Medium Difficulty - Not getting Tech Blocks back when Dismantling

[GamingEscape]

I have been trying to rob Peter to pay Paul by dismantling a couple of items that say they refund tech blocks, but after dismantling, I don't recover any. I have room in my storage areas, and I'm definitely on medium difficulty. I don't know what's wrong, unless things have changed. Every forum I find says on medium I should get 100% of my materials back. I think I just stranded myself, because I can't rebuild the hyperdrive I just dismantled, and I can't build the ore processor I was trying to build to find a way to make use of the ore I'd been mining.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by GamingEscape:

I have been trying to rob Peter to pay Paul by dismantling a couple of items that say they refund tech blocks, but after dismantling, I don't recover any. I have room in my storage areas, and I'm definitely on medium difficulty. I don't know what's wrong, unless things have changed. Every forum I find says on medium I should get 100% of my materials back. I think I just stranded myself, because I can't rebuild the hyperdrive I just dismantled, and I can't build the ore processor I was trying to build to find a way to make use of the ore I'd been mining.

Well i just tested on medium, with a construct skill 1(!) character and it returned all blocks.

This setting though is editable when you start the game. So maybe you tinkered around a bit and turned it off? Do you by chance get blocks back or scraps?
Do you have any save game you can return to?
The autosave function saves pretty often.
Also depending in which system you are eventually a ship might jump to where you are, but it is probably better to return to a previous save and test what you get back, scraps or normal blocks on other items.

What could have also happened is that the techblock was immideatly brought somewhere to build or repair something. (Although on medium under normal circumstances you should not be needing techblocks for repairs that often, with regular normal tear and wear. But with an asteroid hit or other options you might still need them.)