# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=391 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 392 --- ## [Why can't i find a usable car?!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-cant-i-find-a-usable-car/7602)
**Author:** [@Mack64](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mack64)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-cant-i-find-a-usable-car/7602 "2014-10-19T00:02:05Z")
I’ve playing the game for quite along time, and i noticed THAT THERE IS NO DRIVABLE CAR! So i wonder why? I know the game cant be too easy, but it’s a BIT unrealistic. --- ## [Shocker Brutes are too strong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shocker-brutes-are-too-strong/7388)
**Author:** [@Snaaty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Snaaty)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shocker-brutes-are-too-strong/7388 "2014-10-18T23:35:32Z")
Hello, now, what just happened: I was strolling around a massive city with 1.5 zombie spawn at night, scavenging for stuff. I had combat skills of roughly level 5, and a reinforced battleaxe as a weapon. I could chop d… --- ## [More Gamemodes!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-gamemodes/7595)
**Author:** [@bubbadoo14](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bubbadoo14)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-gamemodes/7595 "2014-10-18T17:24:18Z")
I think the game should get more Gamemodes. I believe there is so few but there can be so many possibilities! It would bring something fresh to the table and give something else people can enjoy with it! Here is an ide… --- ## [Triffid and Lab tips](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/triffid-and-lab-tips/7610)
**Author:** [@Zioko](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zioko)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/triffid-and-lab-tips/7610 "2014-10-18T13:48:11Z")
So, having dealt with my power problem by simply using as much of it as possible all the time, I have a new difficulty- darn Triffids and a Lab. I’ve been unable to find any lab IDs, for one- would explosives and the en… --- ## [Have you played as yourself?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/have-you-played-as-yourself/7434)
**Author:** [@digitCruncher](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/digitCruncher)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/have-you-played-as-yourself/7434 "2014-10-18T10:32:58Z")
I just have to ask… have you ever played as yourself? My ‘me’ character is probably the least suited to a zombie apocalypse ever … but so fun to play too (for me, at least) STR 7 DEX 7 INT 12 PER 7 Fast Reader, Gour… --- ## [Crafting board games/Toys](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crafting-board-games-toys/7611)
**Author:** [@JamesR3d](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JamesR3d)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crafting-board-games-toys/7611 "2014-10-18T10:03:04Z")
Like tops and other toys to entertain, up moral, and trade. --- ## [New Animal, Vulture](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-animal-vulture/7566)
**Author:** [@fatbooboo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/fatbooboo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-animal-vulture/7566 "2014-10-18T10:00:04Z")
I think it would be cool if we could have vultures in the game that would eat all the dead corpses and fellow the player around if he is near death Maybe V also Zombie Vulture --- ## [Power Overload](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/power-overload/7605)
**Author:** [@Zioko](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zioko)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/power-overload/7605 "2014-10-18T06:21:18Z")
Hey, Cataclysm friends. I recently started a new character with a new set of traits, just for fun- I recently raided a bunker, got several CBMs, including a Joint-Torsion Rachet. I installed most flawlessly, until I fail… --- ## [Character Creation Block](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/character-creation-block/7600)
**Author:** [@Tineen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tineen)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/character-creation-block/7600 "2014-10-18T04:15:45Z")
Having a hard time coming up with new character concepts for Cataclysm at the moment, I would be grateful for any fun character builds other players have designed! Content with either min/maxed design builds or rp build… --- ## [Cata Clean](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cata-clean/7584)
**Author:** [@Xynon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xynon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cata-clean/7584 "2014-10-18T03:29:06Z")
This is my mod, Cata Clean, which removes some items, such as drugs, undergarments, and beer. I am very new to this, so if you have any feedback, it would be appreciated. If I have missed something please let me know. If… --- ## [Death Bug Respawn/Clone](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/death-bug-respawn-clone/7597)
