# 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:** ![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 20, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3601 "2014-06-20T18:04:44Z")

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> [@John Candlebury](#):
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> PRO tip: Never drop lit molotov cocktails.

A NPC had an active flare, though it had full charge and wasn’t burning. So naturally, I cleared half my city with it. 😃

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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:** [June 21, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3602 "2014-06-21T01:17:07Z")

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> [@FunsizeNinja123](#):
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> [quote=“John Candlebury, post:3600, topic:42”]PRO tip: Never drop lit molotov cocktails.

A NPC had an active flare, though it had full charge and wasn’t burning. So naturally, I cleared half my city with it. :D[/quote]

Bug exploit. NPCs really shouldn’t be spawning with Active anything. 😉

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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 21, 2014, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3603 "2014-06-21T10:16:13Z")

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its possible to sell/buy active grenades or active c4 from npc?

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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 21, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3604 "2014-06-21T10:42:22Z")

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> [@Arek\_PL](#):
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> its possible to sell/buy active grenades or active c4 from npc?

Buy only if the goof who added a new C4 forgot to add them to the no trading list (AKA as a bug).

You can sell active explosives to NPCs, however the timers are not processed while inside the NPCs inventory and thus they will never blow up (you can buy them back and they will still explode normally however)

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**Author:** ![TheFlame52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/theflame52/32/247_2.png) [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3605 "2014-06-21T14:30:08Z")

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> [@John Candlebury](#):
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> [quote=“Arek\_PL, post:3603, topic:42”]its possible to sell/buy active grenades or active c4 from npc?

Buy only if the goof who added a new C4 forgot to add them to the no trading list (AKA as a bug).

You can sell active explosives to NPCs, however the timers are not processed while inside the NPCs inventory and thus they will never blow up (you can buy them back and they will still explode normally however)[/quote]  
Will an NPC pick up an active explosive? If so, is should be possible to turn NPCs into suicide bombers by getting them to pick up an active explosive and leading them into a large group of enemies. When they die, the explosive will drop and continue its countdown, then explode, killing whatever killed them.

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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 21, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3606 "2014-06-21T14:46:21Z")

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> [@AseaHeru](#):
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> Question: Does the debug menu teleport work differently?

Necro reply on telefragging:

The long range teleporter won’t kill you if you warp into solid normally unwalkable tiles.  
If you happen to teleport over a foe or NPC with it, the monster will not be killed and will be harmlessly teleported out of the way.  
It will no longer remove monsters on the teleported to area

Short range teleporter however works exactly like the teleporter item, including telefrags, telesickness and dying if you teleport into solid walls.

> [@TheFlame52](#):
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> [quote=“John Candlebury, post:3604, topic:42”][quote=“Arek\_PL, post:3603, topic:42”]its possible to sell/buy active grenades or active c4 from npc?

Buy only if the goof who added a new C4 forgot to add them to the no trading list (AKA as a bug).

You can sell active explosives to NPCs, however the timers are not processed while inside the NPCs inventory and thus they will never blow up (you can buy them back and they will still explode normally however)[/quote]  
Will an NPC pick up an active explosive? If so, is should be possible to turn NPCs into suicide bombers by getting them to pick up an active explosive and leading them into a large group of enemies. When they die, the explosive will drop and continue its countdown, then explode, killing whatever killed them.[/quote]

No need to have them pick it, selling an active explosive achieves this, it will blow up and behave normally once it leaves the Npc inventory either by the npc dying or trade. You can also wait until the last turn before selling the device as the trade is instantaneous.

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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:** [June 21, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3607 "2014-06-21T15:52:59Z")

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How do I open sealed crates?

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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 21, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3608 "2014-06-21T15:57:14Z")

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A crowbar or halligan bar. But why would you want to do that when you can smash it instead (smashing it could break glass containers inside it but I dint think those ever spawn inside crates).

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**Author:** ![TheFlame52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/theflame52/32/247_2.png) [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3609 "2014-06-22T00:12:48Z")

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Sometimes there are healing serums (not real name) in military crate drops.

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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 23, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3610 "2014-06-23T00:33:31Z")

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Soooo… My joints are aching in game, and judging from another thread it’s a parasite, any idea if said parasite does anything else? Because I’m half expecting my character’s skin and muscle to start sloughing off by the pound at this point.

