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The Gun Nuts

Some of the most beautiful thing about open-source, rouge-like games are that it brings out the geeks in all of us. In one game, it brought out the geography geek to express themselves into the game that turns a simple management game into something that teaches you a bit about geographical compounds and where they are formed. In the case of Cataclysm-DDA, and in this particular issue, we tapped into the gun nuts. Based on some comprehensive review, someone provided a case to convince the community to fix a simple typo mistake. I mean, it's a typo mistake on a simple ammo object, and this person went and dug up information only the hard-core gun enthusiast would care to pen down! I certainly enjoyed reading and learning more about the world of guns, ammo, politics, military, and a piece of history just so that I can understand the need to add the negative sign in front of a number. It was fantastic.

The fix

This was a simple case. The issuer even spelt out exactly what to do. I went to the offending file, and added the negative sign in front of the number to adjust the accuracy of the ammo. Fairly simple with no real confusion. Job done, lesson enjoyed.
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