Item-Storage Management/ Needs Improvement

well I take back what I said, the prison lockers are now totally inefficient. Rather I could do better with those lovely metal crates...><

I just went into game, and well finished my cleanup. Didn't expect the lockers to be that bad, the prison ones.

Now they are worthless for storage units for me, as for the ratio just does not make sense. I can understand if was 48 and 24 respectfully, but the space is practically half what it was; at least where size to space ratio comes to mind. I would use them if they were roughly the amount I mentioned, but when the tall one is twice the size of a metal box and has the same amount of space... well, I think you get the point.

Most the rest that I have seen I am fine with. the apex lockers are fine with 9, as they are pretty small. chests are fine with 16 like the crates due to they themselves do not stack. Which means accounting for platforms.

So I guess I have to find something else for bulk or large storage that actually is large storage visually and slot-wise. For now the metal crates will do; I love those things. Worse comes to worse I will mod changes in to be a bit more balanced, as those prison lockers are underwhelming at the moment... Funny how the large prison locker is called a small prison locker, or something like that...>< especially when looks pretty big. At least the tall one appears as it does but still underwhelming in space.

Well that is all I have to say after my fiddling around with my storage.

 

Oh I did. I just dumped it into whereever/whatever I could.

Now we have a ridiculousely massive warehouse of outpost lockers w/ matching signs. So its an improvement, though not esp. space efficient.

 

I'm enjoying some of the larger size containers, even if they're not as efficient it's just easier to categorize when you can fit more in a single container.

 

Just so you guys know. The latest nightly has these new storages that are craftable:

 

The most important thing to be added is a material locker to collect all materials used in crafting.

You go to any placed ship locker object, and it'll get an additional button: "Material storage". Press this button, and it'll show the Material Storage panel with several tabs.
These tabs show materials in categories: Crafting, cooking, ores, blocks, etc.

These would not have a fixed size, instead, there would be one slot per material. If the material is not stored, the slot is not shown. They would start with a stack size of 1000, and it would increase as the ship is upgraded, up to 50000.

Material storage would be saved on the character rather than on the map, thanks to this, you'll be able to send all materials there with a 'deposit materials' button in your inventory, and deposit them one by one with another slot similar to the trash slot, but far enough from it so it's not confused with the trash. And when you use any crafting station, the station will check both your current inventory and the materials storage, and try to use first materials in your inventory.

This would be specially helpful with cooking, since there can be so many ingredients to use.

 

Personally, I'd like to be able to craft additional ship storage containers. Could make materials hard to find, but make it possible? Please?

 

Metal crates FTW

But now wood crates are 16 so it's obsolete
How much are large crates now?

 

The new storages (the second post above yours) are kinda the same thing (not excatlly, but kinda), they even look differently depending on your race (so they fit your ship style).

 

Oh dear god yes. Additionally increase stack size in those to absurd levels and for each category, have the option for alphabetical sorting.

24.

 

FYI, if you admin yourself you CAN craft more ship storage modules at will. There's one for each species so the colors match. So maybe they were working on it (or maybe it's just in there for modders/because ALL items are craftable in admin mode(.

 

Yes, I am aware of them, much like how I'm aware it has none of the capabilities of the post I quoted nor does it have any of those I suggested as well. Why exactly did you bring this up via my post?

 

Whoa, calm down buddy. I suggested it as a workaround for others in lieu of insufficient storage. It's called a discussion; not everything has to be tunneled into your narrow view of the OP.

 

I'm quite calm, thank you. Was merely wondering why you quoted me when your addition to the discussion has practically no relevance to what I said.

 

Because you agreed with what I said and suggested further refinements to it, so it was natural to clarify I was responding to you.

 

You sure about that?

 

I'd not have done it that way if it wasn't. For the sake of not getting off-topic, though, let's just end this line of thinking.

 

Kinda wish they would separate items to storage best used for them. You can have all these universal storage solutions. But also have x-large solutions for individual types of items.
Like Refrigerators/freezers should be able to house just a ton of raw/cooked food. Freezers could also add opportunities to change food properties when left inside. Like Water stacks to ice.
Weapon lockers can hold a ton of, you guessed it. weapons. And make those radioactive/toxic/normal barrels hold extra liquid slots. Those are really the only three I could see having its own special management.
If nothing else. Just the food. Because they made just a insane amount of food varieties. And if you place it near a food bench, the bench should pull from the container without having to thumb though your stocks for 6 ingredients.

 

I want those storages so bad, but Nightly is currently broken...