# Inconsistent skill/resource requirement GUI
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/inconsistent-skill-resource-requirement-gui/20159
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [May 25, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/inconsistent-skill-resource-requirement-gui/20159 "2019-05-25T10:52:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Stevepunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Stevepunk)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/inconsistent-skill-resource-requirement-gui/20159/1 "2019-05-25T10:52:06Z")
One thing that always bothers me is the resource requirement for recipes is in the opposite format to the skill requirement.
The skill UI is fine I think. In the below screenshot I have 1/2 cooking - 1 of the required 2 (50% - not enough). I also have 2/1 survival - 2 of the required 1 (200% - more than enough).
The UI for the resources is backwards. It states that of a requirement of 5 I have 14 which is confusing.
In my personal opinion it should be consistent with the skill requirement and read 14/5 - I have 14 of the required 5 (280% - more than enough - I can almost craft this 3 times with no mistakes).
Should it be consistent? Should it remain inconsistent? Thoughts? Opinions?
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### Author:  [@mlangsdorf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mlangsdorf)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/inconsistent-skill-resource-requirement-gui/20159/2 "2019-05-25T12:15:45Z")
I’m not going to complain too much about it, but I agree that it’s backwards. Hopefully esotericist - the developer who likes doing these little UI fixes - will come along and fix it at some point.
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### Author:  [@darktoes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/darktoes)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/inconsistent-skill-resource-requirement-gui/20159/3 "2019-05-25T14:20:35Z")
I believe it’s supposed to represent "Recipe will consume X of your Y ". It’s not the only thing in the game that’s backwards compared to the rest of it though.