I stole some Materials (PH-Neutralizers, motors, coils etc.) from a Hydroponic Settlement, took them to my SRV and then got into my ship without getting caught. Then I tried upgrading my stuff and realized that I miss all the materials I stole in the settlement. Are stolen Materials not listed in my inventory, did I do something wrong or is this a bug?
Stealing materials on settlements
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Always used to be the case that you can't use stolen mats. Not sure if that changed?
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Try going to an Anarchy system and see if you can upgrade there.
I knew that I can't sell stolen cargo on a station, but materials? Why? It is so much fun to sneak into settlements and steal stuff. If it is pointless why can I steal it in the first place and see it in my backpack?
For some reason, they decided you can't check your inventory (through the insight wheel) on foot in a station. So two ways to go about it,
A) visit the bartender and offer to sell stuff, you can check if the picked up items are there for you to sell.
B) in your ship, right panel, storage. Stuff transfers from your backpack to your ship when you board.
In alpha, and i assume in release, stuff marked as 'stolen' wasn't usable for upgrades.
A) visit the bartender and offer to sell stuff, you can check if the picked up items are there for you to sell.
B) in your ship, right panel, storage. Stuff transfers from your backpack to your ship when you board.
In alpha, and i assume in release, stuff marked as 'stolen' wasn't usable for upgrades.
I hope that's not a thing anymore because the flagging of stolen items (or not flagging) does not work and many things I pick up are flagged as stolen even though they should not be.
This would make suit and weapon upgrading even worse than it is right now.
It seems like it vanished from my inventory in the ship after docking.
It's not pointless - you can sell (and trade) stolen stuff in anarchies at Bartenders. Just not use it to engineer - because stolen.
This:
obviously doesn't work in Odyssey.
If it did it would be easier to pick up things for upgrades.
You can add your experience into the issue I created:
https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/34059
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Because only Frontier could make a game about a harsh galaxy that encourages the player to be a space criminal, and then offer zero reward or incentive for the player doing so.
That is the most annoying thing - when you've maxed your storage and want to sell stuff, but you can't see what you have except at the Bartender - and they don't use the same classifications so you don't know if your selling stuff in the right section
I raised an issue about that fact you can't even trade if you've maxed out - as it needs the space for the trade before the trade happens ...I have prohibited stuff in my inventory but not stolen. So it is useless to steal Materials because I can't use them?
Do you have the link to the issue? I will gladly add my 2 cents to it.That is the most annoying thing - when you've maxed your storage and want to sell stuff, but you can't see what you have except at the Bartender - and they don't use the same classifications so you don't know if your selling stuff in the right section
If stolen materials can't indeed be used for upgrades then I see very little sense in collecting them (unless you want to trade them?).
But if the stealing flagging is broken now then (once it's fixed) you should be able to collect far more mats without them being stolen.
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Keep stealing more, OP. You'll get to experience the joy of having multiple duplicated stolen versions of items in your unalphabetized inventory.
It's fun!
It's fun!
done
Dang it, how can I be the sneakiest thief in the Galaxy when all the stolen goods self destruct or flag themself as stolen?
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You didn't know? That tube of toothpaste you stole from the HAB in LHS 7231 was microchipped.
Now I hate the future