Color Coded Gas Cans

[Torkkar]

so with the new update coming out we're getting liquid mixing I'd like to put forth the Multicolor Gas cans from my home country Canada witch were made as early as 1975 for home mechanics to code their fluid exchanged. the most common Code was:

Red = Gasoline, Pink = Farm Diesel, Yellow = Diesel, Blue = Washer Fluid, Green = Trans Fluid

I'd like to see more colors of Gas Cans so we can set up our own codes, I'm not saying add the above fluids just some more gas can colors so we can look at a glance & see what we've bottled on the shelf in the grage.

[Drizzt]

also allows people to put stuff in the wrong color containers and really screw stuff up - which i should clarify i am a fan of - since revelling in the ability to ruin my day from my own stupidity is kind of how i roll these days lol :-)

[Torkkar]

that goes without saying if you really want to mess up another group on the server & your mechanics skill is enough to tell what fluids in a container or safe guard yourself this all does go without saying, because its how people will use it that counts.

I'd just like these to be in for my own organisation sake, & not have it be a mod.

[Drizzt]

Originally posted by Torkkar:

that goes without saying if you really want to mess up another group on the server & your mechanics skill is enough to tell what fluids in a container or safe guard yourself this all does go without saying, because its how people will use it that counts.

I'd just like these to be in for my own organisation sake, & not have it be a mod.

yeah i'm single player all the way - what people get up to on public servers is their own business lol - and on private servers one assumes the friends playing will have some agreement about the rules

for me, i agree with your organization thing - but i also like the idea of once they add the feature, having a mod which randomly fills cans found out in the wild with the wrong liquid - as a little reminder to pay attention to details - and only trust stuff i filled myself - but maybe make stuff in shops always correctly filled

and sometimes i want to be angry at myself after my transmission explodes coz i tried lubricating it with diet soda :-D

[Torkkar]

I do agree my friend color coded Gas Cans CAN lead to a whole bunch of crazy crap happening in MP which is amazing & also the SP bite me in the ass bit cause I forgot my own color code, but also it would be easier to mix & match diff liquids in larger amounts with the gas can imagine your out of gas but have just 1 left in a gas can IRL Gas mixed in equal parts whisky then adding no more than an equal amount again of Rubbing alcohol makes a combustible fuel that can run an engine BUT its burns MUCH Hotter so your engine at top speeds will take damage but if you keep the speed low you can get to a station & fill up.

or lets say you want to make some disinfectant but you only have bleach & water fill a Gas can to 8 then add 2 bleach & mix for that. But if I do this in a Red Can & that goes in my car then despite the gauge reading full there's no fuel, This is the main safety why I'd like more gas cans.

but there's always room for more chaos.

[Drizzt]

Originally posted by Torkkar:

I do agree my friend color coded Gas Cans CAN lead to a whole bunch of crazy crap happening in MP which is amazing & also the SP bite me in the ass bit cause I forgot my own color code, but also it would be easier to mix & match diff liquids in larger amounts with the gas can imagine your out of gas but have just 1 left in a gas can IRL Gas mixed in equal parts whisky then adding no more than an equal amount again of Rubbing alcohol makes a combustible fuel that can run an engine BUT its burns MUCH Hotter so your engine at top speeds will take damage but if you keep the speed low you can get to a station & fill up.

or lets say you want to make some disinfectant but you only have bleach & water fill a Gas can to 8 then add 2 bleach & mix for that. But if I do this in a Red Can & that goes in my car then despite the gauge reading full there's no fuel, This is the main safety why I'd like more gas cans.

but there's always room for more chaos.

indeed my friend - i fully agree - and there's a nicely elegant symmetry to the proposed additions - more organization to ease the troubled mind and provide some security - and more chaos to trouble the mind with more interesting trouble, and provide some danger :-)

a definite good addition to go with the new liquid system - i am really excited for the new crafting, liquid and profession stuff - that first beta of build 42 is going to be a truly wonderful moment - i may take some time off from work just to revel in its glory lol :-)

[Torkkar]

personally I'll wait for official tbh I've done so many beta & Alpha/Prealpha builds in so many game I kinda got burned out on writing bug reports. maybe I should become a pro tester lol

[Drizzt]

Originally posted by Torkkar:

personally I'll wait for official tbh I've done so many beta & Alpha/Prealpha builds in so many game I kinda got burned out on writing bug reports. maybe I should become a pro tester lol

i don't normally get too involved in alpha and beta testing - but i'm really liking this game, and the development seems to be at a great stage, with a good quality current version, and so much great stuff on the way - and so i am quite liking being able to test the new features and help report bugs

and build 42 will be my first major release since i started playing properly (owned it since 2015, but only started playing properly a few months ago) - really interested to play the first version, and have that experience, having played a lot of this version

but yeah - i can also appreciate those that want to wait for stable builds

either way - the future of this game is bright - and full of color coded gas cans ;-)

[Torkkar]

yep its a great product my only problem is the gardening system but I got a mod request thread for that basically make it more Stardew Valley/Harvest moon less if I leave base my food will die.

