# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=113 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 114 --- ## [Automatic turn progression for driving?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/automatic-turn-progression-for-driving/21582)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/automatic-turn-progression-for-driving/21582 "2019-10-05T10:26:52Z")
Is there some sort of automatic turn progression option for driving? When you have a long trip to do and you’ve already cleared the road it’s just \[tab\] \[tab\] \[tab\] … etc, and so on. It would be cool if you could just ha… --- ## [Mod that adds Ferns](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-that-adds-ferns/21533)
**Author:** [@e1ven](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/e1ven)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-that-adds-ferns/21533 "2019-10-05T09:39:28Z")
My wife was lamenting that she couldn’t harvest fiddleheads in the forests of the game, even though it’s set in New England where they are relatively common. I put together a quick mod that adds ferns and fiddleheads to… --- ## [Hybrid Inventory \[2019-5-8\]](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hybrid-inventory-2019-5-8/15953)
**Author:** [@Robik](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Robik)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hybrid-inventory-2019-5-8/15953 "2019-10-05T05:35:58Z")
Hybrid inventory is spiritual successor of my previous modification of inventory system - CataTweaks I made 3 and half years ago. It consist of 2 main parts. It does allow to move items in and from a container, not ju… --- ## [Community Aftershock!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/community-aftershock/19948)
**Author:** [@Poragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Poragon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/community-aftershock/19948 "2019-10-05T03:20:17Z")
'eyo all! As we all have all sadly learned over the past bit, Esther is stepping down from their role as active maintainer of Aftershock. However, this does not mean the end of active dev on the Aftershock mod! With Est… --- ## [Mutating vehicle part on activation](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mutating-vehicle-part-on-activation/21587)
**Author:** [@Abraham\_Limpo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Abraham_Limpo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mutating-vehicle-part-on-activation/21587 "2019-10-04T20:25:35Z")
I was thinking of making dual purpose parts (ex: a table that can be folded into the floor - real life counterpart folds into the wall, but gamewise it makes more sense) but I’ve been unable to find any example so… Is t… --- ## [Items with timers not ticking down outside of inventory](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-with-timers-not-ticking-down-outside-of-inventory/21581)
**Author:** [@KoRv](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KoRv)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-with-timers-not-ticking-down-outside-of-inventory/21581 "2019-10-04T17:18:50Z")
Throwing a grenade with the pin pulled doesnt work because the grenade wont tick down, and similarly the Finger Firelighter from Magiclysm doesnt disappear over time if you drop it on the floor. Anyone else have this iss… --- ## [Bike rack repeatable bug](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bike-rack-repeatable-bug/21586)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bike-rack-repeatable-bug/21586 "2019-10-04T11:03:34Z")
Came across this bug when checking into something else. The game complains that I am walking into a square where I already am when I move onto the saddle of a bike loaded on a bike rack. I also have a game crash bug i… --- ## [I don't understand the "Medical" mutation line conceptually/thematically](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-dont-understand-the-medical-mutation-line-conceptually-thematically/21568)
**Author:** [@Xvimic](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xvimic)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-dont-understand-the-medical-mutation-line-conceptually-thematically/21568 "2019-10-04T02:54:12Z")
I get turning into anthropomorphic versions of various types of fauna/flora, I get what elf-a is (an elf) and I get alpha (next evolution of mankind) but what exactly is medical? I love the pain nullification and I alway… --- ## [Can someone explain to me faction camps in buildings?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-faction-camps-in-buildings/21580)
**Author:** [@Luce\_of\_fire](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Luce_of_fire)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-faction-camps-in-buildings/21580 "2019-10-03T22:49:50Z")
I’ve been trying to figure out how they work by useing a test world but i cant make them in buildings and i cant expand into them as well, and i am useing the land use codes for the houses apartments and all the $ places … --- ## [Launcher detected as malware](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/launcher-detected-as-malware/21573)
**Author:** [@astronomygeek](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/astronomygeek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/launcher-detected-as-malware/21573 "2019-10-03T18:28:32Z")
Sorry if this is already discussed but the launcher files are being detected falsely as malware by Win Defender and other scanners like Malwarebytes. Files being tagged. Any idea what caused it? Worked fine until today’… --- ## [Battery System deletes batteries on the floor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/battery-system-deletes-batteries-on-the-floor/21565)
