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Capships: cargo transfer between docked ships
I was thinking about a lot why this isnt a thing, so I will suggest it.
Currently loading/unloading cargo from capships is a major annoyance, no matter if its overstuffed or not. Having to jett, undock, pick up, dock again to transfer cargo between docked ships is... painful.
Why it couldnt be easier, and much more simple? There should be a way to transfer cargo between docked ships (and docked ship to capship) without having to jett and dock. It would save lots of time, especially at mining/hauling. I have a thought on how it would work:
- It would require some rework of the Load/Unload menu, by making it similar to the Inventory menu, where you can look at stuff in your stations, with the dropdown menus.
- Each side, both unload and load panels would have dropdown menus, representing the ships what you have docked.
- In the case of an overstuffed dent, 6 on the left, and 7 on the right side of the load/unload menu. The 7th would represent your capship, so you can unload into any free space on it (if not overstuffed). It would have the ships custom name.
- After a doubleclick on it, the menu would open, showing the contents of the ship, and its capacity, just like the Inventory menu does.
The ship you want to transfer from would be highlighted in blue, while the one you want to transfer into would be highlighted in white. Both ships would have the dropdown menu open while selected, and with a single click you could select the cargo you want and transfer by pressing "Transfer", or the button under it, "Transfer All", to transfer all cargo.
Basically a station Inventory menu, merged with Load/Unload, renamed to "Cargo Transfer".
- The way it works above is when you are controlling your capship. If you are only docked, and you are the owner of that ship, the "Cargo Transfer" menu would only show the ship you are controlling on the left side, while the menus of docked ships on the right side of the UI would be the same, but showing only 5 XCs and the capships cargo hold, excluding the ship you docked with and in control of.
- I am not sure if you should or should not be able to transfer ships as cargo. This would also mean that a docked fighter could be transferred from the cargo hold of the capship into a docked XC, for example, or in between XCs.
Why I am suggesting this?
1. It would help not just traders, but everyone wanting to move cargo around
2. Would be exceptionally useful in capship mining (both with mining with the capship itself, or with a docked BHM II)
3. Removes the annoyance of "jett, dock, undock in a different ship, pickup, and dock again" thing. You still have to undock to transfer to stations, but in one ship six times, and not have to constantly swap ships to unload your cargo. Saves lots of time, and just generally more convinient than what all of us do now.
It will make a difference in convinience for anyone, no matter what he is doing or transporting.
Currently loading/unloading cargo from capships is a major annoyance, no matter if its overstuffed or not. Having to jett, undock, pick up, dock again to transfer cargo between docked ships is... painful.
Why it couldnt be easier, and much more simple? There should be a way to transfer cargo between docked ships (and docked ship to capship) without having to jett and dock. It would save lots of time, especially at mining/hauling. I have a thought on how it would work:
- It would require some rework of the Load/Unload menu, by making it similar to the Inventory menu, where you can look at stuff in your stations, with the dropdown menus.
- Each side, both unload and load panels would have dropdown menus, representing the ships what you have docked.
- In the case of an overstuffed dent, 6 on the left, and 7 on the right side of the load/unload menu. The 7th would represent your capship, so you can unload into any free space on it (if not overstuffed). It would have the ships custom name.
- After a doubleclick on it, the menu would open, showing the contents of the ship, and its capacity, just like the Inventory menu does.
The ship you want to transfer from would be highlighted in blue, while the one you want to transfer into would be highlighted in white. Both ships would have the dropdown menu open while selected, and with a single click you could select the cargo you want and transfer by pressing "Transfer", or the button under it, "Transfer All", to transfer all cargo.
Basically a station Inventory menu, merged with Load/Unload, renamed to "Cargo Transfer".
- The way it works above is when you are controlling your capship. If you are only docked, and you are the owner of that ship, the "Cargo Transfer" menu would only show the ship you are controlling on the left side, while the menus of docked ships on the right side of the UI would be the same, but showing only 5 XCs and the capships cargo hold, excluding the ship you docked with and in control of.
- I am not sure if you should or should not be able to transfer ships as cargo. This would also mean that a docked fighter could be transferred from the cargo hold of the capship into a docked XC, for example, or in between XCs.
Why I am suggesting this?
1. It would help not just traders, but everyone wanting to move cargo around
2. Would be exceptionally useful in capship mining (both with mining with the capship itself, or with a docked BHM II)
3. Removes the annoyance of "jett, dock, undock in a different ship, pickup, and dock again" thing. You still have to undock to transfer to stations, but in one ship six times, and not have to constantly swap ships to unload your cargo. Saves lots of time, and just generally more convinient than what all of us do now.
It will make a difference in convinience for anyone, no matter what he is doing or transporting.
+1 love this idea being a miner
An interesting idea that should have been implemented a long time ago when the Trident was first released.
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I like the idea of cargo floating around like little flowers waiting to be picked.
I like the idea of cargo floating around like little flowers waiting to be picked.
In the case of an overstuffed dent, 6 on the left, and 7 on the right side of the load/unload menu. The 7th would represent your capship, so you can unload into any free space on it (if not overstuffed). It would have the ships custom name.
Just a heads up, overstuffing will be removed in the future. So no need worry about the overstuffed case.
Just a heads up, overstuffing will be removed in the future. So no need worry about the overstuffed case.
I know that, just gave an example. The entire point of this suggestion is to have this or something similar once overstuffing gets fixed. This makes our lives easier, for everyone who is at least sometimes moves stuff around. As otherwise it will be exceptionally annoying.