# So, swamp critters

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-swamp-critters/2518>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [August 3, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-swamp-critters/2518 "2013-08-03T00:38:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Iosyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/iosyn/32/35_2.png) [@Iosyn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Iosyn)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-swamp-critters/2518/21 "2013-08-07T11:21:04Z")

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Just how badly was the truck parked? Like, across all lanes?

Just what kind of bike did you create that can’t overtake a parked semi? 😃

And yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s the muffler (rather, lack of) that’s the problem. A semi makes a shitton of noise even with one-- without? ouch.  
Have fun dodging giant mozzies, bro. 😛

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**Author:** ![MarkB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/markb/32/152_2.png) [@MarkB](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MarkB)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-swamp-critters/2518/22 "2013-08-07T11:48:21Z")

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My bike’s three squares wide, and the truck was parked right across the entrance to the bridge, sideways-on, with two squares of gap on each side.

I did go back on my new solar bike to take a look (mainly to finish clearing the bunker just to the north), and there were still a lot of critters spawned. It would’ve been a fun challenge for my archery skills, but I decided to explore elsewhere.

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**Author:** ![HeadWar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/headwar/32/2685_2.png) [@HeadWar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HeadWar)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-swamp-critters/2518/23 "2013-08-07T14:51:32Z")

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I ran across one of those semis as well, but it wasn’t centered, but rather left a gap of four spaces on one side, for my five wide modified flatbed. Had to grind down the railing, and pray I didn’t fumble.

Scary, but it worked without getting out of the car.

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**Author:** ![MarkB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/markb/32/152_2.png) [@MarkB](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MarkB)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-swamp-critters/2518/24 "2013-08-07T17:53:30Z")

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[quote=“HeadWar, post:23, topic:2518”]I ran across one of those semis as well, but it wasn’t centered, but rather left a gap of four spaces on one side, for my five wide modified flatbed. Had to grind down the railing, and pray I didn’t fumble.

Scary, but it worked without getting out of the car.[/quote]

I might have tried something like that, but at the time someone had just posted how their character had died trying it.

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**Author:** ![UberZacht](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/uberzacht/32/111_2.png) [@UberZacht](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/UberZacht)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-swamp-critters/2518/25 "2013-08-07T21:28:36Z")

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If this helps anybody in their Cataclysm experience, I would like to say something a dev recently mentioned. Swamps still use to old spawn system, so when you drove that semi, it cause a very loud noise, and in turn you stirred up ye olden Dynamic Spawn. If (and I’m sure that you’ve dealt with it, but I just wanna say) you go and get the bike quietly, it runs on foot pedals (unless you took them off) and electricity, so a relatively quiet system,

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