# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=373 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 374 --- ## [Explanation for charge rifle/plasma rifle](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/explanation-for-charge-rifle-plasma-rifle/8251)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/explanation-for-charge-rifle-plasma-rifle/8251 "2014-12-10T17:13:05Z")
No idea where to post this but http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-06/armys-laser-guided-lightning-weapon-delivers-high-voltage-through-air Think this somehow polishes the imagination of some future weapon for… --- ## [Larger military buildings/complexes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/larger-military-buildings-complexes/8118)
**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/larger-military-buildings-complexes/8118 "2014-12-10T13:03:07Z")
Right now all the military buildings are small one tile affairs. We should have some National Guard Armories that are multi-tile buildings with attached motorpools. Maybe even a base which would actually take a larger r… --- ## [Vehicle tracking devices still don't work?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-tracking-devices-still-dont-work/8250)
**Author:** [@ramesesniblet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ramesesniblet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-tracking-devices-still-dont-work/8250 "2014-12-10T12:57:24Z")
Tried on 0.B-2492, I have a vehicle with battery charge and a tracking device turned on, PDA in inventory and nothing shows on the map. Edit: after a lot of faffing about over the past week, I turned it off and on again… --- ## [Should cauterization exist?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/should-cauterization-exist/8022)
**Author:** [@Maur](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Maur)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/should-cauterization-exist/8022 "2014-12-10T02:32:02Z")
I mean, it actually makes the matter worse afaik, and wounds get more, uh, nasty and festering after its applied. --- ## [Fell asleep due to skitz and continued to read](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fell-asleep-due-to-skitz-and-continued-to-read/8240)
**Author:** [@KarmaHound](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KarmaHound)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fell-asleep-due-to-skitz-and-continued-to-read/8240 "2014-12-10T00:34:44Z")
First things first! Version: cataclysmdda-0.B-2481 (703d730) (SDL) OS: Windows 8.1 I was about to read Mechanical Mastery and as soon as I started my guy decided it was a good time to sleep due to schizophrenia. It lagg… --- ## [2491 - Sewing Alterations Materials Bug?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/2491-sewing-alterations-materials-bug/8239)
**Author:** [@secretfire](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/secretfire)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/2491-sewing-alterations-materials-bug/8239 "2014-12-10T00:19:43Z")
I’m not sure where it came in, its in the current version and at least the past few days or so - but sewing no longer seems to work. No matter how many rags, leather patches/etc. I have in my inventory, the game never re… --- ## [The Russian weapons pack!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-russian-weapons-pack/8079)
**Author:** [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-russian-weapons-pack/8079 "2014-12-09T23:42:33Z")
\[center\]\[image\]\[/center\] \[center\]A mod pack containing most of the Kalashnikov family of guns and various Russian guns! To the obscure and unknown to the popular and modernized, I’ll try to put it in.\[/center\] \[hr\] So… --- ## [What is your raiding gear?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-your-raiding-gear/8243)
**Author:** [@Illogical\_Blox](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Illogical_Blox)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-your-raiding-gear/8243 "2014-12-09T20:38:11Z")
What do you carry when you are raiding towns? I tend to reach this state after a while of searching. \[spoiler\] Weapons: melee weapon (crowbar at first, then later a nail bat or similar, then hopefully a sword) gun (s… --- ## [\[498dcce\] lobotomizer can't be used to clear metal wreckage](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/498dcce-lobotomizer-cant-be-used-to-clear-metal-wreckage/8230)
**Author:** [@Taika](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Taika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/498dcce-lobotomizer-cant-be-used-to-clear-metal-wreckage/8230 "2014-12-09T19:53:00Z")
Subject says it all. Threw away my old shovel because, well, a lobo has to be better, then I found out that it’s even worse (for clearing) than a stone shovel. As a sidenote, what quality or whatever is used to determin… --- ## [Shooting ranges](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shooting-ranges/8122)
