[Suggestion] Ingots should not take more space than ore
Iron and copper ore stack to 50, and smelts 2:1 into ingots that stack to 20. So 50 ore produces 25 ingots which takes 2 inventory slots, up from the 1 that was being consumed by the ore used to produce it.
Smelting ore into ingots should make it take less overall space, not more. As the ore is being formed into a more efficient shape.
Titanium and Platinum do this a little better, in that it stacks to 100 and smelts 5:1 producing a single stack of 20 ingots, at least maintaining a 1:1 ratio of inventory slots used from ore stack to ingot stack.
And then we have aluminum... I'm pretty sure a dev was drunk when he wrote out the numbers for aluminum smelting. :)
In short, ore should be a less efficient means of storing material, and ingots should be more efficient. At the moment it is at best a straight across trade between the two for some materials, but often a loss.
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24 Dec, '21
shin0bi272Highlighted comment
I suggested changing the stack sizes of ingots to 50 or 100 myself a while ago. Never heard anything about it. Its especially frustrating because of the limited space for stacks in things but you get used to it. Plus you can pull stuff out of your inventory in a bench to make things so its not the worst thing ever just annoying. -
13 May, '23
cmopatrickOne of the many things that doesn't even make game sense. When you smelt any ore, you remove impurities, meaning the cooled result takes up less space.
And I agree with the above comment about aluminum; bauxite is a long way from 1:1 pure. In fact, the process to realize metal aluminum from ore is so complex that in the early 1800s, aluminum was a luxury metal more valuable than gold (Napoleon actually had his stock melted and made into aluminum eating utensils that only he and his most important guests were allowed to use). -
11 Nov, '23
ChrisAluminium should both take up less space and have the exchange rate changed. I end up with cupboards full of the stuff by end game, it's just not that useful. Yet I'm scrounging for copper constantly.
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13 Feb, '25
KoburaI reliably refuse to smelt aluminum until needed because of the wacky stack sizes... yes, this must change. Even iron and copper take more space smelted (20) than in ore form (50/2 per)
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31 Dec, '25
AndreAll raw materials and ingots, when they reach a quantity of 100 (for example), could be used to make stacks like wood and stone.
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11 Feb
Rocius D.This is definitely something the devs should seriously consider. Aside from it being a QOL suggestion, it would likely be better for performance purposes, as there would just be less stacks of stuff overall. Less stacks is less data. Every data point counts!!!
(when this comment is looked at for approval, can I request the #performance be added to the suggestion??) -
08 May
FeaskOr another possibility that would be handy, is to get a compacted version of the ingot. When we look at his size when dropped, it's quite silly to get a tiny ingot and comparing to place that take. It need a way to be compacted like in the anvil or else so they would take less inventory. Like in Minecraft, how it is done it's quite smart and reduce inventory and storage issues.