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[NullForceOmega]

That is very literally what wear does as a mechanic.  Wear represents non-repairable degradation of the limb and must be dealt with via the maintenance bed.

[PTTG??]

Yes, you need a special bed for special boys. You can usually find them in Tech/Mechanics shops in most cities and in Tech Hunter Outposts.

No like I said it only had 9 points of wear on the leg. I cannot heal it from negative with a repair kit.

Your cyberleg is in negatives? I think that it might be destroyed, so it can't be used at all and needs to be replaced. Not sure, though.

[Micro102]

That is very literally what wear does as a mechanic.  Wear represents non-repairable degradation of the limb and must be dealt with via the maintenance bed.

Please read my comments. Seriously.

Yes, you need a special bed for special boys. You can usually find them in Tech/Mechanics shops in most cities and in Tech Hunter Outposts.

No like I said it only had 9 points of wear on the leg. I cannot heal it from negative with a repair kit.

Your cyberleg is in negatives? I think that it might be destroyed, so it can't be used at all and needs to be replaced. Not sure, though.

Odd thing is, it healed over time by itself. Went from negative to full. I'm getting the feeling there is a weird bug with my import to the new version. The leg was off before I imported and then I bought and attached one.

[Majestic7]

So my take on the history of the world:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The planet was colonized by humans in the distant past. This interstellar empire was technologically advanced and created/brought skeletons as assistants for colonists. After some time, the instellar empire collapsed or simply abandoned the colony, leaving it on their own.

Humans became worried (maybe with a cause) that their servants would take over. They tried to destroy the skeletons (see the corpses of great warskeletons in Obedience), but failed and in turn, skeletons took over. Skeletons had human minions known as Enforcers that helped them to rule the world. These Enforcers were genetically manipulated, creating the Shek. Despite their minions and relative benevolence, skeletons failed to control the whole world. They had constant rebellions and skirmishes happening.

A faction among the skeletons, led by an AI called Narko, decided to end humanity for one and all, possible as revenge for comrades destroyed in the failed AI purge. They developed a biological weapon that drives people insane and by releasing it, created the cannibals and destroyed half of the world. A guy called Okram developed a vaccination, saving the humans that had not yet been affected. Together with the anti-Narko skeletons, they fought the machines and Shek, using orbital weapons and whatnot. This fucked up the world further, but eventually Narko lost. Narko had developed Hivers at some point to replace humanity as servants (every Hive queen is a skeleton) and they got loose.

After the machines lost, Okram either died or went crazy, turning the rest of the survivors into zealous anti-science fanatics. They turned against their former skeletons allies and science in general, destroying what was left of technology. This led to the formation of the Holy Nation and the rest comes from their internal squabbles.

[Glloyd]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Go to the ashlands and kill the leading skeletons in the various domes, including Cat-Lon, and read their CPUs. They add a lot of detail to the world. At some point, the skeletons ruined the world.

[Sirus]

Interior Design, Recruit Prisoners, Shidan's tweaks and fixes, and I strongly recommend RoboticsFix (this one implements separate containers for robotics components, which makes the AI actually function correctly when making robotics items, without these separate containers your workers are likely to get stuck in endless hauling loops).

I also endorse Ark Weapons Pack and its support mods AWP squads and AWP Vendors, but it's a good chunk of new content that can make the early game rather more lethal.

I use a few more but those are what I would consider the best.  All are available through the Steam Workshop and interior design, recruit prisoners and Shidan's tweaks are also on the Nexus.  AWP is too.

So these mods are from half a year ago. Still worth using? Also, are they more for experienced players or are they safe for newbies to use?

[NullForceOmega]

They are still very usable and I'd still rate them must-haves, they are also pretty new player friendly, but with the caveat that the Ark Weapons Pack 'squads' addon distributes some fairly nasty toys to roaming groups.

That said, the game is already very willing and able to kick the crap out of you, and the Ark weapons are pretty balanced overall.

Edit: I would also consider adding Shidan's Reactive World to my must have list.  It expands on the world states already present in the game and generally makes it feel like you can have more impact on the NPC groups.

[Sirus]

So I remember hearing that new characters should hit training dummies in police stations to train up some basic fighting ability before trying to take on even the weakest bandits.

