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[beorn080]

I'm kind of curious as to why there are lightning strikes at all. Pretty much every home out there has been either made or retrofitted to be completely grounded to prevent any electrical buildup. Now, the player could still be struck, especially if he's running around during a storm swinging a metal weapon, but houses shouldn't be hit. Far more accurate would be to have tree limbs fall and crush them, possibly on fire.

[G-Flex]

I would personally like to know why a house being solidly grounded would prevent it being struck by lightning.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

I'm kind of curious as to why there are lightning strikes at all. Pretty much every home out there has been either made or retrofitted to be completely grounded to prevent any electrical buildup. Now, the player could still be struck, especially if he's running around during a storm swinging a metal weapon, but houses shouldn't be hit. Far more accurate would be to have tree limbs fall and crush them, possibly on fire.

This is hollywood lightning, not real lightning.

[TheBronzePickle]

I've personally never seen any of the pre-apocalypse structures burn down just from lightning. I always assumed that the houses being burnt down were the constructed wooden hideouts that have no proper grounding.

[G-Flex]

I've personally never seen any of the pre-apocalypse structures burn down just from lightning. I always assumed that the houses being burnt down were the constructed wooden hideouts that have no proper grounding.

In the game, I've seen a bank vault get torn open by a lightning vault. Just saying!

[Whales]

Is everyone sure that zombies are not, in fact, faster?

I used to get five rounds or so when they were stuck in windows, but now after two or three hits they manage to start punching.

Zombies are not faster, but the movement cost of windows was decreased several versions ago (before construction was added, even).  That might be what you're experiencing.

I think the speed increase is due to the pain cap. Since it's capped at a 15%? decrease in speed, they'll be noticably faster after you shoot them a few times. Their base speed hasn't changed, but they don't get slowed down as much anymore.

Zombies have never been affected by pain.

For the record: high-health-to-instadeath from turrets is still around. At the very least at close ranges.

This is probably as it should be.  Standing very close to turrets is a bad idea.

This is hollywood lightning, not real lightning.

Thank you

[Duane]

So, is there no active way to download the game? Checked github, checked a few other places and the past ~5 pages of the thread. Did I miss something?

[The Merchant Of Menace]

www.github.com/aposos/cataclysm
Click the download button.
For Linux you grab the source from
www.github.com/whales/cataclysm and compile it yourself

Direct link to windows download

[Aklyon]

Why is that question asked every other page or something? The download button isn't that hard to find.

[L0master]

I'm kind of curious as to why there are lightning strikes at all. Pretty much every home out there has been either made or retrofitted to be completely grounded to prevent any electrical buildup. Now, the player could still be struck, especially if he's running around during a storm swinging a metal weapon, but houses shouldn't be hit. Far more accurate would be to have tree limbs fall and crush them, possibly on fire.

Lightning actualy crushes trees into heavy sticks, not sure about fire though.

[S.K. Ren]

Umm ok, I think Zombie Hulks are bugged. While I don't think it's intentional, A hulk can be displaced into impassable terrain (Walls, windows, etc) when stunned but they don't destroy the terrain.

[Flying Dice]

I'm kind of curious as to why there are lightning strikes at all. Pretty much every home out there has been either made or retrofitted to be completely grounded to prevent any electrical buildup. Now, the player could still be struck, especially if he's running around during a storm swinging a metal weapon, but houses shouldn't be hit. Far more accurate would be to have tree limbs fall and crush them, possibly on fire.

Lightning actualy crushes trees into heavy sticks, not sure about fire though.

I've had multiple safehouses lit on fire by lightning, to the point where I sleep at least half a map block away from any of my item storage buildings to protect them.

[ChairmanPoo]

I store important items in basements. At least you know there they won't be blown away.

[TheBronzePickle]

I've never survived long enough to worry about storage.

Or perhaps I have, and the reason I didn't get any farther is because I didn't use storage.

[FunctionZero]

Probably not. At least for me, a nomadic style is even easier, since you don't have to focus on defending anything. You loot and move on.
Altogether I had about 100 volume units of storage, so I could pack quite some stuff without needing to leave anything behind.