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[BigD145]

Why do slingshots make 37 noise when they fire? I thought it would be quiet, which is why I tried to snipe a shrieker zombie with it at night. Didn't go quite as well as I'd hoped.

A wrist rocket would be similar to bb gun for noise.

[martinuzz]

Sadly, it is not possible to install more than one foot pedal per vehicle. So no NPC powered Flintmobile.

Also, is it me, or are engines a tad overpowered? A single V6 gasoline engine shouldn't be able to pull my 7x11 heavy frame 10000kg mobile base at a safe speed of over 100km/h (acceleration 12). At Fuel efficiency 4. It's not even a V8.


EDIT: ohwait, I forgot to turn off the second v6. Still, with one v6 it has a safe speed of 83 acceleration 7.

[Tiruin]

Sadly, it is not possible to install more than one foot pedal per vehicle. So no NPC powered Flintmobile.

Also, is it me, or are engines a tad overpowered? A single V6 gasoline engine shouldn't be able to pull my 7x11 heavy frame 10000kg mobile base at a safe speed of over 100km/h (acceleration 12). At Fuel efficiency 4. It's not even a V8.


EDIT: ohwait, I forgot to turn off the second v6. Still, with one v6 it has a safe speed of 83 acceleration 7.

I think these also depend a LOT on the wheels you use The engine does provide the force used to push the vehicle...but the support that makes it move along also matters just as much.
In at least that's what I can say--having used tiny tiny wheels and wondering why my nice solar engine doesn't make it move well :I

[martinuzz]

Could be, it has twelve 32" armoured wheels

[Damiac]

What I'd like to know is why are pneumatic weapons silent? 

When a normal gun is fired, the gunpowder in the bullet case is detonated, creating lots of pressure behind the bullet.  The pressure pushes the projectile down the barrel and out at high speed. Then the unobstructed high pressure exits the barrel, and violently decompresses, making a very loud "BANG".  A suppressor gives an additional section of barrel with lots of holes (wildly oversimplified, I know) in it to make the decompression less sudden and violent, and thus less loud.

When a pneumatic gun is fired, a valve is opened, creating lots of pressure behind the bullet.  The pressure pushes the projectile down the barrel and out at high speed. Then the unobstructed high pressure exits the barrel, and violently decompresses, but for no apparent reason in CDDA, it does not make a very loud "BANG".

Am I missing something? When I open the valve to dump the 110 psi that runs the machine I'm working on, and all that pressure vents into the atmosphere, you know what happens?  It goes "BANG".  Because the mechanical engineers never specify a silencer...  I assume a gun using compressed air would need quite a bit more than 110 psi to achieve a decent velocity, but even if it was only 110 psi that is certainly not silent, even with a suppressor!

[n9103]

It shouldn't be silent, though it shouldn't be louder than any firearm of similar caliber when silenced.
There's at least one magnitude of difference between the pressures involved.

[IcyTea31]

A gun's noise has two components: gas pressure exiting the barrel, and the bullet breaking the sound barrier. Pneumatic guns generally fire with less pressure than firearms, meaning the former is quieter and the latter might be out of the equation entirely. I know from experience that a gas-powered BB gun is safe to shoot without hearing protection, but it should definitely be able to be heard from pretty far away and should attract undead attention.

[martinuzz]

My character is celebrating a dual event. Just finished the mobile base, and it's the last day of autumn (on a 28 day season setting).

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There's some room left for more cargo containers once I find those (or can be bothered to make long ropes)

Life's good in the Apocalypse.

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OKTOBERFEST!!The NPC cashed in my bed so I guess it's gonna be an all-nighter

[IcyTea31]

I like how drinking kompot has given you more pleasure than smoking a joint.

[Iceblaster]

Now is when a cuddle option is needed.

drunkenly cuddle the npc and wake up not wanting to discuss it ever again in the future.

'Urist McNPC is acting awkwardly in your presence!'

[Rolan7]

I like that your character *REALLY* loves good nachos (with meat and cheese but still, 5 times better than spaghetti bolognese??)

[Akura]

Or three times as much as a joint for that matter.



Recruited my first NPC. Her name is Spathi Pkeloucht. She's been well-behaved so far, though she refuses to use the steel spear I made for her, saying her crossbow is better.

[martinuzz]

Not sure if it works, but you could try giving it to her with the 'hold on to this for me' command, then forbidding her to use firearms, and get her in range of a zombie. See if she swaps out the crossbow she is not allowed to fire for the melee weapon that way.

[Tawa]

I don't need to do drugs, I have nachos

[Flying Dice]

Nachos: not even once.