How do i light my held torch with a lit torch i dropped?

[CGTv]

I drop my lit torch and equip a different torch, i then try to lit the torch in my hands with the lit torch i dropped but it doesn't work, i always use a match.

(On Xbox)

It's possible on pc, but i can't perform it on the xbox.

~CGTv

[sierra 117]

Yeah this took me a while to figure out also. After wasting way too many matches on an interloper run, i tested on a pilgrim game and realised that you need to press the A button( X on PS) not right trigger as you normally would.

 

[CGTv]

19 hours ago, sierra 117 said:

Yeah this took me a while to figure out also. After wasting way too many matches on an interloper run, i tested on a pilgrim game and realised that you need to press the A button( X on PS) not right trigger as you normally would.

 

Oh great man thanks!

~CGTv

[Wintermut]

On 10/1/2018 at 1:55 PM, sierra 117 said:

Yeah this took me a while to figure out also. After wasting way too many matches on an interloper run, i tested on a pilgrim game and realised that you need to press the A button( X on PS) not right trigger as you normally would.

 

Wow, are you kidding me?! You have to push a totally different button to light a new torch with a dropped lit torch?! This has been driving me insane forever. I play on PC but use a PS4 controller. I have been using the trigger to light the torch while having the cursor on the lit torch and wasting matches.

Oh and another thing I believe I noticed. Whenever you light a torch and you have wooden and cardboard matches, the game seems to default to using the wooden matches over the cardboard ones. Even though the wodden ones have a +5% chance to start a fire and I'd obviously prefer to save those for lighting an actual fire. The only solution I can think of is to drop all my wooden matches on the ground before lighting a torch.

I suppose I should ask in the wish list for torch lighting to default to inferior matches instead of wasting the good ones....

[CGTv]

Yeah good point, the wooden match "problem" has been so since day one.
I wonder why it has never been brought up.

~CGTv

[Wintermut]

On 10/5/2018 at 4:48 PM, CGTv said:

Yeah good point, the wooden match "problem" has been so since day one.
I wonder why it has never been brought up.

~CGTv

I too am wondering why this hasn't been requested as a fix in the Wish List section years ago...

I did a forum search and it appears at least one other person asked about this, but no one else commented and the post must have vanished into obscurity...

I don't get the feeling that any Hinterland staff are assigned to regularly read or interact with the forums. I see them respond when summoned via the "at" symbol, but I rarely see them just talking and participating of their own volition. It would be nice if they reacted more to ideas and discussions....other than just arguments or to scold someone.