**Author:** [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shooting-ranges/8122 "2014-12-09T16:11:57Z")
Loot would include spent casings scattered around and in trash barrels. Sometimes a corpse or three with guns and unfired ammo. Would have a chance of spawning within 10 tiles of any town, increased chance if nearest t… --- ## [New Here, Some things I'd like to see](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-here-some-things-id-like-to-see/8218)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Letto](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lord_Letto)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-here-some-things-id-like-to-see/8218 "2014-12-09T15:43:13Z")
Hi, I’m Letto, I’m a 25 year old Single Male from Southern Ontario, Canada, I’m relatively new to Rougelikes, only Rougelikes I’ve played is the original Ragnarok using Dosbox and I just started playing C:DDA Yesterday. … --- ## [What's the Most guns you had Generate in a LMOE Shelter to Start with?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/whats-the-most-guns-you-had-generate-in-a-lmoe-shelter-to-start-with/8229)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Letto](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lord_Letto)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/whats-the-most-guns-you-had-generate-in-a-lmoe-shelter-to-start-with/8229 "2014-12-09T04:46:51Z")
My Last/Current Attempt is the best for me: 2x Ruger Redhawks and a Deagle chambered for .44 Magnum with 150 .44 Magnum Rounds Remington 700 with 20 .270 Winchester Rounds M4A1 with 40 .223 Remington Rounds Mosin-Nag… --- ## [Duplicated powered armor bug + SAVE CORRUPTING CRASH](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/duplicated-powered-armor-bug-save-corrupting-crash/8232)
**Author:** [@Abbysynth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Abbysynth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/duplicated-powered-armor-bug-save-corrupting-crash/8232 "2014-12-09T04:09:49Z")
0.B.2473 SDL Win 7 I had a set of powered armor and was using it just fine. Then I think I dropped the power hauling frame I was also wearing, it dropped all my other powered armor, and then I discovered I had a duplic… --- ## [What sort of survivor are you?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-sort-of-survivor-are-you/8028)
**Author:** [@RAM](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RAM)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-sort-of-survivor-are-you/8028 "2014-12-09T04:07:34Z")
--- ## [I have never read any spoilers, what about you?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-have-never-read-any-spoilers-what-about-you/8211)
**Author:** [@Black\_OPs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Black_OPs)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-have-never-read-any-spoilers-what-about-you/8211 "2014-12-09T00:43:08Z")
I have never read up on any artifacts or anything. I have also only ever found 1 artifact and just recently ( Whispering tube ) and was dissapointed with it’s results. I have been playing off and on sense it was whale’s … --- ## [Can't build a stone fireplace](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-build-a-stone-fireplace/8216)
**Author:** [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-build-a-stone-fireplace/8216 "2014-12-08T21:55:04Z")
I have all the needed materials and tools (stones, hammer and shovel) but i cannot build the fireplace. It is grayed out in the construction menu, and it shows the tool with red, even if i have them in my inventory. Any … --- ## [Time Dilation causes crash](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/time-dilation-causes-crash/8238)
**Author:** [@Yukille](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Yukille)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/time-dilation-causes-crash/8238 "2014-12-08T21:11:45Z")
0.B 988dcce Tiles Windows 7 Using the time dilation CBM doesn’t appear to do anything, and if activated a second time the game crashes with the message: “This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in … --- ## [Vampire mod suggestions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vampire-mod-suggestions/8120)
**Author:** [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vampire-mod-suggestions/8120 "2014-12-08T20:54:51Z")
So I was wondering if anyone else in the CDDA community is a vampire fan, someone with modding skills, as my past attempts to get them implemented in the main game have never gone anywhere. First, I’m wondering if it is… --- ## [Favorite traits?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/favorite-traits/7433)
**Author:** [@jokaro](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jokaro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/favorite-traits/7433 "2014-12-08T19:30:45Z")
Whats your favorite traits both positive and negative? I usually go with parkour expert, Disease Resistant, Night Vision. Sometimes Robust Genetics and one of the martial arts traits. For negative I almost always take … --- ## [Gearing up: armor and clothing](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/gearing-up-armor-and-clothing/8231)
**Author:** [@Maur](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Maur)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/gearing-up-armor-and-clothing/8231 "2014-12-08T19:04:12Z")
So, after i got almost killed in my last night raid, i decided to pay attention to this. Here are the results. Did i forget anything? Torso: camo tank top kevlar vest hoodie survivor trenchoat scabbard Head: heav… --- ## [Snippets on furniture](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/snippets-on-furniture/8019)
