A Tutorial on crafting/building PLEASE!!!

[Boobie Pillow]

I have had PZ since its release but I have only played 14hrs. I think the main thing stopping me from playing is that there is so much to do I really don't knwo where to start (in terms of crafting and building) if someone could help me out by linking me to a post about it (which I couldnt find) or a video etc that would be very helpful :)

P.s I know the developers more than likely know this but I reckon a more in depth tutorial would be great

[Witcher1979]

I use this mod:

http://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php/topic/9267-craft-helper-12/

[Robert Johnson]

Check the in game tutorial by pressing F1, there's some info on it ;)

The thing is some people love discover thing by their own, if you're not one of them (i'm not really one of them, eh :D), check the wiki ;)

Basically, craft food require a "base" like a water pot for soup, a pot for stew, do a pie dough for.. pie... bread slices for sandwich, etc, etc.. Check this usefull frenglish post : http://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php/topic/7417-the-new-cooking-system/ :p

And building require a hammer, then you right click on the ground and you'll see the "crafting" menu with everything you need :)

[Boobie Pillow]

Thanks guys massive help (Y) I just installed that mod so I'll give it a go! reading through the forum post as we speak now Robert

[TentacleMayor]

There should either be a list of recipes/designs in a sort of encyclopedia format ingame, or right-clicking a craft ingredient should let you see what recipes it is used in. I find the current system rather confusing. For example, you get a nice list of doors, fences etc. you can build along with the components you need for them, but on the other hand you don't even get to see the option to barricade a door until you already have everything you need. Discovery is fine, but trying to figure out what things the developers included or didn't include into the game, while you are running out of time, can be irritating.

[Robert Johnson]

Tbh, I'm even not really for showing players the list of possible craft in the building menu :)
It's like irl, you have to think "ok, i need to survive, what should i do..." and if it's not in the game, make a suggestion and we may add it :)

You can use craft helper or the wiki to see possible craft, but maybe after NPC we could add NPC teaching you craft or book to learn some, etc...

[Boobie Pillow]

Yeah I like robert's idea of the NPC teaching you different recipes and stuff. I reckon to help remember them you should be able to access any recipes you have used before (on the current character) with the a notepad, that would be handy. And even then you could find recipes in different places on notepads etc (like at building sites you could find recipes for fences etc etc :)

I think experimenting with different things is cool and the fun of the game but I think having it in my inventory is what annoys me (whilst trying to see what goes together). Maybe Workbenches could be crafted with shelves etc? then you could just simply drag and drop onto the work bench from the shelves to see what can work?

Right now I'm having fun making soup XD