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[HARD]

So it is not possible to do aimed attacks like with A in df adventure mode?

anyway how can i examine something that is far away from me, kind of with coursor over something etc.

[HailFire]

Once your throwing skill is 2+, keep around 4-6 throwable items.  Rocks work, but so does most anything light enough and dense enough.  Still use windows, bushes, whatever as a barrier right in front of you, but start chucking stuff when the enemy is about 3-5 squares away.  Bash them once or twice once they're next to you and on that barrier, or just throw another rock or two once you're skilled enough to do serious damage with projectiles, and you might be pretty safe.

On this note, knives of any sort (except perhaps butter) make amazing throwing weapons, as they have a chance of dealing cut/pierce damage as your throwing skill increases.

[Krevsin]

Once your throwing skill is 2+, keep around 4-6 throwable items.  Rocks work, but so does most anything light enough and dense enough.  Still use windows, bushes, whatever as a barrier right in front of you, but start chucking stuff when the enemy is about 3-5 squares away.  Bash them once or twice once they're next to you and on that barrier, or just throw another rock or two once you're skilled enough to do serious damage with projectiles, and you might be pretty safe.

On this note, knives of any sort (except perhaps butter) make amazing throwing weapons, as they have a chance of dealing cut/pierce damage as your throwing skill increases.

Eh, I prefer to grab a knife and then use it to make buttloads of pointy sticks, which are amazing throwing weapons as well, and they're practically everywhere.

[HARD]

I love how the troll misses out on common sense

Anyway,

So it is not possible to do aimed attacks like with A in df adventure mode?

anyway how can i examine something that is far away from me, kind of with coursor over something etc.

It's totally aimed, sir.

Only that your 'aim' depends on the skill you have in the type of attack you do (depending on equipped weapon or unarmed combat). With ranged weaponry-the higher the skill, the better your aim.

Also there's a 'look' command. Check the keybindings.

Well i mean some kind of menu that pops out with options to choose where i want to hit that ugly zombie

[b_knight286]

Moving from the troll, I am trying to grind traps.  There seem to be no trap fields nearby, and none of the 4 libraries had even a SINGLE trap book...and I didn't start with it.  Luckily, one of the few dozen buildings I looted had a single bubblewrap.  This is gonna take a while...

[HARD]

How can i put something in the locker?

[b_knight286]

How can i put something in the locker?

Shift D
That's how you drop things onto tiles next to you.  It's also how I put my extra books on my bookshelf, medicine on my medicine rack, that sort of thing.

[Krevsin]

That's pretty much what Roguelikes are about: the win condition is to survive a bit longer than your previous character.

Also, after you hole up, try spending some days inside, eat and sleep well. After you run out of food, the fun should start anew (even if you go hunting, chances are you'll encounter a swarm of fungaloids or similar).

[Flying Dice]

Out of curiosity, do you all play with static spawn on or off?

[b_knight286]

I found an internal furnace CBM.  I can now eat pants.

[Iceblaster]

I have a suggestion for a crafting recipe for those who want to have a bunch of throwing knives!(Plus I can't really mod yet so for now this'll have to do)

A crude knife which you could craft with scrap metal and a rock, it wouldn't do much damage to be worthwhile as your main weapon, however with how easy it is the make it, you could easily have a whole arsenal of these to throw at your enemy to either level up your throwing for more worthwhile things, or just to throw and pretend you are Ezio or Altair, or whatever.

Out of curiosity, do you all play with static spawn on or off?

I play with Static Spawn on because I find it easier than Dynamic.

[b_knight286]

A crude knife which you could craft with scrap metal and a rock

We already have that exact thing only it's called Spike.  What's the throwing damage on those?  Someone do some science.

[Iceblaster]

Spikes are useful for something?! HOW DID I NOT KNOW

[Blaze]

Fairly certain the damage for throwing spikes is very low if not 0 due to 0 weight.

Making it weight even 1... stone? would make it much more useful, especially since it's metal so you can throw it with the railgun CBM.

It's a fairly quick hack by editing the json too.

[Darkmere]

Out of curiosity, do you all play with static spawn on or off?

Static for now. After I get a bit more practiced at the early game I'll probably switch to dynamic and try a forest-based survivalist character. Not having a vehicle early should complicate things nicely.