# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=426 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 427 --- ## [Suggestion-opinions please: Expanded/reworked/realistic archery](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/suggestion-opinions-please-expanded-reworked-realistic-archery/6083)
**Author:** [@acehawk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/acehawk)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/suggestion-opinions-please-expanded-reworked-realistic-archery/6083 "2014-05-11T21:19:47Z")
So I don’t know a whole lot about bows and crossbows, but I love them in games, so I really enjoy playing archery characters in this game. I liked the selection of bows and arrows, but I found the selection of crossbows … --- ## [\[Mod\] A few, various, mostly less-than-useful things](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-a-few-various-mostly-less-than-useful-things/6093)
**Author:** [@Atla](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Atla)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-a-few-various-mostly-less-than-useful-things/6093 "2014-05-11T21:17:32Z")
I decided that, rather than sit around and hope for someone to implement some of the ideas I brought up in this thread, I would do the ones that were easiest (using only lua/jsons) to implement myself. The mod is intende… --- ## [Futer adds?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/futer-adds/6085)
**Author:** [@yonsisac](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/yonsisac)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/futer-adds/6085 "2014-05-11T21:14:23Z")
so i have bin playing dwarf fotres and CDDA and other survival,sim,etc of game and i wonder CDDA is taking some time so that a new releas of 0.A or a nothre name for the next releas what is going to be added ar dwarf … --- ## [Playing turtoial while you have another save will FUCK IT UP](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/playing-turtoial-while-you-have-another-save-will-fuck-it-up/6058)
**Author:** [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/playing-turtoial-while-you-have-another-save-will-fuck-it-up/6058 "2014-05-11T20:51:13Z")
Yeah, I played the tutorial and when I went back to my awesome save IT WAS MESSED UP. The map was undiscovered completely, and the map tiles did not correspond to what was actually there. A military outpost turned out to… --- ## [Easily implemented uses for less useful mutations (and other ideas)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/easily-implemented-uses-for-less-useful-mutations-and-other-ideas/6057)
**Author:** [@Atla](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Atla)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/easily-implemented-uses-for-less-useful-mutations-and-other-ideas/6057 "2014-05-11T20:37:55Z")
I’m lucky I managed to make it out of the lab in one piece. With my flask, no less. “But is what we did humane? Turning people into birdlike creatures behind caged glass? Would mother agree?” I ask myself, barreling down… --- ## [New item suggestions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-item-suggestions/5990)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-item-suggestions/5990 "2014-05-11T15:44:53Z")
Hobo stove: ingredients: 1 tin can or 1 aluminum can requires: cutting implement fuel = lamp oil I noticed that there’s not much use for lamp oil in the game other than, well, oil lamps. Hobo stoves have been used f… --- ## [Cleaning out a town](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cleaning-out-a-town/6101)
**Author:** [@blazing\_glory](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/blazing_glory)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cleaning-out-a-town/6101 "2014-05-11T12:22:25Z")
I think I read somewhere that it’s possible to empty a town of zombies,is this true? --- ## [. does not skip turn no more](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-not-skip-turn-no-more/6103)
**Author:** [@stk2008](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/stk2008)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-not-skip-turn-no-more/6103 "2014-05-11T11:43:01Z")
Hi all I how come . does not skip turn any more? I use to be able to press it and time would pass but now it does not. I know we have | to skip a predefined time. I have looked in the key commands and cant see any way… --- ## [\[WIP\] Cataclysm: Gun Nut's Arsenal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wip-cataclysm-gun-nuts-arsenal/2932)
**Author:** [@Zaweri\_Runewright](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zaweri_Runewright)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wip-cataclysm-gun-nuts-arsenal/2932 "2014-05-11T09:14:16Z")
Hello, I am Zaweri, some of you may know me from the IRC. I am looking for help, mainly with making new items, textures and looking up stuff. My goal is to add as many guns as possible into this mod, and also keep it upd… --- ## [\[12626e3\] Square font gets cut off regardless of fontdata.json settings](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/12626e3-square-font-gets-cut-off-regardless-of-fontdata-json-settings/6099)
