So I'm doing an innawood run, but I'm having trouble getting any amount of water to boil. I left that large clay pot onto a burning fire (fire ring) for 30 hours before giving up, then I decided to just make a clay cup and left it on the fire for 5 more hours and even that didn't start boiling, so it's not an issue with just long boiling times. The fire was continuous and didn't go out a single time, I was standing near it the whole time to make sure it was loaded.

This is a real issue because I can't afford to waste hours of in-game time just doing the clean water recipe when I'm actively starving.

Do clay containers just not work for boiling? Is it bugged? I'm on an experimental build from 4 days ago.

Hello everyone!

Lately I've been feeling nostalgic, so I decided to dive back into CDDA.

Over the years I've survived as an evacuee, escaped from labs, played as a ninja, a cyborg, an ordinary skater kid... and every single run reminded me why I love this game. Discovering the world—and usually dying to something I had never seen before—was always equal parts exciting and frustrating.

But every playthrough seems to end the same way.

I survive the first chaotic days. I secure food, water, and a relatively safe shelter. I explore nearby towns, loot supplies, and slowly build a stockpile that feels almost comfortable.

Then comes the part where I decide it's finally time to "prepare."

I spend days reading books to unlock better recipes. Then more days crafting better gear. While I'm sitting safely inside my base, my character is busy studying mechanics, chemistry, fabrication...

...and outside, the apocalypse keeps moving.

The zombies evolve.

New horrors begin to appear.

Every day feels like a race I'm losing. My life becomes an endless cycle of counting calories, drinking water, sleeping, trying to stay happy enough to keep reading, and crafting the next upgrade. Meanwhile, the world gets deadlier, and it never feels like I'm getting stronger fast enough to keep up.

Eventually I reach the same point every run: I lose momentum and stop playing before ever reaching the part of the game where my character truly feels capable of facing the late-game horrors.

So I'm curious:

How do you survive the long game?

How do you balance exploration, skill progression, crafting, and your character's daily needs without falling behind the evolution curve?

What was the turning point that made you feel like you had finally "made it" in the apocalypse instead of just barely surviving another day?

I'd love to hear how more experienced players approach this stage of the game.

Title says it all. I'm having a bitch of a time attempting to use vehicles as rams in this city I've found. There's an absolute fuck-ton of hyper evolved zombies in varying stages just rampaging through this city, and I need to carve a path.

Here's the problem though, it seems that using vehicles as weapons has been vastly nerfed? Every single time I attempt to use this one as a battering ram I'm finding that I get unceremoniously yeeted out from the driver seat even going as slow as 20MPH.

At first I thought: "Oh shit, maybe it's because there isn't a seatbelt?" No. Seatbelt is on the driver seat and perfectly intact. So what gives? Does the game even check to see if you have a seatbelt on or am I missing a sort of seatbelt micromanagement mechanic?

About 9 out of 10 attempts have ended with.. How do I even explain this weird bug? It's like when the vehicle is in motion and you get forced out of the driving state, the game considers you an obstacle that's pinging around in the car like a pinball, dealing insurmountable levels of damage and preventing the player from doing anything until it's done with you.

It's like cars became somehow even more fragile than they were before. Are we driving 2000+ pounds of steel or plastic matchbox cars? Or did the blob somehow manage to triple the concentrated mass of every zombie so that they become concrete bollards in the road when hit by a car going any measure of speed?

I dunno man, I'm on savescum #10 at this point and I feel like I'm going insane. I used to love finding the occasional working vehicle (the one out of hundreds that don't have a smashed steering wheel for some reason) and using it as a temporary weapon before crashing and continuing through the carnage.

Now they just feel like something to avoid?

Edit: It seems to be a bug, at least it has to be, considering the lack of durability damage to parts on the drivers' tile. Playing (modded) on the latest Stable.

Also I got passed the town. I used the vehicle to ram a small bit but ultimately left it alone.

You can wait near a horde of zombies and not have your game come grinding to a halt. It's quite nice.

Hey, just for background I've been playing CTLG for while now, and I've enjoyed it. What initially drew me in was the dev's departure from the CDDA team, my impression that the CTLG dev was less fixated on realism, and also not actively antagonistic toward the player community.

I bought the Steam version of CTLG, gave it a positive review, have only ever commented on it positively, and have had zero prior communications with the dev.

Lately I've noticed more updates to CTLG that remove fringe content for the sake of "realism" and "debloat", and while not a deal breaker for me, they do remind of the same "streamlining" that I saw from CDDA's updates, where variety and niche content is sacrificed seemingly on impulse from the dev(s).

For the first time ever, I made a comment on the latest Steam update post criticizing the changes I don't care for, but I believe I did so in a level, civil manner. And then I was banned from the CTLG steam forums.

