# Latest **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md?page=469 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 470 --- ## [Tubes, Drills: What are they for?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tubes-drills-what-are-they-for/4717)
**Author:** [@Teddy\_Salad](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Teddy_Salad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tubes-drills-what-are-they-for/4717 "2014-01-08T20:47:28Z")
Copper tubing and cordless drills are both relatively common, but as of yet, I haven’t found a use for either. What are they for? The drill says it can run on batteries, but I “can’t do anything interesting with my cord… --- ## [Musically Cataclysmic: What do you listen to when playing Cataclysm?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/musically-cataclysmic-what-do-you-listen-to-when-playing-cataclysm/3641)
**Author:** [@Wayne](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wayne)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/musically-cataclysmic-what-do-you-listen-to-when-playing-cataclysm/3641 "2014-01-08T12:09:42Z")
As it says on the tin. What music have you listened to while playing Cataclysm? I’m listening to the Manhunt soundtrack with my current game. It adds a whole new level of dread and despair in my opinion. --- ## [Could the creature compass indicate distance too?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/could-the-creature-compass-indicate-distance-too/4618)
**Author:** [@vbmark](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vbmark)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/could-the-creature-compass-indicate-distance-too/4618 "2014-01-08T06:15:49Z")
If I see a Z far away and off the viewport, I sometimes need to run away. I cannot tell if I am being chased, if I am getting away, or if the pursuer is gaining; to know this requires extra key strokes. Could the creat… --- ## [Item Changing Mechanic for Crafting](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/item-changing-mechanic-for-crafting/4711)
**Author:** [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/item-changing-mechanic-for-crafting/4711 "2014-01-07T22:33:49Z")
So you know how a lightstrip becomes a dead lightstrip (A different item entirely) after it runs out of charges? I was wondering if we could adapt that for (some) crafting recipes. I mean, there’s no real reason to sit … --- ## [Cannot Cycle Through Parts In Vehicle Screen (Mac OSX)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-cycle-through-parts-in-vehicle-screen-mac-osx/4700)
**Author:** [@dda](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dda)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cannot-cycle-through-parts-in-vehicle-screen-mac-osx/4700 "2014-01-07T21:22:37Z")
So I have been playing for a little while now and finally got a motorcycle! But then it ran out of fuel. So, like I had been doing with cars, I highlight the tile with the tank and try to refill… only this time it wont l… --- ## [Vehicle welding rig](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-welding-rig/4707)
**Author:** [@Icecoon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Icecoon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-welding-rig/4707 "2014-01-07T21:21:02Z")
I have found a welding rig in a farm’s barn. I said myself how I’m lucky, but how do I power it? I don’t have any batteries and the description said something about being powered by the car’s battery. So how do I make it… --- ## [Instant ctd in latest experimentals](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/instant-ctd-in-latest-experimentals/4714)
**Author:** [@Stonegazer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Stonegazer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/instant-ctd-in-latest-experimentals/4714 "2014-01-07T20:51:47Z")
In windows tiles builds 541, 542, 543, and 544 the game crashes to desktop the instant I try to run it. Windows curses build 543 starts okay, and windows tiles build 540 starts okay. (edit: 544 is no good, either) (als… --- ## [The graveyard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-graveyard/2855)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-graveyard/2855 "2014-01-07T19:48:19Z")
Here is where you can bury your previous characters so all the world could see their final attempts in the world. You can put your character in the hall of the dead along with the page and post number, so they can honor… --- ## [\[Question\]Does zombies love meat chunks?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-does-zombies-love-meat-chunks/4682)
**Author:** [@duke455](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/duke455)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-does-zombies-love-meat-chunks/4682 "2014-01-07T14:44:30Z")
As the title says, are zombies attracted to meat chunks, like they are with the player? If not, can this be introduced as a game feature? --- ## [I have solar panels bionic and arm blaster and a few more bionics but no power](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-have-solar-panels-bionic-and-arm-blaster-and-a-few-more-bionics-but-no-power/4709)
