[B42] Rosewood Gas Station base and mod talk

[lapis crest]

Showcase of my character (In her Sunday best) and my little corner of Rosewood.

The gas station has a house on the 2nd floor, and the gas is right there, so I save a lot of time in fuel trips and I can run quite a few generators easily. That and the easy loot from the W900 truck mods meant I had a lot of spare time, and I figured I'd build something instead of just cranking up the zed population.

So I built a 4 story building with a loft/penthouse thing, crafting spaces, a warehouse and a 2 story garage. The garage had to be this big to fit trailer boxes inside and allow safe unloading of loot indoors.

The 2nd story of the garage and the corner store are now housing freezers full of food for the winter, the lower space has building materials and car repair tools, plus reserve gas and water.

SouthWest of the garage is some space for crops and SouthEast there's an animal pen with cows, pigs and sheep, and a crafting area for furnaces and kilns

The rest of the gas station is a combination of parking lot and cargo loading/unloading yard for the trailer trucks

It's still a wip, some of the wood walls are probably getting replaced with stone, and I still need to build the gates, though I'm waiting until the double gate bug has been sorted out by the devs

[pale mirage]

You made a giant building as an extension to the Rosewood gas pump? That is amazing!

Also the inside looks really good too

The only one L with this base is that it doesn't have immediate access to a water source but that is fine mostly

[lapis crest]

Yeah I have enough rain barrells that it's not an issue, even doing laundry regularly

[wheat cosmos]

Looks really rad tho

[lapis crest]

Thank you

This all started because I wanted an enclosed garage to unload loot and repair cars without getting jumped by zeds

and then I figured I was already investing a lot in building the garage, might as well build up and take advantage of the space

[lapis crest]

Guess it's a better look without the fancy jacket

[blazing depot]

You have infinite storage lol

Are those freezers full?

[lapis crest]

Almost all of them

[blazing depot]

🍦🐀

I'm struggling to keep weight on so I need to start properly fishing soon.

[lapis crest]

I drop the empty ones as items

to avoid the power drain

[blazing depot]

ah okay. I couldn't remember if they draw power equivalent to their contents

I thought a half empty one only draws half as much power as a full one. Can't remember

[wheat cosmos]

No fuel trailer yet?

[blazing depot]

lol those are crazy useful. Had one on an online server. Filling it up sucks though

Curious to see how farming goes for you. I can't be assed

[lapis crest]

I live in a gas station so...

[wheat cosmos]

Well I imagine that's limited

[lapis crest]

Limited to years of consumption

I don't think I'll last that long

[blazing depot]

That'll be a sad day. You'll have to make another gas station base then

I wish they never changed farming so drastically. Or made it more likely to yield a proper crop without so much attention necessary to keep plant afflictions under control

[lapis crest]

Eh, I'll probably just take the tanker in the Muldraugh industrial park and get all the gas from the Rosewood south gas station

[blazing depot]

6 months is way too long to wait for a perishable

[lapis crest]

It went poorly, see the fourth image on the reply

The only thing that survived to harvest was some chives

[blazing depot]

That's too bad. I was looking forward to someone actually having a big crop eventually but it seems like farming just isn't worth the effort.

[lapis crest]

The problem is that most crops take far too long to harvest and there's too high a chance of them dying from disease or getting destroyed by weather

200 days is a lot of chances for a storm, mildew, etc.

[final turtle]

6 ice fridges...

wow

[hybrid hollow]

pump that gasoline 🙂

[lapis crest]

Mods list for that game finally was approved by Steam https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3495363077

[buoyant void]

looks peak

[harsh star]

Cool base but the collection has a bunch of b41 and b42 mods combined / dupes, do you use all the mods here at once or do you pick and choose depending on the playthrough:?

[lapis crest]

The dupes specifically I pick the ones for the version I'm running

Incompatible b41 dupes don't show up on the mod selection screen

[harsh star]

ah i see, so you dont use any gun mods for v42 then?

[lapis crest]

I don't

[lapis crest]

[B42] Rosewood Gas Station base and mod talk

This ice cream mod I've been trying out lately is pretty good: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2754525193

So far no bugs. It introduces a few new items (ice cream maker, ice cream mix, and flavored ice creams) and recipes. It allows you to keep making ice cream after the power goes out

All you need is milk and white sugar, plus whatever ingredients you want if you want the flavored ice creams, which can be worth it

New flavors have different nutrition stats and bonuses, here are some examples and the base ice cream stats for reference

Ingredients are fairly intuitive, I.E.: Strawberry ice cream needs strawberry jam, chocolate ice cream needs cocoa, cookie ice cream needs cookies, and so on

It works really well combined with Sapphs and the Farming Expansion mods since they provide recipes for crafting sugar and other ingredients

[lapis crest]

Note to self, follow up on this: #pz_b42_chat message

[lapis crest]

Found the stuff for the advanced framepack!

