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Guest kristaok
6 minutes ago, Master_Superninja418 said:

Just looks like a battery to me

That's because it is... also since it's a Battery, why is it there? I have NEVER seen a Battery inside of the Cars or Trucks interior before this Update. So I am wondering does this mean anything special, is this a bug, or what. 

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1 minute ago, Master_Superninja418 said:

They are under the hood, maybe spawned incorrectly

Could be, I was hoping there is some sort of significance though. :P 

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Yeah it looks like the battery spawned a little off from its normal spot. I've always wondered about the batteries, since this proves that they're separate objects and not just part of the texture under the hood. I wonder if they will ever be used in-game during an aurora.

Someone recently pointed out that you can even open up the gas tank doors, so maybe siphoning might be an option down the line as well.

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Car batteries are kind of a vestigial element from an earlier build of the game.  They might have a purpose in the future, but current state it's kind of like they aren't hurting anything, so the devs just left it in.  They are a good way to mark a car as looted though.  I haven't done it in a while but I used to lift the hood, then RMB them onto the roof of the car.  That was my visual aid that I had nothing left to claim out of that car.

Edit: Now my visual aid is just leaving the hood up.  One less thing to do, y'know?

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10 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

Seems to be a bug (referring to the original picture).  I've hand batteries that have inexplicably "fallen" out the bottom of cars or displaced from their usual cradle under the hood.  (as @ajb1978 said - currently not an item of use/interaction)

The probability of a bugged spawn seems rather low: it's perfectly within an empty space. A bugged spawn would have very more likely be 'stuck' somewhere in the wheel, or in the seat, or in the ground, whatever. IMO it's not random it spawns in a place it spatially fits.

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@BareSkin
Fair enough... I was just adding my thoughts from my previous experiences.  While I don't disagree, isn't it also possible for a random spawn to look seeming placed perfectly in a location it's not meant to be, but also look like it was placed there intentionally? 

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@BareSkin
:D No worries at all... I didn't feel attacked.  Just positing a possible counter point for consideration. :) (perhaps I play devil's advocate more than I should)

I also hope we can see a use for batteries and vehicle fuel tanks in the future as well.  It would be nice to maybe have some kind of rig involving a car battery that would let us more reliably power things during Auroras or something like that. 

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On 5/10/2019 at 5:11 PM, ajb1978 said:

Car batteries are kind of a vestigial element from an earlier build of the game.  They might have a purpose in the future, but current state it's kind of like they aren't hurting anything, so the devs just left it in.  They are a good way to mark a car as looted though.  I haven't done it in a while but I used to lift the hood, then RMB them onto the roof of the car.  That was my visual aid that I had nothing left to claim out of that car.

Edit: Now my visual aid is just leaving the hood up.  One less thing to do, y'know?

I lift the hood for that same reason - saves me from wasting time rechecking cars.

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1 hour ago, devamadhu said:
On 5/10/2019 at 5:11 PM, ajb1978 said:

Car batteries are kind of a vestigial element from an earlier build of the game.  They might have a purpose in the future, but current state it's kind of like they aren't hurting anything, so the devs just left it in.  They are a good way to mark a car as looted though.  I haven't done it in a while but I used to lift the hood, then RMB them onto the roof of the car.  That was my visual aid that I had nothing left to claim out of that car.

Edit: Now my visual aid is just leaving the hood up.  One less thing to do, y'know?

 

1 hour ago, devamadhu said:

I lift the hood for that same reason - saves me from wasting time rechecking cars.

I used to lift the hoods, until I got jumped by  a wolf that was camping the car. In front of the car. Where I could not see him, because the hood was up. I jumped in to evade him, read a book for an hour, checked the side windows... never thought about being able to check out the windshield.  Since then, visors and battery, fuel door... but never a hood left up.

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I got a feeling that these batteries will have a role in the future episode of Wintermute. I can see us collecting them and gathering them into giant battery, that will be use to powering something during an aurora.

We'll see.

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