Dunno if that got changed in a patch along the way or if there was something in that very simple piece of advice that I missed, but I am now in jail - first for using a training dummy, then somehow managing to attack the guard coming to arrest me at the exact moment I attempted to stop training by right-clicking somewhere else. I'm pretty sure they nearly severed my leg.

Also: the loading times in this game are godawful. I think this is the first time in years I've seen progress bars actually decrease.

Update: Managed to pick the lock on my cage, then attempted to escape while the guards were all busy tending to another prisoner. Got beat up worse than before, locked into a more secure cage, with a bounty 3x that what I have on me and with a 60 hour sentence.
Should I just give this character up as a bad job?

[Sirus]

Now there's a weird glitch going on. A guard keeps trying to put a Hungry Bandit (who is crawling and appears to be missing a leg) into a cage, but the bandit escapes almost instantly. So the guard puts him back in the cage, the bandit escapes, guard captures, bandit escapes, etc etc...

Sometimes the bandit will actually manage to crawl downstairs while the guard gazes off into the distance, but before long the bandit will be brought back, placed into a cage, escape instantly, and the cycle will begin again.


Semi-related: will guards feed prisoners? I'm worried I might starve to death before my sentence ends.

ETA: Started over after getting mauled by bonedogs. This time I stuck close to the Hub, mining to try and make some money. It was going well until a huge pack of bandits descended upon me. Not knowing what else to do I retreated to the nearest bar and set myself on Block mode, hoping that the bar patrons would take the bandits out.
Well, they did, but not before I took a chest wound and passed out. Now I'm in a recovery coma with a slowly healing chest with a useless medkit in my inventory, watching as the folks in the bar patch each other up but not me. Now they dumped me outside and my wound is getting worse. Seems like a Game Over to me, and I don't think I had a single way to avoid it.

[Ozyton]

So I decided to give the game another shot. I used to have a pretty well established base in an older version but it seems I must have lost that save so I'm starting over.

I heard some murmuring about powerful people coming to assault your base now. That's too bad, I kinda liked just having my own little corner of the world to myself, but there's little point if it's going to get demolished every five minutes.

[JimboM12]

depends on where you settle.

shek territory is ok usually, the shek government dudes will drop by and demand food (they do not take much, so just let them). the bandits there that raid you are tough when starting but when you get a sizeable group with good gear and some basic training you'll do alright.

unless you're playing as racist dudebros, avoid the holy lands. even the government there, if they see sheks or skeletons or women, will raid you. good farming lands tho.

the uc's ok, watch for slavers but for the most part i've been ok there. standard tax bull but its affordable and they'll leave you alone. no good farming lands in the deserts of the uc tho. if you import food until you get hydroponics you'll be ok.

you can claim the top left of the map where the cannibals roam but traders won't stop there much and you'll get raided a ton by huge armies of fairly weak cannibals.

i'm doing another run with some mods, if i find a good area, i'll let you know.

[Ozyton]

I used to set up just to the east of The Hub on a sort of plateau peninsula sort of thing overlooking a river. Is there a way to tell what sort of raids to expect before setting up? I assume dust bandits and the like.

[Sirus]

Dunno how, but when I got to Squin on this most recent game the entire town appears to be deserted. No shops manned, no guards at the gate, no civilians wandering about.

While this means that I can take whatever's not nailed down if I so choose, it also means I can't sell loot or buy food. Can't recruit anyone either. Reloading the save file did not help.

[Ozyton]

I think you can use the import function to reset the game world while keeping your squad and all your stuff

[Majestic7]

Major factions send raids your way if you are their enemy, while allies will send reinforcements if you are allies. But without active hostility/friendship major factions only bother with settlements on their territory. Religious nuts send an inqusition party every week to pray with you; if you hide non-humans inside houses on their visit and lick their ass you are fine. They don't even demand taxes. Other parties send tax collectors. If you are middle of nowhere there won't be tax collector, but you'll have no caravans either, except from the Western Hive who travel everywhere. Love those guys.

Bandits will raid you if you are within a raid distance of their camp. Destroying those camps stops the raids but be warned - that means some other ruffians will start raiding instead. After I kicked the snot out of local dust bandits, I started receiving visits from black dragon ninjas. And oh man, they completely ransacked my town and went through the gate like a paper bag. In addition to these planned raids, enemy groups might just spawn in the vicinity and wander to check out your outpost.

I'd advice downloading a mod that increases gate HP and possible a mod that reduces raid frequency.