Topic

Ability to swap items in back pack

I was thinking it would be really great if one could swap things around in your bag without having to 'Drop' something on the ground if your bag is full. I like to try to organise my bag somewhat so that it takes (a little) less time to find items. I try to have a fruit bag, kitchen tools bag, prepared food bag etc. But, invariably, all my slots are full and I have to drop an item on the ground in order to be able to move things around. 

Posted 15 months ago by The Pheebs Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Agreed! This has been mentioned before, but the more people that ask for it, the more likely it will get implemented. 
    Posted 15 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • While I agree that this would be very nice, I doubt it is easy to do. The reason for that is likely due to the way that dragged items are handled. When you drag an item onto another, it tries to use one on the other. The biggest example that I think of is dragging one tinker tool on to another to get it to 100% repair. The same goes for grinders and ore, etc. It would cause a problem because, how would the game know if we are just trying to change the order, or trying to use the item? Personally, I don't like the drag-to-use mechanic, and prefer to use the menu system, so I wouldn't mind seeing it replace the current system, but alternately, it could be accomplished with a modifier key, such as Shift-Drag to move.
    Posted 15 months ago by Ustice Subscriber! | Permalink
  • PLEASE implement a sort function, or at least open up the API in such a way that somebody else could do it. Glitch Remote mobile app anyone?
    Posted 15 months ago by IxÆoN Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd love to be able to sort my inventory somehow.  Perhaps tell it to arrange alphabetical or like items next to each other or something.  If there was a way to drag one item over another to swap them in the bag, there would probably have to be a move verb in the menu that would allow you to drag to swap.

    And yes, seconded for sure on a Glitch mobile app.  I'd love to be able to learn new abilities or check auction statuses or whatever from my Blackberry.
    Posted 15 months ago by zeroDOTjon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is absolutely essential. There are so many tools and items in my bag that sorting and organizing is a real chore.
    Posted 15 months ago by Shoehorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would definitely like to see dragging and dropping swap items.  As for the comment about it being using there are at least two ways to handle this.  One is to make it so there is a context menu option for use and dragging and dropping just switches.  As this would mean more programming and game design I would be less for this option.  The option I prefer is to have drag and drop switch items -if- the items cant be used on each other.  While this option would make it so some item swaps would have to be done like they are currently, I believe it would go a long way to easing the task of inventory management while not changing much in terms of use, as it is just adding a feature and not changing or taking away anything else.
    Posted 14 months ago by Tazuras Subscriber! | Permalink