Tetris inventory

[waxen wasp]

Tetris inventory, switches arma inventory to a grid base system https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1472412857843974289/1473622076626833571/nbiD9hNwDHhfAV6_Lkx_PBRB4uuyT1LTSKf7LHUqgn9I73RHFu2UaqNVK6RFXouBCDjJJ4eGxqzs-1Ma94vH7YS6.png?ex=6996e101&is=69958f81&hm=610196e675fe7ffe5143ea63688c8c3ad25c6b471011729fca79e5272ad9b9cc&

[jovial swallow]

is this out yet?

[tranquil gyro]

Been waiting for DayZ ish inventory for months

[uncut umbra]

When finished this will be so goated

[hard glen]

I wonder how this will work on consoles, since their user interface is quite restrictive.🤔

But looks very good!🫡

[waxen wasp]

nope, i just started workign on it yesterday

there is still bugs to fix and things to add, need to add replication so it works in multiplayer, need to add persistance also, and controller support, and also make sure the size of all items makes sense

[uncut umbra]

i would recommend making the slots more transparent as well

[sleek crypt]

YES

[waxen wasp]

slots ? like the items ? or the grid of cells

[sleek crypt]

Any ETA? You rock man

[waxen wasp]

its hard to guess as this is a major change and would introduce alot of bugs, but hoping to finish it in a week

[uncut umbra]

grids of the cells oughta be more transparent, maybe same color as the grids with items in them

[waxen wasp]

yeah working on that, i want to make it more like tarkove

[uncut umbra]

good idea

[tranquil gyro]

Please tell me we will be able to rotate the items

Also how will it work with modded clothes? Yk, because of different kg capabilities

[waxen wasp]

yes, just need to setup the inputs for it, its already in

[tranquil gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/pray-crying-black-guy-pleading-plead-gif-15911108386383402751

[waxen wasp]

yeah right now it tries to guess the grid size based on storage volume setting from base game#

this works, but maybe not balanced

[sleek crypt]

how will inventory system in vehicles work? same?

[waxen wasp]

actaulyl ddnt check yet, let me see

[sleek crypt]

I am big brainer hahaha

[tranquil gyro]

Big ass tetris

[sleek crypt]

well if you ask me, Arma Reforger is missing one important thing, and thats BOXES, I am surprised nobody came up with idea to create mod of a ammo/weapon box, one that you can carry around and fill with equipment and put in truck and transport and unload at specific locations

[waxen wasp]

you know what its missing, loose ammo that you can load to mags

[sleek crypt]

true, dayz style

[waxen wasp]

Tarkov style, dayz`s inventory is just like tarkove by worse

[sleek crypt]

well yeah

[waxen wasp]

its also missing a system to attach items to vehicles

[sleek crypt]

what you mean?

[waxen wasp]

like if you put a fuel container in a vehicle inventory, it actually shows at the back of the vehicle

[sleek crypt]

ah yeah, but the thing you are making with inventory tetris is much better to work on and much more needed

[waxen wasp]

for sure, am also discovering new things with arma, like how the pockets on rigs are actaully storage containers them selfs

same with the light attached to rig, that is a storage that only accepts lights

[sleek crypt]

actually I know that mod you are making is how deeply it works in reforger workbench i have seen that thing trough as I am game developer myself, & I am sure thats how Arma 4 will work, you are just bringing future faster 😄

anyways , cant wait for your mod

[tranquil gyro]

Fr

Heine has a vehicle mod pack with a lot of em having fuel cans, bags, ATs and shit attached to the vehicles so you can grab em from outside but you cannot place them back where they were sadly

[waxen wasp]

new UI

[uncut umbra]

That's better. Imo could use the texture of the grid not being black in a corner and thus tiling weirdly, but other than that it's better.

[waxen wasp]

that black is the base game hilight of the container when u put item over it, but yeah might remove it

[uncut umbra]

Figuring I might as well throw it out there, but it's an idea I was already sitting on. What if we could only load magazines from our rigs or pants/jacket?

