# Tips, Tricks and Newb Questions: Reborn!
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [October 4, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870 "2018-10-04T17:58:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 13
### Author:  [@Tamior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tamior)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2018, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/242 "2018-11-26T07:37:26Z")
So is dissector (found in lab rooms) actually of any use for dissecting corpses?
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### Author:  [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2018, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/243 "2018-11-26T07:45:12Z")
Find a brazier, put it in a building, fill it up with corpses and light 'em up.
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### Author:  [@Fris0uman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fris0uman)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/244 "2018-11-26T08:04:49Z")
Last time I did that the mall burned down
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### Author:  [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2018, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/245 "2018-11-26T08:06:00Z")
Did you 'a’ctivate the brazier or did you just drop it on the same tile as the corpses?
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### Author:  [@Fris0uman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fris0uman)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/246 "2018-11-26T08:08:05Z")
Activate, I think some zombie might have knocked it down or something. Because I know that fire is not supposed to spread from it.
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### Author:  [@TheKobold](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheKobold)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/247 "2018-11-28T01:47:13Z")
Seems the old trick to make a rag rope and then tear it apart for thread no longer works I just get rags back, so what the easy way for a wilderness char to get thread?
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### Author:  [@Walegrin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Walegrin)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/248 "2018-11-28T02:04:28Z")
Plant fiber maybe?
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### Author:  [@DrakeDragon8](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DrakeDragon8)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/249 "2018-11-28T02:24:25Z")
Growing Marijuana = Hundreds of plant fiber
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### Author:  [@TheKobold](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheKobold)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/250 "2018-11-28T03:06:29Z")
Oh yea forgot about plant fiber.
As for growing anything, its a new char, thats a month or two away.
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### Author:  [@DrakeDragon8](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DrakeDragon8)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/251 "2018-11-28T03:31:00Z")
Find marijuana plants somewhere like a dispensary or a basement, It happened to me.
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### Author:  [@TheKobold](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheKobold)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/252 "2018-11-28T03:46:36Z")
Same here, except I’m out in the wild…
Got a tip here, if you are trying to haul a ton of rags and have no string to bundle them up turn them into short ropes. it takes time but it drastically lowers their volume and weight.
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### Author:  [@Delts](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Delts)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/253 "2018-11-28T11:52:15Z")
Guys do you know how to make “trunk” for my vehicle? I remove trunk from car i found,but when removing complete it turn into steel frame…and why i cant install minireactor???
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### Author:  [@MrArzha](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MrArzha)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/254 "2018-11-28T14:08:07Z")
**RESOLVED**
Ok they were definately obsolite mods that I didnt even need anyways.
Hey people !
So, I have just installed cdda using the cdda launcher and I’m trying to create world for the second time ever. I tried this once a year ago or so but didnt have the patience to learn the game. Anyways, now Im giving it another go, but I have already hit a problem on world creation.
I have loads of mods showing as installed on the cdda launcher but they are not showing on the world creation mod list ingame. I have restarted both multiple times, and forced updates on the game on the launcher. I am out of ideas now.
What am I doing wrong ?
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### Author:  [@nameless\_survivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nameless_survivor)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/255 "2018-11-28T14:29:27Z")
So I found a portal generator in a random house infested with giant wasps. Anything this thing can be used for currently (or coming soon) other than the stabilied portal storage? These things are pretty rare so if there is going to be a use for them soon, I don’t really need the storage space.
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### Author:  [@Viik](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Viik)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/256 "2018-11-28T15:40:47Z")
You still can disassemble rags into thread, but it takes about an hour or so.
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### Author:  [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/257 "2018-11-28T16:24:35Z")
Portal generators aren’t really useful for anything aside from getting infinite storage space via the stablised portal (requires Blazemod to be active). If you use the Arcana mod you can convert it into essence, although you likely won’t have deficit of it by the time you get your hands on a portal generator anyway. And in vanilla you can always use it to summon a portal near your base if you are bored/love fighting extradimensional horrors/really want to get swarmed by angry shoggoths 🙂
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### Author:  [@AcarpousAcumen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AcarpousAcumen)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/258 "2018-11-28T16:37:06Z")
When I want thread I go and either break some windows for long strings, or cut some seat belts for short ropes. They both eventually disassemble into thread, and do it far more efficiently than rags
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### Author:  [@nameless\_survivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nameless_survivor)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/259 "2018-11-28T17:28:48Z")
> [@Junknown](#):
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> Portal generators aren’t really useful for anything aside from getting infinite storage space via the stablised portal (requires Blazemod to be active).
Yeah I’m using that. I was hoping there might be another use for it available now though, or one coming soon.
> [@Junknown](#):
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> And in vanilla you can always use it to summon a portal near your base if you are bored/love fighting extradimensional horrors/really want to get swarmed by angry shoggoths 🙂
No thank you, I’d rather have nuclear waste in my backyard than a reality tear.
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### Author:  [@nameless\_survivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nameless_survivor)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/260 "2018-11-28T18:35:10Z")
Does anybody know if you can use multiple lifting tools together? Like if I had a really heavy tank for example, and needed to change the treads, could I use multiple lifting booms or something arranged next to it to get the total weight capacity required?
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### Author:  [@AskaHope](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AskaHope)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/261 "2018-11-28T19:14:30Z")
No, they don’t stack
Is the Z-1 Abrams that heavy?
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