**Author:** [@Rutilant](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rutilant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/12626e3-square-font-gets-cut-off-regardless-of-fontdata-json-settings/6099 "2014-05-11T04:50:03Z")
This font works in the stable 0.A release, but in the latest experimental (I don’t know how many previously as well), the top gets cut off. :\[ Have tried many different combinations of width/height and fontsize, but no… --- ## [How many do you have to kill?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-many-do-you-have-to-kill/6097)
**Author:** [@Keyreper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Keyreper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-many-do-you-have-to-kill/6097 "2014-05-11T04:08:12Z")
i’ve been playing cataclysm for a while and i my character i’ve been on for almost 200 some odd in game days has finally stopped caring about killing zombie children, so im just wondering how many child zombies do you ha… --- ## [Zombi types and other mobs ideas](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombi-types-and-other-mobs-ideas/6091)
**Author:** [@yonsisac](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/yonsisac)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombi-types-and-other-mobs-ideas/6091 "2014-05-10T20:45:17Z")
Well C.D.D.A. has lots of different zombies and lots of monsters but I would like to see more types. \[glow=red,2,300\]zombies\[/glow\] Hazmat Zombie= It’s a zombie with a hazmat suit and other radiation equipment found i… --- ## [Are city sizes variable? What about wildlife?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-city-sizes-variable-what-about-wildlife/6080)
**Author:** [@Paquito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paquito)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-city-sizes-variable-what-about-wildlife/6080 "2014-05-10T16:01:45Z")
In my next game, I think I’m going to up the size of cities. It’d be nice to run across some smaller towns too though. Is there any variability, or do we just have one stock city format that spawns to the specified size? … --- ## [Question: Any way to "tow" a smaller vehicle with a larger one?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-any-way-to-tow-a-smaller-vehicle-with-a-larger-one/6072)
**Author:** [@acehawk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/acehawk)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-any-way-to-tow-a-smaller-vehicle-with-a-larger-one/6072 "2014-05-10T09:20:57Z")
So I really want to make a mobile command center, basically a huge, heavily armored beast of a vehicle complete with multiple interior rooms. This would be highly impractical for driving through towns, so it would be rel… --- ## [Cake](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cake/6054)
**Author:** [@Keyreper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Keyreper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cake/6054 "2014-05-10T03:42:24Z")
the ability to make cake (i know it’s in the game, but i don’t think there’s a way to make one, sorry if there is) and the most important thing to add to the cake, making it a chance for the cake to have “a lie” scribble… --- ## [Aiming system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-system/6069)
**Author:** [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-system/6069 "2014-05-10T02:59:03Z")
Mostly an update, but feedback is welcome. My current project is adding an aiming system where you tradeoff time for steadying your aim. Progress here: https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/2194 Here’s the… --- ## [Auxiliary Weapon Question](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/auxiliary-weapon-question/6086)
**Author:** [@XavierStudios](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/XavierStudios)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/auxiliary-weapon-question/6086 "2014-05-10T02:46:18Z")
Is it possible for a weapon to have an auxiliary fire mode, like an M203 or flamethrower, by default when a weapon is spawned? Despite the game changing so rapidly, I tried searching and, as expected, nothing came up. T… --- ## [Menu page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/menu-page/5944)
**Author:** [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/menu-page/5944 "2014-05-10T01:29:40Z")
Isn’t there a way to add a menu page? Like the one ADOM has? Because i am all for drawing it, and i know some other people here too, and they are better than me. \[center\]\[image\]\[/center\] It’s lovely. --- ## [Infinite Horde?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/infinite-horde/6089)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/infinite-horde/6089 "2014-05-10T01:22:24Z")
I’ve started up the latest experimental, started a new game with hordes turned on, and, I’m not quite sure why, but, even if i were to use the Debug console to travel into the blackness by about 5 155x45 Overmap screens,… --- ## [Dealing with wanderspawns](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dealing-with-wanderspawns/6071)
**Author:** [@Bumpkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bumpkin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dealing-with-wanderspawns/6071 "2014-05-10T00:41:43Z")
I’ve pitted a few doomed characters against them, with mixed success, and I’m not sure whether those successes were sheer dumb luck or not. But here’s what I’ve found. Always be checking vehicles and grab the first on… --- ## [Lab Notes - Weird Science, action at a distance, and some less notable critters](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/lab-notes-weird-science-action-at-a-distance-and-some-less-notable-critters/6050)
