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[kilakan]

I'd go with whalesdev.com since the first post hasn't updated since Feburary and the last version was april 7.

[Moogie]

Day 11 and my latest is still alive... I have no idea how this is happening, but I'm having so much fun, and I'm going to be soooooo bummed when he eventually trips over a situation he can't handle. It will happen... but it hasn't yet.

This is the first character I've had where I'm actually over the whole initial stage of just needing to desperately scavenge supplies and run from everything I see; he's actually gathered enough good clothing, supplies, equipment and skillpoints, that now I'm looking for a secluded place to build my own little cabin and fortify it with traps and pits and all manner of funky toys.

I started off crafting spears and learning to throw. Best choice I ever made, IMO. With 4-5 skillpoints in throwing, a metal spear can headshot and kill all manner of zombies in 1-2 throws. And for backup (and meat butchering), a combat knife thrown last has always finished the job (so far, anyway).

I figured out the whole "Oh god they're faster than me" problem, too: Adderall and Cocaine. The latter is for emergencies, though. Both combined can get me up to 140~ish speed, enough to outrun every mob type I've encountered so far, including Fast Z's, Triffids and those weird floating eyeball things that shoot lasers...

Being primarily ranged, I let my char be 7 Torso encumbered with a kevlar vest and backpack. Even without the vest, the backpack alone brings it up to 4 encumberance, and that alone is enough to fully negate my Melee/Dodge skills. So, what the hell- I'm reasonably sure I don't end up with minus skillpoints, so why not wear both and have the awesome protection from the kevlar that has seen me brush off so many hits to the chest as easily as if I were being pelted with bits of cheese?

Nyte Winterfall has a terrible name, but so far, he is a spear-and-bat-weilding badass.

[ThtblovesDF]

I desire the pyromaniac trait greatly. Get moral by starting fires~

[Moogie]

Can we chop trees for wood? There are wood axes, and recipes for making 2x4s from sticks... seems logical, but I'm not sure how to do it, if it's even possible.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

You can if you download the mod linked in my signature

[Moogie]

Will I have to start a new game?

I was looking at that mod earlier today, but wasn't sure I liked the sound of the crafting changes ("modified, rebalanced and generally just made different"). The rest sounds excellent, though.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Yeah, saves are waay incompatible.

The construction stuff was mostly made to work with his lumberjacking stuff.

[Flying Dice]

IIRC you can still just punch saplings for heavy sticks.

[Moogie]

I'll install it after this character dies. Day 1? (the second digit is cut off, but it's probably Day 13 or 14) (Edit: I figured out that actually, the day ticks back to 1 when a new season starts. So I'm actually on "Summer, Day 2" now) and still going strong. Throwing is up to 7 now, not even Brutes are giving me much trouble anymore.

[bombzero]

One tip about myriad stuff mod. wooden walls are not indestructible, combine them with trap pits and other stuff.

also, find a truck and ram it through the back wall of the bank, it doesn't set off the alarm and if you do it right you can tap the vault door hard enough to open it.

[Blaze]

Jackhammers and some explosives can break through walls. If you have it, the sonic resonator CBM will also do the trick.

I've never found anything useful in banks though; Just the occasional purifier and worthless gold bars. It's better to just set off the alarm and kill the copbots.

[Moogie]

Holy shit, do I have a story to tell. WITH PICTURES!

Spoiler: Warning: Spoilerific if you've never explored a hospital before (click to show/hide)

Okay, so I've mentioned that this character is doing well. TOO well. I decided to see how far I could push it.

Turns out... pretty far.

I found a hospital. I went inside. In a room near the lobby, centrally located, I encountered a group of three Boomers. "Christ," I thought, "Time to spend some molotovs." I lit a lethal cocktail and threw it in the doorway, so that the beasts would charge through it blindly and kill themselves. My ignorance in that moment would set in motion a harrowing chain of events.

Three 'Booms' later, I'm patting myself on the back. But not for long... I notice the fire is considerably spreading. I just set a hospital on fire. Uh... whoops.

But I figure I have some time before the entrance gets enveloped in flame, so I bravely headed down the west wing, checking rooms for interesting loot as I went. I discovered the place to be full of Boomers, and Spitters too, but at first, I wasn't too worried. I had my trusty spears and a few knives; I could pick them off from a distance with little effort.

As I explored the hallways, surrounded by sounds of doors being thumped and smashed, I suddenly realised I'd gotten myself a bit... surrounded.



Evaluating my chances, I decided that heading west would be the safest bet. I took two steps west, and...



...Ah. After re-evaluating my options, I saw that my only chance to get out was the smashed door to the south. But this would be leading me south- directly away from the exit. If Cataclysm had sound, I'm sure the roaring echo of the flames would be making me run cold with sweat.

With no other choice, I narrowly escape through the wrecked doorframe. I get slimed, but the effect is temporary. As I stumbled further in, I am chased by what seems like an army.



Look at my minimap. I am at the very southern part of the building now, and the exit/entrance is to the very north. Between me and my escape route, there is a fire raging out of control.

Most of the enemies seemed to be in chase now, which means I encountered fewer resistance from the east as I attempted to circle my way through the entire building and back up through the east wing. I fend off more boomers and spitters, the latter melting my spears 'til they had cracked and frayed with damage.

I was nearing the exit, but the fire had spread everywhere. Through thick, choking smog, I stumbled through the lobby.



There was the door. I threw myself outside.



I... I made it. I motherfucking made it.

tl;dr: My character is invincible.

[GlyphGryph]

Wonderful escape, there! Enjoyable read, love that stuff.

Hey, Whales, any word on that web interface? Obviously not a priority, but you seemed pretty confident you'd be able to essentially just throw it up, via one of the sites I linked I think, so I figured I'd ask.

[Moogie]

i.e. you did better than I ever could (the most I've had a character survive is one night.

I hate wolves.

I love them. They are my primary source of food, since everything in the world has long since rotten. Wolves are great because I don't have to chase them down like the deer.

[Shadowscales]

Well, I just posted a little update for The Darkling Wolf's mod, I've got downloads for both sources and Windows binaries!
http://whalesdev.com/forums/index.php?topic=727.msg18220#msg18220