Nalgene Bottles + Advanced Inventory Management

[autoloon 285]

As some of you may already know, Nalgene bottles are not just impeccably sturdy water containers. They can also serve as a dry container for gear that can be ruined with long term exposure to the elements. 

 

I think a nalgene bottle would be a perfect fit for the standalone in combination with a much expanded inventory health system. If you wanted to swim to Skalisty Island, for example, you might have to put your radio, matches, map and other items into the dry bottle or they would be ruined in the crossing. 

 

As a real world life hack, I think this would seem a fairly excellent addition to the current mechanics. 

 

What do you all think?

[creature 1189]

There are little storage boxes in game for this.  :)

[autoloon 285]

There are little storage boxes in game for this.   :)

 

I know, but they are all pretty specialized, yes? First aid only holds meds, ammo box only holds loose bullets. This would just add another item such as those, but with more practical synergy for packing economy. 

 

In real life, you pack items based on how much use you can get out of them. Most of the thruhikers I know always pack a Nalgene bottle because of its multiple uses. It saves highly valuable bag space. 

[v1adimirr 9]

I know, but they are all pretty specialized, yes? First aid only holds meds, ammo box only holds loose bullets. This would just add another item such as those, but with more practical synergy for packing economy. 

 

In real life, you pack items based on how much use you can get out of them. Most of the thruhikers I know always pack a Nalgene bottle because of its multiple uses. It saves highly valuable bag space. 

I actually just today found a small yellow case, i forget what it was called in game.  It functions like a med-kit in that it takes up 4 spaces but stores 6, but as far as I can tell there isn't any specialization.  I stuffed a bunch of food inside and it holds it nicely.  No idea if it has any protective quality though, but it sure helps with the space.

[deevote 21]

I know, but they are all pretty specialized, yes? First aid only holds meds, ammo box only holds loose bullets. This would just add another item such as those, but with more practical synergy for packing economy. 

 

In real life, you pack items based on how much use you can get out of them. Most of the thruhikers I know always pack a Nalgene bottle because of its multiple uses. It saves highly valuable bag space. 

 

There are small protector cases that are yellow pelican cases that do exactly that. You can store anything from weapon attachments to food in there, no problem. Takes up 4 slots for 6 slots inside. I had 3 of these and used it store stuff like maps and compass, since I could still hotbar it.

[louist 163]

Where have people been finding the pelican cases? I've yet to see any.

[gooch 0]

Where have people been finding the pelican cases? I've yet to see any.

 

 

I found one on a shelf in a fire station.

Edited December 24, 2013 by Gooch181

[Frostbyte_ 44]

I´ve seen them in prettymuch every type of residential spawn, most oftne i´ve foudn them in houses (most likely because nobody acutaly checks all the houses like me)

 

<edit> the yellow cases that is

Edited December 24, 2013 by Frostbyte_