You used to be able to make mazes for the zombies with dirt walls. They would not beat on them and hit your spikes while you ran along the tops. A17 and A18 it was my horde night base. I stopped when they let them dig down because I thought they could break the dirt.
As a long time dirt user, welcome to the Dirt League! Dirt also works for nerd poling up places, blocking doorways during missions and is super fast to duplicate. I typically carry 3 dirt blocks with me at all times - can also craft cobblestone on the run to save inventory space and get a jump on building needs. Dirt. It's the new thing.
Did my own test, and the one caveat to all this is that demos will indeed destroy dirt if you hit their explosion, so depending on how much you lean on a dirt strategy you'd have to be super duper extra careful not to set off demos. Otherwise, damn, this is such a game changer. I just started an insane+deathless run, and one of my strategies has been to build small zombie killing areas outside POIs so I can use the strongest weapon in the game (architecture) - but now I'm thinking I can incorporate a dropper design + dirt build so even if I get 10 zeds piling out of a building I don't have to worry about getting overrun. Edit: just made it in testing and it works a treat. Probably don't need to bother with such an elaborate design until T2, or maybe even T3, but it's good to have in the pocket. I'll see if I can share a screenie somewhere.
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap. I started experimenting with it 3-4 weeks ago. Found that zombies would attack it much less then regular blocks. My favorite for strength is asphalt (1500 hp) , and topsoil for filling. Yes, i filled in a PoI with topsoil , and made a nice base atop of that. Moat around it too. Weakness is cop and demolition explosions. I guess TFP could "fix" it by duplicating the craftable dirt/ground like blocks so they look the same, but act like regular player placed blocks. Or , most likely, just make them uncraftable.
So many applications... this blows my mind. For my current play through, base with attached horde bases. Of course protect your pillars, but two blocks around your fancy poi base and they won't break through that fancy poi you want to keep intact. This is crazy. Literally no mats, your initial shovel, and one dirt block and you could have your first horde base 😮
I expect the devs have a thick Jawoodle file and every once in a while one yells to the others ''He's done it again!'' Then they all start patching. Keep them on their toes Josh!
The reason this works is because you are building "up". If you build a mine shaft with a defensive wall of terrain, the zombies will get to the wall and go into Dig mode through the wall. The only thing you have to worry about is if you build it too long, on horde night it will count as a spawn point, dirt, gravel, topsoil, or anything else you can create in a cement mixer. This was a building method in A20 in the Rebirth mod because he's got giant zombies that start appearing, after level 30, that are just walking explosions (literally every step is like a demo explosion) but to prevent those zombies from getting stuck in holes they create for themselves he made all the terrain blocks immune.
I’m currently doing a pretty sweet build into a mountain between the snow and desert biome right now. Creating Castle Grayskull! My biggest problem is not being able to have access to dev tools and editing, as I’m on console. So building high and big without being able to fly is becoming difficult. Plus no one shot rock tool. Have to pickaxe by hand. So frustrating. Always out of stamina digging or falling and breaking my leg.
oh that looks sooo fun! I need to try it! And in fact it looks and feels more realistic to me to use dirt and mud in a solo apocalyptic adventure than concrete or even cobblestone. I love it
It's not unpatchable: they already distinguish between worldgen and player placed blocks. They just need to use that flag to allow zombies targeting dirt and your base is done.
I've run the dirt around my horde base(can't remember where I saw the tip a month ago) so far up to day 49 horde and they occasionally swing at the dirt, but have yet to destroy a dirt block.
I would say to give them a path to you because if you don't they will dig through the dirt and then your wall. Although assuming that you don't have any work stations on they might just walk around it anyway. Let me how it goes
Eh I doubt they'd patch that because time wise you're spending more time digging dirt, then making dirt, then placing dirt, then redigging the dirt up. It would be easier to just dig until you get the clay you need. Especially when it's only a couple extra clay after doing that list. Cool in theory, but not in practice
@@MeowMeowKitty86 The thing about TFP... is that they would totally patch something that almost no one does and is just kind of a silly thing that makes you go "huh" and doesnt really affect gameplay. Reference: all the cool shit we used to be able to do pre A21. I still remember learning about destroying the floor underneath safes to drop them and claim the loot.