[lapis crest]

@deft magnet Finally checked the charcoal amounts produced by the dome kiln. Looks like they're the same as the charcoal barrel

Making the kiln isn't exactly expensive, but it's still much easier to get a barrel :/

[deft magnet]

its just tedious, and masons trowels arent all that common

kilns do look nicer aesthetically

[lapis crest]

I've actually found quite a few embedded in zeds

[deft magnet]

good to know the outputs are the same

[deft magnet]

i also experienced this in my (i think it was that) B42.5 save where trowels in zombies started spawning quite often a few months into playing

but right now im only around a month in and have way less zombies due to the zombie population and heatmap being wildly different

[lapis crest]

Any thoughts on my base?

[deft magnet]

none other than the obvious one; its really complex-built

i havent done much building yet

despite my occupation being a carpenter

theres so few zombies i dont even feel the need, lol

just been creating stuff like the forge and whatnot

[lapis crest]

Fair, it's not actually necessary to build stuff in game, yet

[lapis crest]

Follow up on #pz_b42_chat message

[lapis crest]

An M16 spawning on a zed

[lapis crest]

Dixie's gas station store has a VHS shelf. Go Figure

[lapis crest]

The garage in action

[deft magnet]

Lucky mf

I havent seen a SINGLE M16 in any of my B42 playthroughs so far

Going insane

Im planning to pack up some food and caffeine pills and drive from rosewood to the LV checkpoint and the covert military lab under rosewood to hopefully get hands on some stuff

[lapis crest]

Good luck with that, I think spawns are more likely on the checkpoints along the LV fence

[deft magnet]

Im honestly just looking for military gear zombies thats all

My current zombie pop seems super low (I DONT KNOW WHY, IM ON DEFAULT SETTINGS) so dunno how many i will encounter even then tho

[pale mirage]

Apocalypse has a low population, it is 0.65x with 1.5x peak over the course of 28 days

So... Apoc is only 0.975x population lol

[deft magnet]

i think i have the peak over a course of like 50 days

though i visited the research lab south of rosewood yesterday and after killing like 200 zombies i attracted another 200-300 due to my firearm noise

so its not so bad

[lapis crest]

My first axe crafted from scratch. Metal comes from car wrecks, wood came from trees I chopped around the gas station, clay for the molds was foraged from roads around Rosewood

[deft magnet]

congrats

welcome to the blacksmithing age

[lapis crest]

Warming your hands at the store you just molotov'd is such a vibe

[hybrid hollow]

espcially a night 🙂

[lapis crest]

Making a mace after some comments by ICEtea

Swing speed looks nice, not sure about how effective this guy is, I'll test it somewhere.

[lapis crest]

Testing spear with metal spearhead. I have spear skill lvl 10 and maintenance 10.
I think I messed up the spearhead by killing a zed with it before sharpening it. It's 3 encumbrace, 1 heavier than the fire hardened spear. It behaves pretty much like the fire-hardened spear.

[deft magnet]

whats the damage bar on it?

stone head / bind head spears all have similar damage

atleast visually

[lapis crest]

Testing the mace. I have long blunt lvl 8.
Damage is decent and swing speed is very good for a long blunt. Durability is pretty good apparently, but I'd need to use it longer to really test that

[lapis crest]

Damage bar on the long spear

I messed up the head though, I don't think it's supposed to be red freshly crafted. I hit a zed with it before sharpening it, I think that messed it up

[deft magnet]

yeah most likely

damage is good though

for now i only create simple metal blades

it levels my metalworking plus that way i have a steady supply of improvised spears

as i have lots and lots of twine and long sticks

[lapis crest]

Testing the long sword (forged, not scrap or simple blade, the good high level blade). I have long blade level 4.
It's a two handed blade, but fits into a belt slot like a one handed blade.
It'd probably be devastating if I had long blade leveled up.
Durability is probably good since I'm not seeing any change in the bar.

Testing the short sword, which still uses the long blade skill funny enough.
It's a one-handed blade.
Seems like it does noticeably less damage though it's still a decent backup weapon.
Same durability comment as the other weapons.

