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**Author:** [@sting\_auer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/sting_auer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-seem-to-not-be-able-to-move-furniture/834 "2013-04-24T17:00:16Z")
I stand on top of a piece of furniture and tell where I want it moved. Nothing. I stand next to it and say where I want it moved. Nothing. I stand next to it and select the furniture I want moved. Nothing. how do furn… --- ## [Making heavy sticks?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-heavy-sticks/981)
**Author:** [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-heavy-sticks/981 "2013-04-24T15:06:01Z")
well can we --- ## [Varity of Electric Engines](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/varity-of-electric-engines/960)
**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/varity-of-electric-engines/960 "2013-04-24T14:53:21Z")
How about we make the electric engines have sizes in L’s like gas engines? This would lets us have a wide variety of electric engines instead of the two that current exist. --- ## [Lab themes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/lab-themes/959)
**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/lab-themes/959 "2013-04-24T13:45:57Z")
I had some suggestions for overall themes for labs. These would also include some additional rooms for the mix. Major/Overall Themes: These themes are for an entire lab: Material Science: Should continue advanced mat… --- ## [Infinite Leather](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/infinite-leather/946)
**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")
You slice the leather patch into two pieces of leather. --- ## [Constructing counters can replace wall](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/constructing-counters-can-replace-wall/969)
**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")
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… --- ## [New Guy Question](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-guy-question/986)
**Author:** [@Israfel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Israfel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-guy-question/986 "2013-04-24T09:47:14Z")
Hey there, I’m not sure if this is the right place for this question or not. If it isn’t then I hope the admins will move it. I have a queustion that has been really bothering me. In my inventory I have an item (a shirt… --- ## [Skills going red/downgrading and recovering them](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skills-going-red-downgrading-and-recovering-them/985)
**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")
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… --- ## [Car engines](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/car-engines/725)
**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")
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… --- ## [Guns: Are the really worth it?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/guns-are-the-really-worth-it/912)
**Author:** [@detahramet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/detahramet)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/guns-are-the-really-worth-it/912 "2013-04-24T00:41:15Z")
Hello my fellow fetid soon to be undead creatures. In my experience, guns have proven to be far too much effort to scrounge up and use. Sure they do a decent amount of damage, but so does a crossbow. And I can easily m… --- ## [Steel compactor/Recycler issues](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/steel-compactor-recycler-issues/908)
**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")
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… --- ## [How do new recipes unlock?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-new-recipes-unlock/958)
**Author:** [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-new-recipes-unlock/958 "2013-04-23T22:20:36Z")
I presumed it was 100% levelling up unlocked them, until I learned how to make a lightstrip with 0 experience in electronics. Maybe a bug? --- ## [Looking for advice and info for a pseudo-neolithic isolationist](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/looking-for-advice-and-info-for-a-pseudo-neolithic-isolationist/846)
**Author:** [@Psiweapon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Psiweapon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/looking-for-advice-and-info-for-a-pseudo-neolithic-isolationist/846 "2013-04-23T22:00:25Z")
HAI GUISE So far I’m playing with my most successful character, already reached the 7th day… feels like a year. I had the incredible luck of finding a Mansion in a most optimal location. It is partly embedded in a fore… --- ## [Tutorial Mode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tutorial-mode/937)
**Author:** [@Survivalist](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Survivalist)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tutorial-mode/937 "2013-04-23T21:53:32Z")
My first post… so my first paragraph won’t relate to the subject. Feel free to skip. I’ve played every major and many dozens of minor roguelikes over the last couple decades, and this has really caught my attention. C… --- ## [Square font, for Linux users?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/square-font-for-linux-users/259)
**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")
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 … --- ## [Crashing Nothing in MegaStore](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/crashing-nothing-in-megastore/975)
**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")
\[spoiler\]\[image\]\[/spoiler\] 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… --- ## [Cataclysm: Origins](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-origins/952)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-origins/952 "2013-04-23T17:11:08Z")
\[size=8pt\]\[font=courier\]\[size=10pt\]T\[/size\]his may have already been suggested and if so, I’m blind and either did not see it or just forgot about it. Would it be possible, though obviously not a priority, to add a start… --- ## [.357 Magnum weapons/ammo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/357-magnum-weapons-ammo/935)
