# Items not spawning

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-not-spawning/4278>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [November 28, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-not-spawning/4278 "2013-11-28T17:34:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Redwallzyl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Redwallzyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Redwallzyl)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-not-spawning/4278/1 "2013-11-28T17:34:47Z")

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experimental not sure if its caused by updating the build but no items are spawning anymore.

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**Author:** ![Oragepoilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@Oragepoilu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Oragepoilu)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-not-spawning/4278/2 "2013-11-28T17:52:24Z")

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I’m using 0.9-1299-gcee7809 to try and item still spawn.

Did you changed into the option of your world the rate of items spawn ?

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**Author:** ![Redwallzyl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Redwallzyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Redwallzyl)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-not-spawning/4278/3 "2013-11-28T18:02:09Z")

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no but i did transfer the save up a version there might be a save compatibility issue.

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**Author:** ![Cherry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/cherry/32/230_2.png) [@Cherry](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cherry)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-not-spawning/4278/4 "2013-11-28T21:50:54Z")

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Me too, I just updated from build 213 to build 219 and suddenly nothing spawns in any building.  
I just bring the save file, option, and keymap from folder to folder.

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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:** [November 28, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-not-spawning/4278/5 "2013-11-28T22:48:21Z")

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Huh. Might try a world reset/regen? I know that when I tried to use the item-scale slider on an existing world it gave me zero spawns. On a fresh world, it worked fine.

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**Author:** ![bothria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@bothria](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bothria)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-not-spawning/4278/6 "2013-11-28T23:42:31Z")

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Open up save//worldoptions.txt, and add

```auto

```

somewhere (adjust it to your liking; 0.1 min, 1.0 max, lower values mean fewer items spawn). This won’t affect places you’ve already been, but items will spawn again in new places you visit.

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**Author:** ![yobbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b9e5f3/32.png) [@yobbo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/yobbo)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/items-not-spawning/4278/7 "2013-11-30T03:07:44Z")

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possibly fixed by [https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/4761](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/4761)