My final veredict is, I'm considering swapping the spear for a shotgun and long sword.
Since the long sword can be attached to the belt, you can have a two handed melee and a two handed firearm on your back without mods
The spear is still a better weapon than the sword for logistics reasons (a lot easier to make and materials are more abundant), but there's a niche for the sword if you want a 2 handed melee weapon that fits a belt attachment

I'd use the shotgun to draw the zeds in and the sword to finish them off, which stops the annoying "zombie drip feed" issue I've been having lately

[deft magnet]

same case as machete

this is nice

and honestly with decent maintenance skill i'd expect forged weapons to last you atleast 300+ zombie kills before they break

very resource-hungry

[lapis crest]

The problem with all of these is that they're at the bottom of the tech tree for metalworking

they're not really resource hungry because metal and wood are so abundant, but they can be very time intensive to craft if you have to make a metal bar from small bits of scrap metal one at a time

OTOH when you dismantle a wreck, you get several metal bars or half bars which you can quickly turn into swords

It's getting the craft stations and the skill level in metalworking that's the hard part

but the thing is that because metalworking can make most if not all the tools and weapons in the game, and because there's so many metal sources, it's a valuable skill in and of itself

[deft magnet]

yes

high effort high reward kinda thing

[lapis crest]

Yup

[lapis crest]

Update: The spear durability issue turned out to be a problem with a mod I was using. Crafted spears do have 100% durability at the right skill levels

[deft magnet]

epic

[lapis crest]

I'd forgotten I had that mod in the first place. This is good

it'll make the combat testing of the weapons in LV more accurate

[pale mirage]

This is very nice when I get to the late game eventually

Planning to go full into the Long Blades hopefully

[lapis crest]

The one caveat I see here is that long blade books seem to be even rarer than aiming/reloading books

[severe leaf]

Just dropping in to say that I hadn’t noticed this thread (or channel) before and your base is absolutely bananas in scope. Well done, sir.

[lapis crest]

Louisville Round 2. This time I'm not scouting, I'm clearing. Gonna take that 3 garage mansion and start clearing LV

[lapis crest]

metal tipped spears kinda suck. They're not singificantly more powerful or durable, they break down about as fast as the fire hardened ones, and they go blunt after a few kills

[deft magnet]

feel free to report it, i think thats pretty underwhelming

sharpness as a whole needs to have reduced drain too

[lapis crest]

I don't think it's a bug per se, more of a design choice I don't like

I suppose if I was designing it, I'd give metal tipped spears longer reach and more durability to compensate for the investment in making them. Especially more durability

So the can reinforced bat finally broke.
I cleared most of the checkpoint with the bat, so I can't complain.
Considering it's made out of a carved branch, tin cans and screws, I think it's a very cost efficient and reasonably effective weapon

provided you have good skill in long blunt and maintenance at least

[deft magnet]

but it makes no sense at all? Why would forged spearheads be about as good as mere sharpened wooden sticks that were hardened in fire?

[lapis crest]

Because they're still tying to figure out how to balance all this, hence the nerf to shotguns, the introduction of muscle strain, etc.
All these forged weapons are brand spanking new, so they're probably still tweaking their stats

[deft magnet]

still worthy of a report then, proving my point?

nothing will end up being tweaked if the community doesnt provide feedback

[lapis crest]

Feedback on a system is distinct from a bug report. "I don't like the way this works" is very different from "This isn't working as intended"

I know there's a bug reporting system, not sure there's a feedback mechanism for gameplay stuff

Kills so far by weapon type

[lapis crest]

Someone asked for tips today, so I figured I'd write them here and link to them when asked again.

The early game is critical. You need a good weapon, a backpack, a water bottle, a little food and a vehicle. Medical supplies and denim/leather clothes are nice to have but not indispensable. After that you need to clear a base of zombies, usually a place that is easy to secure (few windows and entrances), you can live in (bed, fridge, stove) and is close to points of interest (stores, etc.)
If you survive getting all those, you need to prepare for power and water shutoff by getting a generator (for lights, fridges and cooking) and a few rain catchers or living close to a water source.
After that it's a matter of stockpiling enough food, water and resources to outlast the winter.

Combat is the first thing you need to learn. Gunshots will draw zombies towards you, early on you most likely do not want to shoot because there'll be more zeds than ammo on you, so you're better off with a melee weapon, like a baseball bat, axe, hammer, meat cleaver, crowbar, etc.

Bites are fatal, melee weapons are more effective at their max hit distance so always keep as much distance between you and zombies. Backpedal while you face the zeds, and hit them while they're trying to reach you.

Don't fight more zombies than you can handle, which depends on how experienced (irl) you are, your character's weapons and skills, and the area around you (fences, windows, etc.) Usually 1-2 unarmed and 3-4 with a good melee weapon is a good rule of thumb at the start.

Take care of your character. Don't fight tired, hungry, sleepy or exhausted. Don't ignore overheating or uncomfortable conditions. Don't carry too much stuff. Don't run everywhere all the time, you will get tired. Always carry bandages on you.

Prefer weapons which are light, they consume less stamina per attack. Ditch heavy clothes or armor, they'll exhaust your character and exhaustion kills.

[lapis crest]

The advance towards the 3 garage mansion is going a bit slow

[deft magnet]

hmm, where is this?

[lapis crest]

Bourbon drive, in Louisville

I had a slight reversal, got pushed back to a house a few blocks back, now I need to rest and push back to the truck

[lapis crest]

Bourbon drive is so much worse than the army checkpoint...

