# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=396 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 397 --- ## [Floors, they are complicated](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/floors-they-are-complicated/7428)
**Author:** [@yaddabluh](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/yaddabluh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/floors-they-are-complicated/7428 "2014-09-23T00:57:49Z")
Hello there, uhm, i dont even know if this has been discussd already, but here goes anyways. Im a big fan of C:DDA, i’ve been palying since before the stable version came out, etc etc. And i’ve noticed how complicated … --- ## [The way of the sword...into a zombie skull & NPC/Zombie line of sight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-way-of-the-sword-into-a-zombie-skull-npc-zombie-line-of-sight/7429)
**Author:** [@yaddabluh](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/yaddabluh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-way-of-the-sword-into-a-zombie-skull-npc-zombie-line-of-sight/7429 "2014-09-22T23:11:35Z")
So…yeah kendo, that’s it, a new adittion to the melee weapons training perk, kendo is defined as the use of the sword as an extension of ones body and so on like 90% sword using anime characters say, but what’s more to i… --- ## [Thread for the renaming of "zombie slave"- in case anyone has thoughts, like me](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thread-for-the-renaming-of-zombie-slave-in-case-anyone-has-thoughts-like-me/7343)
**Author:** [@kilozombie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kilozombie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thread-for-the-renaming-of-zombie-slave-in-case-anyone-has-thoughts-like-me/7343 "2014-09-22T22:03:46Z")
The name “zombie slave” works, and it’s self explanatory. It’s not particularly offensive, and not particularly misleading. However, it feels clunky. It doesn’t describe well how really terrible it is (it’s nothing at al… --- ## [Where is the rebar?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-rebar/7426)
**Author:** [@incide](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/incide)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-rebar/7426 "2014-09-22T19:21:17Z")
2093 build here; can’t find any rebar at all. Burning buildings, cleaning rubble after building has burnt, and smashing walls all accomplished nothing. --- ## [Just out of curiosity](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/just-out-of-curiosity/7408)
**Author:** [@madoobler\_sauce](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/madoobler_sauce)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/just-out-of-curiosity/7408 "2014-09-22T14:41:01Z")
do Granades actually do anything other than make noise? Kinda seems like they amount to a whole lotta nothing. --- ## [Attics](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/attics/7422)
**Author:** [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/attics/7422 "2014-09-22T05:08:57Z")
Just a room where you can enter it by in some houses theres just basically a string or something that you can interact with that turns it into stairs up, and you can interact with said stairs to turn back into string o… --- ## [Piercing weapon skill training wonkiness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/piercing-weapon-skill-training-wonkiness/7387)
**Author:** [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/piercing-weapon-skill-training-wonkiness/7387 "2014-09-22T03:37:37Z")
I have this veteran survivor with melee, cutting and bashing around 10, but 0 piercing (almost a game year of whacking stuff with a nodachi). I gave him a rapier, but despite killing hordes of zombies, his piercing skill… --- ## [Oversized weaponry](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/oversized-weaponry/7418)
**Author:** [@TacticalPteridactyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TacticalPteridactyl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/oversized-weaponry/7418 "2014-09-22T01:38:03Z")
“You cannot wield the screwdriver with only one arm” …how big is this frickin’ screwdriver? Similarly, hammer, electric carver… --- ## [Getting a car...and survivour squads scavenging?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/getting-a-car-and-survivour-squads-scavenging/7405)
**Author:** [@anon5075822](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anon5075822)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/getting-a-car-and-survivour-squads-scavenging/7405 "2014-09-21T19:38:32Z")
its been my second month my guys a bionic and has a tail…My biggest trouble now is getting a car…Any help…Every car i find i put gas and it it says the engine no work…Thi is the 7th car and im getting pissed. Any help? A… --- ## [Crawling Zombies](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crawling-zombies/7393)
**Author:** [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crawling-zombies/7393 "2014-09-21T19:25:19Z")
Crawling zombies should be a 7 instead of a Z because their legs are missing. --- ## [MOVED: anti-vehicle flowers](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moved-anti-vehicle-flowers/7420)