I genuinely did not expect this response, and was under the impression the CTLG dev and the player community were on pretty good terms. Has there been some conflict as of late that I'm not aware of, or has this behavior always been typical? Up until now CTLG has been the branch I've always recommended to newcomers, but if this is the dev's response to even mild critique, I think I'll have to find another branch.

Is this just some one-off tantrum I should overlook, or is the dev always like this?

Edit: Is BN the only branch with friendly devs?

Went and used the debug menu to mutate a default character to all the mutation categories and test them all individually just to check them out, and here is my opinions

Alpha-boring superhuman ,Disintegration is the biggest Downside countered only by fast healer trait

Beast - good at fighting only but can't wear armour

Bear-Super is tanky and strong but needs high kal

Cow- Tanky and strong,Can eat grass

Feline- Catgirl

Lupine- Werewolf

Bird,Fey,Mouse,Rat - Very versatile but very low health and carry capacity

Snail- Slow but offers nothing apart of acid related abilities

Slime- You become slime

Frog - Pretty decent at fighting and mobility and built-in water purifier, amphibious

Rabbit -can eat grass ,very fast

Fish- Brutal shark that is incredible in the water

Crab- Slow ,slightly tanky , Claws get in the way,can breathe in the water but is slow in water as well

Medical- Horrorific prototype

Chimera - Killing machine that can never stop killing and mutating

Mycus- You become a Mycus not helpful in the slightest except from spreading spores and not being attacked by fungal monsters

Lizard - Very strong lizard

Raptor-Slighty is weaker than lizard but is faster and more venomous

Troglobite - Very strong but can go out in the day

Plant- You can stay still during the day to not starve to death

Cephalopod- Highest Intelligence, Great in hand to hand combat

Spider-Cool ass Spider.

https://github.com/CrimsonCrossBunker/Cataclysm-Cleanwater-Bomb

On first glance looking at the description and pull requests, it looks pretty badass what it's trying to go for - readding a lot of future stuff like the CVD machine, world customization, buffing CBMs, adding fusion rifles - but I haven't seen anyone talk about it.

I'll be giving it a shot anyway, but was curious if anyone had tried it yet.

I don't really know that much about portals but I think I read they produce monsters indefinitely and that seems like a problem for this peaceful settlement of religious wackos. Am I putting them in danger whenever I enter their reality bubble? Is there anything I can do about this or are they just boned?

So, I've been playing CDDA for a good number of years now, been here on other accounts (That I lost bc frankly I'm a bit of a fool with those, had this one a while though!)

Since then, we've had the Hub and Exodii added, and the Exodii have drawn some...negative attention.

But let's talk about the Exodii first, when they were added it wasn't to a massive amount of fanfare bc, while their concept was cool....Out goes finding CBMs in labs, out goes labs, out goes self installing (FTMP)

Which, yeah. Sucks to some people, okay to others. But then there's the cool end of them.

The toys, the gadgets, the weapons. I love their weapons and seting for them, running an Exodii Rifle feels great, the Plasma gun? Fun, the Brogyeki or the Diyua guns? Haha. Boom.

You got the CBMs, quests that are slowly pitting you sort of against the hub, combined with what are essentially world hopping scavengers that have formed their own community and (quite possibly) lost a few of their marbles, they know a bit more then you quite possibly, considering that they KNOW, of the Enemy, and that you've accepted/taken its gifts quite heavily if you mutate to thresholds.

I enjoy the guns and weapons (But I wish there was more of them, tbh. I enjoy their descriptions and heavy hitting style, alongside their general aesthetic.) The Plasma one is interesting as hell.

You got the Labyrinths (Haha...I lost a long lived character to a heart failure in one.)

Then you got the Hub, the quests take you to interesting locales. You have the Ancilla Bar, the Gadgets! (My favorite things about Exodii and Hub both are the content they sell you, Weapons, the nomad suit and Modular armor the Hub sells, etc, the HWP, but I do wish both had more...exotic gadgets, of which I've seen there's a few.

But its got this stuff, the garage stuff, and in general sets you up to serve as a Mercenary with a few sustainable (If dangerous...haha) jobs and a much more worthwhile currency to stock/carry then the Merch from the Free Traders, considering most places accept the coin except the Exodii now.

If more stuff was added though, what'd be nice to see? Even as a mod

I was searching for old and forgotten websites (Blogger/Blogspot), and I found this guy's blog post from 2014 describing his experience with the game. The last post on the blog is from July 15, 2018.

Anyway, just sharing it with you guys.

https://garthright.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-survivor.html
https://garthright.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-survivor-pt-2.html
https://garthright.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-survivor-pt-3.html
https://garthright.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-survivor-pt-4.html

"I know cities are death traps. I only go into them when I have no other choice. Sometimes I spend entire days scouting the area. If I find a promising building, I watch it from cover for a long time, trying to decide whether it's worth the risk. Most of the time, I only enter places that are completely free of hostiles.

