# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=490 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 491 --- ## [Arachnics thingies must die](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arachnics-thingies-must-die/3608)
**Author:** [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/arachnics-thingies-must-die/3608 "2013-10-22T21:59:20Z")
Really, i hate their spawns. They spawn in fleets of 200 or 300 and they DON’T EVER STOP SPAWNING. I SO FUIGIU HATE THEM. I mean, yeah, they add hardiness tot he game, but CMON! Put more bears and wolves. --- ## [\[0.8 Stable\] Water tank always shows 0%](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-stable-water-tank-always-shows-0/3601)
**Author:** [@Jiamil](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jiamil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-stable-water-tank-always-shows-0/3601 "2013-10-22T20:26:42Z")
SDL , Windows 7 Tiles deactivated Hi. Problem as the subject says. To be precise: Build a “vehicle” with two water tanks and a kitchen unit, there is also a storage battery and a solar panel built in (Storage battery w… --- ## [Installing new engines?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/installing-new-engines/1833)
**Author:** [@madoobler\_sauce](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/madoobler_sauce)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/installing-new-engines/1833 "2013-10-22T18:24:05Z")
So, I figured I would be awesome and put a V8 (the engine) and some spikes on my motorcycle. Apparently it’s not that easy. How do I make an engine not be 0-Liter when I install it? --- ## [Candy and the like](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/candy-and-the-like/3610)
**Author:** [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/candy-and-the-like/3610 "2013-10-22T18:07:58Z")
So being an adult I can make the horrible decision to eat nothing but candy for a day. Which brings me to this, I’m sure we’ve all had a game or two where we’ve been forced to eat nothing but junk-food for a day (possibl… --- ## [\[0.8-1618\] Corpses have 600 volume and aren't damaged by smashing](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-1618-corpses-have-600-volume-and-arent-damaged-by-smashing/3564)
**Author:** [@Faene](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Faene)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-1618-corpses-have-600-volume-and-arent-damaged-by-smashing/3564 "2013-10-22T17:53:19Z")
As the title says. --- ## [Gym, abdominal and curl-ups](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/gym-abdominal-and-curl-ups/3617)
**Author:** [@Zenone](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zenone)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/gym-abdominal-and-curl-ups/3617 "2013-10-22T17:28:30Z")
i think it would be great if i can train my character with gym, abdominal exercise and curl-ups that train should be tiring but useful to earn point in strenght what you think about it? --- ## [Heirloom items/stashes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/heirloom-items-stashes/3518)
**Author:** [@Sharklaser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sharklaser)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/heirloom-items-stashes/3518 "2013-10-22T16:45:15Z")
Each evac shelter has special safe that can accomodate 5 items. Any live character can PUT items into evac shelter heirloom safes but cannot take those items away for themselves, so its not a container but one way thing … --- ## [Trampolines and Their Usefulness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/trampolines-and-their-usefulness/3615)
**Author:** [@deadmerits](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deadmerits)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/trampolines-and-their-usefulness/3615 "2013-10-22T16:28:46Z")
I was taking apart a trampoline today and the whole time I couldn’t help but come up with ideas for the parts. There was a safety netting around the sides so besides the net itself there were plenty of extra metal pipes.… --- ## [Morale Related Traits](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/morale-related-traits/3578)
**Author:** [@Rask](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rask)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/morale-related-traits/3578 "2013-10-22T13:30:00Z")
I had a few trait ideas that could affect what actions your character finds “fun” or “depressing”. In a thread about pets, someone mentioned that if you had a pet like a dog die near you, you would suffer a morale penal… --- ## [Martial Arts + Melee?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/martial-arts-melee/3609)
**Author:** [@Hyena\_Grin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hyena_Grin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/martial-arts-melee/3609 "2013-10-22T13:07:05Z")
I have to admit that I have more or less ignored the martial arts styles. I’m just… not really into it. Unarmed? Pfff. I realize it’s probably extremely powerful if you put time into it, but anyway. Are there any benefi… --- ## [Electricity Planned?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/electricity-planned/3363)