They actually can target terrain blocks. I made a mod that removes their ability to target blocks or go into destroy area, sometimes they will still randomly smack a block still. If the player is under ground they will also go straight to digging to try to reach the player, even though they shouldnt be able to target blocks at all. There is some hard-coded stuff at work. I suspect if you gave them no other option to reach you (such as standing on a dirt covered pillar) they would target the blocks then, however since they have a path it takes preference over trying to break terrain.
I had heard elsewhere to put dirt around your pillars to protect against zombies. I have never seen one where the whole base was made of dirt! Great job Josh.
A slight variation of this method is to create your own high density forest in say a 30 X 30 grid. Then build random short length walls three blocks high between the trees in a maze like pattern. You do need Parkour 2or3 to be able to jump over the walls. That way you can run around and hide behind the trees and walls, sniping off the zoms 1by 1.
Funny thing... I have been coating the bottom of my support with dirt for quite some while. I figured, the dirt is super cheap to make and still gave some padding to my valuable pillars. Had good results from it, but this video shows it on a whole new level.
I had an interesting situation that may be exploitable in some way. The huge construction POI where there's a track wheel vehicle on the left and a digger on the right with loads of cars(the crushed ones) a bit passed the digger there's a trailer thing that's like a box with a hole in it, a square bowl if you will, that I think uses plating as it's sides, a zombie managed to land on the top of the plating and it just refused to jump down for some reason
There are more types of ground you can create. Topsoil, Dirt, Gravel, the wasteland block, asphalt. You just have to use a rock as the search device to find everything that's not made from clay.
You can actually make the grass block as well with dirt, i often use it for patching holes, look up terrain in the crafting menu. I think you can also make a few other types, like the gravel-sand and you can make stone ones but requires tools like workstations
If you make the drop tall enough to cause max fall damage you can make it an afk, 100% safe, lootbag auto-making base. Possibly even working for critters. If you have it so the loot bags filter in to the middle for above grab type methods you can even collect them mid-night possibly with decent safety
now completely cover a small base in mud and fire up some Furness's and see if it fixes the screamers, if so you can make a screamer proof Furness base
Ill say this I built my first base underground like 10 blocks or so not actually sure right now but I still got screamers when I would use my forges. SoId say it doesn't help that, but I will admit I could be wrong as to why I got so many screamers then. Idk why I love to build underground, probably from the old console edition where zombies wouldn't dig down
@@NoOne-ev7vj This is why in the old days people would build all the furnaces at bedrock. where the mines were, instead of at the base, the screamers would come but would just....wander around above the forges sighing pathetically. lol
I've been playing this game since A16 and not once have I thought to make a mud base... But in hindsight, it really does make a lot of sense (especially with cop vomit) lol Looks like I now have a bunch of testing to do on my own base designs...
OMG....after all the hours I have spent creating bases....I feel sooo....stupid....lmao....glad I saw this, wanted a new and different base..now I got one...inspiring!!
All TFP need to do is have the game distinguish between player-placed blocks vs not, regardless of whether the block is terrain or not. Tho now that I think about it, that would open the door to distracting zombies by digging trenches in the terrain and filling them back in, leaving lines of player-placed terrain all around the place
Topsoil changes based on the biome it's placed in. If it's desert topsoil will look like sand if you are in burnt forest it will look like burnt ground and so on for the different area's.
That is absolutely insane! I can't believe none of us thought of this idea sooner... But who the heck thinks of using dirt blocks to survive the horde??!! Special thanks to "Jeffs40k" (sorry if I spelled it wrong😁) Great job discovering this gem!!
The way I do it, is the HAVE A Column concrete center in the of dirt, then on top (4-6 Blocks tall) Run concrete over the top dirt. (SO Basically T Shape with Dirt under the T)... They still go destroy if Hit on top opf each other ... Also only need dirt Closde to Drop, Front of horde Cage area and front of the Drop area ... Do you love it !