**Author:** [@Cakesicle](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cakesicle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/battery-system-deletes-batteries-on-the-floor/21565 "2019-10-03T09:25:37Z")
Pretty simple bug, but one that silently removed most of my batteries! What I’d been doing is keeping rechargeable batteries in a battery recharger trunk in my vehicle. I’d go up, press E, eat the ones in the trunk and… --- ## [Crash Log from new experimental update](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crash-log-from-new-experimental-update/21566)
**Author:** [@KoRv](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KoRv)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crash-log-from-new-experimental-update/21566 "2019-10-03T03:21:56Z")
Latest update in experimental (9702) borked something, I can load the game as usual but when my character walks a few steps I get a crash message. CRASH LOG FILE: config/crash.log VERSION: 0.D-8159-g6363709 TYPE: Sign… --- ## [Killer Drive is incompatible with psychopath but not the other way around](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/killer-drive-is-incompatible-with-psychopath-but-not-the-other-way-around/21569)
**Author:** [@YourCompanionCube](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/YourCompanionCube)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/killer-drive-is-incompatible-with-psychopath-but-not-the-other-way-around/21569 "2019-10-02T21:10:17Z")
Like the titles says I’m running experimental 9700 tiles on Windows x64, downloaded via launcher, when selecting traits if you pick psychopath first you cannot pick killer drive, but if you pick killer drive you can sti… --- ## [Regufee Center as Starting Scenario](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/regufee-center-as-starting-scenario/21421)
**Author:** [@Miger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miger)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/regufee-center-as-starting-scenario/21421 "2019-10-02T14:02:17Z")
Hello, A few Months ago when I played Cataclysm I was able to have the starting scenario be in a Refugee Center. I was very fond of this scenario and today I wanted to go back there. Alas I was unable to figure out how… --- ## [Stuff defrosts too fast when taken from freezer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/stuff-defrosts-too-fast-when-taken-from-freezer/21537)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/stuff-defrosts-too-fast-when-taken-from-freezer/21537 "2019-10-02T07:28:55Z")
When I take food out of my freezer it’s defrosted and ready to eat by the time it hits my inventory. --- ## [I found a steel mill - severely dissapointed](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-found-a-steel-mill-severely-dissapointed/21557)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 5:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-found-a-steel-mill-severely-dissapointed/21557 "2019-10-02T05:34:24Z")
I found a steel mill. No. Loot. At. All. Well, OK, I found one matchbook with 20 matches in a wastebin. No work clothes, no books, no fork-lift trucks, no scrap metal, no charcoal, no limestone, no lumps of steel. Not … --- ## [Prices on firearms](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/prices-on-firearms/21559)
**Author:** [@nerosshadow](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nerosshadow)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/prices-on-firearms/21559 "2019-10-02T05:13:37Z")
Are they approximated, balanced for game purposes? Or are they meant to mirror IRL prices? For example the Hi-Point C9 costs $750.0 , whereas irl brand new from hi point would run you $199.0 I understand that some have… --- ## [Error Message on Certain Scenario](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/error-message-on-certain-scenario/21560)
**Author:** [@FreyaValentine](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FreyaValentine)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/error-message-on-certain-scenario/21560 "2019-10-01T17:01:33Z")
I’m not sure what is causing it exactly but, every time I attempt to do a Robots start, the game complains that it cannot create a valid starting location. At first, I assumed this to be an issue with the building mods … --- ## [NPC Needs/Inventory Micromanagement](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-needs-inventory-micromanagement/21361)
**Author:** [@baldamundo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/baldamundo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-needs-inventory-micromanagement/21361 "2019-09-30T17:59:05Z")
Am I missing a trick here? It seems like the only options for making sure NPC needs are satisfied are: Manually add and remove food and water to their inventory Use the autopickup rules Option 1. is obviously extreme… --- ## [Does using the launcher to update the game update the mods you have as well?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-using-the-launcher-to-update-the-game-update-the-mods-you-have-as-well/21525)
**Author:** [@MutaMan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MutaMan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-using-the-launcher-to-update-the-game-update-the-mods-you-have-as-well/21525 "2019-09-30T15:31:17Z")
Like it says in the title, I want to know if I have to manually update the mods or if it’s handled by the launcher that installed those mods. --- ## [(JSON help) making a single-shot anti-material rifle](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/json-help-making-a-single-shot-anti-material-rifle/21546)
