# The Drawing Board **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-drawing-board/10.md?page=77 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 78 --- ## [New 'spawn center'- Automated Robotics Factory](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-spawn-center-automated-robotics-factory/9628)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-spawn-center-automated-robotics-factory/9628 "2015-05-24T18:23:48Z")
So, the triffids get their groves, the fungaloids get their towers/blooms, the ants get their giant anthills, the blob gets its slime pits, but what about robotic enemies? I barely see them compared to the other enemy ty… --- ## [So we have aim system for now, should we make throwing aim system too?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-we-have-aim-system-for-now-should-we-make-throwing-aim-system-too/9657)
**Author:** [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-we-have-aim-system-for-now-should-we-make-throwing-aim-system-too/9657 "2015-05-24T13:02:30Z")
I think the throwing weapon for now is much more accurate than gun and bow right now I almost headshot the enemy by throwing knife all the time, and I think it definitely break the game balance so are there will be thr… --- ## [I guess that "gun "skill can just change to "aim" skil now](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-guess-that-gun-skill-can-just-change-to-aim-skil-now/9656)
**Author:** [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-guess-that-gun-skill-can-just-change-to-aim-skil-now/9656 "2015-05-24T12:55:47Z")
Because the bow and crossbow isn’t a gun, that’s something you can’t argue, so why don’t we just change it to the “aim” skill already, and for god’s sake, remove that damn “need a more accurate gun” message, it really ma… --- ## [Anyone work on monster's limbs health system?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anyone-work-on-monsters-limbs-health-system/9416)
**Author:** [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2015, 7:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/anyone-work-on-monsters-limbs-health-system/9416 "2015-05-24T07:11:11Z")
I hope someone is plan to make a monster’s limbs health, so when the player match some tougher enemy, they can try to cripple those enemy on some body part, make them fracture, or get cut out some part, so that will make… --- ## [Wall lighting](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wall-lighting/9648)
**Author:** [@Cat09](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cat09)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wall-lighting/9648 "2015-05-23T15:30:21Z")
I know Kevin is working on a smooth shiny system for lighting/visibility, so I don’t know if it addresses this but: you can see a wall that is lit from the other side, presumably because the tile has one light value, an… --- ## [Modding tools and guides](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/modding-tools-and-guides/9635)
**Author:** [@saltmummy626](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/saltmummy626)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/modding-tools-and-guides/9635 "2015-05-23T15:09:57Z")
It isnt about the game, but the website itself. I think the “modding tools and guides” tab could use a bit of love. the getting started guide only points to a 404 page on github and catamodder is badly out of date, makin… --- ## [Trauma Assessment CBM](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/trauma-assessment-cbm/9599)
**Author:** [@Ronin1791](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ronin1791)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/trauma-assessment-cbm/9599 "2015-05-21T01:19:19Z")
Simply put, how about a medical utility CBM that recreates the effects of the Self-Aware mutation? Found on zombie scientists/shockers, maybe occasionally augmented military/first responders. --- ## [Some farm variants](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/some-farm-variants/9630)
**Author:** [@saltmummy626](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/saltmummy626)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/some-farm-variants/9630 "2015-05-20T19:31:44Z")
We have farms of the most basic kind. potatos, cabbage, tomato, cucumber, etc etc. these farms are all over the place and yet there is some things none of them seem to be doing. Orchards. We’ve got wild fruit trees all o… --- ## [Some complicated negative trait ideas](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/some-complicated-negative-trait-ideas/9618)
**Author:** [@Midaychi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Midaychi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/some-complicated-negative-trait-ideas/9618 "2015-05-19T16:26:43Z")
Negative traits, might be fun for challenge runs, but probably would require special coding, Extreme motorphobia - You have a fear of vehicles some might consider irrational, both driving and being inside of them, and … --- ## [Advanced zone using](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/advanced-zone-using/9609)
**Author:** [@RandomGuy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RandomGuy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/advanced-zone-using/9609 "2015-05-19T02:25:40Z")
Let’s pretend i have this little boxhouse of mine http://clip2net.com/s/3hLPwlH Blue pixel is where my char is staying and ready to craft stuff, orange and red pixels are important shit i want to craft from. So, orange … --- ## [Bundle up!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bundle-up/9619)
