# 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:** ![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:** [June 1, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3421 "2014-06-01T12:15:14Z")

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That you are on its line of fire. (AKA it wants to shoot something but you are in the way)

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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:** [June 1, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3422 "2014-06-01T13:24:45Z")

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> [@The Lone Badger](#):
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> What’s the relative comfyness of beds? I know a proper bed is better than sleeping on a car seat is better than nothing, but where do things like makeshift beds, vehicle-installed-beds and military cots fall on the hierarchy?

All beds are equal.

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**Author:** ![Datanazush](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/datanazush/32/1055_2.png) [@Datanazush](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Datanazush)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3423 "2014-06-01T13:47:45Z")

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> [@FunsizeNinja123](#):
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> [quote=“The Lone Badger, post:3417, topic:42”]What’s the relative comfyness of beds? I know a proper bed is better than sleeping on a car seat is better than nothing, but where do things like makeshift beds, vehicle-installed-beds and military cots fall on the hierarchy?

All beds are equal.[/quote]  
All beds are created equal, except when they aren’t.  
Standard beds increase your sleepiness by 5, makeshift beds, cots and seats will increase it by 4, a rollmat by 3, and regular floor by 1.  
For context the Insomniac trait DECREASES your sleepiness by 8, and you need a sleepiness of 0 or greater to fall asleep.

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**Author:** ![Arek\_PL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Arek\_PL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arek_PL)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3424 "2014-06-01T16:45:34Z")

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hey look what compact car you can make with shooping cart and cloth sheets from windows

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

its realy compact and cheap vechicle (loot any shop\*, deconstruct window, loot chains in craters, Smash locker in shelter) its possible to grab it and move inside buildings no need for garage because it fit any normal door no fuel usage no hordes lured by sound of loud engie

\*shoping cart sometimes spawn on parking too not only shops

EDIT: and small question, what is better, trunk or box?

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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:** [June 1, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3425 "2014-06-01T18:03:55Z")

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Trunk

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**Author:** ![Creamy\_Goodness](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/creamy_goodness/32/292_2.png) [@Creamy\_Goodness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Creamy_Goodness)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3426 "2014-06-01T22:58:10Z")

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Hey guys had a question, I found a broadsword and now its damaged. How do I repair it? do I have to find a better than basic repair kit or do I have to make an entire forge

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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:** [June 1, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3427 "2014-06-01T23:00:20Z")

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> [@Creamy Goodness](#):
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> Hey guys had a question, I found a broadsword and now its damaged. How do I repair it? do I have to find a better than basic repair kit or do I have to make an entire forge

Soldering iron and scrap metal.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3428 "2014-06-01T23:10:33Z")

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[quote=“Arek\_PL, post:3424, topic:42”]hey look what compact car you can make with shooping cart and cloth sheets from windows

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

its realy compact and cheap vechicle (loot any shop\*, deconstruct window, loot chains in craters, Smash locker in shelter) its possible to grab it and move inside buildings no need for garage because it fit any normal door no fuel usage no hordes lured by sound of loud engie

\*shoping cart sometimes spawn on parking too not only shops

EDIT: and small question, what is better, trunk or box?[/quote]Cargo carrier if you can find one.

How do you steer that thing with no way of knowing which way it’s pointed?

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**Author:** ![Funk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d07c76/32.png) [@Funk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Funk)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3429 "2014-06-01T23:29:18Z")

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Probably by the indicator (in the options)

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**Author:** ![TinHead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tinhead/32/299_2.png) [@TinHead](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TinHead)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3430 "2014-06-02T01:33:59Z")

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Hey guys, I have been wondering something…

I’m trying to make the game about… impossible to complete.

I want to know what I can do besides ramping up zombie spawns, and also, how do you make new mutations? (Not the mutagen, just editing the mutations themselves.)

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3431 "2014-06-02T01:42:38Z")

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[quote=“TinHead, post:3430, topic:42”]Hey guys, I have been wondering something…

I’m trying to make the game about… impossible to complete.

I want to know what I can do besides ramping up zombie spawns, and also, how do you make new mutations? (Not the mutagen, just editing the mutations themselves.)[/quote]

Play with fragile or flimsy. Or just generally nerf you char with bad stats/traits. Dropping item spawns down to .1 will slow you down a bit as well.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3432 "2014-06-02T01:49:55Z")

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[quote=“Funk, post:3429, topic:42”]Probably by the indicator (in the options)[/quote]It’s never worked for me.

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**Author:** ![Arek\_PL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Arek\_PL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arek_PL)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3433 "2014-06-02T05:24:50Z")

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> [@HunterAlpha1](#):
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> How do you steer that thing with no way of knowing which way it’s pointed?

i grab this and in go any direction so i know that car is facing that direction where car moved (if i go south car is facing south) and during driving i see where my car is going

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**Author:** ![Kyriolexical\_Dino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kyriolexical_dino/32/276_2.png) [@Kyriolexical\_Dino](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kyriolexical_Dino)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3434 "2014-06-02T23:01:58Z")

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In the topic of wheels, which is better? A 20" wide wheel or a 16" military armored one?

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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:** [June 3, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3435 "2014-06-03T01:26:48Z")

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> [@Kyriolexical Dino](#):
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> In the topic of wheels, which is better? A 20" wide wheel or a 16" military armored one?

I “think” its the armoured wheel

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**Author:** ![Pwnzerfaust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c67d28/32.png) [@Pwnzerfaust](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pwnzerfaust)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3436 "2014-06-03T03:00:05Z")

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I’m building a vehicle and I’m wondering, what do the K dynamics and K mass mean?

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**Author:** ![CritMedic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/critmedic/32/280_2.png) [@CritMedic](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CritMedic)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3437 "2014-06-03T03:01:58Z")

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From what I know I don’t think the size of the wheel counts. It’s just what type of wheel it is so a 16" wide wheel is not different from a 20" wide wheel

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3438 "2014-06-03T04:49:38Z")

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[quote=“CritMedic, post:3437, topic:42”]From what I know I don’t think the size of the wheel counts. It’s just what type of wheel it is so a 16" wide wheel is not different from a 20" wide wheel[/quote]For now.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3439 "2014-06-03T04:56:31Z")

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Don’t we have a wheel type that doesn’t activate traps?

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**Author:** ![Khrysanth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@Khrysanth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Khrysanth)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3440 "2014-06-03T06:08:08Z")

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Once upon a time, wide wheels didn’t do so.  
If I recall correctly, it wasn’t intended but was a side effect of adding a new type of wheel without updating the other checks for whether the vehicle set the traps off.

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