# Skill grinding tweak

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-grinding-tweak/21507>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [September 27, 2019, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-grinding-tweak/21507 "2019-09-27T08:43:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-grinding-tweak/21507/1 "2019-09-27T08:43:03Z")

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So this is a small enough change that I could probably fix it for my own copy - but I can’t find where the skill grinding code is kept. I used grepWin to look for “This task is too simple to train your” but didn’t find any matches.

Anywho - I just want it so you still gain skill - but ten times more slowly - while doing tasks that aren’t high enough skill requirement to gain skill at the normal rate. Mostly as a way to get past the ‘recipe gap’ you may encounter while grinding skills up. (I’m currently having trouble [getting above Mechanics 11](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/getting-from-mechanics-11-to-mechanics-12/21493))

If someone could point me at the right file that would be great. 🙂

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**Author:** ![mlangsdorf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mlangsdorf/32/2462_2.png) [@mlangsdorf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mlangsdorf)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-grinding-tweak/21507/2 "2019-09-27T10:27:39Z")

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`src/player.cpp` in `player::practice()`; the text you grepped for is on line 10399 of my version of the file so I don’t know what’s wrong with your grep command.

```auto
$ git grep -n "This task is too simple to train your" src
src/player.cpp:10399: add_msg( m_info, _( "This task is too simple to train your %s beyond %d." ),

```

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-grinding-tweak/21507/3 "2019-09-27T10:52:15Z")

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> [@mlangsdorf](#):
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> so I don’t know what’s wrong with your grep command.

It’s usually user error. 😉 That said, I still don’t know what I’m doing wrong. But thanks for the help! (And I guess I’ll try another grep utility just in case).

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**Author:** ![Abraham\_Limpo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/abraham_limpo/32/6711_2.png) [@Abraham\_Limpo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Abraham_Limpo)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-grinding-tweak/21507/4 "2019-09-27T11:07:15Z")

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Unless you’re using notepad(++)? to edit the code, I suggest using the “search in project folder” of your chosen editor. All editors have an option similar to this one, and you won’t have to leave the IDE 🙂

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**Author:** ![mlangsdorf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mlangsdorf/32/2462_2.png) [@mlangsdorf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mlangsdorf)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-grinding-tweak/21507/5 "2019-09-27T12:46:29Z")

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If you’re planning to write code, you should go ahead and get `git gui for windows` and learn to use the command line version of git. It’s not that hard for common tasks and it’s very flexible and powerful.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-grinding-tweak/21507/6 "2019-09-27T13:13:14Z")

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Eh, I don’t really have the energy to do more than tweak the odd bit. Health reasons. ☹

P.S. Totally was using Notepad++

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**Author:** ![Abraham\_Limpo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/abraham_limpo/32/6711_2.png) [@Abraham\_Limpo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Abraham_Limpo)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skill-grinding-tweak/21507/7 "2019-09-27T14:03:28Z")

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> [@Paul\_Blay](#):
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> P.S. Totally was using Notepad++

hahaha!

Ok, even there, Notepad++ has a files search feature I never used but exists: [https://www.templatemonster.com/help/how-to-use-the-find-in-files-feature-in-notepad.html](https://www.templatemonster.com/help/how-to-use-the-find-in-files-feature-in-notepad.html)