# New way of indicating quantities not user friendly?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [April 24, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942 "2014-04-24T12:46:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942/1 "2014-04-24T12:46:38Z")

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Recently, the way the game indicates quantities changed from this

![](http://i.imgur.com/bJn0icd.png)

Aka item name (charges) x amount of items

to this:

![](http://i.imgur.com/HSPPgKW.png)

Aka amount of items item name (charges)

Personally, I think it was a change for the worse, as I could easily spot duplicate items in my inventory before; but under the new system, i am forced to read every single entry of my inventory to actually check for and drop duplicate items, which gets pretty horrible if you are carrying lot of medicines and tools around. I was wondering if anyone else had problems this new way of displaying the inventory.

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**Author:** ![juliawang87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@juliawang87](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/juliawang87)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942/2 "2014-04-24T16:53:54Z")

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Obviously it’s not going to be what you want to hear, but I like the new way it’s displayed so much better.

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**Author:** ![stone94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@stone94](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/stone94)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942/3 "2014-04-24T21:10:20Z")

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I agree with John on this one. i prefer seeing the Item (quantity) x (amount of items) much easier to see and read at a glance.

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**Author:** ![Weyrling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@Weyrling](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Weyrling)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942/4 "2014-04-24T21:11:58Z")

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I also prefer the suffix version over the prefix version, sounds like a great thing to put into the options menu to me.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942/5 "2014-04-24T21:44:01Z")

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I like x50 better than 1 (item).

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**Author:** ![Sheco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sheco/32/877_2.png) [@Sheco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sheco)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942/6 "2014-04-24T22:46:16Z")

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I like them both, I would probably improve the new output padding the numbers to three spaces.

```auto
  1 knife
 20 aspirins
500 sewing kits (100)
```

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**Author:** ![ChristopherWalken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@ChristopherWalken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ChristopherWalken)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942/7 "2014-04-24T22:48:03Z")

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I kinda liked the previous method better but maybe I just need to get used to the new one.

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**Author:** ![Funk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d07c76/32.png) [@Funk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Funk)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942/8 "2014-04-25T01:34:08Z")

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I like the previous method, it’s just cleaner as it tells you what you have then how much, then how many.

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**Author:** ![Keyreper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/keyreper/32/163_2.png) [@Keyreper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Keyreper)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942/9 "2014-04-25T01:58:23Z")

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old is better

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**Author:** ![Sir\_Scarfalot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sir_scarfalot/32/9890_2.png) [@Sir\_Scarfalot](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sir_Scarfalot)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 6:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942/10 "2014-04-25T06:14:55Z")

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This sounds like a good candidate for an option in the menu. Is there any reason that it can’t be both ways?

Personally, I’ll be using the old system, but if ppl want the new system then that should be an option.

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**Author:** ![Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Adrian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Adrian)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942/11 "2014-04-25T08:18:46Z")

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Right now i’m biased towards the old syntax. But that’s probably only because everything is aligned neatly.

I agree with Sheco that padding the entries would make the whole thing more ergonomic to the eyes.

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/new-way-of-indicating-quantities-not-user-friendly/5942/12 "2014-04-28T12:11:55Z")

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[quote=“Sir Scarfalot, post:10, topic:5942”]This sounds like a good candidate for an option in the menu. Is there any reason that it can’t be both ways?

Personally, I’ll be using the old system, but if ppl want the new system then that should be an option.[/quote]

That’s a good idea.