Building materials impossible to find late game

[Regen7]

I'm on my 42nd day and I've noticed for a while it's now impossible to find wood and components. My only source is via trading. Whenever I search through large heaps of rubble my character just says "nothing but junk" everytime.

Is this a bug? Or intentional so you can't build everything in a single playthrough?

[wraith]

Well ... i finished my playtrough with everything build and some extra (double raincollectors/rat traps , 5 chairs etc.) guess it's just RNG, still i was really hard pressed for components, after day 30something that stuff turned into a trader only ressource.

[mrbobc]

Same for me by about day 25. I was finding 1 thing in a pile like gunpowder or nothing at all. components and wood became obsolete except for trades like op said and it became impossible to progress. i needed 1 component to upgrade my metal bench but i never found that last one, with still stuff unbuilt or needing upgrading aswell. filters and fuel still had to be made, my game was over before i even knew it.

Winter had already hit and i simply ran out of fuel sources, Took more risks and it was over by day 29.

Components and wood should be the most abundant resource in the game and really the things you'd never run short of in a shelled out city made of wood and components...

[firderis]

Build an axe and use it in your home :)

[mrbobc]

oh i did that by like day 10 but breaking up stuff i needed wasnt worth it as i lost 2 people out scavenging by the time i needed to and with short supply of food and depression setting in, it was already over.

The point is, how are you supposed to get more over time though?! I like the aspect of times being that tough you have to end up destroying what you've built in order to make fuel just to live out the night, but unless you're sure the war will be over soon you are simply just avoiding the inevitable.

[Darkwingz]

Originally posted by mrbobc:

unless you're sure the war will be over soon you are simply just avoiding the inevitable.

You sound pretty depressed - immersive game isnt it?

[Mansen]

Tried trading?

[Confidor]

Trading is stupid broken though when you go to Central Square, 1 coffee for 36 Components i mean come on, or 1 coffee for a ton of meds.

[Scourge]

Originally posted by Confidor:

Trading is stupid broken though when you go to Central Square, 1 coffee for 36 Components i mean come on, or 1 coffee for a ton of meds.

1 Cigarette for 4 Bandages and 5 Meds.
Trade the meds for stuff at the garage, you can even get some food there.

[Mansen]

Originally posted by Confidor:

Trading is stupid broken though when you go to Central Square, 1 coffee for 36 Components i mean come on, or 1 coffee for a ton of meds.

I was referring to the travelling trader - Mostly since the other trading locations have a chance to bug out and have people attack you at random.

[𝔗𝔢𝔞 ❀]

I've got about 50 wood lying around atm. There is a lot at the half build high rise.

[BlackAlpha]

Create an axe and chop up debris and furniture to get wood.

[Vagineer1]

I have to agree, finding materials is rather annoying the further you get into the game. I am on day 17 and due to fighting, a lot of areas I have and haven't been to are blocked off, preventing me from getting the things I need.

Does anyone know, on average, when the fighting stops?

[=M$= Oroberus]

Originally posted by Confidor:

Trading is stupid broken though when you go to Central Square, 1 coffee for 36 Components i mean come on, or 1 coffee for a ton of meds.

I won't call this broken.

Ever visited a LARP with an endtime theme? Luxurystuff, especially cigarettes and coffee, is traded for enormous prices as everyone is only allowed to bring a fix amount and going offplay and buy new is not allowed.

At some time "society" hits the point where most things are set up and working and by then, stuff like building materials will became less worth just like luxury stuff becomes higher in value (because it is getting harder to become too).

[mrbobc]

Originally posted by Darkwing:

Originally posted by mrbobc:

unless you're sure the war will be over soon you are simply just avoiding the inevitable.

You sound pretty depressed - immersive game isnt it?

Hehe. Reading down the page i never knew about central square as it seemed to be blocked off most of the time when it has appeared. A location ive clearly neglected :facepalm:

At least i know what the radio is going on about now as it didny seem to make a difference if coffee was in demand or not to a normal trader, i thought it was broken...

[chris]

Originally posted by =M$= Oroberus:

Originally posted by Confidor:

Trading is stupid broken though when you go to Central Square, 1 coffee for 36 Components i mean come on, or 1 coffee for a ton of meds.

I won't call this broken.

I would. It's not just luxury stuff it's anything, and it's not related to market trends, and it's only at the central square location.