# The Lab **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-lab/7.md?page=19 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 20 --- ## [Aim rebalance nearing completion, also adjusted aim menu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aim-rebalance-nearing-completion-also-adjusted-aim-menu/14257)
**Author:** [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aim-rebalance-nearing-completion-also-adjusted-aim-menu/14257 "2017-09-28T20:55:58Z")
The aim rebalance I’ve been working on for about a month now is nearing completion, we’ll need people to try it out and see what they think, I’ll post again once it lands. For now here’s a preview of the updated aiming … --- ## [Adding mods to existing worlds, (also music problems)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/adding-mods-to-existing-worlds-also-music-problems/14298)
**Author:** [@JerrytheHellbound](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JerrytheHellbound)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/adding-mods-to-existing-worlds-also-music-problems/14298 "2017-09-28T01:36:59Z")
Is it possible to add mods to an existing world? I’ve tried editing the mods.json but that just causes it to not work or crash. --- ## [Custom Color game message from debug menu lua console](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/custom-color-game-message-from-debug-menu-lua-console/11247)
**Author:** [@Labtop\_215](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Labtop_215)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/custom-color-game-message-from-debug-menu-lua-console/11247 "2017-09-27T12:39:53Z")
I have been playing around with game.add\_msg(“A message here.”) to try and output a message to my game log for role playing purposes. However, I’ve only been able to output messages in white that eventually fade out to … --- ## [H86's Rebalancing Mod 1.0](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/h86s-rebalancing-mod-1-0/14286)
**Author:** [@harison86](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/harison86)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/h86s-rebalancing-mod-1-0/14286 "2017-09-26T15:16:05Z")
Hey, first time doing anything like this ever, I hope I can please at least a small number of people in this community. Brief summary, I’m making this mod to try and adjust the game’s difficulty curve as it currently st… --- ## [Assigning crafting screen subcategories to new recipes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/assigning-crafting-screen-subcategories-to-new-recipes/4427)
**Author:** [@desrik](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/desrik)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/assigning-crafting-screen-subcategories-to-new-recipes/4427 "2017-09-13T15:42:24Z")
With the new crafting screen upgrade I thought it would be a good idea to explain how to assign new recipes to a subcategory. Recipes must be given a “subcategory” field: "type" : "recipe", "result": "water\_clean",… --- ## [Back after a long brake with some mod plans](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-after-a-long-brake-with-some-mod-plans/14203)
**Author:** [@Theundyingcode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Theundyingcode)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-after-a-long-brake-with-some-mod-plans/14203 "2017-09-12T03:40:17Z")
I have been playing CDDA on and off for a long time now (pre-kick-starter). After coming back to it a week ago I have decided I want to put my mostly completed CS degree to use and take a real stab at improving cataclys… --- ## [Mod request - Book Learning limited by int](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-request-book-learning-limited-by-int/14191)
**Author:** [@Midaychi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Midaychi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-request-book-learning-limited-by-int/14191 "2017-09-08T18:29:17Z")
A request for a mod that makes it so that the maximum skill level you can get from books is half your int while reading, rounded down. So, if you have 6 int, you can’t gain exp for reading a book if your skill is 3 or g… --- ## [Link to JSON update page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/link-to-json-update-page/14193)
**Author:** [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BorkBorkGoesTheCode)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/link-to-json-update-page/14193 "2017-09-01T22:06:45Z")
In case it gets lost in the future, here is a link to a list of JSON changes in experimental: https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/19376 --- ## [Help with Mods, probably been asked](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-mods-probably-been-asked/14189)
**Author:** [@Nitrotic](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nitrotic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-mods-probably-been-asked/14189 "2017-08-30T00:39:51Z")
Hello folks. I only have a short question, one that’s likely been answered here, but I couldn’t find it when I searched, so how does one install mods in this game? I’ve played the game for a while, and I’d like to expe… --- ## [\[SPOILERS\] The Outpost](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/spoilers-the-outpost/9295)
**Author:** [@acidia](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/acidia)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/spoilers-the-outpost/9295 "2017-08-21T05:38:18Z")
So, I was experimenting with having an NPC camp over the weekend since I really haven’t heard much feedback about things in the vault (too hard/easy/not rewarding?)… \[spoiler\]\[image\]\[/spoiler\] A labeled image… \[spoile… --- ## [Tool Bundle](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tool-bundle/14115)
