# The Garage

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## [Infinite Leather](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/infinite-leather/946)

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**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/infinite-leather/946 "2013-04-24T12:50:08Z")

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You slice the leather patch into two pieces of leather.

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## [Constructing counters can replace wall](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/constructing-counters-can-replace-wall/969)

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**Author:** [@warppooted](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/warppooted)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/constructing-counters-can-replace-wall/969 "2013-04-24T12:43:41Z")

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Just as the title says. I managed to replace an internal wall of a house by constructing a counter in it’s place. EDIT: Have replicated it with a bank wall, as seen in the picture below. Does not work when I tried to do…

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## [Skills going red/downgrading and recovering them](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skills-going-red-downgrading-and-recovering-them/985)

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**Author:** [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skills-going-red-downgrading-and-recovering-them/985 "2013-04-24T03:31:26Z")

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How much does it take, as it seems no matter how I try, except under rare circumstances, it will just chew threw my XP and leave me with no XP and a skill that’s still not out of red (throwing 7 for example). I also have…

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## [Car engines](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-engines/725)

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**Author:** [@Mr\_Epic\_Cheese\_Man](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mr_Epic_Cheese_Man)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-engines/725 "2013-04-24T02:13:28Z")

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I just decided to try the car crafting system, read some tutorials about them and made a car, got and and…‘This car has no engine’ I put in a V8 engine I spawned in and removed it and used ANOTHER just to make sure, help…

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## [Steel compactor/Recycler issues](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steel-compactor-recycler-issues/908)

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**Author:** [@Sirian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sirian)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steel-compactor-recycler-issues/908 "2013-04-23T22:25:28Z")

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In my version (0.4), the steel compactor can make a steel chunk from a single steel item, I tried checking the source code but I’m not sure If it checks for weight or what it really does… Edit : after more searching/tes…

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## [Square font, for Linux users?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/square-font-for-linux-users/259)

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**Author:** [@Tchey](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tchey)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/square-font-for-linux-users/259 "2013-04-23T19:49:25Z")

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Ingame, my vehicle looks fine when going north and south, but looks squeezed when goind east and ouest, because the defaut font is not square. i don’t like it. I know for Windows you can edit the FONTDATA file, but for …

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## [Crashing Nothing in MegaStore](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crashing-nothing-in-megastore/975)

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**Author:** [@Sharp](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sharp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crashing-nothing-in-megastore/975 "2013-04-23T18:57:27Z")

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\[spoiler\]\[image\]\[/spoiler\] In a MegaStore nice big black nothingness, step into it, crash, examine it, crash. I have come across patches of pitch black before and walked through them and examining them comes up with “n…

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## [Using a wood axe to cut up a log](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/using-a-wood-axe-to-cut-up-a-log/957)

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**Author:** [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/using-a-wood-axe-to-cut-up-a-log/957 "2013-04-23T00:52:06Z")

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If you’re carrying the log, it doesn’t consume xp nor raise a skill. Subsequently it appears I can’t chop up a log on the ground (You cannot build there!). Just updated from 4 prelease 2 to 4; using a wood axe. Also can’…

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## [If only.. servers](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/if-only-servers/940)

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**Author:** [@Disarray](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Disarray)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/if-only-servers/940 "2013-04-22T14:43:39Z")

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But I play on a Windows box now, so the tutorial Whales (thoughtfully) posted on RogueBasin is, sadly, useless. Have any of you got a server running that myself and a few friends could connect to? Or, barring that- any…

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## [Near and Far-sighted](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/near-and-far-sighted/944)

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**Author:** [@Sizyanator](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sizyanator)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/near-and-far-sighted/944 "2013-04-22T11:09:39Z")

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I’m not sure if this is a feature or a bug: you can be Near-sighted and Far-sighted at the same time.

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## [Reproducable CTD: Burning sinew](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reproducable-ctd-burning-sinew/869)

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**Author:** [@Moogie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Moogie)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reproducable-ctd-burning-sinew/869 "2013-04-22T00:45:50Z")

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Dropping a stack of Sinew onto a brazier fire (or possibly any fire) reliably causes a CTD. I’m using the pre-compiled Windows version from the downloads page.

