Cook meat option not appearing

[dunkhan 8]

I know the fireplace can be a bit unreliable in this respect, but I have been dancing around this fire with meat in my inventory for ages and I can't get it to show up. Occasionally it will pop up on the menu for a millisecond while I am moving but never long enough to select. Does anyone have any tips on how to work around this ie. fire placement, specific angle/distance to stand. I am almost dead and I have raw meat and a fire... so frustrating.

[fathairybeast 246]

Fires shouldn't give you that much trouble. Something is occurring that shouldn't be occurring. Try placing your fire somewhere else. Is it just fires that are causing you problems or are other menus doing the same?

[dunkhan 8]

On a private hive server earlier today the fuel can was also glitching. It would fail to pick up the can and then after 10 attempts it would try and pick up 10 cans at once. In one case it managed to pick up all 10 into 6 inventory slots, meaning when i unloaded them into the car I was able to put 10 cans in the boot out of only two showing in my inventory. I didn't think this was a related issue however as the server appeared to be running outdated code and there were other glitches as well, I assumed caused by server lag. This was repeatable however and didn't happen to anyone else that i know of.

[fathairybeast 246]

Join a non-shitty private hive. Try out Balota Buddies. Link in my sig.

[dunkhan 8]

I am playing on the official hive now. I didn't choose the private hive I am playing with a group that plays there. Yes it sucks, next time they all die at the same time I will suggest a change but I think they know the admins or something. Anyway the problem I am currently having is on official.

[AIRCAV 62]

Is the raw meat in your external inventory? You can't cook meat that's in your backpack.

Also, if the fireplace is under a tree, it's possible that the volume of the tree's "hit-box" is enclosing the fireplace's "hit-box" that you're trying to interact with.

If you're trying to light a fire that has already been lit, and either extinguished, or gone out, it will only light for a second or so, then go out, but it is possible to cook meat on it if you're fast enough.

You haven't mentioned your equipment, if you have matches, and an axe, have you tried making another fireplace somewhere else?

If not, you could always try to cook the meat in one of the oil drums which can be lit (there are some in Berezino, at the tents, and also at Starry, at the tents).

Morning FHB :)

AC

[dunkhan 8]

Thanks for asking the neccesary questions, but it was none of those things. I wandered for a while trying different spots and was eventually able to cook my meat. Having the fire on as level ground as possible was probably a factor. Also the cook option never showed when the context menu was open, instead I had to mouse over the fire until it simply appeared on my cursor. When this happened I could open the context menu and it was there too. The problem was earlier I was circling the fire with the context menu open so I never got it at all. Anyway it doesn't matter now as I managed to cook my meat, ate it all and then dropped dead 30 seconds later for no reason. Got to love those hackers. I hadn't died in many months...

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

I have had this happen to me when placing the fire next to a tree. It also affected the option to put out fire.

Couldn't find a fix so left it and made a new fire in a more open area.

[diddi 35]

borken.

[cazador 45]

You died 30 seconds later? Wow think of it as food poisoning since you held the meat for so long ha ha

[AIRCAV 62]

Duncan, that behavior is normal. I've always had to make fireplace, step back, look at fireplace bring up context menu, light, step back look at fire, bring up context menu, cook.

AC