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Actimel

Nov 13, 2019 @ 12:23am

Tips for Car driving

Hello,

First time tried car driving here. First option to try was taking fuel from gas station into gas tank and then fuel the car, was nice one. I even drive home. BUT, I noticed many items regarding car upgrading.. doors, tires, batteries, jacks and so on.. How to properly upgrade or manage car in this game?

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BlitzBob NoPants has Project Zomboid

Nov 14, 2019 @ 1:36pm

Originally posted by Harvaturri:
...You can add more seat space by installing "Big seats" and have more gas tank capacity by using "Big gas tanks". The engine can be repaired as soon as you have 6 skill points in mechanics.

Funny you mentioned those, I discovered my first one earlier today. Never seen them in cars though. Do they only spawn in garages, workshops and toolsheds?

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Harvaturri has Project Zomboid

Nov 15, 2019 @ 3:00am

Originally posted by BlitzKrieg-Kjeld:
Originally posted by Harvaturri:
...You can add more seat space by installing "Big seats" and have more gas tank capacity by using "Big gas tanks". The engine can be repaired as soon as you have 6 skill points in mechanics.

Funny you mentioned those, I discovered my first one earlier today. Never seen them in cars though. Do they only spawn in garages, workshops and toolsheds?

I don't remember ever finding a car with big seat or big gas tank pre-installed. You can find them from the locations you mentioned but they are quite rare.
Also installing/uninstalling seats is a good way to level up mechanics since the condition of the seat doesn't affect it's storage capacity (at least this is how it was before B41, haven't tried yet in the latest version).

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Actimel

Nov 15, 2019 @ 8:11am

Have a question, does parts degrade condition when just driving or by hitting something/going on grass or something ?

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Harvaturri has Project Zomboid

Nov 15, 2019 @ 9:35am

I'm pretty sure that your car's tires, suspension and brakes will eventually worn out even if you just drive and never bump into anything. The degradation will be slow but it will happen. If you run over corpses with your car those parts will break faster and you will also damage the muffler.

The tires will also slowly lose their pressure so remember to inflate them regularly to keep your car running smoothly.

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BlitzBob NoPants has Project Zomboid

Nov 15, 2019 @ 10:25am

Has anyone sever seen seats degrade from anything? I often find pretty crappy condition ones in cars, but I don't think they wear from usage at the moment. Can anyone confirm?

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Harvaturri has Project Zomboid

Nov 15, 2019 @ 11:37pm

Originally posted by BlitzKrieg-Kjeld:
Has anyone sever seen seats degrade from anything? I often find pretty crappy condition ones in cars, but I don't think they wear from usage at the moment. Can anyone confirm?

I've never seen them get damaged by anything else than failed uninstall or install attempt.

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Lemonhead

Nov 16, 2019 @ 2:16am

Originally posted by Actimel:
Have a question, does parts degrade condition when just driving or by hitting something/going on grass or something ?

As I understand any driving whatsoever over 10 mph (or kph?) causes wear ticks. Driving off road, adds more wear ticks. Corpses, I assume would follow this rule, but I don't know.

Interestingly, you can now make a road from wooden flooring, but not gravel or sand afaik. Looked for a link for the last hour, couldn't find. Some Indie Stone forum discussion somewhere...

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BlitzBob NoPants has Project Zomboid

Nov 16, 2019 @ 3:23am

Originally posted by Lemonhead:
Originally posted by Actimel:
Have a question, does parts degrade condition when just driving or by hitting something/going on grass or something ?

As I understand any driving whatsoever over 10 mph (or kph?) causes wear ticks. Driving off road, adds more wear ticks. Corpses, I assume would follow this rule, but I don't know.

Interestingly, you can now make a road from wooden flooring, but not gravel or sand afaik. Looked for a link for the last hour, couldn't find. Some Indie Stone forum discussion somewhere...

I know the outside get's damaged and how it happens, I was just wondering about seats specifically. Never seen 'em degrade over time.

Also, why can't you make a sand or gravel road? You can just fill a gravel/sand bag with a shovel right? Just need a shovel and an empty sack. Just unsure if gravel/sand allows trees to sprout.

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Lemonhead

Nov 16, 2019 @ 3:38am

I don't think seats take damage, they will give a discomfort moodle if they're beat up enough though. (just got this today). My car experience is just forming. I was on hiatus for a good deal of the car and weather stuff that came after the initial IWBUMS.

The road thing was a quick add based on player feedback, but the add only applied to player laid wood floor tiles. Other "road" methods don't provide the wear protection. (yet? Or maybe they do by now, but the only one I can confirm is wood.) I suppose either bag material could get pretty bumpy, but boy they sure look better in practice.

e: Some things I could imagine wearing a seat might be the constant in and out of the car, and doing things like dropping a generator in your passenger seat or filling it to capacity. I'll keep an eye out moving forward. /e

Last edited by Lemonhead; Nov 16, 2019 @ 3:45am

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BlitzBob NoPants has Project Zomboid

Nov 17, 2019 @ 9:45am

Originally posted by Lemonhead:
The road thing was a quick add based on player feedback, but the add only applied to player laid wood floor tiles. Other "road" methods don't provide the wear protection. (yet? Or maybe they do by now, but the only one I can confirm is wood.) I suppose either bag material could get pretty bumpy, but boy they sure look better in practice.

Never even stopped to think about off road driving increasing the wear on the car. Most of my cars don't last that long anyways, I'm constantly finding "upgrades" when traveling around.

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Janky Nose Hair Guy has Project Zomboid

Nov 17, 2019 @ 10:34am

DO STRIP cars especially ones that are blocking roads. I build XP in mechanics fast by stripping down cars then pushing them gently off the road with a truck. The lighter the car the easier it is to push it off the road. Cars without tires slide better. Also you can strip all the cars you want in a day, yeah it makes a road look like an OCD nightmare but XP is XP :)

Get yourself to level 4/5/6 in mechanics to keep your engine in tip top shape, the lower the engine rating the more likely it will not start right away or stall while driving. Obviously don't strip engine parts from a car you might want to use. 1 part = 1% engine repair up to a maximum of 100% of course.

I'll drive into a wall at 120 and see if the seats get damaged (you can tell I don't put much value on the average survivor).

You can drive your car through double doors. Hmmmm. I wonder if I can zoom into the front and out the back of the West Point office building. Also, I'm going to drive a car up stairs. I think I'll try that right now...

[EDIT]

Well no go on the office building, I forgot it's not double doors (Unless you do the sledge hammer thing)

Stairs are a no go either. Bummer. :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1915211999

Last edited by Janky Nose Hair Guy; Nov 17, 2019 @ 10:55am

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BlitzBob NoPants has Project Zomboid

Nov 18, 2019 @ 3:06am

I tried stairs before. I was a bit saddened myself, but wasn't expected any different result to be honest.

What about the seats? Did you test those yet?

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Janky Nose Hair Guy has Project Zomboid

Nov 18, 2019 @ 7:40am

I haven't figured it out; maybe Lemonhead will have done some experimenting. I know I always load up my passenger seat with lots of stuff and no loss that I can remember.

I did plow into a tree with a beater car, I had surviver #6 check the car, seats didn't loose any value. Maybe seats take damage after the engine gets to zero. Problem with near zero is that your car stalls an insane amount of time.

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