Stonestead - Metal for Door Handle

[Aryllius]

When placing 2 different metals for the Stonestead, how would HnH prioritize which metal would be used to determine the color such as 1 x cast iron and 1 x tin? The order in which the materials are used? Alphabetical? Priority? Normally I'm sure most would just use 2 cast iron if you wanted black, however hardened metals is a expensive commodity for us right now. 1 is better than 2 if it can be done for certain.

[budzilla]

I'm not 100% but I think when you use the same amount of materials rather than a majority/minority split, it ends up using the first one placed in the sign.

[Aryllius]

Thanks for your input Budzilla. Unfortunately that way is wrong for anyone else wanting to know this. I put the cast iron in first and then the tin separately. Now I have a blue tinted door handle.. not the end of the world but irritating when you like things uniform. lol I have 4 more steads to build i will try the next building putting the tin in first.

[MagicManICT]

When placing 2 different metals for the Stonestead, how would HnH prioritize which metal would be used to determine the color such as 1 x cast iron and 1 x tin? The order in which the materials are used? Alphabetical? Priority? Normally I'm sure most would just use 2 cast iron if you wanted black, however hardened metals is a expensive commodity for us right now. 1 is better than 2 if it can be done for certain.

If the server has no clear greater number, it's undefined. If you need 5, you need to go at least 3 of one, 2 of the other. If you only need 4 bars, 3 and 1. In the case of the stonestead and you just need 2 bars, you need both bars of the same metal.

[Aryllius]

When placing 2 different metals for the Stonestead, how would HnH prioritize which metal would be used to determine the color such as 1 x cast iron and 1 x tin? The order in which the materials are used? Alphabetical? Priority? Normally I'm sure most would just use 2 cast iron if you wanted black, however hardened metals is a expensive commodity for us right now. 1 is better than 2 if it can be done for certain.

If the server has no clear greater number, it's undefined. If you need 5, you need to go at least 3 of one, 2 of the other. If you only need 4 bars, 3 and 1. In the case of the stonestead and you just need 2 bars, you need both bars of the same metal.

So what you are saying is that is there is an even split like in this case 1 cast iron and 1 tin.. the outcome of random and there is no way to predict the outcome?

Just as a side bar - I did just complete another stonestead adding the bar of tin first and then the cast iron. the outcome was black door handle. Maybe I got lucky? I will continue this with the next 3 stonesteads and see if this remains true. I will post my findings here.

[MagicManICT]

So what you are saying is that is there is an even split like in this case 1 cast iron and 1 tin.. the outcome of random and there is no way to predict the outcome?

For all intents and purposes, yes, it's completely random. It's not random, as in the pick is randomly generated between the two choices. It is random because there are no controls over which material is used to display with, so the outcome is undefined.

No need to do science on it. This is straight from the dev post when this was introduced.