**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/electricity-planned/3363 "2013-10-22T08:01:00Z")
Are there any plans for being able to actually have buildings wired up and electrical devices, such as refrigerators, working off the buildings electrical wiring? --- ## [On Spoilage and Temperature](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/on-spoilage-and-temperature/3612)
**Author:** [@Sogo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sogo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/on-spoilage-and-temperature/3612 "2013-10-22T02:42:25Z")
Currently, it seems like food spoils at the same rate no matter what the temperature is, a freshly butchered cut of meat will rot at the same rate in the sun in 100 degree weather as it does stored in a 16 degree ice lab… --- ## [Watermelone, Inside a watermelone!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/watermelone-inside-a-watermelone/3490)
**Author:** [@Soviet\_Troopa](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soviet_Troopa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/watermelone-inside-a-watermelone/3490 "2013-10-22T00:23:01Z")
It’s the most beatifull thang ive ever seen. i found a: Watermelon (8). it weighed 38,6 kg and took up 12,4 volume. dont know if it should spawn like this, but it was beautifull. --- ## [Driving Skill](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/driving-skill/3606)
**Author:** [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/driving-skill/3606 "2013-10-22T00:17:27Z")
So I notice it’s there, and any time you’re driving it seems to dictate how often you “Fumble with controls” but other than that it doesn’t seem to serve much purpose, not to mention I’m not quite sure how to get the dr… --- ## [Enhancement to Cataclysm DDA main page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/enhancement-to-cataclysm-dda-main-page/3502)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/enhancement-to-cataclysm-dda-main-page/3502 "2013-10-21T23:13:04Z")
Is anyone in the community a web developer who is good at making pretty web pages? I think if we have a nicer layout for the main page more people will check us out. Sorry Glyph, not meant to be mean. I have no artistic … --- ## [Some Vehicle-Themed Ideas](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/some-vehicle-themed-ideas/3254)
**Author:** [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/some-vehicle-themed-ideas/3254 "2013-10-21T21:44:56Z")
Had a handful of ideas between myself and a friend of mine and thought it’d be worth the time to type it up. Up to you folks to decide if it’s worth the time to read it :stuck\_out\_tongue: ANYWAY… Vehicle Plow Something… --- ## [Moves per attack](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moves-per-attack/3585)
**Author:** [@VampyreLord](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/VampyreLord)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moves-per-attack/3585 "2013-10-21T19:56:25Z")
I understand the “Moves per attack” count for how much moves you make when for example using a weapon. A sledgehammer would cost more for instance and a pocket knife would cost less. But I can see “Moves per attack” in e… --- ## [Melee Weapons](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/melee-weapons/3568)
**Author:** [@Lonesurvivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lonesurvivor)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/melee-weapons/3568 "2013-10-21T18:11:50Z")
What is your favorite type of melee weapon to use? Do you like Bashing skulls in, or would rather be a caveman, and use your pointy stick to pierce a zombie through it’s stomach? Give your opinions. --- ## [Json based in game 'tips'](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/json-based-in-game-tips/3561)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/json-based-in-game-tips/3561 "2013-10-21T17:12:52Z")
One guy on the general forum posted about how he is overwhelmed. I then post about a tutorial. there is an old one that is broken. I have another idea, that would be easier and easy for people to participate in. what ab… --- ## [Cannot save memorial file](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-save-memorial-file/2907)
**Author:** [@xap](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/xap)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-save-memorial-file/2907 "2013-10-21T17:04:54Z")
It’s happens when I using a translated .mo and a translated random player name. debug message: game.cpp\[2911\]: Could not open memorial file ‘memorial/瑪德琳 強森-Mon Sep 02 13-25-33 2013.txt’ --- ## [Survivor/Ex-Survivor Vehicle Encounters?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/survivor-ex-survivor-vehicle-encounters/3588)
