# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=44 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 45 --- ## [Json and Coding Guide?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/json-and-coding-guide/26502)
**Author:** [@mybachhertz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mybachhertz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/json-and-coding-guide/26502 "2021-06-19T01:06:14Z")
Is there a guide for json and Coding for people like me who doesn’t have any prior knowledge of coding? I want to make my own mods or at least edit some pre existing files of the game but i don’t know anything about json… --- ## [What happend to the german translation?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-happend-to-the-german-translation/26496)
**Author:** [@Bjo\_Hart](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bjo_Hart)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-happend-to-the-german-translation/26496 "2021-06-18T03:46:16Z")
Hi folks! Today i decided to play a round of good old CDDA. But i was shocked, all the german translations for items where gone… Can anyone tell me what happend? --- ## [Updating game via launcher causes mods to be removed](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/updating-game-via-launcher-causes-mods-to-be-removed/26495)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/updating-game-via-launcher-causes-mods-to-be-removed/26495 "2021-06-17T09:35:46Z")
For some odd reason whenever I update the game via the launcher it removes any preinstalled mods. while not game breaking, it certainly is annoying --- ## [Simple additions mod](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/simple-additions-mod/25892)
**Author:** [@robotic\_gamer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/robotic_gamer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/simple-additions-mod/25892 "2021-06-17T02:42:42Z")
I wanted to add some simple things to cdda so I made a mod containing them. this mod contains: -phenol production from willowbark -acetone from acetic acid -aspirin from acetic anhydride -acetic anhydride and synthe… --- ## [Using mattresses to soften fall damage](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/using-mattresses-to-soften-fall-damage/26427)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/using-mattresses-to-soften-fall-damage/26427 "2021-06-16T19:44:33Z")
I was thinking about what the possible usage for mattresses when disassembling beds and thinking its kind of annoying have to take the mattress off first then having to remove the frame, and it also got me thinking about… --- ## [Would you consider using item browser cheating or scumming?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/would-you-consider-using-item-browser-cheating-or-scumming/26475)
**Author:** [@Jandof](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jandof)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/would-you-consider-using-item-browser-cheating-or-scumming/26475 "2021-06-16T17:47:19Z")
Like it says on the title. I’ve back again after a break and since there are new monsters and I don’t remember the old ones, I’ve picked up the habit of reading their stat blocks the first time I spot them. And it does h… --- ## [2 hours to turn 1 long cordage rope into 5 short cordage ropes?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/2-hours-to-turn-1-long-cordage-rope-into-5-short-cordage-ropes/25636)
**Author:** [@N1Z0](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/N1Z0)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/2-hours-to-turn-1-long-cordage-rope-into-5-short-cordage-ropes/25636 "2021-06-15T20:40:48Z")
Whilst breaking down hay bales into long/short cordage ropes, I noticed that the time it quoted me was 2 hours. I fail to understand how it could take my char a full 2 hours to cut this into 5 pieces. I have no doubt I … --- ## [Has the stomach system been updated? what does peckish mean?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/has-the-stomach-system-been-updated-what-does-peckish-mean/19855)
**Author:** [@draghi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/draghi)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/has-the-stomach-system-been-updated-what-does-peckish-mean/19855 "2021-06-15T03:14:51Z")
hello i just updated after 6 days and among the new changes, the HUD seems to also display peckish or whatever now in the hunger section. now I was hungry, i ate 1 L of woods soup 2 hours later i got PECKISH, drank some … --- ## [Cataclysm DDA channel on freenode hijacked](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-dda-channel-on-freenode-hijacked/26485)
**Author:** [@NetSysFire](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NetSysFire)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-dda-channel-on-freenode-hijacked/26485 "2021-06-14T13:25:21Z")
Dear survivors, mutants and other entities frequenting these forums, unfortunately the freenode staff just (~14:04:41 UTC+2) hijacked the IRC channel, #CataclysmDDA. We already moved to Libera Chat a while ago: Freenod… --- ## [\[Random Idea\] Metabolic Distillation](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/random-idea-metabolic-distillation/26479)
**Author:** [@meelock](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/meelock)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/random-idea-metabolic-distillation/26479 "2021-06-13T08:29:31Z")
metabolic distillation.: A system that builds up ethanol slowly when one consumes food, or alcoholic beverages, while giving a little bit of water later as the system fills up. At which point the system fills up, it sto… --- ## [My Overmap looks very unintelligible\[HELP\]](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-overmap-looks-very-unintelligible-help/26474)
