item sorter help wanted

Post by **Puppettron** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:29 am

ok, one of the aesthetic things i want to do with the gunsmithing mod is make it compatible with item sorting mods so that you don't have misc items all lying everywhere in your pipboy while everything else is neatly sorted into categories for ease of reading.

however, i have no idea how an inventory sorter works. so i'm looking for help on how to figure all that out and whether or not it's feasible to put this functionality in my mod without making it a slave to other people's mods or whether i'll have to make a patch esps to do that depending on what mods endusers are using.

thanks in advance

Post by **pintocat** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:40 am

If you use PN, the best way for compatibility, is to have a plugin that places items in a container of the prefix name you want in the TestDance cell. PN will then walk that cell and prefix items in a container with the string name of the container theyre in.

Post by **Puppettron** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 4:08 am

that how all the sorters work? have container in cell named prefix and script goes through and renames them?

Post by **chucksteel** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 4:17 am

just use sortamatic and be done with it! Gribb is her supporting that mod and it will do what you need.

Post by **Gribbleshnibit8** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 4:20 am

Sortomatic is not an inventory sorter.

You guys need to take a look at the PN Modder's Guide section about the inventory sorter. Super easy to set up, doesn't even require PN as a master.

Post by **Risewild** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 7:47 am

[quote=Gribbleshnibit8]

Sortomatic is not an inventory sorter.

You guys need to take a look at the PN Modder's Guide section about the inventory sorter. Super easy to set up, doesn't even require PN as a master.

[/quote]

I just did that earlier today, very easy .

Post by **Puppettron** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 12:10 am

well then, i'll get on that as soon as i'm not on a bus

update: holy crap that was easy, thanks! :D