What's the reason behind crafting timers?

What's the reason to have this?

Are we "balancing" a sandbox game again?

 

My guess is padding the game length.

 

I always "love" it when people put scare quotes around balance in this context, like a sandbox game isn't supposed to have structure.

 

I think he means there's a difference between balance and 'balance'. The former is good, the latter is just weird and pointless, or even frustrating changes, for no real good reason at all.

 

Yup, it was meant that way.

 

I kind of like the crafting timers. Hopefully this brings back the Starfoundry mod which was a really awesome mod.

 

In the older days of Starbound, I would get a lot of lag issues because I would try to craft as many things as possible, worst case scenario it crashed game game in the middle of "crafting". I'm guessing they implemented timers so that stuff like that would happen...

 

So instances of crashing when crafting too much would happen, or wouldn't happen?

 

The worst I had when crafting a max stack of things was a micro freeze. Now I am forbidden to change the recipe selection let alone close the window while it's doing it's thing.
Crafting timers alone were no issue at all, if they weren't forcing you to do NOTHING.
Clicked a different recipe? ABORT.
Closed the window? ABORT.

I hoped this would be changed for release as I already hated this aspect when it hit nightly, but yeah, didn't happen.
Atleast there'll be a mod sooner or later that knocks all crafting times down to milliseconds.

 

Crafting timers were never the problem (although an archaic system like that is pointless in and of itself), the problem is that - like mentioned above - you can't do ANYTHING ELSE while crafting something. Even that tired old Minecraft let you put stuff in the oven and go do something else.

Get the mod, it's small and makes all crafting instant again.

 

This has been a major annoyance for me so far. I keep forgetting that I have to wait there watching it. I instantly close the menu and then wonder where my new item went lol.

 

Again, get the mod Instant Crafting, problem instantly solved. There is absolutely no merit to the craft timer, none.
God I wish it were this easy to fix the hotbar... 4 friends I've convinced to play the game, they all say that bar is confusing/annoying...

 

God I wish...

It says it is for Cheerful Giraffe (Unstable), though

 

It works fine for me. Unstable branch is identical to release. Why not try something before you make up your mind?

 

Oh, I will definitely try it, I just wanted to be sure of the version.

 

I'm pretty sure it's so that you don't craft something by accident and lose a bunch of rare materials you spent an hour gathering.

 

That makes a good amount of sense. Not to mention that, as with anything, no matter what CF does...some folks won't like it. Doesn't mean the crafting timer might not be a legitimate complaint. But, I think we are being a bit too picky too soon.

 

Not to be rude at all, but its been 5 years and they had time to test this stuff on us properly. It isn't too soon.

I agree with The Suit here, though. I have no problem with the timers themselves, just let me walk away while they run.

 

Crafting timers were added about mid way through Cheerful Giraffe's development, so they havent been around all that long. However, they seriously need to let us walk away.