[lapis crest]

Reached the LV 3 garage mansion at Bourbon drive without injury.
Now I just need to set up some gennies, patch the windows, extend the fences and I'll have a working FOB.
Gonna set up some storage areas, then start trucking in supplies from Rosewood, then scout the area around and start clearing zeds

[silent cypress]

Nice.

[lapis crest]

The fortifications aren't helping much, random zeds keep wandering in. I could build a gate, but they'll break it down eventually. Not sure how long it'd take them, but probably not long

[lapis crest]

Looking better now, not concerned about random zeds wandering into camp now

[silent cypress]

Nice.

[lapis crest]

The Louisville outpost. Will be home while I explore and clear LV, plus a staging area for loot.
Gonna make a trip to Rosewood to check on animals and gennies and for fresh food.
Then I'm pushing to the LV library.

[lapis crest]

And you can drive in front of St. Pellegrine's without aggroing a lot of zombies. The road seems far enough from the hospital that the zeds don't see or hear you

[lapis crest]

butchering animals close to living ones, at least unrelated ones from different breeds, doesn't seem to upset them

[lapis crest]

decided to delay the LV stuff for a bit to save as many animals as I can fit in the ranch

[lapis crest]

I thought I was done collecting animals but... 🥹 😍 😭

[lapis crest]

Worth it

[lapis crest]

Do not approach angry rams

[lapis crest]

The newly filled animal pens at the southeast end of the gas station fort

[severe leaf]

No longer a base. Now it’s officially a compound.

How much did Tom Nook charge you for the upgrade?

[lapis crest]

lol wish I knew enough about animal crossing for a good riposte

Gonna take some pics of the updates to the LV outpost

[lapis crest]

It's barely been a week and some of these bodies are already turning to skeletons

[lapis crest]

St. Peregrin doesn't take walk-ins anymore, but I forgot to make an appointment.
No matter, I bet they can squeeze me in

Maces are pretty good

second wave from inside the hospital.
I'm guessing it'll just be like this

[lapis crest]

After retreating for the night, decided to push towards the library instead.
Bourbon St. as always is thick with zombies

[lapis crest]

Four hours and thirty minues later, I've managed to advance a little over a block, and spent 3-4 maces.
I believe I might have to return to the FOB earlier than expected due to exhaustion and running out of maces

[lapis crest]

reminders of that time I almost died getting the masonry chisel months ago

[lapis crest]

Almost halfway into the journey.

[lapis crest]

the outpost after the second layer of defenses

[lapis crest]

The longest 4 blocks I've walked so far. The LV library is on that red mark, if you don't know

[silent cypress]

Wow nice, all on foot?

[lapis crest]

I walk ahead of the truck, then move the truck forward when an area is thinned out

Leathers just saved me from 2-3 hits after the truck bugged out and let a zombie hit me inside the cab with the windows up

[lapis crest]

Finally got a glimpse of the library before getting pushed off by the zeds

[viscid burrow]

LSU library was pretty stacked

[lapis crest]

Hope it is, haven't made my way in yet

[lapis crest]

Metalworking tech tree, lovingly ripped off from @pale mirage

[lapis crest]

Screw it, new couches

[lapis crest]

For B42, I don't think (player) aiming matters as much as it's often said

[lapis crest]

Decided to cut my stay at Louisville short. I went to the city library, loot was disappointing, and after spending days fighting to get to another bookstore I realized it wasn't worth it.
I'm taking most of the loot and food I gathered on the truck, and leaving behind a few things to mothball the base if I ever need it later (generator, freezer, some crates, firewood, rain barrels etc.)
I took a few pics as I was saying goodbye to my LV outpost.

Turning off the generator and sitting at the spearcrafting benches one last time before leaving

I will say the spear traps worked, even if a bit janky.
Goodbye LV outpost, you served me well.

And one last look at the LV army checkpoint with all the loot I stripped from the zeds and left behind
Decided it wasn't worth picking up after all

Almost home, hope the base is still up.
That brown state patrol car looks fun. Might come back with a flatbed and pick it up

almost home

As she drives home, I'm considering retiring this character

Animals are fine, though they def. need some TLC and pen cleaning. So I guess you can in fact leave for long periods of time and return to base without problems

I think I should retire this character.
It feels narratively satisfying to end in a high note. She went to LV, survived, and learned she didn't need more stuff, she just wanted it. She missed her little ranch more than she wanted the stuff from the city, and so she returned to her home

This is how she lived

[lapis crest]

Turns out you can recycle (some) tool heads endlessly as long as you recover the broken head off the ground

[lapis crest]

Do the shake!

[loud ravine]

looks like a giant tumor growing from the gasstation building

not to be rude

[silent cypress]

Where is there?

