# Game Talk **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=71 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 72 --- ## [Is there a use to those 'faulty burnt out bionics?'](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-use-to-those-faulty-burnt-out-bionics/24635)
**Author:** [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-use-to-those-faulty-burnt-out-bionics/24635 "2020-09-02T16:12:33Z")
I have no clue what if you can use them for anything or not, so I want to know if it’d be a good idea to keep them for later. --- ## [Brewing mainly distilling](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/brewing-mainly-distilling/24633)
**Author:** [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/brewing-mainly-distilling/24633 "2020-09-02T01:11:08Z")
So I’m working on brewing, and I have fermenting vats and a still…but I can’t seem to use the still. You can’t examine it, it doesn’t come up when I hit ‘e’, and I’ve got ‘whiskey wash’ and ‘vodka wash’ in my inventory f… --- ## [What are the best places to look for a Foodperson mask?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-are-the-best-places-to-look-for-a-foodperson-mask/22847)
**Author:** [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-are-the-best-places-to-look-for-a-foodperson-mask/22847 "2020-09-01T20:23:02Z")
I have found, something, and I know what I need for it. To avoid spoilers in case anyone wants to experience this mystery theirselves, I won’t tell you exactly what it is, just that it involves Foodperson, and I need hi… --- ## [Toolbox (empty) is jank](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/toolbox-empty-is-jank/24575)
**Author:** [@Invalid\_Username](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Invalid_Username)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/toolbox-empty-is-jank/24575 "2020-09-01T06:27:17Z")
Made myself a toolbox so I could keep all my fidgety bits in a nice, contained little package. Imagine my astonishment when I discovered that the box I had built could hold only a hammer, hacksaw, and wrench, and nothing… --- ## [Debug Infinite Volume](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/debug-infinite-volume/24624)
**Author:** [@Saladofstones](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Saladofstones)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/debug-infinite-volume/24624 "2020-08-31T23:39:59Z")
Is there anyway to have infinite volume? I’m mainly trying to test how mod items work but its a pain since volume is so limited. --- ## [Lit cigarettes are literally the most dangerous thing in the world](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/lit-cigarettes-are-literally-the-most-dangerous-thing-in-the-world/24614)
**Author:** [@Invalid\_Username](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Invalid_Username)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/lit-cigarettes-are-literally-the-most-dangerous-thing-in-the-world/24614 "2020-08-31T16:02:10Z")
Another quirk of nested containers. If you happen to be smoking and you drop the pack or whatever that your lit cigarette is contained in, prepare to lose everything you dropped in a fiery conflagration, assuming that it… --- ## [Duplicate Missions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/duplicate-missions/24612)
**Author:** [@Invalid\_Username](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Invalid_Username)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/duplicate-missions/24612 "2020-08-31T13:51:00Z")
So, I’m doing missions for the PrepNet Orchard at the moment, and I noticed something odd. When I save and quit, then reload a save, any person who has given me a mission will have forgotten that they gave it to me and I… --- ## [Hub01 EMP grenade missing?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hub01-emp-grenade-missing/24599)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hub01-emp-grenade-missing/24599 "2020-08-31T03:04:16Z")
I was told by the NPC that there would be some EMP grenades lying around the hub area but I can’t find any. Is there actually any nearby or is it only a chance of a drop? I found a riot control barricade nearby with some… --- ## [Scared Zombies?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scared-zombies/24591)
**Author:** [@RGD3](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RGD3)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scared-zombies/24591 "2020-08-30T12:06:18Z")
So I had an idea for a new feral. One that would run away from you like bolters in “Dying light” they could have some kind of reward like pustules filled with blob antibodies that could be turned into gas that could be u… --- ## [Can we have different strings for "saddle"?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-we-have-different-strings-for-saddle/24576)
**Author:** [@Noctivagante](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Noctivagante)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-we-have-different-strings-for-saddle/24576 "2020-08-29T23:29:19Z")
Hi, I’m working on the argentinian translation. Could we have separated strings for “saddle”: to mount an animal, and “saddle”: to drive a bicycle? In spanish we have different words in those cases. Thank you. --- ## [0.E+ Build 10927 "None" item](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-e-build-10927-none-item/24583)
