# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=580 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 581 --- ## [Larger view](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/larger-view/215)
**Author:** [@marvalis](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/marvalis)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/larger-view/215 "2013-02-14T11:16:34Z")
Hello, How can we get a larger view when playing? The current system is claustrophobic. What files should be edited to change this? For example, when the user increases the terminal size, the view remains the same. Wo… --- ## [Character Creation](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/character-creation/166)
**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/character-creation/166 "2013-02-14T08:11:44Z")
I find the character creation for this game a bit dry. I would like to suggest a new method. If any of you have ever played Twilight 2000 or Mech Warrior, you may be familiar with what I’m about to suggest. It makes c… --- ## [Science Lab Fetch Quests](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/science-lab-fetch-quests/142)
**Author:** [@Shoes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shoes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 7:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/science-lab-fetch-quests/142 "2013-02-14T07:42:05Z")
On the IRC last night, an interesting suggestion came up that I wouldn’t want forgotten. We were talking about mutations and how OP they can be, but how unlikely it is to get so many good mutations. So the idea is that s… --- ## [Survivor notes/messages](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/survivor-notes-messages/149)
**Author:** [@ArcticHuntsman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ArcticHuntsman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/survivor-notes-messages/149 "2013-02-14T06:46:17Z")
I was think about what makes a good zombie movie/game is the fact that people lose each other and the sadness that comes from that. Although its a depressing idea I think that in people’s houses there might be notes to … --- ## [Square fonts/tiles? Item limit per square?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/square-fonts-tiles-item-limit-per-square/217)
**Author:** [@nikky\_boy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nikky_boy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/square-fonts-tiles-item-limit-per-square/217 "2013-02-14T01:22:19Z")
Hey there. I have 2 quick questions: 1.Is there a way to manipulate the FONTDATA file in order to obtain square tiles? I’d like my vehicles to have the same width, both when going horizontally and vertically on the map… --- ## [.](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/topic/213)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/topic/213 "2013-02-13T23:58:16Z")
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**Author:** [@The\_Darkling\_Wolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Darkling_Wolf)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-dda-02-february-release/162 "2013-02-13T21:06:58Z")
\[size=24pt\]!NEW!\[/size\] Mac build provided by our resident Mac Daddy Zack Hovatter - Unzip it, open up a terminal app and navigate to the folder, and type ./cataclysm. Windows Source is available at www.github.com/The… --- ## [New screencast](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-screencast/218)
**Author:** [@marvalis](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/marvalis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-screencast/218 "2013-02-13T20:32:27Z")
Just a screen-cast I wanted to share, discussing some of the changes since one year ago. It’s not perfect, and a lot of stuff is missing no doubt, but here it is anyway. http://youtu.be/Idmo7efFap0 --- ## [Surgury in hospital](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/surgury-in-hospital/216)
**Author:** [@marvalis](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/marvalis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/surgury-in-hospital/216 "2013-02-12T23:00:35Z")
My latest succesfull character got his arm blow away by driving into a mine field. For some reason I thought that the hospital had surgery ‘terminals’ that could repair my arm. I ended up having a good battle in the ho… --- ## [Zombie Mode!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-mode/210)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-mode/210 "2013-02-12T21:18:28Z")
Well, lets jump into this. Zombie mode! Yes you dont have an inventory your hunger and thirst wouldn’t go down. A new non-talkable murderous NPC with random weapons and you eat them. And you could play as special zombi… --- ## [Issues I have](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/issues-i-have/204)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/issues-i-have/204 "2013-02-12T13:45:46Z")
Well, it seems like these issues need to be resolved. Pits are fucking Over Powered! I mean really? Wouldn’t pits have a capacity of a certain amount of zombies? After a certain point you would think they would be full.… --- ## [Creature factions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/creature-factions/209)
**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/creature-factions/209 "2013-02-12T04:12:59Z")
Various creatures should be hostile to each other. Zombies should be hostile to everything else. Animals would be in two categories: Predators & Prey Since the driving force for predators to attack prey is usually if … --- ## [Survival +](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/survival/202)
**Author:** [@stone94](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/stone94)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/survival/202 "2013-02-12T00:52:25Z")
Campfires or barrel fires too keep you warm without burning your fort/campsite down, Fishing and spear fishing in the lakes when they are implemented and rivers for food. a higher amount of wildlife to hunt (Moose, Car… --- ## [Hi, I like the game, but it HATES ME](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hi-i-like-the-game-but-it-hates-me/195)
**Author:** [@Rutilant](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rutilant)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hi-i-like-the-game-but-it-hates-me/195 "2013-02-11T06:32:04Z")
It’s my first real roguelike past dwarf fortress and I used tiles for that! I’m way into the idea but I’m having a hard time doing much of anything besides spawning, filling a backpack, and dying. Dying to… quite an as… --- ## [This game needs graphical tiles](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/this-game-needs-graphical-tiles/161)
**Author:** [@joihnsonlee](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/joihnsonlee)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/this-game-needs-graphical-tiles/161 "2013-02-11T03:04:57Z")
unless some one can tell me where to find them please? --- ## [Is the spawn OK?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-the-spawn-ok/206)
**Author:** [@Taiga](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Taiga)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-the-spawn-ok/206 "2013-02-11T00:06:56Z")
After i cleared 10-house town from zombies there apeared hoards of frogs and shit… \[image\] Was the spawn reworked or is it ok? --- ## [Probably a map bug](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/probably-a-map-bug/174)