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## [Missing inventory item (item blacked out)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/missing-inventory-item-item-blacked-out/938)

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**Author:** [@marvalis](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/marvalis)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/missing-inventory-item-item-blacked-out/938 "2013-04-21T23:41:44Z")

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Between the fanny pack and the reinforced trench-coat is my invisible cargo pants. I have no idea how to drop them, since I cannot see any key bindings, and I cannot use the arrow keys to navigate to the item. …

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## [My car can't move!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-car-cant-move/933)

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**Author:** [@Sakuraba\_Izayoi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sakuraba_Izayoi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-car-cant-move/933 "2013-04-21T16:19:36Z")

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\[image\] I made a small RV, nice&safety . but it doesn’t move! Why? I already set seat,controls,engine,storage battery,fill some batteries…etc sad… – K mass? but how? how can i fix it? help! pls!

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## [Steak knife raising blunt weapon skill more than cutting?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steak-knife-raising-blunt-weapon-skill-more-than-cutting/926)

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**Author:** [@GreenJelly](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GreenJelly)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steak-knife-raising-blunt-weapon-skill-more-than-cutting/926 "2013-04-21T08:07:36Z")

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Hello. While playing recently, I decided to try for a mêlée build focusing more on cutting weapons than my standard of using bashing weapons. I started out using just the pocket knife, but I soon upgraded to a steak kni…

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## [Cocaine of Whiskey: A Memorial to a hilarious bug!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cocaine-of-whiskey-a-memorial-to-a-hilarious-bug/911)

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**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cocaine-of-whiskey-a-memorial-to-a-hilarious-bug/911 "2013-04-21T04:55:20Z")

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Post any new sightings, optionally with pictures. This was a hilarious bug, not sure if it was fixed. But it was a hilarious bug that compounded items into things like vitamins of vodka or cognac of methamphetamine. An…

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## [Professions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/professions/927)

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**Author:** [@Aron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aron)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/professions/927 "2013-04-21T04:49:04Z")

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Hey all, I was wondering if I could get some help with professions. First when I make a new profession in the file it doesn’t show up in game,' Second when I modify a current profession it goes into the create screen a…

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## [Keyboard issue with the angle brackets](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keyboard-issue-with-the-angle-brackets/918)

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**Author:** [@magyar645](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/magyar645)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keyboard-issue-with-the-angle-brackets/918 "2013-04-21T04:31:09Z")

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Hi i’ve recently downloaded Cataclysm DDA after watching a couple of video about it , but when it comes to create my character i can go on after the stat tab , cataclysm wont recognise how my keyboard process the angle b…

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## [There is no Science lab](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/there-is-no-science-lab/898)

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**Author:** [@RainbowGamer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RainbowGamer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/there-is-no-science-lab/898 "2013-04-20T10:18:17Z")

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I have tried to start new maps a few times and just cant get any science labs to generate. I have tried about 5-6 times to make a new character and reveal the map and when there is no lab I delete all saves and worlds so…

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## [Quantity reporting on drop/pickup](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/quantity-reporting-on-drop-pickup/904)

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**Author:** [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/quantity-reporting-on-drop-pickup/904 "2013-04-20T02:40:01Z")

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If I drop .44 Magnum bullets it doesn’t show the “#” for specified quantity, though it does accept the commands for it. Also, it is currently on “?” key, as a side note.

