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Locking a door does...
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:59 pm
by Aku
What exactly? I have started building my small outpost, near an existing city, really, just so i can work on research while i make money and gather mercs. I put a research table in the small shack, left my science guy in there, and locked the door on the way out for my other two to scavenge. After making a trip to town to sell my ill gotten loot, i noticed my science guy was knocked out, and immediately flew over to see what was going on, and two bandits were walking out the front door like they had a key!
Is it just an rp thing at the moment, so you can lock your doors before you leave the house?
Re: Locking a door does...
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:13 am
by 1337
If the behavior hasn't changed in the last updates, then locking a door should keep enemies outside. They'll start hitting the door to break in, but that takes a lot of time.
What happened in your case probably is that you didn't tell your science guy to "defend" or "stay" which means that when the enemy got within sight/radius your own guy actually unlocked and opened the door to go smack the bandits.
Next time, tell him to "stay" and don't forget to check sometimes while roaming the desert to see if there are bandits trying to break in.
Re: Locking a door does...
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:34 am
by Aku
Ah you're right, i didnt tell him to stay.
On that subject, how do you tell what commands of that type that someone has? it'd be intuitive if the selected one was a lighter or darker color than the others, but as of right now, it doesnt appear to function like that.
Re: Locking a door does...
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:22 am
by 1337
Like for most alpha versions, most features you see are not fleshed out yet. If you are not sure, just tell him to stay again
Re: Locking a door does...
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:31 pm
by Aku
No problem. I just wanted to make sure it wasnt slightly hidden somewhere i hadn't noticed, like the info tab.
Re: Locking a door does...
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:36 pm
by Kelly0o0
Is locking the door just closing the door?
Re: Locking a door does...
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:40 pm
by CalPal
1337 wrote:Like for most alpha versions, most features you see are not fleshed out yet. If you are not sure, just tell him to stay again
"No! Bad scientist! Bad! No letting bandits inside!"
Scientist:
Re: Locking a door does...
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 4:35 am
by Blxz
Kelly0o0 wrote:Is locking the door just closing the door?
No. Right clicking and "lock"ing the door is actually locking the door.