**Author:** [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/survivor-ex-survivor-vehicle-encounters/3588 "2013-10-21T15:49:05Z")
So I find it difficult to believe I’m the only person that’s built one of these RVs on Steroids. Why not have an encounter with such vehicles akin to drug deal encounters? You come across a lightly to severely damaged Mo… --- ## [Mags, clips and belts](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mags-clips-and-belts/3602)
**Author:** [@Atelerd](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Atelerd)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mags-clips-and-belts/3602 "2013-10-21T15:40:58Z")
Sweet dream of mine - ability to wear a rifle with belt addon, giving you 1 encumbrance. Why do I have to wear a backpack for carrying the sniper rifle? Mags and clips. Make it optional, but it would be very big step to… --- ## [Fallout from craters](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fallout-from-craters/3589)
**Author:** [@Lightstep](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lightstep)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fallout-from-craters/3589 "2013-10-21T07:14:20Z")
I was thinking that maybe we could make fallout spawn around craters. Have it act like a gas, and make it appear in a certain radius around the crater. We could even put in some sort of timer, like a countdown of how man… --- ## [Ughhh AHHH ITS ACTUALLY REAL NOW! (Hallucinations becoming real after saving)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ughhh-ahhh-its-actually-real-now-hallucinations-becoming-real-after-saving/3576)
**Author:** [@Orthum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Orthum)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ughhh-ahhh-its-actually-real-now-hallucinations-becoming-real-after-saving/3576 "2013-10-21T05:52:05Z")
Yeah, that was messed up. Alcohol withdraw, tried to sleep, game crashed, reloaded that hallucination zombie child ruined my pants and bit my leg. He became a real boy. --- ## [About them stray engines](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/about-them-stray-engines/3549)
**Author:** [@HS1342](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HS1342)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/about-them-stray-engines/3549 "2013-10-21T02:56:44Z")
There is something that has been bugging me for some time now… So, could someone explain to me why there’s so many engines lying around the roads? --- ## [\[0.8 Stable\] Smoke and elevators bugs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-stable-smoke-and-elevators-bugs/3574)
**Author:** [@Rayko](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rayko)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-stable-smoke-and-elevators-bugs/3574 "2013-10-20T23:33:39Z")
0.8 Stable SDL Windows 7 1st bug: breathed once thick smoke, character can’t stop coughing, harming his chest endlessly. I found this bug once, when I was fighting the Smoker (and killed him) outside the building without… --- ## [3 small bugs that may already be fixed](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/3-small-bugs-that-may-already-be-fixed/3595)
**Author:** [@moist\_zombie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/moist_zombie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/3-small-bugs-that-may-already-be-fixed/3595 "2013-10-20T22:48:36Z")
Was netless for a bit, but while playing I encountered a couple… can’t remember which but one of the text lines from shooting a skeleton is missing the word “skeleton” at the end… chugged some V8 and it didn’t fill… --- ## [Makeshift Leather Armor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/makeshift-leather-armor/3586)
**Author:** [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/makeshift-leather-armor/3586 "2013-10-20T21:58:08Z")
Low End (1 to 3? Somewhere in there) Tailoring skill, jury rig leather coats, pants, etc into armor with a little bit of scrap metal. Better than just a leather jacket but not as good as regular armor, however more flexi… --- ## [Attacking npcs while wielding certain weapons crashes the game](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/attacking-npcs-while-wielding-certain-weapons-crashes-the-game/3594)
**Author:** [@Faene](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Faene)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/attacking-npcs-while-wielding-certain-weapons-crashes-the-game/3594 "2013-10-20T21:31:35Z")
0.8-1723-g2098ae9 SDL WinXP Happens consistently with wood axe, stone axe, stone shovel, entrenching tool, hoe, crude sword, forged sword, trench knife, razorbar katar, makeshift halberd, knife spear, awl pike, machete… --- ## [I really want to play this game, but I am overwhelmed](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-really-want-to-play-this-game-but-i-am-overwhelmed/3540)
**Author:** [@Zandor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zandor)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-really-want-to-play-this-game-but-i-am-overwhelmed/3540 "2013-10-20T15:43:13Z")
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