I see a few problems. They are probably going to change how much clay that you get when you dig up topsoil and that will suck early game. The fun pimps could also change what the game sees as map generated terrain and player placed terrain. They will more than likely change how much damage cops do to dirt. I hope I'm wrong though
In a previous alpha (don't remember which one), natural generated dirt blocks were immune to cop spit. I definitely didn't exploit that to make a cop spit proof dropper 😂
They could make the blocks you build differently than the already existing terrain blocks, and allow Z's to hit the player gen'd blocks. Surprising they didn't do it already
I seen this dirt idea a few weeks ago or less. I can't remember who posted it for the life of me. But they just used the dirt as a force field to force zombies not to attack the main structure . Basically the same idea as this, just woodle gave it a sprinkle of F Yea mate. So cheesy i love it lol.
Now i wonder, if i have a kill corridor made of concrete or metal blocks, and i cover the path with dirt, would the concrete/metal blocks get less damage by demo men explosions since it was not a direct impact? It would greatly reduce the amount block repairs after a horde night. For what i saw in the video, a dirt block could easily resist two demo explosions before being destroyed.
Hey Josh watching this video I kind of like the idea of what you've been doing and who mentioned that but you ought to try putting Sammy the turret the Sledge to it right where there trying to beat on the concrete where your wedge is at the start of it and use that regular effect and see what they do with that
Next update: Everyone teleports to an empty field on horde night with no weapons, equipment, or building supplies. The ultimate Fun Pimps horde base strategy.
Top soil, dirt, stone and clay blocks are the terrain blocks you typically can make. They're either made on yourself or the mixer and forge. There are others but those are technically like asphault and special stone type or path type blocks. Surprised ya don't know this.
now a good question would be seeing if this works kind of like the old "to world bottom droppers" we never really built a pathway for zombies to escape those. so if you could make your base/convert poi and dig a mote around it with the dropper and path out for them, and not build up only dig would that work the same
tested it out myself, other then one sometimes getting stuck on the wedge to help push them over now and then it does work just building a pit and mote. not sure the minimum width the mote has to be, i made mine 5 wide and 8 deep, when they would go into destroy area they just ran back up the path i made
This might totally negate screamers, too! Just work away in your Earth ship and let them run. Would they eventually time out and potentially drop loot bags?
In my most recent game I had a perpetual loop system (15 high base and a dropper path I could turn on when I didn't want to fight zeds), and at one point I took my headphones off and thus couldn't hear when screamers had been there for a while. Had a massive horde of zombies including screamers that had summoned screamers, but as far as I could tell there was no despawning; they all just hung around doing the loop.
Anyone else thinking that they just didn´t figure out yet, why they don´t attack after falling from 12 or more blocks? And that this propably won´t last forever?
Couldn't they put in where they can hit any block above the level they're standing? Regardless if it's terrain? I'm not a modder or coder so I don't know.
Yeah, since player made terrains have the same code as world ones in most cases… i really don’t think this is even patchable hahaha. Not without a 100% rework of the entire pathing system
lmao sorry not sorry TFP gitgud
The fact that the dirt makes it look like a potato is the chef's kiss
Your archnemesis at TFP will be pulling his hair out, cursing your name again.
You used to be able to make mazes for the zombies with dirt walls. They would not beat on them and hit your spikes while you ran along the tops. A17 and A18 it was my horde night base. I stopped when they let them dig down because I thought they could break the dirt.
The perfect Woodle base for those horde-night-forgot-to-build-sh*t moments 🎉🎉
Beat the masters with they're own whip of code.🪢🤣🤣🤣
These base building ideas are getting more and more unhinged, I love it. Please continue your descent into madness.
this comment wins lmaoooo "descent into madness" yessssss......
Descent? Nah mate he's already there, lol. He's as crazy a road lizard.
As a long time dirt user, welcome to the Dirt League!
Dirt also works for nerd poling up places, blocking doorways during missions and is super fast to duplicate. I typically carry 3 dirt blocks with me at all times - can also craft cobblestone on the run to save inventory space and get a jump on building needs.
Dirt. It's the new thing.
This is one of the few things you CAN use for that in the Afterlife Mod. You can't just carry blocks with you in that mod. lol
Do vultures attack dirt? could you put dirt on the roof to avoid them as well rather than spikes?
Did my own test, and the one caveat to all this is that demos will indeed destroy dirt if you hit their explosion, so depending on how much you lean on a dirt strategy you'd have to be super duper extra careful not to set off demos.
