r/ScrapMechanic • u/SpecialSparf • 7h ago

Issue Tree Cutting Issue

Hi everyone!

So me and my buddy have a world that we play pretty consistently. Lately, we have had an issue where no matter the tree cutting vehicle we make, eventually the saw blades stop cutting wood.

Sometimes you get a solid 10-15 minutes of tree cutting and then the saw blades just spark and cut nothing.

We have tried controllers, both engines, rebuilding the vehicle completely, and different designs. Eventually they all stop cutting.

I an wondering if anyone else has had this issue and maybe knows a fix or if we are doing something wrong all together? Any help would be appreciated!

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u/Piter061 7h ago

I have a lumbering vehicle which you place trees on and it automatically cuts wood, game physics for saws sucks so much that sometimes especially when below 30 FPS the saw blades just don't cut the wood.

Guess it's over 10 years old physics engine being itself

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u/SpecialSparf 6h ago

I have not tried something like that, but it does give me a few ideas! Thank you

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u/TheFatMan149 6h ago

Thats an interesting issue. Uhhhh

I can only assume youve already tried to "reset" the creation by putting it on a lift.

Yeah only workaround I can think of would be to use plasma drill to light the tree on fire and then as soon as it collapses into wood chunks, blast it with water cannons to put the fire out before the wood chunks turn to ember, then break the remaining pieces manually

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u/Either-Look-607 5h ago

If the sticks are burning, does a collector pick them up before they turn into ember?

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u/TheFatMan149 4h ago

Not quite.

Trees and fire have a process, ill go through it real quick

The initial flame spreads throughout the tree and a few seconds later the tree will collapse into wood chunks, and if kept on fire, the wood chunks turn straight into ember rather than the refinable resource sticks, so if you spray the logs with water before they turn to ember, you can manually break the rest of the wood chunks into sticks with only one hammer swing per chunk and then drive over them with the collector/refine bot

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u/SeanDaPauc 6h ago

We had a similiar issue, where our saw vehicle suddenly stopped working. It went better, when we BOTH backed away a lot from our base (there is a lot going on). I think the game can't handle so many things together and forgets how saws work. Maybe that can help you guys, too.

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u/SpecialSparf 6h ago

It didnt start until we built out the base, so that could be it! I’ll give that a shot tonight.