New Crates for QM

[Frank_Stein]

I suppose the only problem with seperating crates out is creating a whole mess of entries in the order menu, which is way old and not super fun to use (though a billion times nicer since ZeWaka did a pass at it.)

I've always thought that buying single items from traders is the better way to do that, but i've not coded any of 'em yet.

I said this in the QM thread, but I think a new "Inventory" tab could be a good thing

Basically, when QM's buy something, it shows up in a menu. From that menu, they can sell the items back to the market, to traders, or have it delivered to the station.

Just have them select the items from the inventory to fill a crate with, and have it sent when they are finished. Customized crates, easy peasy.

Other bonuses, a much less cluttered QM. Maybe you can also show the prices they bought the items at so they can figure out their profit margins from buying a ton of cheap stuff then sitting on it until the prices go up.

Traditional crates could still exist in this system as well, maybe as a form of discounted bulk purchase