# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=392 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 393 --- ## [Nit-Picking: Vacutainer draws human blood on non-human player](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/nit-picking-vacutainer-draws-human-blood-on-non-human-player/7568)
**Author:** [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/nit-picking-vacutainer-draws-human-blood-on-non-human-player/7568 "2014-10-13T22:50:40Z")
Not really a major issue but I’ve noticed that lately I seem to bleed sap, not quite sure where the vacutainer got human blood from… --- ## [The Dark Wanderer (monster/NPC)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-dark-wanderer-monster-npc/7506)
**Author:** [@Apex](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Apex)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-dark-wanderer-monster-npc/7506 "2014-10-13T22:22:22Z")
\[size=24pt\]The Dark Wanderer\[/size\] \[size=14pt\]Symbol:\[/size\] W \[size=14pt\]Attributes\[/size\] A non-aggressive NPC/Monster Wanders aimlessly (within a certain range of its spawn) Spawns in the FIELD biom 1 Spawn per … --- ## [Nonexistant vehicle's engine is still running (2229)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/nonexistant-vehicles-engine-is-still-running-2229/7564)
**Author:** [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/nonexistant-vehicles-engine-is-still-running-2229/7564 "2014-10-13T11:31:53Z")
There’s the engine of some sort of vehicle humming to the northeast. It moves with me, and produces smoke. Reloading works for a time, but it eventually comes back. I have no explanation for this. --- ## [How do u get rid of .500BMG antimaterial turrets on the street?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-u-get-rid-of-500bmg-antimaterial-turrets-on-the-street/7535)
**Author:** [@dreamfantasy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dreamfantasy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 9:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-u-get-rid-of-500bmg-antimaterial-turrets-on-the-street/7535 "2014-10-13T09:43:48Z")
as it was said in the topic. I’ve tried ramming it with my car but it shot me dead b4 i can reach it. Of long range, high penetration power and dreadful damage, those turrets already killed several characters. Actually… --- ## [Describe your best Cataclysm run](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/describe-your-best-cataclysm-run/7516)
**Author:** [@chefvordivask](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/chefvordivask)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2014, 7:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/describe-your-best-cataclysm-run/7516 "2014-10-13T07:00:30Z")
In my best run, I found a gun store immediately and found some kinda revolver that I cant remember the name. I then ran through the town and one-shotted every single zombie, and then looted all the houses after they were… --- ## [Game crashes when rebinding non-existent keys](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-crashes-when-rebinding-non-existent-keys/7563)
**Author:** [@Keyreper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Keyreper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-crashes-when-rebinding-non-existent-keys/7563 "2014-10-12T21:40:16Z")
when attempting to rebind non-existing keys such as \` the game will crash. Version: 627f3c9 --- ## [Interest in a content/balance fork?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/interest-in-a-content-balance-fork/7562)
**Author:** [@CIB](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CIB)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/interest-in-a-content-balance-fork/7562 "2014-10-12T20:00:02Z")
From various discussion threads, it is pretty clear to me that there are at least a few other players who share some of the same dissatisfactions with me: Various situations where you can easily die for annoying reason… --- ## [How do I make sense of warmth numbers?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-make-sense-of-warmth-numbers/7561)
**Author:** [@Murphy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Murphy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-make-sense-of-warmth-numbers/7561 "2014-10-12T18:53:03Z")
The + screen now shows something I don’t quite understand, some numbers are negative and some positive, and they fluctuate all the time. I think they no longer show total warmth provided by clothing but instead show how… --- ## [0.A-2214: Crazy cold temperatures?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-a-2214-crazy-cold-temperatures/7543)
**Author:** [@Solusphere](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Solusphere)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-a-2214-crazy-cold-temperatures/7543 "2014-10-12T09:25:44Z")
I recently updated to the latest version, and now every game I play has incredibly cold temperatures on the first day. It starts at -6 C and mostly goes down from there. I’ve just hit -16 degrees celcius in my current ga… --- ## [Animal Carriers + Laptop Uses](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/animal-carriers-laptop-uses/7554)
