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[kulik]

Maybe some sort of passive interface that shows the general direction and type of sound heard? Like south: footsteps, moaning. North: rapid buzzing. It would either have to be integrated into a menu     ( :| ) or integrated into the main screen ( )

Actually this may not be limited to sound. It may be a general observation that let you assess more or less accurate infestation of nearby areas. I for instance find it stupid that you run into pack of zombies on open ground you would other vise see miles away. Having binoculars you could scan pretty decent area from radio tower.

I'm noticing an interesting pattern with the spawning mechanics that wasn't there in older versions.
It seams to me that periods of furious action are alternating with periods of quiet, suspensive, lonely-survivor, empty streets parts. I like it very much, being every second followed by pack of zombies is full of adrenaline but after a while its just annoying and it looses its scare factor. The period of calm postapocalyptic scavenging let you settle down a little and makes the unavoidable upcoming frenetic part much more tense.
Not sure if it was intended, but its great. 

Definitely intended.  It's a mechanic I'm still playing with, trying to get just right, but I like alternating the pace like that; forcing a period of intense fighting or running away, followed by a "reward" period where you can relax a little and collect items or whatever.

Ok, just don't make it too artificial so it doesn't end up like "ok, wave cleared, time to prepare for another".

[L0master]

Cigarettes seem to be overpowered, increasing INT DEX and PER. The only useful thing i can imagine them to do is soothing you to sleep well or something like that. So my point is - cigarettes ought to have more drawbacks and less benefits than they do now.

[Mr.Person]

Cigarettes seem to be overpowered, increasing INT DEX and PER. The only useful thing i can imagine them to do is soothing you to sleep well or something like that. So my point is - cigarettes ought to have more drawbacks and less benefits than they do now.

Running out of cigs sucks, although you're right. Perhaps they ought to put off a stronger scent when used? The odor is distinctive to us humans much less the zombies with there super-smelling. The other thing I can think of is that they probably shouldn't raise Int, although that's more from a "Goddamn this book is confusing. Wait, gimme a smoke. Holy shit, it's all so easy now!" perspective.

Speaking of which, zombie dogs!

[kulik]

Once you get nicotine addiction, you get nicotine cawing every second, which is annoying as hell.

[jc6036]

Zombie Dogs

It doesn't fit with the current backstory. Also, wolves.

[G-Flex]

Cigarettes seem to be overpowered, increasing INT DEX and PER. The only useful thing i can imagine them to do is soothing you to sleep well or something like that. So my point is - cigarettes ought to have more drawbacks and less benefits than they do now.

According to what Whales has said in the past, drugs are hardly meant to be realistic (or else stimulants wouldn't make you move and act at 150% normal human speed).

[GlyphGryph]

It doesn't fit with the current backstory. Also, wolves.

Wait, why doesn't it? We know the creatures "infection vector" reacts differently with insects (Reminder to self, include Giant Scorpions in my mod now that I'm working on it again), but I don't know why other mammals wouldn't work the same way as humans, to be honest.

[kulik]

"Testing XE037 on non-human mammal subjects does not appear to display the same revivifying effect, oddly enough."

[Shades]

"Testing XE037 on non-human mammal subjects does not appear to display the same revivifying effect, oddly enough."

The next line being:

Acquiring non-human subjects, sadly, is a long and costly process, and research into this area is lacking.

Which is pretty open for someone to add a wide variety of zombie mammals without breaking canon if they so choose.

[ChairmanPoo]

Meh, I don't find the idea interesting. I'd rather have more wild animals than more zombie animals.

I'd also like for enemies to be not necessarily friends with each other. Namely, the packs of zombies teamed with rats and robots that are spawning as of late.

[Keltiknight]

Fun times, I decided to make a "Hulk" character: 1 perception and 1 intelligence, and about 15 in strength, agility. And I'm a drunken master with a wrench. Wonder how long I live, killing every zombie I see. Probably until the first zombie Hulk shows up. Or death by a million scratches....

[Shades]

Fun times, I decided to make a "Hulk" character: 1 perception and 1 intelligence, and about 15 in strength, agility. And I'm a drunken master with a wrench. Wonder how long I live, killing every zombie I see. Probably until the first zombie Hulk shows up. Or death by a million scratches....

With only 1 per and int you should be able to reach about 20 str and agi easy enough especially as you can take traits like illiterate as well.
With enough alcohol you can (or could at least) get up into stupid damage while unarmed, although last time I tried that I over did it and couldn't keep down any food or liquids, kept passing out too.

[S.K. Ren]

Some of my characters of late are:

Spoiler: Bomar the Barbarian (click to show/hide)

Str 20 Dex 20 Int 1 Per 1
Illiterate
Chemical Imbalance
Schizophrenic
Quick
Quick Learner
Heartless

Spoiler: Bomar II Butcher (click to show/hide)

Str 5 Dex 20 Int 10 Per 1
Asthmatic
Chemical Imbalance
Schizophrenic
Quick
Quick Reader
Heartless

Dodge ****
Cutting Weapons **
Bashing Weapons **

Spoiler: Commando Joe (click to show/hide)

Str 13( Dex 14(20) Int 8 Per 5(4)
Bad Back
Chemical Imbalance
Schizophrenic
Quick
Deft
Heartless

Dodge **

20 Str/Dex makes for stupid crazy damage. However the bonus damage from Str only ranges from 0-15. So its more effective with quick weapons than it is slow ones. Combat Knife/Hatchet are amazing. Especially if you are packing 20 Dex.

[L0master]

According to what Whales has said in the past, drugs are hardly meant to be realistic (or else stimulants wouldn't make you move and act at 150% normal human speed).

Now that makes sense. In this case it is actually right thing to sacrifice a little realism in favour of a little gameplay.

A couple of questions that probably have been already asked: 1) How do I open manholes? 2) Is there a way to interact with radio towers? 3) Is it just me or you can't barricade windows and doors using nailgun instead of hammer?

[The Merchant Of Menace]

1) Crowbar
2) Nope they do nothing right now
3) You cannot, Whales will be merging barricading into construction in the future.