QOL Request: Pull resources from chests when crafting/building

[Arcanum]

Like the title says, when crafting or building structures resources should be automatically consumed from chests instead of forcing the player to collect the resource from chests and then put them back (if they took too much). Restricting it to only working when in range of a Flame Altar, and only pulling resources from chests withing range of that Altar, would be fine and makes perfect sense.

I've played several games with crafting mechanics that do this recently, and it's such a huge quality of life gain that I don't really want to play games that don't have it. Collecting resources from chests to craft something and then putting those resources back (or worrying about splitting stacks to the exact number you need) just gets in the way of doing the things that are actually fun.

[Blue Hasia]

search is your friend, i think this gets asked every 5-10 hours and then people feel dumb because it gets unlocked a few hours into the game.

[Bunny]

This has already been talked about and explained. Play the damn game for more than 10 minutes.

[Arcanum]

I'm 7 hours into the game and hadn't seen any indication it's a thing. IMO it's goofy that it's a feature that has to be unlocked.

[michellembrodeur]

Felt the same, but its great to get people to explore, working on the large magical chest now.

[Subsonic]

Originally posted by Arcanum:

I'm 7 hours into the game and hadn't seen any indication it's a thing. IMO it's goofy that it's a feature that has to be unlocked.

I think it's goofy that people put big rants and tantrums in the forum without doing a simple check first to see if the topic was recently posted. In your case, yes--multiple times. You could have answered your own rant before posting it. So it goes.

[Blue Hasia]

im also curious to what other games have these feature. as far as i know palworld has it but it is also new game. most other survival games i know do not have this. including minecraft

[Arcanum]

Originally posted by Blue Hasia:

im also curious to what other games have these feature. as far as i know palworld has it but it is also new game. most other survival games i know do not have this. including minecraft

It is a relatively recent development, but: Starfield, Return to Moria, My Time at Sandrock, and Palworld. I'm pretty sure Fallout 76 has it as well, but it's been a while since I played so my memory is fuzzy.

[gpcstargate]

GET THE CARPENTER .. and .. He makes 2 chest that is used for that.

Yes .. In demo he was NOT needed .. But was added for this purpose.

[finalfantasy]

Originally posted by Blue Hasia:

im also curious to what other games have these feature. as far as i know palworld has it but it is also new game.

For Ark, 7 days to die, Conan Exiles, Valheim and even Minecraft mods add this.
Empyrion (iirc) had it natively.
Terratech World will have it but you need to connect the storages to the crafting stations with pipes.

That's at least the games i know.
I'd say this feature is about to become common. People realize that running around collecting items from multiple storages, then craft, than sort all left over items back into storages is just a waste of time and adds nothing to any game.

I even like the idea to put this feature into an actual game mechanic. With this it is immersively included into the game from which storages can pe pulled and which not.
I already use that. We have several non-magic chests filled with "emergency" ressources so nobody can unintenionally use them for spam crafting.

[Arcanum]

Originally posted by Subsonic:

I think it's goofy that people put big rants and tantrums in the forum without doing a simple check first to see if the topic was recently posted. In your case, yes--multiple times. You could have answered your own rant before posting it. So it goes.

Yeah, I should've searched. Still, I wouldn't call what I wrote a rant. I made a request and gave a reasoned (if uninformed) justification.

[Migromul]

Originally posted by Subsonic:

Originally posted by Arcanum:

I'm 7 hours into the game and hadn't seen any indication it's a thing. IMO it's goofy that it's a feature that has to be unlocked.

I think it's goofy that people put big rants and tantrums in the forum without doing a simple check first to see if the topic was recently posted. In your case, yes--multiple times. You could have answered your own rant before posting it. So it goes.

For a new forum - like this, - this may be true. But for forum several years old, seach is obsolete, because you will be in the danger to be convicted for "necroin" a threat...

[Lightning]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3152793165 Skip the large chests imo, the Huge ones are much better (2 on left are huge chests) and if they're magic it pools all the resources when your trying to craft something but sadly it doesn't work for when you need to make things yet. The 5 chests on the right are mediums.