Zombies attack Somerset!
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*sam* Posted Oct 25, 2010, 9:39 pm |
As we have all seen, encounters with the 'zombie' creatures, first occurring several days ago, have been increasing.
It had to happen. Late one night, as your gang members stagger out of Dexter's after a night out.. they are attacked by zombies. Your town need you! Sign up using the Events Diary! Beware. Death very likely. |
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FireFly Posted Oct 25, 2010, 9:53 pm |
*Readies Rifle*
"It's hunting time boys!" You don't suppose you could add an event around 18.00 server time or so, as 21.15 is a bit late for the earliest one, if possible, thank you. |
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*sam* Posted Oct 25, 2010, 10:01 pm |
Yes, which day? | ||||
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Zephyr Posted Oct 25, 2010, 11:09 pm |
That sounds like fun, but I second the request for an alternate time. Both current time slots are during the workday for me. 
would it be possible to add an event at approx. 0600 - 0900 server time? That would serve the USA west coast. Any day would be good. |
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*JD_Basher* jd.basher@charter.net Posted Oct 25, 2010, 11:29 pm |
Zephyr... The server times you posted are: (0600 server time is 10pm Pacific.... 0900 server time is 1am PST time...) We West-Coasters are 8 hours BEHIND GMT.... Greenwich Meridian Time is what the servers run on. You knew that.... Didn't you? |
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Zephyr Posted Oct 25, 2010, 11:33 pm |
Yes. 10 PM - 1 AM PST is my primary gaming time, after the rest of the family goes to bed. Isn't that everyone's favorite gaming time window? 
OK, maybe I'm unusual. |
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*JD_Basher* jd.basher@charter.net Posted Oct 25, 2010, 11:37 pm |
 LOL.....
Maybe we can get the TRUE European DW'nders to get up at 9 in the morning to fight zombies! 
hehehe 
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*JD_Basher* jd.basher@charter.net Posted Oct 25, 2010, 11:39 pm |
In and ready to fight the first "Zombie Attack".... 
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*sam* Posted Oct 25, 2010, 11:54 pm |
OK, I edited two of the later ones:
2010-10-30 18:15:00 2010-10-31 06:15:00 There's currently 6 events scheduled. I can create more if there's enough interest.. |
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Skasi Posted Oct 26, 2010, 12:43 am |
Will I have to unequip all weapons for the characters I register in order to get supplied by town?
Also I'm wondering which chars to bring... 
Death very likely? Chars with high speed can run.. um. |
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*JD_Basher* jd.basher@charter.net Posted Oct 26, 2010, 2:40 am |
Shoot what you bring... One gun with LOTS of reloads or 2 guns with one reload each. | ||||
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*Rev. V* Posted Oct 26, 2010, 4:11 am |
I have a secret weapon, a nun named Samantha Redfern.
The undead will flee from her righteous fury. |
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*JD_Basher* jd.basher@charter.net Posted Oct 26, 2010, 7:35 am |
His WIFE might have something to say about your "secret weapon" especially if you re-named her/him Samantha!........
Then again...... His wife might fight better than he does! 
(No worries Sam..... I have your six...... Unless you are on the opponents side!)
JD |
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*Tinker* Posted Oct 26, 2010, 7:55 am |
*Readies RifleAspirin* "It's hunting Running Man time boys!" |
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*JD_Basher* jd.basher@charter.net Posted Oct 26, 2010, 8:19 am |
Boogity---Boogity---Boogity........ Let's go huntin' boys!
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*goat starer* Posted Oct 26, 2010, 9:10 am |
i need to bring 'potato' sam redfearne up from Badlands! |
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*Maxxed* Posted Oct 26, 2010, 10:43 am |
Thinks to himself:
Hmmm...where did I put my chainsaw? |
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*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Oct 26, 2010, 10:53 am |
The ..ONLY .. way to fight a Zombie apocalypse.
