# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=476 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 477 --- ## [\[0.9Ma windows764bit\]crash to desktop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9ma-windows764bit-crash-to-desktop/4098)
**Author:** [@biglazyman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/biglazyman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9ma-windows764bit-crash-to-desktop/4098 "2013-11-19T07:02:27Z")
Game crash suddenly while trying get inside a city during night. Only thing a saw was a police car illuminating some zombie i was trying to avoid and game crashed. I started cata again, loaded the character but crash ag… --- ## [Atomic Nightlight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/atomic-nightlight/4083)
**Author:** [@ClusterDSA](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ClusterDSA)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/atomic-nightlight/4083 "2013-11-19T04:16:49Z")
So I found one, which seems awesome since it will let me read in the basement of my evac shelter without using up all my batteries. Small problem, I can’t figure out how to use it. First I assumed that it would of cour… --- ## [Static and dynamic](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/static-and-dynamic/4090)
**Author:** [@Orcling](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Orcling)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/static-and-dynamic/4090 "2013-11-19T03:47:34Z")
Is it somehow possible to start with a static world and turn it to dynamic? The thought of running out of zombies that attack my home is terrifying to me. Sure dynamic is fine and all, but enemies seem to dissappear once… --- ## [\[0.9 Stable\] Spiders wont drop chitin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082)
**Author:** [@PoeSalesman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PoeSalesman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082 "2013-11-19T03:43:52Z")
I cleared out an entire house of giant black widow spiders, butchered each of 'em, and didn’t find a single chunk of chitin. I checked the files and they’re flagged with chitin, so to my knowledge they should drop it. --- ## [So I found where all your lost socks go](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-found-where-all-your-lost-socks-go/4091)
**Author:** [@HoundofDarkness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HoundofDarkness)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-found-where-all-your-lost-socks-go/4091 "2013-11-19T02:36:11Z")
I was out on a scouting expedition with my scooter when I came across an evac shelter. Well when I went downstairs I found a zombie and his dog along with… well everything. \[spoiler\]\[image\]\[/spoiler\] Has this been in … --- ## [Harder zombies have better drops](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/harder-zombies-have-better-drops/4059)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/harder-zombies-have-better-drops/4059 "2013-11-19T01:51:36Z")
Shockers can drop bionics. I dont believe any of the other special zombies have any special drops. how about they have a higher chance of better drops? All zombies drop some form of clothing with a small chance of someth… --- ## [.9 Ma - could not find monster by type](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/9-ma-could-not-find-monster-by-type/4080)
**Author:** [@Dominae](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dominae)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/9-ma-could-not-find-monster-by-type/4080 "2013-11-19T01:44:07Z")
Having an issue that is very repeatable. When wandering inside Science Labs, after descending a floor or two (usually whatever floor Mi-go are on) I get a debug message stating, if I recall correctly, “could not find mo… --- ## [\[0.9 Stable\] Sewer rats exceedingly hard to hit in melee](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-sewer-rats-exceedingly-hard-to-hit-in-melee/4089)
**Author:** [@nickasummers](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nickasummers)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-sewer-rats-exceedingly-hard-to-hit-in-melee/4089 "2013-11-19T00:39:58Z")
On several characters across two different windows 7 machines I have found myself unable to hit sewer rats with melee weapons (used both machete and crowbar), regardless of melee skills. As soon as I pull out a gun its e… --- ## [\[0.8-2613-g7c0d731\] Large Vehicles = Huge CPU usage increase, with save](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-2613-g7c0d731-large-vehicles-huge-cpu-usage-increase-with-save/3871)
**Author:** [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-2613-g7c0d731-large-vehicles-huge-cpu-usage-increase-with-save/3871 "2013-11-18T23:58:37Z")
Now on the right board! What it says on the tin. Moving the RMCC causes CPU usage to spike slowing the game to a crawl. Save Folder Could just be the limitations of my hardware but there’s the save regardless if anyone… --- ## [Zombie Grab Mechanic](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-grab-mechanic/4070)
