Toggle HP bars on

[DrunkBunny94]

Title really, the zombies are very easy to miss when the area you control is littered with very similar looking NPC's.

While holding Alt you can see the zombie HP, this is great for visibility, if you are like me and get bored and lose frequently in the early game to a stray zombie while you are waiting for resource timers or for your archers to slowly chip through zombies having HP bars on constantly to catch these strays would be much appreciated.

[harryorlsen]

Search the forum and you will find the solution. ;)

[DrunkBunny94]

I'd rather not tape my Alt key down tyty

[marcelvdpol]

I most certainly have lost plenty of time to a "wandering infected" entering my base. I've adjusted to this by putting one ranger per gap on a short-range patrol in a narrow part to "catch" wandering infected. This is especially so in missions such as The Narrow Pass and Coast of Bones, as there are multiple directions from which a wandering infected can enter your starting base and wipe you out.

Usually, wandering infected are slow and a ranger will easily dispatch one to guard the base, provided you haven't expanded far yet. Once you expand farther, you need sturdier defenses to hold off mobs of infected [Walls, Gates and Towers with Rangers].

Also, NEVER expand your buildings into space that you cannot defend. I've lost several times because I was too hasty in putting up Tesla Towers while the area wasn't cleared properly. Just like Dark Souls, this game rewards careful, thoughtful and patient play [the Pause button isn't there for nothing]. A "Zerg Rush" approach will not work in this game.

[Qiox]

Originally posted by DrunkBunny94:

I'd rather not tape my Alt key down tyty

Map the show healthbars function to a key on your numpad, like the zero key.

Then press and hold the zero key
Press and release Numlock
Release the zero key

Now your health bars will stay on.

[QWEEDDY2]

this

[HiawataUK]

As Qiox said - map the healthbar key to a key on your numpad. Any numpad number will do, say 0. Go back to the map, and make sure that Numlock is turned ON. Press and hold 0, and while still holding it, turn Numlock off. Then you can release the 0 key, but the healthbars will stay on. If you want to turn the healthbars off, you need to turn Numlock back on and press 0.

It's a bit of a shame that we need a workaround for this. I am completely down with the "one zombie will ruin your base" mechanic, it's just that it can be so difficult to spot that one zombie.

On that note, it's not just spotting zombies. Sometimes, you need to keep track of how your walls are doing, in case you need to retreat. Or see if the unit you're kiting with is near death. And so on. In all these cases, it's just much more convenient to have the healthbars permanently on.

[QWEEDDY2]

Not always work. And i play on notebook with normal keyboard. Some KB do not have NuPad section and\or have Fn keys superior to normal keys.

[Sajonji]

Originally posted by QWEEDDY2:

Not always work. And i play on notebook with normal keyboard. Some KB do not have NuPad section and\or have Fn keys superior to normal keys.

best solution:
1. go to online retailer of your choice website
2. order a real keyboard
3. open window
4. throw out old keyboard

[Zyo]

Originally posted by Sajonji:

Originally posted by QWEEDDY2:

4. throw out old keyboard

What if you hurt someone with that keyboard?

[One Man Army]

People have been asking for this feature for ages, they will never add it, no more active devs.
You have to do it manually with this trick below.

Always Show Healthbars ON option (Using Numlock):

1. In the Options, change Controls to "Custom".
   
2. Rebind the “Show healthbars” button to a numpad number for example Numpad 9.
   
3. While in game (playing a map), Press and Hold Numpad 9 then press Numlock.
   
4. Release Numpad 9.

If you alt-tab you need to redo this for it to come back.

+You can also go Flat mode by pressing F4 by default to better see the environment.

[QWEEDDY2]

If you prefer WASD control you also need rebind few else keys as Custom use Arrows scheme as base.

And again. That require normal keyboard. Most notebooks/mobilePC/tablet cover-boards have stupid layot. With Fn keys supposed to work by Fn are main ones.

[Gomez]

Please, stop necroing threads.

Thanks