Otherwise, damn, this is such a game changer. I just started an insane+deathless run, and one of my strategies has been to build small zombie killing areas outside POIs so I can use the strongest weapon in the game (architecture) - but now I'm thinking I can incorporate a dropper design + dirt build so even if I get 10 zeds piling out of a building I don't have to worry about getting overrun.
Edit: just made it in testing and it works a treat. Probably don't need to bother with such an elaborate design until T2, or maybe even T3, but it's good to have in the pocket. I'll see if I can share a screenie somewhere.
Add to that, if an explosion causes a vertical hole, then they will try to dig themselves out (usually unsuccessfully).
You can create stone, destroyed stone, dirt, gravel, topsoil & asphalt. Not sure why sand isn't an option 🤷♂
Because it’s an ingredient for concrete. Requiring a workstation/harvesting adds another hurdle for reaching that tier.
Gravel is the sand really
If you are in the desert "Topsoil" will look like sand, that one matches where it is placed.
Will stone work? Stone makes me feel a little better since it has a few more hitpoints.
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap. I started experimenting with it 3-4 weeks ago. Found that zombies would attack it much less then regular blocks. My favorite for strength is asphalt (1500 hp) , and topsoil for filling. Yes, i filled in a PoI with topsoil , and made a nice base atop of that. Moat around it too. Weakness is cop and demolition explosions.
I guess TFP could "fix" it by duplicating the craftable dirt/ground like blocks so they look the same, but act like regular player placed blocks. Or , most likely, just make them uncraftable.
So many applications... this blows my mind. For my current play through, base with attached horde bases. Of course protect your pillars, but two blocks around your fancy poi base and they won't break through that fancy poi you want to keep intact. This is crazy. Literally no mats, your initial shovel, and one dirt block and you could have your first horde base 😮
I expect the devs have a thick Jawoodle file and every once in a while one yells to the others ''He's done it again!''
Then they all start patching.
Keep them on their toes Josh!
The reason this works is because you are building "up". If you build a mine shaft with a defensive wall of terrain, the zombies will get to the wall and go into Dig mode through the wall. The only thing you have to worry about is if you build it too long, on horde night it will count as a spawn point, dirt, gravel, topsoil, or anything else you can create in a cement mixer. This was a building method in A20 in the Rebirth mod because he's got giant zombies that start appearing, after level 30, that are just walking explosions (literally every step is like a demo explosion) but to prevent those zombies from getting stuck in holes they create for themselves he made all the terrain blocks immune.
Nice.
I covered my pillars with dirt back in alpha 15. It was immune against cop puke and also cop explosions even back then
I’m currently doing a pretty sweet build into a mountain between the snow and desert biome right now. Creating Castle Grayskull! My biggest problem is not being able to have access to dev tools and editing, as I’m on console. So building high and big without being able to fly is becoming difficult. Plus no one shot rock tool. Have to pickaxe by hand. So frustrating. Always out of stamina digging or falling and breaking my leg.
oh that looks sooo fun! I need to try it! And in fact it looks and feels more realistic to me to use dirt and mud in a solo apocalyptic adventure than concrete or even cobblestone. I love it
It's not unpatchable: they already distinguish between worldgen and player placed blocks. They just need to use that flag to allow zombies targeting dirt and your base is done.
I've run the dirt around my horde base(can't remember where I saw the tip a month ago) so far up to day 49 horde and they occasionally swing at the dirt, but have yet to destroy a dirt block.
Thank you for being part of my mornings. I greatly enjoy you and look forward to many more days and years.
Gotta love a little earthworks in my defences.
Gonna have some fun with this mechanic.
Nice, this could be good for a curtain wall around our base. Wandering hordes might just walk around it?
I would say to give them a path to you because if you don't they will dig through the dirt and then your wall. Although assuming that you don't have any work stations on they might just walk around it anyway. Let me how it goes
@@jacoba1429 Thats the point though, a wandering horde might not dig through the dirt.
Congrats JaWoodle, this deserves the Nobel Prize in 7D2D Science!
I do a moat with dirt walls and just do the top layer in concrete of the actual base and leave the rest dirt, Its good to see it get some love
given that, unless they patched it, you can get infinite clay from making then harvesting dirt blocks, its a very cost effective fix!
