# Game Talk

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=256

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## [Hotkey for repairing vehicles](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hotkey-for-repairing-vehicles/12916)

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**Author:** [@plazma\_rush](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/plazma_rush)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2016, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hotkey-for-repairing-vehicles/12916 "2016-11-13T10:06:09Z")

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I recall that in older experimentals, you could hold down the r key to automatically keep repairing your vehicle. Instead of having to hit r and then select 1, 2, etc to pick out a certain tool to use, the 1 option woul…

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## [0.C - 5758 : Sealed Jar of Canned Tomato has incorrect number charges](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-c-5758-sealed-jar-of-canned-tomato-has-incorrect-number-charges/12918)

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**Author:** [@Akrocius](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Akrocius)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2016, 9:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-c-5758-sealed-jar-of-canned-tomato-has-incorrect-number-charges/12918 "2016-11-13T09:43:36Z")

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The sealed jar of canned tomato recipe takes 2 tomatoes, but only gives 1 charge in return. All other foods canned in jars return the full 2 units used in the recipe.

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## [Door signs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/door-signs/12917)

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**Author:** [@Wojtek94](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wojtek94)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/door-signs/12917 "2016-11-13T02:37:26Z")

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Hi. What do you think about door signs? For example ,restroom" or ,dressing room". I often die because of the trap=room with one door only. I don’t know if the doors are lead to the restroom or just to another corridor

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## [Which tools i need?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-tools-i-need/12910)

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**Author:** [@vivat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vivat)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-tools-i-need/12910 "2016-11-13T02:05:49Z")

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i dism"O"unt side mirror from the car i try to "B"utch mirror and… "you don’t have tools for this." which tools do i need?

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## [I keep getting this error message after a play for a little time](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-keep-getting-this-error-message-after-a-play-for-a-little-time/12914)

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**Author:** [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-keep-getting-this-error-message-after-a-play-for-a-little-time/12914 "2016-11-12T19:38:46Z")

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\[image\] is it a Cata problem, or does it have to do anything with my PC ? Only met it today, several times, after i play for a short time.

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## [Mi-Go Dungeon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mi-go-dungeon/12905)

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**Author:** [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mi-go-dungeon/12905 "2016-11-12T12:54:56Z")

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You’ll have to forgive me for some time until my lovecraftian fever wears down, but for now I’m so up for this. So in the Whisperer In The Darkness, the story where the MiGos appear (if you haven’t read it and are inter…

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## [Now-to reindex craft menu?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/now-to-reindex-craft-menu/12909)

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**Author:** [@vivat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vivat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/now-to-reindex-craft-menu/12909 "2016-11-12T08:36:05Z")

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let’s say i need FOOD as a first item in the craft menu because of most frequency of foodcraftimg. can i do this? maybe via edit some JSON - i think. if yes - then which exactly JSON i need to edit?

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## [Item degradation on reload / weird things happening to item damage](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/item-degradation-on-reload-weird-things-happening-to-item-damage/12903)

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**Author:** [@saklaus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/saklaus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2016, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/item-degradation-on-reload-weird-things-happening-to-item-damage/12903 "2016-11-11T10:24:08Z")

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0.C-19537-g0cf3ac0 current build 5841 ; however, this character has lived for probably at least a month in real-life time now. So he was created in an earlier build. Hello everyone! Something weird is happening in m…

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## [Items Fixing Themselves?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-fixing-themselves/12906)

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**Author:** [@Gnorse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gnorse)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2016, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-fixing-themselves/12906 "2016-11-11T10:20:47Z")

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5862 just looted a riot helmet off of a zombie cop , it was on its last degradation thing (…) about 20 minutes after looting , i went home , when i dropped the helmet off , it had (/.) bug ?

