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[duckman]

painkillers cam be as simple as alcohol.  asprin, various combat stims, etc

Food has gotten hardcore in the near future then, because I ate a meat pie and drank some cranberry juice. When I said I didn't touch the stuff, I meant ANY of the stuff. I didn't even drink any soda yet.

Edit: Wait, it's probably the cold. Numbness from walking towards town, I guess.

[Kaitol]

I've just started playing again after about two months, experimental of course, and like before, I'm dealing with the fact that I'm really, really garbage at surviving in this game. I haven't made it to my first nightfall yet on any run, and I've killed all of one normal zombie though something like 8 runs.

Also I've been getting hit with acid rains out of literally nowhere, which has killed me about half of my runs. What's up with that? Is it a glitch with the particular version I'm running?

Really? Uhhh. Try starting as a firefighter. turnout gear is basically immune to regular zeds and has good acid protection, which is several noob killers solved. Also the halligen bar they start off with is an okay weapon, but you'l want to replace it with something with block quickly. lure zombies to areas that slow movement, like furniture or bushes or windows. And you probably want to turn pisskops mod off. It basically just adds a bunch of death. Do it once the game starts to feel a bit boring. And make sure your encumbrance is low UNLESS your armor is protective and covering enough to negate most zeds damage, turnout gear will suffice unless you're fighting brutes or tanks or similar. Drop your backpack or whatever while enemies are still far away to lower enc. Don't even try to fight dogs or children at 0 skill with high encumbrance unless like above you have solid protection.

[Cattani]

Guys I found a "dead knot" when exploring a swamp.
The wiki says its an artifact, and it seems to be totally evil.
That leaves me with two questions...
First: is it useful/worth it to use such an evil artifact? I cant tell because i'm too much of a newb.
Second: uh I guess I found that thing while harvesting random bushes in the swamp. Seriously, artifacts dropping from bushes? Shouldn't those be rare or something?

[Azated]

First: is it useful/worth it to use such an evil artifact? I cant tell because i'm too much of a newb.
Second: uh I guess I found that thing while harvesting random bushes in the swamp. Seriously, artifacts dropping from bushes? Shouldn't those be rare or something?

I'm guessing you've already seen this wiki page, but I figured I'd put it there anyway. Spoilers as always with the wiki, but the should tell you what your artifact does.

I normally don't risk using an artifact unless I'm in a really bad situation. Sometimes they work like a fireball wand, casting a molotov-like effect at a targeted square, and sometimes that make you go nuts, destroy your stats, and turn you into cataclysms' equivalent of a crazed necromancer, and not in a good way... mostly.

Artifacts usually spawn in very noticeable areas. Usually in a 3x3 of rubble surrounded by a completely single-detail area of dirt for a small distance (Maybe 10x10 tiles or something, it's not very big). It looks similar to a small minefield, but there's an artifact in the centre. Sometimes this dirt zone generates without an artifact, which sucks because it always makes me wonder what I could have found

[Cattani]

Artifacts usually spawn in very noticeable areas. Usually in a 3x3 of rubble surrounded by a completely single-detail area of dirt for a small distance (Maybe 10x10 tiles or something, it's not very big). It looks similar to a small minefield, but there's an artifact in the centre. Sometimes this dirt zone generates without an artifact, which sucks because it always makes me wonder what I could have found

Oh I see... Well that must be where I found it, then... Usually I wander around a lot with my shopping cart.
Thank you for the answer! I will probably shove it in the pile of useless junk then.

[n9103]

Many emit radiation constantly too, so should probably be a remote pile. :p

[pisskop]

I made a list of all the monsters my mod adds for somebody saying they want to make sprites for 'em ...

Spoiler: Sooo Many (click to show/hide)

"mon_ant_scrib" - forager ant
"mon_ant_terminal" - giant ant
"mon_ant_soldier_terminal" - soldier ant
"mon_ant_soldier_pk_weak" - jack ant
"mon_ant_soldier_pk" - jack ant
"mon_ant_queen_firebug" - queen ant
"mon_ant_queen_young" - young queen ant
"mon_ant_male" - male ant