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FireFly Posted Oct 26, 2010, 4:10 pm |
Haha, darn vacations always come at the worse possible days eh
(Or rather, make an event around 18.00 on the 28th) |
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*sam* Posted Oct 26, 2010, 7:16 pm |
No worries, new event added: 2010-10-28 18:00:00 | ||||
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FireFly Posted Oct 26, 2010, 7:34 pm |
Thanks a lot... man, selfish requests, there's one if I ever saw one
I really need to get a decent laptop so I can play DW when I'm at mums, as the one I have is a nightmare to even play darkwind on 
(Oh, by the way, quick question, zombie numbers scale relevant to players right, so, if only 4 people join one they are not plainly doomed, would be good to know )
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Skasi Posted Oct 26, 2010, 10:45 pm |
Oi yeah, I will laugh at the player that brings paintguns! | ||||
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Zephyr Posted Oct 27, 2010, 7:05 am |
Okay, I messed up. I entered tomorrow's event as a test, and then discovered I'm not able to cancel my enrollment in the event. Now I've got three gangers scheduled to be in the middle of a zombie attack right when I'll be in a meeting at work. Argh.... any suggestions? | ||||
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lordbam Posted Oct 27, 2010, 9:01 am |
prayer |
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*sam* Posted Oct 27, 2010, 2:01 pm |
Tell them it's Halloween and you're a post-modern kinda guy who has the welfare of his digital minions at heart and you need to stop their brains being eaten. Oh ok then, I'll fix it now so you can revoke your entry..
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*Rezeak* reecestensel@hotmail.co.uk Posted Oct 27, 2010, 2:33 pm |
Make room for me! | ||||
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Zephyr Posted Oct 27, 2010, 4:55 pm |
You know what, I seriously considered just that. Thanks for making the change. Rezak, you got your wish... one slot open for you. Enjoy. |
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*Rezeak* reecestensel@hotmail.co.uk Posted Oct 27, 2010, 7:13 pm |
Apparently I'm too slow
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*Wolfsbane* Posted Oct 27, 2010, 7:15 pm |
You only just worked that out? | ||||
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ISHOULDCOCO Posted Oct 27, 2010, 7:51 pm |
GET VOIP going
Have zombie sounds in the background I will bring punch and cookies COCO |
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Zephyr Posted Oct 28, 2010, 12:05 am |
How did it go? | ||||
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*Wolfsbane* Posted Oct 28, 2010, 12:11 am |
Next time, we'll bring more bullets. | ||||
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Djihani Posted Oct 28, 2010, 4:08 am |
Yeah lol its insanely hard to kill em... took like 1 rifle clip per zombo... no way to kill em all. | ||||
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*Rev. V* Posted Oct 28, 2010, 4:25 am |
My new hire, Barbie Booze, is a zombie killing JUGGERNAUT....
Holy crap, did she made me proud! But yeah, needed more ammo. |
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d0dger Posted Oct 28, 2010, 5:07 am |
zombies should definately be flammable. Just sayin. | ||||
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Stingray191 Posted Oct 28, 2010, 6:57 am |
I had some great luck and some terrible luck shooting zombies.
Killed 3 with about 10 shots then wasted a clip and a half on feet, shoulders and organs for nothing. and BTW - one of the damages descriptions for the feet was something mispelt like "the bullet <stikes> the foot breaking it" Saw that one waaaaaay too often. |
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*sam* Posted Oct 28, 2010, 10:24 am |
Thanks for that.. fixing it now. These critical hit messages have been in the game since 2006 and no-one noticed before!
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ISHOULDCOCO Posted Oct 28, 2010, 11:10 am |
Dont shoot them when they fall over
Headshots are less likely wait til they get up again COCO |
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*Rev. V* Posted Oct 28, 2010, 1:15 pm |
According to the critical hit messages, zombies apparently have many shoulders to break....
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*sam* Posted Oct 28, 2010, 2:26 pm |
Who says you can't break a shoulder multiple times?
I have just made some code changes so the zombies will spawn in several 'waves'. This should make it more interesting and harder to set yourself up in a fortified position. |
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*Rev. V* Posted Oct 28, 2010, 2:33 pm |
Fair enough on the shoulder thing....
But, how DO bullets "glance" off of necrotic flesh then?