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## [Something like the vehicle building system but for guns](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/something-like-the-vehicle-building-system-but-for-guns/12682)

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**Author:** [@Gnorse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gnorse)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/something-like-the-vehicle-building-system-but-for-guns/12682 "2016-11-10T15:39:42Z")

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so this is just a thought , but i wonder if we can overhaul the modification system for firearms and replace it with something like the vehicle building system , not that this one is bad , i actually love it , but as i s…

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## [0.C-5862 bug](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-c-5862-bug/12898)

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**Author:** [@jdoy11](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jdoy11)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-c-5862-bug/12898 "2016-11-09T18:13:57Z")

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Battery system won’t work. When I attempted to eat batteries log says “You can’t eat your battery”, although battery system is toggled on. Mods: All preset mods except generic gun names Situation: School Class: Bionic…

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## [Car+died battery = crankshaft need](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-died-battery-crankshaft-need/12899)

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**Author:** [@vivat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vivat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-died-battery-crankshaft-need/12899 "2016-11-09T17:43:38Z")

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Hi means such a thing - let’s say I found the car. ok? ind i need to fast escape from horde of err… let’s say it be triffids… ok? and our new-founded car with discharged battery installed-in. (motor…gppd alternator…goo…

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## [Alcohol distiller - does it works at all?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/alcohol-distiller-does-it-works-at-all/12889)

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**Author:** [@vivat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vivat)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/alcohol-distiller-does-it-works-at-all/12889 "2016-11-09T16:53:15Z")

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i craft distiller from copper cooking pot and two rubber hoses and - and then i say “Activate” to my new distiller, and " you can not do with that" - he reply to me. ??? WTF? i can not distill myself my lovely homebrew…

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## [Folding Parts Question](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/folding-parts-question/12895)

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**Author:** [@Gnorse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gnorse)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/folding-parts-question/12895 "2016-11-08T23:01:59Z")

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i know that the defailt game , blazes part pack and the folding part pack add some foldable parts i know the small electric motor and foot crank are foldable , but what about gas or diesel engines ? also i know solars …

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## [Ammonia and bleach should create chlorine gas](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ammonia-and-bleach-should-create-chlorine-gas/12833)

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**Author:** [@Subhazard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Subhazard)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ammonia-and-bleach-should-create-chlorine-gas/12833 "2016-11-08T22:40:19Z")

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When ammonia and bleach occupy the same tile (when in liquid puddle form) they should create one square of chlorine gas for every liter of mixed liquid. Chlorine gas should be incredibly deadly, 5 chest damage per secon…

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## [Proposed change to unfun Skeleton Zombies and Dogs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/proposed-change-to-unfun-skeleton-zombies-and-dogs/12871)

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**Author:** [@Subhazard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Subhazard)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/proposed-change-to-unfun-skeleton-zombies-and-dogs/12871 "2016-11-08T22:29:26Z")

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Skeletons suck, as a monster. Really. To early game characters they’re nigh impossible to shoot, and nigh impossible to hit, and without armor, you quickly pain spiral into death. To mid game and above characters, they…

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## [Dirt roads](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dirt-roads/12856)

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**Author:** [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dirt-roads/12856 "2016-11-08T22:25:29Z")

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I was reading the Overlap Rebalancing mod’s thread and he was saying some buildings shouldn’t really have paved roads leading to them, because they were secret or weren’t there before the apocalypse started, and that if …

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## [Palisade walls](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/palisade-walls/12863)

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**Author:** [@Deez\_Nutz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Deez_Nutz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/palisade-walls/12863 "2016-11-08T22:19:11Z")

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I have noticed recently that palisade walls now block not just movement but line of sight as well. Doesn’t this kinda defeat the purpose of building them? Shouldn’t there at least be a structure you can build(I.e. “pal…

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## [New Reading Screen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-reading-screen/12891)

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**Author:** [@Voqar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Voqar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-reading-screen/12891 "2016-11-08T22:16:46Z")

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I like the screen for reading with the info on it but I’d like to request a few things: Show info about the book even when it’s too dark to read (show the info and add it’s too dark to read). If our character knows a…

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## [Water quality and global water quality change over time](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/water-quality-and-global-water-quality-change-over-time/12882)

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**Author:** [@BeerBeer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BeerBeer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/water-quality-and-global-water-quality-change-over-time/12882 "2016-11-08T22:11:00Z")

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Disclaimer: I’m not sure if this parallels the lore. This is basically a two-part suggestion. First we introduce a thing called water quality (WQ), just as tools have qualities, e.g. butchering quality. Water quality …

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## [0.C-19534-gec2b8d9 build #5838 bugs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-c-19534-gec2b8d9-build-5838-bugs/12879)

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**Author:** [@lordmatiz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/lordmatiz)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-c-19534-gec2b8d9-build-5838-bugs/12879 "2016-11-08T21:23:55Z")

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I constantly find 200 000 000 cash cards. Smashing dead spitter zombie causes lots of acid burns while butchering is safe. Levers doesn’t work (“nothing happens”).

