# Game Talk

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=549

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## [Bears, how do you handle them?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bears-how-do-you-handle-them/1377)

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**Author:** [@Rookrune](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rookrune)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bears-how-do-you-handle-them/1377 "2013-05-24T01:19:11Z")

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A lot of my plays seem to end with me being a bears lunch, and I cant really find a good way to combat them just yet. It usually start with me 2 or 3 days in waking up and finding a bear looking though my window. It see…

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## [Can't install engine but I have all the needed stats?!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-install-engine-but-i-have-all-the-needed-stats/1415)

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**Author:** [@kastor246](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kastor246)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-install-engine-but-i-have-all-the-needed-stats/1415 "2013-05-24T00:28:20Z")

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So when I try to install a engine nothing happens I press enter, space and anything else but nothing seems to work… Any help?

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## [Bite attacks should do cutting damage?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bite-attacks-should-do-cutting-damage/1408)

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**Author:** [@hallo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/hallo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bite-attacks-should-do-cutting-damage/1408 "2013-05-24T00:17:52Z")

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Not sure if this counts as a bug, but currently (as of version changelog-60-g10ce902) bite attacks do bashing damage: void mattack::bite(game \*g, monster \*z) { ... g-\>add\_msg("Your %s is bitten for %d damage!", …

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## [Mehr Licht!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mehr-licht/1401)

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**Author:** [@Mate](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mate)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mehr-licht/1401 "2013-05-24T00:03:37Z")

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Will houses have lamps and cars have internal lamps in the future? Also nights are unrealistically dark, I guess it depends on geography, but around here the moon is often so bright it’s casting sharp shadows, or shines…

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## [Beating the game: end game & scoreboard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/beating-the-game-end-game-scoreboard/1396)

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**Author:** [@LazyCat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/LazyCat)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/beating-the-game-end-game-scoreboard/1396 "2013-05-23T23:42:39Z")

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\[image\] Can anyone tell what monsters are missing from the list? What would be the three of the most hard to kill monsters, beside Triffid heart? Anyway, as you can see with the classic terminal size 80x25 there is only…

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## [I am a web weaver and I hate eating raw food](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-am-a-web-weaver-and-i-hate-eating-raw-food/1395)

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**Author:** [@Lonewolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lonewolf)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-am-a-web-weaver-and-i-hate-eating-raw-food/1395 "2013-05-23T23:29:26Z")

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Ever since I became a web weaver, I set myself on fire whenever I want to cook myself some meat. Any suggestions? Couldn’t this perk be made a positive skill other than passive? I want to decide when I weave web. First …

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## [Question about wolf spiders](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-about-wolf-spiders/1391)

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**Author:** [@AchooBlessYou](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AchooBlessYou)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-about-wolf-spiders/1391 "2013-05-23T23:23:01Z")

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Hello, I’m pretty new to cataclysm. I have a question about the max damage wolf spiders can do. My previous character was just killed by a wolf spider and he still had 95+ hp all around. Is there a secondary effect these…

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## [Collage/Uni Profession](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/collage-uni-profession/1397)

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**Author:** [@ArcticHuntsman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ArcticHuntsman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/collage-uni-profession/1397 "2013-05-23T23:10:55Z")

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Collage/Uni student should be able to, Read faster less encumbered for bags harder to get drunk :wink: Many other ideas suggest below. probably costing 2-3 points as it helps allot for newer players. Thoughts

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## [Steeltoed boots](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steeltoed-boots/1383)

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**Author:** [@Nappist](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nappist)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steeltoed-boots/1383 "2013-05-23T22:59:27Z")

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Boots and steeltoed boots should not give very much warmth. however, they should inflict pain as you walk if you try to wear either of them without socks.