Still works with miner armor and mother lode maxed, it costs 16 to create topsoil and you get 44 back 😅
Couldn't you just dig out corridor from existing terrain xD
@@xpelestra Why just dig when you can do both that and build with what you dig up?
Eh I doubt they'd patch that because time wise you're spending more time digging dirt, then making dirt, then placing dirt, then redigging the dirt up. It would be easier to just dig until you get the clay you need. Especially when it's only a couple extra clay after doing that list. Cool in theory, but not in practice
@@MeowMeowKitty86 The thing about TFP... is that they would totally patch something that almost no one does and is just kind of a silly thing that makes you go "huh" and doesnt really affect gameplay. Reference: all the cool shit we used to be able to do pre A21. I still remember learning about destroying the floor underneath safes to drop them and claim the loot.
"W-w-w-what ya need, some - some dirt?" - An absolute legend.
If you recognize this quote, we're that much closer to world peace!
Cheers, Blaqjay.
They actually can target terrain blocks. I made a mod that removes their ability to target blocks or go into destroy area, sometimes they will still randomly smack a block still. If the player is under ground they will also go straight to digging to try to reach the player, even though they shouldnt be able to target blocks at all. There is some hard-coded stuff at work.
I suspect if you gave them no other option to reach you (such as standing on a dirt covered pillar) they would target the blocks then, however since they have a path it takes preference over trying to break terrain.
JaWoodle keeps getting more skilled. This showcase of turning limitations into strategy is one of my favorite JaWoodle Park episodes.
Hmmmmm.... I see zombie dogs and direwolves given a new "ability" in their future....
Would Asphalt work better. It's still terrain but stronger than dirt ??
I had heard elsewhere to put dirt around your pillars to protect against zombies. I have never seen one where the whole base was made of dirt! Great job Josh.
I would like to see what would happen if you did a blood moon hoard test. Good video.
I wonder what “window” they will open now, lol.
No matter what it will be, I bet Josh will find it!
Great Video!
Ahh that's what I was missing. The lateral distance it takes for their mind to change. I can totally make a den work now!
One thing they could do is make terrain made by player to have a separate id and let the zombies attack it
A slight variation of this method is to create your own high density forest in say a 30 X 30 grid. Then build random short length walls three blocks high between the trees in a maze like pattern. You do need Parkour 2or3 to be able to jump over the walls. That way you can run around and hide behind the trees and walls, sniping off the zoms 1by 1.
Funny thing... I have been coating the bottom of my support with dirt for quite some while. I figured, the dirt is super cheap to make and still gave some padding to my valuable pillars. Had good results from it, but this video shows it on a whole new level.
I had an interesting situation that may be exploitable in some way. The huge construction POI where there's a track wheel vehicle on the left and a digger on the right with loads of cars(the crushed ones) a bit passed the digger there's a trailer thing that's like a box with a hole in it, a square bowl if you will, that I think uses plating as it's sides, a zombie managed to land on the top of the plating and it just refused to jump down for some reason
I tried something like this in rebirth, and the super demolisher zombies, who didn't blow up dirt blocks, so I used dirt to insulate the walls.
There are more types of ground you can create. Topsoil, Dirt, Gravel, the wasteland block, asphalt. You just have to use a rock as the search device to find everything that's not made from clay.
You can actually make the grass block as well with dirt, i often use it for patching holes, look up terrain in the crafting menu. I think you can also make a few other types, like the gravel-sand and you can make stone ones but requires tools like workstations
If you make the drop tall enough to cause max fall damage you can make it an afk, 100% safe, lootbag auto-making base. Possibly even working for critters. If you have it so the loot bags filter in to the middle for above grab type methods you can even collect them mid-night possibly with decent safety
Between you and Let's Game it Out, I love that I can ask "Did Josh break it again?" about 90% of the games I play. lol
Love the timelapse at the end
have done something similar just by digging all around with dropper. They used to attack player based blocks but not terrain blocks
This is such a game changer! thanks for the testing and video!
now completely cover a small base in mud and fire up some Furness's and see if it fixes the screamers, if so you can make a screamer proof Furness base
Ill say this I built my first base underground like 10 blocks or so not actually sure right now but I still got screamers when I would use my forges. SoId say it doesn't help that, but I will admit I could be wrong as to why I got so many screamers then. Idk why I love to build underground, probably from the old console edition where zombies wouldn't dig down
@@NoOne-ev7vj This is why in the old days people would build all the furnaces at bedrock. where the mines were, instead of at the base, the screamers would come but would just....wander around above the forges sighing pathetically. lol
@@pbsixgun6 I miss my safe underground bases for exactly this but I will also admit it made the game to easy.
