# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=538 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 539 --- ## [Headless zombie corpse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/headless-zombie-corpse/1794)
**Author:** [@CmdPrompt](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CmdPrompt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/headless-zombie-corpse/1794 "2013-06-19T12:03:44Z")
I’ve been wondering how zombies that die of headshot get reanimated. Maybe adding a headless zombie corpse that doesn’t reanimate after 6 hours would be a slight improvement. --- ## [Tailoring and fitting](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tailoring-and-fitting/1817)
**Author:** [@Ceasar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ceasar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tailoring-and-fitting/1817 "2013-06-19T10:43:55Z")
Hi, im just wondering about fitting and reinforcing clothes. If you reinforce something and you didnt get it to fir, does that mean it cant be fitted? --- ## [Too happy in the apocalypse?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-happy-in-the-apocalypse/1801)
**Author:** [@Sloot](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sloot)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-happy-in-the-apocalypse/1801 "2013-06-19T10:38:16Z")
It seems to me that it’s very easy to keep your character content with his new meager and or dangerous lifestyle. You can go through all sorts of trauma and just pop in your headphones and then you’re totally fine. I pro… --- ## [Stairs Going Down](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/stairs-going-down/1782)
**Author:** [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/stairs-going-down/1782 "2013-06-19T06:59:00Z")
Whenever I enter a basement it takes me to a randomly generated cavern one random map tile away from the intended destination. I end up having to jackhammer my way to the proper floor. Same thing seems to happen in Stra… --- ## [Dev Appreciation Thread](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dev-appreciation-thread/68)
**Author:** [@n9103](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/n9103)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dev-appreciation-thread/68 "2013-06-19T00:54:50Z")
I just wanted to make a post saying how much I enjoy Cataclysm, especially in it’s return to the living that TDW has given us. Hearty thanks go out to TDW, Gryph, and the rest of the contributors for bringing this game … --- ## [IRC problem](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/irc-problem/1812)
**Author:** [@PiotraperPL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PiotraperPL)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/irc-problem/1812 "2013-06-18T18:51:03Z")
I joined #Cataclysm-DDA using mIRC and there is nobody on that channel. It worked perfectly fine before, and I’m sure there is no typos as I’m using auto-connect. There really is nobody on here, or something went horri… --- ## [Archery Expansion First Version Out](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/archery-expansion-first-version-out/837)
**Author:** [@Flare](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flare)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/archery-expansion-first-version-out/837 "2013-06-18T11:04:20Z")
Update: As promised, here is the first version of the mod. Aside from a few spelling errors (if you find any please inform me), the recipes and items seem stable enough. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/120202176/Do… --- ## [Long word error?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/long-word-error/1805)
**Author:** [@sunsol](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/sunsol)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/long-word-error/1805 "2013-06-18T06:37:35Z")
i use linux. i change data/raw/items/xx.json, chang description is "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" no space char. in game, open inventory, look item can’t continue game. --- ## [Github Website links](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/github-website-links/1804)
**Author:** [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/github-website-links/1804 "2013-06-18T05:27:08Z")
Currently the github project description still links to http://www.cataclysm.glyphgryph.com/ instead of http://en.cataclysmdda.com/. Similarly the windows and OSX executable links in the description need to be updated fr… --- ## [Driving and hitting wrecks on the road!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/driving-and-hitting-wrecks-on-the-road/1662)
**Author:** [@djrodw](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/djrodw)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/driving-and-hitting-wrecks-on-the-road/1662 "2013-06-18T05:05:34Z")
I noticed something about driving in my last game… it really should be addressed! whenever you collide with another vehicle (random vehicles in the road), and no matter how slowly you are moving, the other vehicle, an… --- ## [Isy's Archery Mod](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/isys-archery-mod/1694)
