Suggestion - AUTO SORT INVENTORY!!

[FizzlePopBerryTwist]

Your inventory. Your boxes, Your anything.

It doesn't autosort.

Not just have you CONSTANTLY to hit SORT to easily find items and get an idea how much you got with you, but........ it slows you down when picking up / dropping items.

In Factorio the autosorting works like that:
IF you remove one item by putting it into a crate... or take it out of a crate... it will automatically move up the taken spot.

Either shorten your list of items, by closing the gap.
or
Lengten your list of items, by putting the item in the right spot between others (and next to his 'comrads').


Super easy. Its a MUST... and yet we don't have it.
In factorio it just applies to the player and NOT to the crates either for some idiotic reason.


Could we please NOT copy the mistake and double down on it? That be GREAT.
No reason for players to hit 'SORT' button more often than the 'YES, i wanna built that button'.

... which is very sad...

[Warlord]

I usually like the ability to sort my inventory however I want, even down to putting things I use a lot (extra equipment items) on the last row. I detest auto-sort in general.

But the funny thing is, in this game, I DO like it. I'm even to the point where I reflexively punch that resort button every time I enter my inventory. Now I realize I'd love it to do that automatically. Agree.

Side-rant:
Why do I like auto-sort here so much? Perhaps it's because of the small size of icons makes it hard to tell which is which without focusing more than usual. So auto-sort can ease my focus a bit by lumping all similar items together. Perhaps it is good because the equipment items are duplicated in a separate area that show as "usable" in the inventory, so at a quick glance I can see how much of what other equipment I have available. Similarly, this area highlights all ingredients and outputs of a building when I select a recipe.

[PhantomDgen]

Originally posted by Warlord:

I usually like the ability to sort my inventory however I want, even down to putting things I use a lot (extra equipment items) on the last row. I detest auto-sort in general.

But the funny thing is, in this game, I DO like it. I'm even to the point where I reflexively punch that resort button every time I enter my inventory. Now I realize I'd love it to do that automatically. Agree.

Side-rant:
Why do I like auto-sort here so much? Perhaps it's because of the small size of icons makes it hard to tell which is which without focusing more than usual. So auto-sort can ease my focus a bit by lumping all similar items together. Perhaps it is good because the equipment items are duplicated in a separate area that show as "usable" in the inventory, so at a quick glance I can see how much of what other equipment I have available. Similarly, this area highlights all ingredients and outputs of a building when I select a recipe.

I do understand your point, as i actually do not like to sort my inventory, and like to arrange things the way i like on my inventory.

But its not about one being better than another, we can all agree organizing the inventory manually has advantages and auto-sorting also has it own advantages. There should be an flick to opt into auto-sort or not for real. This its huge for this game where you have to manage huge amounts of materials which are tiny icons on various inventories.

So we can change into one or another depending on the current situation

[N0ma13]

If the custom sorted inventory was associated with the autosort feature, both worlds could be had. Use the default list to fill in gaps then replace with custom locations when moved.

[DsnowMan]

There's a sort button?!

*embarrassingly notes 50 hour play time*

[Fred]

+1

[shbouwhuis]

I bought this game only about 30 minutes ago, and am already extremely annoyed that I have to KEEP PRESSING THE STUPID SORT BUTTON!!!!
Why on Earth isn't there a SETTING which auto-sorts containers and your inventory?

[Twelvefield]

Originally posted by DsnowMan:

There's a sort button?!

*embarrassingly notes 50 hour play time*

It took me around that amount of time to realize you could use ESC to get out of menus. This where it says "ESC To Close Menu" on the menus.

Are we too stupid for this game? Maybe. Is the UI lacking in refinement? Maybe as well. The menus are clean, but they don't use their space quite completely logically.

[Optimal Pandemonium]

I would also really like auto sort.

[Tilt]

Why is there no inventory autosort yet?? This is a must and a simple add! Just add a toggle. If toggled auto sorts the inventory, storage etc. If untoggled doesn't auto sort. Simple as that.

[Oceanstorm]

Mod: Auto - Sort Inventory by Boyshall