**Author:** [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moved-anti-vehicle-flowers/7420 "2014-09-21T19:20:08Z")
This topic has been moved to The Garage - Bug Reports and Technical Help. \[iurl\]http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=7852.0\[/iurl\] --- ## [Concentrate your attention On an opponent](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/concentrate-your-attention-on-an-opponent/7413)
**Author:** [@Valpo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valpo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/concentrate-your-attention-on-an-opponent/7413 "2014-09-21T19:19:52Z")
I d love to see the option to make my character focus on a single enemy diverting most of his attention to that target. So you d loose your surround vision to a sight cone in the direction of the chosen enemy but get add… --- ## [Anti-vehicle flowers](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anti-vehicle-flowers/7419)
**Author:** [@Arek\_PL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arek_PL)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anti-vehicle-flowers/7419 "2014-09-21T19:19:27Z")
in latest experimental i was driving my slighty upgraded military truck i rammed into flower and it DESTROYED dark green heavy duty frame with dark green spiked plating i think its not normal because even small tree or t… --- ## [NPC Questline (possible spoilers maybe?)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-questline-possible-spoilers-maybe/7389)
**Author:** [@Wyzack](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wyzack)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-questline-possible-spoilers-maybe/7389 "2014-09-21T19:13:25Z")
So i have been doing missions for an NPC friend of mine, fist killing a jabberwock, then some zombies and then a master. Then she told me to get her friend in a nearby cabin. I went there, talked to him, and now he is fo… --- ## [Wehicle collision weirdness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wehicle-collision-weirdness/7412)
**Author:** [@chevil](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/chevil)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wehicle-collision-weirdness/7412 "2014-09-21T18:48:59Z")
I updated to latest experimental 2128 and took my hummer for a ride and skidded after hitting a rattlesnake. I hit a dahlia with a side and instantly lost a chunk of my car. Heavy duty frame, heavy duty board and militar… --- ## [More explosives](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-explosives/7415)
**Author:** [@incide](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/incide)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-explosives/7415 "2014-09-21T13:53:23Z")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s\_breath Dragonbreath rounds are basically kind of an incendiary shot (pellets are made of magnesium). Wikipedia says the round isn’t made powerful enough to cycle the action in aut… --- ## [Car lights don't match car direction](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-lights-dont-match-car-direction/7416)
**Author:** [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-lights-dont-match-car-direction/7416 "2014-09-21T13:23:02Z")
When both car and the light point in cardinal directions, it’s all fine. Direction marker is (almost) exactly in the middle of the the light (assuming lights are symmetric). When car turns ~45 degrees to the side, direc… --- ## [Bandit Camps](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bandit-camps/7409)
**Author:** [@Frostwood](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Frostwood)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bandit-camps/7409 "2014-09-21T10:57:44Z")
Anyone got any tips for taking them on? They seem to be death traps, with tantalizing loot. --- ## [Guys help how do I car](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/guys-help-how-do-i-car/7359)
**Author:** [@madoobler\_sauce](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/madoobler_sauce)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/guys-help-how-do-i-car/7359 "2014-09-21T01:10:52Z")
Allrighty so I haven’t really played all that much since 0.8 and I’m just now getting back into cata, and I can’t figure out how to actually start driving the car. I can turn the engine on, but I can’t make it go anywher… --- ## [Infinite pipes/scrap metal when smashing metal posts](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/infinite-pipes-scrap-metal-when-smashing-metal-posts/7379)
**Author:** [@Wayne](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wayne)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/infinite-pipes-scrap-metal-when-smashing-metal-posts/7379 "2014-09-21T00:41:19Z")
I was smashing some fences at a small power substation I’ve been using as my main base, and I’ve noticed that when I smash the metal posts, they don’t go away. Instead of the metal posts being removed from being smashed,… --- ## [\[Experimental\] The weather at start is just insane and dogs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/experimental-the-weather-at-start-is-just-insane-and-dogs/7333)
