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[qwertyuiopas]

The current implementation simply increases the damage required to kill a zombie. The easiest way to make the crowbar better is... To make the crowbar better! Editing all weapons to do less damage to zombies would be nearly pointless and hard to fix at a later date.

Also, I don't know if there are zombie generations, but from what I heard it is actually that there is a bonus based on the number of other nearby zombies and only the "leader" one(s) can take down a wall unaided, while the others have to have at least one other nearby, although not nessecarily helping.

Edit:

Idea: A zombie disguise. It simply changes your skin colour while you are wearing it, and occupies the spacesuit/firesuit /armor equipment spot.

That, or zombie gloves and a zombie mask.

The result is pranks that can go horribly wrong if the target doesn't RP well. Also, it would help reduce bad RP in real rounds, since players can assume that it could just be another player, wearing a costume at first.

[head]

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Zombie killing lesson of the day.(This is more sort of guesses)

There are generations of zombies. I believe it goes, leader zombie is strongest, people that are bitten by the leader zombie are wimpier, and the people they bite are yet even more wimpier.

The higher the generation you are, the wimpier. I believe third generations cant break r-walls, and I have yet to see regular walls be unclawable by one zombie. The big differance between generations is heal rate and health. Leader zombie has tons of regen and health. Generation 5 gets knocked out by 1-3 lasers. The last zombie game I had, I knocked out two zombies with one laser gun, and went in to beat them in the heads with a fire exstinguisher. It took a while(plus the one minute they have to wait before dieing) but they eventually did. They were probably bordering generation 4, and the one who got KO'ed in one shot was probably like generation 6 or something.

Also, I believe higher generations get harmed by cold. The first 1-3 generations dont, and the rest slowly do, getting worse as you go. That would explain the differant zombie experiences with space. But, when I get harmed, I might actually be auto healing, I sometimes missread the colar change. So there may actually be no damage, I might have to test this later

"Edit" Also, never leave a zombie to die, it WILL auto heal, in its last minute, pulling it out from the edge. Just keep hitting it in the head with a melee weapon and you will be fine, it will go down in a few minutes. Just beware other zombies, and if your in a hallway, drag the zombie corpse to a room.

"Edit2" I was thinking last night, what about giving the crowbar a higher potential melee damage against zombies than the fire exstinguisher? Give all current melee weapons 90% of their current damage potential against zombies, and give the crowbar 110% of the original damage the fire exstinguisher does. As it is known in zombie games, there is always a crowbar, and there is always zombie heads splitting open. Make it a tad more "zombie" in my opinion. Of course, then how would we implement it?

The current implementation simply increases the damage required to kill a zombie. The easiest way to make the crowbar better is... To make the crowbar better! Editing all weapons to do less damage to zombies would be nearly pointless and hard to fix at a later date.

Also, I don't know if there are zombie generations, but from what I heard it is actually that there is a bonus based on the number of other nearby zombies and only the "leader" one(s) can take down a wall unaided, while the others have to have at least one other nearby, although not nessecarily helping.

Edit:

Idea: A zombie disguise. It simply changes your skin colour while you are wearing it, and occupies the spacesuit/firesuit /armor equipment spot.

That, or zombie gloves and a zombie mask.

The result is pranks that can go horribly wrong if the target doesn't RP well. Also, it would help reduce bad RP in real rounds, since players can assume that it could just be another player, wearing a costume at first.

There are no zombie "generations"

The only real perk zombie leader has is the ability to destroy R-walls by himself.

Interesting idea Qwerty.

[ReaperSWE]

Get a server back up! 

[amirHM]

Could someone code in game modes that unlock once a certain number of people vote? Say 10 people vote for traitor/nuclear/zombie...whatever, then a new option appears, which requires at least 10 players to be any good.

That's a good idea.That way people wont be able to vote for nuke when there are only 3 players.

[head]

Putting server up.

need test subjects.
so expect restarts until everything works as intended.

[Sukasa]

Added the conveyors and such to git, they were referenced in the .dme and an older conveyor.dmi file was in the .rsc, but the source files themselves weren't there.

E: Also added auto-open to doors, and updated their autoclose so that doors other than airlocks also autoclose.  Pod Door opening/closing aren't affected by this, as they shouldn't be.

[Micro102]

Regarding the zombie suit, since zombie media is popular, it would make sense for a fanatic to get one.

Maybe on the supply shuttle, or in some sort of recreational room?

[quinnr]

E: Also added auto-open to doors, and updated their autoclose so that doors other than airlocks also autoclose.  Pod Door opening/closing aren't affected by this, as they shouldn't be.

Auto open, as in run into and it opens?

Zombie suits would be flipping awesome, especially in zombie mode.

[Sukasa]

Yeah, as in run into it and it opens (of course, assuming you actually have access.  Sorry, Urist McAssistant, you still aren't getting into medical research)

[beorn080]

There will of course be a wire added to disable this feature correct?

[Dyjeccu]

Gentlemen, I submit to you a few points of note. I have seen them brushed aside often, but here I plead for a serious tone. Also, I appologise now, as I do generalize by speaking to all B12 admins.

First, admins should not treat the hosted B12 server as their own toybox. Do _not_ come no-clipping in to atmos, set fire to the gas store, then throw the poor atmos tech in to the inferno. Do _not_ waltz in to engineering, smash the place up, then throw the poor engineer in to the inferno. Different admins, same trend.
Even in sandbox mode, these players could be learning how to work BS12, and do not have your knowledge of every trick (Yes, the ones you consistently refuse to share).

Second, in more frequent reoccurrence lately I have seen BS12 hosted by someone only to be rebooted every five minutes for a half hour or longer. This happened today, to flip the TEG overlay icon orientation. I acknowledge some testing needs to be live, but please: if possible, keep minor tests offline.
B12 is not hosted 27/7.. and when it comes online people come to play. Again, please see a community resource as something other than your toybox.

Finally, there have been multiple occasions where I have approached a development team member offering work, to be summarily turned away. The reaction I see has become instinctual, as I have never been returned a question of qualification or offerings. I fear for this project's future, as a culture of exclusion can only stagnate and die.

These behaviors are frustrating to your current community, and  warn away future contributors. Those given authority should  be responsible to culture the community, and need to consider the  community's wants and needs. Should you be serious about this project, i wholeheartedly recommend  you consider these issues.

[quinnr]

Yeah, as in run into it and it opens (of course, assuming you actually have access.  Sorry, Urist McAssistant, you still aren't getting into medical research)

YES!

[quinnr]

Why the hell did an admin set the gases on fire? GASES ARE GOOD!

Also, I can't remember the last time I used admin powers other than banning. Oh wait, that time when it was only Google, Adhesive, Cecil, and me online. That was fun.

[Sukasa]

There will of course be a wire added to disable this feature correct?

This could be done, but at the moment the wire isn't there.  I'll add that to my todo list

[andrea]

First, admins should not treat the hosted B12 server as their own toybox. Do _not_ come no-clipping in to atmos, set fire to the gas store, then throw the poor atmos tech in to the inferno. Do _not_ waltz in to engineering, smash the place up, then throw the poor engineer in to the inferno. Different admins, same trend.

This sounds quite worrying. It can be ok if an admin walks around naked noclipping ( last time headswe did it, we roleplayed it being a poltergeist- I even assigned somebody to be a ghost buster). But if they use admin powers to interfere with normal gameplay, that is very bad and should be reported. I suggest you speak to headswe about this.