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i have, and in one save my kurfer has been stuck in the flesh room for nearly a month in game, the other kurfurs come back.
I've been playing through the newest update of VotV and have been enjoying it greatly so far! The new models have maintained the atmosphere wonderfully and I am excited to see where the story takes it. As for suggestions:
I have not encountered this problem, so I assume that you (and many others who have complained about this) are not washing the stains completely. If you shine a flashlight and look closely, you can see dirt that is otherwise invisible and it looks like the windows are clean.
Indeed I was washing them completely. I sat there on a spot until it's completely clear (I use flashlight on it as well, it's hard to see otherwise), then I move on. Before I was done with another small section on the same window there were already dirt specs on the spot I just completely cleaned. I tested this multiple times in a row to make sure I wasn't just trippin.
Just retested it in the newly released 0.8.2c and I did not have the same issue anymore, no dirt specks after waiting a full in-game day. Huzzah!
Maybe try starting a new game. lol I don't think that's supposed to happen. Maybe a glitch or something.
They might not fit in the game's old visual style, sure, but this is the new visual style that the game has been primarily using for over a year (started some time around 0.6.0 and 0.7.0).
I can understand liking the old style more, as I do like it's charm as well, but I can understand why they have gone for a more modern HL2-like style. They won't undo over a years worth of progress on the game because a subset of the fanbase doesn't like changes that have been generally well received by the rest of the fanbase.
There isn't really that much you need to know about the new visual style. Compared to the old one, it's mainly just higher resolution textures and more detail on textures and models.
As an example, here is the old MRE model (left) compared to the new one (right). Generally, the old style is more simplistic, while the new one focuses a bit more on detail.
The craft is a normal recipe like any other, so you simply just put the glue bottle on the workbench with everything else. When it says a metal pipe, it refers to [Metal scrap]
Turn on 'The Funny Setting'. It is now required for creating special Kerfur-O skins.
Alternatively, some special skins have had their recipes changed a bit, so attempting an old one might not work anymore.
There is an old rifle that you can get in the story mode i think it's located at the Lima server but the rifle just explodes when you shoot it but there are some other guns in the game files like an assault rifle with a grenade launcher and also a makarov. You MIGHT be able to get these in story mode but i have no idea how aside from mods or cheats.
You can't get them in story and likely never will be able to (via normal means). Actual guns are one of the few actively unplanned features for the main game, but there will be various alternatives when it comes to weaponry.
your pc probably uses an integrated gpu if ur fps are that bad and it isnt built for playing games.
40 fps is not so bad. Start complaining when your fps drops below 30 fps.
And no, I'm not playing on the integrated gpu. I have reassigned this in the settings and the nvidia game behaves like this too.
Triggering story events in sandbox already exists as a Patreon supporter feature, it's what the empty 'Events' tab in the cheat menu is for.
If the servers are damaged enough they can explode, and do various other things, and unfortunately if one in the alpha server room explodes it will usually cause them all to explode. You might've had a physics object or something wedged under a server and it finally collided in just the right way to trigger an explosion.
Agreed. Also bring back being unable to pause during events, it was a major atmosphere builder for me.
I'm pretty sure you still can't. The pause menu appears, but the game isn't actually paused and you aren't able to save or quit to menu. I honestly prefer this behavior over the old way because it lets people quickly access settings in case they need to adjust volume sliders or other settings.
Also, metaparanoia is easily one of the best atmosphere building features in this game. It makes it feel like the game itself is breaking under the anomalous crap in Dunkeltaler. The busted pause mechanic just adds to the feeling that whatever is messing with Kel can see you and screw with you too.
I do like this one for it's uses as well, but it personally just doesn't hit quite as hard as the old one. I'm not really sure how to describe it, but the old one makes me feel more trapped, like I have truly nowhere to hide. The new one makes me feel a bit safer, cause even if the game still doesn't actually let me pause or let me quit, that somewhat comforting pause menu still opens and I can access my settings and the help menu to change things in my favor.
Hacksaw basically instantly gets rid of them, or you can just spend a few minutes smacking them with a weapon until they break.
I really dislike how the power washers in the game work. When you're better off mopping your glass or waiting for an oversized sponge than using the hyper advanced alien pressure washer you know you've screwed up mechanically. Or maybe it's just Nose trolling us.
I legitimately think the portable pressure washer is currently the worst store purchase in the entire game: it costs 500 points, cleans like 1.5 dirt stains before needing to be refilled at a static water source, and you can even get an upgraded version of it halfway through the game for free. Pressure washers desperately need to be buffed in some way.
While i agree that the art style has changed you have to remember that A LOT of the old assets were just placeholders most likely. I do like some of the older styled assets though but also some of them would be very out of place when placed next to some of the newer assets that basically NEED to look better otherwise they would look strange or even unrecognizable. Maybe when the game releases we can get a "texture pack"-ish setting to bring back the "classic" assets.
Are you on version 0.8.2 or higher, and if so, did you create this save on a version before 0.8.2?
If you are on 0.8.2, but you created this save on an older version, you will need to eat the old desk prop to get rid of it. Hover over the desk until an interact menu pops up, and then try eating it repeatedly until it vanishes.
The Hints and tips menu gives you some tips on certain events and entities where it might not be super obvious what to do (use keywords to search for through the spoiler-marked ones), but the game otherwise just leaves you to discover everything by yourself.
If the game does give you hints/tips about certain entities, it should absolutely be through in-game notes left by previous workers. TR_1 has notes that have already done this; they hint at the appearance of a certain entity to help you identify it, then give you a hint for the crafting recipe of something that should help you deal with it.
I actually never knew about this letter, is it placed on an obvious place or under the rubbish or something? Also, i am quite aware of some entities, mainly the already existing ones from 6.3 to 7.x i believe. Yet, the game seems to have so many new things and i do have quite some trouble getting to certain areas, not knowing how to explore properly.
What I'm talking about with the precision placement (shift-alt) doesn't seem to be referenced anywhere in the hints and tips that I can find. I do feel silly suggesting a key combo list when there already was one, though precision placement still doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere except the tutorial.
I would play with Alternative Interact mode, since it's a toggle-grab thing, but numeric keys don't work, only the scroll wheel does. i like precision, I dont like having to use my wheel to do quick things slowly.
I think this was done so that you can use the hotbar while hovering over objects, cause I have pretty frequently seen that complaint. I also would not really recommend using Alternative Interact until the next update, as some aspects of it seem to be broken currently.
ATV handling upgrade in the future? Currently controls like a blimp lol.
I'm pretty sure 0.9 will have an ATV rework, which should hopefully make it a bit easier to control.
yeah strongly agree with KevUndead up there that the inventory hotbar being some kind of sliding FIFO buffer of the last items you interacted with makes it pretty awful to use, and the fact that the default icons for a bunch of the most-used tools are just "3 pixel wide dark grey smudge on a black background" aint helping matters.
anyways, here's another little UI gripe: the positioning of the prop action menu way off to the prop's right on the screen creates problems with some of the bulkier props. Especially the workbench. Like here, take a look at this screenshot:
A workbench, a pile of crumpled paper bits, a couple gasoline bottles. My cursor is hovering over the workbench; when I hit the "E" key, what's going to get crafted? A Molotov or a chunk of paper scrap? It's impossible to tell right now because standing close to the bench has bumped the crafting menu completely off the right side of the screen. It would probably work better if the positioning of that menu could be restricted to, like, inside the actually renderable screen space.