**Author:** [@Maddremor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Maddremor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tool-bundle/14115 "2017-08-12T06:17:39Z")
The Tool Bundle mod adds the titular tool bundle, an item that acts as a sheath/holster/belt for most tools. It can hold 20 different items without restrictions on weight or volume. This does not mean you get magical sto… --- ## [Profession Balancing](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/profession-balancing/14112)
**Author:** [@Adragis029](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Adragis029)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/profession-balancing/14112 "2017-08-10T10:24:37Z")
I’m planning to make a bunch of custom starting professions based on either fictional characters or plain old ‘stuff I’d like to see’. Can anyone experienced therein tell me the basic rules you follow to determine a clas… --- ## [Joerg's Magazine Bows](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/joergs-magazine-bows/14098)
**Author:** [@Substance](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Substance)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/joergs-magazine-bows/14098 "2017-08-08T04:07:05Z")
Hello, Survivors! This is my very first mod that I ever bothered to publish! Let me show you its features! This mod adds bows, that have magazines, based off Joerg’s design, as seen in his Instant Legolas video. (https:… --- ## [Dropping the 32-bit Linux experimentals](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dropping-the-32-bit-linux-experimentals/14082)
**Author:** [@Narc](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Narc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2017, 7:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dropping-the-32-bit-linux-experimentals/14082 "2017-08-03T07:05:49Z")
Hi, all! I run the build host for the experimentals. In the last month or so, I’ve had a couple of cases where the docker container I use to make the 32-bit Linux Tiles builds has been getting stuck after finishing its … --- ## [The Forgotten Races (Alpha Released, Download Available)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-forgotten-races-alpha-released-download-available/11223)
**Author:** [@Malkeus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Malkeus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-forgotten-races-alpha-released-download-available/11223 "2017-08-01T14:29:31Z")
Human civilization is gone. Long hidden creatures once relegated to myth and legend step forth from the shadows to reclaim the world. This is an idea I’ve been thinking on for awhile. I’d like to add some more variety t… --- ## [How does one add textures to weapons?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-does-one-add-textures-to-weapons/14070)
**Author:** [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-does-one-add-textures-to-weapons/14070 "2017-07-31T22:18:03Z")
I see that there is a place to add a symbol and color to an item/weapon but how do you reference that item to a texture in a graphics tileset? --- ## [No Funs: Weapon Spawn Rebalance](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/no-funs-weapon-spawn-rebalance/13667)
**Author:** [@Alec\_White](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Alec_White)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/no-funs-weapon-spawn-rebalance/13667 "2017-07-31T14:32:35Z")
Small and simple mod that disable the spawning of weapons and ammo on houses, reduces a lot the spawn rate of weapons and ammo on preppers and guns basements, and completely disables the spawning of gun shops and home de… --- ## [Watchcdda - Cataclysm: DDA ssh server - watch and play](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/watchcdda-cataclysm-dda-ssh-server-watch-and-play/13765)
**Author:** [@r7st](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/r7st)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/watchcdda-cataclysm-dda-ssh-server-watch-and-play/13765 "2017-07-28T18:35:05Z")
It allows: playing on the server. watching other people play on the server. playing a group game where everyone controls the same game at once. playing a pseudo-multiplayer game where players play on the same world. \[… --- ## [My CDDA mods and activities](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-cdda-mods-and-activities/13903)
**Author:** [@Profound\_Darkness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Profound_Darkness)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-cdda-mods-and-activities/13903 "2017-07-27T19:49:34Z")
Hello, been a while since I was last about and I’ve learned a little bit more. This first page is intended to be my current (small) mods and activities for CDDA, as they are all relatively small items it didn’t make sen… --- ## [Razorgirl's friend painkiller \[SPOILERS!\]](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/razorgirls-friend-painkiller-spoilers/14024)
**Author:** [@kaluce](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kaluce)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/razorgirls-friend-painkiller-spoilers/14024 "2017-07-25T06:27:59Z")
TL;DR: how do the pkill effects in the json work? I’m making a mod that provides an exact dosage for CBM installation, since I don’t want to keep accidentally killing my character, and I don’t want to fork the code to r… --- ## [Merchants and Settlement Mod](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/merchants-and-settlement-mod/13992)
