What is the purpose of the small crusher?

[dunawayc]

I built a small crusher and a rover, but realized that it did not have a tipper/bucket. Apparently I need a big crusher in order make one, so why waste materials on a small crusher? It seems pointless.

Is there another way to get a tipper/bucket for my rover trailer?

I don't see the point of the small crusher if I need a big one anyway!

[Alaine.Ninmah]

Your rover should come with a bucket. If you built it from scratch that is.

[Lochar]

yeah when built rover it had a tipper and used the small crusher fine, mainly because I was tired of hand mining for calcium and glad I did, HUGE difference in resources after crushers. I did upgrade to large eventually but the small 1 was cheaper to buid.

[Alaine.Ninmah]

Also meteors can destroy your vehicles if stored outside including the tipper.

[dunawayc]

I did build one from scratch and at the moment it completed, it crushed me. Maybe that's why the bucket didn't get built?

Anyway, I scrapped it and rebuilt it and still did not get a bucket. I saved the game and then reloaded to see if it would show up, but to no avail. I don't know what to do now.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2977612352

[Lochar]

try scrapping it, then saving and reloading to build, but yeah thats a weird bug.

[dunawayc]

Ok, so scrapping a rover is not a good idea!!! I got blasted backwards, damaged my helmet, and ended up with a broken rover. I could repair it, however, but I did not get a bucket still.

Is there a safe way to scrap a rover and get the parts back?

[Alaine.Ninmah]

Drain the battery to 0

[Lochar]

Originally posted by dunawayc:

Ok, so scrapping a rover is not a good idea!!! I got blasted backwards, damaged my helmet, and ended up with a broken rover. I could repair it, however, but I did not get a bucket still.

Is there a safe way to scrap a rover and get the parts back?

I must have misread, never tried myself but thought you said you scrapped it once already.

[dunawayc]

Originally posted by Lochar:

Originally posted by dunawayc:

Ok, so scrapping a rover is not a good idea!!! I got blasted backwards, damaged my helmet, and ended up with a broken rover. I could repair it, however, but I did not get a bucket still.

Is there a safe way to scrap a rover and get the parts back?

I must have misread, never tried myself but thought you said you scrapped it once already.

I thought that I had. Thinking back on it, I just loaded a save before I had the rover.

[jbailey]

You cannot scrap the rover or the ATV. It will always explode. "IF" you have or can get the Big Rock Crusher, you can print a new Tipper for the rover.

[div1]

I got no tipper also, but I saw one at a destroyed base POI to the west in the small canyons.
Next base about directly west of the free ATV base.
Haven't been able to connect it to the Rover yet, but I'll try on next load later or tomorrow.
Had to get Cutter lvl 3 to remove the base to get a clear path to the tipper.
Perhaps that's a reason why I didn't get that tipper with the Rover?

[Ydyp]

Originally posted by jbailey:

You cannot scrap the rover or the ATV. It will always explode. "IF" you have or can get the Big Rock Crusher, you can print a new Tipper for the rover.

Well you can also just drain the battery completely, less explosions or change on getting electrocuted that way. Same with grinding solar panels when there is still sun up ;)

[div1]

Originally posted by Ydyp:

Originally posted by jbailey:

You cannot scrap the rover or the ATV. It will always explode. "IF" you have or can get the Big Rock Crusher, you can print a new Tipper for the rover.

Well you can also just drain the battery completely, less explosions or change on getting electrocuted that way. Same with grinding solar panels when there is still sun up ;)

Weird, I've taken sown loads of solar panels at all times of the day/night cycle and I've never been electrocuted.

Perhaps that's because of my difficulty setting, I'm playing on Normal in the Campaign.

But when I first time found the free ATV, I tried to scrap that and it blew me several meters away.

[deltahazer]

Originally posted by div1:

Originally posted by Ydyp:

Well you can also just drain the battery completely, less explosions or change on getting electrocuted that way. Same with grinding solar panels when there is still sun up ;)

Weird, I've taken sown loads of solar panels at all times of the day/night cycle and I've never been electrocuted.

Perhaps that's because of my difficulty setting, I'm playing on Normal in the Campaign.

But when I first time found the free ATV, I tried to scrap that and it blew me several meters away.

Scrap panels that you find at the abandoned bases aren't generating power, so they won't electrocute you. Panels you have built do generate during daylight, and even on normal campaign will kill you with thrown sparks if you stand on the side facing the socket. To grind those safely, either do it at night when it's not generating, or stand at the opposite side from the outlet (a little distance off, not right against it or you'll still get zapped) and aim at the pole above the socket or on the solar panel to either side.

[jbailey]

I've been killed once or twice here or there, but not very often. I have noticed health taking a hit more then dying.