An easier way to compare objects?

[YCFCj]

Am I missing something? please tell me how if this is already in the game.

for e.g
2 guns to see which has higher dps, accuracy or whatever.
or 2 chairs to see the difference in comfort
or 2 plants to see difference in growing time
etc etc

Atm I click on the little "i" and memorise the figure then find the other object and click on that. Its not great for comparing more than one thing (because I cant remember the numbers) and also a bit fiddly.

My suggestion would be after clicking the "i" on one item there is a button that say "compare with". Clicking another item brings up the stats for that alongside. Ideally you should be able to compare multiple objects.

[AileTheAlien]

This would be super useful, especially in the early game, before you have smelters or trade-beacons, to get rid of junk. :)

[dearmad]

+1 boy would I like this a lot!!!! 

[dritter]

Lol, I just wrote a post asking for something like this, skimmed to see if anyone else was asking for it and missed your post.

[mndfreeze]

I was about to suggest this when I found this post.   It's definitely a major interface struggle for me. I often find I'm trying to compare a gun my colonist is already using to one just dropped/hauled back into my stock pile, and having to click back and forth from my character -> gear -> info on the gun to all the way out and info on the gun on the ground, then back and forth because its quite a bit of information on each, is a royal pain.

[Ambaire]

I'm curious if the OP has ever played Eve Online. The compare tool in that game is the first thing I thought of when I saw the title.

[YCFCj]

I'm curious if the OP has ever played Eve Online. The compare tool in that game is the first thing I thought of when I saw the title.

Nope I have not but looks exactly like what i was thinking about.
I am no programmer, but given that the menus are already there when you press the 'i" surely they could be brought up side by side somehow?

Tbh its such a hassle looking up these stats I don't really bother anymore; which leads to really suboptimal plays where I get bored going through each item and just pick something.

I was about to suggest this when I found this post.   It's definitely a major interface struggle for me. I often find I'm trying to compare a gun my colonist is already using to one just dropped/hauled back into my stock pile, and having to click back and forth from my character -> gear -> info on the gun to all the way out and info on the gun on the ground, then back and forth because its quite a bit of information on each, is a royal pain.

exactly