**Author:** [@undereastern](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/undereastern)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2017, 6:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/merchants-and-settlement-mod/13992 "2017-07-21T06:06:46Z")
\[image\] Personally, I prefer STALKER, Fallout or Metro like games (in the field of social interaction) rather than surviving alone. So I thought making such a village and barter with another survivors something useful … --- ## [Hunters Mod](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hunters-mod/14019)
**Author:** [@Wojtek94](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wojtek94)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hunters-mod/14019 "2017-07-20T23:02:11Z")
Hello. My first “mod” is very simple and quite strange. It puts basic zombie monster( “zombie”) into WILDLIFE category as “hunter”. Hunters are fast and dangerous. They can kill you very easily but they have low HP. Thei… --- ## [DIY-¤homemade guns,makeshift armor and more.¤V2](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/diy-homemade-guns-makeshift-armor-and-more-v2/12366)
**Author:** [@xironfistx](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/xironfistx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/diy-homemade-guns-makeshift-armor-and-more-v2/12366 "2017-07-19T05:22:23Z")
after upgrading the old mod,i decided to go ahead and re do it,this time i will offer the items in separate mods,as it did not make sense to have factory made weapons on the same jsons as the homemade ones. so i will of… --- ## [Cataclysm 40K](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-40k/13558)
**Author:** [@Wulfle](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wulfle)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-40k/13558 "2017-07-06T04:52:28Z")
Cataclysim 40K adds elements (objects, weapons, drugs, armor, ammunition, factions (eventually) and other things) of the Warhammer 40000 universe. At this point, it’s a proof-of-concept to see if it’s possible to integr… --- ## [Hazerithious' Mods](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hazerithious-mods/8895)
**Author:** [@Hazerithious](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hazerithious)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hazerithious-mods/8895 "2017-07-03T19:08:09Z")
LMOE: I decided to make an LMOE starting Scenario. Not sure how balanced the point cost is with the potential benefits of starting at an LMOE shelter. I say potential, because a lot of the time the LMOE shelters don’t … --- ## [Building Editor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/building-editor/10532)
**Author:** [@vache](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vache)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 8:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/building-editor/10532 "2017-07-03T08:35:51Z")
For the past couple weeks I have been working on a building editor for Cataclysm. I feel like it’s at a point now where I can unleash it upon the world. Cataclysm Building Editor for Windows Linux build coming soon. K… --- ## ['Tempted' trait](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tempted-trait/13785)
**Author:** [@Midaychi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Midaychi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tempted-trait/13785 "2017-06-22T07:03:15Z")
A trait that makes it so that if you are suffering from addiction withdrawal, there is a chance depending on how strong the addiction/withdrawal is that you will auto-use any relevant addiction-related items in your inve… --- ## [Alec White's Miscellanea of Mods: Now with Small Shanty Districts](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/alec-whites-miscellanea-of-mods-now-with-small-shanty-districts/13726)
**Author:** [@Alec\_White](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Alec_White)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/alec-whites-miscellanea-of-mods-now-with-small-shanty-districts/13726 "2017-06-20T09:53:09Z")
Decide to make a dedicated thread for my mods as they are too small additions to deserve their own threads. Sewing Machine mod: \[ul\]\[li\]Adds a sewing machine that only uses threads, with a SEW quality of 2.\[/li\] \[li\]T… --- ## [Why are so many mods not in the mod list?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-are-so-many-mods-not-in-the-mod-list/13725)
**Author:** [@Moon\_Dew](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Moon_Dew)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-are-so-many-mods-not-in-the-mod-list/13725 "2017-06-20T08:38:53Z")
I’ve recently noticed that, in the experimental builds (0.C-6421 at the time of posting, but this may be true for others before and after) there are several mods in the mod folder that don’t appear in the mod list when y… --- ## [Changing traits with lua](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-traits-with-lua/13713)
**Author:** [@Cassumbra](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cassumbra)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-traits-with-lua/13713 "2017-06-11T17:11:35Z")
hi i’m new here and please don’t remove lua support because i want to do stuff with it is it possible to change the player’s traits using lua? I saw someone use it to change player stats over time in another thread. i w… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-lab/7.md?page=18) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-lab/7.md?page=20)