#Better creative tabs

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small apex
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Got this idea and while back it's about adding filters
Like:
Only show blocks
Only show spawn eggs
Only show enchantments
Only show items
Only show wepons
And a check box for showing modded items or Only vanilla

and sorting items like
A-Z
Z-A
I just get tired of scrolling around to look for blocks and all I see is spawn eggs or some weird modded items.

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Maybe this can be an emi or jei feature-add-on

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But yeah generally it's just a small idea

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Hopefully someone picks this one up too !

small apex
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Bump

trim delta
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looks interesting πŸ‘€ I want to try but I'm not that great in mod developing since I just got into it recently

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Are filters all checkboxes or creative tab-like icons ?

small apex
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So its an icon (I can provide some art if needed tbh)

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You click on it then its highlighted and the filter works immediately

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The only thing that I find hard in this mod idea is where are you gonna place the filters xD

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Can you extend the creative menu?

trim delta
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I think we can reuse some of vanilla item icons

  • Only show blocks -> Grass Block
  • Only show spawn eggs -> Any old sprite of spawn eggs will work (oy maybe even using chicken eggs are acceptable)
  • Only show enchantments -> Book
  • Only show items -> Pickaxe ?
  • Only show wepons -> ofc Diamond Sword

showing modded items or Only vanilla -> not sure about this

small apex
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For modded maybe make a [wrench]

trim delta
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depends

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if you want the filter to "only show modded blocks/items" then I think command block icon will do it

small apex
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But if we want to only show modded items...

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Maybe add slider for modded items?

  • Don't show any modded items
  • Inclued modded items
  • Only show modded items
trim delta
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hmm, i mean that could do it

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Can you extend the creative menu?
I think we can, as many mods have also override many vanilla UIs

small apex
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Hold up I'm asking gpt on making a mock up

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It could cook a good ui lmao

trim delta
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Oh, there was one problem I think

How are we going to deal with Status Effects tab ?

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small apex
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Ugh

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Hmm

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I forgot There's a scroll bar too

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Okay let me think about it little I'm on my phone atm but u can fix a couple of things

trim delta
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no worries !

small apex
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This is the best I can do without the pc lmao

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I'm away from home for the next 2 days

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But what do you think about this ?

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**ignoring the horrible ui design **
When you hover over a slot you will get the description of what this check box does

Also the scroll bar has been moved to the right also the statue effects tab

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Oh also for spawn eggs we can use that creeper spawn egg icon

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Or i have another idea

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Sec

trim delta
# small apex

how about being an icon next to the previous/next icon ? when triggered, it shows your filter box

small apex
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I thought of this but it looks off

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trim delta
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hold up imma make a mock ui in my laptop

small apex
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Try your idea i think it fits best

trim delta
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thanks to your ideas :D

small apex
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No you thank you !

trim delta
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button like this

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small apex
trim delta
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yup

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the sprite looks a bit horrible tho (even i reused vanilla sprites) lmao

small apex
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I'm thinking about the menu

small apex
trim delta
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If you say so

small apex
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Well if the menu is gonna be under the arrow it would be small no?

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Okay here is this idea

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Kinda crazy but it might work

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What if the creative menu has 2 sides

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Press the arrow and the menu gets flipped to the mods menu where all the filters are

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And for sorting they can be next to the down arrow

trim delta
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how about being a tab here

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wait will that collide with existing vanilla features ?

small apex
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But

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Modded tabs

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Are the only problem

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Or future tabs

trim delta
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OOF

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(you have to turn it on in Options > Controls > Operator Items Tab)

small apex
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Okay what about the entire left side

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Its empty

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Although its a little awkward no?

trim delta
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I think we will be okay if we render it as bottom tab in next page (as long as no moded tabs are rendered there)

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btw the pic is captured from my experimental mod so ignore that

small apex
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If its a next page though we have the whole page space can we remove the hotbars?

trim delta
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Maybe we can

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I have to find out

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i think if we are going for separate tab then im thinking of using cogwheel sprite

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the only problem is that i will have to register it as an in-game item which is basically useless lmao

small apex
trim delta
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yeah

small apex
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Hmm.

trim delta
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it wont be client side anymore

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whole mess

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can we use debug stick for the icon

small apex
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Got an idea

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Spyglass?

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Or

trim delta
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oh nice

small apex
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Hopper

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Littearly a filter

trim delta
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ah that would make sense

small apex
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Both of these work πŸ‘€

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Wait a second

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Isnt

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Isn't jei client side?