"mon_imp" - imp
"mon_imp_black" - imp (black)
"mon_pinky" - demon
"mon_lostsoul" - lost soul
"mon_revenant" - revenant
"mon_hell_knight" - hell knight
"mon_hell_baron" - hell baron
"mon_mancubus" - mancubus
"mon_cacodemon" - cacodemon
"mon_mechaspider" - arachnotron
"mon_cyberdemon" - cyberdemon
"mon_doom_churl" - churl (human warrior)
"mon_doom_slave" - slave (human slave)
"mon_doom_cur" - zombie slave (ala what the pc makes)
"mon_lostsoul_mount" - lost soul
"mon_doom_sacrifice" - mutilated zombie (ala blood sacrifice)
"mon_soulcube" - soulcube (doom 3)
"mon_doom_archvile" - vile
"mon_doom_archvile_2" - vile
"mon_doom_archvile_3" - vile
"mon_doom_archvile_4" - vile
"mon_doom_archvile_5" - vile
"mon_doom_archdemon" - archdemon (doom 2)

"mon_doom_archvile_queen" - archvile (boss archvile)
"mon_imp_revive" - scarred imp
"mon_pinky_revive" - scarred demon
"mon_hell_knight_revive" - battered hell knight
"mon_cacodemon_revive" - abhorrent cacodemon
"mon_doom_churl_revive" - enslaved churl

"mon_fungus_boil" - fungal boil
"mon_fougar" - fungal cougar
"mon_feer" - deer (exploding deer)
"mon_foose" - foose (fungal moose)
"mon_folf" - wolf (fungal wolf)
"mon_fant" - fant (fungal ant v2)
"mon_fungaloid_pk" - fungal tender
"mon_fardigrade" - infected tardigrade (fungal waterbug)
"mon_furvivor" - fungal survivor (heavily infected survivor)
"mon_furvivor_glock" - infected survivor
"mon_furvivor_shotgun" - infected survivor
"mon_furvivor_deagle" - infected survivor
"mon_furvivor_smg" - infected survivor
"mon_furvivor_pk" - infected survivor (melee)
"mon_marloss_man" - marloss man
"mon_finebeast" - fungal vinebeast
"mon_fionaea" - fungal dionaea
"mon_finecraft" - fungal brood (fungal minecraft creeper)
"mon_zombie_electric_fungal" - fungal shocker
"mon_fungus_pig" - squig (warhammer)

"mon_maggot" - giant maggot
"mon_caterpillar" - giant caterpillar
"mon_pupae" - pupal sac (think pokemon-metapod)
"mon_pupae_pk" - pupal sac (think pokemon-metapod)
"mon_butterfly" - giant butterfly
"mon_moth" - giant moth
"mon_tardigrade" - tardigrade (waterbug)
"mon_spider_wolf_giant_pk" - huge wolf spider
"mon_spider_web_queen" - large egg sac (boss enemy)
"mon_trapdoor_egg" - egg sac
"mon_trapdoor_queen" - large egg sac (boss)
"mon_spider_trapdoor_giant_s" - giant immature trapdoor spider
"mon_spider_trapdoor_giant_guardian" - alpha giant trapdoor spider
"mon_spider_trapdoor_giant_pk" - giant trapdoor spider (v2 of base)
"mon_spider_web_alpha" - giant web spider (brutal poison)
"mon_spider_web_omega" - giant web spider (longlasting poison)
"mon_spider_web_mu" - giant web spider (fungus killer)
"mon_spider_jumping_giant_acid" - medusa spider
"mon_bee_scout" - giant bee (faster, weaker)
"mon_bee_soldier" - giant bee (slower stronger)
"mon_bee_queen" - giant queen bee (boss)
"mon_bee_king" - giant royal bee
"mon_bee_larvae" - bee larvae
"mon_wasp_queen" - queen wasp (boss)
"mon_wasp_larvae" - larval wasp

"mon_hallu_mannequin" - mannequin (hallucination)
"mon_bear_pk" - bear (strong)
"mon_bear_weak" - bear
"mon_cougar_pk" - cougar (strong)
"mon_cougar_weak" - cougar
"mon_dog_large" - large dog
"mon_moose_pk" - moose (strong)
"mon_moose_weak" - moose
"mon_skunk" - skunk
"mon_goat" - goat
"mon_gator" - sewer gator
"mon_robin" - robin
"mon_bjay" - blue jay
"mon_pidgeon" - pidgeon
"mon_bear_mega" - elephant bear
"mon_bear_mega_mating" - elephant bear (in heat/musk)
"mon_bear_mega_kid" - juvenille elephant bear
"mon_bear_mega_baby" - elephant bear cub
"mon_coyote_small" - dwarf coyote
"mon_pig_saber" - sabertooth pig
"mon_mole_large" - large mole

"mon_sludge_crawler_queen" - sludge crawler (boss)
"mon_jabberwock_pk" - jabberwock (v2)
"mon_bat_vampire" - vampire bat
"mon_coyote_wolf_zerg" - scythed coyote

