Krhymez Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Is there any chance you can add the steel polish recipe and have it unlock with Steel smithing III. Currently Anything past Steel I is pointless, since you get enough springs and mechanical parts in the world. And it cost 30 points for each level... making it a perk that very few would buy. I would love to see Steel polish have a recipe in the Chem Station and become unlocked with Steel Smithing III. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kattenijin Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Part of the point of only being able to get the polish at the traders is to get you to come out of your base. I will agree that by the time you can make mechanical parts, you've already scavenged enough for most items to have been made. Depending on the requirements for the A16 traps though, this may change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zor_The_Cruel Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 a lot of people like being able to craft items normally only gained from loot - salvage - wrenching, It is only "useless" if you are min-maxing, and that is fine, but you dont necessarily represent everyone. I agree that once you have the workbench, and can make wrenches for yourself, that springs and Mechanical parts become largely abundant if you wrench everything. Im sure its just like kattenijin said, intentionally unique wares for sale from the trader to keep traders significant in some small way later in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crater Creator Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I imagine the ability to craft springs and mechanical parts is useful for sustainability. On a multiplayer server that's been running for hundreds of days, all the sources of those resources have probably all been harvested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChJees Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 If anything the steel polish would be chemistry in my opinion. But then having it to be Trader only give you a reason to engage with traders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katitof Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Not everything should be craftable. Some end game stuff you have to be forced you get out of your bedrock mole burrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Yapper Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I'd like to see a recipe for it if it is very resource intensive and uses all of the excess motor oil we obtain Steel polish isn't even necessary in the game if players know their ways around base construction and traps, so it's not a game-breaker to add it as a recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggi Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I made a recipe in my chem station for one oil plus aloe equals one steel polish. Forces me to grow lots of aloe as it takes 4 plants per unit of aloe cream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pApA^LeGBa Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 @buggi you know that it doesn´t do anything yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggi Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Sure it does, you upgrade steel with it. See... shiney tough outer walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pApA^LeGBa Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 well. there we go. how does this exactly work? construction tool plus the polish in inventory i guess? i am pretty sure i saw several posts about it not working yet. well apparently i am getting alzheimers slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggi Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Yep, just upgrade like you would anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyssaFaden Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Sure it does, you upgrade steel with it. [ATTACH=CONFIG]17693[/ATTACH] See... shiney tough outer walls. holy ♥♥♥♥, now that's a fortress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainsil Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Part of the point of only being able to get the polish at the traders is to get you to come out of your base. Except for polish, I usually have everything I need/want by the time i have enough Dukes to afford it from the trader. Of course, I haven't been able to afford enough polish to matter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadexDemarr Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I support a recipe for this because damn. With max barter it costs around 2000 dukes for enough to coat two (2) pieces of concrete. Any damage taken then can only be repaired by this stuff so you have to keep buying it and if it breaks it goes back to concrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crater Creator Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 That's surprising. We used it just on the ramp going up to the front door, and I assumed it degraded back to regular steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian9824 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I support a recipe for this because damn. With max barter it costs around 2000 dukes for enough to coat two (2) pieces of concrete. Any damage taken then can only be repaired by this stuff so you have to keep buying it and if it breaks it goes back to concrete. It costs 1600ish dukes for enough to coat 2. Although your also leaving off that at max barter you can also just sell 50 bottles of water and get nearly 1200 dukes, so its incredibly easy to make money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadexDemarr Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 It costs 1600ish dukes for enough to coat 2. Although your also leaving off that at max barter you can also just sell 50 bottles of water and get nearly 1200 dukes, so its incredibly easy to make money. Hence the word around. But hey a thousand water jugs to repair after a horde night. To each their own though don't the traders stop taking stuff after a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stasis Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Hence the word around. But hey a thousand water jugs to repair after a horde night. To each their own though don't the traders stop taking stuff after a bit. Correct. They have a max in stock value for each items. I belive this is a setting in the xml. I have one trader that won't take hunting rifles or parts for like 2 weeks LOL - - - Updated - - - This mat should be craftable but require loot only drops such as oil or brass etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian9824 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Hence the word around. But hey a thousand water jugs to repair after a horde night. To each their own though don't the traders stop taking stuff after a bit. If your wanting to create a huge base out of it then its going to take work and time. You still have steel available to use, and if you want a recipe for it you can always mod it in. Some stuff should be rare and difficult to get, your entire base shouldn't be made out of the strongest material in the game. It should be used strategically to strengthen key parts where zombies are likely to attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stasis Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 It makes no sense that this is only available from traders. Where the ♥♥♥♥ are they getting it? Everything else has multiple drop points except this item? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satrazzi Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Steel Polish Recipe I use Okay so... Here's my steel polish recipe that I use. I'll explain why these ingredients. Steel polish in manufacturing is made from chromium III oxide. I pretend that snow berries are grapes which are high in chromium, as is corn, hence the need for snowberry extract, then potassium nitrate simply b/c you need some form of nitrate to make it, then murky water for additional yeast (high in chromium again) and oxides in the water. I haven't made a requirement to make steel smithing 3 simply b/c I don't know how to do that. But now I have a use for snowberry anything. <recipe name="steelPolish" count="1" craft_area="chemistryStation"> <ingredient name="snowberryExtract" count="1"/> <ingredient name="potassiumNitratePowder" count="1"/> <ingredient name="bottledRiverWater" count="1"/> </recipe> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rogue Tomato Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I'd like a recipe. I might try Satrazzi's. I already modified some XML files to give some steel blocks the stainless steel texture. It doesn't improve the block, but it makes it easier to see when the block is damaged and needs repair. - - - Updated - - - One more thing: In one game, I made steel blocks impenetrable by changing the "collide" value to "movement" only. The only problem with that is that if I want to destroy the block, I can't. Then I realized I can upgrade the block to stainless steel, and then destroy it. It degrades to concrete, which I also destroy. Block gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldranon Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I like the fact that you HAVE to buy polish as it becomes "My Precious!". I save up to buy more and so trade heavily with two or more traders. Makes late game a little more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satrazzi Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I like the fact that you HAVE to buy polish as it becomes "My Precious!". I save up to buy more and so trade heavily with two or more traders. Makes late game a little more interesting. I only use this when the trader is out. We don't bunker down, we build death pits on my server and spend horde nights outside. We go through a lot of steel polish. Also having to collect snowberries makes it so you can't just hermit away in your bunker =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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