defining the quantity in storage areas

[platipuss]

hello

it would be good if you can define how much is allowed to store for each item in storage areas
good example is in my colony I have a refrigirated area next to the kitchen but this area is filled with corn and rice unlimited
this 2 raw food is gettong rot longer then other foods like meat or berries so I want to store some in refrigirated area rest will be in some place else
if I can define how much for each place it would be good

[Havan_IronOak]

++Good

I'm also in favor of allowing a scalable storage area.
If available I'd use them to:
more easily place individual IED's around a crash landed poison ship
place small amounts of steel in perimeter spots to repair power ducts & doors that get destroyed
better balance the amount of feed in my animal feed storage bins
and a dozen other uses.

I don't see these as cheats just good planning and a better user interface would streamline this.

[14m1337]

hello

it would be good if you can define how much is allowed to store for each item in storage areas
good example is in my colony I have a refrigirated area next to the kitchen but this area is filled with corn and rice unlimited
this 2 raw food is gettong rot longer then other foods like meat or berries so I want to store some in refrigirated area rest will be in some place else
if I can define how much for each place it would be good

just make some small store zones in your fridge, and then set them to the appropriate item.
for example, if you have a 5x5 refrigerator zone, it could be split into 2x2 for corn, 2x2 for rice, and the rest for raw meat.

[Serenity]

When you want to store a handful of meals or other items somewhere even a tile zone is too big

[Havan_IronOak]

just make some small store zones in your fridge, and then set them to the appropriate item.
for example, if you have a 5x5 refrigerator zone, it could be split into 2x2 for corn, 2x2 for rice, and the rest for raw meat.

If one uses a mod that expands the number of items that can be stored in a single square (Which is great MOST of the time) it limits how effective single square storage areas are.  One can use artillery shells instead of  IEDs  if one places a number of them  in 1 square storage areas  all around a drop ship. But it's very "fiddley." Limiting how many of a good can be stored in a single square storage area makes this much more manageable.

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If available I'd use them to:
more easily place individual IED's around a crash landed poison ship
place small amounts of steel in perimeter spots to repair power ducts & doors that get destroyed
better balance the amount of feed in my animal feed storage bins
and a dozen other uses.

I don't see these as cheats just good planning and a better user interface would streamline this.

[skullywag]

Asking for something to help you game a threat isnt the smartest way of suggesting something now is it? Lol

[Havan_IronOak]

Asking for something to help you game a threat isn't the smartest way of suggesting something now is it? Lol

Personally, I don't see it as "gaming" a threat.  For me the game is about planning and using what's provided to build a smoothly functioning system.  Using artillery shells in the way I'm talking about is still possible it just requires a LOT of user intervention.  Anything that puts PLANNING back into the game is something I support.   But, I can see how other would disagree and that's fine.

[14m1337]

the thing is: if it would be possible to set a storage zone to max. 1 per item, then your tactic for dealing with the ship event would be a far too easy way, which would destroy game balance and thus the event would have to be much more difficult, for example by spawning 10x more mechanoids.