag.
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Danaru posted:I genuinely thought the game was being so unfunny on purpose, and that was the "ironic" part of it. Until I saw someone mention the "Mr. Libtard" poster which just painted a perfect picture of the kind of people 'writing' this and how completely sincerely they thought they were being funny I got to the joke that haha survival games make you go on pointless crafting quests so we're going to make you do a pointless crafting fetch quest thing and actually call it a pointless crafting thing and I refunded it. It was already grating on me before that, but that was when I realized that it wasn't going to get any better.
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Black Griffon posted:Neato. When we're on the subject; any other must-have/super-neat mods I should get? Besides that prospector pick info mod, the only other absolutely essential mod I've found adds a craftable cellar door
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Oh wow I just found a porno mag while foraging: First time I've ever seen this one
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Hottiez? No thats Hot Tiez, the premier mens neckwear mag
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Danaru posted:I genuinely thought the game was being so unfunny on purpose, and that was the "ironic" part of it. Until I saw someone mention the "Mr. Libtard" poster which just painted a perfect picture of the kind of people 'writing' this and how completely sincerely they thought they were being funny The replacing smoking with carrots thing was an okay tongue-in-cheek that was on that razor's edge of deadpan satire and if had kept that the entire time then it could have been okay. But no it went straight off the deep end into 'haha i'm so contrarian!1!1!' and unfunny garbage. gently caress that game and their bigotry.
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Anyone know how long it takes for acorns to spoil? I can't find any info about it anywhere
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I just remember a part where you piss in a toilet or stick a chicken in it or something and just immediately thinking "who the gently caress is this game for?"Black Griffon posted:wait why would a torch make you hungry, what the hell
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Black Griffon posted:Anyway, sounds like the final adjustment I should do in the world customization is up the tool durability to %300. If you can separately change armor and tool durability I'd recommend that. I thought tool durability was fine for the most part. The early ones break pretty often, but it felt fine for the pace of the game, and getting metal tools later feels really good. 300% across the board would probably be negative for the overall experience for me personally.
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Tweak posted:dang I just missed a sweet gated compound on a death march yesterday after getting bitten. Might be time to move all my poo poo from my spawn location to a better spot with a water view! I'm not certain but there is a pretty big dormitory in March Ridge, it might be 6 stories and the roof technically makes 7
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Big Scary Owl posted:Oh wow I just found a porno mag while foraging: lol literal woods porn
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MrGreenShirt posted:Besides that prospector pick info mod, the only other absolutely essential mod I've found adds a craftable cellar door Ah yeah it is otherwise somewhat inconvenient to create a food cellar. I never really noticed the torch thing but I think by the time you have a reasonable sized farm and a food storage space with pies and whatnot a single season's harvest should keep you well and truly in food until the next one, with minimal supplemental hunting.
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Big Scary Owl posted:Oh wow I just found a porno mag while foraging: i keep coming back to this game! is there still a goon server?
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i am harry posted:i keep coming back to this game! is there still a goon server? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4006882
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Hmm, so I was just reading the wiki and the below excerpt got me wondering... if you have a sheet rope dangling out a window with the window closed, are you able to open it up and climb in, while on the rope? Or are you simply...unable to climb up as there's no opening?Sheet Rope article posted:[snip] A sheet rope will not disappear or be destroyed if the window is closed. Also, totally unrelated, but BSO I always like seeing your owl av in this thread - scary indeed! 
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All this Vintage Story talk is making me want to start up a new game, and coincidentally a new version (1.17.0 rc2) was just released. The only thing I wish the game had was more NPCs, is there a mod that does that? Villagers and stuff, I'm not a big fan of the random merchant wagons that never move - maybe one day they will be travelling merchants and there will be more permanent settlements? I suppose for now the only way to have a more living world is to play multiplayer, are there any goon servers?
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Major Isoor posted:Hmm, so I was just reading the wiki and the below excerpt got me wondering... if you have a sheet rope dangling out a window with the window closed, are you able to open it up and climb in, while on the rope? Or are you simply...unable to climb up as there's no opening? The former. I discovered it by accident today and had a brief moment of panic when I realized what was happening. Not that I'm anywhere near exhausting the supply of things to try during a normal run, but I've been thinking about a middle of nowhere survivalist run. I think you can make everything you need in some way, but the main problem is that many things require tools you can't craft and/or nails. What would you need to stock up on before heading out to get to self sufficiency (or at least only occasional trips to town)?
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Koobze posted:All this Vintage Story talk is making me want to start up a new game, and coincidentally a new version (1.17.0 rc2) was just released. The only thing I wish the game had was more NPCs, is there a mod that does that? Villagers and stuff, I'm not a big fan of the random merchant wagons that never move - maybe one day they will be travelling merchants and there will be more permanent settlements? I suppose for now the only way to have a more living world is to play multiplayer, are there any goon servers? The closest I can think of that I've seen is a mod that changes the wagons into little encampments with multiple traders occasionally, tho I don't think it's been updated for awhile. Also that latest update is an experimental release, mods Will Not Work with experimental releases by design afaik, my assumption being they are technically for testing and feedback so they don't want modstuff messing up the data, so gotta wait for the stable release of 1.17 if you wanna use mods.
