Water Purifier above water doesn't work?

[Explore]

Just want to confirm - I'd never tried it before. It seems to draw power and the % for water and salt goes up, but it doesn't produce anything.

Also, as it turns out, this is my last ever comment in here because a large proportion of people are ♥♥♥♥♥. Goodbye.

[Hillbilly_Dave]

You can see the bubbling because that's its "working" animation. It shouldn't be working at all which is the bug here. It has power, inventory is empty, so it's "working" trying to fill itself.

And I'm still waiting for this putifier to get to 100%. In the time it's taken to get to 28%, the other purifier that I left in its original position (I have 2. Moved one for this experiment) has already spit out a water and is 17% finished with a second water. And I'm sure that's progress that started after I built the above water purifier because as soon as I built that one, I cleaned out the other one, which was full, so it had to start from 0% and has already finished 1 water and is well into a second in the time it's take the above water purifier to get to 28%.

[Cr4ik]

it HAS TO be in water...it sucks water from outside the building...if u build it u see from outside that there is a kind of filter...if that thing is in the Air how can it suck water in ? :)

[Alkpaz]

Originally posted by Craik:

it HAS TO be in water...it sucks water from outside the building...if u build it u see from outside that there is a kind of filter...if that thing is in the Air how can it suck water in ? :)

Technically, that is how it should be, but we (the OP) are talking about an in-game exploit. :P

[Explore]

Originally posted by Craik:

it HAS TO be in water...it sucks water from outside the building...if u build it u see from outside that there is a kind of filter...if that thing is in the Air how can it suck water in ? :)

Maybe because this isn't real?

I really regret asking this question - most harmless question ever, I explained why I asked...

Devs please do me a favour and lock this thread - its existence could be useful, but if one more person who thinks they're clever comes along, I'm going to have to delete it.

[Hillbilly_Dave]

Originally posted by Alkpaz:

Originally posted by Craik:

it HAS TO be in water...it sucks water from outside the building...if u build it u see from outside that there is a kind of filter...if that thing is in the Air how can it suck water in ? :)

Technically, that is how it should be, but we (the OP) are talking about an in-game exploit. :P

I won't call it an exploit at all. I'm testing right now with one purifier above water and another below water as it should be, both started at the same time (well, about 3 seconds difference). In the time it's taken the above water purifier to get to 38% on its first bottle, the below water purifier has finished 2 bottles of water. Using that I can extrapolate that the below water purifier will put out over 5 bottles of water to every 1 bottle that the above water purifier puts out, if it actually puts out any at all. As soon as I built it registered at 100% on salt yet hasn't put any out. It might get to 100% on water and just sit there.

[Valhalla Awaits]

Originally posted by Explore:

Originally posted by MiddleAgedWerewolf:

It draws water from the panel it's built on. You just said you built it above water...

You're not being useful - have you ever tried it, or are you just making assumptions about its function?

He's being VERY useful, he just answered your question. YOUR doing it wrong. It needs to be BELOW the water surface in order to OBTAIN water to purify at the correct rate. (If it works above water at all, it's either a bug, or it's trying to obtain water from the air.

[Alkpaz]

Originally posted by Hillbilly_Dave:

Originally posted by Alkpaz:

Technically, that is how it should be, but we (the OP) are talking about an in-game exploit. :P

I won't call it exploit at all. I'm testing right now with one purifier above water and another below water as it should be, both started at the same time (well, about 3 seconds difference). In the time it's taken the above water purifier to get to 38% on its first bottle. The below water purifier has finished 2 bottles of water. Using that I can extrapolate that the below water purifier will put out over 5 bottles of water to every 1 bottle that the above water purifier puts out, if it actually puts out any at all. As soon as I built it registered at 100% on salt yet hasn't put any out. It might get to 100% on water and just sit there.

How far above water are you at? I'm wondering if the game is smart enough to know if your 5+ rooms above water that it would not produce anything at all. (salty air)

[Hillbilly_Dave]

Originally posted by Alkpaz:

Originally posted by Hillbilly_Dave:

I won't call it exploit at all. I'm testing right now with one purifier above water and another below water as it should be, both started at the same time (well, about 3 seconds difference). In the time it's taken the above water purifier to get to 38% on its first bottle. The below water purifier has finished 2 bottles of water. Using that I can extrapolate that the below water purifier will put out over 5 bottles of water to every 1 bottle that the above water purifier puts out, if it actually puts out any at all. As soon as I built it registered at 100% on salt yet hasn't put any out. It might get to 100% on water and just sit there.

