Magic chests ?

StrikerJG1 · Sep 20, 2015

Hi, a question went through my mind while playing today so I share it :

Can this bill really fit inside this chest ?
http://imgur.com/a/nPZpj

Iscandar · Sep 20, 2015

It's not possible, no, but it is nostalgic. Almost all RPGs have this.

Also, I think I've seen a club by that name.

ZaratanCho · Sep 20, 2015

It's realistic, its folded in half. ;d

On more serious side, this might change.

Don Kanaille · Sep 20, 2015

This wasn´t the case when all item placement was hand-made, but it was introduced along with randomized chests. You are right, the bill would not fit, and logically the only containers which should be able to hold polearms and two handed swords are the large drawers.

Hedgehog-of-Fog · Sep 20, 2015

Don Kanaille said:
This wasn´t the case when all item placement was hand-made, but it was introduced along with randomized chests. You are right, the bill would not fit, and logically the only containers which should be able to hold polearms and two handed swords are the large drawers.

...But in that case there should be an option of vertical/horizontal placement of items (or rotating it)

NachoDawg · Sep 21, 2015

I think item containers need to be a bit obscure. The less we think of the physicality behind inventory spaces, the stronger the illusion of our inventory being logical

StrikerJG1 · Sep 21, 2015

NachoDawg said:
I think item containers need to be a bit obscure. The less we think of the physicality behind inventory spaces, the stronger the illusion of our inventory being logical

I like your answer.
When I created this post I was like : I'll give a cookie to the one who says that it is because chests are a door to an obscure plan of the multiverse etc...

Bullethead · Sep 21, 2015

NachoDawg said:
I think item containers need to be a bit obscure. The less we think of the physicality behind inventory spaces, the stronger the illusion of our inventory being logical

Also, it depends on the bill. The original version, an agricultural tool, such as a peasant would bring with him from home when called for military service, isn't more than about 4.5' (1.3m) long anyway, so doesn't require a really huge chest.

In the above., that's a 1m stick for scale. The pic was taken just minutes ago at the firestation I work at. Every 6 months, we have to use this bill (aka "ditch blade") for its original purpose to hack the jungle away from all our fire hydrants, so I just took the bill out of the back of our utility pickup truck (it will go across a full-size pickup bed with a few inches to spare). The design of this tool hasn't changed in like 1500 years. Gotta love it

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Now OTOH, later in the Middle Ages they made specialized, for-the-purpose battlefield weapons with similar blades, sometimes with added spikes, on much longer poles, and still called it a bill. But the one in Exanima looks like the original peasant version like this.

NachoDawg · Sep 22, 2015

Bullethead said:
Also, it depends on the bill.

Yes, and our bill is really long. Ergo: space-warping magic chest

Bullethead · Sep 22, 2015

NachoDawg said:
Yes, and our bill is really long. Ergo: space-warping magic chest

No, it just folds like a pocket knife

Don Kanaille · Sep 23, 2015

Maybe we should introduce more specialized containers like those drawers or closed weapon stands which can contain a random selection of larger items while the regular chests only contain smaller items.

However, to be honest, the bill and maybe the special twohander are the only examples I can come up with. Unless I forgot something all other items would already physically fit anyways.

Elaxter · Oct 7, 2015

Adopting a Diablo-esque inventory system would work quite nicely; add the ability to rotate the weapon sprite to fit in a long box horizontally and you got a pretty good inventory system.

Yaar Podshipnik · Oct 7, 2015

I actually enjoy the departure from the boring slots and tetris of diablo-like inventories. There should be some limit to what you can carry though.

NachoDawg · Oct 7, 2015

Yaar Podshipnik said:
I actually enjoy the departure from the boring slots and tetris of diablo-like inventories. There should be some limit to what you can carry though.

I think there's plans of having items take up space. Like if you have "100 inventory space" and a helmet takes "5 inventory spaces" then you are using 5/100 inventory spaces, just without any visible slots

Madoc · Oct 7, 2015

Yeah, containers will have an overall capacity and what size of items can go in them will be restricted, this just hasn't been implemented yet.

Alphanoobmeric · Oct 8, 2015

I always kind of enjoyed the RE4 inventory system. Inventory tetris it is, but I can see how it probably isn't for everyone.

Guibou9 · Nov 25, 2015

Yaar Podshipnik said:
I actually enjoy the departure from the boring slots and tetris of diablo-like inventories. There should be some limit to what you can carry though.

I actually like the fact that you can carry as much as you like. I mean, sure it's not very realistic but so convenient. I'd rather they keep it that way. Also if they keep it as is in ''Sui Generis'' it won't be too much trouble to bring back loot to your house from a far away land... Which is good.

Greenbrog · Nov 25, 2015

They are going to change it, it won't be infinite forever.

Guibou9 · Nov 25, 2015

Greenbrog said:
They are going to change it, it won't be infinite forever.

Oh well, can't have everything we want.