Can't blow stuff up!

[Aguirre the Mad]

I have repeatedly tried to place explosives in places that clearly state "You must use explosives here." Nothing happens - that is, the explosives package remains red no matter where I place it. Red meaning the item cannot materialize. What am I doing wrong?

[Nekogod]

Are you placing explosives or explosive powder? It needs to be explosives, and then you just right click them in your inventory and you will drop them at your feet then you click the big red button.

[Elf On A Hook]

Originally posted by Aguirre the Mad:

I have repeatedly tried to place explosives in places that clearly state "You must use explosives here." Nothing happens - that is, the explosives package remains red no matter where I place it. Red meaning the item cannot materialize. What am I doing wrong?

Originally posted by Nekogod:

Are you placing explosives or explosive powder? It needs to be explosives, and then you just right click them in your inventory and you will drop them at your feet then you click the big red button.

also to add if may, are you using the single round (barrel like icon, drop then hit to set of 5 second timer) or are you end game where there is 3 barrel icon to craft and place giant explosives for the wardens anomoly to be blown up (only askign because i can see that happening if didnt see its used for ) same with the explosive red bag powder sicne its used as ingredient to make the explosives (other two)

[Rogalik]

I cannot use explosives also, the bug/issue is for more than a week. I can only place them, and take them back - no trigger action;/

[Shigella]

Did you right click on the explosives? Not only seting them down?

[Rogalik]

Originally posted by Shigella:

Did you right click on the explosives? Not only seting them down?

Not the OP, but no - right click doesn't work (no action). Left click takes it back to inventory

[Shigella]

Right click on the explosives while it is still in the inventory does not function? Then it is probably a bug. Sorry...

[DocRabbit]

Think he was right clicking it on the ground from the context of his statement. You have to right click it in inventory like he said, right click on the ground will do nothing.

[Rogalik]

guys - u were right, right-clicking it from inventory works! I was dropping the explosive and then trying to turn it on. That's why it "didn't" work. Thank u!

[Aguirre the Mad]

Yes I'm late in the game with the 3-barrel explosive package. I will try again and if I understand correctly I right click on the explosive to select it in inventory, then simply drop it, hit the timer, and run,

[avatar.zero]

Originally posted by Aguirre the Mad:

Yes I'm late in the game with the 3-barrel explosive package. I will try again and if I understand correctly I right click on the explosive to select it in inventory, then simply drop it, hit the timer, and run,

To start, this is for the single-barrel Explosive that you craft at the Biolab (not sure why that station, but whatever) and carry around in your inventory. Not Explosive Powder, just plain Explosive (though it does require Explosive Powder to craft).

Yes, right-click - you're basically using the Explosive like food, water, and air. Once on the ground, left-click on it to start the timer (the button doesn't need to be visible to you, it's just a basic item interaction).

If you deployed it by accident (use command, not drop command), you won't be able to pick it back up (since interacting and grabbing are the same control) and will have to use the Deconstruct mode on your multitool to recover its components. Simply dropping it like some piece of unwanted ore will not have this problem.