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State Of Decay |OT| Eat Flesh
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CrazedArabMan
Member
I put a few outposts right next to the warehouse, my home base feels completely secure and everyone is extremely happy.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
How do you transfer items between characters?
Sweet Aunt Nancys Panties
Banned
Only way to do it is to use storage.
Leave it in storage and manually retrieve it. Word of caution though: I've noticed that survivors use whatever weapons you left them with when they go out on their own.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
It is pretty easy. Which town are you currently in?
Karak
Member
Ask Lily in the radio room to find some for you via the menu.
The loot in this game is actually pretty logically placed. Need building supplies? Go to a construction site or garage.
If you leave them ill equiped, sure. lol, I noticed one of my guys was using a frying pan when I found him on a mission.
If you leave them ill equiped, sure. lol, I noticed one of my guys was using a frying pan when I found him on a mission.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Can you convince neighbors to join up with you? Need three more survivors before I can move to the warehouse.
And what happens to the facilities and outposts you've built or upgraded at the church when you move? They just go away and you get nothing?
And what happens to the facilities and outposts you've built or upgraded at the church when you move? They just go away and you get nothing?
wondering the same thing
having to constantly save survivors because they get lost or trapped is getting to me though. i want to do this main mission (at least i think it is) and it's decently far away but every time i go i get a call from the radio asking to help someone. STOP LEAVING THE CHURCH! i mean, if they were helping, and bringing back supplies then it would be ok, but it's just a pain.
i have enough material (75) to move into the warehouse. i'm going to do that next and see what the outcome of the church is. i hear the warehouse is the best spot in the game, due to its size.
From my game the outpost stayed behind after I moved. It takes a slot in the outpost limit of your new home though. It's a good/bad thing as you then have an outpost in the starter town to drop off supplies but doesn't add to the safe zone around your home.
You'll have to rebuild upgrades in the new base. Pretty sure the old ones at the church are gone too. It's no biggie though since you'll have no need to return. If you need more survivors have Lily put out a request. It'll generate two/three dudes randomly.
The warehouse is amazing. It's got several food locations nearby and room for lots of upgrades. Building supplies go fast though.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Couple questions..
Should I equip all the people I can switch to with better stuff even if I have no intention of ever using them?
Also, has anyone had an issue where infested houses never clear? My home morale is dropping and people are bitching all the time about infestations. My base is the trucking building in the 2nd town. There are 2 infestations a ways off from there, and I have cleared both out but they don't clean up.
It seems as if Lilly's brother might be in an endless missing loop for me as well. The last 3 times I have loaded the game up he is missing and always in the same area. I swear to God he is always in a building across the street from my home base. And he is always "too hurt to go on foot". So I have to go grab a car from across the street and drive his ass across the street to the home base lol. Not a big deal but an annoyance because I guess he might die if I don't go save him.
Should I equip all the people I can switch to with better stuff even if I have no intention of ever using them?
Also, has anyone had an issue where infested houses never clear? My home morale is dropping and people are bitching all the time about infestations. My base is the trucking building in the 2nd town. There are 2 infestations a ways off from there, and I have cleared both out but they don't clean up.
It seems as if Lilly's brother might be in an endless missing loop for me as well. The last 3 times I have loaded the game up he is missing and always in the same area. I swear to God he is always in a building across the street from my home base. And he is always "too hurt to go on foot". So I have to go grab a car from across the street and drive his ass across the street to the home base lol. Not a big deal but an annoyance because I guess he might die if I don't go save him.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Yes. As Trigger said, it becomes more apparent as you progress.
Indeed. It's insanely creepy when you first come upon in the dead of night. Still amazes me how thick the atmosphere in this game is. It's the little things.
I love the occasional, subtle slow down when you properly dodge a zombie's lunge. Maya, why you so badass girl?
No, not really. Just be vigilant in helping folks so that they don't die out in the wild. Anything they're carrying when they die would have to be retrieved and it'd be shitty to lose a shotgun/sword/etc from their corpse.
This could be due to a zombie spawning in the ground or under the floor. Try throwing some explosives around? It cleared an infestation for me that also seemingly had no enemies around.
I'm thinking the devs intended him to be a lag on resources. Jacob is a very lame survivor. lol, I have no clue
I don't recall having to do that before I moved, but if you're not meeting the requirements then why not?
