# Slime pit toggle

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [May 27, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288 "2014-05-27T22:35:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 16\
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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/1 "2014-05-27T22:35:37Z")

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If you’re not going to let us destroy them, at least let us turn them off.

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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:** [May 27, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/2 "2014-05-27T22:39:26Z")

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Try Classic mode for now.

I suppose full-out everything-toggleable worldgen might be an idea but i for one don’t plan on implementing it anytime soon.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/3 "2014-05-27T23:11:42Z")

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This begs the question, can you kill slime pits?

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/4 "2014-05-27T23:17:13Z")

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[quote=“KA101, post:2, topic:6288”]Try Classic mode for now.

I suppose full-out everything-toggleable worldgen might be an idea but i for one don’t plan on implementing it anytime soon.[/quote]Why should we have to give up more than half the game to avoid a single annoying feature? And why, of all the other spawn points, do slime pits have to be unkillable?

[quote=“FunsizeNinja123, post:3, topic:6288”]This begs the question, can you kill slime pits?[/quote]AFAIK, no, unless it’s been fixed in a recent experimental.

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**Author:** ![Keyreper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/keyreper/32/163_2.png) [@Keyreper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Keyreper)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/5 "2014-05-27T23:32:30Z")

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why not build a stone wall to the entrance to the pit?

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/6 "2014-05-27T23:41:25Z")

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> [@Keyreper](#):
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> why not build a stone wall to the entrance to the pit?

Slimes will spawn around it.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/7 "2014-05-27T23:47:31Z")

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> [@FunsizeNinja123](#):
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> [quote=“Keyreper, post:5, topic:6288”]why not build a stone wall to the entrance to the pit?

Slimes will spawn around it.[/quote]Yeah, critters don’t actually spawn IN their respective homes, they spawn nearby.

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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:** [May 28, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/8 "2014-05-28T00:46:29Z")

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Do nukes work?

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/9 "2014-05-28T03:31:50Z")

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[quote=“RAM, post:8, topic:6288”]Do nukes work?[/quote]Haven’t tried but I sincerely doubt it; the reason slime pits are unkillable is because they don’t have a creature with a QUEEN tag attached to them. For example Triffid Groves have the Triffid heart, Ant Hills have the Ant Queen, Fungals have the Fungal Spire, etc. which when killed causes that particular nest’s population to eventually die off.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/10 "2014-05-28T04:36:32Z")

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Is the whole queen death thing in a working state to where that would be a legitimate option? If so I have a candidate queen slime I could drop in there…

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/11 "2014-05-28T04:38:07Z")

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[quote=“Kevin Granade, post:10, topic:6288”]Is the whole queen death thing in a working state to where that would be a legitimate option? If so I have a candidate queen slime I could drop in there…[/quote]YES KEVIN YES!!! PLEASE KEVIN PLEASE!!!

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 7:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/12 "2014-05-28T07:03:41Z")

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Just [PR](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/7766)’ed a simple fix for this.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/13 "2014-05-28T17:29:49Z")

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[quote=“Rivet, post:12, topic:6288”]Just [PR](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/7766)’ed a simple fix for this.[/quote]SWEET! Now we just need a guaranteed brain blob to spawn at the bottom so we can shut those fuckers down!

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**Author:** ![Izicata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/izicata/32/70_2.png) [@Izicata](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Izicata)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/14 "2014-05-30T04:51:23Z")

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Have you tried setting all of the slime tiles on the surface on fire? Slime burns very well. You do have to use one lighter charge for every section of slime that isn’t connected to another bit; the fire won’t jump over non-slime tiles.

 ![](http://i.imgur.com/NinY8Zw.png)

It works for me.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/15 "2014-06-02T02:16:17Z")

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[quote=“Izicata, post:14, topic:6288”]Have you tried setting all of the slime tiles on the surface on fire? Slime burns very well. You do have to use one lighter charge for every section of slime that isn’t connected to another bit; the fire won’t jump over non-slime tiles.

 ![](http://i.imgur.com/NinY8Zw.png)

It works for me.[/quote]Idk, I’m pretty sure that destroying the slime pit itself isn’t sufficient, because the the slime pit itself doesn’t spawn the slime. At least I don’t believe so.

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**Author:** ![Izicata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/izicata/32/70_2.png) [@Izicata](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Izicata)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/slime-pit-toggle/6288/16 "2014-06-06T15:45:02Z")

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> [@HunterAlpha1](#):
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> Idk, I’m pretty sure that destroying the slime pit itself isn’t sufficient, because the the slime pit itself doesn’t spawn the slime. At least I don’t believe so.

Yeah, after actually testing it, I think you’re right. Must have just been a placebo effect.