[Drizzt]

Originally posted by Torkkar:

yep its a great product my only problem is the gardening system but I got a mod request thread for that basically make it more Stardew Valley/Harvest moon less if I leave base my food will die.

interesting - i haven't started with gardening/farming yet - but once i do i am sure i will find it interesting to see the possible variations

i doubt i will ever play stardew valley - i have heard good things - but i watched a speedrun of it - and while i respect the detail and i am sure it has many good qualities - it's looks too much like Zelda on the SNES for me lol - plus i understand it is very much focused on the farming side, as well as the zelda style RPG stuff - which doesn't float my boat so much

but like i say - got plenty of respect for it - and not everything's for everyone - i went from Minecraft to Space Engineers to Factorio (with a load of Skyrim, Fallout 4 and Kerbal Space Program in between - plus a bunch of other interesting things - but these are the big hitters in terms of hours played) - but PZ really appeals to me with its nostalgic graphical style reminding me of the original Sims - but with obsessive detail to the loot, the crafting, the interactable, destructible and buildable stuff etc - all set in the zombie apocalypse - with some pretty fun and visceral combat and satisfying shooting - as well as a really nice graphical sheen to it in both the art and the animation

as well as mods that turn everything up to 11 in every possible category lol

so yeah - i've quickly become a big fan - and interested to see how everything evolves

it's one of those games that is so good at what it does that i wish i could mix in with the other great games i love - e.g. i wish i could do everything i can do in PZ, but also build complex machinery and vehicles, and mold and shape the landscape, and create advanced production lines etc

but i suspect that with the crafting and profession stuff that is coming, along with NPCs and the story mechanism - that it will satisfy me on so many levels that i will be able to get the few other fixes from those other games - but my main gameplay hit from this one lol :-)

[Torkkar]

to simplify the gardening how it is in P.Z. is just unrealistic but simply you dig a furrow plant seed fertilise if you can & water plant to its required level then wait & keep that water level where the plant likes it. if you over water the plant can get a disease that spreads to any plants within 2 tiles if you under water the plant dies, if you miss the harvest it goes to seed if you miss that it dies.

This is unrealistic in a game that's already a good realistic game while being a game in so many areas. A better system would be Fertiliser is applied to furrows you can't over water so easily (explained in the thread simple farming) seed mechanic unchanged its good as is, & water once per day rain counts as daily watering. this system allows you to LEAVE the base & explore instead of saying at home & watch the plants grow / refill the heaters in the garden room (cold weather only) & keep the water where that plant likes it.

as is its painful.

[Drizzt]

Originally posted by Torkkar:

to simplify the gardening how it is in P.Z. is just unrealistic but simply you dig a furrow plant seed fertilise if you can & water plant to its required level then wait & keep that water level where the plant likes it. if you over water the plant can get a disease that spreads to any plants within 2 tiles if you under water the plant dies, if you miss the harvest it goes to seed if you miss that it dies.

This is unrealistic in a game that's already a good realistic game while being a game in so many areas. A better system would be Fertiliser is applied to furrows you can't over water so easily (explained in the thread simple farming) seed mechanic unchanged its good as is, & water once per day rain counts as daily watering. this system allows you to LEAVE the base & explore instead of saying at home & watch the plants grow / refill the heaters in the garden room (cold weather only) & keep the water where that plant likes it.

as is its painful.

well i look forward to trying it out - vanilla and modded

and then to accidentally killing all my crops by having foolishly put gasoline in the fertilizer colored gas can :-)

[Torkkar]

fertilisers in sacks only but I get that too why not mix fertiliser with water? the Japanese have done that for 1,000's of years... Don't shake hands with a traditional Japanese farmer btw they mix it by hand.

[Drizzt]

Originally posted by Torkkar:

fertilisers in sacks only but I get that too why not mix fertiliser with water? the Japanese have done that for 1,000's of years... Don't shake hands with a traditional Japanese farmer btw they mix it by hand.

i ran out of toilet paper a while ago - definitely not a good idea to shake my hand ;-)