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impo Apr 23, 2020 @ 3:28pm
Deprecated Winches
I recently started building little things in Stormworks and when I added a winch to something there were 8 different winches. There was the normal 4 and also variants of them with (deprecated) after the winch name. These deprecated winches had the rope already attached so I didn't have to go and make a cable anchor to use them. Then the next day I couldn't find them anymore. Does anyone know how I can use them in my builds again?
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DanDanAttack Apr 23, 2020 @ 5:08pm 
Those are the old winches. They got deleted. Replace them with new ones
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Ra-Ra-Rasputin Apr 23, 2020 @ 5:37pm 
Deprecated as a word means outdated and no longer relevant because something newer has essentially replaced them.
They were likely there for backwards compatibility to allow time for people to phase them out.

The newer winches take about 3 seconds more to set up in most applications, but are significantly more flexible in every regard
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impo Apr 23, 2020 @ 7:39pm 
Yes but on the old ones you were able to transfer multiple on/off signals without the use of a microcontroller a feature that would be very useful for me.
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Ra-Ra-Rasputin Apr 24, 2020 @ 1:43am 
They were also the only exception to the rule where you could just connect logic signals between 2 subgrids that weren't physically connected together.

It's relatively easy to facilitate a lot of connections between the two, it just takes a bit of size.
Last edited by Ra-Ra-Rasputin; Apr 24, 2020 @ 1:43am
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impo Apr 30, 2020 @ 7:08pm 
yeah, I wanted a winch with multiple connectors, it's ugly but it works I guess.
Last edited by impo; Apr 30, 2020 @ 7:12pm
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WiskeyBravo May 3, 2020 @ 7:01pm 
You can still load creations made with the deprecated items.

1. Exit and save your game
2. Open AppData\Roaming\Stormworks\saves\ and find your savegame folder.
3. Edit the scene.xml file and change infinite_stock="false" to "true".
4. Reload your game and spawn the creation.
5. Exit and save again.
6. Edit that line back to "false".
7. Reload once more.

Voila! You have your creation with the deprecated items. Just make sure not to return it to the workbench or you'll be back where you started.

NOTE: Using this method will not charge you to spawn your vehicle. To minimize the impact of this, before starting the process above, spawn your vehicle. That will charge you for the items. Then return to workbench and exit to delete the vehicle. At that point, start the process and you'll not be charged a second time.
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