# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=427 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 428 --- ## [How to pick up that gasoline?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-pick-up-that-gasoline/6076)
**Author:** [@iamofage](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/iamofage)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-pick-up-that-gasoline/6076 "2014-05-08T17:23:49Z")
Sorry if this seems like a silly question, but I got a 300 unit gasoline puddle on the ground where I want to build a wood stove. I got an empty steel jerrycan, but it says I can’t pick up liquid. Do I need a rubber hose… --- ## [What would you do, if you had to poo?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-to-poo/6036)
**Author:** [@mercylost](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mercylost)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-to-poo/6036 "2014-05-08T14:47:08Z")
Seriously, I would die from dehydration in the Cataclysm world because I’m lactose intolerant, can’t handle junk food or grease. That is, if these symptoms were more brutally realistic. So, just imagine yourself or your… --- ## [More bizarre roads/bridges](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-bizarre-roads-bridges/6013)
**Author:** [@vache](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vache)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-bizarre-roads-bridges/6013 "2014-05-08T02:39:24Z")
First picture has 2 roads composed entirely of sidewalk, with an X of water in the middle of one with a manhole. Next picture shows the same thing on the other side of the bridges, but without the X of water and manhole… --- ## [Cap your quiver!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cap-your-quiver/6060)
**Author:** [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cap-your-quiver/6060 "2014-05-08T02:36:59Z")
Well, quivers have caps that keep your arrows from falling out right? Well, as I’m getting annoyed by having to press 1 or 2 for an arrow, we could just cap that quiver and just use the one that’s open! This can also be … --- ## [Boxing \[Complete!\]](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/boxing-complete/5121)
**Author:** [@Iosyn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Iosyn)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/boxing-complete/5121 "2014-05-08T01:51:47Z")
Had a massive rewrite, which is now complete-- resulting in a nice, new, orderly boxing.json! Not added to a starting trait, at this time, but if you find a boxing gym there should be a manual somewhere. Big thanks to … --- ## [Can you make professions that start with mutations?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-make-professions-that-start-with-mutations/6049)
**Author:** [@Zargen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zargen)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-make-professions-that-start-with-mutations/6049 "2014-05-08T01:03:31Z")
As the topic said. I was curious if you can make professions that start with a selection of mutations much in the same way you can with installed bionics. Also another question because its been a long stretch of time fr… --- ## [Acid Rain: Pain is worse than death](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acid-rain-pain-is-worse-than-death/5252)
**Author:** [@Bonevomit](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bonevomit)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acid-rain-pain-is-worse-than-death/5252 "2014-05-07T23:58:59Z")
So, I was just playing a pretty powerful character. Kicking hoards of zombie ass and overall doing a pretty good job at spawn rate 50. So then suddenly what happens? Acid Rain Suddenly I am completely disabled and can… --- ## [Colored map notes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/colored-map-notes/6068)
**Author:** [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/colored-map-notes/6068 "2014-05-07T23:58:40Z")
Just to know… what is a semicolon? Also, do we have to put space after the semicolon? --- ## [Amigara Horrors](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/amigara-horrors/6047)
**Author:** [@Mcrone](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mcrone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/amigara-horrors/6047 "2014-05-07T15:55:53Z")
What is the lore behind these creatures? I know the story but how did the other end of the fault line end up under the USA? Just looking for how they fit in lore-wise. (If this is the wrong thread for this then I apolog… --- ## [Pre-Cataclysm Rebels](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pre-cataclysm-rebels/6051)
**Author:** [@vache](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vache)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pre-cataclysm-rebels/6051 "2014-05-07T07:50:31Z")
“Vox Populi” A group of technically savvy rebellious citizens who were attempting to reveal the exploits of the government and warn of the impending disasters in the months leading up to the cataclysm. Seen mostly as c… --- ## [How do you fortify your base](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-fortify-your-base/5713)
