[Suggestion] better idea for salt gathering.

CustomGraphix

I was thinking, will all the tech like the workbench, constructor and fabricator that can make items like a 3d printer how about rather than have salt as a model you have to pick up on the floor, make a machine or a hull section that acts like a filter which collects water and filters out the salt and stores it for use?

Obviously there would need to be a balance with power consumption and the amount it can collect/store but surely this would make more sense than collecting chunks from the sea bed and also have 1 less un-needed object in the world that needs to be rendered.

Thoughts?

sayerulz

It has been mentioned before, and is a very good idea. It makes no sense that salt would be a rare resource in an ocean.

TotallyLemon

Well, there are more forms of salt other than Sodium chloride in nature.

sayerulz

True, but in a survival situation, most of them will work, although other kinds tend to taste bitter or metallic.

TotallyLemon

My point was that said forms have different chemical compositions - providing a wider range of raw materials.