User:TripleU/Game/FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

The Game • What's this game about? • What should I be doing? • Is there a mailing list or discussion forum? • Is there a full map of the city? • Am I allowed to play multiple characters? • How do I report game abuse or zerging? • How should I report bugs? • Isn't this game similar to some other games? • Is there any merchandise? Game Mechanics • What are Action Points? • Fifty Action Points isn't enough! • What are Experience Points? • What are Suburbs? • How do I talk to other players? • How does searching work? • What do all the items do? • Can I still use my life skills when I'm a zombie? • How do some survivors have zombie skills? • How does graffiti work? • How effective is closing the doors of a building? • How do barricades work? • How do video diaries work? • I'm dead! Is that it? Requests • Why can't I trade items with other players? • Why can't zombies be killed permanently? • Can I disable my character while I go on holiday? • Can I modify my profile or password? • Can I delete or rename a character? • Can I send you some ideas? Troubleshooting • Why am I being told that I have "accessed this server too many times today"? • I attacked 50 times at 30%, and only hit seven times! Is this a bug? • Zombies got into my locked and barricaded building. How? • I forgot my password but didn't specify an email when I signed up. What now? • How do I transfer my Monroeville donation status to a Malton character? • My question wasn't covered by this FAQ. The Game What's this game about? You begin as a member of a military squad charged with the destruction of Malton, a city that's been quarantined to contain a sinister contagion. Malton is a grid of 100x100 city blocks, each of which is either a nondescript street, or a particular type of building - you move around the map by clicking on the names of the blocks. Buildings can be entered and possibly barricaded by survivors, to shelter from the zombie hordes that roam the city. Other citizens of Malton appear on the map as names in colored boxes; they also appear in the location's description. Some characters start with equipment, and characters can occasionally search to find further objects during the course of the game - some are weapons, some are one-use items, others have subtler or more permanent effects. All characters start with at least one Skill, which grants them an extra ability or bonus in the game. What should I be doing? Explore the areas open to you; Take a mental note of the information you uncover, and try to piece it together to find ways to progress through the game. Is there a mailing list or discussion forum? No, but you can use the talk page. Is there a full map of the city? The Wiki suburb map gives an overview of Malton. Am I allowed to play multiple characters? As the story progresses, yes, you'll find yourself playing as various different characters. Keep in mind that they all have their own goals, and you shouldn't try to play one in a way that isn't in that character's best interest. How do I report game abuse or zerging? You don't. How should I report bugs? The best place to report a bug (or check whether it's already been reported) is the Bug Reports page. Isn't this game similar to some other games? The basic grid-map idea was derived conceptually and without permission from Kevan's Urban Dead (whose basic idea was itself derived from RavenBlack's Vampires). Is there any merchandise? Nope. Game Mechanics What are Action Points? They don't exist. Fifty Action Points isn't enough! Well, I don't see how that has anything to do with anything. What are Experience Points? They don't exist. What are Suburbs? Your general area is given at the top of your minimap. How do I talk to other players? You can speak to characters in the same block as you, using the possible action boxes that appear when people are nearby - zombies can speak as well, but with a very limited vocabulary. Zombies can understand the speech of survivors. How does searching work? Sometimes, you'll be able to search a building. This option doesn't always mean you can find anything there, and if you can, it might take multiple searches. What do all the items do? The game wiki has a detailed analysis of all game items, including their effects and locations. Can I still use my life skills when I'm a zombie? Some of them, but any that rely on the dexterity or agility of a living body become dormant while you're undead. How do some survivors have zombie skills? NecroTech staff are able to return zombies to fully conscious life; virtually all zombie skills become dormant, only being activated when the player dies again. How does graffiti work? If you've found a spraycan, graffiti can be sprayed on the inside or outside wall of a building, or on random walls in empty blocks - new graffiti is assumed to be spraypainted over the top of the old. Zombies are unable to read or interpret graffiti in the same way as survivors. How effective is closing the doors of a building? It'll automatically stop lower-level zombies from being able to enter the building at all, but any zombie who has developed the "Memories of Life" skill will be able to open the doors, and leave them open for other zombies to follow. Closing the doors might be enough to stop a wandering zombie from investigating your hiding place, but you should really find a barricaded building if you want to be safe. How do barricades work? Any survivor with the Construction skill can start to build a barricade inside a building, or strengthen a barricade that already exists - any barricade at all will stop zombies from being able to enter the building, although they (or other survivors) will able to weaken the barricade by continually attacking it, eventually destroying it. Building up a barricade so that it becomes "heavy" means that other survivors can no longer enter the building either. Those inside the building may still leave by the higher windows, by clicking on an adjacent block, but will not be able to return. How do video diaries work? They do not exist. I'm dead! Is that it? Death might be either permanent or only a temporary inconvenience; anyone dying from blood loss, small bullet wounds to the chest, or other non-destructive manners will be able to rise as a zombie, but those who receive significant trauma will have to use the back button on their browser until they're back at a safer point. There are rumors that the zombified state is reversible, that higher-level NecroTech staff are trained and equipped in the science of full-body, full-consciousness revivification. Requests Why can't I trade items with other players? Because you haven't established a situation in which it would be possible. Why can't zombies be killed permanently? Because you don't have a big enough gun. Can I disable my character while I go on holiday? Nope. Can I modify my profile or password? Nope. Can I delete or rename a character? Nope. Can I send you some ideas? All players are welcome to suggest alterations and additions that they think would improve the game - we can't guarantee that they'll be implemented, but anything submitted to the Suggestions page will certainly be read. Troubleshooting Why am I being told that I have "accessed this server too many times today"? It's not supposed to do that! You've broken it somehow! I attacked 50 times at 30%, and only hit seven times! Is this a bug? No. Try to approach the situation differently. Zombies got into my locked and barricaded building. How? They smashed the barricades down with their hands, and a zombie with the "Memories of Life" skill was able to open the doors for them. Or if your barricades are still up and there's a zombie inside, it's likely that someone rebuilt the barricade but forgot to dump a dead body outside, and it's risen. (Or that one of the other survivors in the safehouse was killed, perhaps through an Infection, and rose.) I forgot my password but didn't specify an email when I signed up. What now? You mean you didn't copy down the URL when you stopped playing last? Well than, sorry, that's it; you were told when you started that you should write it down to continue later. You'll have to start over. At least you'll know you're way through, and you should be able to reach where you were before with some ease. How do I transfer my Monroeville donation status to a Malton character? We don't except donations. You must have been tricked out of your money by a third party. My question wasn't covered by this FAQ. Try posting to the talk page.