**Author:** [@Midaychi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Midaychi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bundle-up/9619 "2015-05-18T13:53:30Z")
You can already sleep on piles of clothes and gain various warmth benefits to stabilize your temperature, so why not add a “bundle up!” command? Similar temperature stabilization benefits to sleeping on a bed with cloth… --- ## [Work-Based Crafting and Construction (not Time-Based)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/work-based-crafting-and-construction-not-time-based/9610)
**Author:** [@renton55555](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/renton55555)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/work-based-crafting-and-construction-not-time-based/9610 "2015-05-17T19:30:40Z")
One thing I’ve noticed is that the “quality” level of tools doesn’t mean much other than enabling a higher tier of things to be built. Also, all crafting and construction takes the same length of time regardless of how … --- ## [Mabye is time to make nuclear missile to kill something?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mabye-is-time-to-make-nuclear-missile-to-kill-something/9616)
**Author:** [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mabye-is-time-to-make-nuclear-missile-to-kill-something/9616 "2015-05-17T11:43:15Z")
This is other problem about nuclear missile, because it only change the map became a crater, but dosn’t kill any creature on that area last time I was launch the missile on the fungoid jungle, and then once I got there,… --- ## [Damage to head to affect intelligence?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/damage-to-head-to-affect-intelligence/294)
**Author:** [@iceball3](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/iceball3)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/damage-to-head-to-affect-intelligence/294 "2015-05-16T22:13:14Z")
Sort of like how damage to arms (should?) affect dexterity (highest health of the two arms would be the number calculated of course, so one armed people can still exist ever), and how the legs already affects movement sp… --- ## [Is true that gym only have few martial arts book?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-true-that-gym-only-have-few-martial-arts-book/9612)
**Author:** [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-true-that-gym-only-have-few-martial-arts-book/9612 "2015-05-16T20:15:46Z")
I been travel to gym so many times, but I find out those martial arts book is still only a few, so far I only found taichi, karate, taekwondo and aikido where’s other martial arts book? the shaolin kung fu? krav maga? t… --- ## [The ability to attach other vehicles](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-ability-to-attach-other-vehicles/9573)
**Author:** [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-ability-to-attach-other-vehicles/9573 "2015-05-14T22:59:50Z")
We have semi trucks and we have their trailers why is it that we cannot attach or tow the trailers. Either that or the ability to fully transfer a vehicle’s charge to another so that way we won’t have to worry about cons… --- ## [Multi-Tile Vehicle Parts](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/multi-tile-vehicle-parts/9433)
**Author:** [@jokermatt999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jokermatt999)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/multi-tile-vehicle-parts/9433 "2015-05-14T08:15:40Z")
So, I’ve been giving some thought to multi-tile vehicle parts, and how to make that work. I was planning to start with tanks, and expand from there. However, I figured I’d consult with the forums for both design and impl… --- ## [Ground Collapsing](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ground-collapsing/9553)
**Author:** [@Sede](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sede)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ground-collapsing/9553 "2015-05-13T00:00:49Z")
I came up with this idea after having a house collapse around me for the second time today: Wouldnt it be cool if the ground were to collapse? Lets say you’re driving around in your mega beast of a vehicle. You drive int… --- ## [Mind-based mutagen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mind-based-mutagen/9584)
**Author:** [@Dishonored\_Archer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dishonored_Archer)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mind-based-mutagen/9584 "2015-05-12T23:50:24Z")
Hi there, one thing i like of the game is the variety of mutations available but i noted there’s no a mutagen branch would enhance-cripple mainly your brain, just some which give you a bit of intelligence but for me that… --- ## [Big visible warning for weapon loss](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/big-visible-warning-for-weapon-loss/9578)
**Author:** [@The\_Lone\_Badger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Lone_Badger)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/big-visible-warning-for-weapon-loss/9578 "2015-05-12T19:24:17Z")
It’s currently very easy to lose a valuable melee weapon because you didn’t notice it being pulled from your hands by a zombie technician until several minutes later, by which time it’s long gone (I’ve never managed to f… --- ## [Zombie vs fungals vs robots](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-vs-fungals-vs-robots/9587)
