# The Bunker **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-bunker/6.md?page=139 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 140 --- ## [What did you learn from Cataclysm?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-did-you-learn-from-cataclysm/3983)
**Author:** [@VampyreLord](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/VampyreLord)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-did-you-learn-from-cataclysm/3983 "2013-11-22T18:10:29Z")
So did you learn something while playing Cataclysm and started applying it to your life? did you become interested in something just because you were doing it in-game? new hobbies, interests, or habits maybe? did you bou… --- ## [Doth thou even Raid?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/doth-thou-even-raid/3993)
**Author:** [@detahramet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/detahramet)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/doth-thou-even-raid/3993 "2013-11-22T16:39:15Z")
Claps hands together So, it has recently come to my attention that players with decent stats, can clear out an apartment tower without too much trouble on the first day. So, this got me thinking, The people this forum… --- ## [\[0.8\] .50 bmg...!?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-50-bmg/4142)
**Author:** [@BadSniper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BadSniper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-8-50-bmg/4142 "2013-11-22T16:35:13Z")
I remember a little while back when I found a dead military squad, and one of them had .50 BMG SS (10) on them. I picked it up, curious as to what would use it in-game. Since I deliberately left the debug menu unbound, I… --- ## [Easter Eggs?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/easter-eggs/3917)
**Author:** [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/easter-eggs/3917 "2013-11-22T12:33:19Z")
So I’m noticing more and more subtle nods to things… I’ll leave out the ones I’ve already posted about for now but I’m also curious as to any “easter eggs” you may have seen? Anyone know about this one? \[spoiler=Katana… --- ## [What character build to use as mutant "stock?"](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-character-build-to-use-as-mutant-stock/4123)
**Author:** [@Angry\_Bob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Angry_Bob)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-character-build-to-use-as-mutant-stock/4123 "2013-11-21T20:26:41Z")
I’ve brewed up a pretty good amount of mutagen with a character without Robust Genetics. Since I want a new character to find it anyway, what are the best traits to give a character whose purpose in life is to find this … --- ## [Way to Reduce Save File Size?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/way-to-reduce-save-file-size/4047)
**Author:** [@TweedleGun](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TweedleGun)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/way-to-reduce-save-file-size/4047 "2013-11-21T08:47:53Z")
Hi all, just wondering: is there was a way to delete certain parts of your map that you aren’t using thus reducing your save file size? Could you do this without corrupting the rest of your world? I’m using a pretty crum… --- ## [MOVED: Kitten scam](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moved-kitten-scam/4127)
**Author:** [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moved-kitten-scam/4127 "2013-11-21T05:05:20Z")
This topic has been moved to General Discussion. \[iurl\]http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=4340.0\[/iurl\] --- ## [Poll: Most/Least Used Profession](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/poll-most-least-used-profession/3980)
**Author:** [@Anonymous1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Anonymous1)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/poll-most-least-used-profession/3980 "2013-11-20T22:02:40Z")
\[size=8pt\]This poll lists every single profession that is currently featured in the game as of v0.9RC. That is a total of fifty choices to pick from when creating your character. Many arguments could be had about the cur… --- ## [Mutation Question](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mutation-question/4115)
**Author:** [@Der\_Uberkitten](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Der_Uberkitten)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2013, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mutation-question/4115 "2013-11-20T08:10:11Z")
So we’re playing the new version and my boyfriend Madi found a certain book on some dead scientists. It contained the recipe: \[spoiler\]Chimera mutagen! It was like four other mutagens put together: Bird, cattle, lizard… --- ## [Bionic Repair](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bionic-repair/4094)
**Author:** [@Rexels](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rexels)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2013, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bionic-repair/4094 "2013-11-20T08:02:11Z")
Is there any way to remove faulty bionics or at least remove them? This damn noise maker thingie won’t let me sleep. --- ## [\[Question\] Z-Levels](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-z-levels/4084)
