How do you put items in bags, backpacks and fanny packs?

[Atari 2600]

The UI doesn't really make this easy. I just found a fanny pack, am wearing it...but do you get to choose what goes in it? How? Thanks for any help.

[Winterwolf]

I think all items that can fit in bags are automatically placed in them. You can notice that your inventory weight reduces instantly as you equip a bag.

[Atari 2600]

Ah, yeah, I see the weight reduction. However, I wish it would let you choose what to put in as placing higher weight items (as long as they fit) would be best...unless the game does that automatically for us?

[Oceon]

Originally posted by Atari 2600:

Ah, yeah, I see the weight reduction. However, I wish it would let you choose what to put in as placing higher weight items (as long as they fit) would be best...unless the game does that automatically for us?

The game always puts in as much as it can hold, so there is no difference whenever you put 2 2weight planks in it for 4lbs of weight reduction, or if you put in 20 chocolate bars for the same weight.

[Atari 2600]

Originally posted by Oceon:

The game always puts in as much as it can hold, so there is no difference whenever you put 2 2weight planks in it for 4lbs of weight reduction, or if you put in 20 chocolate bars for the same weight.

Wait, each storage item has a set capacity. Are you saying that a 12 item tote doesn't hold 12 items, but 12 pounds of items? If so, it's horribly stated and shared with the player.

[Oceon]

Originally posted by Atari 2600:

Originally posted by Oceon:

The game always puts in as much as it can hold, so there is no difference whenever you put 2 2weight planks in it for 4lbs of weight reduction, or if you put in 20 chocolate bars for the same weight.

Wait, each storage item has a set capacity. Are you saying that a 12 item tote doesn't hold 12 items, but 12 pounds of items? If so, it's horribly stated and shared with the player.

I honestly have no Ideas what and how much it is holding, I only put my eyes on the reduction.

[Atari 2600]

Hmm, well, 12 items vs. 12 weight (which is then reduced by the %) is very different. I wish there was a better way to figure out how the items in a bag are determined, especially if an items holds a set number of items, which all have different weight.

[Oceon]

Originally posted by Atari 2600:

Hmm, well, 12 items vs. 12 weight (which is then reduced by the %) is very different. I wish there was a better way to figure out how the items in a bag are determined, especially if an items holds a set number of items, which all have different weight.

I believe it was weight and then reduced by the percentage, which is why hiking bags are OP (One alone can carry you through to terminus)

[Atari 2600]

Thanks for the info. 😀

[Oceon]

Originally posted by Atari 2600:

Thanks for the info. 😀

You are welcome!

[Tokmol]

mousing over the total weight in the inventory screen shows how much weight each bag is currently holding. bottom left of the inventory panel iirc. it doesn't work on a per-item basis though. just shows like backpack: carrying 10/20, and how much weight is unbagged.

useful for equipping bags only when you need them to keep durability up, and to keep encumberance down.

[PolyJohn]

As far as my testing shows, the number of items doesn't matter at all, it's only based on total weight. Each storage item has a weight total and a weight reduction percentage. When you equip it, it applies that weight reduction percentage to your inventory, up to its total weight capacity. It starts filling with whatever bag has the highest reduction percentage first, then the next highest, until either all your bags. I just tested this with a variety of items, from many light items (literally hundreds of rags and sticks) to a few heavy items (fueled portable generators and filled gas cans) and it worked the same either way.
For example: Say you have a Fanny Pack, a Messenger Bag, and a Hiking Backpack. Fanny pack has Weight Reduction 50% and a capacity of 2, Messenger Bag has WR of 40% and a capacity of 10, and Hiking Backpack has a WR of 65% and a capacity of 30. The reduction from your Hiking Backpack applies first, until it has reduced 30 pounds worth of goods. Then your Fanny Pack applies, until it has reduced 2 pounds of goods. Then your Messenger Bag applies, until it has reduced 10 pounds of goods. If you are carrying 15 pounds of items before the reduction, only the Hiking backpack will be used, and it will reduce that 15 pounds to 6.75 pounds. If you're carrying 50 pounds of items before reduction, the Hiking Backpack will reduce the first 30 pounds to 13.5 pounds, then the Fanny pack will reduce the next 2 pounds to 1, then the Fanny Pack will reduce the next 10 pounds to 6, and you will have 8 pounds unreduced. So your 50 pounds of items will weigh 28.5 pounds in your inventory.
I should point out that bags and clothing that you are wearing have a weight, and it does not appear to get reduced by the bags, but the weight in your inventory is not the same when you are wearing them as when you are holding them as items. I don't understand how this works at all.
Hope this was understandable and made sense.

[Atari 2600]

Originally posted by PolyJohn:

Lots of math...

Thanks, that's a great review of the system!