# Turret woes
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/turret-woes/7712
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [October 30, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/turret-woes/7712 "2014-10-30T20:50:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Slax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Slax)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/turret-woes/7712/1 "2014-10-30T20:50:44Z")
Turrets not attacking zombies I kinda get but this is just silly.
Y u only hate me, turrets?
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### Author:  [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/turret-woes/7712/2 "2014-10-30T20:57:09Z")
Dude, animateriel turrets are scary. I’ve only seen one with Marloss Man Reborn, and I’ve seen 6 tank drones. But they make amazing allies.
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### Author:  [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/turret-woes/7712/3 "2014-10-30T23:14:33Z")
AI isn’t prepped for NPCs. (Remember, we default them to Off.) Thanks for reporting, though.
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### Author:  [@Mshock](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mshock)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/turret-woes/7712/4 "2014-10-31T21:39:39Z")
Does it mean that all attacks from monattack.cpp only target player?
Also, similar problem: monsters prefer to attack player if possible, possibly because player as a target condition is calculated first?
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### Author:  [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/turret-woes/7712/5 "2014-10-31T23:57:24Z")
[quote=“Mshock, post:4, topic:7712”]Does it mean that all attacks from monattack.cpp only target player?
Also, similar problem: monsters prefer to attack player if possible, possibly because player as a target condition is calculated first?[/quote]
Many of them, yeah. We’re working on converting variables over to target whatever their target is (instead of being hardcoded to the player) but it’s still got a fair ways to go.
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### Author:  [@Arek\_PL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arek_PL)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/turret-woes/7712/6 "2014-11-03T21:11:27Z")
now i know why npc is never paralyzed by shocker…