"mon_cyborg_guard" - guard cyborg
"mon_cyborg_cop" - robotic cop
"mon_manhack_missile" - revenant rocket
"mon_manhack_fire" - firebomb hack
"mon_turret_shockcannon" - shockcannon
"mon_robot_drone" - helidrone

"mon_creeper_hub" - creeper hub (palette swap-> broken sprite)
"mon_biollante_pk" - glowing biollante
"mon_creeper_vine_terminal" - creeping grass (dying)
"mon_creeper_vine_pk" - creeping vine
"mon_creeper_vine_terminal_pk" - creeping vine (dying)
"mon_creeper_root" - slithering root (burrows)
"mon_vinebeast_terminal" - vinebeast (v2)
"mon_vinebeast_pk" - tangala (v2 -pokemonish)
"mon_triffid_pk" - triffid (v2)
"mon_treent" - blue aurora
"mon_treent_green" - treunt
"mon_dionaea_sprout" - dionaea sprout
"mon_dionaea" - dionaea (little shop of horrors)
"mon_minecraft" - hissing brood (minecraft creeper)
"mon_minecraft_charged" - charged hissing brood (minecraft creeper)

"mon_zolf_shady" - dark howler
"mon_horse_zombie" - zombie horse
"mon_zombie_dog_pk" - zombie chaser (dog v2)
"mon_dog_skeleton_pk" - hell hound (skele dog v2 smoker)
"mon_dog_zombie_cop_pk" - zombie hunting dog (rubber z9)
"mon_zombie_scorched_pk" - scorched zombie (2nd stage burn)
"mon_zombie_scorched_shocker" - scorched zombie
"mon_zombie_fiend_pk" - fiend (2nd stage burn)
"mon_zombie_fiend_shocker" - fiend (shocker brute burned)
"mon_zombie_crawler_scorched" - gutted zombie (3rd stage burn)
"mon_skeleton_scorched" - gutted zombie (not meant to be alive, but a prop for the corpse item, too burnt to live)
"mon_zombie_scorched_necro" - zombie abomination
"mon_zombie_scorched_master" - zombie abomination
"mon_zombie_child_scorched_2" - burned child zombie (burn stage 2)
"mon_horse_zombie_scorched" - hooved horror (burnt large-mammal zed)
"mon_zolf_scorched" - torrid beast (stage 1 'medium' animal burnt)
"mon_zanimal_scorched" - putrid pile (stage 2 medani burnt)
"mon_zanimal_skeleton" - putrified pile (stage 3 medani burnt)
"mon_zanimal_skeleton_dead" - putrified pile (stage 4 - not meant to be alive but serves to prompt the proper nonreviving corpse item)
"mon_zombie_bear_mega" - zombie megabear

"mon_zombie_runner_pk" - feral runner
"mon_zombie_cripple" - maimed zombie
"mon_zombie_blind" - blind zombie
"mon_zombie_blind_pk" - unseeing zombie (threat to Early Game PCs)
"mon_zombie_2" - zombie
"mon_zombie_3" - zombie
"mon_zombie_pk" - hungry zombie
"mon_zombie_child_2" - zombie child
"mon_zombie_child_3" - zombie child
"mon_zombie_hollow_pk" - zombie nadir
"mon_zombie_fat_2" - fat zombie
"mon_zombie_fat_3" - fat zombie
"mon_beekeeper_pk" - scabby zombie (v2 scarred zombie)
"mon_zombie_child_pk" - zombie scrapper (v2 child zombie)
"mon_zombie_child_reaver" - zombie reaver (v3 child zombie)
"mon_zombie_tough_2" - tough zombie
"mon_zombie_tough_3" - tough zombie
"mon_zombie_electric_pk" - sparker zombie (v2 shocker)
"mon_zombie_shady_pk" - shadowed zombie (v2 shady)
"mon_zombie_shady_ghost" - ethereal zombie (v3 shady, 'ghostly')
"mon_zombie_master_pk" - zombie master (v2)
"mon_zombie_necro_pk" - zombie necromancer (v2)
"mon_zombie_lord" - zombie lord (necro/master combined)
"mon_zombie_swimmer_pk" - swimmer zombie
"mon_zombie_scales" - encrusted zombie (armored swimmer)
"mon_zombie_rot_pk" - rotting zombie
"mon_skeleton_pk" - zombie mangler (skele v2)
"mon_skeleton_husk" - zombie husk (skele v3)
"mon_zombie_crawler_pk_weak" - shambling zombie (crawling sludge zombie)
"mon_zombie_crawler_pk" - shambler (late-game threat crawling sludge zombie)
"mon_zombie_hulk_pk" - zombie tank (hulk v2)
"mon_boomer_huge_pk" - huge boomer (glow in dark boomer)
"mon_zombie_gasbag_pk" - putrid zombie (majiin boo sillyputty monster)
"mon_zombie_radbag" - smoldering zombie (very radioactive zombie)
"mon_zombie_smoker_pk" - zombie incus (smoker v2)

[Ehndras]

So... I am totally lost in the underground portion of a lab.

