# The Garage

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## [Firing modes don't work](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/firing-modes-dont-work/14092)

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**Author:** [@Wojtek94](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wojtek94)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/firing-modes-dont-work/14092 "2017-08-05T16:56:34Z")

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My version of Cata is 0.C 6603. I have a double barrel shotgun and double barrel pipe shotgun but double fire mode doesn’t work at all. It is on(shift+f) but it has no effect. This same situation is with Mp5. Three round…

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## [Lag from tall buildings?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/lag-from-tall-buildings/14079)

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**Author:** [@TheKobold](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheKobold)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/lag-from-tall-buildings/14079 "2017-08-02T20:00:13Z")

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I have z levels on and tall buildings also more locations. Both from within the game if that makes a difference. Every time I pass a 3 story brick house I get serious lag and slow downs.

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## [Can craft starch from rotted cattail stalks](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-craft-starch-from-rotted-cattail-stalks/14060)

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**Author:** [@Arkenstone](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arkenstone)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-craft-starch-from-rotted-cattail-stalks/14060 "2017-07-31T16:32:06Z")

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Minor issue but shouldn’t be possible. Rotted stalks should be excluded.

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## [Freezing and crashing](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/freezing-and-crashing/14058)

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**Author:** [@TheKobold](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheKobold)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/freezing-and-crashing/14058 "2017-07-31T08:38:04Z")

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Just updated from build 6629 to 6631. As soon as I move a few steps my numpad locks up and the game severely stutters. after a few attempts to move it attempts to crash. Not using any weird mods just the mainlined ones. …

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## [Long turn times](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/long-turn-times/14063)

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**Author:** [@Rokmonkey](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rokmonkey)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/long-turn-times/14063 "2017-07-30T20:03:26Z")

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I haven’t played in some time, and updated to the latest experimental. Now, both on a new save and an old save, each turn is taking considerably longer. In the past taking a step to the left and right wouldn’t taken an…

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## [Question about Build #6626 and World Map creation](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-about-build-6626-and-world-map-creation/14054)

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**Author:** [@Outcast](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Outcast)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-about-build-6626-and-world-map-creation/14054 "2017-07-30T12:23:53Z")

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I noticed the patch notes for Build #6626 (Jul 27 2017) mentioned a bunch of stuff about how the map is generated in regard to specials. Does this fix the “too many overmap specials (## \> ##)” error and the “could not p…

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## [0.C-gd5a29cc light survivor hood lets water through](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-c-gd5a29cc-light-survivor-hood-lets-water-through/9448)

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**Author:** [@ThrustVectoring](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ThrustVectoring)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-c-gd5a29cc-light-survivor-hood-lets-water-through/9448 "2017-07-29T14:11:21Z")

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Linux Curses gd5a29cc I noticed that I started getting the “wet” morale penalty when I swapped out my Nomad’s Cowl for a Light Survivor Hood + Light Survivor Mask. Full clothing set for reference: Light Survivor Hood …

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## [Wooden keg (construction) issues](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wooden-keg-construction-issues/14059)

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**Author:** [@survivornaginata](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/survivornaginata)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/wooden-keg-construction-issues/14059 "2017-07-29T13:49:01Z")

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1.Have noticed that for some reason you cant craft clean water from water in keg as action of boiling is performed with no results. 2.it seems that content of keg are not spent in recepies allowing for bottomless barrel…

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## [NPC removes Arm-Splint but it was me who takes it off](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-removes-arm-splint-but-it-was-me-who-takes-it-off/14055)

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**Author:** [@Outcast](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Outcast)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-removes-arm-splint-but-it-was-me-who-takes-it-off/14055 "2017-07-29T03:09:29Z")

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Just pointing out a minor thing I encountered. One of the NPCs I had recruited had a broken arm so I gave him an arm splint. Eventually the NPC’s arm healed and they dropped the splint. (Cool!) However when the NPC di…

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## [Xl jumpsuit plastic exploit](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/xl-jumpsuit-plastic-exploit/14027)

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**Author:** [@survivornaginata](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/survivornaginata)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/xl-jumpsuit-plastic-exploit/14027 "2017-07-24T09:51:57Z")

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xl jumpsuit can be crafted from 30 rags but its components are cotton and plastic allowing for possible if minor exploit of harvesting plastic by tailoring it from rags and cutting it out.

