# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=273 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 274 --- ## [Eyes adapt to darkness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/eyes-adapt-to-darkness/12090)
**Author:** [@Someoneman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Someoneman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/eyes-adapt-to-darkness/12090 "2016-06-30T15:43:53Z")
I’m not sure if it’s just me, but it feels like the “Night Vision” trait is almost mandatory for any character. Being limited to one tile of vision in the dark is realistic, but too inconvenient and restrictive. My solu… --- ## [Text problem in tileset mode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/text-problem-in-tileset-mode/12134)
**Author:** [@ViRGiL7](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ViRGiL7)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/text-problem-in-tileset-mode/12134 "2016-06-30T13:51:40Z")
Hi! I found some problem with the sets of graphs. I found the game a few days ago. I downloaded it. I completed training without tilesets. Everything was great, but I just fell in love with a RetroASCII tileset. It is… --- ## [Funniest bug you remember](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/funniest-bug-you-remember/12135)
**Author:** [@BeerBeer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BeerBeer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/funniest-bug-you-remember/12135 "2016-06-30T12:04:19Z")
I instantly lost my sh\*t when I read this in the logs, completely caught me off-guard: Fix deafness protecting from hostile NPCs https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/17411 Robber: "Stop right there, hombr… --- ## [New scenarios, Missions, and a Rogue Survivor Reference \[Some Spoilers\]](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-scenarios-missions-and-a-rogue-survivor-reference-some-spoilers/12098)
**Author:** [@Taberone](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Taberone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 8:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-scenarios-missions-and-a-rogue-survivor-reference-some-spoilers/12098 "2016-06-30T08:58:57Z")
Scenario 1: Vault Escape Description: You’ve survived the initial tragedy that struck the vault! Unfortunately, you’re still trapped here, knee-deep in the abominations that used to be your friends, and you’ve got some … --- ## [No executable in latest windows experimental? (graphical)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/no-executable-in-latest-windows-experimental-graphical/12129)
**Author:** [@fessferenc](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/fessferenc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/no-executable-in-latest-windows-experimental-graphical/12129 "2016-06-30T07:45:37Z")
My apologies if I am wasting time, I tried searching for this but couldn’t find anything on the topic, but when I download the latest windows graphical experimental versions (0.C 5152-5155), there’s no executable in the … --- ## [M037 and fire](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/m037-and-fire/12086)
**Author:** [@vivat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vivat)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 7:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/m037-and-fire/12086 "2016-06-30T07:18:28Z")
goo and fire. why goo stops working within zombies, who died in the fire? if you kill the zombie with fire - they are not raised. Does this mean that goo “burns”? but then the zombie-meat becomes potentially edible wi… --- ## [Executable missing from latest experimental builds?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/executable-missing-from-latest-experimental-builds/12128)
**Author:** [@Necrosia](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Necrosia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/executable-missing-from-latest-experimental-builds/12128 "2016-06-30T02:10:54Z")
Any particular reason the Cataclysm tiles .exe is missing from builds 5152 and upward? --- ## [Burnt Items](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/burnt-items/12125)
**Author:** [@Gnorse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gnorse)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/burnt-items/12125 "2016-06-30T00:19:47Z")
when set fire to a pile of items , most of them burn but after the fire goes away there might be a few surviving items and most of the time they have a “burnt” prefix does this affect anything (value,utility?) also , s… --- ## [The Magic Version Number](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-magic-version-number/12084)
**Author:** [@SpadeDraco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SpadeDraco)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-magic-version-number/12084 "2016-06-29T23:31:21Z")
Is 5070 for anyone wanting to roll back to before the filthy clothes debacle happened (and who doesn’t really?). 5071 is where it seems to have been introduced. Figured I’d post this as a PSA for those of us who weren’t … --- ## [Electro motor - quest item](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/electro-motor-quest-item/12131)
