# Interacting with objects not in your inventory?

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/interacting-with-objects-not-in-your-inventory/12991
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [November 23, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/interacting-with-objects-not-in-your-inventory/12991 "2016-11-23T12:32:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Scraphound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Scraphound](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Scraphound)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/interacting-with-objects-not-in-your-inventory/12991/1 "2016-11-23T12:32:41Z")

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Is there a way, for example, to light a lamp without picking it up? Or to add batteries to a food dehydrator that isn’t in your inventory, or do you have to pick everything up to manipulate it?

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### Author: ![Shadow86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/shadow86/32/589_2.png) [@Shadow86](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shadow86)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/interacting-with-objects-not-in-your-inventory/12991/2 "2016-11-23T12:48:26Z")

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Some interactions are possible, like consuming an item (E). Not sure if the whole extent of actions are, though.

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### Author: ![Michi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/michi/32/2213_2.png) [@Michi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Michi)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/interacting-with-objects-not-in-your-inventory/12991/3 "2016-11-24T05:31:06Z")

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That would be a great feature. So annoying to have to pick up the lamp, do something, turn it on, turn it off, drop.