**Author:** [@Ricky\_Van](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ricky_Van)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/json-help-making-a-single-shot-anti-material-rifle/21546 "2019-09-30T10:26:58Z")
so my new PR (which opened 3 days ago) will add 2 more anti-material rifle to the game. which is Mcmillan TAC-50 and Serbu BFG-50. but the problem i got now is that BFG-50 is a single-shot anti-material rifle, which mea… --- ## [Bottle in bath (hydrogen perox) - bug report](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bottle-in-bath-hydrogen-perox-bug-report/21308)
**Author:** [@FunkleBlaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunkleBlaze)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bottle-in-bath-hydrogen-perox-bug-report/21308 "2019-09-30T07:43:24Z")
I once reported it, but now there’s more info about it. Sometimes in bath I can find bottle with drug. When I try to pick it, I get error report. Before I thought that it just disappear, but now I see that it just move … --- ## [Ramping Difficulty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ramping-difficulty/21508)
**Author:** [@Zepher79](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zepher79)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ramping-difficulty/21508 "2019-09-30T00:16:33Z")
So the evolution system for zombies is quite a lot of fun, to be sure, but the recent thread about making the world have easy settings got me thinking. Right now we can globally increase or decrease both monster speed an… --- ## [ASCIICKER - The 3D ASCII Game](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/asciicker-the-3d-ascii-game/21315)
**Author:** [@Entity](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Entity)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/asciicker-the-3d-ascii-game/21315 "2019-09-29T17:51:31Z")
This video popped up in my youtube feed and it made me think about how Cataclysm would be with this kind of upgrade to it’s engine. How difficult would something like this be to pull off, would tiles translate over well?… --- ## [Zoning a Vehicle?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zoning-a-vehicle/21534)
**Author:** [@Cakesicle](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cakesicle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zoning-a-vehicle/21534 "2019-09-29T15:55:32Z")
So, I’ve been trying my hand at zones and stationary bases lately and noticed the NPC Retreat zone. It’s got me wondering if there’s some way of pinning a zone to a vehicle, or otherwise having NPC retreat there, drop o… --- ## [Dino Dave second mission text](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dino-dave-second-mission-text/21527)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dino-dave-second-mission-text/21527 "2019-09-29T15:29:47Z")
Remember the crazy guy in a dinosaur costume who wants a bunch of small cardboard boxes? Yeah, I got him those. He has no items for a reward (but what was I expecting, really? He’s a crazy beggar in a dino suit). Anyway… --- ## [Does cutting down trees destroy things underground?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-cutting-down-trees-destroy-things-underground/21538)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-cutting-down-trees-destroy-things-underground/21538 "2019-09-29T11:19:28Z")
So there I was outside the Refugee Center - decided to make myself useful and cut down some dead trees. Tree goes down. From North and below you hear Crash From North and below you hear Smash Eyebot appears from nowher… --- ## [Plants doomed to morbid obesity?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/plants-doomed-to-morbid-obesity/21497)
**Author:** [@MutaMan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MutaMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/plants-doomed-to-morbid-obesity/21497 "2019-09-29T08:00:12Z")
My recent plunges into the experimental apocalypse as a plant mutant has made me notice something… It is far too easy to go into being morbidly obese as a plant. I have a couple of options for food that don’t do too muc… --- ## [Made a non schizophrenic dude for the first time](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/made-a-non-schizophrenic-dude-for-the-first-time/21524)
**Author:** [@Teh\_Overmnind](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Teh_Overmnind)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/made-a-non-schizophrenic-dude-for-the-first-time/21524 "2019-09-29T05:47:57Z")
Soo kinda new here (great game!) but all my dudes thus far have been a schizo ( bc… well… why tf not? ). And it feels kinda… lonely…? wth this game is really quiet without the voices. my usual start is lab and there a… --- ## [Are healing mutations worth it anymore?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-healing-mutations-worth-it-anymore/21530)
**Author:** [@lucicifus\_dzargoth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/lucicifus_dzargoth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-healing-mutations-worth-it-anymore/21530 "2019-09-28T22:08:31Z")
a few days ago i switched to experimental version 0.d 7763 i went about my usual shenanigans doing the lab start and trying to escape im not very good and new so i died plenty of times a couple of runs ive got trogolobyt… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=112) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=114)