# 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:** ![Ferodaktyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ferodaktyl/32/56_2.png) [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2821 "2014-04-05T16:28:27Z")

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What is the option to revert to old style display ? I mean the details on the right side of the screen, i got used tho those and it seems i can’t easily accommodate the new stile

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**Author:** ![Aluminumfoil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/aluminumfoil/32/5163_2.png) [@Aluminumfoil](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aluminumfoil)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2822 "2014-04-05T16:47:43Z")

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Under the Options menu, the Interface tab, option 11: Sidebar style.

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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:** [April 5, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2823 "2014-04-05T16:57:31Z")

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> [@Catfoodbob](#):
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> Whare is the build empty door frame in the construction menu

In the “Build Door” entry. If you select an empty square the first step will be to build an empty door frame.

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**Author:** ![Olix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Olix](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Olix)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2824 "2014-04-05T20:43:59Z")

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Is there any way to get rid of these guys? If I kill everything, will they stop coming back?

[![](http://i.imgur.com/vb5Vno6.png)](http://imgur.com/vb5Vno6)

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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:** [April 5, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2825 "2014-04-05T20:46:18Z")

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Purge them with holy fire!

Fungal terrain is highly flammable, youll lose your shelter, and you may die in a blazing inferno, but its probably the only way.

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**Author:** ![Olix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Olix](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Olix)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2826 "2014-04-05T21:08:03Z")

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[quote=“John Candlebury, post:2825, topic:42”]Purge them with holy fire!

Fungal terrain is highly flammable, youll lose your shelter, and you may die in a blazing inferno, but its probably the only way.[/quote]

Oh shit!

[![](http://i.imgur.com/XUcnf9t.png)](http://imgur.com/XUcnf9t)

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**Author:** ![Blackopsman9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Blackopsman9999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blackopsman9999)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2827 "2014-04-05T22:28:36Z")

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… Umm well… They;re all dead, likely including you from smoke! 😛

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**Author:** ![Caconym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aca169/32.png) [@Caconym](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Caconym)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2828 "2014-04-05T22:53:50Z")

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> [@JakeAM](#):
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> But all my health is max, I see it shot me, but I don’t believe it could have killed me in one turn.

You’ve obviously never been close up to a turret before, can and will kill you in one turn up close with perfect headshots 100% of the time if you have anything less than complete coverage of fairly good armor.

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**Author:** ![Blackopsman9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Blackopsman9999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blackopsman9999)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2829 "2014-04-06T00:38:40Z")

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HOW THE FUCK DO YOU MAKE A KNIFE? It says to make something with a cutting quality of 1 I need an item with a cutting quality of 1…  
How the fuck do I get a knife without a knife or finding one? My best chat just died, with the possibility of almost 8 bionics, due to starvation and death from a mansion raid in desperation for a knife.

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**Author:** ![jokermatt999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jokermatt999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jokermatt999)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2830 "2014-04-06T00:58:30Z")

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A makeshift knife shouldn’t require a cutting tool, and will allow you to craft things. Recipe here: [http://cdda.estilofusion.com/makeshift\_knife/craft](http://cdda.estilofusion.com/makeshift_knife/craft)

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**Author:** ![Blackopsman9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Blackopsman9999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blackopsman9999)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2831 "2014-04-06T01:00:59Z")

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The problem is the materials… Windows? Long string, sinew? Butcher animals with a cutting tool, ETC.

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**Author:** ![elauminx](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/elauminx/32/283_2.png) [@elauminx](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/elauminx)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2832 "2014-04-06T01:04:22Z")

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it’s “DLL hell” all over again,-}

[me=elauminx]imagines Win95 Mod,[/me]  
eai

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**Author:** ![jokermatt999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jokermatt999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jokermatt999)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2833 "2014-04-06T01:41:09Z")

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Smash a window, deconstruct the sheets into rags. Grab a rock from outside. Smash a locker and make a spike. Make the makeshift knife.