**Author:** [@Isylwin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Isylwin)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/isys-archery-mod/1694 "2013-06-17T18:32:38Z")
Hi Everyone! I was interested in adding some stuff to this awesome game but didn’t know where to start, so I started thinking and thought of the time I was playing cata and found myself a shiny longbow, unfortunately I … --- ## [Ditches!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ditches/1614)
**Author:** [@TonicEngine](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TonicEngine)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ditches/1614 "2013-06-17T18:32:13Z")
This game needs ditches. That’s what nerfs OP vehicles in real life. That and Jersey barriers. \[spoiler\]\[image\]\[/spoiler\] Ditches! They’re simple, and no one is going to claim that a ditch is unrealistic. --- ## [Possible bug with hauling frames](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/possible-bug-with-hauling-frames/1791)
**Author:** [@TaintedHolyWater](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TaintedHolyWater)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/possible-bug-with-hauling-frames/1791 "2013-06-17T16:23:18Z")
Not sure if it’s been mentioned before but you can remove your power armor and keep the hauling frame on. Wearing the hauling frame like this will prevent you from wearing anything else but I figure taking off the power… --- ## [Android Trait still gives bad Bionics (.5)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/android-trait-still-gives-bad-bionics-5/1230)
**Author:** [@Essemecks](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Essemecks)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 7:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/android-trait-still-gives-bad-bionics-5/1230 "2013-06-17T07:11:42Z")
The description for the Android trait states that it will give one power source and one bionic. In several attempts, I have almost never gotten this combination. I’ve gotten several malfunctioning bionics or passive bion… --- ## [Temperature and Thermal Dissipation](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/temperature-and-thermal-dissipation/1773)
**Author:** [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/temperature-and-thermal-dissipation/1773 "2013-06-17T03:09:13Z")
Thermal Dissipation doesn’t stop temperature changes from affecting you. You’ll survive the fire with it on only to die of heatstroke. (Well you won’t DIE but…). --- ## [Is it rare to find all this?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-rare-to-find-all-this/1759)
**Author:** [@DarkDXZ](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DarkDXZ)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-rare-to-find-all-this/1759 "2013-06-17T02:43:25Z")
After woefully dying to a horde of zombies (because I suck at CataDDA even with a nailgun), I generated another character and found out that I was in the bunker I were some time ago where the ninja-gun-NPC killed me last… --- ## [Pile O' Suggestions: Firearm Range, Vision Range and Zoom, Realism, etc](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pile-o-suggestions-firearm-range-vision-range-and-zoom-realism-etc/1783)
**Author:** [@Morrigi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Morrigi)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pile-o-suggestions-firearm-range-vision-range-and-zoom-realism-etc/1783 "2013-06-17T01:43:55Z")
Vision and Zoom Okay, so currently we are only able to see at a range of a few dozen tiles with a large monitor. Adding a zoom function similar to the one in Dwarf Fortress would increase the gameplay experience. I am n… --- ## [Hooves/Horns Bug](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hooves-horns-bug/1780)
**Author:** [@TaigaR](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TaigaR)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hooves-horns-bug/1780 "2013-06-16T23:22:34Z")
I have hooves and can not cover myself with simple and fur blankets, but i can equip emergency blanket. Also when i want to wear sleeping bag, it says that i cant wear a helmet(because of curled horns). --- ## [Coding in New Drugs Help](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/coding-in-new-drugs-help/1711)
**Author:** [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/coding-in-new-drugs-help/1711 "2013-06-16T22:56:18Z")
I’m working on a Fear And Loathing mod, and I’d like to really expand the drugs in this game. Only, there’s a few things confusing me: 1.: What determines the duration of a drug? 2.: What does PKILL1, 2, 3, and 4 corre… --- ## [Why am I still hungry?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-am-i-still-hungry/1754)
**Author:** [@Paquito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paquito)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-am-i-still-hungry/1754 "2013-06-16T19:01:54Z")
I’ve been very hungry for a couple game days now. I’ve eaten 3 chunks of cooked meat in a row (which came from a wolf or cougar) and potato chips a short while after that, but I can’t seem to get it so stop saying very h… --- ## [Compiling SDL version](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/compiling-sdl-version/1747)
