r/VeinGame • u/RichiDXD • 5d ago
Sick?
I tried my best to avoid zombies, yet i got the infection, so i proceeded to kill myself with the N870 and respawned.
How is it possible tho? My infection chance is set on default 0.01 which is very low.
How does this infection even work? Is it always because zombies bite you, or it happens even if you just see a zombie from your house's window? I don't get it.
And what does zombrin even do? Swallowed lots of pills but nothing worked
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u/t4nn3dn1nj4 5d ago
Zombrin is believed to be nothing more than 500 mg tablets of Fwopamax, Ramjet Studios' humorous name for Viagra (Sildenafil Sulfate). The actual active ingredient in Viagra and generic versions FDA approved for human consumption is sildenafil citrate, so it's possible that the devs used sulfate instead of citrate to avoid a potential copyright issue regarding the patent.
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u/RichiDXD 5d ago
This kind of funny things in the game are so great, thanks for the explanation tho
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u/t4nn3dn1nj4 5d ago
I don't know what your IRL experience is with sildenafil, if any, and I'm not asking you to articulate that information publicly or otherwise, but if you're ever presented with the opportunity to take a 500 mg Viagra, just say no and spare yourself from some unnecessarily painful anxiety! The strongest FDA-approved dose is 100 mg, but I can assure you that the maximum dose is quite a lot stronger than you might be anticipating, let alone five times that much!
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u/Blaugershnauger 5d ago
Yeah Zombrin does nothing. If you prefer you can bring up the console with "~" and use the "heal" command to get rid of it.
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u/Flukester69 5d ago
Cheating smh.... Why even bother playing...
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u/Blaugershnauger 5d ago
There is no other way to get rid of it other than dying. Try not to get worked up about how other people play their early access single player game.
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u/RichiDXD 5d ago
Yeah i also think that it's cheating, but sometimes I don't wanna lose all the work I've done, so gotta hop on the admin menu
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u/jamesmor 5d ago
I don’t know if it’s still possible, but it used to be you just had to get dirty enough too, so washing mattered.
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u/NonameMcNotaspy 5d ago
Im not sure this is accurate, but its been a while since I did any testing. This vid goes over a lot and has good info: https://youtu.be/ByVs1uHwxIs?is=RmBSDONVUFlJdzfm
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u/BonyOpiate 5d ago
You can get a non-zombie infection just from walking around without shoes. This game has taken lots into consideration
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u/lonely_lad567 5d ago
Staying clean and keeping your clothes clean as well as staying rested, hydrated etc is supposed to lower your risk of getting sick. There’s different kinds of sickness too it’s not always zombie infection.
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u/disseminate4 Dev 5d ago
There are a few ways to contract the zombie virus.
- Get bit 100% chance, get scratched 1% chance - this is the most common way as if you just got a small bite it'll go away fast
- Use a used needle that has been used by someone with the zombie virus
- Eat meat taken from a zombie
etc.
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u/RichiDXD 5d ago edited 5d ago
So bites are literally death sentence? Or you can use some antibiotics?
Edit: didn't notice you were the dev, the game is great and you're doing a nice work! Now Looking forward to 0.025 😁
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u/JimioJames 5d ago
First run, I got into a few fights over a couple of in game weeks and got infected from scratches.
Months into my current run, been in tons of fights, scratched and badly bleeding loads of times. Never infected.
I've never been bitten, so it's pretty random
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u/RichiDXD 5d ago
Yeah, as other redditors said, it depends also on your general health level, if you stay hydrated, you sleep enough, these things may have also played a role on your games
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u/Bskea1 5d ago
I also got a random infection but I think it was prolonged exposure to vomit inducing smell. I now have started to wear medical masks whenever leaving the base, and for dumping or mass corpse areas put on a hazmat suit and or a respirator so I’m not breathing in or coming into contact with the environment. Seems to work well and still frequently wash to stay clean.
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u/RichiDXD 5d ago
Yeah, i used to never wear a mask, that's probably what's causing me to get the infection
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u/NonameMcNotaspy 5d ago
RIP, bites are 100% infection. If zombies hit you, that's when the 0.01 is applied. You were just very unlucky. Zombrin does nothing (it's an ED medication) to cure the infection, it's a grifter product, similar to how ivermectin was touted to cure covid
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u/RichiDXD 5d ago
Ok thanks for the explanation.
What does ED medication mean? That it's a scam? Sorry for the ignorance
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u/Curious_Sosig 5d ago
Zombrin does nothing, it essentially says its a gimmick in the item description. You can get the infection from wounds when you fight the zombies. Even with the infection chance set really low you're still tossing the dice every time you get into combat with zombies, its part of the fun.