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## [Infinite blood exploit](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/infinite-blood-exploit/14004)

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**Author:** [@Azrad](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Azrad)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/infinite-blood-exploit/14004 "2017-07-24T02:02:27Z")

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You can use the vacutainer to draw blood from your survivor. You can do so as many times as you could ever want as well, but who needs blood anyway? Well… consuming blood provides 5 to nutrition and quench. It also has …

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## [Screencapping?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/screencapping/13995)

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**Author:** [@End\_Transmission](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/End_Transmission)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/screencapping/13995 "2017-07-23T21:01:17Z")

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I can think of a hundred and one reasons I’d want to screencap in Cataclysm: DDA, but Screencapping doesn’t seem to work. I.e. instead of getting my survivor’s killcount which I’m at least subjectively proud of (although…

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## [System requirements - how do they look like?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/system-requirements-how-do-they-look-like/13525)

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**Author:** [@lol2121](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/lol2121)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/system-requirements-how-do-they-look-like/13525 "2017-07-21T20:32:36Z")

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As the subject says, I’d like to know what are the minimal and recommended system requirements of this game? BTW: I’ve under-clocked mine CPU from 3500 MHz to 2500 MHz.

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## [Heavy duty frame](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/heavy-duty-frame/14005)

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**Author:** [@leebash](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/leebash)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/heavy-duty-frame/14005 "2017-07-19T10:56:56Z")

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Since when has it become 100kg? And it requires only 18 steel lumps to craft. So someone changed the weight at some point, but didn’t update the recipe.

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## [Alt+tab from fullscreen (Latest experimental of time of post)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/alt-tab-from-fullscreen-latest-experimental-of-time-of-post/13814)

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**Author:** [@Codeslamer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Codeslamer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/alt-tab-from-fullscreen-latest-experimental-of-time-of-post/13814 "2017-07-16T21:59:48Z")

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After alt tabbing to the desktop from full screen the game crashed, but no error messages appeared. Instead, it was like Windows kept switching back and forth from the program, making the screen flash rapidly. The only e…

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## [\[0.C-22825-g2d7aa8c\] Game Halts (unresponsive)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-c-22825-g2d7aa8c-game-halts-unresponsive/13998)

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**Author:** [@vultures](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vultures)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2017, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-c-22825-g2d7aa8c-game-halts-unresponsive/13998 "2017-07-16T10:20:41Z")

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A bug I’ve noticed in both 6584 (currently playing) and 6403 (played a while before). I don’t know if the following applies for 6403, since I haven’t saved the log file. Last TEN lines of current debug.log: 15:13:30.8…

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## [Strange but minor bug](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-but-minor-bug/13997)

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**Author:** [@leebash](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/leebash)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-but-minor-bug/13997 "2017-07-14T12:18:27Z")

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Hostile small blob becomes friendly when a friend dog is also near you. When this happens, you can only push away the blob.

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## [Using a mace for clearing young trees is better than using an electric chainsaw?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/using-a-mace-for-clearing-young-trees-is-better-than-using-an-electric-chainsaw/13948)

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**Author:** [@zombiechow](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/zombiechow)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/using-a-mace-for-clearing-young-trees-is-better-than-using-an-electric-chainsaw/13948 "2017-07-14T12:09:12Z")

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An oddity I noticed, it seems I can clear away young trees much quicker using a bashing weapon than an electric chainsaw (yes I did turn it on LOL). Seems like chainsaws should get a bonus to 's’mashing trees? Chainsaw …

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## [Terrain Description Error](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/terrain-description-error/13933)

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**Author:** [@Musaab](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Musaab)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/terrain-description-error/13933 "2017-07-14T12:01:24Z")

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I was looking at a Fungal Spire. Went to the extended description, went to terrain description, and it went to the error screen.

