Build 42 : Plumbed Sink Producing Tainted Water (is this deliberate?)

[Captain Australia]

G'day - there was an update overnight and subsequently a previously plumbed sink produces only tainted water.

Just wanted to check if this is deliberate or a glitch - possibly mod related. I noticed that there's previous questions along the same lines back a year or two, but the answer seemed to be "no I think it's tainted on purpose"

(Which is weird because yesterday it produced potable water)

So yeah, sorry - just wanted to establish if I've got a glitch and should systematically suss out mods or if it's an on purpose change, couldnt see any info anywhere.

[barracuda]

I had this when 42.4.0 was released. Didn't understand at that time if it was bug or feature, because there wasn't anything related in the patch notes. Dissapointed to see no mention about that again.

It's such a well-established mechanic, if they wanteD to change it, at least they should mention it. The mechanic doesn't make real life sense, for sure, but it's the only point of plumbing.

[Captain Australia]

Well, a few days ago drinking from a sink was broken and a popular mod (Common Sense) was the culprit, so in fairness I think they're banging away at systems that sometimes get crossed wires with mods, and water is an area of focus - so I'd assume mods have messed me over BUT before you go schlepping around with files it's nice to compare notes :)

[Armagenesis]

So many people reported this issue while claiming they don't use mods. I'm not sure if they are lying or this issue has specific triggers.

I've been testing this myself, but haven't encountered the problem myself. I'm not sure if it has to be rain water specifically or what, but pouring tainted water into the barrels doesn't seem to cause the sinks to suddenly become tainted.

[Captain Australia]

Thanks mate - I'm sure it's a not-on-purpose thing then, thanks.

If anybody else finds the problem and is playing a modded game, rather than find and remove the culprit there is a "plumbing expanded" mod that solves the problem. And to side-mention it's also significantly cooler than the existing vanilla plumbing, in that when you plumb a sink it has a visual pipe running up and down, and allows you to connect multiple floors and a few other bits and bobs. Worth a look.

[TheManiac]

Hi, just tried it with a totally unmodded Run (Fresh install, no mods subscribed to) - Plumbed Waterbarrels indeed give Tainted Water now. I think this is intentional

[IronSides]

they are flip flopping they keep changing it im not sure even they know which way they are gonna go with it......

but for realism it should be tainted....

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by IronSides:

they are flip flopping they keep changing it im not sure even they know which way they are gonna go with it......

but for realism it should be tainted....

It is heads or tails between each update. They flip the coin and whichever lands they go with that decision;)

[Death]

Originally posted by IronSides:

they are flip flopping they keep changing it im not sure even they know which way they are gonna go with it......

but for realism it should be tainted....

That isn't entirely true. The first time it was fixed by accident, but they quickly reverted it. However, there are plans to actually fix it once there are ways for us to filter water.

[MV75]

Remember a lot of the world survives just fine on untreated rain water tank water that is plumbed to houses. Realism it would not be tainted.

[wagenricht]

Originally posted by MV75:

Remember a lot of the world survives just fine on untreated rain water tank water that is plumbed to houses. Realism it would not be tainted.

I would even argue that rain water is more healthy than water from sewage treatment plants (don't know if thats the correct english term, i mean the silo/plant where people in bigger cities get their drinking water from).