[waxen wasp]

thats easly doable, tarkov style

actually there is not rigs in my system (they dont have storage space) the pockets on them do

[uncut umbra]

Imo it is one of the things Reforger lacks rn. You can load up all your ammo in the basically infinite storage backpacks and then reload from there or pull hotkeyed items out of there. Atleast in terms of munitions, I think it'd be healthy for the game if we had to actually use our rigs and such for more important assets for fights

[waxen wasp]

here is a rig, as you see not 1 container, it has pouches that can hold anything, and has containers that can only hold 1 type, like the flash light and knife

[uncut umbra]

Interesting

[waxen wasp]

this is not an addition from me, its actaully how the game works in background, it just that base game combines the pouches and makes the 1 type item ones invisable

[uncut umbra]

I think the next evolutionary step might be to implement slot dividers. Like in a rig for example having vertical 2 slot spaces so only mag shaped or 1 slot items can fit

[waxen wasp]

yeah am working on that actually, but needs to be realistic, like for example the field pack is not divided in real life (i think) so it can hold 3x3 items, but all this depend on real life, idk if the mag pouches on the rig in the image has actaully 2 mag deviders or its big enough to hold 2

[uncut umbra]

I can dig up configurations for the Soviet stuff if you'd like.

I happen to be working with a lot of mods on Soviet stuff so I've come across a lot of it

[waxen wasp]

sure, but tbh i wont be sitting in editor making sure every pouch is accurate XD, i might make the mod open and let people edit the sizes how they want

[uncut umbra]

So long as it's intuitive I think that'd work.

Though I think it would be a good idea to finalize most vanilla items so people have examples to go off of

[waxen wasp]

yeah it will be super easy, go to item prefab, got to inventorystoragecomponent, you will see field for size, change it to what you want width height to be, done

and for split compoenents you will have list of pockets, you add pockets and set thier sizes, done

[uncut umbra]

Would be pretty damn cool

For the compartments you can take items to reload from/pull nades from etc, it'd be cool if it was a simple yes or no option in inventorystoragecomponent.

If it was, it'd enable very good support for modders and server hosts to create their own compatibility mods.

[waxen wasp]

yeah not that hard, could alos add a drop down to limite what items can go inside, maybe make magazine pouches only hold magzines and smokes

[uncut umbra]

Should prolly include flares too

[waxen wasp]

yeah it will have all item types so you can selecte what ever you want

[uncut umbra]

That's insane and great.

[grim stone]

I love it, good job!

[uncut umbra]

It'll be banger to also be able to limit what clothing can hold.

[sleek crypt]

did you give a try for vehicles?

[waxen wasp]

yup, they were still using old inventory system, i might update them also

[gilded marsh]

Sorry if answered, what will controller compatibility look like?

[waxen wasp]

very close to how base game works, slight changes

[minor quest]

@waxen wasp I NEED IT
Great work Relmy.

Just a question do you think it Will work well with mods ?

https://tenor.com/view/ineedit-needit-spongebob-squarepants-need-it-gif-4883495

[uncut umbra]

From what I spoke with him about previously, you will have to set up all modded equipment yourself, but compatibility to do so is there and it should be pretty straight forward.

[waxen wasp]

it shouldnt matter if your using mods unless they also mess with the inventory then idk what will happen

[sleek crypt]

any update on how mod goes?

[tropic crest]

This work wiht virtual spaces you can create on the vest, i explain my self. We have a mod where the radio have it designated slot on the Pouches, so it dont take space, just him slot (only adding the weithg and the function)

[plain pine]

As much I would want this, I’m a console player so I don’t think it will be beneficial for me😭

[primal charm]

So cool!

[uncut umbra]

I believe he said it should work fine on console

[waxen wasp]

remember, you dont need to micro mange, you can still just drop item in storage and it will auto find the best slot in the grid, even auto rotate it self

[flat sage]

When can it be used? @waxen wasp

[waxen wasp]

i can release i for testing now actaully

[flat sage]

Of course, we will let you know the test results later, and it's good that you've produced some results.

[waxen wasp]

here it is, please report any bugs, https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/689AD7766E33F232

[sleek crypt]

Damn

[primal charm]

Perhaps it would be better to display each item on its own row.

Otherwise, when items have different capacities, they would appear off-screen.

But the implementation itself is just very amazing! I've been dreaming about this for a long time!

[waxen wasp]

yeah i noticed that, also you can rotate the item with R but it wont rotate image, its just not possible to do that i tried soo hard

[primal charm]

In mod BetterInventory all containers take up one line in the inventory. Basically, it's like in DayZ, I hope I explained it clearly.

[waxen wasp]

yes i know better inventory mod, but ill make it integrated into mine my mod becomes unsuable without it

[waxen wasp]

you armstalker dev ?

[primal charm]

yes

[waxen wasp]

cool, am Datz Dev

[sleek crypt]

Make it dependency

[waxen wasp]

nah, ill just code it in my mod directly

[sleek crypt]

But we can load "betterinventory" mod for now?

[waxen wasp]

sure

[bold prism]

Actually started to work on something similar a week ago for BetterInventory, but pushed it back on the priority list. Glad to see someone else attempting it!