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BrianRx posted:Not that I'm anywhere near exhausting the supply of things to try during a normal run, but I've been thinking about a middle of nowhere survivalist run. I think you can make everything you need in some way, but the main problem is that many things require tools you can't craft and/or nails. What would you need to stock up on before heading out to get to self sufficiency (or at least only occasional trips to town)? It's worth taking as many tools as you can since the crafted versions are kinda lovely until you get good maintenance. I'd stock up on the following:
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Unless you have an even distribution of zombies, living out in the sticks is really quiet with little danger. The biggest threat is boredom!
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Bhodi posted:IMO the S-tier spot is That One Mansion On The River With The Three Car Garage in Louisville, but it can be a trek to get to and you need at least a sledgehammer to get the city gates open. There's a hole in the fence north just past the train station near the main entrance to Louisville you can sneak through without needing a sledgehammer: https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12639x4186x975 Tweak posted:edit: is there a tower somewhere on this map that has 7 levels or is that just the max height of the world or something Theres the big radio relay tower, it's 7 stories and here: https://map.projectzomboid.com/#10277x8745x2023 In no way do I claim to be good at zomboid, but I do like looking at maps, so, that's me helping, I guess.
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Me and my friends escaped to Louisville and then to a five story (I think) apartment building and then realized that if we were to keep going it'd just kinda be farming and rote work and none of us had the patience for that (well, I would've been fine with it, but I'm not gonna force my friends to have a bad time). That was before Christmas though, and it looks like the map is even bigger now. Our next project is Raft after one friend reported back that it's grown a bit the first time we tried it, and I'm wondering Zomboid has changed enough that I should suggest another run.
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Black Griffon posted:Me and my friends escaped to Louisville and then to a five story (I think) apartment building and then realized that if we were to keep going it'd just kinda be farming and rote work and none of us had the patience for that (well, I would've been fine with it, but I'm not gonna force my friends to have a bad time). I had this thought the other day when I was moving everything I had to a spot out in the woods, safely away from any dangers with a poo poo load of food. I think to keep me interested I’ll need to keep putting myself in danger by clearing neighborhoods/towns for loot instead of being self sustaining (or just subsiding off my 100 some cans of food). Well, that and/or pretending to play the sims
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If you're monitoring your weight, canned food kinda sucks tbh. Though being out in the woods, if you go heavy into trapping (which you should), and you've got some cabbage seeds to support it, you can find some extremely calorie dense rabbits. Trapping 2x3000 calorie rabbits per day adds up, fast. I am much the same however in needing a longer term goal. That's why I like making my base larger than it needs to be just for me, I try to have big sections, a small barracks, things to make it look and feel more like a survival compound than simply a video game shack. ....and then space and the right clothes for the mannequins.
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piano chimp posted:It's worth taking as many tools as you can since the crafted versions are kinda lovely until you get good maintenance. I'd stock up on the following: Thanks, this is really useful! Sounds like it's less Les Stroud and more "escaped prisoner hiding out" but that's still cool. I set up in the 3 house gated community mentioned above and, if I can get sustainable after the power and water shuts off, I'll take my truck out on a lake or river in the middle of nowhere and live out my days in a tiny cabin with occasional trips to burglarize homes in any nearby communities. Which is also my real-life plan for retirement, except I'll be fighting hordes of other climate refugees instead of zombies.
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The most fun thing mid game was cheering each other on when we managed to lose weight after growing obese on junk food we found in bins. Like an even deadlier and more nihilistic version of The Biggest Loser. Project Zomboid is pretty fun too!
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Twenty Four posted:There's a hole in the fence north just past the train station near the main entrance to Louisville you can sneak through without needing a sledgehammer: You can break down most doors and gates with an axe - it just takes between 5-10 swings. You only really need a sledgehammer to destroy props that can't be disassembled or to break down a wall.
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Nimble takes so loving long to level up goddamn. Still out here in the woods. I was thinking of maybe following the train tracks nearby and see the train yard I saw on the map? But I want to see the winter at least before I risk anything again, it's the closest I've gotten to winter so far.Major Isoor posted:Also, totally unrelated, but BSO I always like seeing your owl av in this thread - scary indeed! Thanks Major Isoor I appreciate it 
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duffmensch posted:You can break down most doors and gates with an axe - it just takes between 5-10 swings. You only really need a sledgehammer to destroy props that can't be disassembled or to break down a wall. Huh neat, I might have even known that but forgotten because I haven't played in a while. However, I've never even tried any real construction beyond "board up some windows and put curtains up, dismantle and move some things around" because I've never made it far enough for it to matter. I've never even actually been to Louisville or that whole in the fence I was talking about in game. Like I said, I may not be very good at it, but I have fun and I like looking at maps and found a way into Louisville that didn't need any tools while browsing around once.
