And if there's one thing to know about me, it's that my storage is kuh-lean. I spend a lot of time organizing my stuff (years of ARK and Rimworld taught me that you can't be a loot goblin AND be messy, you gotta choose). So it makes zero sense.
I am honestly having an ulcer over this.
180+ hrs and I hadn't seen a single sledgehammer other than in videos on Youtube. I thought they were an urban myth at this point.
My current run allowed me to find TWO sledgehammers !
Still no pipe wrench though.
I am extremely surprised to see that the Steam Workshop doesn't seem to have mods for new animals based on the existing ones. I fully expected geese, goats, etc. and maybe some more "out there" animals.
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Did I check for dinosaurs ?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
You can't prove anything.
Also it doesn't seem to be possible to tame & raise rabbits, which is such an oversight because building rabbit hutches would be so cute ! In general there are very few mods for animals beyond QoL stuff.
Maybe it's a bit soon, I'll look again in a few months.
Ok, one month and six days is the one to beat.
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So far it's August 6 in my game, so I'm getting pretty close ! (game starts on July 9th)
Things are going surprisingly well in my current run so clearly I just jinxed it and next time I fire up the game my character will die.
Nonetheless I got set up pretty nicely this time around.
I have three generators (two on a rotation for the house, since you can't refill them while they're running, and one for the gas pumps... yes I live at a gas station, though not the Echo Creek one this time !), I have filled every container with water will I attempt to level up my carpentry to build water collectors, I have freezers full of food (that's right, PLURAL !), and I've even started building an expansion to the house upstairs -
- because I'm running out of place for my tools & materials storage. Plus, I've heard it's better to not have stuff downstairs so I'd like to empty the ground floor at some point). I also have SEVERAL vehicles and...
...a chicken ! It has given me ONE egg so far XD
I feel more confident in my survival skills now. I still made some rookie mistakes (ran over a fence while tired to lure a Zed, and scratched my shoulder pretty badly...), but so far no infection.
Well. As the prophecy foretold I didn't quite make it further than a month and 6 days.
But I'm really happy with this past run, I did a lot more things that the previous times.
So I think that for at least the next couple of runs, I'll set Echo Creek aside and try setting up camp in Fallas Lake. It has a lot more stores to loot, is very central, and I felt like I could handle things pretty well here. Of course I'll miss my egg loot from Ovo Farms, as it kept me fed pretty nicely when I lived in Echo Creek, but what's the point in having food for months if I don't make it past 2 weeks for other reasons ?
One thing I wish I figured out, and it's minor but it's going to get more and more important as I survive long enough to build, is that I don't understand how to destroy roofs. With my sledgehammer (excuse me : one of my TWO sledgehammers !) I took down a wall but it did not take down the roof that was attached to it.
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I do like living at gas stations, though. Saves me a lot of time, plus when you have only one generator, with good placement it can cover both some pumps and your home. So for now, until I get better at this, I'll stick to living in gas stations.
Even though the Fallas Lake one is really tiny !
In this latest run I had 4 different cars (the Lectrolux truck I started with, an ambulance I found on my way to Fallas Lake and that only needed a fill of gas, a car in one of the houses nearby, and a second truck with more carrying capacity but that made beeps when it was going backwards XD ) and I can't imagine juggling several vehicles without the gas pumps on site.
And so far I have only seen gas pumps at gas stations. Not at factories or anything.
I've seen some mods with bigger truck sizes, but I'm not ready for that yet. However I can't imagine they're less greedy in gas.
The video I'm watching : "Normally I wouldn't spend time sorting and labeling my storage, and would be out there killing zombies, but since I was nursing a wound anyway..."
Me : "What do you mean, labeling storage ? What do you mean ?"
(all I can find is a mod, so I have to conclude the guy is playing a modded save)
I still haven't been able to beat my record, but my latest character Lia lived until August, so on average I feel like I'm improving. My characters oftentimes live AT LEAST three weeks now.
However I've noticed that I do better when the electricity and/or water don't shut off right away, because then I have things to work towards in the beginning. Meanwhile if the water shuts off in the first week, or worse, the electricity, I almost always lose my motivation and end up starting a new character.
But at the same time, I've noticed that my preparations are so good now, that when the electricity and water shut off after a few weeks, I go through a fleeting moment of "now what" because that's what I've been preparing myself for and, well, now what ?
And then I find new goals, of course, but there's always that little "hm, the fun part is over". Early game struggle is my drug in any survival game, it seems XD
Speaking of meta events... This time around, Lia had issues during the helicopter event. All my windows had curtains or sheets obstructing the view, I was staying put in one room, and yet the helicopter would not leave me alone ; when it was gone, I went outside and it was Zombie Central out there, even though I had previously cleaned up the immediate base's surroundings. I spent the next day killing the Zeds. Very strange. I thought the helicopter was only reacting to spotting me visually -
- but now I wonder whether it can hear the oven and/or the TV (even though the first time it flew above me, there was no show on) ? I know Zeds react to sound, but maybe the helicopter does too. In any case it's a good thing I was able to clear the area a second time without dying, but close call.