[lapis crest]

the woods close to the Rosewood gas station

[silent cypress]

Oh, ok.

[lapis crest]

Lol Naruto Run

[crisp mirage]

why do people who survive one billion days always play with vanilla cars?

[deft magnet]

nothing wrong with vanilla cars

[lapis crest]

After days of clearing a path through the forest, I finally reached the military lab in the woods

[covert jasper]

how does one attain such a high protection

[lapis crest]

Leather and denim clothes with leather patches mostly

And a few exceptions like scrap metal gloves and the bone choker

[lapis crest]

Day one of the siege.
Retreating for the night. I figure I'm far away enough from the military base to sleep with minimal chance of zeds.
So far so good, supplies are holding up well and I'm getting a lot of kills.
Hoping to level up my axe skill.

[lapis crest]

Clowncar ass lab building

[lapis crest]

Welp, I did it, I think I finally ran out of things to do.
Got a farm, ranch, I've been to LV, cleared the prison, the military lab, looted every POI in every named town in the map.
I build a garage, my own pad, a fortified compound with walls all around and some towers.
I collected cars I found useful.
I've made most of the crafting stations.
I think I might revisit this save once in awhile, but I don't have the itch to keep doing more things in here.

[lapis crest]

I caught some radio transmissions I hadn't before

Huh, this one increases panic...

[hybrid hollow]

yep, panic, anger, stress. are all possible

[hybrid hollow]

not excatly happy broadcast 😉

[viscid burrow]

where da snipers

[lapis crest]

If this was MP, the towers in the corners

[lapis crest]

Earlier I'd discovered that, as of B42.10, the base game is bugged and generators do not spread power up or down past a certain height.
This mod fixes that issue https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3402067343

[still relic]

another gas station base. I am building "flying fortress" so basically, i dont need to do much defense stuffs

[still relic]

damn, what a big mistake, i cannot see what under the rope and jump down. Zombies kills my character. I should remove some floor to see what around the rope

[lapis crest]

Since I got the generator mod, the military lab siege is back on.
This is probably one of the toughest locations to fight in thanks to how cramped it is
I've been fighting over control of the stairwell for (in-game) hours now

[lapis crest]

Last stretch, I'm down to the cave system.
Not sure how busy it'll be down here

[lapis crest]

I've been trying this mod recently.
It adds sustainable ways to get key cooking ingredients like salt, sugar and fruits
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3444499190

And brewing beer and wine, plus distilling alcoholic beverages and making vinegar

Here's an example.
I was asked how to make sugar recently.
You need to craft a fermentation pot, then fill it with water, and get some quicklime (from crushing limestone and kiln-ing it in a pottery kiln).
This will create the sugar base, which is then cooked until done in an oven.
It's 10 encumbrance, so I like to use large commercial ovens but you can use campfires or regular stoves

Be careful not to burn it for maximum yield.
Burnt sugar preparation will yield less sugar.

Then get some cheesecloth, and filter out the cooked sugar preparation, and voila, white sugar

I use the sugar for the ice cream making mod (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2754525193)
Great way to get happiness and boost calories

[covert jasper]

how long does a typical PZ run last for

[lapis crest]

I don't know how I could even answer that?

[lapis crest]

I left my animals alone for about a week while I cleared the secret lab north of Rosewood.
This is what I got from milking/shearing them when I came back
Turns out each raw wool will make a whole thread item on the spinner
This is a very good source of thread

I don't know if the tailoring skill affects output, but here it is just in case

[lapis crest]

The insanely caloric poutine bowl

[lapis crest]

Getting comfy while she gets lumber

Testing chopping times with wood axe (forged steel) vs stone axe (knapped from large flat stone)

[lapis crest]

Building a library annex

[lapis crest]

Reminder to myself to follow up on this - #pz_b42_chat message

[lapis crest]

Sprinters seem not included in the "random" speed setting.
I was confused by the wording in the options.

[lapis crest]

Does tailoring affect how much thread you get from spinning wool?
No, you always get a whole bobbin per every unit of wool
Testing in debug mode

[lapis crest]

Testing cooking with cheese.
Looks like it's a good addition to salads

[lapis crest]

Grinding glassmaking to make jars for preserves and Sapph's cooking stuff
Turns out glassmaking is easy-ish to grind, provided you have the books and large stocks of glass items to break

Glass panes give a ton of XP per item, so just fix a few windows and you're good

[lapis crest]

I've been faffing about with it for about an ingame day and with the books and enough bottles stockpiled I was able to learn jarmaking by the afternoon

Yep, preserves here we come

[lapis crest]

Lovingly stolen from @copper delta

[viscid burrow]

4 hours

[lapis crest]

I'm preparing another round of zed killing, starting with meal prep, weapons and medkit checks

Car looks in top shape

[lapis crest]

Final checks, taking care of the ranch before I leave.
I discovered the Rambouillet sheep provide the most wood, up to 3 units per shear every third day, that's 3 thread bobbinets per shear

[lapis crest]

Checked the armor before I left.
Forgot I'd replaced the kneepads but hadn't padded them yet.
Good thing I went through all the checks and caught this early.