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*Rezeak* reecestensel@hotmail.co.uk Posted Oct 28, 2010, 4:36 pm |
I think that's just your poor aim
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*sam* Posted Oct 28, 2010, 4:37 pm |
Yeah, I was like "guys, you need head shots!" and what do you keep doing? shooting their darned feet! if you can't take simple instructions, you deserve to have your brains eaten!
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*Rev. V* Posted Oct 28, 2010, 4:39 pm |
Ha! 
Sam, they uh....kept jumping up in the air and uh...twisting....yeah!...that's why I kept busting shoulders! |
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FireFly Posted Oct 28, 2010, 5:08 pm |
Sam, you just made me think... "Aim for the head"
In essence, a character with the "sniper" ability gets the option to aim for the head, with a accuracy penalty, with higher levels of sniper helping to offset the penalty!!! That would be, so freaking awesome, and also make sense with the sniper ability, as that's what a sniper does, aims for the critical!!! Should be easy to implement to, just modify some stats and have the option "Repeat fire ... (Head)"
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d0dger Posted Oct 28, 2010, 7:24 pm |
Even if you had to sustain target and not shoot for 5 turns or so to get some decnt accuracy, that would be so cool. |
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FireFly Posted Oct 28, 2010, 7:41 pm |
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Zephyr Posted Oct 28, 2010, 7:55 pm |
I think that should be handled automatically. Basically, characters with Sniper skill should have a better chance to achieve critical hits, and the critical hits they do achieve are more catastrophic. So, better odds for a BOOM HEADSHOT.
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*goat starer* Posted Oct 28, 2010, 8:20 pm |
sam... you are a medical miracle! |
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*SirLatte* Posted Oct 28, 2010, 8:59 pm |
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FireFly Posted Oct 28, 2010, 9:48 pm |
Oh you
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*Tinker* Posted Oct 28, 2010, 11:01 pm |
yeah that sounds good, a retarded fire that shoots 1 or 3 turns later, weather the target is in los or not would be nice |
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Zephyr Posted Oct 29, 2010, 12:43 am |
Most of my gangers employ "retarded fire," unfortunately.
But anyways... what you're talking about sounds like "overwatch"... that would be good too. Aim at a target out of line-of-sight, and fire at it as soon as it pops into view. That would be a VERY nifty skill for gangers to have, both for ped as well as vehicle combats. |
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*Rev. V* Posted Oct 29, 2010, 3:22 am |
But how do you aim at something out of sight, and why would that help?
Aiming at something you can't see won't help you hit it. |
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Flame Posted Oct 29, 2010, 4:18 am |
The only weapon that seemed effective against the zombies was the rifle and the hammer. Making molotovs and grenades more effective would be cool.
Blowing giant chunks off the zombies and breaking limbs seems to do almost nothing. It doesn't even seem to slow them down. Perhaps they are just too hard to kill period. If they were easier to kill - there could be even more of a splatterfest! Also I have always felt that shotguns are underated in this game. My feeling is that they should be much more accurate(and deadly) at close range. Perhaps the introduction of a combat shotgun would allow the shotgun to retain the status that it currently has whilst adding another weapon to the DW arsenal. On a side note the team chat didn't seem to work in the zombie fight and you can still only have 1 info tag above a ped...it would be nice to be able to have the doods name, the gang name and health% above a character just like a vehicle. |
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d0dger Posted Oct 29, 2010, 4:42 am |
You can actually have 2, on the F3 and F4 slot. |
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*Tinker* Posted Oct 29, 2010, 8:31 am |
No I was just saying that to do an "aimed shot" it should block a few turns before you fire is all, example; snipe1 = 4 sec snipe2 = 3 sec sinipe3 = 2 sec snipe 4 = 1 sec (don't know if this should be caped, or restricted only to handgun skills for the snipe specialsm for the aimed shot) |
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Flaming savage Posted Oct 29, 2010, 8:39 am |
Is it open to non-subscribers? | ||||
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*sam* Posted Oct 29, 2010, 10:30 am |
yes.. |
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*sam* Posted Oct 29, 2010, 10:31 am |
It's actually a 'no-teams' combat.. as you would have noticed had you tried to target your fellow players
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Zephyr Posted Oct 30, 2010, 2:52 am |
All right, did my first Zombie Attack scenario today. It was really thrilling and tense. Damn, those zombies are tough! Basically nothing except headshots did anything to them.
