# Use item seems really limited now

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/use-item-seems-really-limited-now/29823>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [October 10, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/use-item-seems-really-limited-now/29823 "2025-10-10T09:41:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Stupid\_front](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stupid_front/32/13291_2.png) [@Stupid\_front](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Stupid_front)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/use-item-seems-really-limited-now/29823/1 "2025-10-10T09:41:49Z")

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Used to be that pressing “a” will then show you items that could be activated in some way, in the latest version it seems that most items “Can’t be used like that” now. Why this change?

 ![image_2025-10-10_174110717](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/8/853af7e9db010b8eccb7f53f47d8ab0782889c10.png)

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**Author:** ![Stupid\_front](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stupid_front/32/13291_2.png) [@Stupid\_front](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Stupid_front)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/use-item-seems-really-limited-now/29823/2 "2025-10-12T13:52:25Z")

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Must have been fixed in the latest update, it ain’t a problem now.