**Author:** [@saltmummy626](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/saltmummy626)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-vs-fungals-vs-robots/9587 "2015-05-12T04:51:35Z")
How do I move this to the bugs section? This isn’t what I thought it was about. I just noticed that most of the zombies and their things are just gone now. I found one of those basketball courts with zombies inside. the… --- ## [Making biofuel out of wood](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-biofuel-out-of-wood/9554)
**Author:** [@VinHeaven](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/VinHeaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-biofuel-out-of-wood/9554 "2015-05-09T17:40:07Z")
Hey guys, i think about adding a late-game process for turning wood into biofuel (pure ethanol) to use in gasoline engines. The approach would be: Purchase some incredients. Get concentrated acid (hydrochloric acid… --- ## [Can someone make a cure of tear gas?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-make-a-cure-of-tear-gas/9575)
**Author:** [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2015, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-make-a-cure-of-tear-gas/9575 "2015-05-09T10:08:34Z")
I find out that tear gas is way too deadly, hows even possible that non-lethal weapons become a killing weapon? and even worst, there is no cure to healing the tear gas poisoning, not even the royal jelly can healing it … --- ## [Friendly NPC color](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/friendly-npc-color/9556)
**Author:** [@Xenosandbox](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xenosandbox)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/friendly-npc-color/9556 "2015-05-07T21:49:31Z")
Is there any way we can get a diferent color for friendly NPCs i know its not a big deal but i can"t count te times ive lost my NPC sla… Companion in a forest due to that dark green color they are. any color that doesnt … --- ## [We may need a train rail on subway or train road](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-may-need-a-train-rail-on-subway-or-train-road/9527)
**Author:** [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-may-need-a-train-rail-on-subway-or-train-road/9527 "2015-05-04T09:19:43Z")
What kind subway without railway for the train? that make no sense, right? We definitely need a train on the subway to make a long journey, safety journey is someone working on the train? it will be very interesting to… --- ## [Throwing Mines](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/throwing-mines/9536)
**Author:** [@Wally-kun](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wally-kun)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/throwing-mines/9536 "2015-05-03T16:08:51Z")
Rig a landmine with a suicide trigger and a killswitch mechanism to turn them from stationary traps to ranged explosives. Flat circular body means extra throwing distance. The function is virtually identical to the acid… --- ## [Some new ideas on early game torso armor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/some-new-ideas-on-early-game-torso-armor/9516)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/some-new-ideas-on-early-game-torso-armor/9516 "2015-05-03T00:22:50Z")
I may have just been playing too much of The Escapists, but an idea came across to me. What if there were new ways to reinforce your clothing outside of what currently exsists? (These would probably be more for early g… --- ## [I need a sonar system on my boat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-need-a-sonar-system-on-my-boat/9542)
**Author:** [@vipches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vipches)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-need-a-sonar-system-on-my-boat/9542 "2015-05-02T16:37:09Z")
I make a car became a motorboat, but still dosn’t make things easier, because there’s too many creatures on the deep water, my boat almost crash anytime on them and most annoying stuff is, if I driving a motorboat on a … --- ## [Using bandages/first aid kits/etc on NPCs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/using-bandages-first-aid-kits-etc-on-npcs/9533)
**Author:** [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/using-bandages-first-aid-kits-etc-on-npcs/9533 "2015-05-02T16:35:28Z")
I’ve had a bad problem with NPC companions not considering 5 or less bandages valuable enough to accept in trade. Between that and their apparently inability to take a break and heal over time like the player does when s… --- ## [Round in the chamber](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/round-in-the-chamber/9518)
**Author:** [@Ronin1791](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ronin1791)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/round-in-the-chamber/9518 "2015-05-02T16:29:13Z")
I was thinking it would be a cool feature to be able to insert an extra round into the chamber of your gun by ®eloading on a full magazine. Obviously it would only work on appropriate guns (not revolvers, pipe weapons, d… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-drawing-board/10.md?page=76) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-drawing-board/10.md?page=78)