**Author:** [@Snaaty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Snaaty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/snippets-on-furniture/8019 "2014-12-08T14:01:46Z")
Hello, I am curious, is it possible to utilize the “snippets-infrastructure” on furniture as well? Specifically, I was thinking about a graveyard with tombstones, which should have “random” descriptions on them. --- ## [\[e5d18db\] Painkillers don't appear to do anything](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/e5d18db-painkillers-dont-appear-to-do-anything/8183)
**Author:** [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/e5d18db-painkillers-dont-appear-to-do-anything/8183 "2014-12-08T05:13:05Z")
So I just say down at 618 pain after a rather unfortunate run-in with a handful of tazer-bots with a syringe and 80 doses of Morphine. 80 Doses of Morphine later I’m completely fine dead or alive wise, but my pain hasn’… --- ## [A couple of things](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-couple-of-things/8223)
**Author:** [@Snaaty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Snaaty)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-couple-of-things/8223 "2014-12-08T02:07:39Z")
Here area couple of things I have noticed. I am not sure if those are bugs, but still: Zombies seem to have some magical sense of “sensing” me; particularly if I walk next to the wall outside of a building in which th… --- ## [Mod for fewer NPCs?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-for-fewer-npcs/8209)
**Author:** [@KroganElite](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KroganElite)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-for-fewer-npcs/8209 "2014-12-08T01:45:22Z")
Hi, I would like to know if there’s already a mod for lowering the number or spawn rates of NPCs. They just litter my map with all these survivors. As Jefmajor puts it: “this isn’t an apocalypse, it’s just tuesday”. If … --- ## [What buildings does Classic Zombies remove?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-buildings-does-classic-zombies-remove/8215)
**Author:** [@SiegeLion](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SiegeLion)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-buildings-does-classic-zombies-remove/8215 "2014-12-08T00:07:22Z")
I’ve got a Classic Zombies world going, about 30 days into Spring, about to become Summer, it’s a different experience to the regular game, I enjoy the idea more but it is way too easy once you get a good character. It d… --- ## [I think the zombies raided a hacksaw factory,](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-think-the-zombies-raided-a-hacksaw-factory/8195)
**Author:** [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-think-the-zombies-raided-a-hacksaw-factory/8195 "2014-12-07T22:46:34Z")
I dont know whats up with these zombies but so far in a town there litrally been 7 boomers alone to drop a hacksaw, and several more from other zombies… Sorry if your game doesn’t have any hacksaws cause i think my game … --- ## [Slow sleeping time](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slow-sleeping-time/8222)
**Author:** [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slow-sleeping-time/8222 "2014-12-07T22:03:34Z")
for one or another reason, it takes an awful lot of time each time a put my char to sleep. Also the game kinda freezes, i seem to remember some time ago , while sleeping, the game sped up and ran nicely. It’s not game br… --- ## [Undefined plutonium cells and advanced inventory crash](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/undefined-plutonium-cells-and-advanced-inventory-crash/8224)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/undefined-plutonium-cells-and-advanced-inventory-crash/8224 "2014-12-07T21:09:44Z")
0.b stable, Windoze Disassembling a teleporter gives plutonium cells (0). If you try to move this through advanced inventory, the game crashes with the following errors: \[code\]MinGW Runtime Assertion Assertion failed… --- ## [It's wintertime. What's the most effective fuel to burn?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/its-wintertime-whats-the-most-effective-fuel-to-burn/7961)
**Author:** [@Closet\_Pankin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Closet_Pankin)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/its-wintertime-whats-the-most-effective-fuel-to-burn/7961 "2014-12-07T20:50:42Z")
I’m tempted to burn logs, but I’m not sure if the game sees it as different than, say, skewers. The winter is about a month long and I would prefer to burn fuel in the most effective manner possible. Thank you! --- ## [Big Book of Lab Challenge Beating (guide)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/big-book-of-lab-challenge-beating-guide/8085)
**Author:** [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/big-book-of-lab-challenge-beating-guide/8085 "2014-12-07T19:28:25Z")
I just managed to get 2 characters out of lab in a row and didn’t need heavy RNG favor for it. Here’s a guide to reliably escaping out of a lab. No heavy luck required, only lack of heavy un-luck. Guide assumes some ba… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=372) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=374)