**Author:** [@vivat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vivat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/electro-motor-quest-item/12131 "2016-06-29T19:55:40Z")
whether it is possible to ask the developers how to make a division among the motors? and, perhaps, to clean up the rest of the names of objects, of course, if the time allows, the ability or the desire to do. in a ques… --- ## [Extensibility for vehicle parts to have new tool features(flags)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/extensibility-for-vehicle-parts-to-have-new-tool-features-flags/12127)
**Author:** [@CodeSeg](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CodeSeg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/extensibility-for-vehicle-parts-to-have-new-tool-features-flags/12127 "2016-06-29T14:34:36Z")
Currently, the features which vehicle parts might have are limited. A vehicle part could have one or more flags in but not ones added in mods. I designed a new tool with a new flag “CHEMLAB\_ADVANCED” and realized I cou… --- ## [Most every bullets bounce off me and NPC in latest experimental build](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/most-every-bullets-bounce-off-me-and-npc-in-latest-experimental-build/12100)
**Author:** [@HisShadow](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HisShadow)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/most-every-bullets-bounce-off-me-and-npc-in-latest-experimental-build/12100 "2016-06-29T12:08:02Z")
Maybe this done for some testing purpose, but how switch it off? I’m trying latest and earliest experimental builds with same issues - All my bullets bounce off NPC persons and, for example, 9mm turret bullets bounce off… --- ## [Prehistoric hunter profession=junk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/prehistoric-hunter-profession-junk/12080)
**Author:** [@Bidyhackier](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bidyhackier)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/prehistoric-hunter-profession-junk/12080 "2016-06-29T12:05:26Z")
definitely,it give us a set of (poor) survival tools and forces us to get a 6-pointer which is crippling(namely illiterate),so that give us a total of 8 points we could be using in something else,if i took illiterate i c… --- ## [Endgame: Time Travel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/endgame-time-travel/12013)
**Author:** [@Slax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Slax)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/endgame-time-travel/12013 "2016-06-29T07:50:50Z")
You’ve done it. You built it! A time machine. It should be calibrated… “Enter the portal? \[Y/N\]” Do you know enough to save the past from the incoming cataclysm? Will you even be able to function with other human being… --- ## [Filthy clothes -\> dirty rags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/filthy-clothes-dirty-rags/12126)
**Author:** [@Slax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Slax)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/filthy-clothes-dirty-rags/12126 "2016-06-29T05:53:02Z")
Makes sense, no? --- ## [Landshaft generator subroutine](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/landshaft-generator-subroutine/12116)
**Author:** [@vivat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vivat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/landshaft-generator-subroutine/12116 "2016-06-29T03:09:26Z")
is the %SUBJ% can generate the sea with Islands - at all? or may be, though, would be a big lake with some of the island? is ships and boats is needed in game at all? or maybe in future? in the Dwarf Fortress i may us… --- ## [Fight or Flight help?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fight-or-flight-help/12001)
**Author:** [@theepicvoid111](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/theepicvoid111)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fight-or-flight-help/12001 "2016-06-29T03:08:00Z")
I have a quick question… So I constantly die in the game because either I can’t outrun an enemy, such as wolves or moose. Yet I can’t fight back either… So what am I supposed to do in that situation? Am I meant to just d… --- ## [Plumbum and...Copper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/plumbum-and-copper/12054)
**Author:** [@vivat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vivat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/plumbum-and-copper/12054 "2016-06-29T02:55:18Z")
why lead so simply to get - from usual metal junk but copper so hard to find? hardly need more copper it for 5.45 NATO. hell of copper tubes i need. .223 need copper too - but many less. --- ## [Schizophrenia suggestion](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/schizophrenia-suggestion/12124)
**Author:** [@Sundaysmile](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sundaysmile)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/schizophrenia-suggestion/12124 "2016-06-29T02:30:19Z")
I’ve been playing a Schizophrenic character for a while now and experienced all kinds of bizarre stuff while out on my roadtrip across the New England wasteland. I’ve seen strange messages in my text log. I’ve randomly… --- ## [\[5141\] Cannot repair metal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/5141-cannot-repair-metal/12122)
**Author:** [@Alasnuyo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Alasnuyo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/5141-cannot-repair-metal/12122 "2016-06-28T19:24:12Z")
I think the stackification of scrap metal may have broken the repair metallic item’s function. It kept saying the I only have scrap metal even though I’ve got a pile of them in my inventory while trying to repair stuff. --- ## [Drones](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/drones/12091)
