# Where did I go wrong?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-did-i-go-wrong/2358
**Category:** The Lab
**Created:** [July 22, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-did-i-go-wrong/2358 "2013-07-22T21:16:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Mr\_Epic\_Cheese\_Man](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mr_Epic_Cheese_Man)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-did-i-go-wrong/2358/1 "2013-07-22T21:16:40Z")
I tried making a new weapon and it moaned at me when I opened up the game and it didn’t work, where did I go wrong?
` {
"id": "beam",
"symbol": "|",
"color": "red",
"name": "Beam Sword",
"description": "An advanced melee weapon which uses focusing crystals along with lasers to create an extremely heated beam.",
"rarity": 1,
"price": 95,
"material": "paper",
"weight": 6,
"volume": 3,
"bashing": 0,
"cutting": 100,
"to_hit": +10`
VAT HAFE EYE DUNN?
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### Author:  [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-did-i-go-wrong/2358/2 "2013-07-22T21:21:08Z")
Do you have the closing ‘}’ with a comma after it (unless it’s the very last thing in the file, in which case there shouldn’t be a comma).
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Epic\_Cheese\_Man](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mr_Epic_Cheese_Man)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-did-i-go-wrong/2358/3 "2013-07-22T21:23:33Z")
Just noticed that and added it, it works! I’ve also just realized it’s made of paper. Why have I put that.
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Epic\_Cheese\_Man](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mr_Epic_Cheese_Man)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-did-i-go-wrong/2358/4 "2013-07-22T21:30:00Z")
And now it’s not working again, what the hell have I done?
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### Author:  [@The\_Darkling\_Wolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Darkling_Wolf)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-did-i-go-wrong/2358/5 "2013-07-22T21:43:20Z")
What material did you change it to? And what error is it giving.
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Epic\_Cheese\_Man](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mr_Epic_Cheese_Man)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-did-i-go-wrong/2358/6 "2013-07-22T21:47:49Z")
It’s working now, and I’ve changed it to iron. There’s some pre map load messages, but it works anyway.
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Epic\_Cheese\_Man](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mr_Epic_Cheese_Man)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-did-i-go-wrong/2358/7 "2013-07-22T21:50:08Z")
Does anyone know how to make the projectiles explode? I’m making a ranged weapon that shoots boom.
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### Author:  [@vultures](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vultures)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-did-i-go-wrong/2358/8 "2013-07-22T22:12:50Z")
`{ "type" : "AMMO",
"id" : "40mm_concussive",
"rarity" : 10,
"price" : 400,
"name" : "40mm concussive",
"symbol" : "=",
"color" : "light_red",
"description" : "A 40mm grenade with a concussive explosion.",
"material" : "steel",
"volume" : 1,
"weight" : 200,
"bashing" : 1,
"cutting" : 0,
"to_hit" : 0,
"ammo_type" : "40mm",
"damage" : 5,
"pierce" : 0,
"range" : 40,
"dispersion" : 2,
"recoil" : 15,
"count" : 4,
"effects" : ["EXPLOSIVE"]
},`
Note it’s all that steel that it’s all about, it has damage, range and count, but most importantly, dispersion and a little thing called EXPLOSIVE!