# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=423 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 424 --- ## [Tiles mode and lighting](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tiles-mode-and-lighting/5445)
**Author:** [@Sean\_Mirrsen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sean_Mirrsen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tiles-mode-and-lighting/5445 "2014-05-23T15:40:49Z")
I don’t know if this qualifies as a suggestion or a bugreport, but there is currently an odd sort of issue with the SDL tiles mode. Specifically, the issue is that, bar pitch black darkness and obscured LOS, the SDL Til… --- ## [Furniture active cycle](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/furniture-active-cycle/6224)
**Author:** [@muse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/muse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/furniture-active-cycle/6224 "2014-05-23T15:15:48Z")
I need to implement a turn cycle for a piece of furniture to have it consume liquid over time. Is there an existing way to do this or do I read the code correctly and I’ll need to break out a cpp/h furniture file and giv… --- ## [More armore types](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-armore-types/6221)
**Author:** [@yonsisac](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/yonsisac)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-armore-types/6221 "2014-05-23T13:56:00Z")
i have bin playing and i had kelvar,ceramic,steel armore types but there litel choises so heres armore types for the MBR vest and other armores. http://www.fibretech.com/products\_fibrecore.htm this is fibrecore MBR(tun… --- ## [What EXACTLY do the various combat techniques do?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-exactly-do-the-various-combat-techniques-do/6204)
**Author:** [@Waladil](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Waladil)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-exactly-do-the-various-combat-techniques-do/6204 "2014-05-23T12:16:04Z")
As I try to decide what I want my end-game melee weapon to be, I’m faced with a set of skill names that aren’t entirely clear. And fiddling around in the code doesn’t make it any more clear. So if someone can tell me PRE… --- ## [High caliber weapons should damage reinforced glass](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/high-caliber-weapons-should-damage-reinforced-glass/6200)
**Author:** [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/high-caliber-weapons-should-damage-reinforced-glass/6200 "2014-05-23T06:29:19Z")
I just fired off several rounds into the reinforced glass of a science lab window, and it’s unscratched. Not a dent. I like to think that if I shot it again and again, reinforced glass would break. There’s no such thing … --- ## [Skill rust suggestion](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-rust-suggestion/6217)
**Author:** [@latogato](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/latogato)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-rust-suggestion/6217 "2014-05-22T22:58:41Z")
Sorry if this or something similar was already suggested by someone else, i was unable to find it. I think for each skill we need a technical level and a practical level. Technical level means what the character know a… --- ## [Draw Your Cataclysms: arguing about porn derail](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms-arguing-about-porn-derail/6192)
**Author:** [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms-arguing-about-porn-derail/6192 "2014-05-22T19:27:42Z")
Well more than usuall deformation is often one of the reasons of why dont often upload those kind of pages whole.\[/quote\] HEEEEENNNNNTAIII MUDDAFUCKA\[/quote\] I hate to be the snarky one, but seriously, stop it with th… --- ## [Strength/Mass-based kick/jump](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strength-mass-based-kick-jump/6208)
**Author:** [@GrizzlyAdamz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GrizzlyAdamz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strength-mass-based-kick-jump/6208 "2014-05-22T16:57:13Z")
Takes a lot of movement points, can be used to ‘kick’ away a single zombie, (perhaps stun, and this would provide a more ‘legit’ alternative to bush-kiting), but it takes the mass of the player and the mass of the zombie… --- ## [We need your opinion! (It may help us finalise a PR for the game!)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-need-your-opinion-it-may-help-us-finalise-a-pr-for-the-game/6214)
**Author:** [@Ice-o-metric](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ice-o-metric)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-need-your-opinion-it-may-help-us-finalise-a-pr-for-the-game/6214 "2014-05-22T16:46:25Z")
There is a serious possibility that in the next version of C:DDA, newspapers, ads and survivor notes may feature… but trying to balance accurate levels of setting-accurate misinformation and game-useful knowledge and lor… --- ## [Sewing Kit and Thread](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sewing-kit-and-thread/6212)
**Author:** [@Mr.Bananza](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mr.Bananza)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sewing-kit-and-thread/6212 "2014-05-22T05:15:47Z")
I haven’t searched the git on this issue, but there is a minor thing with sewing kits and repairing clothes. Version Experimental Build 0.A - af70625 : SDL : Windows 7 The gist of it is that I’ve been able to repair … --- ## [Tazer exploit](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tazer-exploit/6207)