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**Author:** ![Blackopsman9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Blackopsman9999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blackopsman9999)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2834 "2014-04-06T02:06:55Z")

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to deconstruct the sheet you need a knife…

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**Author:** ![HorrorNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dbc845/32.png) [@HorrorNerd](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HorrorNerd)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2835 "2014-04-06T02:27:30Z")

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All I do is take a long string deconstruct it to smaller strings… bash a locker and get a rock. Make a Spike then you should be able to make the makeshift knife

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**Author:** ![Aluminumfoil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/aluminumfoil/32/5163_2.png) [@Aluminumfoil](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aluminumfoil)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2836 "2014-04-06T02:45:20Z")

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Making a knife is easy, it just takes jumping through some counterintuitive hoops.

[ul][li]Walk outside and get a rock. Wield it.[/li]  
[li]Walk back inside and (s)mash a locker or two into bits.[/li]  
[li]When you have enough metal, craft a Spike from the crafting menu.[/li]  
[li]Break the nearest window and pick up the Long String.[/li]  
[li]Open your inventory, select the Long String, and (D)issassemble it into Short String.[/li]  
[li]Open the crafting menu and make a makeshift knife.[/li][/ul]

Yes, all games in Cataclysmdda now start with using a rock to somehow turn a steel locker into a perfectly good knife. They typically progress by bending nails until you learn how to make a 100% functional sewing needle out of wood, which you will make out of your knife that you made out of a steel locker. Verisimilitude is not a high point of day 1 Cataclysm play.

I suggest cheat-menuing yourself a pocket knife and a sewing kit and forgoing the crafting and grinding, if you’re interested in an in-character playthrough.

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**Author:** ![halberdsturgeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ab992/32.png) [@halberdsturgeon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/halberdsturgeon)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2837 "2014-04-06T02:49:19Z")

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Or play a profession that starts with some sort of knife.

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**Author:** ![infectedmochi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/infectedmochi/32/206_2.png) [@infectedmochi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/infectedmochi)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2838 "2014-04-06T02:54:05Z")

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FWIW in the nighty build now grinding won’t be as effective as it used to be. So yeah, you actually have to scavenge more.

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**Author:** ![HorrorNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dbc845/32.png) [@HorrorNerd](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HorrorNerd)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2839 "2014-04-06T02:59:54Z")

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You make it seem like a long and drawn out process when its not. Usually bashing one locker does the trick

[quote=“Aluminumfoil, post:2836, topic:42”]Making a knife is easy, it just takes jumping through some counterintuitive hoops.

[ul][li]Walk outside and get a rock. Wield it.[/li]  
[li]Walk back inside and (s)mash a locker or two into bits.[/li]  
[li]When you have enough metal, craft a Spike from the crafting menu.[/li]  
[li]Break the nearest window and pick up the Long String.[/li]  
[li]Open your inventory, select the Long String, and (D)issassemble it into Short String.[/li]  
[li]Open the crafting menu and make a makeshift knife.[/li][/ul]

Yes, all games in Cataclysmdda now start with using a rock to somehow turn a steel locker into a perfectly good knife. They typically progress by bending nails until you learn how to make a 100% functional sewing needle out of wood, which you will make out of your knife that you made out of a steel locker. Verisimilitude is not a high point of day 1 Cataclysm play.

I suggest cheat-menuing yourself a pocket knife and a sewing kit and forgoing the crafting and grinding, if you’re interested in an in-character playthrough.[/quote]

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**Author:** ![Aluminumfoil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/aluminumfoil/32/5163_2.png) [@Aluminumfoil](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aluminumfoil)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/2840 "2014-04-06T03:09:52Z")

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It’s not a long and drawn out process, it’s just counter-intuitive and unrealistic, which gives us people who starve to death because they didn’t have a knife that you can make in the first minute of gameplay.

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