JaWoodle Park always delivers.
Your playin with fire XD
TFP: "Hold my Beer"
Initially you will get 22 clay from a soil block. when your skills (mother lode) are at 5 you will get 44.
I've been playing this game since A16 and not once have I thought to make a mud base...
But in hindsight, it really does make a lot of sense (especially with cop vomit) lol
Looks like I now have a bunch of testing to do on my own base designs...
OMG....after all the hours I have spent creating bases....I feel sooo....stupid....lmao....glad I saw this, wanted a new and different base..now I got one...inspiring!!
If they introduced 'block weighting ' based on block type, they could code for them to attack dirt if no other block was available.
All TFP need to do is have the game distinguish between player-placed blocks vs not, regardless of whether the block is terrain or not.
Tho now that I think about it, that would open the door to distracting zombies by digging trenches in the terrain and filling them back in, leaving lines of player-placed terrain all around the place
Thanks Jeff42 and Josh
Topsoil changes based on the biome it's placed in.
If it's desert topsoil will look like sand if you are in burnt forest it will look like burnt ground and so on for the different area's.
Josh, your ignoring Equivalent Exchange, not Thermal Dynamics ya muppet. lol
It was a Simpsons reference I think
@samnope7344 if it was I missed that one. Sounded more to me like an FMA reference but he fumbled the words.
That is absolutely insane! I can't believe none of us thought of this idea sooner... But who the heck thinks of using dirt blocks to survive the horde??!!
Special thanks to "Jeffs40k" (sorry if I spelled it wrong😁) Great job discovering this gem!!
This makes underground bases with zombie proof entrance for you completely viable again :)
Not really, they can still dig DOWN if you are below them.
You could ultimately build a screamer xp base out of mostly dirt :D
Now all they need to do is add treadmills, alternators, and gears, so we can use this system to generate electricity.
The way I do it, is the HAVE A Column concrete center in the of dirt, then on top (4-6 Blocks tall) Run concrete over the top dirt. (SO Basically T Shape with Dirt under the T)... They still go destroy if Hit on top opf each other ... Also only need dirt Closde to Drop, Front of horde Cage area and front of the Drop area ... Do you love it !
There is something refreshing of drinking morning coffee and watching the zombie get fked by dirt 😂😂
I see a few problems. They are probably going to change how much clay that you get when you dig up topsoil and that will suck early game. The fun pimps could also change what the game sees as map generated terrain and player placed terrain. They will more than likely change how much damage cops do to dirt. I hope I'm wrong though
In a previous alpha (don't remember which one), natural generated dirt blocks were immune to cop spit. I definitely didn't exploit that to make a cop spit proof dropper 😂
I’ve found that if a zombie falls more than 11 blocks, zombies are less likely to go into destroy everything mode… my hoard bases are 13 blocks high…
They could make the blocks you build differently than the already existing terrain blocks, and allow Z's to hit the player gen'd blocks. Surprising they didn't do it already
Yeah, won't take long to patch it but we can have fun til then
they already use different entity strings its literally just a variable update... would take someone who knows code 10 minutes to fix.
Came for the "yeah nah"
Stayed for telling a zombie their rotting knees should work better😂
such a dirty move ahahaha
I seen this dirt idea a few weeks ago or less. I can't remember who posted it for the life of me. But they just used the dirt as a force field to force zombies not to attack the main structure .
Basically the same idea as this, just woodle gave it a sprinkle of F Yea mate. So cheesy i love it lol.