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## [Ability to draw off gasoline from vehicles](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ability-to-draw-off-gasoline-from-vehicles/1373)

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**Author:** [@paulcrawls](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/paulcrawls)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ability-to-draw-off-gasoline-from-vehicles/1373 "2013-05-23T22:54:22Z")

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That being said, with a plastic pipe and container. In a long term apocalypse almost all cars would have been drawn off, because fuel is vital. What’s more: perhaps we can craft our own makeshift fuel by mixing alcohol…

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## [Too much focus on making large open spaces harder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-much-focus-on-making-large-open-spaces-harder/1413)

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**Author:** [@Bladerock](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bladerock)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-much-focus-on-making-large-open-spaces-harder/1413 "2013-05-23T22:51:14Z")

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I find the current focus of development to make the surface world as hard as possible to be somewhat misguided. You see, it does not matter how strong you make the zombies or how hard to kill they are when they are stand…

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## [Minor map features transposition?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/minor-map-features-transposition/1418)

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**Author:** [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/minor-map-features-transposition/1418 "2013-05-23T22:34:30Z")

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Full disclosure: I’m running a dev version right before .5 came out; it’s based on code circa 08th May. That said, I don’t think the “nothing” mapgen problem has been fixed yet, so hoping this helps. Over in the screen…

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## [Turrets teleporting](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/turrets-teleporting/1372)

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**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/turrets-teleporting/1372 "2013-05-23T22:13:30Z")

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When I save and reload turrets appear to move to the west. At least the ones I placed around my public works base have moved to the west a ways… \[image\] Apparently it’s random, cause I just found four of my turrets cl…

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## [How are you supposed to enter the locked rooms of police stations?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-enter-the-locked-rooms-of-police-stations/1412)

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**Author:** [@Mate](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mate)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-enter-the-locked-rooms-of-police-stations/1412 "2013-05-23T21:10:04Z")

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This is the best solution I’ve found so far: \[image\]

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## [Last Stands, Battlezones, and Cops](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/last-stands-battlezones-and-cops/1414)

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**Author:** [@Moon\_Dew](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Moon_Dew)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/last-stands-battlezones-and-cops/1414 "2013-05-23T20:51:03Z")

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You know how you sometimes find bodies scattered all over the place when you wonder around? I like the idea and, with people like scientists and just plain folk, I can understand why it would be just bodies (and what th…

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## [Throwable Matches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/throwable-matches/1410)

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**Author:** [@Morrigi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Morrigi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/throwable-matches/1410 "2013-05-23T20:36:05Z")

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Wouldn’t it be nice to have the ability to light a match and toss it into a pool of gasoline, incinerating the zombies stumbling through it?

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## [New negitive trait: gentleman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-negitive-trait-gentleman/1326)

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**Author:** [@Aggrons\_shell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aggrons_shell)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-negitive-trait-gentleman/1326 "2013-05-23T20:33:49Z")

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Basicly, this is just a silly trait that lowers your moral when you lack fancy things like a suit, dress pants or shoes, a tophat, monicle, or tea. However, if you have all these things, you get stat and moral boosts. J…

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## [What is your favorite new feature in 0.5?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-your-favorite-new-feature-in-0-5/1233)

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**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-your-favorite-new-feature-in-0-5/1233 "2013-05-23T18:05:52Z")

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What is your favorite new feature in 0.5? I have to say I’m really liking all the new crafting stuff recipes!

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## [Eternal Lamp](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/eternal-lamp/1353)

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**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/eternal-lamp/1353 "2013-05-23T17:43:09Z")

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New Recipe - Eternal Lamp 1x plutonium cell 1x amplifier circuit 1x power converter 4x scrap metal 1x (plastic bottle OR glass bottle OR aluminum can OR tin can) 10x copper wire Basically a flashlight plus a power…

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## [Remote Explosives](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/remote-explosives/1390)

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**Author:** [@Mr\_Epic\_Cheese\_Man](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mr_Epic_Cheese_Man)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/remote-explosives/1390 "2013-05-23T17:37:17Z")

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Maybe make some explosives that when you make them, you have the option of having a signal receiver Or something else that you can attach to it and also make a remote detonator for the bombs to make traps or get further …

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## [Two vehicles spawned into each other bug](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/two-vehicles-spawned-into-each-other-bug/1386)

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**Author:** [@Winston84](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Winston84)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/two-vehicles-spawned-into-each-other-bug/1386 "2013-05-23T17:02:04Z")

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Hello, found a car with a bike spawned inside of it. Taking of parts of the car gave me null items, and taking of the wheels eventually just crashed the game. You could only target the car, though. Very weird bug.

