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[i2amroy]

What's the point of glowsticks if they don't help you see any further? I mean, they should probably give you at least one more sight range then absolutely nothing at all. Unless we're talking about the really cheap novelty glowsticks they sell at events and stuff that only look pretty and don't give of any light at all really. Maybe I could read by them? Don't really help me much in this Lab though...

Glowsticks will allow you to read/sew in total darkness (like underground/nighttime) with a 1.5x modifier to the time it takes (Normal Night Vision will take this back down to 1x) or at a regular speed in normal darkness (such as inside a building during the day but not in the light). IIRC they also will create a 3x3 square of light if you drop them on the ground, and they might light you up so that enemies can see you in the darkness now that vision has been expanded to allow the sight of lit things farther away at night.

Personally for all of my lighting needs I prefer to use a light strip. Just disassemble a few flashlights and you can make one which will last for something like 80 days right now (which I believe is actually a bug, they are only supposed to last for like 5), and will allow you to read/sew in the dark without any penalties.

[Sheb]

Do lightstrip works? I remember not being able to read by them in 0.4.

[Skyrunner]

I don't think they do in the game. They explode just fine if you're stupid enough ti shoot the tile next to you. :S Range doesn't really matter.

Well I just blew my test subject up so I guess you're right. I'm not sure what's going on then. Maybe targeting a creature with the grenade and missing causes the grenade to fail to explode? I shot at a wall and 'missed' and nothing happened, but targeted a floor tile and it exploded.

No, I tested with 12 skill, 14 perc and 14 dex. xD Overkill. I hit the zombie for 4~20 damage, and it went plink but didn't really explode.

[i2amroy]

Do lightstrip works? I remember not being able to read by them in 0.4.

Yeah they do. I wrote the code for the reading/sewing check in .5 myself, though somebody else had already fixed that particular bug by the time I got around to writing my bit.

[The Darkling Wolf]

Mine was a quick hack, not a real fix

[hops]

*fires law at turret* You barely miss! *no explosion* " must have flown clear past off the other end of the screen" *fires second law* You hit the turret for 4 damage! *Waits. No explosion.* "Huh... a.. dud? Does the game even HAVE duds?" *fires THIRD law, but at the ground in front the turrets. Explosion, turrets gone.* 

Whelp. Took two more of my laws then it should have. But got the job done. Barely had enough ordinance for the other turrets. Better than hoarding and never using them I suppose though.

I realized later that you meant LAW, but my head kept imagining Isaac Asimov throwing paperwork pertaining to the Laws of Robotics at a turret so that it'll realize it cannot shoot him.

[ArchAIngel]

Idea for a bionic: Geiger counter. Idea for a recipe: Use steel, a hammer, and a fire to make steel bolts. Those things are so much better, it is not even funny.
Also, you now have to hit w, then the item key to wield a item. Going to that item and hitting w is no longer enough.

[G-Flex]

Dude, I'm pretty sure a campfire is slightly insufficient for forging steel.

[teoleo]

two idea: child NPC and NPC driving cars....(and steal cars....)

[teoleo]

how i can use/take the flower?

[kilakan]

how i can use/take the flower?

Walk up to it and e(x)amine it I believe.

[DWC]

I think it's reasonable for metal arrowheads/ bolts to be made. No bolt is going to be made entirely out of steel that needs to be forged, it just needs an arrowhead made of metal. A hacksaw and hammer and scrap metal x 4 or a pipe, 2x4. And you get 5- 10 bolts from it. Think of it like a section of pipe at the end , crimped to hold it into place and cut with a pointy bit at one end.

Maybe not as good as actual commerical bolts, maybe have even worse accuracy then wood bolts to balance it out and reflect that it's a bit crudely made and off balance.

[BigD145]

how i can use/take the flower?

Walk up to it and e(x)amine it I believe.

Bright green bushes are worth examining.

[coolio678]

two idea: child NPC and NPC driving cars....(and steal cars....)

cars that drive NPCs? I'm up for that.

[i2amroy]

I think it's reasonable for metal arrowheads/ bolts to be made. No bolt is going to be made entirely out of steel that needs to be forged, it just needs an arrowhead made of metal. A hacksaw and hammer and scrap metal x 4 or a pipe, 2x4. And you get 5- 10 bolts from it. Think of it like a section of pipe at the end , crimped to hold it into place and cut with a pointy bit at one end.

Maybe not as good as actual commerical bolts, maybe have even worse accuracy then wood bolts to balance it out and reflect that it's a bit crudely made and off balance.

I'd probably have the recipe require wooden crossbow bolts, so it goes something like wooden bolt -> steel bolt (homemade).

And yeah, right now there is a quite a bit of a problem with firing anything that explodes where it won't explode if you aim at a creature or if you "miss".