As of 0.52.126.10 the Torch was announced as craftable.
There is a model that presumably is a hand made torch, crafted using flare and a long wooden stick.
Problems:
- Combining these two items ingame gives no result. Torch is not craftable. No recipe present in gear_crafting.
- Judging by configs, the torch can ony be lit by matchbox (gear_crafting config, line 99). "Light Torch" action in crafting recipes. But flare does not require matches and is a standalone device.
- In other duplicate action "Light Torch" (gear_crafting config, line 588) torch can presumably be lit by FireplaceBase class.
- Any Crafting_Torch is an subject for the action "Add Resin" while in hands and looking at any tree (e.g. server config, line 5710). This action prolongs internal energy of torch burning, but the torch is presumaby will have prolonged flare burning.
I guess initally a simple stick+resin+rags=torch was planned, but now stick+flare=torch is added. It seems two different torch concepts are now mixed in one item class "Crafting_Torch" inheriting both Resin and Flare components.