# Back in Cataclysm after a while and... Can't get into the Fire Station?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [May 9, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729 "2017-05-09T23:29:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Miloch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/miloch/32/1339_2.png) [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/1 "2017-05-09T23:29:09Z")

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I just started playing again after quite a while of leaving it be. I found a small town (three buildings) with a fire station. Whenever I try to use the winch it just says nothing happens. Is this a glitch or working as intended?

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**Author:** ![leebash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@leebash](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/leebash)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/2 "2017-05-10T06:53:39Z")

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Never happened to me.  
Usually the fire station has a small room in which you can operate the winch and a metal door beside it opens (not the rolling shutters, but a small door).

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**Author:** ![Miloch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/miloch/32/1339_2.png) [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/3 "2017-05-10T15:17:55Z")

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I’ll keep an eye on it and maybe test it manually later. It’s what the debug tools are for.

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**Author:** ![Miloch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/miloch/32/1339_2.png) [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/4 "2017-05-13T00:14:49Z")

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Did a fireman start and am unable to enter the firestation again. Going to report this as a bug.

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**Author:** ![pisskop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/pisskop/32/1327_2.png) [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/5 "2017-05-13T00:34:12Z")

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usually it implies that the type of wench used does not match the explicit wall its trying to operate through. There is a wench for each type of wall that the game reasonably expects to have to ‘wench through’.

Hardcoded object is hardcoded.

what version? the newest expie?

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**Author:** ![Miloch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/miloch/32/1339_2.png) [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/6 "2017-05-13T18:19:24Z")

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Newest. I used the launcher. It’s why I haven’t filed a report yet so I can make sure of the details. 😛

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**Author:** ![pabrams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@pabrams](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pabrams)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/7 "2017-05-14T11:48:28Z")

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[quote=“pisskop, post:5, topic:13729”]usually it implies that the type of wench used does not match the explicit wall its trying to operate through. There is a wench for each type of wall that the game reasonably expects to have to ‘wench through’.

Hardcoded object is hardcoded.

what version? the newest expie?[/quote]

Damn wenches… so picky about what doors they’ll open and what doors they won’t open. You know what? Someone should invent a tool that will open the door for you instead of needing to train and feed wenches all the time… we could call it a winch.

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**Author:** ![Solusphere](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/solusphere/32/66_2.png) [@Solusphere](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Solusphere)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/8 "2017-05-14T12:03:06Z")

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> [@pabrams](#):
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> Damn wenches… so picky about what doors they’ll open and what doors they won’t open. You know what? Someone should invent a tool that will open the door for you instead of needing to train and feed wenches all the time… we could call it a winch.

Which lets you have winch-wenches, which are wenches which winch winches.

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**Author:** ![pabrams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@pabrams](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pabrams)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/9 "2017-05-14T12:04:04Z")

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> [@Solusphere](#):
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> [quote=“pabrams, post:7, topic:13729”]Damn wenches… so picky about what doors they’ll open and what doors they won’t open. You know what? Someone should invent a tool that will open the door for you instead of needing to train and feed wenches all the time… we could call it a winch.

Which lets you have winch-wenches, which are wenches which winch winches.[/quote]

Oh wow I’m totally out of my league here…

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**Author:** ![Valiant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valiant/32/4788_2.png) [@Valiant](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valiant)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/10 "2017-05-14T12:15:25Z")

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Don’t know… Was able to successfully open the metal door leading to the firestation.  
[http://imgur.com/Kcl8ajR](http://imgur.com/Kcl8ajR)

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**Author:** ![pisskop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/pisskop/32/1327_2.png) [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/11 "2017-05-14T12:32:07Z")

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Hardy harr, lets regress society after the fall even more by taking the maid out of the kitchen. and with the vibrators ludicris morale bonus who even needs other living humies? the only good thing npcs have done for me is eat a zedpunch and fetch me some ammo

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**Author:** ![\_k1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/_k1/32/1335_2.png) [@\_k1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/_k1)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/12 "2017-05-14T14:18:16Z")

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The wench’s smashed.

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**Author:** ![Miloch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/miloch/32/1339_2.png) [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/back-in-cataclysm-after-a-while-and-cant-get-into-the-fire-station/13729/13 "2017-05-15T05:14:37Z")

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I’m going to have to check into this again. I just realized my CCDDA launcher was pointing at the wrong directory for some reason. Sorry for the confusion.