**Author:** [@RogueEsp](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RogueEsp)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/experimental-the-weather-at-start-is-just-insane-and-dogs/7333 "2014-09-20T21:21:49Z")
Weather: As the title says, 24F at start is pretty hardcore, imo. I mean, I manage sometimes to get safe, but 90% of time I get frostbite because I spawn in a place with little towns/no clothes store near me. The three… --- ## [Tileset protocol](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tileset-protocol/7397)
**Author:** [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tileset-protocol/7397 "2014-09-20T21:18:49Z")
Just got PM’d by someone who wondered about the proper way to handle developing a new tileset. (Taking advantage of the new overlay code, apparently. Will be Interesting.) Most tileset designers have hosted their work… --- ## [Thanks RNG](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thanks-rng/7401)
**Author:** [@vsirl005](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vsirl005)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thanks-rng/7401 "2014-09-20T21:05:44Z")
So, using experiemental build coded “900f26d” I booted up a Mall cop spawn scenario. First thing that happens, game informs me that the spawn scenario cannot be intiated “Okay, that’s fine” I say to myself, and accept th… --- ## [Difficult starts](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/difficult-starts/7285)
**Author:** [@Nighthawk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nighthawk)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/difficult-starts/7285 "2014-09-20T18:11:59Z")
Anyone else experiencing flurries and absurdly cold weather at the beginning of every single game, despite starting in springtime? Also, holy crap Mi-gos and skeletal dogs right off the bat doing absurd damage and makin… --- ## [Driving vehicles is so slow now](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/driving-vehicles-is-so-slow-now/7404)
**Author:** [@Exqupalaquateql](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Exqupalaquateql)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/driving-vehicles-is-so-slow-now/7404 "2014-09-20T17:57:51Z")
is there a new option that i overlooked that causes that? the thing is, driving isnt as much fun as it used to be. while i am still faster then everything, it takes ages to get around the map. hope the reason isnt my cra… --- ## [Slower Zombies](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slower-zombies/7303)
**Author:** [@chefvordivask](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/chefvordivask)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slower-zombies/7303 "2014-09-20T16:52:41Z")
I understand that the Slow Zombies mod is going to come back, but I think zombies should just be slower by default. Maybe I just suck, but I always have trouble if just one zombie is chasing me at a time. I can handle ho… --- ## [Iron Stomach Trait Suggestion](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/iron-stomach-trait-suggestion/7396)
**Author:** [@nonymous](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nonymous)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/iron-stomach-trait-suggestion/7396 "2014-09-20T14:04:30Z")
I’m suggesting a trait by which the survivor can eat rotten food items without penalty because there is a big disconnect in the food rot system vs reality. I think that our lone survivor is maybe less than adventurous i… --- ## [Apparently I only have one arm?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/apparently-i-only-have-one-arm/7366)
**Author:** [@ekcolocke](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ekcolocke)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/apparently-i-only-have-one-arm/7366 "2014-09-20T01:14:22Z")
“You cannot wield a self bow with only one arm.” I don’t recall losing an arm, it shows both arms as having full health, and I can’t find anything in the @ character menu about it. I know I was also previously able to u… --- ## [Jury Rigged Stove](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/jury-rigged-stove/7337)
**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/jury-rigged-stove/7337 "2014-09-20T00:39:14Z")
How about being able to hook a electric range (aka eletric oven) up to a car battery or such to power it? Shouldn’t take much skill at all and would be a good way to get yourself a working stove. Requirements: Copper … --- ## [Noise prevents wildlife from spawning](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noise-prevents-wildlife-from-spawning/7394)
**Author:** [@RadaRadaRada](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RadaRadaRada)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noise-prevents-wildlife-from-spawning/7394 "2014-09-20T00:20:43Z")
Sound and various noises should should prevent spawning of normal animals instead of increasing their likehood to show up. Opossite could be said about zombie wildlife: sound would attract them to your location. [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=395) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=397)