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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 23, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3611 "2014-06-23T00:41:10Z")

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Did you recently recover from an infection? Because I had my joints acheing for two seasons before it stopped.

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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 23, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3612 "2014-06-23T00:52:18Z")

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> [@FunsizeNinja123](#):
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> Did you recently recover from an infection? Because I had my joints acheing for two seasons before it stopped.

Nope, haven’t had an infection for about 2 seasons.

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**Author:** ![keegus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@keegus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/keegus)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3613 "2014-06-23T02:17:13Z")

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ok, curious, but just how far will a zombie horde follow you for? Cause I’ve been kinda gaming the system a bit and closing out before dying, but I had one hear me or something smashing apart stuff in the starter shelter and saw the Z’s within a square of it so I high tailed it and ran. I found a farm out in the boonies and killed some time in there working on tailoring till I got tired, checked my map before sleeping an no Z’s, so figured it was safe, woke up to the horde smashing in and attacking me, so quit out, fired it up from the save just before sleeping, gathered my things, went to a forest about 20 map squares or so into a forest, pitched a tent, again slept, only to wake up in the middle of the zombie horde again.

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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 23, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3614 "2014-06-23T02:19:59Z")

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> [@sovietspyder](#):
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> Soooo… My joints are aching in game, and judging from another thread it’s a parasite, any idea if said parasite does anything else? Because I’m half expecting my character’s skin and muscle to start sloughing off by the pound at this point.

It sounds like you’ve picked up a case of trichinosis. It won’t do anything more than cause random bouts of pain, but it’s probably still worth curing ASAP.

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**Author:** ![detahramet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/detahramet/32/58_2.png) [@detahramet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/detahramet)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3615 "2014-06-23T02:23:48Z")

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Rollerblades = God

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**Author:** ![Tawarochir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Tawarochir](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tawarochir)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3616 "2014-06-23T03:00:36Z")

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wut

Anyway, protip: never, under any conditions, come within a mile of a school without like 7 melee or a good gun, preferably a Rivtech brand shotgun.

Ever.

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**Author:** ![detahramet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/detahramet/32/58_2.png) [@detahramet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/detahramet)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3617 "2014-06-23T03:12:28Z")

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[quote=“Tawarochir, post:3616, topic:42”]wut

Anyway, protip: never, under any conditions, come within a mile of a school without like 7 melee or a good gun, preferably a Rivtech brand shotgun.

Ever.[/quote]

Roller blades cut your move cost on flat terrain in half.

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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 23, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3618 "2014-06-23T05:07:10Z")

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[quote=“detahramet, post:3617, topic:42”][quote=“Tawarochir, post:3616, topic:42”]wut

Anyway, protip: never, under any conditions, come within a mile of a school without like 7 melee or a good gun, preferably a Rivtech brand shotgun.

Ever.[/quote]

Roller blades cut your move cost on flat terrain in half.[/quote]And by flat terrain do you mean floors and roads but not grass and dirt?

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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 23, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3619 "2014-06-23T05:20:42Z")

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[quote=“keegus, post:3613, topic:42”]ok, curious, but just how far will a zombie horde follow you for? Cause I’ve been kinda gaming the system a bit and closing out before dying, but I had one hear me or something smashing apart stuff in the starter shelter and saw the Z’s within a square of it so I high tailed it and ran. I found a farm out in the boonies and killed some time in there working on tailoring till I got tired, checked my map before sleeping an no Z’s, so figured it was safe, woke up to the horde smashing in and attacking me, so quit out, fired it up from the save just before sleeping, gathered my things, went to a forest about 20 map squares or so into a forest, pitched a tent, again slept, only to wake up in the middle of the zombie horde again.[/quote] big hordes are realy big and cpver big area alslo breaking glass smashing doors and gunshoots can easly make horde to follow you i was in similar situation some time ago when i lured zombear on landmine 35 map squares or more from my base

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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:** [June 23, 2014, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/3620 "2014-06-23T09:58:06Z")

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If I remove a storage part, what happens to the stuff I’ve stored in it? Does it get automoved with the part?

I’m making a new vehicle, therefore the question.

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