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Author Topic: Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead  (Read 114812 times)

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Re: Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
« Reply #390 on: March 16, 2020, 08:50:07 pm »

You want a hand drill or a cordless drill. A hardware store is probably a good place to go looking for those.
You should also check out this site - it's incredibly useful.
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« Reply #391 on: March 16, 2020, 10:13:55 pm »

Also likely the first game I've ever played where a shopping cart feels like a superpower.
You should look into NEO Scavenger for a place where shopping carts are also a superpower :P
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Re: Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
« Reply #392 on: March 16, 2020, 10:24:35 pm »

Can you place constructions under vehicles?
I can't test it because I already walked back. Took a few hours.
Last I checked yea.  I remember filling in deep holes when they spawned and my tires were in it.
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Re: Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
« Reply #393 on: March 18, 2020, 02:12:25 am »

So, I just murdered a few animals, and I definitely can't eat it all, because it only have a shelf life of what, one or two days? So does not butchering the corpse preserve it for longer? Also, should I do this "field dress" butchery? Apparently it makes the corpse longer to rot, but I'm not sure if that will really do that.
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« Reply #394 on: March 18, 2020, 11:07:55 am »

Unrefrigerated meat just doesn't last long. You could smoke it. Leaving the corpse without dressing it makes it last even less time, but field dressing only usually buys you time to transport it to your butchery setup, it's not a means of meat preservation for the long term.
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Re: Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
« Reply #395 on: March 18, 2020, 11:27:20 am »

How do you do it though? I can't get an answer from the wiki.

Oh, and while you are at it, can you list all the ways to preserve food?
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Re: Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
« Reply #396 on: March 18, 2020, 12:14:30 pm »

 When you butcher something, a menu comes up, right? simple, full, dismember, dissect, etc, right? One of the options is field dressing.

 Preserving food... Canning, salting, smoking, freezing, vacuum packing... Any others? Turning it into a food that lasts seasons(jerky, pemmican) is an option
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« Reply #397 on: March 18, 2020, 12:16:38 pm »

I looked up a guide to field dressing.  oof tying intestines
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Re: Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
« Reply #398 on: March 18, 2020, 07:26:36 pm »

When you butcher something, a menu comes up, right? simple, full, dismember, dissect, etc, right? One of the options is field dressing.
Yes, I know that. I was asking about smoking meat.
Preserving food... Canning, salting, smoking, freezing, vacuum packing... Any others? Turning it into a food that lasts seasons(jerky, pemmican) is an option
Well, I was asking for specific instructions. Which one is most accessible early game?
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« Reply #399 on: March 18, 2020, 08:00:02 pm »

When you butcher something, a menu comes up, right? simple, full, dismember, dissect, etc, right? One of the options is field dressing.
Yes, I know that. I was asking about smoking meat.
Preserving food... Canning, salting, smoking, freezing, vacuum packing... Any others? Turning it into a food that lasts seasons(jerky, pemmican) is an option
Well, I was asking for specific instructions. Which one is most accessible early game?

I'd probably say salting.  Cooking 3 lets you turn meat chunks into Meat jerky with just a fire next to some salt water, so it is by far the easiest to set up I would say.

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« Reply #400 on: March 18, 2020, 08:20:31 pm »

When you butcher something, a menu comes up, right? simple, full, dismember, dissect, etc, right? One of the options is field dressing.
Yes, I know that. I was asking about smoking meat.
Preserving food... Canning, salting, smoking, freezing, vacuum packing... Any others? Turning it into a food that lasts seasons(jerky, pemmican) is an option
Well, I was asking for specific instructions. Which one is most accessible early game?

I'd probably say salting.  Cooking 3 lets you turn meat chunks into Meat jerky with just a fire next to some salt water, so it is by far the easiest to set up I would say.
You can find salt water tiles in swamp squares.
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Re: Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
« Reply #401 on: March 18, 2020, 11:36:38 pm »

 Otherwise, smokers. The portable ones are an option, if a bit of a pain. You can find the built ones in butcher shops and some derilict barns, the main problem is finding charcoal fer them.
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« Reply #402 on: March 20, 2020, 07:15:31 am »

I'm thinking about getting into this game again. Anyone have any suggestions where's a good guide? All the stuff I search is a little outdated.
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« Reply #403 on: March 20, 2020, 10:46:27 am »

I'm thinking about getting into this game again. Anyone have any suggestions where's a good guide? All the stuff I search is a little outdated.

Look up stuff as you find it. That's the second bit of advice I can give. The first is to learn the keys, as always with ascii games.
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Re: Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
« Reply #404 on: March 20, 2020, 07:12:11 pm »

I’d say Vormithrax’s videos (Cataclysm University and Cataclysm Quick Tips) are pretty helpful as well.
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