[lapis crest]

Testing the whistle. Seems to be about as effective as shouting so far

[craggy summit]

Got the first one (LB lvl 1-2) on a zombie wearing a SWAT duffle bag, looks to me like it has a very slim chance to spawn on survivor zeds so good luck for the hunt

[lapis crest]

Thanks! I went and came back from LV and couldn't find one though :/
Either way I've found maces a lot more to my liking than blades and spears

[lapis crest]

Cranking down the milk, egg and wool production settings.
After getting a bunch of animals, I think they might be OP broken.
It's also getting a bit monotonous to stay constantly on top of milk and wool production, it kinda chains me to my base and I don't like it

[lapis crest]

Good practice to set up your crafting stations with chair space, to allow for stamina regen

[lapis crest]

Exploring beer brewing from the Farming Expansion mod https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3444499190

Beer is a bit complex to make since it's a bunch of different steps from different crafting stations.
Assuming you have barley seeds aready, the first step is to prepare malt, which is done with baking trays, seeds and water
So far, so good, simple (ish).

Malt takes a couple of days to germinate before we can turn it into wort for brewing beer, so I'll check again after a couple days

[severe leaf]

At some point TIS is going to alter the default animal settings to make them more realistic and it’s going to be weird.

Like the reaction to crop growing seasons and speeds, I imagine.

[lapis crest]

Probably. They're still tweaking everything

[lapis crest]

So after toasting the ready malt in a pottery kiln and grinding it for whiskey wort in a grindstone, I cooked it in a couple of fermentation pots, then poured it into wooden fermentation barrels. Wish I'd taken more pics of the process while it was being done, but, I forgot

Says here 24 hours. Lets see how much beer I get. I hope it's a surplus since the beer recipe takes 2 yeast, but beer itself is an ingredient for making yeast

[lapis crest]

Piglets!

[lapis crest]

Returning to Louisville for a bit

The checkpoint sure looks different without snow

The old 3 garage door base.
Feels eerie to walk into it again after months away.

[lapis crest]

After some scouting and an early night's sleep, I'm ready to hit the LSU library.
I don't expect to reach it, much like I didn't hit the LV public library in awhile, but, we'll see how things pan out

[lapis crest]

Switching back to maces since I ran into heavier resistance

My char's melee skills

Testing the whistle in Louisville. I'm not quite convinced it's much better than shouting.
Seems to have more range, but at the cost of not being able to carry a 2 handed weapon at the same time

[lapis crest]

(reminder to follow up on #pz_b42_chat message
and consolidate the info here)

[lapis crest]

Expedition to LSU was succesful, I found some books I hadn't anywhere else and cleared out most of the zeds in the area.
I'll return to Rosewood, check on the beer, animals and generator, but I'll leave the big rig and the weapons in LV.
I plan to return to LV after I check in at the base

[lapis crest]

Yeah 3 days was bs. It took closer to 10 days. Not sure if it's something with my game settings but it is what it is

And after like 2 weeks of faffing about germinating and drying malt, growing yeast, fermenting, making wort, fermenting the wort and fermenting the beer
Here it is, 20 litres of beer

That sounds pretty satisfying after weeks of waiting

[lapis crest]

Preparations for the new offensive
Still have to reach LSU

Drawing zeds from a subdivision close to LSU

[lapis crest]

Replacing the heavy leather jacket with a lumberjack shirt for the spring/summer season

[lapis crest]

Made it to the LSU library. It was mostly empty of zeds, though the back desk on every floor had at least a couple.
I think I found maybe 2-3 books I didn't already have.
Knapping books are still eluding me

[lapis crest]

Discovering the recent update introduced a performace issue when walking near containers with items #pz_b42_chat message

[covert jasper]

What mods are you playing with?

[lapis crest]

There we go. Rags weigh half what bandages do. Supposedly bandages are twice as good, so, could be that they even out.
I still prefer rags, because more rags means you can bandage more wounds.

