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Jonster2580 Nov 27, 2020 @ 12:58am
Shocking Tranq Darts Can't Be Stored In Refrigerator
After crafting the various shocking tranq darts for this and comparing them to vanilla shocking tranq darts, there is no question about them being more powerful. The one fault I find with them is their inability to be stored in most refrigerators, modded or otherwise, that could extend their spoil timer. The one on my server that could hold them did nothing to their timer. I was using vanilla shocking tranq darts on my server before your mod was introduced, and I love how good they are. For a point of reference, vanilla shocking tranq darts only last 4 hours in a player's inventory, which you have covered. However, they can be stored in a vanilla refrigerator for 18x longer than a player's inventory. I am hoping their compatibility with refrigerators gets addressed in a future patch.

https://ark.gamepedia.com/Shocking_Tranquilizer_Dart
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SlayersKable Nov 27, 2020 @ 4:24am 
I agree this definitely should be added all things considered there spoil times are way to short to not be able to be stored in a fridge considering both S+ and standard fridges can store shocking tranq dart and increase the timers by 100x and 18x respectively.
Last edited by SlayersKable; Nov 27, 2020 @ 7:22am
Ether  [developer] Nov 28, 2020 @ 6:31pm 
If this is feasible, I do intend to look into this. My concern is that attempting to allow (vanilla) refrigerators to store tranq darts might cause some compatibility issues, if I have to replace the vanilla refrigerator with a modded one. That said, it might be perfectly doable without changing anything, we shall see!

Should a compatibility issue arise, I do not want to make this mod inflexible to add this feature. I have a few ideas for alternatives... curious your opinions on them:

- A tranq fridge, probably smaller and a different color, intended solely for storing tranq darts
- A fridge copy, that can store both standard items and tranq darts, in addition to standard items
- The tranq crafter has an added property where all darts in its inventory get refrigerator-esque spoil times.

*I'm debating adding a tranq chem bench equivalent in the near future, with the intention of crafting tranq items quicker. If I do, the third option would likely only apply to the tranq chem bench, or whatever it ends up being called.
Hollowstyx Dec 6, 2020 @ 11:23pm 
I'm no OP lol but a tranq fridge or other specialized storage for the items this mods adds would be both useful for their spoil timers as well as organizing!
Ether  [developer] Dec 7, 2020 @ 12:10pm 
Thanks for the feedback~

I've thought more on this, and I think I'll be making a fridge intended for tranq darts and other items from this mod, but limited solely to those items, as well as vanilla tranq items. To make it obvious, the fridge will probably end up having a different color and will be scaled much smaller than the normal fridge. That way, there's a distinct spot to place this mod's items, aside from the tranq crafter, that also helps preserve them.

*Side note, until the fridge is a thing, if you use Shiny! Dinos, frozen dinos provide the fridge spoil time effect to their inventory contents!
Ether  [developer] Dec 10, 2020 @ 2:02pm 
The new update adds a "Tranq Refrigerator" which can store tranq darts and any of this mod's items. It can't store food, though, so it's intended primarily for darts. You can put narcotic in there as well, even though it doesn't spoil, but it will allow you to keep all of your tranq items in one place.
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