Please improve ship inventory management

[Orvin]

Managing ship inventory is quite a chore. I think basic filters like weapons, consumables, components etc. would grately help when gearing up your agents. Right now I need to search my entire cargo just to see my melee weapons.

[pgames-food]

hi one thing that might help a bit is to use the Storage Tabs for different items.

for example i usually do this:

Tab 1 = food and meds +
Tab 2 = Quasi items and grenades + ship upgrade stuff
Tab 3 = Ammo and Craftables
Tab 4 = Melee and Armour
Tab 5 = GUns :)

[Lord Canaris]

I have a really similar system to pgames-food above. Works like a charm.

[pgames-food]

Originally posted by Canaris:

I have a really similar system to pgames-food above. Works like a charm.

ah cool, yeah it seemed like the way to go :)

[󠀡󠀡]

Originally posted by pgames-food:

Originally posted by Canaris:

I have a really similar system to pgames-food above. Works like a charm.

ah cool, yeah it seemed like the way to go :)

It works for a while, I use a mod that does that automatically, and if you play long enough the inventories piles up anyway becoming scrolling hell all the same, just at a later time.
This game desperately needs a larger cargo window and a basic search function in cargo screen.

[pgames-food]

ah ok, i still have to reach the late game, as it takes me time to play a mission, and then when new versions come out am always (trying to reach late game) for each version :)

[Lord Canaris]

My question is why are you hanging on to so much stuff? Only keep what you'll actually use and leave crafting/bartering in their own tab, there's not much reason to scroll through them often. I don't keep weapons, ammo, armor, health items, or food unless I'm actually going to use it. I disassemble or trade away a lot in the late game.

[󠀡󠀡]

Originally posted by Canaris:

My question is why are you hanging on to so much stuff? Only keep what you'll actually use and leave crafting/bartering in their own tab, there's not much reason to scroll through them often. I don't keep weapons, ammo, armor, health items, or food unless I'm actually going to use it. I disassemble or trade away a lot in the late game.

There is not a good way of getting rid of items currently and not many things to actually spend them on. Trading is bad, I used to trade away way more items before current system, now I just stop once I have ship upgrades and the credit system covers most of my needs anyway. Like sure I could trade away "just because" but that is a meta solution that completely ignores a problem imo.
Also, once you unlock the maxed out dismantler/scavengers you will be swimming in items anyway.

[Physical Theorist]

I found it best to sort everything like this:

Tab 1 = All weapons/ammunition/grenades
Tab 2 = All armor/backpacks/chest rigs
Tab 3 = Medical items
Tab 4 = All consumables/cigarettes/alcohol/food/water
Tab 5 = Crafting ingredients
Tab 6 = Luxury/trade items
Tab 7 = Damaged/spare equipment ready to be taken on missions

There's also a mod that sorts items into specified tabs if you'd rather it be done automatically.

[zverozvero]

I try to hold Tab 1 empty or with few (3-4 rows at most) pieces of gear i often swap in and out.
All loot falls into tab 1 and i dont want to scroll through it to filter my earning.
Tab 2 - guns and ammo
Tab 3 - melee weapons
Tab 4 - armor and backpacks
Tab 5 - turrets, grenades and meds
Tab 6 - food, q-reduction, skill-ups and consumable with no direct damage
Tab 7 - crafting pieces, boxes of X, duplicate chips and other junk

[lufialunar]

You can CTRL Click to make an item switch between yourself and the container. You can also Shift and drag an item to a tab, This will take all of the same items and move them into that tab.

[[S.S.C.] Кусимир Мятанюх]

Im using this variant:
1 - all crafting items
2 - ranged weapon
3 - consumables (granades, med, food, ect.)
4 - armor, backpacks
5 - ammo
6 - quasi items
7 - melee

[nbk_redspy]

Would like to see this in game.

In the meantime, here is the mod that can distribute items to tabs. Rules can be customized.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3288631292&searchtext=

[nbk_redspy]

The image arrows for that was just random. The default rules are in the mod’s description.

[Sirgo]

Originally posted by nbk_redspy:

The image arrows for that was just random. The default rules are in the mod’s description.

Your mod is great, I think it should be a part of the game by default, or at least some filter system.

[nbk_redspy]

Thanks! I'm not sure how the devs could add it to the game without spending a bit of time making a specific UI for it. As a modder, I can get away with making the users edit a JSON file if they want to change it.