**Author:** [@Umbra\_Vorago](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Umbra_Vorago)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 7:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/animal-carriers-laptop-uses/7554 "2014-10-12T07:40:19Z")
These are just two ideas I had and wished to share with the community. Animal Carrier Baskets These would be a small, but lovely addition to the game. Previously when I owned a couple of cats in the game, I tried fitti… --- ## [The Mycus Cares Not For Your Silly Driving Physics!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-mycus-cares-not-for-your-silly-driving-physics/7559)
**Author:** [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-mycus-cares-not-for-your-silly-driving-physics/7559 "2014-10-12T04:16:07Z")
So I was driving down the road in my 7-tile vehicle at the extremely unsafe speed of 19mph, got hungry, ate a marloss berry and promptly crashed into a spore that spawned. The spore was sent flying into a wall off-scree… --- ## [How Addicted Are You?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-addicted-are-you/7558)
**Author:** [@Rhodri](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rhodri)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-addicted-are-you/7558 "2014-10-12T02:01:42Z")
Post the things that show how addicted you are to this game! I’m so addicted, that I have nightmares about my first/current successful survivor dying. And they’re f\*cking terrifying. --- ## [The handjack is too heavy for you to budge!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-handjack-is-too-heavy-for-you-to-budge/7557)
**Author:** [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-handjack-is-too-heavy-for-you-to-budge/7557 "2014-10-11T23:41:31Z")
Personally, I know the ones at work are rated for 5500 LBS, so I find it a little difficult to believe that I’d be unable to move one weighing in at 890 LBS at stranth 10 across a paved street. Or is this a problem that … --- ## [(d45792d) ...Do plants Hibernate?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/d45792d-do-plants-hibernate/7555)
**Author:** [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/d45792d-do-plants-hibernate/7555 "2014-10-11T21:53:39Z")
Just went to sleep and having been working in a field all day I was apparently /incredibly/ well fed. For some reason I got a hibernation message dispite having gone with a plant mutation path, not Ursine. --- ## [Rough Terrain = Atom Smasher](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rough-terrain-atom-smasher/7531)
**Author:** [@DeviateScaleCodpiece](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeviateScaleCodpiece)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rough-terrain-atom-smasher/7531 "2014-10-11T20:56:26Z")
Windows Graphical Experimental - 1ddeec5 SDL Windows 7 Zombies running over metal wreckage, like the kind that spawn black boxes, get vaporized if they die from running over wreckage. They leave behind no items, not e… --- ## [Windchill is positively ridiculous](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windchill-is-positively-ridiculous/7549)
**Author:** [@Metekillot](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Metekillot)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windchill-is-positively-ridiculous/7549 "2014-10-11T20:51:26Z")
Windchill on vehicles is extremely egregious right now. Traveling at 9 mph on a motorcycle will change 31 degrees to feeling like -317 degrees. Experimental 2217. --- ## [Live stream](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/live-stream/7551)
**Author:** [@Niknud](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Niknud)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/live-stream/7551 "2014-10-11T19:58:05Z")
I may be one of the few people on this forum that does not actually play this game, but I do enjoy watching other people. Right now I am watching http://www.twitch.tv/silverdragon\_ . I was wondering if there was a list… --- ## [Why is every moose so evil?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-is-every-moose-so-evil/7410)
**Author:** [@Beanchilla](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Beanchilla)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-is-every-moose-so-evil/7410 "2014-10-11T18:21:08Z")
It seems like if I come within just two squares of them they immediately storm me and attempt to destroy me. --- ## [Crash in FEMA camp](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crash-in-fema-camp/7552)
**Author:** [@Nubsawce](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nubsawce)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crash-in-fema-camp/7552 "2014-10-11T15:59:51Z")
Hello, In experimental build 2217, entering a FEMA camp seems to have a small chance every round to crash the game. I cannot isolate what it causing it, but twice in a row spending 20-30 rounds near a FEMA camp caused a… --- ## ["Cover Window" build option](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cover-window-build-option/7364)
**Author:** [@ekcolocke](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ekcolocke)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cover-window-build-option/7364 "2014-10-11T07:14:47Z")
Use a sheet and nails to cover the window, blocking sight both ways but allowing slowed movement through the window. Causes a little sound both to construct and to pass through. --- ## [Environmental hazards not showing in latest build (WIN GRAPHICAL)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/environmental-hazards-not-showing-in-latest-build-win-graphical/7514)