**Author:** [@Udai\_Shankar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Udai_Shankar)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-overmap-looks-very-unintelligible-help/26474 "2021-06-12T22:06:32Z")
Getting into the game after a long hiatus. I thoughti would play with magiclysm. so i also included graphical\_overmap and graphical\_overmap\_magiclysm mods. I was hoping for the overmap used by Rycon\_plays(youtuber). How … --- ## [NPC Improvement and More Quest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-improvement-and-more-quest/26456)
**Author:** [@mybachhertz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mybachhertz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-improvement-and-more-quest/26456 "2021-06-07T02:13:59Z")
Just asking if there is a significant improvement on npc A.I. or will there be. And are there also new quest that are added just recently. --- ## [Is influenza the worst non-lethal disease? should the duration be nerfed?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-influenza-the-worst-non-lethal-disease-should-the-duration-be-nerfed/26471)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-influenza-the-worst-non-lethal-disease-should-the-duration-be-nerfed/26471 "2021-06-11T17:58:50Z")
Recently I caught a flu and I thought at first I could just wait it out like a broken leg and just spend the time reading, but due to the massive tiredness exhaustion generation I only have enough time to boil some water… --- ## [No revivification mod](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/no-revivification-mod/26373)
**Author:** [@riproarinboogerpens](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/riproarinboogerpens)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/no-revivification-mod/26373 "2021-06-11T15:48:30Z")
One used to be included now can’t find it. Thought maybe it got added to world settings but didn’t see it. Help please! --- ## [Game crashing whenever I drop ANYTHING](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-crashing-whenever-i-drop-anything/26434)
**Author:** [@Casio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Casio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-crashing-whenever-i-drop-anything/26434 "2021-06-11T08:00:10Z")
Literally. Multidrop, single drop, dropping something to craft something else. Dropping ANYTHING crashes me to the desktop and it gives me no idea why. --- ## [Can't install vehicle welding rig?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-install-vehicle-welding-rig/26467)
**Author:** [@Phoebe\_E](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Phoebe_E)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-install-vehicle-welding-rig/26467 "2021-06-10T22:05:15Z")
Hi, newbie here, just crafted a vehicle welding rig but when i examine the vehicle and try to install it, running the filter for “welding rig” doesn’t yield any results. I originally wanted to just use battery conversion… --- ## [Is there any way to show recipes you don't have the skill to know yet?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-recipes-you-dont-have-the-skill-to-know-yet/26464)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-recipes-you-dont-have-the-skill-to-know-yet/26464 "2021-06-10T21:00:30Z")
I’m trying to get into the flesh crafting of the secronom mod, but its really not obvious how you craft flesh items. levelling up fleshweaving only gives me things like a cloak and other unrelated things. Is there any c… --- ## [Questions about NPC spawning](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/questions-about-npc-spawning/26463)
**Author:** [@Jolmar7](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jolmar7)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/questions-about-npc-spawning/26463 "2021-06-10T06:27:09Z")
I have been trying to make a mod that adds in a series of outposts and villages with distinct clothing for men and women. I have been running into difficulty, as when I spawn an NPC class and assign it a specific gender,… --- ## [Trouble with making the world I want](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/trouble-with-making-the-world-i-want/26356)
**Author:** [@Hey](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/trouble-with-making-the-world-i-want/26356 "2021-06-09T16:33:26Z")
After playing my first few runs of the game, I’m confident I know what sort of game experience I want. The only problem is setting it up. I’m trying to get a longer game going, so a slower (higher) evolution factor. I s… --- ## [Is there any way to get back a rest world?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-get-back-a-rest-world/26461)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-get-back-a-rest-world/26461 "2021-06-09T09:23:52Z")
I have a game that I spent the past week trying to escape from the middle of city and I was so close, to escaping and was just doing last minute preparations when I got too curious about what was behind a locked door, an… --- ## [NPCs don't sleep, even with No\_NPC\_Needs off](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npcs-dont-sleep-even-with-no-npc-needs-off/26458)