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## [V6393 A few bugs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/v6393-a-few-bugs/13651)

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**Author:** [@ZoneWizard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ZoneWizard)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/v6393-a-few-bugs/13651 "2017-07-12T11:51:32Z")

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Few bugs as titles suggests. Not sure if they are written about already but worth noting at least. -Refugee center: Monsters enter the building and proceed to eat everyone. Nobody finds being eaten to be a problem and t…

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## [Charged and Discharged Storage Batteries have large weight difference](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/charged-and-discharged-storage-batteries-have-large-weight-difference/13881)

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**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/charged-and-discharged-storage-batteries-have-large-weight-difference/13881 "2017-07-12T01:41:08Z")

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Version \[image\] Storage Battery Weight Difference \[image\]

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## [Giving unopened canned food for NPC companions to eat does not open can](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giving-unopened-canned-food-for-npc-companions-to-eat-does-not-open-can/13957)

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**Author:** [@Azrad](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Azrad)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giving-unopened-canned-food-for-npc-companions-to-eat-does-not-open-can/13957 "2017-07-11T21:16:23Z")

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The NPCs will eat the content of the can without even opening it. Once the can is empty, it remains a sealed tin can that can’t be used to can food again.

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## [What is wrong with my missions?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-missions/13989)

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**Author:** [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-wrong-with-my-missions/13989 "2017-07-10T17:27:44Z")

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I keep having trouble with mission. Half the time they aren’t programmed in or something like that. and whenever I start a mission if I train before I complete it no longer allows me to finish; the chat option to finish …

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## [Diamond coated guns, sword bayonets unaffected](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/diamond-coated-guns-sword-bayonets-unaffected/13978)

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**Author:** [@Azrad](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Azrad)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/diamond-coated-guns-sword-bayonets-unaffected/13978 "2017-07-06T15:54:21Z")

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Found out when I got curious about it. Using the CVD machine on a weapon with a sword bayonet coats the gun in diamond, but the sword bayonet is unaffected and does not get increased cutting damage. Removing the bayonet …

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## [Are the itemgroups in the npc folder used by anything?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-the-itemgroups-in-the-npc-folder-used-by-anything/13964)

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**Author:** [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BorkBorkGoesTheCode)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-the-itemgroups-in-the-npc-folder-used-by-anything/13964 "2017-07-03T22:33:29Z")

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I cannot find any reference to the NC\_foo itemgroups in npc folder in the source.

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## [Alt+F4 after death camera](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/alt-f4-after-death-camera/13956)

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**Author:** [@leebash](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/leebash)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/alt-f4-after-death-camera/13956 "2017-07-03T04:51:31Z")

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Although it is not the correct(cough\*) way to quit the game, but has anyone noticed, you can still load previous saved game after that. And you can even find your own corpse and every item on the corpse. So should the …

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## [Ranch 2 motor mission...mining?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ranch-2-motor-mission-mining/13922)

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**Author:** [@TeSparg](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TeSparg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ranch-2-motor-mission-mining/13922 "2017-06-26T08:19:29Z")

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Well to be short when i got the mission to get 2 motors for them so that they could power some sort of sawmill, i asked for any advice then this line from the last mission came up were he asked for 75 rocks to get firepl…

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## [AR-15 not leaving shells (solved)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ar-15-not-leaving-shells-solved/13912)

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**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2017, 8:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ar-15-not-leaving-shells-solved/13912 "2017-06-25T08:01:42Z")

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My heavily modified AR-15 is not leaving behind expended shells. It’s using .223 Remington ammo in a drum magazine. I realize this may be part of some of the mods I use. If so, if someone knows which one please let me…

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## [(22609-geb297a1) Mission\_Null?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/22609-geb297a1-mission-null/13830)

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**Author:** [@Codeslamer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Codeslamer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/22609-geb297a1-mission-null/13830 "2017-06-25T02:12:59Z")

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After asking for a mission from the starter NPC after doing their first mission. https://gyazo.com/6858589453c76fe03056e42398d065a7 ^ The picture pretty much explains everything.

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## [MOVED: How to move the player](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moved-how-to-move-the-player/13911)

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**Author:** [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moved-how-to-move-the-player/13911 "2017-06-24T04:38:40Z")

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