**Author:** [@spitss](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/spitss)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-grab-mechanic/4070 "2013-11-18T20:59:07Z")
I think there should be a grab mechanic for zombie. The purpose of a such an attack is to make melee combat more difficult and to properly simulate just how easy it would be to be overrun. Also addresses the absurdity … --- ## [More fuel on fires should lead to longer lasting fires](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-fuel-on-fires-should-lead-to-longer-lasting-fires/4060)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-fuel-on-fires-should-lead-to-longer-lasting-fires/4060 "2013-11-18T20:49:43Z")
not sure if this changed in .9… but throughout the game if you have more fuel on a fire it does not last longer. you also can’t add fuel to a fire to keep it going. My reasoning for this is when you jack up the zombie sp… --- ## [Ubuntu install help; "make: command not found"](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ubuntu-install-help-make-command-not-found/4064)
**Author:** [@Forevernonethewiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Forevernonethewiser)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ubuntu-install-help-make-command-not-found/4064 "2013-11-18T19:13:49Z")
Hey guys, I’m trying to install cataclysm on my chromebook. I have Ubuntu and have managed to get as far as making the directory. I am not very computer literate, but everything seemed to be going swimmingly until I got… --- ## [Construction sites?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construction-sites/4074)
**Author:** [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/construction-sites/4074 "2013-11-18T13:43:31Z")
I mean, was there no construction going on during at the time of the cataclysm? The place would hold a few tools, and maybe spawn a truck or something. Construction sites would spawn in cities naturally, and would have a… --- ## [Keyboard problem :(](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keyboard-problem/4056)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keyboard-problem/4056 "2013-11-18T08:32:42Z")
Hey everyone, I have a problem with my keyboard on Cataclysm. When I need to change the page, I must press : Page down (Page up to come back). But when I’m on the World Gen Options I need to press ''shift + the key betwe… --- ## [Forest fires and fires spreading in town](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forest-fires-and-fires-spreading-in-town/4062)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forest-fires-and-fires-spreading-in-town/4062 "2013-11-18T08:31:11Z")
run away fire should spread over grass. you can clear grass to keep fire from spreading to you. can spread from random lightning strikes or you can mass burn down forests and towns. --- ## [Blood Filter can cure Schizophrenia?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/blood-filter-can-cure-schizophrenia/4079)
**Author:** [@Aluminumfoil](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aluminumfoil)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/blood-filter-can-cure-schizophrenia/4079 "2013-11-18T08:28:05Z")
I’m not sure if this should go here or in the Bug Reports. If this is the wrong place, please let me know. Blood Filter bionic can clear hallucinations caused by schizophrenia and \[spoiler\]magic artifacts\[/spoiler\], be… --- ## [Moral penalty for killing animals (not hostile) with animal empathy?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moral-penalty-for-killing-animals-not-hostile-with-animal-empathy/4077)
**Author:** [@Vronkio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vronkio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moral-penalty-for-killing-animals-not-hostile-with-animal-empathy/4077 "2013-11-18T06:26:27Z")
I consider myself a person with quite the animal empathy and it would upset me having to kill whichever animal that wasn’t attacking me, (and even then, it would probably still affect me to a lesser extent even if I was … --- ## ["A"ctivating hooded cloth to wear it over some headgear?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-ctivating-hooded-cloth-to-wear-it-over-some-headgear/4068)
**Author:** [@Vronkio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vronkio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-ctivating-hooded-cloth-to-wear-it-over-some-headgear/4068 "2013-11-18T06:13:35Z")
This came to me when I was walking on the street on a particularly cold night and I remembered to pull my jackets hood over the knit hat I was wearing, and it came to me, I should be able to do this in cataclysm, not jus… --- ## [Thank You Galenevil(our full time developer)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thank-you-galenevil-our-full-time-developer/3410)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thank-you-galenevil-our-full-time-developer/3410 "2013-11-18T03:22:13Z")
For those that don’t know Galenevil is the full time developer. He is basically working for about what you could make working as a shift manager at McDonalds. There is a blog for Kickstarter contributors where Galenevil … --- ## [\[0.9-542-g7e69924\] Laser pistols description contradicts stats](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-542-g7e69924-laser-pistols-description-contradicts-stats/4076)
**Author:** [@Vronkio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vronkio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-542-g7e69924-laser-pistols-description-contradicts-stats/4076 "2013-11-18T03:03:35Z")
LACP and V29 laser pistols say they use fusion pack in the description but shows as using UPS in the ammunition information. Is it WAD? This may be happening with more weapons but I’ve only noticed these two. --- ## [Creating custom flags and flag effects for clothes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/creating-custom-flags-and-flag-effects-for-clothes/4065)