And BetterInventory is pretty simple, can easily be recreated currently so no need for dependency. But I imagine BetterInv would maybe conflict anyways as I do more than just the panels and blurred background

[waxen wasp]

exactly that, i do alot with the UI so it can easly break with better inventory

[bold prism]

I will ask because I can’t currently test the mod, do you adjust the grid size based on how many items are within it, instead of a static approach? Or even have like a minimum size that can increase if needed for more item space?

That was gonna be my approach, as I wanted to maintain as much vanilla functionality as possible so modders did not need to add extra things for their items to work

[waxen wasp]

no its fixed grid size inferred from base game volume setting

[primal charm]

Just in case, I'll tell you that when you open a container inside another container, the window size does not change.

[waxen wasp]

you mean that the bag size is smaller than its content size ?

open that bag on the ground, does it have diffrent size than what you see when you open it in another container ?

[primal charm]

Yes. The bag should be 6x6.

[waxen wasp]

ok will check it,

[waxen wasp]

ok i fixed the offscreen container issue, update mod

[primal charm]

Nice work!

[waxen wasp]

wait did you give some item custom sizes or is that just the auto sizing ?

[primal charm]

no, custom sizes. The automatic mode did not display most my items larger than 1x1 correctly.

[waxen wasp]

yeah, cause volume in base game is usually 1 number, so its hard to derive a 2 dimensional grid size from it

we still have to fix support for vehicles and fix bug with opening a storage inside a storage

[waxen wasp]

how active is your stalker server ?

[primal charm]

I don't have my own server at the moment. I'm just developing a platform for everyone.

[waxen wasp]

cool cool

[tranquil gyro]

Got a question, if custom items are for example from ACE Medical, RHS etc who use reskins of vanilla items afaik would we need to customize em?

[waxen wasp]

yeah probably, i did not even set sizes of vanilla items its just auto sizing them, maybe some one can volunteer and do it as a mod dependecy

thats some big backpack

[tranquil gyro]

Right, and the most important question, is it controller friendly? Cs most people on my server either are from PlayStation 5 / Xbox or use a controller on PC

[tranquil gyro]

😂 😂😂😂😂

[meager mirage]

is it possible to have some minor documentation help how we can do it? Really cool idea, but I wonder how it will work with a system like GRS, how it will recognize the pouches.

How can we configure:
Container size
Item size

(if we want to customize it)

but really awesome work! Another masterfull addition for the Looter-Shooter fanbase :3

[waxen wasp]

people have to test with controller and let me know

[waxen wasp]

for sure, its pretty easy

i have soo much mods going on at same time :/, i need to also develop my wild life mod

[tranquil gyro]

bet ill let you know

[meager mirage]

Are the parts 1 big grid, or is it possible to set it up into smaller blocks, similar to how EFT does it?

[uncut umbra]

yeah I would love to see it in smaller blocks

[waxen wasp]

not yet possible, arma has 2 types of rigs, ones that directly hold gear and are 1 big storage, and one that have pouches with each pouch having its own storage

[meager mirage]

Good news - Bad news.

Good
If applied to a system Like GRS, where the platecarrier is storageless, and then you attach all sorts of pouches to it, it does recognize the pouches separately. so you do get the "EFT" like solution.

Bad:
It makes the UI look like this:

Functionality vise this is good. UEX vise it will be a bit tedious, to scroll up and down, but we are arma players, we are used to minor inconveniences like this I think 😄

[meager mirage]

Also: Not sure if known issue, but it seems the "storage" is only running after you actually moved the object. During the initial load (pre-made loadouts, used by ScenarioFramework users) the logic is not applied.

I understand it is WIP, so I will let you cook ^^ Awesome work.

[waxen wasp]

thx for reportign these issues, ill work on improving/fix them

[timber steeple]

Maybe there is a way to remove a bar above item inventory slot, so you would be able to fit it more closer to each other?

Example from Grayzone warfare.

[bitter bridge]

What Server is that?

[hollow warren]

Bohemia be like " oh no, we cant change the inventory, its too hard, we are limited by the engine "
Modders : " Fine, i'll do it myself "

[waxen wasp]

yes, there is a ui rework coming up

[waxen wasp]

no clue, ask @primal charm

[shut heath]

So how auto configurable is this for other mods, do I need to add compatibility or does it exist from the start?

Example, v img big chungus rifles

[heavy spoke]

Awesome work! I was actually planning to build an EFT-style inventory system for my own project, so I'm incredibly hyped to see someone pull it off. If you have a GitHub repo for this and are open to contributions, I'd love to help out!

[waxen wasp]

auto works, but you can also configure manually as auto config doesnt always give good results