How far above water are you at? I'm wondering if the game is smart enough to know if your 5 rooms above water that it would not produce anything at all. (salty air)

Not far above. A few feet.

[Explore]

Originally posted by Valhalla Awaits:

Originally posted by Explore:

You're not being useful - have you ever tried it, or are you just making assumptions about its function?

He's being VERY useful, he just answered your question. YOUR doing it wrong. It needs to be BELOW the water surface in order to OBTAIN water to purify.

I can't tell if you're trolling or if you're just stupid. Tell me where it says that the water purifier needs to be above water? Hence, when a person finds it doesn't work, it could either be because of it being above water (in which case, why the animation/sound/power drain?), or it could be a bug completely unrelated to it being above water.

I only wanted people to tell me if they'd tried it so I could confirm this was the case - someone trying to be smart (who I suspect has never tried it - same goes for you) does not help. GO AWAY.

Originally posted by Alkpaz:

How far above water are you at? I'm wondering if the game is smart enough to know if your 5+ rooms above water that it would not produce anything at all. (salty air)

The entire room is above water, but only just.

[Hillbilly_Dave]

Originally posted by Explore:

Originally posted by Valhalla Awaits:

He's being VERY useful, he just answered your question. YOUR doing it wrong. It needs to be BELOW the water surface in order to OBTAIN water to purify.

I can't tell if you're trolling or if you're just stupid. Tell me where it says that the water purifier needs to be above water? Hence, when a person finds it doesn't work, it could either be because of it being above water (in which case, why the animation/sound/power drain?), or it could be a bug completely unrelated to it being above water.

I only wanted people to tell me if they'd tried it so I could confirm this was the case - someone trying to be smart (who I suspect has never tried it - same goes for you) does not help. GO AWAY.

To be fair... no one should *have* to spell out that the water purifier needs to be built below water. Since there's no plumbing in the game, and given the way it looks in the game, both inside and out, it should be a no-brainer that the water purifier has to be built below water. I'm starting to wonder if you're just trolling or if you're really this dense.

[Local Duck]

is this stilll going on? FYI i had also build a new one to test it with, also "filterfast" is not a mod it's just a console command.

[Explore]

HIllbilly_Dave - has it escaped your attention that another user is reporting a completely different experience? How "dense" are you?

Because of your attitude, I'm never posting another comment in these Subnautica steam forums again - check and see if I ever do.

[Hillbilly_Dave]

Originally posted by Explore:

HIllbilly_Dave - has it escaped your attention that another user is reporting a completely different experience? How "dense" are you?

Because of your attitude, I'm never posting another comment in these Subnautica steam forums again - check and see if I ever do.

I... don't care if you post or not? Why would I care at all? And *IF* it works at all, it's clearly a bug. It's obviously meant to be built below water and *shouldn't* work if above water. That's the entire point most of us have been trying to make. Regardless of if it works or not, I've already confirmed it's not a viable method for creating water. The power in to water out ratio is completely screwed. It takes so long to get a single bottle from an above water purifier that you can get over 5 bottles from a purifier built under water, where it's supposed to be. That means it's taking over 5 times the power needed to get a single bottle of water, which is hell on your power generation unless you've got a bunch of thermal generators built in very hot spots.

[redeyedraven]

Originally posted by Explore:

Originally posted by MiddleAgedWerewolf:

It draws water from the panel it's built on. You just said you built it above water...

You're not being useful - have you ever tried it, or are you just making assumptions about its function?

It's not about usefulness, it's about logic.

If something filters water to work and you build it above water, then of course it doesn't (and shouldn't) work.

[Jeff Kaos]

From the Subnautica Wiki:

-The Water Filtration Machine can be built above water but will produce no salt and will produce water at 1/8th of the speed below water. -

Hope this helps. I can't believe this is two pages long. LOL.