Training is a mess

[Odium]

The training is a mess in this game. Ive played many survival crafty games, i get the basic stuff

wtf is this game trying to get me to do.

For a few examples. Refuel car. Sure I grab the gas and walk to the vehicle holding E. its already full I guess so I dont get to see if there is some progress bar or anything that shows if its filling

repair next car, its undamaged same issue

Mining/gathering junk. I pick up some junk, immediately encumbered... Okay ill split the stack and drop some. splitting doesnt work. Whatever I hobble over to the junk processor. It wont let me put anymore in there, theres a stack of 5k I can take some but right clicking and "load into processor" isnt doing anything. Bring over fuel its full. but its not processing or doing anything, whatever move on. Same thing happens at ore processor as well.

Crane thing., can rotate the hook, can adjust length, cant bring it down or up.

Finally find my way to water vehicles, instruction say some are already built, grab some fuel if you need to but go ahead and test out a water vehicle. THEY ARE LOCKED, YOU CANT GET INTO THEM AT ALL. and attempting to fuel did nothing

I feel like I could enjoy this game but Im stuck in this training area that doesnt actually teach you anything but you do get to see what menus and UI look like.

what am I doing wrong

[Karrotfield]

Best tutorial is the one given by the players.

Fueling isn't done through E, you open your inventory, click on the fuel can so it goes onto the bottom slot of the left side of your equipment window, then press 3 and click close to a vehicle to refuel it (if it's not at full that is)

The repairing in the home training area is also a bit finnicky as you're not the only person, but you need to have Basic Materials (BMats) in your inventory and use the hammer to repair a damaged truck by clicking on it/holding click.

The splitting not working is not something I'm familiar with sadly.

The "processor" with 5K in it is probably not a processor, but a Mine. Mines are essentially salvage/other resource fields but automated via diesel or petrol. What you need is a Refinery, which is identifyable with a hammer icon on the map.

For the crane, certain vehicles can Deploy and Undeploy using F while in the driver seat. Drivable cranes can do this, some boats like the Barge or Landing APC also can do this with their ramp. If the ramp is down/crane is deployed, you won't be able to move the vehicle itself.

With the water vehicles, that is another home region thing. People just like to lock/squadlock them. Best to go to an anchor icon (shipyard) on your map, with BMats, and build a basic barge there, or go to a beach and build a motorboat via the hammer (You press B) with BMats in your inventory. Not all beaches work however, motorboats are really finnicky with placement.

Hope this helped a bit!

[BlazingScribe]

Actually I agree that the tutorial needs to be overhauled. The current one is pretty old. But I also agree that the best way to learn is instruction by veterans.

[Odium]

Thanks to both of you that helped a lot. Ya skipping the tut helped a lot, found some other players who knew what they were doing and took me in. Lovin the game now

[Mrgadgetz]

Is this game worth playing on the steam deck? Controls seem complicated for the deck.

[[CSF] Tman]

yeah, the training area has been a mess for a while, you just gotta hop in a region and don't be afraid to start asking questions, most people with the Ranks WO, OCdt or higher are generally the players who've been playing longer or mainly do logistics, and they will usually know most of the stuff you are curious about

vehicle training entirely trial by fire, you can build tanks in the home region so you have to just find someone willing to accept a new player into their tank crew and learn from them.

I want them to add a armor training arena to the home regions so new players can learn how to use tanks without possibly losing a it along with a bunch of shells to the enemy team, but the devs haven't worked on anything like that yet and will probably wait until they fully revamp the home regions