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[Vorbicon]

Can arrows be crafted? I've got a 4 mechanics skill and can make crossbow bolts, but no arrows.

[Girlinhat]

Archery and Survival skill, I believe 1 wood = 15 arrows.

[Vorbicon]

Archery and Survival skill, I believe 1 wood = 15 arrows.

Argh. I knew that once, but it totally slipped my mind. Thanks.

[jetex1911]

Is there a way to roam a town, gathering supplies without being charged by 20 zombies five minutes into the game?  Is it because I bring the dog with me?

[Vucar Fikodastesh]

Is there a way to roam a town, gathering supplies without being charged by 20 zombies five minutes into the game?  Is it because I bring the dog with me?

That's totally normal gameplay, you just need to do a lot of running away for a while. The dog doesn't attract more zombies, in fact, he makes a good way to escape the first pack you find.

[Angle]

And afterwards, too.

[Girlinhat]

Best advice to start: Find a weapon and a window.  A hammer is very good, it provides good damage and once you get some skill it can stun opponents.  You can fight a hulk without a the hulk ever making a move.  Combat knife is great as well, good damage and high critical rating means a lot of killing power for short fights.  But long fights you usually want a bash for the stun.  Hardware stores and sporting good stores are both excellent sources of weapons.

And tequila.  Trust me, tequila.  70 morale boost and the slight str boost from booze, you won't have to worry about exp to burn.

[Angle]

I go after marijuana, personally. the addiction is just too much for me.

[Girlinhat]

I usually never go so far as to get addicted, and you can usually find some cocaine or weed or better yet an mp3 to raise morale.  A bottle of tequila might last me an entire game (depending on Whales' update schedule).

[jester]

Its probably not really a bug, but i managed to con the NPC at the start into giving me some antibiotics.

[Flare]

By the time I get addicted, usually I already have a pretty defensible spot for weening myself off the stuff for a few days. Has anyone thought about the need to defecate in this game? It would add another dimension to hiding from the zombies in your safe house if you have no means of neutralizing the smell after a few days hiding in there.

[Girlinhat]

As someone on the Cataclysm forums said (it may have been Whales who said it) "The only way this game could get more complicated is if you had a breath button."  Which is to say "Isn't it enough already?  You want more punishment?"  And as Toady has said "That just seems like another distraction that doesn't add much but leaves your dwarves not working for a little bit longer."

While scent management might be more interesting, I don't feel that it adds enough value to justify that big of an annoyance.  After all, how often do you use the bathroom daily?  Do you want to have that many interruptions in your game?  Do you want to have to write a tutorial and include "now press the shit button" and watch the new players quit right then?

[Flare]

As someone on the Cataclysm forums said (it may have been Whales who said it) "The only way this game could get more complicated is if you had a breath button."  Which is to say "Isn't it enough already?  You want more punishment?"  And as Toady has said "That just seems like another distraction that doesn't add much but leaves your dwarves not working for a little bit longer."

While scent management might be more interesting, I don't feel that it adds enough value to justify that big of an annoyance.  After all, how often do you use the bathroom daily?  Do you want to have that many interruptions in your game?

The concept itself does not automatically invite the worst possible method of implementation. There is a way to do it well, just like everything else in the game already.

Do you want to have to write a tutorial and include "now press the shit button" and watch the new players quit right then?

Actually, I think that would probably be touted as one of the attractions of the game . How many games can you attribute the presence of untreated fecal matter leading to the player's downfall?

[beorn080]

Bleach washing to destroy scent trails. Walk into your safehouse and splash bleach over the path behind you, one bottle covers a 3x3 area in that direction.

[Girlinhat]

Bleach is some strong stuff.  I feel I have to say this because many are aware of bleach but haven't had to use it.  Mopping floors in fast food, I can tell you that bleach would likely attract creatures because of the strange and powerful smell.  But it would cover just about any scent that used to be there.  Maybe drop some and keep running, or maybe assume that zombies are repulsed by bad smells?  Although them being undead lends a bit of stench of their own.