Using cars as barricades?

[dr_magnanimus]

I was thinking about lining up junk cars behind entrances to hinder or block zeds. Are zeds capable of destroying cars if they are in the way? How does that work? What happens to cars in that situation?

[Winterbloom]

crawlers will give no fs about the cars but it can work to a degree. cars wont really take damage as they cant really be destroyed from what ive seen.

[The cursed Jäger]

Zombies can crawl under cars (this can be adjusted in the sandbox settings). The zombies will not attempt to destroy the car, they will simply stand in front of it and might form a massive blob. Cars can be used to block off areas but do not use them as primary defence as they can still crawl under them.

[Quill]

Originally posted by The cursed Jäger:

Zombies can crawl under cars (this can be adjusted in the sandbox settings). The zombies will not attempt to destroy the car, they will simply stand in front of it and might form a massive blob. Cars can be used to block off areas but do not use them as primary defence as they can still crawl under them.

I wonder if we could put a fence in front of a car wall. Maybe the car will block zombies from climbing over and the fence will stop them from trying to climb under...

[I am Viivii]

Crawlers will attack fences. if your attempting to make invulnerable walls, there are ways to exploit the zombie AI mechanics. if not your thing, i'd suggest building a outer wooden wall and double door gate to block line of sight and keep the zombies out of range from hearing you. another method is simply run a spare generator near the gate to distract most hordes from your gate.

[Mark IV]

If you want a safe barricade, just build fences, then put any junk behind them. Furniture, build crates, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4OfSbypnPY&ab_channel=Nurse

[Kaldrak]

You have to use a specific kind of car barricade with the cars in front of, and right up against player built walls. This doesn't give the zeds enough space to crawl under them and get back up and attack the wall. Last time I used this was in 41.50 version of the game though, so I haven't tested to see if this still works.

[dr_magnanimus]

Yeah, I wasn't expecting to make an impervious barricade out of cars. I just want to slow the zeds down and keep them bottlenecked so I can dispatch them more easily when they advance on my position. I read that when you take junk cars apart there is still a shell left, so I thought I might as well use that as a convenient obstacle if I can. At least until the devs figure out a way to have zeds rip and tear them to pieces somehow.

[pajama cat]

Originally posted by Mark IV:

If you want a safe barricade, just build fences, then put any junk behind them. Furniture, build crates, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4OfSbypnPY&ab_channel=Nurse

It's patched

[TankGoodness]

They can crawl under cars

https://youtu.be/Z5-rdr0qhWk?t=2

[arsenault815]

Originally posted by pajama cat:

Originally posted by Mark IV:

If you want a safe barricade, just build fences, then put any junk behind them. Furniture, build crates, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4OfSbypnPY&ab_channel=Nurse

It's patched

when? today? cause i use this exploit on my SP run and it works just fine as of yesterday (since i last played)

[TankGoodness]

Originally posted by dr_magnanimus:

Yeah, I wasn't expecting to make an impervious barricade out of cars. I just want to slow the zeds down and keep them bottlenecked so I can dispatch them more easily when they advance on my position. I read that when you take junk cars apart there is still a shell left, so I thought I might as well use that as a convenient obstacle if I can. At least until the devs figure out a way to have zeds rip and tear them to pieces somehow.

Zombies are not super villains from Marvel

[Shurenai]

Originally posted by TankGoodness:

Originally posted by dr_magnanimus:

Yeah, I wasn't expecting to make an impervious barricade out of cars. I just want to slow the zeds down and keep them bottlenecked so I can dispatch them more easily when they advance on my position. I read that when you take junk cars apart there is still a shell left, so I thought I might as well use that as a convenient obstacle if I can. At least until the devs figure out a way to have zeds rip and tear them to pieces somehow.

Zombies are not super villains from Marvel

Yet.

[Milian]

What about flipped over cars?

[Kryzx]

Originally posted by Macintosh:

What about flipped over cars?

They still treat it the same. They'll crawl under it regardless.

[ld-airgrafix]

I think if you remove tyres, zombies cant crawl under them