Quick Guide?

[Nate]

Greetings,

Just watched the 4min intro video on the store page and has me excited. Downloading now.

Can someone catch me up to speed as far as what I should know being a brand new player?

I don't want to embarrass myself or frustrate others, so there a bullet point presentation of what I need to know to act right?

Also, what are the best mods in the workshop or otherwise? Specifically looking for "realism" type mods and graphics if those exist.

I'll check back for responses, thanks in advance!

[postal.boy]

this is a game you'll die alot in when you're new, so if possible play on a server with casual difficulty so you don't have to wait ages to respawn.
you're mostly gonna be using melee since ammo and guns are scarce, press V to shove. you should ALWAYS shove after every melee attack, otherwise you will likely be bitten or hit. holding down left mouse button does a charged melee attack. BUT if you hold down left mouse button for the heavy attack for ~1 second before hitting a zombie, you will lose 0 stamina. this is best done with the sledgehammer or pickaxe against walking zombies, since both of those weapons 1 hit walkers. you should still shove after every attack in case you miss.
the machete is the best melee weapon in the game for dealing with runners, it deals the lowest stamina and one taps them. the machete swipe attack can also kill multiple zombies at once. also an important thing to note is that your stamina regenerates faster when crouching. this is all good information you should know off the top of my head before diving in but nothing helps more than just playing the game

as for realism mods, i like the realistic gunshots mod. its 10x better than the gunshots in vanilla which sound like little farts

[Nate]

Awesome yeah I was getting eaten alive last night quite a bit lol.

Have some sound replacement mods already picked out. Anything to bring the graphics a little more up to speed?

Also, does the shove only affect the one zombie directly in front of you? Or is it sort of a splash effect ala Left 4 Dead?

For little custom tweaks like crouch toggle or compass always on screen, or how to know what ammo is what caliber (the boxes themselves, know the guns pretty well) do you have tips for where I should look for that sort of info?

Thanks for your responses and after reading the basic guide I see what y'all are saying and how it adds up. Have not encountered the sledgehammer or pickaxe yet but I'll keep them and pistols in mind.

[Nate]

Roger that. I think it was a custom map last night and I was severely lost lol thought compass could help. Toggle crouch since like you said for regaining stamina or does it help accuracy at all?) In any case, thank you for the info and I'll try the casual official servers again in the future

[Nate]

Publicado originalmente por めぐみん:

Crouching refreshes your stamina faster, though it doesn't really affect accuracy. It may be better to crouch in some scenarios on the stairs for example, but other than that, there's no difference. Some custom maps don't show objective items on compass, so if I were new, I'd stick to official maps first to get a grasp on the game.

PS: Speaking of accuracy, be wary of grouping runners and kid zombies, when a zombie kid stands in front of a runner, it messes the hitboxes, making most of the hits miss if they are too close to each other.

Damn that's good to know. Is there penetration in this game or does the first zombie eat all bullets? I'll try and avoid the kids or get them from the side or something.

[m3rkz]

You should read this:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2338132819

A lot of the comments in this thread are giving some misinformation as people often do in this community for some reason

[Nate]

Publicado originalmente por m3rkz:

You should read this:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2338132819

A lot of the comments in this thread are giving some misinformation as people often do in this community for some reason

I did find a basic guide but haven't seen this. Thank you for the link and I'll scope it out!

[76561199083063683]

Publicado originalmente por \\F.A.B.// N8:

Greetings,

Just watched the 4min intro video on the store page and has me excited. Downloading now.

Can someone catch me up to speed as far as what I should know being a brand new player?

I don't want to embarrass myself or frustrate others, so there a bullet point presentation of what I need to know to act right?

Also, what are the best mods in the workshop or otherwise? Specifically looking for "realism" type mods and graphics if those exist.

I'll check back for responses, thanks in advance!

in this game
you will die
alot

you should start off with Broadway
not Broadway 2 because it's way harder

and this post from the NMRIH sub reddit explains how hard
https://www.reddit.com/r/nmrih/comments/otsplm/got_to_be_one_of_the_hardest_maps_there_is/


anyways,
do not charge in groups of zombies
do not waste ammo
do not go for body shots as zombies (or ghouls if you're a fan of Romero's NOTD)
do not stay in one place
do not hoard every item (if a friend has a gun that needs the ammo you picked up, give it to him/her)

always go for headshots no matter what
always press v every time a zombie gets too close in your bubble
always charge your attack
always check how much ammo you have if you're unsure
when you're infected and you're close to becoming a bacon eater press K if you have a loaded gun in order not to bite your friends
always save up stamina

also the reason Broadway is a good map for beginners
+guaranteed machete spawn
+enough 9mm and 12 gauge
+a sniper rifle on the roof to clear out kids and runners
+guaranteed flashlight spawns
+a good mix of CQC and open areas

and also
don't drink Phil Collins.

[m3rkz]

Publicado originalmente por Operator_Max1993:

Publicado originalmente por \\F.A.B.// N8:

Greetings,

Just watched the 4min intro video on the store page and has me excited. Downloading now.

Can someone catch me up to speed as far as what I should know being a brand new player?

I don't want to embarrass myself or frustrate others, so there a bullet point presentation of what I need to know to act right?

Also, what are the best mods in the workshop or otherwise? Specifically looking for "realism" type mods and graphics if those exist.

I'll check back for responses, thanks in advance!

do not charge in groups of zombies

????

[Nate]

Roger that, thank you for all the tips. I was already doing a lot of these (I was shoving after every attack, and always dropping any ammo I picked up for friends) I didn't know about viable/non-viable weapons, etc. I don't know the maps enough yet to know what's difficult or not, but thank you for the advice. Right now I have just been playing on casual.

Perhaps even dumber question... I've made it to the truck/tank on a couple of different maps, and yet it still said "Survivors have been overrun"... what does that mean if I made it to the escape/how do you actually "win"?

[Nate]

Publicado originalmente por めぐみん:

If I remember well, it just says that if someone was left behind while the truck was already leaving. As soon as you reach extraction, you're golden. It makes no difference, except if survivors are overrun, the map restarts and if extracted, the map changes, if set to change after win. Some maps, like subside have 2 different "endings", with battery a good one, without it a bad one. Nonetheless, it is still the same.

Ok so if I am the only one that makes it to the end truck or tank or what have you, we win even if they die? Just trying to figure out a successful round lol. If the map changes it means victory?

[Nate]

Publicado originalmente por めぐみん:

And for the guide mentioned by m3rkz, that is probably as close as you'll get. Though do keep in mind that over nmrih updates, some information may change. And as for healing items, weapon damage and speed, stamina.. those can always be set by the server you play on. Therefore, if you're playing on a server that's not vanilla, it's better to doublecheck.

Have only been on vanilla but thanks for the reminder never thought of that.

[m3rkz]

Publicado originalmente por \\F.A.B.// N8:

Publicado originalmente por めぐみん:

If I remember well, it just says that if someone was left behind while the truck was already leaving. As soon as you reach extraction, you're golden. It makes no difference, except if survivors are overrun, the map restarts and if extracted, the map changes, if set to change after win. Some maps, like subside have 2 different "endings", with battery a good one, without it a bad one. Nonetheless, it is still the same.

Ok so if I am the only one that makes it to the end truck or tank or what have you, we win even if they die? Just trying to figure out a successful round lol. If the map changes it means victory?

If you get extracted while everyone else on your team dies, that just means that you got extracted and they died.

It's up to you how you wanna interpret that.

Also, map change has nothing to do with "victory"