**Author:** [@BadSniper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BadSniper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/357-magnum-weapons-ammo/935 "2013-04-23T14:04:41Z")
I’m not sure why this wasn’t in Cataclysm to begin with. .357 Magnum is one of the most common and popular revolver rounds available, and is often regarded as an excellent self-defense round. Its power against a human b… --- ## [Cut to the bone](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cut-to-the-bone/945)
**Author:** [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cut-to-the-bone/945 "2013-04-23T13:01:29Z")
How about a new effect that could happen after receiving a cutting/slashing type attack. A severe cut that will continue to bleed unless stitched shut. There should be other ways to close. I don’t think cauterizing wo… --- ## [\[Minor\] Power Armor and Glasses](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/minor-power-armor-and-glasses/802)
**Author:** [@String](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/String)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/minor-power-armor-and-glasses/802 "2013-04-23T08:48:22Z")
It isn’t a huge change or suggestion, but it would be nice to be able to wear Eyeglasses and power armor at the same time. Because for my near sighted character, the armor becomes a little useless. At the very least, p… --- ## [Use of Lightstrips?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/use-of-lightstrips/906)
**Author:** [@Sheb](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sheb)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/use-of-lightstrips/906 "2013-04-23T08:31:41Z")
So I tried to craft lightstrip to save on batteries when reading at night. But those things don’t give out any light, even activating it, I cannot read by their light, much less use them to light up my shelter. So is the… --- ## [Cataclysm: Dark Days Past \[New game mode suggestion\]](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-dark-days-past-new-game-mode-suggestion/914)
**Author:** [@detahramet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/detahramet)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 7:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-dark-days-past-new-game-mode-suggestion/914 "2013-04-23T07:33:23Z")
One day, whilst playing as a hermit in the middle of a forest, whilst walking from my living cabin to my toilet cabin, the concept occurred to me: Wouldn’t it be interesting to be able to turn off mobs entirely? I mean… --- ## [Bug-fixing](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bug-fixing/961)
**Author:** [@indigo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/indigo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bug-fixing/961 "2013-04-23T06:15:46Z")
I’d really like to assist with some of the issues on the Github project page and eventually contribute a mod or two. Of course, there are quite a few source files, and this is my first time looking at contributing to som… --- ## [What is the default speed for main char in game?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-the-default-speed-for-main-char-in-game/954)
**Author:** [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-is-the-default-speed-for-main-char-in-game/954 "2013-04-23T05:31:08Z")
I see a Base Move cost and a Current Speed when pressing @. Then, i look at the encumbrance section and i see, for example, mouth encumbrance adds points to running. so, i presume running is Base move cost? In fact, h… --- ## [Some questions](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/some-questions/909)
**Author:** [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/some-questions/909 "2013-04-23T00:54:20Z")
how do you keep from getting lost in a science lab? I have night vision and a bring a flashlight or two. turn on and off. in some games with coins you can drop some to find your way back. there is no functional undergr… --- ## [Using a wood axe to cut up a log](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/using-a-wood-axe-to-cut-up-a-log/957)
**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")
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’… --- ## [RV kitchens](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rv-kitchens/951)
**Author:** [@MassiveEffectz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MassiveEffectz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/rv-kitchens/951 "2013-04-22T22:13:01Z")
How do they work? i attached one to my car. Also dose it also count as a roof? I dont want to die to acid rain… --- ## [Before the Cataclysm (and another suggestion)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/before-the-cataclysm-and-another-suggestion/950)
**Author:** [@Reservoir](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Reservoir)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/before-the-cataclysm-and-another-suggestion/950 "2013-04-22T21:47:56Z")
Now that we have proffesions, we could try something else like "Where were your character before shit hitted the fan?" For a few points, we could choose our start point Example: Shopping: Starts in a random shop (-# o… --- ## [Vehicals Vs Zombies](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicals-vs-zombies/903)
**Author:** [@TheBlade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheBlade)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicals-vs-zombies/903 "2013-04-22T20:30:04Z")
I recently acquired a car for the first time, really good fun by the way! I discovered a good technique to run over zombies with it. So I roll into a town, and it feels like I’ve run over 100 zombies, but they just keep … --- ## [Weight Issue](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/weight-issue/947)
**Author:** [@DevilRanger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DevilRanger)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/weight-issue/947 "2013-04-22T19:27:21Z")
\[image\] So, minor issue primarily comprised of a couple of extra 9mm bullets. My question is, is there any way of splitting stacks to more reasonable levels. EDIT: View in new tab to see picture if it doesn’t show. [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md?page=569) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md?page=571)