Drill bits will not collect soil no matter what they're on

[earlyshooter]

I don't think I'm doing anything wrong but the drill bits will just not collect soil.

[Mama Cel]

What do you mean? The drill mods for your handheld tool? Or the vehicle mounted drill? Because the drill mod for your handheld tool is just so you can dig through harder soil, you still need a soil canister to collect soil. As for the vehicle mounted drill, I'm not sure about that, I haven't tried it yet since the 1.0 release so I dunno how it works now...

Also, someone else in this forum just posted another topic that was confusingly worded but also mentioned drills not collecting soil, so it is certainly possible it is not working, I suppose... The one that says "The jack is loaded with a drill bit..." etc, is the one... I am assuming that person is talking about the same thing maybe but I'm not sure. I will try to make a vehicle mounted drill in my game in a little bit and see what happens, then I'll let ya know.

[earlyshooter]

Originally posted by VoidBeast:

What do you mean? The drill mods for your handheld tool? Or the vehicle mounted drill? Because the drill mod for your handheld tool is just so you can dig through harder soil, you still need a soil canister to collect soil. As for the vehicle mounted drill, I'm not sure about that, I haven't tried it yet since the 1.0 release so I dunno how it works now...

Also, someone else in this forum just posted another topic that was confusingly worded but also mentioned drills not collecting soil, so it is certainly possible it is not working, I suppose... The one that says "The jack is loaded with a drill bit..." etc, is the one... I am assuming that person is talking about the same thing maybe but I'm not sure. I will try to make a vehicle mounted drill in my game in a little bit and see what happens, then I'll let ya know.

It's the vehicle mounted drill. And the reason why that other post was weirdly worded is that google translate sucks!

[earlyshooter]

The reason why I mentioned no matter what they are on is that I tried using it on a tractor and it didn't work. Then I tried it on a crane and that didn't work. :/

[Mama Cel]

Originally posted by earlyshooter:

The reason why I mentioned no matter what they are on is that I tried using it on a tractor and it didn't work. Then I tried it on a crane and that didn't work. :/

ok I get ya... So you are saying that it doesn't cut into the soil at all? Like the drill just doesn't work?

Just to cover the basics, you have to activate the vehicle mounted drill by pressing C or V (or LB/RB on gamepad) I believe. And it needs power, of course. If those are covered, then it really must be a bug, because there isn't any reason gameplay-wise for it to not drill through the ground as long as it is powered and turned on.

[earlyshooter]

NOOOOOOOO I Mean it didn't collect the soil! I have two things left to research. TWO. I know how to play it. I apologize. You seem to not be having this issue.

[Mama Cel]

Originally posted by earlyshooter:

NOOOOOOOO I Mean it didn't collect the soil! I have two things left to research. TWO. I know how to play it. I apologize. You seem to not be having this issue.

Well, like I said, I actually don't even have a drill head in my game yet, so I may have the problem when I get to it. =) I will try it later when I get a chance.... Where do you have your soil canisters placed, btw? I don't know that it matters as long as they are attached to the same vehicle with the drill somewhere... I don't know if they work if they are on your backpack or not either. But like I said, I'll give it a try and see what I come up with =)

edit: I just noticed there is a rather large patch for astroneer that just started downloading, so perhaps that will solve your issue?

[earlyshooter]

I tried on the crane, on a medium storage, and even tried it with some partially filled canisters. still doesn't get soil :(

[Mama Cel]

Originally posted by earlyshooter:

I tried on the crane, on a medium storage, and even tried it with some partially filled canisters. still doesn't get soil :(

well, that honestly sounds like a bug to me... So maybe they took care of it in this patch that just came out? Hopefully. =)

[earlyshooter]

Okay I tried the new update. Still have the problem.

[GD]

What, even on a Crane Drills produces no Soil? That would be an enormous drawback. Why? This worked since they introduced the Soil Extractor. And something this big should have popped up during QA long ago.

[earlyshooter]

Originally posted by GD:

What, even on a Crane Drills produces no Soil? That would be an enormous drawback. Why? This worked since they introduced the Soil Extractor. And something this big should have popped up during QA long ago.

Beats me, tell me if you encounter the bug.

[GD]

Confirmed it. No soil collection into empty cannisters from rover-mounted drills either directly mounted or with a crane. Only the normal resources are gathered and you can see at the tip of the drill that soil is burned like it would happen when the hand-version cannot find empty cannisters.

[Willa Grey]

Just built this really nice drilling / scrapping rig just to find out that this bug is still present :(

[earlyshooter]

It's beyond belief to think this hasn't been fixed yet.

[FinalKingdomHearts]

The requirements for collecting soil using the drill head are power, drill head mounted on front of rover, and a canister on the rover (not in backpack).