**Author:** [@SerLund](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SerLund)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/probably-a-map-bug/174 "2013-02-10T17:41:53Z")
Commit sha b294657ca91639d7d043bd892cbd2d527e38a9a8 In the save i uploaded, the map tile (deep river) does not correspond to the actual terrain, which is probably a field. \[URL=http://dfiles.eu/files/u0ffw8kvh\]http://d… --- ## [Cataclysm's Complex Gun Issues](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysms-complex-gun-issues/155)
**Author:** [@Ander\_Hammer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ander_Hammer)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysms-complex-gun-issues/155 "2013-02-10T11:43:15Z")
\[size=8pt\]itt i make people angry\[/size\] \[size=10pt\]Cataclysm’s Gun Issues:\[/size\] Cataclysm is a video game. Video games tend to be simplified versions of reality. Why, then, do we need like seven calibers of handgu… --- ## [Miscellaneous Contributions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/miscellaneous-contributions/201)
**Author:** [@Aodh](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aodh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/miscellaneous-contributions/201 "2013-02-09T17:02:10Z")
So, here I was, digging through my old Cataclysm source files, looking for something I worth porting over or sharing, when I stumbled upon a couple of unfinished projects with some merit to them. Namely, vehicles. Given… --- ## [Map unexplores itself](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/map-unexplores-itself/192)
**Author:** [@RBrandon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RBrandon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/map-unexplores-itself/192 "2013-02-09T05:32:12Z")
The past few weeks I have had this problem with every clean build. Large portions of the map revert to unexplored status, but it happens seemingly randomly. It may have something to do with moving far enough away from my… --- ## [On Tileset Systems and Why We Don't Have One (But Should)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/on-tileset-systems-and-why-we-dont-have-one-but-should/199)
**Author:** [@GlyphGryph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GlyphGryph)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/on-tileset-systems-and-why-we-dont-have-one-but-should/199 "2013-02-08T18:14:57Z")
There is currently not a tileset system. There used to be, thanks to the awesome coder Gremour, but he has retired. We would love for there to be one again, but none of us have the time on top of all the other things tha… --- ## [On Tileset Systems and Why We Don't Have One (But Should)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/on-tileset-systems-and-why-we-dont-have-one-but-should/198)
**Author:** [@GlyphGryph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GlyphGryph)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/on-tileset-systems-and-why-we-dont-have-one-but-should/198 "2013-02-08T18:13:40Z")
There is currently not a tileset system. There used to be, thanks to the awesome coder Gremour, but he has retired. We would love for there to be one again, but none of us have the time on top of all the other things tha… --- ## [Light sources](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/light-sources/196)
**Author:** [@hektar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/hektar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/light-sources/196 "2013-02-08T17:10:10Z")
\[Warning-this poster is not a coder. My terminology may be WAY off; don’t yell or I may cry.\] I realized today that the snazzy candle I can make doesn’t allow me to read in the dark. So I added a couple lines to the pla… --- ## [NPC teachers are the best!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-teachers-are-the-best/175)
**Author:** [@sneakyfreaky](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/sneakyfreaky)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-teachers-are-the-best/175 "2013-02-08T13:45:25Z")
It seems the NPC’s don’t even need payment for teaching you skills any more. I know they are fucked up beyond rational thought… But I kinda liked being taught stuff up to a point. My starting NPC has so far taught me han… --- ## [NPC teachers broken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-teachers-broken/181)
**Author:** [@Mdnthrvst](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mdnthrvst)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-teachers-broken/181 "2013-02-07T20:16:05Z")
I’m using the February 4th release, and after training a bunch of skills with the shelter NPC, none of them showed up under my character sheet as being raised. Also, the NPC seemed to be able to teach every skill in the… --- ## [Vehicle Questions/Suggestions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-questions-suggestions/187)
**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-questions-suggestions/187 "2013-02-07T18:08:29Z")
Can I make a motorcycle? If not then I suggest that you can. :slight\_smile: RV type vehicle. Maybe easier to code if the interior was a separate map. Maybe? I used to code on muds. I’ve been looking at the source t… --- ## [Long item names](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/long-item-names/190)
**Author:** [@SerLund](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SerLund)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/long-item-names/190 "2013-02-07T14:06:21Z")
Item names that are too long leave characters in the right panel of the inventory when changing page. Sorry if this has been already reported. \[image\] Edit:Since I just started this thread, i will post this not-quite-b… --- ## [New World not clear save](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-world-not-clear-save/189)
**Author:** [@hkwh01](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/hkwh01)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-world-not-clear-save/189 "2013-02-07T13:32:36Z")
I press New world but I check the folder all saves are still remains and new game it goes to the old world. --- ## [Bug with spoilable liquids?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bug-with-spoilable-liquids/186)
**Author:** [@Xantis](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xantis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bug-with-spoilable-liquids/186 "2013-02-07T04:51:40Z")
In trying to make a tool that hands out a liquid that you have to put into a container (which I found out was harder than it seemed at first glance, a little guidance in that would be helpful as I just hacked it in), I f… --- ## [Mac executable isn't](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mac-executable-isnt/188)
**Author:** [@Rowanas](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rowanas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mac-executable-isnt/188 "2013-02-06T18:39:18Z")
I get this warning when I double click on the cataclysm thingy when I compile it myself (not when using ./cataclysm, though), but apparently I get it with the downloaded .tar version. I extract the tar, and then neither … [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=579) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=581)