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Not sure if anyone else has encountered this in PZ, but be aware of towed vehicles - maybe detach them before leaving them unattended! https://youtu.be/EQWqNdk0R7I Since this^ happened while we were collecting vehicles for a car palisade (to then build a wooden fence inside) and went from 3/4 cars being in salvageable shape to 1/4. Hilarious though! Also, at the end - on my end at least, it looked like my friend had been killed, right when the hatcback "swiped" where he was, exactly as he jumped into the station wagon haha
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What the hell, I just had a 50+ day run end for no apparent reason. I got to the military base and spent about 12 hours clearing out the parking lot (if you go, take about 3x as much ammo as you think you need). My character was exhausted, overheated, and nauseous (which I figured was due to be overheated for a long time) but didn't take a scratch. I found an unlocked 4-seater, laid down in the back to sleep, and died within about 4 hours. I went from nauseous to sick pretty much immediately and my health went from "something doesn't feel right" to "imminent death" in about three seconds, then I died. Are there health conditions that are invisible for a time and then suddenly cause death, zombification aside? I didn't have any of the other symptoms of a bite and the health screen was clear when I went to sleep.
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BrianRx posted:What the hell, I just had a 50+ day run end for no apparent reason. I got to the military base and spent about 12 hours clearing out the parking lot (if you go, take about 3x as much ammo as you think you need). My character was exhausted, overheated, and nauseous (which I figured was due to be overheated for a long time) but didn't take a scratch. I found an unlocked 4-seater, laid down in the back to sleep, and died within about 4 hours. I went from nauseous to sick pretty much immediately and my health went from "something doesn't feel right" to "imminent death" in about three seconds, then I died. Are there health conditions that are invisible for a time and then suddenly cause death, zombification aside? I didn't have any of the other symptoms of a bite and the health screen was clear when I went to sleep. How many corpses were around? I'm guessing a shitton. Corpses cause sickness around them when in large numbers, and if you stick around too long it will drain your health. In other news, I've been playing a bunch of single player and have survived past 2 months for the first time. I've set up a nice base in the gas station in Ekron, and have discovered just how powerful fishing is for feeding your character. There's 3 small lakes near this gas station so plenty of fish to catch. Considering taking a trip to that military base for kicks, as I lost my previous longest-surviving character there. Tarezax fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Jul 31, 2022 |
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BrianRx posted:What the hell, I just had a 50+ day run end for no apparent reason. I got to the military base and spent about 12 hours clearing out the parking lot (if you go, take about 3x as much ammo as you think you need). My character was exhausted, overheated, and nauseous (which I figured was due to be overheated for a long time) but didn't take a scratch. I found an unlocked 4-seater, laid down in the back to sleep, and died within about 4 hours. I went from nauseous to sick pretty much immediately and my health went from "something doesn't feel right" to "imminent death" in about three seconds, then I died. Are there health conditions that are invisible for a time and then suddenly cause death, zombification aside? I didn't have any of the other symptoms of a bite and the health screen was clear when I went to sleep. Had any scratches or lacerations in the last week? Each time you get scratched or lacerated by a zombie there's a chance that you are going to become a zombie, even if the scratch heals. It takes about 3 days to become a zombie but is effected by traits and slowed by being well fed. Feeling overheated and nauseous/sick with steadily dropping health are the telltale symptoms of zombie infection
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Tweak posted:incredible, reminds me of the weird stuff pubg would do with vehicles Yeah, hahaha - you're quite right! That stuff can be pretty mesmerising at times! I'm not sure why, but I was taken entirely by surprise when this happened - I never had any vehicle glitches in PZ prior to this. It's like a lava lamp! I think it must've been some clipping issue, seeing as I jammed the two cars into each other, pressed against the wall. I assume if I had detached them it would've been fine, though
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Tarezax posted:How many corpses were around? I'm guessing a shitton. Corpses cause sickness around them when in large numbers, and if you stick around too long it will drain your health. Interesting, I didn't know that. Yeah, there were dozens and dozens of corpses and the car I was sleeping in was near the middle of the pile, so that makes sense. I also hadn't eaten in a day so I was probably more susceptible to illness. Wish there was some indication of all that, but oh well, you're supposed to die. QuarkJets posted:Had any scratches or lacerations in the last week? Each time you get scratched or lacerated by a zombie there's a chance that you are going to become a zombie, even if the scratch heals. It takes about 3 days to become a zombie but is effected by traits and slowed by being well fed. Feeling overheated and nauseous/sick with steadily dropping health are the telltale symptoms of zombie infection I'm a big baby and had zombification turned off, though I did get very sick and have high levels of fear a day or so after getting bitten or suffering a laceration, which I'm guessing would have been fatal otherwise. Is there any point in continuing a run once you've been bitten, or is there a chance you just get sick and avoid infection?
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