Burning to death

[Servet]

Hello people im feeling so angry right now because my poor 9 month old character died to my campfire and the fire mechanic SUCKS he just burned for 7 seconds and died can someone explain if this someone set themselfs on fire will they die in 7 seconds? No? and this games mechanic needs to be fixed this is ridiculous.

[Sossololpipi]

have you ever been covered in fire for 7 seconds /s

[Prowler™]

You sprint. This will instantly extinguish you.
Also you can right click and select extinguish option ifyou are carrying water...but its faster just to sprint.

[martindirt]

7 irl seconds is around 5 ingame mins (could be incorrect), depends on your day length settings. Burning for 5 mins is lethal enough.

[Servet]

Originally posted by martindirt:

7 irl seconds is around 5 ingame mins (could be incorrect), depends on your day length settings. Burning for 5 mins is lethal enough.

Valid point but 7 seconds or 5 ingame mins is not enough to figure out what to do

[martindirt]

I'm lost my last char bc I'm focused to stopmp on a zed, and noticed the another one behind me too late. A bit on my neck, almost insta death. Even if I kill it and bandage my neck before bleed to death (like 5-6 irl secs), I would be die due to zedification. Just an example how quickly you can become a walking corpse.
Sometimes you need to die to learn what to do or don't do next time.
A would say keep a bucket of water in the campfire inventory, but instead I'm say learn to avoid stepping on fire.

[TheManiac]

Antique Oven or a Grill. I don´t experiment with fire.

[martindirt]

Originally posted by TheManiac:

Antique Oven or a Grill. I don´t experiment with fire.

Pretty like this. But sometimes... You need campfires.
My current game includes:
Perma winter
⚡ Shutoff on day 1
Here they come (horde event mod)
So early days I must setup campfire, plus when I have to keep moving, antique oven is not a solution to heat myself up.

[༺ Paul Muad'Dib ༻]

i heard there is a way to drop and roll on the ground to extinguish flames, how do you do this?

[Shady Allie]

I'm sorry. Dying sucks and is sad. Most of us have burned up to fire before. Every single one of us has lost our longest lived character before too, if not by fire then by anything else.

The best thing you can do, is to learn from that experience, create a new character and give it a go.

If you want to experiment with fire, to develop your fire extinguishing skills, you can make a test -debug game to light a test toon up, and try to find all the options you have available to you for extinguishing fire and what option is best for you.

My past experiences with open flames makes me very very cautious and precise with my actions near it. Whether it is me and stupid mistakes, like sprinting up to a fire and then the character does an extra few "slow down steps" right into the fire. Dead. Or a zombie walking into my fire while I'm over at the snack bar fixing up a stew. Dang thing burns down down the entire camp. BOO zombie. Boo. Zombie go home.

Carry on with a new character. I'm sorry about the last one.

Lucky for me, the early game fresh out of the creation screen is the most fun for me, new guy with nothing. Go survive. I love that part the best. Soon the 1 year guy (and the 3 month guy and the 2 day guy) just a memories of learning experiences.

PS, I doubt they will "fix" that, but you can mod it to how you like, with the Indie Stone blessing of full mod support right at the core of the game. Make this game yours. That was a conscious decision from the get go, they want you to make the game exactly how you want it. There are plenty of "I burned up and am mad" discussions here, so maybe your mod would really help out those others seeking a tweak to the fire burn mechanic.

[The early worm deserves the bird]

Most things are weak to fire

[BoogieMan]

Stop, drop, and roll!

[DiabloStorm]

Originally posted by Prowler™:

You sprint. This will instantly extinguish you.
Also you can right click and select extinguish option ifyou are carrying water...but its faster just to sprint.

I'm carrying bleach bottle full of water in my main pack, bottle of water, there is NO OPTION TO EXTINGUISH when I right click on myself and I almost ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ died.

[Animalman]

Equipped extinguisher primary
Right click select extinguish

[Ocular]

Welcome to "the most realistic" non realistic zombie game ever. Where you quickly brush up against a fire and your mid-section becomes fully ablaze like you doused yourself in gas.

[Mushroom Steve]

Combustion, man's most dangerous invention.

Don't play with bombs indoors, least if you value the loot.