Mousewheel for Hotbar.

[Shady Badger]

Is there a reason why you can't use the mousewheel to select items on the hotbar.

It's not a huge pain, but it'd be nice to have it for the 8 and onward hotbar slots that are a little out of the way while in a fast-paced confrontation.

[mistersneak]

In Barony, items are either used automatically (scrolls, potions) or equipped when you select them on your hotbar. In both cases this could really ruin your day, either by putting negative effects on you (curses), or by causing you to rapidly eat / drink everything you have in your hotbar as you scroll past.

In other games that have systems like you suggest [Minecraft], selecting / readying the item on its own has no effect. But in Barony, since items can be cursed or cause negative effects to the player by readying the item, this would make the game more frustrating to play.

For a future update, we have designed a way to 'highlight' an item in the hotbar without actually readying it, as part of a design for gamepad support, but we may be able to leverage that system for the mousewheel as well.
So there you have an explanation for why it's not already supported, and a teaser that we are thinking of doing something to change it in the future.

[Shady Badger]

Thanks, that's good to know. Semi-related; in the future, do you think there'll be a way to make potions on your hotbar be put into your hand instead of immediately drank. Ik that drinking is probably leagues more important than throwing, but I haven't thrown but two potions so far, even when they were something like acid or paralysis, purely because I'd have to equip it each time via inventory. Maybe an option in the inventory like that option to not equip every new item to the hotbar? Once I found that option, I was so relieved. Also, sort-of related; On my last run, I got 4 of the same type of potion. It makes sense that they wouldn't stack, as it'd probably make the game easier, stacking a bunch of a specific type in 1 slot, but it'd also maybe be nice that if you had more than one potion in your inventory, that they became a stack when placed on the Hotbar purely, and not in the inventory. I had to re-open and re-equip another one of my 4 health potions to the hotbar after each time I'd drink one. It makes more sense for ones that have the same effect, than the ones that are different shapes/colors, but I think that'd just be a quality of life kind of thing.

Sorry for the speel, I love the game. What's already here is amazing, and I'm just thinking out loud.

You did an amazing job.