it may be a part of the script that is a pain, but if you start to "harvest" just about anything, you can run off and.. for instance, do combat.... and still be "harvesting" (like gathering shrooms)

not really a big deal, and even a nifty time saver (really two places at once... COOL)

but it is mildly exploitive


my two cents

Yea , but you will only get 1 item while away and then you stop. I didnt make this crafting system and the scripts are really too big and too many to try going through to fix this minor exploit, and the only way I can think of to fix it would be with cutscene's and that wouldd be a pain , both to script and for the player.

The exploit comes from the fact that the calculations and assignment of creatio nof items all happens at the moment that the apparatus and/or recipe is disturbed. The options are to either use SetCommandable to make it impossible to leave until the crafting was done (crippling to the PC), it can prevent other kinds of crafting (which it already does), or it can delay the production and calculation until the item is supposed to be done, when it might check location and current action (sounds great in retrospect, but at this point we're looking at a major reworking of the fundamental structure of the system then. Might as well just write a new one if we do that.)

So, basically, +1 to what Jawwagner said, 'cept I can say "I know exactly what would need to change, and it's not worth it."

Yep, I've noticed this also. I agree with the above post, it's not worht the effort to try to fix this minor issue. (and is it s bit of a time saver)

And, anything that save me time picking mushrooms is a good thing.