The biofuel lamp is awful

[Myrkana]

You go from torches that stay still and give light all around the the biofuel lamp which swings around with every movement and only gives light in front of you. Why?

[Minuit]

Try it in your shortcuts, not in the lamp slot. T1 and T2 are made for lamp slot, not T3 and T4.

[Myrkana]

Originally posted by Minuit:

Try it in your shortcuts, not in the lamp slot. T1 and T2 are made for lamp slot, not T3 and T4.

which defeats the entire purpose of the slot then. Having to use your entire hand to hold it is stupid :l

[Wonko486]

I would kill for a headlamp mod for the helmet.

[Minuit]

Originally posted by Myrkana:

Originally posted by Minuit:

Try it in your shortcuts, not in the lamp slot. T1 and T2 are made for lamp slot, not T3 and T4.

which defeats the entire purpose of the slot then. Having to use your entire hand to hold it is stupid :l

Unless you are wearing T2 in the lamp slot and use T3 or T4 for more power. I gave the workaround you were looking for. You are welcome.

[Aggrodite]

Try the lantern, its the best "character" lamp and not even very expensive to craft

[Myrkana]

Originally posted by Aggrodite:

Try the lantern, its the best "character" lamp and not even very expensive to craft :smily:

I think we accidently skipped that one, I do remember seeing it.

[william_es]

The biofuel lamp creates a cone of light with MUCH farther range. When I'm mining in a cave, the biofuel lamp lets me see ore deposits very far away, and way up on walls. The torch won't even shed light that far.

Originally posted by Wonko486:

I would kill for a headlamp mod for the helmet.

Oh no. Those are forbidden. In the great headlamp wars of 2064, the entire human race in the game have shunned all head mounted light sources. Those who wore headlamps were known as the "lightbringers", and widely considered to be the servants of evil. Absolutely NOT possible to have headlamps.

I am just kidding, but short of some invented lore, there's NO explanation for why we can't have headlamps. At least nothing that makes any sense. It would have been hilarious if the light source was mounted on our heads, instead of at our wait. People with torches would have this burning torch stuck to their foreheads like a card in liar's poker.

[Third3ye]

Originally posted by william_es:

The biofuel lamp creates a cone of light with MUCH farther range. When I'm mining in a cave, the biofuel lamp lets me see ore deposits very far away, and way up on walls. The torch won't even shed light that far.

Originally posted by Wonko486:

I would kill for a headlamp mod for the helmet.

Oh no. Those are forbidden. In the great headlamp wars of 2064, the entire human race in the game have shunned all head mounted light sources. Those who wore headlamps were known as the "lightbringers", and widely considered to be the servants of evil. Absolutely NOT possible to have headlamps.

I am just kidding, but short of some invented lore, there's NO explanation for why we can't have headlamps. At least nothing that makes any sense. It would have been hilarious if the light source was mounted on our heads, instead of at our wait. People with torches would have this burning torch stuck to their foreheads like a card in liar's poker.

I don't use any source of light in cave. Just set brightness to 4.0 or above before entering the cave.

[Ketamarine]

Same with flashlights.

They are just terrible for mining in caves, the only reason you need them.

Needs a complete rework imho.

[Myrkana]

Originally posted by Ketamarine:

Same with flashlights.

They are just terrible for mining in caves, the only reason you need them.

Needs a complete rework imho.

yea the lantern gives more than enough light for mining, the higher tier ones are useless because of the restrictions on them. They serve no purpose.

[PSJR]

The lantern would be far more useful if it could be refueled without a workbench. This is a silly restriction that makes a simple torch its superior because they can be made with scraps on the fly.

[Myrkana]

Originally posted by PSJR:

The lantern would be far more useful if it could be refueled without a workbench. This is a silly restriction that makes a simple torch its superior because they can be made with scraps on the fly.

true. Ive noticed a number of questionable decisions made about many items in game. They probably arent as noticeable when doing missions but when you do open world its very obvious.

[Tanyon]

I think pretty much everything is terrible except the torches.. flashlight sucks so bad, lantern refueling is stupid.. so I made the lantern and flashlight and I put them in my workbench where they will sit till the end of time..