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## [Ants in my shelter!?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ants-in-my-shelter/896)

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**Author:** [@Fox](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fox)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ants-in-my-shelter/896 "2013-04-20T00:01:55Z")

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I’ve been living in the emergency shelter. The doors are always closed behind me when I leave\\enter. I just entered an anthill and eventually had to flee due to a horde of soldier ants, and I fled back to the emergency s…

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## [Vanishing Player Corpses](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vanishing-player-corpses/878)

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**Author:** [@Alpha16](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Alpha16)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vanishing-player-corpses/878 "2013-04-19T23:45:24Z")

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I am rather new to the game, playing on version 0.4, I had 2 characters die by Wolf Spider, upon returning to the location of the bodies, the bodies have vanished, no items left behind. I also had chopped up some logs wi…

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## [Can't wear unique boots](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-wear-unique-boots/897)

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**Author:** [@Danv](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Danv)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-wear-unique-boots/897 "2013-04-19T14:36:56Z")

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Recently found two unique pieces in Temple - “Coat of the Fungal Necropolis” and “Boots of Forbidden Death”, coat works fine, but when i trying to wear boots, it says “You can wear power armor components with power armor…

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## [Fleet Footed does nothing!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fleet-footed-does-nothing/889)

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**Author:** [@Fammable](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fammable)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fleet-footed-does-nothing/889 "2013-04-19T08:29:33Z")

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I’ve been experimenting recently and I’ve noticed that fleet Footed makes no difference to the characters I have created.I distinctly remember that in early versions Fleet Footed gave you and obvious speed bonus. I see n…

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## ["encumb hit a non-armor item at worn\[15\] (none)"](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/encumb-hit-a-non-armor-item-at-worn-15-none/895)

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**Author:** [@Moogie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Moogie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/encumb-hit-a-non-armor-item-at-worn-15-none/895 "2013-04-19T07:25:02Z")

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C:\\Users\\Kyratzes\\Documents\\GitHub\\Cataclysm-DDA\\player.cpp\[5318\]: Bishop Artemis::encumb hit a non-armor item at worn\[15\] (none) The item in question, as it appears in my .sav file: W 67 % -1 0 0 0 0 null -1 0 0 -1 -…

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## [Scent Sensitivity 0](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-sensitivity-0/875)

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**Author:** [@Farce](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Farce)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-sensitivity-0/875 "2013-04-18T15:29:54Z")

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I seem to have accidentally hit the - key and set it to 0. That immediately segfaulted, core dumped and kicked me out of Cataclysm. Whups. Upon reloading the save, it immediately kicks me back out again. Is there any…

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## [Isn't cauterizing painful?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/isnt-cauterizing-painful/881)

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**Author:** [@Fengferth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fengferth)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/isnt-cauterizing-painful/881 "2013-04-18T14:09:40Z")

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Not 100% sure if this is intentional or bug but whenever I cauterize I don’t have any pain afterwards. A little odd considering it is pretty painful to do. Using build 0.4 windows version.

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## [My game keeps crashing](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-game-keeps-crashing/841)

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**Author:** [@ZombiesBeReady](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ZombiesBeReady)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-game-keeps-crashing/841 "2013-04-18T10:37:55Z")

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Whenever I start my game , it crashes. I don’t know why but it keeps doing it! Someone please help!

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## [Deployed brazier vanishing when carry volume exceeded (save included)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/deployed-brazier-vanishing-when-carry-volume-exceeded-save-included/879)

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**Author:** [@Moogie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Moogie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/deployed-brazier-vanishing-when-carry-volume-exceeded-save-included/879 "2013-04-18T04:11:33Z")

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Windows pre-compiled version Very odd one, this. When I pick up just enough items to put my carry weight over the volume limit, my deployed Brazier tile completely disappears. It cannot be interacted with or disarmed. B…

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## [What is the intent of remove\_mission\_items?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-the-intent-of-remove-mission-items/877)

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**Author:** [@Soron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soron)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-the-intent-of-remove-mission-items/877 "2013-04-18T03:37:34Z")

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Okay, I’m currently cleaning up inventory code, which in some cases means I’m moving stuff out of player:: and into inventory:: (e.g., calculating inventory weights). One of those cases is some code from remove\_mission\_i…

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## [Cygwin Derp](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cygwin-derp/860)

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**Author:** [@Yomas](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Yomas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cygwin-derp/860 "2013-04-18T02:28:53Z")

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Hi! I’m not very experienced with cygwin, or anything even related to it, and googling for this issue has not helped me at all. Basically, I cannot pull or clone the git rep, it always gives me this error: “Cloning int…

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