Disappearing water?

[Zexy_Observer]

Its been a while since I've played this game and they've again changed how to get water.

I'm at the ranger station on mystery lake, trying to melt snow/boil water. I've done it a few times with tin cans and the cooking pot, but every time I go back to the stove to get the water, the cans/pot are empty and I have no water. What is going on?

[EN16M471C]

Originally posted by justindav:

Its been a while since I've played this game and they've again changed how to get water.

I'm at the ranger station on mystery lake, trying to melt snow/boil water. I've done it a few times with tin cans and the cooking pot, but every time I go back to the stove to get the water, the cans/pot are empty and I have no water. What is going on?

It vaporised because you left it too long on the fire.

Basically now you have two counters when doing water. First is melting time then boiling time. After those two run out you have a counter "until boiled dry".

[IFIYGD]

Check your condition on your cooking pot(s) and cans as well. If you let food burn in them, or let water burn off, your pots and cans lose condition.

[mark]

You can go off and do something else without the water vapourising, IF you time it so that the fire dies before it boils dry. So if your snow takes 20 minutes to melt, and then 20 minutes to boil, if your fire lasts more than 40 but less than [40 + 'until boiled dry'], it'll be ok. Same with cooking food. Bear in mind that an outdoor fire (or any fire burning, while you are outside) lasts longer than it says it will...

This timing can be quite important when ice fishing particularly, because quitting out of a fishing session early to check the stove can see you throwaway a fish if you catch it at precisely the wrong second. Or if you want to go to bed, and put 4L water on a double stove, you add fuel to give the necessary time, but not too much.

[Mauro4691]

Originally posted by mark:

You can go off and do something else without the water vapourising, IF you time it so that the fire dies before it boils dry. So if your snow takes 20 minutes to melt, and then 20 minutes to boil, if your fire lasts more than 40 but less than [40 + 'until boiled dry'], it'll be ok. Same with cooking food. Bear in mind that an outdoor fire (or any fire burning, while you are outside) lasts longer than it says it will...

This timing can be quite important when ice fishing particularly, because quitting out of a fishing session early to check the stove can see you throwaway a fish if you catch it at precisely the wrong second. Or if you want to go to bed, and put 4L water on a double stove, you add fuel to give the necessary time, but not too much.

It also depends on the level. higher level, fire takes longer and food cooks faster.

[Ivy]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Check your condition on your cooking pot(s) and cans as well. If you let food burn in them, or let water burn off, your pots and cans lose condition.

Cool, I've never noticed that. Does condition of the pot affect anything?