**Author:** [@James2314](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/James2314)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-have-solar-panels-bionic-and-arm-blaster-and-a-few-more-bionics-but-no-power/4709 "2014-01-07T12:16:27Z")
I dont know why im not charging because i have solar pannels and im in sunlight. --- ## [About anvil's](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/about-anvils/4703)
**Author:** [@Gatora](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gatora)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/about-anvils/4703 "2014-01-07T08:11:33Z")
is there an easy way to make them? and if you can find them where can you? --- ## [\[Question\] Royal Jelly and science guys](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-royal-jelly-and-science-guys/4698)
**Author:** [@duke455](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/duke455)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-royal-jelly-and-science-guys/4698 "2014-01-07T00:34:40Z")
Quick question, in the latest experimental build (5 Jan) I found a group of dead scientists, and in the middle of the mess i found a royal jelly(It was on the ground, not on the corpse of the scientists). I never found i… --- ## [Eternal Flames (glich)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/eternal-flames-glich/4704)
**Author:** [@Fish](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fish)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/eternal-flames-glich/4704 "2014-01-07T00:10:51Z")
I don’t know if this glitch works on 0.8 but I put around 5000 units of gasoline in my wood stove and lit it then went to bed. When I woke up it was still going except there was no fuel! Im going to see how long it last… --- ## [Noob quesion, surviving spores?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-quesion-surviving-spores/3725)
**Author:** [@Weaverfish](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Weaverfish)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-quesion-surviving-spores/3725 "2014-01-06T23:01:57Z")
I’ve got a really decent character going on, my best one yet. I picked up the spore infection though, and none of the wiki’s nor the forums talk about if the thing is even survivable. I’m pretty sure the next time i’m … --- ## [Cataclysm dda Question](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-dda-question/4702)
**Author:** [@marloneek777](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/marloneek777)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-dda-question/4702 "2014-01-06T20:32:21Z")
Hi, I have one question. Is the world in cataclysm creates as we start playing (like in minecraft or dwarf fortress) or is it scripted in the game and it can’t change ?? Sorry for my bad english. Thx --- ## [Can you remove accessory's form guns?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-remove-accessorys-form-guns/4699)
**Author:** [@Gatora](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gatora)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-you-remove-accessorys-form-guns/4699 "2014-01-06T17:23:20Z")
well can you? --- ## [Are prisoners all supposed to be avid readers?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-prisoners-all-supposed-to-be-avid-readers/4677)
**Author:** [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/are-prisoners-all-supposed-to-be-avid-readers/4677 "2014-01-06T14:57:15Z")
At least nine of the last ten prison cells I hacksawed my way into held nothing but books in their cells. No shivs, no contraband, nothing besides samurai novels, poetry, and philosophy. These prisons in real life are a… --- ## [The secrets of the universe... Revealed](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-secrets-of-the-universe-revealed/4632)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-secrets-of-the-universe-revealed/4632 "2014-01-06T13:58:52Z")
So I found a way of perpetual motion, now I come with another science breaking discovery! You can plant a tent in your vehicle for an instant emergency stop! Yes; I did find this out on the unstoppable death mobile, an… --- ## [A short anecdote to share](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-short-anecdote-to-share/4581)
**Author:** [@CarrierPrimoris](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CarrierPrimoris)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-short-anecdote-to-share/4581 "2014-01-06T01:03:07Z")
I had a wonderful experience within a recent game of Cataclysm, and, as no one else is awake at my residence, I have decided to share it with you fine folk. After a short absence, I had decided to check on Cataclysm. Af… --- ## [Artifacts lose their activated abilities post save&reload \[Windows\] \[Exp.533\]](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/artifacts-lose-their-activated-abilities-post-save-reload-windows-exp-533/4690)
**Author:** [@Waladil](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Waladil)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/artifacts-lose-their-activated-abilities-post-save-reload-windows-exp-533/4690 "2014-01-05T21:46:03Z")
I’ve been farming artifacts in an Amigara fault, and noticed that (as per title) after I save my game to the main menu or fully quit, I can no longer access the activated abilities of any of my artifacts. When I try to (… --- ## [Big spoiler disscussion](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/big-spoiler-disscussion/4686)