It was my gang and the San Jose Baggers versus several waves of zombies. Unfortunately SJB brought pistols and shotguns, so he was at a big disadvantage. After reading the after-action reports from the other zombie-fighters, I armed all 3 of my gangers with a rifle and four extra clips. I used a bounding-overwatch fallback method; one person would kneel and fire while the other two would run away from the zombies, they would take turns shooting. The "waves" spawning freaked me out; I would have a good location set up and suddenly there would be fresh zombies coming up behind me! Scary. I brought my Pyro psyker and he managed to set three different zombies on fire! Only one of them was affected, though, and that was just to knock him down for a second or two. The other two just kept coming at 100% while they burned merrily. After 220 turns I was down to my last seven bullets (between all 3 gangers) with one zombie left on the board. I formed a line, crouched, and waited for the zombie to get **very** close. I was not looking forward to having to wrestle with him. Taking careful aim, I opened fire and, with three bullets left (after starting with 300 altogether), I got the last headshot and dropped the zombie. Somerset is safe from the Zombie menace for now, but just barely. |
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*sam* Posted Oct 30, 2010, 10:10 am |
Nice report, Zeph! It sounds like the 'waves' code worked as intended then
Maybe it should be incorporated into regular footsquad-vs-critters events? |
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*Wolfsbane* Posted Oct 30, 2010, 10:20 am |
Yeah, the waves were good. Makes sitting still and shooting a lot harder.
I was wondering about going even further and having small waves (2-3 near each other) spawn every 10 turns or so. Probably too hard with zombies, but might work with critters. |
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FireFly Posted Oct 30, 2010, 10:36 am |
One problem, zombies are slow...
Having critters spawn in a surround pattern as close as 20m is way, way to hard. |
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*sam* Posted Oct 30, 2010, 10:45 am |
They wouldn't be as close as zombies, FF, obviously. | ||||
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ISHOULDCOCO Posted Oct 30, 2010, 11:16 am |
Also consider different zombie types a la' several other games
rotted and dry zombies could have a darker hue and burn better Mushy one could lose limbs easier and have trouble getting up again etc Bones ones could have smal burst radius for light bone shranel etc etc Coco's evil mind |
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*Rev. V* Posted Oct 30, 2010, 5:47 pm |
If having zombies isn't a great excuse to get chainsaws implemented as ped melee weapons, I don't know what is!!!
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FireFly Posted Oct 30, 2010, 7:15 pm |
Sure, just make it as horrible as it would be in real life to use in battle against actual zombies, at least the sledgehammer makes sense
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Djihani Posted Oct 30, 2010, 9:08 pm |
WE WON WE MAADDDDAZOMBIEYING WON!!! | ||||
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*Rev. V* Posted Oct 30, 2010, 9:35 pm |
Firfly, you tell Ash that, he'll hit ya with the boomstick!
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Djihani Posted Oct 31, 2010, 1:12 pm |
CHAINSAW - COOOL!
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Fealty Lost Posted Nov 2, 2010, 6:45 pm |
I have lots of hammers. | ||||
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*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Nov 2, 2010, 9:07 pm |
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*Rev. V* Posted Nov 3, 2010, 12:36 am |
If anyone ever wonders WHY I chose sexy warrior nuns for a gang, that pic says it all, doesn't it?
Yes, yes it DOES!
Now, all I need are the chainsaws....... 
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*Tinker* Posted Nov 3, 2010, 8:21 am |
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*sam* Posted Nov 3, 2010, 9:30 am |
Nice use of the mohican polys!
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*Rev. V* Posted Nov 3, 2010, 11:31 am |
Thank you!
The limitations of the models (for what *I* want to do with them, at any rate) are forcing me to get creative....
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*sam* Posted Nov 3, 2010, 11:41 am |
LOL, maybe it's just as well..
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*Rev. V* Posted Nov 3, 2010, 11:47 am |
Heresy!
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*Bastille* Posted Nov 3, 2010, 2:17 pm |
These are awesome
How did you do that Rev? |