# 0.9-3442-g8446e15 Unable to Board up windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-3442-g8446e15-unable-to-board-up-windows/4798>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [January 19, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-3442-g8446e15-unable-to-board-up-windows/4798 "2014-01-19T04:07:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeviateScaleCodpiece](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea5d25/32.png) [@DeviateScaleCodpiece](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeviateScaleCodpiece)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-3442-g8446e15-unable-to-board-up-windows/4798/1 "2014-01-19T04:07:36Z")

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The easiest and first line of defense in any good house or shelter is a boarded up window, but apparently the option doesn’t show up in the construction menu!

![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58322802/Catabug.png)

Is this intentional, or has the option been moved somewhere? And if so, why would a construction option not be in the construction menu?

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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:** [January 19, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-3442-g8446e15-unable-to-board-up-windows/4798/2 "2014-01-19T04:21:36Z")

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You need to be near a window and have the necessary materials.

Not a bug.

[size=3pt]Noobs everywhere goddamn.[/size]

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**Author:** ![DeviateScaleCodpiece](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea5d25/32.png) [@DeviateScaleCodpiece](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeviateScaleCodpiece)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-3442-g8446e15-unable-to-board-up-windows/4798/3 "2014-01-19T04:46:34Z")

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Try boarding up the windows while you’ve got the curtains closed. I’ll wait. 🙂

[sub]People with inflated egos commenting in my threads, jesus.[/sub]

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**Author:** ![infectedmochi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/infectedmochi/32/206_2.png) [@infectedmochi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/infectedmochi)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-3442-g8446e15-unable-to-board-up-windows/4798/4 "2014-01-19T04:56:20Z")

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That wasn’t nice ninja…

Make sure you are standing near an empty window (broken and cleaned one), it worked last time for me.

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**Author:** ![DeviateScaleCodpiece](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea5d25/32.png) [@DeviateScaleCodpiece](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeviateScaleCodpiece)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-3442-g8446e15-unable-to-board-up-windows/4798/5 "2014-01-19T05:13:14Z")

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![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58322802/Cataclysmbug2.png)

As you can see, in stable 0.9, you at least get an indication that you can build the object in question. In the latest build, I can tell it autodetects it and then appears, but there’s no way to tell what you need to build this before you actually build it. I thought this was a bug and not an intentional feature, hiding buildable objects from the player till you arbitrarily have the materials and are in the right situation to craft it.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-3442-g8446e15-unable-to-board-up-windows/4798/6 "2014-01-19T23:44:11Z")

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It is a feature, but we’ve had a lot of feedback that people don’t like it, so we’re going to at least make it toggleable (and default off at that). Sometimes features don’t work out like you expect.