**Author:** [@saltmummy626](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/saltmummy626)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tazer-exploit/6207 "2014-05-22T04:05:26Z")
I just noticed that while the tazer needs 100 charges to fire. If it has less than 100, it will still fire, give the “your tazer has X charges but needs 100” and will not use any charges. I just killed a school full of z… --- ## [Build wire Fence in construction menu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/build-wire-fence-in-construction-menu/6198)
**Author:** [@Khrysanth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Khrysanth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/build-wire-fence-in-construction-menu/6198 "2014-05-22T03:08:44Z")
I noticed that there are two listings for building a wire fence - One labelled “Build wire Fence” and the other “Build Wire Fence”. Changing the capitalization in my local copy to have them both match merged the two into… --- ## [Internet-based collaboration -- impossible?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/internet-based-collaboration-impossible/6187)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/internet-based-collaboration-impossible/6187 "2014-05-22T01:25:03Z")
About 15 years ago, I was the administrator of what was at the time the largest MUD in existence. I ended up in my position as a result of a coup. The previous administration had acted like a bunch of authoritarian pri… --- ## [Special map note icon for player's home base](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/special-map-note-icon-for-players-home-base/6181)
**Author:** [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/special-map-note-icon-for-players-home-base/6181 "2014-05-22T00:26:29Z")
How about adding a special map note icon that the player can place on the map to denote the player’s main base? --- ## [Brainless human enemies harvestable for meat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/brainless-human-enemies-harvestable-for-meat/6167)
**Author:** [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/brainless-human-enemies-harvestable-for-meat/6167 "2014-05-21T23:40:40Z")
Who else finds themselves low on human meat besides me? I find it occasionally at army bases, but I think it’d be nice if you could find simplistic almost feral type humans you could hunt down for meat. Nothing too com… --- ## [Flesh should obscure our vision](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/flesh-should-obscure-our-vision/6190)
**Author:** [@Senrain](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Senrain)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/flesh-should-obscure-our-vision/6190 "2014-05-21T23:00:59Z")
You see the horde closing in on you and the automobile you parked in the middle of the wilderness. You believed you would finally be safe to sleep, but they followed. Shell after shell you unload into the endless tide of… --- ## [Current State of NPCS](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/current-state-of-npcs/6178)
**Author:** [@Moral\_Grey\_Area](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Moral_Grey_Area)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/current-state-of-npcs/6178 "2014-05-21T21:51:06Z")
Hi, I haven’t played since 0.7, have NPCs been updated any at all? Any cool settlements they have, or FEMA camps they inhabit? On my radio in the current build I hear a broadcast from a FEMA camp but I’m thinking its jus… --- ## [Whats Your Favorite And/Or Most fun Combat Style To Survive Cataclysm?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/whats-your-favorite-and-or-most-fun-combat-style-to-survive-cataclysm/6182)
**Author:** [@Creamy\_Goodness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Creamy_Goodness)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/whats-your-favorite-and-or-most-fun-combat-style-to-survive-cataclysm/6182 "2014-05-21T19:39:04Z")
So let me hear it guys, are you a pyro maniac chemist who sets shit on fire and gulps down drugs to enhance your combat abilities, or are you a Badass mechanic that waits quietly till his masterpiece is done and you roll… --- ## [0.A Crash - probably involving NPC or farm](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-a-crash-probably-involving-npc-or-farm/6112)
**Author:** [@InnerUniverse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/InnerUniverse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-a-crash-probably-involving-npc-or-farm/6112 "2014-05-21T18:35:33Z")
0.A SDL Windows 7 I’ve run into some problems with Cataclysm 0.A SDL - when I walk back to the farm which I made my home base, game crashes every time - it may be something with NPC, or with planting plants on fields,… --- ## [Banks](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/banks/6183)
**Author:** [@The\_Lone\_Badger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Lone_Badger)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/banks/6183 "2014-05-21T12:37:28Z")
So I notice that banks have treasure in them now. The vaults are full of loot again. There also seems to have been a layout change making it impossible to get to the computer that opens the vault (without demolitions). … --- ## [\[Suggestion\] Adding the ability to remove curtains from windows](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/suggestion-adding-the-ability-to-remove-curtains-from-windows/6156)
