Let us make crates out of material sheets

[CounterfeitFaker]

I needed a crate and said to myself, "oh maybe i can make one out of these steel sheets". But alas I couldn't.

Seems like kind of a simple thing. Unless there's a good reason for crates not to be buildable, for balance reasons or something else I don't understand.

[Vitatroll]

I think the main reason is the prevent crate-spam. I mean I'm not sure why you can't walk over open crates if you can walk through open lockers.

The prospect of making a box out of radioactive material and welding someone inside, slowly microwaving their innards in the process, sounds like good ol' SS13 fun. I know, that'd have to be specially coded in. A spaceman can dream, no?

[misto]

you can click and drag yourself onto a crate to "step into" it, and they can be taken apart instantly with a wrench, they are no longer a major obstruction

[Vitatroll]

Now that I think about it, I've used crate-sliding quite a lot as a barrier for critters so I'd be sad to see it go.

Wasn't aware of the wrench thing.

[Frank_Stein]

The weird thing is you can make lockers, which are very similar functionally. I think the only difference is you have to lie down before closing crates and lockers can't be loaded into pods.

[misto]

crates can be used to catch certain small creatures and smal robots that lockers cannot, i think. crates are also necessary for selling thru qm, i do not think the market accepts lockers of goods.