Now i wonder, if i have a kill corridor made of concrete or metal blocks, and i cover the path with dirt, would the concrete/metal blocks get less damage by demo men explosions since it was not a direct impact? It would greatly reduce the amount block repairs after a horde night. For what i saw in the video, a dirt block could easily resist two demo explosions before being destroyed.
how about a dart trap dart mod for the nailgun??
Hey Josh watching this video I kind of like the idea of what you've been doing and who mentioned that but you ought to try putting Sammy the turret the Sledge to it right where there trying to beat on the concrete where your wedge is at the start of it and use that regular effect and see what they do with that
The no Fun Pimps will just patch it so they can destroy player made dirt blocks.
Funny, I used put as dirt layer on all my buildings and bases way back in A16
Make a dirt base on horde night 210, send the whole crew out there and see how it works out.
It would be perfect if you included a diagram at the end of the video showing how the final design was constructed.
Next update: Everyone teleports to an empty field on horde night with no weapons, equipment, or building supplies. The ultimate Fun Pimps horde base strategy.
Just have a little sledgey boi bonking the zombies and it will be full afk :P even have something to spawn in the zombies to farm them XD
When you do your tests you should make your guy lvl 300 to get max zombies for a full test. Go 5th +blood moon.
And you’re coffee shop is safe now :)
I'm wondering if you could build your defending position and the dropper at ground level, and build trenches, rather than building upward?
Top soil, dirt, stone and clay blocks are the terrain blocks you typically can make. They're either made on yourself or the mixer and forge. There are others but those are technically like asphault and special stone type or path type blocks. Surprised ya don't know this.
Finally my sand castle can come to life!!!!
new idea: caveman series... where you can't read books, can't use firearms, no points in intellect; only mud bases, stone axe, bow, and melee weapons.
oooooooh that sounds soooo entertaining!! I'd love to watch that
So an ultra-primitive capped loot only run...
I find it hilarious TFP have tried so hard to squash the meta that they've ended up making a dirt meta. Truly we have come full circle
now a good question would be seeing if this works kind of like the old "to world bottom droppers" we never really built a pathway for zombies to escape those. so if you could make your base/convert poi and dig a mote around it with the dropper and path out for them, and not build up only dig would that work the same
tested it out myself, other then one sometimes getting stuck on the wedge to help push them over now and then it does work just building a pit and mote. not sure the minimum width the mote has to be, i made mine 5 wide and 8 deep, when they would go into destroy area they just ran back up the path i made
Who would have thought the strongest block in the game wasn't steel... No-no, it is in fact... dirt!
So dirt around the coffee shop lol
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Nice. It's time to get down and dirty 😎
This might totally negate screamers, too! Just work away in your Earth ship and let them run. Would they eventually time out and potentially drop loot bags?
In my most recent game I had a perpetual loop system (15 high base and a dropper path I could turn on when I didn't want to fight zeds), and at one point I took my headphones off and thus couldn't hear when screamers had been there for a while. Had a massive horde of zombies including screamers that had summoned screamers, but as far as I could tell there was no despawning; they all just hung around doing the loop.
This is brilliant. Also big thanks to @Jeffs40K
Anyone else thinking that they just didn´t figure out yet, why they don´t attack after falling from 12 or more blocks? And that this propably won´t last forever?
Does that mean it will work as a zombie force field around a building you're hiding in?
Probably not because zeds will still beat through blocks between you and them if the don’t have a viable path
That scene in predator where Arnie is covered in mud
You’re welcome x
I used to make tree houses with blocks against the trees because they wouldnt attack the trees. I dont think thats viable anymore
What about an internal layer of dirt so you keep the aesthetics but have the backup dirt wall
I need to test this with all the zombie types
Couldn't they put in where they can hit any block above the level they're standing? Regardless if it's terrain? I'm not a modder or coder so I don't know.
Yeah, since player made terrains have the same code as world ones in most cases… i really don’t think this is even patchable hahaha. Not without a 100% rework of the entire pathing system
So here's the question. If that works, then why do they burrow into a mountainside base vs coming down the planned path?
that's the best possible path, thru the mountain. this has a different path but by using the dropper they just keep going round in circles
Down has the hard-coded 'DIG' built in now to stop the 'bedrock bases'.
Shouldn't dynamic mesh do the trick for render distance? Maybe try to up the range and turn off claim block only.