# \[0.7.1-1227-g985dac3\] Unable to Melee Attack Enemies

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-7-1-1227-g985dac3-unable-to-melee-attack-enemies/2926>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [September 3, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-7-1-1227-g985dac3-unable-to-melee-attack-enemies/2926 "2013-09-03T23:39:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![joeman137](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@joeman137](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/joeman137)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-7-1-1227-g985dac3-unable-to-melee-attack-enemies/2926/1 "2013-09-03T23:39:56Z")

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I had created a melee character with the tiger fighting stance. After loading up a saved game, I was unable to attack any enemy. I would walk “through” them, while they still damaged me (next to zombie, press directional to melee attack it, moved into the same tile as zombie ☹ ) . Ran to every enemy I could find but couldn’t attack a single Zombie. I was going to see if ranged or smashing worked but the horde killed me before I got the chance. I’m not sure if this the proper place for bug reports. If I find any in the future what should I do? Thanks

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-7-1-1227-g985dac3-unable-to-melee-attack-enemies/2926/2 "2013-09-03T23:55:11Z")

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Yeah, we call this the phantom bug. As for what you can do, you really can’t do anything when you come across a phantom zombie. Just run. Apparently, this bug is getting worse when you say that EVERY zombie you came across you cannot hit.

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**Author:** ![swwu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@swwu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/swwu)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-7-1-1227-g985dac3-unable-to-melee-attack-enemies/2926/3 "2013-09-04T03:38:05Z")

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FWIW if you save your game, quit cataclysm, and restart it, it usually fixes itself for any given monster.

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**Author:** ![cloudyrads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@cloudyrads](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/cloudyrads)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-7-1-1227-g985dac3-unable-to-melee-attack-enemies/2926/4 "2013-09-04T06:18:03Z")

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Throw a molotov on it or kill it with other range attack

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**Author:** ![1942rob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/1942rob/32/979_2.png) [@1942rob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/1942rob)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-7-1-1227-g985dac3-unable-to-melee-attack-enemies/2926/5 "2013-09-04T14:15:57Z")

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This was fixed some days ago btw.