# Aiming at the tile the character is on causes game to crash

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-at-the-tile-the-character-is-on-causes-game-to-crash/17780>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-at-the-tile-the-character-is-on-causes-game-to-crash/17780 "2018-12-07T16:33:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![TeSparg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@TeSparg](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TeSparg)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-at-the-tile-the-character-is-on-causes-game-to-crash/17780/1 "2018-12-07T16:33:18Z")

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Build: 8255 (experimental)

After the ability to pre-aim at a spot was added if you aim at the tile the character is on and wait till your steadiness is full the game will crash.

Steps :

1. Build a world give yourself a ranged weapon and ammo. And reload the weapon.
2. Aim at the tile the character is on.
3. Press ‘5’ (default key for waiting/aiming) till your steadiness is full.
4. Press ‘5’ one more time.

After that the game will start using CPU like crazy and stop working.  
\*\*FYI:\*\*Every time i did this my computer didn’t like it at all, I needed to manually restart my PC because it froze. It is possible to avoid this if you are quick and close cataclysm fast enough.

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**Author:** ![AskaHope](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/askahope/32/6691_2.png) [@AskaHope](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AskaHope)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-at-the-tile-the-character-is-on-causes-game-to-crash/17780/2 "2018-12-07T16:45:55Z")

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Dude, you’re just killing your computer and resurrecting it.

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**Author:** ![Krisu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/krisu/32/11683_2.png) [@Krisu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Krisu)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-at-the-tile-the-character-is-on-causes-game-to-crash/17780/3 "2018-12-08T21:28:13Z")

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I think this happens with throwing too, I cant throw grenades without crashing.

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**Author:** ![TeSparg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@TeSparg](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TeSparg)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 7:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-at-the-tile-the-character-is-on-causes-game-to-crash/17780/4 "2018-12-09T07:55:29Z")

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Build: #8264 (experimental) solved the crash or at least it doesn’t happen in #8266.

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**Author:** ![Love\_osu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/love_osu/32/7575_2.png) [@Love\_osu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Love_osu)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-at-the-tile-the-character-is-on-causes-game-to-crash/17780/5 "2018-12-09T10:36:13Z")

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I am playing #8266 build and have an even bigger problem. Whenever I press “f” to shoot a gun or thrash a spear or aim a mounted turret manually, the game crash. This never happened before and I don’t install any new mods.  
Any clue ? Because I can’t play the game like this, melee only is too boring

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**Author:** ![swofle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/swofle/32/6918_2.png) [@swofle](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/swofle)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-at-the-tile-the-character-is-on-causes-game-to-crash/17780/6 "2018-12-09T18:55:10Z")

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For those who still encounter the crash after the update, you would need to amend your savefile manually:

1. Open your .sav file and search for “last\_target\_pos”
2. Your save file probably has `"last_target_pos": [-2147483648, -2147483648, -2147483648]`
3. Change that to `"last_target_pos": null`
4. Save and done.