**Author:** [@spitss](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/spitss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/creating-custom-flags-and-flag-effects-for-clothes/4065 "2013-11-18T00:56:32Z")
I have just been messing about with some of the json files and was wondering how do I create a custom flag and effect to apply to an item. For example say I made a pair of stilts, and wanted to add a flag that makes the… --- ## [What Are YOU! Playing On?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-are-you-playing-on/4040)
**Author:** [@fatkat61](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/fatkat61)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-are-you-playing-on/4040 "2013-11-17T22:07:03Z")
I am sure this has been done before but I could not find it. So what do you play Cataclysm DDA on? is it one computer? or is it more? Linux? Windows? ect. I played up to 2 weeks ago on a 10yo Toshiba laptop running XP.… --- ## [Slight moral boost when eating certain food types with fork/knife/etc?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slight-moral-boost-when-eating-certain-food-types-with-fork-knife-etc/4071)
**Author:** [@Vronkio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vronkio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slight-moral-boost-when-eating-certain-food-types-with-fork-knife-etc/4071 "2013-11-17T22:05:02Z")
As to simulate the feeling of “normality”. Maybe it would activate from having such items on the inventory or nearby and only on certain food items. Worth the implementation? --- ## [Fishing, watery days a head](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fishing-watery-days-a-head/4072)
**Author:** [@Lidku](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lidku)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fishing-watery-days-a-head/4072 "2013-11-17T21:57:50Z")
I think we should add fishing. It would be cool to have fish mechanics and have mutated fish to eat. Maybe If your lucky enough, you could fight lengendary fish monsters. Also when NPC’s get fixed, there could be faction… --- ## [More weather effects](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-weather-effects/4063)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-weather-effects/4063 "2013-11-17T19:57:19Z")
more frequent lightning. see my post about fires. id like to see lightning start large fires that spread high wind can spread radiation. rain can lead to flooding and rivers can overflow their banks and have high curren… --- ## [Remotely detonating exploses](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/remotely-detonating-exploses/4061)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/remotely-detonating-exploses/4061 "2013-11-17T17:49:41Z")
Land mines will blow up only if you lead something over it. however, it hits multiple squares. how about explosives you can place, then remotely detonate. i would be particularly interested in incendiaries. that will lig… --- ## [Tileset - 16px Version. (Development Stopped)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tileset-16px-version-development-stopped/2937)
**Author:** [@SirHoder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SirHoder)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tileset-16px-version-development-stopped/2937 "2013-11-17T16:16:24Z")
\[b\]Development has stopped, I haven’t played Cataclysm, or worked on this project in 3 weeks. My Real Life situation has changed and I no longer have the chunks of free time I was using to work on this tileset, so I’m b… --- ## [Make winter colder. Make summer hotter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-winter-colder-make-summer-hotter/4053)
**Author:** [@Dyne](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dyne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-winter-colder-make-summer-hotter/4053 "2013-11-17T15:54:36Z")
I’m not asking finnish realism here, we are modelling a moderate climate. Still, perhaps it is possible to have +30 C in Summer and up to -10/-15 C in Winter in open air, so a character depends on heat more in winter? … --- ## [Common New England plants](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/common-new-england-plants/3417)
**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/common-new-england-plants/3417 "2013-11-17T14:58:46Z")
I was just thinking about some of the plants I encountered as a kid that we do not really see in game. Also to confirm some of the ones that are in. :slight\_smile: I used to eat tiny lil wild strawberries that grew in … --- ## [Comment and thank you](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/comment-and-thank-you/4054)
**Author:** [@dakenho](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dakenho)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/comment-and-thank-you/4054 "2013-11-17T14:30:03Z")
I just wanted to say thanks to the developer for getting the food and water needs of my character right. This is something that has always bugged me about games like, your character runs around all day and spends thousa… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=475) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=477)