# Game Talk

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=430

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## [Build 1417 bug](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/build-1417-bug/5955)

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**Author:** [@terroroid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/terroroid)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/build-1417-bug/5955 "2014-04-26T12:27:08Z")

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At the starting screen, the game screen shows only random lines and colors… But this can be eliminated by turning the “Software renderer to true” The build 1411 doesnt have this same issue. I try redownloading but it is …

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## [Educational Content](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/educational-content/5904)

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**Author:** [@JohnieRWilkins](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JohnieRWilkins)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/educational-content/5904 "2014-04-25T23:51:46Z")

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Devs: if you ever find yourself wanting to take a break from fixing NPCs to add more content. Do this to add some educational value to the game to make the world seem more believable: \[size=24pt\]Gameplay\[/size\] Glue: …

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## [Need help building on win 7](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/need-help-building-on-win-7/5927)

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**Author:** [@Euphe](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Euphe)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/need-help-building-on-win-7/5927 "2014-04-25T20:18:03Z")

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Long story short: I want to make a mod. I am trying to build the project using codeblocks (standard config), but I get this error: in computer.cpp I was told that it’s a problem people encountered before. Do I need t…

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## [An idea for a new trait. Tell what you think!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/an-idea-for-a-new-trait-tell-what-you-think/5922)

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**Author:** [@Rusty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rusty)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/an-idea-for-a-new-trait-tell-what-you-think/5922 "2014-04-25T18:30:55Z")

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To begin with, I do some Roleplays from time to time and one of my characters is a pyrokineticist. I realised that would be a nice trait to choose for our characters in Cataclysm (or it could be added as a mutation, whi…

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## [Virtual Disk Image to compile CDDA for windows with](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/virtual-disk-image-to-compile-cdda-for-windows-with/5943)

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**Author:** [@CIB](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CIB)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/virtual-disk-image-to-compile-cdda-for-windows-with/5943 "2014-04-25T15:52:58Z")

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I’ve set up a minimal arch linux installation on Virtualbox and installed mxe on it. The thing can now easily compile CDDA. All you need to do is: Install virtualbox Download the disk image and open it with VirtualBox,…

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## [Something simple, all the great rpgs do it, rpers love it](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/something-simple-all-the-great-rpgs-do-it-rpers-love-it/5797)

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**Author:** [@stone94](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/stone94)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/something-simple-all-the-great-rpgs-do-it-rpers-love-it/5797 "2014-04-25T04:42:16Z")

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Well another short post from me, as its just another self explanatory suggestion, the addition of a character bio section in the character creation menu, can be place with the name selection. might also be called history…

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## [New Cataclysm music](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-cataclysm-music/5946)

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**Author:** [@Keyreper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Keyreper)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-cataclysm-music/5946 "2014-04-25T03:23:24Z")

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\[spoiler\]as a long standing member in this community i vote that we should add this song to the cataclysms music playlist, who agrees? http://youtu.be/Txy5avmAXmI \[size=6pt\]jk jk\[/size\] … \[/spoiler\] but being seriou…

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## [Long term or pernament light sources](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/long-term-or-pernament-light-sources/5934)

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**Author:** [@Arek\_PL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arek_PL)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/long-term-or-pernament-light-sources/5934 "2014-04-24T22:53:34Z")

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in my firestadion i must fire so many two by four because i cant craft and read (its too dark) walking outside do not help because during night is dark and at day everything start to attack me (at least i get some bodie…

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## [Fog](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fog/5806)

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**Author:** [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fog/5806 "2014-04-24T21:44:30Z")

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Just a random weather type and things i think it probably should do -Limits vision range of all units by a certain amount -Suppress scent -is creepy :stuck\_out\_tongue: -and perhaps some monsters come out to eat peopl…

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## [Liquid Tank Upgrade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/liquid-tank-upgrade/5941)

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**Author:** [@Lord\_Sunder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lord_Sunder)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/liquid-tank-upgrade/5941 "2014-04-24T21:27:09Z")

