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I'm in a new area. I found a new base which looks to be a baseball field reinforced with barbed wire around the perimeter. Anyway, I'm trying something different. I'm building solar panels and a rain collector. I'm going to use that and then build a hydroponic station. I'm hoping this helps with my constant food shortage.
 
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Still at the house in the valley at three moment. Only possible base I've come across so far is a bridge
 
Still at the house in the valley at three moment. Only possible base I've come across so far is a bridge

There are 5 or 6 bases in each map. That bridge looked cool but it didn’t offer much more than the starting base. A little past the bridge fort there is a town and in there is an office you can use. It’s decent.
 
You can swap between online and offline all you want. In offline you can pause the game.

I have been playing offline. That's why I think it's weird the game doesn't pause it for you.

Try this, if you're playing offline:

Go to your home base. Take out the batteries of your controller and see what happens. Now imagine that s*** while zombies are coming at you.
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I need to move to a different base. There aren't enough beds. Can I choose any structure, like a big warehouse or does it need to be a house? Can you even make beds?
 
I have been playing offline. That's why I think it's weird the game doesn't pause it for you.

Try this, if you're playing offline:

Go to your home base. Take out the batteries of your controller and see what happens. Now imagine that s*** while zombies are coming at you.
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I need to move to a different base. There aren't enough beds. Can I choose any structure, like a big warehouse or does it need to be a house? Can you even make beds?


Bases are predetermined places around the map, like 5 or 6 per map.

You can build beds in small slots at your base, or you can claim an outpost that has beds in it.
 
I'd build the solar panel farm until you have the money to take over the outpost, I built a forge last night and it seemed pretty useless so I tore it down.

I can't really build either yet. For the Forge I need a Metalworker for the better weapons and I need somebody who knows electricity for the Solar Farm.

So far, I have not come across many skill books. The only Library I have found thus far didn't have what I need, nor have the offices.
 
I've found 6 or 7 skill books. Been saving them until I know what I want to do with them.
 
I can't really build either yet. For the Forge I need a Metalworker for the better weapons and I need somebody who knows electricity for the Solar Farm.

So far, I have not come across many skill books. The only Library I have found thus far didn't have what I need, nor have the offices.

Yeah I mostly find medicine, gardening, mechanic and cook books. When I built the forge I saw what it had as options to make though and we get so many melee weapons through foraging that it just seems like a waste of resources to make them at base.
 
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Yeah I mostly find medicine, gardening, mechanic and cook books. When I built the forge I saw what it had as options to make though and get so many melee weapons through foraging that it just seems like a waste of resources to make them at base.

I got one of the weapons you can make from a trader, the Transmission Mace..far more durable than foraged weapons. I also got some funky axe but haven't tried it out yet.
 
I've found 6 or 7 skill books. Been saving them until I know what I want to do with them.

I have found a few, but like Jinca, they have pretty much all been the same few. Only non-typical book I found was for computers.
 
I recruited 2 new people to my community, one of them was just borderline gunna leave. So, I took him to clear some of the infestations he keeps moaning about and just as it kicks off the little f***er just ran away :txbmad: I clear the infestation and he comes back--I thought it was bug at this point. I take him to the next infestation and the little f***er did it again :txbmad::txbmad:.
 
I recruited 2 new people to my community, one of them was just borderline gunna leave. So, I took him to clear some of the infestations he keeps moaning about and just as it kicks off the little f***er just ran away :txbmad: I clear the infestation and he comes back--I thought it was bug at this point. I take him to the next infestation and the little f***er did it again :txbmad::txbmad:.

Time for someone to get Negan'ed maybe?
 
So anyone playing on the X notice that when you go into the character menu that the fans rev up? This is the first time the X fans have ever been audible to my ears.
 
I almost got my favorite character killed last night because I got into the emote menu while surrounded by a horde and had absolutely no idea how to get out. Had to back out to the menus and close the game!

I luckily figured out what d-pad control does it now, Kind of lame it completely locks you up when you jump into that menu.
 
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I almost got my favorite character killed last night because I got into the emote menu while surrounded by a horse and had absolutely no idea how to get out. Had to back out to the menus and close the game!

I luckily figured out what d-pad control does it now, Kind of lame it completely locks you up when you jump into that menu.

Wait, there's a emote menu? I had no idea. :laugh:
 
So anyone playing on the X notice that when you go into the character menu that the fans rev up? This is the first time the X fans have ever been audible to my ears.

Yeah I mentioned that the other day and I've seen people on other forums mention it as well, it gets surprisingly loud.
 
Yeah I mentioned that the other day and I've seen people on other forums mention it as well, it gets surprisingly loud.

Very audible for sure, I was like...."Is that the Xbox One X?!?!?!" because until that point I've legit never heard the fans rev up ever on this thing.
 
Very audible for sure, I was like...."Is that the Xbox One X?!?!?!" because until that point I've legit never heard the fans rev up ever on this thing.
Yeah it revs the odd time for me as well. It happens for some other games as well. Kingdom Come is one that jumps to mind.
 
So I got my auto shop up and running and crafted one of the car scustomization kits, this one is classed as a medium weight vehicle. It actually did more than I was expecting. It raised the ride height, changed some of the detailing, ripped the back off and replaced it with a larger capacity fuel tank, and it added a hood ornament.

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So I got my auto shop up and running and crafted one of the car scustomization kits, this one is classed as a medium weight vehicle. It actually did more than I was expecting. It raised the ride height, changed some of the detailing, ripped the back off and replaced it with a larger capacity fuel tank, and it added a hood ornament.

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Is it worth it so? My base was balancing ona knife edge so I had to use my large slot for a farm.

Also if you read the description of the upgrade while the car is parked it tells you everything it will do.
 
Is it worth it so? My base was balancing ona knife edge so I had to use my large slot for a farm.

Also if you read the description of the upgrade while the car is parked it tells you everything it will do.

It is mostly a cosmetic thing, a luxury. but does offer some game-play advantages, like stronger vehicles or can make the car quieter for 1 hour, or like with mine above you can get larger fuel capacity. So if you have the spare slot and your community is in a good place, then yeah, why not.
 
Taking out a hostile enclave, the smart way.



Lets see them shoot at me every time i drive by now. f***ers!
 
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One of the people in my base keeps saying that there is a hostile survivor nearby. But I don’t see anything on the map. Do you get an icon for a hostile survivor?
 
One of the people in my base keeps saying that there is a hostile survivor nearby. But I don’t see anything on the map. Do you get an icon for a hostile survivor?
Nope. Unless it is a mission of some sort.

Time to get the hunting rifle out and stalk some prey.
 
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