Armorsmith Archive
Thread: Increase Crate Size for Components to 1000!
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GuardianHawk
Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:55 am
#1
I am writing this post to get some input/support for the idea of asking the developers to increase the size of the crates for compenent parts only. I think this idea would be a benefit for many plaerys in different crafting professions and also the game as a whole in reducing database load.
The problem ties into the concept of multiple identical components in schematics So when I doa run of 1000 itemsI have 20 crates of 50 identical items. Then I have to store these as I get the other runs of 1000 components so I can put them all togehter later. So when I get to running a final product run I have an input hopper or backpacks laying around with all the crates of components of three different types. I am a Doctor so I do the medical crafting, but I think this issue is similar for the other crafting professions to at least some degree.
Personaly, I put crates that are the same into backpacks most of the time and then store them in an extra house. That is the only way I can easily tell which crates are identical without carefully examining the SN of each crate.
The only down side I can picture is that the code may not be very tolerant for changing the size of factory crates for certain types of items. Hopefully this is not true but if it is I really hope the extra coding or just allowing all crates to go to 1000 items will be workable.
Please post your thoughts or support on this suggestion. Maybe the developers will address this issue if it is eimple enough to fix or enough support for the change is shown in the player community.
GuardianHawk
Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:57 am
#2
I am writing this post to get some input/support for the idea of asking the developers to increase the size of the crates for compenent parts only. I think this idea would be a benefit for many plaerys in different crafting professions and also the game as a whole in reducing database load.
The problem ties into the concept of multiple identical components in schematics So when I doa run of 1000 itemsI have 20 crates of 50 identical items. Then I have to store these as I get the other runs of 1000 components so I can put them all togehter later. So when I get to running a final product run I have an input hopper or backpacks laying around with all the crates of components of three different types. I am a Doctor so I do the medical crafting, but I think this issue is similar for the other crafting professions to at least some degree.
Personaly, I put crates that are the same into backpacks most of the time and then store them in an extra house. That is the only way I can easily tell which crates are identical without carefully examining the SN of each crate.
The only down side I can picture is that the code may not be very tolerant for changing the size of factory crates for certain types of items. Hopefully this is not true but if it is I really hope the extra coding or just allowing all crates to go to 1000 items will be workable.
Please post your thoughts or support on this suggestion. Maybe the developers will address this issue if it is eimple enough to fix or enough support for the change is shown in the player community.
UmmonPrime
Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:59 am
#3
I would love crates to go up to 1k. Make life so much easier.
If sold the componets, you could always split them.
StarchMonkey
Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:06 am
#4
It would make things basically impossible to sell on the bazaar in crates. For people buying stuff it would be buying 1000 or 1 at a time.
What would be really nice would be to choose what size the crates were, or at least make it 1000 for layers and segments... something you wouldn't really be selling anyways.
slaier0702
Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:09 am
#5
You are right. This would help Artisans and Droid Engineers also.
Maybe not Architects, we would not need to buy houses to store all of our subcomponents. 
GuardianHawk
Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:19 am
#6
I am not sure why you would think this would be a problem on the bazar. I am only suggesting that the items that are "components" not final products.
Unless you sell components on the bazar but frankly I don't see any of that going on. People that can make components use them and make products they sell. I can't see who would be in the market for components that wouldn't make them themselves or buy final products, or maybe I am missing something.
But there was some talk in the Doctors forum to just change the factories to make the crate size completely customizable. That would also work for me and would be helpful for some other things. But it might imbalence some of the concepts in item storage if they want to limit crate size for usable products.
I would really prefer customizable crate size from the factory. I know some merchants like to sell smaller sized crates.
UmmonPrime
Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:19 am
#7
You can split crates to any size you want after they are made. You can make that crate of 1k into crates of 13 if you wanted to.
I'm confused that you don't know this... or did I misunderstand what you said?
Ryche_Mykola
Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:35 am
#10
This would make life so much easier. I always get confused with all the crates after I do like 3 runs of 1000 with the same type of layers. Thats 30 crates of stuff. I could see them not being able to have larger stacks of resources to prevent hording stuff, but I don't see the point in them having different crate sizes for everything:
10 - powerups
25 - RFP, Synth Cloth
50 - Armor Segs, Fiberplast
100 - Layers
25 - RFP, Synth Cloth
50 - Armor Segs, Fiberplast
100 - Layers
Would make supply management so much easier for us and a huge Database Space Saving for them.
CharPrime
Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:46 am
#11
/sign
i say let us decide how big crates should be for everything.
StarchMonkey
Wed Mar 31, 2004 11:13 am
#12
Combining crates is what I've always wanted to do. So how do you split crates up?
Krallic
Wed Mar 31, 2004 11:31 am
#13
Open the radialmenu and choose "split". You'll get a menu asking you what size of the new stack and that's it.
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