Vehicle Questions

[TankGoodness]

Does running your vehicle at high RPM's wear the engine in PZ?

Does colliding with numerous zombies bog out or damage the engine? As I notice the game engine likes to spawn zombies in vehicle path and figured it is to wear out vehicle.

Can you change a vehicles colour? or make a vehicle faster/upgrade

Why are there no race cars at the race track? NASCAR?

Can we get a Winnebago in this game? Please

Another question - Changing windshields: Does the replacement need to come from the same model vehicle?

[SgtEmissary [Kane's Will]]

1: It doesn't harm it just yet, all it does is make the vehicle louder. So when you keep it in a lower gear it does give you some increased power when off-roadiing. But this is true in real life however, in colder weather it's safer for you keep your RPMs at a certain level as the engine warms up then you can drive how you want afterwards.

2: It will damage yes just like if you ran into any other object in real life. Depending on the amount of zeds they will bog the vehicle down completely. Think about all of those bodies of varying sizes and health in one spot. You would need a larger vehicle to plow through. That in mind, once your hood is destroyed it makes it easier for your engine to take damage so be mindful of that. That said, never take Sunday Driver. Your car will be a absolute turtle at that point with no power and it will be next to impossible to haul trailers. On the flip-side if you take Speed Demon you will get more power that way. So you can really haul things and go off-road. Just becareful of zombies ofcourse.

3: No, that's mods only for now.

[Shurenai]

To my knowledge high RPMs has no effect on the engine, Just makes it that much louder for zombies to hear.

Yes- Crashing into zombies damages the vehicle. The hood will take damage first, when the hood eventually breaks the damage goes to the engine next (assuming forward travel)

Not that I know of, and not that I know of- Speed demon is the only option here, but it's a pretty awful trait overall just for more travel speed.

Because it's not NASCAR season...iuno, really. If there were a zombie outbreak and I were a nascar driver id've taken my nascar car to the border ASAP.

I doubt this will happen in vanilla- Having a base that travels with you is kinda anti to the overall design of the game, Even if it's fitting of the time/genre.

[MerlinTheGameWizard]

Originally posted by Shurenai:

To my knowledge high RPMs has no effect on the engine, Just makes it that much louder for zombies to hear.

Yes- Crashing into zombies damages the vehicle. The hood will take damage first, when the hood eventually breaks the damage goes to the engine next (assuming forward travel)

Not that I know of, and not that I know of- Speed demon is the only option here, but it's a pretty awful trait overall just for more travel speed.

Because it's not NASCAR season...iuno, really. If there were a zombie outbreak and I were a nascar driver id've taken my nascar car to the border ASAP.

I doubt this will happen in vanilla- Having a base that travels with you is kinda anti to the overall design of the game, Even if it's fitting of the time/genre.

I feel like a RV or something would be cool if it had its own drawbacks. Had heavy maint requirements or something.

[TankGoodness]

Originally posted by Shurenai:

To my knowledge high RPMs has no effect on the engine, Just makes it that much louder for zombies to hear.

Yes- Crashing into zombies damages the vehicle. The hood will take damage first, when the hood eventually breaks the damage goes to the engine next (assuming forward travel)

Not that I know of, and not that I know of- Speed demon is the only option here, but it's a pretty awful trait overall just for more travel speed.

Because it's not NASCAR season...iuno, really. If there were a zombie outbreak and I were a nascar driver id've taken my nascar car to the border ASAP.

I doubt this will happen in vanilla- Having a base that travels with you is kinda anti to the overall design of the game, Even if it's fitting of the time/genre.

I think it would be super cool to have a Winnebago and yet just as challenging to maintain its working condition and of course it could be attacked like any other vehicle or house. How is it much different than driving around with a tent kit in the trunk, still is a mobile home/shelter. I think it would add to the game not reduce challenge. Kinda depends on the kind of player you want to be. Home body or a traveller and there is lots of room to travel.
Oh and motorcycles... Why not?

[TankGoodness]

Originally posted by Bill-Nye-The-Science-Guy:

Originally posted by Shurenai:

To my knowledge high RPMs has no effect on the engine, Just makes it that much louder for zombies to hear.

Yes- Crashing into zombies damages the vehicle. The hood will take damage first, when the hood eventually breaks the damage goes to the engine next (assuming forward travel)

Not that I know of, and not that I know of- Speed demon is the only option here, but it's a pretty awful trait overall just for more travel speed.

Because it's not NASCAR season...iuno, really. If there were a zombie outbreak and I were a nascar driver id've taken my nascar car to the border ASAP.

I doubt this will happen in vanilla- Having a base that travels with you is kinda anti to the overall design of the game, Even if it's fitting of the time/genre.

I feel like a RV or something would be cool if it had its own drawbacks. Had heavy maint requirements or something.

Ya well Real RV's from the 70's 80's didn't have alot of armour the walls were thin sheets of aluminium and wood frames, screen doors, windows, but could hold gear and another use for propane tanks and water tanks to keep full. I could see a group of zombies posing a threat when you are asleep or not around

[TankGoodness]

Does a replacement windshield need to come from same model vehicle?

[Shurenai]

Originally posted by TankGoodness:

Does a replacement windshield need to come from same model vehicle?

Part replacement only cares about same type vehicle, not specific model.
So you can replace parts on a Standard vehicle with a part from any other Standard vehicle.
Similarly, sports cars require you to swap Sports parts, and Heavy-Duty vehicles require you to swap Heavy Duty parts. There's also 3 levels of quality for some parts.

So to use tires as an example, you'll have something like the following:
Standard
Sport
Heavy Duty

Valu-tire
Regular Tire
Performance Tire

From which you'd get a name like 'Standard Valu-Tire" or 'Heavy-Duty Performance Tire", indicating what kind of vehicle it goes to and it's quality.

[TankGoodness]

so the same for windows?

[Shurenai]

Originally posted by TankGoodness:

so the same for windows?

Yep. Just windows dont have qualities- Instead they have spots.
So,
Standard/Sport/Heavy Duty
Front Windshield
Front Window
Rear Window
Rear Windshield
etc.

So "Front Window Type Heavy-Duty", "Windshield type Standard", etc.