# Needful things (simple additions to improve the game)

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [March 23, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570 "2014-03-23T22:36:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2341 "2015-07-13T19:43:03Z")

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Could we use the “nailable” flag?

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**Author:** ![TurningBreeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@TurningBreeze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TurningBreeze)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2342 "2015-07-13T22:07:29Z")

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Is there a decent way to till earth in the game yet?

If not, can I suggest tiller/cultivator car parts?

Look, google “tiller”. Hand operated, battery-driven power tool, gas engine power tool, ATV attachment, tractor attachment. All currently existing technologies, several readily available through hardware stores. Balance however you please, but throw me a bone. Seeds have become increasingly common and I just don’t have the heart to painstakingly prepare soil with a measly shovel, half an hour at a time.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2343 "2015-07-13T22:15:04Z")

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Worm-powered plow? X3

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**Author:** ![Sehn\_Knight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sehn_knight/32/404_2.png) [@Sehn\_Knight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sehn_Knight)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2344 "2015-07-13T22:54:33Z")

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[quote=“TurningBreeze, post:2342, topic:5570”]Is there a decent way to till earth in the game yet?

If not, can I suggest tiller/cultivator car parts?

Look, google “tiller”. Hand operated, battery-driven power tool, gas engine power tool, ATV attachment, tractor attachment. All currently existing technologies, several readily available through hardware stores. Balance however you please, but throw me a bone. Seeds have become increasingly common and I just don’t have the heart to painstakingly prepare soil with a measly shovel, half an hour at a time.[/quote]

If you have found a hoe, wield it, stand on a dirt or grass tile and activate it. It tills the earth rapidly.

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**Author:** ![Fluffy\_Genocide\_Cudd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fluffy_genocide_cudd/32/400_2.png) [@Fluffy\_Genocide\_Cudd](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fluffy_Genocide_Cudd)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2345 "2015-07-15T10:08:26Z")

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I would love to have an option to specify what monsters will activate the safe mode warning. I always use safe mode early game, and it’s kind of annoying to have to press ’ every time I spot another zombie child. However I really need the notifications for things like shockers and turrets. If you were able to choose which monsters would prompt a notification and when (for example turrets also prompt a warning when you’re driving a vehicle, but shockers don’t), that would greatly improve my game experience.

Also, I’m new to the forums, hello everyone! ^^

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2346 "2015-07-15T15:20:22Z")

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Welcome to the forums, then.

And customizing safemode would be useful, in much the same way as autopickup can be tweaked. Though I generally don’t use it.

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**Author:** ![Sehn\_Knight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sehn_knight/32/404_2.png) [@Sehn\_Knight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sehn_Knight)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2347 "2015-07-16T20:05:48Z")

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Would a bundle of 2x4’s or pipes be useful as a recipe?

{  
“type”:“GENERIC”,  
“id”: “2x4\_bundle\_100”,  
“category” : “spare\_parts”,  
“symbol”: “/”,  
“color”: “light\_gray”,  
“name”: “100 two by fours”,  
“name\_plural”: “100 two by fours”,  
“description”: “100 two by fours, stacked neatly and bound by two long ropes.”,  
“price”: 820000,  
“material”: [“wood”, “cotton”],  
“weight”: 141260,  
“volume”: 600,  
“bashing”: 10,  
“cutting”: 0,  
“to\_hit”: -5  
},  
{  
“type”:“GENERIC”,  
“id”: “pipe\_bundle\_100”,  
“category” : “spare\_parts”,  
“symbol”: “/”,  
“color”: “light\_gray”,  
“name”: “100 pipes”,  
“name\_plural”: “100 pipes”,  
“description”: “100 pipes, stacked neatly and bound by two long ropes.”,  
“price”: 770000,  
“material”: [“steel”, “cotton”],  
“weight”: 128360,  
“volume”: 400,  
“bashing”: 10,  
“cutting”: 0,  
“to\_hit”: -5  
},

