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grendel Nov 24, 2024 @ 9:04am
Moving water with a bucket?????
I've never been able to do it. Keep getting told it's a bug but it's been years, over multiple patches. I seem to be able to pick the water up, you can see the missing blocks of water in the source but the bucket never says 'bucket of water' and if I take it to where I want to dump it I can't do anything, it won't even make the animation.
I've made sure not to switch out my tool belt, I run back and forth, not using any vehicles and don't open any doors, all the things I keep getting told break it, but nothing works.
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Maybe you are left clicking with the bucket, which removes water, right clicking with the mouse collects the water.
Brevan Nov 24, 2024 @ 9:22am 
I haven't experienced any bugs, so I can't explain what's going wrong for you, but I've used a bucket for several versions (A18 to v1.1) and it usually works this way:

1) Select empty bucket on tool belt and face water
2) Mouse click (probably right-click, not sure) to fill the bucket (icon changes to the bucket filled with blue water). This change is permanent, so I usually store my water bucket in a crate or my inventory until I need water.
3) Select filled bucket and face the ground (works best on impermeable surface (i.e. not Wasteland, Desert, or Gravel))
4) Mouse click (probably left-click, not sure) to create 1-5 blocks of water (depends on surface and nearby walls) and empty the bucket
5) If you fill the bucket from the new blocks of water, then it takes the nearby blocks of water with it (so if the water came out in an 'x' pattern, and you clicked one of the edge-blocks then the opposite edge-block might be left behind, but if you clicked the center-block then all blocks would be taken), which can lead to infinite water if you're super patient.
grendel Nov 24, 2024 @ 4:56pm 
I can pick up water, just emptied a swimming pool, but the bucket never changes, it always stays an empty bucket. It's never worked, I've reinstalled the game many times over the years and started many different games and always the same thing. I can't believe I'm the only person who has this problem, has to be some sort of bug in the game.
Sr Humungus Nov 25, 2024 @ 8:02am 
its not a bug, tfp patched it, no more infinite water supply, if want the same, there are videos of how to drink raw water with empty hands and a water filter mod, but, take for sure they will patch it in the future.
grendel Nov 26, 2024 @ 2:30am 
Well it had to be a bug at some time, It's NEVER worked for me and I've seen many many videos of people doing it.
Originally posted by grendel:
Well it had to be a bug at some time, It's NEVER worked for me and I've seen many many videos of people doing it.

And you've tried right clicking with the mouse to collect water with the bucket? and not the left the click that just removes water?

If so, have you changed what right mouse click does? if so click the key you changed it too.
Originally posted by Sr Humungus:
its not a bug, tfp patched it, no more infinite water supply, if want the same, there are videos of how to drink raw water with empty hands and a water filter mod, but, take for sure they will patch it in the future.

And you're wrong, it is not patched, I just collected water in the newest build of the game with a bucket.
NoMan Nov 26, 2024 @ 6:09am 
Left-click removes the water but does not fill the bucket.

Right-click gathers the water and fills the bucket. Right-click again empties the bucket.

https://youtu.be/OUcEw-tILMg?si=V4QScKDyoc8itpSu
Last edited by NoMan; Nov 26, 2024 @ 6:26am
grendel Nov 27, 2024 @ 3:05am 
Originally posted by God Bless The Dead:
Originally posted by grendel:
Well it had to be a bug at some time, It's NEVER worked for me and I've seen many many videos of people doing it.

And you've tried right clicking with the mouse to collect water with the bucket? and not the left the click that just removes water?

If so, have you changed what right mouse click does? if so click the key you changed it too.

I can collect water like crazy, emptied an entire swimming pool but the bucket never changes from bucket to bucket of water. Left click does nothing.
Brevan Nov 27, 2024 @ 3:33am 
Really sounds like your install is different from normal. If the bucket stuff is your only issue, then I guess buckets just aren't for you -- you're not missing out on much. My guess is you've got mods installed that're messing things up, but as mentioned above maybe your key-binds are changed (you mentioned your left click does nothing while your right-click is doing what left-click does for other players).
Originally posted by Brevan:
Really sounds like your install is different from normal. If the bucket stuff is your only issue, then I guess buckets just aren't for you -- you're not missing out on much. My guess is you've got mods installed that're messing things up, but as mentioned above maybe your key-binds are changed (you mentioned your left click does nothing while your right-click is doing what left-click does for other players).

I honestly think this person is doing something wrong... I've never ever seen this bug anywhere..

It's either they changed the mouse keys, dont know how to use the bucket or like you said a mod they installed at some point messed it up.

Everything that can possibly be said to fix this has been said.

The only other thing is right click the game in steam and verify the installed files, if not that, delete any trace of old mods installed, if that doesn't work a fresh wipe of the game (including the hidden 7 days folder in %APPDATA%) deleting every trace of the game and reinstalling is the last option.
Last edited by God Bless The Dead; Nov 27, 2024 @ 4:56am
Seftak Nov 28, 2024 @ 10:35am 
If you use a club for example, when you left click (as a right hander) does it do a normal swing and when you right click it does a power attack?
Last edited by Seftak; Nov 28, 2024 @ 10:36am
grendel Nov 28, 2024 @ 6:12pm 
No mods, no keybind changes, game is 100-% default.
grendel Nov 28, 2024 @ 6:12pm 
Originally posted by Seftak:
If you use a club for example, when you left click (as a right hander) does it do a normal swing and when you right click it does a power attack?

Yes.
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Date Posted: Nov 24, 2024 @ 9:04am
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