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## [Glue recipes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/glue-recipes/1225)

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**Author:** [@grisamentum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/grisamentum)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/glue-recipes/1225 "2013-05-23T16:57:39Z")

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Superglue recipes right now include ant egg or alternately bleach. The bleach one seems odd to me. I don’t know how you’d make glue out of a bleach. Maybe I don’t know much about chemistry. I do know you can make glue …

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## [(0.5) You can't unload a none! ...right](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-5-you-cant-unload-a-none-right/1385)

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**Author:** [@Wanderer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wanderer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-5-you-cant-unload-a-none-right/1385 "2013-05-23T15:04:06Z")

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Not really a bug, just a weird way of making a sentence. When you don’t have anything at your hands, and try to unload using ‘U’, the game says that 'You can’t unload a none!", a better sentence would be “You don’t have…

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## [Rain](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rain/1392)

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**Author:** [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rain/1392 "2013-05-23T07:50:31Z")

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Is there any way to stave off the “Wet” morale penalty besides rain coats? I figure at this point we have temperature penalties so getting wet should affect that instead of morale.

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## [GitHub - How to](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/github-how-to/1378)

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**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/github-how-to/1378 "2013-05-23T00:36:54Z")

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I downloaded GitHub and Codeblocks and now I’m trying to create an autosyncing folder for Cata, but I"m kinda lost here. Any help? It’s not as easy as you seem to make it sound, Darkling! :stuck\_out\_tongue: The Codebl…

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## [Water funnel question](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/water-funnel-question/1389)

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**Author:** [@Infotater](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Infotater)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/water-funnel-question/1389 "2013-05-23T00:26:16Z")

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Is water gathered via the water funnel during rain storms considered “clean”? Or do I have to boil it before drinking?

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## [Graboids](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/graboids/1359)

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**Author:** [@osoII](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/osoII)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/graboids/1359 "2013-05-22T21:10:29Z")

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So I just died on my first full DDA play through, I had been playing classic zombies before. Was running through the woods carrying all the stuff I’ve ever wanted and more, and saw the snake like dirt form and come at me…

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## [Best place for a base?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/best-place-for-a-base/1256)

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**Author:** [@DeadWeight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeadWeight)\
**Replies:** 40\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/best-place-for-a-base/1256 "2013-05-22T21:01:46Z")

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Hey all, I have a problem with finding a good base/shelter for my character. I have tried using the evac shelter, just boarding it all up and putting traps all over, but they are generally too far away from towns to make…

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## [You whack the grabber zombie for 19 damage](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/you-whack-the-grabber-zombie-for-19-damage/1366)

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**Author:** [@Justice](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Justice)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/you-whack-the-grabber-zombie-for-19-damage/1366 "2013-05-22T20:45:10Z")

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\[shadow=red,left\]\[size=12pt\]You whack the grabber zombie for 19 damage.\[/size\]\[/shadow\] This idea came to me while slaying a mob of zeds the other day. Damage to enemies should be descriptive, not numerical. This would …

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## [Crashes and debug text from picking up zombie corpses?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crashes-and-debug-text-from-picking-up-zombie-corpses/1382)

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**Author:** [@Morrigi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Morrigi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crashes-and-debug-text-from-picking-up-zombie-corpses/1382 "2013-05-22T19:30:25Z")

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What it says on the tin. Whenever I try to move a zombie corpse I get something saying the wielded item is not a weapon or somesuch and about half the time it just crashes instead.

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