**Author:** [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-e-build-10927-none-item/24583 "2020-08-29T22:26:33Z")
Not expecting help, or anything, just thought this was really weird. I had a complaint from an item that it had a bad ammo type, not sure if this is related. But the end result of ignoring it and doing some other things … --- ## [Butchering with meat cleaver causes a segmentation fault](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/butchering-with-meat-cleaver-causes-a-segmentation-fault/24582)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/butchering-with-meat-cleaver-causes-a-segmentation-fault/24582 "2020-08-29T21:08:19Z")
It seems that attempting to butcher something with a meat cleaver causes the game to crash in experimental. The first time I tried a huge cockroach the game crashed, but I thought it was just a random bug since it was th… --- ## [Dead end zombies](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dead-end-zombies/24584)
**Author:** [@spicyshadow](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/spicyshadow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dead-end-zombies/24584 "2020-08-28T21:13:18Z")
I was looking on GitHub on what people where implementing and saw that someone wants to implement zombies where the mutations had gone so far that they became debilitating to the zombies. I like the idea and thought i mi… --- ## [Children of the cataclysm](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/children-of-the-cataclysm/24534)
**Author:** [@spicyshadow](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/spicyshadow)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/children-of-the-cataclysm/24534 "2020-08-28T21:05:23Z")
So should children be implemented (or not for ethical and controversy reasons) as possible NPC’s or for player characters. And if we do: How should this effect gameplay and the capabilities of your characters. What… --- ## [Small critters like beavers shouldn't be so vicious](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/small-critters-like-beavers-shouldnt-be-so-vicious/24572)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/small-critters-like-beavers-shouldnt-be-so-vicious/24572 "2020-08-28T20:35:32Z")
I’ve ended up losing a character I was doing an island challenge to because of a beaver that suddenly decided to attack me in the middle of an ocean, and its not the first time i’ve had problems with overzealous rodents … --- ## [\--Skynet Theory](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skynet-theory/21881)
**Author:** [@Ross\_Perot](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ross_Perot)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skynet-theory/21881 "2020-08-28T20:27:13Z")
(Yes, I’ve heard that they stopped calling it Skynet as of the latest movie. I’ve also heard that no real Terminator movies have been made since 1991. I know which theory I prefer.) Of all the baddies in the cataclysm, … --- ## [How about some slick terrain or slick effects?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-about-some-slick-terrain-or-slick-effects/23518)
**Author:** [@Zodd](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zodd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-about-some-slick-terrain-or-slick-effects/23518 "2020-08-28T17:40:00Z")
Like oily floors and other such. I think it would be cool if creatures or the player could slip on slick terrain and have the ‘downed’ effect on them. Bile could be slick too, making boomers a bit more annoying. What do … --- ## [Refrigerated Tank Not showing up properly](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/refrigerated-tank-not-showing-up-properly/24586)
**Author:** [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/refrigerated-tank-not-showing-up-properly/24586 "2020-08-28T02:47:44Z")
Trying to use a refrigerated tank to store milk, but unfortunately, it doesn’t want to work. It isn’t showing up in the “electronics controls” menu to turn on. Despite saying that it can be turned on and off. It doesn’t … --- ## [Overriding Autonotes styles without touching data/json/](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/overriding-autonotes-styles-without-touching-data-json/24524)
**Author:** [@int\_ua](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/int_ua)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/overriding-autonotes-styles-without-touching-data-json/24524 "2020-08-27T03:45:56Z")
By the time autonotes were created anyone developed their own style of overmap notes. And autonotes is a really useful feature but I disagree with imposing one style on everyone. I’d like my descriptions to be much more … --- ## [Text Fallback Fillers, an alternative to ASCII fallbacks](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/text-fallback-fillers-an-alternative-to-ascii-fallbacks/24573)
**Author:** [@int\_ua](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/int_ua)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/text-fallback-fillers-an-alternative-to-ascii-fallbacks/24573 "2020-08-26T23:32:51Z")
Generated tiles that contain in-game names for using when you don’t like ASCII fallbacks: https://github.com/int-ua/CDDA-Tileset-TFF Furniture and terrain types were not included to avoid confusion until differing sty… --- ## [Help me with this one](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-me-with-this-one/24578)
