Is tents useful?

[Turkish Sharpshooter]

When its cold and windy or rainy outside, does it prevent it when you sleep in it ?

[Death]

Depends on your playstyle. If you're playing nomad, then sleeping in a tent is better than sleeping in your car. However if you've got a base, then it becomes much less useful.

[Armagenesis]

To answer the 2nd question, tent is just a lightweight mobile bed. Your exposure is still determined by your surroundings. Afaik anyway.

[fractalgem]

what armagenisis said.
I found it useful on a CDDA challenge when i hadn't been able to get a car yet. better than sleeping on the ground or a chair, and less weight than a chair...

But its utility is rather edge-case in nature. like if you're trying to find the cabin with a well or playing without the ability to see exactly where you are on the map and are heading back, it's mayyybe nice as a backup in case you miss and would rather not wait to be completely exhausted to recharge a bit. but it DOES take up a decent amount of weight, so unless your high strenght+pack mule, it might not be worth it...

but it IS better than grabbing a chair as an emergency bed, that's for sure! lighter weight too.

[Animalman]

Not really useful no.

It’s possibly x16 or insane multiplied population can make use of a tent. But in most game situation they are useless. But it is possible when the difficulty is high that taking a tent to the forest is the only real way to get the sleep needed. Unless you bought a matress or materials to make one but that’s a heavy carry in comparison I think.

[Shady Allie]

Sometimes I drop a tent down in a temp base camp for sleep purpose.
Usually when I want to attack a town, I set up a base in the outer limits of town, hike in for recon. Gives a fall back area to rethink or gather my strength.

Tents are situational, all depending on the character living in my head for that apocalypse.

As for your actual question, does a tent prevent wind, rain exposure while sleeping... Its kinda weird, like because you never actually sleep inside the tent, but stand next to it. Sleep standing in the outdoors in a zombie infested nightmare is really really terrifying, sketchy at best.

It seems like armegenesis is correct, exposure is your surrounds, where he adds AFAIK.
I actually have never tested that out for vanilla proof of exposure.
When that wind is howling and sideways rain, I retreat to my vehicle or try to find a house to lay my head, based on the fact I never enter my tent, so it remains untested by me.
(We also don't open or close car doors, but we really do. There just no animation linked.)

I would need to test out your question, which is something you can do yourself to make sure you really know.

I also use tents indoors sometimes while setting up a base, before any bedrooms or sleeping quarters are constructed.

[Turkish Sharpshooter]

Originally posted by Shady Allie:

Sometimes I drop a tent down in a temp base camp for sleep purpose.
Usually when I want to attack a town, I set up a base in the outer limits of town, hike in for recon. Gives a fall back area to rethink or gather my strength.

Tents are situational, all depending on the character living in my head for that apocalypse.

As for your actual question, does a tent prevent wind, rain exposure while sleeping... Its kinda weird, like because you never actually sleep inside the tent, but stand next to it. Sleep standing in the outdoors in a zombie infested nightmare is really really terrifying, sketchy at best.

It seems like armegenesis is correct, exposure is your surrounds, where he adds AFAIK.
I actually have never tested that out for vanilla proof of exposure.
When that wind is howling and sideways rain, I retreat to my vehicle or try to find a house to lay my head, based on the fact I never enter my tent, so it remains untested by me.
(We also don't open or close car doors, but we really do. There just no animation linked.)

I would need to test out your question, which is something you can do yourself to make sure you really know.

I also use tents indoors sometimes while setting up a base, before any bedrooms or sleeping quarters are constructed.

Thanks for info and tactical. I was travelling in a server. Just walking out in nature to the cities to meet with some ppl. But that doesnt matter becouse the guy in the riverside killed me for my loot. Its a long story. it would be good to walk and when night comes sleeping in tent. To be relastic

[Shady Allie]

Originally posted by Turkish SharpShooter:

Its a long story.

