Tether stacking

[Hexecutioner]

When you put tethers back into your inventory, they don't stack. They take up a brand new item slot, no matter how many you have. I think they should automatically stack, for convience.

[BionicDance]

This is mildly annoying,but there is a fairly simple solution: drop all of the tethers in a group that isn't full, then start putting them back in. They'll stack.
It's a little extra work, but it, you know...works.

[Bomoo]

They did stack when I last played, which to be fair was some time ago. May be a bug.

[Hexecutioner]

RocketGrrl, me and my friend tried this, they didn't stack.

[lblackthorne]

you have to open your backpack and make sure they go in the right stack. I agree that it should be possible to prioritize insertion into a partial stack. Preferably the one nearest to full.

[BionicDance]

Originally posted by Hexecutioner:

RocketGrrl, me and my friend tried this, they didn't stack.

They stacked for me. I had a set of three and a set of four; dropped all of 'em from one group, picked 'em all back up again, they stacked into one group.

[Hexecutioner]

Originally posted by RocketGrrl:

Originally posted by Hexecutioner:

RocketGrrl, me and my friend tried this, they didn't stack.

They stacked for me. I had a set of three and a set of four; dropped all of 'em from one group, picked 'em all back up again, they stacked into one group.

Did you lay down the actual tether, or did you lay down the combination of them?

[BionicDance]

The actual tether.

[Lil Puppy]

This is a somewhat 'rare' bug. The solution is to place them all and pick them up again.

Potential causes:
1. The tether object count array thinks it is already full (didn't update properly)
2. The tether base object ID for the tether you placed is not the same as the tether base object id of the last tether you placed - this shouldn't be an issue but I've seen other games do this stuff... So if you have 2 tether objects (modules) in your pack and you empty one of them, place a few more from a second tether module, and then go pick up the previous modules tethers they'll place in a new slot because their ID's don't match.
3. A variable is corrupted in the runtime code because someone forgot to encapsulate it.
4. Something on your computer is messing with your ram or your ram is broken.
5. Overclocking can corrupt memory if the temperature gets too high or the overclock is on the edge of stable.
6. Probably many more but it's a very simple bug to fix if it's a code issue.

[bale626]

The tethers will stack if you have them in the backpack itself. I don't believe they stack if you put them in the side slots on top of the pack.

[Alxcargo]

Close your inventory and select a thether that was on the ground, then press "e".

[MistrBill]

If you have two partial stacks and put them all down then pick them up, they'll restack together. This can be done quickly with the hotkeys.

[GingerMedBriller]

Its not only for tethers, its for debris bundles as well. These can not be placed out like tethers either so I can not see a way of solving this problem.