# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=347 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 348 --- ## [SCT (scrollable combat text) should not use map\_typeface font](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sct-scrollable-combat-text-should-not-use-map-typeface-font/9281)
**Author:** [@Firestorm\_01](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Firestorm_01)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sct-scrollable-combat-text-should-not-use-map-typeface-font/9281 "2015-03-31T04:47:24Z")
Now scrollable combat text uses map typeface font settings. It seems ok but there is one problem. All fonts contains necessary ASCII symbols. But not all of them have, for example, cyrrilic symbols. Game allow you to … --- ## [Move most professions to an "Extra Professions" mod](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/move-most-professions-to-an-extra-professions-mod/9246)
**Author:** [@Derpular](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Derpular)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/move-most-professions-to-an-extra-professions-mod/9246 "2015-03-30T09:19:27Z")
If you’ve looked at the experimental build lately, you might have noticed that the list of professions to choose from has gotten a bit bloated. It wasn’t exactly svelte previously, what with having one of every athlete … --- ## [How do I use a smoking rack?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-use-a-smoking-rack/9276)
**Author:** [@Coyote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coyote)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-use-a-smoking-rack/9276 "2015-03-30T08:49:29Z")
I’ve figured out how to load it with charcoal, but not do anything else with it. Thanks for your help. --- ## [Few things changed since Whales Cataclysm, few questions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/few-things-changed-since-whales-cataclysm-few-questions/9263)
**Author:** [@Malakhaj](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Malakhaj)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/few-things-changed-since-whales-cataclysm-few-questions/9263 "2015-03-30T08:43:28Z")
Hello Have some questions about the gameplay(last time I played was some time ago). Metal doors without attached consoles - any clever way of opening them without blowing things up? Does new wild animals spawn in stat… --- ## [NPC Diseases & Reality Bubble](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-diseases-reality-bubble/9228)
**Author:** [@Pandromidal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pandromidal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-diseases-reality-bubble/9228 "2015-03-30T04:31:16Z")
Build 30580ff SDL Windows 8.1 NPC Diseases don’t go away outside of the reality bubble. --- ## [Need modding help](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/need-modding-help/9193)
**Author:** [@KrayzieJo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KrayzieJo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/need-modding-help/9193 "2015-03-30T03:21:57Z")
Hey guys! I’ve been playing this game for some time, and there are lots of things in it that I would like to change. I searched for cool mods, but didn’t find any that I liked/found interesting. I’d like to make mod(s) … --- ## [Experimental O.C-2931, Compass doesn't work correctly](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/experimental-o-c-2931-compass-doesnt-work-correctly/9271)
**Author:** [@G.E.C](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/G.E.C)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/experimental-o-c-2931-compass-doesnt-work-correctly/9271 "2015-03-30T02:32:09Z")
In the latest experimental the compass is all messed up. Enemies that are to the north are shown as being to the south and enemies to the south are not shown on the compass. This happens with NW and NE too, enemies in th… --- ## [Experimental 0.C 2930 refugee merchant quest crash](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/experimental-0-c-2930-refugee-merchant-quest-crash/9278)
**Author:** [@saltmummy626](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/saltmummy626)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/experimental-0-c-2930-refugee-merchant-quest-crash/9278 "2015-03-30T02:29:37Z")
When you talk to the merchant in the refugee center after doing the first mission for him (clearing the back bay) the option “about that job…” doesn’t disappear after turning in the quest. If you select that option it go… --- ## [Reading taking longer than usual](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-taking-longer-than-usual/9269)
**Author:** [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reading-taking-longer-than-usual/9269 "2015-03-29T20:21:03Z")
i think something is broken,since i keep getting this message while standing next to the window while sunny outside. I just hope it’s not a new mechanic, because it would be absurd. And bad. --- ## [Items not aging or changing state ever again when I use stairs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-not-aging-or-changing-state-ever-again-when-i-use-stairs/9270)