Whew, good news

[craggy summit]

LOL

[lapis crest]

Yeah I was mildly alarmed by all the corpses out there but, I feel much calmer now

[lapis crest]

Discovering that you can't just get bar stock from a broken sword, you get chunks, which means you have to reweld or recast them into a bar
Not a big deal, but recycling is more convoluted than I thought

[lapis crest]

Glassmaking master now

Rabbits are breeding like, well, y'know

Found these guys in the pen after returning from Louisville

[lapis crest]

So apparently driving from Rosewood to Louisville takes about 3 in game hours.
In a big rig at a top speed of 70mph

[lapis crest]

Found a good temporary spot to rest close to the industrial area in Louisville, surrounded by high fences, close enough to a high pop area to be worth it

[lapis crest]

Does fire spread over non flammable surfaces?
As of B42.11, yes #pz_b42_chat message

Does rain stop fire?
Yes, if heavy enough #pz_b42_chat message

Microwave started fires are fiercer than molotov or oven fires

[lapis crest]

Changing her looks a bit

[lapis crest]

Almost fully levelled up short blunt
Still need to see how good it gets at the highest level, but so far, it's kind of a chore

[lapis crest]

Testing short vs long blunt weapons in Louisville against the PD hordes - Short blunt (night stick)

[lapis crest]

Testing short vs long blunt weapons in Louisville against the PD hordes - Long blunt (Mace)

The skills of the character in the test.
I don't believe the 1 skill lower for short blunt would make a big difference in the test results

[lapis crest]

Testing short vs long blunt weapons in Louisville against the PD hordes - Short blunt (Short bat - Can-reinforced)
Crit rate (or damage?) seems higher, at the expense of higher weapon weight compared to the night stick

[lapis crest]

Testing short vs long blunt weapons in Louisville against the PD hordes - Short blunt (Mace, from short bat and mace head)
Dam/Crit increased, still not at long mace levels. Noticeable with debuff moodles)

[lapis crest]

She's a midwesterner IG

[placid bolt]

Three was a mod on B41 where you could unplug stuff from the outlets! It worked well

So you cuold turn the freezers off

[lapis crest]

Yeah someone ported that over to B42, but I haven't tried it yet

Def. will look into it at some point

[lapis crest]

Reached the Clark Memorial Bridge across the Ohio

The playground in the park next to the bridge

Really easy to reach the bridge via the promenade

[lapis crest]

Built an OP in the FOB overlooking the gate now. Still need to beef it up a bit but it does the job

[lapis crest]

Exploring the milsurp store at the NorthEast corner of LV

[craggy summit]

Very cool hair, and outfits

Love seeing your progression

[lapis crest]

Fighting to recover the truck

[lapis crest]

Okay, gotta be more careful with the truck in downtown LV from now on

Testing exhaustion and recovery with the help of Modern Status V2 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3451167732

So it doesn't matter if you're sitting indoors or outdoors, your fatigue recovery is the same

It also doesn't seem to matter if you're sitting on a char, bench or on the ground.
Can't say if it's the same for cars or seats that should be comfy

Walking completely prevents stamina regen.
Standing still without sitting is so slow you might as well walk

So I knew how satiety covered up for being underfed, but I didn't know just how bad it is

on the plus side, you could be snacking all day to keep the "well fed" bonus and not really risk gaining weight

[lapis crest]

Now I can confirm for B42.11.
Exhaustion is recovered at the same rate, doesn't matter if you sit on the ground, in a comfy chair or in a car

In terms of stamina
Running (default: Shift key) is a lot cheaper than I thought
Sprinting (default: Alt key) is more like I thought running was

Sprinting is also very calorie intensive

Running and sprinting burn the same calories (weird)
Running does burn more calories, but the difference is minimal
Walking prevents stamina regen but doesn't cost stamina

[lapis crest]

Little 2hr catnaps (no sleep traits) can recover 25% of your sleep meter.
It's enough to give you a few extra waking hours, but without traits it's not as good
Still could be a good idea to plan for some nap time if you're going into a hot zone

[lapis crest]

I just realized I was wrong to use so many crates to store stuff in my base
I should've made like a freight yard and use trailers instead of crates
and then I'd never have to pull things out of cars and take them to storage, I'd just parked the trailer next to the storage and unloaded directly
I'd needed a base with a lot more land area to fit the trailers and for driving space, but that's not hard to find, lots of buildings with wide parking lots in the game
Definitely something to consider for my next run

[lapis crest]

Post apocalyptic warrior tomboy gf

[lapis crest]

Interesting spot for a base. Next to a gas station, (mostly) fenced in 2 sides, close to big sources of loot and homes so you can bring in furniture and appliances

[lapis crest]

A little tour around the base now

[summer tiger]

how many logs to construct a fully intact wall..?

[lapis crest]

wdym intact?

IIRC it's 6 planks or 2 logs, plus 4 nails

to build a wood wall

[summer tiger]

sry, meant your perimeter wall

[lapis crest]

It's stone

the battlements, I have no idea, I'd have to count

[lapis crest]

The vanilla game does notify you if you have holes in your clothes

but the phrasing it uses is... Funny

Look who arrived while I was at Louisville!

TIL if enough time's gone by, your sutures heal back to regular injuries, but you don't get the suture back if you take it off

[lapis crest]

Testing CleanUI mod. It fixed pretty much all the performance issues I had.

