Materials Ignore List: is there any way to reset the entire list?
- Thread starter Branithar
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Thirded.
There should be a little tick-box next to the resource that can be turned on or off depending on if you need it shown.
There should be a little tick-box next to the resource that can be turned on or off depending on if you need it shown.
Uh oh.
I thought it was “resetting” every logon/off.
Sometimes you need/want certain items and other times you don’t.
Wonder what I have been missing...
I thought it was “resetting” every logon/off.
Sometimes you need/want certain items and other times you don’t.
Wonder what I have been missing...
There's a need to be able to edit the list.
When the feature first came out, I used it to ignore Iron during a surfaces mining session because I'd filled storage.
Several weeks later, having used a fair amount of Iron, I went asteroid mining, but by that time I'd forgotten I'd set Iron to ignore, and so missed the opportunity to restock. Very annoying.
You need the ability to inspect the Ignore list, because at the start of a mining session, if you don't mine every day, you'll have zero idea what's on it.
But then adding such a feature would require significant programming effort, and that would never do.
When the feature first came out, I used it to ignore Iron during a surfaces mining session because I'd filled storage.
Several weeks later, having used a fair amount of Iron, I went asteroid mining, but by that time I'd forgotten I'd set Iron to ignore, and so missed the opportunity to restock. Very annoying.
You need the ability to inspect the Ignore list, because at the start of a mining session, if you don't mine every day, you'll have zero idea what's on it.
But then adding such a feature would require significant programming effort, and that would never do.
While being able to see the whole list would be a nice addition, you can edit individual items.
Keep an eye on your Contacts tab in the left panel while you are hunting mats or mining or whatever. Ignored items will show up as a "dimmed" contact. Select/Target that item and you will get the option to edit your ignore list.
Keep an eye on your Contacts tab in the left panel while you are hunting mats or mining or whatever. Ignored items will show up as a "dimmed" contact. Select/Target that item and you will get the option to edit your ignore list.
I'm necro-ing this short, tiny thread just because it's already here. No need for a new one.
So yeah Fdev, the ability to mass edit our materials ignore list is way past overdue.
Why can we click to un-block players from our block lists, which is rarely if ever used
but not our mats list, which miners use every single day?
This is one of the many irritating little pieces of easily fixed crap that keeps me from wanting
to login and play after a long hard day.
So yeah Fdev, the ability to mass edit our materials ignore list is way past overdue.
Why can we click to un-block players from our block lists, which is rarely if ever used
but not our mats list, which miners use every single day?
This is one of the many irritating little pieces of easily fixed crap that keeps me from wanting
to login and play after a long hard day.
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When your mat storage is full they should be automatically ignored. When it's not full they should clear automatically. This feature seems more important for refinery items and other floating space things than mats. It's tedious with a contact list that keeps jumping around.
I also don't care at all to know my limpet doesn't have a target because there's nothing I can do about it (except not fire off more limpets).
I also don't care at all to know my limpet doesn't have a target because there's nothing I can do about it (except not fire off more limpets).
Yes but, for example, I have everything except Platinum ignored from previous sessions, for whatever reason. I don't like wasting limpets and having to babysit the refineries. The thought of having to inspect each individual rock in Contacts is just too much "work" for me. I just want a few chill VR hours amongst the asteroids to unwind. A simple checklist in the Inventory screen somewhere would suffice. Mining is supposed to be a major ED activity. Making us do this ridiculous and unnecessary busy work after all these years is downright evil.
IMO there are 4 general categories that should be easily toggled on/off:
1. Illegal Cargo
2. Legal Cargo
3. Engineering Mats
4. User Filter (full list of items)
1. Illegal Cargo
2. Legal Cargo
3. Engineering Mats
4. User Filter (full list of items)
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In my experience, at least in "legacy" still, putting a material or cargo on ignore simply makes it duller in your contacts list and tells your limpets not to pick it up...
However whenever any material or cargo is in range of your sensors, ignored or not, it should be visible in your contacts list, allowing you to ignore or unignore it at your leisure...
It shouldn't completely hid anything from your sensors or contact/materials list
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However whenever any material or cargo is in range of your sensors, ignored or not, it should be visible in your contacts list, allowing you to ignore or unignore it at your leisure...
It shouldn't completely hid anything from your sensors or contact/materials list
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It's amazing how often Frontier just doesn't see the obvious.
I don’t see the need to one click reset the entire ignore list that it has taken me ages to compile.
Now a one click method of putting all cargo and fragments onto the ignore list so I can then select only the ones I want when I find them would be good, or even have the game start with everything set to ignore.
Obviously this isn’t needed for materials as they autoignore as soon as your storage is full.
Now a one click method of putting all cargo and fragments onto the ignore list so I can then select only the ones I want when I find them would be good, or even have the game start with everything set to ignore.
Obviously this isn’t needed for materials as they autoignore as soon as your storage is full.
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I suppose one could always have a look at the contacts list before deploying collector limpets.
I always do, while if there are only one or two materials I'm interested in, I don't bother wasting a limpet on it and pick it up manually
...(While in particular when I go bounty hunting, I don't bother with cargo space or limpets, picking up an useful materials manually anyway, really I only use collector limpets when mining now actually!
It's really easy to pick up just what you want with the cargo scoop and not bother using limpets, unless you're mining etc as said...
While when you do check the contracts list and there's nothing you want, leave it all and get on to generating/finding more desirable materials, however you found the "junk" ones
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I will take any material if I bother to take anything, if it turns out not to be something I might need directly it will be something I can trade for something I want or that I might need in the future.I always do, while if there are only one or two materials I'm interested in, I don't bother wasting a limpet on it and pick it up manually
(While in particular when I go bounty hunting, I don't bother with cargo space or limpets, picking up an useful materials manually anyway, really I only use collector limpets when mining now actually!
It's really easy to pick up just what you want with the cargo scoop and not bother using limpets, unless you're mining etc as said...
While when you do check the contracts list and there's nothing you want, leave it all and get on to generating/finding more desirable materials, however you found the "junk" ones
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