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[Tiruin]

Question: Do headlights just illuminate towards the front of a vehicle, or is there a way to make directional floodlights that can light up all around a vehicle?

Just noticed the advantages of a light which never goes out.

Using it as an indoor light on my mobile truck + bed with nothing but boards and an opague door for safety. Perfect for those nights where I can't sleep and wish to read to keep my morale up/train skills.

[Girlinhat]

Question: Do headlights just illuminate towards the front of a vehicle, or is there a way to make directional floodlights that can light up all around a vehicle?

Just noticed the advantages of a light which never goes out.

Using it as an indoor light on my mobile truck + bed with nothing but boards and an opague door for safety. Perfect for those nights where I can't sleep and wish to read to keep my morale up/train skills.

My WARBUS is designed with this specifically in mind.

Curiously, the RV Kitchen and headlight (same tile) take enormous damage whenever I hit anything, usually the first tile destroyed even if I strike on the front (RV Kitchen is about 1/2 towards the back).

[Mrnocamera]

I just found out about being able to let go of the wheel while moving and still staying on the vehicle.

Zombie pipe drive-by's here I come.

[Girlinhat]

I just found out about being able to let go of the wheel while moving and still staying on the vehicle.

Zombie pipe drive-by's here I come.

I need to determine the amount of L/R drift caused by this, and then see if you can keep cruise control at something very slow and become a slowly cruising gun platform of some sort.

Either way, firing rockets from a motorcycle at 70 mph and hitting a zombie child that sets a nearby car on fire and destroys the fuel tanks in a chain reaction, is about the crux of Cataclysm joy.

[SalmonGod]

Either way, firing rockets from a motorcycle at 70 mph and hitting a zombie child that sets a nearby car on fire and destroys the fuel tanks in a chain reaction, is about the crux of Cataclysm joy.

Haven't done anything like that yet, but I did find some crack on a zombie child the other day.  Got plenty of joy out of that.

Also, seriously, lightstrips are the easiest thing for reading/crafting at night.  Just carry one on you all the time and never think about it.  I doubt I'll ever play a character long enough to use one up.

[Mrnocamera]

Aww...   Cruise control has no effect while you are not holding the controls...

Pretty much, your speed just goes down while not holding onto the controls.   At least, as far as I can tell.

[Girlinhat]

Aww...   Cruise control has no effect while you are not holding the controls...

Pretty much, your speed just goes down while not holding onto the controls.   At least, as far as I can tell.

It does tend to coast for quite a while though!

[Iceblaster]

Aww...   Cruise control has no effect while you are not holding the controls...

Pretty much, your speed just goes down while not holding onto the controls.   At least, as far as I can tell.

Yeah I know ... However on bigger vehicles(Semi truck in particular with its cab) I would love if it would keep going instead of just skidding to a halt sooner or later. That way I can store a shotgun I found along with the shells in a box in the back, and when I see a jabberwock, do a driveby instead of doing like a normal person and hitting it.

Also I usually play with Debug because I think its more fun. Shoot me.

[Mrnocamera]

On my newest character, I decided to spawn him a pedal bike at the start, and try and eventually work up to a mobile base/death mobile.

[azmodean]

Released 0.7 "Lundquist" http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=2330.0

Lotsa spiffy stuff, including allowing saving while in a vehicle for the first time in DDA history.

RE: vehicle stuffs
Aimable and/or 360deg vehicle lights are on the list, as is a persistent cuise control setting.

[Skyrunner]

How about turrets that don't attempt to destroy the entire vehicle while trying to shoot a zombie?

[Tiruin]

How about turrets that don't attempt to destroy the entire vehicle while trying to shoot a zombie?

Angled line of sight or some kind of craftable F/F [Friend or Foe] device added onto turrets would be nice

Released 0.7 "Lundquist" http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=2330.0

Lotsa spiffy stuff, including allowing saving while in a vehicle for the first time in DDA history.

RE: vehicle stuffs
Aimable and/or 360deg vehicle lights are on the list, as is a persistent cuise control setting.

Does this mean the solar panel bugs are fixed? Tyvm regardless.

[azmodean]

Turrets DO have a FF system now... I need to double check that it's applied to vehicle turrets... it might not be now that I think of it.  Not shooting the vehicle will be more difficult, but should be possible.

Yes, the solar panel thing is fixed.  It ignores vehicle roofs (still won't charge in a garage), bases charging on panel location instead of vehicle origin, and scales charging rate with ambient light level (will charge slowly in cloudy weather).

[Robsoie]

Keep Jabberwocks from spawning in classic mode.

Thank you for this one !

[Urist_McGamer]

Aww...   Cruise control has no effect while you are not holding the controls...

Pretty much, your speed just goes down while not holding onto the controls.   At least, as far as I can tell.

Yeah I know ... However on bigger vehicles(Semi truck in particular with its cab) I would love if it would keep going instead of just skidding to a halt sooner or later. That way I can store a shotgun I found along with the shells in a box in the back, and when I see a jabberwock, do a driveby instead of doing like a normal person and hitting it.

Also I usually play with Debug because I think its more fun. Shoot me.

Debug mode? Same here, I just want to play around with fun items until I get used to the crafting system and whatnot.