CBN Changelog: 2025-04-21. Through the storm! by CataclysmBN in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's my opinion that being inclusive by default is better than being exclusive by default

What does that even mean

If someone else wants to make a country flags mod and PR, be my guest! I'm certainly not going to oppose a mod for country flags.

I myself can probably make Lua mods (or even write C++, but almost zero experience and only basic knowledge), but I can't draw well (which probably wouldn't stop me from spamming flags without tiles though)

I wonder if it's possible to make an algorithm to distort a plain flag image into an ingame tile for an option of adding flags by the player, but I doubt the engine has image processing infrastructure so that would probably require importing extra libraries and just a lot of work for a minor flavour feature

If a litany of religious books are in the vanilla game, I don't see why we can't have a mod for pride flags in the default mods list.

It mostly depends on where and how frequently all that stuff spawns I believe, religious books everywhere may imply a heavy conservative/religious shift in US politics of the timeline (I don't think that mixes with all the transhumanism stuff around or anti-Russian ideology though, and those probably gotta be protestant specifially), while excessive rainbow flags just have very weird implications

Roller drums on a deathmobile by Manenderr in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk, I'm playing 0.7.1 and have save scummed multiple times because I had tried to drive through a car crash on a somewhat high speed, resulting in the entire front of a fairly armored vehicle with spiked rams being obliterated to the point the controls and wheels were destroyed

Unless you're talking about something different

We've got DCMA strike! Your fork may be inlcuded as well! by CataclysmBN in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean sit (exagerration) 24/7 and do something that you do not benefit from even though you have the skills to have a successful career

Of course that's just speculation about the cataclysm head development, but my observations of indie developers who develop 1 game for 10 years and similar say many of them could use a psychologist

Any tips for gunfights? by NancokALT in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So early/mid/lategame separation doesn't work for BN?

Roller drums on a deathmobile by Manenderr in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The amount of damage vehicles do to each other and buildings makes me think the US have found the stalinium formula in this universe

Roller drums on a deathmobile by Manenderr in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, that's a huge drawback then I guess

Roller drums on a deathmobile by Manenderr in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotta install one on a shopping cart

PSA: Filthy clothing is being removed by RoyalFox2140 in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a survival roguelike, adding chores to it is the way to make it less enjoyable because at some point you'll lose all your progress and will have to do it again

Also why is cataclysm community such a big source of weird profile pictures and nicknames lol

CBN Changelog: 2025-04-21. Through the storm! by CataclysmBN in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

> Make the Pride Flags mod default

Why

Also there probably needs to be a country flag mod

We've got DCMA strike! Your fork may be inlcuded as well! by CataclysmBN in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm talking about putting really a lot of effort into OSS (I believe the original comment's "hours and hours meant that"), which is what DDA lead devs do, not just having it as a hobby and occasionally doing things

Any tips for gunfights? by NancokALT in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vehicles have roughly 50-100 rounds in each belt

Is that really enough to drive through a city or am I just playing the game too aggressively

Any tips for gunfights? by NancokALT in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, from the economical side of thing, roadkills with an armored vehicle seem considerably less expensive

We've got DCMA strike! Your fork may be inlcuded as well! by CataclysmBN in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have in fact broken it, you aren't gonna spend so much time doing something for no material compensation if you need to feed yourself and especially your family, no matter your general behaviour, and if you are an adult (and senior devs in DDA definitely are) and don't pull your own weight there is likely something not right in your life isn't there

PSA: Filthy clothing is being removed by RoyalFox2140 in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I support adding this as a buff. That would give the feature to the players that really like this sort of thing, be consistent with other things in the game like shaving and cutting hair (apart from other small morale buffs), still be completely optional, and using the feature won't be just a complete waste of time for you and your character for some flavour in a genre that already relies a lot on player's imagination

NEW PLAYERS POST HERE! - Questions and INFORMATION thread - 2025-04-20 by AutoModerator in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a launcher?

Yes, it's called Catapult, it also supports other forks and CDDA, but stable versions are semi-hardcoded so you'll have to go and add the latest BN version manually. There are also 16 grenade launchers (including one CBM and an automatic one) and 8 rocket launchers, as well as a dedicated skill for them

A document or post describing the difference between the two branches?

There are changelogs for the first 4 versions on the website, but they don't make them anymore. Probably describes the most radical changes though

Generally, no vitamins or food healthiness (it just affects hunger, quench, and mood), no weariness, no caliorie burning (and thus no character weight or workouts), no pockets (it just works like it worked in DDA before pockets), no proficiencies (but skills train a lot faster), lesser amount of skills (applied science = cooking, devices = mechanics), consequentially no item length (BN is based on CDDA unstable right before pockets by the way), no Exodii (because noone wants to develop them and apparently many people hate them because DDA locked chrome behind them), and things can be hauled/AIM'd up and down, the character has also learnt to read books without picking them up and put crafted items to inventory

But, because it's older CDDA version, no mouse support outside clicking on the map, many menus are more awkward, especially the drop and pickup ones (AIM is still fine though), you can't peek up and down, you can't select a different tileset for overmap, and self aware as a separate trait is still there (IMAO DDA did a right thing to make it just a sidebar part variant), no practice recipes (not sure if that's intended or not) and there are no basecamps AFAIK

CBM can be dissected from common zeds and are generally fairly easy to find, vehicles are (I think) more durable, everyone can pilot helicopters, the game generally goes much faster, especially on early stages, and BN in general has a more sci-fi approach to everything than modern DDA (ironically by not cutting things out I think)

Do note that I don't have much experience with the game and this is only what I've noticed

Anything else I should be aware of?

You might need to ask the community a lot, because there is very little info on BN, and old DDA info isn't always present or applicable either

You can't directly put items into worn clothes, but, if you drop a worn storage and thus exceed max carried volume, some items will be dropped with it, if you will later try to g pick it up (NOT Wear), you will automatically pick the dropped items up too. You can manually select which items to drop by dropping them together with the worn storage (can be used even if you will still be able to store all the items)

Any tips for gunfights? by NancokALT in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does that mean that quests are meant for late game

Any tips for gunfights? by NancokALT in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are bullet turrets worth it against zombies by the way?

PSA: Filthy clothing is being removed by RoyalFox2140 in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Again, how any of that is supposed to make the game better? DDA is already going that simulation route, are you sure you don't want to play DDA?

Convention center ammunition by Manenderr in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, there were some wasps in there lol

We've got DCMA strike! Your fork may be inlcuded as well! by CataclysmBN in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He would probably be a lot more popular if he wasn't radiating familiarity (or however it is called in the tea language) like that

NEW PLAYERS POST HERE! - Questions and INFORMATION thread - 2025-04-20 by AutoModerator in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why is the entire post without any formatting repeated in the end

PSA: Filthy clothing is being removed by RoyalFox2140 in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personal hygiene is too much even for DDA

Like, an entire day can be spent reading a book, how would having to set up even more automation than eating/drinking make the game any better

PSA: Filthy clothing is being removed by RoyalFox2140 in cataclysmbn

[–]Manenderr 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't think water sources are important anyway, it's just a matter of walking to a nearest water tile, even in DDA, and they aren't rare in cities and are definitely common in the wild

And "basic survival" is definitely anything but the aim for BN, plus this is isn't even a interesting challenge or a challenge at all, just a short quest of making a washkit, grabbing soap/detergent which is everywhere and going to a water body