Cannot fill 2nd gas can - bug?

[Expat]

So I found a 2nd gas can in the trash dump near the ice wall camp but when I drive back to the general store I cannot fill it. Tried turning the pump off and back on again, but no joy. Looking forward to the full release!

[Expat]

Let me know if you need a log file sent, or if this isn't the correct place to post!

[Jean-Francois Fiset]

This is actually not a bug. We put a few gas cans on the map to make sure players don't miss it, but only one can be filled because only one will be useful in the game ;)

[Expat]

Ok, you're just gonna frustrate my hoarder tendencies, huh? Guess I can live with it. S'pose that means I won't need the 3 hammers, couple of hatchets etc. that I've already collected either.

Thanks for the quick reply and good luck on the full release - I'm looking forward to it!

[Jean-Francois Fiset]

Indeed, but it's always good to have some spare items in case you need to drop some in the wild :P

[Red Sun Sunny]

Originally posted by Expat:

Ok, you're just gonna frustrate my hoarder tendencies, huh? Guess I can live with it. S'pose that means I won't need the 3 hammers, couple of hatchets etc. that I've already collected either.

Thanks for the quick reply and good luck on the full release - I'm looking forward to it!

bit of a ♥♥♥♥ move to completely ♥♥♥♥ on the game in a review after the devs were nice enough to answer your question. Even though the issue was your own incompetence in the first place. Just my thoughts...

[Redhawk]

I enjoyed the game, never really had any problems like this. worth the buy

[BobKlobb]

Originally posted by Yonko Sunny:

Originally posted by Expat:

Ok, you're just gonna frustrate my hoarder tendencies, huh? Guess I can live with it. S'pose that means I won't need the 3 hammers, couple of hatchets etc. that I've already collected either.

Thanks for the quick reply and good luck on the full release - I'm looking forward to it!

bit of a ♥♥♥♥ move to completely ♥♥♥♥ on the game in a review after the devs were nice enough to answer your question. Even though the issue was your own incompetence in the first place. Just my thoughts...

They had a valid complaint. Nobody is going to think the game works that way if they lose a gas can. They're going to assume common sense exists and fill another one. Granted OP is not the one that wrote the review, but hey, reading is hard.

[SilentBoy741]

Originally posted by Jean-Francois Fiset:

This is actually not a bug. We put a few gas cans on the map to make sure players don't miss it, but only one can be filled because only one will be useful in the game ;)

Saying it is intentional does not absolve it from being poor design. Nowhere in the known universe do gas cans (or any other vessel) work this way; if you have 3, the others don't simply refuse to fill after you've filled one. You're just potentially soft-locking your players deliberately for no reason.

Instead, fix it so either all the cans could be filled even if only one is needed, or disable filling the cans AFTER the gas has been used for its intended purpose. Then the player will know "Oh, I don't need any more cans of gas".