**Author:** [@I\_llDoRawr](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/I_llDoRawr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-me-with-this-one/24578 "2020-08-26T15:24:51Z")
I had error DEBUG : Item location/name to be consumed should not be null. FUNCTION : virtual void consume\_activity\_actor::finish(player\_activity&, Character&) FILE : src/activity\_actor.cpp LINE : 1207 --- ## [Connected electrical systems do not work?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/connected-electrical-systems-do-not-work/24564)
**Author:** [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/connected-electrical-systems-do-not-work/24564 "2020-08-26T11:37:51Z")
See screenshots: Vehicles are connected by heavy-duty cable, the one on top has full charge (both batteries are 40000/40000) but lower one continues losing energy despite HDC being displayed as connected to both veh… --- ## [Unique artifact, issues with having them kept in my inventory](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unique-artifact-issues-with-having-them-kept-in-my-inventory/24472)
**Author:** [@Rot](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rot)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unique-artifact-issues-with-having-them-kept-in-my-inventory/24472 "2020-08-25T22:53:26Z")
I lost my unique artifact, a dagger that gave clairvoyance (now invisibility since clairvoyance was somehow bugged). I don’t know where it went, or how it disappeared. Every time I spawn it back into my inventory via de… --- ## [Game crashes when trying to Butcher](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-crashes-when-trying-to-butcher/24555)
**Author:** [@Faztz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Faztz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-crashes-when-trying-to-butcher/24555 "2020-08-25T21:24:32Z")
This happened when I tried to butcher a moose, then I tried to butcher a wild boar and the same thing happened. I’m playing on a Windows 10 x64, this happened on the most recent 32 bit version of the game: 0.E-5332-g392… --- ## [Missions not working properly](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/missions-not-working-properly/24569)
**Author:** [@Dlight\_full](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dlight_full)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/missions-not-working-properly/24569 "2020-08-25T18:19:55Z")
I am playing build 10950 without any mods and have some annoying bugs with missions. First of all, whenever i try to complete a mission, i cannot, only having the option to accept it again and only afterwards it’s possi… --- ## [Unable to generate "last delivery" scenario](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-generate-last-delivery-scenario/24560)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-generate-last-delivery-scenario/24560 "2020-08-25T17:35:53Z")
I keep on getting the error message “unable to generate valid starting location gas station in a radius of 3 overmaps” I’m currently playing the latest experimental --- ## [Errors in visual studio before building solution](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-visual-studio-before-building-solution/24566)
**Author:** [@DariuszPawlicki](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DariuszPawlicki)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-visual-studio-before-building-solution/24566 "2020-08-25T14:58:51Z")
I have had 12 errors which concerned missing header files like SDL2 and so on. Then, after an building a project those errors have dissappeared, why have this happend? --- ## [Cataclysm On Your Country](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-on-your-country/24532)
**Author:** [@Ali\_Kerem\_Ozfidan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ali_Kerem_Ozfidan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-on-your-country/24532 "2020-08-25T13:55:36Z")
What happens if Cataclysm stuck on your country,? Geographical,political,economic,even religional differences how affect you and your country? Or most important thing:"Can you survive? For example:i live in Turkey,it … --- ## [Compilation error test-vcpkg and json-formatter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/compilation-error-test-vcpkg-and-json-formatter/24511)
**Author:** [@DariuszPawlicki](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DariuszPawlicki)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 10:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/compilation-error-test-vcpkg-and-json-formatter/24511 "2020-08-25T10:49:22Z")
Hi, when im building solution im getting error like this: Have no idea what is wrong, can you help me? :slight\_smile: --- ## [NPC commands? Sorting Items](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-commands-sorting-items/24551)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Cahoon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Brian_Cahoon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-commands-sorting-items/24551 "2020-08-24T14:40:55Z")
I have started using npc’s to help me kick ass (works pretty good). But I am TERRIBLE at organizing. When I tell one of my npc’s to sort items out in my bunker, he does nothing but follow me around still. lol. Does thing… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=70) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/27.md?page=72)