Custom Container UI

[stilnat]

Summary

Some containers could have a special UI, the ID console was mentioned in particular. The basic container interactions should be preserved by the UI. As a suggestion, it could be a background picture with the slots of the containers positionned freely on the picture.

Goal

The goal is to allow players to quickly understand what they have to do through the UI, which is not possible with a basic containerUI in some case.

Dependencies

This should wait until #683 is closed.

[Birlinha]

Why have Container interfaces at all?

I mean - I am a great fan of Resident Evil. Managing 2D spaced inventories has always been one of my favorite things

But the game is 3 dimensional now - The interface of the container could be the container itself (the toolbox in this case) We could click with a mouse on a tool inside a toolbox, or use a VR controller to quickly point to what we need

Maybe we could able both? Being able to manage a 2D inventory, which is inside a 3D container, and you could select your tool from both of them

Just found an issue that describes showing the object inside the 3D object -#803-

[Birlinha]

But for this specific Issue #809, I believe a possible solution would be to use HTML styling, just like you can use < /noparse> in chat to style your text, like mentioned in issue #806

Something like this: htmltoolbox.zip

But making the toolbox HTML-like might create a lot of concerns (just like in issue #806) - for example: Will it be possible to use

[stilnat]

Why have Container interfaces at all?

I mean - I am a great fan of Resident Evil. Managing 2D spaced inventories has always been one of my favorite things

But the game is 3 dimensional now - The interface of the container could be the container itself (the toolbox in this case) We could click with a mouse on a tool inside a toolbox, or use a VR controller to quickly point to what we need

Maybe we could able both? Being able to manage a 2D inventory, which is inside a 3D container, and you could select your tool from both of them

Just found an issue that describes showing the object inside the 3D object -#803-

User interfaces showing inventories inside an object are common in 3d games for the reason that it's easier to manage for the player. It also create a mechanics for storage capacity, among other things. Having no user interface could turn into a nightmare, if you just want to retrieve some small items in a container but first you have to move around everything. They're pretty essential for a smooth experience .