**Author:** [@JimQuaid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JimQuaid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/compiling-sdl-version/1747 "2013-06-16T17:24:22Z")
As the title says, how do I actually do it? I’m on Win7 using codeblocks and uncommented make tiles=1 in the makefile but I’m not noticing any difference in performance or interface. Do I need to do something else? Do I … --- ## [Sleepy Bug](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sleepy-bug/1778)
**Author:** [@Loupkiller](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Loupkiller)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sleepy-bug/1778 "2013-06-16T17:05:16Z")
Hello, I cought a cold then i took dayquil it made me dead Tired. I sleep a little and after a few days i got to exhausted (I guess not sleeping enough from the cold.) Once the cold left i got a message telling me I h… --- ## [Banned from the chatroom?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/banned-from-the-chatroom/1779)
**Author:** [@Nickboom](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nickboom)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/banned-from-the-chatroom/1779 "2013-06-16T06:26:14Z")
Last night I was in the chatroom chating like normal when my internet flipped out and lost connection and tryed to reconnect a few times but it didnt work. So I log in this morning and its says im banned now. If some one… --- ## [Shocker zombie effect](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shocker-zombie-effect/1785)
**Author:** [@AerialK7](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AerialK7)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shocker-zombie-effect/1785 "2013-06-16T06:25:25Z")
Can someone tell me where the effect where they shoot lightning is in the files? And if it would be possible to add it to a gun ;D --- ## [New trait: local; New profession: truck driver](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-trait-local-new-profession-truck-driver/1598)
**Author:** [@Mate](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mate)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-trait-local-new-profession-truck-driver/1598 "2013-06-16T02:14:43Z")
You have a knowledge of the surrounding places of interest, like gas stations, malls, places you frequently used before the apocalypse. You start with a map, can stay up for longer and know where to possibly find trucks… --- ## [The Common Cold](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-common-cold/1750)
**Author:** [@grisamentum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/grisamentum)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-common-cold/1750 "2013-06-15T19:43:10Z")
So I mean, it seems pretty common (haha) to get the “common cold” debuff in this game right now, if you spend a lot of time outside. The problem is that you don’t get colds from being outside. You don’t get them from be… --- ## [Adamantium Claw Bugs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/adamantium-claw-bugs/1776)
**Author:** [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/adamantium-claw-bugs/1776 "2013-06-15T03:36:30Z")
“Accidentally” turned an NPC into road kill. Found a pair of adamantium claws on the body… I can pick up the item which isn’t auto-equipped on doing so. Wielding the claws makes it impossible to unwield, but I can still… --- ## [More Drugs!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-drugs/261)
**Author:** [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/more-drugs/261 "2013-06-15T02:47:17Z")
I feel like this game needs more drugs. That’s part of what makes Cataclysm, balancing an overdose with the threat of imminent death. But this game could have more details to it. So, currently, this game has heroin, coc… --- ## [Crafting Bug winsdl 0.5-1023-g38922b9](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crafting-bug-winsdl-0-5-1023-g38922b9/1775)
**Author:** [@timtek](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/timtek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crafting-bug-winsdl-0-5-1023-g38922b9/1775 "2013-06-15T02:16:16Z")
Just downloaded the win sdl binary onto my winXP system and I got a great game going. But every time I try to craft a digging stick the game closes. Tried it a few times just in case it was a fluke. I’ve attached my save… --- ## [How exactly does mouth encumbrance work?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-exactly-does-mouth-encumbrance-work/1680)
**Author:** [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-exactly-does-mouth-encumbrance-work/1680 "2013-06-14T22:52:53Z")
Even if i put gas masks piled on top of each other, it doesn’t seem to have any effect on my char. So, what is this running speed? What does it do? [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=537) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=539)