**Author:** [@stellarwolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/stellarwolf)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/environmental-hazards-not-showing-in-latest-build-win-graphical/7514 "2014-10-11T01:14:01Z")
So I am running the latest experimental build (WIN GRAPHICAL) and I noticed system tiles aren’t visible in all tilesets excluding retrodays. I have software rendering set to true as without it the game won’t start. Anyon… --- ## [Drugs drugs drugs drugs drugs drugs (long post)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/drugs-drugs-drugs-drugs-drugs-drugs-long-post/7537)
**Author:** [@Abbysynth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Abbysynth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/drugs-drugs-drugs-drugs-drugs-drugs-long-post/7537 "2014-10-11T00:32:06Z")
I mentioned it in an earlier suggestion but I’d like to see the pharmaceuticals standardized and improved. First off, all the brand name drugs should be standard generic - brand name drugs are actually fairly rare excep… --- ## [Occasional heavy lag](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/occasional-heavy-lag/7402)
**Author:** [@Murphy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Murphy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/occasional-heavy-lag/7402 "2014-10-10T22:52:02Z")
When walking there is occasionally a 5-10 second hangup. Presumably that’s new map pieces generating as I explore and it used to happen before, but it has become sharply more frequent now. Going to try and verify whether… --- ## [How do I avoid getting blown away by NPCs?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-avoid-getting-blown-away-by-npcs/7539)
**Author:** [@Kodiologist](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kodiologist)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-avoid-getting-blown-away-by-npcs/7539 "2014-10-10T17:34:33Z")
I’ve been playing Git master with both static and dynamic NPCs enabled. Most NPCs are harmless enough, or don’t go any further than robbing me (so long as I don’t resist), but occasionally one shoots me without warning, … --- ## [Generating boilerplate code at compile-time](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/generating-boilerplate-code-at-compile-time/7511)
**Author:** [@Kodiologist](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kodiologist)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/generating-boilerplate-code-at-compile-time/7511 "2014-10-10T12:38:55Z")
The C++ codebase has a lot of repetitive code, such as in \[tt\]Item\_factory::init\[/tt\] and \[tt\]iexamine::\*iexamine\_function\_from\_string\[/tt\]. To me it seems clearly desirable that rather than this being maintained by hand… --- ## [\[Le oversight?\] M14](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/le-oversight-m14/7542)
**Author:** [@Slax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Slax)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/le-oversight-m14/7542 "2014-10-10T09:55:41Z")
It’s a select fire rifle here in the real world. In the game it’s semi-auto only. Lil’ fix or is this some design choice? --- ## [My worst fears have been realized](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-worst-fears-have-been-realized/7515)
**Author:** [@TheWumpus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheWumpus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2014, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-worst-fears-have-been-realized/7515 "2014-10-10T09:49:33Z")
So…someone once predicted zombie moose. I just found one. It’s called an Antlered Horror. Artists rendition: http://www.keiththompsonart.com/images/full/moose.jpg YOU MANIACS! YOU HAD TO DO IT! ZOMBEARS WEREN’T ENOUG… --- ## ["Plug-in" flag for vehicle parts](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/plug-in-flag-for-vehicle-parts/7538)
**Author:** [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2014, 6:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/plug-in-flag-for-vehicle-parts/7538 "2014-10-10T06:40:22Z")
We shouldn’t need a welder to change a battery. Adding the plugin flag means you can add/remove that part without tools. Also, consider lowering the time to remove a plugin flagged item or adding a separate flag for it… --- ## [Graphical glitch removes parts of the gui in-game](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/graphical-glitch-removes-parts-of-the-gui-in-game/7517)
**Author:** [@DrewTuber](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DrewTuber)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/graphical-glitch-removes-parts-of-the-gui-in-game/7517 "2014-10-10T06:23:20Z")
0.A (Experimental) c8f4637 SDL Windows 7 The gui in my game glitches out if I attempt to switch zoom levels. I have 4 screenshots in an album that better explain the problem. http://imgur.com/a/eIr40 Switching versi… --- ## [Stuck with a quest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/stuck-with-a-quest/7540)
**Author:** [@Murphy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Murphy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/stuck-with-a-quest/7540 "2014-10-09T23:26:52Z")
An NPC in the refugee center sent me on a quest to kill some bandits. I killed them but the quest marker will not move back to the questgiver. Nor is there the option to report success if I go back to him. I even reload… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=391) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=393)