Where are the case parts?

[Nova]

I'm on one of the "Build me a new PC" Jobs, and I have no idea on how to start it, I bought a case but I can't even select it from my inventory.

[bigman2341]

if you received the delivery for it it will be on the floor in the hallway like all other pc's

[Blaze]

Originally posted by -HYP3R-:

I'm on one of the "Build me a new PC" Jobs, and I have no idea on how to start it, I bought a case but I can't even select it from my inventory.

I am also having the same issue. I accepted the job, purchased the new case for the customer build and it was delivered. Now the case is sitting in inventory and I don't know how to select if from inventory to put it on the workbench and actually build it.

Edit: Found out you can press I to open the inventory independently.

[hcccc.chung]

order a new case, then the delivery will be on the floor in the hallway like all other pc's with NOT label

[Siresly]

There are some oddities here and there in this game, and I think this is the most unintuitive one I've come across. Absolutely everything else gets put in your inventory, but not cases. Those are delivered in a slot among the computers you're meant to service. This is not explained anywhere, that I could tell.

It's also annoying because you can seemingly only sell things that are in your inventory, so the only way to get rid of a case is to use it for a build someone's requested. Until then the case(s) will have to occupy space(s)

[BonPadre]

First, nice gravedig. 2y.o. one

Originally posted by Tord Yvel:

There are some oddities here and there in this game, and I think this is the most unintuitive one I've come across. Absolutely everything else gets put in your inventory, but not cases. Those are delivered in a slot among the computers you're meant to service. This is not explained anywhere, that I could tell.

Actually all the parts you order end up at the end of hallway, and not directly in your inventory. (default PC shop, I don't own any of the DLC shops, so no idea for those and if it's different in those)
You have to click them up to "pick" them up.
So cases are exactly where newly ordered parts ends up.
Only what you removed from a PC you work on is going directly into inventory.

Originally posted by Tord Yvel:

It's also annoying because you can seemingly only sell things that are in your inventory, so the only way to get rid of a case is to use it for a build someone's requested. Until then the case(s) will have to occupy space(s)

Later in game, you can :

- Unlock the closet (far left of the default PC shop) and there you can store as many PC's as you want. The closet seems "infinite" (maybe there is a cap, I never hit it)
- You can then later sell cases (even empty ones) by putting them on sale on PCBay (once you unlock the ability to buy that app, and you actually bought it)

Also, head up, there is no incentive to stockpile parts (and specially cases early game) as you don't get any discount or anything and all parts are always available in shop.
Avoid at all cost to pre-order cases at least until you have the closet, (and even after that, I would not really recommand) as the only thing you'll create is a mess because of not having enough room to store them, you may be in trouble to recieve the accepted job PC's.

Hope this helps a bit.

[LaubeQ]

Originally posted by BonPadre:

Actually all the parts you order end up at the end of hallway, and not directly in your inventory. (default PC shop, I don't own any of the DLC shops, so no idea for those and if it's different in those)
You have to click them up to "pick" them up.
So cases are exactly where newly ordered parts ends up.
Only what you removed from a PC you work on is going directly into inventory.

What a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ answer, the first part of your post. The second is really helpful.
The game literally makes you used to the fact that arriving parts that will go to your inventory, are in boxes you have to pick up, and then they go to your inventory... The PCs that arrive, are all laid out there.
It doesn't explain that, for example, once you're finished just putting the PCs back in the slot lets you collect the money. You don't need to wait for them to ship out. Why is this dumb? Because you need to wait for them to arrive, lol. They don't magically appear clicking accept, so it's logical to think you need to also go to the next day for them to "ship out" as the job done. But no, and thus you miss the first 1 to 3 jobs that have a deadline of 1 or 2 days (until I connected the dots of "collect" and putting them there).
So being technical and specific about "oh your parts don't go to your inventory" is just being a smartass. Everyone knows that because it is intuitive and self explanatory. And since all parts go there, you would assume cases would be there too. It's the most logical thing, if not they should've explained that "cases and PCs use these spaces to arrive and be stored", then making the way for the closet when you're higher level.
Cases don't end up "exactly where parts arrive" because they are two different boxes! Parts arrive in small shipped boxes that you click to retrieve, cases arrive as any other PC that you need to fix.

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Originally posted by Lati:

What a -swear words- answer, the first part of your post.

There was nothing negative or wrong about it. The user above did reply to a 2 year old thread. That's called "Thread Necro" on the internet when someone does that on a forum website. They don't enforce it around here on steam (sadly) but most other forum websites would usually issue a ban for that or at least a user warning.