We have been hard at work redesigning the inventory, and we are excited to share with you the fruit of our labours!
The new inventory system is based around volume, with inventories having limited volume capacity. This translates to an updated gameplay where backpacks and pockets serve a greater purpose, and the trading of items comes with a new layer of strategy.
Reagents are now an item type; they can be placed in an inventory, and traded with. In fact, there might just be a secret society in Braided Shore looking to trade these exact objects – any traveller would be wise to keep an eye out for these herbalists.
Beyond the updates to inventory and trading, we also have a new item; the letter opener. Once found, this item will allow you to interact with many other items in the game, and its name gives some idea to what nefarious (or not so nefarious) purposes it can be used for.
Alongside the letter opener, we also expand upon the Postmaster questline, with new people to meet, and secrets to discover.
For details on the new inventory system and the changes that have been made, please reference the detailed lists below:
[h3]Reworked inventory system:[/h3]
- The backpack, the Trainmaster's Stash, and pockets now have an unlimited amount of slots.
- All items can now be stacked limitlessly unless they are classified as unique in which case stack size is limited to 1.
- All items now have a volume, and inventories have a limited volume capacity.
- Bag equipment now grants additional volume capacity instead of more slots.
- Reagents are now actual items that can be placed in any inventory space.
- Some item exchanges now require the player to freely select an item - that may or may not be accepted - to offer from their backpack.
- Some inventory-related traits have had their behaviour modified to work with the new inventory system.
- Added a new dialog window to facilitate moving or discarding of items of custom stack sizes.
- A new "Excess" inventory has been added to the backpack view, which will hold items that are received but do not fit in the backpack. While there are items in this inventory the backpack view may not be closed until the excess items either have been discarded or have had space made for and moved into the backpack.
- Characters created before this update will have a month long grace period during which they may forgo the deletion of excess items, to allow for inventory management.
[h3]Other changes:[/h3]
- Added the letter opener item in a chest next to the Kasa Postmaster.
- Added new items gained from using the letter opener.
- Added a final envelope along with a couple of events to the Post Master questline if the player has delivered a letter each day (players may need to redeliver the letters to activate the flags).
- Added the wine cellar room.
- Added character terrain interaction vfx, e.g. dust clouds, water ripples etc.
- New events for Secret Society of Herbalists questline have been activated in the West and Outmark regions. They work with using reagents in trade.