Did I get shot by a zombie?

[Thegallowman]

Was walking around and bam my head blew up.

[Owl]

So, it's not actually your head blowing up, but there are a few reasons why you might have died... I see that you're quite new to the game so I'll keep it simple.

Keep an eye on the heart on the left hand side of the screen, if it's wobbling left and right it means you're losing health - the reason will be shown on the right hand side of your screen via the circular 'moodles' which you can hover over, it could have been bleeding, infection, or simply carry too much weight will slowly drain your health and kill you over time.

[★Rainmaker★]

Originally posted by Bobr:

carry too much weight will slowly drain your health and kill you over time.

Incorrect. No amount of weight carried will ever kill your character. You can carry twenty cars worth of spare parts in your main inventory and never die from encumbrance. That damage is capped at 75% max HP.
Before Nordil(Hun) gets here: You can die easier from fall damage if you're over-encumbered. :D

And if your character's head really "blew up", then I suggest disabling the mod(s) that cause such silliness.

[Owl]

Originally posted by ★Rainmaker★:

Originally posted by Bobr:

carry too much weight will slowly drain your health and kill you over time.

Incorrect. No amount of weight carried will ever kill your character. You can carry twenty cars worth of spare parts in your main inventory and never die from encumbrance. That damage is capped at 75% max HP.
Before Nordil(Hun) gets here: You can die easier from fall damage if you're over-encumbered. :D

And if your character's head really "blew up", then I suggest disabling the mod(s) that cause such silliness.

Fair enough. Thank you for explaining. Probably bled out without knowing then.

[Armagenesis]

"blew up"?

[Owl]

Originally posted by Armagenesis:

"blew up"?

He's got like 38 minutes in game, it's probably his first time playing, likely referring to the splat noise when you die.

[Thegallowman]

Originally posted by Bobr:

Originally posted by Armagenesis:

"blew up"?

He's got like 38 minutes in game, it's probably his first time playing, likely referring to the splat noise when you die.

correct. The splat noise was indeed the reason why I thought I got shot.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by ★Rainmaker★:

Originally posted by Bobr:

carry too much weight will slowly drain your health and kill you over time.

Incorrect. No amount of weight carried will ever kill your character. You can carry twenty cars worth of spare parts in your main inventory and never die from encumbrance. That damage is capped at 75% max HP.
Before Nordil(Hun) gets here: You can die easier from fall damage if you're over-encumbered. :D

And if your character's head really "blew up", then I suggest disabling the mod(s) that cause such silliness.

And if you play an obese, or underweight/very underweight character.
Even vaulting through the fences can get you injured, so might not necessarily even need to be encumbered. But it helps, to make sure your character dies from fall damage:)
(You can survive fall from 1st story with luck, but you wont really like it as weeks will be required to heal back. From 2nd story, so far was always instant death.)

[Lokaror]

Yep. The splat noise made me think the exact same thing when i first got the game and one of my first deaths was non-zombie related. I straight up thought i got sniped. I kind of went into the game blind as possible and was a little pissed but also excited there was a NPC sniper out there, lol.

[Chickenug]

remember to press Q to scare the snipers away!

[Lokaror]

Originally posted by Level 1 Goblin:

remember to press Q to scare the snipers away!

Most snipers are scared by a dominant survivor who occasionally yells out, its true. It's kept me safe ever since that fateful first encounter.

[Armagenesis]

Originally posted by Thegallowman:

Originally posted by Bobr:

He's got like 38 minutes in game, it's probably his first time playing, likely referring to the splat noise when you die.

correct. The splat noise was indeed the reason why I thought I got shot.

If you died randomly while just walking around, you either bleed to death from unbandaged wound or because you turned.

That, or you use mods.

[TankGoodness]

Did you do one of those sneezes where you try to hold it in? Bad idea.
Did you read a bunch of books just before that?