Storage boxes not opening.

[grumblegrim]

Some of my storage boxes will not open, the option to open them (E) doesn't appear. Newly crafted boxes will not open. I've tried verifying the game and a complete reinstall, neither worked. I cant get to any of my ingots or scrap, help!!

[Xas]

Are you and the boxes very close to an island.
If you are, moving away from a distance should help.

If able, jump up, look down at the box, may help in some cases.

[grumblegrim]

Thanks Xas, moved from the Island I was at, and all the boxes working again. Thank you :)

[BokuDesuNe]

Somehow the item hitboxes get moved over the course of the game, making it difficult to figure out where to point the cursor to interact with the object. In my save, some of my storage boxes and the smelter were affected. Reloading did not fix the problem, which persisted whether or not the raft was near an island.

[Xas]

Originally posted by BokuDesuNe:

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Jump onto the box, look down at the box lid, jump and interact.

Remove the Clutter/Stackings around the interacting objects.
Keep place neat and tidy.

[BokuDesuNe]

Originally posted by Xas:

Originally posted by BokuDesuNe:

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Jump onto the box, look down at the box lid, jump and interact.

Remove the Clutter/Stackings around the interacting objects.
Keep place neat and tidy.

@Xas: for me I don't have to jump around or declutter the space. I just changed the angle the player looked at the box, or in the case of the Smelter, aimed slightly lower.

More importantly, the core issue here is why the boxes do not open in the first place. Is it a bug, or user error. Clearly over a few hours of gameplay, hitboxes are becoming misaligned from their graphics, and this is affecting interaction. This is strange behavior.

[Archie]

I had the same problem and am at an island.
However Squatting worked. Control button

Just discovered this is only occurs for me when the boxes are 2 levels up.
Lower levels fine also the cooker doesnt work eithernor the bed unless i crouch.
And at an island as pointed out earlier.
however, later, 2 floors up near an island there were 3 boxes that just wouldnt open. i stumbled around i that got flashes of open box e but to fast to react mostly, but the island is the deal

[divynedemon]

i noticed if you used the 1/2 poles and make platforms there, thats when the boxes are thrown off

[Xabunoxx]

I imagine it has to do with overlap. The "open" text would be triggered by an OnOverlap function but the chest/planter/ collision detection is already being triggered by either something else set down too close, or by being against an island. This can be easily fixed if the DEV's edit the trigger to allow an array of collisions and check them all for player overlap, before dismissing.

BokuDesuNe made a good point about the graphics being a posible issue, but i have little experience with mesh errors, however your idea does sound disturbing lol