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Wingress

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I can't build anything since there's no building materials, I want to build an industrial plot to get materials, I don't have materials since I haven't built an industrial plot. How am I supposed to do this? My first settlement (quest related, sanctuary) have no problem, but when I try to build it in any other settlements, I can't since I don't have any materials, scrapping junk (such as trees, cars, building) doesn't increase the building materials even though I've already built the storage for it. Please help, this is so frustrating.
 
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Scrapping objects only puts the materials into the base game's Workbench, not into the "Virtual Storage". However, the mod should automatically be able to deduct from the local workbench too, unless you switched that off - assuming you have enough, from memory a basic Building Materials Gatherer costs like 120?
To transfer items into the Virtual Storage yourself, you have to build a "City Planner's Desk" and use one of the drawers underneath the table part, there's a 'donate' option in there.
 
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yaugie said:
Scrapping objects only puts the materials into the base game's Workbench, not into the "Virtual Storage". However, the mod should automatically be able to deduct from the local workbench too, unless you switched that off - assuming you have enough, from memory a basic Building Materials Gatherer costs like 120?
To transfer items into the Virtual Storage yourself, you have to build a "City Planner's Desk" and use one of the drawers underneath the table part, there's a 'donate' option in there.
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It took me a while to figure that one out. I kept looking in the workbench and had a done of junk, but nothing available to build with. Finally, I found the donation choices and that worked. It is the on the left-hand side of the desk.
 
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yaugie said:
Scrapping objects only puts the materials into the base game's Workbench, not into the "Virtual Storage". However, the mod should automatically be able to deduct from the local workbench too, unless you switched that off - assuming you have enough, from memory a basic Building Materials Gatherer costs like 120?
To transfer items into the Virtual Storage yourself, you have to build a "City Planner's Desk" and use one of the drawers underneath the table part, there's a 'donate' option in there.
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Ok, that worked, thank. Now, how do I enable the local workbench thingy?
 
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Be advised that if you do that and there's junk in the workbench that you want to keep (like, say, adhesives), it's best to build a container and keep said items separate until you actually need them. Especially in the early game until your industrial base is built up enough to supply it's own needs.

Lost count of how many times I went to upgrade an item and found all my adhesive had gone towards patching someone's roof or something.
 
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MondoMage said:
Be advised that if you do that and there's junk in the workbench that you want to keep (like, say, adhesives), it's best to build a container and keep said items separate until you actually need them. Especially in the early game until your industrial base is built up enough to supply it's own needs.

Lost count of how many times I went to upgrade an item and found all my adhesive had gone towards patching someone's roof or something.
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Yeah, it goes alphabetically within each 'category' (or just everything if you're on "single Scrap resource" SS2 difficulty) when it takes from the Workbench, which is annoying when you've got like 3000 units each of Wood and Steel in there but they keep on taking the friggin' Aluminum you were saving to upgrade your rifle. I have I guess a bad habit of forgetting to donate some initial supplies into the Virtual Storage rather than relying on the 'take from Workbench' functionality.
 
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I do two things early game :
1) I do not allow it to take things from the workbench or my inventory
2) I do not allow auto build or upgrade. I've found that makes it manageable until you have a larger empire with enough resources built up.
It could be a bit of a pain to manually go around and start the constructions, but I actually find it cathartic :grin
(I play on components level)
 
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