**Author:** [@Dzlan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dzlan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/death-bug-respawn-clone/7597 "2014-10-18T03:04:19Z")
So, today I was killed like the moment I walked out of my shelter by an NPC. Really annoyed because it was a perfect start, but you know, it happens. I decided to just close the game instead of saving and quitting or wh… --- ## [Safes are empty and generate an error message when the open safe is examined](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/safes-are-empty-and-generate-an-error-message-when-the-open-safe-is-examined/7606)
**Author:** [@Thwap](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Thwap)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/safes-are-empty-and-generate-an-error-message-when-the-open-safe-is-examined/7606 "2014-10-18T00:19:47Z")
The error message reads terrain f\_safe\_o.close == non existant furniture ‘f\_safe’ --- ## [Er....help?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/er-help/7585)
**Author:** [@Jimbo\_Gee](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jimbo_Gee)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/er-help/7585 "2014-10-17T15:53:05Z")
So I just joined the forums and downloaded the game but I am having trouble figuring out the controls and how on earth I make the game full screen? Is there a manual or something I have missed? The screen starts out qui… --- ## [Walk of the Berserk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/walk-of-the-berserk/7592)
**Author:** [@Slax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Slax)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/walk-of-the-berserk/7592 "2014-10-17T05:19:41Z")
A new starting scenario with two jobs. Well. More of a new game mode, really. Demons haunt you. You bear the curse and mark of Sacrifice. The mark causes pain whenever demons are nearby. Spooky, strong demons spawn all… --- ## [Questions before building my first real Deathmobile](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/questions-before-building-my-first-real-deathmobile/7580)
**Author:** [@Thwap](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Thwap)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/questions-before-building-my-first-real-deathmobile/7580 "2014-10-16T12:03:05Z")
Okay so I’ve got access to a couple crashed APCs to cut up for parts, lots of equipment, lots of batteries, and a safe place to work. Time to quit squatting in this fire station and take on the world. But I do have some … --- ## [Challenge idea: Kyle Reese](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/challenge-idea-kyle-reese/7575)
**Author:** [@Murphy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Murphy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/challenge-idea-kyle-reese/7575 "2014-10-16T03:52:17Z")
Take your late-game advanced survivor, with all his skills, knowledge, mutations, bionics, what have you. Drop everything you carry, save game. Go to your world folder, find the .sav file. Generate a new world, with 0.01… --- ## [Where did shrub seeds go?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-did-shrub-seeds-go/7570)
**Author:** [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-did-shrub-seeds-go/7570 "2014-10-16T03:21:05Z")
Several revisions ago fruit shrubs dropped seeds, now they only drop fruit. Is it intended? I tested it at 70 all skills, so no rng(surv/4, surv/2) rounding down to 0 or anything like that. Also, a very minor bug: harve… --- ## [Heat Containment](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/heat-containment/7565)
**Author:** [@bahihs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bahihs)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/heat-containment/7565 "2014-10-15T23:44:56Z")
This might belong in the suggestions, but since I don’t exactly know what all the latest features are, I’ll ask here first. Are there other ways to contain flames and smoke other than pits and stone fireplaces? Do Stove… --- ## [Day 12 and all my canned food is rotten. What \*should\* I have been hoarding?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/day-12-and-all-my-canned-food-is-rotten-what-should-i-have-been-hoarding/7587)
**Author:** [@Thwap](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Thwap)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/day-12-and-all-my-canned-food-is-rotten-what-should-i-have-been-hoarding/7587 "2014-10-15T22:38:02Z")
Question as in the title. Well, not quite all of it, but things are going bad left and right and I have no real reason to imagine that any of it will last much longer. If not canned food, what am I supposed to be storing… --- ## [\[Latest experimental\] Skewer duplication](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/latest-experimental-skewer-duplication/7588)
**Author:** [@Zaweri\_Runewright](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zaweri_Runewright)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/latest-experimental-skewer-duplication/7588 "2014-10-15T22:05:59Z")
You can duplicate skewers. Step 1: Acquire a skewer. Step 2: Make a wooden needle. Step 3: Cut the wooden needle into 2 skewers Step 4: Repeat. (Sorry if this seems kind of useless, but I don’t like duplicatable ite… --- ## [Royal Jelly - Ineffective on Infection?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/royal-jelly-ineffective-on-infection/7583)
