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[Toaster]

How do we get backtraces on head's Windows version to report these crashes?

[GlyphGryph]

I think gdb (g++ compiler debugger) has a windows version as well, so grab that I'd assume.

See:
http://hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/GDB_on_Windows.html

[Whales]

NPCs spam you with debug messages because they're new.  Those debug messages are a way for me to get some insight on what the NPC is doing.  Remember, the game is in an alpha state right now, and lots of it is geared towards helping development--NOT towards being fun/easy to play.

Aqizzar, I reccomend, to get away from zombies early on...

Carry as little as possible. Avoid backpacks at first, they slow you down quite a bit, and travel light until you get someplace safe.

Get some rocks - even as a non-combat character, ammo is everywhere for throwing them and hurting a zombie slows it down a bit. They also make halfway decent melee weapons.

Find a chokepoint and a better melee weapon, preferably a house with a room that has a single window and door and a nice blunt weapon. You can get 2x4s from knocking down doors, too! Mark this house on your map with a convenient note, and set up a knew one every other block or so. Lead the zombies through the window, and then wail on them as they climb through. Flee through the door if things get to hot. Since you climbed in through the window, that's where your scent trail will go, so the zombies will highly prioritize heading in the same way. When they are all dead, butcher their corpses for practice and to avoid necromantic death next time you need to retreat back. ^_^

That sort of strategy should see you through the first couple days, and hopefully by then you'll have gained some more options.

Backpacks shouldn't slow you down at all, except when swimming.  They do make melee combat more awkward and slow, however.

Zombies will try to get in through a window if they see you through the window--you don't have to climb through it yourself.

And yes, if an NPC would have caused your game to freeze (or if they get close to this), their brain explodes.

[FunctionZero]

Is there a way to increase an attribute or are they constant? Even temporarily, as I need INT for them books.

[GlyphGryph]

Okay, yeah, backpacks seem to be fine for running. Still best to drop them before the fighting bit though, and if you're wearing additional stuff on your torso that actually provides protection, the encumbrance can kill.

And I meant climb in through the window because you really don't want the zombies following you through the door, since that's going to be your escape route! And they will if you went in through the door!

Whales, are

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

shimmering portals supposed to actually do something when you step on them?

I'm still getting caught in tons of infinite NPC loops too, bluhhhhh. This character is awesome too, I don't want to lose him to that!
Edit: Woot, savescumming worked! ^_^

[Whales]

Is there a way to increase an attribute or are they constant? Even temporarily, as I need INT for them books.

Much like real life, abusing caffeine, cigarettes or stimulants such as adderall will make studying easier (by boosting your Int).  There are ways to permanently increase stats, but it's hard to do.

Okay, yeah, backpacks seem to be fine for running. Still best to drop them before the fighting bit though, and if you're wearing additional stuff on your torso that actually provides protection, the encumbrance can kill.

And I meant climb in through the window because you really don't want the zombies following you through the door, since that's going to be your escape route! And they will if you went in through the door!

Whales, are

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

shimmering portals supposed to actually do something when you step on them?

I'm still getting caught in tons of infinite NPC loops too, bluhhhhh. This character is awesome too, I don't want to lose him to that!
Edit: Woot, savescumming worked! ^_^

If you go in through the door, then stand behind the window so zombies can see you, the zombies will try to go through the window themselves.

And yes to your spoiler question, but it's not coded yet.

[GlyphGryph]

Whales, a horde of zombies are unlikely to willingly go from "right behind you" to "conveniently on the other side of a window", and any zombie that can't directly see you or who spawns in the doorward direction will following the scent trail through the door. And when you're dealing with a bunch, that is likely! No, going in through the window and out through the door is definitely the safest bet, in my experience.
Also:*CR-ASH*
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x081956e8 in item (this=0xbfdb371c, it=0x8f15e78, turn=7245) at item.cpp:36y 1
36     | if (it->is_gun()) {pon: flashlight (off) (100) 
#0  0x081956e8 in item (this=0xbfdb371c, it=0x8f15e78, turn=7245) at item.cpp:36
#1  0x0814238a in game::unload (this=0xbfdb3da4) at game.cpp:4399
#2  0x0815272a in game::get_input (this=0xbfdb3da4) at game.cpp:989
#3  0x081547de in game::do_turn (this=0xbfdb3da4) at game.cpp:659
#4  0x08255173 in main () at main.cpp:25

