explodable loot cars

[Nocternaldaze]

ok so i started a new game and was based in a prefab with a lootable car outside, when nightime came i had a horde no biggie i know but then i heard a explosion.
in the morning i decided to investigate only to find the lootable car had exploded and a huge hole was where the car was.

so when did they add this mechanic to the game has it`s the 1st i have seen it ?

[-Na Shagul-]

Well it's not recent I can tell you that much. I started playing from 10 on and exploding cars were already in the game if they took enough of a beating

[Jᴧgᴧ]

Cars have exploded for a long time now, as far back as I can rembmer A5 or 6 I think.

[Spacepiggio]

And they can only be looted once as theese are the cars we will be driving in the future.

[Nocternaldaze]

Originally posted by -Na Shagul-:

Well it's not recent I can tell you that much. I started playing from 10 on and exploding cars were already in the game if they took enough of a beating

i thought it was a new thing has i had never experienced it until now and scared the life out of me. that is going to be something else too keep a eye on now has i usually use the cars has a means of keeping zombies at bay whilst i pick them off 1 by 1 with a bow.

thank you Na shagul for confirming it is already in the game :)

[Nocternaldaze]

Originally posted by Jᴧgᴧ:

Cars have exploded for a long time now, as far back as I can rembmer A5 or 6 I think.

that could be why i haven`t noticed it before has i started playing from late alpha 7 and always start a new game when i die, so i wouldn`t have read up on all of the updates only from when i purchased onwards :)

[Nocternaldaze]

Originally posted by SpacePiggio*BK*:

And they can only be looted once as theese are the cars we will be driving in the future.

that is something i wish they would change so that items respawn same has other lootables, but if it`s because they will make them drivable then it makes sense why they are only lootable once :)

[Roughtymes]

Originally posted by 3D TACTICAL RAG3:

Originally posted by -Na Shagul-:

Well it's not recent I can tell you that much. I started playing from 10 on and exploding cars were already in the game if they took enough of a beating

i thought it was a new thing has i had never experienced it until now and scared the life out of me. that is going to be something else too keep a eye on now has i usually use the cars has a means of keeping zombies at bay whilst i pick them off 1 by 1 with a bow.

thank you Na shagul for confirming it is already in the game :)

It will catch on fire first before it goes. Also it will look ever more beat to hell.

[Nocternaldaze]

Originally posted by Roughtymes:

Originally posted by 3D TACTICAL RAG3:

i thought it was a new thing has i had never experienced it until now and scared the life out of me. that is going to be something else too keep a eye on now has i usually use the cars has a means of keeping zombies at bay whilst i pick them off 1 by 1 with a bow.

thank you Na shagul for confirming it is already in the game :)

It will catch on fire first before it goes. Also it will look ever more beat to hell.

awesome i was wondering if it was a case of it just explodes after a certain amount of hits or there was visible signs of damage to show it is on verge of exploding.

so thank you Roughtymes for that info has well :)

[mark117h]

Originally posted by 3D TACTICAL RAG3:

ok so i started a new game and was based in a prefab with a lootable car outside, when nightime came i had a horde no biggie i know but then i heard a explosion.
in the morning i decided to investigate only to find the lootable car had exploded and a huge hole was where the car was.

so when did they add this mechanic to the game has it`s the 1st i have seen it ?

Hi Guy's
Also as Roughtymes has said,
The cars before exploding go through a couple of stages of damage.

They go from looking pristine to taking on damage all the way through to actually looking like wrecks, " Windows Broke - Doors Missing - Mangled Metal ETC. ETC. ".

But before they blow they do actually flame up first.
Not a good idea to be at the side of when they do go boom,
learned this the hard way back in ALPHA 7 - 8 i think it was.

I was trying to keep the car between me and the Zed's when all of a sudden the car started to flame up, i thought nothing of it and carried on blasting the Zed's and hitting the car.

Suffice to say that i learned my lesson that day ;-]
Cheers
mark117h

P.S.
One last thing though,
The cars can also be used as a quick makeshift car bomb on the Zed's.
Plus if there is enough Zed's around it at the time,
it can make for some funny moments watching the Zed's get blown away too ;-]...

[Nocternaldaze]

Originally posted by mark117h:

Originally posted by 3D TACTICAL RAG3:

ok so i started a new game and was based in a prefab with a lootable car outside, when nightime came i had a horde no biggie i know but then i heard a explosion.
in the morning i decided to investigate only to find the lootable car had exploded and a huge hole was where the car was.

so when did they add this mechanic to the game has it`s the 1st i have seen it ?

Hi Guy's
Also as Roughtymes has said,
The cars before exploding go through a couple of stages of damage.

They go from looking pristine to taking on damage all the way through to actually looking like wrecks, " Windows Broke - Doors Missing - Mangled Metal ETC. ETC. ".

But before they blow they do actually flame up first.
Not a good idea to be at the side of when they do go boom,
learned this the hard way back in ALPHA 7 - 8 i think it was.

I was trying to keep the car between me and the Zed's when all of a sudden the car started to flame up, i thought nothing of it and carried on blasting the Zed's and hitting the car.

Suffice to say that i learned my lesson that day ;-]
Cheers
mark117h

P.S.
One last thing though,
The cars can also be used as a quick makeshift car bomb on the Zed's.
Plus if there is enough Zed's around it at the time,
it can make for some funny moments watching the Zed's get blown away too ;-]...

that was the strategy i tend to use so when i heard the car exploding my first thought was that the zeds destroyed the barrels at the petrol station.

so at 1st light i took a quick glance around from ontop of the building i was stationed at and couldn`t see any clear damage, but when i left the building i see a huge hole where the car was, never seeing this happen before i was totally puzzled has to why the loot car had exploded.

in some way i should have guessed that it was possible being that there would still be gas in the car, but thought that at the worse scenario the car would slowly despawn like when collecting metal from the wrecked cars.

i do like the idea of using them has a makeshift car bomb has at this moment once they are looted there is no immediate other use for them. going to use this tactic from now on when zeds get over excited :)

thank you mark117h for sharing this info and a new insight on how to use lootable cars in tricky situations it`s much appreciated :)

[Vardis]

And while cars will start burning right before they explode, the same can't be said for those gas pumps at the gas station. Just in case, you know, you were perhaps curious to see what would happen. No doubt my eyebrows will grow back eventually.

[Nocternaldaze]

Originally posted by Vardis:

And while cars will start burning right before they explode, the same can't be said for those gas pumps at the gas station. Just in case, you know, you were perhaps curious to see what would happen. No doubt my eyebrows will grow back eventually.

rofl i know what you mean had that happen a quite a few times, once i accidently shot a barrel instead of picking it up, lesson learned don`t hold a weapon whilst near flammables :)