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## [Animatronic Monsters (V 2.0b)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/animatronic-monsters-v-2-0b/7801)

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**Author:** [@Lanceo90](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lanceo90)\
**Replies:** 37\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/animatronic-monsters-v-2-0b/7801 "2016-11-08T18:03:09Z")

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Just in time for FNaF 3 coming out, an update to incorporate a lot of FNaF 2 things. I’m sorry, I’m not as dedicated as Scott Cawthon xD This mod adds a building called a bankrupt pizzeria into the game. These buildin…

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## [Help with updating Martial Arts page on the wiki](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-updating-martial-arts-page-on-the-wiki/12877)

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**Author:** [@RedPine](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RedPine)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-updating-martial-arts-page-on-the-wiki/12877 "2016-11-08T16:15:07Z")

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Not sure if this is the right place to post, but in any case I need help source diving so I can confirm the current state of martial arts as of 0.C. The wiki is still on 0.B, which is wildly out of date with some of the…

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## [DinoCataclysm Mod](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dinocataclysm-mod/49)

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**Author:** [@DinoCat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DinoCat)\
**Replies:** 121\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dinocataclysm-mod/49 "2016-11-08T16:06:15Z")

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Basically, Cataclysm:DDA with dinosaurs. Source: https://github.com/origamiwolf/DinoCataclysm Latest Windows executable (22 February 2014) Save files are generally incompatible between versions, so it is recommended t…

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## [Cant refill vehicle](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-refill-vehicle/12893)

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**Author:** [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-refill-vehicle/12893 "2016-11-08T04:50:59Z")

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\[image\] ruined a 1y char, the previous version also not working now :confused:

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## [More sensible farms plus greenhouses](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-sensible-farms-plus-greenhouses/12883)

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**Author:** [@BeerBeer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BeerBeer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-sensible-farms-plus-greenhouses/12883 "2016-11-07T10:11:42Z")

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Farms have this curious feature of including all the various fruits and veggies that grow all over the world. I say we put an end to that and have each farm contain only 1-7 possible crops, chosen from a pool. We separat…

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## [0.C-5814 Removing a worn sheath or a quiver from NPC causes crash](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-c-5814-removing-a-worn-sheath-or-a-quiver-from-npc-causes-crash/12887)

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**Author:** [@BeerBeer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BeerBeer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-c-5814-removing-a-worn-sheath-or-a-quiver-from-npc-causes-crash/12887 "2016-11-07T02:00:15Z")

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(Windows, tiles) Have an NPC wear a sheath or a large quiver. Attempt removal of the said gear from the NPC armor layering menu by hitting ‘u’. Should crash the game for either item after hitting ‘y’ for confirmation. I…

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## [Bunch of bugs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bunch-of-bugs/12869)

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**Author:** [@latogato](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/latogato)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bunch-of-bugs/12869 "2016-11-06T21:52:39Z")

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5764 when i tried to reload a fully loaded American-180 i got “Out of .22 LR” message while there are hundreds in my inventory. It should be give an already fully loaded message. i found a chloroform soaked rag debug i…

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## [New item stacking mechanism (+Weapon Technique)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-item-stacking-mechanism-weapon-technique/12870)

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**Author:** [@dragoduval](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dragoduval)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-item-stacking-mechanism-weapon-technique/12870 "2016-11-06T17:06:00Z")

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I really love the new item stacking mechanism, it work and it save space in the inventory. But jsut a problem i have whit it, how do we take a few item at a time ? I Want to drop 5 two per four in a stove, but it drop a…

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## [Gaining mutations by failing to install CBMs?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/gaining-mutations-by-failing-to-install-cbms/12881)

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**Author:** [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/gaining-mutations-by-failing-to-install-cbms/12881 "2016-11-06T15:09:17Z")

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How does that even work ? i could see getting a malfunctioning CBM, or health loss, but what’s got to do with mutations ? Arent bionics and mutations supposed to be 2 different paths ?

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