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Yeah, anybody that owns an Orca has turned this off because, even though it is YOUR ship and you have full control of it you have to deal with that stupid message.

Had to browse my ships through the assets the first few times.

So annoying.

Its just unfinished.
We used to have many 'objects' as means to access the inventory. 'Ship cargo', 'Drone Bay', 'Corp hanger', 'Jet Can' was all different objects, each with their own properties, position on screen, hotkey etc. You open any of that, you knew where exactly it would appear, so you could arrange jetcan's window next to your cargo and it would remain like this until your hardrive goes to the moon.

Now its all gets demolished, and the same functionality pressed on a single window with huge 'tree' thing with million rows. Obviously, ppl start complaining, and it only will go bigger once it hits the TQ.

Again, the simple solution is to get back old functionality with the power of new interface.
Just allow binding of new windows as "old style" objects. Make it customizable, the new system holds the power to do just that, and much more. All it needs is ability to spawn the branches of tree as SEPARATE OBJECTS and REMEMBER them and they properties/positions. Assign them to neocom buttons, new hotkeys etc., can you feel the power already? Feel like creating your very unique, responsive interface?

Until then, the new system is just destructive step back (woe to all lost objects), with a single window (and its clones) as quick hack allowing us means for basic inventory operation.

This is a small step, from failure to success, and it NEED to be taken.

Its just crap.

Easy solution for the poor Devs that are bringing this crap in. Don't.

Sorted

Quick test revealed that actually with today's build it starts to look much better. "Extra" windows now seem to remember their size and position in station when you undock and dock back in. Only thing they don't remember is their previous state and still won't reappear when you dock back in. However there definitely has been huge improvement.

Just one more step to something I could actually be using. Starting to have some real faith again.

Good work.

Glad you like it but some of us like multiple windows. should be an option, not forced on players.

Tal

Nothing.

"The windows closing and resizing every gatejump, re/undock and need reopen or repositioning time to time etc.
The shiphangar still merged with this inventory system, still no multipanel, still annoying handling my stuffz, still hard and slow to use inventory in battles or at POS or for a station hangar manager. Need shift+click for open another windows to capbooster cans to easy handling in pvp, but need reopen with shift+click everytime when jump over a gate. This is a crap and alpha state inventory system."

I posed the following question in the live CSM Town Hall meeting today on EVE Radio:

"There is concern from some quarters about how the Inferno release of the Unified Inventory will be received by the playerbase. There are some well-reasoned arguments that the feature is incomplete and reduces functionality. Have the CSM been consulted on this matter at any point, what are your thoughts and do you think there will be a player backlash after patch day?"

The CSM representatives who addressed this (sorry, didn't catch who) gave a succinct "everything is fine, Inferno is meant to upset players" response (this echoes sentiments recently voiced by CCP Unifex). Those CSMers who had tried it out on SiSi seemed to experience no problems and gave the impression they were perfectly happy with the system as it stands and see it as a great experience. I suspect they have only given it a cursory look and like the idea in principle, but haven't had time to notice its shortcomings.

To qualify this, I think the context is that they accept that change and rebalancing will cause a certain amount of adjustment trauma. Kind of a 'you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs'.

That said, I was a little disappointed with the CSM's dismissive attitude toward the problem. But perhaps they're right and there will be a perfectly acceptable period of adjustment and then we'll all wonder what all the pre-Inferno tub-thumping was about...

I wait with interest to see.