Pool Cue

General

Usage

Weapon

The pool cue is a multi-attack weapon, capable of hitting two zombies at a time in a swing. It is light for a long two-handed weapon, however will only deal 0.2 to 0.4 damage per swing. The pool cue has difficulty knocking a zombie to the ground and will instead knock them back slightly.

Breaking doors

It is somewhat ineffective at bashing down doors, dealing just 1 damage per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.

Chopping trees

It cannot be used to chop trees, dealing 0 damage per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.

Condition

The pool cue is a long blunt weapon, therefore being influenced by the blunt skills: accuracy, guard and maintenance. It has a maximum condition of 10 and will be damaged depending on the player's maintenance skill. The chance of losing durability is: 1 in (10 + maintenance x 2)

Repairing

A pool cue cannot be fixed.

Code

This is a testing feature.

This article is about an item or mechanic that is currently in testing and not part of the stable version of the game.

From Items_weapons.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/) Retrieved: Build 41.50

	item Poolcue
	{
		MaxRange	=	1.6,
		WeaponSprite	=	PoolCue,
		MinAngle	=	0.85,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	Improvised;Blunt,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	10,
		Weight	=	1,
		SplatNumber	=	1,
		PushBackMod	=	0.3,
		SubCategory	=	Swinging,
		ConditionMax	=	10,
		MaxHitCount	=	2,
		DoorDamage	=	1,
		SwingAnim	=	Bat,
		DisplayName	=	Poolcue,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		SwingTime	=	2,
		KnockdownMod	=	0,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		Icon	=	Poolcue,
		RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
		IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
		TwoHandWeapon	= TRUE,
		BreakSound	=   BreakWoodItem,
		TreeDamage	=   0,
		CriticalChance	=	0,
		MinDamage	=	0.2,
		MaxDamage	=	0.4,
		BaseSpeed	= 1.2,
		AttachmentType	= BigBlade,
	}