This time, I decided to change my plan a bit with Lia. Instead of spawning in Riverside and getting my usual Lectrolux van, I spawned in Rosewood and looked for any vehicle on the abundant parking lots in the commercial area. I even found a trailer which largely improved the scavening situation ! On Day 3 I left Rosewood and drove North to Fallas Lake, and set up camp in the gas station again. And it truly seems to be a good spot to settle in so far, my runs there are on average better.
I'm split on this as a base spot. On the one hand, I don't like leaving generators out of my sight, so I prefer to set up a base at a gas station (this largely limits where to live !). The Fallas Lake one has the same advantage as the Echo Creek one, in that there's also a private source of natural water nearby, which helps for crops and fishing. BUT ! The Fallas Lake gas station is tiiiny, and as a loot goblin the time I spend playing Storage Tetris drives me a bit crazy.
My goal was to try and expand it by building, but I didn't get that far and in fact caught myself being kinda stuck because where the hell am I supposed to store my planks and nails if there's no way to store things ?!
But Fallas Lake also has a great advantage : there is A LOT to loot nearby, while Echo Creek doesn't have much beyond the auto shop factory and Ovo Farms.
So yeah, choices.
I did briefly consider the Rosewood gas station (I *think* there's only one, in the Northern part of town ?), the size is great, the location offers a lot of scavenging opportunities, and it has 4 pumps just like the Fallas Lake gas station. But I couldn't find easy access to any kind of pond or stream there ; although maybe there's something to the East, I couldn't tell, a horde was in the way and it was, like, Day 3. But the basement is a great feature the others don't have.
...Maybe there's a mod out there to dig up a pond ?
Oh speaking of mods, a few days ago I decided to install some non-UI related ones. Not many, just adding bikes with bags, more trailers, the ability to carry more bags at once, small stuff like that. So yeah, basically stuff to fill my pockets even more XD The bath one is also nice for mood improvement, as long as there's still running water.
There's no going back to vanilla ever again :P
MUST. GET. ALL. THE. LOOT.
Honestly I've been tempted to try a run with the zombies disabled, and just me trying to loot the entire map XD
(but for now I'm still learning too much in the game to start playing with parameters like that ; maybe later when I need a fresh challenge)
Speaking of learning, one thing I need to do some research on is : how the hell do you get away from base for more than 48hrs once the electricity is gone ? Is there a magical generator that can sustain my freezers at base for more than just overnight when I travel ? There's no way I can explore the map if my generators only have 2 days in them.
For Lia's run, I ended up having 3 generators, but that ended up being no help because, well, you can't add a timer to generators.
Or can you ?
Starting a new run.
Day 1, I'm in Rosewood looking for a ride...
...and see this purple truck next to the gas station. I repeat : THE TRUCK IS PURPLE.
Once I've gotten rid of the Zeds around it, I hope I find a key because come on, it's even the best shade of purple XD
If in the future you wonder what kind of purple I mean when I talk about the perfect purple, this is it.
The second Zed had a key !!! Oh this is SO happening.
Well... I got bitten. Goodbye purple van.
However ! I found out something VERY interesting.
The North Rosewood gas station ? It's NOT the only gas station in Rosewood ! There's another one near the South of the town, a bit less close to everything (though it's still a quick drive away from the fire station), but it's next to a bus station AND a lake ! I didn't have time to investigate much, but that could be a base spot to try out :)
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I just read someone who's also a newcomer to the game explain that they didn't understand how the helicopter event works.
"I tried to get outside and make signals or something, but the helicopter never rescued me".
...My face :
For the brave people who tolerate my PZ thread despite not playing it, the helicopter meta event is a randomly timed event during which a... helicopter will fly over your area at least once (it can come back several times during the same day), trying to spot survivors. You hear the helicopter, but you never see the helicopter.
However Zeds, which are particularly sound-motivated, hear it too and will come to your location... in numbers.
The best way to handle the helicopter event is to stay hidden (masking the windows with sheets or curtains, staying in a windowless room or basement, etc.) and avoid being outside when you hear the helicopter.
The second best way to handle the helicopter event is to get in a car, and drive away so that the helicopter and hence the horde follow you away from your base location.
The third best way to handle it is to die and start over XD
So friendorino trying to get noticed by the helicopter at all cost is one of those tragic "you'll make that mistake once, then you'll learn" thing new players go through in survival games XD
Poor thing. My first helicopter event, I was looting a house and heard a sound. I wasn't sure what it was so I locked myself in a closet and waited it out XD
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