# 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:** ![Noctifer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noctifer/32/458_2.png) [@Noctifer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Noctifer)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10442 "2015-09-30T01:20:23Z")

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With enough time, a hulk might be able to smash through it.

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**Author:** ![deoxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@deoxy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deoxy)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10443 "2015-09-30T01:35:48Z")

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> [@ShadowDragon](#):
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> Can zombie hulks smash through reinforced glass?

The only thing I have seen that can withstand a zombie hulk is the metal-walled bank vault. I know of NOTHING else that can withstand it.

I would assume the military bunker walls are the same as the bank vault - metal walls.

Hmm, haven’t ever seen a hulk come up against the weird fault thingy at the bottom of some mines, so I guess there’s that possibility. I think I’ve seen them smash everything else, though.

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**Author:** ![COS\_Cecillian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/cos_cecillian/32/485_2.png) [@COS\_Cecillian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/COS_Cecillian)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10444 "2015-09-30T10:43:10Z")

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Is there a way to install mods on a already created world? I moved my Cooper save to experimental, and want to use the tank mod and other ones.

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**Author:** ![Dampe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@Dampe](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dampe)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10445 "2015-09-30T13:57:34Z")

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[quote=“Random\_dragon, post:10440, topic:42”]Man the gun manually like a real man, man. o3o

Sit at the seat it’s installed in, unequip any weapon you might be wielding, hit fire.[/quote]

If you have drive-by-wire controls installed, you can steer it from there, too.

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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:** [September 30, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10446 "2015-09-30T14:22:57Z")

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[quote=“Random\_dragon, post:10440, topic:42”]Man the gun manually like a real man, man. o3o

Sit at the seat it’s installed in, unequip any weapon you might be wielding, hit fire.[/quote]

I thought that’s what I did. Hmm. Maybe I didn’t unequip my gun.

Will it show up as equipping the tank gun instead of “fists”?

Or maybe it wasn’t actually installed on the driving seat. Could have sworn it was…

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**Author:** ![Xfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e95f7d/32.png) [@Xfin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xfin)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10447 "2015-09-30T14:24:41Z")

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That reminds me, anyone notice the bug reports that happen if you try to aim a turret by RC-remote

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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:** [September 30, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10448 "2015-09-30T15:11:30Z")

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yes i noticed this too

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10449 "2015-09-30T15:29:15Z")

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> [@DG123](#):
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> Or maybe it wasn’t actually installed on the driving seat. Could have sworn it was…

Most of the tanks in the mod have only an M240 in the driver’s seat, yeah. Usually it’s in the thing that looks vaguely turret-shaped. o3o

EDIT: Also, I had a thought. Let say you make a weapon that transforms into another weapon. One version of it has that flag that makes it do Fun things on killing a jabberwock, the other version doesn’t. If you slay a jabberwock with the special version of the weapon then transform it into the normal version, what happens?

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**Author:** ![jedibob5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@jedibob5](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jedibob5)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10450 "2015-09-30T16:25:10Z")

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Is there a way to learn any martial arts styles after character creation (other than brawling and Niten-Ichi Ryu)? Or are those basically closed off to those who didn’t spend points on it?

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10451 "2015-09-30T16:28:23Z")

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All the available styles should have a manual, yeah. Check dojos. Fencing manual can also sometimes be found in mansion libraries.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10452 "2015-09-30T16:40:25Z")

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Also, I can’t find any monster faction data of the triffid stats. Any data on how it’s statted out?

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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:** [September 30, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10453 "2015-09-30T17:33:27Z")

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The MA manuals in dojos are usually for the less powerful styles. Boxing gyms have boxing and krav maga manuals which are both strong against anything.

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**Author:** ![Noctifer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noctifer/32/458_2.png) [@Noctifer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Noctifer)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10454 "2015-09-30T18:04:17Z")

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How can you make a custom starting location? For example: you can start out in the evacuee shelter. I made a building and successfully made it spawn in the forest. I want to make a scenario that makes it so you start out in building I made.

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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:** [September 30, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10455 "2015-09-30T18:10:15Z")

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krav maga is awesome and work with weapons and finding manual is not too hard

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10456 "2015-09-30T18:22:01Z")

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Krav maga is delicious.

> [@Noctifer](#):
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> How can you make a custom starting location? For example: you can start out in the evacuee shelter. I made a building and successfully made it spawn in the forest. I want to make a scenario that makes it so you start out in building I made.

Eyeball the start\_location.json file. In general the location it cites should be the same as the mapgen file’s ID.

It can sometimes cause errors if the game is allowed the option of NOT generating the overmap special file.

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**Author:** ![Noctifer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noctifer/32/458_2.png) [@Noctifer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Noctifer)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10457 "2015-09-30T19:08:04Z")

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One more thing, how do you make it so that only one building spawns but it will spawn for sure?

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10458 "2015-09-30T19:09:51Z")

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Do you you mean for adding your own mapgens, or overriding existing mapgens? o.o

EDIT: Edit-response yoinked to make a proper reply.

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**Author:** ![Noctifer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noctifer/32/458_2.png) [@Noctifer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Noctifer)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10459 "2015-09-30T19:10:24Z")

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My own.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10460 "2015-09-30T19:13:26Z")

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Oh right, you mean occurrences of it. Um…in overmap\_specials.json. There’s a true/false prompt for uniqueness, AND a unique flag, and the option of setting min/max occurrences to 1/1. All that is hilariously redundant but should work.

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**Author:** ![Noctifer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noctifer/32/458_2.png) [@Noctifer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Noctifer)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10461 "2015-09-30T19:17:56Z")

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Thanks for the info.

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