{  
“type” : “recipe”,  
“result”: “2x4\_bundle\_100”,  
“category”: “CC\_OTHER”,  
“subcategory”: “CSC\_OTHER\_MATERIALS”,  
“difficulty”: 0,  
“time”: 10000,  
“reversible”: true,  
“autolearn”: true,  
“tools”: [],  
“components”: [  
[  
[“rope\_30”, 2]  
],  
[  
[“2x4”, 100]  
]  
]  
},  
{  
“type” : “recipe”,  
“result”: “pipe\_bundle\_100”,  
“category”: “CC\_OTHER”,  
“subcategory”: “CSC\_OTHER\_MATERIALS”,  
“difficulty”: 0,  
“time”: 10000,  
“reversible”: true,  
“autolearn”: true,  
“tools”: [],  
“components”: [  
[  
[“rope\_30”, 2]  
],  
[  
[“pipe”, 100]  
]  
]  
},

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2348 "2015-07-16T20:26:50Z")

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Dare I ask what we’d do with them? Deployable and/or constructable as a barricade, I guess? o3o

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**Author:** ![mwswimmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mwswimmer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mwswimmer)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2349 "2015-07-16T20:55:14Z")

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fill them with explosives and a contact fuse,plant them in the ground with pheromone in them… booom zombie confetti party

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2350 "2015-07-16T21:01:29Z")

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A pipe bundle bomb? owo

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**Author:** ![Sehn\_Knight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sehn_knight/32/404_2.png) [@Sehn\_Knight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sehn_Knight)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2351 "2015-07-16T22:13:57Z")

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I was thinking of them being requested by the foreman at the outpost or refugee center as a repeatable quest for money or supplies.

It could also be dropped rarely at hardware stores and mega-stores. Unpack and construct all your furniture.

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**Author:** ![Slax](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/slax/32/5385_2.png) [@Slax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Slax)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2352 "2015-07-17T01:09:09Z")

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Rare international MREs. For survivor stashes as such. Some people do order that stuff for one reason or another.  
Hmm. Maybe they even contain some TASTY food?

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**Author:** ![Pthalocy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2353 "2015-07-17T01:28:08Z")

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I’d be happy with those large bundle recipes, just as a way of making massive amounts of stuff I own easier to move around. If I have to use the advanced item window, or …whatever it’s called. The move-stuff-better window. I’d rather move two stacks of wood across a few tiles, rather than click a gazillion times moving individual planks. Unless I’m stupid and there’s a move-all command that I’m not seeing right in front of me.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2354 "2015-07-17T01:33:10Z")

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Isn’t it the…comma, I think, by default?

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**Author:** ![Pthalocy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2355 "2015-07-17T01:44:22Z")

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Uuuuuugh. I’m gonna assume you’re right on that one. To be honest I don’t usually use that function anyway.

I just really like things in nice neat piles and item stacks are appealing to me.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2356 "2015-07-17T02:00:12Z")

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_double checks_ Yep, it’s comma. :V

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**Author:** ![RAM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@RAM](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RAM)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2357 "2015-07-17T05:03:57Z")

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Comma is often great and all, but sometimes you don’t want to move quite everything, or- on that note, I think it would be grand if move all commands automatically stopped when the destination container was full, accidentally driving over all my hard-earned loot sometimes gets bothersome…

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2358 "2015-07-17T05:07:20Z")

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There’s a “move stack” option and I derped, forgot to check the keybinding for that.

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**Author:** ![Dlightfull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@Dlightfull](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dlightfull)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2359 "2015-07-17T06:43:28Z")

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> [@Random\_dragon](#):
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> There’s a “move stack” option and I derped, forgot to check the keybinding for that.

‘M’, i think, but it only works when moving from inventory, for some weird reason. it should be repaired imho.

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**Author:** ![cdru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@cdru](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/cdru)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/2360 "2015-07-17T09:12:01Z")

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[quote=“Slax, post:2352, topic:5570”]Rare international MREs. For survivor stashes as such. Some people do order that stuff for one reason or another.  
Hmm. Maybe they even contain some TASTY food?[/quote]  
With USSR rations being worst ones.

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