No, not really. Just be vigilant in helping folks so that they don't die out in the wild. Anything they're carrying when they die would have to be retrieved and it'd be shitty to lose a shotgun/sword/etc from their corpse.
This could be due to a zombie spawning in the ground or under the floor. Try throwing some explosives around? It cleared an infestation for me that also seemingly had no enemies around.
I'm thinking the devs intended him to be a lag on resources. Jacob is a very lame survivor. lol, I have no clue
how Eli and him could manage to regularly meet up with each other around town.
I don't recall having to do that before I moved, but if you're not meeting the requirements then why not?
The game is littered with zombie references. Most of them fly right over my head.
For the longest time my little community had a small morale/health bar or whatever that thing is. Now it's almost full! Most of my people are alive. Everything is well stocked. Zombies are dying like crazy. Feels too easy. Nothing can go wrong!
Leaderboards topped 300k last I checked.
For the longest time my little community had a small morale/health bar or whatever that thing is. Now it's almost full! Most of my people are alive. Everything is well stocked. Zombies are dying like crazy. Feels too easy. Nothing can go wrong!
Leaderboards topped 300k last I checked.
More_Badass
Member
Hell yeah. What a success! Discounting Minecraft, I wonder if SoD will break the record for most sales in a week and most sales in a month
Hank Scorpio
Member
What's the stealth like in the game?
The thought of moving out of base with just a knife, some distraction tools (firecrackers), an empty rucksack, and sneaking through the town while zombies roam everywhere sounds like something I'd love to play it like.
Is it possible to play such a way?
The only stealth vid I've seen is the 'Distraction' vid from 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pApHmrG6LY
The thought of moving out of base with just a knife, some distraction tools (firecrackers), an empty rucksack, and sneaking through the town while zombies roam everywhere sounds like something I'd love to play it like.
Is it possible to play such a way?
The only stealth vid I've seen is the 'Distraction' vid from 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pApHmrG6LY
Been playing this a bit today, and despite some jank with the controls and framerate it's pretty fuckin' good.
Though I feel like the tutorial didn't tell me as much as I needed to know. When my character gets tired how do you get them to rest if you have no other player characters to switch with?
Though I feel like the tutorial didn't tell me as much as I needed to know. When my character gets tired how do you get them to rest if you have no other player characters to switch with?
sneakypete
Member
Highlight the skill you want and press X. It will then warn you that it is final and you have to press and hold X to finalize your choice.
CaptainTiptop
Member
You can drink coffee or take trucker pills or stuff like that. The descriptions of items should tell you.
My Marcus basically runs on coffee so I rarely swap characters, haha.
Dude, we know who Tom Savini is. The developers are zombie movie fans. There are references to Dawn of the Dead (both versions), Shaun of the Dead, George Romero, Braindead, The Walking Dead comics (not the show, they reference Adlard/Moore), Plants vs Zombies and probably many more that I didn't catch.
The odd one out is the Dario Argento reference. Did he make any zombie movies?
Energy drinks are the most plentiful and effective IMO. The most effective are the super high powered trucker pills but those are pretty uncommon.
Yes, you can. Takes a bit of skill to pull off though. Enemies don't appear on your mini-map until they've been alerted so a zombie could be around any corner.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Maya glitched out and decided to just follow me around and do nothing while zombies surrounded us and starting biting at her. Good thing my Marcus is a badass. Probably would've lost two characters during that routine zombie whacking mission otherwise.
Have had a bunch of those missions pop up before but kept ignoring them thinking I was doing fine with my current group. Guess they all died. :\
Need four peeps now btw,
Need five peeps soon probably,
God dammit.
Says unable to contact new survivors.
Have had a bunch of those missions pop up before but kept ignoring them thinking I was doing fine with my current group. Guess they all died. :\
Need four peeps now btw,
Pastor William went and got shot by Alan due to zombieness.
Alan needs cowbell.
Yeah I found some coffee and used that but I was just wondering if there was another way to get rid of the tiredness.
CaptainTiptop
Member
The coffee does.
Snacks regain stamina. Coffee, energy drinks and trucker pills get rid of tiredness.
SymbolicGamer
Banned
It's possible to play that way. I've gone unnoticed clearing out a few houses by sneak attacking unaware zombies, but there are plenty of times where stealth just isn't an option, like when you're forced to defend survivors while they scavenge for supplies.
