[Pyremes]

I think one reason why people feel that the inventory is so small is because they can't pick up very much stuff before the inventory is full. One MAJOR reason that contributes to this is the way that Titan Quest puts items in your inventory when you pick it up. As far as I can tell, Titan Quest scans from the top row down, putting items as left as it can on the first row it encounters with available space. So, something like this:

1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 0 1 2

The problem is, putting in just six "2 by x" items will fill up the top half. This leaves a long, thing strip of space, which I think feels like less area than a more square bit of area. Also, once you've filled up the top, it's unlikely that you'll be able to pick up any item that is 4 squares high.

So, my proposed suggestion is to instead scan from left column to right column, finding the first column with sufficient space, and placing items as far up as possible. This would result in a placement like this:

1 3 5 7 9 1
2 4 6 8 0 2

Which would not only "feel" more compact as it fills up, but would also allow you to pick up x by 4 items. I think a simple switch like this would cause the inventory to last 50-100% longer before manual rearranging needs to be done.


That said, sorting the inventory shouldn't be too hard from a programming standpoint, unless you've got your inventory set up in some weird way. From left to right, place largest to smallest items. For instance, (2x2 and 2x3 to fill up 2x5 squares), followed by 2x4 and 1x4 items, followed by 2x2 ,1x2, and 1x3 items. After that, it's just a matter of plugging up the holes with the 1x1 items, from left to right. Also, if a sorting WERE ever to be included, only sort the inventory, not the backpacks!

Which brings me to one final question. Are potions stored in the backpacks accessible via hotkey? I would eventually like to be able to store potions in a background backpack tab, such that they don't take up valuable inventory space that I need to pick up temporary items. It would also be nice in case we have a sorting algorithm, as I like to keep my potions all bunched up, and the sort would end up sticking the potions everywhere it thinks will fit...