**Author:** [@deoxy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deoxy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-not-aging-or-changing-state-ever-again-when-i-use-stairs/9270 "2015-03-29T17:12:00Z")
If I drop hot smoked meat, go down the stairs, and come back up, sometimes they stay hot forever. I had a towel that stayed wet forever - a year plus, then I finally butchered it for rags. I’ve got a charcoal kiln that… --- ## [How to remove, edit in-game items through mod?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-remove-edit-in-game-items-through-mod/9274)
**Author:** [@kngsnghun](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kngsnghun)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-remove-edit-in-game-items-through-mod/9274 "2015-03-29T15:15:08Z")
Hello friends! Sorry in advance for the weird English and newbie questions. I’ve been enjoying cataclysm before it hit 0.A and i really wanted to help the community by making some mods. So what i’m trying to do is add … --- ## [How did you get introduced to cataclysm](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896)
**Author:** [@Perigrin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Perigrin)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-get-introduced-to-cataclysm/8896 "2015-03-28T19:46:19Z")
Who or what led you to our dysfunctional mosh pit of a community? For me, it was one of the guys on the dayz mod forums talking about it a lot. Hell, I think it was GTAGUY. --- ## [Faction Priorities](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/faction-priorities/9253)
**Author:** [@Wally-kun](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wally-kun)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/faction-priorities/9253 "2015-03-28T09:16:18Z")
It’s been a few patches since I last glanced at the faction screen, since I don’t play with NPC’s, and I noticed that something had changed about the way I remember it looking previously. Last time I looked, it was the O… --- ## [Tunnel Questions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tunnel-questions/9230)
**Author:** [@Pandromidal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pandromidal)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tunnel-questions/9230 "2015-03-28T06:17:15Z")
I thought it would be cool to make some tunnels, but had a number of questions. How does one prevent cave-ins. What triggers a cave-in? What is the most effective tool for making underground tunnels? Is there a way to de… --- ## [Modified Advanced UPS (MAUPS)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/modified-advanced-ups-maups/4758)
**Author:** [@Waladil](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Waladil)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/modified-advanced-ups-maups/4758 "2015-03-28T03:39:50Z")
Something that’s always bothered me is power management on a UPS, specifically when using it for Power Armor. It would be wise to toggle it on and off depending on whether you need the power, but I constantly forget to d… --- ## [Fungus Expansion](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fungus-expansion/9261)
**Author:** [@Wally-kun](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wally-kun)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fungus-expansion/9261 "2015-03-27T23:50:08Z")
I feel like at some point the fungus infection would have figured out the fact that it is insanely flammable and that one spark could completely eradicate its collective species in a course of hours. I feel like there w… --- ## [Swing the whip shouldn't gain the gun skill level](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/swing-the-whip-shouldnt-gain-the-gun-skill-level/9260)
**Author:** [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/swing-the-whip-shouldnt-gain-the-gun-skill-level/9260 "2015-03-27T23:22:41Z")
I just gain the gun skill by swing the whip, I think some one can fix it, and also, the whip swing shouldn’t gain the melee skill if it dosn’t hit anything. --- ## [Average temperature option](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/average-temperature-option/9259)
**Author:** [@Vorchar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vorchar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/average-temperature-option/9259 "2015-03-27T20:25:36Z")
It would be nice if we could change everage temperature of the world in options. Perhaps even for each season. --- ## [NPC Base Underground Levels?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-base-underground-levels/9219)
**Author:** [@Straume21](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Straume21)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-base-underground-levels/9219 "2015-03-27T16:02:07Z")
I have found a few NPC bases (refugee centers) in my latest few games, and I was wondering, is there supposed to be anything underneath them? I have blown open the metal doors and been unable to descend the passageway in… --- ## [New encumbrance](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-encumbrance/9211)
**Author:** [@Vorchar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vorchar)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-encumbrance/9211 "2015-03-27T15:27:39Z")
So encumbrance system had some changes to it and while wearing items I saw that the layering system seems to be altered. Can anyone give me a quick run trough what has changed? --- ## [Crawling zombie problem](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crawling-zombie-problem/9254)
