# House / Car Alarms

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/house-car-alarms/4897>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [January 29, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/house-car-alarms/4897 "2014-01-29T04:36:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/house-car-alarms/4897/1 "2014-01-29T04:36:35Z")

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While I’m sure this has been discussed before, has there been any serious thought to implementation (in queue to other goals)? I’m always up for anything that increases the terror factor of exploration.

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/house-car-alarms/4897/2 "2014-01-29T07:57:48Z")

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You have to remember that there is no working electricity in the Cataclysm world (until someone gives us a working power generator)

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**Author:** ![Rask](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rask/32/943_2.png) [@Rask](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rask)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/house-car-alarms/4897/3 "2014-01-29T08:01:08Z")

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Visit a town.  
All the cars ever blare their car alarms until they kill their batteries.  
Day50: The cacophony of cars has finally stopped!  
But it seems I’m illiterate.  
Where did i get this journal?  
This wasn’t added yet…  
(D)isassemble  
(E)at paper

BTW Cereal Slap a battery to anything using the vehicle construction menu and you got yourself electricity.

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**Author:** ![Nickboom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nickboom](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nickboom)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/house-car-alarms/4897/4 "2014-01-29T12:26:15Z")

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We use to have alarms and they would spawn robots but they stopped working a while ago and where limited to pawn shops and other certain locations.

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**Author:** ![Ferodaktyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ferodaktyl/32/56_2.png) [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/house-car-alarms/4897/5 "2014-01-29T13:46:40Z")

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> [@Nickboom](#):
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> We use to have alarms and they would spawn robots but they stopped working a while ago and where limited to pawn shops and other certain locations.

i always wondered about that  
those chicken walkers were a nice addition

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**Author:** ![deadmerits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/deadmerits/32/19_2.png) [@deadmerits](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deadmerits)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/house-car-alarms/4897/6 "2014-01-29T13:51:07Z")

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Used to have? So I can now bust into the pawn shop without worrying about the robos?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/house-car-alarms/4897/7 "2014-01-29T16:11:14Z")

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> [@Zireael](#):
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> You have to remember that there is no working electricity in the Cataclysm world (until someone gives us a working power generator)

I thought about this, but don’t some vehicles have 2-4% battery power left occasionally? Also, in the age of cybernetics and man-flies, shouldn’t the possibility of solar-powered houses be somewhat present (even on the rainy east coast)? My cyborg has solar upgrades; why don’t houses? 😛