Graphical: Randomize Belt item stack sprites.

[Ranakastrasz]

TL;DR

Use random item sprite per layer on a belt Stack

What?

Instead of a stack using the same sprite repeated up to 4 times, use one of the random available sprites, so that stacks of ore look disorderly instead of, uh, stacks of paper.

(Poor paint.net mockup)

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Why?

The stacks of ore look less like a pile of jumbled ore, than plastic cutouts, due to the perfectly repeated patterns in the stack. If it used one of the 4 random sprites instead, the illusion would be better maintained.

[Harkonnen]

+1 unless it's another hair sacrifice

[Hurkyl]

I strongly prefer the visual clarity over aesthetics: I really dislike this proposed change.

Regarding the aesthetics...

The stacks of ore look less like a pile of jumbled ore

It's not a pile of jumbled ore. It's an orderly collection of 8 separate stacks per belt tile.

[Harkonnen]

+1 we're in quantum state now
(though not so sure if it's so relevant for ores)