**Author:** [@Bidyhackier](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bidyhackier)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/drones/12091 "2016-06-28T17:29:31Z")
everyone knows what a drone is so i will skip this part. types:there will be 3 types of drones:toy drones,pizza delivery drones,and military drones. the civilian grade can only carry cameras(so you can see what is on t… --- ## [Does anybody like the PPSh?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-anybody-like-the-ppsh/12119)
**Author:** [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BorkBorkGoesTheCode)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-anybody-like-the-ppsh/12119 "2016-06-28T11:47:02Z")
I have recently added more types of 7.62x25 cartridge and added magazines to the PPSh, and I was wondering what people thought of the changes. \[Moved from The Library.\] --- ## [What qualifies as Lifting equipment? ver .5030](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-qualifies-as-lifting-equipment-ver-5030/12106)
**Author:** [@Kryxx](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kryxx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 8:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-qualifies-as-lifting-equipment-ver-5030/12106 "2016-06-28T08:30:43Z")
Edit: You need to drop the vehicle weight down to 6 tons to use any jack. This is not correctly modeled at all. The vehicle is a 9ton armored car, I had ‘replaced’ 2 of the broken armored wheels (of the 4… somehow it … --- ## [\[5141\] Persistent debug messages from morale calculations](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/5141-persistent-debug-messages-from-morale-calculations/12121)
**Author:** [@Alasnuyo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Alasnuyo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/5141-persistent-debug-messages-from-morale-calculations/12121 "2016-06-28T08:25:59Z")
On one hand the persistent morale debuffs from filthy gears are mostly solved. On the other, I keep getting debug messages when taking off fancy and filthy items. With when taking off the fancy watch, I get this: DEBUG… --- ## [About new side of help (multi player without multiplayer)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/about-new-side-of-help-multi-player-without-multiplayer/12105)
**Author:** [@vivat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vivat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/about-new-side-of-help-multi-player-without-multiplayer/12105 "2016-06-27T22:24:48Z")
i have in my world many characters. i want to find them all. find for goto one point on the map. two chars is spawned - one near other. third char spawned - where& i do not know where - to north or to south or maybe t… --- ## [Running on Ubuntu Linux](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/running-on-ubuntu-linux/8908)
**Author:** [@kittentamer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kittentamer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/running-on-ubuntu-linux/8908 "2016-06-27T22:09:16Z")
I’m getting back into linux after a year or so away and I found this game in between. Now that I’m trying to play it on here (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS), I tried doing what I usually do. Download from the main page and run it (Li… --- ## [What are we using for currency (apart from cash cards)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-are-we-using-for-currency-apart-from-cash-cards/12070)
**Author:** [@Bidyhackier](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bidyhackier)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-are-we-using-for-currency-apart-from-cash-cards/12070 "2016-06-27T16:55:14Z")
AFAIK the lore says the government made all money be turned on cash cards,so how i am bartering with npcs before i even got a cash card? bottle lids? --- ## [Mod attempt questions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-attempt-questions/12114)
**Author:** [@Stratum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Stratum)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-attempt-questions/12114 "2016-06-27T05:06:58Z")
I’ve been playing the game for a while now, and decided I wanted to try making a mod to add some things I’d like to see in it. I don’t know anything about coding so I looked around for anything that could help me figure … --- ## [Skill to high to learn recipe](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-to-high-to-learn-recipe/12107)
**Author:** [@alprk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/alprk)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-to-high-to-learn-recipe/12107 "2016-06-27T03:19:11Z")
I’m confused, I want to learn a recipe that’s in yellow book but I can’t as my skill too high, how do I learn? Sorry search is not working well on my phone, if this is a stupid question again I apologise --- ## [How To Beat The Prison Break Scenario](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-beat-the-prison-break-scenario/12097)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-beat-the-prison-break-scenario/12097 "2016-06-27T02:58:15Z")
NOTE: You may need to savescum a few times depending on how the RNG feels PREPARATION: Night Vision is going to be a tremendous help Put a few points into combat skills (melee, dodging) as well Above-average strength… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=272) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=274)