# Windows and metal pipes?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [June 11, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722 "2013-06-11T11:14:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![ic0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ic0/32/100_2.png) [@ic0](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ic0)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722/1 "2013-06-11T11:14:57Z")

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Hi, new here ! [size=8pt](excuse any silly questions)[/size]

Anyhow after loading world for the first time,  
I decide i need to smash in the lockers and grab me a MetalPole  
Awesome i think?

I see there are houses near me and decide to sneak up as i see Zombies in the area.  
I manage to sneak to a window and try smash through it, to my dismay 40+ bashes and the window refuses to break?  
Whats going on here?

Surely the MetalPole should have broken the window?

Cheers!

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**Author:** ![woflsipder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/woflsipder/32/90_2.png) [@woflsipder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/woflsipder)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722/2 "2013-06-11T11:37:25Z")

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Are you wielding the pipe? Are you smashing the window by prssing s and the direction of the window?

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**Author:** ![Alistaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@Alistaire](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Alistaire)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722/3 "2013-06-11T11:46:14Z")

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Ehr… 0 Strength?

You should be able to (s)mash windows with fists.

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**Author:** ![ic0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ic0/32/100_2.png) [@ic0](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ic0)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722/4 "2013-06-11T12:49:36Z")

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Aye i was using S+direction to smash…

Can some status effect reduce me to 0 STR ? (doubt this is it as i had just loaded the world)

Actually still having this issue…  
Random doors and windows wont break, Hotel doors and house windows so far

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**Author:** ![whw4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/whw4/32/24_2.png) [@whw4](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/whw4)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722/5 "2013-06-11T14:15:54Z")

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What about the first part of his question?

Are you 'w’ielding the pipe?

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**Author:** ![ic0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ic0/32/100_2.png) [@ic0](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ic0)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722/6 "2013-06-11T14:26:50Z")

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Indeed wielding the pipe also tried using a WoodAxe

First Char Down!  
(kill count 87)

Guess we shall see on a fresh char if problem persists

Cheers!

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**Author:** ![woflsipder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/woflsipder/32/90_2.png) [@woflsipder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/woflsipder)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722/7 "2013-06-11T14:38:07Z")

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1. See if you are wielding any weapon , fists are perfectly fine to bring down windows in 1 hit.

2. Find a house that has windows , press x to examine the window and see if it is no reinforced glass.

3. If the window is reinforced glass , turn around and find a jackhammer , because fists won’t do the thing. If the glass turns out to be regular window , proceed to come near it. preferably 1 tile away from it.

4. press the key “s” and then press the direction of the window (if it is diagonal , dont be affraid to use numpad or the nomber keys 1,3,7,9(each representing the direction wich they would be on a numpad)).

5. If feeling perfectly safe and you have the time , press “\*” and then press “g” and the direction of the window , to clean it and remove any possibility of cutting yourself on the sharp edges. If there is no time for extra safety procedures , proceed to press the key that represents the direction of the window.

6. Loot all you can see.

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**Author:** ![whw4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/whw4/32/24_2.png) [@whw4](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/whw4)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722/8 "2013-06-11T14:52:25Z")

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Based on what he has told us thus far, I doubt he needs such agonizingly detailed instructions.

Not to mention it seems pretty condescending.

Sounds like a bug to me.

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**Author:** ![SpaniardSlayer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/spaniardslayer/32/94_2.png) [@SpaniardSlayer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SpaniardSlayer)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722/9 "2013-06-11T16:14:23Z")

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Why? When I was learning to play, I would have loved to have someone give me instructions like this.

Anyways, like above, check that the glass isn’t reinforced. Also, have you tried to (t)hrow the pipe or a rock through the glass?

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**Author:** ![ic0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ic0/32/100_2.png) [@ic0](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ic0)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722/10 "2013-06-11T16:49:17Z")

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Thanks Woflspider  
Had not thought about reinforced glass…  
(But these where “ordinary” Houses)

whw4  
aye a bug is what i first thought, apparently not though.  
(Searched for such no forum mention)

Indeed SpaniardSlayer, I resorted to carrying a few rocks with me for some old fashioned smash n grab  
Thanks for the tip though.

Not got round to another run just yet, kids home Tea etc

I am considering Streaming a n00bs LP of sorts, Not sure how entertaining this would be…

I shall make a forum post later this evening if im going to.

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**Author:** ![Nopkar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@Nopkar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nopkar)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-and-metal-pipes/1722/11 "2013-06-14T04:38:47Z")

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I would venture a bug. Tested with latest nightly build and pipes smash windows in a single hit. 2 hit for a fist (weak character) and in general only a few whacks on a door before it starts to splinter.

still having the problem?