# "Cover Window" build option

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cover-window-build-option/7364>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [September 16, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cover-window-build-option/7364 "2014-09-16T16:07:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ekcolocke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ekcolocke](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ekcolocke)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cover-window-build-option/7364/1 "2014-09-16T16:07:10Z")

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Use a sheet and nails to cover the window, blocking sight both ways but allowing slowed movement through the window. Causes a little sound both to construct and to pass through.

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**Author:** ![Hibou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/hibou/32/1330_2.png) [@Hibou](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hibou)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cover-window-build-option/7364/2 "2014-09-16T22:03:58Z")

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So basically you want to turn empty window frames into curtain doors? Doesn’t sound like a bad idea.

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**Author:** ![Duros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f475e1/32.png) [@Duros](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Duros)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cover-window-build-option/7364/3 "2014-09-18T08:25:06Z")

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This gets my vote 🙂

It might even be a simple thing to mod in for now, 🙂

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**Author:** ![Grendel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Grendel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grendel)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cover-window-build-option/7364/4 "2014-09-18T17:14:30Z")

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I like this idea. We could also use the ability to add curtains to a window that does not have them.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cover-window-build-option/7364/5 "2014-09-18T23:09:42Z")

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> [@Grendel](#):
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> I like this idea. We could also use the ability to add curtains to a window that does not have them.

Already exists, the third stage of Construct Window. 😉

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**Author:** ![Hudson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ea924/32.png) [@Hudson](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hudson)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cover-window-build-option/7364/6 "2014-10-11T06:25:04Z")

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I’m trying to do this, and I can’t. I have the Wood Saw, 2 Sheets, Hvy Stick and nails (and level 2 in construction). And I cannot turn my basic window into a openable/curtainable window. Is there anything else I need? Am I playing on an old version (0.A)? I can’t see the actual requirements for the 3rd stage of window, because I can’t figure out how to scroll the right side of the construction window, but I did look them up on the wiki and I am at a loss.

Any help?

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**Author:** ![Hudson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ea924/32.png) [@Hudson](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hudson)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cover-window-build-option/7364/7 "2014-10-11T07:14:47Z")

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Okay, figured it out. Figured out in the Graphics Options how to expand the visible area and that showed me that there is a long string in the requirements (which shoulda been expected since most of my string has come from busted windows). String not listed in the wiki.