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A bunch of suggestions for new defenders and some notes for old ones!

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Hello, defenders! Since Base Defense has a lot higher game difficulty than previous versions I decided to make a guide to help you get into Base Defense universe.

Let's start with a story.

Yes, Base Defense has it's own story and has nothing in common with the one from Half-Life.

The war of good and evil was interrupted by alien invasion. Demons ran off, angels got back to heaven. Only humans left, surrounded by aliens. Here come 3 characters called defenders. They send all the humans to another realm, which is causing the merger of past and actual times. All events in the game are happening after the merger.

So who are we and where are we?

You choose one of three classes (defenders) which are the main characters of the story and get teleported to battlefield where the game starts.

Now I want to give you some suggestions:

  • As you spawn, toggle on the Task Menu (it's "v" key by default), so you can see current task.
  • Never stay on one spot, be on the run to avoid projectiles and hide from focused attacks.
  • Stop only when you're sure there's nobody hunting you.
  • Never forget about your skills they can save your life! (Skill Menu is "b" by default).
  • Use hotkeys defined in Control Settings in Options menu.
  • Every time you raise the barricade, you get $50.
  • Use medkits and manakits, they restore 15% of your maximum hp/mp. (Default keys are "n" and "m").
  • There is a way to skip "waiting for players" time (it's "Delete" key by default) or type "skip" in console

I got a new item! What should I do?

Check your Inventory Menu (it's "i" by default), now it's new, you can pick up more items, compare them and equip the best one.

I see the book floating in the air, I definitely should read it!

No, mate, you don't. It's just suicide if you're not ready enough, so if you see this book:

gargbook


Don't even think to read it, just turn around and run.

It is so hard, I just can't survive this!

Nope, it's not, it only begins to be hard at 25th wave, when appears a 25% chance to spawn Unique Wave. So make some training and you will get better results.

If you really find this completely unplayable hard, then I suggest you to play with your friend (and let's hope he's better in bdef than you :D). The point is when you die and your friend lives, then finishes current wave, you can respawn in a break.

That's all, folks! For now at least... Ask your gameplay questions here and I will answer them!


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Heffernan
Heffernan - - 140 comments

any cheats? :))

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PLut_RU Author
PLut_RU - - 655 comments

Nope, only "impulse 101".

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Guest
Guest - - 689,696 comments

At Least Make A God Cheat

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TheillusiveMan
TheillusiveMan - - 75 comments

Is there a way to skip the bloody wait time each new game?

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PLut_RU Author
PLut_RU - - 655 comments

Yes, sure, I forgot to mention. It's "Delete" key by default and "skip" command in console. So you can make a custom key like bind "/" "skip", then you will press "/" and timer will be reset.

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JonnyBoy0719
JonnyBoy0719 - - 2,784 comments

Could you add a server command for it? example: mp_waittime, so its easier for server owners to set a specific time.

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PLut_RU Author
PLut_RU - - 655 comments

No prob, man ;) Will include this in patch.

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Guest
Guest - - 689,696 comments

i love this game :D but how can i play this game with my freinds ?

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PLut_RU Author
PLut_RU - - 655 comments

Glad to hear that! You need to have Half-Life in your Steam game library, then you install Base Defense as usual Half-Life mod and it will appear in your game library. Next thing you do is open Steam server browser and set the game to "Base Defense", it will show you available servers.

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Johnny2525
Johnny2525 - - 3 comments

Is there any way to set the minimum players for saving? I don't want to start from beginning everytime when I play solo :P

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Guest
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How can I save my characters?

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the "impulse 101" does not work

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yaros_law
yaros_law - - 21 comments

are you sure that you typed sv_cheats 1 and restarted the map?

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