**Author:** [@MisterFox](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MisterFox)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/suggestion-adding-the-ability-to-remove-curtains-from-windows/6156 "2014-05-21T08:07:34Z")
Right now, unless there’s some way I’m not aware of, you can’t remove the curtains from a window with curtains without a) bodyslamming it apart or b) deconstructing the window. I’d like to just pull the sheets off a win… --- ## [Why are all zombies cross dressers?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-are-all-zombies-cross-dressers/6138)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-are-all-zombies-cross-dressers/6138 "2014-05-21T07:31:11Z")
I’m just saying, most of them have skirts, trench coats, and bluejeans on them with women’s underwear and napkins. --- ## [Idea for vehicle movement](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-for-vehicle-movement/6141)
**Author:** [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/idea-for-vehicle-movement/6141 "2014-05-21T05:31:14Z")
was watching an articulated bus steer this morning, and it made me think about how we handle vehiclenr turning. right now, when we steer we rotate the entire vehicle, meaning the frunt end turns in the direction steered… --- ## [New farmable plants/seeds?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-farmable-plants-seeds/6188)
**Author:** [@Iituem](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Iituem)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-farmable-plants-seeds/6188 "2014-05-21T01:50:42Z")
Working on a tailoring/wilderness survival mod, and I’ve got everything I need to make cotton a thing except… cotton. How would one go about creating cotton seeds that would respect the need to develop the cotton bud it… --- ## [I forgot how much this game was high octane nightmare fuel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-forgot-how-much-this-game-was-high-octane-nightmare-fuel/6111)
**Author:** [@Daniel696](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Daniel696)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-forgot-how-much-this-game-was-high-octane-nightmare-fuel/6111 "2014-05-21T01:38:17Z")
Looking at the wiki, it appears that giant black widows (I have mild arachnophobia) are the least of my worries in this game. After coming back to this game after so long I’ve forgotten the reeaaaaally scary shit in this… --- ## [Omnicaliber Cannon Arm CBM](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/omnicaliber-cannon-arm-cbm/6121)
**Author:** [@Slax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Slax)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/omnicaliber-cannon-arm-cbm/6121 "2014-05-20T22:27:50Z")
\[quote=“Slax, post:1924, topic:441”\]Here’s something. \[image\] Can load and fire just about anything from pistol calibers to tank shells. The short yet adaptive barrel/muzzle grabs whatever you load in and the bolt lock… --- ## [A request about the "Study X until you learn...?" prompt](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158)
**Author:** [@Khrysanth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Khrysanth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158 "2014-05-20T21:31:43Z")
Would it be possible to not have this auto-stop reading on the first “You fail to learn…” once your skill has reached the cap from a book? As it is it can be tedious to keep going through the prompts to get those last co… --- ## [Individual skill levels for the various martial arts](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/individual-skill-levels-for-the-various-martial-arts/6197)
**Author:** [@Paquito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paquito)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/individual-skill-levels-for-the-various-martial-arts/6197 "2014-05-20T18:59:19Z")
Right now your ability in any given martial art is determined by your melee and unarmed skill. Once you’ve mastered one, you’ve effectively mastered them all, provided you find dojos and spend a few minutes reading up on… --- ## [Simple Idea: Watering Down Serums](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/simple-idea-watering-down-serums/6142)
**Author:** [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/simple-idea-watering-down-serums/6142 "2014-05-20T13:32:30Z")
I hate finding mutagenic serums or purifier serums in labs. They’re potentially useful, but I’m not going to use them because they have too many downsides. Mutagenic serum moves too quickly and I never use purifier. What… --- ## [There's a Knife in ma Boot!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/theres-a-knife-in-ma-boot/6162)
**Author:** [@MrMayhem911](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MrMayhem911)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 11:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/theres-a-knife-in-ma-boot/6162 "2014-05-20T11:12:59Z")
Just wanted to make sure about something. I was holding some boots in my newbie character and I Shift+A’d on it and it said " Put knife in the boot" I just wanted to know the Pros and Cons of this, when it was added and… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=422) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=424)