{ Leaning forward... } I have time. A tent kit doesn't weigh in too high on the encumbrance scale, a value of 2 (I think? no wait...3 ? that's getting more bulk) but it will take up precious space in your pockets when doing the "These Boots Were Made For Walkin' shuffle."
You will have to make a choice at some time what is essential gear and what gets kicked to the curb. { ...with curious ears }

[Turkish Sharpshooter]

Originally posted by Shady Allie:

Originally posted by Turkish SharpShooter:

Its a long story.

{ Leaning forward... } I have time. A tent kit doesn't weigh in too high on the encumbrance scale, a value of 2 (I think? no wait...3 ? that's getting more bulk) but it will take up precious space in your pockets when doing the "These Boots Were Made For Walkin' shuffle."
You will have to make a choice at some time what is essential gear and what gets kicked to the curb. { ...with curious ears }

I was friendly whole time. Never killed someone unless they open fire on me. I didnt even wanted to raid houses even my friend insisted to do. I walked to riverside from rosewood. It was fun, my guy had a 7 level search so I would survive in forest just finding wild vegetables. My backpack was full of stuff that I may need in my journey. I reached to the riverside. A guy come near me and said he was new. (our pvp was off) He wanted to follow me but I insisted he needs to find shelter and build a home. I looted some houses he was with me all the time. A woman character come to our house screaming help. I killed the zombies that she lured the zombies inside the house and she thanked. (no voip it was just /say command) Also I didnt realize she was luring the zombies in that moment, this is what I think now. After that I moved to another house to keep looting and she run into the house with a pistol and started shooting at me but our pvp was off and I said wtf?? I turn on my pvp to shoot her. And I did but she didnt die. The guy following me, hit me on the head with his shovel and they beat me to death when I was stunned. I got filled up with revenge. I had to take my revenge dude. I spawned as a running hulk and checked some houses to find melee. I runned to my last location to find them and they had some of my guns. Even they got guns I killed them with hammer. Smashed their head. But zombies got me. I came back but just my backpack and my helmet was there on a corpse. The shovel was there too. I take the shovel and corpse. Just took my backpack(half empty) and burried the corpse with its clothes and stuff. I start running in city to find a trash to destroy the loot becouse I was going to leave and never come back to this server. I get inside in a house, what a jackpot, the ♥♥♥♥♥ was there. She had gun and I had fork. I stabbed her to death with the fork. Some of my loot was on her. When I was looting her, her friend come with a shotgun and what happened? Idiot missed the close range shot with the shotgun lol. Same thing happened to him with a fork. I got back my all loot from them. Put them in a trash and deleted everything. I came back for my old character poor old man. I burried him, after that I left the server and never came back. Also if you ask why I didnt bury the backpack. I couldnt think right becouse I was so mad. Dude I wouldnt be this angry if they just shoot me with their pvp on, without acting like good ppl. Looks like the guy following me was giving info to his friend.

[Shady Allie]

Oh MY Gawd! Real live human NPC are THE BEST AI, hands down. Unpredictable. Never stale.

I have had that happen as well. I set up my server to full pvp (which i am not terribly fond of) for the very fact of white knuckle grip on mouse, blood pumping adrenaline rush. Not knowing if friend or foe even if pretending friend. Wow.

I am so sorry you died. In the heat of the moment, it is easy to loose control of any emotion that will keep you sane and alive.

I have walked away from people encounters with my hands shaking, and a little break needed to calm my nerves.

I have also been on the opposite side of that coin, walking away thinking, "That was the best time I ever had. Those people were so awesome! We all had soo much fun."

Thanks for sharing your encounter. I hope you find a server to suit your play. Multiplayer can be the best or worst of times. I feel for you.

[Turkish Sharpshooter]

Originally posted by Shady Allie:

Oh MY Gawd! Real live human NPC are THE BEST AI, hands down. Unpredictable. Never stale.

Never stale becouse already rotten with maggots.
Also I lost my hope and I am not gonna be friendly anymore. I was playing for 2 weeks with that character. 7 carpenter 7 hunting 6 tailor. Reading books and stuff. They cheated with talking on discord without finding a radio in game.