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Containers

Some objects are containers, and one of the choices on the radial menu will be "Open". (If it's an NPC's corpse, the option will be called "Loot" instead, but it means the same thing).

When you open a container, you will see a container window. This window shows you the contents of the container. You can pick things out from the container and drag them into another container or into your inventory or use the Pickup radial on the object inside the container to automatically obtain the item. A player may not however place items inside an npc corpse or world object.

There are basically six types of containers:

1. Mob Corpses/player inventory

2. World Container Objects: These include static and spawned object locations such as drums, loose debris, pile of bones, treasure boxes, and mag seal containers.

3. Lootable and quest Containers such as satchels, locked containers, and cargo pockets (20 items); mercenary, two-strap and multipocket bandoliers (50 items) Note: Ithorians have a version of the bandoliers themselves.

4. Player Crafted Clothing such as backpacks (50 items)

5 All player crafted chests, cabinests, armoires, book cases, and toolchests are containers that can store up to 50 items each. The items in the container do count towards your housing inventory.

6. Crafting station and crafting tool hoppers. (Contents count against housing limit)

While these items do have their differences, there are some common aspects between them

1. Containers have finite capacities. All containers have a specific carrying capacity to which no more objects can be placed into.

2. To view nested contents, such as when crafting and accessing multiple containers in the craft window, an Open in New Window radial option appears when using a container in inventory for the player when they wish to access multiple container windows at once if there is already an open container being viewed.

3. Containers can not be placed inside other containers, however any other non datapad item may be placed inside a container.

Inventory Mechanics

You have a special menu called your "Inventory" that lets you carry the items you find in Star Wars Galaxies. You can reach it either by pressing CTRL-I or by pressing the inventory button on your button bar in the lower left corner of the screen. You can identify the inventory icon, on the button bar, with a suitcase.

Your Inventory has a limited capacity, and there's a bar at the bottom showing you how much room you've taken up. Items that are currently equipped or are being worn will show up with a green background. The inventory may hold up to 80 items. Equipped items do not count towards the limit.

After finding a container or corpse with items in it, you'll probably want to drag those items to your inventory.

A player may not go beyond this carrying capacity else they will be forced into a stationary position until they lower the container amount to be at or under the limit. This circumstance could occur for example if a player has a full inventory and also a backpack container equipped that also has items in it. If this player equips another back pack then the contents of the previous one will be added to the player's inventory and thus overloading them. The player would have to re-equip the old backpack or delete items in order to be able to move again.

Inventory

Inventory Overload

Equip able containers on the other hand indirectly increase maximum allowable load by attaching their own content space. Like other equipped items, equipped containers do not take from the player's inventory allotment.

To use an item or piece of equipment, simply left click and hold on the item in your inventory. The radial menu will pop up displaying the options you have for manipulating that object.

If the object is a piece of clothing, armor or a weapon, you will have the option to equip it. This will place the item onto your character. You can also do this quickly by double clicking the item in your inventory. Items that are currently being worn or are equipped on your character will highlighted in green.

If the object is a piece of food, a medical stim pack, crafting tool or similar item, there will be a "Use" option. If you click your mouse over the use option, more options may appear specific for the item. For instance, you can hold your mouse button on a surveying tool. The "Use" and "Examine" choice will expand from the activated radial menu. If you move your cursor to "Use", and continue to hold down the mouse button, you will additionally receive a new option to choose beneath it.

Other typical options for the use radial with items from the inventory include the "Split" radial used to take stacked items apart into smaller pieces. Additionally there are the drink/eat options to consume foods and beverages. There is also the "Repair" option for using repair tools, and the Drop option to remove items from the inventory and place them inside a structure or into the world such as in using certain instruments, dropping vendors, or placing objects into a player structure. For pharmaceuticals such as healing stims or wound packs, radials such as heal damage and heal wound are displayed.

Item Condition

Most usable items have a rating for their durability or how long they will last. This is referred to as the item's condition. Item condition can be viewed by clicking on an item in the inventory and using the examine radial option. The condition is presented as a fraction in appearance where the first number represents the current condition and the second represents the current maximum condition. Once an item's current condition reaches 0 it's effectiveness ends and it may not be repaired. When the item reaches this state it is effectively referred to as being destroyed. Destroyed items show up in the inventory as red in coloration signifying that the item may be equipped but that it's properties will no longer work. For example all armor protective properties will be removed (even if the item is equipped). For weapons, the damage will effectively be 1 point. In the case of destroyed Jedi power crystals, will not be equippable at all until replacements are found. If a player is wearing an item that is destroyed, it does not unequip on its own, however it does show up as red in the player's inventory which will allow them to know that it is time to remove the equipment and exchange it for something else if they wish. If the player has a light saber equipped while fighting and the color crystal reaches 0 condition then the damage is reduced to 1 point as with other weapons. New player Starting items, in addition to Clothing, and jewelry remain among the few items of which item decay does not remove their inherent properties.

Condition

Insured Items

Another viewable aspect of the inventory window is the status of insured items. Insured items are those of which the player has gone to an insurance terminal to pay the fee for that particular item. A player may tell which items are insured or uninsured by looking for a special (i) insignia by the item. Items with this insignia are considered insured and will be protected if the player dies and has to clone.

Insured Items

Inventory Radials

World Containers

World Container Locations

World containers are basically objects out in the game to which are available to any player that stumbles upon it. These typically have randomized items that spawn in them except in the cases where the containers are for specific quests or themes. These items are typically static in location with the only variation occuring being their item spawn rates. The contents of these containers are typically free for all in nature. Players have permission to remove items that spawn in these however they are not granted access to add items to the contents.

Loose Debris

container list from container_name.stf

A Defunct Astromech
Component Container
A Computer Storage Unit
Debris
An Air Filtration Unit
Large Unmarked Crate
Lunchbox
Medicine Bag
MagSeal Container
A Pile of Bones
Loose Debris
Security Box
Drum
Buried Treasure (Treasure Map)
A Corpse (the warren)
Locker (the warren)
Metal Chest (the warren)

Looted / Quest Containers

Cargo Pocket

Unlocked Container

Satchel

Mercenary Bandolier

Player Crafted Clothing

Travel Pack

Light Weight Military Pack

Special OPs Field Agent Pack

Player Crafted Furniture

Chest
Cabinet
Armoire
Book Case
Toolchest

Crafting Stations and Tool Hopper

See Crafting Station and Crafting Tools

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