Suddenly I can't harvest Marblemelon seeds.

[droidling]

I haven't been playing SN for several months. After starting a new game, I played quite a few hours over the last couple of days. I have a couple of indoor grow beds full of Marblemelons. obviously I was able to harvest seeds to multiply them in the first place. I decided to try an old save from May. It seemed to work until I went to eat some melons and found that I couldn't harvest the seeds to replant. I went back to my new game which worked fine last night, and I have the same problem there. Any Idea how to solve this?

[bobidog]

This is a bug
Take a melon in hands. Throw to the bottom. Take the seeds.

[droidling]

How do I "Take a melon in hands"? I can't get it to bind to a quick slot. I dropped it from my inventory. It didn't break it just rolled away.

[droidling]

Guess I'll make a copy of snappdata then see if an uninstall reenstall will cure it.

[eggplane]

Hittin anything with the knife now is hard, to near impossible. Sucks great time, not that this is a slashergame. But the knife was a useful tool.

[droidling]

Originally posted by eggplane:

Hittin anything with the knife now is hard, to near impossible. Sucks great time, not that this is a slashergame. But the knife was a useful tool.

I had no problem until a few hours ago. I've fiddled around with every position I can think of to stand. I also had a problem in a wreck. I could scan things and pick up metal salvage. I could not open a data bank, or the boxes that usually have water, batteries, or med paks. All of this has changed since I went through the Aurrora to fix the reactor. Was ther a patch between yesterday and today that caused it?

I did an uninstall/reinstall I still can't harvest marblemelons I'm headed back to the wreck to see if the other stuff is still a problem. I can live on other food, but if I'm blocked from some of the blueprints that's serious.

[sindar58]

Aye .. totally broke it .. and imersion .. http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/1489987634000579403/

[droidling]

Originally posted by sindar58:

Aye .. totally broke it .. and imersion .. http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/1489987634000579403/

Thanks! I think I got it now. BTW: if you get as close as possible to the pot then aim about 30 degrees high it seems to work most of the time.

My problem with the data box may be that I can't get to the right position. I may need to figure out where I dropped my propulsion cannon.

[Squeal Like a Pig]

Yup, we did introduce a bug with the melons, as part of an optimization that affected most colliders in the game (a few negatively). It has since been fixed:

Changeset #54811 by Steven Brown: Fix marblemelons being difficult to target due to colliders on different layers having been optimized into the same one. Fix the optimizer merging colliders on different layers.

[droidling]

Has this been fixed in the main build on steam? I'm still having this issue with pots. I can harvest mellon seeds from indoor grow beds if I fiddle around to get just the right spot. Also if I plant seeds in pots I can't harvest seeds or pick the melons. The only way I have been able to get them out is to deconstruct the pot. I can plant a small melon in the pot. It will grow to a large melon that can be picked.

[The FreyMan® XC / 99th]

Team, I've found that if I move the cursor to where it's not showing "Use Growbed" or "Pick up Marblemellon" (viewset is almost 10-15 degrees up vertical) and slash, it'll hit the 'mellon and I'll get seeds. You can also jump into the middle of the growbed now and slash around a bit with your view pointing slightly upwards as I mentioned and it should work.

[Squeal Like a Pig]

Originally posted by droidling:

Has this been fixed in the main build on steam? I'm still having this issue with pots.

It's only fixed in the experimental build of the game, not the stable build yet.

[ZohH]

You can harvest melon seeds by planting the melon in a small pot. Hitbox is bugged in the big plantation but not too much in a small (2 x2) one.
So basicaly : plant your melon seeds in a big plantation, harvest them, then plant any fruits you want to turn into seeds in a small pot, use the knife, then plant the seeds in the big plantation, etc...

[SPEEDRUNNER - Z]

when is it expected to be patched again?

[Zemecon]

Originally posted by ZohHhoZ:

You can harvest melon seeds by planting the melon in a small pot. Hitbox is bugged in the big plantation but not too much in a small (2 x2) one.
So basicaly : plant your melon seeds in a big plantation, harvest them, then plant any fruits you want to turn into seeds in a small pot, use the knife, then plant the seeds in the big plantation, etc...

So my lone marblemelon and my Chinese potato need to switch places, then. Huh. OK then. Thanks for the tip :-D

EDIT: Fixed a typo.

[droidling]

Originally posted by ZohHhoZ:

You can harvest melon seeds by planting the melon in a small pot. Hitbox is bugged in the big plantation but not too much in a small (2 x2) one.
So basicaly : plant your melon seeds in a big plantation, harvest them, then plant any fruits you want to turn into seeds in a small pot, use the knife, then plant the seeds in the big plantation, etc...

I tried this but it seems really hard to hit the melon in a small pot. Even harder than in the indoor grow bed (IGB). I also found that if I plant the seeds in the smaller pots it is impossible to pick them and put them in another pot to harvest. the only way to get them out is deconstruct the pot. It is kind of a big deal since it locks you into always having a Multipurpose Room in order to have an IGB.

I really hope this gets fixed before next months build. It isn't blocking play as such, but constantly having to chase down food has made the game kind of tedious.