There's also times where you move up on a zombie all sneaky like and think you're going to finish a zombie off with a face crusher, but your character just shoves them away.
Personally I found running up to to zombies and dropkicking them far more enjoyable than trying to avoid them. I've heard powerhouse characters also get a suplex, but I've yet to perform it.
Been playing through the demo and there's only 15 minutes left (well more like 13 minutes). I've been enjoying it immensely. It reminds me of Dead Rising but set in a suburban/rural area, micromanagement, and sneaking with no loading screens but a ton of texture pop up. The combat is pretty satisfying as well.
The physics are also somewhat wonky but nothing game breaking. I'm extremely tempted to unlock the full game but I have a feeling that it'll be on sale in a few months for 800MSP.
The physics are also somewhat wonky but nothing game breaking. I'm extremely tempted to unlock the full game but I have a feeling that it'll be on sale in a few months for 800MSP.
VibratingDonkey
Member
"Better deal with this first."
*dropkicks zombie's head off*
"So, anyways."
*dropkicks zombie's head off*
"So, anyways."
MightyHedgehog
Member
He was a producer on and responsible for the Euro cut of Dawn of the Dead (Zombie), which ditched the black humor and goofiness of the original American version, featured a fuller Goblin soundtrack, and better-matched the grim horror feel of the original NotLD. He also produced and co-wrote Demons and Demons 2 directed by Mario Bava's son, Lamberto Bava.
SirButterstick
Banned
They really need to announcement regarding the PC release date. I tried to dig my 360 out of storage, and could only find the console itself, no wires or HDD. The wait is killing me.
Gamer @ Heart
Member
Is finding resources through the radio unlimited?
Is there any punishment for delaying story missions?
Im at 13 survivors at the warehouse, should i push forward story wise to get a good survivor?
Is there any punishment for delaying story missions?
Im at 13 survivors at the warehouse, should i push forward story wise to get a good survivor?
MightyHedgehog
Member
When was the last time MS announced the date of a PC version of a bigger X360 game at or near release? I'm sure it will be a little while before they do. After all, they don't want to slow down the XBLA version sales with people waiting for an imminent PC release.
It's not going to be next week. Months if I would have to guess.
This game. This fucking game.
I'm hooked. It's brilliant. Scavenging at night is scary as shit. Fuck I love this game.
A few questions though since I'm unsure of a few things. Are outposts mostly for just having buildings where you can drop off supplies ? Or are they unique to that outpost ? What other uses do they have ? How many can you have ? Basically what are the benefits of outposts essentially. Also, is there a certain point where you can only move ? I
but at the farmhouse it only let me set up an outpost, not a new home.
After 4 - 5 hours of play I finally realised there was more than one tab in my menu for building sleeping dens etc...yeah.
I'm hooked. It's brilliant. Scavenging at night is scary as shit. Fuck I love this game.
A few questions though since I'm unsure of a few things. Are outposts mostly for just having buildings where you can drop off supplies ? Or are they unique to that outpost ? What other uses do they have ? How many can you have ? Basically what are the benefits of outposts essentially. Also, is there a certain point where you can only move ? I
saved Lilys brothers
After 4 - 5 hours of play I finally realised there was more than one tab in my menu for building sleeping dens etc...yeah.
SymbolicGamer
Banned
I wanna know this too.
I put off getting medicine for a day or two and didn't see a problem. but now I'm getting messages from a judge. Don't know if that's a main story mission or not. I haven't actually given what's-his-face the medicine yet. I'm afraid if I don't meet these people at the courthouse right away I'm going to miss out later.
SirButterstick
Banned
There is something on the website mentioning 7/5 PC announcement, so that's giving me hope. Still, I don't want to run out and buy a refurbished 360 for this, but damn is it tempting.
Miles Quaritch
Member
I was left gob-smacked when this first happened. Such amazing attention to detail, it's something you rarely, if ever see in a game.
You'll be a waiting a while. They'll be aiming to maximise sales on XBLA before announcing the PC version.
Miles Quaritch
Member
7/5/2012.
http://forums.undeadlabs.com/showthread.php?294-7-5-Announcement-PC-Version
As I said, they'll be aiming to maximise sales before announcing the PC version release date.