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Tanks, at present, are something of an irritation to me. They hold liquids, but only gasoline, hydrogen and CLEAN water, as of 22nd of April. Here’s a very simple suggestion. How about we make it so that tanks are capab…

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## [The flu. OH COME ON](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-flu-oh-come-on/5925)

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**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-flu-oh-come-on/5925 "2014-04-24T21:07:14Z")

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This is just ridiculous. It’s now day 5 with the flu. Constant non-stop coughing and vomiting, forcing me to use up most of my HUGE stockpile of food (I’m literally going through food faster than I can cook it, so I’m …

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## [NPC Head Explosions?!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-head-explosions/5936)

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**Author:** [@Jakers](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jakers)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-head-explosions/5936 "2014-04-24T17:04:57Z")

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I was just wondering a little thing: Why do NPC’s head’s randomly explode? It has happened to me 3 times as of yet (one of them being an ally,) not annoyed with it as such, I just want to know why, because they are liter…

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## [Stacking](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/stacking/4358)

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**Author:** [@esran](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/esran)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/stacking/4358 "2014-04-24T15:10:48Z")

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can someone make items that the player recieves a ton of, such as bones, scrap metal and other mass crafting meterials stackable? my crafting screen is slowing to a crawl do to my thousands of bones, and i have no idea w…

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## [Bridges aren't connected properly](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bridges-arent-connected-properly/5696)

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**Author:** [@Adrian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Adrian)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bridges-arent-connected-properly/5696 "2014-04-24T14:01:16Z")

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I just downloaded 7495512 and i noticed bridges don’t connect to roads properly at curves. \[spoiler=fairly large image\]\[image\]\[/spoiler\]

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## [Primary charge check for tools](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/primary-charge-check-for-tools/5937)

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**Author:** [@BeigeSand](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BeigeSand)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/primary-charge-check-for-tools/5937 "2014-04-24T11:23:03Z")

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I’m trying to add a mod to tools that allows them to run off of a UPS. There appears to be a generic call for all tools that checks if they have enough charges to perform their function, one being called outside of iuse.…

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## [Simple comforts](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/simple-comforts/5715)

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**Author:** [@Senrain](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Senrain)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/simple-comforts/5715 "2014-04-24T03:26:31Z")

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\[center\]Sitting down\[/center\] Why not give players a slight morale boost for sitting in a comfortable chair? Waiting over a chair pretty much equates to sitting in it, so if a player spends a good amount of time sitting…

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## [A wearable towel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-wearable-towel/5900)

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**Author:** [@Weyrling](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Weyrling)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-wearable-towel/5900 "2014-04-23T23:17:27Z")

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For having a reference to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the towel has remarkably few uses, I decided to make it wearable like a bandana/scarf. The stats I’ve used are entirely impulsive but I figured I’d post the ch…

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## [Bug: Cougars seem to leap at you even when they are not hostile](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bug-cougars-seem-to-leap-at-you-even-when-they-are-not-hostile/5903)

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**Author:** [@Obscure](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Obscure)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bug-cougars-seem-to-leap-at-you-even-when-they-are-not-hostile/5903 "2014-04-23T17:18:27Z")

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I have been noticing that the cougar that is wandering around keeps jumping at me. he is usually either ignoring or tracking, but keeps leaping in my direction. it almost appears that he is wandering away from me and fo…

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## [Unable to butcher with a wood-axe](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-butcher-with-a-wood-axe/5916)

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**Author:** [@Paquito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paquito)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-butcher-with-a-wood-axe/5916 "2014-04-23T17:07:04Z")

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Not sure if this is a bug or intended behavior, but I can’t butcher with a wood axe. It used to be the case that I could butcher with anything that had a cutting score, but has that been changed?

