# Which game version actually works properly at the moment?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-game-version-actually-works-properly-at-the-moment/4525>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [December 16, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-game-version-actually-works-properly-at-the-moment/4525 "2013-12-16T16:10:28Z")\
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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:** [December 16, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-game-version-actually-works-properly-at-the-moment/4525/1 "2013-12-16T16:10:28Z")

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I want to upgrade my old game install to a version with tilesets but it seems the latest “stable” version has bugs and I don’t know which experimental I can trust.

Any advice?

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**Author:** ![ChristopherWalken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@ChristopherWalken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ChristopherWalken)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-game-version-actually-works-properly-at-the-moment/4525/2 "2013-12-16T16:22:42Z")

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If you don’t plan to use meelee weapons with knockback the latest one should be fine?

If it runs, of course. It doesn’t run at all for some people.

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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:** [December 16, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-game-version-actually-works-properly-at-the-moment/4525/3 "2013-12-16T16:29:51Z")

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Which melee weapons DO have knockback? I generally use a zweihander. Might use a katana if I find one.

But I do also club skeletons to death with my gun butt.

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**Author:** ![ChristopherWalken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@ChristopherWalken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ChristopherWalken)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-game-version-actually-works-properly-at-the-moment/4525/4 "2013-12-16T16:31:18Z")

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> zweihander

Exactly.  
Can’t use that if you don’t want the game to nag you to death.

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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:** [December 16, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-game-version-actually-works-properly-at-the-moment/4525/5 "2013-12-16T16:47:54Z")

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Balls. I’m not playing without that weapon.

So… any idea when the next experimental is out?

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**Author:** ![ChristopherWalken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@ChristopherWalken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ChristopherWalken)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-game-version-actually-works-properly-at-the-moment/4525/6 "2013-12-16T16:50:34Z")

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[quote=“DG123, post:5, topic:4525”]Balls. I’m not playing without that weapon.

So… any idea when the next experimental is out?[/quote]  
A man after my own heart!  
And experimentals are out all the time.  
You can check it here (Windows graphical)  
[http://ci.narc.ro/view/Cataclysm-DDA/job/Cataclysm-Matrix/Graphics=Tiles,Platform=Windows/changes](http://ci.narc.ro/view/Cataclysm-DDA/job/Cataclysm-Matrix/Graphics=Tiles,Platform=Windows/changes)

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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:** [December 16, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-game-version-actually-works-properly-at-the-moment/4525/7 "2013-12-16T17:00:59Z")

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Ah! Thanks. I was wondering where to find a change log all in one place.

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-game-version-actually-works-properly-at-the-moment/4525/8 "2013-12-18T17:07:42Z")

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Experimental seem to come out multiple times a day. I just keep 3 or 4 spare older versions in their own folder so I know I always have something that works, but generally they have been pretty solid for me. Never even touch the stable releases.

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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:** [December 18, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/which-game-version-actually-works-properly-at-the-moment/4525/9 "2013-12-18T17:39:24Z")

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Any idea if the “knockback” bug actually messes up the game at all, or whether I just need to hit spacebar and ignore the error message it gives?

The latest experimental is probably OK if not for that.

EDIT: Scratch that, question answered in another thread. Seems you can basically ignore it.