[old rivet]

best what i achieved in this game was few wood boxes in isolated hous in muldraugh 😭

[lapis crest]

Keep playing, you'll get the hang of it

[lapis crest]

Meal prepping for Louisville

[lapis crest]

Resupplying. Will return to LV to push further into the city.
Fingers crossed, I'll reach the skyscrapers this time

[old rivet]

u can connect trailer to big ass van?

[lapis crest]

Yes

[lapis crest]

Exploring St. Peregrin's hospital

[grim sleet]

maybe theres a feeding bottle in any nursing room

best water container

[lapis crest]

Standing on top of St. Peregrin's.
Already went indoors and cleared every room.
Still have to go through the other building in the complex

[lapis crest]

made it to the second building's low rooftops (there's a higher level)
Fought in the dark a bit inside the building, would not recommend it, but I didn't have a genny on me and I thought the building was empty enough

[lapis crest]

The hospital is cleared... Ish

[lapis crest]

Finally reached the first of the Louisville skyscrapers

Spiffo's corporate HQ

[lapis crest]

Testing hatches with axe lvl 10
They feel about as effective as the mace.
Most hits are 1 hit kills, with some exceptions
Stamina does last for awhile, though it's comparable to any weapon of the same encumbrace (2.0)

[lapis crest]

Oooh!

Using the shotgun in Louisville, with aiming 9

[lapis crest]

Exploring the Louisville PD

[lapis crest]

Heavy fog today, decided to pause on the LVPD clearing and reinforce the outpost instead
Finally built the watchtower at the gate, though apparently I can't see the actual gate from the 2nd level

[lapis crest]

From the rooftops of the fancy supermarket in downtown LV

[lapis crest]

One handed axes lose a lot of effectiveness with exhaustion level 1.
Past the halfway of the video you see it struggling with a few zeds

[lapis crest]

Fighting inside the Orion offices, hairy moment

[lapis crest]

Gradually fighting floor to floor
Staircases are a big speedbump

[old rivet]

um do u tend to do build emergency safehouses

in other places?

[lapis crest]

No, not really.
If you're in an emergency, any 2 story building will do if you can block or destroy the staircases

[lapis crest]

What kind of emergency?

[old rivet]

to have checked place when u can spend night or something? or get ammo? or other supplies?

[lapis crest]

I usually either return to the outpost I made in the city
Or the car

[lapis crest]

And that's the end of Lillian

[old rivet]

💀 😭

[lapis crest]

Yep, made a mistake.
Thought I could run through the doorway and escape before more zeds came down from upstairs
They caught me at the doorway
couldn't see that there were more zeds around the corner

[old rivet]

yea need to remember they may increase in numbers very fast

maybe if u have rope preppared

or smth

[covert jasper]

wow

unbelievable

[grim sleet]

long lived the queen

40k zeds

[inland orchid]

Youch who will be the successor

[loud ravine]

NNOOOOOo

broo

[lapis crest]

There's a candidate

[inland orchid]

New world or continued legacy

Any of the two are great

[lapis crest]

New world. Might make a new post

[summer tiger]

TV wall works in B42?

[lapis crest]

I have no clue, I don't bother with furniture barriers since they're non-blocking now when placed in front of doors and windows

[severe leaf]

Oh wow, my condolences. My five-monther died the next day.

[viscid burrow]

I think a water dispenser might block windows. I couldn't get to the window through it

[lapis crest]

It's been weeks since I've last seen another person... Living, person.
Been lucky those freaks out there haven't so much as scratched me.
Maybe the General on the radio was right, maybe I am immune.
Don't feel like letting myself get chomped to find out.
I can only do chores at night in the basement.
It feels safer. Like maybe they can't hear me down here.
Help will come. It has to. There's still water and power,
even if the radio and tv have been on repeat recently...
...Right?

[lapis crest]

I leave the lights on the basement and the bathrooms all the time, they can bill me if... When... This all gets solved.
But I don't chance any light that could leak outside and draw... Them, here.
I've been hoarding jewelry for when the bills and the tax man start coming around again.
Death and taxes right?

They got the "Death" part right at least...
I'm waiting for those big Gulf War trucks to roll in any day now.
The army rolled Iraq in a couple weeks, they'll bounce back from the mistakes at the checkpoint.
Yup, gonna see some tanks and trucks rolling into town any day now.

[lapis crest]

No help is coming...
I need a secure home...
I'm still in shock...

[lapis crest]

Keeping this handy for quotes

[reef bone]

I see "Rosewood Gas Station" and see the interior picture and That couldn't be RGS? I've been there?? And gosh you built a whole building

[lapis crest]

Several. The only part I hated was how the game had problems telling what was indoors and outdoors, specifically the "apartment" area was always outdoors temperature and that was annoying AF