CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA

Need New Containers For Loot Sorting

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#55,012 opened on Feb 2, 2022

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<Enhancement / Feature>Good First IssueItems: Containers

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Our new nested inventory system is wonderful, and I tried to actually sort my loot into boxes to keep things nice and legible and organized. Unfortunately, the only options available involve stuffing the shelves of my deathmobile with backpacks and duffel bags, or carboard boxes. And cardboard boxes have annoying mass limits on them...

Solution you would like.

It'd be nice to have some storage bins or crates or boxes made of materials other than cloth or cardboard. A crude wooden crate slapped together out of planks and a couple nails, or plastic storage bins looted from the vast suburban neighborhoods. Maybe some sheet metal crates for really dense objects.

Describe alternatives you have considered.

Alternatives? I dunno. Maybe cardboard has no weight limit while it's on the shelf? That's just silly, though.

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Research direction
Study existing container definitions in JSON files, understand material, weight limit, volume properties. Define new containers for wooden, plastic, and metal variants. Test in game.
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cpp
Domain
game dev
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2
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