Paint gun not working?

[Yual]

Been playing a while and I cant get the paint gun to work, is there something I need in my inventory to paint with? Specifically, I can hit n and bring it up, right click and change the colors, but left clicking and shift left clicking does nothing. Ctrl left click super builds with what ever I had selected on the build gun before I switched.

[TeeBee30]

The paint gun is working but only a few blocks are paintable. Try it on dyed marble or the white canvas.

[Yual]

Also I've never seen fire from torches and the holo projection from arthur.

[Yual]

Huh? I've seen red painted hewn rock, and painting was the suggested way to deal with the super reflectivity. I'm so confused now.

[TeeBee30]

Originally posted by Yual:

Also I've never seen fire from torches and the holo projection from arthur.

Torches give light and heat but not any actual fire. Umm... what holo projection from arther?
Also, that red painted hewn rock is part of the actual terrain generation. It cannot be duplicated with the paint gun. It can be duplicated only with the "pick block" feature and placing those blocks (have some hewn rocks in inventory. Middle-click on a coloured rock in the world. Place block. Enjoy your "creation" :D

[Yual]

I saw on a tutorial I was watching there's a plume of fire from the torch and a holo readout on arthur saying how much power he has.


Edit : This video. At the time I was trying to find out how much energy was needed for the OET before I built it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOQb2LAHm0E

[TeeBee30]

The game changed a lot since the beginning. I've been around for almost a year now and I can say for certain that while some features remained unchanged, most have been overhauled. When you are watching let's play's or tutorial videos, take a mental note as to the date the video has been posted. Every month the developer releases a major patch with new content and optimizations.
While some time ago the torches may have been "fiery", now they are not. Also, note that if you have the dapper dlc you can paint them and they output light with the painted colour.
There also was a time when Arther's messages were written in the world rather than above the toolbar like it is now. But as Arther moved around a lot, it was hard to see those messages. Arther's power readout is in the game but you have to know where to look. Right above the toolbar but under the space where Arther's messages appear there's a small bar. That is Arther's power level. Discreet, but accessible when needed. I managed to find a screenshot where it isn't full or empty for better demonstration purposes: http://imgur.com/a/CkTNM

Edit: Yeah... that video is published on Aug 22, 2015... a lot has been changed since then. Take a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN9jhQOeaHU&list=PLkA9Q5ltQPCJZXzloFANhvLKXSnWAXbfq
It's made on v16.

[Wade The Scrapper]

The only way to match the color of the natural rock's color middle mouse click the colored rock and then the next block you place will be that color