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[beorn080]

Neh, screamers are enough trouble when you can see them. No thanks.

edit- although actually, now that I think about it, I had an idea like that. Basically all zombies are randomly generated. So some are larger, or faster, or tougher, some scream, some spit, some zap, some are necromancers, etc. Some may have multiple of these things at once.

Yeah, I've been toying with ideas like that.  One of the thing I loved about Borderlands was the randomly generated guns, but that doesn't really fit here.  However, a similar system for zombies could definitely work.  The tricky part would be displaying it so that a zombie's abilities are apparent instantly (or at least after they're used once), like they are now.  No fun to try to guess which monster spat at you, or worse, tracking it manually.

Make it a perception check to change to color of the zombie icon. Thus, unless its obvious such as hulks, all zombies would start green, and with a perception check each time the ability is used, there is a chance to identify which zombie did what. Since, after all, if your facing a horde of 50 people, and someone throws a beer bottle at you, you might not know immediately who did it.

[Bobv2]

I tried a character that specialized in piercing weapons and died on the first day.

Nothing really compares to the stunning ability of bashing melee. I survived over a week with a bashing melee character because I haven't the slighted clue how to kill Secubots without taking a ridiculous amount of damage.


EDIT: Got too brave with my new character and let my HP drop too low, couldn't survive when zombies found my hideout.

[Shades]

Make it a perception check to change to color of the zombie icon. Thus, unless its obvious such as hulks, all zombies would start green, and with a perception check each time the ability is used, there is a chance to identify which zombie did what. Since, after all, if your facing a horde of 50 people, and someone throws a beer bottle at you, you might not know immediately who did it.

I think he meant the problem of the what colour is the fast, skeletal, spitting hulk.

[Mr.Person]

Steal a page from DF, have them flash through all the colors.

[Evaristo Carriego]

What's the key combination to open the «cheat» menu? I've tried everything. Well, obviously not everything because I can't get it right. I want to spawn a bunch of NPCs and leave them to their own devices in hope they create civilization, and me looting said civilization.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Shift Z, and they'll most likely just cause your game to crash.

[Evaristo Carriego]

Yeah...

Is it the same with the NPCs I'd find naturally?

[The Merchant Of Menace]

There are no natural NPCs, they can only be found if you spawn them.

[Ehndras]

Did Whales get rid of that one NPC that despawns when you save and log out?

[ashton1993]

There are no natural NPCs, they can only be found if you spawn them.

I've spent about 2-3 in-game weeks looking for survivors 

[Evaristo Carriego]

There are no natural NPCs, they can only be found if you spawn them.

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But I waited for them...

[Blackray Jack]

Wow. So I just left the town and traveled north along the highway... I'm doing fine when out in the middle of said highway a zombie horde spawns and mows me down. So much for wilderness = peaceful!

[ChairmanPoo]

Wilderness ain't peaceful, it's a lie. Even if there are no zombies, wolves and bears are very real threats. And quite deadly. Packs of wolves, in particular, if you don't have a decent weapon.

[Ehndras]

I've been raped by bears and wolves before.

Bastards.

[Blackray Jack]

Wilderness ain't peaceful, it's a lie. Even if there are no zombies, wolves and bears are very real threats. And quite deadly. Packs of wolves, in particular, if you don't have a decent weapon.

Psh. Bear < Boomstick

But yeah, all I ran into when walking on the highway were squirrels and the occasional deer, and then...zombie horde.