Barrels of iron

[Ciuffoblu93]

Recovering material from barrels

[The Feng Hunter]

We don’t know what’s in the barrels: could be toxic waste, could be maple syrup, could be nothing.

My money’s on “toxic waste” and “nothing.”

[ThePancakeLady]

The main issue I see with this (and getting scrap metal from wheelbarrows) is we have a small hacksaw, meant to cut through thin metals and wood items. Thick steel bodies on wheelbarrows and the barrels is not going to cut through easily with a puny hacksaw. 

[Ciuffoblu93]

1 hour ago, ThePancakeLady said:

Il problema principale che vedo con questo (e con il recupero di rottami metallici dalle carriole) è che abbiamo un piccolo seghetto, pensato per tagliare metalli sottili e oggetti in legno. I corpi in acciaio spesso delle carriole e dei barili non si tagliano facilmente con un seghetto debole. 

It wouldn't make any sense to think about it.

[Leeanda]

Maybe a use as fire barrels when customisation comes out?

[Smellyfries]

22 hours ago, Leeanda said:

Maybe a use as fire barrels when customisation comes out?

I really like this idea! Though I wonder if it could be a bit powerful carrying around a fire barrel in lets say the Travois (because I assume it'll be very heavy) and just placing it down for a wind proof fire wherever you want in a region. 

 

On 10/8/2024 at 1:25 PM, The Feng Hunter said:

could be maple syrup

I'd check every single barrel if there was a chance for Maple Syrup to be in some of them 😆

[Leeanda]

15 minutes ago, Smellyfries said:

I really like this idea! Though I wonder if it could be a bit powerful carrying around a fire barrel in lets say the Travois (because I assume it'll be very heavy) and just placing it down for a wind proof fire wherever you want in a region. 

 

I'd check every single barrel if there was a chance for Maple Syrup to be in some of them 😆

Fair point.. unless once it's set down you can't pick it up again... Or there are only a few that can be moved and the weight would be punishing enough to make you only want to do it once😁

[Smellyfries]

1 minute ago, Leeanda said:

Fair point.. unless once it's set down you can't pick it up again... Or there are only a few that can be moved and the weight would be punishing enough to make you only want to do it once😁

Maybe it'd have a similar mechanic to Rock Caches, where you can only have a set few per region, or maybe only one. I imagine the weight of one would require the Travois to even move, I imagine it'd be too heavy to carry without one, which could already limit moving them from region to region.

[Leeanda]

On 10/9/2024 at 8:59 PM, Smellyfries said:

Maybe it'd have a similar mechanic to Rock Caches, where you can only have a set few per region, or maybe only one. I imagine the weight of one would require the Travois to even move, I imagine it'd be too heavy to carry without one, which could already limit moving them from region to region.

A bit far fetched but if we could get that saw from keepers north,we could cut the barrels in half and have two fire pits from just one..   it would reduce the weight but take quite some time to cut..

[Ciuffoblu93]

3 minutes ago, Leeanda said:

Un po' azzardato, ma se potessimo procurarci quella sega dai custodi del nord, potremmo tagliare le botti a metà e ricavare due bracieri da una sola... ridurrebbe il peso, ma ci vorrebbe un po' di tempo per tagliarla.

You mean this one ?

[Leeanda]

2 minutes ago, Ciuffoblu93 said:

You mean this one ?

Yes...   Drives me nuts I can't take it lol😁

[Ciuffoblu93]

On 11/10/2024 at 12:32, Leeanda said:

Sì... Mi fa impazzire, non ce la faccio lol 😁

The problem is, this saw cuts wood, not metal.

[Leeanda]

1 minute ago, Ciuffoblu93 said:

The problem is, this saw cuts wood, not metal.

Maybe ,but it is a video game and not 100% realistic..😊

[UTC-10]

Although I can imagine major problems doing so (like moving the darn things), an additional machine to the milling machine might serve as a means to cut apart the barrels though I have absolutely no experience with such things.  Issues like safety while doing so would be addressed in the implementation i.e. it is a completely safe action. 

Might be asking too much for something like a band saw or such for only cutting apart metal barrels though the devs could extend it to most anything else we could cut apart with the hacksaw like the hand carts and metal pails.  At this stage of TLD it would be forlorn chance but if Hinterland were to continue some development work or start another DLC it might be a possibility.