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How did they manage to add a wrench then

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trim delta
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i think it's not vanilla icon

trim delta
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oh

small apex
trim delta
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i think we have new problem

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we cannot do item groups

small apex
trim delta
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as fabric's ItemGroupsMixin will auto-rearrange the tabs

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so that means we cannot explicitly set the tab to be 2nd page's bottom left

small apex
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What is the solution

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We can make a custom menu that pops out when you press the arrow?

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Instead of a new page

trim delta
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ye ye i think we have to go that direction

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but that would block the creative inventory as well

small apex
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That's why I said the left side is empty

small apex
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No status effects

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No tabs

trim delta
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left tab πŸ€” interesting

small apex
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Mhm could be on the top left you press it and we can make a little side panel

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Just like axiom actually but imagine its on the left

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Oh no wait.

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Install axiom

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Look at their tabs

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They are on the left it will be an incompatibility for builders

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Unless we make our menu bottom left

trim delta
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uh it's pain

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this one ?

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small apex
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Nope

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Open the creative tab

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Presss e normally

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There's their gradient tool and block pallete tool i believe

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They are floating tabs on the left

trim delta
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ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

small apex
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Yeee

trim delta
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bottom left may be ok

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imo

small apex
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Actually we can still do the top left idea but the menu has to go up not down

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Its your choice

trim delta
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actually it can possibly conflict with any mods we dont know imo

small apex
trim delta
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a little bit cramped but that's the idea

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small apex
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Wow that actually looks good

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Can we add an entire border around the 4 selections?

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So it does look like its part of the menu

trim delta
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sure

trim delta
# trim delta button like this

come to think of it i think what about this idea but clicking the button opens new screen instead of popping a small menu

small apex
trim delta
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im thinking of how to make the left side menu works and that idea at same moment lmao

small apex
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Yeah ui is kind of the biggest issue here tbh

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We can workaround the rest

trim delta
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yeah

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ui designing πŸ˜”

small apex
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Okay I got an idea

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Let's say we only have 4 spots

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We said
Only blocks
Only eggs

Only items
Show modded things

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We can make the first two up top

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And for the two bottom ones when you active it a little small menu pops under them for further customization

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modded

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items

  • Only show wepons
  • Only show books
  • Only show potions
    Etc
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What do you think?

small apex
trim delta
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would you apply to all tabs not just search ?

small apex
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By pressing on the search button instead of adding a new button but we just make it glow so ppl notice it

trim delta
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so it needs one more button concern

small apex
trim delta
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so it needs one more button concern
I meant the "Search" button

small apex
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Wait am I crazy or is there no πŸ” icon when you search

trim delta
trim delta
small apex
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EMI moment

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Lmao

small apex
small apex
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Won't take insane space right?

trim delta
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yeah we just have to override search ui and modify search box width

small apex
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Okay I guess its settled but but

small apex
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Since they are kind of a stable idea

trim delta
small apex
trim delta
small apex
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And jei

trim delta
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i guess yes

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the ones that let you search in inventories

small apex
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Yeah ik I think it won't if you are only applying to the creative inventory no?

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Since emi and jei are completely other menus

trim delta
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ok

trim delta
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i guess i didnt explain throughly

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would you apply to all tabs not just search ?
What I intended to ask is "would you apply our filter to all tabs not just the search tab (the tab with compass) ?"

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dang

small apex
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Its the main reason of the mod

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The search tab is an extra we can add later or on release

trim delta
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the sort A-Z and Z-A too ?

small apex
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Mhm

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But the one I dont know how would you do is

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Flipping the whole menu so we start at the last item

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So let's say a normal creative menu starts at oak items as usual and it ends with redstone i think? We flip the menu is that possible?

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It starts with redstone

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Or whatever is last

trim delta
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the items in tab ?

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i think we can

small apex
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Let's not go too far though let's do it slowly

trim delta
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agreed

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imma revise my design later

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need to sleep (im gmt+7 guys)

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btw which version do you want to start at ?

small apex
trim delta
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safe travel !

small apex
trim delta
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ok

small apex
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This is so cool it can blow up actually imo

trim delta
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a concern just popped into my mind

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will it conflict with REI's UI

trim delta
small apex
small apex
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Try to code the idea with being able to move the whole thing anywhwre

trim delta
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πŸ˜‚

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gotta be hard

small apex
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I mean if you can nest every thing together

trim delta
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actually im not sure if i could make this thing work πŸ˜”