How to deal with Zombies / Undead

[rich_is_bored]

You could always use props to keep zombies at bay.

 

I just tried holding a board between myself and a zombie and it worked. He couldn't reach me. It probably works with hammers too.

 

Think outside the box man.

[Mr Lemony Fresh]

Think outside the box man.

 

Like in 'sam and max hit the road' ?

[ungoliant]

You could always use props to keep zombies at bay.

 

I just tried holding a board between myself and a zombie and it worked. He couldn't reach me. It probably works with hammers too.

 

Think outside the box man.

 

 

yeah i've done similar prop-negotiation, but it feels a bit like an exploit so i did it only once. if you grab a big box and carry it around between yourself and light sources, the shadow cast by it can totally keep your light gem black. Also, if you keep the box between you and an AI so that you are out of line of sight, the AI just sees a random non-threatening box moving down the hallway, even if your light gem is totally lit up. Nothing to see here!

[aidakeeley]

it feels a bit like an exploit

 

'Twere a good exploit for my "exploits"!

 

I wanted to take a look and listen to a revenant, an excited revenant, in my little DR lab... and, oh yeah, I boxed it the hell in. Evil bastard.

[Springheel]

yeah i've done similar prop-negotiation, but it feels a bit like an exploit so i did it only once. if you grab a big box and carry it around between yourself and light sources, the shadow cast by it can totally keep your light gem black. Also, if you keep the box between you and an AI so that you are out of line of sight, the AI just sees a random non-threatening box moving down the hallway, even if your light gem is totally lit up. Nothing to see here!

 

How recently have you done this? This exploit existed in the St. Lucia demo but should have been fixed in the actual release.

 

Also, AI should be knocking held items out of the player's hands...though it's possible (as an oversight) this only works for armed AI, not unarmed monsters like zombies.

[ungoliant]

yeah like I said, I only did it once, and that was a long while back. Its entirely possible that you can't do it anymore *shrug*

[Mr Lemony Fresh]

uhh.. I'm not the only one who's played sam and max hit the road am I?

 

Think day of the testicle or perhaps monkey island but with puzzles 30 times as obscure.

Edited May 25, 2010 by Mr Lemony Fresh

[Diego]

uhh.. I'm not the only one who's played sam and max hit the road am I?

 

Think day of the testicle or perhaps monkey island but with puzzles 30 times as obscure.

 

God, if that game wasn't so damn fun those random puzzles would be really frustrating! I think the best illustration of this was electrocuting Max to stop the love boat

[Mr Lemony Fresh]

haha! I love the way he uses him like an instrument and sam just goes with it :'D

 

The part where you have to climb into a giant fibre glass fish to be scooped up by the fish catching net in the copter, and then to be dumped onto of the giant ball of twine was an interesting sequence

Edited May 25, 2010 by Mr Lemony Fresh

[Mortem Desino]

How recently have you done this? This exploit existed in the St. Lucia demo but should have been fixed in the actual release.

Yes, when you pick up an item, the grabber clears the CONTENTS_OPAQUE flag, so you shouldn't be able to simply "pull the wool over" an AI's eyes.

[PranQster]

I kind of like the idea of a 'blessed/holy hammer'... perhaps a special vial of holy water to apply to it. When used against the undead it could either aid in killing them or it would repel them. They then lose interest in you for a certain amount of time before they become aggressive again, giving you a chance to slip away.