Display of Item Stack Size in UI

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Display of Item Stack Size in UI

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What?
Display the stack size of an item somewhere in the UI.
Why?
With mods changing stack sizes all over the place, it is hard to remember what setting the stacks filter on a chest will give me until it's actually filled up. Or how many ore I need to fill a train car. Or how many pumpjacks I can carry in my one open inventory slot.
Where?
One or more Tooltips would be ideal.

How many do I need for X stacks?
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How close am I to a full stack?
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How many will I end up with if I limit this chest?
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Is this a full stack?
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How many should I request to switch my train from coal to solid fuel?
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I don't want to fill my train, I just want to send some stone along for the ride... how many can I send?
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And how many will my drones bring me if I put in a second transport drone?
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Mods?
There are plenty which modify the stack sizes: make them more generous, increase certain items, make some smaller.
But I did not find any which add the current stack size as a visual element in the game.

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Re: Display of Item Stack Size in UI

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Would be a useful information.

Some mods extend the tooltips already so how about a mod at first.
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Re: Display of Item Stack Size in UI

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I was last week about to post a similar suggestion, because that is sometime a very essential information.

But this one is much nicer. :) Thanks plepper1.

BTW, My suggestion was much simpler: just add a stack-size information into the item pop up. I can calculate the rest myself.
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Re: Display of Item Stack Size in UI

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ssilk wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:54 am
I was last week about to post a similar suggestion, because that is sometime a very essential information.

But this one is much nicer. :) Thanks plepper1.
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Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:54 am
just add a stack-size information into the item pop up. I can calculate the rest myself.
Exactly. It'd just be nice to know what end result I'm supposed to be shooting for.

I've been surprised a few times by how long it takes to load a train with fuel - only to find out that each stack is actually 200 instead of the 50 I'm expecting. Or why I only have x number of an item in a chest when it would have been a much larger number in vanilla.

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Thanks for the nice mod! Still +1 for implementing it in vanilla.
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