Help! Fuel transport?

[《Languste》]

Hey there :):I was on a server and crafted myself two generators and a pump jack. But now I ask myself, how can I transport the fuel from the pump jack into the generator, so my pump jack doesnt stop soon after I left the server cause the fuel is used. Can I somehow automate the procedure? Or do I have to do that all by hand? Because I want to run a sentry, but when it goes off 30 minutes after I left the server it is pretty useless :/ so any help? :) thx guys!

[Cursed Hawkins]

nope you need to have Gas Cans on you there's no way to get fuel from the jack to the generator

[《Languste》]

So the sentries work only like half an hour if I dont refuel them? Because I am only on for like 2 hours at one piece per day, and therefore it would be useless... :/ righteo?

[《Languste》]

Ah okay thx :D and how many fuel cans do I need to fill the industrial generator up? :p just circa? ^^

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by FoxxyDaPirate:

Originally posted by Languste:

So the sentries work only like half an hour if I dont refuel them? Because I am only on for like 2 hours at one piece per day, and therefore it would be useless... :/ righteo?

No. Get an industrial generator and fill it. It should last around 24-28 hours

Sentries if i remember correctly the only thing that you need to manage with the Sentries is the ammo for the gun you have for them

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by FoxxyDaPirate:

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Sentries if i remember correctly the only thing that you need to manage with the Sentries is the ammo for the gun you have for them

No. You need fuel for a generator.

yeah but the ammo is a bit more important if you have an unlimited Fuel Generator right next to your base

[《Languste》]

http://unturned.wikia.com/wiki/Industrial_Generator?comments_page=1

Ah there it is :) it lasts 22 hours if its full, and you need 32 gas cans to fill it up :D

[《Languste》]

But this industrial generator doesnt really make the whole thing better... it lasts longer but on the other hand i need also longer to refill it :/

[《Languste》]

But i think when i am only online once a day, for like one or two hours, powering a sentry wouldnt be worth it, am i right? Because it should be on always, so my base is safe, and not only for 30 minutes from when i leave ^^

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Languste:

But i think when i am only online once a day, for like one or two hours, powering a sentry wouldnt be worth it, am i right? Because it should be on always, sonmy base is safe, and not only for 30 minutes from when i leave ^^

i think you're forgetting the thing that everyone likes to call Balance with that kind of statement

[《Languste》]

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Originally posted by Languste:

But i think when i am only online once a day, for like one or two hours, powering a sentry wouldnt be worth it, am i right? Because it should be on always, sonmy base is safe, and not only for 30 minutes from when i leave ^^

i think you're forgetting the thing that everyone likes to call Balance with that kind of statement

Erm what do you mean? :p

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Languste:

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

i think you're forgetting the thing that everyone likes to call Balance with that kind of statement

Erm what do you mean? :p

if Nelson made it so that Sentries stayed on forever and didn't take as much fuel as they do they would be considered OverPowered cause someone can place them anywhere, at any given time denying resources and supplies to other players

[《Languste》]

Ah okay ^^ well but players who have much time can simply stay at a place theirselves :p and i think it would be better if the ammo would be the problem, and not the fuel... because like it is now the sentries are pretty useless :(

[MechWarden]

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Originally posted by Languste:

But i think when i am only online once a day, for like one or two hours, powering a sentry wouldnt be worth it, am i right? Because it should be on always, sonmy base is safe, and not only for 30 minutes from when i leave ^^

i think you're forgetting the thing that everyone likes to call Balance with that kind of statement

I think I asked awhile ago if it was OP to have a system that directly piped in fuel from a pump jack to something else, like to a fuel tank and/or generator.

Was kind of surprised by how accepting people were to the idea.

As said before, ammo would be the main concern with sentries, espeically if you are not sporting guns with good ammo supplies; followed by the defense of the generator.

Also, I'm kind of biased, having played Team Fortress Classic for quite awhile, mostly as the Engineer, when it was popular, and knowing how vulnerable stationary gun bots are versus a determined human.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by MechWarden:

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

i think you're forgetting the thing that everyone likes to call Balance with that kind of statement

I think I asked awhile ago if it was OP to have a system that directly piped in fuel from a pump jack to something else, like to a fuel tank and/or generator.

Was kind of surprised by how accepting people were to the idea.

As said before, ammo would be the main concern with sentries, espeically if you are not sporting guns with good ammo supplies; followed by the defense of the generator.

i think people were accepting cause it's not something that's actually in Unturned sure it would be a quicker way to spread power around without the need of a million generators just to power an entire base but when you don't have something to compare to it's difficult to see how accepting if put into the game how people would take the idea.

[MechWarden]

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Originally posted by MechWarden:

I think I asked awhile ago if it was OP to have a system that directly piped in fuel from a pump jack to something else, like to a fuel tank and/or generator.

Was kind of surprised by how accepting people were to the idea.

As said before, ammo would be the main concern with sentries, espeically if you are not sporting guns with good ammo supplies; followed by the defense of the generator.

i think people were accepting cause it's not something that's actually in Unturned sure it would be a quicker way to spread power around without the need of a million generators just to power an entire base but when you don't have something to compare to it's difficult to see how accepting if put into the game how people would take the idea.

Actually, several threads on the same topic got shot down (some of them I shot down) before stopping and thinking if it was actually as OP as people were making it out to be.

If anything, my thread on the topic showed that there is a bias in regards to ideas, based partly on presentation (and other factors).

What I got out of it was that maybe I was wrong before on shooting down the idea, and that once again, people aren't as logical in their arguments as they think themselves to be.
(really, I've seen that demonstrated many times and I still make that damn mistake in thinking I'm somehow rational and unbiased)

So in short, no one really knows for sure, but based on other things that are currently equally as broken, some system that kept things powered up 24/7 is by far not the worst thing that could be done to the game.