[Whales]

Whales, a horde of zombies are unlikely to willingly go from "right behind you" to "conveniently on the other side of a window", and any zombie that can't directly see you or who spawns in the doorward direction will following the scent trail through the door. And when you're dealing with a bunch, that is likely! No, going in through the window and out through the door is definitely the safest bet, in my experience.
Also:*CR-ASH*
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x081956e8 in item (this=0xbfdb371c, it=0x8f15e78, turn=7245) at item.cpp:36y 1
36     | if (it->is_gun()) {pon: flashlight (off) (100) 
#0  0x081956e8 in item (this=0xbfdb371c, it=0x8f15e78, turn=7245) at item.cpp:36
#1  0x0814238a in game::unload (this=0xbfdb3da4) at game.cpp:4399
#2  0x0815272a in game::get_input (this=0xbfdb3da4) at game.cpp:989
#3  0x081547de in game::do_turn (this=0xbfdb3da4) at game.cpp:659
#4  0x08255173 in main () at main.cpp:25

Ah, well yes, I suppose I was talking about if the mob of zombies is a good half-dozen tiles behind you.
Were you trying to unload a wished-for gun?  Wished-for items are somewhat buggy sometimes.

[Tarran]

Whales, problem: gyroscopic stabilizers decrease accuracy by 3 instead of increasing it.

Are you sure about this?  Pretty sure it doesn't.

It says "To-hit bonus -3".

Silencers also say "To-hit bonus +2".

Unless they work the opposite way (why would they?) in which bonuses are actually penalties, I'm pretty sure they're causing the opposite effect they should.

Something wierd just happened. Also, Windows SDL 1.3.2
...
So, this NPC basically first shouted at me at afar to wait up. After I found her, she wanted to rob me, and I complied by dropping my knife.
Once she got to me and started taking my stuff, I took back my knife and attacked her.
Above occured afterwards. Srsly, what?

(Also, what's with the gazillion DEBUG messages with the NPCs?)

Heh, the time that kind of thing happened I shot first and killed the NPC in one hit.

[GlyphGryph]

Whales, I was trying to unload a flashlight, wanted the batteries. Wasn't wished for, just found.

Also, I just experienced the true fury of a storm!

SO COOL. HURTS SO GOOD.

And then I died, but it was honestly my own fault. So sad. That was a great character.

[Whales]

It says "To-hit bonus -3".

Silencers also say "To-hit bonus +2".

Unless they work the opposite way (why would they?) in which bonuses are actually penalties, I'm pretty sure they're causing the opposite effect they should.

All items have melee combat stats displayed at the top; "Bash: 0   Cut: 0  To-hit bonus: -3" means that the item does no extra bashing damage, no cutting damage, and is more awkward to hit with than just bare fists.  These stats have no effect on the gun you attach the mod to.

Whales, I was trying to unload a flashlight, wanted the batteries. Wasn't wished for, just found.

Also, I just experienced the true fury of a storm!

SO COOL. HURTS SO GOOD.

And then I died, but it was honestly my own fault. So sad. That was a great character.

Hmm, okay.  I'll try to test it out, but I've never had that happen before.  Any chance the flashlight might've been wished for in a previous game?

[GlyphGryph]

Nope, none.

Also, people - SKIRTS! They make you run even faster than being pantless (somehow)! Why did I only just discover this!?

God, my current guy is such a hobo...

Skitzo Addictive Drunken Master Savant
Hoodie+skirt+sneakers+fingerless gloves+baseball cap

The pockets of his hoodie are full of booze, and he has a backpack full of booze for long trips, and he's always Trashed. Fun times so far. ^_^

Edit:
I died I guess? I put on a fur hat, and then went to sleep, and it said I was overheating so I tried to take it off, then I died.

[FunctionZero]

Okay, one more question.
How do I open manhole covers? I've tried Open and Examine, and just going down doesn't work either.

[Cthulhu]

You need a crowbar.

Also, fuck skeletons man.  Melee combat is too dangerous to have fast enemies you can't shoot running around.  Most of my deaths are because one of those bastards bogged me down while more zombies were coming.

And yes, I was all stimmed up, at 120+ speed.

[Tarran]

Yeah, skeletons suck royally. You can spend so much ammo and almost never ever hit them, even if they're only two squares away. Melee is pretty much the only way to kill them.