**Author:** [@StarsonLovett](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StarsonLovett)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-fortify-your-base/5713 "2014-05-07T06:10:04Z")
I usually try to find a library to fortify. Because there are a lot of bookshelves to break and use the 2 by fours to board up windows. Also can use splintered sticks for spiked pit traps. Whenever i loot a house i leave… --- ## [Mutations \[Spoilers\]](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mutations-spoilers/5932)
**Author:** [@Nappist](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nappist)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mutations-spoilers/5932 "2014-05-06T23:05:43Z")
Intolerance Make the opposite intolerance lead to their associated categories (Meat Intolerance -\> Herbivore, Hates Vegetables -\> Carnivore). No, Saprovore cannot come from lactose intolerance, but I suppose you CAN arg… --- ## [Where is the wildlife?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-wildlife/6052)
**Author:** [@JackieEstegado](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JackieEstegado)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-wildlife/6052 "2014-05-06T19:36:41Z")
So as the title says, where is the wildlife? I don’t know if its only with me but I cannot find other woodland creates except the ones that spawn by rivers. Can I fix it somehow or this was done by an update? --- ## [Blazer Bugs!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/blazer-bugs/6021)
**Author:** [@Jakers](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jakers)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/blazer-bugs/6021 "2014-05-06T17:48:22Z")
Just a lil’ pipsqueak bug. Something up with blazers, can’t cut the little buggers into rags or anything. Something wrong with the material, or are they meant to be invincible gods? Also, could we make them have 0 encum… --- ## [My first Hulk Kill, the supremacy of Dragon Style](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-first-hulk-kill-the-supremacy-of-dragon-style/6020)
**Author:** [@Paquito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paquito)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-first-hulk-kill-the-supremacy-of-dragon-style/6020 "2014-05-06T16:08:49Z")
I just got my first Hulk kill. No guns. No mutations. No cybernetics. No traps. I killed my first Hulk like a man, WITH MY BARE HANDS… (Reality: the kill happened as I was panicked, trying to run away, and defending myse… --- ## [Newspapers - Piece together the story of the Cataclysm (LORE FIXED)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/newspapers-piece-together-the-story-of-the-cataclysm-lore-fixed/5909)
**Author:** [@Ice-o-metric](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ice-o-metric)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/newspapers-piece-together-the-story-of-the-cataclysm-lore-fixed/5909 "2014-05-06T14:53:10Z")
\[MODIFIED TO BE MORE LORE FRIENDLY\] It seemed like one day everything was normal and then suddenly the world ended… Sure, people said there were signs, but there have always been catastrophes and there’s always some nut… --- ## [Raga 32x32 Tileset \[WIP 85%\]](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/raga-32x32-tileset-wip-85/4401)
**Author:** [@ragamer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ragamer)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/raga-32x32-tileset-wip-85/4401 "2014-05-06T13:18:54Z")
This tileset started as an effort to complete the excellent 32x32 that Deon released a few months back. At some point on the building effort we realized that we couldn’t keep the mappings defined by Deon’s original tiles… --- ## [Thin walls: dealing with the difficulties of a tile-based system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thin-walls-dealing-with-the-difficulties-of-a-tile-based-system/5733)
**Author:** [@Cat09](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cat09)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thin-walls-dealing-with-the-difficulties-of-a-tile-based-system/5733 "2014-05-06T01:45:03Z")
Currently, every wall is an entire tile wide, from military bunkers walls to smart car panels & windows. Obviously highly unrealistic, in order to fix it, we would need a large number of changes, and it could be hairy… b… --- ## [Cataclysmic Cuisine](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysmic-cuisine/5839)
**Author:** [@bahihs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bahihs)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysmic-cuisine/5839 "2014-05-05T22:10:33Z")
Greetings forum dwellers, I was wondering what other players have their survivors eat early, mid and late game. Honestly it seems cooked meat is good just about all the time, given the relative scarcity of some of the o… --- ## [Zombie Herds](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-herds/6042)
**Author:** [@Straume21](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Straume21)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-herds/6042 "2014-05-05T21:01:04Z")
I’ve heard a lot of people complaining about endgame blandness and lack of challenge, and I think I have an idea that might help solve this problem. We already have dynamic spawn mode, which consistently spawns z’s wher… --- ## [Your dog wants steak: three issues with dog food](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/your-dog-wants-steak-three-issues-with-dog-food/5717)
