Why would it be the case that a rock cache can’t be placed here, or here?

[dahemac]

Why would it be the case that a rock cache can’t be placed here, or here?

[ThePancakeLady]

In the first image, I am guessing it has to do with slope. In the second image, I have no clue.

[dahemac]

5 hours ago, ThePancakeLady said:

In the first image, I am guessing it has to do with slope. In the second image, I have no clue.

Nowhere on the flat dock works. I guess it’s because the dock is a model and not the terrain base. Maybe they can only be placed on the base terrain?

[artmunki]

Maybe the placement criteria is based on the similar campfire placement mechanism, which can't be placed either on slopes or on wooden surfaces. Campfires do have a bit more freedom for placement in caves tho, which is out of bounds for rock caches.

[I_eat_only_wolf_meat]

53 minutes ago, artmunki said:

Campfires do have a bit more freedom for placement in caves tho, which is out of bounds for rock caches.

Which is ironic.  I can't think of any place that should be more "in bounds" for a rock cache.

[dahemac]

3 hours ago, I_eat_only_wolf_meat said:

I can't think of any place that should be more "in bounds" for a rock cache.

Yes! And for all that, I leave piles of sticks and coal and skins and stones inside the entrances to caves. I really think there should be more container storage options in TLD.

[artmunki]

4 hours ago, I_eat_only_wolf_meat said:

Which is ironic.  I can't think of any place that should be more "in bounds" for a rock cache.

While I totally agree that it seems a little incongruous not to be able to build a rock cache in a cave as a form of storage - and I admit I've found that a little frustrating myself in the past - remember that the caches actually serve an orienteering function in the game too. I actually have a really consistent (but wholly unintentional) habit of building rock caches when the conditions are unsuited to mapping, so I rarely actually get to benefit from this function, but it's still a part of the game. I'd guess that's why you have to build them totally outdoors - they're meant to be a visual marker in the landscape as well as a form of storage, and they just wouldn't be visible in the back of a cave.

[I_eat_only_wolf_meat]

1 hour ago, artmunki said:

and they just wouldn't be visible in the back of a cave.

It would be OK by me to only serve one of their two functions if placed there.  It'd be nice if we could pick up and place those green metal boxes as well.