**Author:** [@GlyphGryph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GlyphGryph)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/lab-notes-weird-science-action-at-a-distance-and-some-less-notable-critters/6050 "2014-05-09T22:17:57Z")
On request, I’m going to begin writing some lab notes that might reinforce the lore that some of our more terrifying creatures depend on. These notes may not touch on those creatures directly - I would imagine that many … --- ## [Quick fix typo(?) in flamethrower\_crude recipe](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/quick-fix-typo-in-flamethrower-crude-recipe/6081)
**Author:** [@Atla](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Atla)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/quick-fix-typo-in-flamethrower-crude-recipe/6081 "2014-05-09T21:26:34Z")
So in 0.A-1470 (most recent experimental as of the time of writing, May 9th 2014) I was trying to create a mod implementing a couple of the ideas I brought up in this thread (namely a shakelight that can be used to produ… --- ## [Book recoloring](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/book-recoloring/5978)
**Author:** [@Wuzzy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wuzzy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/book-recoloring/5978 "2014-05-09T21:15:28Z")
The symbol colors for books got very messy lately. I want to make clean up that a bit and give the colors meaning. There is a PR for this: https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/7461 Here’s the proposed colo… --- ## [Vehicle mounted & manually controlled rocket/grenade launchers](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-mounted-manually-controlled-rocket-grenade-launchers/6053)
**Author:** [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-mounted-manually-controlled-rocket-grenade-launchers/6053 "2014-05-09T20:03:32Z")
One thing I’d like to see added to vehicles would be the ability to mount a rocket or grenade launcher, then manually use it via vehicle controls to blast stuff out of your way, so you can clear the way without having to… --- ## [Lore question: What exactly are the zombies?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/lore-question-what-exactly-are-the-zombies/6082)
**Author:** [@acehawk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/acehawk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/lore-question-what-exactly-are-the-zombies/6082 "2014-05-09T19:33:34Z")
From what I gather they are not actually undead, but are instead human bodies that have been re-purposed as hosts for XE037. So they are actually living things, just alien hybrids, right? Does this happen pre or post de… --- ## [Suggestion: Rename Packmule to Packrat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/suggestion-rename-packmule-to-packrat/6048)
**Author:** [@Birdie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Birdie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/suggestion-rename-packmule-to-packrat/6048 "2014-05-09T19:14:03Z")
Rats are cooler then mules. Or at least, if possible, change the trait name if you become a rat by ingesting science. --- ## [Do bionics make you more vulnerable to shocker zombies?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-bionics-make-you-more-vulnerable-to-shocker-zombies/5918)
**Author:** [@Paquito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paquito)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-bionics-make-you-more-vulnerable-to-shocker-zombies/5918 "2014-05-09T15:04:24Z")
Does having metal on your body from bionics make you take more damage from shocker zombies? --- ## [Audio Logs and Playback/Recording Devices](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/audio-logs-and-playback-recording-devices/6074)
**Author:** [@GlyphGryph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GlyphGryph)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/audio-logs-and-playback-recording-devices/6074 "2014-05-09T01:41:24Z")
Chatting with Ander Hammer and Herbert\_West in the IRC has lead to the following suggestion. Audio logs can be found. They can not be read directly like, say, lab notes, simply by examing the object. Instead, they must … --- ## [The belted layer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-belted-layer/6045)
**Author:** [@Grendus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grendus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-belted-layer/6045 "2014-05-09T00:28:02Z")
So I recently upgraded from an experimental a few days old, I noticed that a lot of the clothing that had no coverage before is now listed as being “in the belted layer”. Does anyone know the rules on the new clothing la… --- ## [E.g. will be the enemies stronger?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/e-g-will-be-the-enemies-stronger/6030)
**Author:** [@xeasnio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/xeasnio)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/e-g-will-be-the-enemies-stronger/6030 "2014-05-08T19:07:19Z")
At first sorry for my bad english skills. Following i use free translated words because i’m playing cataclysm dda in german and not in english. I asked me: will be the enemies stronger or spawn the enemies more often w… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=425) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=427)