**Author:** [@Wollwoll](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wollwoll)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npcs-dont-sleep-even-with-no-npc-needs-off/26458 "2021-06-08T22:42:12Z")
Exactly what the title says: My character’s in a Refugee Center start, and the NPCs never sleep. Except, since I have No\_NPC\_Needs off, they do still get tired, so what happens is that I get informed of their increasing … --- ## [What exactly does spawn vermin?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-exactly-does-spawn-vermin/26444)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-exactly-does-spawn-vermin/26444 "2021-06-08T17:26:43Z")
I’ve never actually “seen” anything come out of corpses but the streets are starting to have a cockroach problem. I can’t tell if they came from the corpses of all the swarmers I dissected in the streets trying to figure… --- ## [Multiple Use Item Actions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/multiple-use-item-actions/26447)
**Author:** [@FrogFrozen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FrogFrozen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/multiple-use-item-actions/26447 "2021-06-07T19:33:27Z")
I’m trying to make a mod that will involve a complicated crafting tree similar to that one lightsaber mod. Except the crafting tree will be for a suit of armor instead of a weapon. I want to give the armor multiple holst… --- ## [Doomsday caches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/doomsday-caches/26416)
**Author:** [@Glorp](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Glorp)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/doomsday-caches/26416 "2021-06-07T01:17:57Z")
I was thinking and thought that being able to find little catches throughout the world would be neat. Doomsday caches if you will, people all around the world prepare for doomsday situations, so it would be realistic if … --- ## [Does a vehicle need to move to charge its alternator?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-a-vehicle-need-to-move-to-charge-its-alternator/25996)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-a-vehicle-need-to-move-to-charge-its-alternator/25996 "2021-06-06T12:56:58Z")
Do I actually need to move around on the map or can a person generate charge the battery with juice by standing still on top of a foot peddle if I have an alternator? I found a tour bus would should make an excellent mo… --- ## [Removing a wall changes the "transport" area of a stairs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-a-wall-changes-the-transport-area-of-a-stairs/26443)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-a-wall-changes-the-transport-area-of-a-stairs/26443 "2021-06-06T05:18:33Z")
I removed a south facing wall on a dense urban building and going up the stairs now teleports me to another set of stairs to the west a few spaces away. The west stairway works as expected, but now the “new” stairway doe… --- ## [\[MOD\] consume\_the\_nut: Giving you a use for that half-ton of pine nuts + Update on the next mod I'll make](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-consume-the-nut-giving-you-a-use-for-that-half-ton-of-pine-nuts-update-on-the-next-mod-ill-make/26449)
**Author:** [@ERROR\_CODE](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ERROR_CODE)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-consume-the-nut-giving-you-a-use-for-that-half-ton-of-pine-nuts-update-on-the-next-mod-ill-make/26449 "2021-06-06T04:52:34Z")
consume\_the\_nut Giving you a use for that half-ton of pine nuts. This mod is the fourth entry into the \_nut series of mods. It adds more uses for all of those pine nuts you’ve managed to collect. Options include pine n… --- ## [\[MOD\] survive\_the\_nut: What we once thought to be our friend could turn out to be our greatest foe yet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-survive-the-nut-what-we-once-thought-to-be-our-friend-could-turn-out-to-be-our-greatest-foe-yet/26445)
**Author:** [@ERROR\_CODE](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ERROR_CODE)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-survive-the-nut-what-we-once-thought-to-be-our-friend-could-turn-out-to-be-our-greatest-foe-yet/26445 "2021-06-06T03:11:38Z")
survive\_the\_nut What we once thought to be our friend could turn out to be our greatest foe yet. This mod is the third part of the \_nut series of mods. It (currently) adds a pine nut golem that rarely spawns in forests… --- ## [How useful are unchecked SD cards?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-useful-are-unchecked-sd-cards/26433)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-useful-are-unchecked-sd-cards/26433 "2021-06-05T05:04:55Z")
so just how worth it are sd cards? I’ve been going through all kinds of SD cards but I never find anything of real use. What is the chance that an unencrypted card has anything of actual worth? Are there any recipes on t… --- ## [\[MOD\] convert\_the\_nut: Proving that the pine nut is the superior form of nut](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-convert-the-nut-proving-that-the-pine-nut-is-the-superior-form-of-nut/26432)
**Author:** [@ERROR\_CODE](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ERROR_CODE)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-convert-the-nut-proving-that-the-pine-nut-is-the-superior-form-of-nut/26432 "2021-06-04T22:37:42Z")
convert\_the\_nut Proving that the pine nut is the superior form of nut. This mod is the second part of the \_nut series of mods. This mod allows you convert various types of nuts into pine nuts, the peak form of nut. Cra… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=43) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=45)