# Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [January 3, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42 "2013-01-03T03:04:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Ishindri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@Ishindri](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ishindri)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 5:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2241 "2014-02-05T05:55:58Z")

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Okay, so every time I take a trip in my RV, numerous parts (mostly the kitchen unit/buddy/welder et cetera, but a few doors too) end up damaged in the red for no apparent reason. Is this a bug, or is it because I’ve been running over shrubs? And is there a way around it? If I install plating, will that absorb some damage? It wasn’t happening in 0.9, I think.

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2242 "2014-02-05T06:20:51Z")

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> [@Ishindri](#):
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> Okay, so every time I take a trip in my RV, numerous parts (mostly the kitchen unit/buddy/welder et cetera, but a few doors too) end up damaged in the red for no apparent reason. Is this a bug, or is it because I’ve been running over shrubs? And is there a way around it? If I install plating, will that absorb some damage? It wasn’t happening in 0.9, I think.

Are you in the experimental? IIRC there’s been a fair bit of vehicle damage realistic-ifying since the stable, which has reduced a lot of this.

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**Author:** ![Ishindri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@Ishindri](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ishindri)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2243 "2014-02-05T06:37:48Z")

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> [@i2amroy](#):
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> [quote=“Ishindri, post:2241, topic:42”]Okay, so every time I take a trip in my RV, numerous parts (mostly the kitchen unit/buddy/welder et cetera, but a few doors too) end up damaged in the red for no apparent reason. Is this a bug, or is it because I’ve been running over shrubs? And is there a way around it? If I install plating, will that absorb some damage? It wasn’t happening in 0.9, I think.

Are you in the experimental? IIRC there’s been a fair bit of vehicle damage realistic-ifying since the stable, which has reduced a lot of this.[/quote]  
I am in the very latest experimental, yes. The new dynamic saving is great.

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 9:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2244 "2014-02-05T09:00:58Z")

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[quote=“Fish, post:2237, topic:42”]Quick question, I turn on my radio turn it to “Scan” and

Radio : survivors head, west help is waiting. Head west ect ect

I’m assuming that this is an unimplemented feature but I want it confirmed so I don’t die of wondering and go over there (BIG city in the way).[/quote]

This is an amazing piece of lore… thanks!

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2245 "2014-02-05T09:35:27Z")

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> [@TheFlame52](#):
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> No, just eat them as they restore thirst and a little bit of hunger.

You will be able to make them into lamp oil. You can already do so in the experimental builds. 😃

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**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:** [February 5, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2246 "2014-02-05T10:02:23Z")

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But what good is lamp oil when lightstrips last so long?

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2247 "2014-02-05T12:14:34Z")

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That is the reason the world ended. Do not use light strips. Mother earth does not like that. Why did you think she took revenge by whiping otu the human race?

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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:** [February 5, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2248 "2014-02-05T18:26:56Z")

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When you don’t have an amplifier circuit or batteries.

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**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2249 "2014-02-05T20:13:25Z")

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Light strips? PLEASE.

My base is lit 24/7 by infinite solar powered electric spotlights.

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2250 "2014-02-05T20:22:06Z")

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[quote=“DG123, post:2249, topic:42”]Light strips? PLEASE.

My base is lit 24/7 by infinite solar powered electric spotlights.[/quote]

Solar power?! What is this Europe? Please thats embarrassing!

Play like real gamers do and use the power of the atom to illuminate your base like I do. But of course never did I expect anything from you FILTHY CASUALS

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**Author:** ![dwarfkoala](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dwarfkoala/32/9_2.png) [@dwarfkoala](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dwarfkoala)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2251 "2014-02-05T20:37:28Z")

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Thanks to a very recent PR by Kevin, we now have solar panels at 10% of the efficiency of before.  
Closer to realism.

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**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2252 "2014-02-05T21:17:50Z")

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[quote=“dwarfkoala, post:2251, topic:42”]Thanks to a very recent PR by Kevin, we now have solar panels at 10% of the efficiency of before.  
Closer to realism.[/quote]

WHY GOD!? WHY!?!

Sigh. Where the hell am I going to put all those panels on my vehicle?

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**Author:** ![Fish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fish/32/249_2.png) [@Fish](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fish)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2253 "2014-02-06T00:31:41Z")

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Buncha questions, I have found my first marloss berries and become a marloss carrier!

1: Do they have drawbacks?  
2: Is it possible to make my own fungal spire and if so how?  
3: Are my arms going to explode?  
4: Why do I have so many questions?

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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:** [February 6, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2254 "2014-02-06T04:21:39Z")

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[quote=“Fish, post:2253, topic:42”]Buncha questions, I have found my first marloss berries and become a marloss carrier!

1: Do they have drawbacks?  
2: Is it possible to make my own fungal spire and if so how?  
3: Are my arms going to explode?  
4: Why do I have so many questions?[/quote]

1. Aside from the fungus and possibility of getting Infected by all the spores that’ll be about, not yet.
2. Not for a while. That’s stage three Mycus mutation at least.
3. Not from Marloss Carrier.
4. Probably curious. It’s a Nifty sort of thing!

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**Author:** ![Uneron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/uneron/32/89_2.png) [@Uneron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Uneron)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2255 "2014-02-06T09:13:53Z")

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[quote=“Fish, post:2253, topic:42”]Buncha questions, I have found my first marloss berries and become a marloss carrier!

1: Do they have drawbacks?  
2: Is it possible to make my own fungal spire and if so how?  
3: Are my arms going to explode?  
4: Why do I have so many questions?[/quote]  
Nah, you pretty much hit the lottery. If things weren’t changed you have now an unlimited supply of food and happiness. I would recommend wearing a gas mask though.

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2256 "2014-02-06T18:28:25Z")

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How do I make use of martial arts books? Picked up some, no option to 'R’ead them. Game started in January with experimental, so it’s unlikely some updates screwed me up. Help?

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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:** [February 6, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2257 "2014-02-06T18:35:31Z")

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Martial arts books have to be activated to use.

They’re not quite a book, more like a book-shaped object that mystically imparts kung fu powers to you in the blink of an eye and then vanishes.

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**Author:** ![Svafard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Svafard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Svafard)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2258 "2014-02-07T16:34:03Z")

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How do I change a tileset? Maybe it’s obvious for someone, but not for me. Spent a whole hour trying to figure it out, didn’t find an answer neither here, not in the wiki or the official site.  
There’s no gfx.txt in data folder. Changing the tilesets in the game options doesn’t seem to do anything.  
I’m using the 0.9 official mac version.  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2259 "2014-02-07T17:14:52Z")

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Mac versions tend to be a little bit …iffy. AFAIK

Its completely plausible that tilesets cannot be toggled on it, just to be sure, You have already tried with the settings under the graphics tab of the option screen (would be the penultimate option), right?

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**Author:** ![Svafard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Svafard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Svafard)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2260 "2014-02-07T21:39:03Z")

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Oh… It worked, at last. Don’t know why it didn’t before. But now the game crashes after loading…(

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