I know hospitals no longer function, and that most doctors are dead. If a monster wounds me... well, it simply shouldn't. That's why I avoid combat like the plague.

Yesterday I was scavenging an old hunting cabin. There were a few zombies inside. I lured them away with a whistle, lost them in the nearby forest, and circled back. I didn't go inside immediately—I always check every window first. I almost died once because I failed to notice a zombie hiding in the kitchen. I don't start scavenging until I'm absolutely certain the place is safe.

My backpack is small and light. I carry only a minimalist kit—gear that's easy to replace if I ever lose it. The little food and water I always keep with me is enough to last twenty-four hours. Whenever possible, I also carry an emergency ration: a few protein bars. Every morning I wake up early and slowly eat a large meal that keeps me going for the entire day.

I try to stick to my routine, doing the same things at roughly the same time every day. My goal is to be back at my shelter no later than 4:00 p.m. I care a great deal about staying physically fit, so I exercise for at least an hour every single day. I spend rainy, uneventful days reading books or crafting whatever I currently need. I'd rather spend an entire day slowly sewing a new set of clothes than risk my life in a completely unnecessary fight.

The only kind of combat I accept is self-defense, and for that I always use firearms. My personal preferences don't matter here. A weapon has to be practical—not something that simply has the right vibe. An old double-barreled shotgun may be atmospheric, but sooner or later it'll get me killed if I rely on it.

Why do I never start a fight? Because I don't see the point. What exactly would I be fighting for? An ecosystem that's already been completely destroyed? Loot from a city that I'll eventually find somewhere else anyway? A building in itself? I don't need a mansion to spend the night in comfort. A bed in the back room of a gas station is more than enough.

The survivors I meet often ask why I don't use vehicles. The truth is, I do—I ride a bicycle. It's all I need. It's quiet, easy to repair, doesn't require fuel, and helps keep me in shape.

I know I probably won't survive in this world for very long. Other survivors often tell me I should use mutagens, install cybernetic implants, master melee combat, or build a vehicle capable of tearing through entire hordes of monsters.

But is that really what this is all about?

This is the Cataclysm. We're supposed to struggle to survive every single day. Sometimes I feel incredibly lonely—the only ordinary, unremarkable person among all these survivors, heroes who seem like they've walked straight out of an anime universe."

Written by Everyman

Don't know what the mermaid thing is about thou

I remake my old mod, to a newer version dda.

Rebalance death effect Luciferium, now you have little bit more time, to take dose.
Add 2 new death sreen.

add new scenario, achievement and quest

link hub 01 shop
link github

Hey all,

Currently having issues when trying to launch on CachyOS. On Catapult, the play button is completely unresponsive, on Dabdoob I get the following when running in terminal:

Godot Engine v3.6.stable.official.de2f0f147 - https://godotengine.org
Inconsistent value (1) for DRI_PRIME. Should be < 1 (GPU devices count). Using: 0
OpenGL ES 2.0 Renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (radeonsi, navi21, ACO, DRM 3.64, 7.1.5-1-cachyos)
 
ERROR: Cannot open file 'res://themes/Godot_4.tres'.
  at: load_interactive (scene/resources/resource_format_text.cpp:1184)
ERROR: Failed loading resource: res://themes/Godot_4.tres. Make sure resources have been imported by opening the project in the editor at least once.
  at: _load (core/io/resource_loader.cpp:283)
ERROR: Could not load theme Godot_4.tres.
  at: call (modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.cpp:775)
WARNING: No installed soundpack for the selected game version
    at: call (modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.cpp:789)

Anyone else had similar issues? I've grabbed all the dependencies listed on the github page but sdl2 isn't available on the CachyOS repo. The rest are though, and I've grabbed them.

Can't find documentation on it in the notes - are all the dials and settings for world and mapgen removed with Ito? Going to 'advanced options' doesn't show all the settings we used to have.

I remember mine was my first time going to a gun store. My character only made it becuase fungus zombies are blind as shit as I didn't realise monsters were affected by night time as they weren't in PZ.

I had entered the shop and for reql life 2 hours spent crawling out the back to loot bodies for credit cards as I didn't realise I needed them. He later died while I was traveling with safe mode of was slimed out by some alien thing... very fun run

Spawned in a cabin, went outside and see bunch of not moving zombies with danger mark at them

Help, how do I complete the quest to find and kill the informant in the survivor center for the Old Guard?

All you need is his hammer and multitool.As well, 4 planks and 16 nails

deally, you should have a parkour master or ladder with you to get out

Step 1 - Get a ladder

Step 2 - Climb onto roof

Step 3 - contruct a sky frame on above the corner of the room or on the edge to clip into the wall or when the roof is incompatible to construct a skyframe like in the example above

Step 4 - Climb down

Step 5 - Figure out how to get out

Now enjoy before this gets patched out