Storage box labels

[Jetter]

Did they remove the storage box types? like food, med, etc? Whats the best way to label the junk boxes now?

[Patouski]

A wooden board 1x3 and assigning a message on it. Like in Minecraft and it's "wooden sign".

Edit: Or for people with bad eyesight and I mean BAD eyesight... craft yourself a few letters in iron. They're big though, so... make sure you got room. :P

[Scorcher24]

Originally posted by {TAC} Jetter:

Did they remove the storage box types? like food, med, etc? Whats the best way to label the junk boxes now?

They moved it to the painting system, which is IMHO stupid. So you need to paint the storage box yourself.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Scorcher24:

Originally posted by {TAC} Jetter:

Did they remove the storage box types? like food, med, etc? Whats the best way to label the junk boxes now?

They moved it to the painting system, which is IMHO stupid. So you need to paint the storage box yourself.

I think it's a clever addition to the paint system, and I like having plain boxes for most things anyway

[Scorcher24]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

I think it's a clever addition to the paint system, and I like having plain boxes for most things anyway

How is it clever? We used to be able to organize our stuff properly from Day 1. Now we need to find a stupid book just to be able to do that again. It adds nothing to the game. It takes something away.

[Wrothbog]

because you can paint blocks that aren't storage crates too. make your entire steel base look like it's constructed from building supply crates because demoralisation is fun

more importnatly you can craft all your crates then paint them more specifically afterwards.

paint books are stupid easy to find

[Scorcher24]

Originally posted by Wrothbog:

because you can paint blocks that aren't storage crates too. make your entire steel base look like it's constructed from building supply crates because demoralisation is fun

more importnatly you can craft all your crates then paint them more specifically afterwards.

paint books are stupid easy to find

I have yet to find any and looted a town already. So much for stupid easy to find. I don't mind being able to paint blocks with it, but why take the painted boxes away from crafting. That is the issue here. All you can do is paint a box without any signs on it.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Scorcher24:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

I think it's a clever addition to the paint system, and I like having plain boxes for most things anyway

How is it clever? We used to be able to organize our stuff properly from Day 1. Now we need to find a stupid book just to be able to do that again. It adds nothing to the game. It takes something away.

make signs, i always did that anyway since i kept each resource in its own anyway and theres no painted version to label them as wood /iron /stone /etc

[YamaKami]

Yea signs are the way to go. The crates did not differentiate enough for me anyways, which lead to signs usage in A15 before this change even.

[Scorcher24]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

make signs, i always did that anyway since i kept each resource in its own anyway and theres no painted version to label them as wood /iron /stone /etc

I always used the First Aid Box for anything Chemical and Health Related, Food for Food, Weapons for anything Ammo and Guns and the Construction Box for Materials. One for Wood, Stone and Coal, Potassium etc and one for parts that are not guns.
I liked that :P.

[Red Eagle LXIX]

Originally posted by Scorcher24:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

I think it's a clever addition to the paint system, and I like having plain boxes for most things anyway

How is it clever? We used to be able to organize our stuff properly from Day 1. Now we need to find a stupid book just to be able to do that again. It adds nothing to the game. It takes something away.

Or follow the suggestion already made of placing a sign on the box.
Heck, even when they were crafted (instead of painted) signs worked better (for my play anyway):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=787473802

[noodles]

Originally posted by Patouski:

A wooden board 1x3 and assigning a message on it. Like in Minecraft and it's "wooden sign".

Edit: Or for people with bad eyesight and I mean BAD eyesight... craft yourself a few letters in iron. They're big though, so... make sure you got room. :P

lmao

[Scorcher24]

Originally posted by Red Eagle LXIX:

Or follow the suggestion already made of placing a sign on the box.

I am criticizing the removal of them, I don't need workarounds.
I am probably gonna write this later to the official forums too. Because that is really not what I expected when Madmole said he is implementing a paint system.

[Red Eagle LXIX]

Originally posted by Scorcher24:

Originally posted by Red Eagle LXIX:

Or follow the suggestion already made of placing a sign on the box.

I am criticizing the removal of them, I don't need workarounds.
I am probably gonna write this later to the official forums too. Because that is really not what I expected when Madmole said he is implementing a paint system.

Well, from a logic perspective now that painting is in the game it makes more logical/realism sense that you craft blank boxes and have to paint them or hang signs on them if you want them labelled.

[Scorcher24]

Realism? Come on. It is a zombie game.... I don't give the furriest crack of a rats behind about realism. Organizing your loot is crucial for games like this, to keep everything neat and organized. Now it is down to RNG to get the boxes we had last week. I really don't agree with this.

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by Scorcher24:

Realism? Come on. It is a zombie game.... I don't give the furriest crack of a rats behind about realism. Organizing your loot is crucial for games like this, to keep everything neat and organized. Now it is down to RNG to get the boxes we had last week. I really don't agree with this.

How is it down to RNG? Are you not getting how this works?? There is a generic crate now that
works the same as the others did.

You just slap a wood sign on it and write down what it is for. Used to do it all by memory in storage chests anyways. Not that hard to remember what is what at the end of the day.