Does the grid container discourage organization?

**kitiara** · 22nd June 2007, 12:13 AM

I know that the dev team isn't finished with the container layouts yet (ie. there was talk of possibly implementing a feature whereby the game would remember which grid tile in a container you placed an object, instead of defaulting to the bottom of the grid), but....

One thing I'm finding is that the grid layout discourages multi-container organization. It's harder to see bags or pouches within a container, and I'm huge on organizing my containers into subcontainers.

I guess if we could place the items in specific grid boxes, we could keep all the subcontainers together in a row or something.

I am beginning to like the grid layout for containers - just not sure what I'm going to do with all of my existing subcontainers, which are a pain to navigate via the grid layout.

Curious to see how it will all pan out!

**Adri** · 22nd June 2007, 02:45 AM

If things would stay where we put them in the grid, I'd be a much happier camper. As it is, I can never find the right runebook or anything.

Bo · 22nd June 2007, 03:11 AM

can someone post a screen shot of these grid containers? I have not seen these yet.

Tukaram · 22nd June 2007, 04:43 AM

You can't organize because things don't even stay where you put them. (I can't imagine running a vendor). If it stayed in place the grid is still a terrible way to keep things organized. (the free form backpack is horrid too)

**kitiara** · 22nd June 2007, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adri

If things would stay where we put them in the grid, I'd be a much happier camper. As it is, I can never find the right runebook or anything.

To fix the runebook issue, I made a new hotbar and dragged all of my runebooks into that. Now I have them out on the screen in a hotbar. (They still stay in your backpack - just makes them easier to find).

**kitiara** · 22nd June 2007, 09:49 AM

Here's what the grid view looks like (bottom right corner). That is my backpack in grid view.

**kingtony** · 22nd June 2007, 10:23 AM

I Agree The Gris Is Wrong Way To Go But They Should Keep The Concept Of The 2d Idear It's Not Perfect But A Better Soultion

Snowy · 22nd June 2007, 07:14 PM

That 'grid thing' is one of my main dislikes......

Danny Ocean · 23rd June 2007, 02:07 PM

Everyone knows that you can click that button on your backpack to chane it to the 2D client version, right?

**kitiara** · 23rd June 2007, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny Ocean

Everyone knows that you can click that button on your backpack to chane it to the 2D client version, right?

True - but even that is hard to use, as in the legacy backpack view, items are so small they're hard to see.

I'm just trying to experience the new features (which are in theory, improved) to give them a fair shake before I decide which way I'll play

22nd June 2007, 12:13 AM	#1
kitiara Polar Bear Queen Join Date: Nov 2006 Shard: Atlantic & Lake Austin Posts: 4,173 Gold: 332 My Mood: Thanks: 51 Thanked 33 Times in 24 Posts	Does the grid container discourage organization? I know that the dev team isn't finished with the container layouts yet (ie. there was talk of possibly implementing a feature whereby the game would remember which grid tile in a container you placed an object, instead of defaulting to the bottom of the grid), but.... One thing I'm finding is that the grid layout discourages multi-container organization. It's harder to see bags or pouches within a container, and I'm huge on organizing my containers into subcontainers. I guess if we could place the items in specific grid boxes, we could keep all the subcontainers together in a row or something. I am beginning to like the grid layout for containers - just not sure what I'm going to do with all of my existing subcontainers, which are a pain to navigate via the grid layout. Curious to see how it will all pan out! [UOCraft.com] - [Photography: Blog - My eBay Store - Flickr] - [Other Blogs: Bird Blog - Geek Blog]

22nd June 2007, 02:45 AM	#2
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22nd June 2007, 03:11 AM	#3
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22nd June 2007, 04:43 AM	#4
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22nd June 2007, 09:49 AM	#6
kitiara Polar Bear Queen Join Date: Nov 2006 Shard: Atlantic & Lake Austin Posts: 4,173 Gold: 332 My Mood: Thanks: 51 Thanked 33 Times in 24 Posts	Re: Does the grid container discourage organization? Here's what the grid view looks like (bottom right corner). That is my backpack in grid view. Attached Thumbnails [UOCraft.com] - [Photography: Blog - My eBay Store - Flickr] - [Other Blogs: Bird Blog - Geek Blog]

22nd June 2007, 10:23 AM	#7
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22nd June 2007, 07:14 PM	#8
Snowy Pretty Nice Disguise, isn't it? Join Date: Nov 2005 Shard: Lake Superior Posts: 1,127 Gold: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Does the grid container discourage organization? That 'grid thing' is one of my main dislikes...... ~ "It's definitely a Bubble Bath Day.". ~ Dove Promise ~

23rd June 2007, 02:07 PM	#9
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