[vJass] (System) CustomInventory

[mattstheman]

Here are a few things I've noticed and I'm sure many of them have been said, but I just want to put them all in the same place:

1)The potion slots should have potion icons to separate them from the normal slots
2)When you mouse over the exit button, drop button or any of the armor slots, the board should say what it is
3)You used the name "hand" for the weapon slot (I think "weapon" would be better because people can confuse hand and gloves i guess
4)I think it would be less confusing to use the inventory icons i linked to so that people can distinguish the slots

 

[Anachron]

Okay, added to the todo-list.
Do you still encounter bugs with newest version?

 

[mattstheman]

I'd say that the system is really progressing, can't say I find any bugs (just the items getting picked up fast). The only thing I really care about now is just adding features that make it for universal and useful (such as the sell to vendor thing)

Very nice job so far and congratulations on making directors cut, you really deserve it!

 

[Anachron]

(just the items getting picked up fast)

Does it still cause bugs? Please try that, It shouldn't.

 

[CHA_Owner]

I just downloaded and tried the newest version and i dont know what is wrong but i still can only see white boxes when i open up the inventory and its not my resolution settings causing it since i changed them then tried it again do you have any idea how this is happening?

 

[Anachron]

Restart the map, it should be fine then. (F10, Restart Mission)

 

[CHA_Owner]

Restart the map, it should be fine then. (F10, Restart Mission)

Alright i just tried it and still nothing just white boxes i even tried restarting 3 different times all are still white then i tried pressing the "Esc" key really fast and it shows the slots until it comes all the way up then they turn white i dont know what that means but maybe it will help you fix it.....

 

[Anachron]

Basically it means that the trackables are above the slots, what should never happen.
This means that your wc3 says to you that 0.1 is lower then 0., which is awkward.

Tomorrow I will set the height to 1 and check whether this fixes the bug.

 

[mattstheman]

Yea the white icon bug must be something to do with peoples computers because I have never experienced it on my computer when testing the map.

Does it still cause bugs? Please try that, It shouldn't.

No, I just tested that and I no longer bugs when picking items up fast. Very nice fix.

One more thing... When I use the blue icon to deselect an icon, it does but then it selects the blue icon. I think it would be better if it just deselects the item and nothing else.

 

[Anachron]

Oh yes, gonna change that toi.

 

[mattstheman]

Nice

 

[DanThanh]

I tried your newest version and it still causes that naughty bug, i'm so sad
I hope you would find out the reason and fix it soon, awesome system !

 

[karland90]

Restart the map, it should be fine then. (F10, Restart Mission)

worked for me. though i tried if i could bug the icons to be white again, after already running the map once (it always showed white on the first time), and i succeeded.

but i think it is bad, when you have to restart an rpg, so that the inventory would work for all players

also when picking up potions really fast (didnt succeed with items, maybe because they arent so close to each other), the items bugged. i did this several times. after this i couldnt pick up items, some dissappeared from inventory, then reappeared again. confusion. :S

 

[Anachron]

Awww, I am afraid I need to change the delay timer ):

 

[Slaydon]

healing potion can still be equipped in weapon slot

 

[Anachron]

They can? :S Gonna check that.

 

[DanThanh]

worked for me. though i tried if i could bug the icons to be white again, after already running the map once (it always showed white on the first time), and i succeeded.

but i think it is bad, when you have to restart an rpg, so that the inventory would work for all players

also when picking up potions really fast (didnt succeed with items, maybe because they arent so close to each other), the items bugged. i did this several times. after this i couldnt pick up items, some dissappeared from inventory, then reappeared again. confusion. :S

Yeah, i agree !
Also, i'm a bit confused when trying to equip some items. I just don't know which type it is and which slot to equip it !

 

[CHA_Owner]

I just thought of another feature you can add to this inventory system.

Make it so that people can limit the number of certain items in an inventory at 1 time.

I know most people probably wouldn't use that feature but i shure would since it would make it a ton better for ORPG's.

 

[CloudMax]

I just thought of another feature you can add to this inventory system.

Make it so that people can limit the number of certain items in an inventory at 1 time.

I know most people probably wouldn't use that feature but i shure would since it would make it a ton better for ORPG's.

Yeah, i suggested that in the development thread.
But it seems like he never added it?
But there we called it unique (like in wow..) and we also talked about soulbound features, idk if he actually added that tbh xD

 

[karland90]

he said something like all these features can be added, but are not included. though i personally too hope for a little more features. at least vendor trading.

suggestions:

when you select an item and click on another item, they should swap positions. that should work for equipped items too (when the swapped item can be equipped ofc)
when you select an item and click the same item again, it should unselect the item (empty selection).
all buttons should have hovering tooltips (e.g. exit). i think this was suggested already <.<

Make it so that people can limit the number of certain items in an inventory at 1 time.

imo i would just let the map have only one of that item at all (unique in game). i know its not the same thing, but thats what i would do.

 

[Kingz]

I think he once said to me that this system won't have merchants interface

He could certainly insert a separate system which relies on this though :3

 

[karland90]

well if you could put items of any kind into the potion belt (normal w3 inventory), then there wouldnt be a desperate need for such system. i really did think that it was a feature (until the bug was pointed out and fixed) XD

 

[Anachron]

Yeah, i suggested that in the development thread.
But it seems like he never added it?
But there we called it unique (like in wow..) and we also talked about soulbound features, idk if he actually added that tbh xD

Well, you can have 4 potions and the equipment only, and limiting items would be possible, but its not having a priority atm. sorry.

when you select an item and click on another item, they should swap positions. that should work for equipped items too (when the swapped item can be equipped ofc)
when you select an item and click the same item again, it should unselect the item (empty selection).
all buttons should have hovering tooltips (e.g. exit). i think this was suggested already <.<

Selection: okay.
tooltips: yes, already have that in mind.

at least vendor trading.

that isn't something you make in one minute. Also this has not really high priority because I will mostly have to fix all the bugs before I can do that system.