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## [What to do at night](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-to-do-at-night/5867)

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**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-to-do-at-night/5867 "2014-04-23T09:50:37Z")

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So, after fifteen or so games, three worlds, and realizing after the first time an NPC strolled into my home and jacked everything in sight and then offered to sell it back to me that NPCs are broken and should be turned…

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## [Colds?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/colds/5757)

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**Author:** [@Blackopsman9999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blackopsman9999)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/colds/5757 "2014-04-23T04:49:58Z")

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What cures colds? I have a cold and my cold medicine isn’t stopping the symptoms anymore.

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## [Strange bleeding bug?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-bleeding-bug/5926)

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**Author:** [@Homebound](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Homebound)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-bleeding-bug/5926 "2014-04-23T01:28:54Z")

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0.A Stable SDL Windows 7 A bear broke through the window while I was sleeping, and during the fight it caused my torso to bleed, which I was able to successfully stop by using a rag. However, my martial arts using cha…

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## [NPCs can see in the dark, and invisible people](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npcs-can-see-in-the-dark-and-invisible-people/5663)

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**Author:** [@Rog](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rog)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npcs-can-see-in-the-dark-and-invisible-people/5663 "2014-04-22T23:22:16Z")

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Windows SDL - 385825e NPC was shooting me at midnight, while I was wearing an artifact that made me invisible. I had to throw a flashlight in their direction to shoot back. He had no traits, and no infrared or night vis…

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## [Won't use clothing on vehicle bed while sleeping](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wont-use-clothing-on-vehicle-bed-while-sleeping/5572)

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**Author:** [@HeadWar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HeadWar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wont-use-clothing-on-vehicle-bed-while-sleeping/5572 "2014-04-22T22:43:37Z")

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Normally when you sleep, you will use any clothing/blankets in the same square to keep warm, but in a vehicle bed, this does not seem to work.

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## [Friendly Animals](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/friendly-animals/5931)

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**Author:** [@Straume21](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Straume21)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/friendly-animals/5931 "2014-04-22T22:25:14Z")

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One annoying feature that I have found is that when a player is fighting more than one enemy at a time, all hostiles attack only the player regardless of their species, proximity to other creatures, and hostility. Person…

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## [Melee weapons fighting styles](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/melee-weapons-fighting-styles/4996)

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**Author:** [@Sanarr](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sanarr)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/melee-weapons-fighting-styles/4996 "2014-04-22T22:10:11Z")

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Good day to everyone. I’ve searched for that topic, but found only a september posts with no direct answer whether this would be added or not so: Are we going to see some weapon-based melee styles in game ? Italian fe…

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## [Held Item lost on death](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/held-item-lost-on-death/5378)

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**Author:** [@Lainge](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lainge)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/held-item-lost-on-death/5378 "2014-04-22T21:39:42Z")

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Version 0.A. SDL Windows 7 The item that was in my character’s hand as he died was not “on him” or anywhere near him when I went to go loot the corpse. It was an artifact sword, one that I am sad to have lost. The d…

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## [Reload Time and "Reload\_one"](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reload-time-and-reload-one/5808)

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**Author:** [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reload-time-and-reload-one/5808 "2014-04-22T21:09:31Z")

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So when using revolvers, I noticed that enemies made several moves whenever I stopped to reload. I took a look at the revolver itself, a S&W 610. Reload time 60. Yet when I look at the movement cost for that turn; it to…

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## [Archery redesign?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/archery-redesign/5611)

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**Author:** [@Cosmitz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cosmitz)\
**Replies:** 77\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/archery-redesign/5611 "2014-04-22T19:11:00Z")

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Pretty new here, and after a lot of successful deaths i decided to finally set up a mini-me template. Had to bump traits to 13 points to get them in, and i assumed 8 strenght was the average human strenght. Edited a json…

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## [Persistent scent trails](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/persistent-scent-trails/5920)

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**Author:** [@TacticalPteridactyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TacticalPteridactyl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/persistent-scent-trails/5920 "2014-04-22T04:07:50Z")

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Even with the spawn rates turned up, I find the game becomes terribly simply terribly quickly. Once the player has gathered a suitable set of basic tools or attained even a minimal amount of mobility the game devolves in…

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