Goonhub
12-06-2013, 08:37 PM
How about instead of auto-loading, we add functionality to the "Equip" button? I don't know how easy or hard it would be to implement, but what if while wearing a special belt (Utility, Mining, Medical, Etc.) and holding one of the items whitelisted for that belt, hitting the green equip button automatically tosses it inside the belt? So I can just grab hyposprays and click the button to automatically start loading them into the belt.
Then, just give a hotkey for "Equip", and you're good. CTRL+E or something. I mean, it wouldn't speed things up much, but it would make it a little bit easier and quicker. Plus it would affect more than just tools and the utility belt, it would slightly streamline things for a bunch of jobs. Open the toolbox, then click, hotkey, click, hotkey, etc. until you're done.
Also, the problem with an "open toolbox" sprite is that every toolbox contains shit nobody uses. Analyzers, spare wire, station radios. Nobody even bothers taking those out, and there's no incentive to do so since the only use for an "open toolbox" sprite is to help other people save some time.
Then, just give a hotkey for "Equip", and you're good. CTRL+E or something. I mean, it wouldn't speed things up much, but it would make it a little bit easier and quicker. Plus it would affect more than just tools and the utility belt, it would slightly streamline things for a bunch of jobs. Open the toolbox, then click, hotkey, click, hotkey, etc. until you're done.
Also, the problem with an "open toolbox" sprite is that every toolbox contains shit nobody uses. Analyzers, spare wire, station radios. Nobody even bothers taking those out, and there's no incentive to do so since the only use for an "open toolbox" sprite is to help other people save some time.