New Hotbar System

[Nullex]

I don't like it. I can tell they've simplified it. Here's the thing about that though: The hotbar system in grounded one was an innovation on hotbars for survival games. It was the best out there across all the survival games i've played. Three hotbars you swap with the mousewheel was amazing. This new system only lets you have a single hotbar and its just terrible. Using the wheel to assign things to it is also clumsy. I liked it better when you had the ability to drag things to the hotbar.

[G4M5T3R]

You can still drag. Open your inv and drag then the bar will appear.

[The5element]

i dont like it either, i cant figure out how to make the hotbar slots item specific so the specific items auto equip to them. like heal only spot/weapon only spot/food only. you can see that the spots have the icons but i have no way to reassign or switch them up since we cant even see the hotbar in our menu anywhere. i see you can drag items and the hotbar shows up but only for that then it fades away

[Nullex]

Originally posted by G4M5T3R:

You can still drag. Open your inv and drag then the bar will appear.

Thats a good thing. Thanks i'll try it!

[Feat BUNNY]

Its bad they need to fix it for the time being drag any item you want to use for example if you want to throw a stone to get those berries , and you and also select a weapon multiple time to cycle through weapons in your inventory same for food or other stuffs

[☢VaultGirl☢]

+1 here too, the hotbar system is nowhere near as good as the first game so hopefully they will change it back to how it was originally done. Can't fault them for trying something new though!

[MaryPoppins]

I was sad to see only one hotbar! I would love the devs to re-consider the hotbar from the 1st game!

[Toll]

Yes we need multiple hot bars again for sure!!!!

[emp456]

+1 They did a good effort with the first game during EA to nail a perfect system, it has no sense to throw it all away to make something so limited and uncomfortable.

[NtmiD8r]

You can see in your settings that they make provisions to swap between hotbars. Perhaps it's coming.

[emp456]

Originally posted by NtmiD8r:

You can see in your settings that they make provisions to swap between hotbars. Perhaps it's coming.

True! i didn't notice that until you said it. Well, i really hope it's coming

[Smashmukd]

I hate they moved the construction crafting like workstations, floors and walls to a designated button and not in the crafting tab.

[Entoarox]

Originally posted by Nullex:

I don't like it. I can tell they've simplified it. Here's the thing about that though: The hotbar system in grounded one was an innovation on hotbars for survival games. It was the best out there across all the survival games i've played. Three hotbars you swap with the mousewheel was amazing. This new system only lets you have a single hotbar and its just terrible. Using the wheel to assign things to it is also clumsy. I liked it better when you had the ability to drag things to the hotbar.

This isn't new, this is old, this is how the hotbar used to work before a QOL update to grounded.
They likely got rid of the extra hotbars because the main reason they added the extra hotbars is now obsolete - namely, that 8 slots wasn't enough to hold all critical items.

Perhaps in the future it will return, but frankly, I never needed more then 1 hotbar in grounded until I hit the upper yard, and at that point I only needed 2 because of needing 4 different weapons at all times.

Frankly, with the slots freed up by not needing to carry tools, I am currently more then happy with a single hotbar, and despite having food, water, 2 separate healing items (Bandages & Smoothies) and my melee and ranged weapon on there, I still have a slot that is generally just going unused.

If you want more hotbars, you need to show that there is a proper use for multiple hotbars.
Perhaps in the future as g2 develops it might be needed, but right now? I cant think of a good reason to have multiple hotbars - not when you have no reason to carry more then 2 weapons and no longer need space for tools.

[wildcardbitches]

So far my biggest gripe with it my shields don't populate in it and about half the time they don't auto switch when I put a torch away. Also if I die with a torch some time I lose my shield complete(it's not in my bag with all my other stuff)

[GreenhouseGrandma]

Same - I miss the old hotbar something awful. 8 isn't enough, particularly when I need to have different weapons and snack/water/light up.

[wildcardbitches]

Instead of a hotbar I'd prefer a button 1 swap between primary weapons, 2 between off hand, 3 between healing, 4 ranged etc.