Automatic resource gathering?

[Himulaya]

Is there ever automatic resource gathering in this game? In the beginning moving around picking resources is nice enough, but later on it becomes repetitive and annoying, especially since the amount of resources you need increases (but not their type, the same resources over and over again just more of them and more processing steps).

Does it get better later in the game?

[Roy]

I wanna know this as well.
I'm interested in this game for it's unique setting, but people who have been playing the game through epic games seem to say it's pretty much the game "Raft" but without the automatic gathering.

I don't mind doing a bit of grinding early on to get my setup running but if the whole game revolves around gathering that sounds like a very time consuming and repetetive gameplay loop imo.

[Fralee]

Originally posted by Roy:

I wanna know this as well.
I'm interested in this game for it's unique setting, but people who have been playing the game through epic games seem to say it's pretty much the game "Raft" but without the automatic gathering.

I don't mind doing a bit of grinding early on to get my setup running but if the whole game revolves around gathering that sounds like a very time consuming and repetetive gameplay loop imo.

there has to be some way of automated collection of at least some items

[Himulaya]

So far I'm about 5 hours into the game, built my second wagon, and still no automatic resource collecting.

Crafting is also a bit cumbersome since you have to go to the workstation, select what you want to craft, select amount, click craft, then wait for it to finish, then exit the workstation UI, pick the item up, then open the workstation UI again, then select another item to craft. There's no queue, you can't craft another item until you pick up the previous one, and all in all it's a lot of clicks and busywork to get the materials you need for research and then the same materials again for building.

So far I have not been enjoying the game very much. A lot of work to get anything done (manual resource collection then crafting with a pretty bad UX), and very few interesting decisions Everything including the research is pretty much linear, you have to finish all the phase 1 research before you can progress to phase 2, and so on.

[Tabryne]

I'm near the end of the Tech tree 28/30 in the Epic version and there is no resource collection thing in it still. The Steam release/Epic update on the 9th they said they have added one to the game with it. As for early on you can randomly get one of the Rofleemo's that collects a few 3-4 random resources every 5-10mins or so.

I will say that you'll end up finding gathering materials to be less of an issue later than storage, as you'll find a ton of materials that you don't need but only a few of the ones you do. I have so much wood and iron in my game that I just toss it. Coal and Acid are the ones that I will back up the train for if I miss them.

[Niko]

Originally posted by Himulaya:

Is there ever automatic resource gathering in this game? In the beginning moving around picking resources is nice enough, but later on it becomes repetitive and annoying, especially since the amount of resources you need increases (but not their type, the same resources over and over again just more of them and more processing steps).

Does it get better later in the game?

Yes, the new update will include automatic resource collection using special train modules and pets (once your train and technology reach a certain stage). You can read more about it in this article: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1159690/announcements/detail/3727335291819405448

[SirCuddlesWorth]

Originally posted by Niko:

Originally posted by Himulaya:

Is there ever automatic resource gathering in this game? In the beginning moving around picking resources is nice enough, but later on it becomes repetitive and annoying, especially since the amount of resources you need increases (but not their type, the same resources over and over again just more of them and more processing steps).

Does it get better later in the game?

Yes, the new update will include automatic resource collection using special train modules and pets (once your train and technology reach a certain stage). You can read more about it in this article: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1159690/announcements/detail/3727335291819405448

Glad to hear, I liked the demo but I kept missing resources and having to back up lol.
Had nothing to do with my ADD lol. Cain't wait to play on the 9th.

[CarTire]

Originally posted by Tabryne:

I'm near the end of the Tech tree 28/30 in the Epic version and there is no resource collection thing in it still. The Steam release/Epic update on the 9th they said they have added one to the game with it. As for early on you can randomly get one of the Rofleemo's that collects a few 3-4 random resources every 5-10mins or so.

I will say that you'll end up finding gathering materials to be less of an issue later than storage, as you'll find a ton of materials that you don't need but only a few of the ones you do. I have so much wood and iron in my game that I just toss it. Coal and Acid are the ones that I will back up the train for if I miss them.

How do you get acid?

[Ricies]

you get acid from some spicy mobs doing some special events, sorry not going to spoil it