Anyone miss the little wooden storage chests

[CatPerson]

I'm probably weird but I miss them. Not because of any storage space reasons tho. I miss that you could repair (or paint) blocks behind them, since they weren't full-block sized. And yet, I can still see the barest hint of block-type color behind the new crates edge - but can't paint that side. >.>

The iron/steel upgrading of the crates is nice and all, don't get me wrong, but one reason I used to not use those large storage crates in the past was because of that. I guess I can always cheat in leather-chests again.

And no, this isn't a big deal. But ... I still miss the half-size chests for tiny reasons like that.

[Macdallan]

Yes, I miss them. No, it's not weird.

They keep removing things that don't need to be removed. There was no good reason to remove those chests. It didn't need to be changed. This may be a small change, but it's a big deal - it's just another symptom of the TFP over-simplification and dumbing down virus that's slowly killing off what this game used to be, preventing it from becoming what it should have been...

[SNUFFLES]

you're uposet about a box, while im struggling with finding a reason to play the game. Its boring, or rather it gets boring fast. Whew...zombies...

[Krayor Krelion]

New box system is better, period.

[CatPerson]

Originally posted by Krayor Krelion:

New box system is better, period.

For storage reasons and toughness, sure.

I'm just saying - they didn't have to be full block sized. Even 3/4 block size, so I could paint/repair around them, would be great.

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by Krayor Krelion:

New box system is better, period.

Less variety is not better.

[CatPerson]

Pondering - to work within the current methods, they could make it so when you craft the new crates, you could hold E to get a Shapes menu and choose between "full, 3/4, 1/2" shape. Something like that.

[MoistGamer]

dumbed down experience

[atom heart]

You probably know this already but if you want to paint that hidden block and it is part of a wall you can do this. Go to the other side of the block, select 'paint all sides' and apply your selected paint. Then change the paint option back to whatever you want for the exposed side of the block. A bit of a faff but it solves the thin border of bare wall issue.

[CatPerson]

Originally posted by atom heart:

You probably know this already but if you want to paint that hidden block and it is part of a wall you can do this. Go to the other side of the block, select 'paint all sides' and apply your selected paint. Then change the paint option back to whatever you want for the exposed side of the block. A bit of a faff but it solves the thin border of bare wall issue.

Yeah, that does work, but it's extra unnecessary steps when they could've just given us 2-3 size options to choose from.

And I still can't upgrade/repair from the crate side. At least not that I've figured out.

Edit: ah well. Not a huge deal (for me) like I said - just annoying. At least I can creative or mod a workaround.

[pApA^LeGBa]

I miss storage crates beeing writeable on their top. I used to have the floor in my crafting room made out of storage boxes.

[CatPerson]

Originally posted by pApA^LeGBa:

I miss storage crates beeing writeable on their top. I used to have the floor in my crafting room made out of storage boxes.

Oh, yes! That too. I noticed that first thing, when I wanted to use a crate attached to a ceiling...

[MOON LEGS]

They made decent medicine cabinets. Almost more preferable than the cupboards. They made wonderful overhead containers.

[Flugan]

YES!

[Krayor Krelion]

Better functionality is always better. Simple and convenient is all an inventory system really needs. Beyond that is gravy. The new system gives us that. Biggest improvement I could see put in is remote access for crafting. Rather than putting back the obsolete chest, TFP could have the new chests to have shape changing functions like blocks, furniture, and appliances. That would be a better alternative.

The chests are the same size as the writable chests, most players would move on to anyway, which are much easier to organize with. Repairs would not be needed if the stash is in a well protected place. You shouldn't really need to paint behind the chests either. Not like you can really see behind them. Otherwise, I'd refrain from upgrading chests until I had the place settled. It's cheap to replace a wood box (iron is not that bad either, but less convenient to destroy).

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by MoistGamer:

dumbed down experience

Yep, this says it all.