Lantern Refill Bug

[johndraugr]

I searched the forums but didn't see any mention of this possible issue/bug.

Ok... So I thought I was going crazy, but it turns out I was able to repeat this issue. After not finding any info on how to properly refil a lantern with oil/fat I tried pressing 'G' to repair the lantern even though it doesn't say to. In response to pressing 'G' I get a message that I'm not near a smithy table. So I go to the table with fat in my inventory and hover over the lantern with the mouse pointer, I then press 'G' and the lantern is refilled! When I then take the lantern and place it in my hand/slot the lantern reverts back to the amount of oil that was in before I refilled it. I tried this a few times and was able to repeat this problem. Is anyone else aware of this issue/bug?

Oh and yes, I lose 1 fat from inventory when trying to refill the lantern this way, so it is consuming fat for the refill.

Thanks,
John

PS: I'm playing on my new private server. My OS is Win 8.1 PRO.

[johndraugr]

RMB didn't do anything. I saw that mentioned in the forums but it didn't work so I tried hitting 'G' for repair just to see what happens and thats when it says I need to go to the smithy. If you are not supposed to refill the lantern at the smithy, then it shouldn't fill the lantern and then consume the fat item. Also, using the smithy process seems to work as the lantern shows itself as full, but when equipped the lantern returns to its pre-oil level state before I refilled it at the smithy.

[Kipriou]

Do you RMB when inventory (UI) is closed with lantern in hand and at least 1 fat avalaible in inventory? If you try when it's opened, it won't work.

[johndraugr]

Originally posted by HK:

OK dude, w/e. I have over 1500+ hours into the game but, I guess idk wtf I'm talking about then. Do what you want.

To be quite honest... I don't care if you have 1,000,000 hours in the game or any game for that matter! I'm simply stating what I did, what the result was, and that it appears to be a bug or glitch. If you are going to go all 5 year old child over my response stating what my personal experience with the issue is, then that's on you! Oh... and for the record I NEVER said you didn't know WTF you were talking about. Again that too is on you as YOU said that, not me! LOL

As I stated previously, I read about the RMB before even making this thread and tried it with both the UI open and closed, and nothing happens. The only time it appears that the lantern was refilled was when I did what I explained in the initial post I made in this thread. I'm not saying that is the right way, just the method I stumbled upon when trying to figure out how to refill the lantern. If the RMB method is the proper method then it is not working on the server which I play on. I may try to create a new lantern and see if it is possibly the one specific lantern I made that has some sort of refilling glitch.

@Kipriou Yea I tried both with the UI opened and closed, but the lantern does not get filled. :(

[johndraugr]

ok... Update...

I figured out the issue. Apparently, you cannot refill your lantern until it is completely empty. I let my lantern drain down to empty, then I got the tool tip on RMB to refill. Doing that worked. I thought you could refiull the lantern at any time. I never let my lanterns or torches go completely out when in caverns, dungeons, etc.... when gaming, I usually let them go down to about 25% then refill them. I didn't realize you had to wait until completely empty before refilling a lantern in Out of Reach.