**Author:** [@Fish](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fish)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/big-spoiler-disscussion/4686 "2014-01-05T13:32:22Z")
So, if that hasn’t scared you away then read this you lot! I have noticed that Nuclear Missile silos have NOT been discussed in the wiki or the forums. Is this because nobody has seen them ecept me or what? I am playi… --- ## [Reliable crash at specific time (0.9-2943-g0e6b-25c)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reliable-crash-at-specific-time-0-9-2943-g0e6b-25c/4687)
**Author:** [@The\_Lone\_Badger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Lone_Badger)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/reliable-crash-at-specific-time-0-9-2943-g0e6b-25c/4687 "2014-01-05T06:53:04Z")
In the save linked below, the game will CTD when the time passes 23:30. This does not occur if I leave the area, for example by going downstairs. (This means that I am able to continue playing and this thread is posted … --- ## [The Kill Run](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-kill-run/4523)
**Author:** [@ArgusTheCat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ArgusTheCat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-kill-run/4523 "2014-01-05T04:06:50Z")
So, recently, I decided to challenge a friend of mine to a run of Cata with a bit of a different goal. In the past, we’ve done challenges between the two of us for various character builds, with oddball goals. My perso… --- ## [Unable to refuel (0.9-2943-g0e6b-25c)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-refuel-0-9-2943-g0e6b-25c/4684)
**Author:** [@The\_Lone\_Badger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Lone_Badger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-refuel-0-9-2943-g0e6b-25c/4684 "2014-01-05T00:15:36Z")
I have a custom motorbike with two gasoline tanks. I constructed it using two metal tanks each containing a drop of gasoline (removed from cars) and then fueled it using a plastic jerrycan of gasoline and the ‘refill’ fu… --- ## [Maximum Overdrive](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/maximum-overdrive/4626)
**Author:** [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/maximum-overdrive/4626 "2014-01-04T21:40:12Z")
No zombies, no skeletons, no lovecraftian creatures. Just lots and lots of murderous trucks, and AC/DC music. Now, at the moment there’s no feasible method of implementing AC/DC music in the game, or murderous trucks. S… --- ## [Armor & damage multipliers; a headshot's tale \[0.9 experimental/various\]](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/armor-damage-multipliers-a-headshots-tale-0-9-experimental-various/4674)
**Author:** [@Waladil](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Waladil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/armor-damage-multipliers-a-headshots-tale-0-9-experimental-various/4674 "2014-01-04T16:36:26Z")
Okay. This may read a little bit like a rage-post, but I’m largely convinced there is a bug somewhere at work. Simply put, when turrets/secubots roll a headshot, they do MASSIVE damage that’s usually instantly fatal, ev… --- ## [Caffeine effects](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/caffeine-effects/4673)
**Author:** [@VampyreLord](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/VampyreLord)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/caffeine-effects/4673 "2014-01-04T14:59:45Z")
Does consuming caffeine (caffeine pills and coffee) to stay awake for longer period of times (I’m talking about days) have negative effects on the player? --- ## [Cata dda Unresponsive/Hanging. Win Graphical builds 527-529](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cata-dda-unresponsive-hanging-win-graphical-builds-527-529/4681)
**Author:** [@Pirrian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pirrian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cata-dda-unresponsive-hanging-win-graphical-builds-527-529/4681 "2014-01-04T00:22:03Z")
Hey, been trying out builds 527-29 and I’ve run into a bit of trouble. Namely, the game will “Hang” or become unresponsive. From what I’ve seen, it has happened during combat (When I or a foe is Moving) or when there are… --- ## [How do I compile a working version? Explain like I've never done it before](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-compile-a-working-version-explain-like-ive-never-done-it-before/4675)
**Author:** [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 7:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-compile-a-working-version-explain-like-ive-never-done-it-before/4675 "2014-01-03T07:20:30Z")
So, I downloaded the source, opened up some CPPs, and edited them. Went to hit “rebuild”, and it waited for seven minutes before informing me of an error or two in the rebuild, and I couldn’t find any sort of folder, fil… --- ## [Nominating Cataclysm DDA for roguelike of the year](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/nominating-cataclysm-dda-for-roguelike-of-the-year/4517)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/nominating-cataclysm-dda-for-roguelike-of-the-year/4517 "2014-01-03T02:00:19Z")
I think they pick these in january. does anyone know how to nominate a game? Tome 4 has been cleaning up, but with the bay12 forum we may have a shot at it. would be great publicity. [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md?page=468) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md?page=470)