Holy, friggin, shyte.

There's 2 other labs nearby... >_< The damn lab's interior goes on for like 8 tiles.

Not even sure what to do at this point, I've full of loot but can't find the way out. :|

[scriver]

You've become the labratory mouse. This is you maze.

[TheBronzePickle]

Well, I've managed to survive a couple days this time because I tweaked some of the settings so that everything isn't suffering. Problem is, I have a wheelbarrow and a shopping cart full of hoarder crap useful supplies that I really want to bring with me over to the local survivor complex, where I'll hopefully be able to set up a permanent base of operations. Problem is, it's on the far side of a city and the last thing I want to do is make three runs through a place filled with nasty things while dragging around a ton of material.

Problem is, all the local cars are either surrounded by zombies of varieties I'm ill-equipped to slay or derelict, and I've never actually survived long enough to actually learn how to fiddle with mechanics, and also I don't actually have a good set of tools for mechanics, and finally there's no nearby garages to source vehicle parts or more tools.

How do I best proceed from here?

[Cattani]

Well, I've managed to survive a couple days this time because I tweaked some of the settings so that everything isn't suffering. Problem is, I have a wheelbarrow and a shopping cart full of hoarder crap useful supplies that I really want to bring with me over to the local survivor complex, where I'll hopefully be able to set up a permanent base of operations. Problem is, it's on the far side of a city and the last thing I want to do is make three runs through a place filled with nasty things while dragging around a ton of material.

Problem is, all the local cars are either surrounded by zombies of varieties I'm ill-equipped to slay or derelict, and I've never actually survived long enough to actually learn how to fiddle with mechanics, and also I don't actually have a good set of tools for mechanics, and finally there's no nearby garages to source vehicle parts or more tools.

How do I best proceed from here?

Set up a temporary base to keep your stash while you scout the region for alternatives?
Or just find a subway/manhole and try your luck navigating the sewers!

[TheBronzePickle]

I'm already sort-of set up in the shelter I started in. Problem is, said shelter is right smack-dab in the middle between a swamp and a triffid grove. I'd rather brave my way through a city into a survivor-controlled compound where I can be (more) assured of my safety than keep sitting in a place that's almost inevitably going to eventually be overrun by things I'm not quite sure I'm capable of winning against right now.

[Random_Dragon]

How do I best proceed from here?

Flank the city if at all possible. Keep as many of the outer building between you and any globs of undead in the streets. If you have those triffids or other Fun things blocking the way, than pick your way through the outermost houses and hope that both zeds and outside nasties get lured towards you, bogged up in the buildings, then end up infighting.

[NullForceOmega]

I started a new world, and it has been murdering the hell out of me, from tank drones popping around corners and instantly wasting me to stealth giant ant attacks, this may be the most survivors I've lost since I started playing.  On reflection, naming the world "Dirge" may have been a bad idea.

[Azated]

Well, I've managed to survive a couple days this time because I tweaked some of the settings so that everything isn't suffering. Problem is, I have a wheelbarrow and a shopping cart full of hoarder crap useful supplies that I really want to bring with me over to the local survivor complex, where I'll hopefully be able to set up a permanent base of operations. Problem is, it's on the far side of a city and the last thing I want to do is make three runs through a place filled with nasty things while dragging around a ton of material.

Problem is, all the local cars are either surrounded by zombies of varieties I'm ill-equipped to slay or derelict, and I've never actually survived long enough to actually learn how to fiddle with mechanics, and also I don't actually have a good set of tools for mechanics, and finally there's no nearby garages to source vehicle parts or more tools.

How do I best proceed from here?

If you have the tools, you might be able to put the shopping basket on your wheelbarrow too, or just find a bigger storage. After that, you need the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.

Rollerskates.

These things are better than cars. They're silent, they don't need fuel, and you can dash in and out of houses when you need to. You run at three times the speed of a zombie and you walking a good 10-20 steps faster. Just make sure you take them off when you fight or walk over dirt otherwise rip in pickles to you.