I think he once said to me that this system won't have merchants interface
He could certainly insert a separate system which relies on this though :3

I will mostly add it as an addon, but first, the stupid white bug has to be fixed.

well if you could put items of any kind into the potion belt (normal w3 inventory), then there wouldnt be a desperate need for such system. i really did think that it was a feature (until the bug was pointed out and fixed) XD

Actually that was a feature at first, but people seemed not to like it, so i removed it, because most of them got confused about that.

 

[mattstheman]

when you select an item and click the same item again, it should unselect the item (empty selection).

Very good idea. This will really help remove some of the annoyance when trying to de-select an item.

 

[Anachron]

Very good idea. This will really help remove some of the annoyance when trying to de-select an item.

I can also remove the deselector then

 

[karland90]

lol about 12 hours ago i was going to ask, wtf was that blue box for? xD

btw when i dont get the white icons bug anymore, then ill test the system in multiplayer again ^^

 

[Anachron]

Stupid deselector. Thanks for helping.

 

[mattstheman]

Haha yea that thing was kinda annoying an weird.

 

[DanThanh]

that isn't something you make in one minute. Also this has not really high priority because

I will mostly have to fix all the bugs before I can do that system

Yeah, i agree. people please don't nag him !

 

[mattstheman]

Hey just a tip here for your test map...

You should give the hero the unit inventory ability and change the number of slots to 4. This gives him the same amount of slots as you have slots for in your inventory.

 

[Anachron]

Point was to be able to pickup items that are non-consumeable. If you would only have 4 slots and 4 potions in inventory, you couldn't pick items anymore, except you make powerups of them.

 

[karland90]

Yeah, i agree. people please don't nag him !

i agree too. im really sorry if it might have sounded like nagging :|

go Anachron!!

 

[Slaydon]

Another suggestion:

-Item duration timer

Duration 1-59 = seconds,
65= 1 min 5 sec,
hours = standalone,
days = standalone

A duration system, after the time is done, the item dissapears.

 

[karland90]

:O what would you use that for?

i havent played many mmorpgs, but the only place where this is used is in wow for holiday items and some quest items.

 

[Slaydon]

I was thinking of Quest items, "lending" items, food "expiring" date.

 

[karland90]

okay

 

[mattstheman]

I think that before any features like that are added, his main goal should be to make it bug free. After that a sell to vendor system would probably be the most important feature to make next.

 

[CloudMax]

I think that before any features like that are added, his main goal should be to make it bug free. After that a sell to vendor system would probably be the most important feature to make next.

Well, we didnt tell him to add it now :/
When we suggest things, he add it on his to-do list, and work on the important things first.

 

[Anachron]

I think that before any features like that are added, his main goal should be to make it bug free.

Yes.

After that a sell to vendor system would probably be the most important feature to make next.

No, and please stop saying that.
I don't know what I will do then.

When we suggest things, he add it on his to-do list, and work on the important things first.

exactly.

A duration system, after the time is done, the item dissapears.

Have a problem with dropping items while expiring can cause massive bugs.

 

[DanThanh]

oops, please give us some hints about implementing and generating an item. I really don't know how much free space i need, how to create an item, which functions to use?

 

[Anachron]

Check the system map, there is an library called Test, there you can see how items are created and used.

 

[CHA_Owner]

Are you going to later implement a ReadMe that has all the custom scripts that are used in the system showing how to call them and telling what each one does and would be used for?

I know that would take a very long time for this system since its so big but it would make people want it a lot more.

Hope this helps

~CHA

 

[Anachron]

I was thinking about tutorials and documentation, but not right now.
First priority is fixing bugs, starting with the biggest, the white bug.

 

[CHA_Owner]

Yea that bug is really annoying and is a really big problem since the inventory is useless if you cant see what the slots are.

Also i dont see why anyone would have problems using it in its current state just look at the trigger you made called "test" then you can see how to call 80-90% of all the triggers you need.

 

[Anachron]

Yes, exactly.

Also, I will hopefully fix the white bug later.

 

[DanThanh]

Yeah. i agree. The white bug is really annoying. we also need tutorials and documentation, but as you said, you can do it later !

 

[CloudMax]

The white bug.. Agh.. I still have it aswell (it is like 50/50 if it will work or not).
The white bricks appear above the icons insted of below then, you can see that by using mouse scroll, the white buttons will start to flash and you will see the buttons that is under...

 

[CHA_Owner]

The white bug.. Agh.. I still have it aswell (it is like 50/50 if it will work or not).
The white bricks appear above the icons insted of below then, you can see that by using mouse scroll, the white buttons will start to flash and you will see the buttons that is under...

Yea he has already stated thats the problem and that it has something to do with the trackables above the slots not the slots themselves.

 

[Anachron]

I am currently debugging it. Will release new version soon.

Edit: Please tell me whether this bugs or not:
View attachment CI_UP_v.0.1.Y.3.w3x

 

[karland90]

yes, it does for me

EDIT:
o - whatever i do it always white-bugs on the first run of the map (during one w3 runtime).
o - when i pick items up really fast (consecutively, not right after game starts), then i can recreate the white bug even when i already played the map on this specific w3 runtime. also i cant pick up items anymore.
o - i can (still) equip potions and the helmet as a weapon. the helmet even gives all it's buffs/bonuses.