**Author:** [@duke455](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/duke455)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-z-levels/4084 "2013-11-20T06:47:17Z")
I would like somebody to explain what z-levels are. I heard of them on many topics but never really understand what really are (or are planned to be). Thank you very much! --- ## [WTF is the “to-hit bonus”?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wtf-is-the-to-hit-bonus/4042)
**Author:** [@Wuzzy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wuzzy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wtf-is-the-to-hit-bonus/4042 "2013-11-19T20:34:28Z")
Hi, I have played Cataclysm: Dark Day Ahead for quite some time now. LOL, I even played Cataclysm. I think I have mostly understood the game mechanics. But there is one thing I never could get my head around: That thin… --- ## [Increasing zombie spawns should not reduce other spawns](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/increasing-zombie-spawns-should-not-reduce-other-spawns/4058)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/increasing-zombie-spawns-should-not-reduce-other-spawns/4058 "2013-11-19T17:27:10Z")
http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=4257.0 posted this in suggestions and got knocked off the first page quickly. lots of suggestions with the new release. This one bugs me quite a bit. I like to jack up the zom… --- ## [Atomic Nightlight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/atomic-nightlight/4083)
**Author:** [@ClusterDSA](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ClusterDSA)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/atomic-nightlight/4083 "2013-11-19T04:16:49Z")
So I found one, which seems awesome since it will let me read in the basement of my evac shelter without using up all my batteries. Small problem, I can’t figure out how to use it. First I assumed that it would of cour… --- ## [Static and dynamic](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/static-and-dynamic/4090)
**Author:** [@Orcling](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Orcling)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/static-and-dynamic/4090 "2013-11-19T03:47:34Z")
Is it somehow possible to start with a static world and turn it to dynamic? The thought of running out of zombies that attack my home is terrifying to me. Sure dynamic is fine and all, but enemies seem to dissappear once… --- ## [So I found where all your lost socks go](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-found-where-all-your-lost-socks-go/4091)
**Author:** [@HoundofDarkness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HoundofDarkness)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-i-found-where-all-your-lost-socks-go/4091 "2013-11-19T02:36:11Z")
I was out on a scouting expedition with my scooter when I came across an evac shelter. Well when I went downstairs I found a zombie and his dog along with… well everything. \[spoiler\]\[image\]\[/spoiler\] Has this been in … --- ## [Thank You Galenevil(our full time developer)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thank-you-galenevil-our-full-time-developer/3410)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thank-you-galenevil-our-full-time-developer/3410 "2013-11-18T03:22:13Z")
For those that don’t know Galenevil is the full time developer. He is basically working for about what you could make working as a shift manager at McDonalds. There is a blog for Kickstarter contributors where Galenevil … --- ## [What Are YOU! Playing On?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-are-you-playing-on/4040)
**Author:** [@fatkat61](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/fatkat61)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-are-you-playing-on/4040 "2013-11-17T22:07:03Z")
I am sure this has been done before but I could not find it. So what do you play Cataclysm DDA on? is it one computer? or is it more? Linux? Windows? ect. I played up to 2 weeks ago on a 10yo Toshiba laptop running XP.… --- ## [Are hordes even possible?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-hordes-even-possible/4050)
**Author:** [@duke455](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/duke455)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-hordes-even-possible/4050 "2013-11-17T14:13:47Z")
So, after some knifegames with a bunch of zeds i find myself pretty badly damaged and with the night falling upon me I had to hide in an apartment tower. Nothing hard, cleared some rooms and luckily found antibiotics to … --- ## [How high do you set the zombie multiplier?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-high-do-you-set-the-zombie-multiplier/4009)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-high-do-you-set-the-zombie-multiplier/4009 "2013-11-16T22:39:03Z")
I generally start at 4x and I had one guy I went up to 30x with. Was tons of fun. by late game your basically rambo, so its not bad with all the mutations and CBM. 4x at the start isn’t that bad. --- ## [Cant sleep. Bug or feature?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-sleep-bug-or-feature/4034)
