# Tips, Tricks and Newb Questions: Reborn! **URL:** \ **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:** 87
**Author:** ![khearn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/khearn/32/7903_2.png) [@khearn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/khearn)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1727 "2020-03-06T20:16:24Z")
Put it in a gun, pull the trigger. It will disassemble itself. šŸ˜‰ Or you could use a [kinetic bullet puller](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/puller). Up to you. The first way has the possible side effect of killing something you might want dead. The second way lets you keep the bullet, brass, and powder. Sometimes one way is better, sometimes the other. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lone\_Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/the_lone_badger/32/8063_2.png) [@The\_Lone\_Badger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Lone_Badger)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1728 "2020-03-07T06:57:32Z")
Thereā€™s two things Iā€™m trying to find that I canā€™t. The first is a scalpel. I figured a Hospital? Cleaved my way through the whole thing and nada. The second is superalloy sheets. Where do I even start with these? ---
**Author:** ![Dialo.Malison](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dialo.malison/32/7220_2.png) [@Dialo.Malison](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dialo.Malison)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1729 "2020-03-07T08:55:33Z")
Superalloy sheets donā€™t spawn anywhere in the game. You get them by disassembling one (or more) of the following: Superalloy tactical dog outfit MBR vest (superalloy) Head Alloy Plating CBM Arms Alloy Plating CBM Torso Alloy Plating CBM Legs Alloy Plating CBM ---
**Author:** ![GiggleGrassGatherer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gigglegrassgatherer/32/7743_2.png) [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1730 "2020-03-07T10:31:39Z")
Scalpel can also spawn in doctorā€™s offices and ambulances. Also, judging by game files, they can spawn in storage units but I guess the chance is very small. Never found it myself there. ---
**Author:** ![Tamior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tamior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tamior)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1731 "2020-03-07T11:44:46Z")
From a practical standpoint, driving around looking for ambulances might be the quickest way to find a scalpel (assuming you have a vehicle capable of scouting cityscape quickly). ---
**Author:** ![featherball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@featherball](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/featherball)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1732 "2020-03-08T14:59:48Z")
Scalpels used to infrequently spawn in labs. I donā€™t know about the new variety but the old one might still have a chance of having one. ---
**Author:** ![GiggleGrassGatherer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gigglegrassgatherer/32/7743_2.png) [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1733 "2020-03-09T07:00:37Z")
About ā€œanalyze zombie bloodā€ quest: can it so happen that the hospital you are directed to have no centrifuge? Iā€™m not talking about zombies destroying it, it just seems to me there was no centrifuge there at all. > **screenshot of full hospital map:** > > ![hospital](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/8/8c2e6140d886a2d10769092c9010daf15f8e37e9.png) Explored everywhere except bathrooms and one small nook in the kitchen, and thereā€™s no centrifuge. 2 autodocs, though. Never seen 2 autodocs in one hospital before. Possible bug or just unlucky rng seed? e: second question. Was playing in default city spacing 4, city size 8. For me default cities looked kinda on the small size, and distances between them were short too so I decided to generate a new world, with spacing 6 and size 10. The problem is, I have yet to find a city bigger than 3x2 streets. Any advice on where I went wrong and/or what should I change to actually make a world of big cities which are kinda far from each other? inb4 ā€œset spacing to 0ā€ - I know how to make a megacity world but thatā€™s not what Iā€™m after. ---
**Author:** ![Maan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/maan/32/8108_2.png) [@Maan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Maan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1734 "2020-03-09T09:17:38Z")
For the first question: no, never seen that happen. Only time I found an hospital without a centrifuge was because a juggernaut had smashed it. However Iā€™m almost sure that any centrifuge will do, youā€™ll just have to find another one. For the other question, the random generation of cities seems to be pretty wild: with standard setting Iā€™ve got anything from cities of 3 houses to 10x10 streets or so. ---
**Author:** ![Failedsavingthrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Failedsavingthrow](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Failedsavingthrow)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1735 "2020-03-09T09:47:16Z")
Has anyone else got this issue of full line of sight inside vehicles , example standing the the back of a security van with the doors closed in full darkness yet i can see all around outside the vehicle walls and those outside can see me inside , tested this in debug with a fresh car and it happens on and off without reason ---
**Author:** ![Kouwed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/76d3ee/32.png) [@Kouwed](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kouwed)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1736 "2020-03-10T16:32:02Z")
Is there anyway to know where to put a muffler in vehicle? ---
**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1737 "2020-03-10T16:59:02Z")
Put that muffler anywhere you like, the game checks to see if oneā€™s present; its actual location doesnā€™t matter. ---
**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1738 "2020-03-10T17:33:13Z")
IIRC the muffler location matters somewhat, since it can occasionally spawn smoke you may want to put it on an exterior tile so you donā€™t accidentally smoke yourself out. ---
**Author:** ![Anatariel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/anatariel/32/8128_2.png) [@Anatariel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Anatariel)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1739 "2020-03-10T18:44:07Z")
Want to figure is it bug or i make something wrong: when i cooking some recipes, they just dissapear. In game log it says, that iā€™m start cooking on table, than character put it down and after nothing happens. I canā€™t even find unfinished meal in inventory or nearby. I play on latest experimental (10 march) ---
**Author:** ![Dredd501](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dredd501/32/5092_2.png) [@Dredd501](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dredd501)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1740 "2020-03-11T05:35:16Z")
Since when were Ancient Red Dragons an actual enemy in this?! ---
**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1741 "2020-03-11T05:58:56Z")
Oh did you manage to get out of the basement before you got fried? ---
**Author:** ![Dredd501](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dredd501/32/5092_2.png) [@Dredd501](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dredd501)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1742 "2020-03-11T07:07:16Z")
Yeah, I passed the corner (have NV goggles for clearing basements) saw it and NOPED right TF out. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lone\_Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/the_lone_badger/32/8063_2.png) [@The\_Lone\_Badger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Lone_Badger)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1743 "2020-03-11T08:00:24Z")
> [@Anatariel](#): > > Want to figure is it bug or i make something wrong: when i cooking some recipes, they just dissapear. In game log it says, that iā€™m start cooking on table, than character put it down and after nothing happens. I canā€™t even find unfinished meal in inventory or nearby. > I play on latest experimental (10 march) It _should_ be on the table. Check all tables adjacent to where you were standing when you cooked. Also try looking under the table in some circumstances. (e.g. when crafting in a vehicle there may be insufficient space on the workbench, causing the new items to fall out of it and land on the ground under the vehicle). ---
**Author:** ![Anatariel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/anatariel/32/8128_2.png) [@Anatariel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Anatariel)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1744 "2020-03-11T17:40:37Z")
Well, now i know what happened. My little doggy stole my food everytime when i start crafting šŸ˜† ---
**Author:** ![Dredd501](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dredd501/32/5092_2.png) [@Dredd501](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dredd501)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1745 "2020-03-12T12:55:31Z")
Wait, so that Red Dragon wasnā€™t even real!? It said hostile and that it saw me!!! Did I get jebaited? ---
**Author:** ![GiggleGrassGatherer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gigglegrassgatherer/32/7743_2.png) [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1746 "2020-03-12T14:17:27Z")
I guess it is from Magiclysm. Either that or you have schizophreny. Erm, you character, I mean šŸ¤Ŗ [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870.md?page=86) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870.md?page=88)