[RESOLVED] F-Link function?

[Mirabelle]

A question that no one ever could answer me:

originally you have 3 F-Links. One with an empty square symbol, one with a square symbol with horizontal and one with vertikal lines. I never used this one with empty square, what is the sense of this F-Link?

Another point: if you have two F-Links activated, you get two new F-Links at another place in the inventory. Is it possible to recognize which belongs to which arrival platform? I never managed that without trying.

Anyway, at the Guides-Tab there is a discussion (Gadgets/Comments), how many F-Links can be found. Very interesting:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=359579910

[Gormash]

The F-Links are teleporter devices.
The only difference between them is the symbol you just mentioned, just so you can differenciate between them. The symbol doesn't mean anything, it's just a symbol.

When you use an F-Link you drop off a tiny part of it on the ground.
The control uniy you keep with you, and it is moved to a different part of the inventory. If you later take out this control uint and use it you are instantly teleported to the little part you dropped on the ground (and it's automatically picked up).

You have three F-links that you can put out at various locations that you might want to get to quickly.
In Shamazaar I kept one in the village, one near the three temples in the norteast, and the third for whatever might come.

The only negative with these is that when you teleport you must immediately use it again to set the teleport point back on the ground if you want to get there fast again.

Warning: If you move over the tiny part that drops off of the F-Link you will pick it up.

[Mirabelle]

Ok, that's clear now, thanks.

With your explanation i found out now the meaning of the symbols. If you drop i.e. an F-Link with stripes down, then there will appear a control unity with the same symbol at another place in the inventory. The only thing you have to remember is the special symbol of your different arrival platforms. Writing it down on a paper will be helpful, like in good old adventure games ;-)

Nice that it took me about 15 years to get over this. No time at all :)

[Tryyton]

Originally posted by Mirabelle:

Ok, that's clear now, thanks.

With your explanation i found out now the meaning of the symbols. If you drop i.e. an F-Link with stripes down, then there will appear a control unity with the same symbol at another place in the inventory. The only thing you have to remember is the special symbol of your different arrival platforms. Writing it down on a paper will be helpful, like in good old adventure games ;-)

Nice that it took me about 15 years to get over this. No time at all :)

better late, then never... :) i´ll get it soon, so i can finish it after 15 years finally. ;) too bad, that the kickstarter didn´t get backed. it looked awesome...

[ortwin]

Idea for some merch: A map-poster of all the regions (or separate posters for each region) which you can hang on a magnetic whiteboard. Also, little magnets with the symbols of the five F-Links on them, so you can mark the spot where you dropped the teleportation target. Should not be that expensive to produce and would be a great versatile addition to the game. Plus it would generate some more profits to develop the Outcast universe further.

[Mirabelle]

Apropos five F-Links:
i can't find number 4 and 5. According to a post at steam (see my first post above) they can be purchased from the violet dressed merchants in Okriana. I looked for that at all 5 or 6 merchants, none of them had an F-Link. Is this random?

[Zixinus]

If its of any help, I think I found that merchant in the meat bok (district).

The purple-robed Talans are divided according to the boks. So there should be only one in the meat bok. He is in the middle of a house.

I don't think it is random, because I recall values about this in the Outcast.ini file.

[Mirabelle]

Ok, i found him now, thanks a lot. I never looked in this house before. As listed in outcast.ini, there should be 10 merchants. Guess i found at most 6 or 7 of them :)