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[0.16.1] Artillery destroying rocks leaves items on ground.

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 6:00 pm
by xenoxaos
I'm playing on the Linux build 0.16.1, Today while playing with the artillery turret, I noticed that when destroying rocks, it leaves the stone items on the ground. Walking over it without holding F adds the items to your inventory. Attached a video as well as youtube link. Not a big deal, but thought I'd let you know.

Thanks!

https://youtu.be/Vn0igAZHNZk

Re: [0.16.1] Artillery destroying rocks leaves items on ground.

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 6:02 pm
by sillyfly
Pretty sure that's working as intended... same thing happens when you run the rocks over with a car or shoot them with any other weapon...

Re: [0.16.1] Artillery destroying rocks leaves items on ground.

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 6:10 pm
by Ranakastrasz
This is normal. Killing rocks dropps something like 10 stone. Doesnt matter how you do it

Re: [0.16.1] Artillery destroying rocks leaves items on ground.

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 5:57 am
by xenoxaos
Alright, I see that it's not just the artillery creating the items on the ground (I just shot a rock to death). but walking over them picks the items up w/o holding F. So you can't leave them while walking over them.

Re: [0.16.1] Artillery destroying rocks leaves items on ground.

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 8:46 am
by Zavian
That behaviour has been around a while. I'm pretty sure it's deliberate. It was useful when you were able to pick up alien artifacts by justs walking over them.

Re: [0.16.1] Artillery destroying rocks leaves items on ground.

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:28 pm
by Jürgen Erhard
Zavian wrote:That behaviour has been around a while. I'm pretty sure it's deliberate. It was useful when you were able to pick up alien artifacts by justs walking over them.
The bug is that it's inconsistent (yes, that's a bug): some of those rocks do drop items (stone/coal) other don't.

I'd prefer they all (including trees) drop stuff on the ground that the bot can't carry (and if hit, drop *some* on the ground, because, well, artillery). I never truly like the fact that a bot can carry four pieces of wood when it mined a tree, even when it can only carry one wood from a chest to another chest (pre-capacity research).