sewing kit

[Sidartha]

So I was trying to make an improvised backpack and I have all the mats but the sewing kit. I thought I previously crafted something that required the sewing kit by using a bone needle and thread but that doesn't seem to work for the backpack? Is that by design or a bug?

The recipe doesn't let me toggle away from the sewing kit like it does for other alternative ingredients. It does have the thread highlighted but not the bone needle so not sure what is up.

[Scar]

You need the specific things to craft stuff, it shows you what you need and what you can use.
sometimes it depends on knowledge and quality of mats

[Sidartha]

Soooo..you are saying sometimes a needle and thread works as an alternative to a sewing kit but sometimes it doesn't? That doesn't make a lot of sense.

[Error Loading]

from one you might need more items than the other. Rope(1x to craft) for example or improvised rope (2x to craft). you can see the amount in small numbers above. glitches do happen though :)

[Sidartha]

Originally posted by Duckman:

from one you might need more items than the other. Rope(1x to craft) for example or improvised rope (2x to craft). you can see the amount in small numbers above. glitches do happen though :)

Right. I understand that. The question though is.. in some cases a needle and thread works as an alternative to the sewing kit. However, for the improvised backpack it only asks for a sewing kit and won't work with a needle and thread. I'm trying to figure out if that is a bug or intended. Are alternate items always alternate items or do they change depending on the crafting recipe?

As an example if you go into the crafting menu and look at the small improvised backpack you can toggle between the sewing kit and the needle in the components list. However, if you change to the larger improvised backpack there is no toggle and it only has the sewing kit as a component. Maybe that's intended but seems weird that it would work for one and not the other.

[-VG- Napster]

Originally posted by Sidartha:

So I was trying to make an improvised backpack and I have all the mats but the sewing kit. I thought I previously crafted something that required the sewing kit by using a bone needle and thread but that doesn't seem to work for the backpack? Is that by design or a bug?

The recipe doesn't let me toggle away from the sewing kit like it does for other alternative ingredients. It does have the thread highlighted but not the bone needle so not sure what is up.

try lying all required mats on the ground
open tab look in the vicinity
click all required mats so they are highlighted red
try rightclicking different mats until you get an option to craft something

i hope this works 4 you

side note

also if the item in the crafting menu has no colored background you´re lacking skill to craft it
sometimes hard to see
as an example look at the cooking pot stuff there are some that have only grey/black color and there are some they have orange color the ones without color you´re lacking skill and therefore cannot craft it

some recipes support that different mats can be used but there is a bug where clicking the arrows does not work, thats why i told you try lying all mats on the ground

[Duff™]

All items have to be of equal value in degredation and above 50% yellow.

[Papalotapuss]

So far I've found the smallest craftable backpack is good enough to start - the one that only requires rags, rope and stone knife. Once crafted I will usually find a proper backpack before I find a sewing kit.

[Norseman]

Originally posted by Sidartha:

So I was trying to make an improvised backpack and I have all the mats but the sewing kit. I thought I previously crafted something that required the sewing kit by using a bone needle and thread but that doesn't seem to work for the backpack? Is that by design or a bug?

The recipe doesn't let me toggle away from the sewing kit like it does for other alternative ingredients. It does have the thread highlighted but not the bone needle so not sure what is up.

Bugged, very bugged..
Two out of ten it responds back as it should do.. Just keep at it and it should pop as craft-able.

Devs:
The crafting info system is also very ... informative, red colors for opposite what people are used too, green is a color for "go" or "Ok", Red is not. Combine Red, (Yellow, if need be) and Green devs.

Intuitive, it is not. Plus bugs makes it harder to understand what you mean with your crafting system overall. But after a time you pick it up, but not trough the menus, trough what works and how to get glitches to let go and let you craft...