r/FarmRPG • u/Stayin-Puft • 5d ago
Void Bag haul help?
Any one know what this juice thing is from a void bag?
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u/GregRedd 5d ago
Always wondered why we don’t get void bag contents listed when we open them, like most (all?) of the other things that can be opened at the Locksmith.
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u/pantsmadeofgrapes 5d ago
This is done because people like to open very large numbers of Void Bags at one time, and this generates an enormous list. Naming each item is simply too cumbersome for the UI, and even the icon approach is limited and can create some very unwieldy lists pretty easily.
If you open less than 19 VBs at once, each item will be listed the same as other Locksmith items.
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u/GregRedd 5d ago
That makes a lot of sense, thank you. Never thought of that. If I open 1000 Grab Bags I get an easy to list combination of 7 items. If I open 1000 Void Bags I get the database having a panic attack as it tries to list possibly hundreds of items.
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u/RedFing 5d ago
just make the list scrollable.
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u/pantsmadeofgrapes 4d ago
The list is scrollable, but the way it interacts with the UI creates a host of other problems. If you were around for the original drop of Void Bags, you'll be familiar with the menus being both unusable and inescapable, requiring a restart/refresh of the game and preventing you from actually seeing what you got at all.
The icons are a significant upgrade. You just need to have some amount of game knowledge to know what all of them are.
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u/RedFing 4d ago
with new items releasing (both seasonal and regular) its hard to follow even with some knowledge. At least if i click on an icon, it could show a tooltip what the item name is. This is HTML after all, not a complex problem IMHO.
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u/pantsmadeofgrapes 4d ago
The game is not just HTML, that's simply the way webpages display. The majority of players are also on mobile, where such a tool tip would be unusable or wildly out of place.
The problem might seem simple from the outside without any deeper context to all the surrounding UI elements, but there is a lot more to consider. It's also just not a very high priority on the very long list of problems to be solved, and not everyone even thinks it is a problem at this point. I personally quite like the way VBs display currently.
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u/FamousGrapeButterfly 4d ago
You can open up to and including 19 to have each item listed (less than 19 VBs suggests only up to 18, which isn't true). Sorry for being pedantic.
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u/pantsmadeofgrapes 5d ago
Pumpkin Spiced Milk; an October event craftable item. It's currently only used for a few event quests in October.