Know what I love? Undocumented improvements

They happen all the time, I suddenly realize something is working better even though I didn't see it in the release notes.

Tonight: I just noticed we can now stack items between towns in the bank. Before you had to pull it out, then put it back in on a stack in the town you're standing in.

Thanks Port! Makes inventory management so much easier.

 

I swear when I glanced by this, it read:
"Know what I love? Undocumented immigrants"

I thought oh no, here comes the politicals...

I agree, they are like little stocking stuffers..the changes I mean. Though let's not construe 'undocumented' with 'advertised.' I would expect them to document everything, and maybe post it in some places for the nerds to go through with a fine tooth comb.
Whether they always publish them, is a matter for case by case consideration.

 

I wouldn't expect 100% change documentation rate, however effective their documentation methods are. I doubt it would even be possible to record every change. Object all we like, its probably the simple truth.

 

Well, when they announced the change to make banks global... I would think that covers the "documentation" part of this ability.

I mean, once you could access stuff stored at any other bank, why wouldn't you think you could now stack things from different towns?

The bank is now one unified mobile storage container.

 

Initially this was not possible.
You had to take all items, stack them in your inventory and then put the stack back to the bank.
Had not noticed that it had been fixed, thanks for the info.

 

You say that..have you ever seen the Forest developers? Awe inspiring how they detail every little change and then publish it.

Agreed..and even if it was technically documented, you'd think something of that magnitude would be shouted from the rooftops.

Then again, the fact that such a change is a big deal might be more alarming.

 

Ah, I was not aware of that. When I tried to stack things it just worked the first time I tried it. OP makes more sense to me now.

 

I would read it. I'm not sure if it's even possible with the way they work, or maybe their JIRA system? Don't know how JIRA works, does it have a "export all changes as a text file" button? If so, do they note little changes like these or do they just blow through them too fast? And if so, is that bad? Seems like it might be bad.

But whatever the case, I do love it when things suddenly work better than they were before.

 

I do note that Starr puts out a draft of release notes a week or so ahead of the release to let everyone contribute to/help correct before the actual release announcement. It seems like they would appreciate being reminded of any undocumented changes at that time (assuming you spend time on the QA server). I know I always benefit from getting 'better' information from the people that contribute to that.

 

Next iteration should likely just be remove the location altogether.

 

Agreed, right now it's not practical to dump your inventory into the bank in a city that isn't your home.

 

Actually it is practical to dump it in anywhere. At this point the city has no effect, you can drag one stack in Tortuga onto a stack in New Britannia Market. Got a bunch of buy orders fullfilled in Veritas Sanctuary? Pull them out at the Factorium.

So

Means "Since location is already pointless, it'll probably disappear soon."

 

If I am remembering correctly, they are keeping the location. Just in case it could eventually be used for something.

 

So when will we get a Portable Bank Access Device?

 

Like, you can rotate the camera while crafting now!!!!

When did that happen?!?!?!

 

It's a bug and only happens occasionally.

[edit] Actually, it happens for the crafting stations on the right of this screenshot. All the stations in the center and left will zoom in and not allow the camera to move. It's probably because of the proximity of the row houses behind them.

 

Well I like this unintended feature

 

Me too. I wish they just worked like that normally.

 

The other day, suddenly, the doors in my 4 Story Greenhouse finally made actual door sounds! This has been broken since forever.

But then, they stopped making sounds again.

 

Oh, the mysteries!