# Scent. a quik video seeing it in action

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-a-quik-video-seeing-it-in-action/15475>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [May 12, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-a-quik-video-seeing-it-in-action/15475 "2018-05-12T20:53:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Submarine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/submarine/32/423_2.png) [@Submarine](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Submarine)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-a-quik-video-seeing-it-in-action/15475/1 "2018-05-12T20:53:26Z")

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After not completly understanding how scent worked I tried out the debug menu to see whats going on.

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**Author:** ![Fuscosco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fuscosco/32/1327_2.png) [@Fuscosco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fuscosco)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-a-quik-video-seeing-it-in-action/15475/2 "2018-05-12T21:26:59Z")

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Good stuff.

Next video should also include candles, doors, windows, tape, and fire.

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**Author:** ![DeWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-a-quik-video-seeing-it-in-action/15475/3 "2018-05-13T04:48:52Z")

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So what are the options for scent masking that are mobile and not cbm based?

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**Author:** ![Submarine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/submarine/32/423_2.png) [@Submarine](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Submarine)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-a-quik-video-seeing-it-in-action/15475/4 "2018-05-13T04:59:08Z")

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Smoking and rain. I try to upload a what more indepth video about scent next week.

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**Author:** ![Narroe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/narroe/32/2081_2.png) [@Narroe](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Narroe)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-a-quik-video-seeing-it-in-action/15475/5 "2018-05-13T12:16:38Z")

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Nice work.😄

I wonder though, just how big the scent cloud gets when your character is stationary for a long time; such as when they are crafting or sleeping.🤔

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**Author:** ![Fuscosco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fuscosco/32/1327_2.png) [@Fuscosco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fuscosco)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-a-quik-video-seeing-it-in-action/15475/6 "2018-05-13T13:01:59Z")

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Fairly large. Its why zeds will be able to smell you through a window when you sleep across a room. Sleep in an interior room if possible…

Old debug mode used to include numbers that indicated strength, so there were 10 intensities of smell. In addition, [keen\_nose] monsters will smell you from almost twice the distance, which means there is still a numerical system at play here, and not just the binary we can see.

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**Author:** ![DeWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-a-quik-video-seeing-it-in-action/15475/7 "2018-05-13T17:00:28Z")

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Does smoking reveal your position in the dark?

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**Author:** ![Narroe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/narroe/32/2081_2.png) [@Narroe](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Narroe)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-a-quik-video-seeing-it-in-action/15475/8 "2018-05-13T21:09:27Z")

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Carrying a lit cigarette does, yes.

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**Author:** ![NuG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nug/32/7057_2.png) [@NuG](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NuG)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-a-quik-video-seeing-it-in-action/15475/9 "2018-05-14T15:45:06Z")

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Thought this was the CDDA forums not the Snake forum… 😄

Jokes aside, thanks for the video. I’ve tried to check out the scent map before, but I don’t think it works with tiles, so it is interesting to finally see it.

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**Author:** ![Fuscosco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fuscosco/32/1327_2.png) [@Fuscosco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fuscosco)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scent-a-quik-video-seeing-it-in-action/15475/10 "2018-05-14T15:51:27Z")

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Everyone should now know and remember that zeds can smell you from 15 or so tiles away at night. You smell like human butt, and they eat that booty.

15 tiles, for up to an ingame minute.