**Author:** [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crawling-zombie-problem/9254 "2015-03-27T12:38:37Z")
One for my friend play CDDA just get biting to the head by crawling zombie, and crawling zombie can even climb up the deep pit, mabye someone can fix it, and I think mabye something like tank drone can traped in the deep… --- ## [Optical cloak draining advanced ups power are way too fast](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/optical-cloak-draining-advanced-ups-power-are-way-too-fast/9256)
**Author:** [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/optical-cloak-draining-advanced-ups-power-are-way-too-fast/9256 "2015-03-27T03:16:57Z")
I just use the FB51 optical cloak try to get pass those chicken walker, and I rechange advanced ups full to 2500, then I just take a small steps, a few tiles away, and it say the optical cloak shuting down and I appear … --- ## [Mutation category expansion](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mutation-category-expansion/3755)
**Author:** [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\ **Replies:** 496\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mutation-category-expansion/3755 "2015-03-27T02:24:01Z")
I’d been kicking around the idea of 2-4 high-level categories, chiefly using the existing mutations. Can probably work up some of EkarusRyndren’s flavoring-ideas too. (Splitting Night Vision out among different eye-typ… --- ## [Question about vehicle modding](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-about-vehicle-modding/9255)
**Author:** [@Bonemeal556](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bonemeal556)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-about-vehicle-modding/9255 "2015-03-26T22:47:58Z")
First of all i’m new to the forums and am sorry if this is the wrong section. Anyway I was wondering if I could make a vehicle that is a like tank with a rotating turret and the gun is controlled and manually fired. If… --- ## [Powered Welder isn't being detected (0.C Cooper)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/powered-welder-isnt-being-detected-0-c-cooper/9242)
**Author:** [@PiCroft](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PiCroft)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/powered-welder-isnt-being-detected-0-c-cooper/9242 "2015-03-26T21:45:28Z")
I seem to be having an issue my game where when I try to install something on a vehicle, despite having a welder with a full load of batteries, the “powered welder” item in the list of requirements for installing somethi… --- ## [Zombies have uncontrolled hatred towards random cars?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombies-have-uncontrolled-hatred-towards-random-cars/8998)
**Author:** [@James](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/James)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombies-have-uncontrolled-hatred-towards-random-cars/8998 "2015-03-26T20:52:53Z")
I’ve seen several cases now of zombies all grouping up and smashing a car totally. Possibly it’s part of infighting feature, like they are chasing an animal or vermin that’s in/under the car? Though I’ve never seen an an… --- ## [Crates vs Lockers vs Bookcases etc?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crates-vs-lockers-vs-bookcases-etc/9248)
**Author:** [@tivasyk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/tivasyk)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crates-vs-lockers-vs-bookcases-etc/9248 "2015-03-26T17:55:51Z")
sorry for (probably) just another noob question but is there any tangible difference between different furniture one can construct in terms of convenience of storing different types of items? like is a bookcase really a … --- ## [Traps not triggering for enemies](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/traps-not-triggering-for-enemies/9240)
**Author:** [@Nioca](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nioca)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/traps-not-triggering-for-enemies/9240 "2015-03-26T17:03:45Z")
Build 2914 Windows Console, Commit d59e03a I’ve noticed that traps don’t seem to be triggering with nearly the frequency they should. I first noticed it when playing and baiting a monster across a Dissector four times w… --- ## [Quick way to clear filter in advanced inventory?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/quick-way-to-clear-filter-in-advanced-inventory/9249)
**Author:** [@tivasyk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/tivasyk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 10:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/quick-way-to-clear-filter-in-advanced-inventory/9249 "2015-03-26T10:28:30Z")
once you accumulate tons of stuff at your base looking for a specific item is a pain unless one uses filtering. and one of the features of the filter is it remembers it’s state & search string. but more often than not th… --- ## [Show your bases](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/show-your-bases/8948)
**Author:** [@KillerHP](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KillerHP)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/show-your-bases/8948 "2015-03-26T06:43:05Z")
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