[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #14011: Optional stacks automerging for ultima 8

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#14011: Optional stacks automerging for ultima 8
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Reporter:  i30817                        |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  feature request               |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal                        |   Component:  Engine: Ultima
 Version:                                |  Resolution:
Keywords:  keyboard modifier ergonomics  |        Game:  Ultima VIII: Pagan
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Description changed by i30817:

Old description:

> Reading the changes for ultima 8 reminded me of a PR i made some years
> ago to exult to make the stack handling of stackable items more
> ergonomic.
>
> In short i added a boolean config variable and a key modifier to 'not
> show' the stack slider that shows when you move stacks or merge them.
> With the variable set to the default, the stack slider showed, unless you
> were pressing the key, in which case it merged/dropped the whole stack.
> With it on, the only way to show the stack slider was pressing the key
> when dropping the stack.
>
> I don't know if u8 already has this change (i don't remember it but i
> guess no).
>
> Anyway this is a RFE. It makes managing the inventory slightly less
> annoying in ultima 7, and i'd guess it would do the same for u8 (i guess
> you can go even further and automerge when dropped in containers, but
> that's both more complex and something of a big change).

New description:

 Reading the changes for ultima 8 reminded me of a PR i made some years ago
 to exult to make the stack handling of stackable items more ergonomic.

 In short i added a boolean config variable and a key modifier to 'not
 show' the stack slider that shows when you move stacks or merge them. With
 the variable set to the default, the stack slider showed, unless you were
 pressing the key (CTRL iirc), in which case it merged/dropped the whole
 stack. With it on, the only way to show the stack slider was pressing the
 key when dropping the stack.

 I don't know if u8 already has this change (i don't remember it but i
 guess no).

 Anyway this is a RFE. It makes managing the inventory slightly less
 annoying in ultima 7, and i'd guess it would do the same for u8 (you can
 go even further and automerge when dropped in containers, but that's both
 more complex and something of a big change).

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