# 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:  [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14862 "2016-06-30T15:13:06Z")
> [@Coolthulhu](#):
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> [quote=“NedeN, post:14857, topic:42”]So back to the original question, whats the purpose for “sort armor”? So far is it just to control which article of clothing is damaged first?
I think waterproofing only works if it is on the outermost layer.
When you’re on fire, only outermost items can burn.[/quote]
Also aesthetics (tile-sets with sprites), and ease of finding where THAT DAM POS CANTEEN WENT \>.\< SDKFJASFDJF
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### Author:  [@miniproxx](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/miniproxx)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14863 "2016-06-30T20:55:14Z")
I can’t find the “start vehicle construction” anymore, do someone can help me navigate through the menus and help me out with this problem? I’m trying to rebuild the wheelbarrow i deconstructed haha
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### Author:  [@Valpo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valpo)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14864 "2016-06-30T21:02:57Z")
Its in the build menu
default key should be \*
Its pretty close to the end of the menu.
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### Author:  [@miniproxx](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/miniproxx)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14865 "2016-06-30T21:08:01Z")
[quote=“Valpo, post:14864, topic:42”]Its in the build menu
default key should be \*
Its pretty close to the end of the menu.[/quote]
It’s strange i can’t find it, i found a really old version of my last game i had and it’s like you say but this last version which is 5165 i can’t find it 😕
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### Author:  [@WIndburns](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/WIndburns)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14866 "2016-07-01T15:05:26Z")
Armor and clothing have resistance to cutting and bashing damage, but what about piercing?
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### Author:  [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14867 "2016-07-01T15:18:54Z")
> [@WIndburns](#):
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> Armor and clothing have resistance to cutting and bashing damage, but what about piercing?
Think penetration is stopped by cutting resistance. But not sure.
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### Author:  [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14868 "2016-07-01T18:00:16Z")
Ive been told its a combination of the two armors, cutting and bashing, that determines piercing resitance. But piercing damage tends to have, well, armor piercing effects too. I think its a flat ratio.
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### Author:  [@DooMJake](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DooMJake)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14869 "2016-07-01T18:12:52Z")
Is it intentional that in the latest experimantal you need 20 scrap AND 5 chunks of metal to make a lump of steel?
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### Author:  [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14870 "2016-07-01T18:24:06Z")
> [@DooMJake](#):
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> Is it intentional that in the latest experimantal you need 20 scrap AND 5 chunks of metal to make a lump of steel?
No idea. But as the latest experimentals have been #LetsMakeCDDATediusAgain I would not be surprised. I’ll go look.
(Just tried to heal my chars headwound only to discover cotton balls don’t heal anymore. So yeah, i’m salty).
Edit:
Seems like a bug. (esp when 20 scrap metals have a weight of 0.22 already and a lump weighs 2.2 kg). I’ll go take a look at which PR made a boo boo.
Edit2:
Can;t find the PR. Only a direct commit. Well here is the issue: [Steel lumps recipe error, requires both chunks and scrap. Not either one of them. · Issue #17457 · CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA · GitHub](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/17457)
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### Author:  [@DooMJake](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DooMJake)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14871 "2016-07-01T18:57:44Z")
Thanks for confirming
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### Author:  [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14872 "2016-07-01T18:59:25Z")
> [@DooMJake](#):
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> Thanks for confirming
Thanks for reporting!
Edit: I do find it weird that the creation of steel lumps recipe was changed, and also silently the creation of lumps of of 2 rebars was just dropped. (It was broken before btw, you make 1 rebar out of 3 scrap, and 2 rebar was one lump (compared to 12 scrap before the the change)). But now rebar just has less usage overal. (And the creation of lumps of steel is now also harder, only possible with a forge, not a welder etc).
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### Author:  [@Codeslamer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Codeslamer)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14873 "2016-07-03T21:34:02Z")
Does anyone know if there is a way to take a part like a fuel filter off an engine to use it to mend another engine? Preferably without removing the engine from the vehicle?
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### Author:  [@Sundaysmile](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sundaysmile)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14874 "2016-07-03T22:04:49Z")
Hello Schizophrenics!
Save your Thorozine for when you’re driving.
I’ve found that my Schizo is also Narcoleptic, and the last thing you want to do is suddenly fall asleep behind the wheel of a moving vehicle…
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### Author:  [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14875 "2016-07-03T22:51:13Z")
> [@Codeslamer](#):
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> Does anyone know if there is a way to take a part like a fuel filter off an engine to use it to mend another engine? Preferably without removing the engine from the vehicle?
Think not yet, but I understood it is still a work of progress.
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14876 "2016-07-04T02:15:10Z")
Can royal jelly cure a parasite infection?
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### Author:  [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14877 "2016-07-04T03:12:44Z")
> [@Eric](#):
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> Can royal jelly cure a parasite infection?
It should. I think royal jelly cures everything except mutations (against mutations there is a better cure:
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14878 "2016-07-04T03:28:32Z")
> [@Soyweiser](#):
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> [quote=“Eric, post:14876, topic:42”]Can royal jelly cure a parasite infection?
It should. I think royal jelly cures everything except mutations (against mutations there is a better cure:
I’ve always imagined the feeling of taking a mutagenic purifier to have an extremely strong burning sensation throughout your body while the purifier removes your mutations.
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### Author:  [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14879 "2016-07-04T16:24:57Z")
makes sense. It hurts on a DNA level.
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### Author:  [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14880 "2016-07-04T16:38:24Z")
But pain is a perceptive experience. Mutations hurt because they trigger nerves.
What does mass-scal DNA conversion do?
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### Author:  [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/14881 "2016-07-04T17:38:50Z")
hurts the DNA, the sole purpose, on an evolutionary viewpoint, of our existence. Additionally I imagine you would feel really… weird when every single nerve in your body is being changed on a DNA level. plus all the mitosis and such that must be going on.
On that point (DNA in all your cells) I’d like to point out that we now know that your DNA is not the same throughout your body. The nerve cells in your brain for example can vary wildy from the rest of your body and even each other.
[What Are You?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQVmkDUkZT4)
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