**Author:** [@Solusphere](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Solusphere)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/royal-jelly-ineffective-on-infection/7583 "2014-10-15T21:43:03Z")
Feel free to delete this if everything is working as intended, but is Royal Jelly supposed to have no effect on advanced infected wounds? It seems to cure damn near everything else, including such exotic things as fungal… --- ## [\[FIXED\] Construction "Place Forge" seems broken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fixed-construction-place-forge-seems-broken/7582)
**Author:** [@Malaxxor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Malaxxor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fixed-construction-place-forge-seems-broken/7582 "2014-10-15T21:00:58Z")
\[s\]Hey guys, the construction “Place Forge” seems to be a bit broken, in that it uses the wrong type of forge in it’s construction. Specifically, to place a forge, you need an electric forge, but once placed, it behaves… --- ## [Game Translation Files](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-translation-files/2072)
**Author:** [@GlyphGryph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GlyphGryph)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-translation-files/2072 "2014-10-15T06:33:29Z")
To find the translation files, go here: https://translations.launchpad.net/cdda yobbo: the recommended translation process is now just “go to the site”, “log in”, “start translating” :slight\_smile: --- ## [Cata 2224: Character creator bug](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cata-2224-character-creator-bug/7577)
**Author:** [@XxDrinkBleachxX](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/XxDrinkBleachxX)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cata-2224-character-creator-bug/7577 "2014-10-15T00:13:14Z")
If you have skills selected for your character and then change the scenario, it leaves the skills there and gives you you’re points, making it possible to have essentially unlimited skill points. I’d personally say that … --- ## [Dogs,zombie dogs, cats inside houses](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dogs-zombie-dogs-cats-inside-houses/7541)
**Author:** [@fatbooboo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/fatbooboo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dogs-zombie-dogs-cats-inside-houses/7541 "2014-10-14T22:04:00Z")
I don’t know if its possible or not but it would be cool if some of the randomly generated houses in the towns could have dogs, zombie dogs or cats inside them, to simulate people’s pets they have left. --- ## [Solar farms. How do?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/solar-farms-how-do/7576)
**Author:** [@Cherry](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cherry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/solar-farms-how-do/7576 "2014-10-14T21:03:43Z")
What is? Why make? How make? Good make for when? --- ## [Abby's Grab Bag Extravaganza List o' Suggestions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/abbys-grab-bag-extravaganza-list-o-suggestions/7532)
**Author:** [@Abbysynth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Abbysynth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/abbys-grab-bag-extravaganza-list-o-suggestions/7532 "2014-10-14T10:32:24Z")
Bullet point format goooooooo Hauling frame exoskeleton suit without the power armor requirement. Just a steel-reinforced pneumatic frame like you see in Aliens, aka the Caterpillar P-5000 Work Loader. This would be a… --- ## [Suggestion: Tank drones starting ammo random](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/suggestion-tank-drones-starting-ammo-random/7573)
**Author:** [@jokaro](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jokaro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/suggestion-tank-drones-starting-ammo-random/7573 "2014-10-14T06:41:47Z")
Make tank drones starting ammo random from 0-40. So that you could be lucky and find a drone thats out of ammo or only have 1 shot left. --- ## [Underlying mechanics of vehicles](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underlying-mechanics-of-vehicles/7572)
**Author:** [@Murphy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Murphy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underlying-mechanics-of-vehicles/7572 "2014-10-14T05:26:08Z")
I don’t know what “K dynamics” means, but here are some quirky observations I made. Top speed of a vehicle seems to be only affected by: \[ul\]\[li\]drive power, obviously – the more, the better\[/li\] \[li\]number/size of wh… --- ## [Legendary Items](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/legendary-items/7553)
**Author:** [@saltmummy626](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/saltmummy626)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/legendary-items/7553 "2014-10-14T04:31:53Z")
The magic of markers or sharp objects. Its not such of a much unless you, for example, pass your save around DF style, but writing on your equipment or items is a thing we can do. Creating your own named items is quiet e… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=390) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=392)