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items with different vnums shouldn't stack #67

Open Ranfir opened 4 years ago

Ranfir commented 4 years ago

I have in my inventory 3 keys that stack that are clearly different from one another:

id key
You identify a key:

Object 'key wooden' is type key.
Extra flags: .
Weight is 1, value is 0, wear level is 1.

[3319/3319 1129/1129 808/808 985|   ] (NEW) < > 
( )
id 2.key
You identify a key:

Object 'key brass' is type key.
Extra flags: .
Weight is 1, value is 0, wear level is 1.

[3319/3319 1129/1129 808/808 985|   ] (NEW) < > 
( )
id 3.key
You identify a key:

Object 'key iron' is type key.
Extra flags: .
Weight is 1, value is 0, wear level is 1.

[3319/3319 1129/1129 808/808 985|   ] (NEW) < > 
( )
i
You are carrying:
( 3) a key
anhegofcherek commented 4 years ago

So this is general Prophecy behaviour!

I can see why you don't like it, and I don't disagree

I'd be a bit sad about the impact on the Boktor poisons though...

Ranfir commented 4 years ago

Ah, right. I forgot about that. And it would certainly impact an area that I was a builder for...

I think what I would want is an easy way to remove duplicate keys from a keyring. But maybe we should just give all keyrings 0% weight modifiers, and I can just deal with my OCD.

anhegofcherek commented 4 years ago

I think what I would want is an easy way to remove duplicate keys from a keyring.

I can definitely get behind that!

I find interacting with lots of objects can get frustrating fast. I'm not sure if/what/how to deal with it well though.

MXP kind of helped here by making everything clickable, but also yikes.

One (tangential) idea I had was that a web interface made it much easier to pack more information in - imagine an "inventory" page that showed your full inventory tree, and you could click-to-id, expand/collapse, etc. - that isn't coming any time soon though and doesn't address the core issue.

I don't actually even remember what units "weight" is supposed to be in...

anhegofcherek commented 4 years ago

Mind if I punt this over to ideas?

I don't want to dismiss it, but I think we're in the realm of "actually this is how it's always been and it's not clear that it's broken, but maybe we could make some different choices and tradeoffs"

Ranfir commented 4 years ago

Agreed. To the ideas board.

anhegofcherek commented 4 years ago

@Ranfir Looking back at this:

  1. I think those three keys should have different short descriptions - I know not everything can/should be a Unique and Special Thing but "a key" is too generic
  2. I appreciate that removing duplicates from a keyring can be tricky, but you know you can get 20. keyring right?
  3. Ughhh 0% weight modifiers :P