Flare Shell Hack

[The_Materialist]

Hi there my fellow OCD sufferers,

For all of you finding flare shells with lower then 100% condition which won't neatly stack. There is a bug which improves the condition of them to 100%. 

Step one: load them into the distress pistol

Step two: unload the pistol

done! The shell has now 100% condition and stacks with all the others with 100%. 

 

I do not get why they have a condition at all, do they actually degrade or is it a mag glass, lantern condition which is jsut random but says nothing?

[Drifter Man]

Many months and many versions ago, flare shells degraded at 1% per 20 days (Voyageur). Measured more recently, about 1% per 8 days (Interloper). I can't be sure if these numbers still hold post-release.

[JAFO]

2 hours ago, The_Materialist said:

I do not get why they have a condition at all

The reason everything has a condition, whether it degrades or not, is because that way, there is always a chance it can be damaged or destroyed when you get attacked by a wolf or bear.

[Riotintheair]

2 hours ago, Drifter Man said:

Many months and many versions ago, flare shells degraded at 1% per 20 days (Voyageur). Measured more recently, about 1% per 8 days (Interloper). I can't be sure if these numbers still hold post-release.

I think this may have been changed, as I'm on day 170 on Interloper and all of my flare shells are at 100% - I took 8 off the summit on day 6 and 4 from the ravine around day 45. I've never unloaded the flare gun, and fired it only once (the TWM flare gun at DP on day 31). They've mostly been on my person, as I only recently started storing all but one shell. I'll see if they degrade in storage next time I get to play.

[The_Materialist]

3 hours ago, JAFO said:

it can be damaged or destroyed when you get attacked by a wolf or bear.

Cool, I didn't know that. I thaught that only goes for clothes. Well I get why you would have it 100% condition but why should flare shells degrade then? I mean flares do not degrade, ammo does not why should the flare shells.

[JAFO]

10 hours ago, The_Materialist said:

why should flare shells degrade then? I mean flares do not degrade, ammo does not why should the flare shells.

From what @Riotintheair says above, it seems they may not degrade any more.

[Riotintheair]

I was just about to edit that - they do lose condition! Assuming they started on day 1 at 100%  - I've survived 174 days on this run in Interloper and the flare shells show 77%, we quickly arrive at 1% every 8 days. So @Drifter Man has the right math (as usual)!

[JAFO]

3 hours ago, Riotintheair said:

I was just about to edit that - they do lose condition!

So have you tested @The_Materialist's hack yet?

[Riotintheair]

53 minutes ago, JAFO said:

So have you tested @The_Materialist's hack yet?

Yes. It happens exactly as he says. I unloaded the flare gun and got a 100% shell, then I dropped that shell, loaded a 77% shell, and unloaded the gun a 2nd time and it returned a 100% shell. So now I have nine 77% shells and two 100% shells.

If somehow this guy is alive on day 799 I'll make it a point to fire the 2 shells from the lighthouse. Who knows, maybe someone will see.

[The_Materialist]

By then canoes will be a thing and I will come and save you ;-)

[Salty Crackers]

I just wish flare shells didn't decay. Rifle rounds don't decay, so why do the flare shells decay?