[748][Gen] Miscellaneous Features and Mechanics of KAB

I'm making a general list of not widely known or clever uses of KAB game mechanics here. Feel free to contribute by posting, I probably won't get everything in the first go.

EDIT: May 4th, added more from contributors, also reorganized slightly.

• Multiple lanterns in your inventory will emit more light than a single lantern, useful for exploring caves and at night time.
• If you put a lantern in your inventory, water does not shut it off.
• Lanterns illuminate black silhouettes at the top of maps. Not sure if it was like this in classic .-.
• With some practice, you can spam click as a builder to mine things about 75% faster, (also works for hitting the enemy). This can be tiring though.
• Don't forget that you have an inventory as a knight/archer as well as builder, it might not be as big as builders' inventory but can you still carry a lantern or other useful things.
• Building underwater: https://forum.kag2d.com/threads/748-building-underwater.13373/
• Using the rotation feature, you can build Wooden Platforms sideways or even upside down, these can be used to create interesting traps. One example: https://forum.kag2d.com/threads/748-bc-spike-pit.13376/
• Sharks have no stun capabilities, a steady shield can keep them at bay.
• Trees have more foliage covering their stump making them harder to climb in intense situations.
• Drills can overload, symptons of overloading include: Orange-ish drill bit, steam animation coming around the midpoint of the drill.
• Placing the drill in water will cool it down. If you're drilling partially or totally submerged in water, it won't overheat at all.
• Drills pierce through shields and do approx. a tad bit faster than one heart p/s.
• Drills can penetrate almost all blocks, except bedrock.
• A drill being used by a person can be disarmed by an enemy slashing said person. (1 slash)
• Once out of the crate, siege machines cannot be picked up.
• Catapults and ballistas can be mounted on warboats. Mounted bows can too.
• Catapults, Ballistas and other vehicles can lift up their front wheel and do a wheely to get over small bumps by holding down S in the driver seat.
• Catapults can kill a shark with one direct hit.
• Catapults now auto-fire when fully powered.

 

Oh yah, and dinghys insta-kill everything when thrown.

 

You can currently only get a dignhy by using !commands. :(

Maybe in the future though!

 

-Lanterns illuminate black silhouettes at the top of maps. Not sure if it was like this in classic .-.

-Sharks have no stun capabilities, a steady shield can keep them at bay.

-Trees have more foliage covering their stump making them harder to climb in intense situations.

-Drills can overload, symptons of overloading include: Orange-ish drill bit, steam animation coming around the midpoint of the drill.

-Drills pierce through shields and do approx. a tad bit faster than one heart p/s.

-Catapults and ballistas can be mounted on warboats. Mounted bows can too

-Drills can penetrate almost all blocks, except bedrock.

-A drill being used by a person can be disarmed by an enemy slashing said person. (1 slash)

(Fixed mistakes and updated post ty Lord_bugg and Lieber)

 

Yes they can, i was playing yesterday and I saw someone mount a mounted bow on a warboat.

 

-Corpses have a medium-small hitbox

-Arrows can damage corpses. ( not sure if you can pick up corpses to block arrows, someone test that?)

 

-Once out of the crate, siege machines cannot be picked up.

-If you put a lantern in your inventory, water does not shut it off.

 

-You can hide in crates

I only discovered this after a sneaky red knight used it to ambush my builder, KAG's very own Solid Snake.

 

And Sharks can kill you with a single hit/bite

 

You can apparently climb up ballista bolts in walls the same way archers climb up arrows/trees.
Only tried it one time, but it worked pretty well then.

 

Does anyone know if balista bolt penetration (Passing through thin walls or boat walls) is a bug or a feature?

 

I was testing this all day yesterday. It is not possible. Mounted bows fall through the bottom. Same thing for longboats. '

The only thing that moves that mounted bows can be placed on are rafts.
Have not tested dinghys.
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Sharks do 1.5 s of damage. They do not kill in a single bite.

 

Wallclimbing. https://forum.kag2d.com/threads/movement-wallclimbing.13452/

Not only this. MULTIPLE PEOPLE from DIFFERENT TEAMS can hide in the same crate.

 

lol. gayness between oldfags just took on another level.
CRATES
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-Also, gold ore in shadows or in caves sparkle. Useful when you don't have a lantern with you.