Topic

Reinstate inventory management while mining/gardening/etc...

Why are we locked out of inventory management when we're in the middle of doing things like mining or gardening? I like keeping a tidy inventory, and the downtime while waiting for an action to complete is the perfect time to rearrange things. It's pretty annoying sitting around for ten or twenty seconds unable to do anything with my stuff until a progress bar loads.

We used to be able to move stuff around in our inventory while performing an action like mining, but now we can't - was this change done purposefully?

Posted 14 months ago by MasterKale Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Yeah, let's do this. It'd be handy to, say, mine and able to open a bag to give somebody you're mining with an Earthshaker at the same time, or be able to replenish energy as you go a la street projects.
    Posted 14 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • IIRC, inventory management while doing other things like mining went away during alpha testing.  I don't think it's a recent thing.
    Posted 14 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I could have sworn we were able to do that up until recently. Is there any reason why we can't modify our inventory while mining or harvesting?
    Posted 14 months ago by MasterKale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Completely wanting this. It bugs me so much to have mining minerals in my main bar when I have bags I want to put them in. I have to move them inbetween mining actions, and it's annoying.
    Posted 14 months ago by Maestro Mateo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is a big pet peeve of mine too. The choose amount was a nice quality of life addition, and this is the next big one that needs to be adressed IMO.
    Posted 14 months ago by Draron Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, this really needs to be fixed.  I keep trying to open bags while I'm mining or do SOMETHING useful other than sit there and watch a progress bar.
    Posted 14 months ago by Lucille Ball Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Masterkale, you might be thinking of the various crafting activities, which you can rearrange inventory during.
    Posted 14 months ago by Fnibbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Umm . . . aren't you supposed to be swinging that pick?  If you could do something else, the time bar would be meaningless.
    Posted 14 months ago by Kookaburra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This!

    Please TinySpeck, it is unbelievably irritating trying to click the bag while mining, and I click because it feels so natural for me to be able to, and it drives me crazy!

    PLEASE!!!

    PLEEEAAASEE!!!!

    PLEEEEEEEAAAAASSSEEEEE!!!!!!!!
    Posted 14 months ago by Electric Wizard Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 14 months ago by Jewel Stoned Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wanna fix my bags too when waiting! I manage to brake my meditation all the time because I just have to move something into another bag -_-
    Posted 14 months ago by Tsuki Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm guessing that there is a reason that is was disabled (triggered other bugs perhaps?) as there is not GOOD reason to disable it...
    Posted 14 months ago by Rala of Zamonia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • In addition, I would like to be able to do other stuff while waiting around in Game of Crowns. GoC waits can be really, really long, on account of having to wrangle at least 2 other players that mostly don't even bother to play more than one game. I go do stuff in other windows while waiting and often forget to check back to GoC, missing those elusive times when 2 other people do show up at once. It would be nice to be able to actually do something other than stare at the screen if I happen to want to play Game of Crowns, which is basically all the time.
    Posted 14 months ago by Effigy Subscriber! | Permalink