**Author:** [@nonymous](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nonymous)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/your-dog-wants-steak-three-issues-with-dog-food/5717 "2014-05-05T20:07:44Z")
Dog food (difficulty 4 wtf) is more complex to make than human food. Dogs don’t like meat unless properly combined with veg to make Dog Food. Dog Food is a fairly rare item found in single use portions. Sometime in th… --- ## [Integrated toolset Standardization](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/integrated-toolset-standardization/6041)
**Author:** [@beorn080](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/beorn080)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/integrated-toolset-standardization/6041 "2014-05-05T18:25:16Z")
Ok. So, this occurred to me as I just installed an Anti-glare compensator and an integrated toolset I found on some scientists. Welding goggles are integrated into the AGC bionic, as something. I’m not sure how. But, th… --- ## [Recovering Liquids From The Floor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/recovering-liquids-from-the-floor/6018)
**Author:** [@Creamy\_Goodness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Creamy_Goodness)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 7:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/recovering-liquids-from-the-floor/6018 "2014-05-05T07:10:18Z")
Hello all I searched but could not find any thread with my idea so just thought id throw it out there. As we all know mops pick up liquids, Why not be able to squeeze the liquid out of it? I suggesting adding a squeezin… --- ## [Console version worked, SDL version doesn't](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/console-version-worked-sdl-version-doesnt/6025)
**Author:** [@hakesak](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/hakesak)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/console-version-worked-sdl-version-doesnt/6025 "2014-05-05T04:50:27Z")
The thread below mine is similar but I didn’t want to hijack his thread so I apologize for any inconvenience or posting incorrectly ahead of time. For the last week I have played the ascii version of 0.A, US English. I … --- ## [Documentation and Factions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/documentation-and-factions/6040)
**Author:** [@Vherid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vherid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/documentation-and-factions/6040 "2014-05-05T03:40:50Z")
So I thought of a few ideas that would be an interesting thing to play, and realized they would work really well with this game, as this game already has most of the key pieces built into it, and would only need a conver… --- ## [Reinforcing broken police bots](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reinforcing-broken-police-bots/6031)
**Author:** [@Keyreper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Keyreper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reinforcing-broken-police-bots/6031 "2014-05-05T02:30:15Z")
\[spoiler\]\[image\]\[/spoiler\] it takes both plastic chunks and scrap metal to repair, just thought i would post it here --- ## [Indoor Lighting Crop Farm](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/indoor-lighting-crop-farm/6022)
**Author:** [@Creamy\_Goodness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Creamy_Goodness)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/indoor-lighting-crop-farm/6022 "2014-05-05T02:15:49Z")
Hello again fellow DDA players, I tried looking around the forum and could not find a topic on this, also could not find any horticulture bulbs in game, I am a huge fan of making enormous walled in farms. So, can you gr… --- ## [Digging holes should result in getting dirt](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/digging-holes-should-result-in-getting-dirt/6035)
**Author:** [@Keyreper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Keyreper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/digging-holes-should-result-in-getting-dirt/6035 "2014-05-04T22:57:29Z")
like the title says digging holes around your base should result in making a pile of dirt at your feet, filling said hole would require the same amount of dirt, this also would go into the indoor lighting crop thread (ht… --- ## [Console vs Graphical](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/console-vs-graphical/6029)
**Author:** [@noname1208](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/noname1208)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/console-vs-graphical/6029 "2014-05-04T21:23:21Z")
I’m sorry if I’m missing something stupidly obvious or posting where someone else has (Only did a quick look around), but what is the difference between Console and Graphical? The obvious thing I’d think is one has tiles… --- ## [(future idea) NPC Mode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/future-idea-npc-mode/6034)
**Author:** [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/future-idea-npc-mode/6034 "2014-05-04T21:00:56Z")
If we ever have NPCs, we should have a mode where they spawn rate was buffed just a bit, and to make them a lot more aggressive. It would be like The Road Movie… without cannibals. [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=426) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=428)