**Author:** [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-sleep-bug-or-feature/4034 "2013-11-16T21:09:53Z")
Playing with one of the newer experimental builds and I seem to be being woken up by a healing infection, so yeah, bug or feature? --- ## [Show us your gear!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/show-us-your-gear/4013)
**Author:** [@freezerbunny](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/freezerbunny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2013, 7:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/show-us-your-gear/4013 "2013-11-16T07:04:29Z")
Show and tell of your latest char’s gear. “Akiko Kusanagi” Day 8, got lucky with some mil corpses: \[image\] Main weapon: The wooden axe! Secondary: Throwing knives! Emergency: USP 9mm, Milkor MGL, Flaregun Current … --- ## [Okay so is this a good sign? \[Spoilers maybe?\]](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/okay-so-is-this-a-good-sign-spoilers-maybe/3952)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/okay-so-is-this-a-good-sign-spoilers-maybe/3952 "2013-11-16T01:20:37Z")
So I created a world called Darkest Days, spawned and went down the stairs then I started hearing sounds. I thought I would have to fight a couple rats…eehh but no it was a shit-ton of zombies and there is a lot of good … --- ## [IRC messed up?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/irc-messed-up/4018)
**Author:** [@Nickboom](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nickboom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/irc-messed-up/4018 "2013-11-16T00:48:58Z")
Im only seeing 3 other people in the IRC right now. Can some one please check it out? --- ## [Need help with indoor lighting](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/need-help-with-indoor-lighting/3941)
**Author:** [@timtek](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/timtek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/need-help-with-indoor-lighting/3941 "2013-11-16T00:38:32Z")
I’ve gotten this to work before but for some reason it’s not working now. I’m trying to light up the inside of my garage. I started a vehicle construction. Installed controls and a headlight but when I tried try to turn … --- ## [Animal spawn changes in .9](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/animal-spawn-changes-in-9/4010)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/animal-spawn-changes-in-9/4010 "2013-11-15T22:43:53Z")
Not complaining. Just trying to understand the mechanics. I created a world with 4x spawns and left the city size at 1.0. I noticed a very large decrease in squirrel/rabbit spawns. is this affected by the increase in zom… --- ## [Repairing Bionics](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/repairing-bionics/3972)
**Author:** [@Pumbletron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pumbletron)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/repairing-bionics/3972 "2013-11-15T21:46:56Z")
Hello! I just started playing this game about two weeks ago and I really like it. I have a question though! How do I repair my broken bionics? I like playing as a Failed Android because I like the idea of a ramshackle c… --- ## [The Cataclysmic Survival Guide: Share your knowledge!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-cataclysmic-survival-guide-share-your-knowledge/2786)
**Author:** [@detahramet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/detahramet)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-cataclysmic-survival-guide-share-your-knowledge/2786 "2013-11-15T16:12:21Z")
I am making this thread for the Skilled to share what they’ve learnt through their runs so that all might benifit. Here’s a few tips, If you’re going to create a melee character, be sure to have 4 in dodge at the very … --- ## [Farm or LMOE shelter?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/farm-or-lmoe-shelter/3937)
**Author:** [@ilikedrugs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ilikedrugs)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/farm-or-lmoe-shelter/3937 "2013-11-15T16:09:05Z")
MY latest character is possibly one of the best I’ve ever had. I’m only day 12 and already I have a metabolic interchange power supply, hydraulic muscles, blood analysis, cloaking system (although it burn through power t… --- ## [Throwing (Calculations, strategy, etc)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/throwing-calculations-strategy-etc/3147)
**Author:** [@Klomvp](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Klomvp)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/throwing-calculations-strategy-etc/3147 "2013-11-14T18:39:16Z")
So I’ve taken a liking to throwing based characters, namely because of how stupidly fast you gain skill in it. Can I hear a detailed explanation of how throwing range, damage, etc, is calculated? It seems the throwing s… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-bunker/6.md?page=138) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-bunker/6.md?page=140)